Datang Shuanglong: Apprentice Shi Qingxuan at the beginning

Chapter 32 Iron Eater

"It's not because you caused trouble!" Yan Bai said to Fan Caiqi angrily.

"It's not because you are hiding in the corner!" Fan Caiqi replied unwillingly.

"In short, I don't want to continue to be surrounded here like a panda. If you want to stay here, then stay here. I'll just go by myself." Yan Bai said directly.

"You!!" Miss Fan's eyes widened. No one has ever dared to go against her wishes, but Yan Bai is different. The key is that Yan Bai can't see Miss Fan's reaction, which makes Fan Caiqi quite wasteful. The feeling of the expression is that Yan Bai is blind, which makes Fan Caiqi unable to speak.

"Okay, let's go!" Fan Caiqi reluctantly agreed. She was here to play with Yan Bai. Now that Yan Bai is leaving, Fan Caiqi has no reason to stay.

"That's it. Anyway, Dashi Temple is here and you won't run away. If you want to come, you can come anytime." Seeing that Fan Caiqi's mood had eased, Yan Bai comforted her.

"Tch, it's not fun to come with you when I come alone." Fan Caiqi couldn't help muttering. Although Miss Fan has a lot of fame in Bashu, she doesn't have many real friends. She usually follows the group. The maids and maids were together, although those young masters and ladies knew each other, none of them could get close to Fan Caiqi.

After all, Miss Fan loves martial arts but not literature. There is nothing wrong with practicing martial arts. It is the same in this world, but as a high-level person, she still needs to practice literature and ink, just like Huo Jitong before, wanting to integrate into this circle. Dress it up too.But Fan Caiqi is a woman with true temperament, she just doesn't pretend, and she is unwilling to do things she doesn't like anyway. Although Fan Zhuo has also forced her, Fan Caiqi will naturally do nothing if she is not serious.

Gradually, Fan Zhuo gave up, and Fan Caiqi was his only daughter, so he let her do whatever she wanted.In a word, Fan Caiqi's boyish personality seemed out of place in the upper class. If she was asked to put down her figure to make friends with ordinary people, Miss Fan would not let her face down, which led to the current situation.

But Fan Caiqi is not a negative person, she returned to normal in a blink of an eye, pulled Yan Bai and asked, "By the way, I heard what you said about pandas just now, what is that? Is it a kind of cat?" Yan Bai thought for a while and said , "The term panda is a misnomer. It should be called a panda. It is a kind of bear. It is rare. It has black and white hair and a pair of dark circles. You should have heard of it." After all, this is CD Panda But he lived in Sichuan, so Yan Bai judged that even if Fan Caiqi had not seen him, he should have heard about it.

"You mean an iron-eating beast?! Have you ever seen it with your own eyes?!" Fan Caiqi exclaimed in surprise.

"Iron-eating beast?" Yan Bai showed a strange look. He is not an encyclopedia, and he doesn't know the names of giant pandas in ancient times.

In Dongfang Shuo's "Shen Yi Jing" of the Han Dynasty, it is said: "There is a beast in the south, and the name is Nietie." Guo Pu's commentary "Er Ya Shi Beast" in the Jin Dynasty also has: "Like a bear, small head, numb feet, black and white. Licks copper, iron and bamboo bones." Of course, Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty later wrote in "Xin Qi Xie Chu Ji": "There are tapirs in Fang County, which like to eat copper and iron without hurting people. All folk plows, hoes, knives and axes They salivate when you see them, and eat them like rot. The iron sheets on the city gates are all you can eat.” I don’t know if anyone has seen pandas eat iron with their own eyes, but at least this is the rumor.

"I don't know if it eats iron or not, but I know it eats bamboo." Yan Bai said.

"That should be it. I also heard that iron-eating beasts will eat bamboo to eat when they have no iron to eat. Where did you see it? Tell me! You saw it when you could see it before, right?" !" Fan Caiqi said excitedly, these rare beasts were deified in ancient times, just like white tigers.Of course, there are also mythical beasts such as unicorns and green dragons in legends.

Fan Caiqi had never seen a panda before, and now there was an insider right in front of her eyes, which naturally seemed much more real than hearsay.

After hearing Fan Caiqi's words, Yan Bai couldn't help but smile wryly, "When there is no iron to eat, eat bamboo to satisfy hunger"?Who spread this message?Of course, the evolutionary history of pandas is strange enough. Kumamoto is a carnivore. It is really a miracle that pandas can evolve to eat bamboo.

It's just that Yan Bai is not a zoologist. Although he is also curious about what is going on, he has no idea of ​​going to the mountains to study it. Of course, even if he goes, he can't research anything without the corresponding knowledge.So, Yan Bai briefly told Fan Caiqi about the situation of pandas, all of which are the knowledge of later generations, but at least Yan Bai did see real pandas in the zoo, so talking about it is much more confident than reciting those poems .

"I didn't expect the iron-eating beast to be so interesting. Others said it doesn't hurt people, so it's true. Yan Bai! Since you saw it, why didn't you catch it back!" Fan Caiqi couldn't help but said, with a regretful look like It's like she personally missed the chance to catch the panda.

"At that time I was still young, I just saw it from a distance, how could I catch it back?" Yan Bai lied, he couldn't possibly say that he was kept in a cage, then Miss Fan would definitely call Yan Bai took her to see it.

"That's really a pity, but it's good that you have traveled so many places, Yan Bai. You can also see such legendary beasts as the Iron Eater." Fan Caiqi said enviously.

"Don't envy me, I just watched all the scenery of your life in a short time. Look, I'm blind now!" Yan Bai pointed to his eyes and said, he didn't intend to deceive Fan Caiqi, I just don't want Fan Caiqi to really run out because she envies him. In this era, everything outside of Bashu is too dangerous.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to remind you of the eyes." Fan Caiqi thought it reminded Yan Bai of something sad, so she apologized in a low voice.

"It's okay, I'm blind! It's already time, let's find a place to eat!" Yan Bai smiled and said, in fact, if Yan Bai was really blind, he probably wouldn't be able to show it So open-minded and optimistic.

"Well, I'll take you to a place where the food is delicious!" Fan Caiqi chattered again.

What a natural optimist girl!Yan Bai could not help but smile.

Went to a restaurant with Fan Caiqi, Yan Bai didn't know what kind of place it was, but since it was recommended by Fan Caiqi, obviously the taste was very good.Yan Bai doesn't care too much about eating, although the taste of the food is important, who he eats with is the most important.

In Youlin Xiaozhu, the food is prepared by Shi Qingxuan himself. Although the taste is ordinary and relatively light, there is a saying that is delicious, and Yan Bai looks at Shi Qingxuan, and already thinks that it is the most delicious food in the world. .

"By the way, you just saw the great virtuous monk in the Dashi Temple?!" Fan Caiqi was always surprised like this belatedly.

"Yeah, he even gave me a few pointers, or else you think my poems are so cheap and you just keep them to apologize for you?!" Yan Bai said naturally.

Fan Caiqi took a hard look at Yan Bai's face, she was not shocked by Yan Bai's words, but surprised by Yan Bai's fate.

"The great virtuous monk is a holy monk! It's not easy for ordinary people to see, and he can even point you out! Are you the reincarnation of a god?!" Fan Caiqi couldn't help but said, if Yan Bai was not blind, Fan Caiqi would I really want to treat him as a god-man, and it is precisely because Yan Bai is blind that it makes people feel more real.Heaven is jealous of talents, people are too perfect to encounter disasters, and while gaining adventures, they should also lose something.Only in this way can people feel that the world is fair, and God will not favor anyone.

(End of this chapter)