The night was deep, and in the Hanzhong soldiers' camp, the red flames crackled and flickered like elves.

In Guo Jia's tent, Guo Jia and Xun You sat opposite each other.

In the center of the two, there was a brazier, which contained burning charcoal that burned red, Guo Jia and Xun You faced the brazier, and their thin cheeks were reflected red.

Xun You asked softly, "Fengxiao, are you ready?" ”

Guo Jia looked at the brazier, looked focused, nodded and said, "I'll use yarrow (shi) grass to deduce the general situation first!" ”

Yarrow, its stem was commonly used for divination in ancient times.

The ancient art of divination was divided into different categories, and the methods of divination were also varied. The Shang Dynasty used the technique of turtle divination, the Zhou Dynasty used yarrow to divinate good fortune and evil, and the south liked to use bamboo sticks to divinate good fortune and misfortune, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the method of divination was more simple and clear, and copper coins were used for divination.

Guo Jia said that the use of yarrow for divination is also called the yarrow method.

The yarrow method is generally divided into three steps, first to set the hexagram, then to set the upper hexagram, and finally to determine the hexagram.

I saw Guo Jia take out a stack of yarrow from his arms, slowly and methodically took out a stack of yarrow, and selected fifty yarrow with thick rhizomes and easy to distinguish.

Of these fifty yarrows, Guo Jia randomly removed one yarrow, which means removing the 'center'.

Subsequently, Guo Jia randomly divided the forty-nine yarrow into two handfuls and held them in his left and right hands. When separating the yarrow, Guo Jia was skillful, as free and easy as flowing water, so that Xun You, who was watching next to him, was fascinated, and at the same time admired Guo Jia's divination skills.

After a pause, Guo Jia stretched out his left hand, pulled out a yarrow from the yarrow held in his right hand, and sandwiched it between the little fingers of his left hand.

Immediately, Guo Jia gave up the remaining yarrow in his right hand and slowly counted the amount of yarrow left in his left hand. Eight yarrows are used in a round, and the eight yarrows are thrown aside and discarded. In the end, there are less than eight yarrows left, plus one of the little fingers, to get the next hexagram.

After coming up with the next hexagram, Guo Jia's face no longer had the calmness he had just now, and became a little dignified.

calmed down the restless mood in his heart, Guo Jia began the second step: setting the hexagram.

Forty-nine yarrow herbs were randomly divided into left and right hands, and according to the same method, Guo Jia came up with the upper hexagram.

As soon as this hexagram came out, fine beads of sweat had oozed from Guo Jia's forehead, and his ruddy cheeks had become a little demonic and blood-red, which made people feel very weird.

"Whirring ......"

Guo Jia's breathing became a little short.

I saw Guo Jia frowning and looking very solemn. There is only the last hexagram left, if the last hexagram is still a big murderer, Wang Can will be a little dangerous to conquer the Tiger Prison Pass this time.

He slowly took the forty-nine yarrows and shook them in his left and right hands. The initial method is the same as that of the upper and lower hexagrams, which is to take a yarrow from the right hand and sandwich it between the little finger of the left hand. But this time, the number of yarrow in the left hand has changed, from eight for a round, to six for a round, after counting six, the six yarrow is thrown aside, and finally all the yarrow with less than six is left, plus a yarrow between the little finger, to get the final hexagram.

The three trigrams were all calculated, Guo Jia looked at the hexagram, and his heart boiled for a while.

The blood-red cheeks were blue and white, unpredictable.

"Poof!"

Guo Jia rolled his eyes, scarlet blood mist sprayed out of his mouth, and the whole person was also shaky, his face instantly became pale and weak, and the spirit of the whole person seemed to have been drained away.

"Nine deaths, a great omen!"

Guo Jia muttered to himself, with a frightened and inexplicable look on his face.

