Cai Jing was greatly surprised when he heard what the fortune teller said. The government servant who was following Cai Jing suddenly heard the fortune teller's words and was extremely frightened. As soon as the fortune teller finished speaking, he rounded up his stick and struck the fortune teller down. He yelled: "Where did you get the cow's nose?" Old Taoist, you are just telling lies with your eyes wide open! There are hungry and disadvantaged ordinary people in the world, how can there be a hungry and disadvantaged grand master and prime minister?!"
The attendant was cursing and was about to hit him with the stick in his hand. With several sticks, he knocked the fortune teller to the ground. The flag on the fortune teller's back also fell to the side.
The fortune teller was beaten and screamed.
When Cai Jing saw this, he felt relieved and thought to himself, you bastard, what bastard words did you say! Give me a hard beating for you, a disrespectful and ignorant old man! Beat him half to death so that he knows what it means to be noble and humble!
Cai Jing was still thinking, you are such an expert, you know astronomy from above, geography from below, human beings, yin and yang, gossip, Qimen, Dunjia, and can see people's past and future lives. It seems that you are going to become a god. , can predict everything, so have you ever predicted that today, right now, you will get a fat beating? ! Now you're getting a stick, it means you obviously didn't predict it, and you're obviously lying! Besides, it’s okay for you to deceive others. Why did you deceive me, the grand master and the prime minister of the dynasty? ! Isn’t this seeking death? This arrogant old man is really abominable! It’s time to fight!
At that time, Cai Jing was so happy when he saw that the government officials knocked down the fortune teller and took a breath for himself that he wished that the government officials would beat the fortune teller to death on the spot. However, many local officials followed Cai Jing. Cai Jing had to act magnanimous, and quickly stopped the yamen servant and scolded him loudly: "You are so impudent! Wait for the yamen servant, stop it quickly, don't be rude to the master."
In order to please Cai Jing, local officials said one after another: "These unruly people should be beaten!"
Cai Jing said: "Sir is a learned man and should not resort to sticks. Yamen servants, help him up quickly."
Seeing the blame, the yamen servant quickly stopped the stick in his hand and looked at Cai Jing in surprise. The yamen servant was puzzled, why was Taishi Cai so kind? This is not like the old Master Cai!
Is it possible that Master Cai's thoughts are something that you, the average government servant, can understand? ! Otherwise, how could he be the Grand Master, and you could only be a yamen servant? !
Seeing the government officials standing stunned, Cai Jing shouted sternly: "What are you waiting for me to do? Why don't you help the master up quickly?"
The government officials quickly threw away the sticks in their hands, bent down to help the fortune teller stand up, picked up the flag that the fortune teller had fallen on the ground, and inserted it into the fortune teller's back exactly as it was.
The fortune teller, who was helped up by the officials, rubbed his shoulders and buttocks where the officials had slapped him, and said, "Fortunately! Fortunately! The poor man has already calculated that this fate will happen in his fate, and he has passed it today."
The fortune teller looked so indifferent that Cai Jing was so angry that he gritted his teeth secretly.
Cai Jing thought to himself, as a dignified grandmaster and the prime minister of the dynasty, will I suffer from hunger and trouble on the road in the future? The Song Dynasty was so prosperous and prosperous, so if I, a great grand master and the prime minister of the dynasty, were starved in the future, how would other ordinary people survive? What nonsense!
Cai Jing was still thinking, then I have to ask this wise old Taoist. Since my dignified grand master and the current prime minister will have a bad career in the future, then, as a poor Taoist priest who travels around, swindles and deceives, what kind of person will you be in the future? How to die?
So, Cai Jing suppressed his anger, pretended to be indifferent, and said calmly: "Water has no fixed pattern, and things are not normal. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is in heaven. As the saying goes, everything in the world is impermanent, just let everything happen! However, I would like to ask the master, if you walk through the streets and alleys, calculate the past and future lives for all living beings, and control the fate of others with just one mouth, have you ever calculated the outcome of your own future?"
When the fortune teller heard this, he felt displeased and thought to himself: Look at what this guy said, how can I control the fate of others with just one mouth? I predict the ups and downs of other people's lives by reading everything in the world, by looking at the faces of all living beings, by seeing the six directions with my eyes, by hearing all directions, and by looking at people's complexions and mentality. Is it because I have a mouth? ! You underestimate me too much.
However, the fortune teller knew in his heart that the man in front of him was a dignified grand master, the grand master of the dynasty, and he could really control the fate of others! I have offended him with my words just now, and he is holding back his anger. Now I am not on the same level as him! Don't let him do any harm to me.
Thinking of this, the fortune teller still smiled and said with relief: "As the Grand Master said, life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is in heaven. Nowadays, poor people with low fortunes have all been reduced to fortune tellers, how can they still be in the mood? Worrying about your own results? Just muddle along!"
When Cai Jing heard this, he thought to himself, since you have forgotten that I am a starved person, I will definitely ask you for the results to see how you will die in the future. You want to get away with it so lightly, I'm sorry, I'm here , there is no such good thing, who made you offend me, the grand master and the prime minister of the dynasty! Cai Jing refused to accept the fortune teller's understatement.
