Volume 2 The Heart of Bewitchment Chapter 50 The Art of Divination
The Wind Wandering Monk was in pain, quickly held down the wound, and jumped down.
The mountain birds are so powerful that they must have been domesticated by the masters to take care of the walnut trees. Wang Dashi was very surprised, and hurriedly took a few steps back, staring at the yellow mountain bird. At this time, the mountain yellow bird flapped its wings and flew away, and disappeared in an instant.
Feng Yousheng was a little unbelieving, holding Wang Dashi close to the walnut tree, ready to pick it again, at this time, he was surprised to find that this was not a walnut tree, but a carving, exquisite technique, lifelike. Look closely at the walnut fruit, engraved with handwriting, and some of them are full of pictures.
The handwriting is neat, the lines are clear, the picture is realistic, the colors are bright, and the lines are smooth. Both of them were amazed by the depth of their skills and the delicacy of their techniques, which were truly superb. The Wind Wandering Monk has walked the streets and alleys for half his life, and he has never heard of it or seen it.
The images on the walnuts are evenly distributed, with fresh breeze and fine willows, farmers driving cattle, and cloudy and snowy days...... Just now, the fruit that the wind wandering monk wanted to pick carved a picture: the sky was lightning and thunder, the waves crashed on the shore, and a bent boat was rolled with the wind, stepping dangerously.
It is not easy to carve on a walnut, but it is even more amazing to be born with such a grand momentum, and I can't help but be in awe of the owner here.
The wind wandering monk said: "These carved patterns and handwriting should be hexagrams, let's hurry up and meet the master!"
Wang Dashi still didn't understand: "Master, what master? So, is it the yellow bird?"
The wind wandering monk dragged Wang Dashi along the pot-shaped valley and continued to look forward, only to hear the yellow mountain bird hovering overhead, its small black beak fluttering up and down, and it looked like an attack.
Wang Dashi half-covered his face with his hands and looked secretly, for fear that the yellow bird would peck his face and make his face full of boils a few more bloody wounds and scars.
The Wind Wanderer took out the corn cob from the cloth bag, broke off a few grains and threw them at the yellow bird.
As if he had not seen the food thrown at him, the yellow bird flapped its wings and stopped on the rocks.
The wind wandering monk smacked his lips and said: "Ouch, mother hippie, you beast is really weird, if you are weird, I will roast you and eat you, our donkey tall man is teased by you, you heifer squatting on the pot lid, cow is baking!"
The yellow bird seemed to be human, opened its mouth, and rushed directly towards the wind wandering monk. The Wind Wanderer tugged at his cuffs and covered his head to guard against the Yellow Bird's attack. The yellow bird landed on his back, stretched out its long beak and was about to peck away, when the voice came.
"Those who come are guests, don't be rude!"
When the yellow bird heard this, he already understood, raised his head, spread his wings, and flew to the branches.
The voice came from nowhere, Wang Dashi looked inward from the crack in the mountain, it was empty and vast, like an underground palace, and the dome-like stone top was carved with people, livestock, grass and stars.
Feng Yousheng took care of it, hugged his fists and said: "I heard the name for a long time, and I came from a hundred miles away, just to ask for a hexagram, I hope that the old gentleman can fulfill it, and let us make this trip worthwhile!"
Wang Dashi also clenched his fists at this time to show respect.
After the wind wandering monk finished speaking, he didn't know when an old man was sitting next to the stone pile in front of him. The old man turned his back to him, his clothes were the same color as the mountain rocks, and his blue-gray hair was like scattered grass, as if it blended with the mountain scenery.
"This gentleman is the legendary man of the gods!" Wang Dashi thought to himself, both happy and nervous.
The gentleman did not turn around, but a thick black beard hung down, and he had blue hair and black beard, which is probably the characteristic of a god-man.
"Old man with black beard, I, we're here to measure our fate. I, my fate was bumpy, at first I just wanted to be an ordinary farmer, living on the farmland, but I couldn't do as I wished. I, my marriage is always not smooth, I died on the day of the wedding, and then I was cheated into marriage, I lost my money, and I made a lot of ignorant jokes...... I, I don't want to stay in the village anymore, I want to come out to learn art, how do I know that it is also a twist and turn, causing prison and being despised again...... Junior, lost, I hope you can help with the guidance!"
Wang Dashi said, before the old man with the black beard could answer, the wind wandering monk then shouted: "My fate is like a falling flower by the dung pit, alas, I can't get rid of the stinking smell, the dog's stomach and other cat's bowl food, I can't eat enoughโโ;
The black-bearded old man said: "The five elements of heaven and earth, biochemical with each other, form life, fate is controlled by heaven and earth, change life and luck, not casually, do it at will." Heaven and earth are all-encompassing, and everything is transported with the five elements. According to the analysis of the 24 Signs, the Evolution of the Five Elements and the Stars, you have a bad personality, you are stubborn and not rigid, your mood is turbulent, carefree, and you are allowed to be free...... I'll show you a route. As he spoke, the old man with the black beard pointed to the northeast direction and said, "Not far ahead, there is a northbound road, and the first person you see is someone who is worthy of your follow, worthy of your follow-up in this life, and this person will definitely be able to help you complete the knot in your heart!"
