Masterful appearance

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==================================================== ============ After drinking three cups of wine, the competition officially began. Chu Tianci only knew in advance that the content of the competition was physiognomy, divination, mountains, fate and fighting skills in the five Taoist arts, but how to compare No one knew about Gu Xiaotian, but with Kong Guan and Wei Yu around, it might be impossible to fish in troubled waters to make up for it.

What surprised Chu Tianci the most was that the seventeen people who participated in the competition were still standing up to now, not knowing what Gu Xiaotian meant by this arrangement.

At the beginning of the banquet, Gu Xiaotian's table was served first, and the dishes served on the plates were exactly the same, but covered with silver covers, no one knew what dishes were on the plates.

Gu Xiaotian raised his head and said calmly to the participants.

"Today, I specially invited Chef Hui Dexuan to be in charge of the spoon. I hope that the dishes will satisfy another person. Come, don't stand, come and sit!"

Chu Tianci and the others walked over, and just as they were about to sit down, they suddenly found that there were ten seats in front of the table, Gu Xiaotian, Wei Yu, and Kong Guan took three seats, and there were seven seats left, but there were seventeen seats left standing. Personally, there are not enough seats at all. Of course Gu Xiaotian will not be so confused that he forgot to prepare enough seats, leaving only seven of course has his arrangement.

"There are too many monks and too little porridge. It seems that not everyone can sit down. You are all dignified people. Of course, you can't rush to sit. Haha, in this way, everyone is happy today. Why don't you just have fun? What is every dish on the table? I don’t know, why don’t you please guess and sit down if you guess correctly, but there are only seven tables, if the table is full, there will be no chance for other people, ha ha.”

Gu Xiaotian said it very easily, but Chu Tianci knew the meaning of Gu Xiaotian's words very well. If he guessed right, he would sit down, but if he guessed wrong, he had to leave. There were only seven seats, and whoever guessed first would be shortlisted. Of course, this is definitely not the case. It's guesswork, the first competition arranged by Gu Xiaotian has already started.

"The plate is covered by a silver cover, so how do you guess, who is lucky?" Xiao Lianshan said dissatisfiedly from below. "Isn't this a joke, and I don't know what special powers see through, so who can guess it like this."

"You talk less, there must be a reason for this arrangement, so don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Gu Anqi glared at him and whispered.

Lan smiled lightly and said to Xiao Lianshan calmly.

"Today's competition is the five skills of Taoism. Although you can't see what is on the plate, you can know it through divination. Uncle Gu's arrangement is also interesting. Divination and divination in a short period of time will test their skill level. This If you can’t fool people suddenly, you will know right or wrong at the opening.”

Chu Tianci also understood Gu Xiaotian's intention now. The first competition was divination. There were 17 people participating in the competition, but there were only seven seats, which meant that after the first competition, only seven people could enter the next one. It's simple, but it's absolutely impossible to accurately predict what dishes are on the plate without real skills. Gu Xiaotian used such an extremely harsh and strict method to select dishes when he came up, which shows that Gu Xiaotian really took great pains for this competition.

None of the seventeen people standing there made a hole first. After all, there is only one chance, and no one wants to be the first to eat crabs rashly. When Chu Tianci looked up, he saw Ouyang Cuo staring at him intently. Lan Qing said that Ouyang Cuo Perhaps he was his strongest opponent in this competition, but in Ouyang Cuo's heart, Chu Tianci was not his biggest obstacle.

"Since everyone apologizes, I will show my ugliness first."

It was a short, fat middle-aged man who was speaking, walking to the table while speaking.

"Chang Leyuan!" Yan Tongshou frowned and whispered.

"You know this person all the time?" Yue Qianling asked curiously.

Yan Tongshou nodded and said calmly.

"Chang Leyuan is very talented. He studied with a famous Taoist teacher since he was a child. He is proficient in all five Taoist arts. He is especially good at divination. He only calculates one hexagram every day, and he is extremely accurate. He is called Chang Yigua outside, and there is a lot of traffic in front of the door. The nobles flock to him and regard him as the honored guest."

Chang Leyuan took out six extremely smooth copper coins from his bag. It looked like he was often tossing and tossing them. He clasped his hands together and put the copper coins in his palms. After closing his eyes and concentrating for a moment, he sprinkled the copper coins on the table.

"Mom, what is he doing?" Yue Qianling asked curiously.

"This is called a hexagram. He used six copper coins. It seems to be calculated with the 64 hexagrams of King Wen. It was written by King Wen of Zhou, also known as "Eight Diagrams of King Wen". Or Kejiao, hold it with both hands, look into the sky and hold it high, silently think about the things you want to divination, shake it several times, and after shaking, scatter the money on the table, and then arrange it in a row from bottom to top." Lan Qing is very familiar with divination , so you can tell by looking at Chang Leyuan's actions.

After Chang Leyuan arranged the copper coins, he looked down for a long time and said thoughtfully.

"The hexagram of Lei Ze's return to his younger sister...begging for a fish from a tree?!"

"Aunt Lan, what is he talking about, I can't understand?" Xiao Lianshan asked with a frown.

"Lei Zeguimei hexagram is the No. 64 hexagram in the 16 hexagrams of King Wen. " Lan Qing slowly explained to Xiao Lianshan.