Therefore, Cai Jingji asked: "Master, don't refuse. Since you know astronomy from above, geography from below, human beings from the middle, yin and yang, Bagua, Qimen, Dunjia, and can see people's past and future lives, then you might as well also Predict your own results."
Hearing what Cai Jing said, the fortune teller knew that he had angered Cai Jing. If he didn't tell Cai Jing that he was ugly today, he would never let him go.
Thinking of this, the fortune teller said: "To be honest, Pindao once made a fortune for himself to predict how Pindao would pass away in the future. Fortunately, Pindao's result was better than that of Taishi. .”
When Cai Jing heard this, he was so angry that he was about to explode like an inflated balloon!
Cai Jing suppressed his anger, stared at the fortune teller and asked: "Oh, that's really strange. I want to ask, how is the result of the master better than mine? Tell me what you are. What is the result?"
The fortune teller also looked at Cai Jing, smiled slightly, and said, "In troubled times, fortunately, I will choke to death on eating meat."
When Cai Jing heard this, he thought to himself, I, a dignified grandmaster and the prime minister of the dynasty, will starve to death in the future. You, a fortune teller, lie to others to get food, but you will choke to death after eating meat? ! Why do you think so beautifully!
Cai Jing was so angry that the fortune teller was speechless for a while.
When the fortune teller saw this, he knew that Cai Jing was going to cause trouble, so he walked away.
Seeing the fortune teller walking away, Cai Jing could not bear to be filled with anger. He thought to himself, since you can calculate and can predict that you will choke to death from eating meat, I will not let you choke to death from eating meat. I will do it now. Let you die, and let you take a knife in the neck, cut off your head, make you a ghost under the knife, and make your calculations ineffective.
After Cai Jing thought about it, he hurriedly called several government servants over and gave these instructions.
Several government officials received the order and hurriedly chased after the fortune teller with big swords in their hands.
When the government officials chased the fortune teller not far away, they shouted loudly: "Master, please stay, we still have something to ask."
When the fortune teller heard the sound, he turned around and saw several government officials chasing after him. He knew that nothing good had happened. Even if he tried to run away, he might not be able to escape, so he stopped and waited for several government officials to come around to see what they wanted. .
Several government servants yelled at the fortune teller to stop, then they rushed over to him, raised their knives, and approached the fortune teller, intending to chop him to death, so that the fortune teller would not choke to death on the meat but be hacked to death by the knife. of.
Unexpectedly, several government officials approached the fortune teller and just raised their knives to kill the fortune teller. Suddenly, the sun was shining brightly just now, but now a strong wind blew up from the ground, flying sand and rocks, and the sky turned black in an instant. It was so loud that the government officials couldn't stand and had to lie down on the ground. After a few minutes, the limelight passed. The government officials got up and took another look. There was no fortune teller anywhere!
With no choice, several government officials had to return to restore Cai Jing's life.
After listening to the situation described by the government officials, Cai Jing felt unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it. In addition, Cai Jing was originally a person who did not fear heaven and earth, so he did not take the fortune teller's words seriously.
Therefore, Cai Jing smiled faintly and said to himself: "Let's wait and see who will starve to death in the future and who will choke to death while eating meat."
Cai Jing thought to himself, even if he choked to death after eating meat, he could only be the grand master and prime minister of the dynasty. Can you, a poor fortune teller, be your turn? Meat eaters don’t choke to death from eating meat. Have you ever choked to death from eating meat before finishing a meal? I think your journey is about the same! Anyway, you are traveling around, cheating, and there are plenty of opportunities for you to cheat on your journey!
Thinking of this, Cai Jing felt a little more comfortable, and with a smile on his face, he and the local officials accompanying him inspected the growth of the crops in the fields.
Cai Jing ranked first among the six thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty because of his treacherousness and greed.
The reason why Cai Jing ranked first among the Liu thieves in the Northern Song Dynasty was that, in addition to being extremely good at specializing in business, he met the greatest nobleman in his life, Song Huizong Zhao Ji.
Throughout Cai Jing's life, he worked hard in the official career for more than 60 years. He went through the four dynasties of Shenzong, Zhezong, Huizong and Qinzong, and rose to the top four times. It can be said that Cai Jing had a prosperous official career and was extremely honorable. No one in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, could surpass him. However, although Cai Jing lived a wealthy and prosperous life, the only person who allowed him to ascend to the position of prime minister four times and serve for nearly twenty years was only Zhao Ji, Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
In other words, although in the fifteenth year of the Shenzong Dynasty, Cai Jing was promoted to a third-grade official at Longtuge, and in the fifteenth year of the Zhezong Dynasty, he was promoted to a third-grade Hanlin bachelor and knew Kaifeng Prefecture. However, there were also incidents in the previous thirty years. It has been ups and downs, stumbling, ups and downs, and there has never been a sign of worshiping the prime minister.
This situation is in line with the fortune teller's saying that "despite twists and turns, wealth is hard to change."
