Chapter 276 Cui Yu
The yellow autumn leaves were swirling and drifted to the streets of Gaoling County. Then they were pressed on the ground by passing steps. The sun was shining in autumn. Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey to come here, turned his head and looked at a food shop not far away, patted the donkey's head, and let it wait in place.
At the door of the shop with flags, the shop guy was holding a dustpan and sifting the dried fruit crumbs. When he saw a scholar in blue clothes coming in, he greeted him with a smile.
"Customer, what should I buy? Come in and see!"
He brought the dustpan and greeted the person in, shouted "Shopkeeper!" and went to the side to put down the things.
There is a large painted round table in the middle of the store, with several plates of dried fruit on the table, and the desserts are as exquisite as the style, which is quite eye-catching. There are long teak racks on both sides, various desserts and dough cakes are styled and simple names are hung.
The guy waiting beside him pointed to a dessert that Lu Liangsheng had just seen and turned over the paper hanging on one side.
"Each tube, this is jujube paste, the paste paste is made into skin and black date paste. That is the chef beats it with all his strength. The fried rice is very chewy. There is still a piece of food here. If you don't believe it, try it."
The guy was quite enthusiastic, and Lu Liangsheng didn't want to refuse. He took it and chewed it gently. It had the meaty taste of lard and the sweetness of dates. It was indeed as he said, and it was tough.
"Pack up a plate for me and take it away."
"Okay!" The guy quickly wrote it down, and did not leave, and then led Lu Liangsheng to see other desserts, dried fruits, "I heard that the young master has a southern accent? You might as well try the famous bean glutinous rice in our Gaoling County. You should be assured that the sugar inside is absolutely clean, and the cakes are also scattered. The filling inside is cheese. I just made this morning and kept it fresh."
"Okay, you'll get one of these two."
"Give it one serving of soybeans, and one serving of cakes."
The guy shouted outside the door and went to the back hall. The shopkeeper came out to pay the bill with Lu Liangsheng. When the silver was broken, Lu Liangsheng asked some questions casually.
"Is there a family named Cui in Guixian?"
The shopkeeper weighed the broken silver, found the remaining money and put it in the bag, handed it to the scholar, and touched the beard with a big round face with a smile.
"Young Master, there are many people in this county named Cui, how can I answer this?"
Lu Liangsheng nodded. This is true. There are at least dozens of people in the same city and at most hundreds of people. Moreover, it is not that rare surname. Just as he was about to take a few bags of snacks from the clerk who came out of the inner hall, he suddenly thought of the day when the city god Zhou Yu said that the old man had a son.
Then he asked the shopkeeper again, "Is there a family named Cui in the city who has a son from old age?"
The surname Cui was a child from an old age, and the scope was naturally much smaller. When the shopkeeper put down the account book and frowned, he thought, and the guy carrying snacks came up and whispered.
"The shopkeeper has such a family who often comes to our store to buy snacks."
As soon as he mentioned it, the round-faced shopkeeper suddenly remembered and nodded to Lu Liangsheng.
"Young master, there is indeed a family that was moved from Gucheng County. The family is well-off and often comes to my shop to visit. Speaking of which, it is rare to get a son at the age of fifty."
"Can the shopkeeper tell me where the Cui family is located in the city?"
"No, no, I am a businessman. I can't say that the old manager is in fact. If you want to ask, go somewhere else."
"Haha, that's disturbing."
Lu Liangsheng was not angry either. The businessman kept the address of the client confidential, but it was a good thing. He took the snack, bowed his hands and left.
Gaoling County is close to Chang'an, with a prosperous population, and the streets and alleys are much larger than Fushui County. The high and low buildings are filled with flags and banners. People are making noises. They lead the old donkey through a lively long street. They just happened to see the Taoist coming out of a brothel, waving at an old madam with a smile, and seeing Lu Liangsheng standing across the street, he hurriedly jogging over.
"Finally found it, give you the address."
"Brotherhouse?"
"Hey, this kind of fireworks place, I don't know what news it is."
The Taoist 'cut' and wrote the address of the Cui family he had inquired on the note. The latter took it and looked at it, and said, "Go together?"
Sun Yingxian shrugged, put his hands on the back of his head and turned to the bustling streets, and waved his hands on his head back.
"If you don't go, what's so good about that old pedan? Even if you reincarnate as a child, that's even more boring. I'll walk around."
"Don't go to the brothel."
He reminded the Taoist, Lu Liangsheng walked in another direction and walked through the bustling street. The noise was getting smaller and smaller. According to the address the Taoist asked about, the direction in the past was rows of independent courtyards. The teacher was reincarnated as the Cui family. His father Cui Rang was a kind and generous person. Unfortunately, he had no children after he had been fifty years old. Later, he prayed to Mount Tai, and his wife became pregnant. Although there were exaggerated elements in it, those were not important. As long as the teacher was indeed in this family, it would be fine.
Walking through the blue brick paved street, a few old pine branches and leaves pop out in the long courtyard wall. The autumn sun shines through the gaps of trees and shines on the blue bricks and stone steps in front of the courtyard gate, making it quiet and simple.
‘This is the one.’
Lu Liangsheng looked up at the gate of the courtyard, with the words "Cui Zhai" written on it. He did not knock on the door, let go of the reins, and his figure was blurred and straight through the closed gate of the courtyard.
The old man in the gatehouse sat on the bench behind the door, shook his head and hummed the opera. A gust of wind blew, and a shiver made a shiver. He felt his eyes blurred, as if something had passed by. After looking around, he looked around, and nothing else was different.
"Strange, it seems that there is something..."
Frowning and muttering, he walked back to the door, and along the road leading to the front yard outside, Lu Liangsheng was also looking at the house, with old potted trees and a Fengshui screen, passing through the front yard, and the pavilion and building were also complete. The whole house looked extremely exquisite.
