The sunset is setting and red glow is dyed.

On the ground below the birds passed, the decaying grass splashed with the dust. In the desolate autumn days, figures ran one after another, or rode a horse and walked silently.

The wind blew across the fields. Someone saw the figures passing by from afar. He quickly squatted down and hid, watching the other party quickly pass through the west side of the village, throwing his hoe and running towards the village.

When I entered the village, I was shouting: "The bandits are coming down-"

All households came out one after another, and the farmers who returned home rushed to hear this, and their faces turned pale.

"Don't panic for everyone!" The man named Chen Tai came over and put down his hoe, his voice trembling a little.

"Come to our Beicun?"

The man shook his head panting and pointed to the entrance of the village to the south: "The bandits from Yazui Ridge to the north have come down, and I saw them going directly to Lujia Village."

Everyone in Beicun breathed a sigh of relief, but then became noisy.

"The people in Lujia Village are going to suffer now."

"…... I asked the matchmaker to come over to help me talk about the matchmaker today. I was driven back. There is a good show now."

"That's what your daughter looks like..."

While talking all the words, Chen Tai suddenly smashed the hoe, "Stop talking!!!"

The people around him calmed down and looked at the man one after another.

"Old Chen, what do you mean?!" someone asked.

Chen Tai pinched his hoe, glanced across his faces, and lowered his voice: "I'm gloating here, what if the next round of our village?"

"It probably won't be... After the bandits have robbed them enough, they will naturally go up the mountain."

"Say scary things and be uneasy!"

Chen Tai thought more than them, and was a little nervous. He was trembling when he spoke his thoughts.

"It's true that you've gone up the mountain. What if next year? Besides, people in Lujia Village don't forget to dig wells when drinking water. A few days ago, people from Lujia Village even half of their own rations for us to spend the winter. We can't wait to die and refuse to save us."

Although the people in Beicun were rude and illiterate, they still understood the truth. Then they fell silent and looked at me and I looked at you.

Some people are also worried: "Even if we go there, we don't have weapons..."

"Isn't it the same with hoes and shoulder poles? Our village has a lot of people, and the people from Lujia Village can scare them no matter how much."

Then there was also coming, and everyone had to watch him make a decision. After a moment, Li Jing nodded: "What Lao Chen said makes sense. Lu Liangsheng and the chief clerk have a teacher-student friendship, so it is appropriate to help."

"Since Li Zheng said that, everyone will go back and get the guy!"

"...It looks a bit fierce, and at least scare this group of bandits!"

"Go!"

After the matter was settled, more than 40 families in the village, including nearly a hundred men, women, young and old, people from three or five, came out from their homes with hoes, shoulder poles and hatches. After gathering at the entrance of the village, they shouted and rushed over.

Five or six miles away from the Beicun people, there was a team of more than 30 bandits. Liu Erlong rode on his horse, looking at the mountain village on the other side of the river, immersed in the sunset.

He bent down and stroked the horse's hair, turned his head to look at Lu Erlai: "It's this?"

In his low voice, Er Lai nodded quickly, approached the reins in a flattering manner, and pointed to the direction of the village.

"Report to the second master, it's here, and the hundreds of taels of silver are all in Lu Liangsheng's house, and there are also one taels in the other people's house."

Liu Erlong waved his whip and opened the hand of Lai Zi from the reins, grinning open his beard and smiling ferociously.

"It's really bad luck for you, the eight generations of ancestors who have a person like Lujia Village." He raised his arm and pulled out the steel knife from his waist, and his voice suddenly became loud.

Tip the tip of the knife to the mountain village.

"Chop the whole village, take away all the food, and don't give it to you! Just kill it-"

More than 30 bandits jumped over the river quickly and rushed over with murderous aura. The pile of stones placed in front of them were trampled under their feet and loosened.

The magic power that cannot be seen by the naked eye suddenly disconnected...

In the distant county town, there is a unique courtyard located on the edge of the city. Someone twitched his eyelids and looked to the south.

“……............. cannot be followed, and cannot be fulfilled...”

Under the camphor tree in the courtyard, the old man in a simple green robe held the book in one hand, his voice was vigorous and powerful. When the evening breeze blew, the blowing leaves floated on the pages, interrupting his voice.

The old man raised his gaze, looked at the boy on the stone bench opposite, and tapped the other person's head with a book. Lu Liangsheng turned around and quickly stood up and bowed.

"Teacher..."

Opposite, Wang Shuhua looked serious and took the lead.

"Listen to the teachings of sages, you must not be ungrateful. Today it is too late, so stay in this courtyard for one night and go back early tomorrow."

Lu Liangsheng walked out of the stone bench and took a step back: "Mr. Liangsheng has something to do at home. He will rush back later, so he won't bother with his mentor."

"It's so late..." The old man was serious and upright, looked at the sky and nodded: "Well, since you are so heartbroken, you should go out of the city while the sky is not yet dark. But after you go back, study more. If you have any questions, come to the city to find me at any time. Next year, I will sign up for you as a teacher."

"yes."

Lu Liangsheng bowed respectfully, took the book and left the courtyard. As soon as he left the courtyard, his expression became cold on his face. He rode on the old donkey and turned out the toad in the cloth bag on the back of the donkey.

"Master, I just felt the magic circle in Lujia Village suddenly break."

The sleeping Taoist Toad was woken up by him in his hand and waved the frog webbing, "Maybe it's the child playing... I'll know when I go back and take a look."

Lu Liangsheng was uneasy, but now he was too far apart, so he could only do this. As soon as he left the city gate, he found a remote place, drew a talisman, put it on the old donkey's belly, pinched his fingers, and used the technique of shrinking the ground into an inch.

The soldiers at the city gate thought they were dazzled and rubbed their eyes. The figure of the donkey riding in front of them was already ten feet away in the blink of an eye, and disappeared at the end of the red sunset.

"This is...a master..."

"No, the left captain of the county government seems to be searching for Taoist who can perform magic. Hurry up and report it!!"

The rays of the distant mountains to the west gradually sank into the mountains, and night came. Lujia Village at the foot of Qixia Mountain also rose as usual. Chicken crowed and dogs barked. Lu Xiaoxian shouted the hens to return to the cage. Li Jinhua did not cook. She secretly observed the kitchen. Seeing that there was no movement, she gritted her teeth and ran to her son's room.

After all, that night, Youlu's face was seen in Lu Liangsheng's room. The woman sneaked open the door and went in. The furnishings inside were not different, but they were a little cold, probably because there was no one in the room.

"Nothing is different. Even if I'm dazzled, the matchmaker wouldn't be scared like that for no reason..."

In the murmur, Li Jinhua turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly her body stopped, turned her face tremblingly, and her eyes slowly looked at the wall. The hanging scroll and the beauty with long sleeves waving face were exactly the same as what she saw that night.

Suddenly, Li Jinhua's teeth were so scared that she was joking, and then... the beauty in the portrait raised her lips and smiled.
Chapter completed!