Chapter 61 epilogue two

This guy has the face of a quack witch doctor, but it is also a way of making a living, and his income should be high, so he can survive in Changsha City. When we were chatting about the way out and life, suddenly, there was a shrill scream outside.The guests in the inn heard the sound and all came out to find out why.It turned out that a champion inn not far from Jinbang Inn was haunted by ghosts.I, Tian Gudao, and Guizai Yao came out after hearing the news.In front of the Zhuangyuan Inn, I saw a scholar with a pale face, faltering and fumbling.After inquiring, I learned that the room he lived in had been unsettled for the past two nights. He didn't pay attention to it last night. Tonight, when he returned to the inn from outside to rest, he suddenly found that the room was lit. He felt very depressed.When he went out during the day, he didn't turn on the lamp, how could it be lit?He thought to himself, could it be that the owner of the shop gave his house to someone else?When he entered the door, he questioned the shop owner. The shop owner looked blank and said that no one else was arranged to live in.So, the shop owner came to the room with him, and they looked in through the crack of the door, and found a scholar in white reading under an oil lamp.After the two knocked on the door, suddenly, the scholar reading under the lamp disappeared.When the two entered the room, they were full of suspicion. They searched the entire room but found no one.The scholar staying overnight felt that something was wrong, and then suddenly came to his senses, and yelled "There is a ghost". When the shop owner heard it, he stumbled and ran downstairs as if he had just woken up from a dream.

At this time, the front of the Zhuangyuan Inn was already crowded with people who came to see the excitement. After listening to their narration, I, Hetian Gudao, knew that there was something unclean.I told Guiziyao to go to the room to get the Brahma mantra and the ruler, thinking that I had firmly given up the idea of ​​exorcising corpses before I came to Changsha, so I handed the two magic weapons to Tian Gudao for him to deal with. Tian Gudao was overjoyed when he got two magic weapons, which were the treasures he dreamed of.With the treasure in hand, Tian Gudao's confidence increased a lot, so he came to the shop owner and recommended himself, saying that he could catch ghosts.The shop owner was skeptical, anyway, there was no mage to invite right now, so he led Tian Gudao to the room.I followed behind, touched the Yanghuo, and found that the troublemaker was dressed as a scholar.I communicated with him in ghost language.It turned out that he was indeed a scholar before his death, because his brother gave him a croton before the exam, thus losing the opportunity to take the imperial examination.I asked him if his surname was Li, and he replied yes.I asked his brother again if he had passed Juren, but he failed repeatedly after that.He said exactly.I just remembered that he is the younger brother of Li Juren who played chess with me in Xuefeng Mountain.I asked him why you have been refusing to let go of your elder brother and prevent him from being a Jinshi and gaining fame.He said that it was his elder brother who harmed him for the rest of his life, and thus lost the chance to obtain fame. He would not let his elder brother go even if he was a ghost.I sighed in my heart, this fame is really harmful, even if I become a ghost, I still think about it.

Just as I was communicating with the ghost, Tian Gudao had already prepared the bill.I began to sympathize with this ghost, and asked Tian Gudao to let him go and give him a chance to be reborn.Tian Gudao disagreed, saying that if he is not accepted today, he will come out to harm others.Seeing that I was obstructing the shop owner, he became anxious, and quickly took out a few ingots of silver and placed them in front of Tian Gudao.The onlookers were also waiting to see a good show, so they naturally indulged in the sidelines.I shook my head. Tian Gudao placed a white cloth on the bill, raised the mantra and began to chant and cast spells, flying in the air for a while, and then patted the white cloth with a ruler, and saw a burst of blue smoke from the white cloth, and everyone sighed.Waiting for Tian Gudao to remove the ruler, leaving a line of dark red marks on the white cloth.Seeing that the ghost has been collected, everyone cheered.The shop owner was very grateful and hurriedly paid an extra silver tael.

The next day, when we woke up, we felt that the street was noisy. When we looked around, we found that there were already many people standing downstairs.It turned out that yesterday the news of Tian Gudao's collection of ghosts spread like wildfire, and people rushed to watch the fun.As a result, Tian Gudao became a famous figure in Changsha City.Standing on the pavilion on the second floor, Tian Gudao saw everyone's admiring eyes, and accepted everyone's attention complacently. He looked like a master, full of pride.I looked at his appearance and thought it was very funny.Guiziyao also hid aside and snickered.

