The old farmer was even more surprised, and I was also curious about how the Taoist knew.

The old farmer said anxiously, "Yes, yes! Master Hu, my big bull has been in estrus for the past two days, a madman, and this morning he broke free from the cow rope and ran away.

"Our family is looking for it, we have found it yet, we haven't found it yet, can you help me calculate a hexagram and see where it is?"

I couldn't help but smile when I looked at the old farmer, he was holding a bull rope in his left hand and a bullwhip in his right hand.

I see! However, the Taoist is really meticulous and dares to assert.

The man stretched out his right hand, and his thumb pinched the knuckles of his four fingers quickly.

He said: "Huang Laosi, don't worry, the cow is in the west of your house, not more than four miles away, and your aunt's cow has eaten other people's crops."

"You bought two packs of cigarettes and said good things to others, but they were chained to the bullpen."

The old farmer named Huang Laosi said: "Sili Road to the west of my house should be the old house of the Chen family. ”

The man smiled: "You went empty-handed in the morning, and you asked in a hurry, and your attitude was not very good, and people naturally refused to tell the truth." ”

Huang Laosi said: "That's that, I didn't hand anyone a cigarette." Thank you, Master Hu, how much is the hexagram money? ”

The man said, "You can give whatever you want, three pieces is no more, and ten pieces are not less." ”

The man left in a hurry with five dollars.

I saw that the man said very surely, and he didn't hesitate at all, he was really iron-clad.

The people next to him were also amazed.

Then another middle-aged woman came from the east, and with a smile on her face, came to the man's stall, and said in a mournful voice:

"Master Hu, my father hasn't been in the past two days, I'm afraid that time is running out, I want to calculate when the approximate limit is?

"So that a few of his sons and daughters can come back as soon as possible, and they can take one last look, especially if his uncle works in Jinling, and his nephew is still in the army and needs to take leave."

The man asked, "What is your father?" How old this year. ”

The middle-aged woman said, "Dragon, November birthday, sixty-nine this year." ”

The man said: "He killed three sons and two daughters, and only two sons and one daughter died, and today is Yang Gong's memorial day."

"As early as the first half of the night, or later tomorrow morning, before the rooster crows, you should go back early to prepare for the future."

The middle-aged woman handed ten dollars and hurried away.

I couldn't help but be secretly amazed when I heard him say it so categorically, there was no room for it.

Judge life and death, and calculate the time on time, just like the king of hell: "The king of Hades told you to die on the third watch, and he didn't dare to keep you until the fifth watch." ”

After all, it's the person at the door, if you make a mistake, others will smash your stall and make a big joke, how dare you just joke?

He looked at me for a long time, and said to me:

"Little brother, you look good, but it's difficult right now, like a dragon trapped in the shallows, this year is not easy!"

I froze, tears streaming down my face.

His words were like a heavy hammer, shattering the hard core in my heart at once.

The grievances, sadness, and anger wrapped in the hard core were all released at once.

A year ago, I was a proud son of the sky.

In the blink of an eye, he was snubbed and turned into an abandoned child: his lover died young, he was expelled and returned to his hometown, his relatives and friends ridiculed him, his neighbors ridiculed him, he had no way to make a living, he went out to work, and he was deceived and penniless.

Now being beaten and crippled and reduced to a wasted person is not only difficult, but the real life is better than death!

Why is the heavens so unfair to me?

I wiped the tears on my face, and nodded at him without asking about the geometry of the gold: "I'll do a hexagram."

He took out three copper coins and handed them to me, shaking the hexagram I know, I used to be in the Baiyun Temple, and I also divined the hexagram.

I put the three copper coins in my palm, calmed my mind, and thought to myself: Ask me what is my future? When to transship?

Then he gently shook the copper coin in his hand and sprinkled it on the white cloth, and so on six times in a row.

The Taoist stroked his long beard and said, "This hexagram is a hexagram, the lower hexagram is Kan, and the upper hexagram is Xun."

"The wind moves on the water, fueling the waves, overflowing in all directions.

"Although it means that the water is flowing and scattering, there are also signs of the people's hearts being scattered, if we can overcome the drawbacks, we can save the water and turn the crisis into safety.

"The hexagram symbolizes the dispersion, which reveals the truth of how to save the susceptibility, and belongs to the next hexagram.

In "Elephant", this hexagram is cut off like this:

"I see a gold ingot across the river, I want to take the bank wide and the water is deep, it is difficult to get my hands on the assets, and I bother to make money day and night, understand?"

I nodded understandingly, and asked, "Master Hu, is it that I have no wealth in my life?" Or do you have to go through hardships and dangers to get money? ”

The man shook his head: "You still don't understand what I mean, there is water below the hexagram and wind above.

"If the wind is on the water, if the wind is good, it will be smooth sailing, and it is very difficult to go against the wind.

How old are you this year? ”

I said, "Twenty years old, a pig." ”

The Taoist said, "The pig is the water, and this year is the year of the snake, and it is the fire." You see, this year is the year of your offense, and water and fire are incompatible.

"The villain is killed, the little ghost is difficult, the ghost is in the way, everything is not going well, there is no hope for money, and there is no way to make a plan."

The words of the Taoist made me fall into despair, and he was exactly the same as the words of the ghost woman.

I asked again, "Is it better to get past this ghost gate?" ”

He stroked his beard and closed his eyes, and said for a long time, "Are you going to ask about the heavens?" Heavenly secrets must not be revealed. ”

I said, "I hope your old man will give me some guidance, I am in a desperate situation now, and I have taken refuge here."

"I don't know if I can get through this catastrophe in front of me, I hope your old man will save me."

I bowed deeply, thinking that such sincerity was not enough to impress him, so I knelt on my knees.

The man immediately picked me up and hurriedly said, "It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this, if you want me to guide me, just invite me to a drink." ”

I was overjoyed: "Okay, I'll invite you to Wanjia Hotel now." ”

"What 10,000 hotels to go to? That's freshly opened, what's there to eat? As he cleaned up the hexagram stall, he said, "If you come with me, you will know."

Out of the pavilion gate, it is the ancient town of Nanyang.

The stone slabs and cobblestone pavements have been smooth and visible for thousands of years.

Walking along the long and deep ancient alleys, walking on the potholed cobblestone streets, gently touching the mottled walls that have gone through the vicissitudes of life, the heart can feel the long, deep and heavy......

"The real delicacy is not in the bustling places, but in the deep streets and alleys, the century-old shops, what is done is a heritage." The man said as he walked.

He took me through the streets and alleys, and I bought an ancient courtyard with all kinds of turns.

There is a wooden sign hanging at the entrance of the courtyard: Taibai Drunken Place.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, there is a five-room two-entry courtyard, and there are two osmanthus plants in the yard.

It is the season when the golden cinnamon is fragrant, and the fragrance hits people and refreshes people's hearts.

Passing through the hall in advance, we came to the backyard, where there was a gazebo high up.

Under the pavilion is a pool of clear water, there are a few mountain stones and pebbles piled up at will by the pool, a big stone, the top is flat as a stone, and the stone body is carved with "Taibai drunk lying place".

There were fish swimming in the water, and in addition to the red crucian carp, I recognized the mandarin fish, the white stripe.

Come to the pavilion, there are stone tables and stone benches in the pavilion, and look into the distance, the green peach blossom pond is in front of you.

As soon as we sat down, a pretty young woman came up gracefully.

He carried a teapot, two teacups, and a plate of pumpkin seeds.

She poured us a cup of tea and asked with a smile, "What are you two going to eat?"