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In the west of Shigang City, there is a museum built on the highlands, covering an area of no less than 20 acres.

To the north of the museum, across the road, there is an old city wall with a height of five or six stories and a length of six or seven hundred meters, which is across the road from the museum.

On the side of the road in front of the city wall, a bus stop sign is erected. After the stop sign, a row of tall plane trees is planted from west to east. The canopy of trees that shades the sky and the sun casts huge shadows under the city walls, making it an excellent place to shade and play in the hot summer.

The road between the museum and the city wall is called Shanhai Road, which is a road from the countryside to the city. It's still some distance from the bustling area of downtown Stone Harbor.

Although this area is far away from the city and relatively remote, it is very famous in Stone Port, and even has become famous to the point that everyone knows it.

The fame of this place does not stem from the important transportation function it carries connecting the urban-rural junction, nor from its secluded and secluded quaint scenery, but from the fortune tellers who claim to be well-versed in the past and the present, and to see the future of people under the shade of the city walls.

Shigang citizens have a saying: If you encounter difficulties and there is really no way, it is better to go to the west wall of the city and ask the gentleman who is sitting there to break it off and calculate it.

Whether the deeds of these gentlemen are profound, and whether the hexagrams they have broken are effective, no one knows. After all, even if the person who asks the hexagram is deceived, in order to prevent others from laughing at his retarded mind, he will not spread it.

In short, where there is demand, there is a market, and where there is a market, there are gentlemen who make a living by giving people a broken future and criticizing numerology.

It is in this absurd way that the root of the big wall in the west of the city gradually became famous in Shigang.

Moreover, it has existed for more than ten years. There are no less than a dozen resident "living immortals" alone.

The Chinese government advocates science and takes the development of modern science and technology as the foundation of the country, so it has always severely punished those lawbreakers who fool the people and cheat money with the help of feudal superstition.

Under the influence of this national policy, the Shigang police have dealt heavy blows to the root of the wall several times, but every time after the limelight, those gentlemen still sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, quietly appearing again.

The police's crackdown not only did not affect their business at all, but also did not stop the enthusiasm of good men and women to go to the root of the wall to "seek immortals".

And the position that Xu Chen chose today to break through the system task is the root of the big wall in the west of the city, which has a long history and gathers many rivers and lakes.

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At seven o'clock in the morning, Xu Chen had a simple breakfast, and then set off from the south city where he lived to the west of the city.

Before leaving, in order to cover up his head injury and try his best to pretend to be a master, he borrowed a straw hat from Xiao Wang, who got up early to cook for his daughter-in-law, and put it on his head. And told Xiao Wang that he would go to the hospital, meet a friend at noon, and come back late at night, so that Xiao Wang should not worry about him.

After saying goodbye to Xiao Wang, Xu Chen walked out of the community, and he usually went out either by electric car or by bus, so he specially stopped a taxi today.

Xu Chen is such a loser now, not because he has the two thousand yuan that Xiao Wang borrowed from him in his pocket, but because he is worried that he happened to meet Zhou Xiaoya on the road. After all, it is difficult to explain if you deceive people back to their hometowns.

At this time, it was the rush hour for work, and the road was so congested that it was impossible to mention. It's like squeezing rice cakes, you are next to me, I am sticking to you, and no one can escape.

The driver was also a violent temper, and after scolding and squeezing for more than half an hour, he finally saw the opportunity to kill a "bloody road". Then he ran all the way and carried Xu Chen to his destination.

But after getting out of the car, he only glanced at the root of the big wall, and Xu Chen was stunned!

I saw that under the shade of the tung tree, from west to east, there were already more than a dozen "peers". Every eight or nine meters, there is a gentleman with a very different style sitting there. And there were a few men and women sitting in front of the stall, and looking at the situation, it was already open.

"Hurry up, it's still too late!"

Xu Chen thought that he should be the first to arrive so early, and he also wanted to occupy a good position early. didn't think about it, not only was it late, but the ideal good position that the half-night plan wanted to occupy had already been occupied by others.

Xu Chen couldn't help but feel anxious, glanced at the surrounding stalls a few times, and saw that there was a good position in the middle although it was a little closer to the two peers, so he hurriedly carried the plastic bag and walked straight over.

"Young man, do a fortune, show you the future, marriage, or...... Fortune?"

A white-faced man in a pale cyan Chinese-style cardigan, about forty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a Chinese character face, looked at Xu Chen, who was hurriedly walking towards him, like an old master, gently shaking his head and asking with a smile.

"Oh, hehe. ”

Xu Chen smiled awkwardly and habitually scratched his head. Due to the urgency of raising his hand, he hit the brim of the hat and almost knocked the straw hat off, revealing the injured head underneath.

"Hehe, actually...... That's what I'm doing, we're peers. Hehe, my surname is Xu, big brother, what do you call me?"

Xu Chen explained a few words and politely extended a hand of friendship to this colleague.

Looking at Xu Chen's outstretched hand, the man in green shirt was stunned, and then swept Xu Chen up and down with very strange eyes. Then, he slowly turned his body to the side, leaving Xu Chen sideways very impolitely.

Then, pick up a hexagram book and slowly flip through it. Not only did he not shake hands with Xu Chen, but he also didn't say a word to Xu Chen.

