Chapter 22: Divination
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The Jingyang Palace, which was built during the reign of the first emperor, was built by hundreds of skilled craftsmen for 12 years from the birth of the King of Jingyang, and was only fully completed a few years ago.
Jingyang Wangfu painting pavilion carved beams, dragon pattern style, magnificent, all the buildings are not violating the etiquette system under the condition of using the best materials, the most exquisite carving, the most precious treasures.
The ministers of the court and the central government all knew that this was a little compensation from the former emperor to his son Prince Yan.
Prince Yan is the third son of the first emperor, and the first emperor's Qi Guifei was secretly poisoned during pregnancy, resulting in premature birth.
Compared to the intelligence of other brothers, Prince Yan has been different since he was a child.
At the age of three, he could not walk very well, and at the age of five, he could only say some simple words, and the literacy of the seven-year-old broke Taifu's heart.
The diagnosis of the physician was insufficiency.
Fortunately, Prince Yan has been in good shape since he was a child, nearly nine feet tall, and he has not been weak or sick due to premature birth.
The king of Jingyang County is the son of Prince Yan, who has been clever and intelligent since he was a child, and he is deeply loved by the first emperor, so he will have a mansion before he has a crown.
After the death of the first emperor two years ago, the crown prince succeeded to the throne, which is now the saint.
Today's saint is the son of the first queen, after the death of the first queen, he was arranged by the first emperor to raise under the knee of Concubine Qi, so he is very respectful to Concubine Qi, and he is also very generous to the king of Jingyang County.
The first queen is a member of the Wang family, and when she was alive, she and Concubine Qi seemed to be sisters, but in fact, the two fought a lot in the open and secret.
Fortunately, Concubine Qi is not the kind of cruel person, and Prince Yan has shown dementia since he was a child, so he can be regarded as a dedicated teacher to the prince.
After drinking and pecking, he has the current status of the king of Jingyang County.
At this time, in front of the county king's mansion, the butler wearing cyan Shu brocade was waiting, and when he saw a simple carriage coming slowly, he immediately took a few steps forward to greet him.
An old man got out of the carriage, the old man was wearing cloth clothes and straw sandals, and he did not wear a feather crown on his head, and only used a copper hairpin to fix his gray hair, and his face was covered with brown spots, no matter how he looked at it, he was just an ordinary old man.
However, most of the dignitaries and nobles in Kyoto know that this unattractive old man is the master of the Bumen.
And among the five gates, only the mountain gate and the medical gate are of his generation, and the two brothers of the Xiangmen and the life gate went out to travel more than ten years ago and have not returned.
"What's the reason for this time?!"
The old man frowned, and said with some worry in the depths of his eyes.
"Prince Yan had a nightmare yesterday, not to say that there was dirty things at home, and the king of the county couldn't rest assured, didn't he invite you here?"
A trace of embarrassment appeared on the butler's face, and he shook his head helplessly.
This is not once or twice, and it is not what the master thinks, Prince Yan believes his words, and he will make a fuss at two ends in three days.
"It's the same thing every time, my old man is a descendant of your family, isn't it? I ran like this again and again, but Bu Jin didn't have any! ”
The old man blew his beard and glared at the housekeeper, and the last sentence was said very loudly, with a snort, which made the housekeeper even more embarrassed.
"There are so many treasures in Prince Nayan's hands! Last time I took a fancy to a jade pendant, I'm a person who is about to enter the earth, is it easy to see something I like! It's good that the king of your family doesn't think of my age, and every time he works hard to give him divination, let me go to Prince Yan to ask for it! ”
"Is Prince Nayan a person who can speak reasonably! Who else can get the things in his hand besides your county king and Concubine Qi! This is clearly a rejection! ”
"Old man, I have been rejected in my life?! I've always been the only one who refuses to be a part of others! Your county king is really a Pixiu! Only in but not out! If it goes on like this, whose little lady is willing to marry someone like your county king?! ”
"Although there are many people in Kyoto who love your king, they don't know his nature! If you know that the king of your family is a person who is not even willing to pay the money, you say, who is willing to marry his daughter to him! No wonder I divined for him last time, that fate, tsk......"
The more the old man spoke, the more energetic he became, and he didn't look like he was when he first got off the carriage, and the housekeeper didn't dare to answer, but only dared to smile bitterly in his heart.
This is a figure that cannot be offended, but ...... It's rare for you to like something, it's rare for you to dislike something!
"How's it going?"
Hearing the last sentence, the housekeeper was stunned, although this old man said that he was unforgiving, but he would never talk nonsense about this matter.
"What's going on! How can it be! Don't hurry up and lead the way! I don't know who I've studied, so I have to ask about anything! This habit is not good, you have to change! ”
The housekeeper took the old man along the East Road all the way north to the Qingyi Xuan in the front yard, and a small bamboo forest was planted in front of the courtyard, which was the favorite place of King Jingyang.