When he was proud, he only heard Detian Gudao call "enemy".Guizaiyao and I took a look, and found that in the crowd downstairs, the figures of Tian Xiaomei and Wang Erya were actually swaying.Tian Gudao quickly hid in the house, but it was too late, Wang Erya had already seen him. Sure enough, within a short time, the store owner knocked on the door: "My two gentlemen, someone is looking for you." Guiziyao opened the door and saw Tian Xiaomei and Wang Erya standing outside the door.Guiziyao jumped up happily and threw herself into Tian Xiaomei's arms. "Hahaha, I didn't expect, Master Tian, ​​I haven't seen you for a few days, and you have become a celebrity in Changsha City." Wang Erya's tone was sarcasm.

Tian Gudao was a little annoyed: "You two are really lingering ghosts, you can meet each other wherever you go." Two women entered the house.The outside was crowded with spectators watching the excitement.Tian Gudao hurried out to blast the people away, and then closed the door.After sitting down, Tian Xiaomei showed a bit of shyness on her face, and she was no longer arrogant.Wang Erya told us the purpose of their coming to Changsha. After breaking up with us, Tian Xiaomei took Wang Erya back home.At home, she heard that schools and new schools had started to be opened in Changsha City, especially Zhu Jianfan from Ningxiang who had sold his property and opened a girls' school in the provincial capital this year, called Zhou's Girls' School, and all girls were enrolled in the school. This is an eye-opening thing in Hunan and even the whole country.Tian Xiaomei’s family is well-off, and she has been eager to learn since she was a child, and she is full of curiosity about new things. After a period of hard work at home, her father finally agreed to her to study in Changsha.Not long after they arrived in Changsha, they heard yesterday that there was a ghost hunter in the Gongyuan. They were curious and guessed that it might be me, Hetian Gudao, so they ran over to find out, but they didn't expect it to be the three of us.

Seeing Tian Xiaomei again, I was secretly happy.Thinking of Mr. Xiao Ge saying that I fell into Tian Xiaomei's love Gu before, I find it even more funny.I sneaked a glance at her, and found that she was also peeking at me, her eyes met, the two felt their hearts pounding, and hurriedly looked away.At this time, I had already made up my mind in my heart that I would marry Tian Xiaomei. Wang Erya and Tian Gudao chatted enthusiastically.Tian Gudao didn't say a word, which angered Wang Erya.Wang Erya grabbed his ear, and Tian Gudao yelled for mercy, saying that I am now a well-known figure in Changsha City anyway, and you should stop doing it again.Wang Erya said that she didn't realize that you have become a character, and my mother will teach you a lesson.These two enemies are really a pair of living treasures.Guiziyao applauded and applauded.Both Tian Xiaomei and I laughed.

It happened that Zhong Taishu, who was in the room next door to us, was on his way home, and I sent him a special ride. When we parted, Zhong Taishu held my hand tightly, said to take care, and then walked away without looking back, embraced by his children and grandchildren.Looking at his shriveled back, my eyes felt hot. I was afraid that I would not be able to control myself, so I turned around and went back to the inn.Back at the inn, I asked Erya Wang to quickly bring the baggage and live together so that we could take care of each other, and Erya Wang hurriedly ran to do it. I originally wanted to come to Changsha City for a visit, but after fulfilling my wish, I went back to my hometown in Yuanling.Unexpectedly, Tian Xiaomei came to study in the girls' school, and I also began to change my mind.It was night, and several people talked about their future plans.Tian Gudao, who had a successful trial in Changsha City, said firmly that he would not return to his hometown in Xiangxi, but would stay in the provincial capital and open a medical clinic for treating bruises. He learned from his tribe how to use herbs to treat diseases when he was young. At the same time, I occasionally do a little bit of ghost-suppressing and drawing talismans, so it shouldn't be a problem to cope with life.Tian Gudao strongly invited me to work with him.I have long given up the idea of ​​expelling corpses and suppressing ghosts in my heart. When I first learned how to exorcise corpses, I was forced to do so. Now that I have made money, but abolished the imperial examinations, I have no intention of engaging in such despicable things.To be honest, I still have a strong scholarly arrogance in my bones, and I look down on these quack tricks.

Since Tian Xiaomei, whom I have long admired, has also come to the provincial capital, I don't want to return to Xiangxi immediately.I thought about opening a private school near the Gongyuan to enlighten young children, which is considered a serious business.Anyway, I still have the title of a scholar. Although I have lost my aura, it should not be a problem to recruit a few schoolchildren to enlighten me. Wang Erya was very happy to hear that I was going to open a private school in Changsha.Tian Gudao glared at her, telling her not to make a fuss.Tian Gudao still hopes that I can open a medical clinic with him, catch ghosts and suppress evil spirits.Tian Xiaomei, who had been silent all the time, spoke at this moment. She said that she might as well go to their Zhounan Girls' School to teach, and they were recruiting teachers there.I was very curious about the women's studies she mentioned in my heart, so I agreed to go with her to have a look.

