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Chapter 15: The Soap Puppet ()

Things suddenly turned around, Xu Changqing was willing to make an exception for himself, and the merchant was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he bowed again and again to thank him. Xu Changqing asked him to stand up, look at his face, and start the hexagram according to the luck on his face, and then divide his body into three classes with the neck and waist as the line, look at his five elements of life, and finally put the determined hexagram in the palm of his hand, and determine the heavenly stem, the earthly branch, the six gods, and the eight gates, in order to calculate the general flow of his fate and the details of the transfer.

Xu Changqing's master has three methods of fortune-telling, among which Xu Changqing is best at determining the situation with one palm, although the calculation is extremely accurate, but it can only be counted for a short time. The other is the Zhou Tianling signature method, this method is the ancient method of the Tang Dynasty, according to legend, it originated from Yuan Tiangang, you can use the natal true yuan to promote the peach wood spirit sign, connect the heaven and earth qi veins, put yourself on the heaven and earth qi veins, and look down at the human network fortune, you can see the general trend of the world in your eyes. This method calculates the general trend of the world for a hundred years, which can be used to measure people's connections, and can also be used to measure family fortune and national fortune. Although this method is very strong, every time it is calculated, it will cost most of the Jindan True Yuan, and it will not be able to recover it without one or two hundred days. In addition, the peach wood spirit sticks used to make zuò must be the wood heart of a hundred-year-old peach, which is much more precious than ordinary hundred-year-old peach, and it can only be used once. In Xu Changqing's opinion, it is really a bit uneconomical, so he rarely uses this Zhou Tianling signing method.

Now Xu Changqing's method of approving the fortune hexagram is the Xiao Dunjia Liuren method, this kind of life method can only be counted as the fortune of life, as well as the knot of the turning point of the fate, because it is only a partial view of the great luck, there will obviously be some deviations, but it will not hurt the fate of the great luck.

After careful calculation, Xu Changqing felt a burst of surprise, and secretly said in his heart, people can't be disguised. It turned out that this merchant not only had excellent luck, but also had official luck, not an ordinary kind, but a big official who held the power of life and death. At this point, Xu Changqing decided to win over this person, and when he encountered any disasters in the future, he would have another way to help him prevent disasters and eliminate disasters.

Xu Changqing retracted his mind, smiled kindly at the merchants, and said: "Your business is already doomed to lose this time, but it won't lose much, and it won't shake your roots, the luck of this place in the south is not suitable for you, you should go to the north It may be better." In addition, your luck is excellent, although there are some twists and turns, but there will be no danger of breaking luck, there is a turn of luck in your life, if you go through you will be lucky, if you don't go over, you will not have to worry about your life, but you will have a dull life in the future. I am here to send you four words of criticism, and when you feel that you have reached the point of life and death, act according to these four sentences, and you will be able to turn evil into good fortune and get through this turn of luck. ”

"Please give me advice!" said the merchant, attentively.

Xu Changqing said slowly: "If you encounter a horse, you will stop, if you encounter a bow, you will resist, if you encounter a bow, if you retreat, if you encounter a bow, you will retreat, and if you kill one hundred thousand!" Seeing that the merchant was writing down these four criticisms carefully, he did not bother, took out a gossip and exorcism bronze mirror from his sleeve, handed it to him, and said: "In addition, I will congratulate you on your success tonight, and give you a bronze mirror to exorcise evil spirits, which will be regarded as a congratulatory gift, I hope you will not be disgusted." ”

The merchant was taking down the criticism, but he didn't hear Xu Changqing's words clearly, but reflexively reached over to receive the bronze mirror, and when he wrote down the criticism, he looked up and saw that Xu Changqing had already walked away. It was only at this time that he remembered Xu Changqing's words just now, and he remembered that his wife had been seven months pregnant before he left home, and this was not much to give birth during this time, so he immediately showed joy on his face, and hurriedly bowed to Xu Changqing's back and kowtowed a few times, got up and rushed into the carriage, and rushed towards the door of the house. The people around all looked at the figure of the merchant leaving with envy, in their opinion, how lucky they were to be able to get Xu Changqing's approval, you must know that even on the Shangyuan Festival, Xu Changqing only gave ten people a fortune. The good fortune of the merchants made many people in Chen Jiachong decide to take a carriage to the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain when they have time, and maybe they will also meet Xu Changqing to go down the mountain to take a car.

"Old man Zhang, aren't you dead yet?" Xu Changqing walked all the way to the largest paper shop in the north of the city, and shouted loudly outside the door.

