Chapter 17 The Hexagram of Heaven and Water

The Taoist priest slowly stood up, and Lan Yue was taken aback. It turned out that the Taoist priest was not conspicuous when he sat in the stall, but when he stood up, he was very tall, and Lan Yue's height was already higher than ordinary people, but the Taoist priest was more than a head taller than Lan Yue, and his waist was straight, more like a high mountain. A long black hair is coiled into a Taoist monk's bun, with a face like autumn water, five strands of long hair, slender limbs, and big hands and feet. The eyes closed with a lightning-like glow. Dressed in Taoist robes and carrying a wooden sword. You can't tell your age only from your face.

Lan Yue stepped forward and saluted, pointed to the flag and asked, "Dare to ask what the words on the flag mean?"

The Taoist priest replied, "Everyone in the world wants to know what is to come, and they don't know that everything has a cause and effect. The past is the cause, today is the effect, and the present is the cause, and the future will be the result. Therefore, only by truly understanding the past can we determine the future. ”

Lan Yue asked: "People say that the past cannot be traced, or it will pass away with the wind, or it will be buried deep in your heart, how can you know?"

The Taoist priest stroked his hair and laughed: "Cultivators, when capable people can't." ”

Lan Yue nodded and said, "What the master said is ordinary and simple, but it contains truth. Can you bother to make a divination for me?"

The Taoist priest glanced at Lan Yue deeply, and Lan Yue suddenly felt that her body was cold, and the breeze passed through her body, as if her body had disappeared in an instant. The Taoist priest took out three ancient coins from his backpack and handed them to Lan Yue, saying, "Seeing that you are in a hurry, you don't need yarrow for divination." "The method of the Blue Moon An Taoist threw the ancient money in the air six times, and the Taoist priest wrote down the six lines and synthesized a hexagram.

The Taoist priest only showed the hexagram he had memorized to Lan Yue: "This hexagram goes to the sky and the water, and the dry kan is a lawsuit, which is a lawsuit." There will soon be a lawsuit in the family. ”

Lan Yue was angry when she heard this, and she wanted to have a seizure, but when she thought of the frequent tracking of Jinyiwei recently, the eldest brother's heart was heavy, and his heart tightened, and he quickly asked in a low voice: "Will the matter be very serious?"

The Taoist priest pointed to the hexagram and said: "Look at this hexagram, the upper dry is the sky, and the lower wall is the water." If the cause of action arises from below, it can be resolved. If this lawsuit comes from heaven, there is no solution. In this way, you try again by lot. ”

Blue Moon shook the bucket and dropped a stick. When I picked it up, I saw that it was a sign under the seal! On it, a proverb was written: "Sitting at home behind closed doors, disaster will come from heaven." The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked. Suzaku is fierce, Xuanwuji. ”

Lan Yue saw this, her heart tightened, cold sweat flowed, and asked: "Dao Chief, I understand the first few sentences, but I don't know what the last sentence means?" The Taoist priest said: "Vermilion Bird, it can be understood as the south, it can also be understood as fire, and it can also be understood as a person with the surname 'Zhu'." Xuanwu is for the north and can also be understood as water. ”

Lan Yue walked on the street with a reluctant soul, and the voice of the Taoist priest was still echoing in his ears: "Remember, if you are in distress and cannot be decided, the north direction will be auspicious!" After walking for a while, she suddenly remembered that she had not yet paid the Taoist priest for divination silver taels, so she went back.

returned to the divination position just now, but there was no Taoist priest, and I saw that the boss of the original "Zhang Jiban Duck" was busy. Hurriedly walked over and asked what was going on. Boss Zhang said: "I have set up a stall here for more than ten years, rain or shine, and I am never late. But on the way today, I happened to meet an old neighbor who I hadn't seen for ten years, and I couldn't help but chat a few more words, so I came late. ”

Blue Moon walked on the crowded street, and the scene of busy traffic and the sound of vendors shouting and selling were mixed together, which made Blue Moon have a sense of confusion and unreality.

"Blue Moon!" Suddenly, he heard someone shouting his name, and when he looked up, he had already come to the door of the "Sleeping Wind Building", and Li Jinglong was waving at him from a distance.

Li Jinglong handed over the reins in his hand to his subordinates, trotted over, pretended to exaggeratedly hold Lan Yue's right hand with both hands, and pretended to be surprised: "Is the sun coming out of the west today?

