Chapter 22: Seeking Hexagrams
On the second day, Jing Zhen and Bai Yue'er got up early.
Last night, I told Bai Yue'er about the little Taoist priest that day, and Bai Yue'er joked that the Taoist priest must have seen your strange appearance and extremely good bones, and wanted to accept you to go up the mountain to be a little Taoist aunt, so frightened that he immediately decided not to go. So Bai Yue'er had to say that this opportunity is rare, it's a pity not to go, it's better to go and see first, if he dares to mention that you are a Taoist aunt, we will tear down his signboard on the spot!
So the two of them calculated the time accurately, and came to the foot of the mountain at three o'clock, just in time to see the little Taoist boy sitting in front of the bluestone slab, and the fortune-telling business had not yet been put away. Xiao Daotong saw the stunned and waved her hand to come over.
Stunned glanced at Bai Yue'er and walked forward quickly. The little Taoist boy jumped off the stone slab and came to the sting. Stunned looked at him empty-handed and asked, "Is this ...... Isn't it going to be a lottery?"
Xiao Daotong waved his hand and said: "Xiao Dao is too lazy to move his hands and feet on weekdays, and the shaking is just for convenience." Say, girl, what are you going to count?"
"Huh?" was asked by the little Taoist, she talked and laughed with Bai Yue'er along the way, how could she have thought about it.
"This ...... Count me up...... What is the fate?" said tentatively, the old fortune tellers in the novels she used to read were not all telling others about the ups and downs of this life, and all kinds of bad fate.
The little Taoist priest smiled bitterly and said, "How magnificent is the numerology of one person. Speculating on the heavens, the trail is exhausted, and there is no life to say it to the girl. ”
When he heard this, he was frightened, and quickly shook his head like a rattle: "Forget it, forget it......"
At this time, Bai Yue'er stepped forward and said, "I'm tired of the little Taoist priest to give her a marriage." ”
"Huh?"
Bai Yue'er smiled: "It's marriage!"
"Huh!?" Shocked when he heard this, he immediately blushed, turned around and looked at Bai Yue'er blankly, and then shook his hand and shook his head, in a hurry.
Bai Yue'er stepped forward and covered her mouth in shock, and said with a smile: "Little Taoist, don't you hurry up, she will regret it later!"
Seeing this, the Taoist priest smiled helplessly and said, "The girl is unwilling in her heart, how can she force it, let this girl say it herself." ”
"She didn't want to. ”
Bai Yue'er let go of her hand with a smile, glanced at her angrily, tilted her head and thought for a while after standing still, and said softly: "Alas, I have an elder brother who disappeared after going south more than ten years ago, and his life and death are still uncertain. Little Taoist, then you can help me calculate my brother's situation and see if he is still alive. ”
The little Taoist priest smiled and said, "Yes." ”
"Huh?" was stunned, on the one hand, he was surprised by the news that his brother was still there, and on the other hand, he was taken aback by the little Taoist's unthinking answer.
"Is this true?"
"Really. ”
Bai Yue'er said on the side: "But you didn't count. ”
The little Taoist priest stretched out his hands and said, "How can it be calculated? The matter of divination is just to seek answers, and since the answers are clear, why pretend?"
Shocked and skeptical: "But this is too hasty." ”
"Although the poor Tao and people have always known ten and a half words, half a sentence will not be adulterated, if the girl does not believe it, she will verify it in the future. ”
Stunned and sighed lightly, Bai Yue'er quipped when she saw this: "What's the matter, do you regret asking about marriage, huh?"
"No. "I was just thinking that if my brother was still alive, I would have to go to him anyway." But more than ten years have passed, and I don't have any impression of what he looks like, this person is vast, where should I find it. Knowing what he is doing when he is alive in this way only increases his troubles. ”
"Sting girl and slow. The little Taoist priest stopped the two and said, "It's not a secret, I called the girl today to ask for something, and as for the divination, I should return the girl's favor." ”
"Yes...... But you said yesterday that you don't want to be paid......"
