Nine idlers

Chapter 37 Infatuation

It was already the third day that Xu Changqing set up a fortune-telling booth. His body shape was really not suitable for fortune-telling, but for a beggar.In the past three days, no one came to him for fortune-telling, but passers-by saw that he gave a lot of pocket money.It was still February, and the cold wind hadn't receded yet. Xu Changqing was sitting in the eye of the street in a short coat like this. Anyone who saw it felt sad and couldn't help but want to give him some money.Although it seems that he is not a fortune teller, there are quite a few people who have taken a fancy to his golden bell. Every night, he will be snatched away deliberately, and the golden bell will automatically return to his hand the next day, while those punks who snatch the bell will die. The dead, the disabled.

This golden bell can be regarded as an evil weapon, called the 'Mi' Heart Bell, which is best at 'confusing' people's minds, but the 'confusing' heart can also be divided into positive 'confusing' and evil 'confusing', and positive 'confusing' guides people To be good, evil will lead people to evil.The Jiuliu idlers in the past would tie the bell to their braids, and then use their natal skills to suppress the evil spirits in the bell, but Xu Changqing had already borrowed all the Jiuliu idler's skills in the bell a year and a half ago, making the golden bell The evil spirit of evil can diffuse out and affect people's hearts.Since the golden bell contains the natal return curse written by the owner of the first generation of Yizhuang, every time the bell leaves for a certain distance or time, it will return to Xu Changqing's hands, and Xu Changqing also uses this golden bell to let those gangsters Do it yourself.In this way, on the contrary, there were a lot fewer hooligans begging for life in Ming Street, and the strangeness of Xu Changqing's golden bell quickly spread, making those who secretly snooped a lot less.

"Dinglingling" threw more than a dozen copper coins in front of Xu Changqing, it was still the same pair of shoes, the same cheongsam, and the same woman.From the first day Xu Changqing sat here, she discovered that this cheongsam woman with a little rouge would come here at a fixed time every day to find a fortune teller for fortune-telling, and the fortune-teller she looked for was different every time.He heard from the people around him that this woman is a well-known courtesan in a club in a rich area. She should be very wealthy, but for some reason, she always comes to this kind of quack gathering place to tell fortunes instead of those fortune tellers. Every fortune-telling is counting when her husband will come back.Her husband was arrested by officers and soldiers as a Boxer rebel party on the day they got married. It has been almost ten years now, and although she has inquired many times, there is still no news.

"Stop!" Xu Changqing, who had heard the woman's story, had a rare feeling of compassion, picked up the copper corner on the ground, and called out to the woman.

The woman stopped, turned her head to look at Xu Changqing with a puzzled expression, and said, "Isn't that enough? I don't have much money on me, so why don't I give you some money tomorrow!"

Xu Changqing was stunned, he really didn't expect that this woman would think that he thought he was short of money, and would give him more tomorrow.This kind of person either has a problem with his head, or is a born good person, no matter what kind he is, he can be regarded as the best.

"Let me give you a life sentence!" Xu Changqing put the copper coins in his hand, then took out the copper coins she had donated before, and said, "You brought a total of 66 coins two days ago, and you gave me ten. Yesterday you donated seven to me, and today you gave me another sixteen, exactly half of the money, and I will give you a life."

Hearing Xu Changqing tell one by one the amount of money she donated and the amount of money she brought with her for two days, the woman immediately showed surprise and asked anxiously, "You know fortune-telling?"

Xu Changqing didn't like to be too wordy, so he didn't explain, and asked directly: "Tell me, what do you want?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, squatted down and looked at Xu Changqing. After a while, she said slowly, "I want to know when my husband will come back?"

This woman is quite well-known here, and when everyone saw this woman asking a beggar for fortune-telling, they all thought she was crazy, and gathered around to watch the excitement.

Xu Changqing neither asked the woman's husband's date of birth, nor asked the woman's husband's appearance and time away from home. People who are familiar with numerology call him a liar.The woman was originally full of hope, but when she heard the people around her say something, the hope gradually disappeared, and she wanted to get up and leave, but she said in her heart that it's okay to listen and watch, so she squatted down again.

