The night wind carried the exit away. Before the man with ears hanging down to his shoulders could finish his words, figures standing on both sides suddenly stepped out, causing the man to sigh twice and reach out to pull, "Yunchang, Yide, what are you doing? What about your business?"
The two nodded at him and simply replied, "Yes." They held down their brother's hand, strode over and raised their hands heavily in front of the others who had just recovered from their shock.
"Guan Yu (Zhang Fei) pays homage to the Imperial Master!"
Suddenly, the remaining people were all stunned and stood there, whispering to each other as they looked at the three people who were bowing over there.
"When did this happen? How come we don't know about it?"
“… We didn’t get together after we died, so naturally we don’t know.”
"Then Wen Hou..."
"Maybe he was also conferred the title by that person."
"Then they are really worth it. I haven't been a god yet..."
Amidst the scattered words, Lu Liangsheng bowed to the two people on his left and right, and returned the greeting, "So it's the Demon-Subduing Marshal and the Inspector of the Two Worlds."
Gongsun Zhi watched the three people on his side reminiscing about the past with the other party, touched his forehead, and felt a little helpless. He originally wanted to come over to pick a fight, but now it seems that he can't be a match at all. After the four people finished talking for a while, he interrupted and opened up the conversation. He smiled and said, "I originally wanted to support Cao Gong and ask for an explanation, but now it seems that we are still family. Since the explanation is not allowed, I wonder if I can ask for a glass of wine?"
People who have been emperors speak differently. They start by speaking openly to appear frank. Then the phrase "we are one family" brings the relationship closer. Asking for a glass of wine makes the atmosphere more harmonious, making it difficult for anyone to refuse.
"There's plenty of wine, I'm just worried you won't be able to drink enough!"
Lu Liangsheng knew the principle of taking advantage of the situation, and a harmonious atmosphere was the best. He extended his hand to invite people in and glanced around.
"Everyone, please come in!"
"Wait for someone!"
At the entrance of the alley, a loud voice rang out, and two figures on horseback rushed out, with their red war horses neighing excitedly. The people coming were Lu Bu, with a beautiful woman in his arms, probably his wife. Also stopping their horses was a young woman, who rode down her curly-haired red rabbit in a heroic manner.
"Dad, next time I ask you to take a car, you insisted on riding a horse. People on the street looked at us strangely, and we were questioned by Z6's people several times."
"Don't take it lightly, these four cowards who dared to say a few words. If Lingqi is upset, Dad will go over and beat them up."
"No, no, let's go over there."
Seeing more than ten pairs of eyes looking at them, Lu Lingqi hurriedly grabbed her father and asked the women to persuade him. Only then did Lu Bu give up, which caused laughter all around. Lu Liangsheng also laughed, went up to Lu Bu and exchanged a few words, then invited everyone to go in and tour Chang'an first.
Immediately, he turned around and looked at the alley entrance.
'It's strange... why hasn't the master come back yet?'
…
The night is deep, and the bustling city gradually becomes quiet. Outside the city, fireworks soar into the night sky, and with a loud bang, they turn into countless twinkling sparks that form beautiful "flowers".
In the colorful light, at the foot of the eastern mountain, mud was swirling in the forest at night and hitting the rocks, and the sound of copper bells tinkled. On the head of an old donkey that was running on the rugged mountain road, the Toad Taoist raised his toad face, and looked at the fireworks that illuminated the night sky with his bean-sized toad eyes. Then he narrowed his eyelids and kept knocking the donkey's head with his frog webs.
"I told you to be greedy, I told you to be greedy, but I'm going to sit down and eat now!"
Ah, ah, ang~~~ang~~~
The old donkey also got angry. He shook twice while running, causing the toad on his head to lose stability and almost fall down, as if to tell him that it had nothing to do with him.
"It's okay? Who told you to steal the grass at the entrance of the Lishan Old Mother Temple?"
He got angry when he talked about coming to Mount Li. He was supposed to go down the mountain after sending out a team of terracotta soldiers, but his mother stopped him. He had no choice but to go over and chat with her. The old woman also complained, saying that Lu Liangsheng came here just to visit her. The Toad Taoist smiled and explained to his disciple before he stopped.
When he was about to leave, the old donkey ate some magical herbs that looked like weeds growing at the temple gate. He was too embarrassed to mention leaving, so he took some pills that he had made in the gourd and placed them on the altar angrily. He stayed and talked for a while until it was completely dark. When his mother asked him to leave, the donkey ran down the mountain without stopping, and the scene just now happened.
Thinking of those pills, Toad Taoist angrily slapped Old Donkey again.
"Sooner or later I will eat donkey meat hotpot!"
Whoosh~~~
Crackling—
Fireworks exploded above the city, forming beautiful shapes and colorful lights, running along the foot of the mountain towards the direction of the city. Suddenly, several rays of light shone out from the woods on the side of the road and fell on the figure running towards the direction of Mount Li.
"Stop what's ahead!"
"This is the Commuter Bureau's checkpoint. Pull over to the side for inspection!"
Four figures emerged from the woods, all wearing the same uniform, with honest faces revealing a bit of delicateness, carrying bags on their backs, and holding flashlights. They stood in a row in the middle of the road.
Tap tap tap…
Amid the shouting, the four heard the sound of hooves and looked at each other in surprise: "Brothers, did you hear anything?"
"It seems to be the sound of hooves."
Someone looked down at the instrument in his hand: "There is an energy reaction... Wait, it's speeding."
The person in the middle adjusted the flashlight to maximum power. The light became dazzling and shone forward, revealing an old donkey with its tongue hanging out and its hooves spread out, running towards this side.
"A donkey... speeding."
"Hmm, looks familiar."
"What are you looking at? Stop it—"
When a companion next to him shouted, the old donkey's pupils contracted in the dazzling light. Hearing the shouting coming from afar, he subconsciously began to slow down. The Toad Taoist above his head lay on top of the old donkey, tremblingly urging him.
"Stop... Stop now... You're going to hit... Ouch..."
There was a long "squeak" as the hooves stopped, sending a series of sparks flying on the ground. The four people in the middle of the road were so frightened that they started to yell and huddle together.
The next second, the braking sound stopped abruptly, and the smoke and dust were blown away by the wind.
The four people who were huddled together slowly raised their heads and saw a donkey's head approaching them, looking at them from side to side. They separated and stood still in fear. The one who seemed to be the leader coughed twice and straightened his face, asking them to put away their panicked expressions. They then looked at the old donkey and wanted to speak, but found that there was no one on the donkey's back except the bookshelf.
“It’s still… unmanned…”
However, when the four people's eyes fell on the big toad lying on the donkey's head with half of its long tongue sticking out, their expressions froze, and they moved together again and formed a circle.
"Did you see that?"
"Um."
"There is an energy reaction. Could it be that he is a mutant with the ability to transform?"
"Good idea... Would you be okay with turning into a toad?"
"So what do you say it is?"
"… a mutant toad."
After a while of mumbling, the four of them generally agreed with this statement. They took out their notebooks, wrote it down quickly, and walked to the donkey head. "Can you speak? If you understand, nod your head."
Taoist Toad sat up, covering his drowsy head. Seeing the respectful looks of the four people in front of him, he was quite satisfied and spoke directly.
"I understand!"
“I understand... He said he understands..." Among the four people, the tall and thin young man froze in laughter. When he reacted, he jumped back suddenly as if he had been electrocuted.
"Oh my god... the toad is talking!!"
What greeted him was the light of exploding fireworks and the reflection of a palm swung out by a leaping short figure, which slapped the shouting man in the face with a slap, leaving a small slap mark.