"Shut your crow's mouth, even if you die, you won't die!" The thin old man in a short shirt walked out of the back room, glared at Xu Changqing fiercely, glanced at the chair, and motioned for him to sit down. Then he turned around and took out a tightly wrapped pot of tea from under the counter, carefully twisted a little tea leaves, put them in the teacup, and after brewing, put them in front of Xu Changqing, and then asked with a cold face: "You kid has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, what is the matter to come to me, an old man, today?"

The owner of this paper shop is surnamed Zhang, and he has forgotten his name, and others will not know it, everyone just knows that his name is Paper Man Zhang. This person is a strange person, who used to live in Beiping City, and the craftsmanship of the paper man handed down by his ancestors is more vividly waved in his hands, and it is said that the paper man he tied is vivid, just like a real person. Later, he learned the long-lost Gesoap Mountain puppet technique from there, and used this hand method to do businessless business, accusing the beautiful women of zhì paper to seduce those children of the Eight Banners, defrauding or stealing their family property. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, his Taoism was broken by a Taoist who lived in the palace of Prince Alcohol, and those deceived Eight Banners disciples were entangled together to light a sky lantern with him, and he fled the capital overnight, hiding everywhere, and finally hid in Chen Jiachong, protected by the Chen family, so that he could spend his old age in peace.

At that time, Xu Changqing's master asked Xu Changqing to pretend to be a distressed orphan and enter the paper man's paper shop as an apprentice in order to steal the puppet technique of the paper man. At that time, he was so angry that the paper man Zhang was seriously ill, and later recovered under Xu Changqing's fine care, although the paper man Zhang had forgiven Xu Changqing for stealing his own unique skills, but he was always a little awkward in his heart, so when he talked to Xu Changqing, his tone was always very impulsive.

Xu Changqing has long been accustomed to the tone of the paper man, and this atmosphere makes him feel a little different kind of cordiality, so coming here after a while to do it has become the best spice in his life. He didn't immediately answer the question of the paper man Zhang, sniffed the fragrance of tea, blew lightly to blow the tea leaves floating on it, took a shallow sip of tea, and exclaimed: "Sure enough, it is the best Longjing before the rain, and after drinking a sip of tea, you can not help but think of the girl in the boudoir, holding the tea in her mouth, and the scene of the fragrance of milk tea." ”

"That's the lust of your Yang Huo Taiwang!" "The paper man Zhang said angrily: "Where will there be such tea picking, even if there is, the tea they pick will not be the best." Saying that, he smiled coldly and said, "You have such an illusion because you need a woman to adjust the yin and yang in your body and vent your fire." I heard that Wanhualou in the south of the city has a top card in Suzhou, anyway, you don't need to quit sex as a ninth-rate idler, just go and play!"

"Fart!" Xu Changqing snorted coldly and said, "My Yuanyang is not solid, but you let me vent my yang, obviously I have ulterior intentions." For the sake of you and my old acquaintances, I will forgive you this time, but the price of the business will be reduced by half for me this time!"

"Dream, I knew you were coming. The paper man Zhang immediately refused, his expression was firm, and he said without objection: "The price of the things that your Yizhuang master wants to buy is ten times that of ordinary people, and it is not the second price, if you want it, you don't want to go to another house, Lao Tzu can still survive if you don't do the business of your Yizhuang master." ”

"You ......" paper man Zhang is one of the few people Xu Changqing can't deal with in Chen Jiachong, on the Taoist paper man Zhang is a superb pavilion soap mountain Jindan**, by no means much worse than his own Taoism, in terms of human feelings, he is also one of Xu Changqing's masters, although Xu Changqing is a selfish master, but he will still abide by this point of respecting the teacher. Seeing that there was no room for counter-offering, Xu Changqing could only be forced to accept, and after drinking the hot tea in his hand with the tea leaves in one go, he put the teacup on the table at hand heavily, and said: "Tonight, I will send those resentful souls on the road, give me two thousand three hundred and seventy-six white paper lanterns, nine cranes, nine pairs of boys and girls, and you will personally take someone to Yizhuang to arrange the lanterns." ”

"Don't worry, as long as I collect the money, the matter will be done for you!" said the paper man with a smug smile on his face, and dialed the abacus with a crackling sound, as if he deliberately called Xu Changqing, after calculating the price, he handed the abacus to Xu Changqing and said: "Pay cash, no credit!"

Xu Changqing looked at the numbers on the abacus, immediately jumped up, and shouted: "Even if it is ten times, it will not be so much more than usual! You are also too obvious! I don't even prepare a fig leaf." ”

"You have to speak according to your conscience, who cheated you!" The paper man Zhang retorted coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that you made such a big move in the Chen family's house two days ago, and played a golden body magic image, so that all the apprentices in my shop went to participate in the Water 6 Festival, I would have asked someone to tie a lantern with double the price like this! ”

"Damn!" Xu Changqing had the urge to pump his mouth, so he didn't say anything more, took out the ticket from his sleeve that the old Taoist priest had given him not long ago, handed it to the paper man, and said, "For the rest, you make me ten peach wood people, my peach wood people have run out!"

