These Shi Xuan inquired around in 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 more beasts in the mountains, and he often hears that some people are eaten by wild beasts after getting lost in the mountains, and the specific beasts are more varied, some say that they are wolves, some say they are wild dogs, some say they are tigers, and some even say that they are monsters with two heads and fangs in their mouths.

At this time, Shi Xuan heard the scholar mention Tongxuan Mountain, and with the idea of "something is better than nothing", he stood on the side to observe the scholar and listen to the scholar's self-talk.

Ding Mingde thought about it for a while, and since he had already begun to drool over the cold steamed buns, he said to the steamed buns: "Ming said that you can have food when you arrive at Tongxuan Mountain, now eat half of it first, well, leave half for tomorrow on the road." There will be chicken, duck and fish tomorrow, and there will be chicken, duck and fish tomorrow, Ding Mingde, you have to hold on!"

Pick up the steamed bun, carefully divide it in half, pick up one of the pieces, close your eyes, slowly put it in your mouth, and mutter, "This is chicken, this is chicken." When I took a bite, I felt that it was extremely cold, and I hurriedly changed my words: "This is the ribs, this is the ribs......"

Although the cold steamed bun was hard and unpalatable, Ding Mingde still ate it in two or three clicks, looked at the remaining half of the steamed bun with his eyes, and was embarrassed for a while, until he saw that the shopkeeper had walked back, he bit his teeth, closed his eyes, quickly wrapped it in oiled paper, and then shook his head and said: "The sky will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their body skin, starve their body skin, and starve their body skin...... Later, when I arrived at Tongpu, I rested immediately. ”

The shopkeeper walked over with the road guide and said, "This guest officer, your road guide, please follow me to Tongpu." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Shi Xuan stepped forward and interjected: "This brother, looking at what you are wearing, it seems that you are also a scholar who is studying abroad, and you don't know the name of Gao?" Shi Xuan came to inquire about some news, and he was afraid that this scholar, who seemed a little pedantic, would not like Taoist priests, so he disguised himself as a scholar who was studying abroad to come up to greet him, as for the Taoist robe, because the Son of Heaven worships Taoism, many scholars and literati usually love to wear Taoist robes.

Ding Mingde saw that Shi Xuan was wearing a Taoist robe, but his demeanor was not bad, and he looked like a person who had read a book, and he suddenly had a good impression in his heart, although he remembered what his cousin said, don't talk to strangers, but he still replied cautiously: "Under the surname Ding, the name Mingde, I have never gone to school, I don't have a cousin, I don't know my brother's surname, but I am a scholar who travels to study?"

"Under the surname Shi, a single name is a Xuan word, the word is high, a person from Yecheng, after winning the show, he came to this place where the southern literary style is flourishing. I saw Brother Ding just now, you are elegant and extraordinary, and at first glance you are a talented person who has read poetry and books, so I can't help but come over to talk. Shi Xuan casually pulled a famous northern city, and found himself a table of the ancients, anyway, he was not afraid that this scholar would check it, after today, I am afraid that there will be no chance of seeing each other in the future.

Hearing that Shi Xuan was already a talent at such a young age, Ding Mingde obviously showed a mixture of admiration and inferiority, and then Shi Xuan's compliments made him secretly happy in his heart, and said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I have been studying for more than ten years, although I have always regarded myself very highly, but the last time I went to the Tongsheng test, I was still a little worse, unlike Brother Shi, you won the show at such a young age, 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 sound of his stomach rumbling, and the words of resignation came to his mouth several times and were eaten by his hungry stomach, and he forgot all about the idea of saying goodbye and going back to Tongpu after chatting a few words, and as for his cousin's advice not to associate with strangers, he was thrown out of the clouds.

Seeing that Ding Mingde had no intention of refusing, Shi Xuan asked the shopkeeper to take the two of them to a spare table in a secluded place in the corner, ordered a few dishes with big fish and meat, and was about to chat with Ding Mingde about the news, but suddenly felt that someone was staring at him with a cruel gaze, and the original simple gaze touched even a martial arts master would not be sensitive, but Shi Xuan, a monk, had a keen sense far beyond ordinary people's imagination, so he immediately found that this gaze came from a man wearing a hat who entered the store after Ding Mingde.

Finding that someone was looking at this, although Shi Xuan was wary in his heart, he was still quiet on the surface, chatting with Ding Mingde casually and chatting about academic matters. Shi Xuan's previous life was in the era of the big explosion of knowledge, and he still had a certain understanding of ancient knowledge, in this society similar to ancient China, it was not a problem to say a few simple words, of course, the deep talk would definitely be exposed, so Shi Xuan skillfully guided the conversation, said less and asked more, and let Ding Mingde talk freely. Although Shi Xuan does not have a deep knowledge of ancient literature, he can also hear that Ding Mingde's books are very dead, no wonder he has not yet passed the examination.