As soon as he arrived at the hospital, the old man's voice reached the courtyard: "You said you, your son is almost twenty years old, why don't you hurry up and find him a daughter-in-law!" Pick and choose! In a few years, the good daughter-in-law will be picked away! You just wait to be angry with your daughter-in-law! ”
On the stone chair in the courtyard, a man in a blue robe sat casually, holding an ancient book in his hand, with a special demeanor, hearing the old man's chattering voice, a strange smile appeared on his face.
The housekeeper sent the old man to the gate of the courtyard, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat that did not exist on his head, and hurriedly retreated.
"Old man, you see that you scared my housekeeper so much that his face turned white!"
The man put down the scroll in his hand and raised his head, with a smile in his beautiful peach blossom eyes.
The old man sat down unceremoniously opposite the man, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp: "Old man, I have a good heart!" You know how hard it is for other people to hear what I say! It's dry! Old man, I work so hard, you don't even give some benefits, forget it, and slander the old man! ”
"Is your butler scared by me? Obviously, I thought about my future after myself, so my face turned pale......"
After a long time, the old man finally said that he was satisfied, took a sip of tea leisurely, and asked lightly: "Say, why did you call me!" ”
"Yesterday my father had a dream, and it seems that he dreamed of something bad, so please do the math."
The man threw the book on the stone table, his slender fingers gently stroked the spine of the book, seemed a little shy, and smiled slightly, as if to say, my father has a bad stomach, you help him take a look.
The old man raised his head arrogantly and glanced at the man: "Xiao Jinyu, I can't be from your family!" You know my ......."
Before the old man finished speaking, he saw Xiao Jinyu pushing over a chess box, and immediately changed his tone, and said with a hum: "But I think you are more pleasing to the eye......"
The old man opened the chess box, and inside the chess box was a chessboard made of astragalus purple jade, and the chess pieces made of high-quality black jade and jade were used to warm it.
The old man was stunned for three seconds, snapped the lid of the chess box, and glared at his eyes: "You kid, what are you doing with such a valuable thing!" But forget it, I'll accept it for the sake of your sincerity, and I will continue to keep it in the future......"
The old man said, picking and touching from his arms, and finally took out three polished copper plates out of nowhere, put them between his palms, closed his eyes and meditated, and muttered in his mouth without knowing what to say.
Gently threw it on the stone table, glanced at the hexagram, and continued to close it in his palm, repeating this six times before he looked at the man with a strange smile.
"This is the ninth hexagram, the little animal hexagram of the wind and the sky."
The old man gloated a little, looked at the man with a narrow smile and continued: "This hexagram is a superposition of different hexagrams, and the outer hexagram is Xun, which represents the wind; The inner hexagram is dry, representing the sky; Jiusanyao said: The dictionary speaks, and the husband and wife turn against each other......"
"The guest hexagram is leaving, the hexagram is the middle fire of leaving, and the direction is due south......"
The old man looked at the man in front of him who didn't seem to understand at all and smiled: "Oh, you princes and nobles have a lot of things!" I won't mix with the old man......"
The old man got up leisurely, rolled up the chess box with his sleeves, and left humming a little tune.
"Dao Chief, can you figure out what is the problem with my lord?"
As soon as he got out of the courtyard, the housekeeper greeted him with a hard head, knowing that the old man would not answer, but he only asked with a bitter face, if he didn't greet him, next time ......
Then there will be no next time.
"It's good that the prince of your family has the king of your family to worry about it, what kind of heart do you have to worry about as a housekeeper! It's better to find a daughter-in-law for your son! Produce a big fat boy......"
The old man glared at the housekeeper and began to chatter, obviously he was in a good mood today, and after chattering a few words, he hummed a little song and walked briskly out of the county king's mansion.
After going out, the old man glanced at the chess box in his hand, paused for a few seconds, and glanced sideways at Prince Yan's Mansion, which was completely covered by the County King's Mansion.
Away from the middle fire, away from the middle fire, a sign of pregnancy.
Due South ......
The old man snorted, withdrew his gaze, and continued to hum a little song and got into the carriage, faintly as if he could hear a few words, Lone Star or something.
"The king of the county, Lord Bu ......"
After the old man left, the housekeeper entered the small courtyard and looked at Xiao Jinyu hesitantly.
"Nothing ...... a big deal"
Xiao Jinyu smiled, raised her head, looked at the somewhat nervous housekeeper and smiled: "It's you, don't take the old man's words as wind in your ears, although the old man's mouth is a little damaged, he never talks nonsense, and he talks nonsense." ”
"He mentioned your son's marriage twice today, there must be a reason for him, you should go back and pay attention to it...... You know the old man's temper, and even if you see anything, you don't know what to say, so you have to guess for yourself......"
The housekeeper responded, and there was still a little helplessness for the old man in his heart, but after listening to Xiao Jinyu's words, he suddenly had an epiphany, and secretly rejoiced that he was the old man who went out to greet him in person.
"Send someone to prepare something, I'm going to Prince Yan's mansion today."
After a pause, Xiao Jinyu said to the housekeeper again, and the smile on his face when he mentioned Prince Yan finally deepened a little.