Look at the time is still early, Zhang Yuan took Wuling to the cross street of Fuxue Palace to find the Qingmo Mountain people Hegeng post, there are two fortune-telling shops on the cross street, only dozens of steps apart, I don't know which one is the Qingmo Mountain people, but I saw an old farmer in front of one of them and said loudly: "Mr. Qingmo is really a god, the old man yesterday said that he lost a ploughing cow, the family cried and cried, thinking that the cow was stolen, I heard that the Qingmo Mountain people in the cross street pushed the four pillars, the turtle hexagram, the fulfillment is incomparable, the old man will be suspicious, so he came to ask the whereabouts of the cow, Which thief stole it? The people of Qingmo Mountain took a hexagram, and said that the old man's cattle were not stolen, but they were trapped in a ravine southeast of his home, and the old man went back to look for it, and sure enough, he found the cow, so he came to thank Mr. Qingmo today, and also preached for him——"

A person came out of the fortune-telling shop diagonally opposite, and sneered: "You didn't come here today, you come every day, and you keep talking about stealing cattle, is it interesting, make up a fresh one." ”

The people in the shops on both sides laughed, and the old man blushed and said, "What's your business, everyone has their own say, don't go along with each other." ”

Wu Ling said: "Young master, this old man was invited by the people of Qingmo Mountain to solicit business, and he said that he stole cattle every day - let's change it?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I will recognize this Qingmo Mountain person." "I walked past the old man and went into the shop.

The old man was overjoyed, and glared angrily at the fortune teller opposite, and the fortune teller saw that he was so broken, Zhang Yuan's master and servant still went to the shop, and he was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and went back to his shop to sit and sulk.

The shop of the Qingmo Mountain people is very small, and it is not easy for a fortune teller to open a shop, and the general thing is to set up a table in the streets and alleys.

"The sage of divination is predestined for his life."

The Qingmo Mountain man was in his forties, wearing a bamboo crown, a white face and a slight beard, sitting behind a cedar table with his hands in his hands. He didn't speak, just looked his eyes up and down, waiting for Zhang Yuan to speak.

Zhang Yuan sat down on the small stool in front of the table and asked, "Mr. Qingmo?" ”

Qingmo Mountain nodded reservedly: "It's the contemptible person, what is the matter with this son here?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Come to Hegeng Post." ”

Qingmo Shanren suddenly relaxed, Hegeng post this is too simple, no need to look at the face, no need to speculate secretly, then stretched out his left hand to the table, said: "Shanren is learning Ziping five-star technique, good luck and evil, fulfillment like a god, Hegeng post is a mountain man stunt, please Gongzi report the birth of both men and women." ”

Zhang Yuan told him and Shang Ran's birthdays, and the people of Qingmo Mountain were surprised: "Female freshman." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It is precisely because of the female freshman that I have to find Mr. Qingmo to calculate, if it is an ordinary warlock, it must be said that this female freshman is inappropriate, it is just a vulgar opinion, Mr. Qingmo must have another opinion." ”

Qingmoshan people love to listen to this, the left thumb in the rest of the four knuckles wheel point like flying, soon discharge the four pillars, big luck, small luck, flowing years and life palace, write on a piece of red paper, Zhang Yuan is "Wuxu year has not been the month of Ren Shen said Gengzi time", Shang Ran is "Ding You year 癸卯 month Gengchen said Ding Hai time" - Qingmo Mountain people are familiar with the eight characters on the red paper for a long time, raised their eyes to look at Zhang Yuan and said: "How do you know that his people are expensive, and the official star is reasonable; How do you know that his people are auspicious, and he likes God as an auxiliary, this man's eight characters must be the life of the son, and the moon is full of official stars, and it is transported into the official township Fu Biqing, good life, good life. "Amazed.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Thank you for your good words, I said that I came to Hegeng and see the marriage, please speak up to the mountain people." ”

Qingmo Mountain people glanced at the flowing years and the palace of life written on the red paper a few times, and said: "Suppressing the good fortune, why is it difficult for the three parties to get the land, this woman's life is also extremely rich, but she is only a child or has a punishment-" When he said this, his eyes stared at Zhang Yuan for a moment, and his speech was extremely slow.

Fortune tellers are like this, talk and say half a sentence, and wait for you to get to the bottom of it.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Miss Ran lost her father at the age of three and her mother at the age of five, even if she was born in a wealthy family, it is really sad to lose her childhood, but can't I make her happy in the future." said: "Please tell the mountain people whether these two people can become husband and wife." ”

Qingmo Shanren said: "Other fortune tellers like to ask and ask, but this young man is very strict-mouthed." Said: "Hegeng post is also to see the two sides of the life, the five elements of neutralization, impartiality, always able to have enough food and clothing, long life, if the husband and wife cooperate well, then it is better and better, to the next level, just like the man's life is only the fame of Xiucai, marry a lady who is a prosperous husband, then you can get the lift, this is called complementarity, haha." ”

Zhang Yuan also smiled, thinking that this Qingmo Mountain man was a little interesting to speak, so he said: "Then ask the mountain man to push this Wuxu man's life carefully." ”

The people of Qingmo Mountain were full of spirits, and they said a lot, saying that this Wuxu fate was made to be a marquis and worship the prime minister, a hall full of gold and jade, a group of wives and concubines, and a long life, and the fate was so good -- Zhang Yuanxin said: "The Dingge catastrophe thirty years later has affected the fate of many people, where can these fortune tellers calculate it." Ren Qingmo Mountain said like a river, he only listened with a smile and didn't say a word.

