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Chapter two hundred and fourteen on the way

When we went to the Nanchen River Ferry, there were noisy people, winding or straight official roads, merchants and pedestrians came and went, cars and horses were impatient, and big belly merchants bargained with the boats crossing the river. On the far side of the river, fishing boatmen rowed over the stoop boats, drinking loudly, asking their son to pull up the net. The white scales reflected in the dim yellow, clattering in the net.

"My man check out!" "...Select a few more pancakes and add a bowl of herbal tea!"

"Here's here!"

The tea shed on the side of the road was noisy, and most passengers passing by the river were resting here to quench their thirst. The shop guy replied: "Here's here!" A firewood was sent into the stove, patted the dust, and picked up the teapot and took the cake and rushed over.

The ringtone of dingding dingding... came from outside. The guy was checking out for a table of guests. He turned his head and looked outside. A scholar in blue and white robe brought the old donkey over and tied the reins to the wooden stake outside.

He quickly smiled and greeted: "This guest official, please sit down first, and the younger one will settle the account for this table."

Lu Liangsheng tied the rope tightly, patted the donkey's head lightly, and whispered:

“There are many people here, don’t run around.”

Then he sat down to the empty seat on the table and nodded to the waiter of the shop: "You can do it first."

After a while, the guy came over and pulled down the rag on his shoulder, wiped the tabletop, and asked: "This guest official, what do you want to order? A small shop tea can be renewed after drinking it, and there is no extra money. In addition, there are pancakes with mutton, which ensures that you can enjoy your meal."

"Well, then just one bowl of herbal tea and two mutton pancakes."

"Hao Le, please wait."

The guy put on a rag and turned to the stove. Lu Liangsheng took a pair of chopsticks and put them in front of him. There was a ferry in front of him. The passengers came and went on the road. There was no sign of the bleakness that was about to be war.

"Ke-kun, your herbal tea and mutton pancakes are cold this day, so you should eat the pancakes while they are hot."

The guy put the scholar's order on the table before leaving, but was called by Lu Liangsheng.

"Brother, wait."

"What else does the guest officer?"

Lu Liangsheng picked up the bowl, picked up his chin, signaling the dense scene of pedestrians on the road outside, and asked him.

"I heard that war is going to start, why are there so many people here?"

When the war broke out, it was said that there should be a panic of wind and panic around, but this look was quite large than the description in the book.

"Hey... I'm fighting the Southern Dynasty, what do you have to do with us? Besides, the dynasty has changed, and everyone is from the Sui Dynasty. People who serve in the army can't bully their own families, right?"

The conversation opened and saw that no customers had entered the store. The guy pulled open the bench and sat down on one side.

"I heard that the accent of the guest should be from the south of the river. To put it bluntly, what's the good in the south? Previously, an emperor wrote poems and built buildings. The emperor was not as good as an emperor and even got involved in the wife of his generals. This emperor deserves to die! Now, I'll change to a small one...tsk tsk..."

The guy kept tskating a few times, shook his head and said, "How can I resist the tiger and wolf army of our Great Sui Dynasty? I advise you not to go back. It is easy to take out a wife with your appearance. Isn't it good to stay here?"

Opposite, Lu Liangsheng took a sip of tea and swallowed the meat patty. Seeing the guy talking excitedly, he smiled.

"Looking at this, you really like the emperor of the new dynasty."

"Hey, look at what the guest said, who doesn't like the new ones?"

The guy looked at the left and right and no one noticed it, and he pinched the rag and wiped it gently on the table a few times.

"Your Majesty is much better than the previous emperor. What's more, the world is pardoned when he ascended the throne. My brother-in-law was caught fighting with people on the street because of drinking and fighting with people. He was thinking about how much money to get the people out. Now it's time to catch up. My wife burns incense and kowtow to His Majesty every day these days..."

squeak…..

"Man, the stove water is boiling!"

When he approached the stove, a customer shouted, and the shop guy who wanted to talk about it again got up and put on a rag: "Customer, please use it slowly, I have to mix tea."

"you busy."

Lu Liangsheng replied politely, his eyes swept across the tea shed and the travelers coming and going. The traveler was coming and resting and eating something. He had no seats. He brought a bowl of herbal tea with pancakes, and squatted at the door while eating while drinking, laughing with his companions, and laughed loudly when he was talking about the fun.