Xiao Lianshan frowned even more after hearing this, and said in a very puzzled way.

"It doesn't say what kind of dish it is, just these few words and the name of the dish are totally irrelevant."

Gu Anqi rolled her eyes at him and whispered angrily.

"The hexagram is the simplest. Anyone can make a hexagram, but you have to infer it based on what you want to predict and the meaning of the hexagram. Go to enlightenment, you won’t understand even if you tell me.”

Chang Leyuan looked at the hexagrams on the table in silence, slowly raised his head and whispered.

"Lei Zeguimei hexagram... Guimei, the girl is the eldest son, and the yin and yang do not communicate, so there is an image of seeking fish by the tree. The so-called person seeking fish by the tree is like a person who wants to get fish. Instead of getting it from the water, he goes up the tree to ask for it. How can you catch fish? Those who predict this hexagram are a sign of failure..."

Kong Guan watched Chang Leyuan and said lightly.

"Gua, you've already woken up, what is the dish you chose, can you tell me?"

Chang Leyuan didn't seem to hear Kong Guan's words, and raised his head to continue thinking.

"In the past, Su Qin swam with a sword on his back. He used this hexagram. As expected, when he met Shang Yang, he was jealous of his talent and returned it if he failed. It’s in vain to make arrangements if things don’t go your way.”

Seeing that Chang Leyuan couldn't answer for a while, Xiao Lianshan smiled and said to Gu Anqi next to him.

"Did you see, there is such a godly thing, you can get it out by throwing a few copper coins, you see Chang Leyuan can't tell it after standing for a long time, Leyuan, Leyuan, I think he is not far from crying."

Lan Qing seemed to have thought of something, dipped some wine, wrote a few strokes on the table, and then covered it with her hands.

"Aunt Lan, what are you writing?" Gu Anqi asked

"If I'm not wrong, I already know the name of the dish!"

"Ah! What is it?" Xiao Lianshan asked eagerly.

Chang Leyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded to Kong Guan.

"Looking for fish from a tree, this dish is related to fish, but the fish is in the water, but you have to go to the tree to find it. Seeking fish from a tree is the fish on the tree. Fish can't climb trees, but squirrels can. Hehe, this dish should be squirrel fish!"

"Open!" Kong Guan ordered calmly.

The hands standing in front of the table took off the silver cover, and there was indeed a brightly colored, tender and crispy, sweet and sour squirrel mandarin fish on the plate. The squirrel fish got its name because of its similar shape. Cut it down, then cut the knife from the lower jaw, split the head of the fish in half, pat it slightly with the knife, remove the fish meat on both sides, remove the fine thorns on the chest, fry the fish tail in a frying pan until golden brown, and then pour the sauce on the platter Made food.

There was a lot of amazed voices in the courtyard, even Xiao Lianshan was dumbfounded, he hurriedly pushed away Lan Qing's shielding hand, and wrote the word squirrel fish with wine on the table.

"Aunt Lan... Can you really predict this?!"

"King Wen's hexagram 64 is very accurate in predicting current events, and Chang Leyuan is not in vain. It is not difficult to solve this hexagram. I can figure it out, let alone Chang Leyuan." Lan Qing smiled slightly answer.

Yue Qianling had always sneered at numerology and metaphysics, but after meeting Chu Tianci, she was somewhat skeptical after some events, and now she saw that Lan Qing could predict the names of invisible dishes based on the hexagrams, she was surprised and said.

"Mom, you are so good, why do you let my dad work hard outside? I will take you to Hong Kong. If you predict the lottery numbers, won't you win every day!"

"Sister Qianling, this is not acceptable. Divination and divination can only ask and predict things, but it cannot change the outcome of future events. This is the meaning of the so-called destiny. You won the lottery, but you should not have such a windfall in your life. Not only have you changed your own fortune, but you have also changed the fortunes of thousands of other people. Yes." Gu Anqi said with a smile.

"An Qi is right, not to mention that the 64 hexagrams of King Wen can only predict current events, but cannot change anything." Lan Qing smiled and nodded.

Gu Xiaotian looked at Chang Leyuan with satisfaction, pointed at the seat in front of the table and said.

"Real materials, please take a seat! There are still six seats left, mules or horses come out for a walk, and the seats are waiting for everyone to see the real chapter."

"I'll lend you three copper coins for one use!" It was a man with a Chinese face who came out to speak.

Chang Leyuan politely pushed the copper coins in front of him, and the middle-aged man tossed the three copper coins back and forth six times, carefully recording the pros and cons each time.

"Yan Tongfu also came to wade in the muddy water, haha." Yan Tongshou whispered with a thoughtful smile.

"You know this person again?" Yue Qianling suddenly felt that the name sounded familiar after finishing speaking, and said in surprise for a moment. "Yan Tongfu, Yan Tongshou...is he you?"

"My elder brother!" Yan Tongshou said with a smile. "Compared with Tong Fu, my knowledge is just a show. I learned all my skills from him. I learned a little bit of superficiality, and I am really good at it. My friends on the road call me Yan Liuzhi. My eldest brother, that’s more than a hundred and eight thousand miles away.”

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