Beicheng Liudu Alley, close to Wufu Lane, close to the root of the imperial city.

Liudu Alley is even more dilapidated than Wufu Alley, with all kinds of thatched houses built on both sides of the alley, and only those with a slightly more solid family background can build tiled houses. Although the tiled house was built, it was exposed to the sun and rain, and over time, it became crumbling, as if it could be pushed down with a gentle push of the hand. The roof tiles are even more miserable, and in bad weather, they will always blow away a few broken tiles, or smash through a few tiles. It's like the grocery store guy's home.

The grocer guy has a craft to make a living, so he doesn't go hungry. Some people have no way to make a living, and they rack their brains all day long for money, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

It was just dawning, and a figure staggered along the dirt road in the middle of the alley.

The man walked slowly with a cane of dead wood, and looked like a blind man.

Jian Shuzhi and the drunkard old man went out early this morning, who would have expected that the old eunuch in the felt hat would get up earlier.

When the two got up, there was no trace of Lu Xun.

The old drunkard joked that Lu Xun was afraid to see him, which caused Jian Shuzhi to ridicule.

Jian Shuzhi found a wooden stick and left handwriting in the room. Tell the grocery store guy that they're one step ahead. Jian Shuzhi looked at the handwriting on the ground and grinned, compared to when he first learned to write, he had really improved a lot. If you put a little more effort into this, maybe you will be able to see Wu Xuansheng's heels in your lifetime.

The drunkard old man opened the Sun Moon Pot and said to Jian Shuzhi, "Trick for you?"

Jian Shuzhi glanced at the drunkard old man, smiled, and inadvertently had an extra knife in his hand, "I will too!"

The drunkard old man didn't say anything more, and took the scattered flying swords back into the Sun and Moon Pot. These are his lifeblood, and I don't know how much effort it took to forge these flying swords. No more, no less, exactly nine hundred and ninety-nine.

Jian Shuzhi asked, "Is this gourd full of these flying swords?"

The drunkard old man held the pot in his left hand, poured two sips of wine, and grinned: "There is still wine." ”

Jian Shuzhi's eyes rolled and he decided not to pay attention to him.

Seeing this, the drunkard old man laughed, "What I said is the truth, otherwise, what do you think there is?"

Wine gourd raises flying swords, aren't you afraid that these flying swords will become drunks one by one, go into battle to kill the enemy and become ineffective?

The two went out of the room, after Jian Shuzhi simply cleaned up the house.

Not only was it a little dark outside, but there was also a layer of mist hanging over the dirt road.

There was a muffled sound of wooden sticks hitting the road in the distance, and Jian Shuzhi and the drunkard old man looked back.

In the mist in the distance, a figure slowly approached. The man was wearing a dirty, greasy black coat and straw sandals that had worn out the bottom. The hair is not combed, and it is unkempt. The beard is a bit long and it's all dirt. The facial features on the face are arranged well, and it is not annoying to see the past. But his eyes were tightly closed, and he was blind. He didn't seem to be very old, and his hair was not gray, but he was so hungry that he was skinny, and he came slowly with a cane in his left hand.

Jian Shuzhi saw the blind man slowly approaching, and reached out to touch the money bag. The money bag had long been empty, and all the savings of the years had been given to the neighbor who delivered the letter last time to raise money.

The drunkard old man saw Jian Shuyi's depressed face, and he was secretly happy in his heart, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and a good man had to bend his waist for five buckets of rice. If you have money, you are still an uncle. "But what if you want to borrow some money?"

Jian Shuzhi tilted his head to look at the drunkard old man, "I feel that person is quite pitiful." I want to give him a few Kong Fang coins and buy some steamed buns to eat. ”

The drunkard old man sighed, "I can't see it, you kid is so picky on weekdays, and you can still initiate kindness at this time." Didn't your money bag be quite full before, why is it deflated now, and what kind of idea is this? The wine you gave me last time, will you want to change your way to get money back?"

Jian Shuzhi replied, "The money in my money bag was given to others as fundraising, and I am really penniless at this time." You are old, why don't you lend me a little first? ”

"Conditions?" the drunkard old man deliberately teased Jian Shuzhi.

Jian Shuzhi really didn't have any tricks to coax the drunkard old man, after all, he was not a fat man.

Seeing Jian Shuzhi's unsuccessful appearance, the drunkard old man felt that he had teased enough, and was about to speak, but after listening to Jian Shuzhi's thinking for a long time, he held back a sentence, "Don't you want to accept Wen Wan as an apprentice?" I can help you. ”

When the drunkard old man heard this, he felt that he had picked up a big bargain, "Then it's a deal!"

Jian Shuzhi took the three Kong square coins handed over by the old drunkard, and the old drunkard Song Qixian said that he wanted to keep them to buy wine, but did not give a few more.

Although Jian Shuzhi's mouth was indignant, he was still happy in his heart. He called out to the blind man to stop and handed him three holes.

The blind man took the coin and hurriedly bent down to thank him. As a thank you, I insisted on giving Jian Shuzhi a hexagram. Jian Shuzhi didn't believe in heaven or fate, so he wanted to refuse kindly, but when he saw the blind man, he looked sincere. In the end, he agreed.