After chatting for a while, the shopkeeper served the food one after another. Seeing that Ding Mingde's eyes were about to fly to the dish, Shi Xuan smiled and invited him to enjoy it.

Ding Mingde began to estimate the image, only a little at a time, and swallowed slowly, but after eating the food he hadn't enjoyed for a long time, he began to eat too much, and the corners of his mouth were full of oil stains.

Shi Xuan took this opportunity and asked as if he was casually mentioning, "I don't know why Brother Ding came to Chuzhou City?"

Ding Mingde reacted for a while before he understood that Shi Xuan was asking himself, and while gnawing on the chicken legs, he replied vaguely: "Brother Ziang, you don't know, in the small rural area on the border between Chuzhou and Mingzhou, the family has been poor since childhood, and both parents passed away a few years ago, and there are only a few acres of thin land left in the family, which is difficult to maintain the cost of studying in Xia", swallowed a few mouthfuls of meat and continued, "In addition, I have never studied in Xia, and I can't be exempted from servitude, so I say that my son lives a very hard life, and often asks relatives to help." Some time ago, after my cousin came back from Chuzhou City, he found me overnight, saying that the big landlord of a village on Tongxuan Mountain here wanted to invite a western seat for his daughters to teach some basic knowledge. The big butler said that as long as I am not the kind of person who is shallow in learning, I will definitely be able to succeed. ”

Speaking of this, Ding Mingde put down his chopsticks and said: "Sage Yun's 'teaching is not class', and he only teaches women the basic principles of how to behave in the world, which I still agree with very much." And after becoming a western seat, except for the lecture every afternoon, the rest of the time can be arranged by himself. Haha, every time I have food and free time to read, I have a great confidence in the children's examination after a year and a half. ”

Shi Xuan nodded in agreement and said: "Brother Ding's talent, if you can eat and study with peace of mind, your achievements will definitely be limitless." I don't know which village Brother Ding is going to, but I happened to go to Tongxuan Mountain in the next Ming Dynasty, so I just happened to be able to accompany Brother Ding along the way. ”

"I heard my cousin say that it is called" Shuanghu Village ", the place is very remote and difficult to find, but Ming said that the big housekeeper will wait for me at the Yuhua Pavilion not far from the mountain, and then take me over. After such a while, Ding Mingde already regarded Shi Xuan as a close friend and called him his cousin.

Shi Xuan has been inquiring for so many days, and he really has never heard of the place of Shuanghu Village, and he wants to find traces of the Daomen, and such a remote place in the famous mountains and rivers cannot be let go, so he said happily: "It is exactly what I want, Brother Ding is really a bosom friend in the next place, and I know that I like to play in famous mountains the most, especially in such a paradise place." I just don't know why your cousin didn't go with Brother Ding?"

"My cousin is a businessman, and he has been running around all the year round, so he didn't come here this time, but he said that he would be busy soon, and then he would come to Tongxuanshan to make peace with me. Ding Mingde was very grateful to his cousin.

Shi Xuan said with a smile: "I heard just now that Brother Ding is going out for the first time, but I didn't expect that the first time I went out was a single lone sword, which is very similar to the style of a scholar like me who travels thousands of miles to study with a sword." ”

"Where, where, under this sword is just an ornament, in fact it is made of wood, and it is used to scare the young people on the road. Speaking of this, Ding Mingde was very proud of his approach. "But along the way, I realized how difficult it is to go out, but fortunately, all the evil has turned into good fortune. ”

Shi Xuan inquired in detail about the various dangers or difficulties encountered by Ding Mingde along the way, according to Ding Mingde, this time it was really auspicious people's own natural appearance, such as after encountering a black shop and being stunned, the shopkeeper and his buddies actually fought infighting, and all of them died together; With all this, Ding Mingde walked to Chuzhou City without danger.

Although Ding Mingde felt that he was a good star, Shi Xuan would not see it that way, once it was accidental, and there would be problems twice or three times, but now there is only Ding Mingde's words, and Shi Xuan can't guess what the problem is, so he can only secretly raise his vigilance, and Ming said that he and Ding Mingde can't be careless with Xuanshan.

Shi Xuan knocked on the side for a few more words, and found that Ding Mingde basically shook his head and didn't know anything about the news of Shuanghu Village, and about Tongxuan Mountain, he didn't know much about it, so he stopped talking and said to Ding Mingde: "Brother Ding, you and I hit it off at first sight, why don't you live in my courtyard tonight, there are still two empty wings there." ”

Ding Mingde already regarded Shi Xuan as a friend, and said with a smile at the moment: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, tonight is just the time to talk to Brother Ziang at night, it's too fast." ”