Chapter 44: Gossip and Fate
Looking at the people around him pointing and pointing, listening to one sarcastic word after another, Phantom Wing felt as if he had offended some big person, he was just thinking about the old man, after all, he calculated it himself, it may be a very real thing, of course, it is better to be cautious, otherwise it will hurt this old man, maybe this old man is very famous and important, so he just ignored them and couldn't look at them.
Phantom looked at the slowly moving carriage and felt that this should be to take care of his own unpleasant feet, right? Looking at the face of the guard beside him, he should not be the kind of guard who should pay for it.
"Will the child get tired? Do you want my guard to hold you? Phantom Wing was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the old man in the carriage was talking to him again, so he replied directly: "I won't be tired, because the speed of this carriage is already very slow, so I don't feel tired, so I won't worry about Uncle Guard." ”
The old man looked at the child in front of him, and thought about how long he would have to walk on this road, so that he could talk to the child and talk about the child's situation, so that he could know how to help the child, at least in the days before the age of ten, the law and order were good, but many children from poor families could not work early, and there were too many such things, although they were very rare in this city, but there were many other cities.
sighed, and thought back to the child in front of him, "Child, how old are you~ this year?" Phantom Wing heard this and thought about it, and felt that the old man had just been tested with his mind, and he should not have any bad intentions, so he said, "Seven years old this year." ”
The old man's face remained the same, but in his heart he sighed even more that he was seven years old! He was much younger than when he came to work hard in this big city alone, and he seemed to be a child with a story, so he said after asking more questions, and then he said: "The child will be able to come to my house in five minutes, and if you are tired, you can tell the uncle next to you, and he will carry you away." ”
Phantom nodded and stopped saying anything, and the old man didn't say anything more, closed his eyes and took a nap, and after a while, Phantom found that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians around, and finally he didn't see anyone anymore, and after a while he saw a small mansion, two stone lions on both sides of the door, and a peach-colored big door with a buckle, and the carriage stopped in front of the door.
The guard beside Phantom Wing stepped forward and knocked on the door and shouted, "Uncle Liu is back, come and open the door." After shouting, he stayed directly at the door, and the old man and Phantom Wing had already walked to the door, and the driver drove the carriage to the small door and knocked on the door, I don't know what to say, and saw a young man in ordinary cloth clothes, open the small door and come out, without saying anything more, he directly pulled the carriage in, and closed the small door again, and the guard ran over quickly, and then stood behind the old man and Phantom Wing.
At this time, the door that had just been locked open opened, and I saw an old man who was about the same age as the old man, who looked like a housekeeper, and after opening the door, he glanced at the phantom wings, and then opened his mouth to the old man: "Uncle, you are back, you came back early today, do you need to go and rest for a while?" No need, I asked this kid to help me calculate my fate today, and you can help me prepare two bowls of ginseng soup, and then send them to my study. The butler glanced at Phantom Wing, nodded and left.
The old man turned his head and smiled at Phantom Wing and said, "Come and let us go to my study, then you can be calm enough, and you can help me tell my fortune with peace of mind, child." After saying that, he gently took Phantom Wing's hand, slowly left the door, and walked towards the so-called study room in the old man's mouth, so that Phantom Wing had time to look at the scenery in this mansion.
At a glance, there are passages where people walk all around, and in the middle is a small tree with artificial scenery, which makes people feel calm at a glance, and the sound of fine water comes from the ears, and there are fish swimming happily in the water, and the sound of the rustling of trees and leaves blown by the wind makes people forget their troubles.
The next person didn't see a few, it seemed that the old man liked the environment of tranquility, and the guard of the gang disappeared when the phantom didn't notice, and he passed through many passages, and saw several scenes of different sizes, and found that the scenery here can make people relax, I think the old man likes this kind of layout.
The phantom finally stopped in front of a room and pushed the door in, and the phantom found that the old man's hand had been loosened, only to see the old man leisurely walk to the back seat of the desk, and raise his hand to signal the phantom to go over and sit down in front of him.
I saw that the chair was a little taller, but there was a small wooden box next to it, which seemed to be used for Phantom Wing to step on, although it was strange why he had prepared this thing in advance, but Phantom Wing didn't think much about walking over and stepping on it and sat down. "Okay, you can help me tell my fortune, no one here can rest assured that it doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter if you say it, ah! The old man lightly tapped the table with one hand, and said with a smile as he looked at the phantom wing.
Phantom Wing was about to open his mouth, but a knock came from behind him, and then a voice said, "Uncle, you have brought the ginseng soup with the guest, do you want to bring it in now?"
The old man raised his head to look at the door and said, "Okay, bring it in." ”
Seeing the butler who had just come to the door, holding a plate in his hand, there were two bowls of hot and fragrant bowls, he walked to the table lightly, one bowl was placed in front of the old man, and the other was placed in front of Phantom Wing, looking at Phantom Wing and smiling, he said: "Childe, I have rock candy in the soup you are here, so you won't be too bitter when you drink it." At this time, Phantom Wing consciously said thank you. "Okay, Liu An, you go out first, this kid and I still have to tell our fortunes, and I'll knock you in when something happens." The butler nodded, took the plate and withdrew, and closed the door with his hand.
At this time, the old man picked up the soup and took a sip, then said to Phantom Wing: "Come and drink, Liu An's handiwork is very good, presumably he added some rock candy to meet your taste." "After speaking, quickly finish drinking the ginseng soup.
