After Wei Shi had talked with Jing Shi, he knew his ambition, so he turned around and told Li He quietly. Li He was a bastard, so he didn't think much after hearing this, and just said: "Okay, if a person has ambitions from all over the world, isn't it better than living in a high official position and sitting in a high hall?"
Wei Shi complained: "You are a reckless man who can lift a cauldron with your hands. You are not afraid of the dangers on the road. If you don't have the strength to travel, how can you live well? Wen always suffers less hardship when sitting in court."
Li He said nonchalantly: "My husband, I'm afraid he will suffer a lot! Since he has his own ideas, don't stop him. At that time, Taoist Chiliu often came to my house, insisting that the boy was the reincarnation of any star, until the boy entered the school. It's rare to see that old green-skinned figure. Now I think that those weird things he said are probably lies. The world is peaceful now, how can a star come down to earth and do something stupid?" Then he stopped. carry. Seeing his attitude, Webster had no choice but to say: "Traveling far away is not a child's play. You need to prepare carefully. I think he still has a few years to stay in the school. If you get the chance, you must have a good student." He said. Even if you want to travel around the world, it is a crowning ceremony. It is not too late to go far away. "
Li He agreed, but he knew that Jing Shi had a precocious mind and behaved like an adult. If he really made up his mind, it would be difficult to persuade him to turn around. But considering that time is still far away now, we can take a long-term view and not worry about the long-term future. A few months later, as I was busy working in the fields and thinking about my daughter again, I unconsciously had forgotten most of this festival. When the New Year came again and the school had a long holiday, Wei Shifang thought about old things again and urged Li Diao to go to Hujingshi to stay at home for a while. Li Diao had been gone for half a day, and hurried back home and said, "Mom, Ah Jing is gone!" After saying that, he handed over a book, but it was a letter written by Jing Shi. He said that he had been studying in the school for a long time and had done everything Once everything was ready, he set off on a journey and visited all the countries in the Eastern Region to examine their customs.
After Webster read this letter, he was anxious and resentful. He stopped and said: "Nonsense! He is only thirteen years old. He has just entered the age of dancing spoons. How could he know that the outside is dangerous and difficult! No matter how smart he is, how can he survive the danger of thousands of miles of mountains?" ? Even though we are in peaceful times, there is no guarantee that there will be a few thieves hiding in the wild. How can he deal with them? Go to the fields quickly, call your father, and chase him."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound in the firewood pile under the stove. Webster flicked it with his foot, but it turned out to be half a dark grass snake. When it saw the light, it immediately swam and fled towards the door.
Webster had lived in the mountains for a long time and knew the nature of all things. He recognized that the snake was non-venomous, and he clung to the thorn stone and ran away, so he immediately ignored it. Before urging Li Diao to look for Li He, a white crane as tall as a man suddenly landed in the courtyard. It swooped like lightning and stepped on the snake under its claws. Then its red beak shot out like a halberd and pecked the snake alive. Cut it into several pieces, eat it in your stomach, then fold your wings and draw your neck, raise your head and look around, with a human-like attitude.
The Li family's mother and son were shocked when they saw it. Just because Mang Mang didn't know why, the door of the courtyard rang, and a man stepped into the courtyard. He said with a smile: "What a cruel and vicious ground reptile! The clear bamboo forest cave did not wait, and went to explore around, biting the Taoist to death in his steps. Don’t let it go. Now I’ll eat one of the birds that I borrowed from my master. I’ll see who you vent your anger on.” The next visitor is none other than Taoist Chiliu.
Webster saw that he came at the right time and knew that there was no such coincidence in the world. After pressing Li Diao for a moment, he stepped forward and said, "Long time no see, Zhenren."
Chiliu walked to the crane, touched its neck with his hand, and said with a smile: "Soon, soon. I hope that boy will stay here for ten or eight years. If he is willing to be promoted to an official, it will save a lot of effort. Forget it, After all, his nature is hard to change, let’s see how he can escape from the sky. Hey, today is an unlucky day, so it’s not a bad thing for him to go out and take shelter.”
After hearing this, Webster was puzzled. Chiliu said again: "You don't know his troubles! You should know that in recent years, a big black python came to my mountain. It lived a long time and became a monster. It was so cunning that it followed the poor man during the day and night. Taoist deal with it, but it happened that it was raised by the master. Unexpectedly, the poor Taoist would go around it everywhere. Who thought that the devil was cunning and targeted the boy in the school. If he stayed here for a long time, he would definitely kill him. . Hee, luckily I caught its tail today and went to report it in front of the headmaster." After that, he was happy again.
At this moment, Chiliu's brows were filled with joy, but Wei Shi's face turned pale with horror, and he asked urgently: "Master, please don't joke. The mountains are a pure place, how can evil come here? Why should we keep an eye on that orphaned child?"
