The Buddhist music was ethereal and fast, a thin mist was pouring out from the woods, and two pairs of pointed cloth shoes lifted up the green skirt and stepped silently across the mud.
Wide yellow sleeves brushed through the bushes and grass leaves. Two figures were seen, one waving his arms and turning a prayer wheel. The other wore a straight black horned hat and a navy blue and white checked cassock. She had a female face and held a long staff in her hand. The upper part was twisted and pointed straight to the sky, and the lower disk looked like yin and yang fire colliding with each other.
The moment they walked out of the woods, the handle of the staff slammed against the ground, and the voice of the woman holding the staff was soft and gentle.
"Compassion saves the world from suffering, as if seeing the Dharma Master who protects the country in person."
Outside the cave, a group of pale-faced people knelt down in front of the long staff in the woman's hand.
The pale-faced man's forehead touched the ground, his eyes fixed on a nearby weed.
"Your Excellency, we were chasing the thieves and were about to succeed, but we were stopped by a scholar..."
The guardian of the country
Lu Liangsheng was also a little confused. Weren't there a group of thieves chasing two men, a woman and a child here? How come a master of law also appeared
It seems that the people on the opposite side are from the imperial court
He moved his feet, turned his head slightly, and asked the master on the chessboard.
"Master... How high of an official position is the Protector of the Nation?"
The Toad Taoist closed his eyes and said, "I don't know. Now I am a toad..."
Then, he opened his eyes a little and said, "But be careful. The two women opposite have strong demonic auras. They are not ordinary people. Humph... If I were a master at the peak of my powers, I would just wave my hand to deal with them..."
On the side, Lu Liangsheng certainly knew that the other party must be someone powerful. If it weren't for the fact that his master swallowed the other party's bird and the child over there, if he had known in advance that the other party was from the imperial court, he would never have stood out so thoughtlessly.
The blood rushing to the head is really not a good thing...
"But how come these monsters are mixed up with people from the imperial court?"
Lu Liangsheng used his magic power to focus his eyes. There was a method in "Qinghuai Bugeng" that could be used at this moment. His eyes gradually turned slightly blue. The two women who were kneeling on the other side had a strong demonic aura all over their bodies. Their skin was painted with thick powder, and their pale skin color could be vaguely seen, but it was impossible to tell what kind of demons they were.
"Forget it. Now that I have taken on this troublesome matter, I have to solve it eventually."
He turned sideways and raised his hand, and the brush hanging on the bookshelf flew off and into his hand. Lu Liangsheng regained his composure and walked out of the cave.
Although he knew that the other party was from the imperial court and there were two monsters with unknown levels of cultivation, he still managed to remain calm and walked over and clasped his hands.
"From the identities you two have revealed, you should be the subordinates of the Protector of the Nation..."
As he spoke, Lu Liangsheng's magical power was also being mobilized to create momentum. The surrounding wind, trees and fields were swaying in the night, and the torches held by the men in black over there were flickering.
"… Since you are the Protector of the Nation, you should represent the face of the court. May I ask why you are hunting down the women and children here?"
The atmosphere was so depressing that it was suffocating. The big man, the coachman, and the woman holding the child at the other side of the cave, their clothes were soaked with sweat. Looking at the scholar over there, they only hoped that the master in front of them would not abandon them.
"Good, good!"
Among the two people kneeling over there, a woman holding a staff and holding an orchid walked out.
"The Dharma Master who protects the country saves the world with compassion, which is to help..."
At this moment, she stopped talking, and her eyes suddenly stopped on the green-linked pen in the scholar's hand. Her originally expressionless face changed a little.
He looked at his companion beside him and bowed slightly.
"So you are the one that the Master has a predestined relationship with. I am sorry for the insolence."
After saying that, they all turned around and left without a pause, stepping into the rolling mist and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
The pale-faced man and the group of men in black kneeling there looked at each other, having no idea what was going on.
I only heard the two messengers under the Master's command say that the scholar was the Master's destined person...
Isn’t it the flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple
The pale-faced man's heart was beating wildly, and the subordinates around him were too frightened to make a sound. They hurriedly pulled over their companion who had been injured by the copper coin, and bowed to the scholar one after another.
"We didn't know you were such a great man. We just offended you rashly. I hope you can forgive us."
"Yeah, we didn't know..." "If we had known earlier, this wouldn't have happened."
Seeing that the scholar did not respond, many people became panicked, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Sir, please say something."
"We are also following the orders of the Emperor... the Master of Law."
The three big men standing at the entrance of the cave looked at the scholar nervously. The latter waved his hand lightly, and the copper coins scattered on the ground flew back and went into his sleeves.
"Let's go."
The pale-faced man bowed again hurriedly, not daring to stay, and fled with his men like the wind.
As soon as the man left, the three big men over there looked at the scholar with an indifferent expression, and returned to the cave without saying a word. They sat down in front of the chessboard, looking at each other, not knowing whether to go in or leave, and were at a loss.
In front of the chessboard, Lu Liangsheng turned a chess piece, but he did not feel as calm as he looked.
Am I the one destined to be with that Dharma Master
How to say this? Among the people I know, apart from the one who my master said once reached the pinnacle of cultivation, there is only one other person, Sun Yingxian, who has the same cultivation level as myself.
Just when he was about to ask his master, Lu Liangsheng turned his head and saw that the three big men who had been standing hesitantly at the entrance of the cave suddenly came in hurriedly with the children in their arms and sat down by the fire.
The big man spoke rather embarrassedly.
"It's dark outside, and the road is hard to walk on. If there are wild animals, it will be bad for the children..."
Lu Liangsheng was still thinking about the phrase 'the destined one' and nodded absentmindedly.
"Please help yourself, all three of you."
Neither side continued the conversation afterwards. After a while, footsteps were heard outside the cave. The big man, who was staring at the fire in a daze, subconsciously grabbed the hilt of the knife. Before he stood up, a figure came in hurriedly. It was a Taoist priest.
"Why don't you have diarrhea after eating loaches? I just ate a few and I almost got dehydrated!!"
Sun Yingxian, who came in, naturally saw the people around the fire. She sat down opposite Lu Liangsheng and asked in a low voice.
"Hey, why are there three more people, and a child with them?"
“I’ll only eat one.”
Lu Liangsheng flipped the chess piece with his fingertips, staring at the chessboard absentmindedly, and forced a smile: "… Just like us, passing by to take a break."
"oh."
Seeing that the scholar was thinking about something, the Taoist priest could not help but turn around and run to the fire to warm himself, chatting with him in a casual manner. From time to time, he would sneak a peek at the woman leaning against the wall of the cave, and then come back in a hurry.
"That girl is pretty. Do you think I have any hope for her..."
"The child in that woman's arms is her child." Lu Liangsheng raised his head and put down a piece.
The Taoist priest, who was originally excited, lost interest and picked up the chess piece again: "Then I am not interested anymore. It's not as good as the fox demon."
One after another, they followed Lu Liangsheng to restart the chess game, but both of them were absent-minded.