Record of Extinction Destiny Chapter 22: A chance encounter (please collect)
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Shi Xuan has been asking around in Chuzhou City in the past few days. In addition to knowing that there is a famous monk temple on Tongxuan Mountain, he only knows that there are many wild beasts in the mountains. He often hears that people get lost in the mountains and are eaten by wild beasts. As for the specific beasts, the information I got was quite varied. 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 a mouth full of fangs.
At this time, Shi Xuan heard the scholar mention Tongxuan Mountain. With the idea of "something is better than nothing", he stood on the side and observed the scholar and listened to the scholar's soliloquy.
Ding Mingde thought about it, and since he had already started to drool over the cold steamed buns, he said to the steamed buns: "We will have something to eat when we arrive at Tongxuan Mountain tomorrow. Eat half of it now. Well, leave half for the road tomorrow. Eat. Tomorrow there will be chicken, duck and fish. Tomorrow there will be chicken, duck and fish. Ding Mingde, you have to hold on!"
Pick up the steamed bun, carefully divide it into two halves, pick up one piece, close your eyes, slowly put it into your mouth, and mutter to yourself: "This is chicken, this is chicken." After taking a bite, I felt cold. It was so hard that he quickly changed his words: "This is pork ribs, this is pork ribs..."
Although the cold steamed buns were hard and unpalatable, Ding Mingde still finished them in two or three times. He looked at the remaining half of the steamed buns eagerly and was embarrassed for a while. He didn't bite until he saw that the waiter had come back. , closed his eyes, quickly wrapped it in oil paper, then shook his head and said: "When heaven is about to give a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, work his muscles and bones, starve his body, starve his body, starve his body Body skin... Arrive at Tongpu later and rest immediately."
The waiter came over with a road guide and said: "Sir, your road guide, please follow me to Tongpu."
After thinking about it, Shi Xuan stepped forward and interjected: "Brother, judging from your clothes, it seems that you are also a scholar studying abroad. Do you know your surname?" Shi Xuan came to get some information, and he was afraid that this man would see it. Scholars who seemed a bit pedantic did not like Taoist priests, so they pretended to be scholars traveling abroad to greet them. As for Taoist robes, because the emperor respected Taoism, many scholars and scholars liked to wear Taoist robes.
Ding Mingde saw that Shi Xuan was wearing a Taoist robe, but he was very handsome and looked like someone who had read books. He felt good in his heart. Although he remembered what his cousin said not to talk to strangers, he still replied cautiously: " My surname is Ding and my given name is Mingde. I have never been to school and have no first name. I don’t know what your surname is, but am I a scholar studying abroad? "I plan to say goodbye and go to Tongpu after casual greetings. My cousin said well, be careful when going out. , I suffered a lot of losses before.
"My surname is Shi, my given name is Xuan, and I am Zi'ang. I am a native of Yecheng. After I was selected as a scholar, I came to study in this place in the south where the literary style is at its peak. I just saw you, Brother Ding, are elegant and extraordinary. I felt full at first sight. A talented person who reads poetry and books, so he couldn't help but come over to chat." Shi Xuan randomly picked up a famous northern city and found an ancient name for himself. Anyway, he was not afraid of the scholar looking it up. After today, in the future. I'm afraid there won't be a chance to see him again.
Hearing that Shi Xuan was already a scholar at such a young age, Ding Mingde clearly showed a mixture of admiration and inferiority complex. Then Shi Xuan's compliments made him secretly happy and said: "I don't dare to be a scholar, I don't dare to be a scholar. I have been studying here for more than ten years, although I have always thought highly of myself, but the last time I went to the Tongsheng Examination, I still fell a little short. Unlike Brother Shi, you were selected as a scholar at such a young age. You are the real talent."
After a few words of greeting, Shi Xuan invited Ding Mingde to have dinner with him. When Ding Mingde heard the word dinner, he only felt that he could hear the growling sound in his stomach, and his words of refusal came several times. The food in my mouth was eaten by my hungry stomach again, and I completely forgot about my plan to say goodbye and go back to Tongpu after chatting for a few words. As for my cousin's advice not to associate with strangers, I completely forgot about it.
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 a quiet corner, and ordered a few big fish and meat dishes. He was about to chat with Ding Mingde to get some news, but suddenly he felt Someone was staring at him with a sinister gaze. Even martial arts masters would not be able to sense the simple gaze. However, the monk Shi Xuan's senses are far more sensitive than ordinary people imagine, so he noticed this gaze immediately. As for a man wearing a bamboo hat who entered the store after Ding Mingde.
When Shi Xuan noticed someone looking here, although he was wary, he remained calm on the surface and casually chatted with Ding Mingde about academic matters. Shi Xuan's previous life was in an era of knowledge explosion, and he still had a certain understanding of ancient knowledge. In this society similar to ancient China, it is not a problem to say a few words. Of course, in-depth discussions will definitely reveal the truth, so Shi Xuan Guide the conversation skillfully, talk less and ask more questions, and let Ding Mingde do the talking. Although Shi Xuan didn't have deep knowledge of ancient literature, he could tell that Ding Mingde was very good at reading books. No wonder he hadn't passed the examination to become a scholar.
