Chapter 5: Damn Fortune Teller
[Chapter Word Count:2676 Last Updated:2015-02-2803:39:37.0]
With the nod of Master Zhang, the big housekeepers on both sides took the initiative to contact each other tacitly, and the first thing was to exchange the birthdays of Wang Shihua and Zhang Cuiyun, and ask the fortune teller to calculate whether the two were harmonious.
The wealthy will not lose their identity to tell fortunes on the street, and they have to invite the best fortune tellers to their homes.
"Shihua, I see that you are brilliant in writing, what books do you usually read?" The next person went to invite the Iron Life Immortal, as the father-in-law, he naturally had to ask the future son-in-law some basic things. Poor and rich in martial arts, but both civil and military are perfect.
"When I was a child, I studied the Four Books and Five Classics with my teacher at a private school at home, and later went to junior high school and high school in the prefecture, and just graduated last year. Now, at home, I learn to take care of things in the clan with Daddy. "In this era, junior high school graduates are equivalent to the talents of the feudal era; College students are the height of Guozijian.
"With your literary talent, it shouldn't be a problem to study in the province. Why didn't you go? It seems to be a casual question, but it is full of shrewdness and straightforwardly grasps the key point.
"Daddy is old, how dare Shihua be alone."
Wang Shirong on the side pursed his lips, and lied to his younger brother in his heart, and said that it was a bit shameful to be so affectionate and righteous: If you hadn't fought with the county magistrate's youngest son for a sister-in-law and broke each other's heads, would you have gone to study in a provincial city? If I hadn't taken a hundred oceans and pointed a gun at the headmaster's skull, you would have a diploma to get?
Master Zhang sighed and nodded slightly, with a satisfied appreciative attitude: Although the world is chaotic, filial piety is respected!
At this moment, the next person reported that the Iron Immortal had arrived.
The sharp-beaked monkey has gills and a half-inch long beard, and although he is wearing old clothes, he has new shoes, which seems to be very good. Like all fortune tellers who walk the streets, the Iron Fairy wears a small hat, a cloth bag on his shoulder, and carries a signboard.
"Mr. Tie, the old man is bothered."
"Don't dare, the Zhang family has benefited one party over the years, making the people rich and healthy, and it is a home of great goodness and virtue. Master Zhang has an order, and the immortal should make a little progress. ”
Immediately, he invited the Iron Immortal to sit down and drink tea.
The people placed a table of eight immortals in the center of the hall, covered with yellow cloth, and placed a 'Xi' character on it with a hundred pieces of Guangyang. Then the two big butlers wrote the birthdays of Wang Shihua and Zhang Cuiyun on strips of red cloth two fingers wide and placed them on both sides of the Xi characters.
This is exquisite: use a hundred pieces of Guangyang to shop the characters, let the fortune teller take it, and how many pieces are taken indicates how many years the two can be husband and wife. If you pave the word longevity, how much Kuaiguangyang is taken indicates how many years of longevity the person being counted can have. Guangyang is easy to take, but the hateful fruit is strict: ten pieces of Guangyang can buy a big buffalo, and being able to be so extravagant and wasteful is itself a statement of strength. Especially in terms of lifespan, once the person being counted dies halfway, even if you run to the edge of the sky, you and your family will be caught back to fill the grave. Even if you are lucky enough to die first, the men of your descendants, young and old, will have to bury you with you. This is a matter of family face, and there is no room for negotiation. Therefore, those who dare to take this Guangyang have some real skills.
Seeing that he was about to stop, Master Zhang got up and made a gesture of invitation to Tie Mingxian: "I'm tired of Mr. Tie." Please! ”
Iron Immortal smiled slightly and walked over to the table.
Looking at the eight characters of birth on the note, the Iron Destiny Fairy closed his eyes, his right index finger was dotted on the four fingers very regularly, and his lips moved slightly, but he didn't know what he was talking about.
Everyone gathered around, and they had to be nervous! In this era, especially in Xiangxi and its surroundings, where information and traffic are blocked, superstitious thinking is extremely strict. To put it bluntly, now, whether Wang Shihua and Zhang Cuiyun can get married or not is in the hands of the Iron Immortal. Its power is not much worse than the final judgment of the court. When he said yes, everyone rejoiced; He's going to say no, hey! Hey! This family business has to find another way.
From the perspective of practical interests: Zhangjiakong zhì is the main road from Chongqing to Xiangxi, and half of Longtang Town, which is the throat of the three provinces. If the two families formed an alliance because of this marriage, and joined forces to clear the bandits and thieves on this 100-mile road, this trade route would definitely be more prosperous, and both sides could make money every day just by sitting on the ground and collecting taxes, not to mention the huge profits from smuggling opium, salt, and arms.
