This letter was written a week ago and arrived today. You Fang read and read, from his chest to his throat, his eyes seemed to be filled with something, and he couldn't say a word, but tears fell down his cheeks. It has been almost five years since his mother died, and it is the first time that You Fang has shed tears like this. At this moment, the phone rang, and Xie Xiaoxian told him the latest news he had found.

With clues, it was easy to do, You Fang didn't ask anyone for help, and simply cleaned up as quickly as possible, left Yanjing and went straight south, to Lu'an City, where Wu Lao had appeared in the south.

You Fang came late, and did not find Wu Lao's whereabouts in the area of Lu'an City, it seems that he has left, and the letter is clearly written: "While there is still time, I want to do a few more things." You Fang felt very worried, it seems that Wu Lao has no intention of temporarily stopping to avoid the limelight, there is such a big case as Du Xiucai, and the entire relevant underworld circle must have rumors, at this time, it is impossible to set up a bureau continuously, otherwise the risk is extremely great!

Wu Lao may not be completely aware of these rivers and lakes, or even if he does, he can't wait. At this time, You Fang received a call from Xie Xiaoxian again, saying that Wu Lao's whereabouts had reappeared in Shandong. You Fang complained in his heart, the old gentleman is still using the original bank account, even if he withdraws money privately behind someone's back, this may become a flaw in his identity.

You Fang immediately turned north and rushed to Shandong, but still did not find out Wu Lao's whereabouts, but he heard about something through some other channels. There is a tomb robbery gang led by a "big bald head" near Hebei, and recently got a Yuan blue and white plum vase. There is also an old sea who tried to set up a bureau, and he was also planted in the hands of this gang. The old sea with a problematic origin is the thread of Mr. Palm Eye in the gang, and the big bald head even made Mr. Palm Eye, and now the gang is looking for a new Mr. Palm Eye.

You Fang's heart seems to sink into the cold seabed, and everything is understood. He didn't immediately contact the gang, but silently returned to Yanjing, his face was pale and he barely said a few words along the way. When he walked into the community where he lived next to Zengguang Road, a neighbor happened to come out to walk the dog, and the black dog was very fierce and barked at everyone, but when he met with Youfang, the dog actually shrank his neck in fright and whined in horror.

Why didn't You Fang directly contact the big bald gang, because Chen Jun had already had a little bit of an eyebrow after tracking down the clues left in Wu Lao's computer. Judging from the information left behind, Wu Pingdong seems to have heard of this gang for a long time, and also knows that the real leader of the gang is not called Da Bald, but an antique dealer from Yanjing. This person often mingles in a forum on the Internet for the introduction of historical and cultural heritage, local historical records and legends, and feng shui research, and the ID used is often changed.

You Fang made a decision to set up a bureau in Yanjing, waiting for this person to take the initiative to come to the door, which is called having a heart and not being careful. At this moment, as time gradually passed, the pain in his heart became clearer and clearer, but he became more and more calm. You Fang didn't know if this idea would succeed, but he had to do something, otherwise he couldn't "forgive" himself.

You Fang was very patient, and spent three months in a row, often posting on some websites, discussing various issues with the altar friends, about feng shui and folklore, feng shui and tombs, feng shui and historical research, and so on. The theme never deliberately mentions tomb robbing, but it is often sidelined, and the tone seems to be very indifferent to this phenomenon. Judging from the forum discussions, it seems that his education level is not very high, and he often writes some rare words incorrectly, but his research on traditional feng shui is absolutely profound, and people with a discerning eye know that he is a folk master.

Three months later, the wild fox really took the initiative to come to the door, and the excuse was very ingenious - he happened to pass by Yanjing to visit the "master" he admired very much, and at the same time thanked You Fang for his help on the Internet, and he must invite him to dinner. The first time the two met, the location was in a lambricorn hot pot restaurant on Niujie in Yanjing, which was the place chosen by You Fang.

What did You Fang do to help Crazy Fox? Crazy Fox has posted a lot of physical photos on the Internet, asking the "landlord master" to help take a look at the specific feng shui, You Fang did not show special enthusiasm, but was interested in a very typical feng shui bureau, and when he was in a good mood, he would also analyze it. Crazy Fox often replies very enthusiastically and thanks, claiming that the landlord has helped a lot, and he seems to be very familiar. After some temptation and foreshadowing, he finally came to the door to meet.

