Section 511 Fortune tellers
Although it was nearly dusk, the streets in Yongzhou City were still lively, with people coming and going, and the shouts of hawkers came and went. ~Sui~Dream~Small~Say~ั~Suimะตng~lฤ .
After more than half a month of war, the pent-up fear, tension and sorrow in people's hearts were finally vented on this sunny day.
Seeing this, he felt a little relieved in his heart, and chose to force back the Zhu Wen army without blood, so that how many families in Yongzhou City would be spared from family ruin, how many children would be lucky not to lose their fathers, and how many parents could share the joy of family with their children?
That alone makes it especially worthwhile. He has always believed that the situation in the world does not necessarily have to come at the cost of thousands of lives. When the people are stable, the world can be stable.
He walked along the street outside the inn, stopping by to see if there were any suspicious people in the crowd, such as the blind bronze horse.
He passed by a candied fruit stall, smelled the smell of dried peaches was very fragrant, and thought that Li Jing was from the north and should not have eaten such sweets, so he asked the vendor to wrap two catties in lotus leaves, and put it in his hand after paying, preparing to bring it to Li Jing when he returned to Chang'an in the future.
"This nobleman, with such a good complexion, do you want to count a hexagram?"
He walked a short distance forward with dried peaches, and suddenly heard someone calling behind him. It sounded like a man's voice, but there was an indescribable feminine aura.
He looked back and saw that it was a fortune teller. This person has a white complexion, delicate facial features, and three long beards on his chin that are fluttering like immortals, faintly showing a fan.
When his eyes first touched this person, he felt a slight strangeness in his heart, only feeling that he had seen this person somewhere, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.
He turned around, walked to the bamboo chair in front of the hexagram stall and sat down, smiled slightly, and said, "I want to count my life, but I don't know if Mr. is good at calculating!"
The fortune teller laughed when he heard this, "This noble man is really good at laughing, if we don't do well in this industry, where can we still get food?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly, "So, it depends on whether your eloquence is good or not." โ
He couldn't help but think of the Sun Meihe who stayed in the Khitan as a national teacher, and expected that this person would be able to live a very nourishing life even if he abandoned his own set of moral doctrines and became a fortune teller with that clever mouth alone.
"The disdainful person is not good, but the fortune-telling has always been very accurate. The fortune teller seemed to be a little angry at his unfounded assumptions, he picked up a bamboo tube full of hexagrams on the corner of the table, and shook it a few times, "I don't know if the noble man wants to calculate the marriage or the future?"
"No, I'll count one person first. Liu Yu looked at him, leaned forward, and his eyes were full of meaning.
"Who?" said the fortune teller, who was slightly surprised, but said nothing.
"A man named Bronze Horse. Liu Yu said word by word.
"Is the noble man very interested in this man's life?" the fortune teller couldn't help but wonder.
"Not his life, not where he is now. Liu Yu leaned back in his chair and waited for the man's answer.
The fortune teller looked at him and smiled, shaking his head again and again, "I'm a fortune teller, and I'm not looking for someone for you." Otherwise, whoever loses the piglet, and whoever runs away from the daughter-in-law, won't they all come to me to tell the fortune?"
Liu Yu held the handle of the bamboo chair with both hands, "I really don't know?"
"I really don't know. The fortune teller replied neatly, still smiling on his face.
"Again, this person is just a pawn to you. Liu Yu looked at the fortune teller in front of him and sighed softly.
"Oh, do you know who I am?" the fortune teller was slightly surprised and put away the smile on his face.
"I didn't know at first, but now it's clear. Liu Yu stood up from the bamboo chair and waved his sleeves to leave.
"Wait, don't you really want to count the hexagram before leaving?" the fortune teller shouted from behind him.
He turned his head and frowned: "Business is originally to make money with anger, I have never seen a person in business so entangled like you!"
"Yes, I've never seen a guest as difficult as you. The fortune teller sneered and confronted him.
The man grabbed a bamboo tube full of hexagrams from the table, "Today's hexagram, you have to count it, you have to count it!"
"Then what if I don't count?" Liu Yu looked slightly stunned.
The fortune teller put the full tube of hexagram sticks under his nose and looked at it, and said with a smile: "If all this tube of bamboo sticks is spilled, I'm afraid a lot of people will die." โ
Of course, Liu Yu understood what he meant, this street was full of people who came out to play and relax, if this person sent out dozens of hexagrams in the tube as hidden weapons at this time, I am afraid that corpses will be everywhere on this street immediately.
"Okay, I'll count!"
Without waiting for the fortune teller to respond, he pulled out a stick from the bamboo tube and opened it in the fiery sunset, and there were eight fly-headed characters written on the paper.
"The finch perches on the high branches, and the dragon swims in the shallow water. โ
The fortune teller crossed his hand and saw the handwriting on the paper, and couldn't help but sneer, "Do you want me to explain to you, how to solve this hexagram?"
"No need. Liu Yu shook his head, "If I'm not mistaken, all your hexagrams are written in the same words." โ
The fortune teller sighed faintly, "You always like to jump to conclusions!"
"It looks like Your Excellency has known me for a long time. Liu Yu stared at his eyes, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.
He grabbed a handful of sticks from the bamboo tube and opened them in turn, and sure enough, what was written on it was "The bird perches on the high branches, and the dragon swims in shallow water." "These eight words.
Seeing this, the fortune teller laughed awkwardly, "This time you were blinded, but what I want to say is that these eight words are exactly what I want to give you." โ
"His Royal Highness King Kui, please speak!" Liu Yu said lightly.
The fortune teller was taken aback, "You really recognized me." โ
"No matter which fake you wear into, with this murderous and bewitching eyes, I'm afraid there won't be a second person in the world. Liu Yu took his eyes off this person's face and swept around the vendors on the street, "Although His Highness has excellent martial arts and is from a wealthy background, he is too tired to live. โ
King Kui saw that he recognized himself, so he no longer pretended, he simply tore off the fake beard under the lip and jaw, revealing a delicate face, "Liu Yu, don't lead the topic to me. These eight words I give you today naturally have my deep meaning......"
Without waiting for him to speak, Liu Yu unceremoniously interrupted him, "Are you trying to tell me that if I want to enjoy glory and wealth, then I have to live like a thrush and please you with every bit of flesh?"
King Kui's face was displeased, "At least you have to be well-behaved, at least know how to be a subordinate." You don't look at the monk's face, you don't look at the Buddha's face, at least you have to look at the three insects and three corpse pills in your body, right?"
Liu Yu smiled coldly, "A person who has been hit by the Three Insects and Three Corpses Pill, even if he doesn't take the antidote, he can have a three-year lifespan to say the least." But His Royal Highness has repeatedly attacked me in Yuan Lan's tomb alone, and I am afraid that he will not even give me the three-year lifespan. In that case, what difference does it make if I take the Three Worms and Three Corpses Pill?"