Huansha Village is a small village, with only a few dozen families surnamed Lu, who have been spinning and weaving clothes for generations. The village is located in the upper reaches of the weak water river, most of the houses are built along the river, and along the weak water river to the east and then walk three hundred miles of waterway is the capital of the Southern Liang Dynasty - Yong'an City, although most of the yarn of Huansha Village is finally sold to Yong'an City, for the use of the princes and nobles in the city, but no one in the village has ever been to Yong'an City, and most of the spun yarn is taken away by the merchants of Luoshan Prefecture to which Huansha Village belongs, at a very low price, and then sold at double the price after being transported to Yong'an City. Of course, the villagers of Huansha Village do not care about where the merchants sell their yarn and how much they make money, because Huansha is a craft passed down from generation to generation in the village, and the villagers are already very content to be able to rely on this craft in exchange for three meals and one night, marry a wife and have children. If it weren't for Lu Asan's son Lu Zheng in the village to participate in the five-year autumn exam in Yong'an City this year, I believe that most of the villagers would not know where Yong'an City is.

To say that this person's life is also unpredictable, this Lu Asan has been honest all his life, planting mulberry, raising silkworms, raccoon yarn, weaving everything has to rely on the help of people in the same village to make it, and people only married the mute daughter of the Su family in the neighboring village with the help of the people in the same village to wife, but I didn't expect these two to give birth to a study seedling. Lu Zheng was literate at the age of three, and at the age of six he could recite the classics of the hundred schools of thought, and at the age of eight, the most learned old master in the village had no ability to teach him anymore, and the old master summoned the whole village to say it, which roughly means that this Lu is Wenqu Xing descended to earth, and is the hope of the entire Huansha Village. The villagers have always respected the old master, and the whole village is a person who knows how to read and write, and he said that Lu Zheng is a god who goes down to earth must be a god, so the whole village mobilized, and every household finally made up enough tuition fees and sent Lu Zheng to Qingshan Academy. This Lu Zheng is also angry, he has studied hard in the cold window of Qingshan Academy for ten years, all the subsets of history are incomprehensible, and no one can match the theory of governing the country, the first student recommended by Qingshan Academy in the autumn examination is Lu Zheng, even the dean of the academy, Geng Xunwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Southern Liang Dynasty, also asserted that Lu Zheng must be the title of the gold list in the autumn examination!

The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the autumn examination has ended for five days, according to the schedule, if Lu Zhengqiu wins the championship, there should be a yacha to send good news today, the villagers of Huansha Village have gathered at Lu Asan's family, everyone is beaming with joy on their faces, and they are waiting for the news of the title of the landing of Lu Zhengjin. Lu Asan's family was already simple and narrow and crowded with people for a while, the honest Lu Asan grinned and smirked in the crowd, and his mute daughter-in-law brought a dustpan of home-made rosin cakes, babbling and babbling.

The old master who was sitting in the middle of the room looked at the small room full of noisy villagers, cleared his throat and said: "Don't crowd here, let the official who delivered the letter see what kind of system it is, Lu Fang, you go The door of the clan ancestral hall is opened, and everyone goes to the clan ancestral hall." ”

"Okay, sir!" a swarthy and tall young man in the crowd received the order of the old master, and beckoned everyone to go to the ancestral hall!

"Ah San, where did the second child of your family go?" Seeing that everyone had dispersed, the old master said to Lu Ah San.

"Guanli sent food to the mad Taoist priest." Lu Asan replied

The old master frowned and said, "At any time, find someone to call him back, and after a while, I will receive the good news, and the men of the whole clan will worship their ancestors with me!"

Lu Asan was about to find someone to call his second boy, but he heard someone shouting at the door: "Good news is coming! Good news is coming......

