Chapter 114: Rumors Rise
After breakfast the next day, Liang Yuesong picked up a burden and was about to go out. His mother stopped him and asked, "Song'er, where are you going?" I just came back and I was unfamiliar with everywhere, so I went out with your brother when I wanted to go out. ”
Liang Yuesong hurriedly replied: "No, no, no, I'll go to the county school for a trip, just one person." ”
The mother believed it and instructed, "Go early and come back early, don't stay outside for too long." ”
"Got it." Liang Yuesong said yes and walked out.
When he got out into the street, he began to walk towards the West Side. The county seat of Chaoyi is not big, just a small square town with a circumference of four miles. Xicheng is the most densely populated place in the entire county, and there is a large market here. In this market, there are all kinds of merchants, all kinds of small merchants and vendors, and people who come here to buy are endless.
Liang Yuesong found a fortune teller in a corner, and saw that there was no business in front of his hexagram stall, so he walked over and squatted in front of the hexagram stall. The fortune teller is an old man, and he has long practiced the ability to observe words and feelings, seeing that Liang Yuesong is dressed up in life, he said in his heart that such a young son-in-law either asks Cheng or marriage, so he asks: "Is this son asking about studies or marriage?" ”
"I don't care about my studies or my marriage." Liang Yuesong replied.
The fortune teller was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, could it be that I was blind? So he tentatively asked again: "May I ask what the son asked?" ”
"What I'm going to ask is the fortune of our Chaoyi in the coming year."
The fortune teller was stunned again! He looked at the young man in front of him in amazement. Xin Dao, who seems to be an ordinary person, has such a big tone, either a prince or a royal person, otherwise there will never be such a question.
Liang Yuesong saw that he was stunned, so he continued: "Sir, you might as well try it and see how the fortune of Chaoyi is." If the calculation is accurate, I will pay more. ”
At this time, the fortune teller said cautiously: "Since the gentleman wants to ask about the fortune of Chaoyi, let's start shaking the hexagram." However, if it is not as accurate as Mr. intended, it is difficult to say. ”
Liang Yuesong picked up the three copper coins on the ground and began to shake the hexagram, shaking it six times in a row to get the hexagram. Then the gentleman asked, "How to determine the eight characters of this hexagram?" ”
Liang Yuesong replied: "Let's take the current hour as the eight characters." ”
So the fortune teller began to deduce according to the time and hexagram that Liang Yuesong said, and after a while, the fortune teller's face changed greatly, and he said to Liang Yuesong: "Sir, wait a minute, wait for me to deduce again." ”
After a while, the fortune teller muttered to himself, "Is this the will of heaven?" ”
Liang Yuesong asked, "Has Mr. calculated it?" Tell me about this hexagram? ”
"This gentleman, this hexagram is very bad. The hexagram shows that the beetle snake lives in the soil position, and the coming is launched, which is a sign that the earth dragon has turned over. ”
"What is the Earth Dragon's Turnover?" Liang Yuesong asked.
"The so-called earth dragon turning over is an earthquake!" The fortune teller replied truthfully.
"And where is this earthquake?"
"The beetle snake lives in the soil position, and the soil is in the middle, so it is naturally the local Chaoyi."
"When?"
"When the old and the new alternate, after the great cold, before the beginning of spring."
Liang Yuesong asked: "So according to Mr.'s hexagram, there will be an earthquake in Chaoyi before the New Year?" ”
"Exactly."
The fortune teller suddenly realized that it seemed that the young student in front of him had been guiding him, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.
blurted out: "Who is the gentleman, and why do you want to let me start this hexagram?" ”
Liang Yuesong no longer answered, but took out a silver ingot of fifty taels from his bosom and said, "Mr. is very accurate, this is a hexagram for you." I hope that Mr. can save the people of this side. ”
After saying that, he got up and drifted away.
The fortune teller muttered, "Could it be that the ancestor has appeared?" Let me save this side of the people? It must be so! ”
Liang Yuesong left the hexagram stall, turned to the north gate of the city, found a secluded place, took off his Confucian shirt, changed into a gray cloth robe, put on a sunglasses, and glued a mustache on both sides of his mouth. He also took out the fortune-telling line prepared in advance, found a street corner with a large number of people, and set up a hexagram stall. began to shout: "Count the fortune, count the future, count the studies, count the marriage, you are not allowed to do without money." ”
After a while, a man who looked like a businessman came to the hexagram stall and asked for a hexagram. Liang Yuesong asked, "This gentleman is asking about fortune?" ”
"Yes, can you figure out where to go for money?"
Liang Yuesong took out the hexagram bucket and said, "Sir, shake a hexagram." ”
After the man shook the hexagram, Liang Yuesong pretended to calculate for a long time and began to say, "How many people are in this gentleman's family? ”
"Five mouths"
"If you want money, you just need to take your family in any direction, but you can't be in the local area, and the farther you go, the better. And be sure to leave here before the Chinese New Year. ”
The man was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you want to go to other places to ask for money before the Spring Festival?" ”
"Judging from your hexagram, if you stay here after the Spring Festival and then leave, you or your family will have a bloody disaster, which is a great omen."
