"Get up!" Facing the crowd of onlookers and passers-by, Cheng Xing was expressionless, but gently stretched out his hand and helped him down.

in response.

Some of the onlookers stood up from the ground as they were told.

But there are also those who still bow down to the ground and ask for blessings from their lives.

What's more, he even directly took the incense burner used by his family to worship the immortals and kowtowed to the living incense.

In this regard, Cheng Sheng ignored them one by one.

After the stall was opened, Chengsheng spread out the bamboo slices used to paint the candy man on the stall, and then scooped a spoonful of syrup with a sugar spoon, and began to draw the sugar man on the bamboo slice attentively

While painting the candy man, Chengsheng did not forget to remind the onlookers: "If you don't buy it, please pull over and let go, don't gather around here to affect the old and decrepit business." ”

I don't know why.

The voice of Chenghuo is obviously not loud, and it can easily be drowned out by the noise of the market.

But every word he spoke, even every syllable, came clearly into the ears of everyone present.

So passers-by spontaneously retreated to the sides of the street, making way for the surviving sugar painting stalls.

On a planet like Guangyuxing, which has a backward level of science and technology and a relatively low level of productivity, most of its people at the bottom are very idle.

They don't have enough to eat, they earn a small income, and at the same time they have a lot of free time every day.

An hour has passed here, but near the live sugar painting booth, there are still three or four hundred people eating melons.

After nearly an hour or so, Chengsheng finally completed the first sugar monkey of the day.

As soon as the sugar monkey was painted, a man wearing a Confucian robe and a scarf on his head stepped forward and bowed to him.

He said in a respectful tone: "Old fairy, I bought this sugar monkey, and did I still sell it for ten taels of silver as before?" ”

"Hmm."

Not long after the first sugar monkey was finished, he concentrated on drawing the second candy man.

Without raising his head, he said to the man in the Confucian robe: "Say, is there something looking for me?" ”

"The old fairy has good eyesight!" After the man in the Confucian robe praised Cheng Huo, he hurriedly said: "I am a staff member of the Prime Minister's Mansion of Zhao State, and my lord specially ordered me to come and invite the old fairy to go to the mansion to talk. The house has prepared tea, banquets, some yellow and white things, I don't know if the old fairy is interested in drinking a cup of tea and chatting with my father-in-law? ”

"Yes." Cheng Huo replied while drawing a sugar painting: "Go back and tell your father-in-law that the old man will go to the appointment in the evening." ”

"Hey!" After the staff Shuai Rong answered, he bowed again and left silently from the crowd.

Among the onlookers, a few people recognized the identity of Shuai Rong's staff.

In addition, the dialogue between Shuai Ronggang and Chengsheng did not hide anything.

So soon, the Prime Minister's Mansion of Zhao invited Cheng Huo to the mansion for a banquet, and it spread throughout the streets and alleys of the East Market.

For a while, all passers-by became more and more respectful and respectful of Chengsheng.

Survive and be able to draw a candy figure about every hour. Every time his sugar man is finished, someone will rush forward to buy it, and even fight for it.

In desperation, Chengsheng had to set a new rule that each person was limited to one per day.

And the candy man who bought it is not allowed to change hands on others.

In this way, order on the streets has stabilized a little

Painted the candy man until noon, and it was time for lunch.

As always.

Feeling a little hungry in his belly, he took out three multigrain cakes from the space gem in his chest as if he was playing a trick.

This kind of multigrain cake is a very common and inexpensive food in Daye City.

This cake is made from peas, bran, buckwheat, corn and other grain and legumes, and is also wrapped with pickled vegetables.

It tastes dry and requires water.

However, because it is wrapped with pickles, it is easy to eat.

In addition to being a good entrance, this kind of cake only costs two yuan per piece in Daye City, which is very cheap, so it is deeply loved by the people at the bottom.

"Old Immortal!"

In the crowd of onlookers.

Seeing Chenghuo take out the multigrain cake, someone hurriedly trotted forward and handed the lunch box that had been prepared to Chenghuo.

The lunch box was still warm, and you could even faintly see the heat bubbling on it.

Apparently.

The person who handed out the lunch box had already prepared.

This lunch box contains fish and shrimp, thinly sliced beef, and a variety of seasonal vegetables, which are densely stacked on top of large white rice.

It makes people feel that they have a great appetite.

Chenghuo glanced at the dishes in the lunch box, did not shirk it, and said generously after taking it: "You have a heart." ”

"It's good if the old fairy likes it!"

The person who presented the lunch box had a thin voice and a white beard, like a eunuch coming out of the palace.

Seeing that Chengsheng was willing to eat the boxed lunch handed over by himself, the eunuch was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out a gilded invitation from his arms, and respectfully presented it to Chenghuo: "Old fairy, there is an adult in the palace who has a banquet and wants to invite you to taste and taste, I don't know."

