A few days later, the wind picked up in April, and everything went smoothly. With the deposed Dragon Gang leader Guan Xu being released, the Yecheng palace ambassador Lu Daobin was about to be redeemed at a preferential price of 1,200 shi of grain.
So that afternoon, Xie Minghe brought his new friend Lu Daobin to Jiangling County Yamen in advance.
After repeated attempts, it was no longer easy to shirk, especially on this day, the end of the previous battle and the handling of Qinghe County had more or less results. Zhang Xing was indeed not too busy. He was taking Chen Bin and Chen Bin in the corridor of the courtyard. Yan Qing was chatting with the visiting Xu Shiying and Zhang Jinshu in the east, so he didn't ask to wait until night, so he met this person in the public house compound.
Frankly speaking, as the cause of the rebellion gets bigger and bigger, the so-called wings are getting richer and the power is getting stronger, Zhang Xing is no longer as wary and cautious as he was before to keep away from these things... In fact, in Liaocheng a few days ago, Zhang Xing , when he spent the night, it was almost the first time that he took a serious look at the starry sky in this world.
That's right, after traveling through four years, I finally dared to look at the stars without restraint.
"Is your hexagram accurate?"
Since it was rare to have a leisurely state of mind, Zhang Xing couldn't help but curiously ask the other party in the corridor after he entered the courtyard.
"Of course it's accurate." Xie Minghe rushed to explain. "This hexagram was consecrated by Qing Di, and the interpretation of the hexagram was based on Qing Di's "Tai Xuan Sutra". The way of fortune telling is to follow the method of three radiances and four emperors combined into one. It is simple, direct and effective."
"But it's impossible for everything to go smoothly, right?" Zhang Xing took the argument seriously. "Can the fortune-telling fortunes that Master Qingdi has made come true in Baidi Temple? Moreover, the situation is changing, and some things are obviously going to be successful if they advance, and they will be defeated if they retreat. How can it be so accurate?"
"Long Tou misunderstood." Xie Minghe couldn't help but twist his beard and laugh proudly. "This hexagram reminds people that 'advancing leads to success and retreating leads to failure..."
Zhang Xing was stunned, but also laughed: "So, the "Tai Xuan Jing" is all about the principles of life and doing things, right?"
"It must not be so rude." Xie Minghe said patiently. "To interpret a hexagram is to first understand what the current situation is, and then what to do."
"Oh!" Zhang Xing suddenly realized. "That being said, there is still some hope of clearing the air. Let me tell you something...Ambassador Lu, are you doing this professionally? Or did you just fall in love with it by chance?"
"Of course it's fate..." Lu Daobin, who had never dared to say anything, answered sincerely. "But the opportunity for me to get this lottery came earlier than when I became an official."
Zhang Xing nodded and went to the courtyard.
However, Xu Shiying seemed to have remembered something, and asked from behind: "Ambassador Lu, since you are serving as the palace ambassador in Yecheng, do you recognize the younger brother of Prince Jijun? Back then, the three brothers accidentally got a precious mirror. It's quite miraculous. He himself travels all over the world with this mirror. Last year he came to Dengzhou to see Zhang Sange. Zhang Sange even persuaded him to go back to Jijun to find his brother."
"Is Wang Huaiji?" Lu Daobin perked up. "To be honest, I have seen this leader before, and I also know that he recently went to Ji County and only stayed with his brother... I also want to see his precious mirror."
"In that case, we won't delay any more. You just tell us how to do divination." Zhang Xing was too lazy to talk about this.
"May I ask you what the divination is about?" Lu Daobin regained his energy.
"Bu..." Zhang Xing thought carefully and felt a little confused. "My mood was complicated at the moment, and I didn't know what to think."
"No problem." Lu Daobin was eager to give it a try. "You can do whatever you want, just concentrate on one thing first."
"Is there no limit to the number of times? For example, three times a day?" Zhang Xing found it more and more funny. "Will it cost you your energy? Maybe you need Qi assistance?"
"No, there is only one saying that if the three hexagrams are not completed, there will be no more divination. There are no other taboos." Lu Daobin answered frankly. "Actually, it's just divination after all... I have doubts in my mind and I'm just trying to figure it out for myself, that's all."