I followed her to Zhu Jianfan's private house in Tai'anli Garden, the provincial capital, where Zhou's Girls' School was located.At that time, although the imperial examination was abolished, Changsha began to set up schools, and some foreign studies were opened, but it was still forbidden to open women's schools.Therefore, Zhou's girls' school can only be run secretly under the guise of a private school.At the beginning of its establishment, the number of teachers was also very small, and most of them were male students.Confined by the old etiquette, when male teachers are in class, they hang a curtain in front of the podium to separate male teachers from female students, which is called "teaching with a curtain".At the same time, in order to cope with the inspection by the government, Zhu Jianfan asked each student to prepare a set of "Four Books". When the government came to check, he would hide the new textbook and put the "Four Books" on the table as a cover.I heard that some gentry in Changsha City said that Zhu's Garden was a Grand View Garden with bad intentions.

I visited Zhou's Girls' School in the name of applying for a teacher, and felt that this kind of sneaky approach was not the way, and it would be better to open a private school by myself to recruit more children.Tian Xiaomei saw that I had no intention of becoming a teacher in Zhou's Girls' School, she looked a little lonely, but she didn't say anything clearly. So, I began to discuss the matter of opening a private school. I had selected Mengtong’s books, and I used Luo Zenan’s "Primary School Rhyme". The three books of "Disciples Regulations" are the most popular. "Primary School Rhyme" was advocated and popularized by government schools.Seeing that I was determined to open a private school, Tian Xiaomei was not happy. She said that now that the imperial examinations have been cancelled, and the court is vigorously advocating new learning, but you still want to open a private school, I am afraid that it will become an antique.Tian Gudao and Wang Erya also agreed with her.After such a blow from them, my heart was at a loss, and I also felt a little yearning for new learning, and I was full of curiosity about the school. At this time, Mingde Academy was recruiting teachers, and the announcement was posted on the outer wall of Hunan Gongyuan, which happened to be seen by us.Tian Xiaomei indulged me to try it.After learning about some situations, I gradually became interested.One reason is that Hu Yuantan, the founder of Mingde Academy, was Ding You Kebagong. Although he went to Japan to study in the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), he was an out-and-out scholar after all.After returning to China, in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu (1903), he was sponsored by Long Zhanlin, the former Minister of Criminal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, and rented Zuo Wenxiang Temple as the school building, and founded the first private school in Hunan—Mingde School of Private School. At this time, the imperial examination had not yet Abolished, it can be seen that Hu Yuantan had a foresight.The second reason is that I have a good impression of the name Mingde Academy.Anyone who has read the Four Books and Five Classics knows that "Four Books·University" has the saying that "the way of great learning lies in clear virtue, in closeness to the people, and in perfection".The third reason is that when we arrived in Changsha Prefecture, Hunan Governor Duanfang saw that Mingde had excellent grades, so he sent all the students of Class A of Mingde Academy to study in Japan.It can be seen that the government supports this school and has no worries. So, I made up my mind to become a teacher in Mingde Academy.But when I inquired, it is a new private school, and the things it teaches are different from the old private school. Most of them are teachers, natural history, law and politics, and Oriental languages. Know these Western things.When I was downcast, Tian Xiaomei excitedly ran to tell me that Mingde Academy was recruiting physical education teachers and mobilized me to sign up. I learned martial arts when I was a child. In my hometown of Yuanling, martial arts are very popular for self-defense. Many children have to learn martial arts when they first arrive in Kaimeng.And I've been doing pretty well, and I've practiced some routines, and I know they're all fur.But because I was full of strong curiosity about the new learning in the new school, I was bewitched by Tian Xiaomei and the others and decided to try my luck. The teacher in charge of recruiting heard that I wanted to be a physical education teacher, so he asked me to do a set of punches.I played a martial arts routine.The gentleman then ordered me to fight with a teacher in their school, because the stake was not stable, and within a few strokes, I was knocked to the ground by the other party.The recruiting teacher said that I cannot be a physical education teacher.I was in a hurry, and immediately told the purpose and process of my coming to Changsha.When he learned that I was going to learn how to drive corpses for the imperial examination, he was very moved. He also learned that I was very interested in new learning, so he made an exception and agreed to let me stay as an assistant teacher of the physical education department, and improve while studying.When he left, someone told me that the man just now was Hu Yuantan, the founder of Mingde Academy. At this time, because the imperial examination had been suspended, Hunan began to set up a