Chapter 22: Encounter (seeking collection)

In the past few days, Shi Xuan inquired about the city of Chuzhou. In addition to knowing that there is a monk temple on Tongxuan Mountain that is more famous, he only knows that there are many wild beasts in the mountains. I often hear that some people are eaten by wild beasts after getting lost in the mountains. There are many kinds of beasts. Some say they are wolves, some are wild dogs, some are tigers, and some even say they are monsters with two heads and fangs in their mouths.
At this time, Shi Xuan heard the scholar mention Tongxuan Mountain, in line with the idea of ​​"being stronger than nothing," he stood on the side to observe the scholar, and listened to the scholar's self-talk.
Ding Mingde thought about it. Since he was already drooling at Leng Mantou, he said to the mantou: "You will be able to eat when you arrive at Tongxuan Mountain tomorrow. I will eat half of it now, um, save half of it on the road tomorrow. Tomorrow There will be chicken, duck and fish, tomorrow there will be chicken, duck and fish, Ding Mingde, you have to hold on!"
Take the steamed bun, carefully divide it in half, take one of them, close your eyes, slowly put it in your mouth, and mutter to yourself: "This is chicken, this is chicken." I took a bite and felt cold hard Very quickly, he changed his words: "This is ribs, this is ribs..."
Although the cold steamed buns were hard and unpalatable, Ding Mingde finished it in two or three strokes. He looked at the remaining half of the steamed buns eagerly, and was embarrassed for a while, until he saw that Xiaoer had already walked back. I closed it, quickly wrapped it in oil paper, and then shook his head and said: "Heaven will come down to the world, and he must first suffer from his mind, his muscles and bones, his body hungry, his body hungry, his body hungry... …I arrived at Tongpu later and rested immediately."
Xiaoer from the shop took the guide and walked over and said, "This guest officer, your guide, please follow me to the shop."
After some calculations, Shi Xuan stepped in and said, "This brother, depending on what you are wearing, you seem to be a scholar who is studying abroad. I don't know the name of Gao?" Shi Xuan is here to get some news, fearing that this one looks a bit pedantic. Scholars in China don’t like Taoist scholars, so they pretend to greet scholars studying abroad. As for Taoist gowns, because the emperor advocates Taoism, many scholars and literati usually wear Taoist gowns.
Ding Mingde saw Shi Xuan wearing a Taoist gown, but his demeanor was good. At first glance, he was a person who had read books. He had a good feeling in his heart. Although he remembered what his cousin said, don’t talk to strangers, he answered cautiously: My name is Mingde, I have never entered school, I don’t have a list of words, I don’t know your Xiongtai surname, but you are a scholar who is studying abroad?" I plan to say goodbye to Tongpu with a few words of greeting. My cousin said well. Be careful when you go out. Suffered a lot.
"Xia, surnamed Shi, has a single name Xuan, and the name is Ziang. People from Yecheng, after winning a scholarship, came to this place where the southern style of writing is prosperous to study. Just now I saw Brother Ding, you are elegant and elegant, you just read poetry and books. He’s a talented person, so I can’t bear to come over and talk.
Shi Xuan casually pulled a famous northern city, and found himself an example of an ancient person. Anyway, he is not afraid of this scholar to check it out. After today, I’m afraid it will not happen in the future. There will be a chance to see you again.
Hearing that Shi Xuan was already a scholar at such a young age, Ding Mingde clearly showed mixed emotions of admiration and low self-esteem. Then Shi Xuan's compliments made him secretly happy, saying: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I have been studying for more than ten years, although he has always regarded himself very seriously. High, but the last time I went to the childbirth test, it was still a little worse. Unlike Brother Shi, when you were so young, you were a talent. You are the real talent."
After a few words of greeting, Shi Xuan invited Ding Mingde to have dinner together. When Ding Mingde heard the word dinner, he only felt that he could hear the gurgling sound in his stomach. When he refused, he came to his mouth several times. I was eaten by my hungry stomach. I had forgotten the idea of ​​leaving and returning to Tongpu after a few small chats. As for my cousin's advice not to associate with strangers, it was even thrown out.
Seeing that Ding Mingde didn't mean to refuse, Shi Xuan asked Xiao Er to take the two to a free table in a quiet corner, and ordered a few big fish and meat dishes. He was about to chat with Ding Mingde about the news, but suddenly felt that someone was using yin. Staring at him with a fierce gaze, the pure gaze touched by martial arts masters would not be able to sense it, but Shi Xuan, a monk, has a keen sense that is far beyond ordinary people’s imagination, so he immediately discovered that this gaze came from Ding Mingde. A man wearing a hat who entered the store later.
I found that someone was looking here. Although Shi Xuan was on guard, he was still calm on the surface, chatting casually with Ding Mingde and chatting about academic matters. Shi Xuan was in the era of the knowledge explosion in his previous life. There is still a certain understanding of ancient knowledge. In this society similar to ancient China, it is not a problem to simply say a few words. Of course, in-depth discussions will definitely be exposed, so Shi Xuan Guide the conversation skillfully, talk less and ask more, let Ding Mingde talk freely. Although Shi Xuan did not have deep knowledge of ancient Chinese, he could still tell that Ding Mingde's books were very hard to read.