"Life is meant to be carefree, why bother looking for heartbreak! If you are too persistent, you will end up harming yourself." Suddenly Xu Changqing stopped pinching his fingers, and he looked at the plain woman with pity, and said: "Miss, some things are either known or good , sometimes it hurts even more when you know.”

The woman was stunned for a moment. She had done fortune-telling countless times over the years, but no one had ever said such a thing to her. She didn't wake up until someone next to her said that Xu Changqing couldn't figure it out and was fooling others. She looked firm. Said: "Please also tell me the truth, sir, whether it is bitter or happy in the end, it is better than waiting for a long time."

"It's rare that you are so open-minded." Xu Changqing said bluntly: "You go to the launching pier at 17:5 p.m., stand next to the No. [-] cable pier from west to east and look northeast for [-] minutes, and you can see It's your husband."

After speaking, he put the copper horn into his bosom, closed his eyes and said no more, leaving only a group of sneering onlookers and the skeptical woman around.

Except for the woman's fortune-telling once in the morning, she never did it again. People who came and went heard what happened in the morning from other fortune-tellers, and they all thought that Xu Changqing was cheating money, even the one who planned to give alms The copper coin given to her was also put back in her waist pocket.

Time passed quickly, and it was almost a quarter past three in the afternoon in the blink of an eye. Many fortune tellers looked towards Xu Changqing, waiting to see his jokes.Not long after, the woman appeared at the intersection of Ming Street near the pier, her face was extremely pale, her eyes were dull, as if she had lost her soul, she walked staggeringly, and looked like she was about to fall down at any time Down.When the woman walked up to Xu Changqing, she stopped. The scene that the fortune tellers were expecting did not happen. Instead, the woman's expression was terribly hurt, her lips kept trembling, and she said, "Did you know that a long time ago?" gone?"

"I only found out when you asked me yesterday." Xu Changqing seemed to understand what she was asking, and replied.

The woman's bones seemed to be broken, she sat limply on the ground, and murmured, "Why? Why did he treat me like this? I've been waiting for him for almost ten years!"

"It's very simple, one word profit! The world is all profit." Xu Changqing opened his eyes, looked at the woman and said, "His current wife can give him the profit he wants, can you give him? You can only give He is humiliating, you are just a courtesan in a rich area!"

"Profit? Humiliation?" Xu Changqing's words were undoubtedly a fatal blow to that woman. She was severely injured, and even the last bit of shame was ruthlessly torn away. Tears couldn't help but drip down for a while. Luo, ignoring the strange gazes around him, cried on the ground, and soon there was a large water stain on the stone bricks below.

The people around also seemed to hear a bit tricky from the words, it sounded like the woman's husband had married another woman.Especially when they heard Xu Changqing's almost ruthless humiliation of women, they seemed to have turned into righteous knights, and stood up to accuse Xu Changqing filled with righteous indignation.

Xu Changqing ignored the people around him, but looked at the woman quietly until she was almost crying and her body was twitching non-stop, and then slowly said: "Do you have your husband's personal token?"

The woman couldn't speak at the moment, she just nodded, and took out a small jade pendant from her closet, and saw the words "Don't lose, never forget" engraved on it.With just one jade pendant and four words, a woman has been trapped for nearly ten years. Xu Changqing has never seen such a situation, nor has he felt such a strong emotion. This is something he has never felt in Chen Jiachong for more than 20 years. At this moment, he felt that it was right for him to leave Chen Jiachong.

Xu Changqing took out a mahogany figurine made of paper figurines from the universe in his sleeve, and this action made the people around him think it was a trick, and some people who just came around couldn't help applauding regardless of the occasion.He didn't pay attention to so much, he put the mahogany man on the ground, took off the necklace part of the jade pendant, and put the remaining jade pendant on the mahogany man's chest, and then, in spite of the public, made a magic seal with his hands and circulated his true energy, He said in his mouth: "The three souls of heaven and earth fix yin and yang, all things smell and breathe and possess the true spirit, and the fire of the gods is as urgent as a law, order!"

As Xu Changqing's Daoist technique unfolded, the mahogany man's chest suddenly sank, and the jade pendant sank to the mahogany man's chest, blending with the mahogany man.Everyone was stunned. Looking at the strange scene in front of them, no one dared to say that it was a trick. The woman also stared blankly at the scene of the jade pendant sinking into the mahogany figure, forgetting even the sad moment.

