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Yi Xingchen hurriedly asked again: "Where is the body of the apricot blossom girl?" Already buried? ”

Gui Gong shook his head and said: "Because it is a homicide case, the bodies of their master and servant have been transported to the mortuary of the Yamen for storage, so that they can conduct an inquest on the body to find clues to solve the case." said that it would take a few days to return for the funeral. ”

Yi Xingchen nodded, thanked him, turned to Gongsun He and said: "Master, a seal has been pasted here, and we can't go into the house to pay our respects, since the body of the Xinghua girl was transported to the mortuary by the yamen, otherwise, let's go to the yamen to see if we can burn incense and paper in front of her body, so that we can express our hearts better, and the Xinghua girl will also feel relieved in the spirit of the sky." ”

In fact, Gongsun He's earliest thought was just depressed, as if something was blocked, so he wanted to come out for a walk, go to the Qinglou to see the place where there was a moment of warmth the night before, and his heart was hanging, but it was Yi Xingchen who was troublesome, and proposed to burn paper money in the Qinglou, Gongsun He's heart was soft, thinking of the Xinghua girl's warmth to herself at night, and spending some money to buy some paper money to burn to her should be, so he nodded and agreed, but he didn't expect that after coming, the scene was sealed, Yi Xingchen proposed to go to the mortuary where the body of the Xinghua girl was stored in the yamen to pay his respects, which made Gongsun He a little unsure of what to do.

However, as soon as Gongsun He heard Yi Xingchen talk about the apricot blossom girl, saying that burning paper money would make the apricot blossom in the sky feel gratified, he couldn't help but tremble, and these words plucked the most fragile heartstring in his heart. Gritting his teeth, in this life, maybe this woman has had a skin-to-skin relationship with herself, for this reason, she will be cheeky to go to the yamen, burn some paper money for her, and thank her for her love for herself.

Thinking of this, Gongsun He finally gritted his teeth and nodded.

So the two walked along the street to the Tunzhou Yamen.

The Tunzhou Yamen is divided into the inner hall and the outer hall, and the outer hall is divided into the front hall and the back hall. The front hall is an area open to the public, which is used to raise the lobby to ask questions, post announcements on the wall, judgments and the like. In ancient times, when a lawsuit was held in the yamen, the judgments made by the yamen would not be given to the parties, but would only be pasted on the walls of the yamen and let the parties copy them back by themselves. Therefore, although the yamen has dispersed, there are still many people looking up at the various documents on the wall in the front hall of the yamen, some reading, and some copying. Of course, many of the people who fought the lawsuit were illiterate themselves, so they had to ask the scribe in charge of transcribing the yamen to help them transcribe. Of course, there is a fee for this transcription.

Yi Xingchen looked around curiously and saw a side door on the side of the front hall. In the doorway sat listlessly two tolerances bragging about it. Yi Xingchen's inherited memory contained some basic common sense in ancient times, such as the general layout of the yamen, and according to these common senses, he knew that the mortuary of the yamen should be somewhere inside the side door guarded by the two tolerances.

So, he walked up and hugged his fists and said, "Two big brothers, my master and I want to go in and worship the Xinghua girl who was killed in Cuixiang Building last night, do you think it's okay?" ”

A fat man looked Yi Xingchen up and down, and then looked at Gongsun He, who was standing in despair, not far away, and recognized the two of them as the ones who set up a stall on the street of Tunzhou. These two men often patrol the streets, so they know each other. Then he said: "It turned out to be Mr. Gongsun, a fortune teller, what's the matter, does the apricot blossom girl have anything to do with you?" ”

"Well, that's right, Miss Xinghua often asks my master to tell her hexagrams, and she also rewards us. When he heard that she had been killed, the master was very sad, so he wanted to come and pay his respects, and asked the two eldest brothers to give him accommodation. ”

The other thin man smiled and said, "That's right, I heard that your master and you were still telling the apogram to the Xinghua girl in the embroidery building last night, and early this morning, Cui Zhutou went to ask you about it." You are just a fortune-teller with her, and you can all think of hanging her, and this friendship is indeed commendable. I think, just let them in. ”

Fat Tolerance nodded and said, "Then you go in, the mortuary is in a small dark room against the wall in the innermost part of the right hand, and there is an old man guarding the door." You tell him to open the door, and you go burn the paper and the money comes out. ”

Yi Xingchen agreed, and after waiting for the fat man to open the side door, he followed the master inside, and walked along the alley to a small black house at the high wall of the yamen, the door was locked, and there was a small duty room next to it, where an old man was humming a little song and drinking slowly with a wine jug.

