genius divination

Chapter 40 The Professor
Xiao Fuyi was in his early sixties, with gray hair, and although his body was a little fatter, he was in good spirits.

He looked at the three young people who came to visit suddenly, obviously feeling a little surprised. "Left Prime Minister, Miss Feng, how could it be you, and this one?"

"Hello, Professor Xiao. My surname is Fan, and I am their friend." Fan Jiannan said very politely.

"Oh, please take a seat." Professor Xiao greeted warmly, "You must be that Mr. Fan. I heard Miss Feng mention you last time. You are a young hero in the magic world. I have known you for a long time. I mean, it’s too late to see each other. Prime Minister Zuo, Miss Feng, you can sit down wherever you want, and I’ll make tea for you.”

Fan Jiannan hurriedly said, "Professor Xiao, don't be too busy, we just want to know something from you..."

"It's okay, it's okay. Young man, although the I Ching spell is the quintessence of the country, but the tea ceremony is also the quintessence of the country. Come, come and taste my hair tip before the rain." Xiao Fuyi smiled and poured tea for the three of them with a purple sand pot .

Fan Jiannan was also polite. He took a look at the exquisite purple sand tea bowl, and said with a smile, "You can't live without this gentleman? This tea set and this tea are a perfect match. Hehe, Professor Xiao is really an elegant person."

Zuo Xiang smiled and said, "Brother Fan, you don't know something. Professor Xiao's three major hobbies in his life are the Book of Changes, ancient books, and tea."

"Hahaha..." Xiao Fuyi laughed brightly, "Master Zuo, you are making fun of me again, I am far behind your master. I don't know why the three of you came here?"

"Oh, Professor Xiao, the thing is like this. We heard that you also have a deep understanding of the RB art world, so I took the liberty to visit and ask you to help us find out whether this thing is related to the RB Onmyoji's secret art." Fan Jiannan handed him the two Jiugongtu at the right time.

"Huh, is this the map of the Nine Palaces of Luoshu?" Xiao Fuyi put on his presbyopic glasses and looked at it carefully.

"But... this kind... where did you get it?" Xiao Fuyi's face became serious, "This is not unique to China, but a very rare Japanese secret technique. I used to participate in I once saw it during the exchange between China and Japan, and I discussed the history of the eastward transmission of magic with an eminent monk of Dongmi.”

"So, this is really from RB?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

"Yes. Young man, although I don't have a deep study of Yi Xue mathematics, the history of Yi Xue's spread in Asia has always been an important topic of my research. Compared with Yi Xue experts, I am more like a historian. I used to I have done a lot of research and textual research, so I can conclude that this Nine Palace Sequence is one of the ancient methods circulated among RB Onmyoji." Xiao Fuyi nodded. "What I just want to know is, where did you get this arrangement of graphics."

"This is based on my records of a person's walking route." Fan Jiannan said.

A trace of worry flashed in Xiao Fuyi's eyes, but he didn't say anything, he just picked up the teacup and sipped the tea slowly.But the trace of worry in his eyes, as well as the slight trembling of his fingers when he picked up the teacup, did not escape Fan Jiannan's eyes.

"I have another question. Since Professor Xiao is studying the history of magic arts, do you know about the five arts of mountains, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination?" Fan Jiannan looked directly at Xiao Fuyi and said slowly.

"Since you know that Zhang Qiulie and I have a good personal relationship, and he is a master of fate, why ask more questions." Xiao Fuyi smiled and said.

Fan Jiannan nodded, and said sincerely, "Then can I ask you, where is Zhang Qiulie now? Or where is the Wushu people's gathering, and what is it for?"

Xiao Fuyi said indifferently, "I'm afraid I don't know about this. Young man, the secrecy of Wushu people is much greater than you imagine. It is difficult for even real magicians to know things at the master level, but I just A scholar, not a magician."

Fan Jiannan hesitated for a moment and said, "Then do you know the history of Wushu people?"

"The history of Wushu people?" Xiao Fuyi frowned slightly, looked at Fan Jiannan and said, "It's been said for a long time, is it important to you?"

"It's really important. This matter affects many generations of our family." Fan Jiannan hesitated for a moment.

Xiao Fuyi nodded and smiled wryly, "Yes, I guessed it from the time I heard Miss Feng mentioning you. Among the five arts people, only those from the Fan family have been passed down from generation to generation. That's right, both you and Prime Minister Zuo He is the inheritor of the Five Arts, and this history should also be known to you."

Xiao Fuyi took a sip from his teacup and said, "Wushu people were created in the pre-Qin period, and most of them came from the yin and yang families of the various schools of thought, that is, alchemists. Talented people are highly respected. However, these alchemists deceived and deceived the first emperor for personal gain, claiming to be able to refine the elixir of immortality. Of course they could not make the medicine, but in turn they slandered Qin Shihuang as a cruel man. They did not realize that , What kind of strong man are you facing?"

"Burning books and burying scholars..." Prime Minister Zuo frowned.