new army, and many poor scholars who felt hopeless for fame joined the new army one after another.At that time, Cai E, the leader of the new army, sometimes came to Mingde Academy to give gymnastics demonstrations, and I learned a lot from them. After working as an assistant teacher in Mingde Academy, I felt that I saw a completely different world, especially when I saw Cai E appearing in the school in a mighty uniform, I had the urge to join the new army again.I know that back then, Luo Zenan, who was also a scholar, started training the new army with Zeng Guofan in this way, thus fulfilling his wish to make contributions.I secretly told myself in my heart that I must join the new army to realize my ambition of making contributions. When I told Tian Gudao and Tian Xiaomei about this idea, Tian Gudao was very interested and shouted that he was willing to accompany me to join the new army.But Wang Erya and Tian Xiaomei objected.Especially Tian Xiaomei, after hearing this, she kept silent and ignored me.I felt something was wrong, and in the evening, I asked her out alone. Xiaomei Tian and I walked silently through the hustle and bustle of the market in Changsha and came to the side of the Xiangjiang River.At this time, the surroundings became extremely quiet, only the river was rushing, and Tian Xiaomei and I sat quietly by the river, and the two of us did not speak.When the river wind blows in the evening, a pair of egrets squeak on the island in the river. The sound clearly makes people feel the love they have for each other.Neither of them would speak first, as if they were waiting for the other to speak first.After a while, looking at the egret in the middle of the water, I couldn't help but recite the "Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Guan Ju": "Guan Guan Jujiu, in the continent of the river. A gentle lady, a gentleman likes a bird. There are various waterweeds, flowing from left to right. My fair lady, I want it. I can’t ask for it, I want to wear it. You are leisurely, tossing and turning. There are various waterweeds, and they are picked from left and right. My fair lady, I am a friend of the piano. " Tian Xiaomei listened to my chanting, her face was flushed, her eyes were full of shyness, she completely lost her former arrogance, showing her charming beauty.I sneaked a glance at her, and my heart skipped a beat. Tian Xiaomei still didn't say anything.The egret in the distance seemed to know my thoughts and squeaked again. Tian Xiaomei remained silent, so I had nothing to say, and once again talked about the meaning of going to join Cai E's new army, this time Tian Xiaomei finally said: "You go, it's best to die, and never come back!" "What good does it do you if I die?" I replied. "If I can't see you, I won't worry, Quiet!" Tian Xiaomei was a little angry. "Since you don't like to see me, then I will fulfill you now!" I said.As he spoke, he stood up, as if he was about to jump into the river.Tian Xiaomei thought I was going to jump into the river, so she immediately stood up, grabbed my sleeve, and exclaimed, "Don't!" "Why are you pulling me?" I asked knowingly. "You're a dead scholar!" Tian Xiaomei said coquettishly. "Before I die, I want to buy a qinjiaser." I said. "What are you doing?" Tian Xiaomei asked. "Like the poet in "Guanju", play it to my beloved girl and express my deep love to him." I replied. "Where is that girl?" Tian Xiaomei asked. "It's far away in the sky, and it's all in front of me!" I replied. Tian Xiaomei looked around, but there was no one there except the two of us. She stretched out a pair of jade hands, and patted my chest coquettishly: "You frivolous dead scholar, let me see you talking nonsense!" I didn't avoid it, I grabbed her hand, pulled her into my arms, and hugged her.Tian Xiaomei struggled, the more she struggled, the harder I tried, I hugged her tightly, unable to move.Finally she stopped struggling altogether. I whispered in her ear: "You know? You are the fair lady who makes me toss and turn and dream of." Tian Xiaomei muttered: "Damn!" I hugged her tightly and put my lips up.Tian Xiaomei stopped struggling, and the two hugged each other tightly for a long, long time without letting go. Suddenly, a gust of river wind blows, and the egrets in Jiangzhou make a sound again, with a sense of harmony.Tian Xiaomei was probably awakened by the sound, and broke free from my arms in a panic. The two of us sat next to each other and didn't speak for a long time.After coming back for a long time, I said, "Let's get engaged when we get back to the inn." "Why are you in a hurry? I haven't told my parents yet." Tian Xiaomei said shyly, "Your ambition is far and wide. I know you have high ambitions. Your heart is no longer in Xiangxi, and you are not in the school. If you want to join the new army, you can go." , I will wait for you forever." Tian Xiaomei said softly. I listened, and my eyes were moist. This is the most comfortable sentence I have heard for a long time. This sentence is enough to make me remember for a lifetime: "You must wait for me to come back, and I will marry you in a grand manner. Let you give me a litter of babies, preferably ten!" "Frivolous man, you can say such words." Tian Xiaomei beat my chest again.I stood up and ran away.Tian Xiaomei also stood up and chased me from behind. Suddenly, I found that Tian Gudao and Wang Erya appeared in front of me at some unknown time, and they both shouted in unison: "Give birth to ten babies, give birth to ten babies..." When Tian Xiaomei heard this, she became even more shy, blushed and ran away.