After chatting for a while, Xiao Er started serving dishes. Seeing Ding Mingde's eyes flying into the dish, Shi Xuan smiled and asked him to enjoy it.
Ding Mingde began to estimate his image, only pinching a little at a time and swallowing slowly, but after eating food that he hadn't enjoyed for a long time, he started to eat too much in a while, and the corners of his mouth were full of grease.
Shi Xuan took this opportunity and asked casually, "I don't know why Brother Ding came to Chuzhou City?"
Ding Mingde reacted for a while before he realized that Shi Xuan was asking himself. While chewing on chicken legs, he replied vaguely: "Brother Ziang, you don’t know. He was born in a small rural area on the border of Chuzhou and Mingzhou. I was poor since I was a child. My parents both passed away a few years ago. There are only a few acres of Susaka fields left in the family. It is already difficult to maintain the cost of studying in Xia." After swallowing a few mouthfuls of meat, she continued, "Plus, I didn’t go to school before. I was free from labor, and my life was very difficult, and I often asked relatives to help. Some time ago, my cousin came back from Chuzhou City and found me overnight, saying that it was the big landlord of a village on Tongxuan Mountain here who wanted to give his daughters Invite a Xixi to teach some basic knowledge, because in the mountains, it is for women to teach, scholars with fame are not willing to go, my cousin happens to know the housekeeper of this family, so he recommended me. The housekeeper said, as long as I'm not the kind of person with shallow knowledge, so I can definitely succeed."
Speaking of this, Ding Mingde put down his chopsticks and said happily: "The sage said, "There is no kind of teaching," and he only teaches women the basic principles of how to behave in the world. I still agree with this point. Moreover, after becoming a Xixi, except every afternoon In addition to lectures, you can arrange your own arrangements for the rest of the time. Haha, I have food every day and I have free time to study. After a year and a half, I will be very sure about the child test."
Shi Xuan nodded in agreement: "Brother Ding is so talented, if he can't work hard to eat and study all day long, his achievements will be limitless. I don't know which village brother Ding is going to go to. I will go to Tongxuan tomorrow. A trip to the mountain, you can just drop by with Brother Ding."
"I heard from my cousin that it is called'Shuanghu Village'. The place is very remote and difficult to find. But tomorrow the butler will wait for me at Yuhua Pavilion, not far from the mountain, and then take me over. If there is any When visiting Yaxing, I happened to go to this village together. It is said to be a place with a paradise style." After such a short exchange, Ding Mingde had already regarded Shi Xuan as a close friend and called him by his cousin.
Shi Xuan has been inquiring for so many days, and indeed he has never heard of the place of Shuanghu Village, and he is looking for Taoist trails, and such remote places as the famous mountains and rivers cannot be spared, so he gladly said: "Just to my liking. Brother Ding is really a friend here, knowing that I love visiting famous mountains, especially places like this paradise. I just don’t know why your cousin didn’t go with Brother Ding?"
"My cousin is a merchant, and he has been traveling all year round. He didn't come here this time, but he said that he would be finished immediately, and then he would come to Tongxuan Mountain to make peace with me." Ding Mingde was very grateful to his cousin.
Shi Xuan smiled and said: "I heard that Brother Ding was out for the first time. I didn't think that the first time I went out was a single man with a solitary sword. It is very demeanor of me and other scholars who are studying with swords.
"Where, where, this sword is just a decoration, actually made of wood, used to scare the younger generation on the road." Speaking of this, Ding Mingde was very proud of his approach. "But after this journey, I realized how difficult it is to go out. Fortunately, it's all bad luck."
Shi Xuan asked Ding Mingde about all kinds of dangers or difficulties along the way. According to Ding Mingde, this time it was really a lucky person. For example, after encountering a black shop and being stunned, the shopkeeper and the buddy In fact, they all end up in conflict. For example, someone came up to talk and designed to pit him for money, but the result was inexplicably exposed. When arrested, he was caught upright: for example, when he encountered a water bandit on the river, he hit a reef and sank. In all this, Ding Mingde walked to the city of Chuzhou without any risk.
Although Ding Mingde felt that he was a lucky star, Shi Xuan would not think so. Once it was accidental, two and three times there was a problem, but now only Ding Mingde’s words are available, Shi Xuan can’t guess what the problem is, and can only improve it secretly. Beware, Ming Ri and Ding Mingde Tongxuanshan and his party can't be careless.
Shi Xuan tapped a few more words and found that Ding Mingde basically shook his head and didn't know about the news about Shuanghu Village, and he didn't know much about Tongxuan Mountain, so he stopped talking and said to Ding Mingde, "Ding. Brother, you and I hit it off right away, won't you live in my yard tonight, where there are still two wing rooms empty."
Ding Mingde already regarded Shi Xuan as a good friend, and smiled immediately: "It's better to be respectful than to follow your fate. It just happened to have a conversation with Brother Ziang Bingzhu night tonight, so happy."