Somewhere in Qiantang City, next to the street.

An old man with crane hair and a childish face sat on a small bench like a green pine, and on the wall next to him, he leaned on a white cloth flag, with the word "divine calculation" written on it, and a line of small characters below: "Three trigrams a day, one hexagram and ten texts, no waiting for obsolescence."

The old man was wearing a somewhat shabby, but very clean robe, his hands were tucked into his sleeves, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he leaned against the wall, as if he was napping.

A young man looked left and right, then walked over, sat down across from the old man, and said, "Can you really count anything?" ”

The old man opened his eyes slightly and said, "Those who believe in it have, and those who don't believe in it don't, it all depends on the heart." ”

The old man's words were ambiguous, and the young man frowned.

After a while, the young man seemed to have made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and said, "I want to count my life!" ”

"Ten copper coins!" The old man finally opened his eyes and said lightly.

"Here you go!"

The young man took out a string of copper coins from his bosom, and ordered ten of them painfully and put them on the table.

The old man wiped the table with his hand, and the copper coins on the table disappeared instantly, as if by magic, and the bluffing young man was stunned.

"Word measurement or fortune telling?" The old man asked, putting a box of sticks and pen and ink on the table.

"Don't you even need to have a birthday?" The young man asked curiously.

The old man waved his hand.

The young man felt a little unreliable, he used to tell fortunes, and those fortune tellers had to ask about the birthday, and even the eighteenth generation of individual ancestors had to ask again, how could there be an old man, who didn't ask anything.

However, the money has been spent, so naturally there is no reason to waste it.

"I ...... I'm word tested! ”

He has seen a lot of lots, and they are all prepared hexagrams, and he has been deceived many times, and he doesn't believe it very much.

"Okay, please write." The old man stretched out his hand to signal.

The young man touched his head in embarrassment, "I...... I can't write. ”

The old man didn't care at all, nodded, took the brush, and said, "What words do the guests want to measure?" ”

"Well......" The young man tilted his head and looked at it for a long time, and said, "I'll test it...... Silver, silver of silver! ”

"Silver?"

The old man stroked the white beard on his chin, then spread out a piece of paper, the pen walked the dragon and snake, and with a wave, the word "silver" appeared on the paper.

The old man's font is chic and indifferent, fluttering out of the dust, but unfortunately, the young man is illiterate, and naturally he can't see the quality of the font.

"Silver, divided into gold, Gen two words, gold is wealth, Gen is the pole, wealth is infinite, sex is extreme, the two are combined, you should be...... Lost money lately! ”

The old man in front of him couldn't understand the young man, but he understood the last sentence.

"You...... You're a god! "Young people's eyes are shining.

The old man waved his hand and continued: "Gen is the extreme, and it is also the fifty-second hexagram in "Zhou Yi", saying: Gen its back, not its body. Walk in court, but don't see anyone. No blame. ”

"This hexagram is not a good hexagram, therefore, I suggest that you do not look for this lost money again, otherwise you will lose even more."

The young man frowned slightly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Is the old man afraid of little money?" I'll give you another ten wen, tell me the location, I'm going to look for money! ”

With that, the young man took out ten more copper coins from his pocket.

The silver money he lost was enough to two taels, and if he could know where the silver money was lost, in his opinion, how could it be earned!

The old man was helpless, after all, the three trigrams a day were his own fixed rules, and since he didn't reach the three trigrams, it was not easy for him to refuse others.

"Since the guest is so demanding, you will lose your money later, don't blame me!"

It's a big deal, just be careful!

The young man nodded, but in his heart he felt that this old man was too cautious.

"Okay, is the guest measuring words or fortune telling?" The old man's expression was pale.

The young man thought for a while, pointed to the words on the paper, and said, "I'll still measure this silver word!" ”

Also measure the silver word?

The old man glanced at him, did not show anything unusual, pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "According to the Five Directions, it refers to the five directions of east, south, west, north, and middle, and the five elements and the heavenly and terrestrial branches they represent have their own directions. That is, the wood of the main A, B, Yin, and Mao in the East; The fire of the south is the main C, D, Si, and noon; The gold of the main Geng, Xin, Shen and Youzhi in the West; the waters of the Lord, the Lord, the Lord, the Lord, the Lord, the Lord The Chinese side is the land of E, Ji, Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei. ”

"Silver is gold, and naturally it should belong to the West."

"Xiang said: and the mountain, Gen. Your money should be before or above the mountain. Gen also said: Gen hexagram on Gen and under Gen, for the Gen palace hexagram. Gen is limited. ”

"Therefore, this money should be not far from your home, at the foot of the Western Mountain, recall the place you have been recently, and it is there!"

The young man frowned and thought about it for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, patted his thigh and said, "Oh, I remember, I did go to Finger Mountain in the west that day!" ”

"Thank you, old man!"

Before the old man could reply, the young man left the place in a puff of smoke, as if he were afraid that he would be picked up a quarter of an hour later.

The old man reluctantly put what he was about to say back into his mouth, continued to squint his eyes, and leaned against the wall.

The young man ran all the way back to his home and followed his memory to the foot of Finger Mountain.

"This should be it!"

The young man looked around, then peeled away the deep grass around him.

After half a pillar of incense, in a bush, he finally found a gray burlap money bag!

"Found it! Got it! This old man is truly a god! ”

The young man was overjoyed, threw all the old man's words out of the clouds, and rushed over to pick up the money.

To his surprise, he didn't even notice that there was a grassy clearing in front of him!

"Ahh

With one foot in the air, the young man let out an exclamation and fell from above.

I only heard a "click" from the young man's arm, and the person suddenly screamed.

The money bag also fell into the rushing river below, never to be seen again.

……

Three hours later.

The young man clutched his arm that had just been picked up, and ran to the old man's stall in frustration and excitement.

"Old man, you are really a god!"

The old man looked at his embarrassed appearance and shook his head helplessly.

The young man sat down on the small bench again, and hurriedly took out the ten copper coins that had been prepared from his pocket, and said, "Old man, help me calculate again, when will I get rich!" ”

The old man looked at the copper coin on the table, and wanted to take it, but suddenly his expression moved, and he frowned.

"Old man?" The young man asked in confusion.

The old man came back to his senses, handed back the copper coin, shook his head and said, "Don't forget today, let's come back another day." ”

The young man was a little puzzled, but he didn't count, and he couldn't force it, so he had to take back the copper coin depressedly and leave.

When the young man left, the old man pinched his fingers and looked at the sky with a solemn expression.

"The demon star is in the world, the three-star is confused, the five-star is confused, and the crape myrtle star is hidden ......," the old man muttered to himself, "This is undecided...... Do you want to help? ”

"Although I haven't eaten Lu, but after all, I occupy a position, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and faith, all of which are indispensable!" The old man sighed lightly, was silent for a long time, and said, "The fate of the country may be a glimmer of life...... That's it! ”

The old man's gaze was a little firmer, he picked up the fortune-telling stall and disappeared into the crowds of people on the street.