The port of Quanzhou in the country of silk.

This port in the southeast of the Silk Country, although it is not yet the largest city in the Silk Country, has become the largest foreign trade port. Although there are also trading ports for Goryeo and Wa in the north of the Silk Country, and the scale is quite large, Quanzhou is located in the southeast and has a convenient geographical location, so it undertakes the trade of the vast Nanyang countries. Here, there were merchants from Siam and Java, as well as merchants from as far away as Syndia, Pas, and even the occasional fleet from Arubania. These people brought all sorts of treasures from all over the world to the port, and from here they brought back to their homeland their most desirable treasure, silk. The shipbuilding technology and navigation technology accumulated over hundreds of years in the country of silk are also far ahead of these countries, and with the galleons and navigators of the country of silk, it is the guarantee of safety. These merchants often come by their own merchant ships and return to China on the sailing ships of the Silk Country, which further promotes the development of various industries in Quanzhou Port. Although Quanzhou is slightly inferior to the wealthy Jiangnan, it is the only place where you can enjoy the style of business travel from all over the world.

Right now, in this bustling scene, there are two travelers mixed in, they are His Royal Highness Liu Yan, the crown prince of the Silk Country, who fled from the capital, and Ji Chonghai, the accompanying escort. The crown prince Liu Yan, now eighteen years old, is tall and strong. Born in the deep palace since he was a child, he has always longed for the outside world. This time, I finally found an opportunity to escape from the imperial city, and I had a lot of fun all the way upstream, and now I want to see Quanzhou, the capital of all countries, on a whim.

In this regard, the guard Ji Chonghai had a headache, half obeyed, half coerced, he lived a frightened and precarious life every day in the past few months: he was arrested by the emperor, the prince was definitely unhappy, and there was no good life in the future; If the prince has any mistakes, it will be even more annihilation. This errand is only hard work, not good. I have done something wrong in my previous life, and I have to be assigned to serve this prince, and I haven't saved a day of my heart since I was a child. However, the heart of the past is nothing compared to the present, and now the only wish is that the prince has fun as soon as possible, and he can go back to the palace by himself, otherwise he is afraid that his old life will have to be explained.

Thinking of this, Ji Chonghai raised his eyes and looked at the little devil who he had grown up. To be honest, he has been with this little devil for many times longer than his father. As a father-in-law, he naturally will not have a queen, so Ji Chonghai's feelings for the prince are indeed mixed with a lot of paternal love. I hope that the experience of these months will make him realize the suffering of the people, the vastness of the world, and become a virtuous emperor in the future. In this way, my hard work for so many years has not been in vain. Liu Yan naturally had no idea what Ji Chonghai was thinking, and was taking care of himself to choose all kinds of tempting snacks and novel gadgets. Just when he was worried about which clay figurine to choose, he heard someone say: "Look at the face, look at the face, the appearance of the Mai god, peep into the mysteries of heaven and earth, and know everything in the world." ”

Liu Yan has played all the way, and he has seen a lot of people who have seen the hexagrams, but it is the first time that he has said such crazy words as "peeking into the mysteries of heaven and earth and knowing everything in the world". I couldn't help but be interested, so I looked towards the place where the voice came from, and saw a scholar standing on the side of the street, with a green shirt and a long robe, a white face and a long beard, who looked a little stylish, not like a mixed meal. The Xiangshi also happened to catch a glimpse of him, and said with a smile: "This son is invited, but do you want to see the face?" ”

Since people said so, Liu Yan didn't shirk it, put down the clay figure in his hand at the moment, stepped forward and said, "My uncle is invited, do you have anything to say?" ”

The Xiangshi looked Liu Yan up and down, left and right, and then looked at Ji Chonghai, who was following him, and said leisurely: "The servant looks at the money and ten cents, and the son, you look at the silver taels." ”

"How can there be so much difference? Are you such a snobbish person? Liu Yan couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard this.

Xiangshi smiled slightly: "It is everything in the world to show the servant, but to show the prince is to peep into the heavens, which is naturally different." ”

Liu Yan's heart moved when he heard this, and he immediately pulled Ji Chonghai and said with a smile: "In this case, my uncle will show him, and see if what you calculate is worth ten cents." ”

Xiangshi took a closer look at Ji Chonghai, and then whispered to Liu Yan: "A tree without roots, it is difficult to distinguish between male and female. ”

Liu Yan and Ji Chonghai were taken aback. Ji Chonghai, as a guard of the East Palace, although he is a father-in-law, he came out with a fake beard this time, why was he seen through by this Xiangshi at a glance? At that moment, Liu Yan accepted the heart of banter, and said: "Please take a look at the old man again." ”

Xiangshi lowered his voice and said: "The appearance of the prince is unspeakably expensive, under one person, above ten thousand, I am afraid that there will be one person in the world in the future." ”

Liu Yan was even more surprised when he heard it, his identity was naturally unknown, it seemed that this person did have some ability. At that moment, he took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve, counted ten copper coins and handed them to Xiangshi, and said with a smile: "I was disrespectful, old man." Please give the old gentleman a lesson for the next lesson. ”

The Xiangshi accepted the money, asked Liu Yan's birthday again, and asked, "I don't know what the son wants to ask?" ”

Liu Yan didn't plan to tell the hexagram, but he was a little overwhelmed by this question, so he said, "Then ask how is today's fortune?" ”

Xiangshi listened in his ears, but his hand never stopped, and he suddenly said: "Congratulations to the son, today the lord meets a nobleman, the hexagram judges King Wen Mengxiong, and the dragon returns to the sea." ”

Liu Yan was overjoyed when he heard this: King Wen's dream bear refers to the fact that King Wen of Zhou dreamed that there was a tiger with wings, named Flying Bear, and then he visited Jiang Ziya on the shore of Weishui to help him calm the world. Could it be that he is going to meet a good minister today? Thinking of this, Liu Yan arched his hand: "Mr. Cheng Jiyan, thank you." ”

After saying that, he got up to leave, but was stopped by Xiangshi and said: "Son, slow down, the old man still has a word." ”

"Oh? Sir, please. ”

The Xiangshi said softly without hesitation: "Many years ago, on a whim, the ancestor of the family once deduced a hexagram, and the hexagram showed that after a jiazi, the heaven and the earth were first divided, and the karma was all over the place. The old man just deduced the numerology of the son, but saw that this hexagram should be on the son today, so please be careful to the son, it is really a blessing for all the people. ”

Liu Yan was confused when he heard this, and vaguely felt that it was not a good thing, so he said: "The old gentleman may as well say it directly." ”

Xiangshi smiled leisurely: "This matter is related to heaven, I really dare not say it clearly, please forgive me, you and I have unfinished fate, there will be a day to meet in the future, don't pass it for the time being." With that, he turned and drifted away.

"Heaven and earth are divided, and karma is everywhere?" Liu Yan pondered these two sentences in his mouth: "Heaven and earth have long been separated, how can we say that they are first divided?" Karma is everywhere, does it mean that the world is going to be in chaos? ”

Ji Chonghai patted Liu Yan lightly and said: "Why does the master bother to play dumb riddles here, what the Xiangshi said may not be accurate, it will be verified by himself, so there is really no need to worry about it now." ”

As soon as Liu Yan thought about it, he put this matter down and continued to go shopping and have fun.