In the past few days, Shi Xuan asked around Chuzhou City. In addition to knowing that there is a monk temple on Tongxuan Mountain, he only knew that there are many wild animals in the mountains. He often heard that some people were eaten by wild animals after getting lost in the mountains. The specific information they found was quite diverse. Some said it was a pack of wolves, some said it was a wild dog, some said it was a tiger, and some even said it was a monster with two heads and fangs in the mouth.

At this time, Shi Xuan heard the scholar mention Tongxuan Mountain. With the idea of ​​"better than good", he stood by and observed the scholar and listened to the scholar's words.

Ding Mingde thought about it and, given that he had already started drooling at the cold steamed bun, he said to the steamed bun: "I will have food when I arrive at Tongxuan Mountain tomorrow. Now I will eat half of it first. Well, leave half of it on the road tomorrow. There will be chicken, duck, fish and meat tomorrow, and chicken, duck, fish and meat. Ding Mingde, you have to hold on!"

Picking up the steamed buns, carefully split them in half, picking up one of them, closing their eyes, slowly putting them into their mouths, muttering to themselves, "This is chicken, this is chicken." After taking a bite, I felt extremely cold and hard, so I quickly changed my mouth and said, "This is ribs, this is ribs..."

Although the cold steamed buns were hard and unpalatable, Ding Mingde finished eating it in two or three times. He looked at the remaining half of the steamed buns and was embarrassed for a while. He saw that the waiter had already left, then he bit his teeth, closed his eyes, quickly wrapped it in oil paper, and then shook his head and said, "If God is going to give a great responsibility to this person, he must first suffer his mind and mind, tired his muscles and bones, hungry his body, starve his body, starve his body... and wait for a rest later when he arrives at the Tongpu."

The waiter took Luyan and walked over and said, "This guest official, please follow me to go to the open shop."

After thinking about it, Shi Xuan stepped forward and interrupted: "Brother, you look at your clothes. You seem to be a scholar studying abroad. I don't know the name of Gao?" Shi Xuan came to find out some news. He was afraid that this scholar who looked a bit pedantic does not like Taoist priests, so he pretended to be a scholar studying abroad and came up to greet him. As for Taoist robes, because the emperor advocated Taoism, many scholars and literati usually like to wear Taoist robes.

When Ding Mingde saw Shi Xuan wearing a Taoist robe, he was a good person who had read books. He felt a good impression in his heart. Although he remembered what his cousin said, don’t talk to strangers, he still answered cautiously: “I have a surname Ding, my name is Mingde, I have never entered school, I have never had a name for a pen. I don’t know that my brother’s surname is noble, but I am a scholar who is studying abroad?” He planned to give up a few casual greetings and say goodbye to the Tongpu. My cousin said it well, be careful when going out when he is away, and he suffered a lot of losses before.

"I have a surname in the lower house. The name is a single name, and the name is Zi'ang. A person from Yecheng, after becoming a scholar, he came to this place with a strong literary style in the south to study. I just saw Brother Ding, you are very elegant and talented, and you can't help but come over to chat." Shi Xuan casually talked about a famous northern city and found himself a famous figure of an ancient man. Anyway, he was not afraid of the scholar checking it. After today, he probably won't have a chance to see him again.

Hearing that Shi Xuan was so young, Ding Mingde clearly showed mixed emotions of admiration and inferiority. Then Shi Xuan's complimentary words made him secretly happy and said, "I dare not behave, I have been studying for more than ten years. Although I have always regarded myself very high, I still missed it a little when I went to Tongsheng for the last time. Unlike Brother Shi, you became a scholar as young as you were. You are the real talent."

After a few greetings, Shi Xuan invited Ding Mingde to have dinner together. When Ding Mingde heard the word "din" and felt that he could hear the sound of his stomach. The words he refused came to his mouth several times and were eaten by his hungry stomach. He had forgotten all the idea of ​​saying goodbye to the bed after chatting for a few words. As for the advice that my cousin said not to date strangers, he was thrown out of the sky.

Seeing that Ding Mingde had no intention of refusing, Shi Xuan asked the waiter to take the two of them to a free table in the secluded corner, ordering a few dishes with big fish and meat, and was about to chat with Ding Mingde for news, but suddenly he felt someone staring at him with a sinister look. The original simple gaze touched the martial arts masters would not be able to sense it, but Shi Xuan, a monk, felt a sharp feeling beyond ordinary people's imagination, so he immediately discovered that this gaze came to a man wearing a hat who entered the store after Ding Mingde.

I found that someone looked here. Although Shi Xuan was alert, he still kept silent on the surface and chatted with Ding Mingde casually and talked about academic matters. Shi Xuan was in an era of knowledge explosion in his previous life, and he still had a certain understanding of ancient knowledge. In this society similar to ancient China, it is still not a problem to say a few words. Of course, deep conversations will definitely reveal their traps. Therefore, Shi Xuan skillfully guided the conversation, talked less and asked more questions, and let Ding Mingde talk freely. Although Shi Xuan did not have a deep knowledge of ancient Chinese, he could also hear that Ding Mingde's book was very dead. No wonder he had not passed the scholar exam yet.