Zhang Xing nodded and stopped worrying: "Then let's predict the future of the Dragon Gang first."
"It's early April, in the afternoon, please stand in the courtyard, face north, look at the sun, then lower your head vertically to look at the ground, close your eyes and throw the lot in front of you." Lu Daobin gave further instructions.
Zhang Dalongtou did not hesitate, he just took the fortune tellers under the watch of many people, and then left.
Go forward, do as you are told, and easily throw a few hexagrams in front of you.
"How is it?" Xie Minghe, who had been holding back for a while, asked urgently.
"It's a bit vague, but roughly speaking, it's still the form of Shangjiu, which is: the reverse of the spiritual energy." Lu Daobin looked over and tried his best to answer. The people around him included Chen Bin, Xu Shiying, Jia Yue, Zhang Jinshu, Yan Qing, Wang Xiong Dan and others also poked their heads in, but Cui Suchen was nowhere to be seen, so he should still be in the public house.
"How to solve it?" Xie Minghe couldn't rush him enough.
"The spiritual energy is in reverse and cannot be overcome by time." Lu Daobin came to the explanation seriously. "That is to say, the current situation, the era, anyway, it is the time, will not be an obstacle to the Deposed Dragon Gang... In other words, the subsequent development of the Deposed Dragon Gang will not be hindered by the time."
This explanation was quite clear, and the people around him were obviously relieved. Many people were simply happy, but some people were obviously frowning because of the broad explanation.
"The times are bad and they will never pass." Zhang Xing also thought deeply, but seemed speechless. "So what if the time cannot be overcome? I finally know why your divination is effective... If the time cannot be overcome, can the power be overcome? Can people be overcome? Can the Supreme Grandmaster be overcome?"
Lu Daobin Nuonuo was silent, but it was Xie Minghe who came to persuade him: "At the very least, time is running out!"
Zhang Xing nodded: "Yes, time has passed after all."
"What else are you looking for?" Xie Minghe urged.
"Relatives and friends..." Zhang Xing thought for a moment and continued.
"It's still the same as before." Lu Daobin reminded quickly.
After a moment, the lot was thrown again. This time, the people around him paid less attention. They just stood on the porch and watched, and no one stretched out their heads.
"The lots are scattered, cannot be connected, have no shape, and have no hexagram." Lu Daobin became confused.
"Is this common?" Xie Minghe couldn't help but wonder.
"It's not that uncommon." Ambassador Lu said helplessly, while picking up the fortune stick and handing it to Zhang Xing. "Just do it again."
Zhang Xing didn't take it seriously and threw it again.
"It still doesn't make sense." Lu Daobin quickly picked it up again and quickly handed it to Zhang Xing. "Your Excellency, please throw it again."
Zhang Xing threw it for the third time.
Lu Daobin was inexplicably frightened: "If you fail three times... what I just said, it won't be possible to predict again."
Xie Minghe took a deep breath and came to see Zhang Xing: "Master Zhang, who are your relatives and friends? Are you thinking of Chief Bai?"
"It's Sisi, but I'm thinking more about Li Si, Sima Zheng and Qin Er. In fact, I'm thinking about a few relatives and friends who were celebrating the New Year in a courtyard in Dongdu that day. I want to know if there is still a chance to get together with them. Are we the same people? Is this a strange road?" At this point, Zhang Xing laughed to himself. "I know what you mean. According to some theories, I was chosen by the Black Emperor, and Sisi was chosen by the Red Emperor... The test between us must be a Supreme Fight, and the Green Emperor's signature may not be used... ...But what about Li Ding and Qin Er? Could it be that there is also a choice of Emperor Bai? Li Ding is a choice of Emperor Bai, and Qin Er is also a pattern of three-hui choices? So the fortune of Emperor Qing is really true here Invalid?"
Xu Shiying and Chen Bin's expressions changed slightly.
Xie Minghe couldn't help but sigh and was speechless.
