The treetops, glowing with tender green, swayed. On the edge of the cliff below, a little boy in a white shirt, with half of his legs hanging outside the cliff, kicked gently. A red fox crouched beside him, its eyes warily looking at the team below.
Yang Su forced his eyes away from the huge object on the hill, followed the sound and saw the child on the cliff. He reached out to stop the soldier who was drawing his bow and arrow, and lowered his voice.
"This child is not an ordinary person, you must not act recklessly."
He clearly sensed that the child had a demonic aura, and the fox crouching beside him was no ordinary beast. He turned his head and bowed to Yang Guang: "Your Highness, wait a moment, I'll go over and take a look."
With a wave of his robe sleeve, he leaped from the horse's back, stepped over the shoulders of the soldiers in front of him, landed not far below the cliff, and stood on a green rock by the roadside.
As the distance shortened, the child with long hair, who should be about three years old, slowed down his tone and said with a smile:
"Who is the little boy?"
"My name is..." The child blinked, opened his mouth and said just two words, then turned his face and moved closer to the red fox beside him.
"Mom, can Mingyue tell me?"
The fox hooked his lips and didn't say anything, just nodded.
With his mother's permission, the child sat up again and spoke crisply to the short-bearded man below.
"Of course I am my master's Taoist child, my name is Mingyue. Who are you? You are bringing so many people and carrying weapons. You cannot enter Qixia Mountain."
Yang Su understood who the teacher the child was referring to, and the magic circle might be temporarily handed over to this boy to guard this part.
It seems that I have to apologize to this child for my old face...
"Then may I ask Taoist Mingyue, is your master at home?"
"No, no."
On the cliff, Mingyue waved her hands quickly a few times, then retracted her feet and stood up: "You guys should leave quickly. My master went to see the City God yesterday and has not returned yet."
Have you met the City God
When Yang Su asked those questions, he also wanted to find out where Lu Liangsheng was going so that he could go and look for him directly. However, he was stunned when he learned that he went to see the City God.
It's been such a short time since we last met, and yet Lu Liangsheng has already mastered the ability to leave his body
The group of soldiers around were so frightened today that when they heard that they saw the City God, they didn't even react at all. It seemed that this was the normal state they were in.
"So how long will your husband be back?"
Yang Su was naturally unwilling to go back like this, so he raised his hand and bowed to the boy: "We have come here specially to pay our respects to you."
Over there, Mingyue folded her arms, tilted her head and looked at the swaying treetops, thinking for a moment: "I don't know either. When he left, the master didn't say when he would be back. It may take a long time, or maybe two or three days. But you guys can't come in, Mingyue won't let you in."
The little man pointed to the huge creature on the distant hill and raised his little chin.
"Otherwise, I'll let it bite you."
This... Yang Su was speechless for a moment. He couldn't possibly argue with a three-year-old child. He frowned and thought for a while, then took something out of his sleeve and placed it on the rock under his feet.
"If your master comes back, you can pass this on and he will know."
After saying this, he stopped entangled with the boy and returned to his camp. After discussing with Yang Guang and other generals, he decided to retreat to Fushui County and wait for a day or two.
"This is the only way." Yang Guang looked at the outline of the mountain village in the distance, sighed, pulled the reins, turned the team around, and returned to Fushui County along the mountain road.
The smoke and dust spread far away on the mountain path. Mingyue recited the spell taught by Lu Liangsheng and put away the illusion array. He happened to go to Xiaoquan Mountain to visit his mother today and encountered this scene. If he was in Lujia Village, he might not have time to stop.
He looked at the sky and it was getting late, so he turned his little head to look at his mother.
"Mother, it's getting late. Mingyue should go back to the village first, so that the teacher won't be unable to find me when he comes back."
Yanzhi turned into a human form and gently hugged her son, rubbing his face against his. Only then did they reluctantly separate with a smile on her face.
"Well, it's getting late, so let's go back quickly."
