To the south, a thousand kilometers away, on a small hill with only one-tenth the elevation of the jousting mountain range, a tavern is lonely on the road that pedestrians must pass to enter and exit the mountain. But it's not remote, with a lot of pedestrians coming and going, and the tavern is always lively. Merry laughter is the leitmotif of this tavern.

Du Zhe closed his eyes slightly, felt the laughter that filled the entire restaurant, and said comfortably: "I haven't had this relaxed and comfortable feeling for a long time." It's still a comfortable day. Don't worry about it all day. That's nice. That's nice. ”

As soon as he said that, his gaze changed, he sighed, and said, "Alas. However, not being able to get back the curse key is never the way to go......" before he finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted.

A young and delicate girl walked up, sat down across from him, patted the table lightly, and said, "Master." Is what you say on this sign true or fake? He gestured to his right.

Du Zhe looked to the left and saw a square white cloth tied to a long wooden stick, making it the most quaint signboard. On it is crookedly written such a line - things that can account for the past and the future, and can be the cause of good and bad luck. Fixed price, ten taels each time. If you want to change your life, add another hundred taels.

He remembered that this was done temporarily in order to be able to make a living in the safety of the empire, smiled slightly, and nodded: "Of course it's true." Little girl, what do you want to divination? ”

The girl's eyes lit up and she said, "Master." Can that help me figure out who my future husband is? His face was full of anticipation.

Du Zhe patted his chest and said confidently: "It's a piece of cake." He reached out.

The girl took out a hand-sewn pink money bag from her arms, poured out a pile of broken silver from it, counted it carefully on the table, pushed it all to Du Zhe, and said, "Master." Then please help me do the math. ”

Du Zhe smiled and nodded.

The other guests who were drinking wine, eating meat, chatting and laughing all changed their faces slightly, and they shook their heads and sighed at the girl in unison, expressing their disapproval.

A big man who was drinking said loudly: "Little girl, you shouldn't give the silver to others casually. Ten taels of silver is enough for me to eat several meals and drink dozens of wines. A fortune teller, but the price is so high, he must be a liar. Alas. How can girls nowadays be so easy to deceive. The world has changed. ”

As soon as he said this, it opened the conversation box of other people. People nodded their heads in agreement.

A middle-aged woman's face showed a hint of unbearable color. She shook her head and felt sorry for the girl, and sighed, "Alas. Ten taels of silver. The little girl is just a deception. Since nothing will happen in the future, who can say for sure? Although we imperial people don't understand any technology, we also understand a truth, the future is called the future because of uncertainty. ”

"yes." A fat man with a somewhat obscene appearance ate a piece of meat, nodded, and said, "I knew this earlier." I did the same. casually hang a sign, casually make up a nonsense, you can collect ten taels. Honest people suffer too much. I think I'd better change careers. ”

Du Zhe stretched out his left hand absentmindedly, patted the back of the girl's hand gently, and said, "Don't care what others think." You just have to believe in yourself. Rest assured. Although I, Du Zhe, am not a good person, I also pay attention to principles in everything. I'll show you a hand right now. After speaking, he pinched a seal in his right hand and pointed towards the girl's void.

A blood-red symbol immediately appeared on the girl's eyebrows, and then faded away. Just when the symbol disappeared completely, a happy color appeared in Du Zhe's eyes. He smiled proudly: "Congratulations! Little girl. Congratulations! ”

The girl asked suspiciously, "Master, why do you want to congratulate me?" ”

Du Zhe squeezed the girl's hand and said, "Your future husband is a rich young master. Looks like a jade tree in the wind, heroic, and gentle, and will be obedient to you in the future, and he will meet you in a minute. ”

The girl said excitedly, "Really...... Are you sure? Guru? He stood up from his seat. A pair of beautiful eyes looked at Du Zhe without blinking, full of excitement that could not be concealed.

Du Zhe nodded heavily.

The surrounding drinkers shook their heads and laughed disapprerovingly.

A minute later, a jade tree was in the wind, and the heroic rich boy shook a folding fan and entered the restaurant accompanied by four subordinates. As soon as he sat down in one of the seats, he was attracted by the humble signboard beside Du Zhe, stood up, and walked towards Du Zhe with great interest.

