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Chapter 1 Pandan smiles (1)
A copper coin, round on the outside and square on the inside, turned over and settled, with the word "Jiajing" revealed between the copper and green.

The one who threw the money was a cashier, wearing a tattered square scarf and an old cloth gown that was turning blue and white. His clothes were withered, but he looked rich.His eyes were like torches, staring at the copper coin and pondering, and the ancient locust tree was luxuriant on the top of his head, and the locust tree flowers were dotted, as fine and white as stars.

A few idlers were gambling while an old man lost two bets in a row, muttered a few words, turned his head around and said with a smile: "Mr. Ning, what's so interesting about this copper coin, why don't you lend it to the little old man to make money."

The accountant shook his head and said, "This is divination, not a joke."

The old man smiled and said, "You bully the surname Lu without knowledge? Needlework is used to mend a coat, so how can you use copper coins?" He stretched out his hand to withdraw the money, but Mr. Ning pushed it away, and said coldly, "This divination is for fortune-telling, but Not sewing clothes."

The old man said: "Fortune-telling? What did you count?" Mr. Ning said: "It's a Qian hexagram." The old man smiled and said: "The money hexagram? Well, if you get the word 'qian', you must be rich and powerful. ..." The other idlers laughed when they heard this: "Lu Dahai, you lost your mind, you only think about money!"

Mr. Ning also smiled, and said: "This is not bad. Although it is said that one is not the other, but there is a hexagram in the "Book of Changes": "Qian: Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen." Yuan Henry Zhen will be rich The meaning of Dagui. In this hexagram, the change of line falls on the "ninth day of the first day", and "don't use Qianlong" is the hidden potential of yang energy, which is like a divine sword in its sheath, and the flame is hidden. Conquer the Quartet."

A group of idlers blinked repeatedly.Lu Dahai laughed and said, "Who cares about the hexagrams of copper coins and ingots, the money is real when you get it." He took out two pennies from the bag, opened his eyes wide, and said sharply, "Grandpa is going all out, come on!" , all bet small."

The idle man in the dealership smiled and was about to roll the dice, but Lu Dahai said, "Wait a minute." The dealer said, "Why, are you scared?" The sky poked a hole, stomped my feet, and the ground trembled three times. I think back when I went to sea to Liuqiu, Fusang, Gaoli, and Sumen, you were still acting like a baby in my mother's belly!"

The banker was robbed, his face was flushed, and he was about to have a fit, but thinking that although this old man has a bad temper, his gambling quality is high, and he almost never pays gambling debts on credit. : "Lu Haihai, you are amazing, if you lose then don't borrow money from my little boy."

When Lu Haihai heard it, he immediately regretted it, but when he uttered such a big word, it was like being overwhelmed by water, so he let out a helpless snort.Suddenly I heard Mr. Ning ask: "The old man has gone to sea?"

"I've been working for so many years!" Lu Dahai suddenly regained his spirits. "Later, the Japanese riot broke out and lost all their capital. When they returned to China, the imperial court imposed a strict sea ban and killed countless boatmen. The rest of the boatmen either defected to the Japanese pirates. Or become a pirate. The little old man has no money, and he doesn’t want to be a thief, so he has to be a poor fisherman. But as the saying goes, the turtle with a shrinking head lives the longest. Think of my companions, or they will be ransacked by the court Beheaded, or thrown into the sea by thieves and fed to fish, counting dozens of people, the only one who has survived to this day is me, my little old man."

Mr. Ning was silent for a while, and sighed: "The old man's words are deeply in line with the way of'doing nothing to protect oneself'. Competing for profit and fame is the reason for killing one's life, and the way to live in peace and happiness is the way to avoid disaster."

Lu Dahai smiled and said: "Mr. Ning, what you said is all the truth, the little old man can't understand. But the gentleman can tell fortunes, so why not do the math, will the little old man win or lose?"

