There are people chatting on the second and third floors of the Shede Building. However, the door of the Shehe Building is a bit lively today. It is a place where ordinary people are not allowed to enter. It is always deserted. This time, many people from the city gathered around to watch the excitement. , pointing and lingering.
The reason was that not long after the young masters in front of them climbed up the stairs, three people came from outside the city. One of them, with his Taoist robes fluttering, indeed had some aloof character, held up a hexagram flag, held a fly whisk in his hand, stepped onto the bluestone steps, and sang a Taoist number. He didn't care about the two gatekeepers on the floor, and walked inward with his head down. .
Who is the owner of the Shede Building? At least in the entire Xi County, his reputation is widely spread. Therefore, since the completion of the Shede Building, there have been no unscrupulous people coming to pick fights. Even in the past few years, there have been occasional drunkards or Literary men who boasted of their unappreciated talents stood outside the door and wanted to force their way to the door, but they were not enemies of the gatekeepers. As things continued like this, naturally no one came to ask for trouble.
So the fortune teller stepped into the door, and the gatekeepers, who had been bored for a long time and had not had any work for a long time, did not come back to their senses. It was not until the fortune teller spoke on his own and asked if there was anyone who wanted to ask for fortune telling that the two gatekeepers suddenly came to their senses. , seeing the Taoist priest dressed up, he sneered even more, and without any explanation he wanted to beat the Taoist priest and the two people behind him out.
But the Taoist was not afraid. He opened his mouth and told the two people about their family and birthdays, and it was accurate. He frightened the two of them, and they were able to escape the physical pain, and even made the people around them wander around and rest. The people were a little surprised.
"You two, you are not just talking nonsense, the name of Sheshe Building is so popular, but I was watching the stars last night and figured out that someone in the building will not escape the bloody disaster today, so I broke into the building regardless of the rules. Since you two are in the Sheshe Building, Man, if you are doing a good deed to save someone’s life, I think the host of the building will spare no effort, so don’t stop it.”
When the doorman with heavy eyebrows heard this, he curled his lips and said disdainfully, "What kind of lunatic are you coming from? Don't say that you have calculated the birth dates and families of the two of us. These gentlemen upstairs are all talented people." My noble man, how can you be seen by a poor man like you wandering around the world? If you are really put into the building and cause trouble, and the building owner will be held accountable in the future, won't this hard-won job for the two of us be wasted? .”
The taller man on the side was a little hesitant. Moreover, people outside the door gathered to see the excitement, so he tugged on the sleeves of the other man, and his words were more polite, "In my opinion, if this Taoist priest... I have really succeeded in my practice, and I have seen some clues. If it is not urgent, I might as well wait until the owner of the building returns from his trip, and then come to the door. The two of us are just the gatekeepers of the building. The Taoist priest insists on breaking in, which is really embarrassing for the two of us. .”
"If it wasn't urgent, how could I do it knowing that I couldn't do it?" The Taoist waved the duster lightly, his expression becoming more and more calm, "I have read the hexagram scriptures since I was a child. Since I have already calculated the birth dates and families of the two of them, how can I still do it? Like those fake Taoists who are just trying to gain fame and reputation, deceiving others? If it is difficult for you two to do it, then the lives of the noble people upstairs will not be saved. If the host asks about it in the future, it will be because of one of them who has the power of fortune. The Taoist's crime of entering the building is more serious, or the crime of causing the noble man in the building to die suddenly. You two might as well think about it carefully." After saying that, he sat cross-legged outside the door, holding up the hexagram flag with one hand, closing his eyes and thinking, He didn't care about the people around him at all.
The scholar and young man who followed the Taoist also stood behind the Taoist and had no intention of leaving.
"This fake Taoist's tongue is really powerful." The young man did not have a sword on his waist. Instead, he was carrying a silver scale and whispered to the scholar, "Within three or five words, the expressions of those two people changed. It’s changed again. If you use this kind of ability to predict evil outside, I’m afraid it will be even better than the second senior brother.”
The scholar smiled slightly and said, "A Taoist who travels around the world to tell fortunes. Being able to speak eloquently is more important than whether the fortune telling is effective or not. With a tongue and a clever mind, even if he has never studied the art of fortune telling, he can still find clues in a few words. If we continue this inference, we can naturally conclude that we are almost inseparable from each other."
But then Liu Qing changed her subject and said, "This Taoist Priest's ability, true or false, is already very difficult, but compared with the second junior brother, it is still a bit unsatisfactory."
The Taoist was originally an immortal Taoist, with a character that stood out from the crowds around me, but after hearing these words, my old face couldn't help but tremble slightly, and I almost opened my mouth to curse a few words.
He was originally a serious Taoist monk in the Northern Grand Temple, but he was not good at this Taoism. He spent all day reciting Taoist scriptures and studying Taoism cross-legged. It was really boring. After several years of hard work, he finally violated the Nine Precepts and was kicked out of the temple. , so I had to rely on my learned yin and yang divination skills to wander around and tell fortunes.
But even though he is not a Taoist who does not have enough food and clothing, he still feels that it is much better than carrying water and fasting in the mountains. A duster and a Taoist robe can be counted, and as for the silver, he can barely make ends meet. foot.
But since that day, a scholar and a young man came to the Gua stall and wanted to buy a pair of six-line money with him. The Taoist had a headache. I don't know which master these two men had asked to tell him his life and birth date. After many years of experience, the family is clear, and it is said that people who have been expelled from the Taoist sect cannot go out to tell fortunes under the name of a Taoist priest. If they don't help these two people put on a show, they will be sent to the government to be punished.
In addition, the Taoist also has a plan in his heart. Since these two people can invite seniors with such advanced physiognomy, if they can become apprentices and learn two points, I am afraid that they will have no worries about food and clothing in the future, and even be lucky enough to step into a certain In the Lord's house, as a master who makes plans to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, he will have to work hard outside in the future, so he pretended to have no choice and reluctantly went straight to Shedelou with the two of them.
"If this happens, it will be thanks to the generous gift of treasures from the two cultivators who came from Zhongzhou." Liu Qing ignored the Taoist and turned his back to the Taoist. At this moment, the calculations in his mind were ringing, and the pedestrians and people around him were whispering. It was even harder. In his heart, he calmly and naturally said to Yun Zhong, "An object can swim in the blue sky faster than you and I think. In less than half a day, we can fly back to the mountain from the capital of Xijun. The wind and rain encountered on the way cannot stop it. Without the help of this object, this trip would not be so easy."
"Senior brother, are you so sure that the person is upstairs in Shehe? If the person on the floor does not know the woman who was killed, wouldn't you have to guess from scratch?" The young man was slightly worried, looked sideways at his senior brother, frowned and spoke.
"If you guess wrong, you'll be wrong. You can always get rid of one choice. It's at least much better than searching randomly in this huge capital city without knowing anything."
The scholar looked up at the majestic Shede Building and suddenly said, "You have to give up. Although it is said that you will gain something if you give up, there are always people who can't give up."
