"So when you enter Ciyun Temple, your real targets are the three of them. But why is Zhou Xuan among them?"
Daqian destroyed Nanjing, which led to the destruction of Pei Xun's country and his family. It was natural for him to hate Daqian, and it was natural for him to take revenge.
Nanjing was destroyed by Qi Zheng, and the royal family was destroyed by Tan Bin's plan, so he wanted to take revenge on Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo, but Su Shi could still figure it out.
But when Zhou Xuan was also included in the list of revenge, Su Shi was a little confused.
Because at that time Zhou Yi was a free prince and Zhou Xuan was just an ordinary prince. If Pei Xun wanted to take revenge on the Daqian royal family, he obviously had a better choice.
And with his ability, he can definitely do it.
So why did he spend thirteen years planning to murder Zhou Xuan?
Pei Xuan did not answer him directly, but simply said: "I also left a book with the answers you want to know."
Su Shi looked at him blankly and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I wonder what I have to do to get that book?"
Pei Xuan said silently: "When the time comes."
"What does it mean when the time comes?"
"When the time comes, you'll know it."
This was completely nonsense, and Su Shi only had a headache.
If he hadn't seen that Pei Xuan was an old man and a dying man, he would have kicked him away.
But he still couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Is it true that people who have been monks like to pretend to be profound and have sharp words, but they always refuse to say it out loud?"
Pei Xuan didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in his tone. Maybe he did but didn't mind. He just said lightly: "There are too many secrets written in this book, so now is not the time to reveal it to the world."
Since Pei Xuan insisted on refusing to tell, Su Shi had no choice but to give up. He continued to ask, "How did the old gentleman plan to murder the prince?" When asked, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You must not tell me, This is also a secret."
Su Shi felt that Pei Xun seemed to be smiling, because the wrinkles on his face were almost squeezed together.
Then he narrowed his eyes, as if reminiscing about the past.
"That day was the 13th of August in the 25th year of Qianning. When I saw Zhou Yi coming to visit with Zhou Xuan, Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo, I knew that the long-awaited opportunity had come."
"After discussing Taoism with Zhou Yi, I specially arranged for him to go into the Taoist room to rest quietly. Only Zhou Xuan and I were left in the room."
Having said this, Pei Xun suddenly looked at Su Shi and said, "The reason why I can put on the red Taoist robe within two years is because if I predict someone's good or bad fortune, there will be no mistakes. In the past two years, I have made a total of Hexagrams were repeated one hundred and forty-six times, without any miscalculation."
Su Shi just listened quietly. Not only was he not interested in knowing a person's fortune by just making a hexagram, but he also didn't believe it at all.
Pei Xuan continued: "When Zhou Xuan, Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo were sitting around doing nothing, Qi Yu asked me to tell the future for them. Zhou Xuan didn't want to tell fortunes at first, but after Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo After being stalked so hard, I had no choice but to agree."
"And Qi Yu's request played into my heart, so I pretended to tell fortunes for each of the three of them."
"Fake?" Su Shi couldn't help but interrupt him.
Pei Xun's expression was calm: "When I saw these three people, I had already decided on their death date, so why waste energy on fortune telling for them."
Su Shi had no choice but to ask, "What then?"
"After pretending to calculate the divination, I told them that both Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo's fates were in the Gongtuan pattern, and they were also Shang Shang divination. The divination showed that both of them would become prosperous and their futures were limitless. It would only take eleven years. Everyone will face a catastrophe in the future, and their lives are at stake."
"After hearing this, the two of them were naturally panicked, so they asked me for a solution. I told them that when the disaster came, they must come to Ciyun Temple for a day of meditation on the eighteenth day of the winter lunar month to avoid the disaster. Finally, I repeatedly told them not to mention this matter to outsiders. If the secret is leaked, this disaster will come at any time."
Su Shi couldn't help but ask, "Where is the prince?"
Pei Xuan continued: "After explaining the solution to Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo, I asked them to leave, saying that Zhou Xuan's fate was special and his hexagrams were strange and should not be shared by outsiders."
After Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo left, Pei Xuan checked carefully again. Seeing that there was no one around anymore, he suddenly knelt down to Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help him, wondering: "Why did the Taoist give such a great gift? Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the juniors?"
Pei Xuan couldn't stand it, and said in a panic: "Ignorant people should not peek into the fate of noble people, let alone their future."
Zhou Xuan couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "I thought it was a big deal. I asked the Taoist Master for this hexagram. What does it have to do with the Taoist Master? So the Taoist Master doesn't have to worry about it."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Xuan helped Pei Xun up, and at the same time he became curious and asked: "What fate and what kind of hexagram is it that makes the Taoist Master so rude?"
Pei Xuan suddenly lowered his voice, and his voice was full of awe.
"The prince's destiny is that of noble Tianyi, and the hexagrams are those of the Nine-Five Supreme Being."
Hearing this, Su Shi couldn't help but interrupt him: "Could the old gentleman be perfunctory with me again? Since you are pretending to be a divination for Zhou Xuan, why did you come to this conclusion?"
Although Zhou Yi later became the emperor and Zhou Xuan became the prince, if he had not died, the throne would belong to Zhou Xuan sooner or later, which is in line with what Pei Xuan said.
But at that time, I was afraid that no one would believe that Zhou Yi would ascend to the throne of God. Even Zhou Yi himself could not have the slightest idea. So how could Pei Xun dare to say such a thing?
Pei Xun did not answer, but simply said: "The reason is not enough for outsiders to explain."
Su Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "If the old gentleman always says half and half, it would make people feel a bit pretentious."
"Then I wonder if the young master is still interested in listening to what this old man has to say?"
Su Shi said helplessly: "Old sir, please continue."
Zhou Xuan's face was full of shock, and his whole body was as motionless as a sculpture.
After a long time, he looked at Pei Xuan with a complicated expression.
At this time, Pei Xuan walked to Zhou Xuan with his head lowered and said softly: "Although the prince is extremely noble, like the two previous princes, he will also face a life-or-death disaster eleven years later."
Then he took out a talisman from his arms, carefully handed it to Zhou Xuan, and said: "But you don't have to worry, noble man. On the 29th of the winter lunar month of that year at 13:00, the noble man only needs to be there when no one is around." If you burn this talisman, you will be able to ward off disasters for your noble people."
Zhou Xuan had not yet woken up from the shock and put the charm into his arms numbly.
After a long time, Zhou Xuan came to his senses, and then looked at Pei Xuan with a complicated look, but in the end he left in a hurry without saying a word.
Su Shi couldn't help but rub his forehead and said, "He won't really believe it."
"He will definitely believe it."
"Why?"
"Because my fortune-telling has never been wrong."