Xiao Fuyi sighed and said, "Burning books and burying Confucian scholars is just a malicious rumor of later generations of Confucianism. It is actually a method of burning books and burying scholars. He killed some alchemists who deceived him, but he always respects other alchemists and Confucian scholars. Even The burning of books only burned part of the theories that were used to criticize him at that time. Qin's historical documents and books on medicine, divination, and tree planting are even more important to protect."

Feng Yuan nodded and said, "Liu Xie also believed in "Wen Xin Diao Long Zhu Zi" that the raging fire of the Qin Dynasty would inflame Kungang, but the poison of smoke and fire was not as good as the scholars."

Xiao Fuyi sighed, "But the power of the First Emperor is enough to shake the world. The alchemists were still afraid, and fled from Xianyang to various places, or mixed into the market, or lived in seclusion in the mountains. They formed secret societies and never called themselves warlocks to the outside world." This is the birth of Wushu people. In the future, it will be passed down from generation to generation. There are many schools of magic in the world, but the real metaphysics orthodoxy is always the people of these five schools, although outsiders don’t know what they really are. identity of."

Fan Jiannan murmured, "I never imagined that Wushu people have such a long history. What is the connection between Wushu people and the Onmyoji who spread Shushu eastward?"

Xiao Fuyi frowned and said, "About the sixth century AD, the Chinese theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements mixed Taoist spells and esoteric divination techniques and was introduced to RB. After landing in RB, it infiltrated many local cultures, thus forming a unique" Onmyoji. The earliest onmyojis in China should be some so-called envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty to learn Chinese culture. This record is very vague. But I know that a group of onmyojis were active in China during the Puppet Manchukuo period.”

"Can you explain in more detail?" Fan Jiannan's expression changed.

Xiao Fuyi frowned and said, "At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, after the last emperor Puyi was kicked out of the palace, a large number of forbidden palace items and books leaked out. The earliest were some RB's onmyojis, who found it from some ancient books on alchemy handed down from the palace. There are some scattered records about Wushu people and Sancai holy objects. This incident once caused a lot of trouble, and the entire art world was shaken. There were also differences among Wushu people."

Fan Jiannan's eyes lit up, "That's right, RB was a supporter and actual controller of Manchukuo at that time, so it makes sense. These onmyojis must know the secrets about Wushu people. Wushu people have gathered in China , if the mysterious person I met is really an Onmyoji, then their plan is likely to be related to the Wushu Man and the Sancai Sacred Object."

Zuo Xiang was startled, and lost his voice: "Could it be that they want to deal with my master?"

Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "Probably not. Although the onmyoji I met has weird skills, it is by no means a match for any grandmaster."

"But you can't be sure, he's just a person, maybe this person didn't come to China alone." Prime Minister Zuo forced himself to calm down, frowning.

Fan Jiannan turned to Xiao Fuyi and said, "It's just Professor Xiao, there is one more thing you haven't confessed to us."

"Oh, what is it?" Xiao Fuyi said indifferently, holding the teacup in his hand, without even lifting his eyelids.

Fan Jiannan looked at Xiao Fuyi and said, "You are a friend of Grandmaster Zhang Qiulie. Even if you don't know about the gathering of Wushu people, you should know the whereabouts of Master Zhang Qiulie, and you don't intend to tell us."

Xiao Fuyi put down the teacup in his hand, glanced at him, and said slowly, "How can you see that?"

"Because of your reaction after seeing Zuo Xiang. As a friend of his master, Mr. Zhang, you never mentioned him after meeting Zuo Xiang. You didn't even have a normal greeting, and you didn't feel surprised at all. This seems to be contrary. Common sense. Unless you know the whereabouts of Mr. Zhang, but for some reason, deliberately avoid mentioning it." Fan Jiannan smiled, "Am I right?"

Xiao Fuyi stared at him blankly, sighed, and said with a wry smile, "Such observation skills and logical judgment ability, the members of the Fan family are indeed outstanding people of a generation. I really can't tell you Zhang Qiulie's whereabouts. Because I promised him that I would never disclose it to anyone. But I can tell you one thing, he is looking for someone, and this person is a Taoist priest. There is only so much I can help you with."

"A Taoist priest? With his status, the Taoist priest he is looking for must not be an ordinary person. Could it be that this Taoist priest is the master of mountain technique?" Fan Jiannan looked at Xiao Fuyi, but he also knew that he would not say another word, so he could only He tentatively looked towards the left phase.

"This..." Prime Minister Zuo said in embarrassment, "I really don't know. The teacher never mentioned this person to me, and he didn't even tell him why he returned to China. He just told me that he had an important date."

"After talking so much, even the tea is cold, do you three need some more?" Xiao Fuyi smiled.

Of course Fan Jiannan knew that he was tactfully refusing to ask him any more, so the three of them could only stand up and bid farewell to Xiao Fuyi.Xiao Fuyi didn't hold back either, and sent them out the door with a smile.

Although this trip failed to solve the mystery of the Wushu people's gathering, at least the identity of the mysterious person was clarified, which can be regarded as a gain.It was his last sentence that made Fan Jiannan quite troubled. What exactly was that Taoist priest, Xiao Fuyi implying?
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