The Southern Liang Dynasty worships Taoism, so that there are countless Taoist temples of all sizes in the Southern Liang Dynasty, there is a Taoist temple in the back mountain of Huansha Village, even the most learned old master of Huansha Village does not know what year and month it was built, it was originally just a dilapidated Taoist temple, a broken brick house and several crooked Taoist ancestor clay sculptures, and there is no Taoist priest Qing Xiu, until two years ago I don't know where a crazy Taoist priest came, as soon as he entered the village and saw the children in the village, he grabbed it, and asked "Are you my apprentice?" Frightened the children in the village to cry, the villagers carried the flat shoulder, picked up the broom and blasted the mad Taoist priest out of the village, the Taoist priest was not annoyed, and found the broken Taoist temple on the mountain behind the village and lived in it. I don't know where to get the fast broken wooden board, and the words "Little Cloud Sky View" are crookedly carved and hung above the main entrance of the broken temple!

Since then, the mad Taoist priest has lived in this small Yuntianguan, this Taoist priest neither draws talismans nor alchemy, hungry and goes to Huansha Village to beg for food from door to door, claiming to be the master of Yuntianguan, going down the mountain to repair the Taoist temple, the villagers of Huansha Village are simple, as long as the Taoist priest no longer scares his children, whoever has leftovers will give it to the Taoist. Although a few years have passed, this small cloud sky temple has become more dilapidated, and I have never seen this Taoist priest repair a brick and tile.

The children in the village are afraid of this crazy Taoist, only Lu Chen, the second son of Lu Asan's family, is not afraid, as the saying goes, dragons give birth to nine sons, nine sons are different, and there is no trace of Lu Zheng from Lu Chen, Lu Chen is six years younger than Lu Zheng, and the name Lu Chen is still taken by Lu Zheng, which means that he hopes that his younger brother can not be stained with vulgar dust and be a learned person who is out of the world. Lu Chen really did it, this child was born stupid, he couldn't speak at the age of eight, and he didn't play with children of the same age, every day in addition to eating and sleeping was sitting at the door of his dilapidated courtyard and looking up at the sky, someone teased him and asked: "Two fools, what are you looking up at?" Most of the time he will be unheard, if he happens to be in a good mood to hear, he will reach out to the sky, and show a dumb smile at you.

Originally, everyone thought that Lu Chen was a dumb man with his mother, but who knew that one day four years ago, the mad Taoist priest went to Lu Asan's house to turn into a fate, and when he saw Lu Chen looking up at the sky in the courtyard, he saw a child and the mad Taoist priest naturally asked: "Are you my apprentice?"

Lu Chen pointed to the sky and said the first sentence of his life: "Can you teach me to look at the stars?"

(At this time, if someone passes by, they will think that this old and young are two crazy people talking, at this moment, the sky is white, how can there be half a star in the sky?)

Hearing this, the mad Taoist priest rushed over and picked up Lu Chen, laughing, that day, the Taoist priest's crazy laughter and Lu Chen's smirk resounded throughout Huansha Village!

Since then, the mad Taoist priest has never gone down the mountain to make a fate, but Lu Chen has sent food and drink to the Taoist temple every day, and then stayed at the Taoist temple until dark before going down the mountain and going home. The villagers of Huansha Village were not surprised to learn that Lu Chen had become the apprentice of the mad Taoist, and they were also crazy not to play with the stupid ones. There are good things The villagers secretly went to Xiaoyuntian to watch what the master and apprentice were doing, but the result was either to see one sitting at the door watching the sky, and the other to sleep under the eaves, or to see two people excited to fight more than who caught ants. For Lu Asan and his wife, they have no objection to Lu Chen playing with this crazy Taoist priest every day, after all, Lu Chen basically doesn't speak in front of other people, and only in front of this crazy Taoist priest does he have the nature of a child.

The villagers of Huansha Village who shouted that the good news was coming stumbled into Lu Asan's house, and said to Lu Asan and his wife and the old master breathlessly: "The good news is coming! I saw the official messenger who delivered the good news on the path into the village, there were hundreds of people, and there was also a sedan chair, like a sedan chair in Zhouzheng, I am afraid that the boss of the Lu family is really in high school, and the master of Zhouzheng will personally come to your family to say good news."

