Chapter Seventy-Four: Pushing Back Pictures

We crept forward, slowly reaching the shadows, where we hid under the cover of the bookshelves.

I saw that there was a small hall over there, with a table in the middle, on which were placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and many books, and a large candle was placed on the edge of the table in the distance, and two people stood in front of the table, and the big candle cast the shadows of the two on the ground.

Both of them are dressed as Taoist priests, a white-clothed Taoist priest, looking at the back, it is likely to be Li Qingfeng, as if he is concentrating, writing something on the paper on the table.

The one next to him should be the person who visited the ancient house just now, and he was sorting out the books that were scattered on the table.

Suddenly, the one who was sorting out the books turned half of his body and showed his face, it was a middle-aged Taoist priest, who was watching Li Qingfeng write.

The middle-aged Taoist priest suddenly pushed Li Qingfeng's back and said with a smile: "It's all calculated to be behind here." ”

Li Qingfeng seemed to be startled by the sudden touch, the pen fell to the side, and said: "As soon as I calculated, I felt more and more curious, and what would become of it in the future, so I couldn't stop." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest took the paper in front of Li Qingfeng, where there seemed to be a large stack of piles, the middle-aged Taoist priest looked at it and said, "The Holy One only lets us calculate the future, and you are already a thousand years later." Now that Datang is peaceful and prosperous, if the saint knows that after a thousand years, Datang will no longer exist, I am afraid that he will be very unhappy. ”

Li Qingfeng said very easily: "This major event in the world is elusive, and our calculation of divination is not entirely accurate. If you think about ancient people, you can also be Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, so that you can be considered accurate in divination. Thinking that Wu Xian of the Shang Dynasty in later generations also had mistakes. What's more, you and I will inevitably miscalculate. ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest said with a smile: "I can't imagine that Li Qingfeng, who is very self-controlled, also has a time when he is modest. ”

With that, both of them burst out laughing.

The middle-aged Taoist priest picked up the copper basin on the ground next to him, handed it to Li Qingfeng, and said, "Come and wash your face with water, we still have to go to the face saint." ”

Li Qingfeng stacked all the papers on the side, then put the basin on the table, and was just about to reach out to wash his face, when suddenly he seemed to think of something, turned his head to look at the middle-aged Taoist priest, and said, "Master, why don't we try to see who is more accurate in divination." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest listened and asked with a smile: "Okay, what are you talking about betting?" Astrology or word guessing? ”

Li Qingfeng said with a smile: "Bet on my hands, which one will touch the water first." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest laughed and said, "How to bet, I said that you have your left hand, you must use your right hand, and I say that you have your right hand, you must use your left hand." ”

Li Qingfeng smiled: "However, I can count that your hand touches the water first." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest was very interested when he heard this, and said, "Then you can test it." ”

Li Qingfeng said: "Then you put your hand on the water first, I want to see the ripples of the water." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest put his hand flat on the basin, and Li Qingfeng stood beside him, as if observing carefully, and suddenly said, "Right hand." ”

As he spoke, he grabbed the wrist of the middle-aged Taoist priest's right hand and pushed his hand into the water.

The middle-aged Taoist priest reacted and laughed.

Li Qingfeng said with a smile: "Divination is just the use of celestial phenomena to assist the general trend of the surrounding environment, plus various psychology, to guess people's fortunes." I asked you to put your hand on the surface of the water, and deliberately said that you should occupy the water lines, and you must focus all your attention on the water lines, so that I can take advantage of them. Just like the celestial phenomenon, it is just to use the psychology of the people, such as too white and bright, it indicates the birth of the emperor, and the people naturally believe in it, and naturally support the true son of heaven. ”

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Yes, we are just using Dao techniques to predict the general trend." ”

Suddenly, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Actually, I can also figure out which hand of Li Qingfeng touched the water first." ”

Hearing him say this, Li Qingfeng hurriedly pinned his hand behind his back and said with a smile: "You won't use the method I just had, right?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "You and I are both proud of our talents, when will we use the same method twice, I have another way to predict." ”

Li Qingfeng didn't believe it and asked, "Then which hand do you occupy for me to enter the water first?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "If it is not for two to enter the water at the same time, it must be the right hand to enter the water first." ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Qingfeng with a smile on his face.

