Chapter 62: The Listener, the Fortune Teller
"You're damned."
Sun Hongying gritted her teeth and looked at Xu Lan, she felt that the first thing she did after breaking through the Five Realms was to slash the dog thief Xu Lan!
"Huh"
Xu Lan didn't even glance at Sun Hongying,
Due to the influence of another consciousness in the receptor, Sun Hongying's personality is sometimes good and bad.
So in his eyes, his attitude towards Sun Hongying is different from that of others.
In general, it's just one sentence: you can't get used to her.
At the same time, there was a sudden commotion at the city gate, and after a few moments the crowd in front of it dispersed.
A dozen retinues escorted the next carriage slowly out of the city,
Everywhere they went, the crowd was silent.
"There are also cultivators from the Four Realms as escorts when traveling?"
Xu Lan looked at it and was quite surprised in his heart.
And just as the carriage passed by Xu Lan and the others, a breeze blew through the corner of the curtain that lifted the carriage.
Sitting in the carriage was a man with frosty temples closing his eyes.
The next moment, he seemed to notice something, opened his eyes and looked to the side, just in line with Xu Lan's gaze.
The two of them only blinked to each other, but the other party's eyes left a deep enough impression on Xu Lan.
Eagle Eyes Wolf Gu,
These four words are the most appropriate to describe the other person's eyes.
"Does he know me?"
Xu Lan was secretly shocked in his heart,
In the brief glance just now, he saw obvious surprise in the other party's eyes.
"You're a little out of luck."
At this time, Sun Hongying's tone on the side was quite surprised, just now she learned the true identity of this person from the accompanying chamber of commerce guys.
"Huh?"
Xu Lan showed a puzzled look,
"His name is Gu Baiyi."
The corners of Sun Hongying's mouth turned up slightly, and she said with a smile: "In addition to being the confidant of the eldest princess, he also has an identity. β
"The one from the Qian family?"
Xu Lan realized this instantly,
It is said that in the early years, the Qian family recruited a very talented scholar as a son-in-law, and at first he went to Beijing many times to catch the exam but failed to achieve any good results.
But then the eldest princess began to supervise the country,
I don't know what's going on in it,
As a down-and-out scholar, his talent was appreciated by the eldest princess, and he has been on the rise ever since.
"Well, that's him."
Sun Hongying said slowly: "Although the eldest princess has not given him any official position, his treatment has made some royal clans extremely blushing. β
"That's not bad."
When she heard Xu Lan's words, Sun Hongying's face was full of question marks.
"What's good?"
Sun Hongying said angrily: "If you let him know that you are coming to Kyoto, I'm afraid we won't be able to move an inch." β
According to the laws of the Great Chu Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration for the Qian family who colluded with the Demon Sect to be punished by the Nine Clans.
But in fact, the Qian family did not die under the law of Great Chu,
It was caused by Xu Lan's single-handedness.
Although there is not much difference between the two from the perspective of the ending, it is completely different for Gu Baiyi.
"I mean, the eldest princess is good."
Xu Lan didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "According to the laws of Great Chu, those who collude with the Demon Sect will punish the Nine Clans, but why is Gu Baiyi okay?" β
"This"
Sun Hongying was suddenly out of words and didn't know how to refute.
"Because for the eldest princess, Gu Baiyi still has enough [value]."
Xu Lan analyzed slowly: "And according to what you said, the eldest princess values him very much, but she doesn't reward any official position, do you think this is reasonable?" β
"Unreasonable."
Sun Hongying muttered: "But in Gu Baiyi's eyes, you are the murderer who destroyed the entire Qian family." β
"So what?"
Xu Lan seemed to remember something, and said with a smile: "Do you think that with Gu Baiyi's status, he will not know the news of my departure from Qingzhou?" β
"If I'm not mistaken, when I left Qingzhou, the local officials had already spread the news to Gu Baiyi's eyes, and he even knew what I looked like."
Presumably, in the brief look at each other just now, the consternation in Gu Baiyi's eyes came from this.
"If that's the case, then how can he do nothing?"
Sun Hongying felt a little incredible,
For Gu Baiyi, Xu Lan is his enemy of extermination, even if there are people from the city government, it is impossible to be indifferent, right?
"It's very simple, he doesn't dare."
