In April, the waterfront is lush and the peace over the years has made the business roads unobstructed, vendors and travelers gathered, and people came and went on the official roads, and passing chariots could be seen everywhere.

His Majesty’s construction of canals has been fully opened two years ago. On each section of the old river, there are tens of thousands of nearby young and strong laborers rushing to open up, unblock and reinforce them day and night. After working hard for a day, they also have appropriate hard-earned money. Just three months ago, I heard that His Majesty was preparing to make up two meals for the young and strong men who built river canals in each section, so that they would be more energetic when they worked.

Once there are too many people, there are also wages to get. Vendors from various sections of rivers and canals are constantly coming and going, looking for business opportunities, and some are also flexible in mind. They open tea shops, wine shops, and hidden places for people to have fun nearby.

The Qihe Canal from Xindu to Zhao County was also in such an atmosphere. On one side, there was a busy digging section of the river. Bags of mud, sand and fine stones were sent to the river bank in the hands of the shirtless man, loaded into a donkey cart, and sweated. Less than two miles apart, there were various thatched huts and thatched houses. People who worked but had no wives and children got their wages, lingered in the messy and noisy, walked into a nearby wine shop, scalded a pot of yellow wine, and ate half of the chicken. It was so comfortable that the gods would not change it.

There was a crowded crowd, and there was noisy in the hotel with open doors and windows. The rising heat mixed with the waiter's shouts. The store was filled with travelers from all over the mountains and mountains, merchants dumping goods? There were also Green Forest Knights carrying swords and swords to rest and drink.

"......The world is peaceful? Is it still struggling. I heard that not only our north side, but also the east and south side are also building rivers and canals? You said, why do you need to build such a wide range? Isn't it enough to be able to take a boat? Isn't it so uneasy."

"What do you know? At least His Majesty also paid wages to his subordinates. It's hard to find work on weekdays? I'll do it for two years now? I've saved a lot. If I've been working for another year, I'll almost get a wife by this time next year."

"That's it? The river section in Luoyang is now available? Two meals have begun to serve. I heard that there is still meat."

"Oh, is it true? Then Your Majesty is the great benefactor."

A group of people who travel around the world or work nearby gather together to sit together, and they can’t avoid talking about the current river repairs? When someone says it’s excited, a table with a “bang” sounds like a pottery bowl falling heavily on the table.

A young man dressed in a knight put down his wine bowl? He seemed to hear these words and felt angry on his face. There was also a female relative next to him. The warrior who was also tying his waist and wrists covered his clothes with a blue silk robe? He reached out to the back of his male companion's hand? He shook his head.

The knight just nodded? Seeing the two travelers who were talking before, he snorted coldly.

"The labor force has been promoted, which has made the people work hard and they have the face to say that they are kind-hearted?! In the Southern Dynasty that year, impeachment is necessary. I think the emperors today are surrounded by some flattering scholars."

Most people dare not refute him when they see him dressing up, but some are unhappy.

"Brother, it's a bit one-sided. Look at the people in this area, how many people have been raised and how many people have to work? It's better than being idle all day long and unable to find money and end up stealing, right?"

Someone took the lead, and many people immediately became bold and agreed: "What this brother said is, not only your Majesty is wise, but there are many capable people in our Sui Dynasty. Some nobles are unhappy, and they sent many unknown people to slander them everywhere."

Bang!

The knight could not hear the sarcasm in his words. He slapped the table with a palm, and the wine splashed out from the edge of the bowl. The shopkeeper in the store was afraid that the fight would ruin the business, so he quickly turned to the client. The latter changed into a smile and greeted him, standing between the two tables to persuade him.

"Everyone can all relieve the fire, and then eat and drink..."

While speaking, I saw an old man outside walking towards the shop door with a shabby flag holding a dilapidated flag and hurriedly left. Seeing that the old man was half-closed and knew that he was a blind man, he diligently helped him take the flag with the words "Don't Ask Gods" in his hand, and his eyes swept around. There was only a space at the Green Forest Catering Table there.

"Hero... Can this old man sit here?"

The Green Forest looked at the old man with white hair and beard and dressed in Taoist robe. Seeing that his eyes were dull, he nodded, followed the previous words, and continued to argue with the people on the table.

"You said the court is wise? Why did the emperor kill several ministers who have made great contributions in several years? Do you know that Duke Yang Su of Yue? He was killed for a long time? Isn't it the current emperor who has been punished by killing donkeys and casually? Wu Jianzhang was also killed, causing his son to die in the world. This is the Son of Ming in your mouth? If I want me, there is almost no one in the court."

The tables around him were speechless, but for a moment, a cough broke the silence. The old man opposite the knight's desk coughed twice, wiped his hand twice on the banner, turned his eyes and laughed loudly.

"Your voice is strong and full of energy, but there is a faint anger hidden in it. It seems that you are very dissatisfied with the son of today."

The knight was stunned for a moment. At first, he thought that the fortune teller who was walking around the world was just a kind of fortune teller who was making a living everywhere, but a simple sentence hit his mind. He couldn't help but look over again. He opened his neck and had a light blue Taoist robe with his hair meticulously combed his hair. He nodded slightly and stroked the white beard under his chin, feeling like a hidden master.

Immediately, I raised my hand and clasped my fists: "Sir, please give me advice!"

"Haha..." The old man smiled, his eyes were silent but mysterious. He smiled for a moment and said, "There is no need to give advice. I just visited the old Taoist, and I will give people some advice if I have the fate. I have no chance to ask for anything. I just heard you speak, and I couldn't help but interrupt and say, "If there is no one in the court, I will not agree."