The old master couldn't help but mutter, I haven't heard of any high school where students have this kind of treatment! "Do you see clearly? The team is coming to our village?" The old master asked the villagers who reported the news!

"I see it clearly, I'm afraid I'm about to enter the village at this moment," the villager said urgently

"Okay! Gather all the people in the village and go to the entrance of the village to greet them!" the old master got up from his seat and walked towards the entrance of the village with Lu Asan and his wife.

At this moment, in the dilapidated Xiaoyuntian Temple, a middle-aged Taoist priest is sitting cross-legged on the incense table in front of the statue of the Taoist master god, holding a chicken leg in his left hand and a wine jug in his right hand, eating a mouthful of chicken and drinking a sip of wine. This Taoist priest was unkempt and did not wear a Taoist crown, his black and white hair was casually tied in a bun with a broken branch, and the dirt and oil on his face concealed his true face, and the two sword eyebrows should have been matched with a pair of starry eyes, but now they look like a pair of big and godless eyes, the eyes are empty as if they are indifferent to everything in this world, only occasionally glance at the young man who looks up at the sky outside the door, these eyes will be like the intersection of divine light in an instant, it seems to have penetrated all the mysteries of the world!

A thin young man at the door was sitting on the steps, looking at the sky in a daze with one hand on his cheeks, the young man was about twelve or thirteen years old, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were full of aura, but a pair of thick eyebrows were sometimes soothing and sometimes frowning, and his immature face revealed a little depth that did not match his age!

This Taoist priest is naturally a crazy Taoist priest in the mouth of the villagers of Huansha Village, but I am afraid that no one in the whole village except Lu Chen knows that this Taoist priest is the famous Taoist Shenxiao Sect founding patriarch, the Taoist master of the current saint Li Tingshu of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and the recognized number one martial god in the world in the rivers and lakes - Yuan Tianyin. This list of celebrities is already powerful in the Daomen, in the court, and in the rivers and lakes, and in Lu Chen's heart, Shenxiao Zhenren is just a master who can teach him all kinds of strange walking, sitting and lying postures, breathing and breathing exercises, and teaching him how to observe the stars, which is much more kind than the word "master" with these famous masters. Of course, in the minds of the villagers of Huansha Village, no matter how many titles there are, Shenxiao Zhenren is afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of the image of a crazy Taoist priest who cheats to eat and drink.

"Did you see that?" Shenxiao Zhenren finished eating the chicken leg and smashed the chicken bone in his mouth, and asked Lu Chen, who was frowning at the door and looking at the sky.

"I see, but the disciple is puzzled, Master!", Lu Chen replied.

"Oh, what's the confusion?" asked Shenxiao Zhenren as he poured a sip of wine into his mouth.

"The disciple doesn't understand why the stars associated with my brother yesterday are still purple light, but today they are dim and slightly crumbling!"

"Alas, silly boy, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, people have good fortune and misfortune, and the way of heaven is vast, how can human beings be able to see it?"

"Master, can you help me see what happened to my brother?" Lu Chen stood up and dragged the corner of Shenxiao Zhenren's clothes and begged

"Kill you!" said Shenxiao Zhenren as he gazed at the sky

"But didn't you just tell me yesterday that my brother's astrological aura is violent, and this Keqiu must be a high school leader?" Lu Chen said hurriedly

"It's true that the high school Kuiyuan is true, but your brother's palace tried to make a strategy and criticized the government bluntly said that the emperor's decision to send troops to Beiyan was an unrighteous move, and the emperor was furious and convicted him of scattering the court, but he was afraid that it would harm the nine clans" Shenxiao Zhenren explained

"Isn't it the duty of the monarch to send troops to attack crimes, protect the territory and the people, why would my brother say that it was an unrighteous act?" Lu Chen asked Shenxiao Zhenren puzzled

"You are right, but you only know one and don't know the other, the monarch's duty is to protect the territory and the people, but the Northern Yan Kingdom has always been friendly with the Southern Liang, and the border between the two countries is interconnected, if the emperor really rashly sends troops, he is only afraid that it is not what the people of the Southern Liang want, not to mention that the Southern Liang and the Northern Yan have been standing on three legs for many years, if the Southern Liang and the Northern Yan go to war, no matter who wins or loses, the last fisherman will only benefit from the Northern Que Kingdom" Shenxiao Zhenren said with a solemn expression.