The little Taoist priest shook his head: "Poor Dao said that he didn't collect money, but he didn't say that he didn't need to be paid. Of course, if the girl really doesn't want to be poor, she won't force it. ”
Bai Yue'er smiled: "You little Taoist priest is really a chicken thief, could it be that you want to kidnap our family and sting us up the mountain to be a Taoist aunt?"
The little Taoist priest couldn't cry or laugh after hearing this: "This girl is laughing, how dare you be poor." It's just that the family teacher ordered two things, and the poor road had to make arrangements. It's not difficult, the girl has a lot of hands. ”
"You say. ”
The little Taoist priest took out a yellowed ancient book and a simple inky black jade pendant from his arms, and handed them to the stunned sting.
"This ancient book, please also ask the girl to give it to the man in white yesterday. ”
"Mr. Li?" asked in surprise, "Today we will go up the mountain to visit Longmen Temple, little Taoist, can you personally hand it over to him at that time?"
The little Taoist priest shook his head: "The Longmen Temple has been closed for many years, and there are only two people in the view, Master and me. Besides, today the master is going to travel all over the world, and the poor road has to go back to take care of the affairs of the upper and lower levels, so I can't personally send this thing, and ask the girl to do it for me. ”
The little Taoist priest pointed to the jade pendant and continued: "As for this thing, if the girl sees Brother Ling in the future, give him this jade pendant." ”
Shocked when he heard this, he became more and more confused, so he said: "You mean that you want me to give this jade pendant to my brother?" But I don't even know where he is, where do you want me to find him, what if I am delayed along the way. ”
Touching the inky black jade pendant in shock, there was a hint of coldness from his fingertips. The jade pendant is crystal clear, and the ink-black moire is embedded in it, and when you look closely, the ink pattern is like a water snake swimming slowly, and there is a strange feeling that people can't say.
The little Taoist priest said: "The girl can just follow the fate, and there is no need to force this matter." ”
Bai Yue'er stepped forward and stared at the jade pendant for a while, suddenly thought of something, turned her head to look at the little Taoist: "You want us to hand over this group of jade pendants to his brother, could it be that you two know each other?"
After hearing this, he quickly asked: "Yes, you know my brother, no wonder you don't have to think about it to know that he is still alive!"
The little Taoist priest touched his nose and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from the two girls, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Stunned girl, your brother is still a poor half of the senior brothers. It's just that he left the division earlier, and he has not been heard from since this time. The reason why Poor Dao still knows that he is alive is indeed because Poor Dao has calculated this hexagram before. And today I happened to be asked by the girl again. As for where he is now, and what has happened to him, there is no way to know. ”
Surprised: "You mean he is Zhang Daoren's apprentice?"
The little Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Even if you are a nephew, you are just the same generation as the poor Daoist in terms of seniority, and you can be regarded as half a senior brother." ”
"Oh......" The stunned sting looked at Bai Yue'er and nodded thoughtfully.
The little Taoist priest continued: "Since it was broken by the girl, the poor Taoist will not play this little clever. If the girl still wants to ask, Poor Dao can help you with another divination. ”
"I just want to know where my brother is." ”
The little Taoist priest shook his head: "The hexagram asks about the impermanence of heaven, only asks about right and wrong, does not ask about the reason, only looks at the general trend, and does not inhibit it." The way of heaven is like this, how can the poor road reach the heavens and the earth, and the humanity in this world can be counted, and the poor road is really not counted where the brother is. ”
Squatting down and thinking for a while, Bai Yue'er said on the side: "Why don't you just ask how the marriage is, how can your woman's family not ask about lifelong events?"
The little Taoist priest smiled and said: "If the girl can't make up her mind now, she can also find the poor road to solve her doubts in the future, and today's matter should be a favor owed to the girl by the poor way." ”
"Okay. ”
Startled, she was now a mess in her mind, but she didn't have the heart to think about any favors, she just wanted to hurry back to the inn and say something else.
"The poor man took his leave. ”
In this way, Bai Yue'er supported the sting back to the inn. Bai Yue'er saw that she was worried all the way, and as an outsider, she didn't know what to say, so she could only gently support her and let her sort out the things in her mind by herself.
As soon as the two arrived at the door of the inn, they saw that the inn was full of people.