Chapter 378: Luo Xiaohu, no, you will be called Luo Gongyuan from now on
Puzhe County in Jingzhou is an area with a very long history. It was affiliated to the Chu State during the Warring States Period and Nanjun during the Qin Dynasty. It was considered a border area at that time. By the Three Kingdoms period, it had transformed from a barbaric borderland into a land of plenty.
Even the fiefdom of Zhou Lang, a famous handsome man from the Three Kingdoms, is also here.
There is a Luojia Village near Jiugong Mountain.
Early in the morning, the children in Luojia Village gathered together to fish and catch loaches in the river near the village. They jumped up and down in the water with their bare buttocks, looking very active.
Near these children, there was a solitary and very unsociable child sitting on a rock by the river, staring blankly at the river, looking naive.
"brat,"
Just when the child was in a daze, a soft call suddenly came from behind him. The child slowly turned his head and looked behind him, and found a man wearing a white cloth that he had never seen before.
The young man was holding a snow-white something like a horse's tail in the other's hand.
After seeing the child turn his head, the young man raised the corner of his mouth and gave him a kind smile.
"Why don't you go play with the others?"
"They all said I spoke slowly and was too stupid..."
The child still answered matter-of-factly.
"That's why they don't play with me!"
"Hahaha……"
After hearing what the child said, the young man in white glanced at the position next to the child and suddenly laughed happily.
"You are not stupid, but clumsy. It is the pure heart of my Taoist sect."
"Innocent heart..."
The child blinked slowly and then asked.
"What it is?"
"That's not a thing..."
The young man in white didn't seem to know what to say. He paused and then continued.
"That's talent, a very important talent!"
As he spoke, the young man in white touched the child's head with his hand and said with a sigh.
"Pindao spent a whole night searching through Ye Fashan's future before he finally found the hometown you said he would be in the future. He flew for several hours in a row. Now it seems that everything was worth it."
"fly?"
Although the child did not understand the other party's words, he still keenly caught one word in the other party's words.
"Yes, fly!"
The man in white said to the child with a smile.
"Pindao just flew over like this... Why, you don't believe it, okay! Can Pindao do a trick for you and let you have a look?"
The child tilted his head and looked at the young man in white, and said word by word.
"What's the trick?"
"The trick is..."
The young man in white put his hand in front of the child and snapped his fingers.
"this!"
With the sound of snapping fingers, the child discovered that there was already an extra cup in the other person's empty hand, which also contained a cup of black, bubbling water.
"This is something that doesn't exist in the world. Do you want a drink?"
The young man in white had a gentle smile on his face and handed the cup in his hand to the child.
The child silently looked at the cup in the other person's hand and shook his head.
"No! Aye said you can't just eat or drink food from strangers!"
"Hahaha……"
The young man in white laughed again, and with a flip of his hand, the cup in his hand disappeared without a trace.
"You are only five years old, and you are so vigilant. It's rare! Then look at this... take it out of its sheath!"
Following the opponent's slight scolding, the child saw a white light fly out from the opponent's back, land between his fingers, and turn into a white tiger, running on his arm.
He ran away, then turned into something like a snake, circling up and down his arm.
Even though this child has a very calm personality, he is still inevitably attracted by this bizarre sight, with his big eyes unblinking.
"How about it……"
The man in white looked at the child's focused eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Luo Gongyuan, do you want to learn this?"
"ah!"
The child looked up in shock.
"My name is not Luo Gongyuan..."
"Pindao naturally knows that your name is Luo Xiaohu..."
The man in white shook his hand, and the small white snake he was holding flew directly into the air, expanded instantly in the air, and turned into a giant beast more than ten meters long. It opened its mouth and let out a dragon roar that resounded through the sky.
"But from now on, your name will be Luo Gongyuan!"
"ah……"
After seeing such a monster suddenly appearing on the shore, the children who were catching fish and shrimps in the river were suddenly frightened and screamed. They didn't even bother to take the clothes on the shore, and ran away one by one, towards
He ran to the nearby village.
But Luo Xiaohu, who bore the brunt of the attack, was only five years old, but he showed no fear. He sat on the ground, looking up at the giant beast flying in the sky, his eyes seemed to be shining with light.
Seeing his expression, the man in white standing in front of him also had a look of satisfaction on his face.
"The courage is great but the heart is small... Luo Gongyuan, you are indeed the true seed of my Taoist sect!"
As he said that, the man in white pointed his finger, and the giant white beast in the air suddenly pounced down, rolled up the man in white and Luo Gongyuan, and flew towards the nearby village as fast as lightning.