Chiliu said: "Yin and yang are originally mixed in the mountains, and they can come and go freely. Raising a wild snake spirit is not a strange thing." His tone was frivolous, but he refused to answer directly to Wei Shi. After being forced repeatedly, he just ordered the crane. The first man smiled and said: "Don't worry about the kid's way. No mountains or rivers can stop him! Do you think he has been in school for several years, studying and copying books, how many hours a day can he have? He has so much free time. Taking advantage of others' unpreparedness, he quietly ran into the mountains. Firstly, he had enough energy to exercise, and secondly, he was trying to please these cranes. They were also greedy and slanderous beasts. They had been raised by Taoists on weekdays, but they often ate food from outsiders. You’ve got clams, and you’re flying out with people to explore the way, so I’m not afraid of your master punishing you.”
The giant crane next to him scolded him and immediately lowered his neck and screamed, as if someone was begging for mercy. Although Webster had thousands of things to say, he was so confused that he didn't know where to start. But seeing the Qingdu Linghe being so tame, one knew that this Taoist Chiliu was of a very high status and was by no means an idle wild cultivator. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally said: "In that case, let's listen to the master's arrangements." Just then he stopped thinking about finding Jingshi.
In the past few months, Li Diao has been in the school for five years. He can read common words, calculate money and food, and knows agricultural matters. He knew that he was not a man to make a fuss about, so he graduated and returned home to farm with Li He. However, Li Tan teamed up with a man from a neighboring village and became interested in doing business. We have been operating like this for half a year. One day when we were taking stock of goods in the county, a letter came to look for it. It was Jing Shi who asked for the letter. He said that he had traveled through the mountains and rivers of Zhen State, inspected the geographical scenery, and recorded five volumes of folk customs and animal scriptures. Thirteen volumes, twenty-four volumes of the Book of Plants and Trees, three volumes of the Book of Strange Objects, and one volume of Maps and Records. One day while traveling to the lower reaches of the Nanjian River, I came across a large bookseller who was in trouble with foxes, so he tried to deal with it and retreated. The owner of that family was so grateful for his virtue that he specially collected his books and reprinted them for publication. The funds obtained were divided into three or seven, and Jing Shi took the bulk. Since then, we have sufficient road resources, and we have received a letter of recommendation and guidance. We are about to go to Qianguo and go south along the Little Tianlu.
Li Tan was stunned when he read this letter. When he looked at the attachment, he saw that there were ten taels of flying money notes indicating Li He's name and birth date, which was enough for his family's annual expenses. Now he hurried back to the countryside and handed the letter to his parents. After reading, Li He stared and said: "Why is it that he goes out to travel and does nothing but write books? I see the gentleman in the school holding back some long articles for ten and a half months. He has sixty-seven** ten books , I was as dizzy as that sow giving birth, how could I vomit it out?"
After several months of this, Jing Shi wrote again, saying that he had reached the middle section of Xiaotianlu River. During this period, many famous doctors and pharmacists were interviewed and the illustrated catalog of medicinal scriptures was recorded. Because it was carefully illustrated and properly organized, it was adopted by the National Library and put into the treasury of the National Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. All the proceeds were donated to the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Institute in order to report the advice of the medical practitioners. kindness.
This kind of correspondence came four times in succession, and the details of each reply were different. They all talked about the contents of the books written, and did not mention their own current situation. When I got the fifth letter, five years had passed since my trip. I traveled to the south of the Qian Kingdom. I was going south along the Datianlu River. Who would have thought that a flood would turn into a plague, so I had to delay the trip and coordinate the treatment. Then he made good friends with the local medical officer and the person in charge. They talked about each other's ideas and aspirations, and found many similarities. His personal name was Jiang Zhaozi, his common name was Zhang Duan, and his courtesy name was Zhuang Qing. He lived in Taolin at the lower reaches of Xiaotianlu River. He was a Taoist and had excellent medical skills. He often treated the poor without taking any money. When Jing Shi encountered the plague, he worked in the same hall as Zhang Duan and became good friends over time.
After such an interval of several months, a total of three letters came, all of which talked about the flood disaster in Tianlu River and repeatedly mentioned Zhang Duan. After Li He finished reading, he complained again: "All day long, I talk about other people's affairs, and I don't care about the quality of the book. There is an end on the left and an end on the right. I think he has a wife, and he is not as good as before." That's a kiss." He dropped the letter and ignored it.
He said this unintentionally, but when the fourth letter came, Li Tan rushed home overnight. Li He took it and read it, and saw that it was written on it: The flood disaster had subsided the day before yesterday, and then we found out that Zhang Duan was a woman, and she was the queen of the Duke of Qu. Recommended by his father and brother, he will go to China for a big event in the middle of the year.
