People who are familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty know Zhuo Jing, he was a famous talent in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, zhu Yuanzhang was the third in the examination during his reign, and was deeply appreciated, and was an official of the Jianwen Emperor to the Hubu Shilang. Zhuo Jing was far-sighted and had long been aware of Zhu Di's ambitions, and he had suggested that Emperor Zhu Yunjiao move Zhu Di's fiefdom to Nanchang, but unfortunately it was not taken seriously. After Zhu Dijing's success, Zhuo Jingning did not surrender and generously died.
Zhuo Jing is a native of Ruian Zhuodai, Wenzhou, and the zhuo surname is a famous local surname. Zhuo Jing has been brilliant since he was a child, and he can read ten lines at a glance and remember them. When he was seven years old, Zhuo Jing went out to play with a group of children, and a stranger passed by this group of children, and at a glance he saw that Zhuo Jing was different, but he sighed: "This child is very smart, and he will definitely become a famous secretary of state in the future, but unfortunately the blood is not colorful, but I am afraid that I will not be able to die well in the future." ”
When Zhuo Jing was fifteen years old, he studied in Baoxiang Mountain. On summer nights, flash floods flooded his place of study. Zhuo Jing quickly escaped from the house before the flood came, and ran along the mountain forest to a safe place. The mountain road at night was tortuous and difficult to walk, and soon Zhuo Jing was lost. He turned around in the mountain for a long time, and suddenly saw in the distance that there was a light on the mountain from outside, and he was overjoyed, and he rushed to the light.
When he ran closer, Zhuo Jing found that there was a small courtyard in front of him, although it was late at night, and the sound of reading was heard in the courtyard. Zhuo Jing felt that he was finally safe, so he let go of a hanging heart and came to the door and knocked softly on the door. Only after knocking twice, the door opened in response, and a small book boy came out and said to Zhuo Jing: "Our husband knows that Xianggong is coming, and specially let me wait here for Xianggong." ”
Zhuo Jing felt very strange, he had never been here, let alone known the gentleman here, why did this gentleman already know that he was coming? He raised his head, looked at the plaque in front of the courtyard door through the light in front of the door, and saw that the plaque on it had two large characters written on it, "Body Xuan", he did not understand the meaning for a moment, and saw the boy standing there waiting, so he entered the courtyard with him.
Zhuo Jing walked into the house and saw an old gentleman sitting under the Changming lamp, and Zhuo Jing rushed forward to make a greeting. The old man stood up and helped him up: "In the middle of the night in the mountains, did you feel afraid?" Zhuo Jing said, "I often go home, I have to walk the mountain road at night, but I don't feel afraid." I was just worried that after the flood, my parents would worry about me, so although I was very tired and tired now, if my husband could lend me a lamp, I wanted to go home now. ”
The old man smiled and dissuaded Zhuo Jing: "In the deep mountains, where are the lanterns?" I only have some dead branches and leaves here, and I can help my son bake his wet clothes. The boy does not need to worry, and it is not too late to go back when the clothes are dry. The old man asked the book boy to take Zhuo Jing out to bake clothes, and While Zhuo Jing took off his coat, he asked the book boy: "Who are you old gentleman?" What is his last name? The book boy shook his head: "Sir never tells people what his last name is, others ask him, he calls himself Yaoyao. Zhuo Jing guessed that the old man must be a hermit and did not want people to know his real name.
Back in the house, seeing the old man again, Zhuo Jing respectfully asked: "Zhuo Jing's family lives at the bottom of the mountain, and he often travels to and from the mountains on weekdays, and the roads in this area are very familiar, but he has never heard of this Tixuan Academy, nor has he heard of the name of Xiao Yaoweng, can you please tell me?" ”
The old man replied, "In the past, there was a Mr. Ti Xuan, who lived in the Runaway Valley all year round. I followed him to study medicine, traveled back and forth in the Nakajō Mountains, and later because of refuge, I heard that Mr. Tao Hongjing left a house of alchemy here, so I went south to collect medicine and lived here. Unconsciously, after so many years, I was thinking of going back to Mt. Nakajō soon. Zhuo Jing heard the old man mention Mr. TiXuan and asked, "Who is that Mr. Tixuan?" The old man smiled and said, "This is all a matter for my predecessors, and the prince doesn't need to know." ”
The two men chatted for a while, and Zhuo Jing felt that his clothes should be dried, so he bid farewell to the old man to go home. The old man stood up and said, "Since gongzi is not willing to stay and wait until dawn before leaving, I have a cow here, and gongzi can ride home." The road is muddy and difficult to walk on rainy nights, and it will be safer to ride a cow without worrying about danger. Zhuo Jing listened, was overjoyed, and even thanked him. The old man asked the book boy to lead the cow, and then said to another book boy, "Go and get my old box." ”
The book boy took the box, and the old man took out a monk's hat from it and said to Zhuo Jing, "Unfortunately, I can't save it today to entertain the prince, so the old man will give this hat to the prince." Zhuo Jing did not answer, he resigned, and said: "In the next is a scholar, the greatest wish in the future is to help the world and help the people of the world." The old gentleman is an elder and has taught me a lot, how could he make such a joke with me? ”
When the old man saw that he refused to accept it, he said: "In the past, when I was young, I also had great ambitions, but later because the person who assisted me was not a clear lord, he refused to listen to my plan, but instead encountered unexpected disasters. Fortunately, I had such a box in my hand, so I was able to get out, otherwise I would not be able to live to see my son today. Just take this hat, and one day you will understand. Although the old man said it very earnestly, Zhuo Jing resolutely refused to accept it, and the old man sighed and had to give up. Zhuo Jing glanced at the contents of the box from a distance, which was full of utensils for hoop barrel craftsmen and a set of monk's clothes.
Two bookboys sent Zhuo Jing out of the hospital, and Zhuo Jing rode on a bull, thanked the two people, and set off to go home. As soon as he came out of the woods, the cattle walked very quickly, like birds, and did not need Zhuo Jing to drive them at all. Zhuo Jing sat on the back of the cow, very stable, and there was no fear in his heart, and he quickly arrived at the door of his house. He sat on the back of a cow and shouted loudly for his family to open the door. The family was still asleep at this time, and when they heard the voice, they replied in surprise: "It is not yet dawn, how did the prince brave the wind and rain to come back from the mountain alone?" Zhuo Jing said, "Thanks to meeting a hermit in the mountains, he borrowed my cow for me to ride back, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back tonight." With that, he got off the cow's back and asked the servants of the house to lead the cow in. The cow suddenly roared a few times and turned into a black tiger and jumped away. Zhuo Jing and his family witnessed this scene and stood there dumbfounded.
The next day, Zhuo Jing couldn't help but be curious, and went to the mountain to look for the Body Xuan Academy that he had gone to last night, but he didn't find it when he went around. He did not die, and searched in the mountains for several days, and only then did he find an ancient temple forty miles west of the city, next to the ruins of Tao Hongjing's Dan Room. Zhuo Jing walked around there for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this was where he went that rainy night. He went out of the ancient temple and went back along the only path he had, and saw that there were still traces of tigers on the road.