"What? A narrow escape? ”

Xun You was also stunned, and the result deduced turned out to be such a bad omen. For a while, Xun Yu was also churning in blood and blood, which was difficult to accept. He asked eagerly: "Fengxiao, have you calculated clearly?" How can it be a sign of nine deaths? Even if the lord attacks the Tiger Prison Pass, he can withdraw at any time, it can't be a sign of nine deaths! ”

Guo Jia sighed and said, "Gongda, it seems that what I said during the day is right, the lord must have already thought of a good idea." ”

"Why is that?" Xun You asked.

Guo Jia said: "The lord must be a sword that goes sideways, and he will not attack the Tiger Prison Pass." If the lord chooses to storm the Tiger Prison Pass, there will definitely be no danger, and once he encounters danger, he can withdraw his troops at any time. However, according to the hexagram first, there must be a great danger in the way of the lord, otherwise the hexagram will not show the signs of nine deaths and one life. ”

After a pause, Guo Jia said again: "No, we have to find a way to resolve the crisis of the lord!" ”

Xun You asked in a deep voice, "Fengxiao, what are you going to do?" ”

Guo Jia said: "King Wen's divination technique is just a small way, after all, you have to use turtle divination!" ”

As he spoke, Guo Jia took out the turtle that had been prepared from the side, and threw the killed turtle into the brazier, the turtle fell into the red coals, and the flesh and blood had just come into contact with the coals, and suddenly made a loud sound, and wisps of green smoke lingered in the big tent.

The red charcoal fire roasted the tortoise's flesh and blood, which was then scorched again until it became a puddle of ashes.

In the coals, only the shell of the turtle remained, Guo Jia looked at the shell that was gradually cracking in the coals, and his eyes showed a hot look. The burning coals caused subtle changes in the turtle shell, and a slight crisp sound came from the turtle shell, and cracks like spider webs gradually appeared on the turtle shell.

Guo Jia's expression was solemn, and his smart eyes stared at the turtle shell in the brazier, as if he had lost his soul and remained motionless.

Xun You's face was also tense, and his heart was pounding.

Both were silent, neither of them spoke.

Time passed in a silent silence, and only the sound of tortoise shells cracking remained in the silent tent.

"That's it!" Guo Jia said in his heart, immediately picked up the iron hook placed beside him, took the turtle shell out of the brazier, and immediately stretched out the fingers of his right hand to his mouth, and bit his fingers, scarlet blood came out of his fingers, Guo Jia's fingers were placed on top of the turtle shell, and a drop of blood fell from the air and fell on the turtle shell.

"Woohoo!"

The blood beads fell on the turtle shell, and a burst of green smoke suddenly appeared, which instantly merged into the turtle shell.

Suddenly, the cracks on the turtle's shell changed, and the cracks were like spider webs, and the intricate lines made people feel dazzled. Xun You sat on the side, feeling as if his mind was attracted to the turtle shell, and hurriedly turned his eyes to other places. Only Guo Jia was immersed in it, but his face became more and more pale, and his smart eyes were as bright and gorgeous as stars, which made people intoxicated.

"Click!"

With a crisp sound, the tortoise shell on the ground suddenly cracked open and shattered into pieces of tortoise shell.

"Poof!"

The tortoise shell cracked, and Guo Jia also spit out a mouthful of blood.

Although his body was injured, Guo Jia's face showed an inexplicable look of joy, and his tense face was soothed, revealing a happy smile. At this moment, Guo Jia's spirit suddenly relaxed, he felt that it was dark in front of him, the world around him was spinning, and the whole person fell to the ground with a bang.

"Filial piety, filial piety ......"

Xun You exclaimed a few times, and when he saw that Guo Jia still didn't react, he immediately panicked.

"Gongda, what's wrong with Bonghyo?"

At this time, the curtain of the big tent was opened, Wang Can strode in, and saw Guo Jia's body lying on the ground, his face was pale, his lips were full of blood stains, and there were blood stains scattered on the ground, so he hurriedly ran forward to help Wang Can up and gently placed it on the bed.

PS: The second update.