Chapter 417 3 Elders Gathering
Chapter 417 The Three Elders Gathered
What could happen in your own home?
Liang Qu was puzzled.
Seeing that Xu Yuelong was in low spirits and did not want to explain, he said goodbye to him, paddled ashore, and transferred to Chishan.
Before he got home, many water beasts brought messages along the way. Liang Qu stopped his horse and let his imagination run wild.
"An old turtle came to the house?"
……
The moonlight is surging and the lotus leaves are floating.
Otter Kai carried the box containing the dragon silk ashore. The fat catfish stuck his head out to look around and listened carefully.
on the rocks.
The old toad put his hands behind his back and stuck out his belly: "I am one hundred and ninety-six this year!"
The old turtle said with disdain: "I am two hundred and seventy-nine years old!"
The old giant clam counted silently: "I have forgotten my age, maybe more than sixteen sixty years?"
The old toad and the old turtle were shocked.
Sixteen Jiazi?
Isn’t it more than nine hundred years old?
How can you survive like this?
The old toad rolled his eyes and wiggled his flippers: "It doesn't count! I should be considered the elder because I am younger! Recognize me as your brother!"
The old turtle was angry: "You little frog, you are so inconsistent. When have you ever heard of someone being the youngest being the oldest?"
The old toad was speechless for a moment.
The fat catfish knew his chance had come, so he stood up from the pond, waving his two long whiskers alternately and pointing.
"It's the frog tribe's territory, are you trying to drive me out of the pond?"
The old toad was very happy.
That’s right, when you live under a frog’s fence, you should keep a low profile!
But the old turtle was not at all wrong.
"My master paid a deposit and kicked me out of the pond. I have to return the deposit first!"
Paid the deposit?
The fat catfish turned and looked at the old toad.
Quack quack quack~
Quack~Quack~
The old toad looked up, his white belly heaved, and he began to hum an unknown ballad.
creak.
The door hinges clicked.
The old toad sniffed the scent and shouted, "That's Liang the kid back!"
The old tortoise yelled, "Don't interrupt! We said that age is the longest!"
"You old turtle, the older you get, the more shameless you become!"
"Little frog!"
"Old Turtle!"
"Little frog!"
Outside the courtyard.
Liang Qu unlocked the door and pushed it open.
A dark shadow flashed.
A big, "fluffy" black-haired dog stepped on the high wall and jumped out from the fence.
"Hey, Oolong!"
Liang Qu hugged Wulong and ruffled the hair on its head into a ball.
After more than half a month, Wulong has grown a lot bigger. He is much taller and stronger than ordinary dogs. I'm afraid he can fight tigers and leopards in close combat soon.
"grown ups!"
"Xinglai! Are you still awake so late?"
Fan Xinglai, who hurried out from the inner courtyard, stepped forward to lead Chishan: "Horse breeders all sleep lightly, we are used to it."
"That's not necessary. Spirit horses are different from ordinary horses. You don't need to get up specially at night to feed them."
Chishan snorted and raised his head to reveal his long neck.
Fan Xinglai nodded: "It's a habit I developed when I was a child, and I will slowly change it in the future."
"Just in time for you to get up." Liang Qu put down Wu Long, "Has anyone come to your house recently?"
"Does your Excellency know?"
When Fan Xinglai heard Liang Qu talking about someone coming from his family, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The day before yesterday, an old man came to your house with a big turtle, saying he was your superior and wanted to live with you.
I didn't believe it at first, but then the master came forward to guarantee it, so he took him to live in the east wing, and the big turtle also moved into the pond. "Turtle, old man...
After hearing the description, combined with the time and past events, Liang Qu's eyes flickered, and he already had an idea in his mind.
"Is there anything else?"
"Anything else? Oh, the Jingshi Chamber of Commerce at home sent someone to fix it. There are also a lot of invitations. They are all from the Zhang family, the Li family, and the Huang family. They said they would host a banquet for you. I put them all in the study for you. The expired ones are on the right, and the unexpired ones are on the left."
After listening to Fan Xinglai's introduction, Liang Qu had a general understanding of what had happened in the more than half a month since he was away, and he stepped around the screen wall.
The shadows of the trees sway, and the polished bluestone reflects the moonlight like a mirror.
There were lights on in both the east and west wings.