Li Jinglong is half a head shorter than Lan Yue, he is not very old but has a fat figure that only middle-aged people have, and his chubby face can stage a silly and cute expression at any time, but the two small eyes that are rolling around flashed with a cunning brilliance from time to time. He does not have Xu Huizu's calmness and solemnity, Wen Tao's martial strategy, nor does he have the cold arrogance and superior martial arts of Lan Yue, but he has a shrewdness and calculation that is not commensurate with his appearance and age. Blue Moon once jokingly said that Li Jinglong was a "hybrid of a fox and a pig".

"Sleeping Wind Building" is more than just a building. "Sleeping Wind Building" is a garden built next to the Qinhuai River, there is a stone wharf built down the stone steps along the river, and the mottled stone wall is covered with green moss. Guests arriving in a painting boat or dinghy can disembark from here. Climb the stairs, it is a small square, riding a horse or a sedan chair can get off the horse and get off the sedan chair here. After passing through the main gate that is not very big, it is a tree-lined path, paved with green bricks, twisted and curved, and covered by green bamboos on both sides, giving people the feeling of winding paths and secluded paths. Turning a rockery piled up with strange stones, the eyes suddenly opened up: a small lake in the shape of a fan appeared in front of you, the lake water was clear and transparent, from time to time you can see groups of red carp foraging in the water, a pair of mandarin ducks on the water surface played peacefully in the water, the green willows around were like smoke, and the stones of Taihu Lake of different shapes seemed to be dotted at will. Crossing the antique wooden bridge, a brick and wood pavilion stands beside the water, and a wisp of elegant piano sound wafts through the wooden window of the pavilion. A zigzag corridor connects three small buildings of varying heights.

The tallest building has four floors, with the first floor being a hall, and the second and third floors with more than a dozen rooms of different sizes. Only the fourth floor is different. First of all, there is a separate staircase on the fourth floor, which is separated from the second and third floors. Secondly, there is only one large luxury private room on the entire fourth floor, which has four rooms for guests to rest. The private room is connected to a huge rooftop, standing against the railing, overlooking the green hills in the distance, and hearing the rippling sound of oars on the Qinhuai River up close. Admiring the moon in autumn and sleeping in summer are enough to forget all your troubles and make people forget to return.

It's just that the fourth floor is never open to the public, and as Li Jinglongguo's grandfather, he has been politely rejected many times, on the grounds that the fourth floor is for the owner's own use, and it is inconvenient to open it to the public. As for the identity of the owner, it is very mysterious and still unknown.

A few days ago, Bilian, who was familiar with Li Jinglong, revealed that the owner here intended to invite Blue Moon, and the location was in the "Sleeping Wind Pavilion" on the fourth floor, because of the relationship between Li Jinglong and Blue Moon, he asked him to help make an appointment on his behalf. Li Jinglong agreed, but the time was undecided. Just yesterday evening, Bilian informed Li Jinglong of today's appointment, and asked for a request to be invited to the Blue Moon, which was why Li Jinglong made an appointment in the morning.

As soon as I arrived not far from the main building, a group of fashionably dressed and delicate women were greeted by Yingying Yanyan, pointing out the way and being attentive. Bihe and Bilian, who were familiar with Li Jinglong, took Li Jinglong's arm left and right, and the three of them couldn't help laughing. The others wanted to step forward to greet Lan Yue, but seeing his handsome face, they didn't dare to step forward, but just followed behind and waited.

Li Jinglong and Lan Yue, accompanied by everyone like stars and moons, went up to the fourth floor of the "Sleeping Wind Pavilion" from a special staircase.

On the basis of the simplicity and natural style of the garden outside the building, the Sleeping Wind Pavilion embodies a low-key and luxurious atmosphere. Several cases, beds, chairs, stools, frames, and screens in the room are all customized with hardwoods such as huanghuali and red sandalwood, and the shape is concise, simple, thick and dignified. In the center of the hall is a circular wine table, surrounded by shelves filled with jade treasures, and a screen carved with birds and animals divides the hall in half, giving it a sense of far-reaching meaning.

Everyone waited for Lan Yue and Li Jinglong to sit down and drink fragrant tea. Li Jinglong and the second daughter talked and laughed happily, but Lan Yue frowned, but the "Tianshui Litigation Hexagram" kept flashing in her mind, thinking that this person who invited guests didn't know who it was, and now it can't be a person in Momen, because Momen is still simple, and it can't be so luxurious. I was distraught and wanted to find an excuse to go back, when suddenly, there was the sound of a piano from behind the screen.

