The autumn wind blew yellowed the foothills.

The news of the emperor's funeral has spread these days with the spread of county jail servants. For those who traveled to and from the roads and set up stalls on the roadside, it was a bit regretful. It was too difficult to meet a good emperor.

Someone at the roadside tea shop where he was resting was interpreting the official documents issued by the officers, and the business travelers who were drinking tea to cross the river or going north whispered.

"Is the emperor dead?"

"Isn't it written above? I'm asking! It's a pity. It's only a matter of finally meeting an emperor. How long will the world last?"

"The new emperor heard that the second prince is not the original prince."

"Oh, the original prince has heard some comments. He loves poetry, calligraphy and painting too much. He often gets drunk with literati. If it were me, I would have let the King of Jin be the one who is here!"

"...Don't talk nonsense, just like you, why do you say 'If it were you'."

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Nowadays, the news spreads all over the world, or the official documents posted, and it was already late in autumn when it was already in the south. When the tea shops were lively, two people paid for the tea and went out to pick up the old donkeys at the door, and walked to the ferry.

The Taoist followed the Taoist touched the mustache on his mouth, and looked forward with a big bag on his back and looked forward hard at the boat on the ferry.

"Old Lu, Yang Jian is really popular."

"Since ancient times, sages have been passed down through the ages. Whether it is scholars or the people, they all remember them in their hearts."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the north, said this with a smile, and led the old donkey to the ferry. This time, he didn't meet the father and son of the boat family a few years ago, but got on another small boat crossing the river, and gave the old donkey a rock technique. He rolled up his sleeves and walked to the side of the boat. Facing the river breeze, his black hair gently stroked his ears. Looking at the prosperity of the boats on the river for a while, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Yang Jian is indeed a good emperor, I hope Yang Guang can continue like this."

Soon after crossing the river, Lu Liangsheng pulled the old donkey and the Taoist to set foot on his hometown. He did not encounter any accidents on the way. He went south by Tianzhi, and visited the city god Zhou Yu on the way and told the story of the demon star energy, so that the other party would be wary of it. If it encounters it, it will help capture it.

"Jin Xin, the city god of Chang'an, just reported to Taishan Yinfu in truth. Even if the demon stars disappear, they will slowly grow elsewhere. Then they will attach themselves to humans and stimulate the dark side of human nature. Then they will seal them in their bodies first, and temporarily suppress them with the noble aura. Return to Qixia Mountain to stabilize with the help of the spiritual gathering array..."

Lu Liangsheng and Zhou Yu walked on the official road to Fulinzhou to the south. At first glance, the two looked like scholars traveling together, which did not attract the attention of past business travelers.

"Since Master Lu said that, Tianzhi must cooperate."

"Liangsheng thanked the governor."

Lu Liangsheng stopped, turned around and bowed to Zhou Yu, who was standing within the boundary of heaven and earth. Then he turned over to the old donkey's back, called the Taoist on the side, and patted the donkey's buttocks: "Let's go!"

Sun Yingxian, who was about to climb onto the donkey's back, saw the old donkey's shaking hooves, and his hands and feet hovered. He quickly shook his head, took out two divine talismans and hit them on his legs.

"I'll rely on myself..."

"It's up to you."

Lu Liangsheng didn't care about him, and he wouldn't run away with such a big man. Besides, he was not far from Qixia Mountain. He bowed to Zhou Yu, who was standing behind him in the world of heaven and earth, and said, "Goodbye!" Without shrinking into an inch, the old donkey excavated his hooves and kicked them, and his figure instantly turned into a afterimage, and he rushed toward the south like lightning.

Following this official road to Hegu County, there were still many people walking along the way. Before they could react, a long smoke and dust swept through the sky from the middle of the road. The strong wind blew the slow horses who were pulling goods and neighed in panic. I don’t know which lady from a wealthy family was lifted up and exposed a big pancake face, screaming in surprise.

Step by step ~~~

The four hooves were running wildly and there was no sign of the afterimage. Lu Liangsheng leaned in front of the donkey's back and could already see the outline of the city wall of the River Valley County. He patted the donkey's head. The old donkey whirled twice, slowly slowing down his speed, and the bookshelf that shaked violently on his hips also stabilized.

"Since I'm passing by, I'll take a look at Mr. Zhou."

Lu Liang was born on the donkey's back and saw that the old donkey was still restlessly stepping on its hooves, and reached out to slap it on its head twice.

"Is there a donkey? When I return to Qixia Mountain, I will run with you all over the mountains and fields, but here I will reach the city soon. Don't hurt pedestrians, be obedient!"

As we approached the road at the foot of the city wall, the people passing by, and the business travelers saw the scholar talking to the old donkey he was holding, avoiding him from afar. When the other party passed, they couldn't help but sigh.

"It's a pity for this scholar to be handsome. He is actually a fool."

"What does someone else have to do with your business when talking to a donkey? I'm leaving."

Over there, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey into the city gate. The streets were bustling with lively and pedestrians were disturbing. The guy who was wearing a rag shouted loudly to attract customers. On the upper floor of the long street, water was poured down, poured on the vendors. A man ran out of the door with his head in his arms.

The window frame in the attic was open, and a woman with a tiger back and a bear waist stuck her head out. The man running away on the street shouted: "You are still raising the outer room like that. Let's wait for me first!"

There was a burst of laughter on the long street.

Lu Liangsheng felt the unique excitement of this world. He pulled the old donkey through the crowd of people watching the excitement, followed the location of Zhou Mansion to pass through the quiet streets and alleys. The long blue brick walls were covered with moss, and the old pine trees were still growing lushly in the courtyard wall.

After walking up the mottled stone steps and knocking on the yard door, an unfamiliar old man in the gate opened the door and frowned at the scholar in front of him.

"Young Master, who are you looking for?"

"Lu Liangsheng, is Mr. Zhou here?"

Lu Liangsheng bowed to him, and the latter looked at the scholar outside the door, put him in and took him to the doorman to wait.

"Here, the young master will come here for a while now, and I will tell the manager."

The concierge slowly went to the front yard. Soon after, he came back, and an old servant from the mansion was added beside him. The latter saw the scholar standing under the eaves and raised his sleeves and arched his hands before he could even pass.

"Young Master Lu, come in quickly. This doorman is new and I don't know you. I offend you."

Lu Liangsheng lived in this mansion for almost a year. None of the former maids and servants in the mansion knew each other. The old servant in charge quickly invited the scholar to walk to the front yard, but his expression was a little anxious.

"It's the right time for the young master to come. The master was sick again a few days ago. He had recovered and had not eaten for three days. So he drank some soup and drank it."

"I'm sick?"

The scholar who went past the front yard and looked at the old servant slightly, and suddenly fell silent. He remembered that the old man was disturbed by the rebels before, and his body caused many problems. He gave him some magic power to nourish his internal organs. From then on, the old man's body bones were almost over.

The eaves turned to the water pavilion and arrived at the backyard. There were still several maids guarding the door. One of them was a young woman in a plain white dress, sitting under the eaves, drooping her face, pinching a silk trouser and wiping her tears. Hearing footsteps, he turned around and on the path between the flowerbed, a scholar wearing a blue shirt and a white robe was walking.

He quickly wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes and buried his face again. When the scholar approached, he slowly stood up and gave a little blessing.

"Mr. Lu."

"Zhou..." Lu Liangsheng originally wanted to reply 'Miss Zhou', but he remembered that the other party was married and his husband's family didn't know what his surname was. He quickly stopped the two words behind him, turned around and asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Zhou?"

Somehow, Zhou Rong didn't dare to look at him, and just shook her head with her face down.

"Dad is still the same as before, he can't eat anything, and he is getting weaker day by day."

"I'll go and have a look."

Lu Liangsheng comforted her, walked to knock on the door, and was invited by Mrs. Zhou. When he saw the old man leaning against the head of the bed, his cheeks and eyes were sunken. When he saw Lu Liangsheng coming in, Zhou Rong grinned and smiled silently.

The husky and weak squeezed out sound.

"Ryosen...why are you back?"

"If you have something to do, you have to go back to Qixia Mountain. When you pass by, you want to come and talk to you."

Lu Liangsheng sat on the edge of the bed, uncovered the bedding, and touched Zhou Rong's hand. It was a skinny and bone-like touch, which made the scholar feel sad. He was about to give the old man some more magic power, but there was a weak voice over there.

"Don't silence... The old man squeezed out his smile, and his hand gently patted the back of the scholar's hand.

"I... this is my death, and finally... I'm leaving... Don't waste my life."

Unexpectedly, the old man was still joking at this time, which made the originally sad atmosphere disrupt, and Lu Liangsheng also laughed.

"Yes, a few days ago, I sent off the late emperor Yang Jian. Before leaving, I even joked with my ministers, and the atmosphere was gone. I saw that Mr. Zhou and the late emperor were both heroes and could see through life and death."

"People are almost dying, and there is something I can't see through." Zhou Ying tried hard to speak, and said halfway, and then he rested for a while before continuing to speak, looking at the scholar sitting in front of him with muddy eyes.

"I have taught a national teacher in my life... but I have also lost a good son-in-law... I don't know if it's worth it."

After saying this, the old man was extremely tired, as if he had spent all his energy for the past few days, patted Lu Liangsheng's back of his hand and asked him to leave and go home.

"Let's go home first... don't have to see me... I have children and daughters to send me off... I'm not lonely... Liangsheng... Remember to go farther back... Go higher... Let Mr. Shuhua and I come down... and those ghosts and demons... have the capital to brag... I must have a future..."

After saying a few words intermittently, the old man fell asleep in a daze. Mrs. Zhou also heard the old man's words, but Lu Liangsheng was not allowed to stay. She glanced at the daughter next to her. The old woman sighed and sent Lu Liangsheng to the gate of the yard. She gave a few words to close the door of the mansion.

Lu Liangsheng walked down from the high gate of the mansion, bowed and bowed, and looked out of the pine branches outside the wall, which turned yellow.

Alas~~

The scholar sighed, led the old donkey and turned around to the bustling long street, walked out of the city gate, basking in the slightly tilted sunlight, in the blink of an eye, it became blurred in the light, and went a few miles away, walking through Fushui County where he had studied, the Taoist was already waiting by the side of the road. He wanted to nag a few words, but when he saw the scholar's expression, he swallowed the words back.

The two of them followed the official road south of Fushui County silently to the winding mountains. The sunset was setting, and the red rays shone on the withered and yellow forests all over the mountain. Countless dead leaves fell down, and some of them floated down the mountain road and moved backwards were farmlands, and then went backwards.

The mountain village sits in the sunset, and the smoke rises.

Lu Liangsheng finally had a smile on his face, opened his lips lightly, and said, "I'm back home."
Chapter completed!