"Then tomorrow!" Cheng Sheng generously accepted the invitation and said no more.

Seeing that Chenghuo accepted the invitation, the eunuch stopped pestering and left the crowd respectfully.

In this way, in the next few hours, several writers and staff dressed people came to invite Chengsheng to the banquet.

There is also an endless stream of customers who buy candy.

It's not lively in front of the living candy man booth.

Time flashed and came to the evening.

…

Night.

The Prime Minister's Mansion of Zhao State in Daye City.

At the entrance of the reception hall of Prime Minister Bai Haosi, he stood with his hands in his hands.

Seeing the staff Shuai Rong walking quickly, he hurriedly said, "How is it?" Is the old fairy here? ”

"It's already closed, but." Shuai Rong was embarrassed: "The old fairy obviously promised to come to the appointment at night, but the direction he left when he closed the stall as a child was to go to the south of the city, and he was afraid that he would miss the appointment." ”

"This," Prime Minister Bai Haosi was stunned when he heard this.

He was about to say something when he heard an old voice in the living room: "Who said I was going to miss my appointment?" Haven't I already come? ”

Shuai Rong, the staff member who heard this voice, was shocked, and hurriedly looked behind Prime Minister Bai Haosi, and saw that the old fairy was standing in the lobby with a smile on his face.

Shuai Rong hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said in a respectful tone: "I've seen the old fairy!" ”

This is already here?

Seeing Shuai Rong's reaction, Prime Minister Bai Haosi also hurriedly followed and looked behind him, and saw that Chenghuo was sitting on the main seat of the hall, enjoying all kinds of delicacies on the table alone.

He even didn't forget to taste while eating: "The dish is good, it suits my appetite, but the peppers are a little less." ”

"Does the old fairy like spicy food, next time I will definitely let the cook put more." Prime Minister Bai Haosi came to Chengsheng's side and poured wine for him: "The old fairy still wants to eat something else, just command, and I will let the subordinates prepare it and send it over." ”

"That's enough." Chengsheng drank all the wine poured by Bai Haosi, and then looked at each other quietly and was silent.

Prime Minister Bai Haosi understood the meaning and hurriedly poured a glass of wine for Chengsheng again.

As the prime minister of Zhao Guoyi, Bai Haosi poured wine for the old man who was a candy seller in front of countless servants and his staff.

It's actually a shameful thing.

But Bai Haosi, who did this, was always willing to do so, and did not feel the slightest discomfort.

After pouring a glass of wine, he took the initiative to speak: "Old immortal, do you know what the identity of the purple-robed young man in your stall that day is?" ”

Cheng Sheng poured the wine in the cup into his mouth, and wrote lightly: "Isn't it the Emperor of Zhao, what's wrong?" ”

This old immortal actually knew about it for a long time?

Hearing Chenghuo's answer, Bai Haosi thought about it.

After considering the words, he spoke: "Old immortal, if you want to communicate with people like you, it's useless to talk about righteousness or pull the tiger's skin, so I said bluntly: I want you to come out of the mountain to help me and help me ascend to the throne of God!" ”

Bai Haosi's tone was extremely sincere: "That little emperor Zhao Yuan is also a good emperor, and he is considered a benevolent monarch, but he is only worthy of the word 'benevolence'." ”

"He is a benevolent monarch and not a wise monarch."

Bai Haosi said seriously: "If I become the emperor, I can make all the people of Zhao State fed, and I can use the most thunderous means to deal with all the natural and man-made disasters and unfair things in Zhao Kingdom, so I am more suitable for that position than Zhao Yuan." ”

"Huh,"

in the reception hall.

Chengsheng chuckled lightly and looked at Bai Haosi with a playful expression: "You called me here, but it was just for this little thing?" ”

"What do you mean?" Seeing Chenghuo asking, Bai Haosi seemed to suddenly think of something.

There was a look of anticipation in his eyes.

But seeing Cheng Xing, he said slowly: "Most of the monks on the Light Feather Star rely on absorbing the spiritual power of heaven and earth to cultivate. ”

"This kind of practice, firstly, only those who have spiritual roots can enter the Dao, and secondly, the upper limit is not very high. No matter how talented a cultivator is, he will only be able to reach the early stage of cultivation in his lifetime. ”

Seeing that Chengsheng took the initiative to mention the matter of cultivation, Prime Minister Bai Haosi was short of breath.

