CHAPTER XXXI

In Fuhai Building, the old man of Toast invited a few shopkeepers, and gave a reward according to the custom, and on the grounds that the "July 15" Ghost Festival was approaching, each person was rewarded with two pieces of the ocean, and then he hugged his fists and said goodbye one by one. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info is busy with the affairs of the trading house, and it is time for the master of Toast to visit the Taoist priest Wu Banxian. The fame of Taoist priest Wu Banxian is due to the fact that Yu Baochun, the prefect of Guangzhou, was the eldest disciple of the Qing Dynasty - He Lilu, the master and apprentice, who breathed out of one nostril. The person is a roe deer, not to mention the official appearance, and his character is even worse. Coastal defense against the enemy, Huibao has a heavy garrison but has become his He family army, dozens of wolf-like Qing soldiers, three shifts a day with him. The people hated him to the core, and the secret society attacked him several times to take his life, but they all failed, and several people were killed. People thought that there was nothing to do about him, but Wu Banxian, a Taoist priest who went down to Wuyue and Foshan and traveled here, said that this person would definitely die within three days. Wu Banxian's words came from an old man. One day, Lao Suo begged to the door of the Taoist priest Wu Banxian's house, and happened to meet Wu Banxian returning from a cloud tour. He was shocked when he saw Lao Suo, and asked Lao Suo if he was the father of Zhu Qingming, the owner of Zhengyu Salt Store, and Lao Suo said that it was. Subsequently, Lao Suo told him how He Lilu framed his son and bullied his daughter-in-law. Before going home, Wu Banxian met He Lilu on the riverside and shared a yacht. He saw He Lilu's sunken cheeks, his eyes dim, a cloud of gloom drifting in the shadow, and the evil omen was prominent. Zhu Qingming asked Wu Banxian for fortune telling half a year ago, and was said to have a disaster. Wu Banxian couldn't think of the cause of this disaster, why Lilu was greedy for his beauty and got into trouble. Wu Banxian was indignant and said casually: "This person will definitely die within three days!" ”

Lao Suo begs, and everyone says that in less than a day, he is a household name. On the third day, He Lilu stayed at home, saying that he would not die today, and he would capture Wu Banxian Cai City tomorrow and ask for beheading. At midnight that day, the governor of Guangzhou personally led a group of green battalion troops to surround He Zhai. He Lilu was unwilling to be arrested, so he resisted, and as a result, the family of twelve was immediately beheaded. He Lilu was cut first and then played, why? There are several versions, with different accounts. One of them is the second invasion of foreign devils (known as the Second Opium War in history), He Lilu is not engaged in defense, secretly communicates with foreign merchants, and engages in opium smuggling. So damn it! Taoist priest Wu Banxian is crooked, or is there someone in the court? Accounts differ and opinions vary. In short, since then, there has been an endless stream of fortune tellers from far and near. The hometown of Taoist priest Wu Banxian is by a secluded pond in the ancient town at the junction of Lake and Guangzhou. There is a huge stone by the pond, and a white fruit tree grows in the crack of the boulder, the crown of the tree is not more than the width of the dustpan, the roots are thick, and the stones are coiled. A few lotus leaves float on the pond surface, and a few lotus flowers are waiting to be released. Countless dragonflies are circling, and a few frogs are crawling on the lotus leaves, one still and one moving, reflecting each other. When the old man Tusi came to the Taoist Wu Banxian's mansion, Wu Banxian was lying on the lazy chair, his face covered with a sunflower fan, and his eyes were closed. The scholar led the old man to come to him and called out. Wu Banxian didn't take the sunflower fan and asked, "The distinguished guest came from afar, but Master Li of the Tusi Mansion came to the cold house?" "Master Tusi came to visit, and the scholar saw that he was an old acquaintance, so he didn't report it. Taoist Wu Banxian calculated that Master Li was coming, and made Master Tusi gasp in shock. The old man Tusi took out the eight characters of the birth date of the eldest son and Tao Tao, and said: "I have set up a family for the dog filial piety, and I also asked the Taoist chief to look at their birthdays, help choose a good day and auspicious day, and do the happy event." ”

Wu Banxian did not move as before, and only said: "The woman's father can be Ma Renyi from Xiahedong Village?" Master Tusi was surprised again and said, "How did the Taoist know about it?" Taoist priest Wu Banxian said: "The day before yesterday, I traveled west to Xuefeng Tuojiang Ancient Temple to visit Taoist friends, passing through Hedong, and it happened that this person looked at your mansion outside Tusi Village, and saw that his expression was different, so he helped this person calculate a hexagram and found that this person would have a fate with Tusi Li. ”

"God!" Lord Toast said. Taoist priest Wu Banxian took off the sunflower fan on his face, stroked his goatee, and said, "Send off." "Before I read the eight characters of my birthday, I was called away, and the old man Toast was ignorant for a while, and he didn't move. Seeing that the old man of Tusi did not leave, Taoist priest Wu Banxian got up and left. The scholar said, "This matter can only be understood, not spoken. Sir, figure it out for yourself. Walking out of the Wu Mansion, the old man Tusi pondered for a long time, couldn't realize it, and turned back again. After patting the door for a long time, the scholar just didn't open it, he lay on the crack of the door and saw that the Taoist priest Wu Banxian was lying on the lazy chair, and the big sunflower fan was thrown over his face. What a living immortal! The old man of Toast had no choice but to leave. Taoist priest Wu Banxian asked, "Can someone go?" The boy replied, "Gone." ”

Taoist priest Wu Banxian said to himself: "This public face is complicated and chaotic, and the evil and evil are all in one. He's going to do it for himself. Walking out of the long alley, the old man Tusi finally understood that if you don't say it, you will know, and if you say it, you will pass it on your word, which is the solution of whimsical and arbitrary action. The so-called number of heavenly ways, let it be. The toast master was overjoyed.

At this time, He Lao Liu hurried over with a carriage. The car did not stop, and the curtain opened, revealing the county magistrate Miao. He just wanted to get out of the car, but was stopped by Master Toast. The magistrate of Miao County has a lame leg, which is said to have been chased and killed by the Qing soldiers and jumped off the cliff when he was a "chaotic party" with Huang Xing, a Shanhua person. Now he has become a revolutionary hero. The old man of Toast wanted to help the county magistrate Miao down, but the county magistrate Miao couldn't say anything, but pulled the old man Tusi into the car and said, "Mr. Li, I've been looking for you for a long time!" ”