Lu Liangsheng smelled a odor of medicine in a daze and woke up. What came into view was the dome of the house and a beam with many spider webs hanging on it running across the other end of the wall.
When he became more conscious, he propped himself up a little and sat down on the head of the bed. The dim sunlight was shining in through the window at the foot of the bed.
The furniture in the house was simple and the bed was simply pieced together. It should be someone's home in a village.
Squeak~~
Lu Liangsheng leaned down to the ground under the edge of the bed. After a while of sleep, he regained some energy. He put on his shoes and walked to the window. Outside, under the eaves, Min Yuerou was sitting on a small stool with her back to him, fanning the small stove with a cattail leaf fan. Her close-fitting robe was tight, revealing her graceful figure.
Puff!
The medicine pot was broken and the soup was boiling. The woman wiped the sweat from her forehead, blew away the hot air, took the cloth to wrap the pottery ear, and put it on the ground in a hurry. Then she took out her handkerchief and covered the mouth of the pot, letting the medicine seep into the bowl.
"I haven't even cooked rice... I don't know how to make medicine..."
Min Yuerou supported her chin and mumbled something, but her eyes were fixed on the steam rising from the bowl, probably waiting for it to cool down before bringing it in.
As she said, "… how's it going?", a figure walked out of the room in her peripheral vision, squatted down beside her, and stared at the bowl with her.
"I don't mind whether it's cooked well or not."
Min Yuerou's face turned slightly red. She moved a little and muttered softly, "Eavesdropping."
This is a thatched house with three rooms connected together, surrounded by a fence. An old woman holding a winnowing basket came back from outside. When she saw the man and woman under the eaves, she smiled and nodded, then turned aside and called out to the chickens and ducks in her home.
Lu Liangsheng responded with a smile, stood up and bowed. He probably guessed that the woman had taken him away for a long time and stayed overnight at the old woman's house.
"Don't be so polite, young man. Don't try to be stubborn in the future. If you can't walk far, don't walk. If something happens, how will you live alone? You will be taken away by other men."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Lu Liangsheng said several times, and after recalling what the old woman said, his expression was stunned for a moment. He turned his head to look at Min Yuerou beside him. The latter pursed her lips, tried hard to hold back her laughter and turned her eyes away. She raised her pretty face and looked outside the yard, and said nonchalantly:
"I... I didn't say anything."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the man next to him. Lu Liangsheng silently stared at the chickens and ducks running around in the yard following the old woman. He picked up the medicine bowl on the ground, blew on the hot air, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Yue Rou, thank you."
"Hmph." The woman snorted, took the bowl from him, and took it to the water tank to wash it. "Now you know how good I am, right?!"
Lu Liangsheng looked at the back of Min Yuerou who was busy cleaning and smiled, not knowing how to answer. Of course, this could not be considered a question, at most it was Min Yuerou's complacent self-complaint.
After washing the dishes and placing them on the bluestone slab beside the water tank, the woman wiped her hands and walked back.
"Mr. Lu, what are you going to do next? Will that old monk come after us again?"
"I don't know. Given the master's persistent nature, he might really come looking for me. I think we should leave as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Min Yuerou, who was squatting under the eaves, felt a little lost, looking at the simple and exquisite farmyard.
"You're leaving so soon. I thought you could stay for a few days."
"Then you'll stay?"
Min Yuerou looked at the smiling scholar and suddenly turned her face away.
“No!”
Then, he stood up, clapped his hands, and went back to the house. He quickly packed up his things, and after a while, he came out with a bag on his shoulder, raised his chin and said, "Let's go, Master Lu."
Uh... this woman's mind is really hard to guess.
Lu Liangsheng reached out and took the bag from her shoulder, put it on his own shoulder, and added: "Well... don't talk like Old Sun in the future."
"oh."
The woman lowered her head, twirled the corners of her clothes and followed Lu Liangsheng in small steps. The old woman who was feeding chickens and ducks in the yard put down her winnowing basket and came over.
"What's wrong with you two?"
"We both have important matters to attend to, so we won't disturb you."
"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me, just go ahead." The old woman smiled and sent Lu Liangsheng and Min Yuerou to the path outside the fenced yard, and waved to them.
"Don't rush to travel in the future. You two are still young and have a lot of time to live. Your health is the most important thing."