The wild fox thought that he had done it very skillfully, and "caught" a rare Mr. Palm Eye, but he didn't know that he fell into the net that You Fang had already opened. The essence of the trick of "calculating by heart and without intention" in the Jianghu technique lies in the fact that Zhang San secretly set up a plot to calculate Li Si, but it made Li Si feel that he had been actively calculating the other party.

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"Senior, you should be clear about the cause and effect of this matter, you don't need me to say more, right?" You Fang suddenly raised his head and ended his remarks. He just reminisced and told at the same time, the process of recalling was very detailed, but he didn't tell it all, omitting the ** part and irrelevant details about himself, and only explained the acquaintance with Wu Pingdong and the reason why he wanted to kill Crazy Fox and others.

Outside the window, the street lamps were lit up next to the street in Jinan, and in the process of telling, the waiter had already gone in and out several times, removed the noon meal, and re-set another table ordered in the evening, and even the dinner was finished at this moment, and the time had reached more than eight o'clock.

Liu Li's expression seemed to be unfinished, and he waved his hand and said, "If you don't want to say it again, then you don't need to say more, my old man only wants to ask three things." First, Crazy Fox's vision is not low, how does he take a fancy to you? ”

You Fang took a sip of tea and replied slowly: "I attracted the attention of the crazy fox because I used a sentence on the Internet to solve the Xuankong Sect's Nine Palace Flying Star Bureau, the so-called Nine Palaces Star Trajectory, in fact, can be solved with the simplest nine-base operation, ......" (Note: Please refer to "Xuankong Flying Star and Nine-Base Mathematics" in the "Related Essays" of this book, and will not be detailed here.) ）

Liu Li couldn't stop nodding, looking very appreciative: "Yes, very good, did someone else teach you?" ”

You Fang shook his head: "It's not taught by others, when I learned the Xuankong Feng Shui trick with an elder in my hometown, I also used the flying star trajectory map to calculate, and I was not allowed to draw a picture, but only to calculate it silently in my heart." What I just did was something I suddenly figured out a few years later after I was familiar with all kinds of fortune plates, mountain plates, and directional disk transformations. ”

Liu Li: "Well, it makes sense, it should be like this." So the second question, Crazy Fox is very shrewd, and you have been in their group for a long time, how do you hide yourself? You must know that after getting along for a long time, it is very likely that flaws will be revealed in your speech and demeanor. ”

You Fang smiled faintly and bitterly: "Seniors should know an old saying, called 'It's better to be stupid than stupid, and one fool can break a hundred tricks'." My solution is also simple, which is to obsess myself with Feng Shui and not ask about the rest. No matter who I talk to or what, as long as I say three sentences, I can get to Feng Shui. ”

Liu Li smiled: "This method can only be used with confidence, it seems that your feng shui geography technique, although it is not very clever, but the foundation is very solid." …… Well, I have one last question, with your skills and learning, you must have been trained by your wise elders, why don't you ask for help, but do this dangerous thing alone? "His old man's vision is really high, and he is not very clever in terms of You Fang's level.

You Fang raised his head slightly, and his gaze seemed to look far away through the wall behind Liu Li: "The surname Ren is in danger, don't take others lightly, and Wu Lao also went alone." …… Senior, you've finished asking all the questions you should ask, can the juniors ask you two questions? ”

Liu Li shrugged: "Excuse me." ”

You Fang: "First, in front of fellow Jianghu people, can I give you an explanation?" ”

Liu Li nodded very seriously: "Count, of course, if I am you, I have to do it." Next time there is such a thing, you have to kill people and set fires, and the teacher will hand you a knife and a lighter next to you! ”

You Fang's face sank slightly: "I don't want to have a next time, this kind of thing, isn't it enough to encounter it once in a lifetime?" …… There is one last question, the senior claimed to have listened to the lecture under Liang Rengong, and had a relationship with Mr. Liang Sicheng's peers. And Wu Pingdong is a student of Liang Sicheng, he can be my grandfather in terms of age, and he is also my mentor in terms of identity. If you take me as a disciple, will you not mess up the generations in the rivers and lakes? ”

This sound somewhat far-fetched to the layman, but Liu Li became sad when he heard this: "That's what I said, the little apprentice of the master, will you be the ancestor of others when you get started?" Alas! I can't help it, who told me that those eight apprentices are gone? There were no heirs left, so I had to do it as a last resort......"

