"When it comes to strange powers, what do the students know?" On the elm wooden podium, Master Qian Yuzheng said with great interest, "You can speak freely, you don't have to be stubborn!"

The school is a town school, with a muddy wood, a scholarly woody fragrance, a reading sound, and schoolchildren are diligent.

The things that the Master had mentioned were exactly what most of these schoolchildren were interested in at this time, and they all started talking in whispers.

"Speaking of ghosts, I really saw a huge beast on the mountain a few days ago! It's as big as a school, but I can't tell what kind of beast it is, it looks like a giant bear......"

"How can a blind bear grow a house so big? Huangshan, you must be dazzled......

"Not necessarily...... I've also seen ...... with immortals."

"Immortals, why haven't I seen them? ”

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Whether there are immortals in the world has nothing to do with He Ping, he walked more than ten miles from the mountains to the town every day to the town school not to discuss these things with them, you must know that "Zi is silent, strange and confused", even Confucius did not discuss things, and it was in vain to discuss it.

In the end, Qian Fuzi just mentioned it casually, he has been in Shaoyang Town for decades, and he knows what strange things are, there is indeed a big bear in the mountains, but it does not hurt people, as for the immortals, Qian Fuzi has not seen it, and he can't mention it.

After all, Shaoyang Town is the largest town within a radius of dozens of miles, and the crowds are constantly coming and going, and people in the mountains will put wild goods on the stalls to sell in exchange for salt and some other necessary things, and occasionally some strange things appear, mostly from larger towns, which often gather the attention of many people.

He Ping often walked around Shaoyang Town after the church, probably to search for some old books, and sometimes merchants from larger places would bring a lot of new books, but the new books were often more expensive, and they had to get three coins of silver.

Shaoyang Bookstore.

Shaoyang bookstore is the largest bookstore in Shaoyang Town, famous far and near, not only there are all kinds of popular books on the market, such as "Strategy", "Book of Songs", "Emperor Yan" and other imperial examination books, there are also some "Strange Beasts", "Strange Talk" and other unique style books, there are many ancient book treasures, all are written by predecessors, only for reading, not for sale, there are often many poor students, no money to buy books, can only often come to read, the bookstore is not rushed, let the students read, just tell not to break or make random marks. The bookstore has been like this for more than 100 years since the previous dynasty, but it has left a good reputation.

He Ping is naturally among the rubbing books.

At three o'clock, He Ping is holding a copy of "Yan's Family Motto" to read, "Yan's Family Motto" is written by Yan Gang, the prime minister of the court, Yan Gang can also be regarded as a minister of Zhongxing, his style of action is quite vigorous and resolute, he has made a lot of achievements in power for more than ten years, and his students can not be enumerated, and nearly half of the courtiers are his protégés, so when the scientific examination, most of them will refer to some of Yan Gang's "Yan's Family Motto", and then the next court examination has also been involved, so He Ping thought about Tongsheng, this book has to be read.

This book is also quite interesting, most of them are interesting stories about Yan Gang's godson, but there are a lot of truths hidden in the interesting stories.

There are not many people in the bookstore at the moment, and although the reader is not allowed to speak to affect others, he does not care about it strictly, and it does not hurt to speak quietly.

Next to He Ping was a fellow student named Tang Temple. Tang Temple was also studying in Shaoyang Bookstore at this time, but unlike He Ping, Tang Temple's family was quite wealthy, and his father served as the chief bookkeeper in Shaoyang Town, but Tang Temple was also modest, and he was rarely heard of bullying.

"He Ping, take a look...... What did I see", Tang Siben was holding a copy of "Shaoyang Old Things" and reading, but suddenly as if he had found some treasure, he pointed to a page of the book and whispered to He Ping, "Isn't this the big bear that Huangshan said? I thought that Huangshan was just talking nonsense, but I didn't expect that "Shaoyang Old Things" did have a record of this bear, "Shaoyang Old Things" is a matter of many generations, after dozens of people compiled, it is categorically impossible to fake, and now it seems that I have wronged Huangshan. ”

He Pingben was not very interested in such things, but he couldn't stand the Tang Temple's pushing, so he had to put away the "Yan Family Motto" and perfunctorily glanced at the place that the Tang Temple was referring to, and the matter of the big bear written on it.

A few days later, there is a person who travels to the place, I don't know its name, only know that its name is the mirror Taoist, and the cloud travels through here, and sees the demon cloud here, and comes to the demon to ambush the demon. After a few hours, the Taoist returned safely, the demon had been ignited, and he no longer hurt people after that, and he left without a trace. “

"Tongyuan four years? wasn't that more than sixty years ago?" He Ping was shocked, and for a while he was a little skeptical that this matter was true or false, but although he hadn't read "Shaoyang Old Things", he had also heard about it, and it had indeed been repaired for several generations, and since it was recorded above, it was indeed true.

"Could it be that this big bear has lived for more than sixty years?" He Ping also felt a little strange, and said to Tang Temple in a low voice.

"Maybe it's the heir of the one back then, or another one from somewhere else..."Tang Temple also doesn't believe that there is a bear in the world that can live for more than 60 years.

But the Tang Temple turns a few pages back, you can see the description of this bear, there are records of eight times in more than 60 years, the most recent one is three years ago, in the third year of Qingyuan, this bear will be due to lightning and fall down to block the road of the giant tree removed.

This giant bear has been suffering for a period of time since it appeared more than 60 years ago, and its subsequent appearances have been for the benefit of the people and will not hurt anyone.

"It should be the same one. After carefully reading the description of the giant bear on these pages, He Ping said softly, "I didn't expect that there really was such a behemoth, and that person... Is there really an immortal? Beasts have lived for decades, but what about people?"

"If you can get the enlightenment of that Taoist priest back then, wouldn't you be able to live forever!" Tang Si said with a serious face, "That...... Can mortals fly to the heavens and the earth? Can they become immortals? ”

Tang Si looked a little lost, as if his life had also been enlightened by something, he dropped the book and staggered away, muttering to himself, not knowing what he was saying, vaguely sounding like nonsense like immortality.

Just after the time was over, when the people were settled, He Fang returned home.

He Ping's father died early, and his mother also left a few years ago, so he stayed at home to stay in such a place so that He Ping would not be homeless.

He Ping's handwriting is not bad, so there are often classmates who ask He Ping to help copy ancient books, so that He Ping can not only read the books but also earn some money to subsidize the family, plus the neighbors see him pitiful, and often send some food over, so the life can barely last.

Lighting the dim oil candle, He Ping shook his sour hands, looked out the window, and couldn't help but be a little distracted, the only way out for a poor student is to take the imperial examination to become a master, ten years of hard study, as long as he gets the middle of the day, his fate will be reversed in an instant, even if he jumps from the cottage, he becomes a lifter or even ascends to the Tianzi Hall, at that time, wealth, beauty, and status will only roll in, and no matter how much bitterness and bitterness will be rewarded a hundredfold.

These fantasies are often the motivation for He Ping to persist in the past days, and perseverance is by no means the most critical condition for the imperial examination, but it is indispensable.

But today, somehow, a giant bear appeared in He Ping's mind, this bear flew to the sky and the earth, omnipotent, and it was just the mount of a Taoist! This Taoist was the legendary immortal.

In the midst of the thoughts, the candle flame had been extinguished by a light breeze, and a few more dogs barked in the ears, and a few unknown birds fluttered, and then there was silence.