Li Kui took Fang Chongyong to Xuanpingfang, and before he entered the door, he saw that someone was queuing up outside.

A fortune-telling business is so popular, I have to say that the people of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty were quite superstitious.

Fang Chongyong was amazed by this scene, and he asked Li Kuo with some puzzlement: "This Wang Sheng, how much is a fortune?" ”

"Five hundred Wen, Tong Su is not deceived, and there will be no counteroffer."

Li Kuo said very confidently.

It's really stupid and easy to fool money. That's it, anyway, Chang'an is expensive for everything, and it's not bad for this stubble.

Thinking of this, Fang Chongyong was speechless, and gave an order to Ah Duan, asking the other party to prepare the money.

Fang Chongyong originally thought that the queue would have to wait until dark, but he didn't expect the line to move very fast, and it didn't take long for it to be their turn. Wang Sheng looks like he has a smell of fairy wind, and there is a little Taoist boy by his side, who is responsible for collecting money.

The whole yard was full of all kinds of things, boxes for money and all kinds of cloth, and it was clear that business was doing well.

Fang Chongyong was a little convinced why Red Lotus Spring could be sold so hot in Chang'an.

Even a fortune teller is 500 at a time, the price of Chang'an's "tertiary industry" is indeed not cheap, and the price of Red Lotus Spring was really set too low!

I don't know if there will be a chance to find Li Longji in the future to get back a little mental loss fee.

"Are you asking for a future?"

The Taoist named Wang Sheng looked at Li Kuo and asked.

"Yes, the Taoist chief is really a god, and he knows what he is asking for before he draws lots."

Li Kuo said with some excitement.

"Looking at your dress, of course the Taoist knows that you are here for the Chang'an Imperial Examination, so it doesn't matter."

Fang Chongyong said angrily, this Li Kui is simply a stupid person with a lot of money.

"Eh, it's okay, it's okay, I'll tell my fortune and collect his money, and I won't take a penny of your money."

Wang Sheng touched his long beard and said with a smile.

Soon, when it was signed, Fang Chongyong didn't see the words on it, but he saw that Wang Sheng said to Li Yu disappreciably: "This time, the middle will seal a small official with a big sesame seed, and then send it out to Chang'an."

If you don't want to, just don't take the test. Woe and blessing rely on, and blessing and misfortune lurk. ”

Wang Sheng said very casually, but Fang Chongyong was counting how many words he said.

Fifty of them have wood? A word is probably more than ten cents, and it is difficult for him to dare to say it.

Fang Chongyong mourned for Li Kuo for a few seconds in his heart, and sure enough, he found that Li Kuo's complexion was now sunny and cloudy, and it was about to rain.

Li Kuo has been familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, and thinks that he is rich in learning and brilliant in writing.

All in all, he felt that only the official position was sorry for his talent, and there was absolutely no talent for his talent!

If you can be the first this time, if you can be a sesame official in Chang'an, it will be just a Beijing official, after all, you will be a Beijing official, and you will get the moon first near the water, and sooner or later there will be a time for promotion.

But if you are released to be a petty official, then it is really better to rely on the family to favor and not take the path of the imperial examination! The official of the Li family's Gu Zangfang in Longxi has never been broken, and it can be said that he has been an official for many generations.

It's really not a problem, it's just a little sorry for his "talent".

Li Kuai's face was full of unhappiness, he threw a money bag on the table, and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Fang Chongyong.

"Dao Chief, I want to go to Zheng County, Huazhou to find a wife, what do you think?"

Fang Chongyong looked at Wang Sheng and asked quietly.

I didn't expect the kid in front of me to be able to say it in such detail, it still sounds quite a "ridiculous" thing. Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment, nodded and asked Fang Chongyong to draw lots. Fang Chongyong took one at random and handed it to the other party to check, but he didn't even look at what was written on it.

Soon, Wang Sheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay to go, it's okay not to go, it's all just a thought, it's okay." ”

Well?

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong and Li Kuo both felt a little inexplicable. What kind of unsigning is this kind of talk?

"Can the Taoist be more detailed?"

"You're just a child, do you need to tell you so much about marrying a wife?"

Wang Sheng asked rhetorically a little speechlessly.

"That's it."

Fang Chongyong sighed, put the money bag in Ah Duan's hand on the table, and wanted to get Li Kui's one again.

He has 3,000 yuan of liquidity, and he can still afford to treat him.

"How can fortune tellers spend the wealth of others?

It's just a matter of destroying money and eliminating disasters.

Poor Dao just said, free for you. A man cannot stand without faith. ”

Wang Sheng pressed his big hand on Li Kuang's money bag very insistently, and then motioned to Fang Chongyong to take his money away quickly.

"Let's go, thank you for your explanation."