At this time, the villagers who were alarmed by the noise of the children also walked out of their homes one by one. When they saw this giant beast flying in the sky, they immediately knelt on the ground.
"The Dragon King has appeared!"
Amid the shouts of these villagers, the giant white dragon flew to the door of a thatched house on the left side of the village, and then saw a handsome Taoist priest in white jumping down from the dragon's body with a child in his hands.
He fell to the ground, and the giant dragon in the air turned into a white light and returned to the sword box behind him.
Then, I saw the Taoist priest in white put the child in his hands on the ground, and then reached out and buttoned the door.
"Open the door!"
"coming……"
After a burst of footsteps, the door creaked open, and a young man in civilian clothes appeared.
The young man looked up and looked out the door, only to find a Taoist priest who was luxuriously dressed, handsome, and more elegant than the county magistrate. He was holding his son and standing outside the door. When he saw him, the other man said:
Raise your hands in salute.
"I'm so humble, you're so polite!"
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
The young man waved his hand and bowed in return.
"May I ask why your Lord is here?"
"Pindao comes from Chang'an and is from the Taishi Bureau..."
As he spoke, the Taoist priest in white took out the fish charm from the bag on his waist and gave it to the young man.
But it was obvious that this action of his was just a wink to the blind man. The young man opposite had no idea what it was. He looked at the other man's puzzled face and changed his words.
"...The imperial court is a third-grade Yinqing Guanglu doctor, okay! You don't need to know what this position does. Just know that Pindao has a much higher official position than the magistrate of Puzhe County."
"oh!"
Although the young man in white did not understand everything the Taoist priest said, he could at least understand the words of someone with a much higher official position than the county magistrate. In addition, the clothes on the other party looked valuable, so he immediately plopped down
Kneel down with a sound.
"The common people have seen Ming Gong!"
The corners of the Taoist priest's mouth twitched.
"No need, no need, get up quickly!"
As soon as the Taoist priest in white raised his hand, the young man immediately stood up involuntarily.
"Pindao is here because your son Luo Xiaohu has a fate with Pindao... Okay, you don't understand this word, so you only need to know that your son Luo Xiaohu is destined to be Pindao's disciple in this life, so Pindao specializes in
Come and be saved by him."
After hearing the words of the Taoist priest in white, the young man's face suddenly showed a hesitant look, and then he heard a woman's voice coming from the house.
"No, I won't let my little tiger become a monk..."
As he spoke, he saw a fairly pretty woman wearing commoner clothes rushing out of the house, looking at the Taoist priest in white with a wary expression.
"Xiaohu is the only root of our Luo family!"
"My Taoist sect is not a monk. Most of them can't help but marry, especially the Pindao sect..."
The Taoist priest in white smiled, waved his hand, and continued.
"So if Luo Xiaohu wants to get married in the future, it will not be a problem at all."
After hearing that she couldn't help but get married, the woman and the young man in civilian clothes next to her looked at each other. Although their faces were still reluctant, it seemed that they couldn't find any other problems for a while.
At this moment, the surrounding villagers who came after hearing the news were already outside their door, surrounding them all.
"If you are still worried, then Pindao can agree to take your whole family to Chang'an..."
The Taoist priest in white looked at Luo Gongyuan's parents in front of him and said in a seductive tone.
"When the time comes, I will take care of food and housing, and I will still have five guan of wages a month!"
After hearing that there was still five dollars' worth of wages for one month, Luo Gongyuan's parents' faces instantly showed emotion.
In the early Tang Dynasty, money was still very strong. Not long ago, when Chang'an County auctioned unowned properties in Chang'an City, a courtyard with three entrances only sold for more than 100 yuan.
After seeing that the attitude of Luo Gongyuan's parents had relaxed, the Taoist priest in white continued to strike while the iron was hot.
"These five guans are one person's salary. If you two add them together, it will be 10 guans per month..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a villager shouting from behind.
"Little fairy, if they don't go, I'll go. I can do much more than the couple!"
Luo Gongyuan's parents, who were already moved, instantly gave up their last worries after hearing what the villager said.
"good!"
Luo Gongyuan's father bowed down before the white-robed Taoist priest again.
"We, husband and wife, are willing to follow you to Chang'an, Mr. Ming..."
"Please get up quickly..."
The Taoist priest in white smiled and waved his hand, helping Luo Gongyuan's father up from the ground.
"Then just pack your things, we'll leave right away!"