"I see, then Master, did you say that the emperor would kill my brother, let's go and save him!" Lu Chen said hurriedly

"Don't worry, although your brother's starlight is dim, the purple qi has not completely dispersed, and it seems that it is safe for a while. I'm afraid that a big disaster is coming to this Huansha Village today, so the little apprentice will go down the mountain with me to take a look!"

On the way, Lu Chen looked at the unkempt Shenxiao Zhenren with a look of adoration and said: "Master, you are really a Taoist god, I can only deduce good luck from my brother's astrological phenomena, but you can see from the astrological signs that the emperor wants to kill my brother, and it will also harm the nine clans!"

"It's true that the Tao is through the gods, but what I said is from the imperial court's palace newspaper, my Shenxiao sect has people all over the world, this imperial court convicted your brother The palace has its own door people flying pigeon biography, this real person has already got it yesterday, this is it, and the words I just said about the emperor were also said by your brother when he tried in the palace, and the real person just relayed it!" Shenxiao Zhenren said as he took out a piece of white silk from his arms and handed it to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen suddenly scolded in his heart: "This old immortal received a summons yesterday, and only told me today that he would raise his head to look up at the stars and pretend to be profound!

At the entrance of Huansha Village, the villagers of the whole village knelt on the ground, holding the edict in their hands, and stood in front of the villagers and slowly read it

Now that Luoshan Prefecture is in charge of the Yamen and Yousi, the villagers surnamed Lu in Huansha Village will be arrested and all the clans within the nine clans will be investigated in detail!

Most of the villagers kneeling on the ground were illiterate, and since it was the first time in their lives that they had seen such a big scene, they couldn't help but be nervous and didn't listen to all the contents of the edict.

The villagers didn't understand the content of the edict and looked at the old master, but found that the old master's face was pale, kneeling on the ground and trembling like chaff!

At this time, after reading the edict, Lord Zhou Zheng shouted loudly, and everyone came to arrest them all!

The names of the village woke up like a dream, and some people stood up and tried to escape, but they saw the two hundred light armored soldiers coming from Suizhou, and they all drew the long knives on their waists and surrounded everyone. The name of the village who wanted to run away suddenly languished in fright.

The officers and soldiers were about to step forward to take the people, but they heard a loud shout like spring thunder, "Stop!"

And when the words were spoken, the people were still in the village, and when the words were finished, two figures, an old man and a young man, were already standing among the villagers and the officers and soldiers.

It was Shenxiao Zhenren who came-Yuan Tianyin and Lu Chen

The more than ten officers and soldiers who rushed to the front saw that the person who came was just a sloppy Taoist priest who was not much better than the one who was dressed better than the flower child, and a thin young man immediately put their minds at ease, raised their long knives and shouted in their mouths, "The official handles the case, and the idlers avoid it" and ran towards the two.

Shenxiao Zhenren suddenly smiled evilly at Lu Chen and said, "It's good to come, just give you a good practice."

Lu Chen hurriedly said: "Master...... Ah......" he wanted to say, "Master, I'm not ready yet", but before he could say the next words, he felt a lightness on his body, and Shenxiao Zhenren actually threw him at the officers and soldiers who rushed over. So the latter words became "Ah....." At the same time, Lu Asan and his wife also made a "ah......" sound. Lu Chen cried bitterly in his heart, thinking to himself: "Am I your apprentice after all?" At this time, I only heard Shenxiao Zhenren say loudly: "Eight steps to gather and step out of position, look for the tiger's claws and grab his knife." ”

Lu Fengchen said with a black line on his face: "Master, do you want to say eight steps to catch the toad and find the dragon claw!" said in his mouth, but he didn't dare to stay, his feet were staggered to get out of position, just staggered with the officers and soldiers, when the two were staggered, the left hand became a claw, and the officers and soldiers held the knife, and the veins of the right hand were slightly forced, and the opponent's hand was numb, and the long knife fell, and Lu Chen stretched out his right hand and grabbed the knife in his hand.