Xu Lan said slowly: "I am a meritorious person for the Great Chu Dynasty, if he Gu Baiyi deals with me, then how can he gain a foothold in the court?" β
"People are in high positions, why don't they dare?"
Sun Hongying pursed her mouth and said, "He, but he is a big red man in front of the eldest princess, and many officials in the court can't stammer him." β
Xu Lan: .......
"The Sun family has not gone downhill in your hands, it is really great luck."
When he first came into contact with Sun Hongying, he also felt that the person who could control the Sun family should be a smart person.
But apparently with this period of "in-depth exchanges",
I also know a lot about Sun Hongying, and finally came to a conclusion.
There are brains, but not much.
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Sun Hongying glared at him, this dog thief can't talk well, right?
"Don't be yourself, you won't understand what you say."
Xu Lan stretched his waist and changed the topic: "Later, I will go to the chamber of commerce on the Wang family's side to find out the situation." β
If he wants to find his father, at least he has to figure out the ins and outs of the whole thing.
"Heh, it won't be under the guise of inquiring about the news, so I can't secretly go to the Hanging Mirror Division to find that person."
Sun Hongying sneered,
Isn't it just a prickly speech, who wouldn't?
"Yes, yes, yes"
Xu Lan didn't bother to look at her, she could think whatever she liked.
"You"
As soon as she saw Xu Lan's attitude, Sun Hongying couldn't help but be even more angry.
"I'll go with you!"
"Yes, yes, yes"
"Xu Lan, you wait for me!"
"Yes, yes, yes"
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In the downtown area of Kyoto,
A white-haired middle-aged man was sipping tea while listening to the storyteller tell a story.
Leisurely, he is out of step with the noisy city around him.
"It is said that the son was the reincarnation of an immortal, and on the day he was born, the heavens and the earth showed all kinds of visions."
The white-haired man listened with interest,
The storyteller in front of him is telling the life story of the legendary figure who established the Great Chu Dynasty thousands of years ago.
The crowd around him applauded from time to time.
"Well said, deserve a reward!"
The white-haired man was also interested, glanced at the teenage girl who was following behind him, and said, "Apprentice, take the money." β
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The girl took a deep breath and said, "I don't have any money!" β
"No, the teacher knows what you have."
The white-haired middle-aged man smiled and said, "Hurry up and get it." β
"Master, we haven't opened for a month"
The girl wanted to cry without tears,
The master and apprentice are almost so poor that they can't open the pot, how can he still have the leisure to reward the storyteller?
At this moment,
The white-haired man seemed to sense something, and glanced slightly in the direction of the city gate.
"Who said that?"
The white-haired man smiled and said, "The teacher will take you to the opening, and I guarantee that this opening will be enough for our master and apprentice to eat for three years." β
"Really?"
The girl blinked, a look of disbelief in her large, watery eyes.
"When did the teacher lie to you?"
"From the moment I asked me to worship you as a teacher, you were lying to me."
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At this time, Xu Lan finally stepped into Kyoto after a tedious inspection.
After entering Kyoto,
He and Sun Hongying were separated from the people of the Tianheng Chamber of Commerce.
As originally intended,
Next, he had to go to the Wang Chamber of Commerce's station in Kyoto to inquire about the news.
Xu Lan and Sun Hongying then went to an inn in the center of Kyoto, where a plaque hung on the extremely luxurious faΓ§ade.
Listen to Yuxuan.
"Just staying in an inn"
The corners of Xu Lan's mouth twitched slightly, although he had never heard of the name Yuxuan,
But just from this location, coupled with such a luxurious faΓ§ade, you can know that it will cost a lot of money to stay here.
"Life is too short to be happy."
Sun Hongying said lazily: "Money is not brought to life or death, and it is better to save it for future generations than to spend it yourself." β
"Are you talking about yourself?"
Xu Lan smiled slightly, and said: "It is impossible for people to come back to life after death, and the ancestors of the Sun family have to know such a thing as you, I am afraid that they will not uncover the coffin." β
The truth is that this is the truth,
But when these words came out of Sun Hongying's mouth, it always made people feel that something was wrong.
"You"
Sun Hongying gritted her teeth angrily, stared at Xu Lan and said, "Then don't stop!" β
"Okay, I don't care."
