Archive of Fate’s End Chapter 22: Encounter

In the past few days, Shixuan inquired about Chuzhou City. In addition to knowing that there is a monk temple on Tongxuan Mountain, he only knows that there are many beasts in the mountains. I often hear that some people are eaten by beasts after they get lost in the mountains. As for the specific beasts, the news I heard was more varied, some were wolves, some were wild dogs, some were tigers, and some were even said to be two-headed monsters with fangs in their mouths.

　　 At this time, Shi Xuan heard the scholar mention Tongxuan Mountain and stood on the sidelines to observe the scholar and listen to the scholar's self-talk.

　　 Ding Mingde thought about it. Since he had started to drool at the cold buns, he said to the buns: "Tomorrow, when I arrive at Tongxuan Mountain, I will have some food. Now let’s eat half a half, yeah, and leave half a road tomorrow. Eat. There will be chicken, duck and fish meat tomorrow, and tomorrow there will be chicken, duck and fish meat, Ding Mingde, you have to hold on!"

　　 took the bun, carefully divided it into two halves, picked one of them, closed his eyes, slowly put it in his mouth, muttered to himself: "This is chicken, this is chicken." Take a bite and feel cold Very hard, he quickly changed his mouth and said: "This is ribs, this is ribs..."

　　Although cold buns were hard and unpalatable, Ding Mingde still ate it two or three times, staring at the remaining half of the buns with difficulty, for a while, until he saw that the second child of the shop had walked back, and he bit his teeth. , Eyes closed, quickly wrapped in oil paper, and then shook his head and shook his head and said: "Heaven will descend to the people of Si, he must first suffer his mind, work his muscles, starve his skin, starve his skin, starve his Body skin...I will arrive at Tongpu later, and rest immediately."

　　dian Xiaoer took the road guide and walked over and said, "This guest, your road guide, please follow me to Tongpu."

　　 After thinking about it, Shi Xuan stepped forward and interjected: "This Xiongtai, look at you wearing, it seems that he is also a scholar who is studying abroad. I don’t know the name of the high surname?" Shi Xuan came to hear some news, afraid that this watch Scholars who seem to be a bit pedantic do not like Taoist priests, so they pretend to be greetings from scholars studying abroad. As for the robe, because the emperor respects the Tao, many scholars and scholars usually wear robe.

　　 Ding Mingde saw that Shi Xuan was wearing a robe, but his style was not bad. At first glance, he read the book. He felt good in his heart. Although he remembered his cousin’s words, don’t talk to strangers, but he replied cautiously: " Under the surname Ding, Mingde, have never enrolled in school, have no words, I don’t know your surname of Xiongtai, but the scholars who study abroad?” I plan to say a few words at random to leave the shop, my cousin said well, be careful when going out , I had a lot of losses before.

　　 "In the lower surname Shi, the single name is a Xuan character, the name is Ang, the person from Yecheng, after he was a talent, he came to study in this southern place where the style is prosperous. Just now I saw Brother Ding, you are very elegant, and it is full at first sight Talented people who read poetry and books, so I couldn’t bear to come over and talk.” Shi Xuan casually pulled a famous northern city and found himself an ancient expression. He wasn’t afraid of the scholar to check it anyway. I'm afraid there won't be a chance to see you again.

　　 I heard that Shi Xuan was so talented as a young man. Ding Mingde clearly showed mixed emotions of admiration and inferiority. Then Shi Xuan’s words of compliment made him ecstatic, saying: "Don’t dare to be, don’t dare to be, I have been studying for more than ten years, although I always think highly of myself, but the last time I went to the child test, it was still a little worse. Unlike Brother Shi, you are a young talent and you are a real talent."

After a few words of greeting, Shi Xuan invited Ding Mingde to have dinner together. When Ding Mingde heard the word "dinner dinner", he only felt that he could hear the sound of the grunt in his stomach. His mouth was eaten by a hungry stomach, and the idea of ​​retiring back to Tongpu after a few chats was forgotten. As for the cousin's advice not to interact with strangers, it was thrown out of Jiuxiaoyun.

　　Seeing that Ding Mingde didn’t mean to refuse, Shi Xuan asked the shop to take the two to a free table in a secluded corner, ordering a few big fish and meat dishes, and was planning to chat with Ding Mingde about the news, but suddenly felt Someone stared at him with a vicious eye, and the original simple eye touched that the martial arts master would not feel it, but the feeling of Shi Xuan, a monk, was far more keen than ordinary people’s imagination, so the first time he found this eye To a man wearing Dai Li who entered the shop after Ding Mingde.

　　I found someone looking here. Although Shi Xuan was alert, he was still quiet on the surface. He casually chatted with Ding Mingde and talked about academic matters. Shi Xuan's previous life was in the era of the explosion of knowledge. There is still some understanding of ancient knowledge. In this society similar to ancient China, it is not a problem to say a few words. Of course, deep talk will definitely be exposed, so Shi Xuan Lead the conversation skillfully, talk less and ask more, and let Ding Mingde talk freely. Although Shi Xuan does not have a deep knowledge of ancient Chinese, he can still hear that Ding Mingde's book is very poorly read.

　　 chatted for a while, and the shop's second child was serving one after another. Seeing Ding Mingde's eyes fly into the dish, Shi Xuan smiled and invited him to enjoy.