"The rest is not enough for the money of ten peachwood people!" the paper man looked at the number on the ticket, his eyes bloomed, but he immediately put away his smile and said.

"Old man Zhang, don't go too far!" Xu Changqing thought that he had never been the only one who took advantage of others, and once upon a time he was taken advantage of by others, he was angry, and he glared at this paper man Zhang angrily, and said: "Some things should be stopped in moderation, and it is enough to get a little sweetness!

The paper man Zhang, who knew Xu Changqing's character well, understood that his cheap had already earned Xu Changqing's heart was dripping blood, and if he enlarged that wound again, he would definitely anger Xu Changqing, and Xu Changqing, who was completely enraged, was not something he could resist alone. So he accepted it when he saw it, put the ticket in his arms, smiled and eased the atmosphere, and then mysteriously came to Xu Changqing's side and said, "I'll send you a message, after hearing this news, you will feel that your money is worth it." ”

"What's the news?" Xu Changqing asked after calming down his grievances a little.

"Isn't your Yizhuang master always looking for a master who can find dragon points?" The paper man Zhang unhurriedly lit a dry cigarette and said: "I know that there is a family of Kanyu family who lives in Beiping who is proficient in this kind of dragon search point technique, and their family has offended the emperor in Beiping, and I heard that it is because of Yuan's head that they were implicated. Now that he has fled to the Shanghai Concession and is preparing to move his family to the south to avoid trouble, I can write a letter to him to come to live in Chenjiachong,"

"The Meng family of the Kanyu family in Beiping?" Xu Changqing suddenly turned pale, and asked extremely sternly: "Has their family always done things for Yuan Shikai?"

"It seems that yes, in the past, their family was the Qintian eunuch of the Qing court, but later because they were looking for the location of the Yin Mansion for Cixi's old witch, they were not liked by Cixi, so they were taken off their hats and assigned to Rehe to work as coolies. The paper man Zhang took a deep breath of cigarette and said: "Before Yuan Shikai went to Tianjin to form the Beiyang New Army, he asked their family to go over and let them do some staff documents and other things under his hands. ”

"It turned out to be them!" Xu Changqing tapped his fingers on the table and muttered: "Before Liu Bowen died, he passed on what he had learned to three disciples, one of whom was surnamed Meng. As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at the paper figure Zhang solemnly, and said: "The Meng family not only offended the old lady Cixi, but I am afraid that the person who wants them to die the most is the head of Yuan who is under house arrest in Beiping." According to my calculations, they have some secrets of Yuan Shikai in their hands, and Yuan Shikai is afraid that the Meng family will tell his secrets, so he will definitely try his best to kill the Meng family, so as not to leak the secrets to Cixi, so that Cixi will be determined to clean him up. The new Beiyang army controls most of the places in the Yangtze River Basin, Yuan Shikai has a good relationship with the foreigners, and the Meng family is impossible to escape from Yuan Shikai no matter what. ”

The paper man's face changed, he didn't expect the Meng family to be involved in such a big disaster, knowing that although Yuan Shikai seemed to be out of power now, if he really wanted to put the Meng family to death, for now, no one or a force in the entire land of China could save them. Maybe the Chen family can, but the Chen family will definitely not completely turn their faces with Yuan Shikai for such a family.

"Oh, Mr. Xu, you are here!" At this moment, a person walked in outside the store, and when he saw Xu Changqing, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "You haven't come to my teahouse to listen to books for a long time, during this time, Boss Zhao, the famous character of Tianjin Allegro, was invited to our teahouse to talk about the Three Kingdoms for half a month, and today it happened to talk about Huarong Dao and catching and releasing Cao, so you won't listen to it?"

Xu Changqing looked up, it turned out to be Li Sanyuan, the owner of the Sanwei Teahouse that he often went to, hugged his fists and replied: "During this time, I haven't been busy with some things in Yizhuang, and I happen to be a little free today, so it's not bad to go to you to listen to books, but I don't know if there is a place for me in Brother Sanyuan?"

"Look at what you said, your Mr. Xu can come to my teahouse to give me Li Sanyuan a lot of face, and he has reserved the best seat for you every day, just waiting for you to come. Li Sanyuan opened and closed his clever mouth and said wildly, and in the end, Xu Changqing thought that it was a great sin to drink a bowl of tea and listen to a book, until Xu Changqing nodded and agreed, he left with a smile, as if he had forgotten about coming to the paper shop to buy things.