Mr. Ning sprinkled the copper coins in his hand six times in a row, and said: "This time it is the hexagram of Kun. The change of the line is on 'Shang Liu', and the line said: 'Shang Liu, the dragon fights in the wild, and its blood is black and yellow.'" He saw Lu Dahai Dazed and puzzled, he laughed, "That is to say, once the yin qi is too strong, it will definitely overwhelm the yang qi, and the yin and yang qi will inevitably fight. It's just that since ancient times, yin has never prevailed over yang, and evil has never overwhelmed righteousness. There are few victories, if there is no difference in a certain hexagram in Ning, the defeat should be in the number of 'six or five'."

Lu Dahai was surprised when he heard this, but all the idlers were already clamoring to place bets.The dealer grabbed the bamboo tube and shook it for a while, then suddenly opened it, and everyone held their breaths to see that there was one six o'clock and two five o'clock.Everyone was surprised, and Lu Dahai was even more dumbfounded.While collecting the money, the banker said with a smile: "Six five, six five, one six two five, Mr. Ning is really straight. Haha, Lu Dahai, do you still gamble?"

Lu Haihai flipped through his suitcase, but it was empty, and when he turned his head, the accountant had already gone far away.Lu Dahai spat and cursed: "Unlucky, this sour ding has a crow's mouth."

"Don't scold me first." The dealer bared his teeth and sneered, "This Mr. Ning is not to be offended. Tell me, the Yao family's wealth is huge, the family's gold and silver mountains, and several accountants are confused. No one has ever been slapped by Yan Zhihu. But since Mr. Ning came, the abacus seems to be living in the gods. In less than a month, all the other accountants have packed up and left. Now the Yao family’s flowing money has passed through his ten fingers. In this way , Yao Daguan still thinks he is a treasure? You dare to scold him, be careful that Yan Zhihu will tear your mouth when he hears it!"

All the idlers laughed, but Lu Dahai was thinking about how to borrow money from everyone to make money.All of a sudden, there was drumming and music playing in the distance, and when the idlers heard it, they started clamoring: "Yao's theater troupe is here, go and see, go and see." They rolled up the gambling equipment and dispersed.

Lu Dahai was hopeless, picked up the fish basket, and walked away resentfully.In Erer, the clouds turned thicker, and the southeast wind blew.He used to go out to sea, he was good at distinguishing the weather, he hurried to avoid under a plum tree, he stood still, when the heavy windshield brush came, stirring up a little bit of smoke and dust on the ground.

The rain was rushing, and suddenly a man in gray clothes with his sleeves loose and a package on his back came walking alone.Lu Haihai shouted enthusiastically: "Friend, take two steps and come here to hide."

The man walked unhurriedly to the plum tree, and suddenly raised his head, revealing his true colors.Lu Dahai gasped in shock. It turned out that the man's eyes were empty, his face was pale and swollen, like a floating corpse in the water.

"Is Yao's Village still far away?" The man in gray spoke with a gloomy tone and paused every word.Lu Dahai thought to himself that this person not only looked like a ghost, but also had a hint of ghost in his throat, he hesitated a few times, and replied in a low voice, "It's five miles to the west." The man rolled his eyes, turned around, and staggered away up.

Lu Dahai stared blankly at the man's back, and suddenly realized that this man was walking in the rain, but his clothes, hair, shoes and socks were very dry. Looking again, under the package behind him, the clothes fluctuated from high to low, as if there were dragons and snakes undulating. The water dripped and disappeared without a trace in an instant.Lu Dahai was stunned, watching the man disappear into the wind and rain.

The rain came and went quickly, and soon the clouds opened and the sun rose.Lu Dahai shook off the rain, took two steps in a daze, and suddenly remembered something, turned around and went to the plum tree, climbed onto the trunk, and shook down a dozen green and big plums with a "crash".

Just stuffed into the bag, suddenly heard a chuckle, Lu Haihai turned around in surprise, and saw a girl with blue eyes and peach cheeks, snowy skin and green hair, she was a rare Western girl.

Lu Haihai went out to sea toward the sun, and met a few barbarians before, but this was the first time he saw such a beautiful woman.But although the barbarian girl looks strange, she is wearing a red dress that is fashionable in the south of the Yangtze River, holding a Persian cat in her arms, and she is full of snow, lazy and cute.