Everything was completed between the lightning and flint, Lu Chen grabbed the knife and ran to the next officer and soldier before he finished speaking, Shenxiao Zhenren coughed twice with a red face and said: "If you make a mistake when you are older, this is considered to be a test of your martial arts, and the words I just reminded are already considered cheating." ”

Lu Chen said in his heart: "How can there be such an unreliable master in the world, he can't even remember the name of the martial arts he taught, I think it's you who wants to catch the market in eight steps!"

At this time, Shenxiao Zhenren couldn't help but speak: "Little apprentice, why are you grabbing so many knives? One is enough, use a knife to cut these bastards!"

Lu Chen almost fell to the ground when he heard this: "This ...... Is this like the words of a great martial arts master in the world?"

I saw Lu Chen's small figure shuttling between more than ten officers and soldiers like a glimpse of light, the long knife in his hand waved at will, and in a moment the more than ten officers and soldiers who rushed over first had all been recruited or holding their feet, or covering their abdomen and wailing on the ground in pain, this is still Lu Chen's subordinates mercilessly holding the knife in turn and slashing people with the back of the knife, if it is really according to what his master said, these dozen people are estimated to be red.

When the rest of the officers and soldiers saw a little boy, they cleaned up more than a dozen officers and soldiers in the blink of an eye, and they all hesitated for a while and did not dare to step forward.

Seeing that no one dared to move forward anymore, Shenxiao Zhenren said loudly: "If there is anything you want to fight, hurry up if you have it, and if you don't, clean up the guy and get out." ”

Hundreds of people did not dare to answer, seeing that no one answered, Shenxiao Zhenren stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhou Zheng: "You come here!"

Zhou Zheng didn't want to go over, but he was afraid that this old man would hurt people, his young man was already so powerful, if he made a move, he was afraid that he would have to confess on the spot today. When he was hesitating, he heard Lao Dao shout again: "Hurry up, don't rub it off!" The state was drunk and excited, and hurriedly ran to the side of the old road.

Shenxiao Zhenren said to Zhou Zheng, who bowed his head and bent over beside him: "Hurry up and get out of here with your people, and don't come to harass this village again!"

Zhou Zheng mustered up the courage to ask timidly: "Dare to ask the old hero's surname, and it is good to go back to the next official!"

Shenxiao Zhenren snorted coldly and did not answer, but Lu Chen next to him understood the meaning of the master, and also learned the master's tone and said: "You are also worthy of asking my master......'s name?"

Before he could say the next words, he was interrupted by Shenxiao Zhenren, only to see him take out a golden token from his arms and throw it on the ground in front of the state and coldly: "No matter who sent you on this errand, go back and give this to him, I promise that he will not punish you, and I will never dare to send people to this village from now on." ”

Zhou Zheng picked up the gold medal on the ground, only to see that one side was inlaid with four big characters with good Qingzhou jade, "Emperor of the Ancient World", and on the other side, it was inlaid with "Martial God of the World". Could it be him? Zhou Zheng felt a pang in his heart and was about to speak. But suddenly I felt that the figure in front of me was rapidly retreating, and then with a bang, I was in pain, and then I saw that I had been thrown back into the sedan chair that the Taoist priest was riding in.

Seeing that Zhou Zheng was leading his officers and soldiers to flee for their lives, Shenxiao Zhenren took Lu Chen's hand and said, "Little apprentice, we should go too!"

"Where are you going, Master?" Lu Chen asked

"Yong'an City!" Shenxiao Zhenren said lightly

After speaking, he flew away with Lu Chen's hands and feet to the east.

"But Master, I haven't gotten permission from my parents yet!"

"I'll take your youngest son to save your eldest son! Don't worry!" Shenxiao's voice came from afar! The person had long since disappeared! Leaving the villagers kneeling on the ground at the entrance of Huansha Village!