After sending her son down the mountain, Mingyue walked a few steps and turned back to wave her little hand: "Mom, when I have time another day, Mingyue will come to the mountain to see you and bring you some delicious food."
After saying that, he trotted and skipped towards the village. As he ran, he turned back and waved from time to time, which made Yanzhi laugh and scold him a few words: "Be careful!" "Watch the road, be careful not to trip." "Mom will come to see you another day" and so on.
He watched his son's little figure disappear at the entrance of the village, then smiled, crouched down, transformed into a fox and leaped into the forest.
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"Big Brother, it's time to close the stall!"
Mingyue jumped and skipped as she entered the village. She greeted Wang Bandia, who was setting up a fortune-telling stall not far from the village, then she stepped on her toes and ran quickly back to the small courtyard with a fence. She originally wanted to play with the three boys, Yuwen Tuo, Li Suian and Qu Yuanfeng, but her master had not come back yet.
"Second Brother, Third Brother, let's..."
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw three young men sitting neatly on a few stone benches, leaning over a stone table and concentrating on writing annotations to classics. In the donkey shed, there was an old donkey crawling on the ground, chewing grass intermittently.
Mingyue immediately swallowed the rest of her words, stopped her steps and stood straight, looking at the figure under the eaves, and called out obediently, "Sir."
"You went to see your mother?"
Lu Liangsheng had just returned. He did not take the official road, but rode his old donkey directly over the mountains and ridges, returning to Qixia Mountain in a straight line, which was faster.
As Mingyue replied with "hmm", he walked into the room, put the green leaf in his hand on the desk, and stretched out his finger to wake up the Toad Taoist who was sleeping soundly on the couch.
"Master, wake up and come with me up the mountain."
The half-asleep Toad hadn't come to his senses yet. His body was lightly lifted up when his disciple put it on his shoulder. He almost lost his grip and slipped down.
"That mother of mine... I just had a dream... uh... what did I dream about?"
At the door, Mingyue came over, raised her arm, and there was a jade pendant in her open palm.
"Sir, someone just gave it to me, and brought a lot of people here, but they were all sent away by Mingyue. Isn't that amazing?"
"sharp."
Lu Liangsheng patted his head and took the jade pendant. Without Mingyue's explanation, he could feel the message left by the other party in the jade pendant from the magic power flowing through it.
"Why did Yang Su come to Mount Qixia instead of attacking cities and seizing land? And he also asked me to be the imperial teacher according to Yang Jian's request?"
He patted the little guy's head and said, "Go play." Then he walked out of the room. The three young men stretched their necks to look at him. Li Sui'an saw Mingyue running away and asked in a low voice:
"Master, what about us?"
In response, he was slapped on the top of his head and pressed back on the table, which made Yuwen Tuo and Qu Yuanfeng laugh out loud.
Lu Liangsheng walked past them and whispered to them from the side: "Keep writing!"
Then he walked out of the courtyard and went to Qixia Mountain.
The setting sun shone in from the western mountain top, dragging his shadow diagonally across the rocks and trees. Outside the cliff, the sea of clouds surged, and the old pines swayed gently. In the dancing mottled light, there was a beautiful figure with fluttering black hair. Hong Lian stood in front of the thatched cottage, watching Lu Liangsheng approaching. A smile broke out on her face and she bowed gently.
"Sir."
She whispered.
Looking at her raised eyes, Lu Liangsheng reached out and took her hand, pushed the door and walked into the room, pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, was silent for a moment, and told her about the conversation between Tianzhi City God and Zhou Yu.
"Maybe, there is no way to let you reincarnate, but there is another way, maybe you can try it, it may be a little dangerous, Hong Lian, are you willing?"
On the side, feeling the warmth from the man's hand, Hong Lian pursed her lips, revealing beautiful dimples on her cheeks.
"I believe you, sir."
On the desk, the Toad Taoist looked at his apprentice, then looked at the little ghost girl, stared at each other, tilted his head, and blinked his toad eyes, not understanding what it meant.