The door was ajar, and Toad Taoist staggered in. He glanced at his apprentice rummaging around in the cupboard, then climbed onto the bed.
"I am so tired..."
Seeing that the scholar didn't respond, he got on the bed and lay down, tilting his head to look over: "Liangsheng, what are you doing?"
Over there, Lu Liangsheng was rummaging through the cupboard for some medicines for bruises and sprains. They were all bought a long time ago, but he hadn't had the chance to use them again after using them a few times. When he heard his master's words, he smiled and replied.
"For the three people outside."
Hong Lian poked her head out from the scroll on the wall, took a look at the half-open gap, hummed, floated over, picked up the silk handkerchief, and gently wiped the burnt area on Master Toad's back.
The Toad Taoist waved the webbed female ghost's silk handkerchief and sat up. He felt the burning sensation and the corners of his mouth twitched in pain. He quickly changed his posture, supported his cheek with one hand, lay down on his side, and looked at his apprentice.
"Them? The burnt area still hurts, but they didn't tell me..."
As he spoke, he handed over the burn medicine. Lu Liangsheng sat aside, smiled, poured the medicine from the small porcelain bottle, soaked it in the plain silk, and gently applied it to the back of the toad. He smiled and nodded: "Of course I will apply medicine to Master as well."
Looking at the apprentice in front of him, he felt a chill from the burning wound all over his body. He couldn't help but hum twice, stretched out his limbs and lay down with his round webbed head stretched out.
"Comfortable!"
This scene made Hong Lian laugh softly, she reached out and took the burn medicine from Lu Liangsheng: "Sir, you should go out and check on those three people."
"Not sour anymore?"
Hearing this, Hong Lian shyly hit him lightly with her hand, stomped her embroidered shoes on the ground a few times, and hurriedly urged the scholar to go out.
"Okay, then you apply the medicine for Master."
Lu Liangsheng took the medicine for bruises, said a few words with a smile, then opened the door and walked out. The two guards stood under the eaves at a loss, guarding their young lady and not letting Sun Yingxian, who didn't look like a good person, get close to them.
"Master, forget it. The young lady is just unconscious." "Yes, maybe Master Lu can get some medicine."
Seeing the door open, a guard quickly said, "Master Lu!"
The Taoist turned around and saw the scholar walking out of the eaves. He pouted and stepped aside, mumbling as he leaned against the eaves pillar.
"Hey, hey... don't blame me for not reminding you. If your daughter has a seizure or a nightmare one day, don't blame anyone. It's really ungrateful."
The two guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do. They had seen monsters, magic spells, and even a toad that could walk upright and talk. This was no longer something that people like them who knew martial arts could control.
The scholar who came over put the medicine beside the well.
"Don't listen to that Taoist's nonsense, nothing will happen."
After saying that, he squatted down and placed his fingertips on Min Yuerou's wrist to feel her pulse. There were several rips on the woman's long sleeves, revealing her fair skin with bloodstains and bruises, probably caused by bumps during the chase.
"He just fainted from exhaustion and fright. Don't worry."
Lu Liangsheng then stood up, took the medicine and applied it to her, then bandaged her. However, the injuries on her thigh and waist were difficult for him to deal with. He couldn't just ask Hong Lian to do it, right
just in case…
Thinking of this, Li Jinhua's voice scolding her father came from far outside the yard.
"You are so generous. It would be great to bring back such a big centipede to soak in wine. You can't buy it anywhere else!"
"Hey... Can you please say less?"
When the two guards cautiously grasped the hilt of the knife and looked at it, their hands suddenly seemed to be flicked and they quickly retracted from the hilt. In the horrified eyes, Lu Liangsheng stood up and waved his hands: "Those are my parents."
Outside the courtyard wall, Li Jinhua came over mumbling something. When she saw several people in the courtyard and the unconscious woman on the ground, she stopped talking and ran into the courtyard with a cry of "Ouch".
"What's going on? You guys came in fine just now, how come one of you is lying down?"
When he saw the wound bandage in his son's hand, he probably understood what was going on, snatched it away and glared at him.
"Why don't you help carry it into my room?"
"I'll do it, I'll do it!"
The Taoist priest hurriedly came over with his hands down and a smile on his face. Li Jinhua gave him a fierce look from a distance. He squatted under the eaves and muttered, "You asked me to come, but you didn't let me come."
Over there, the woman winked at her son.
"Liangsheng, what are you still standing there for? She's such a nice girl, hurry up."
Ahem…
A woman coughed in the room. The woman forced a smile and laughed dryly: "I say, it's getting dark soon. It's not a good idea for a grown girl to lie in the yard. Hurry and carry her back to the house."
She quietly pulled at her son's robe.
Lu Liangsheng glanced around the room and had to follow his mother's instructions. He picked up Min Yuerou from the ground, walked into the woman's room and put her on the bed. Lu Laoshi wanted to take a look, but was glared at by Li Jinhua who followed him in, so he shrank back. He ran to the donkey shed in dismay, sat on a low stool and continued to weave baskets.
…
I felt a burning pain all over my body and regained consciousness. I could smell the scent of medicine for injuries in the air.
Min Yuerou fluttered her eyelashes, woke up, slowly opened her eyes, and saw a woman sitting beside the bed, wringing out a towel in a wooden basin.
"Auntie..." she called softly.
"Awake?!" Li Jinhua wrung out the towel, turned around, leaned over and wiped the woman's clothes. Since they were both women, there was no embarrassment. After wiping, she straightened the woman's clothes and said, "I've applied medicine to you. It's nothing serious. If you want to say anything, just tell Liangsheng."