After chatting for a while, the waiter served the dishes one after another. Seeing Ding Mingde's eyes almost flying into the dishes, Shi Xuan smiled and asked him to enjoy it.

Ding Mingde was still estimating his image at first, and he only grabbed a little at a time and swallowed slowly. However, he ate the delicacies he had not enjoyed for a long time, and in a short while he started to eat too much, with oil on the corners of his mouth.

Shi Xuan took this opportunity and asked as if he mentioned it casually: "I wonder why Brother Ding came to Chuzhou City?"

Ding Mingde reacted for a while before he realized that Shi Xuan was asking himself, while gnawing on the chicken legs, he replied vaguely: "Brother Zi'ang, you don't know that he was born in a small rural area at the junction of Chuzhou and Mingzhou. He was poor since childhood. His parents passed away a few years ago. There were only a few acres of thin land left in the family, which was difficult to maintain the cost of studying at the lower school." He swallowed a few mouthfuls of meat and continued, "In addition, he had not entered school and could not be exempted from labor service. His life was very hard.

, often ask relatives to help me. Some time ago, my cousin came back from Chuzhou City, and found me overnight, saying that the landlord in a village on Tongxuan Mountain here wanted to invite a palace for his daughters and teach some basic knowledge. Because on the mountain, it was for women to teach, and the scholars with fame were unwilling to go. My cousin happened to know the butler of this family, so he recommended me. The butler said that as long as I am not the kind of person with shallow knowledge, I will definitely succeed."

Speaking of this, Ding Mingde put down his chopsticks and said with a flash of eyebrows: "The saint said 'there is no difference', and it is just teaching women basic principles of dealing with people. This is still very consistent. And after becoming a Western Conference, except for the need to give lectures every afternoon, you can arrange the rest of the time by yourself. Haha, there is food every day and free time to read, and the Tongsheng exam will be very sure of a year and a half later."

Shi Xuan nodded in agreement and said, "If Brother Ding's talent is so talented, if he can not work hard and eat all day long and study with peace of mind, his achievements will definitely be limitless. I don't know which village Brother Ding is going to. I happened to be going to Tongxuan Mountain tomorrow, so I can just go with Brother Ding along the way."

"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 Brother Zi'ang has a fun trip, he will go to this village to see it. It is said that it is a very paradise-like place." After such a while of dating, Ding Mingde has already regarded Shi Xuan as his best friend and called him the word "大天".

Shi Xuan has never heard of Shuanghu Village after so many days of inquiring, and he wants to find a trace of Taoist sect, and such remote places among famous mountains and rivers cannot be spared, so he said happily: "It is just my wish. Brother Ding is really a soulmate in the lower place. I know that I like to visit famous mountains the most, especially this paradise. I just don't know why my cousin didn't go with Brother Ding?"

"My cousin is a businessman and has been traveling around all year round, so he didn't come here, but he said he would finish his work soon, and then he came to Tongxuan Mountain to get along with me." Ding Mingde looked very grateful to his cousin.

Shi Xuan smiled and said, "I heard that this was my first time going out by Brother Ding. I didn't expect that the first time I went out was a single sword, which was very magnificent like a scholar who was studying with a sword for thousands of miles."

"Where, where, I'm going to lay this sword just a decoration, but it's actually made of wood to scare the villains on the road." Speaking of this, Ding Mingde was very proud of his method. "But this way, I realized that it was difficult to go out and go out, but fortunately, all the misfortune turned into good luck."

Shi Xuan asked Ding Mingde in detail about the various dangers or difficulties encountered along the way. According to Ding Mingde, this time it was really auspicious people. For example, after being stunned by the black shop, the shopkeeper and his friend actually had an internal conflict and all died. For example, someone came up to talk and wanted to cheat him of money, but inexplicably exposed himself and was caught by the detective. For example, when he encountered a water bandit on the river, the other party hit a reef and sank. Ding Mingde walked to Chuzhou City without any danger in all these things.

Although Ding Mingde thinks that his lucky star is shining, Shi Xuan doesn't think so. Once it's accidental, there will be problems twice or three times. However, now there is only one-sided statement from Ding Mingde, and Shi Xuan cannot guess what the problem is. He can only secretly increase his vigilance. Tomorrow and Ding Mingde and Tongxuan Mountain cannot be careless.

Shi Xuan pointed indirectly and found that Ding Mingde was basically shaking his head and didn't know much about Tongxuan Mountain. However, he didn't know much about Tongxuan Mountain. Then he stopped talking and said to Ding Mingde: "Brother Ding, you and I fell in love with you at first sight. Why don't you live in my yard tonight? There are two empty rooms there."

Ding Mingde has regarded Shi Xuan as a friend and smiled and said, "It's better to obey your orders than respect. It's just a night chat with Brother Zi'ang tonight, and it's so great."
Chapter completed!