Since ancient times, a gentleman has been crowned with a title, which means coming of age. This standard has been alienated in terms of strength in the Wen Dynasty.
Most of the decisions regarding the selection of characters were made by seniors, and now that Song Mu had already performed the apprenticeship ceremony with Tao Fengming, all this was naturally a matter of course.
The name Jing Zhao has a very good meaning and has a very good connection with Song Mu's name and life background. Song Mu was also extremely happy about it.
Moreover, the relationship with Master is now a bit closer.
However, because Fan Tixue had found Tao Fengming first, it seemed that there was still something else to talk about, so Song Mu resigned in a sensible manner.
Song Mu originally planned to ask a few questions about telekinesis, but now he can only wait until later.
Returning to the main entrance, Kong Zong and others had not left yet. When they saw Song Mu approaching, they all bowed their hands one by one.
When Song Mu saw several people, he immediately smiled and explained.
"I just chatted with Mr. Tixue and Mr. Fengming for a while, and Mr. Fengming picked the words for me."
"oh?"
When Kong Zong and Zhang Yiqi heard this, their eyes lit up a little and they both looked over immediately.
"Brother Song, don't you know what word you chose?"
Zhang Yiqi asked, and Song Mu said the words truthfully, and everyone nodded.
"It really makes sense. From today on, I will call Brother Song Jingzhao."
Kong Zong said with a smile next to him, and several people also said their names to each other. Kong Zong was named Zuhai by his father, and Zhang Yiqi was named Hemei by the village chief.
Several people shared their joy, but at this time Zhang Yiqi suddenly noticed a detail and spoke to Song Mu.
"Brother Song, you just said that Mr. Fengming gave you the name?"
"Since he can give you a name, does that mean that?"
Zhang Yiqi said this, and a look of understanding suddenly appeared on his face. Song Mu naturally nodded silently, and only Kong Zong next to him was confused.
Zhang Yiqi also explained the meaning to the other party.
"In other words, Brother Song, you already have Mr. Fengming as your teacher?"
Kong Zong said, his expression looked a little surprised at this moment. He had just learned who Mr. Fengming was, but he didn't expect that such a Jinshi instructor would accept Song Mu as his disciple.
Song Mu naturally opened his mouth to explain.
"By chance, I met Mr. Feng Ming. We hit it off, and he accepted me as his disciple."
When Song Mu said this at this moment, he felt a little emotional in his heart. After all, from the day he accepted him as his disciple, Mr. Feng Ming had become like an elder in his family.
When Kong Zong and Zhang Yiqi heard this, they were naturally envious. They felt that Song Mu was really capable and could be favored by everyone. They even teased Song Mu to introduce themselves to Mr. Fengming.
The three of them chatted happily for a while. At Song Mu's invitation, they left the school together and found a teahouse on the street to celebrate.
During the dinner, everyone also chatted about the current situation of the government school.
"I have been in Fucheng all the time, and I also heard from several senior brothers that recently Fucheng will organize forty scholars and ten scholars to go on a large-scale hunting trip, but it seems that it is not on Jiangnan West Road, but to the south.
go."
"Southern? Aren't you going to hunt in the barbarian territory?"
Kong Zong took a bite of the food and said to Zhang Yiqi curiously.
Zhang Yiqi naturally nodded, and then explained again.
"It seems that because of our great victory in the war in the west, the demon clan felt that they had lost face and lost some momentum. The demon clan of the East China Sea contacted the demon clan of the south sea to prepare to consolidate their alliance of demons and barbarians on the southern land."
"According to the current official news, a large number of people have moved out there. It seems that there is going to be a big war."
Song Mu also heard this news for the first time. He had lived a prosperous life in the past month and missed a lot of news.
Although the world is now stable and the human race is powerful and capable of resisting the three demonic and barbarian tribes, in recent years, perhaps it has been recuperating and the world situation has begun to become unstable.
"But speaking of this, we have to worry about the hunting trip in two months. We will have to set off then."
"It's probably not easy in the coldest month of winter."