Phantom nodded his head, picked up the ginseng soup and took a sip of it, after entering it, it felt slightly sweet and bitter but very fragrant, after a few seconds, he found that his body was a little warmer and felt very comfortable, Phantom Wing saw that the old man on the other side was waiting for him any longer, so he hurriedly put down the bowl, looked at the old man seriously and said, "What do you want me to help you with?"
The old man hurriedly put down the bowl after drinking some ginseng soup, and then looked at the child he was talking to, and smiled helplessly: "Well, then I'll measure my own safety." ”
As soon as Phantom Wing heard that the old man was going to measure his safety, he nodded his head and closed his eyes, and said silently in his heart: "Gossip is fate!" At this moment, the consciousness of the phantom wing appeared in a place, under the feet was a large gossip array, and above the head was also a gossip array floating in the sky, surrounded by a fog, and at this time a voice came from all around: "Bagua measures life, measures heaven and earth, measures people and objects, changes the day against fate, reverses the heaven and changes the heavenly machine." ”
When the sound disappeared, a mirror appeared in front of Phantom Wing's eyes, and the words engraved next to the mirror were the five words he had just heard, and at this time, the mirror shot out a white light on Phantom Wing, and the next moment the gossip arrays in the sky and underground lit up and officially activated, and the surroundings were sealed by two gossip arrays, and Phantom Wing understood the use of this mirror at this time.
I saw Phantom Wing look at the mirror and said, "I want to know how the old man in front of me is in danger?" ”
The mirror was blurred for a while, and the next moment a picture appeared, and the phantom wing's ears also transmitted an introduction to the old man's life: "Wang Shien, born in a small rural village in general poverty, his parents died early, so he must rely on himself to live, and his parents were also reluctant to have more lives because of poverty, and in the end he only gave birth to him."
After the death of his parents, he took care of the aftermath for his parents for seven days, and then took the rest of the family's savings, and the money from the sale of the title deed, and left his hometown to start his hard life, from the age of fourteen began to engage in various industries, in addition to work to learn work experience, after five years of work, resolutely decided to use the money he had saved in five years to open a small jade shop.
After the ups and downs of the business, it took him five years to earn back the cost, and from then on, he began a smooth life, married a wife and had children, and the family was happy until now, but a month later, because he worked hard in his early years, struggled in middle age, and rescued poor families in his later years, he was always busy every day, so day after day, his fatigue and illness occurred at the same time, and because the illness was too violent, he returned without a pill stone in three days, leaving countless regrets. ”
After helping the poor family again, on the way back to his home, he suddenly collapsed in the carriage, and then closed his eyes with regret amid the crying of his wife and children.
The next second, Phantom Wing opened his eyes, and what just happened was just after Phantom Wing closed his eyes, only a second of time passed, looking at the old man in front of him Phantom Wing sighed, thought about it or said seriously: "Old man, you just want to measure your own safety, I have already calculated it, the thing I want to say, you may not believe it, but if you can, don't be too excited after listening to it?"
At this time, the old man looked at the child in front of him, opened his eyes for a second after closing his eyes, and then sighed first, and then said such serious words, although it felt a little funny, but because he wanted to help the child, he didn't say anything, nodded his head and signaled Phantom Wing to open his mouth to relieve his life. "Uncle, because your parents left early in your early years, you worked too hard to support yourself, and after you succeeded in your career, you worked too hard, although you often drank ginseng soup to protect your body in your later years, but for the poor people who were in need, you still often worked hard, so your body has been so unconscious, slowly accumulating a lot of fatigue and illness.
A month later, after helping a poor family, on the way back, you would fall into a coma within a few seconds due to the outbreak of physical fatigue and a hidden disease, and finally passed away after only three days. ”
The old man's face changed slightly when he first heard Phantom Wing speak, for it really didn't look like a child could tell, and he knew that the child had only been in the city for six days, and he didn't have the time and money to listen to him.
In the end, I heard that I only had about a month left to live, and Wang Shien, who had experienced big and small things, stood up in shock after hearing it, and accidentally knocked over the ginseng soup bowl that he had just drunk and didn't realize it.
The next moment, the old man asked the child in front of him in a stern tone, "Child, what you said is true, don't worry, even if you say it casually, it doesn't matter, I won't blame you, but you shocked me too much, so I need to confirm it again." ”
Phantom nodded seriously and replied: "What I said is true, old man, if you don't believe it, you can go to Langzhong to take a look at your body first, and then tell me the result when you come back, I can wait for you here, if what I said is wrong, you don't have to pay me a dime, and I don't have the face to stay here to accept your help." ”
Looking at the child in front of him who had broken his purpose, the old man was even more shocked, so he had to say: "Okay, I will believe what you say, please wait here first, I will come when I go, Liu An Liu An" I saw the old man walking quickly to the door, and shouted twice after opening the door, and the housekeeper quickly walked from not far away, and the old man quickly walked away after saying something to the housekeeper.
And the butler also ran away in a panic after listening to the old man's words, and Phantom Wing silently picked up the bowl with the ginseng soup, turned to look at the closed door, and outside the door was the leisurely and quiet scene, sipping and drinking the warm ginseng soup in his hand, and slowly waiting for the old man to return.
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