Xu Changqing was expressionless, picked up the mahogany figurine, handed it to the woman and said, "You can vent all your resentment and hatred on the mahogany figurine, and correspondingly, your harm to the mahogany figurine will also be reflected on you." If you want to kill that heartbroken husband, just cut off the mahogany's head."

The woman looked at the mahogany man in front of her eyes, as if she saw some ghost, and backed away in horror, unable to speak, she could only shake her head violently, expressing that she didn't want it.

Xu Changqing didn't pay attention to so much, and forced the mahogany man into the woman's arms, and said: "If you think he has not forgiven you, you can pierce your middle finger and smear the blood of the middle finger on the mahogany man, and the spell will naturally dissipate." " As he spoke, he helped the woman up, and said earnestly: "Love and hatred, how to treat it is up to you? When you feel that there is nothing you miss here, go to Yunnan, your fate and fate Yunnan is very harmonious, so it’s easy to take care of yourself.”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the woman to react, she took off the clothes on the bamboo pole and put them on, and walked outside, but all the people who were watching the excitement shouted "Sir, stop!" fenced up.But he disappeared from everyone in an instant with his ghostly action, only a phantom shuttled freely among the close crowd, and those who passed by him only felt a gust of wind blowing on their faces, but he only used After a few breaths, he rushed to the end of the street.

With the trembling of the braids, a crisp golden bell sounded, piercing into everyone's ears. The people around seemed to be puzzled by the sudden appearance of Xu Changqing in front of them. It was obviously just a moment ago, but they felt But it seemed that they had already stood here a long time ago, with a slight puzzled expression on their faces, they returned to normal, and each hurried away.

"Fellow Daoist, you have such profound lightness kung fu and powerful puppet art. I wonder which expert from Gezao Mountain it is?" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from Xu Changqing's side.

Xu Changqing didn't look back, and said bluntly: "Mr. Zhao is indeed the master who knows the destiny. I didn't expect that he could even calculate my way so clearly. I admire you!"

"It's just some terrain deduction! It's not a matter of knowing destiny!" At this time, a kindly smiling, slightly rich white-haired old man walked out from the life hall on the right side of Xu Changqing, and he walked quickly to Xu Changqing. , pointing to the Tianshu Hall not far away, and said: "That's an old dwelling, if fellow Taoists don't dislike it, please go and talk about it."

Xu Changqing did not shirk, walked into the Tianshu library under the guidance of Zhao Banqian, and followed him to a reception room in the backyard.After asking Xu Changqing to sit down, Zhao Banqian ordered his servants to make a cup of good tea, and then sat beside Xu Changqing, not disliking the strange smell on Xu Changqing's body, and said: "I didn't expect that fellow Taoists not only study Taoism intensively, but also have a good understanding of secular things." He is also so good at boxing and foot kung fu, just with the lightness kung fu just now, even someone who has the Five Elements escape technique may not be able to catch up with fellow Taoist, dare to ask which faction you are from Gezao Mountain?"

"Why does Mr. Zhao think that I come from Gezao Mountain? Could it be that I am a member of Gezao Mountain who knows a little bit of puppetry and mundane lightness?" Xu Changqing took a sip of tea, smiled slightly, and said, "Could it be that Mr. Zhao forgot that I am still alive?" Proficient in the study of numerology, Ge Zaoshan seems to have no study of numerology, right?"

Xu Changqing's series of questions stopped Mr. Zhao. He was stunned for a while, but soon found the golden bell tied to the braid at the back, his face was startled, and then he suddenly realized, and laughed and said: "Honored guest, honored guest! No wonder there are hundreds of flowers blooming in the yard today, so it's the honored guest!" Saying that, he stood up and saluted Xu Changqing: "Zhao Banqian has met Mr. Xu, a nine-year-old idler!"

"Junior Xu Changqing has met Mr. Zhao!" Xu Changqing also got up and returned the courtesy.

After saluting, the two looked at each other, and couldn't help but raised their heads and burst out laughing, laughing so much that Zhao Banqian's disciple 'touched' his head, confused, not knowing why.