Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 84 The Method of Divination
"This, this is..."

Whether it is paper or Quyuanli, Zhao Yang has never seen anything before.

He glanced at the drawing, then at Zaiyu, and asked, "I only heard that Kong Zhongni recruited many students and taught poetry, books, rites and music, but I didn't expect that some of his students knew craftsman skills.

Where did your knowledge come from? "

Zaiyu replied: "Master once said: I am humble when I am young, so I am able to despise many things.

It is precisely because the master was born in a poor and humble background that he worked as a warehouse clerk and a ranch clerk, so he can understand many skills that ordinary people do not understand.

The Master taught us students, and always insisted on teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.

Ziyuan, Ziqian, Boniu, and Zhonggong had outstanding virtues, so the master used the examples of ancient gentlemen to enlighten them and help them cultivate themselves.

Ziyou and Zilu liked to participate in government affairs, and the master taught them how to govern the country.

And I Zaiyu..."

At this point, Zhao Yang interrupted him with a sudden smile: "You are eloquent, I am afraid that what your teacher taught you is the method of persuading others?"

When Zaiyu heard this, he didn't deny it, but replied with a smile: "Although I like to argue with people, I am born with a clumsy tongue, so when I first learned from Master, I didn't learn the method of debate."

"Oh? Then what did you learn first?"

Zaiyu said: "I have learned nothing but "Lianshan", "Guizang" and "Zhouyi", only these three changes."

"Do you know "Yi"?" Zhao Yang asked in surprise, "I heard that those who study "Yi" are either good at reading people or know how to divination. I don't know which one you know. Woolen cloth?"

Zai Yu took a sip of the wine, then cupped his hands and said, "I know a little about fortune-telling and divination."

"Then..." Zhao Yang thought about it for a while, and suddenly said, "Then can I ask you to make a divination for my Zhao family?"

Zaiyu stood up and saluted, "Please go to the tortoise shell and the charcoal basin."

"Come on, get the tortoise shell and the charcoal basin!"

Not long after, the items Jai Yu requested were placed in front of him.

Zai Yu picked up the knife on the table, carved on the tortoise shell what Zhao Yang asked for, and then threw it into the brazier to roast.

Flames surged, and accompanied by bursts of crisp crackling sounds, Zaiyu induced Zhao Yangdao while drinking.

"Haotian has already learned the hexagrams you want to ask, and he is conveying the will to guide the future of the Zhao family."

Although Zhao Yang asked Zaiyu to divination for the Zhao family, Zaiyu was not a well-known wizard after all, and Zhao Yang still had doubts about the accuracy of the hexagrams.

So he waited for the divination result to come out, and took the opportunity to ask questions, so as to find out the depth of Jae Yu.

"I heard that in ancient times, the wise kings had to use divination first when they encountered important matters such as establishing a country and starting a business.

Dayu married the daughter of the Tushan family, and the auspicious result was auspicious, so his son Xia Qi established the Xia Dynasty.

Jian Di swallowed Feiyan's eggs and gave birth to Qi. The result of divination was also auspicious, so Qi's descendants established the Shang Dynasty.

Hou Ji, who was good at sowing hundreds of grains, used yarrow as an omen, and the result was also auspicious, so his descendants established the Zhou Dynasty.

Why are divination results so effective, even more accurate than human predictions? "

When Zaiyu heard this, he immediately started fooling around: "Divination is not only popular in the Xia countries, but also various methods of divination have been circulated among the Man, Yi, Rong, and Di who have not been educated by etiquette.

Some of them use vegetation, some use gold and stone, and pray to the gods they worship, so as to predict future events and guide the victory of the war.

I once consulted the elders who lived in Lu for a long time.

They said: When the tortoise lives to be a thousand years old, it will be able to walk on the lotus leaves.When yarrow is a thousand years old, it will grow three hundred stems, but only one root provides nutrients.

It can be seen that there is divinity in turtle and yarrow.

I heard that in the south of the great river, there is a place called Jialin.

In Jialin, there are no evil beasts such as wolves, tigers and leopards, nor are there any owls and other fierce birds.

In the center of Jialin, there is a lake, and in the center of the lake, there grows a huge lotus.

There is an old yarrow turtle living in Fanglian. It is said that there are several lines written on his rib armor: whoever gets me belongs to the common people and can become an official.Originally belonged to princes, they can become emperors.