In terms of shape, if the Wang family wants to make a breakthrough, it must be strongly supported by external forces. There is no more stable alliance than the pearl of the Zhang family to the Wang family as a housewife. The Zhang family is even more eager to pave their trade routes to other provinces, and Longtang Town is a critical pass and the best transit station. On the other hand, the two families used to only be well water and not river water, once the marriage fell through because of this birthday, the two families did not turn their faces into enemies, even if they were restrained, and further cooperation would naturally fail. As long as the Wang family passes the pass to Chongqing, it is a big deal to lose this trade route, and the loss of the Zhang family will be great.
Otherwise, your face as Wang Shihua is really big enough to let the Zhang family open the middle door and be the housewife to greet you? I'm afraid that even if his father comes, there is no treatment for the latter. Of course, once the two families form an alliance, it means their own expansion, and the first thing to bear the brunt of is to control the Tian family in Longtang Town with the Wang family - if they don't completely control this critical pass, even if the Wang family agrees, the Zhang family will not agree.
The fate of the family, who dares to take it lightly? What is disturbing is that such a heavy thing is in the mouth of a fortune teller.
The thumb of Tie Mingxian's right hand stopped at the second joint of his middle finger, but his left hand grabbed the first piece of the Xi character.
Everyone's eyes were happy: as long as the Iron Immortal picked up the first piece of Guangyang, it meant that the two of them had no problem.
But the Iron Immortal frowned, and his left hand was retracted.
Everyone's complexion suddenly sank, and the green tendons on the neck of the irritable Wang Shirong had jumped up suddenly, staring at the Iron Immortal with fierce eyes.
Just when everyone's mood was like a roller coaster, Tie Ming Immortal didn't know whether he was scared or really used the cultivation he said, and the beads of sweat on his forehead sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and his face became more and more pale.
Suddenly, he waved his hand violently, and everyone was startled. If Wang Shihua hadn't pulled it, Wang Shirong would have pounced and beaten people.
The Iron Immortal took out a turtle shell from the cloth bag, took out a handful of copper coins and put it into the turtle shell, closed his eyes, and muttered something while shaking.
"Boom la la......" Everyone's hearts were also like the ringing in the turtle shell, upset, but the bad feeling still prevailed.
Soon, the Iron Immortal poured the copper coin from the turtle shell on the tabletop, and then looked at it carefully, counting, and chanting incantations that others couldn't hear clearly.
Seeing that the Iron Immortal's expression was solemn, and the sweat was like rain, everyone's hearts sank.
"Master Zhang, please forgive me for my low mana. Leave! The Iron Immortal straightened up suddenly, hugged his fist at Master Zhang, and after speaking, grabbed the turtle shell and turned around to leave.
You only have low legal power, but you don't mention that you can't calculate it, this is not to say that you have already calculated it, but you don't dare to say it.
"Stop, make things clear before leaving." Zhang Wentian squinted his eyes and shouted in a deep voice with a flickering light. The Zhang family is his strong backing, the Zhang family is good, he naturally benefits, and now he sees that things are going to be yellow, how can he have a good face.
"Commander Zhang, the little one doesn't dare to talk about it."
"Smack!" Zhang Wentian slapped the table heavily, making Guangyang tremble. But he shouted angrily: "Speak! ”
Judging from the calculations, the two hit each other, the man is a monkey, the lack of wood, and the woman is a horse, which is not against each other, so I thought I could be together at the beginning, but I just calculated carefully, but the time of birth of the two was very problematic...... Judging from the hexagram, if the two go against the will of heaven, they will not be blessed...... Yes! ”
He didn't dare not tell the truth: if he told the truth, it was a big deal to kill him, but if he wanted to tell a lie, it was the whole family who died!
Iron Immortal definitely didn't calculate that there was a bald demon king in the hall who killed people like eating.
Just when he was talking, Wang Shirong roared, knocked him away with one punch, vomited blood in the air, knocked over a big chair, vomited two mouthfuls of blood in a row, and fainted.
"Shirong, you are so bold, how dare you be presumptuous here? Why don't you apologize to your two uncles? In the shouting, seeing Wang Shirong's stubborn angry glaring at the Zhang family, it was obvious that he was in a temper, and Wang Shihua had to come forward to salute on his behalf. But before he could speak, he saw Zhang Wentian waving his hand and said, "Don't blame him, Lao Tzu wants to kill people when he hears it." When he turned around, he spat at the Iron Immortal: "Phew! Dog thing, living impatiently, dare to talk nonsense here. ”
I didn't expect that the competition would turn into a political marriage, and the marriage would become a shape, not to mention that the two parties also saw the right eye, and they were even more impeccable. Everyone just wants to use your mouth to make this thing more perfect, but you can't see the shape clearly, and you deserve to be killed. And the face to eat the bowl of rice of fortune telling? Ahh
But how do the two sides talk next? How to round the field?