Chapter 15: Ups and Downs

The boiling Taoist priest exam was over, and a group of singing and dancing soon occupied the exam venue, and the Qilin Xianrui, which was outlined by the gray and black smoke, disappeared without a trace soon after, and Zhang Xiaodao sat under the stage, using his neatly cleaned white silk robe, which was a good cover for his pounding and unstoppable heart. He didn't know what kind of profession he could get in exchange for such a life, or an official, in short, he was not too happy at this time, he only felt that his fate seemed to be in the hands of others, even if there was a storm and stormy waves in front of him, his little boat had to sacrifice his life and drift forward.

The results of the exam were finally announced, and Zhang Xiaodao heard that he had won the first place, and the title was Daomen Holy Ancestor, and he felt both happy and funny in his heart. After the incident, he was full of longing, but what kind of good career, good official position, and such a big name could he get, how much money could he give me in the last month? Ha ha. Thinking about it, thinking about it, he was extremely happy, Zhang Xiaodao thought at this time that the good days were definitely not running, hahaha.

At the end of the scene, a general-like person and four soldiers came up to Zhang Xiaodao and said, "I respectfully invite the Holy Ancestor of Daomen to come with us!" Zhang Xiaodao saw the formation of the five people coming, naturally stood up, and asked in amazement: "Where are you going?" The general stared at him and said, "Take you to your office." Well, Hugh is wordy, we have something else. Zhang Xiaodao let out a sigh, and was immediately taken into a small carriage by the soldiers behind the general.

The five generals and soldiers rode horses, and a coachman drove a pony cart with a knife and left here quickly. On the way, Zhang Xiaodao found that everyone was really in a hurry, he sat down in the car, and almost broke up the frame with a bump, and occasionally looked outside the car, Zhang Xiaodao found that it was out of the city. The green mountains and streams on the road are getting more and more remote, and I can't even see a figure. Occasionally asked out loud, but several people were in a hurry, and there was no one who took care of themselves.

The car ended up parked in a col.

Zhang Xiaodao, who got out of the car, took a look, and saw that this place was surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side was open, the vegetation of the mountains was vast, and the growth seemed to have the smell of evil grass and mangroves. The scene in front of me was a small dilapidated temple. The small temple is broken and ruined, overgrown with weeds, there is not even a wooden door, and there is a big hole on the roof, Zhang Xiaodao looked at such a building, such a place, and couldn't help but ask the general: "What are you bringing me here for?" ”

The general looked at the situation here, glanced at Zhang Xiaodao, and finally smiled and said, "This is where you are in office!" Okay, in the future, you will be busy with your official business in this temple. Remember, you have to devote yourself to the Tao here, and preach your idea of doing nothing. No entry into town! Don't leave here even a step! Once these two articles are violated! I'll make you a slave!" Let you go to the salt mine to pull the salt for a lifetime! Do you understand! … Hahahaha......" After the general finished speaking, all five of them laughed.

Zhang Xiaodao heard this! What a surprise! How could this be?! How could this be??!

The people immediately took their horses away! The carriage turned back.

Zhang Xiaodao saw that they were about to leave, and hurriedly shouted: "How can you let me live here????? ”

After saying that, the five horses ran a hundred meters before stopping. The general seemed to have said something to the coachman. Far away, I saw the coachman throw down two bags of things from the back of the carriage. Five horses and one cart went to ......

The two bags of things were placed more than 100 meters away, and the longing in Zhang Xiaodao's heart was almost instantaneous and confused, and he walked towards the place where the things fell. An indescribable feeling of being teased rose in his heart. Zhang Xiaodao looked at the vast green in the mountain col, and kept saying, "What's going on?" What's going on? Is that how it ends up? Is that what you do to me? Swindler! It's all liars! What bullshit Zig Nation! He shouted, "It's all a liar!!!! ”

There was an echo in the mountains, and he was almost angry and depressed. When I opened the bag, I saw that there were iron pots, copper kettles, wooden barrels, axes, shovels and other basic daily necessities, but the only food was a bag of black noodles of about forty or fifty catties. Looking at these things, Zhang Xiaodao said angrily: "Is this what I deserve?" Is this what I deserve? After spending dozens of silver coins and playing several games, is it worth these things? Is it worth all these things? In all kinds of helplessness, he sat next to his pocket, and after being angry to no avail, he almost suppressed the fire in his belly, and occasionally resisted two bags of things, and Zhang Xiaodao walked to the small ruined temple that already belonged to him.

Entering the small broken temple, the boring nut threw things on the ground, and sat at the door of the temple, Zhang Xiaodao was angry and difficult to explode. It was another accidental moment, only to hear a voice from the temple!!!!! The sky-high roar. ……

It's getting dark.

The door of the small ruined temple creaked open.

