Chapter 144: Copying Notes
Yi Xingchen smiled and motioned for them to sit down on the stool, just about to let him make a hexagram and help him calculate what way to realize his dream of showing off his talents, at this moment, he inadvertently glanced at the Immortal Pavilion Temple, and saw the notice on the wall, and couldn't help but move in his heart, why not let this old man go in and take a look to see what kind of fame these Taoists are doing? A Taoist temple asks someone to write something, and bids for 30 wen a day, it should not be a copy of the scriptures, it may have another purpose, and it needs to be investigated. ≧ top novel,
So, Yi Xingchen smiled and said, "There is a way now. He pointed to the Taoist temple opposite: "The Taoist temple recruits the secretary, you are a child, you must meet the conditions, you go to apply for the job first, and take this road." ”
Yan Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the notice posted on the Taoist temple in the distance, and couldn't see clearly when he squinted, and he didn't know what was written. But since the half-immortal pointed out, it should be right, he thought for a while and said, "Half-immortal, can I be a showman if I apply for this errand?" ”
Yi Xingchen sighed, this old boy wants to go crazy if he wants to be a showman, and said: "You have to eat the rice one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step, if it is so simple to become a showman, then the streets are full of showmen, and it is not uncommon, right?" ”
Yan Hongzhi's face turned red, and he said curtly: "Half Immortal is right, the contemptible person will apply for the job, and please give more guidance to the Great Immortal in the future." ”
Yi Xingchen actually wanted his words, so that he could take the opportunity to find out what these Taoist priests were going to do in the Taoist temple. So he nodded and said, "No problem, you come over every day, I will give you some guidance according to the situation, and I will not charge you hexagram money." ”
The old boy was surprised and delighted. Arched to the ground: "Thank you for the half-immortal." ”
The girl Yan Guling on the side was also pleasantly surprised, her eyes full of gratitude. With tears in his eyes, he said to his father, "Daddy." Listen to the half-immortal, let's go and apply. ”
Yan Hongzhi nodded, thanked Yi Xingchen, took his daughter across the stone bridge, and went to the Taoist temple.
Yi Xingchen watched from a distance, and after seeing the two of them come to the notice to take a look, he paced into the Taoist temple.
After a while, the girl Yan Guling walked out alone and crossed the creek stone bridge. When he came to Yi Xingchen's hexagram stall, his face was full of joy, and he said, "Half-immortal son, my father has been hired." I paid a day's salary in advance, and the last time I asked you to tell a fortune, I only gave a penny, I'm really embarrassed, because I am really shy in my pocket, and I got some copper coins today. Make up the hexagram money. Please also ask the half-fairy boy to smile. He counted four pieces from a small money bag and put them in front of Yi Xingchen.
Yi Xingchen said: "No need, I said last time that I would calculate one penny for you, and now you have given me four pennies, don't you treat me as a greedy person?" Hurry up and get it back. Otherwise, next time, I won't bother to point you out. ”
Yan Guling didn't know what to do for a while. There was gratitude and shame in his eyes. Tears welled up.
Yi Xingchen grabbed the four coins and stuffed them into his palm, and said, "Okay." I will only receive one penny for one penny. You can't let me be untrustworthy. Well, after your father takes this step, I believe that he will not die studying in the future, and should take some time to take care of the family. In this way, if he has the ability to support your family, there should be no major problem, you can rest assured. ”
Yi Xingchen's intimate words made Yan Guling's tears fall down: "There are still grandparents at home, all of whom are old. Originally, I was expecting my grandfather to go out to work, but last year, my grandfather was injured and paralyzed in bed and couldn't work. There is also a younger sister below, who is young and young, and I am a weak woman, so I can only follow my grandmother to help people do laundry and sewing to earn a few pennies, and I can't do anything else, and the family is all counting on my father. And my father only wanted fame behind closed doors, and seeing that the family life was unsustainable, my grandparents didn't know how many times they told him to earn money to support the family and stop thinking about fame, but my father didn't listen. The family had eaten the last meal but did not have the next meal, and my sister was so hungry that she couldn't sleep at night, so she lay on the bed and cried ....... On that day, he got the guidance of the half-immortal son, and his father changed his temperament, and today he went to be a secretary, and he earned these copper coins, at least he had something to eat, and the family would not starve to death. Thinking of it, it was all the guidance of the child, and the little woman was grateful......"
Speaking of this, Yan Guling choked up, couldn't continue, gave a gift full of gratitude, bowed his head to wipe his tears, turned around and left quickly.
Looking at his back, Yi Xingchen was very emotional. As the saying goes, useless is a scholar, unless you have fame, otherwise it will be difficult to even support your family, and you can't compare to small merchants and hawkers. In a way, it doesn't make sense. This old boy is a good example of this. Fortunately, if I can make Lao Tongsheng change his mind through this incident, think of his family, and take on the responsibility of supporting his family, it can be regarded as a good thing.
