What Jia Mo asked Zou Yan to carry out was a kind of divination witchcraft combined with "Yi". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When it comes to witchcraft, it's hard to have a clear orientation of it. Because it is based on human beliefs, it comes from the heart and cannot be concretized. In layman's terms, it can be simply understood as an attempt to exert influence or control over certain people or things with the help of supernatural and mysterious powers.

In ancient times, the female name of the caster was witch, and the male name was 觋 (pronounced the same as "Xi"). Therefore, witches are not a profession only in the West, they were very popular as early as the Middle Ages in our country.

Witchcraft is performed through certain rituals, often in the form of songs and dances, and the use of certain things and incantations that are believed to be magical. Witchcraft itself is not good or bad, but is divided into "black witchcraft" and "white witchcraft" based on its purposefulness. The Lord of the Dark Witchcraft curses the calamity, and the White Wizard prays for blessings.

Witchcraft was born early, and can even be linked to the origin of Chinese civilization. From Yanhuang to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the shadow of their existence can be found. During the Qin and Han dynasties, it was probably the most active stage of the art of Fangshi. On the one hand, it was due to the popular theory of yin and yang and the five elements as an intellectual background, and on the other hand, it was due to the encouragement and advocacy of emperors such as Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in order to pursue immortality.

By the time of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the society was in turmoil, the regime changed frequently, and the common people lived in misery. At the same time, in the field of thought, Confucianism is declining, metaphysics is popular, and Buddhism and Taoism go hand in hand. In this social environment, it is difficult for people to find a unified spiritual sustenance, so witchcraft is generally popular among all classes.

Nowadays, when it comes to witchcraft, many people have preconceived notions of superstition and ignorance. But at that time, the study of witchcraft was not only widespread among the common people, but also became an academic fashion. As stated in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Emperor Wen": "In the palace, between the households, there is no fertile wine", which shows that its influence is extensive.

Master Zou's name is Zou Yi, who is known as the queen of Zou Yan, the founder of the Yin-Yang family and the Five Elements Doctrine during the Warring States Period. In fact, he is just a down-and-out literati who happens to have the same surname, in order to put gold on his face, he recognizes his ancestors.

Jia G admired the style of the four princes of the Warring States period very much, so he recruited guests in the mansion. Zou Yi happened to be at the meeting, so he took the initiative to join the team, because he was very good at divination, deceived many people, and was soon appreciated by Jia Ji and relied on as a confidant.

Unlike those professional witches, Zou Yi belongs to amateur witchcraft. They were very common during the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and most of them were Confucian scholars and literati with knowledge and skills, and the best of them were both well-versed in history and mathematics. Some metaphysical scholars, especially skilled in "Yi", can not only annotate "Yi", but also use "Yi" to divinate good fortune and evil, predict good fortune and misfortune.

In today's advanced technology, the mention of fortune telling and fortune telling will be regarded as feudal superstition, but this was not the case in ancient times.

The management of the Three Kingdoms "read "Yi" in righteousness, and in dozens of days, the meaning was developed, and it was difficult to surpass the teacher. In this dividing the yarrow hexagram, with subtle thinking, divination of life, disease, death, wealth, decay, and decay, there is no mistake at the beginning, all are not surprised, and it is called a god and a man. "This is just one of many cases in the annals, and there are many others like this. It can be seen that the view that fortune telling is nonsense is debatable.

Jia Ji, like many superiors at this time, attached great importance to divination, and he secretly sent someone to contact the local tyrants of Guangwu County to block Zhang Jun, although it was not a big deal, but he still couldn't help but predict it. Because he has bigger things in his heart, he wants to use countless small things to test whether the divination works. If it really worked, he opened his eyes slightly in prayer, glanced at Zou Yi, who looked solemn, and said in his heart: "At that time, it doesn't hurt to ask him to calculate for himself." ”

I saw Zou Yi carefully turning the charcoal in a copper furnace, and a small piece of tortoise shell was baking in it. In addition, he grabbed a random handful of yarrow from the yarrow, placed it on the table, and began to count the numbers.

The so-called divination is the first divination and then the divination, and the two are not the same. "The Book of Rites: Qu Lishang" says: "The turtle is divination, and the strategy is the Zheng". Bu is to drill and carve on the turtle plate or animal bones, and then use fire to see the cracks to determine the good luck. Zheng is relatively simple, it is to hold yarrow to determine its number to determine the good luck.

Soon, the yarrow was counted, but Zou Yi, who learned the result, frowned slightly. Although his divination is only half-baked, he can still distinguish the good and the bad. Judging from the number of this handful of yarrow, it is obviously a sign that things are not going well. But he didn't dare to draw conclusions too quickly, so he had to grab another handful and start over. In this way, after the third count was completed, Zou Yi finally knew in his heart, and it seemed that what the lord asked for would not be successful.

At this time, the tortoise shell in the baking also "clicked······ There was a crunch sound, and soon cracks were revealed. Zou Yi carefully clamped it with pliers, carefully identified it in front of him for a long time, and finally sighed.

Jia Ji was not nervous in his heart, because it was important whether what he wanted was successful or not, and what he liked was whether Zou Yi's divination was effective. But being made by Zou Yi's frowning and sighing posture, he actually cared about it. Seeing that it was finally over, Jia Mo cleared his throat and said, "Master, is the thing you are asking for auspicious or evil?" ”

Zou Yi pondered for a moment, organized his language, and then said: "Lord, judging from the hexagrams, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to ······."

"Oh?" Jia Ji boasted that he had arranged it very carefully, and those wealthy families in Guangwu County did not have the courage to refuse his plan, no matter how he thought about it, it seemed that his nephew Zhang Jun had no possibility of turning over.

At that moment, he doubted Zou Yi's ability and proposed, "Why don't you try divination again?" ”

Zou Yi thought to himself, such a clear hexagram is that it is unlucky for you to divinate 10,000 times. But he didn't want to disobey his lord because of this, so he did it again and used tortoiseshell twice more.

The result can be imagined, Zou Yi still shook his head and said: "Unlucky······"

Seeing this, could it be that Jia Ji made a mistake in his actions this time? But after thinking about it for a while, I didn't find anything wrong, so it must have been Zou Yi's ineffective hexagram. So he said coldly with dissatisfaction: "Then continue to divination, divination until it is auspicious!" ”

Surprisingly, Zou Yi, who has always been obedient, shook his head firmly and said, "Don't! ”

Although he is a half-witch, he also has his own ethics. If divination is unlucky and you keep divining, wouldn't it be child's play? Even if he is not capable of his own ability, the matter of divination is still sacred in his eyes!