Jia Yue, on the other hand, rarely spoke at this time: "Li Ding can't say what he really said. I was in the North and heard some rumors. It is said that it was said by Da Siming, but I can't be sure... It seems to be that Master Siyu is here, It is no longer like the time when the ancestor emperor interfered too much in the affairs before and after, but he will still participate in the temporary battle of fortune. He relies on selecting heroes to participate, but the selection does not mean that whoever clicks more will have more opportunities. Instead, the heroic spirit is torn apart, held by the four masters, and then each carries out his own actions... Some are invested in only one person, the only seedling in the womb; others are like the Black Emperor who selects a few young seeds; some are even thrown to Maybe in the same clan or on the same land... From here, Li Ding can’t really say anything.”
Everyone was thoughtful.
Only Zhang Xing thought about it, and his mood became a little low. He shook his head directly: "The gods and gods are strange and unscrupulous. No wonder the heroes came one after another at that time, and they also wanted to use the three radiances to overwhelm the four emperors... These four are also self-contained. Great position, just think about the stars and the sea and reopen the map. Why can't I forget people?
between? "
After saying that, he walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving many people looking at each other, and Jia Yue was even more uneasy.
Let's say that on this early summer afternoon, when all kinds of gods and monsters, all kinds of grand narratives, and all kinds of nothingness were surrounding Zhang Dalongtou, Gaojibo on the south bank of Qingzhang River in Zhangnan County, a hundred miles away from Jiangling City Nearby, there are people down to earth, ready to work hard, which is a stark contrast.
Ready to work indeed.
In early summer, it is impossible to plant corn again, but it is not too late to drain the swamp, plant some cabbage, beans, and wild rice, put some water chestnuts in the water, and prepare some other perennial fruit trees, lotus roots, and the like.
This kind of work is indeed a bit bitter, so the people who set up a stronghold here in Gaojibo to work are actually a group of homeless wandering men who were prisoners of war in the previous war, and are now being rounded up and placed as semi-forced soldiers in the field.
"Let me introduce you first. My surname is Huang. You can just call me Huang Tunzhang. In fact, I am Xiang Zheng. It's just that we are all soldiers here, so we call it this name. Like you, I am not a local. I originally He was the chief of staff at Jiangling Mausoleum in Qinghe. Because he did a good job, he was transferred to this level." Under the sun, a middle-aged village chief was standing together with five or seven men in leather armor and holding knives. Under a big tree with lush branches, and then faced the new batch of visitors in an old-fashioned way. "And since everyone has come to our Gaoji Santun, don't think too much about it. From now on, we are just brothers and we can treat ourselves as a family."
The twenty or thirty people in front were obviously divided into two groups. One group was thin-skinned and tender-bodied, raising a family, and was extremely depressed. The other group of people were all strong men, gathered together around a young man with a dull look. Come and listen coldly.
Chief Huang had long noticed how this man didn't know that he must have a military background.
But he is also a local tycoon with many years of experience, and he is used to being a low-level official, but he also has some tricks. He just pretends to ignore it and starts with others.
"You, I guess you come from a wealthy family, how did you end up here?" Chief Huang asked proudly, looking at the other group of people who came first. "Did you commit a crime by burning high-interest debt and not realizing the profit? Or did you occupy too many official and private slaves, thereby occupying too much land?"
"They are prisoners of war." The leader of the family raised his head and answered in frustration.
Upon hearing this, Chief Huang calmed down a bit and his tone became much better: "Your surname is Wang, right? What was your previous position?"
"County magistrate." The man continued to answer. "That's the magistrate of Liting County in the south."
"I see." Chief Huang couldn't help but feel nervous. "Wang Xianjun was not redeemed?"
"Originally, the redemption price was six hundred stones of corn." Magistrate Wang was unable to answer. "But Dou Lide... Someone under Chief Dou sued me when he was the county magistrate. He had approved some rewards and sentences and said that he wanted to kill me. But it is said that Chief Dou appealed to the superiors for mercy, saying that everyone was their master at that time. The evil ones, The tyrants can just kill them, but they can give people like me a chance... In the end, Zhang Longtou was sentenced to reform through labor, and he only came to work as a farmer in the village."