It is already past the hour of Hai, and those who are still not asleep have either just returned from a feast on the river, or are very powerful and their need for sleep has been greatly reduced.
Liang Qu turned to look at Fan Xinglai and said, "Don't tell anyone about the visitor to your house. Do you hear me?"
"understood."
"Okay, go back to the house and rest."
After watching Fan Xinglai leave, Liang Qu looked around, thought for a moment, and decided to visit the east wing first.
Going to the west wing first would inevitably seem like a cowardly attempt to explore the bottom of things.
Stepping onto the stone steps, Liang Qu knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in."
Although Fan Xing is an old man, his voice does not sound old, but full of energy.
Liang Qu pushed open the door.
inside the house.
The silver-haired old man in white clothes turned his back to the desk and Liangqu. He stretched out his hand to take out some fine material from an oil-paper bag and sprinkled it, which floated on the water due to the surface tension.
Liang Qu raised his head slightly and saw a tank of small turtles, about seven or eight of them, waving their limbs and floating on the water, crawling around and swallowing the spilled turtle food.
The old man straightened the corners of the oil paper bag and folded it up: "Do you know who I am?"
Liang Qu bowed respectfully.
"Lord of Huaiyin Prefecture, Grandmaster Zhenxiang, Lord Su, I, Liang Qu, pay my respects to you, Lord."
"Lord of Huaiyin Prefecture, it's too late." Su Guishan put the turtle food next to the tank, turned around and handed over a cushion, "Come, sit down, don't be shy, this is your home, not mine."
As he spoke, Su Guishan picked up the kettle and poured a cup of tea for Liang Qu.
Although Liang Qu didn't understand why the old master "came back to life" and suddenly came to live in his house, the old monk was right on the left, which made him stay. He was not too worried. He took the cushion and looked at him secretly in the reflection of the desk.
Su Guishan doesn't look old at all. He has a tall stature, ruddy complexion, few wrinkles, and only his silver hair is conspicuous. He must have been a handsome man when he was young.
"When I get older, I like chatting with young people who are full of vitality. I heard them call you Ah Shui on the road, so I will call you that too, how about that?"
"Master Su is the senior, and I am the junior. You can address me as you like."
"You are still too reserved. It is not easy for you to go from a fisherman to where you are today. You are also good at reading people's faces, but you are kind-hearted by nature, which is not a bad thing..."
Su Guishan skimmed off the tea foam, brought it to his mouth and put it back on the table. "Okay, it's getting late. You just came back from outside. You must be exhausted. Let me ask you, are you surprised to see me?"
"Very surprised."
"That's right." Su Guishan closed the half-rolled book on the table. "The Ghost Mother Sect knows about the changes in Huaiyin Prefecture. The Prefecture Lord and the Great Martial Master have moved one after another. The defense is weak, and the supplies are abundant. It's a good opportunity for a sneak attack. Do you think we don't know? You have to know that sixty years ago, it was us who won, not them."
Liang Qu suddenly realized.
"Sit back and wait?"
"Yes, but unfortunately, things can't always go as planned. Something went wrong and we didn't accomplish our goal, and one of them escaped.
So I teamed up with Weng Lijun and staged a fake death to lure the remaining man out and kill him."
Liang Qu didn't know the specific details, but he immediately understood the whole thing.
I see. I thought the Ghost Mother Cult had suddenly become powerful, but it turns out it's still that crappy bunch.
"Lord Su is a thoughtful person, but he is just a small Du Shuilang, whose strength is no more than Langyan. Why should he call himself my superior, and..."
"I will live in your house and tell you the truth?"
Liang Qu did not comment.
It's a game between masters, what does a small smoke signal have to do with him?
"The mansion lord gave the position to the kid from the Jian family, so I can't be a water river governor? Why can't I be your superior?"
Depend on!
Liang Qu was shocked.
Shuihe Governor, second rank!
This official is several levels higher than Xu Yuelong's!
"Since I am the governor of Hebo, can I come to see the most capable young man under my command who has received the Holy Emperor's instructions and stay for two days?"
Liang Qu was speechless: "Of course it's okay."
Su Guishan stroked his beard and chuckled.
"I'm just kidding. I see you're here out of interest. Actually, I'm more familiar with the old monk next door. I heard that he lives in your house, and I've always wanted to come and see him."
(End of this chapter)