Xie Mingzhou saw that this person's eyebrows were protruding and fleshless, and his eyebrows were messy, which was a characteristic of being irritable and liking to contradict his elders.

The Taoist saw that the apprentice was hopeless, but said that he had no food and clothing, and insisted on following the three of them in order to have food and clothing, Xie Mingzhou couldn't wipe his face and asked him to leave, so he had to temporarily agree, and after thinking of Luoyang, he gave him some silver money, and then sent him away.

This person's name is Wu Dequan, in fact, he is not a true Taoist, he was originally a broken household in this Luoyang City, because he hooked up with a rich businessman's concubine, he was beaten half to death and driven out of Luoyang City, this Wu Dequan has nowhere to go, and he is a person who can't endure hardship, so he relies on the Taoist temple to cheat some food and drink.

There were two masters and apprentices in this temple, who worked hard every day to go out to do things, or recite scriptures and interpret hexagrams for pilgrims in the temple, and earn some sesame oil money to feed the three people. And this Wu Dequan has nothing to do all day long, and the female pilgrim is very attentive when he comes to the door, and as the time goes by, there are fewer and fewer pilgrims in the view, and even eating has become a problem.

The master and apprentice were angry, they didn't even want this broken Taoist temple, they went elsewhere, threw down this Wu Dequan, and there was nowhere to eat and drink, just when they were hungry and faint, but they ran into Xie Mingzhou's master and apprentice, where could they not hold on tightly?

This Wu Dequan couldn't apprentice, but he still waited respectfully, serving tea and pouring water all the way, plus he was already used to working in this place, and the road was also familiar, Xie Mingzhou told him to do things, all of them were done properly and very easily, so when he arrived in Luoyang, he didn't send him away for a while.

Luoyang is known as the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, although it has experienced war a few years ago, but now it is still lively and prosperous, Xie Mingzhou rented a small courtyard in the city inn, first let Juan perform the apprenticeship ceremony, and took a Taoist name called Yiyuan, the foundation has already been laid, as long as you practice step by step.

Xie Mingzhou has nothing to do, so he goes out every day to visit the mountains and rivers, visit the temple and worship, and sometimes go to the teahouse and restaurant to drink a little.

After a few days, I felt that it was also boring, and suddenly thought that I had never performed it since I learned the feng shui divination, and even the two brothers of Yizhen were just talking on paper, thinking of how prosperous the people of Luoyang were, it was better to take them and set up a hexagram stall in that lively place, which not only passed the time, but also taught the apprentices, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

When he returned to the inn, Wu Dequan said: "If you just set up a small stall, it will insult the skills of Mr., why don't I find a good place and open a storefront, so that it looks different from the wild road that walks the rivers and lakes." ”

Xie Mingzhou also felt justified when he heard it, and he went to Beijing to try his luck and see the opportunity, and besides, the Dalai Lama went to Beijing to meet him, I am afraid that he had already returned, even if he was delayed in Luoyang for some time, it should have no effect, so he gave Wu Dequan silver and asked him to find the place where he agreed.

Wu Dequan ran up and down, and within a few days, he found a store in that lively place, cleaned up, and asked Xie Mingzhou to name the store, Xie Mingzhou didn't want to think about it, and wrote the words "Qinzhen Pavilion" with a pen, and asked someone to make a plaque to hang in front of the door, and there was nothing else, so he chose an auspicious day for the zodiac to open.

However, after a few days, no one even asked, it turned out that Xie Mingzhou had never done business, and even the signboard in front of the door only had his name, and he did not indicate what he was doing, how did others know what you did in this store?

Or Wu Dequan found someone to make two guises, one of which drew a gossip on it, writing "Iron mouth is broken, look at the hexagram", and the other wrote "Feng Shui is worthy of public opinion, looking for dragon points".

Sure enough, in this way, the business is very good, and Xie Mingzhou does have real skills, not the tricks of going to the rivers and lakes, not only is the hexagram accurate, but also sometimes prays for people to eliminate disasters, which is very effective.

Within two months, people from all over the world came here, so busy that Xie Mingzhou was miserable, and he didn't want to rely on this to support his family, so he wrote a notice and posted it outside: Look at the hexagrams, three trigrams a day. Feng Shui is good and needs to be agreed upon.

In this way, it is very easy, but those who read the fortune tell the fortune would rather get up early and line up in front of his door, or even set a date for two or three days, rather than go to the streets and alleys, the wild roads under the heel of the bridges, and the blind people.

However, he couldn't be busy, and others had no business, among which there was a fake Taoist priest surnamed Liu, who called himself Liu Bowen and called himself "Liu Tiekou".

Liu Tiekou inquired many times, only to know that this left recently had a strong rival in the same industry. He thought about it again and again, and decided to go to the door to kick the gym, and then he destroyed the prestige of his opponent, and his own reputation became famous, so didn't the silver fly into his pocket by himself?

There are a lot of people in the rivers and lakes in Luoyang City, all of whom are pretending to be monks, Taoists, nuns, or deaf, dumb, blind and other disabled people, who are abducted and deceived in the market.

This Liu Tiekou is also one of them, he only knows a little bit about the gossip of the Book of Changes, the art of fortune-telling, and he relies on the art of observing words and looking at the color and deceiving passed down from word to mouth on weekdays, first inquiring about the situation, and then carefully responding to the evidence, or making threats, and then taking the opportunity to ask for money.

In their mouths, the fortune-tellers are called "Brother Yi", which means dead people, and they can take money and things from them at will.

On this day, Liu Tiekou invited seven or eight fellow practitioners, pretended to be his entourage, dressed up himself, took a child, and came to Xie Mingzhou's Qinzhen Pavilion.

Xie Mingzhou was showing a middle-aged woman, and while looking at it, he told a few people, and when he saw a group of people coming in, all of them were unruly, he knew that the person who came was not good, and he didn't care much, so he just said: "Wait outside the door." ”

The woman, who was looking at the picture, saw that the situation was not good, and knew that someone was looking for trouble, and that she was about the same, so she hurriedly got up, paid the money to give up her seat, but did not go outside the door, and waited with the others to see the excitement.

Liu Tiekou came to the table and sat down, slapped the fan in his hand on the palm of his left hand and said, "What do you think of my face?"

Xie Mingzhou glanced up at him and said: "The corners of your forehead are collapsed, the migration palace is dull and yellow, and there are small scars, this is the fate of being displaced and having no fixed place, and there has been a bloody disaster in the near future! ”

Liu Tiekou was furious: "Just say that the last two sentences will cost ten taels of silver? You should slaughter the sheep?" After speaking, he pulled out the child behind him and said: "You can show my son again, if you can see it accurately, I will give you silver, if not, I will take off your signboard today, lest you deceive your father and neighbors again!"

Xie Mingzhou ignored him, looked at the child carefully for a while, and then said: "This heaven and earth are broken and red, this is the face of the early death of the parents and the death of the unexpected, and the migration palace is open, which is a sign of leaving home." I see that this child's two patterns of red light are faintly connected to you, and you are resentful and angry, could it be that this child's parents died unexpectedly and have something to do with you?"