Chief Huang heard the names of many people, either current managers or general managers. He knew that he could not get involved in the matter, so he came to ask seriously: "Do you have any cultivation?"
"The vitality of immortality, the two extraordinary meridians." Magistrate Wang continued to answer honestly.
"That's good. Changsheng Qi is the best for farming, and Qijing cultivation makes it easy to do physical work." Huang Tuen sighed. "In addition, Magistrate Wang understands legal documents, and even a farmer has a much easier life than others... Stay in peace! Your family is large and you have women, so I will give you a bigger one. place, and then ask someone to help you build a proper house quickly."
Magistrate Wang could only express his thanks.
After skipping over to County Magistrate Wang, Huangtun Changfu came to see another group of people. He was silent for a long time, and finally decided to call it a day and stop causing trouble. He just called the roll call, knowing that the dull man in the middle was called Han Er, and he felt in his heart Make a note of it, then try to spread out the group's intended accommodations when assigning houses, that's all.
However, Han Er also had no intention of causing trouble, and instead seemed too dull.
"The so-called foundation building is actually to adjust one's state and mentality, to feel the Qi of other masters who have already cultivated for a while, to guide that Qi to one's own Dantian, and then to warm it up for a hundred days.
You can take it as your own... Generally speaking, it is most suitable after the age of seven or eight and before the age of twelve or thirteen, and it is almost guaranteed..."
A group of people walked through a place in the village and heard someone talking inside. Han Erlang suddenly stopped to listen, which attracted many people to stop together. Chief Huang was helpless. He was nervous and could only pretend to look around at the scenery, but there was something about it. I regretted that my family had a sudden impulse and had extra thoughts, so I left Shuanghuangli to become a village leader.
This village chief is still different from the village chief. He will kill someone even if he doesn't know, okay? The deposed dragon army was invincible and was suppressed immediately, but what about the life of the village commander himself?
However, Han Erlang didn't do anything stupid. After listening for a while, he asked County Magistrate Wang beside him: "Mr. Wang, is this the place where the Deposed Dragon Gang forces everyone to build a foundation?"
Listening to his words, it seems that he is quite familiar with County Magistrate Wang, and his status is not low.
"That must be the case." Magistrate Wang obviously had some respect for this person. He was no longer overly depressed and just cheered up.
Han Erlang nodded and continued to ask: "If there is no master to draw the Qi, can't we build the foundation?"
"Of course not." Magistrate Wang sighed. "This method is for ordinary people. In ancient times, there were often some geniuses who, at a specific time period, could feel the Qi by breathing in and out in front of the natural vegetation, water, fire, rivers and lakes, the sun, the moon, the cold and heat..."
"Why can't you become a foundation builder after you are twelve or thirteen years old?" Han Erlang continued to ask.
"I'm not sure. I can only guess that after the age of twelve or thirteen, men and women can get married. Their minds are muddy and not as simple as those of children. Some people also say that there is an invisible orifice in the Dantian. After the age of fifteen or sixteen, people can completely It is closed, making it difficult for the true energy to enter... I believe in the latter, because after the age of 14, 56, the number of successful foundation constructions is much less, but there are still some, and it is especially rare after the age of 16 or 17." Magistrate Wang patiently conducted popular science. "However, this is not absolute. There are also twenty foundations in ancient books, but they are dragon hair and whale bones. In ancient times, there was a Holy Emperor who was forty years old. He went to listen to the Qing Emperor's teachings in person, but he still couldn't succeed, so he He learned how to grow rice and went back, but he returned to the tribe to teach others how to farm. As he was planting, he suddenly felt angry... It can be seen that for truly big shots and geniuses, God's will will be more lenient. Han Does Erlang have any ideas?"
Han Er shook his head: "I asked myself if I am stupid and stupid, what can I think? It's just that now that things have happened, I feel more and more frustrated about my incompetence."
After saying that, he started walking on his own.
Magistrate Wang also hurriedly followed, but he couldn't help but sigh even more.
The leader of the Huangtun camp in front saw the opportunity quickly and immediately started to act. He only acted as a guide and assigned accommodation along the way. In the end, he dispersed these people one by one.
