"Master?"
The moment their eyes met, the Taoist Toad who was sitting over there half-closed his eyes, his pupils turned scarlet, he jumped up, opened his mouth and a stream of purple smoke spurted out, then he turned around and jumped off the small door of the desk, running on the ground with his webbed feet, and suddenly he tensed his strength, and ran higher and higher with his webbed feet.
Lu Liangsheng waved his sleeves and inhaled all the purple smoke. He looked at his master who was holding something in his other hand, his dangling flippers almost leaving an afterimage.
"Master, it's time to go!"
The Toad Taoist who was walking on webbed feet was stunned. He looked down with his toad eyes, his cheeks puffed up, and he hugged his webbed feet and glared at his disciple who was going over there. Then, a wide sleeve came into his sight and without waiting for him to say anything, the sleeve was directly put into the sleeve pocket.
Lu Liangsheng covered his sleeves without saying a word, and quickly walked out of the Wude Hall. He waved his hand back to remove the shrouded magic circle, and the palace guards who were isolated outside suddenly appeared around him. Even the eunuchs took up their weapons and surrounded him outside. When someone saw the scholar coming out, they hurriedly shouted, "The imperial teacher is out!"
"National Master!"
Yang Guang, who had left earlier, changed into armor and walked out of the crowd with a sword hanging from his hand. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Liangsheng's clothes were intact.
"I'm glad that the Imperial Master is alright. Has the monster been captured?"
"It's just a monster pretending to be something. It has some skills and is not easy to catch. We have to kill it."
Before the matter was made clear, Lu Liangsheng could not tell the whole story and explain it clearly to the emperor. Now he had to hurry back, so he made up some stories about subduing demons and monsters, and sent away Yang Guang and the palace guards who had come with them. He hurried back to the carriage and rode back to Wanshou Temple.
On the way, he saw Kuanxiu rushing left and right, and the Toad Taoist inside trying to come out, but Lu Liangsheng ignored him. The evil aura was not the aura he was familiar with at all.
Hehehe~~
Outside, the horses breathed heavily and neighed twice, and the cart slowly stopped in front of the mountain gate. Lu Liangsheng nodded to the soldier driving the cart, and with a flash of his body, he had already gone into the mountain gate, and returned to the attic in a few breaths.
The temple was already quiet. Occasionally, one could hear a child crying in fear at night, and then the children would fall asleep peacefully after a while. The children in the temple had gone to bed early. The old donkey crawling at the door raised his eyelids and glanced at his master who had returned. He grunted twice as a greeting, and then went back to sleep.
"Old Sun, come here for a moment. I want to borrow your demon-binding rope!"
As soon as he entered the main hall and went upstairs, Lu Liangsheng used his magic power to teleport to a nearby room as he walked. Not long after, a face with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks poked out from the open door. Seeing the figure walking in the aisle, he blinked in confusion, took the red rope from the yellow cloth bag and hurried to follow.
Squeak~
Lu Liangsheng opened the door and Hong Lian, who was glaring at Qi You, came over. He bowed and saw that the scholar looked serious, which was unusual for him. "What's wrong, young master?"
Behind, the Taoist priest came in with a red rope.
"That's right, Lao Lu, as soon as I came back I felt that you looked a little old..."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Liangsheng walked over to the desk, shook his wide sleeves, and a breeze blew out, knocking a black shadow onto the table with a light "paji" sound.
"Old Sun, use your rope to tie it up first!"
“Okay!” Sun Yingxian came over holding the red rope and looked at the Toad Taoist who was slowly climbing up from the table. She hadn’t reacted yet: “It’s a Toad demon. I’ve been wanting to catch… catch…”
Wait!
The Taoist reacted and twitched his lips. He turned his head to look at the scholar: "Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Lu, isn't this an old toad? Are you trying to betray your master and ancestors... Ho, are you trying to destroy your relatives for the sake of justice?!"
As he spoke, he reached for Lu Liangsheng's forehead, but the scholar opened his hand and with two fingers, he quickly tapped the belly of the Toad Taoist who had turned over and sat up, pinning him down.
"tie."
"Hey, you said it, so don't cause me trouble when the time comes!"
Sun Yingxian confirmed it again and again, then she flicked her finger, and the red rope around her wrist flew over and tied up the limbs of the Toad Taoist who was unable to move. With one tie, he was instantly tied straight and fell onto the table.
"Master..." Hong Lian looked at the Toad who was silent and just staring with some concern, then looked at Lu Liangsheng who looked upset, "What happened to Master Toad?"
The noise here also alarmed the other people in the attic. When they heard the Taoist's shouting, they all ran over and crowded the room. Lu Pan and eight other people looked around with their bare chests. Mingyue was lifted up by Zhu Ganglie, who was holding the embroidery, and put on his shoulder. It was the first time they saw the Toad Taoist who was tied up. Even the golden hair hidden in the sleeve of another robe turned into a monkey that jumped onto the head of the bed, squatted on it, and tilted its head curiously.
"Friend Lu, has this old toad done anything wrong? Should we give him a few beatings?" The old pig couldn't help but think of the first time he came to Chang'an, when he overturned a brothel and received a few beatings.
Lu Liangsheng shook his head. Since they were no longer outsiders, there was no need to hide anything, so he told everyone what had happened in the palace.
“… I have always found it strange that Master has been able to absorb the energy of the demon star without being attacked. But today I feel that there is something fishy about it. Recently, my Master has been dozing off and having strange dreams. It seems that there must be another soul in his body!”
On the desk, Toad Taoist lay there straight, not saying a word, just staring at the faces around him, as if he wanted to write something down.
"Oh, this thing still wants to hold a grudge." The Taoist rolled up his sleeves, "Come, come, hit me. I'm giving you a chance, don't waste it. How about I strike first?"
Lu Liangsheng reached out and knocked on the Taoist's head: "Shut up!"
"hehe… "
At this time, the Toad Taoist lying on the table grinned, then closed his eyes, "Want to beat me up? Then come on, anyway, the one who will suffer is just this Toad, and I am nothing!"
"Well, you're the one scolding yourself!"
The Taoist said with a chuckle, but was glared at by Lu Liangsheng. He hid aside in dismay. The scholar turned around and looked at the grinning Toad. He took a deep breath, calmed his mood and tone, and asked in a gentle voice.
"Then who are you? Are you really the First Emperor?"
"Don't you already know it? Why do you need to ask more?"
The toad, who was tied up and unable to move, raised his face with all his strength, his expression solemn, and said word by word: "Yes, I am the first emperor who swept across the world and unified the nine provinces, Ying Zheng!"
The room suddenly became quiet.
Then... there was a sudden burst of laughter.
No matter how much Lu Pan and the others talked about their experiences, they had also heard the rumors about the First Emperor and they couldn't stop laughing. The Taoist even laughed so hard that his whole body was shaking. He was out of breath and waved his hands while leaning on the table.
"If you look like the First Emperor, I'd still be the Supreme Lord Laozi!"
Among the crowd, only Lu Liangsheng did not smile. He opened his thin lips slightly and asked softly, "What's the proof?!"
"presumptuous!"
The Toad Taoist struggled and twisted his body, staring at the scholar in front of him with his toad eyes.
"I am Ying Zheng, no proof is needed! Quack—"
However, no one believed him.