"Wait," Shangguan Rui couldn't help but interrupt, she grew up in Shangjing, and she really didn't know, "What is a credit knife man?"

"This sword-bearer," I casually explained, is an ancient profession that has existed for thousands of years. They claimed to be disciples of Guiguzi, a Warring States Zongheng family.

Strictly speaking, it is also among the Xuanmen. It wasn't until the 80s, 30 years ago, that it began to disappear."

"Now, there are very few people who are engaged in the profession of "credit knife man", so gradually, everyone is more unfamiliar with this profession."

"Most of them are dressed as peddlers, carrying knives, walking the streets and alleys, shouting loudly, and when someone buys a knife, they first negotiate the price, and then do not accept cash, make a "prophecy", and promise to collect the account when the prophecy comes true, which is the meaning of "credit."

"It's different from ordinary merchants!" I emphasized, "If you buy something from him, you don't have to give him money at that time, he will give it to you on credit. They have everything on credit, the most common is knives, such as kitchen knives, scissors, sickles, etc., which are often used by the common people, so they are collectively called "credit knife people."

"While giving you something on credit, the knife man will say something prophetic. It is usually to predict the price of crops, or other strange "proverbs", and when it comes to fulfillment, he will come to you to collect money. It's just that the price is much higher than usual, these are all agreed in advance, and the average buyer will rarely pay the bill when he encounters a credit person. There is a name for this trade, which is called "divination."

Shangguan Rui couldn't help but exclaim: "This credit knife man, is it really interesting?"

"The Creditman is said to have been a disciple of Guiguzi," I said, "Guiguzi himself is a mysterious figure, he lives in seclusion in the "Guigu" and has never been out of the mountains in his life. But his students are all very powerful, like Su Qin and Zhang Yi, all of whom are famous Warring States columnists. It is said that Guiguzi knows yin and yang, spells, and astronomy and geography......

"And the prophecy of the swordman is also very accurate." I remember one of the most shocking records circulating on the Internet: "Legend has it that it was during the Xianfeng period. There were a lot of people who gave knives and scissors to the villagers on credit, and when they left, they all said that when the price of millet reached 18 Wen, they would come back to collect the money, and the price of millet at that time was 80 Wen. No one would believe that the price of millet could drop so low. As a result, in the early years of Guangxu, the price of millet really fell to 18 Wen....It can be seen from this that they have the ability to calculate beyond ordinary people, and they can predict the future by virtue of divination!"

"I really didn't expect it," Shangguan Rui was extremely surprised, "This credit knife man is so amazing?"

"I should say mysterious," I said casually, "There is more to the sword, and there are more rules... If you happen to come across a knife man on credit, even if he has something that you need just right, you only want to pay for it, not on credit...... I'm sorry, but the things of the knife man on credit are "only sold on credit", and they don't sell for any money! That's a rule of their business."

"Why?" Shangguan Rui asked stupidly.

"Don't you understand?" I said, "Actually, the sword on credit is fake, and they go to the countryside in order to calculate the fortunes, to help people seek good fortune and avoid evil, and to cultivate merit... The reason why the words are obscure and difficult to understand is the same as the warlocks who tell fortunes on the street, they see through the heavens, but they will not say the number of fates, for fear of change......just like the Qing Dynasty luxury knife people just mentioned, they dense the villages, prophecy grain 18 texts, its purpose is to warn the rural people, there will be a problem of grain accumulation in the future..... if they do not say the words obscurely, but bluntly, then the people who believe the truth, all sell the grain early, the people are panicking, the original grain accumulation trouble, may be caused, just something else! Therefore, they only live with those who are destined."

"No wonder," Shangguan Rui understood.

Especially the last sentence, only destined people... made Shangguan Rui think a little too much.

At the right time, Xu Youyou interjected and asked, "Mr. Jiang....Then have you heard of another saying about the person who is on credit?"

"There's so much to say about the Knife Man," I thought, "What you're asking about is probably a kind of 'Misfortune Shifting Theory'!"

"Yes," Xu Youyou nodded repeatedly.

"But this moves

What does it mean?" Shangguan Rui was interested again.

Helpless.....

I elaborated, "Like knives, such killing, sharp things, generally indicate bloodshed. Therefore, since ancient times, it has also been said that the people who take the sword on credit calculate that they will encounter the disaster of blood and light, and they use the sword to transfer the disaster..... that is, they will pass on their own disaster and even the blood light to others."

"That's right," even Old Man Xu became excited, and asked again and again, "Mr. Jiang, do you Xuanmen have such a statement!"

I can't deny that!

Whether it is in the classics of Xuanmen or in folklore..., it is mentioned.

And in the past 30 years, the credit knife has been hidden in the present world... I've never seen a knife man with my own eyes.

Therefore, there is no way to talk about the record of the person who gave the sword.

But in folk rumors, it is indeed said that many black-hearted knife people use luxury knives to harm people and pass on fortune, and some knife people are on credit with filth to assassinate buyers.

Therefore, when it comes to credit knife people, many people will find it novel....but in the past, many people avoided credit knife people.

No one even wants to listen to the hexagram on credit, lest they be contaminated with bad luck......

"Mr. Jiang," the old man was a little anxious, "You can help me solve my doubts, and say, is this statement true or false?"

"This," I confessed, "in the ancient books of Xuanmen, there is an explanation....Actually, there are good people and bad people, so that all walks of life are like this. It's like a doctor's scalpel, which can save lives or kill people......

"Speaking low, there is no good or evil," I said euphemistically, "The same is true of the sword on credit, and later, there are also people who use the matter of divination to harm others by saying divination.....

I know, once it gets to that.

It is tantamount to confirming the conjecture of the Xu family, and the matter is not clear, but the spearhead has been pointed at Liu Siya's parents.

"Sure enough...." The old man of the Xu family was angry, and his eyes were full of anger: "Sure enough, it was you who gave me the Xu family and brought bad luck.....

"I," Liu Siya's mother was obviously a little panicked: "In-laws, don't be angry, I, we didn't expect a pair of scissors to bring bad luck!"

"Yes," Liu Siya's father also hurriedly accosted: "We don't want that thing to be so evil, we still want to invite some blessings to our in-laws, how could we ......

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