Xu Lan spread his hands to show fearlessness,
I don't have any requirements for food, drink, housing and transportation, so it's just a big deal to find an inn and live casually.
"You"
Seeing Xu Lan turn around and leave, Sun Hongying was so anxious that she grabbed Xu Lan's sleeve.
This is going to let Xu Lan go, so how can he still cultivate?
"Huh?"
Glancing back at the puffing Sun Hongying, Xu Lan smiled: "It's not that you won't let me live." β
"Who said you wouldn't live?"
Sun Hongying took a deep breath, and kept admonishing herself in her heart to endure, endure, endure
It's all about the big picture!
"Oh, woman."
Just when the two were having fun, a man and a woman appeared in front of them.
The man in front of him had rare white hair, was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a whisk in his hand, looking quite like an idle cloud and a wild crane.
As for the woman behind him, she had short hair, and although she was not stunning, her big bright eyes were particularly obvious.
"Do you want to count the two of you?"
The white-haired man's gaze fell on Xu Lan's body, revealing a harmless smile from humans and animals.
"No, no, no."
Sun Hongying was full of grievances and had nowhere to release, and said coldly at the moment: "Don't you think we are easy to deceive?" β
She has seen a lot of this kind of liar.
"Girl, I haven't asked you yet."
The white-haired man was not angry, but said slowly: "I'm asking this son to count his fortune." β
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Sun Hongying's face was full of question marks, are liars so arrogant these days?
Xu Lan on the side didn't hold back and laughed directly, and could only say that it was worthy of Kyoto.
Even these fortune tellers are so unique.
"Me too, don't tell your life."
Xu Lan looked at the white-haired man in front of him, and after carefully sensing it, there was nothing abnormal.
Well, there is no fluctuation of true qi in the body, it should be an ordinary person.
"Childe misunderstood, I'm not a swaggering person."
After being rejected, the white-haired man still said happily: "It's just that Guan Gongzi's bearing is extraordinary, and he should be counted as a hexagram." β
Xu Lan: ......
He didn't continue to pay attention to the white-haired man in front of him and continued to walk forward,
After all, when I first arrived in Kyoto,
Until his father is identified, he is not willing to make further troubles.
"Master, didn't you say that it would be good to open and eat for three years?"
The girl behind the man in white asked weakly, "Are you lying to me again?" β
"Don't worry."
The white-haired man shook his head, then looked at Xu Lan's back and said loudly, "Childe, please stay." β
Xu Lan, who was walking in front, didn't care when he heard the white-haired man's voice, but the other party's next sentence made him stop his pace.
"I wonder if Gongzi has heard that Siren is innocent and guilty?"
Xu Lan slowly turned around and looked at the white-haired man in front of him, but the other party just kept smiling.
"I wonder what you mean by that, sir?"
Xu Lan's eyes narrowed slightly, but there were some waves in his heart.
The meaning of this phrase is that a person is not guilty in himself, but he becomes a guilty person when he takes something that he should not take.
The white-haired man smiled slightly and said, "Although Childe is extraordinary, there are some things that not everyone can afford. β
It was only at this time that Xu Lan also determined what the other party was referring to.
It's just that he doesn't know,
Why can this ordinary-looking fortune teller in front of him see at a glance that he has a wisp of imperial luck in his body.
"I wonder if you've ever heard four words, sir?"
Xu Lan slowly raised his head and looked at the white-haired man, who asked calmly, "Which four words?" β
"It's man-made."
The white-haired man was stunned when he heard this, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.
The laughter attracted a lot of pointers from passers-by, but he didn't care.
Things are man-made, and just four words reminded him of some dusty past.
Looking at Xu Lan in front of him, he gradually overlapped with the shadows of some old people in his memory.
"Whew"
The white-haired man no longer smiled but breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Xu Lan and said calmly: "It's a good thing to be man-made, but I'm clumsy." β
originally thought that Xu Lan was relying on some means that were not necessarily light to plunder a wisp of the luck of the Great Chu Dynasty,
But now it doesn't seem like so,
In a sense, it seems that that wisp of imperial luck was voluntarily hidden in Xu Lan.
"Each other, each other."