He had already guessed what Cheng Sheng was going to say next: "So the old immortal wants to say: You actually have a way to let people who have neither cultivation talent nor spiritual roots enter the Dao to cultivate?" Like those who ate Sugar Man before? ”

"Not bad." Chengsheng stroked his long beard and explained with a smile: "There is a very special power on the Light Feather Star: that is, the 'power of luck' between heaven and earth. ”

"It's a force that almost everyone will have. There may be fewer people who are less lucky, and slightly more people who are lucky. ”

"As for some children of destiny who have great opportunities and great luck, that luck is even more intense to the point of substance."

"This power can help people become immortals."

in the reception hall.

Hearing what Cheng Sheng said, Prime Minister Bai Haosi suddenly said: "So, the reason why the sugar man painted by the old fairy can help people become immortals is because it is mixed with the 'power of luck'?" ”

"Definitely."

Cheng Huo shook his head and said: "The total amount of 'power of luck' between heaven and earth is always fixed, and if it is absorbed uncontrollably, it is very likely to cause the luck of the light feather star to be unbalanced, which will cause natural disasters such as flash floods, tsunamis, earthquakes and even volcanic eruptions, so I did not mix the 'power of luck' into the sugar man." ”

Bai Haosi followed Chengsheng's words and said: "The old immortal just said that the 'power of luck' can help people become immortals, and then said that this power cannot be absorbed casually, and it is not mixed into the sugar man. So how did the sugar man painted by the old fairy make people become immortals? ”

"Change your life!"

Cheng Huo said: "Actually, everyone's fate is not immutable, for example, someone was born in the family of emperors and generals, but he did too many things to lose his conscience, and he did too many bad things, maybe he would suddenly die one day." ”

"This is a person's acquired virtue, which affects his luck."

"Another example is that someone comes from a mediocre background, but he can't find fault with people, and then he is also very kind-hearted and works hard."

"Such a person can improve his luck through acquired efforts."

"This change in qi luck is not to absorb the qi luck that already exists between heaven and earth, so it will not lead to an imbalance in the qi luck on the Light Feather Star."

"I call this kind of situation where a person's luck changes due to human influence as 'changing life'."

"Got it." Bai Haosi realized after hearing this: "So the sugar man painted by the old fairy has the effect of changing the fate of others, and it is precisely because of this effect that after eating your sugar man, there will be a certain chance that your luck will rise to the extreme, so as to ascend to the immortal!" ”

"Correct solution!"

Cheng Huo nodded and said: "The principle of this is the same as telling fortunes." ”

"Of course, not everyone's luck can change from bad to good."

"It's like rolling dice: if someone eats a candy man and can roll a six, then his luck will skyrocket."

"And some people are unlucky and can't roll six, then they won't have any effect. I understand that, right? ”

"This" Bai Haosi said speechlessly: "If you want to make the candy man have an effect, you must have good luck, and if you want to have good luck, you must eat the candy man with an effect, isn't this the same as the chicken or the egg first, creating a paradox?" ”

Cheng Sheng smiled helplessly: "Fate is the same, after Xuanzhi and Xuanzhi came to Daye City to live in seclusion, it has only been a year of enlightenment, so I can't explain the reason clearly, it will take a long time to really figure out the reason." ”

Bai Haosi can become the prime minister of Zhao State, and he is naturally a person who is very good at observing words and feelings, and is very good at doing things.

Hearing what Cheng Sheng said, he said without thinking: "The old immortal comprehends the avenue of destiny, but in the process, if you ask for something, you can directly let the prime minister's mansion pass a word, as long as it is the order of the old immortal, then no matter how difficult it is, the younger generation will do their best to help the old immortal complete it!" ”

Cheng Huo smiled.

What he was waiting for was the other party's words: "I really have something for you to do: I want you to search for all the people who have great ups and downs in their lives from the top and bottom of Zhao Kingdom, such as those who have experienced great wealth and wealth, and have also experienced poverty." ”

"Another example is a person whose entire family is prosperous, or who has a prosperous official fortune, but then suddenly plummets."

"These people will be of great help to me in understanding the way of destiny."

"The junior has written it down!" Prime Minister Bai Haosi respectfully accepted the matter.

Seeing his cooperation like this, he was in a good mood and took the initiative to speak: "So what do you want from me, what do you want to do with your cooperation?" ”

"Or, I'll help you take the throne of Emperor Zhao?"

Cheng Huo thought about it and suddenly changed his words: "No, in fact, I don't need to make a move at all, I just need to persuade a few words casually, then the Emperor of Zhao State may take the initiative to pass the throne to you. After all, when you are an emperor, how can you become an immortal? ”

"That's what the old fairy said." Prime Minister Bai Haosi agreed: "So, after listening to the words of the old immortal, the younger generation no longer wants that dragon chair." ”

"The younger generation also wants to become immortals."

"Therefore, the younger generation only asks the old immortal to help the younger generation change his life against the sky after comprehending the road of destiny, as for the rest, there is nothing else!"

(End of chapter)