Xu Chen was hung there embarrassed, and a smile froze on his face. His face turned dark, he withdrew his hand, and hummed in his heart: "What are you dragging? Isn't it just a charlatan, what are the cows! You wait for me, see how the master will smash your job bowl in a while, and let you see who the is the master here!"

Xu Chen walked quickly past the man in the green shirt, and when he walked four or five meters away from him, he took out a small Mazha from the plastic bag. After sitting down, I was about to dig out my shirt when I suddenly heard someone on the right shouting, "Who told you to sit there, didn't you see me so close? ”

"I'm rubbing, who's going to be so horizontal!"

The roar was very confident, like thunder, which stunned Xu Chen.

He turned his head to look, and saw that four or five meters away from him, a middle-aged strong man wearing the same black robe and black top hat as he was wearing and a thick and dense beard on his face was sitting on a horse and glaring angrily, demonstrating towards him.

Looking at the first glance of this great god dressed in retro clothes who seemed to have crossed over from the Republic of China era, Xu Chen's heart was not angry, but his eyes kept complaining.

"Jiao, are you going to cover maggots on a hot day? Isn't it hot to wear such a body?"

After the bearded man roared, he saw that Xu Chen was not only not suppressed, but looked at him curiously. Seeing that his thunderous roar just now had attracted the attention of many peers and pedestrians, they all turned their eyes to him at this time. The face is a little unbearable.

"I'll tell you to get out, didn't you hear! you're deaf?" he yelled again.

This time, the tone and wording were obviously more intense than before.

"What's the matter, this is your family's land? I'm right here, what's the matter!?"

Xu Chen rolled his eyes and said a few words. Although the voice was not loud, and there was no argument or quarrel, the tone was obviously very tough.

After a few words indifferently, Xu Chen stopped paying attention to the bearded man.

He took out his outfit from the plastic bag and began to decorate his stall unhurriedly according to the layout plan he had thought of in advance.

"Then you're looking for a fight!"

Seeing that Xu Chen didn't care about himself at all, the bearded man stood up suddenly, his eyes were round, he rolled up his sleeves, pulled his coat to his waist, scolded and scolded, and made a posture of wanting to rush forward.

"Oh beard, forget it, he's young and doesn't understand our rules, don't be like him. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, if he wants to be there, let him be there! If you don't believe it, wait and see, it won't take a day and a half, even if you don't pick him up, he will have to flee in disgrace. Hmph, after reading a few books, I don't know how thick the sky is. This line, deep......"

Seeing that the bearded man was about to rush up to beat Xu Chen, several colleagues hurriedly ran over to persuade him.

"Let go, don't pull me in any of you. If I don't kill him today, I'll write it upside down. ”

The bearded man was tall and strong, like a sturdy bull. He grabbed the few colleagues who were pulling him with his teeth and claws, and rushed towards Xu Chen desperately. There were even a few times when he had already rushed in front of Xu Chen, only a meter or two away from him. But in the end, he was pulled back by several colleagues and pressed on the maza.

"For the sake of my brothers' faces, today's fight, I'll write it down for you first, hum!

The bearded man sat on the mazaar, panting and wiping the hot sweat on his face, no longer caring about his image, unbuttoning the collar of his coat, and fanning wildly. But he still stared at Xu Chen with wide eyes and shouted at Xu Chen.

"Heh, I'm still yelling, I'm not afraid of dying of heat, hehe. ”

During the period when the bearded man was showing off his martial arts, Xu Chen didn't even bother to raise his eyelids. In the air, he was already humming a little song and unhurriedly set up the stall.

At this time, in front of Xu Chen, a square red cloth appeared, and a black pen was used in the center to draw the pattern of Tai Chi Bagua.

On the left side is written: Qimen Dunjia Tianyan Shentong, and on the right side is written: Zhou Yi Bagua is calculated as lost property. Horizontal batch: If you want to ask where the lost property is, please find Master Xu. At the bottom of the gossip map is his mobile phone number.

This piece of red cloth was carefully made by Xu Chen overnight using the silk cloth left over from Xiao Wang's previous banners.

After placing the red cloth, Xu Chen took out the turtle back recipe and compass from the plastic bag, put them on the gossip map in the center of the red cloth, and pressed a few copper coins at the four corners of the red cloth.

After all this, he took out the most important prop of the day from the plastic bag.

It is a folding cardboard box with red paper pasted in bright red on all sides.

After folding, a small square carton is presented. At the very top of the carton, there is a strip-shaped opening. The length is probably slightly longer than 100 Huaxia coins, and a bundle of 10,000 Huaxia coins can be easily stuffed in.

On the front of the carton, there are two lines of bold bold text written vertically.

On the left side is written "10,000 is not too much, and 10,000 pieces are not too little", and on the right side is written "turn your head and everything is empty".

Horizontal batch: sincerity is spiritual, and the mind is self-determined.

After the carton was folded, Xu Chen placed it on the right side of the red cloth, then got up and stood in the distance to take a few looks, and saw that the overall effect was almost no different from what he thought at first, grinned, and couldn't help boasting: "Yes, I have the talent to be a god stick at a glance." You're all set, just waiting to open!"

Xu Chen sat back on Mazha with a smile, looked at the bustling vehicles on the mountain and sea road in front of him, and began to wait with anticipation for his first business to come to the door.