Li Qingfeng hurriedly stretched out his left hand, put it into the water first, and said with a smile: "The master guessed wrong, but the student entered the water with his left hand first." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest took Li Qingfeng's hand away from the water, pointed to the surface of the water and said, "I occupy Li Qingfeng, not Li Qingfeng who is standing here, but Li Qingfeng who is reflected on the surface of the basin." ”

The reflection of the surface of the water is like a mirror, just the opposite, you have your left hand, and you stand at the angle of the shadow in the mirror, but it is your right hand.

The two understood and laughed.

Then Li Qingfeng washed his face, packed up his things, and the two of them took the paper, one after the other, listening to the voice, they closed the door and left.

If you guess correctly, this middle-aged Taoist priest should be Yuan Tiangang, and the scene in this illusion should be the origin of "Tui Bei Tu".

It is said that when Zhenguan was in his prime, in order to predict the future of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong Yellow Emperor asked Li Qingfeng and Yuan Tiangang, who had just entered the office, to calculate the future of the country. In the meantime, Li Qingfeng was obsessed with calculation, forgot the time, and unconsciously calculated that it would be a thousand years later, and Yuan Tiangang happened to push his back, preventing him from continuing to leak the heavenly secrets.

The blueprint for this prediction is known as "Tui Bei Tu".

It is said that there are 60 images, each of which is illustrated with a proverb and a poem called "Ode". The future is a metaphor for it.

It's just that there are many versions of what is circulating in the world today, and it is impossible to distinguish between true and false.

After a while, there were no more voices, I am afraid that the illusion should be over, we need to find the exit again, and I don't know what mystery Li Qingfeng is hiding here?

Could it be those books?

I hurriedly flipped through it, but most of them were history books, and they were all in classical Chinese, and there were no broken sentences.

I even wonder if Li Qingfeng thought that in the Tang Dynasty, later generations would read classical Chinese, so when he designed it, he didn't take into account that it was now the era of vernacular literature.

If he will hint that it will be hidden in this vast history book, I am afraid that we will only find it in the year of the monkey, and I don't know when it will be cracked.

At this time, Xiao Lin exclaimed, and we hurriedly ran over, estimating that he had found some important clues.

Xiao Lin found some books in the corner, we walked over and spread them out, and they were all recorded about the affairs of the palace, such as who the emperor was lucky to be on one day, and so on.

Senior Brother Hong scolded angrily: "Damn, you will rely on the lower half of your body to think." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded at the gate in the distance.

Could it be that Li Qingfeng and they are back again?

But they were dressed in cloth shoes and walked quietly.

Then, I heard a creak at the door, and someone was supposed to have come in.

Isn't the illusion over yet?

The people who came in did not speak, as if they were wearing heavy armor, in addition to the sound of heavy footsteps, there was also the sound of scales and metal on the armor clashing.

Could it be the soldiers of the night watch?

Then, there were footsteps at the door, and I guess a few more had come in.

Could it be that our noisy voices have attracted the palace guards? But the guards, generally not always holding lanterns? And they don't break in rudely.

At this time, the first person to come in had already come to the table, with his back to the light, as if he was looking around.

The man was extremely strong, powerful, and dressed in bright light armor.

At this time, Xiao Lin stabbed Senior Brother Hong and pointed to the ground.

I looked at the ground and it didn't feel like anything.

I suddenly realized: it's really nothing, not even a shadow, this, is it a ghost?

In the illusion just now, Li Qingfeng and the others all had shadows, but this warrior had no shadows.

At this time, the samurai who came in later also walked to the table, only to see one of them, facing the big candle, his face was full of blood, and what was even more terrifying was that the eyes did not have eyeballs at all, but two black holes, and from time to time black smoke spread out, which was very terrifying.

In the story of Zong Qingguan, it is rumored that Taizong's palace was once haunted, but here, it can't be those ghosts, right?

And judging from the illusion in the front, the characters in this illusion can still feel us and attack us.

At this time, a horse boy Taoist priest next to him should have also seen these warriors clearly, and was frightened by their appearance, so he stepped back, but he didn't want to bump into me behind.

I lost my balance of gravity, fell to the ground on my back, hit the bookshelf, made a loud noise, and the sword of the King of Qin in my hand also fell to the ground.

The samurai heard the sound and rushed over.

I quickly got up, picked up my sword, and smiled awkwardly at a few samurai.

The warrior who took the lead, facing in my direction, glanced up and down, and finally looked in the direction of the Qin King Sword in my hand, as if he knew this sword, and asked viciously, "Who are you Li Shimin?" ”