Li Kui bowed respectfully to Wang Sheng with some discouragement, pulled Fang Chongyong and left. Ah Duan didn't say a word and carried the money, and the group walked out of Xuanpingfang in a blink of an eye.

After coming out, Li Kuo has been sullen and unhappy. Originally, he asked Fang Chongyong to play, but now he was the first to be unhappy, and he didn't have a child who was well determined, and Li Kui was also a little ashamed in his heart at this moment.

"It's close to my house, so why don't you go to my house and have a glass of wine. There are also two scholars who are rushing to take the exam, and it is not bad to have a meal together and have a lively time. ”

Fang Chongyong comforted Li Kuidao.

The two came to the Fang family's mansion, but found that Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun had both gone out to visit the "distinguished guests" and were not here at all.

Fang Dafu served a plate of steamed chicken, a plate of fried eggs with leeks, a plate of pickled pig ears, and a plate of pickles that looked a bit like sour radish.

It is also very common in Chang'an City, and you can buy a few buckets of turbid rice wine for a hundred yuan.

This is the ordinary wine and food that is down-to-earth.

What level of guests are served, Fang Chongyong suddenly found that Fang Dafu seemed to understand this aspect very well. will neither let Li Kuo lose face, nor will he be too rich to flatter the other party.

I didn't ask for the wine and food, Fang Laique's father is really capable.

Thinking about things in his heart, Fang Chongyong said to Li Kui: "My brother and I hit it off at first sight, a little wine is not a tribute, come, I'll do it first as a respect." ”

Fang Chongyong drank the turbid rice wine in the white porcelain wine glass in front of him, which tasted similar to the rice wine in his previous life, but it was sweeter, and it tasted like a drink.

This kind of sake is very easy to make, that is, after brewing rice wine, the liquid can be taken out without filtering.

However, due to the subtle differences in koji and craftsmanship, good turbid rice wine is not sour or good, but it is a drink that usually occurs when you meet friends. Even if it is the same kind of drink, it can be divided into high and low.

The two ate and drank, and soon the stamina of rice wine came up, and Li Kui began to complain about the court.

"Nowadays, there are countless people in the court who have a vegetarian meal. If I am the prime minister in the future, I will definitely get rid of all these mediocre people and let the virtuous people ascend to the throne.

When the time comes, it will be worthy of the support and cultivation of the saints, and worthy of the offerings of the people, and this life will be enough! ”

Li Kuo began to talk about his ambitions, and Fang Chongyong just listened quietly, nodding from time to time without commenting.

In addition to Fang Chongyong's agreement with Li Kui's suggestion that "the imperial examination should be open-book, but the questions are more difficult", the rest of the time, he was a person who listened and drank alcohol with a heavy heart.

"Brother Xian! Why is the big husband without a wife! You are the son of Fang Jieshuai, why should you be concerned about marrying a wife? Even if I am a relative of General Wang's wife's family, I have to say a few more words about you.

Men, don't think of yourself too lowly. Will Fang Jieshuai's son not be able to marry a little lady? ”

Li Kuo didn't drink very well, and after drinking half a liter of wine, he began to talk nonsense. In and out of the words, they were all puzzled that Fang Chongyong was so active in finding Wang Zhonghe's family to marry.

"If a person has no faith, he will not stand, and if he has promised someone else's things, he must do it. Whether it can be done is another matter, but it cannot be regarded as if there is no such thing. ”

Fang Chongyong put down the wine glass and said in a deep voice.

"Alas, people are hard to dismantle. General Wang is really blessed to have a son-in-law like you. ”

Li Kuo said with a sigh.

"Brother Li, what do you think is the world today?"

Fang Chongyong asked slowly.

"Although there are flaws, the four words of peace and prosperity are still worthy of it."

Li Kuo said very cautiously, this kind of thing can't be said nonsense. It doesn't matter how Fang Chongyong is, but he, Li Kuo, is the one who wants to take the imperial examination, and if he talks nonsense, the consequences are unpredictable.

"There's a lot of stuff that's hidden under the surface. Ordinary people can see the beauty on the surface, but they can't see the cruelty inside.

For example, hard work in the fields may seem like a no-brainer to the farmer. In fact, they are the farmer's unnecessary things.

In other words, this kind of thing is not something that should be done by nature, just like eating and drinking; They are driven by external objects to do these things.

In order to survive, it is necessary to work; And the product of labor can only survive, year after year, day after day.

When the farmer works in the field, he is not affirming himself, but denying his own existence;

Instead of feeling happy, the farmer will feel unhappy and even numb;

When working in the fields, the farmer could not use his expertise as he pleased, and he was physically tortured and mentally destroyed.

Not only can you not get rid of it, but you have to pass it on from generation to generation.

Whether it is a tenant who has no acres of land or a good family with acres, they can feel comfortable and happy outside of working in the fields, such as drinking a sip of wine, such as eating a meal, or the joy of husband and wife.