The man's face changed drastically: "May I ask the method that Mr. can crack?" ”
Liang Yuesong shook his head and sighed: "There is no way to crack it, the only way to crack it is to take the whole family to leave here before the Spring Festival." ”
With a look of suspicion on his face, the man threw down a few copper coins, turned and hurried away.
Liang Yuesong didn't mind either, and continued to shout. After a while, two young women with beautiful faces came to his hexagram booth, dressed as master and servant.
Liang Yuesong asked the woman dressed as a young lady: "This young lady can ask about marriage?" ”
The young lady replied crisply, "Ouch, you're pretty good." How do you know I'm asking about marriage? ”
"I am in the east, west, north, south, and middle, five hundred years in the first and five hundred years in the future, how can I not know that you are counting the marriage. Miss shake a hexagram. "Liang Yuesong has completely entered the role, a fortune teller who is alive.
After the young lady took the hexagram bucket and shook it, Liang Yuesong began to flicker again: "The young lady is shaking a hexagram." Judging from the hexagram, the husband you are looking for is to stay away from the local area for a high-class marriage. If you marry locally, it will be a bad omen. ”
"Huh? So that's the case? The young lady couldn't help but have a look of disappointment on her face. Then he asked, "What if my husband's family is a local and goes to other places with my husband's family?" ”
"That is also a divorce, as long as you leave the local area with your husband's family before the Spring Festival, it is a first-class marriage." Liang Yue began to talk nonsense again.
The young lady was puzzled: "If you want to leave here before the Spring Festival, can't you leave here after the New Year?" ”
Liang Yuesong shook his head and said hurriedly: "By all means, if you don't leave here before the Spring Festival, there will be a disaster of blood and light, and you may be separated from your husband's yin and yang, and there will be no possibility of seeing each other again." ”
"Ahh
? The young lady was so frightened that her face turned pale. Then he asked, "Then I will not agree to this marriage." ”
Liang Yuesong thought to herself, it's over! It's a cripple. As the saying goes, I'd rather demolish ten temples than one marriage, I still have to find a way, so I said: "Miss must not, marriage is a good marriage, just to deal with a divorce." You just need to stay away from Ben with your husband's house before the Spring Festival. Don't break up this marriage, otherwise it will be bad for you. ”
When the young lady heard him say this, she asked with some doubts, "Are you accurate?" How come I've never seen you set up a stall here before? ”
Liang Yuesong then flickered: "This way is from the holy water view of Laoshan Mountain in Shandong, and when I first came to this treasure land, I was ordered by my ancestor to come here to rescue people who are not lucky." I have been calculating hexagrams for more than ten years, and I have never been inaccurate, so Miss can rest assured. ”
"Is there a way to crack this hexagram?"
Liang Yuesong shook his head and said: "There is no way to crack it, Miss only needs to listen to what I just said, and she can avoid evil and be lucky." ”
The young lady didn't ask if she had any doubts, took out a few taels of silver and gave it to Liang Yuesong, and left with a heavy heart.
Next, Liang Yuesong counted a few more hexagrams, all of which fooled people into leaving here before the Spring Festival. Otherwise, there will be a disaster of blood and light, etc. Believe it or not, he just keeps saying it anyway.
Some didn't believe it, so they went to the hexagram stall in the west of the city to shake the hexagram again. The fortune teller over there said evilly, directly saying that there would be an earthquake on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and asked the people who shook the trigram to leave the local area.
At this moment, those who did not believe also believed it, and those who believed were even more convinced.
At noon, Liang Yuesong put away the hexagram stall, found a secluded place to change back into his original clothes, and returned to his home with his baggage.
The next day, rumors of the earthquake began to spread around the city. Although there was no modern means of communication in ancient times, rumors spread at a rapid pace as if they had grown wings. It didn't take a day for everyone in the city to know the news.
And the more it is spread, the more amazing it becomes, and the more outrageous it becomes. Some people say that a Taoist patriarch went down to instruct a fortune teller to calculate this hexagram, and the hexagram clearly indicates that there was an earthquake in Chaoyi around the Spring Festival.
Others say that the earthquake will occur on Chinese New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, and a white-bearded old Taoist told a passerby.
Two days later, the countryside of Chaoyi County also learned the news. In a few days, the surrounding states and counties also heard the news.
At this time, some people said that the well water in a certain village disappeared overnight and became a dry well. There is also a well in a certain village where black water comes out, and the stench is so bad that it can no longer be drunk. This news confirms the authenticity of the Chaoyi earthquake.
At this time, Liang Yuesong's grandparents also heard rumors, and after the two elders gathered the family, they held a family meeting, first of all, Liang Yuesong's grandfather said: "Now it is rumored outside that there will be an earthquake in our Chaoyi soon." Do you want to discuss whether this rumor is true or false? ”
Liang Yuesong's uncle Liang Wenmao had read for a few years and had some insight, and he was the first to speak: "Father, these rumors are all nonsense from those fortune-telling warlocks who wander the streets, and they should not be believed. ”
Liang Yuesong took over and said: "Uncle, such a thing would rather be believed than not, I don't think it's just a rumor. ”
When Grandpa heard this, he seemed very satisfied, and said, "Song'er, among the people here, you read the most, and you can still write when you hear it, so tell me your opinion." ”
(End of chapter)
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