Kong Zong said again, and the three of them nodded. This is the rule in the government school. When the literary test is over, the martial arts test will be held.
But perhaps the only difference is that when the time comes, they won't have to travel so far to hunt like those scholars who have practiced for a long time.
Song Mu and others continued to eat, but at this time they heard the faint sound of storytelling coming from under the teahouse. The old man with the goatee was so energetic and fierce that he knocked on a piece of wood with a loud sound, and the sound was even more crisp and clear to the ears.
Song Mu and others didn't pay attention just now, but now they are all full of wine and food, so naturally they are listening attentively.
"But it is said that this nine-tailed fox demon has a little bit of love and kindness in his heart. When the tree demon's grandmother arrived, it stretched out its hand, and immediately made the scholar lose his life and roll down the cliff between the cliff and the stream. At this moment, the fox demon turned around
, but saw that the tree demon grandma had already killed all those men. At that time, the tree demon was still causing trouble, but suddenly it exploded from the inside out. It turned out to be an article on suppressing demons written by the scholar before. "
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"When the scholar woke up leisurely, he was already in a caravan. At this moment, there was still a faint effect on his head. The businessman came forward to talk. It turned out that he was rescued by the caravan that day and is now not far from the capital."
"The scholar felt inexplicable sadness in his heart. At this moment, he suddenly stood up and found something in his arms. He opened the thin quilt and saw a white object lying in his arms."
"That white head, white ears, white body, and white tail is undoubtedly the nine-tailed white fox demon."
"After this incident, there are poems to prove it. A down-and-out scholar travels in the wilderness, and a beautiful fox demon serves as a temple attendant in the mountain. But I advise people to be more careful and not to cover their eyes with false objects. The tree demon comes into the world and causes harm to the world, and the scholar draws his sword to fight against the sky.
It’s hard to be alone and weak, but fortunately everything is going well.”
The storyteller shook his head and said, and the dozen or so spectators below immediately cheered and applauded.
Even Kong Zong and Zhang Yiqi were attracted to it at the moment, and they talked about it with great interest when they looked back.
"What kind of storytelling is this? A story about monsters and humans. Does it sound pretty good?"
Zhang Yiqi smiled and shook his head: "I don't know when the folk novel came out. Nowadays, only Yingxuefang has this kind of book for sale. It seems to be called "Hundred Demons' Miscellany"."
"The story is quite fascinating, but only one volume has been published now."
"Oh? So it's a folk novel, but I don't know what the situation is?"
Kong Zong asked again, but Zhang Yiqi nodded in agreement: "It's not bad. Many people are willing to read this kind of book, and scholars are also willing to read it. Some people say it is too bloody and too ruthless.
I think it’s good, at least this book still teaches people to recognize the face of monsters.”
Zhang Yiqi and the two were chatting, but Song Mu lowered his eyes slightly at the moment, and there was a bit of thinking on his face at this moment.
Because the story just now is obviously adapted from my own story "The Man-Eating Fox".
Although the story was indeed a love story between a man and a demon before I adapted it, I deliberately left it out when I wrote it, turning it into a bloody and cruel story.
There was no happy ending in that, and in the end, a whole village of people and the scholar were tragically killed in order to exterminate the demon.
But Song Mu didn't expect that storytelling would be completed so quickly, but the content would change so much that there would still be a harmonious ending between humans and demons?
This made Song Mu suddenly feel that his story was somewhat deviated from his original intention. At this moment, he was planning to go to Yingxuefang later and ask shopkeeper Zhang what was going on.
After finishing the meal, Song Mu immediately made an excuse to leave, walked on the street for a while, and then came to Yingxuefang.
But the scene here now made Song Mu even more stunned.
In front of the entire book store, a storyteller was invited from nowhere. The story he told was "The White Jade Snake" by Song Mu.
There were more than a dozen people in front of the storyteller who were standing and listening, and they seemed to be fascinated.
In front of the book store, there is also a place dedicated to selling these folk books, and my own "Hundred Demons' Miscellany" is the most popular among them.
Seeing this situation, Song Mu took a deep breath and walked in calmly.