"Young Master..."
Hearing the maid's voice, Lu Liangsheng stopped and a crescent door not far away. Two maids jogged with kites and jogged. Behind him was a child of four or five years old, tied with a small bun and beautiful face, chasing the kite that was not flying high in the air, smiling beautifully.
The little man chasing behind suddenly stopped, as if he felt someone looking at him, and turned his head to look at the crescent gate.
A scholar in blue and white robe stood there, with a gentle look on his face, and a smile slowly burst out from the corner of his mouth. He walked into the door and sat down to the stone steps under the eaves.
"Who are you?" The child blinked in confusion. He knew that the servants, relatives and friends in the yard had never seen this strange scholar, "But the gentleman invited by my father?"
Under the eaves, Lu Liangsheng smiled and shook his head, and sat on the stone steps and looked at the child, as if in the small courtyard in Fushui County, his mentor was standing under the camphor tree, holding a book and looking at him.
"What's your name?" Lu Liangsheng suddenly asked, blew through the rustling branches in the yard.
"Why tell you?"
The child was like a little adult, with his arms crossed to his chest and raised his chin: "You talk first, I'll talk."
"Me?"
Lu Liangsheng smiled and then replied: "My name is Lu Liangsheng, I came from the south, and passed by here to visit an old friend."
"My name is Cui Yu!"
The child is not afraid of him. On the contrary, he has an inexplicable sense of intimacy and walks to the opposite side openly, "Then have you seen an old friend?"
"I met and I was still having a good time."
In the distance, the two maids with kites on the kite saw that the young master did not follow and turned around and saw him standing under the eaves, as if talking to someone. The two women's faces suddenly turned pale, and there was no figure under the eaves in their sight.
"Young Master...who is talking to..."
“It won’t be…”
The two maids turned their necks with difficulty, looked at each other tremblingly, and walked closer with a bitter face.
"Young Master..."
Hearing the maid's call, Cui Yu turned his face and asked them both: "What's the matter?"
"Who are you talking to?"
"A big brother." Cui Yu didn't know the age of Lu Liangsheng in front of him, so he raised his little finger to the eaves opposite him, "Isn't this?"
But where he pointed to, the two maids could not see any figures at all. The ground was empty, and they felt even more certain that the young master had seen something unclean. One of them hurriedly ran towards the crescent gate, probably to call the master and his wife.
"Hey, sister, where are you going?"
Cui Yu called out to the maid who ran away, and when he turned around and was about to talk to the scholar, he found that there were no figures under the eaves, and only two packed delicious snacks were placed there.
"Did you see where that scholar went?"
Behind her, another maid shook her head tremblingly. She only saw the young master talking alone from beginning to end. Soon, Cui Rang and Liu, who came over, came to hear the news, came and picked up the child and looked around. Seeing that his son was fine, she felt relieved and scolded the two maids. This matter cannot be spread.
......
The street outside was sunny. Through the bustling long street, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey out of the city gate, waiting outside for the Taoist, bathing in the sunset, and was slightly ecstatic.
In the bookshelf compartment, Toad Taoist looked at the trance-savage disciple standing there and hummed.
‘I don’t say I care more about me.’
He threw a booklet in his hand aside. The toad's eyes turned twice, and suddenly covered his white belly. He lay down on his side with a "ouch". Lu Liangsheng, who heard the movement outside, came back to his senses, squatted down and looked into the small door. The master covered his stomach and rolled on the bedding.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay for me, but my stomach suddenly hurts so much." The Toad Taoist opened his toad eyes and glanced at the apprentice outside the door, and continued to turn in one direction.
Seeing his expression and appearance, Lu Liangsheng showed a smile, and reached out to rub his white belly gently.
"Master, how about this?"
Taoist Toad hummed comfortably. His apprentice visited the old scholar's reincarnation before, and his anger was relieved because he threw himself outside. He smashed his mouth and slapped his frog webbing.
"It's okay, it's okay."
A man sat up and took the thrown volume again, "Go out, my teacher must complete this "Ancient Scrolls Food Legacy", huh... let me think about what else I have eaten..."
In the voice of words, Lu Liangsheng smiled and shook his head. The master is now becoming more and more like an old child. His thoughts were disrupted just now, so he no longer thought about it. After waiting for a while, the Taoist bought dry food and came back.
He anxiously put the dry food on the bookshelf and urged Lu Liangsheng to rush to rush.
"Go quickly and go quickly, this is enough for us to eat until we return to Qixia Mountain."
"I'm so anxious to go back?"
"Because there are still people waiting..." Sun Yingxian stopped and touched Lu Liangsheng's sight. He quickly turned his face and turned his face to the side.
"This is my own affairs, so I won't disclose it for the time being!"
Lu Liangsheng knew what he was thinking and was about to give him a reminder, but suddenly his body stiffened and a warmth instantly spread throughout his body. He could only see pedestrians talking around him, and the Taoist opened his lips but no sound came out.
The whole world seemed to be quiet.
However, a sound came from the direction of Chang'an, majestic and upright.
"Issue the title of Lu Liangsheng in Qixia Mountain, the demon spirit shows the real person!"
The robe was swollen without wind, and a breeze suddenly lifted it up beside him. Sun Yingxian, who was originally waving his hand, seemed to be hit by something, and covered his head and stumbled backwards.
Even the toad in the bookshelf pushed open the small door of the compartment and was pressed back invisibly, stumbled and stuck to the gourd behind it.
Outside the door, the apprentice with hair and robe stroking her hair, surrounded by thin gold energy.
The Toad Taoist stared at the toad's eyes and couldn't help but swear.
Chapter completed!