Dust, hay, firewood, earth, stones, and fire ash were scattered all over the ground. The walls on all four sides are scattered and fall out of their backgrounds, and the scattered cobwebs seem to be moving pictures of depression. A mud bodhisattva in the middle, now even the head has rolled to the side, the windows on both sides, the hole in the roof, now it is a good place for ventilation, a dark gray inside, at this time it is like pushing open the temple door people's mood, gloomy and difficult to leave, gloomy and inseparable.

There are three rooms in the small temple: kitchen, bedroom, and cubicle, but here are all dark and dusty, occasionally kicking some wooden boards, and there are even some scary insects flirting around. Seeing that he finally got such treatment, Zhang Xiaodao really wanted to die of a faint here.

Looking at the dark sky, Zhang Xiaodao, who was helpless, immediately cleaned up the bedroom here, cleaned up the garbage, cleaned up the dust, and finally found a lot of hay and spread it into a mat on the earthen kang. With some firewood, I lit the earthen kang, just to get some light, to dispel the gloomy atmosphere here, thinking that I would bring some warm and angry feelings. The bedroom still has a complete wooden door, which is surrounded by earthen walls and one wooden window. The broken wooden window was also covered with firewood and grass, and finally looking at the cleanliness of this place, as well as the temporary safety, Zhang Xiaodao lay on the kang of the straw mat at one end, and didn't want to do anything. It's just his axe, which he hides by his side.

This night, Zhang Xiaodao thought a lot, he only felt that although the other world was difficult, it was much simpler and more real.

He thought of his wolf friend again.

At the full moon.

A man sitting on the top of the temple, with an axe beside him, roared at the moonlight......

Next.

Zhang Xiaodao gave birth to a new hope for life in his heart, the outside world has almost understood, he has this place, and it is not bad to live an idyllic life here, and then recruit his wolf friends to live the life of the previous generation of wolf kings, and life is still worry-free. Now that you have a house and land, and then you invite your own wolves, is it simply the rise of civilization! Hahahaha. Thinking of this, his heart ignited a yearning for life, as well as a passion and vision for the future.

The next step is to clean up the environment here, pull weeds and repair the house in front of and behind the house. has been busy for seven days, and this deserted little temple finally has the appearance of a resident. The fallen Bodhisattva's head was also set up again at this time, Zhang Xiaodao thought about it, turned around and let out his reputation, someone came here to burn incense or something, and it was also a deal to earn a few incense money.

After a few more days, Zhang Xiaodao was summoning his wolf soldiers and wolf generals almost every night, but for several days, there was no news, thinking about it, it was too far away, and he wanted to leave here, but there were no horses and no cars, and looking at the person who looked like the general, it didn't seem like he was scaring himself, and he didn't know what he had offended them? Why do you treat yourself badly three times twice? Hum!

The old well was not very deep, but the water in it was very muddy, and the well was turned over for several days. Zhang Xiaodao's life is finally normal. At this time, the most valuable white silk robe on his body was also packed up, and he only wore his underwear and outer pants every day. In his spare time, he counted his copper coins, and placed them in a row, counting them one by one, and there were fourteen of them.

After a few days, Zhang Xiaodao also met a few children picking mountain goods, he had no time to go out, and exchanged copper coins for some living things with them. When he ran out of copper coins, he also got bored.

When the children come here again, they come to fight and beg for water. At this time, Zhang Xiaodao, who was bored, remembered to teach them writing and arithmetic. These children are also very interested, Zhang Xiaodao is also very fun, coming and going, there are more than a dozen students, and he has become a teacher in the wild of the mountain village here.

In the middle of the month, the driver who sent him here also brought some daily necessities. The coachman didn't say anything, put down his things and left. Zhang Xiaodao was much happier in this situation, it seems that this test was not in vain, at least he could get some food.

When he was penniless, Zhang Xiaodao's students spontaneously brought him some sundries. The mountain stream is emotional, and it can't help but be strong. At first, he seemed to regard his interest in teaching as the value of his life in this mountain, forest and wilderness, and occasionally, he practiced his calligraphy skills with a wooden stick in his hand, all with the aim of increasing his cultural cultivation as a teacher. At this time, the students called him respectfully, sir.

The name of the Daomen Holy Ancestor was never mentioned by Zhang Xiaodao again, and now he only likes to hear the real gentleman.

Even one day, Zhang Xiaodao roared in the evening sky again.

In the reverberation, there were several echoes.

After a while, a few wisps of cyan gaze in the grass lifted.

After a whine.

Eleven large and small wolves appeared before his eyes.

At night, the small temple was full of life, and Zhang Xiaodao hugged his wolf friends who were very affectionate, almost excited and sleepless all night. All the wolves slept in the temple. Hei Du has also grown up a lot. In this mountain stream, Zhang Xiaodao said happily: "We finally have a home, we finally have a home." ”

The next morning, he solemnly put on his neat white silk robe in the small temple in the wilderness of the mountain stream.

Gaze at the mountains.

Between waves.

The wolves behind him swept away......