Traditional Jianghu people are very particular about inheritance, such as today's cross talk actors, there are obvious traces of old rules on the generations. If someone is too old and too senior, it is not suitable to directly accept apprentices, otherwise a young apprentice who has just started will become someone else's grandfather, and it is often very embarrassing to meet fellow practitioners, which is not conducive to his own growth. After all, the master-apprentice relationship in terms of skills is different from the teacher-student relationship in the general sense.

If someone is very high, even if he likes any good seedlings, he will not directly accept apprentices in his own name, but let the disciples and grandchildren take them into the door, and then personally guide and cultivate. Some laymen don't understand this truth and want to learn a certain skill in the rivers and lakes, so they often directly find a respected old-timer and ask for a subordinate, but the result is basically rejected.

Liu Li talked to himself for a long time, and suddenly said to You Fang in a begging tone: "What you said is also reasonable, but I have my own difficulties, and it is too difficult to find a successor who can inherit the mantle of a generation of earth masters!" Okay, let's discuss one thing, okay? ”

You Fang: "Try to say anything about the seniors, as for whether you can do it ......?"

Liu Li waved his hand to interrupt him: "Little wanderer, don't worry about the threshold, listen to me first." I have chased you for thousands of miles, but you thought you had escaped skillfully, but you did not escape. It's because you don't understand the mystery, my divine sense can sense the yin and evil qi emitted by the sword in your backpack, and now that I have made it clear, if you can't escape, then you are not qualified to be my heir. ”

You Fang couldn't cry or laugh: "Senior, I didn't ask you to take me as an apprentice!" Besides, even if you understand the mystery, you are so capable, I have no problem! ”

Liu Li glared: "You little wanderer, you look very clever, but you are actually stupid!" Why don't you understand what I mean? Today is me tracking you, naturally there will be no danger, but if you change to another real master who wants to be unfavorable to you, won't you die, and what will you do in the future? ”

You Fang spread his hands: "If you can't escape, you can only discuss it, how can I do it?" ”

Liu Li got angry, slapped the table and said, "As long as you want to hear it, can't you hear that sword crying?" This not only shows that your primordial spirit is disturbed by the demon realm, but also shows that you have spontaneous spiritual consciousness and can glimpse the mysterious door. Can't you think of another way, all the things you learned before were all in vain? It's better to be stupid than to be stupid, I think you're pretending to be stupid! ”

The old man blew his beard and stared, and You Fang really remembered something. Since he was a child, he followed his elders to learn all kinds of rivers and lakes, especially when he was learning the secrets of feng shui, he did hear and saw a lot of miraculous exquisiteness, but he never took it to heart, thinking that those were just nonsense that fooled people in the old society. If he made good use of the surrounding environment according to those mysterious practices, there would be no way to evade Liu Li's tracking-if the reason why he couldn't escape was really because the yin and evil qi of that sword was too heavy.

Liu Li's face changed really quickly, seeing You Fang's realization, he smiled again in a blink of an eye, and said with a pleasant face: "The thing I want to discuss with you is very simple, from now on give you an hour's time, my old man will not follow you, you can think of all kinds of ways to escape." If I can escape, I'll consider taking you as an apprentice. If you are still caught up by me, it means that you and I have no master-apprentice relationship, so tomorrow at noon, my old man will invite you to a meal, and then say goodbye to each other. ”

"Senior, I play with you all the time, is there any benefit?" This bet is really strange, You Fang did not agree or refuse, but asked such a sentence. In front of Wu Pingdong, he has always been honest and does not play tricks, but in front of the strange old man Liu Li, he still can't avoid the true colors of the old fritters in the rivers and lakes, and takes the opportunity to climb the pole and bargain.

Liu Li let out a sneer in his nostrils, took out something from his arms and threw it over, it was a rectangular yellow silk bag, pouted and said, "As a master of my generation, will I play with you as a child?" Regardless of whether you can escape my claws or not, an acquaintance can be regarded as a fate of the rivers and lakes, these two cheats will be given to you, and my old man personally wrote them for you in the past two days. It's not about feng shui, one is about how to exercise spiritual sense, and the other is about how to raise and practice swords. ”

Can you escape his claws, why not talk about the claws? You Fang didn't dare to laugh, reached out and picked up the yellow silk bag and said, "Thank you, senior!" "I want to open it.

Liu Li stopped him in time: "Slow, these two books can't be opened casually, nor can they be read during the day, they can only be read by lighting an oil lamp at night, and they can only be read once, as for how much you can learn, it depends on creation." ”

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