Lao Huang is dead.
Overnight, his skin and flesh turned to ashes, leaving only his bones.
I burst into tears...
In fact, after I finished learning all the Golden Seal Script and Jade Letters, I knew that Huang's death was approaching. This was also the backlash, the cause and effect of Lao Huang's secret technique being passed on to me.
I took away Lao Huang’s ashes and scattered them under the Changbai Snow Mountain.
A long time ago, Lao Huang once told me that if he died, he wanted to become the soil under this lonely snow mountain.
After taking care of Lao Huang's funeral affairs, I looked at the marriage certificate in my hand again.
"Shangjinglinsuho".
This is the name of Lao Huang's daughter.
I collected this marriage certificate solemnly, and I understood that the reason why Lao Huang saved my life and taught me my skills for ten years, even at the cost of turning my skin and flesh into ashes, was mostly because of her.
Finally, I took the train to Shangjing.
After arriving in Shangjing, I found a teahouse on Malian Road in Xicheng District, and used the key that Lao Huang had given me long ago to open this dusty teahouse.
Golden Point Pavilion.
This Jindian Pavilion is the only thing that Lao Huang left to me, and it is also what I will use to make a living in the future.
Jindian Pavilion is different from normal teahouses. This teahouse openly sells tea, but secretly engages in Feng Shui fortune-telling and other business.
During these years when Lao Huang and I lived in seclusion in the mountains, we lived in poverty. It cost me almost all my savings to buy a train ticket, so the first thing I did when I came to Beijing was to make some money.
Survival is the most important thing.
After I spent a day cleaning the teahouse, the teahouse opened again after many years.
However, after a few days, I almost starved to death.
That afternoon, a heavy-backed customer walked in outside the teahouse.
"Boss, if you come to a pot of Jin Junmei, I will be happy to drink some of this and have a plate of melons and fruits."
The tall guest yelled.
Hearing this, I felt mixed emotions in my heart.
It has been almost a week since it opened today, and there are still no customers, but most of the customers who come in are for tea.
The location of the teahouse is very good. Although it is not a prime location, there is an endless stream of pedestrians. Normally, selling tea is enough to make a living.
The key is that there is no tea in the store. How can there be any tea for sale in a store that has been closed for such a long time, and I don’t have the money on hand to purchase it.
"Sorry, there is no tea in the store for the moment."
I spoke out.
The person who came to drink tea was obviously stunned and muttered: "Are you a teahouse?"
"Yes." I nodded.
"There's something wrong. There's no tea in the teahouse. What business is there?"
The guest cursed before leaving.
No business can be done on the surface, and the business behind the scenes is even more deserted.
In fact, Jindian Pavilion has regular customers from the beginning. This kind of feudal and superstitious business requires a regular customer.
In addition, the word "golden dot" was a general term for fortune-telling in the old days. Anyone who comes to ask for help should know what kind of teahouse it is by looking at the teahouse's sign.
But perhaps it was because the opening time was too short, and there was not much business of this kind, so not a single customer came to the door.
I ate Master Kong instant noodles almost every day, one bag a day, and I couldn’t even get ten yuan out of my pocket. I was so hungry that I felt dizzy every day.
No matter how talented I am, I still have to eat. If there is no business in another two days, I think the teahouse can be closed.
finally……
On this night, I had my first guest.
Outside the teahouse, it was raining lightly. I was about to close the door and go to bed when I saw a girl walking towards the teahouse from a distance.
The girl is holding an umbrella, has picturesque eyebrows, fair skin, and is very beautiful.
She was wearing an ordinary white skirt. Although she was dressed plainly, she could not hide her good figure and her outstanding temperament.
The girl put away her umbrella, walked into the teahouse, and looked at me closely.
I took a second look and said that I am not afraid of being laughed at. I have never seen such a beautiful girl in my life.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
After she walked in, I tried to ask.
The girl said in a pleasant voice: "Heaven is superior and earth is inferior."
I was so happy to hear her words!
He immediately replied to her: "The world is settled!"
This is a code word in gold dot trading, and it is a saying in the Book of Changes. When the customer says this, it means that she is looking for a gentleman with real skills. When I reply to his code word, I am telling him to come and ask for help with confidence! Everything can be done!
It can be considered open...
I immediately moved out a chair and said to the girl: "Miss, sit down. Let me ask first, what do you want to ask for?"
"Marriage."
The girl's beautiful eyes were still staring at me and she said two words.
"Marriage?"
I immediately became a little disappointed. Looking for marriage was just counting the horoscopes. Although this was part of the golden dot business, it was not profitable.
I have confidence in my own ability, but a thousand dollars is just too much.
It's not a big job.
Of course, I was disappointed. Thousands of dollars was a lot for me now, enough to live on for a while. I politely said to the girl: "Give me your horoscope."
It was at this time that I discovered something strange.
The girl looks at me a little differently...
As for what's different?
Can't tell.
She replied to me: "Wuyin year, Yimao month, Xinsi day, Guisi time."
I frowned when I heard her horoscope.
Her fate lacks balance, and it is not easy to tell her destiny from her horoscopes. It is like being covered in a fog, hazy and unclear.
But this didn't bother me, so I continued, "I'll go and give you a hexagram."
Making hexagrams is like clearing away mist. With my hexagram skills, I can clear away no matter how thick the mist is, and I can understand clearly any fate no matter how difficult it is.
"No need, just forget it if you can't figure out the horoscope."
The girl shook her head and said.
I laughed and said, "I don't think the divination is accurate. Since you came to me, I have to be responsible for you. Don't worry, I won't waste your time. You are my first guest. I will definitely treat you as my first guest." Your fate is clearly calculated."
As I said that, I took out the copper coins.
Then I used a unique technique to drop the copper coins on the ground. The three copper coins were scattered separately, two of them were facing up, and one copper coin was shaking and rolling, standing sideways on the corner of the table.
Death hexagram!
Seeing this hexagram, I was shocked.
The so-called death hexagram is similar to a dead end in a chess game. It cannot be solved and needs to be started over. If this hexagram appears, either the fortune teller of the fortune teller is too special, or the fortune teller is not good at learning.
I have been studying for ten years and based on the sixty-four hexagrams of the Zhouyi, I have practiced hexagrams hundreds of times without ever failing. The first time I formally started a hexagram as a teacher, I calculated a dead hexagram. This result is somewhat unacceptable to me.
I picked up the copper coins again and started the divination again!
It's a big taboo to start a hexagram twice in a row, but I can't care so much.
However, at this moment, I suddenly remembered something...
I asked the girl in a deep voice: "Miss, what is your name?"
The girl looked at me quietly and said slowly:
"Lin Suhe."
I was stunned and the copper coin fell.