After all, the farmer works just to make ends meet. The harvest of the acres brought with them food rations and daily necessities, while they were bound to the land and continued to cultivate as a matter of course.

In this way, they can no longer be regarded as a group of people, but are controlled by the fields, similar to the things of ploughing oxen and horses.

However, when they see others taking what is produced in the fields, their emotions are numb, or may they be ...... What about hatred? ”

Hearing this, Li Kui was shocked!

If it seems to be easy to understand, why can't he fully understand it when it is connected together?

"What do you want to say......

Li Kuan asked in a low voice, feeling that the momentum on his body was much weaker.

"When a merchant sells wine, when he sees it, what will it be in his eyes?"

Fang Chongyong asked drunkenly.

"Businessmen are very profitable, but they are afraid, and they only have money in their eyes."

Li Kui sighed.

"Yes, if I am a businessman, I will never pay attention to how delicious and delicious the wine is. I can only feel that the wine in front of me is a mountain of gold and silver!

I don't care about anything else.

Even if it tastes like horse urine, as long as it doesn't stop me from selling it, I won't care about it.

Do you think I'm being held back by the idea of making money? I tried to make money, but in the end, it was money that took control of me.

The sons of the good families were allocated the land, but they were controlled by the rent adjustment and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and lost the opportunity to change their lives. Day in and day out I don't know what I'm doing.

The brave and warlike generals made meritorious contributions to the country's opening of the border, but for the sake of their merits, they had to continue to kill people and set fires in the border towns and provoke disputes.

Those who have made meritorious deeds are controlled by their own merits, and they have to continue to make meritorious deeds in border towns, and continue on the road of killing people.

Brother Li, tell me, can you find the answers to these things from today's peaceful and prosperous times?

How can one not be controlled by what he has created? ”

Fang Chongyong was already drunk and lying on the table, and almost all of these words were muttered.

"I ......"

Li Hua looked at Fang Chongyong, who had been drunk to death, and had a lot of words blocked in his heart, and he didn't know how to say it.

He remembered that after he became an official, he might also encounter things similar to what Fang Chongyong said.

In order to climb up, so do the things you don't like and be a dog officer.

I can't do what I want to do because of various restrictions.

The fly camp dog is to climb up, and after climbing up, continue to fly camp dog Gou until one day it can't go down and end miserably.

In Fang Chongyong's words just now, there is a great wisdom that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

It's hard to imagine a child being able to say such a thing.

"It's not as good as you......"

Li Hua stood up and sighed, looked at the drunk Fang Chongyong, bowed down and bowed deeply, and then turned around and left the courtyard after a salute.

……

"Don't pretend, don't pretend, you can't pretend!"

In front of an ox cart outside the Chunming Gate, Fang Dafu was still loading the things needed for the trip to the car, and Fang Chongyong hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.

Like a bamboo umbrella, an oil hat and an oil coat, a medicine bag (which contains a lot of emergency pills and snake repellent medicines), a quilt (similar to a suitcase), and a lot of baked dry Hu Biscuits as dry food.

Nothing is missing!

On this trip to Zheng County, Huazhou, not only did Ah Duan be the guard, but Zhang Xun, who was both civil and military, volunteered to be a coachman to drive for Fang Chongyong.

According to him, this is "the great virtue of repaying the favor in case of emergency".

"Xiao Langjun, do you want to beat the drum to open the way?"

Fang Dafu asked with a smile.

Drumming to say goodbye is a custom handed down from the Wei and Jin dynasties, and this time Fang Chongyong traveled to Wang's house, although it was not a proposal, but it was almost that meaning.

You can't make people look down.

"No, no, no, be low-key, low-key."

Fang Chongyong said in a sneer, waved his hand, and signaled that Fang Dafu could go back.

The ox cart began to jolt forward, and Fang Chongyong sat inside, his body shaking. This official road is almost one of the best roads in the Tang Kingdom, but Fang Chongyong, who has already experienced a horse-drawn carriage on the way back to Chang'an, is not looking forward to a land trip at all.

Bumps are inevitable, depending on the magnitude of the bumps, alas.

He couldn't help but sigh.

"I always feel as if I've forgotten something important, what is it?"

Fang Chongyong suddenly felt that he had forgotten something, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

I have successfully found my home, and now I have to solve the appointment problem of Wang Zhonghei, what else is there to deal with?

It shouldn't be difficult for Lao Zheng to get out, by the way, who else is there?

Fang Chongyong remembered that there seemed to be an inconspicuous little person who followed them into the city at that time, who had been persecuted by his scumbag father, what was his name?

That guy should be okay? Jin Wuwei shouldn't embarrass him, right?

Fang Chongyong thought with a little weakness.