After saying that, he gathered up the towel, picked up the wooden basin, stood up, and shouted to the door: "Liangsheng, come in."
Squeak...
The door was gently pushed open, and the light of dusk shone in from outside. Lu Liangsheng walked into the room, and the woman who was leaving whispered something over his shoulder.
"That's all I can do to help you."
The scholar smiled silently. After his mother went out, she closed the door sideways and walked to a low stool beside the bed and sat down. The woman also sat up and leaned against the head of the bed. She tucked her loose hair to her ears, thought of her father's current situation, and hurriedly told her the reason for coming here.
"Mr. Lu, my father is probably still in danger. He said that the guardian of the country in the capital is a monster and attacked all the civil and military officials. Now he has attracted some of the pursuers and asked me to rush here to ask you for help."
Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting next to him, nodded: "I already know."
"There is no time to lose." Min Yuerou lifted the quilt and put on a short shirt. She only had skin injuries and it was still a little painful after applying medicine, but it was not so painful that she couldn't get out of bed.
"Mr. Lu, come with me to find my father. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for much longer."
Enduring the pain in his arm, the scholar tried to put his arm through the cuffs, but Lu Liangsheng held his shoulder and forced him to sit back on the edge of the bed. He shook his head.
"I can't leave now, at least for a day or two. Besides, do you know where your father is? Has he been arrested?"
After all, the woman was young and had always been in the circle of powerful people in the capital. She had never experienced such a situation. When she heard Lu Liangsheng's words, she suddenly became anxious and was about to kneel down along the edge of the bed.
"Mr. Lu, my father is old..."
Lu Liangsheng raised his hand and used his magic power to support the kneeling figure, then pushed her back to the edge of the bed and made her sit up. He pondered for a moment.
"Minister Min will be fine, you don't have to worry too much. Even if he is caught, he will be brought back to the capital, so there is still hope for this matter."
Having said that, Lu Liangsheng smiled.
"I also know Minister Min very well. He is a strong man, otherwise they wouldn't have separated. I'll ask you to bring a few people over..."
At this moment, hearing the scholar's gentle whispers, even though she knew they were words of comfort, Min Yuerou felt a little more at peace. Thinking of her father's ups and downs in life, and how he had always been a stubborn person, she couldn't help but smile.
After a while, she remembered something else.
"By the way, Mr. Lu, where are the other two monsters?"
“I can’t run away.”
Lu Liangsheng said something comforting, but there was a complexity in his smiling eyes. He was actually worried about Min Changwen as well. He looked out the window, at the remaining red leaves on the old tree in the yard.
Repeat softly.
“I can’t run away.”
The setting sun swept over the mountain tops like a tide. Three paintings hidden in the mountains formed a triangular magic circle. Spiritual energy flowed back and forth, surrounding the entire Lujia Village in the middle.
The transparent figure that originally rushed out seemed to hit an invisible wall and retreated. Looking up, the green spiritual energy that seemed to connect heaven and earth was flashing with magical light. Faintly, the sounds of battle and killing could be heard, as well as the terrifying roars and cries of beasts.
He took two steps back, and the transparent figure moved towards the foothills. There was a rustling sound among the dense grass leaves, and the bushes blocking the way were crushed. Suddenly, he stopped, and a tinkling bell sounded nearby.
Um
Pushing aside the drooping branches, in front of the sight, an old donkey was swinging its tail and chewing grass leisurely with its hooves. The maid in the purple and black cassock licked her lips. She was heading south all the way, also hungry, and could not wait to approach it.
hiss~~
A sound similar to the chirping of insects came from her open mouth, but the closer she got, the more irritated the maid in the purple-black cassock felt, as if the mangy donkey in front of her was very dangerous.
'Just take a breath of blood...'
When he thought about it briefly, the old donkey over there shook his ears and raised his head. The maid in the purple and black cassock who was approaching met its eyes and he finally understood why he had that feeling before.
Turn around and run.
The next moment, there were a few crackling sounds, and a flash of lightning exploded in the forest. Flocks of startled birds rushed out of the woods. On a nearby mountain road, eight people with an old man with blood plasma on his face, carrying a large centipede, came over. Hearing the chaotic sound of the flock of birds, they looked up and saw an old donkey jumping down from the mountain with a large centipede in its mouth, shaking a pair of bells on its neck, raising its hooves happily, and running towards the village in the distance.
"It looks like Liangsheng's donkey." "What's in its mouth?"
"It looks like the same centipede as this one." "Tsk tsk... the donkey here is probably almost a spirit..."
"Uh... a few days ago I wanted to buy some donkey meat from Lao Shi..."
Lu Pan tilted his head to look at the giant centipede on Lu Qing's back, and he couldn't help shuddering when he thought about how the old donkey could catch one by himself.
Quickly throw away the previous thoughts.
"Let's go, don't talk. Let's go back to the village and fry the centipede so that the whole village can eat it together."
"Which one... interrupt me."
Wang Banxia held the belt of the man in front of him and called out weakly, "Who among you can be kind enough to send me back to Fushui County?"
However, no one paid any attention to him.
I had no choice but to follow him to the village ahead. Soon, night fell.
Min Yuerou, who was still worried that the monster would escape, opened her mouth slightly and watched several burly village women holding thick-backed kitchen knives, shelling three large centipedes, chopping them into several pieces, and putting them into several large pots on the fire, frying them with a sizzling sound.
The whole village was as lively as during the Chinese New Year.