When the Qingmo Mountain people spoke for two moments, they saw that the young man looked calm and indifferent, and he was not happy at all because he said his life so well, and he knew that he met someone who did not like flattery, so he said: "I have carefully calculated, although this girl's life is one year older than this man, but the two of them have no obvious harm to each other, but the mountain man has a word, every Yin, Mao Nian, it is not suitable to marry, and the rest is fine." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "This year is the year of Renzi, Yin, Mao is the year after tomorrow and the year after tomorrow, well, if everything goes well, I will take the Taoist test the year after tomorrow, the year after tomorrow is the township test, and then it will be the test, before this is indeed no time to marry a wife, Qingmoshan people really calculate well for me, eugenics." He smiled: "Mr. Qingmo is really good, then please write it on this red paper." ”

Qingmo Shanren picked up a pen and wrote, sealed it with a post, and said: "Childe has a good life, this fortune-telling money is also correspondingly more, and it should match such a good life, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and asked, "So how much money should I charge?" ”

Qingmoshan said: "I want one penny and eight cents of silver." "I was a little apprehensive in my heart, I shouldn't want too much, usually seven or eight cents of silver - Zhang Yuan didn't say a word, he wanted to celebrate, why fight for this money, two coins of silver, let Wuling give Qingmo Mountain people two dollars of silver, Qingmo Mountain people were overjoyed, and when they sent Zhang Yuan's master and servant out, he said: "The son is destined to be made, and the concubine is earlier than marrying a wife." It seems that he is worried that Zhang Yuancheng will not be able to bear it too late, and the young man is full of blood, so he kindly reminded him.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Doesn't the Da Ming Law stipulate that concubines are not allowed before the age of forty? ”

Qingmoshan people said with a smile: "What kind of old Huang calendar is that, look at the current world, the sons of domestic slaves can impersonate the imperial examination, and the merchant family can marry a wife in two places, where can the Ming law be managed, and the forty-year-old childless concubine Xu Xu concubine refers to the common people who have no meritorious reputation, Zhang Gongzi will soon be able to make up for the birth of a person and a middle lifter, how can there be any restrictions-"

Zhang Yuan asked, "Do the mountain people recognize me?" ”

Qingmo Shanren "uh" sounded, said that he missed his mouth, fortune tellers are the most inquisitive, Zhang Yuan's house is not far from this school palace, and a few days ago there was such a big incident in the school office, how could he not know, pretending not to know is to facilitate fortune-telling - Qingmo Shanren smiled: "The mountain man only calculated the son's surname Zhang at this time, but it is the famous Dongzhang Gongzi, haha, long Yang, long Yang." ”

This fortune teller is also quite funny, not vulgar.

Zhang Yuan sleeved the good Geng post, don't pass the Qingmo Mountain people, go home to report to the mother, Zhang's mother Lu Shi was very happy, the next morning ordered the stone to hold the good Geng post to the Hui Ji Shang sent it, Shang Zhoude sent a steward to discuss the Na Cai period, it was set on the sixth day of the first month of this month, and the Na Zheng was scheduled for the twelfth of the next month.

Early in the morning of the sixth day of the first month, Zhang Yuan took Shi Shuang, Cuigu and his wife, as well as Xiao Xi Nu Wuling, and hired four porters, and went to the Huiji merchant to carry out the gift of Nacai, the snow on the first day of the first day of the new year has not yet melted, and the snow can still be seen on both sides of the road. The middle household is two taels, the lower household is only one tael, and after Jiajing, the extravagance is gradually flourishing, the dowry is gradually rich, the marriage only talks about money, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, Nacai is only a small hire, the upper household will give a gift of eighteen taels of silver, and the rest of the wine and fruit will be doubled, Zhang Yuan's family of course has to be counted on the household, and the recruitment of big hires, hairpins, rings, gold beads, and precious stones, it will take one hundred and sixty taels of silver, and the small family really can't think of it-Cuigu said: "Young master, the Huiji Shang family is a rich man, and the young grandmother will marry in the future, and the dowry must be extremely rich, It's going to be more than our dowry. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Aunt Cui is a good abacus, even if it comes to the dowry and dowry." ”

At the first day, Zhang Yuan and his entourage arrived in front of the gate of the Shang family, Shang Zhoude and other Shang clansmen welcomed Zhang Yuan in, saluted, tea, and was busy for a while, and was only free after lunch, Zhang Yuan never saw Jinglan and Jinghui sisters, not to mention Shang Ranran, so he said to Shang Zhoude euphemistically: "Second brother Shang, there is nothing to do left and right, I still want to go to the White Horse Mountain Bamboo Pavilion to see the snow scene, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Shang Zhoude knew his thoughts, and said with a smile: "The snow is cold and cold on the mountain, don't go, next summer, I invite you to come here to study." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "This is what I said to Miss Tan Ran in the White Horse Mountain Bamboo Pavilion, did Miss Tan Ran tell the second brother Shang?" ”

But I heard Shang Zhoude say again: "Shaoxing customs, men and women can't meet when they are hired, but it should be okay to talk through the curtain, you come with me." ”

(To be continued)