Seeing this, the drunkard old man smiled and said, "Otherwise, give me a hexagram first, and see if your calculation is effective." ”

After all, begging for a life outside, the blind man did not refuse. "That's going to cost you an extra Kong Fang coin. ”

The drunkard old man laughed, "Other people's fortune tellers will also use the guise of fortune-telling, you have nothing, you can't be a charlatan, right?"

"I rely on this craft to eat, how can I be a charlatan! Fortune telling for others, each person receives a small coin. Fortune teller for my little brother This is a free gift. ”

The drunkard old man said to Jian Shuzhi: "In this way, you still lose." ”

Jian Shuzhi was noncommittal and replied, "Then I won't lose." A slight gain. ”

"Which of the two comes first?" asked the blind fortune teller.

The old drunkard said, "Then I'll test the water first and check the authenticity." What should I do?"

The blind man said, "If you feel your bones and break your life, just stretch out your hand to me." ”

The drunken old man rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand to the blind man.

The blind man just took the arm and wrist of the drunkard old man Song Qixian, touched the arm bone from the bottom to the top, and immediately let go and bounced away, and his face began to turn pale.

The drunkard old man was surprised and asked, "What did you calculate?"

Seeing that the blind man didn't speak for a long time, Song Qixian said with a suspicious face: "It seems that he is really a charlatan who sells his reputation." He glanced back at Jian Shu, "Let's go first, shall we?"

The blind man heard the conversation between the two and realized that they were about to leave, so he said for no reason: "Slow down, two of you." ”

The drunkard old man turned his head, "Is there anything else?"

The blind man said, "Omen of broken bones." ”

The drunkard old man frowned, "Anyone can touch this, I had a competition with people in the early years, and I was once broken off an arm, and this arm was originally broken, and it was only then connected." You'd better have a snack. ”

The blind man continued: "I don't mean this, I mean that you have a catastrophe that is coming, and you may lose your life because of it. ”

The drunkard old man laughed even more when he heard this, and when he fought with the tenth person on the list of literary and martial arts judges, he didn't do anything to himself, the catastrophe had already passed, and he said: "My fate is not up to the sky, I am in charge of my own decisions." Even if the catastrophe comes, I will take the sword back. It's just that you're afraid of a catastrophe. If you don't learn this craft well, it's a great disaster. ”

Jian Shuzhi stretched out his hand, "Then help me do the math." Jian Shuzhi heard the drunkard old man's mean words, and was worried that he would hurt the blind fortune teller's heart, so he stretched out his hand and took the initiative to show goodwill.

The blind man shook his head and took Jian Shuzhi's arm.

At first, his brows tightened, then he sighed and shook his head, and finally, he looked dazed.

Jian Shuzhi asked him about the situation, and the blind man replied blankly: "It's nothing!"

When the drunkard old man heard this, he laughed even louder, "I said a long time ago that you are a charlatan." Now, I admit it. Well, since you admit that you can't count, you're not a charlatan. ”

......

At this moment, the Shangshu Mansion on Changping Street is in chaos. Song Zhishu ran out early in the morning to find someone.

Wen Wan also walked back and forth in the hall, looking more anxious. I knew that I should have followed last night, but now that the night has passed, no one has seen it, will there be any accidents. Thinking that the drunkard old man was the mastermind, he felt very unreliable, but it seemed that he still confirmed his judgment. Wen Wan regretted a little, sighing there.

Gao Fengxiang and Zheng Xipo also rarely didn't go out, they were waiting for news in the hall, and the two had already sent out eyeliners, hoping to receive the news as soon as possible.

Wu Xuansheng and Ge Fuzi had something to do, so they went out first, leaving everyone to wait like this. Before Wu Xuansheng left, he also deliberately explained that as soon as there was information, he would quickly report it.

Jian Shuzhi and the drunkard old man were chatting while walking on the road, "Old Song, why don't you guess everyone's reaction at the moment." ”

The old drunkard had just stuffed the wooden stopper into the mouth of the gourd and opened his mouth to take a sip of wine. "What kind of reaction can there be?" Song Qixian asked rhetorically, worried that it was a certainty.

Jian Shuzhi nodded, "What would be Wen Wan's first reaction when she saw you?"

The drunkard old man said, "If she had seen me, she would have chased me for half a street." The drunkard old man suddenly began to tease Jian Shuzhi again, "Who asked me to cheat her little lover, and she didn't go back all night." So, I had to go back quietly, so I couldn't be seen by her. ”

Jian Shuzhi knew that the drunkard old man Song Qixian must not have any good words in his mouth, and sure enough, the first half of the sentence was quite normal, and the back began to be out of tune. "Old Song, you can make these jokes in front of me, but try to be a little more restrained in front of Wen Wan. ”

"Do you remember what you promised me?" Song Qixian asked.

Jian Shuzhi nodded. Indicates that there is no forgetting. What is the true thought of Wen Wan's heart, these things have not been mentioned before, and I have to think about how to speak about this matter. Of course, first of all, we still have to find Wen Wan to understand the situation, in case she has a teacher. At this moment, the old drunkard wants to take her as an apprentice again, so what should I do?

Jian Shuzhi only now realized why the old drunkard was so happy, it turned out that he was still not as shrewd and thoughtful as those old rivers and lakes when he thought about things, and he jumped into the pit dug by the old drunkard again.