Xu Lan also laughed,
Although he couldn't detect any fluctuations in his true qi from the white-haired man in front of him,
But a fortune teller who can see through the imperial luck hidden in his body at a glance is not an ordinary person?
Even be bold to imagine, is it really a coincidence that the two met?
"It just so happens that the two of us haven't eaten at noon, I wonder if Mr. is willing to appreciate his face?"
The next moment he seemed to have thought of something, and Xu Lan invited him with a smile on his face.
"That's not good, is it?"
The white-haired man pretended to excuse himself,
He felt that he had to maintain the image of a superior man.
However, the girl's stomach on the side was just right, and there was a gurgling sound.
"Master, is it really bad?"
The girl blinked wide-eyed and looked pitiful.
The master and apprentice lived three meals a day and two hungry meals, how could they refuse if someone had a treat?!
White-haired man: ......
"Let's get out of the way."
Xu Lan smiled: "It just so happens that I want to ask Mr. to count a hexagram." β
The fortune teller is called a physiognomy master,
And the phase master belongs to one of the three religions and nine streams.
I just arrived in Kyoto and I don't know the place well.
If someone who is familiar with Kyoto can help you at this time, you can save a lot of trouble.
"Okay."
The white-haired man no longer continues to be hypocritical,
After all, how can such a thing as pretending to be a superior person be important to fill your stomach?
Later, after entering the Listening Rain Pavilion,
Sun Hongying asked the shopkeeper to arrange a private room and let people prepare some wine and food.
While waiting for the food to be served, Xu Lan and Sun Hongying returned to the room for a simple wash.
As for the white-haired master and apprentice, the two were waiting in the private room.
"You just opened a room?"
It was only at this time that Xu Lan knew that Sun Hongying had only opened one room.
This. You really don't plan to give yourself a break, do you?
"Or else?"
Sun Hongying lay directly on the bed and said lazily: "Why don't I open another room for you, and then wait until you have time to go to the Hanging Mirror Division to find that Miss Chen to catch up?" β
Xu Lan: ......
"Since you came to Kyoto, you've been saying three things inseparable."
Xu Lan smiled and said, "As for being so nervous? β
"Am I nervous?"
Sun Hongying picked up the pillow and smashed it at Xu Lan, and said angrily: "I'm not nervous at all!" β
"Yes, yes, yes"
Xu Lan grabbed the pillow thrown over, and said with a smile: "Let's go out at night, I want to talk to that person." β
"Just a street hustler, what's there to talk about?"
Sun Hongying said suspiciously: "You don't really believe in a fortune teller, do you?" β
"He's not a street hustler."
Xu Lan paused slightly, and then said, "He sensed that wisp of imperial luck in my body. β
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Sun Hongying showed a strange look,
She naturally knew about that wisp of imperial luck, but she didn't feel any difference after getting along with Xu Lan for many days.
In other words, she who gets along with Xu Lan day and night can't detect the imperial luck in her body.
How could a street hustler guess?
"Could it be that he's cheating on you?"
Sun Hongying felt incredulous,
If what Xu Lan said is true, then all this is too coincidental.
"It's not."
Xu Lan thought about it carefully before shaking his head and saying, "Although I don't know how he sensed the imperial luck in my body, he did know about it. β
"Okay, you just have to know it yourself."
Sun Hongying yawned and said, "I won't go later, this kind of meaningless interpersonal communication has no meaning to me." β
With her understanding of Xu Lan,
There should be few people in this world who can fool him.
"Hmm."
It doesn't matter if people don't go, anyway, they will have to hang on her head later.
Moments later, inside the private room.
Listening to Yuxuan's guys, Xu Lan appeared in the private room when the food came up.
"Come on, come on, Xu Lan sit down quickly."
When the white-haired man saw Xu Lan appear, he hurriedly asked him to sit down,
Then he turned to the apprentice who was salivating at a table of food and said, "Okay, now the person who invited the guest is here, open the chopsticks!" β
Xu Lan: ......
It's quite exquisite.
"If I'm not mistaken, I don't think I said my name since then."
Xu Lan smiled: "I don't know how Mr. learned that my name is Xu Lan?" β
Debriefing on the results, well, by 12 o'clock it should be around 800
Although it did not reach the expected goal, 10,000 collections, 800 first orders are fine
If you work hard to write, you might be able to get recommended
(End of chapter)