King Wu was sitting on a high place in the hall. The master of ceremonies invites everyone to take a seat, and Dazai will preside over the competition.

After Dazai announced the discipline of the examination room, he announced the questions for the first day, and asked His Majesty King Wu to write a number on the bamboo slips, which were placed on a lacquer plate with the characters side down. The participating shrine maidens are required to count a number within an hour and write their names on a bamboo slip, with the characters placed side down in a lacquer plate held by the master of ceremonies and presented to Dazai. The closer to the book of His Majesty King Wu, the higher the ranking.

After King Wu finished writing, Dazai announced the start of the competition, the copper kettle was engraved and started, and the witches relied on their abilities.

It is commonly used to use yarrow, tortoise shell, bamboo sticks, wooden branches or wooden sticks for divination. Rarely, there are those who ask for divination from the insects raised in clay pots. Some of them use gossip to calculate according to the heavenly and terrestrial branches of the day. Or pinch the fingers and count, ordinary people have five fingers, and the fingers are divided into three sections, which can be counted as ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.

Lin Yu has taught Lin Yu and the cuckoo all this. Lin Yu also said that there are numbers of yin and yang in heaven and earth, and the heavenly stems, earth branches and gossip are the numbers of the operation of heaven and earth and deduced, but they are beyond the grasp. Sometimes it is more effective to communicate directly with the aura of heaven and earth. If you are not completely sure, you can use the shell to ask the sky if it is. And when and what method to use, it is the shrine maiden who does it from the heart.

Lin Yu and Du Juan both prayed silently to the sky, and they knew it after their hearts were clear. Lin Yu threw the basket four or five times, and when he got the holy basket, he put the number book on the bamboo slip. The cuckoo tossed it three times with the basket to get the holy basket.

When the hour came, the shrine maidens finished writing. For the sake of fairness, the master of ceremonies announced the figures written by His Majesty King Wu on the spot. Some people are happy, some are expressionless, some are hanging their feet, and some are weeping. Lin Yu smiled and winked at the cuckoo, and the cuckoo understood and winked at her.

Dazai asked the priest to inspect the shrine maidens with Gongzi Yin, and they were ranked one by one according to their proximity. Gongzi Yin is the eldest son of King Wu and born to the late Princess Zhou. Gongzi Yin, as the most likely candidate for the crown prince, participates in the scoring and is indeed qualified.

At the end of the first day, the shrine maidens had a rough idea of their ranking. The bottom of the rankings can only be favored by the judges in the next two days of competition.

The carriage takes the shrine maidens back to the courtyard to rest and eat. Lin Yu came to find the cuckoo, and as soon as he entered the door, he said, "You must have calculated correctly." ”

The cuckoo asked rhetorically, "Aren't you too?"

Lin Yu said: "My aunt taught the Fa. She said that the next competition was most likely to be playing the piano and dancing the witch dance. ”

Cuckoo smiled: "When did these two things stump Yu'er?"

Lin Yu deliberately shook his hair and said, "That's it." After speaking, he leaked again, "Listening to the piano must meet a bosom friend, I don't know if the judge is my bosom friend." ”

Du Juan said: "Who is not impressed by Yu'er's piano skills?"

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Accept your auspicious words." You're tired, so don't bother you, rest early, recuperate, and perform well tomorrow. And he went back to the house.