But when he walked to Du Zhe's side to speak, he inadvertently glanced at the girl sitting opposite, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, since then his eyes have never been taken away, the more he looks at the girl, the more he likes it, the more he likes it, the more difficult it is to restrain the impulse surging in his heart, and finally nodded firmly, reached out to hold the girl's hand, and said categorically: "Girl." Be my wife. ”

The girl was overjoyed, but she didn't show it on her face. She lowered her head shyly, pretending to hesitate for a moment before nodding in embarrassment.

A minute later, the two held hands and left happily. The four subordinates were stunned in the tavern as if they were demented, and they forgot to follow.

"Plop ......"

All the people who laughed at Du Zhe just now fell from their seats to the ground, their buttocks blooming, rubbing their buttocks, and their faces became more and more ugly one by one.

Du Zhe laughed, got up and threw three taels of broken silver on the counter, wanting to leave. But at this moment, the drinkers who were still rubbing their butts gathered like wolves and gambled tightly at the door. Their faces were filled with a deep color of piety.

Du Zhe said: "You are ......" was interrupted before he finished speaking.

A dry smile appeared on the face of a fat man. He scratched his face embarrassedly and said, "Master." Excuse me. You shouldn't have been doubted just now. I didn't expect you to be so capable, and you can really calculate the future. I thought that only Master Wu Chenjun had the most powerful calculation skills in our empire. I didn't expect you to be so powerful. Can you help me calculate a hexagram for me? ”

His question opened the conversation box of the others. One by one, the other drinkers were full of anticipation and took out the silver from their arms and stuffed them into Du Zhe's arms.

A smile appeared in Du Zhe's eyes. He listened to the wishes of these people and thought about it for a while, even if all the business was taken over, it would not cost much money, but it would still be able to make a lot of money, and he would no longer have to worry about money for a long time, so he finally nodded and said, "Okay." Then I'll do the math for you all. Everyone has a chance, don't rush. ”

Half an hour later, all the drinkers left the restaurant satisfied. Du Zhe made a lot of money, and the table was full of broken silver. There was a smile in his eyes. He raised his right hand, beckoned to the boss, and said, "Boss." Help me change it to full gold. So much broken silver is inconvenient. ”

The boss nodded silently, and took a few of his subordinates to take away the broken silver, exchange it for two gold ingots and put them on the table.

Du Zhe put it away, bowed his head to the boss, thanked him, and turned around and walked out. Just as he walked to the gate, suddenly a group of big men came outside and bumped into him. The group of big men were motionless, but Du Zhe sat down on the ground in a wolf manner.

The group of big men swaggered into the tavern and sat down at a random table.

The leader has two straight scars on his face. He shouted with a calm face and an unhappy mood: "Boss." Bring us twenty pounds of beef. Fast! ”

Du Zhe saw that these people were not easy to mess with, like robbers, patted his clothes, and walked straight outside, without looking back, accelerating under his feet.

A big man with a long beard slapped the table angrily and said, "Fuck." Today's luck is really back home. Bet on what to lose. If that guy hadn't invited a powerful guy, how could Lao Tzu lose so much money? ”

A man with an abscess on the left side of his face said in agreement: "Yes." Damn it. I'm. Not only did we lose money this time, but we also took on so many loan sharks. If you can't pay it off within a month, you'll have to make dog legs for others in this life. Damn it. How comfortable we are to be robbers. If you do things for people, it's not so cool. ”

The leader of the robbers nodded thoughtfully, but did not speak, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more angry he became, the more angry he became and the more eager he was to kill the person who had just made him unlucky. His face became more and more terrifying, and more and more murderous intent appeared. He remembered the background behind the other party, but sighed weakly and fell into despair.

But at this moment, Du Zhe's signboard came into view.

He fixed his eyes and took another closer look, confirmed that Du Zhe was a fortune teller, his heart moved, stood up, took five steps closer, reached out and grabbed Du Zhe firmly in his hand, forcibly dragged Du Zhe back to the tavern, and ordered with a cruel smile: "You know how to tell fortunes, right?" Give us the math. When will we be able to get lucky. ”

"yes." The man with sores on his face pressed Du Zhe on the chair, showed a fierce look, his face was gloomy, and said, "Quickly calculate for us, when will we be able to repay this usury." He pulled out a steel knife and slashed him twice in front of his face, and the wind whistled.