In the evening, Yi Xingchen was preparing to collect the hexagram stall, the old boy Yan Hongzhi walked out of the Taoist temple quickly, saw Yi Xingchen, was overjoyed, hurriedly beckoned, crossed the stone arch bridge to Yi Xingchen, and arched his hand: "Half immortal, I'm worried that you have already left when you come out late, and it just so happens that you haven't left yet." Today, I have been thinking, I am copying and writing here all day long, won't I waste my studies? The college exam is about to be held, and I'm wasting my time here, copying some inexplicable things for others, I'm afraid that it will delay the college exam. Demi-Immortal, what should I do? Please advise me. ”
Yi Xingchen was actually thinking about this matter in his heart.
Although he led him to do this, if this matter did not benefit him in the future, then he would blame himself, and his daughter would fall back into despair. Since he helps people, he will help to the end, so Yi Xingchen has also thought about it, since he wants him to go to the Taoist temple as an insider to find out the news, it can be regarded as hiring him to do things by himself, as long as he has made efforts to spy on intelligence for himself in it, he will talk to Governor Li next time, praise him for some credits, let Governor Li say hello, and let him pass the hospital examination to become a showman. Anyway, in the imperial examination, whether the article is good or bad, people have the final say, there is no first martial arts and no second, he has been shown to be talented, he has been taking the exam for decades, and no one must have said a second word.
With this plan, Yi Xingchen was already confident, and said with a smile at the moment: "Since you believe me, then you have to do what I say." If you don't believe it, go back and study hard by yourself to see if you can become a talent on the gold list this time. ”
Hearing this, Yan Hongzhi was immediately deflated.
He began to take the college examination when he was a teenager, and until now, he has been taking the exam for more than 20 years, but he is still in the name of Sun Shan. And if I take the test again this time, I am afraid that there will be no greater hope than the last time. Hearing his daughter say that this fortune telling is very accurate, so he has hope in his heart, and wants to see if he can become a showman in other ways through fortune telling, but after copying the things for a day just now, he is worried about his studies, so as not to fall short in the end.
If you have the rest of this time to study hard, there may be a glimmer of hope, and if you waste your studies in the past few days, then I am afraid that there is even less hope. Therefore, while transcribing in the Taoist temple, I thought about it worriedly. Finally, when the time came when I could go home, I hurriedly came out and asked Yi Xingchen what to do.
Now hearing Yi Xingchen say this, he was immediately terrified. Indeed, since I listened to his instructions, now I look back and question, I really can't say it, in that case, why bother in the first place? Since he has chosen to listen to the guidance of the half-immortal, he will go on hard. Anyway, even if I go back and study hard, the hope of being able to live is extremely slim.
After more than 20 years of failed examinations, he was full of hope for his imperial examination from the beginning, to the hopeless, in this case, why not follow the guidance of the half-immortal to go through, maybe he can find another way, and it is unknown whether he can obtain fame.
Thinking of this, Yan Hongzhi bowed: "The half-immortal pointed out, it was the contemptible person who thought wrong, and I ask the half-immortal to forgive me." ”
Yi Xingchen motioned for him to sit down: "How is it?" What does it feel like not reading on this day and helping people copy and write in it? ”
Yan Hongzhi hesitated for a moment, and said curtly: "My heart is like a cat scratching, I used to read hard with books every day, but I didn't read this day, but I didn't know what to do, but fortunately, I had work in my hands, and I kept copying, otherwise I really don't know how to live." ”
Yi Xingchen smiled, swept around from the corner of his eye, there was no one next to him, and asked very casually: "What did they ask you to copy?" This whole day. ”
The content of the copy is the same, so Yan Hongzhi has long been familiar with it, and said: "The copy is two sentences: 'Heaven descends on the sky, and the sky is tribulated.'" Just this sentence, written on a piece of paper, had to be written in a large stack, written countless sheets, and I almost vomited what I wrote. ”
Yi Xingchen was stunned for a moment, pondering what this sentence meant. After thinking about it for a long time, I have a good understanding of the latter sentence, the Heavenly Tribulation Tribulation, this is the core of the Heavenly Tribulation Sect's external propaganda, and you can survive the end of the world by believing in the Heavenly Tribulation Sect, but the previous sentence is not easy to understand,—— Heavenly Divine Fire? Could it be that the divine fire will really fall from the sky? How can it be? Could it be a meteorite? It's impossible, if it's a meteorite, it should be called a heavenly god stone.
Could it be that the Heavenly Tribulation Sect is trying to engage in some kind of conspiracy and tricks?
Yi Xingchen suddenly became vigilant, but this sentence alone can't explain anything, and it must be further investigated.
Yi Xingchen said to Yan Hongzhi: "After you copied these notes, what did the Taoist take this note for?" ”
Yan Hongzhi shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm just responsible for copying one by one, and then put it aside, if you copy too much, someone will come and take it away." I don't know exactly what to do. ”
Hearing him say this, Yi Xingchen's eyes rolled, and he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I understand why you have not been able to pass the college examination to obtain the qualification of Xiucai." ”
"Why?" Yan Hongzhi asked in surprise. If someone else said this, he might not care, but if it was said by a half-immortal who was a fortune teller, the weight would be different. (To be continued......)