After passing Mingde Gate, the snow stretched along the rows of roofs. The orange cat jumped over the eaves and crawled over the branches, overlooking the lively street below.

The first heavy snowfall in winter has stopped, and the atmosphere of the New Year is approaching. People who have been busy for a year have put down their fatigue and take their wives and children to the streets while they are free to look at the joyful stalls on the street to choose New Year’s goods, or cut a pound of meat or two, choose a few pieces of cloth, put it on the donkey’s back, and the children riding on it look at the candied haws in the past with greed.

The streets were bustling with people, and they were picking around stalls everywhere. Hawkers were also shouting loudly to attract more customers.

"Look at it and saw that the tofu I just ordered is white and tender, resistant to poking and not rotten!!"

"Writing couplets...a pair of five cents."

"Give me a pair, you'll be full of spring!"

"Dad...Look at the monkey show over there."

......

The bracelet ringing sounds mixed with the noisy street.

From Mingdemen, we came to Tongshanfang. In the pedestrian and vendor room, young scholars in clean robes were squeezing through the crowd with old donkeys looking around.

The bookshelf swayed creakingly on the back of the undulating donkey, and there were also closed scrolls on it. It looked like a poor scholar selling calligraphy and paintings. Under his simple clothes, a thumb-sized scabbard around his waist looked particularly small and exquisite. Some people even asked the scholar if he was willing to sell it.

Not far from the scholar, there was a Taoist, who had a mustache with his upper lip and short beard on his chin. He blew a lazy breath of heat. Seeing the excitement there, he flashed over quickly, raised his toes and looked inside.

Lu Liangsheng came over with the old donkey and looked inside through the gap inside and outside. An old man was beating a gong and shouting a monkey to bow to everyone. Then he jumped to the wooden stick standing on the ground, chirping and shouting, taking the small gun thrown by the old man and wielding it, which made the people watching the show applaud.

"When I went back, I brought my master over to see the fun, but I didn't know if I could wake up."

After winter began, Taoist Toad wrapped himself in a quilt and retreated from the bed and refused to get up. He was away from the bed for two months and was reluctant to leave the bed. He slept in a drowsy sleep. If he didn't know, he would think something had happened.

As for the First Emperor, he has never come out since that time. Lu Liangsheng thought it was good, and the solar term was almost over to avoid worry.

"Old Sun, let's go."

Thinking of this, the scholar snapped his fingers at Sun Yingxian, who was still watching monkey plays over there, "Go back and wash up first, change your outfit, come out at night and go to the night market."

Over there, Sun Yingxian caught up quickly and walked beside the old donkey.

"I said, why did we work hard? We didn't have a good meal even if we sleep in the open. You have to treat us tonight and let the old pig take charge of the chef."

"Okay, I'll treat you, as long as you can eat."

Lu Liangsheng smiled. He had been back twice in the past two months, and was mostly in the wilderness of the rest of the time. Occasionally, people in the mountains could have a hot meal or two. As for why the Taoist said that it was so hard, the scholar was not easy to answer. He silently looked at this bustling and prosperous long street and looked at every life that passed by in front of him. I think there was no need to answer.

To obtain the cultivation of Taoism, you must always do something to be worthy of the creatures in this world.

After passing through several lively squares, I just returned to Furong Pool. A few fast horses came from the mountain gate. When I saw the scholar, Taoist, and old donkey, I let out a "whip" and jumped down slowly. It was Yuwen Chengdu, who had received the imperial order, who walked over quickly with the "wow" friction sound of Jiaye, and arched his hands and half-kneeled down on one knee.

"You are the national teacher, and I am looking for you."

Lu Liangsheng looked at each other with the Taoist, and asked the other party to go back first, then raised his hand, "Get up, what's the matter with you coming to Wanshou Temple to look for me?"

Once he went out with Master Lu, Yuwen Chengdu felt that he was getting closer to Master Lu, stood up respectfully, walked to the side, and said with a smile: "The Master is not sure that it is Your Majesty who asked him to come to the future, and I don't know what happened. Just a message is to say, if Master comes back, enter the palace."

As he said that, he looked around and approached a little later, and added in a low voice: "When the last time he was about to come out, he ordered the cavalry to go out everywhere. I heard that the eunuch beside His Majesty said that His Majesty seemed to be angry."

"Get angry?"

Lu Liangsheng frowned. The end of the year is approaching, and the great victory in autumn is coming, so the emperor will not get angry. He ordered to ride out of the imperial city without leaving the door. The two provinces of the Secretariat seem to have a serious problem.

Could it be...for the Duke of Yue?

Thinking of what Yang Guang said drunkenly after the banquet that day, Lu Liangsheng's eyes were solid, and he hurriedly looked at Yuwen Chengdu opposite and ordered.

"You go back first, don't say that my national master is back. When I deal with some things, I will go to the palace to meet the saint."

"I will know at the end."

Yuwen Chengdu smiled and laughed at the face of the national teacher. He bowed his hand and then turned over and called on his horse to the long street in the distance.

Seeing the knights leaving, Lu Liangsheng pulled the old donkey back to Wanshou Temple, washed up, combed his slightly messy bun, put on a brand new robe, looked at his sleeping master, covered his bedding for him, and then greeted Hong Lian and the others, and went out alone.

The long street was crowded and noisy. The scholar used a spell to block his eyes. He walked through the low eaves and followed the familiar streets. He passed by several streets in a blink of an eye and came to the Duke's mansion. He did not ask anyone to inform him. He walked straight through the walls. The servants and maids passing by seemed to have not seen him, and were busy posting festive couplets and paper-cutting, and the mansion showed a joy.

There were four scholars sitting in the pavilion passing by with a sad look on their faces. Lu Liangsheng looked at the four of them and wanted to laugh for no reason, but there was still something to do, so he wouldn't stay here.

.........

In the study room with charcoal fire, Yang Suzheng wrote words on a blank book.

The room was warm. When the rustling writing sounded, the old man stopped his brush and heard the sound of footsteps. The familiar aura raised his face and smiled at the open window lattice opposite. The empty air suddenly twisted, and a figure in a blue shirt and white robe appeared.

"Haha... The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Fellow Daoist Lu won't go back to Qixia Mountain in his spare time?"

The old man walked out of the book case, took the boiled teapot from the stove and poured a cup of tea, put it on the small table next to it, and the thick wall, a blurred figure passed through it and slowly condensed. Smelling the fragrance of tea, Lu Liangsheng bowed and bowed: "I'm afraid I won't be able to celebrate the New Year. There are still many children in the temple that need to be taken care of, so I will spend less time with my parents this year."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and invited Yang Su to sit down together.

"I heard from outside that the Duke of Yue is leisurely all day long, so I come and have a look."

"hehe!"

The old man listened to the teasing of the scholar's words, stroked his gray beard and chuckled, "It seems that Fellow Daoist knows it, but there is a big fuss outside."

"Duke Yue isn't worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Yang Su smiled even more vigorously, and she raised her hand to the direction of the imperial city: "Worry about Your Majesty?" As she said that, she burst into laughter again, "I am only worried that Your Majesty will be restrained, and there will be less courage to make a decision and less majesty to rule the world!"

The whole room seemed silent in laughter.

Lu Liangsheng just smiled, didn't say anything, and was silent for a while. He put down the teacup in his hand, looked at the old man opposite him with complicated eyes, and his previous smile disappeared on his face.

"Duke of Yue really doesn't regret it? He doesn't care about the lives of children and grandchildren in his family?"

The fire burned out Mars. The old man looked at the hot tea cup in his hand, sat there thinking for a while, and smiled again on his face.
Chapter completed!