Then he left early and made up his mind to go to Zhangnan tomorrow to ask about this person's details so that he could be on guard in the future.
On the other side, Han Erlang had no idea what Chief Huang was thinking. He was a single man and was assigned a place to live, so he followed the people who called and settled there.
When I entered the residence, I saw that it was a newly built wooden house with breathable air. The other houses in the townhouse had four or five beds, which was barely enough to live in.
The person who picked him up from the village chief was also in his thirties or forties. He didn't pay much attention at this time. He just pointed to the room and said: "On the first day, as a rule, you don't have to work. The bed is new. You can pick one by yourself." Take a rest, if you can't get used to sleeping, go cut wood and lay bricks yourself, that's how it happened."
Han Erlang wanted to thank him, but the man continued:
"The mats are gone. Most of the later ones were made by looking for reeds by themselves. If you don't know how to weave, you can go to Zhao San's house to buy one. His family has several generations of craftsmanship. Don't be afraid of running out of money. You can get credit. If you work well, every day It's customary to give some money. I heard it's to see if the work is done properly and if there are any crimes. Newcomers are given first and can see each other tomorrow."
Han Erlang nodded, feeling relieved.
The man continued pointing to the pot and stove: "It is said that you will have to buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar in the future, but at this time, you will receive it along with food. Just like in the army, large stoves, firewood and everything are shared. You You can’t be lazy at that, you have to help out if you know how to cook, and be more discerning.”
Han Erlang became more and more relaxed.
The man paused and continued: "Now that it's here, let's make peace with it.
No matter what happened in the past, we will eat and sleep together in the future, and then we can move out when we get married. It will be more peaceful, which is good for everyone. "
Han Erlang finally said: "I'm just afraid of being uneasy."
"That's good." The man nodded. "Everyone in our house is draining water and fishing at the edge of the water behind. You can rest for a while and watch if you feel bored. I'm going to go."
Han Erlang nodded quickly.
As soon as his roommate left, Han Erlang was stunned for a moment. He didn't know where to put his hands and feet. He just sat down by the bed. After thinking for a long time, he stood up again and walked to the water pool behind. Not long after, we saw the summer high chicken moor.
Gaojibo is located on the south bank of Qingzhang River. It is a huge swamp. It shrinks in winter and is wide in summer. It has dark ridges and deep harbors, and the terrain is complex.
At this time, the breeze was blowing, the water waves were slightly rising, and the not too bright sun in early summer was hanging high, making it look sparkling, but the color of the lake was often blocked by river banks, reeds, and trees, intermittently.
There are hundreds of people on the shore, divided into groups. Some are planting vegetables on the drained land at the edge. Some are driving donkeys and horses to cultivate the land. Some are still carrying soil back and forth to fill the land. Some are digging barefoot in the water for wild vegetables. There is also a team People are building dams to fish... This seems to be preparation for the next step of draining the water.
Han Erlang stood blankly on the newly raised Tianlong, looking at this scene, and suddenly felt that in the past four or five years, from the time he said goodbye to his mother at home before the Second Expedition, and was called to work as a horseman in the county, many of his experiences were like the same one. It was as illusory as a dream. I was still the barefooted young farmer that I was, and I had never lost all the precious things.
But all kinds of thoughts, like the wild lake in this high-pitched lake, are stirred up by microwaves. In the past four or five years, countless faces of people who have lost their lives and lost their messages have also turned around. In line with the golden color in the lake in front of them, they are... I almost couldn't help but shed tears.
At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation from the front, which woke up Han Erlang. When he looked up, he saw that a donkey lost control and ran up the mountain, seemingly trying to eat the vegetable seedlings nearby. Han Erlang was so frightened that he had no time to think or shout. He almost instinctively ran to meet the donkey and stopped the donkey on the mountain.
As the saying goes:
Don’t you know that in the two hundred states of Han Dynasty in Shandong, Jingqi grows in thousands of villages?
Even if there is a healthy woman with a hoe and a plow, there will be no crops in the long acres.
PS: Happy New Year everyone.