"oh?"

The hero picked up the drink and frowned.

"Sir, who else do you think in the court?"

The travelers and merchants around couldn't help but erect their ears and leaned slightly towards this side, wanting to hear what name this blind old Taoist could name.

hehe.

The old Taoist took the tea handed over by his friend and took a sip, whispered it in his throat for a while, making the woman next to the knight feel disgusted.

"Jingchou, let's go."

"Let's wait!"

While the woman spoke, the old man also spoke, "Now in the court, the old group has gone, and the new group has few people know about it. People in the world have heard of it to some extent. Do you still remember that there are national teachers in the Great Sui Dynasty."

"Lu Liangsheng!"

The hand of the knight opposite him placed on the table trembled. The female companion next to him glanced at him and reached out to hold him. The man then calmed down, "I have heard of the person the old man said, but he has never appeared in the past few years. I am afraid that it was not because of the emperor's harm, so he deliberately hides without any noise."

Speaking of this, the people around them suddenly became in an uproar. They knew that there was a national teacher in Chang'an City. In their impression, they were still a gentle scholar. According to age, they could live for at least seventy or eighty years. Unfortunately, there has never been any news in recent years. If they were alive, they would at least show up.

Hearing the noise, the old man was not angry. After drinking tea, he put a penny of tea money, got up and took the banner next to him, "How come the national teacher Lu Liangsheng is you who speculated like this. The national teacher has advanced immortal skills, but he is like a land god. He went to the overseas fairy mountain a few years ago. How do mortals know it? Hahaha..."

He shook his head and smiled, held the banner and walked out of the restaurant. Among the crowds, there was a vague old voice singing.

"...... The heaven and earth are matted on me, and I go all over the world to find people...... I am old Taoist, I know five hundred years ago, but I know five hundred years later... If I don't have a chance... I will not ask or answer if it is a god~~~"

The song was untuned and disappeared from the street outside. Soon, the man and woman walked out of the bill and looked at the direction where the old man disappeared. The knight turned his face with a complicated look and looked at the female companion.

"Xue'er, it turns out that Lu Liangsheng has been overseas in the past few years. No wonder no news has been passed on to the world."

The woman nodded, raised her face as if she was worried, and looked at the man in front of her with some concern.

"Then are you still going to Chang'an?"

Boom-

The thunder sounded among the dark clouds, and the sound of rain fell.

"Go...get Xuanyuan Sword, kill Yang Guang, Yuwen Tuo!"

Walking to the street, Chen Jing looked at the pedestrians running in the rain on the street, murmured softly, and looked up at the sky-long rain curtain.

"Mr. Lu..."

.........

The north is filled with rain and clouds, extending along the boundless sky to the south. There is still a sunny scenery among the winding mountains.

The spring breeze slowly drifted down the leaves, gently falling to the flowing water surface, and a circle of ripples spread far away. The water splashed and turned over the sides, and a wooden board broke through the river surface and rushed straight away, and the wind blew the branches on both sides.

A pair of flippers were slanted on it, and the floral short-sleeved jacket was open, blowing against the wind. The Toad Taoist raised the two fish whiskers on the corner of his mouth, pulled the tight rope, and laughed and echoed the river.

"Hurry up, hurry up!!"

"grumble?!"

In front of the tight rope, the water waves rolled, and the figure swinging his waist made an excited moan. He raised his upper body and sank down, pulling the wooden board behind him quickly across the river.

The water flow became turbulent and the speed became faster and faster. The toad pulling the rope looked at the broken river channel ahead, bulged its eyes and pulled it into the rope hard.

"Change! Go back-"

In front of the water, a graceful figure dragged the shimmering water light to the sky, rushing into the sky with the wet hair flying, with the excitement screaming, jumping out of the broken waterway and swinging the huge fish tail, falling down the waterfall.

The rope tied to the waist was tight, and the Taoist tortoise lowered his head and held the rope around his waist, followed by a long sound of "Ah--" and a afterimage was drawn and flew out. Only the wooden boards were reduced in speed, swaying on the water.

“Ahhh~~”

The short black shadow fell down the waterfall, and with a bang, half a foot of waves splashed high on the pool. The toad Taoist lies on the water surface with his limbs, his tongue slowly sinks to the bottom of the water, and a few bubbles of air are rising in a 'gulp' manner.

After a while, the wet toad climbed out of the water and sat on the rock beside the pond. Watching the little mermaid swimming around the water, as if it was not troubled, the footsteps rustled behind him. Yanzhi wrapped a towel around the toad Taoist, who wiped his cheeks, pushed it away boredly, got up and whistled. A bald donkey jumped out of the forest not far away, ran to the front and stopped, and stomped on his hooves twice.

Jiji~~

The sound of the mermaid playing in the water was noisy, and the rouge in red dress pursed her lips, holding her smile, watching the toad Taoist leaping onto the donkey's back, walking to the donkey's head, grabbing both ears, and stooping the old donkey away slowly.

"Master Toad, come and play again when you have time." Yanzhi waved with a towel.

A thunder thunder exploded in the sky, and the bright sunlight gradually became dark in sight.

The toad Taoist sitting on the donkey's head raised his head, and large pieces of lead-ago rain clouds gathered, "Bang bang--" Another thunder rolled across the sky, and the slashed snake twisted in the clouds, as if the figures of people were reflected standing in the clouds and flashed by.

A trace of rain fell on the toad's face, which shone out the spring rain and made it cool.

"That mother..."
Chapter completed!