Watching the scholar turn around and bow, and then leave with his "lovely wife", the old woman put down her hand and walked back slowly, returning to the eaves rather dejectedly. On the low stool beside the small stove were dozens of copper coins neatly placed there.
The old woman carefully held the copper coin and chased out of the yard. She could no longer see the two people on the country road in the distance.
"These two children..."
…
At this time, Lu Liangsheng and Min Yuerou were walking along the country roads with acres of fields. Without horses, the latter was more happy and jumped on the ridges of the fields. Occasionally, she would pick up a wheat ear to amuse the scholar walking in front of her.
But at the moment, Lu Liangsheng was thinking about what happened in the previous battle with the old monk. As for the woman who was teasing him, he didn't pay much attention to her.
Walking and thinking quietly.
"The words of the old mother of Mount Li really came true. In other words, she saw that I, in the future, was already using the boundless mountains and seas."
Lu Liangsheng roughly understood that for his future practice, he might have to rely on the book "Boundless Mountains and Seas". Without magic power, he could use his spirit, energy and spirit. But now that he thought about it carefully, he only fell asleep once, and his physical strength and spirit improved greatly. He returned to a mortal body. Even if he still had a strong physique, it would not be so fast.
Could it be... Black Turtle
Before, the black turtle's body was broken by the old monk's attack, and the strange beast directly existed in another form. He had never been able to use that white cold air, but he could use it easily. I think it was related to it.
That being said…
… If I were to draw the strange beasts from the Shanhai Tuzhi again, wouldn’t the corresponding stars appear behind them, so that I could summon them or borrow their magic
Remember, there is a strange beast inside. When it opens its eyes, it is daytime, and when it closes its eyes, it is dark. If...
As he was thinking about it, Min Yuerou came closer and waved her open palm in front of the scholar's eyes a few times.
"I've been talking to you, but you ignored me."
"I've been listening, too." Lu Liangsheng laughed, pressed her hand back, and said jokingly, "Actually, I was thinking that it's such a long way, and we have to walk back. If I can't do it anymore, you have to support me."
"Okay, okay, I'll help you."
Min Yuerou waved her hand and strode forward, a faint smile on her lips as she muttered to herself, "I'll support you for the rest of my life."
Flocks of birds flew across the rosy glow. As the sun set, withered and yellow leaves swayed in the wind, fell from the branches, and landed on the shoulders of approaching figures.
Lu Liangsheng brushed off the fallen leaves, walked leisurely through the woods with the pretty girl, and then turned to the official road of Fushui County. From time to time, he would imitate someone and catch some game, or ask for some food from passing merchants to change the taste. He spent a leisurely life like this for several days.
After dark, they would find a cave or forest to rest. This was the time the woman liked best. She would light a bonfire quickly and sit beside it, feeling exhausted, to warm herself by the fire.
The chirping of insects could be heard among the weeds. Min Yuerou leaned against the tree, gazing at the dense starry sky beyond the gaps between the branches.
"Master Lu, if the Chen Dynasty had not been destroyed and you had been an official in the court, would everything be different now?"
Lu Liangsheng looked at the night sky, broke off a dry branch and threw it into the fire, and said with a smile: "There is no if, this is actually quite good, the north and the south are unified, and the people of the world will suffer less from the war."
"That's not what I'm talking about!!"
When the woman rolled her eyes, there was a sudden rustling sound in the woods, and faintly there was a crisp tinkling sound. Lu Liangsheng stopped what he was doing, asked Min Yuerou to be quiet, spread his hands to call for the Yuelong Sword leaning against the tree, and looked at it vigilantly.
All around, the chirping of night insects quieted down, the flickering firelight suddenly dimmed, and in the dim light, in the dark forest, a pair of long ears poked out of the bushes and trembled twice.
In an instant, a long, light-haired muzzle and nose came out, with a pair of big eyes looking at the man and woman near the fire, his long mouth opened wide and exhaled a rough breath.
The dog neighed loudly, then rushed out from the grass with a splash, spread its hooves and rushed over to Lu Liangsheng, with its long tongue hanging from its mouth, jumping back and forth, and the bell on its neck jingling non-stop.
Seeing Lu Liangsheng put away his sword and reach out to stroke the bald old donkey, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
She recognized this old donkey.