On this day, the weather was sunny, the sky was cloudless, and the weather at the end of summer was a little breezy, and the body was cool and transparent, which was very comfortable. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Early in the morning, the old man Bu in the east of the city packed up, took his photo book, and the newly made flag, closed the doors and windows, locked the gate, and went straight to his old place where he usually set up a stall--- and the northeast gate of the city counted past the second stall from the left.

In the wind, he waved the flag loudly, as if he was afraid that others would not know, and he turned his head sideways, looking at the flag, his face full of intoxication.

Finally, the fat woman who came to the village next to her, and the daughter-in-law of the second family of Sun Er's family walked over leisurely, looked at Old Man Bu for a while, and finally couldn't look at it, and couldn't help but say: "Old Man Bu, you look hard, look, look at your flag, why are you doing that flag, is it possible that this flag is inlaid with gold?" ”

Old man Bu smiled and said, "No, no, but this flag is more valuable than gold." ”

"How?" The fat woman turned the flag around curiously, "I don't see anything special." ”

"You can't guess." Old man Bu grinned like a child, pointed to the word "Bu" on it, and said proudly, "See, the third mother of the Xu family embroidered it for me!" ”

"Oh, I see." The fat woman smiled cooperatively, "That's really to congratulate Old Man Bu." ”

The third mother of the Xu family mentioned by Old Man Bu is a widow, born with a bit of beauty, married to a merchant who does a small business, and can be regarded as a husband and wife. I don't want to have unforeseen circumstances, three years ago, my husband went to the field to collect rent, and there was a lot of rain at that time, and once it rained for three days and three nights, and even the bridge was flooded. But the merchant was worried about his wife at home, and wanted to rush back to celebrate his wife's birthday, so he forcibly waded, but fell into the river and drowned, leaving her and a five-year-old son.

As the saying goes, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door. The third mother of the Xu family was also a person of her duty, but because of her good looks, some people in the village began to become restless, and often walked around in front of and behind her house, which made her not very annoying.

Coincidentally, I don't know who gave her an idea to go to Old Man Bu to count a hexagram, saying that Old Man Bu's hexagram is quite smart. So she went, and Old Man Bu was very sympathetic to her plight, and knew her current troubles, so he gave her an idea. When she returned, she did as she was told, and sure enough, the seekers stopped coming.

She was grateful to Old Man Bu in her heart, and made him a dress or something from time to time, and Old Man Bu was actually a widower, and his wife died of illness a few years ago, and he has not renewed the strings. received the clothes she made by herself, and Old Man Bu often went to her house to help her carry water, so back and forth, the two gradually had a relationship.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of gossip in the village.

This time, the third mother of the Xu family became strong and ignored those rumors at all. She is a righteous person, and she has studied for a few years, and since she has followed Old Man Bu, she will no longer be half-hearted. This touched the old man very much. Old man Bu decided to set up a stall for another day today, and he didn't charge money for fortune telling, which is a thank you to the neighbors for their help over the years. After today, he will take the Xu family lady to leave the capital and go to his hometown Tongzhou, give the child a genealogy, and really settle down.

Old man Bu looked at the sky: "Yo, it's three poles in the day, I won't tell you, I have to hurry to set up a stall." As he spoke, he said goodbye to the fat woman, and hurried away.

He came to his stall, set out the table and stool, and then spread out a piece of paper, took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote down the nine big characters "There is a happy event at home, fortune telling does not need money", and posted it outside.

The people in this area are very familiar with him, and when they see the words, they all come to congratulate him, and by the way, they tell fortunes. After sending away wave after wave of people, it was almost noon.

Old man Bu felt that the time was almost up, and he was about to close the stall and go home. At this time, not far away, a group of people swaggered towards his fortune-telling booth.

"Old man, fortune telling!"

The group soon came to him, and Old Man Bu looked at it: "Yo, officials, you are also here to tell fortunes?" ”

These people are all dressed in soap-colored clothes, and they are people who patrol the camp in the capital. Since he is an official, how can he afford to offend a commoner? So Old Man Bu hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, please inside, please inside." ”

Old man Bu said polite words, his fortune-telling apportionment is not big, where can he accommodate these eleven or twelve people! All he meant was to ask the young man at the head to come in by himself.

The young man in his twentieth year should be the leader of that gang.

These eleven people who patrol the camp are all wearing the unique costumes of the patrol camp, but this young man is different.

Not to mention how burly this young man was, even the robes on his body could not be worn by those who wore soap clothes.

Wearing a dark purple arrow sleeve short suit, the neckline of the chest is tattooed with light-colored large flowers, and the arms and sleeve corners are colored gold large flowers, with a white jade belt. This luxurious dress shows that his identity is not rich and noble.

His family is indeed very rich, as for "expensive", in the capital, where nobles are everywhere, and a brick can hit a few nobles, his identity is really not enough to mention.

Huo Wu was very depressed during this time, thinking that when he came to the capital and went to find his uncle, who was the secretary of the ministry, he could at least easily find an official position. I didn't want that uncle to be so iron-faced and selfless, not only did he give him preferential treatment, but also asked him to go to the patrol camp, saying that young people should have more experience and start from the bottom.

"I'll go!" After gritting his teeth in his heart for a while, he still went to the patrol camp, patrolling the streets and alleys every day, and stayed up like this for half a year, and just when he decided to give up, his aunt found him and said that he would do an errand. If you say that you do it well, you will be greatly rewarded. He also mysteriously told him that this reward was given by his uncle.

He was immediately excited, and he came out with a group of brothers. They swept the north, south, and west of the city, and finally the four gates of the east of the city remained.

The first stop is the northeast gate of the city where Old Man Bu is located.

Hearing what Old Man Bu said, this group of people was not polite, and they all rushed into Old Man Bu's hexagram stall and squeezed a small hexagram stall into the water.

Old man Bu looked around, he was in the center, surrounded by people patrolling the camp, his face was full of meat, and his hand was pressed on his waist knife. Old man Bu suddenly had a feeling of being rounded up, and his heart was a little hairy.

"Doesn't this old man look like you?" Huo Wu asked a brother next to him.

The brother's eyes didn't seem to be very good, and he approached and looked at the old man for a long time, shaking his head or nodding his head unsurely.

"Chief, that portrait has fallen on the east and west gates of the city, or will the subordinates go and get it?" The brother said.

Huo Wuyi waved his hand: "No." This fortune teller is the most treacherous, how can he show his true face? It must have been disguised, and I'll ask him first. ”

While speaking, he sat down directly opposite Old Man Bu: "Old man, calculate a hexagram for me." ”