Du Zhe was so frightened that his heart was beating faster and his whole body trembled. Seeing that these robbers all had fierce eyes in their eyes, and knew that resisting would not lead to any good results, he secretly screamed bad luck, nodded, and said, "Wait a minute." I'll count it now. Both hands pinched out a consistent seal at the same time.

A minute later, Du Zhe shook his head and said helplessly: "Not yet." I've just tried to change your lives with the Fat-Changing Technique. But your lives are too hard. It can't be changed at all. ”

The robber with sores on his face said angrily, "What did you say? Can't change it? Aren't you a fortune teller? How can it not be changed? Can't you change the sign you hang up to deceive people? I don't care about you! Lao Tzu killed you with one sword! He raised his left foot and kicked Du Zhe down, pulled out the steel knife at his waist, and slashed down.

Du Zhe trembled with fright, rolled to the right side to dodge, and said, "Don't kill me." ”

The robber asked coldly, "Then can you help us change our lives?" ”

Du Zhe shook his head.

A bruise appeared on the robber's forehead. He angrily raised the big knife and slashed at Du Zhe's chest again. Suddenly, with a thud, another steel knife slashed from the side, slashing the lightning slash. It turned out to be the hand of the bandit leader.

The man with sores on his face had a look of deep confusion on his face. He looked at the bandit leader incomprehensibly, with a questioning look.

The bandit leader said calmly: "If you kill him, it will not do us any good." Since today we are lucky enough to meet a fortune teller, something must be done. Lao Tzu, I don't want to get any benefits and kill a person for nothing. After saying that, he turned his head to look at a few of his subordinates on the other side and said, "You think about it for me, is there any way to let this fortune teller help me." ”

After a while, several people on the other side discussed the result.

A dwarf robber said respectfully, "Boss, isn't there a four-year monk tournament going on?" Five hundred miles further south from here, there is a large city. The biggest casino in there will definitely have a game to bet on, and we'll borrow another amount of money to gamble at that time. Won't you be able to win and recoup your capital? ”

The bandit leader's face showed a look of understanding. He nodded in agreement and said, "Yes." That's a good idea. Let this fortune teller figure out who will be the champion for us. In that case, we will win. A smile finally appeared on his face.

He pulled the clothes on Du Zhe's chest and said, "Old guy." Did you hear that? Help us calculate the winner of this year's martial arts competition. Give me a good calculation. I have to say exactly the name of the champion. If you give me any more gibberish, I'll kill you on the spot!" His face turned gloomy again.

Du Zhe only felt that his whole body was cold, he trembled involuntarily, nodded heavily, and responded, "En." He stretched out his hands again and pinched out the seal.

For the next half hour, his gaze changed rapidly, sometimes surprised, sometimes disappointed, sometimes frightened, and sometimes smiling.

The bandit leader saw that he had been playing with the seal for more and more time, and said impatiently: "Isn't it okay yet?" ”

Du Zhe trembled again in fright, sped up the speed of pinching his hand, and said, "It'll be fine right away." ...... immediately" but before he finished speaking, his eyes changed, and a look of shock was unconcealable.

He found that he couldn't figure out which one of the champions would be Chu Longyu and Yuan Ruofei, so he couldn't help but be a little scared, and said in his heart: "No." If I had told the truth, I would have been killed. He took a deep breath, settled down, and said insincerely: "It's been calculated." This year's champion is Chu Longyu. Right. That's the name. You can't go wrong. ”

The bandit leader asked again and said, "Is it really called Chu Longyu?" Are you sure you're not lying to me? Is that the name? ”

Du Zhe nodded affirmatively.

The bandit leader laughed, kicked Du Zhe away, and said, "Brothers." Let's go. With a wave of his hand, he took everyone away, and he didn't even pay for the meal.

Du Zhe had no choice but to bite the bullet and take out one of the two gold ingots he had just exchanged to pay for it. (To be continued.) )