‘Yang Jian seems to be a wise monarch.’

When I saw the other party that day and night, I actually heard the words I asked him to be the national master of the Sui Dynasty. Unfortunately, Lu Liangsheng was a little worried when the Chen Dynasty teased him. If a person who practiced Taoism stood in the court, he would be easily suspicious and would be called "playing tricks" again, then it would be ridiculous.

‘Forget it, forget it, practice my path well and teach those three apprentices before talking about it.’

Thinking of this, Lu Liangsheng shook his head and smiled, and drank all the tea.

After greeting the guest, the friend wanted to talk to the kind scholar. When he turned around, there were no figures on the seat, only a few copper coins were left on the table.

"This scholar is really amazing... In the blink of an eye, why did the person disappear?"

...

The scholar who was thought of, led the old donkey and walked along the official road less than half south. He stepped on the ferry and had already sailed to the river. The bow of the boat was unstable, but his vision was excellent. Looking at the direction of the river eastward, under his eyes with magic power, he seemed to see the water camp with flags floating in the distance.

"The guest official at the bow of the boat, hurry up after seeing it. The bow of the boat is bumpy and be careful to fall into the water."

The boatmen are most afraid of carrying such literati and elegant guests. When they are in a hurry, they have to stand at the bow of the boat, but they have never recited poems and essays to produce articles for the ages.

"It's not that I'm scaring you. Last time, there were four guys dressed up like scholars. The four of them had to squeeze to the bow of the boat and recite poems. As a result, one wave came and all four were planted in the water. Fortunately, I had a good dog's water quality, so I caught them!"

The young man who was rowing at the stern of the boat also nodded.

"My father said it was true, but to mention that those four were regular customers. They had been with them on heavy rain before, and that day, my father and I met a god."

Lu Liangsheng didn't make it difficult for both the father and son of the boat family to do it. He got off the bow and stayed by the old donkey. He listened to their troublesome words and talked about crossing the river on that day and rainy night. The other three or four passengers of the boat were also quietly staying aside, just as a pastime to relieve their boredom.

"You don't know that the god is like the scholar, holding his head with an old donkey. That night, lightning and thunder...."

When it comes to the rod being covered with crab roe, the boat also reaches the other side.

Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey and said goodbye and left the boat. He was still talking. The shipkeeper's son was suddenly pulled by his father. Seeing that other passengers had already gotten off the boat, the shipkeeper took out an incense from somewhere to light it.

"Dad, what are you doing? What fragrance are you lit up?"

"Did you notice the scholar who led the donkey just now?"

The boatman lit the incense head, raised it over his head, bowed respectfully to the shore and bowed three times. When he inserted it into the gap in the boat board, he spoke the sentence behind him.

"........ Does that scholar look like the one he met that night?!"

When the shipmaster mentioned this, the young man opened his eyes wide and slapped his thighs.

"No wonder I felt endless energy as soon as I got on the boat. It turned out that the god was on our boat again."

"You come and worship, hurry up after worshiping, it's almost uneasy here on the south bank."

The shipkeeper urged him, and when he saw that his son had finished worshiping, he pushed the boat back to the river and headed back to the ferry when he was coming.

The sky gradually darkened.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey to look at the sky. There were not many stars and moons in autumn. In the dark night, there were still several families around him with lights.

"At this time, no one else will let strangers stay."

Walking up the foothills, walking along the mountain path for a while, there was a dilapidated small temple standing in the dark forest ahead.

"Master, Hong Lian, let's make do with it here tonight."

When you walk into the temple, there are not many traces of dilapidation. The statue in the middle is fierce fangs, holding an iron fork, and a big green snake under your feet. It should be a mountain god. There are also incense burning paper ash in front of you. It seems that more than a dozen nearby families often come to clean and worship.

"I'm disturbed, Lu Liangsheng, Qixia Mountain, stayed here for a night."

When staying in a temple to see a ceremony, no matter whether the mountain god has formed spiritual consciousness, it is still respectful to be respectful and you must not forget the politeness of a person.

He led the old donkey to one side, and the bookshelf flew out of thin air to the ground. The toad Taoist pushed open the small door, walked out yawning, stretched out his webbing to keep warm by the fire.
Chapter completed!
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