　　Ding Mingde began to estimate the image, only a little at a time, slowly swallowing, but eating food that had not been enjoyed for a long time, he began to eat too much after a while, and his mouth was covered with oil.

　　Shixuan took advantage of this opportunity, and asked, as if he was casually mentioned, "I don't know why Brother Ding came to Chuzhou City?"

　　 Ding Mingde reacted for a while before he realized that Shi Xuan was asking himself, while nibbling chicken legs, he answered vaguely: "Brother Zi Ang, you don’t know, you were born in the countryside where Chuzhou and Mingzhou border. A small place, poor since childhood, parents both passed away in the past few years, only a few acres of thin fields are left in the family, it is difficult to maintain the cost of studying," swallowed a few bites of meat and continued, "plus did not go to school , And can’t avoid fighting. The life is very hard, and relatives often need to help. Some time ago, my cousin came back from Chuzhou City and found me overnight, saying that the landlord in a village on Tongxuan Mountain wanted to give his home. My daughters invited a Xixi to teach some basic knowledge, because on the mountain, they were teaching women, and the scholars who were famous were not willing to go. My cousin happened to know the big housekeeper of this house and recommended me. The big housekeeper Say, as long as I’m not the kind of people with shallow knowledge, I will be able to succeed."

　　 said here, Ding Mingde put down his chopsticks, and said with a frown: "Sage Cloud "There is no way to teach", and it is only to teach women the basic truth of life. This point is still very agreeable. And after becoming a Xixi, In addition to the need for lectures every afternoon, you can arrange for the rest of the time. Haha, you have food every day, and you have free time to study. The child test after one and a half years is quite sure."

　　Shi Xuan nodded in favor of the authenticity: "Brother Ding is so talented, if he can not eat hard all day, study with peace of mind, his achievements will definitely be limitless. I don’t know which village Ding Brother is going to, which happens to be the next day. When I go to Tongxuan Mountain, I can just go with Brother Ding."

　　 "Listen to my cousin's name as "Shuanghu Village", the place is very remote and difficult to find, but tomorrow the big housekeeper will wait for me at the Yuhua Pavilion not far from the mountain, and then take me over, Zi Ang If you have a visit to Yaxing, just go to this village to see. It is said to be a place with a paradise.” After such a period of interaction, Ding Mingde has regarded Shi Xuan as his best friend and called him his word.

　　Shixuan has inquired for so many days. I have never heard of the place of Shuanghu Village, but I have to find the trace of Daomen. Such remote places in the famous mountains and rivers can not be missed, so I am pleased to say: "Zhenghe I mean, Brother Ding is really a close companion, knowing my favorite places to visit famous mountains, especially places like this paradise. But I don’t know why your cousin didn’t go with Brother Ding?”

　　 "My cousin is a trader. He travels all the year round, but he didn’t come here this time, but he said he would be busy soon, and then he came to Tongxuanshan and I will be with ~IndoMTL.com~ Ding Mingde is very kind to his cousin. It's grateful.

　　Shi Xuan said with a smile: "I heard that Ding was going out for the first time just now, but I didn't think that the first time I went out was a single lone sword. It's very good for me to wait for the scholar to study with a sword."

　　 "Where, where, under this sword is just a decoration, actually made of wood, used to scare the young people on the road." Speaking of this, Ding Mingde was very proud of his approach. "However, after going this way, I realized that it was so difficult to go out, but fortunately, it was all evil."

　　Shixuan asked Ding Mingde the various dangers or hardships encountered along the way. According to Ding Mingde, this time it was really the Ji people’s own appearance, such as the shopkeeper after being stunned by the black shop. He and his buddies were actually infighted, and all died together; for example, someone came up to talk, and the design wanted to pit his money, but inexplicably exposed, they were arrested and caught upright: for example, when they met a bandit on the river, the other party touched the reef and sank. In all these cases, Ding Mingde walked to Chuzhou City in a panic.

　　Although Ding Mingde thinks he is a lucky star, Shi Xuan doesn’t think so. Once is accidental, twice or three times, it’s a problem, but now there is only one side of Ding Mingde, and Shi Xuan can’t speculate what the problem is, only Can secretly improve the alert, tomorrow and Ding Mingde Tong Xuanshan can not carelessly.

　　Shi Xuan knocked on the side a few times, and found that Ding Mingde basically shook his head about the news of Shuanghu Village, but he didn’t know much about Tongxuan Mountain, so he stopped talking and told Ding Mingde : "Brother Ding, you and I are the same at first sight, not tonight you will live in my yard, there are two empty rooms."

　　 Ding Mingde has regarded Shi Xuan as a friend, and now smiled and said: "Respect is worse than obedience. Tonight, it's just a conversation with Brother Zang Ang by candlelight night. It's a pleasure."