After hearing the news, countless people set off to Jialin to look for the turtle.

However, most people couldn't find its trace. Although a few people could see its figure under Fanglian, they found that the tortoise disappeared again in the blink of an eye.

Guanzi said: Those who hide in the dark can survive and die, such as the turtle and the dragon.The tortoise is born in water and grows in fire, so it is the first of all things, and it is good for misfortune and good fortune.

Lurking in the gloom, only the yarrow and the dragon can exist and disappear from time to time.

The tortoise lives in the water, and if you burn it with flames, the two can be reconciled and verified, and you can predict everything and know good and bad.

This is probably the reason why the method of divination can often be effective. "

Zhao Yang couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "You are so knowledgeable!"

While the two were talking, the tortoise shell had already been roasted. Zhao Yang ordered someone to put out the charcoal fire with water, and Zai Yu took out the tortoise shell.

Zhao Yang sat upright, ready to listen to Zai Yu's answer, but unexpectedly, after a long time, he never heard Zai Yu speak.

He quickly asked, "Why don't you speak? Is the result auspicious or unlucky?"

Zaiyu read a few words in a mysterious way: "This...strange! It's so strange!"

Zhao Yang was aroused by Zai Yu's curiosity, and he asked, "What's so strange?"

Zaiyu said: "I saw that in a short time, the mysterious bird will come from the east and descend on Zhao."

Zhao Yang said happily: "The black bird is auspicious from heaven, it is an auspicious omen!"

"It stands to reason that it should be so... But the result of my divination is that this mysterious bird will bring disaster to the Zhao family!"

"What's the solution to this hexagram?"

"I have been divination for many years, and I have never seen such an abnormal divination!"

He was silent for a while, then suddenly pointed to a spot on the tortoise shell and said, "So that's it! The black bird is originally auspicious, but behind it, there are bears and bears playing tricks!

Although the black bird is auspicious, the bear and the pot are omens of great evil. The source of Zhao's disaster was caused by the bear and the pot, and it was not the fault of the black bird. "

Zhao Yang was silent when he heard the words.

Zaiyu's hexagrams were too obscure, Zhao Yang couldn't figure out what the mysterious bird represented, and what the bear and 罴 represented.

Zhao Yang couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it.

Anyway, asking Zaiyu to divination is just a temporary idea, and the results of divination are not always accurate, so Zhao Yang can only comfort himself in this way.

Unexpectedly, just as Zhao Yang was about to turn over the page, Zai Yu gave another snort at the tortoise shell.

"The descendants of the Zhao family will have Daiguo for a long time."

"This……"

Zhao Yang froze suddenly while drinking.

He had long conspired against Dai Guo, but he never revealed it to others. How did Zai Yu know about it?
Did he guess it, or did his divination really work?

Zhao Yang couldn't help asking: "Which descendant is it, can you tell?"

Zaiyu put the tortoise shell aside with a smile: "Dai Guo was established by the Di people. Therefore, among the descendants of the Zhao family, those who can own the Dai country must have the blood of the Di people."

Thinking of what happened this morning, Zhao Yang couldn't help putting down his wine glass and laughing.

"You are probably sympathetic to Wu Shi, so you are here to ask for a reward for him in the name of divination?"

Zai Yu did not deny it: "A benevolent person always has a heart of love. Seeing a young child being beaten, he will naturally feel pity in his heart.

However, I didn't specifically ask for a reward for him.I also told you before that I have roughly learned some methods of reading.

Your youngest son, Wu Shi, has an incomparable appearance. "

Zhao Yang still didn't believe it, he just thought that Zai Yu was joking with him.

"Wuji's character is cowardly and lacks intelligence. Not many of my retainers are optimistic about him.

The remarks that reached my ears were all bad words about him.

I really can't imagine that he will own Daiguo in the future. "

When Zaiyu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "King Wen asked the Taigong how to select talents.

The Taigong replied: If the monarch regards those who are praised by the world as virtuous and those who are slandered by the world as treacherous, then those with more party members will be promoted and appointed, and those with few party members will be demoted.

Since you know that there are not many people who support Wuji, how can you use the words of other people as the standard to measure whether Wuji is worthy or not? "

　I am not a natural writer, but there is blood in my bones that will not let me stop updating.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)