I didn't see his face, and I didn't ask about his birthday, so he made an empty comment, and the wind wandering monk had never heard of these deductions, and his inference in his heart was not accurate, but he felt that the old man Heihu would not be talking nonsense.
The old man with the black beard seemed to know what the wind wandering monk was thinking, and said: "Half a month ago, I have deduced that there are two people who are going to come here, one is wandering thousands of miles, from north to south, the road is hard and bumpy, but it is a stubborn temperament, which has ruined the blood and sweat of many peasants, and emptied a lot of silver taels of boats. โ
This is exactly what the Wind Wandering Monk is talking about. The wind wandering monk left home and went south, and along the way, he didn't know how many crops he had made for dry food, and how many silver taels of boats and carts he had escaped. Such a test, such a statement is not broken, let it be convincing.
In fact, the wind wandering monk came here with a knot, and the old man with the black beard has already understood it and given guidance, so that he can be sure of his heart and admire the old man with the black beard.
Despite this, the wind wandering monk still didn't want to leave, and said: "Hehe, I said Mr. Heihu, let's come from afar, you can help me take a hexagram again, so that I can know how to live in the second half of my life, when I will finish my business, and enter the earth for peace!"
When crossing the river, the boatman said that the ancient people of the deserted tomb were very effective in calculating life and death, and that the number of years was not more than half (fifty years old), and that the number of years was cursed.
The Wind Wandering Monk inadvertently asked, remembering what the boatman said, and was afraid: "In case, in case, Mr. Heihu said the decimal number, his life will be over!"
Wang Dashi was stunned for a moment, but he felt that the old man was kind, so he denied the boatman's statement in his heart.
The Wind Wandering Monk waited anxiously, fearing that Mr. Heihu would open his mouth to measure his age of fifty, and in a few years he would complete his great career and settle down.
I only heard Mr. Heihu say: "Fang Cai, you provoked my yellow bird, and the yellow bird will not give you a fortune!"
The yellow mountain bird on the branch chirped twice in a row to show that Mr. Heihu was right.
It turned out that the yellow finch bird was this yellow mountain bird.
Feng Yousheng and Wang Dashi were taken aback for a while, and they were thinking of a question in their hearts that they didn't understand: "How can there be such a big yellow finch?"
When it comes to the yellow finch bird, it is often seen in the folk, it is small, resembles a sparrow, the whole body is yellow, and it lives on grains and insects, and its call is crisp.
The travelers who often go in and out of the streets and villages in the folk hold the hexagrams written with pen and ink in their hands, and carry a birdcage in their hands, and a small yellow finch is raised in the birdcage, which can be divined by spending a few copper coins. The wanderers first took out peanuts, grains, or insects and fed them to the yellow finches. Then spread out the hexagram in his hand, muttered silently, opened the bird cage, and the yellow finch would fly out of the cage and pick up a hexagram. Then, the traveler unfolds the hexagram, reads the hexagram, analyzes it according to the hexagram, and talks about the fortune of the diviner, whether there is a disaster, nothing more than a future, disaster, wealth, health, longevity, and so on.
Of course, there are also swindlers who go to the rivers and lakes, and the clever travelers who cheat tricks are mixed with mystery in each process, which makes people fascinated and convinced, in order to start with more money - some travelers make the grains fed to the yellow finch into strange shapes, calling them heavenly medicines; they dry and color the insects they feed, and call them heavenly insects, so as to lie that the yellow finch is a divine bird, and the food they eat is a rare thing made by the gods; or even directly catch the sparrow, dyed with vermilion paint, and panic to make the yellow finch; it is the thought of muttering in the mouth, and it should also be said to be a code word for a heart-to-heart conversation with the yellow finch...... There are also strange things in the hexagram, nine on the bottom, some of the hexagrams are pasted with the big red "Xi" word, and the yellow finch holds this hexagram for the diviner, indicating that there will be festive things happening, and it is necessary to add another so-called "happy money". As a matter of fact, building a house in rural areas, giving birth to a child, being promoted, moving to an official position, marrying a wife, marrying a daughter, going to school, and apprenticeship are all happy events, and no one can say for sure.
The Yellow Bird Hexagram once flourished in the streets and alleys, because of its tricks and strong techniques, it blinded everyone's eyes for a while. After the yellow finch cheats money and tricks to get it, it is really easy, and after the juggling of people has entered the industry one after another, it is inevitable that the tricks and techniques of deception will not be exposed. As the saying goes, "a good name is hard to keep, and a bad name is a thousand miles", the scam trick was spread, the trip was ridiculed and degraded, and finally declined, and gradually the "yellow bird hexagram" disappeared in the village and countryside.
Where there is a way, there is no lack of true knowledge, but where there is skill, there is no lack of masters.
Mr. Heihu's fairy wind bones, although he has not seen his face and knows his person, but looking at his words and deeds, it is not ordinary. The whole body of the yellow finch is light yellow, a big mouth is sharp, it is very spiritual, presumably between the vast heaven and the earth, here is the true knowledge of the yellow finch hexagram.