The sound of the piano is elegant and tactful, like a spring breeze blowing on the face, like a peach blossom in full bloom. Everyone stopped talking and laughing, and listened. A fresh and elegant voice sang faintly: "Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face were red. The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. The melodious singing voice seems to bring people into a beautiful and melancholy story: a young man on an outing knocks on the door of a house because he is thirsty, and a bright and beautiful girl hands a glass of water, leans on the side of the flowering peach tree and smiles at him, the burning peach blossoms and delicate faces reflect each other. In the spring of the following year, the boy recalled the scene of that year, and he couldn't help it, so he went to investigate, but the door was locked, and the Yiren were nowhere to be found. The boy was melancholy!

The aftermath was lingering, and when everyone was reminiscing, a woman came out from behind the screen, stood with the piano in her arms, and looked at the blue moon with a smile on her face.

This woman is the same age as Lan Yue, her appearance is like a fairy, and her pale yellow skirt sets off the ethereal and dusty temperament, and she smiles, but she gives people the feeling that a hundred flowers are in full bloom.

The little maid behind him introduced Lan and Li: "This is our Shangzi Yushang girl. ”

When Li Jinglong heard this, he couldn't help but stand up, and opened his mouth to say firmly: "It's actually a merchant girl Xianjia who came, Li is really honored!" After saying that, he saluted Shang Ziyu, turned around and pushed Blue Moon with his hand.

At that time, the literary style was extremely prosperous, among which there were many talented women, especially the "four talented women" as the most, these four people not only had outstanding appearances, brilliant side, and poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, each had a unique. These four people are Su Yichun, Wu Qingqing, Xuan Miaozi, Shang Ziyu, if you talk about piano skills alone, Shang Ziyu is the most. It is said that once Shang Ziyu played the piano by the water of Taihu Lake, and when the song reached its climax, the fish came out of the water one after another, surrounded by a flock of birds, chirping and harmonizing. There is another powerful figure in the officialdom, after listening to an ancient song by Shang Ziyu, he suddenly had the heart of retreat, and actually resigned from the official position and went away. It is said that Shang Ziyu's piano skills have come out of the blue, surpassing his master "Qin Immortal" Yan Heyun. It's just that Shang Ziyu is proud of his talents, and even if people who can't see it pay a thousand dollars, it is difficult to listen to his song. Today, for some reason, he took the initiative to play a small song and sang a cappella. Now he is even more smiling in front of him.

Shang Ziyu first said a blessing to Li Jinglong, and then smiled at Lan Yue: "Brother Yue, don't you really remember me?"

Blue Moon is a moment, this woman is as beautiful as a flower, but her smile is really familiar, but although the feeling is extremely long, it is extremely close. "Shang Ziyu?β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’ Shang β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’ Shang Yun'erβ€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’" Lan Yue muttered to herself and blurted out, "You are Yun'er!"

It turned out that Blue Moon's nurse was Shang Yun'er's mother, so Blue Moon and Shang Yun'er had known each other since childhood and were extremely close. When she was five years old, the business changed, and Yun'er returned to Anwei's hometown with her mother. A few years later, Lan Yue begged Lan Yu to send someone to visit with gold and silver belongings, but the building was already empty and nowhere to be found. The song of "Peach Blossom with a Human Face" sung by the right talent Shangyun is really a feeling in my heart.

This sudden meeting of the old people made everyone happy, and Li Jinglong added fuel to the fire and toasted frequently. Blue Moon also temporarily put down her worries and drank happily. It wasn't until late at night that the feast was gone. Lan Yue and Li Jinglong spent the night in the wing room of the "Sleeping Wind Pavilion" because it was too late and they were too strong to drink.

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, the blue moon had already woken up. Hearing the sound of Li Jinglongshan snoring from the next room, Lan Yue smiled and left on her own. Pushing open the courtyard door, Lan Yue walked on the empty and unmanned street, the morning breeze was cool, and the mood was happy because of the reunion of the deceased, thinking about going home to rest and then coming to the "Sleeping Moon Building", taking Yun'er to see the eldest brother and give the eldest brother a surprise. Just as he was thinking about the joy of something, suddenly there was the sound of running and the sound of horses' hooves at the intersection in front of him.

Lan Yue stood on his feet and watched, and after a while, a person appeared around the corner and ran desperately to this side, this person had three feather arrows in his body, and he couldn't hold on, but after turning around and seeing Lan Yue, he rushed over like crazy. Immediately followed by a large number of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and holding embroidered spring knives.

Lan Yue took a closer look, but that person was Lan Zhong!

Lan Yue stepped forward quickly, picked up the crumbling Lan Zhong, and without waiting for inquiry, Lan Zhong shouted loudly: "Run! How far and how far β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’ run!