After chatting for a while, the waiter served the dishes one after another. Seeing Ding Mingde's eyes almost flying into the food, Shi Xuan smiled and invited him to enjoy.
Ding Mingde was still appreciating the image at first, taking only a little at a time and swallowing slowly, but after eating a delicacy he had not enjoyed for a long time, he began to eat too much, and the corners of his mouth were full of grease.
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 chewing on the chicken leg, he answered vaguely: "Brother Zi'ang, you don't know, I was born in the countryside on the border of Chuzhou and Mingzhou. In a small place, my family has been poor since I was a child. Both my parents passed away a few years ago. There are only a few acres of thin farmland left in the family. It is already difficult to support the expenses of studying." After swallowing a few mouthfuls of meat, he continued, "In addition, I have never entered school. , and was not exempt from corvee labor, my life was very poor, and I often had to ask for help from my relatives. Some time ago, after my cousin came back from Chuzhou City, he came to me overnight and said that a big landowner from a village on Tongxuan Mountain wanted to give me money. My daughters hired a teacher to teach them some basic knowledge. Since they were teaching women in the mountains, no well-established scholars were willing to go. My cousin happened to know the chief steward of the family, so he recommended me. Said, as long as I am not a person with shallow knowledge, I will definitely succeed."
After saying this, Ding Mingde put down his chopsticks and said with excitement: "The sage said, 'There is no difference in teaching,' and it only teaches women the basic principles of life. I still agree with this. And after becoming a teacher, Except for the lectures that need to be given every afternoon, I can arrange myself the rest of the time. Haha, if I have food every day and have time to study, I will be very confident about the childbirth exam in one and a half years.”
Shi Xuan nodded in agreement and said: "With a talent like Brother Ding, if he could stop working hard all day long and study with peace of mind, his achievements would be limitless. I don't know which village Brother Ding is going to. I happen to be going there tomorrow. When I go to Tongxuan Mountain, I can just go 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 housekeeper will wait for me at Yuhua Pavilion not far from the mountain, and then take me there, Ziang If you want to have some fun, I'd like to go to this village together. It's said to be a very paradise-like place." After being together for a while, Ding Mingde already regarded Shi Xuan as a close friend and called him by his cousin.
After so many days of inquiring, Shi Xuan had indeed never heard of Shuanghu Village, and he wanted to find traces of the Taoist sect. He couldn’t let go of such a remote place in the famous mountains and rivers, so he said happily: "It's just right. I think Brother Ding is my close friend, and he knows that I love visiting famous mountains, especially places like this paradise. I just don’t know why your cousin doesn’t go with Brother Ding.”
"My cousin is a businessman and travels around all year round. This time we didn't come together. But he said he would be finished soon and would come to Tongxuan Mountain to meet me." Ding Mingde was very grateful to his cousin. look.
Shi Xuan said with a smile: "I just heard that Brother Ding is going out for the first time. I didn't expect that the first time he went out was to be alone with a sword. It is very like us scholars who travel thousands of miles with swords to study."
"No, no, this sword is just a decoration. It is actually made of wood. It is used to scare young people on the road." Speaking of this, Ding Mingde was very proud of his method. "But along the way, I have come to understand the difficulties of going out, but fortunately, they have turned into good fortunes."
Shi Xuan asked Ding Mingde in detail about the various dangers or difficulties he encountered along the way. According to Ding Mingde, this time it was really auspicious people who had their own destiny. For example, after encountering a black shop and being stunned, the shopkeeper There was an internal quarrel between him and his clerk, and they all died together; for example, someone came up to talk and planned to cheat him out of money, but he was inexplicably exposed and was caught quickly; for example, when he encountered a bandit on the river, the other party hit a rock and sank. After all this, Ding Mingde walked to Chuzhou City without any danger.
Although Ding Mingde thinks that his lucky star is shining brightly, Shi Xuan doesn't think so. Once is an accident, two or three times is a problem. However, now there is only one side of Ding Mingde's words, and Shi Xuan can't guess what the problem is. If you can secretly raise your alert, you and Ding Mingde and his party at Tongxuan Mountain will not be careless tomorrow.
Shi Xuan made a few more insinuations and found that Ding Mingde basically shook his head when asked about the news about Shuanghu Village, and he didn’t know as much about Tongxuan Mountain as Shi Xuan did. Then he stopped talking and said to Ding Mingde : "Brother Ding, we hit it off right away. Why don't you stay in my yard tonight? There are two vacant rooms there."
Ding Mingde has already regarded Shi Xuan as a good friend, and he smiled and said: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. I will have a candlelit night chat with Brother Ziang tonight. It will be a pleasure."