Yi Xingchen hurriedly went up to explain his intentions. Of course, the old man also recognized Gongsun He, squinted a pair of drunken eyes and said, "You two really want to go in and burn incense paper for Xinghua?" Tell you, the apricot blossom girl died a miserable death, but she looks very scary, do you really want to go in? ”

Yi Xingchen glanced at the master, the master nodded slowly, and then nodded and said: "We are friends with the Xinghua girl, we just want to hang ourselves, burn the paper money, incense and candles, we will come out, presumably she will not frighten us in the spirit of heaven." ”

The old man nodded and said, "You may not know the rules of the yamen, but those of us who deal with corpses are very unlucky, so we need some money for washing our hands, opening the door, locking the money, or something." Still, I know you don't have any money. But the rules can't be broken. In this way, I won't ask you for money, you give me a hexagram, it can be regarded as unlocking money, and I will let you go into the mortuary to burn incense. All right? ”

Gongsun He nodded, and finally smiled reluctantly and said, "What are you going to ask?" ”

The old man squinted his drunken eyes and thought for a moment: "The key to my errand to guard the mortuary is to see who has died, and whether there is anyone willing to pay to visit." So you do the math for me, look at this time I will guard these two corpses, will there be any big customers who will come to see her? Can I receive a decent unlock money to buy alcohol? Hey. ”

Gongsun He nodded: "Since you want to calculate whether you have money or not, then please bring your money bag, and then take some money out of it, count the number, and catch it three times in a row, and I can make a hexagram." ”

The old man took out the money bag from his waist, shook it, and there were dozens of copper coins in it, so he tore open the pocket and reached in, grabbed three copper coins in three times, and counted them in the palm of his hand.

He said in a deep voice: "Your hexagram, the upper and lower hexagrams are all dry hexagrams. Dismantling, the trigram that represents you is the meaning of the elder, which is consistent with your identity, indicating that this hexagram is accurate, and the thing that represents your divination is also the hexagram, which belongs to gold, representing gold and silver treasures, indicating that you will make a lot of money tonight, and there is quite a lot, congratulations! ”

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he said, "Is your hexagram really accurate?" Can I really make some money to buy alcohol tonight? ”

Gongsun He nodded and said, "That's what the hexagram says, I have always interpreted the hexagram according to the hexagram. ”

Yi Xingchen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed the words again.

Because when the master calculated this hexagram, a three-dimensional hexagram also appeared in his head, although it was the same as the master's original hexagram, and the top and bottom were all dry hexagrams, but there were two differences, that is, the second and third lines of the hexagram were flashing.

According to past experience, this kind of flickering hexagram suggests that he should interpret the hexagram from the words of the Book of Changes.

Immediately flashed in his head, the second line of the "Book of Changes" about Qianwei Tiangua was: "See the dragon in Tianli and see the lord." The third epigram is: "The gentleman works all day long, and he is violent, vigorous, and not to blame." ”

It can be seen from the content of the two ya's speeches that it would have been advantageous for the old man to meet an official after a while, but unfortunately he messed up, and he would have been taught a lesson by the official, such as a slap in the face, but it would not cause a big disaster. But if you want to make money, there's no way.

Yi Xingchen originally wanted to tell the old man who was guarding the door about the content of the three-dimensional hexagram in his mind, but after thinking about it, if he told him the truth, then he would be full of displeasure, maybe he wouldn't let the master go in with him to pay tribute to the Xinghua girl, it was better to tell him when he left for a while, and remind him to pay attention. (My novel "Ming Dynasty Hexagram Master" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )