Chapter 7: The Taoist priest descends the mountain

There is no spring and autumn in the south. This is the perception of most people. People's understanding of the southern season is often a scorching heat for half a year, the sun capriciously shines on the rows of high-rise buildings, so hot that the people on the street have to melt - until the arrival of deep winter, the cold is biting, even if you hide in the bed, you can't help shivering, no matter how much clothes you wear, you can't melt the soft wet cold in your bones.

This is not the case with Hejia Town, which is located at the foot of the southern mountains, and thanks to its unique geographical environment, this town has four seasons. It has spring, swallows fly over the eaves, and flowers bloom inside and outside the town.

It also has autumn. Fallen leaves and wind intertwined through the streets, and even the air smelled dry, and the city was golden.

Stepping on the tail of September, Hejiazhen ushered in autumn. Tomorrow is the National Day, there are vendors who have set up stalls in the town in advance, the town will be very lively during holidays, and the enthusiastic people of Hejia Town welcome tourists to visit.

And today, the people of Hejiazhen ushered in a pair of Taoist priests who came down the mountain.

It's a rare thing to see a Taoist priest in these years. People's understanding of this kind of person often comes from film and television works, and there are few people who have really seen it in reality - even if there is always a flying watch on the top of Mount Davis, the Taoist priest in the view has not seen it once in three or five years.

The Taoist who flew to watch came down the mountain. One is a Taoist priest and the other is a Taoist aunt. The news quickly spread throughout the small town of Hejia.

The three aunts and six aunts of every household, if they had no important work in the family, all exchanged ears from neighborhood to neighborhood, and walked to the only square in the town, these people were the most attentive to gossip, and Master Zhong, who had traveled from the north in the first two months, came to live in the town temporarily, and they also got the news first.

The two Taoist masters set up a small stall in the square, and the wooden sign hanging in front of the stall reads "Fortune Telling" with simple calligraphy. The onlookers turned their heads to each other, and from time to time they had the courage to go up and ask the two of them about the details, and the Taoist priest sitting at the table talked and laughed, and his demeanor was natural, and time passed little by little, but no one planned to go up to tell fortunes.

People think that these two Dao masters are too young.

The Taoist in the middle is not as long as in film and television dramas, and his calm demeanor can indeed be called handsome; As for the Dao Gu on the side, she is even more amazing, her eyebrows and eyes are like Dai's body is picturesque, but it really looks like a fairy above the nine heavens has descended to the earth. Many people looked at her and felt a little familiar, but they couldn't say why.

- Despite this, the two of them looked to be no more than twenty years old, and no matter how immortal they were, it was hard to believe how profound their Taoism could be.

This is not comparable to the master Zhong who came to the town after a month, he seems to be nearly thirty years old, mature and steady, and everyone who sees him has to sincerely praise "young and promising".

The fortune-telling stall has not been opened for a long time, but the Taoist master seems unhurried and calmly shaking the broken pu fan in his hand, and Miss Daogu is holding the dust, her beautiful eyes are lightly closed, the corners of her mouth are hooked and smiling, and she closes her eyes and recuperates.

After a while, another aunt finally stepped forward and sat down opposite the two.

Dao Ye opened his eyes and glanced at them lightly, with a smile in his eyes.

The woman snorted:

"Dao Chief, how much do you have to pay for this hexagram?"

The Taoist priest shook his head:

"No money."

The woman glanced at him suspiciously: "You don't have to pay the incense fee afterwards?" ”

The Taoist priest smiled and said, "Those who learn the Tao should pay attention to accumulating merits, we didn't go down the mountain this time to raise incense, but just received the master's order to accumulate merit for the people in the town." Fortune-telling and fortune-telling don't cost money. ”

The crowd of onlookers began to talk. The woman hesitated, then asked:

"What will the Taoist be counted?"

"It depends on what you need." The Taoist priest glanced at her meaningfully, turned his head and nodded at the Taoist aunt beside him:

"If Your Excellency thinks that we are charlatans, you might as well let the senior sister next to me calculate your surname."

"Surnames can also be counted?"

"It's too mysterious, isn't it?"

The onlookers began to discuss. The beautiful Taoist aunt opened her eyes slightly, swept her eyes over the aunt in front of the table, and showed a playful smile in her eyes, brushing the dust and bowing slightly:

"This little aunt's husband is surnamed Wang?"

There were relatives and friends of the woman around, and those who knew her situation couldn't help but exclaim.

"This ...... It is indeed surnamed Wang...... How do you know......" The woman screamed, but Dao Gu didn't explain, smiled mysteriously, and reached out and nodded her forehead, closing her eyes and contemplating:

"As for you, auntie...... Er Dong Chen, right? ”

"Yes, yes, my surname is Chen...... Two immortals, you are too godly, aren't you? ”

The woman was excited, and immediately believed in these two Taoist priests. Some people around began to suspect that this woman was not specially invited by the two, and some relatives and friends scolded a few words of "don't talk nonsense", and confirmed that she was a real local of Hejia Town, and the psychology of the masses unconsciously changed subtly.

"My way is still very shallow." Dao Gu smiled modestly: "The one who really wants to tell your fortune is my senior brother, I can only read people's surnames, and he can read people's hearts." ”

"Senior sister is too modest." The Taoist priest shook the fan and said to the aunt surnamed Chen:

"If you don't mind, please take out the item you think means the most to you from your bag first."

Aunt Chen was puzzled:

"What's that?"

The Taoist priest smiled faintly: "You use it as a medium, all things have spirits, and the things that have been in contact with you for the longest time can also help me understand your life." ”

Aunt Chen suspiciously put the satchel on her shoulder on the table, opened the zipper, flipped it over, and after thinking about it, she turned out a pendant from it with a solemn expression.

At the moment when she opened the satchel, the Taoist priest quickly swept the inside of the satchel, picked up the photo and rubbed it in his hand, stroked his chin, shook his head and muttered a series of words that made people misty.

"This pendant...... It belongs to Miss Chen's immediate family, parents or grandparents, right? ”

Aunt Chen was stunned:

"Yes...... My mother gave it to me. ”

"You like to be tidy and diligent in housework."

"Yes......"

"Have you been having a bit of a financial problem at home lately? It seems to have originated from your family......"

"That's right...... That's right...... To tell you the truth, my husband was working on a construction site last month and injured his foot, and he is still borrowing money from relatives everywhere......"

"Besides, your juniors have some problems too, right? Is it your son? Or a daughter? ”

Aunt Chen's expression became more and more excited: "Daughter, I have a daughter in my family, who is going to study in a university abroad this year, and the tuition has not been paid yet, and she is catching up with this ......."

"Understood." The Taoist priest smiled: "I'll give you another hexagram at the end." ”

When the woman left her seat contentedly with the hexagram drawn, the crowd of onlookers also became bustling, and for a time there were three or four people rushing to the two Taoist priests first, one by one, "Dao Master" and "Dao Chang", begging the two to count a hexagram for them, and the onlookers behind also quickly woke up and lined up in front of the small stall.

The way of fortune-telling of the two is exactly the same as that of the first: first, the beautiful Taoist aunt next to him guesses the surname of the fortune teller, and then asks the fortune teller to take out a thing that he thinks is the most important thing from the bag, and after the Taoist priest ponders for a while, he gives the corresponding results.

"Miss Yao, you're a talker at home most of the time, right?"

"Yes...... I'm in charge of the small things, and the big things are in my husband's hands, and there are no big things on weekdays......"

"Aunt Zhang, you've had something bad in the past month, haven't you?"

"Isn't it...... Master Dao, let me tell you, I have been unlucky this month, my husband has been laid off, my son is not well-behaved, he is not good at reading, he has to learn to do some carpentry, you say this is not a sad person......"

"You have a ruddy seal, but you have a dark appearance, but recently you feel that you have met a noble person to help you?"

"Yes, yes...... I went to the master Zhong in the town last month to see me, and he asked me to pay 5,000 yuan of incense money to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster......"

"Do you think your luck has improved since this month?"

"This ...... It's hard to say......"

"Has Sister-in-law He had any family discord recently?"

"This doesn't seem to be the case, our family has always been quite harmonious......"

"If you think about it, it doesn't necessarily mean the last three or five days, maybe it happened in a month."

"When you say that, I remember, half a month ago, my stupid brother ......"

Time gradually passed, and in the afternoon, an "acquaintance" sat down on the chair opposite.

When Liu Yanshi saw her, he subconsciously glanced at Shi Zuocai.

"Senior sister, can you count the guest's surname?"

Liu Yanshi nodded, closed his eyes for a long time: "The surname is Li." Mu Zi Li, right? ”

Li Lijuan touched her legs with some anxiety and nodded:

"Yes...... My surname is Lee. ”