"Old man," the woman said in crisp and clear Mandarin, "do you know Yaojiazhuang?" Lu Dahai was secretly surprised when he heard it, and replied, "Not far, five miles to the west."

Yi Nu smiled and said, "Thank you." As she spoke, she stroked the Persian cat's neck hair.The Persian cat glanced sideways at Lu Haihai, and there was a bit of prey in the blue Youyou eyes.

Lu Dahai felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly heard the barbarian girl giggling and saying, "Famarat, don't be naughty." She stretched out her hand and scratched the cat's neck twice. .The coldness in Lu Haihai's heart has only dissipated until now, but he feels a little confused.

Yi Nu smiled again and said, "Old man, let me remind you that the plums on the roadside are not edible." Lu Dahai wondered, "Why can't I eat them?" She walked slowly, but when she landed, she was a foot away.Lu Hai was afraid that his eyes would be dazzled, he rubbed his eyes and looked again, but the Yi girl suddenly disappeared.

"Hey, Lu has a bad year, and met a female ghost during the day?" Lu Dahai's back was sweating, his hands and feet were cold, his mind was very confused, and he couldn't concentrate no matter what.

After walking in a trance for a while, passing through a small path, the salty breeze blows.Lu Haihai raised his eyes and saw that the sea was boundless, and the clouds were hanging beyond the sky.

The howling sound continued, and suddenly someone laughed and said: "Grandpa is back?" In a blink of an eye, Lu Haihai saw the far bank of Changsha, a high cliff, and a thatched hut built on the cliff. He put down his work and got up to greet him.

Lu Dahai smiled and said, "Jian'er, hello." The young man was seventeen or eighteen years old, with dark complexion and delicate features, and he sighed, "I'm fine. Grandpa is so polite, but something's wrong." He stared at it like a light on his back, feeling uncomfortable all over.

The boy asked again: "Have you lost all the money from selling fish?"

"Where are you talking?" Lu Dahai blushed, "I exchanged money and went home. I was walking on the road and suddenly saw a plum seller, so I bought some for you to quench your thirst." Then he took out a plum from his bag , stuffed into the boy's hands.The boy hesitated to take it, took a bite, felt sore and unspeakable, and almost vomited it out.It turned out that the plum tree was born on the side of the road, and countless passers-by passed by, but the fruit was as plentiful as before. The reason is that no one cares about it because it is so bitter.

Lu Dahai stared at the young man intently, seeing his brows slightly wrinkled and then relaxed, his heart finally fell to the ground, and suddenly he heard the young man ask: "Is this money exchanged for plums?" The back of the boy's head said: "My son is smart, so he can guess easily. How about it, are the plums delicious?"

The young man nodded and said, "The plums are big and sweet, and they are really delicious. It's just that the fruit can't fill your stomach. Next time, there are good glutinous rice cakes. Can you buy me two?" Lu Dahai was stunned, and said with a sneer: "That's right, look at my memory. When I got excited, I exchanged all the money for plums, but I forgot to buy rice." The young man bowed his head silently to mend the net without saying a word.

Lu Dahai sat idle for a while, and suddenly heard thunder in his belly, looked at the bag full of plums, and felt his mouth full of saliva, thinking that his grandson said the plums were delicious, so he might as well eat two to satisfy his hunger.Immediately took out one, and just stuffed it into the mouth, the old face wrinkled into a ball, and hurriedly spit out the pulp.

The boy looked back and laughed out loud.Lu Dahai only hated that he had nowhere to go, so he was ashamed for a while, looking for something to say: "Jian'er, when I came home today, I encountered two strange things, let me tell you about them." The young man said without raising his head, "" This time is the orangutan snatching the clothes or the Yasha forcing the bet?"

Lu Dahai traveled to the sea in his early years and saw many rare and strange things, so every time he lost all his money, he couldn't help but make excuses with some anecdotes and strange things.For example, when I came back from losing all my clothes, I said that orangutans looked like humans and preferred to wear human clothes. On my way home, I was robbed by a group of orangutans. Not only did I lose my clothes, but also my money; or Passing by the sea, suddenly the waves parted, and a yaksha jumped out, trying to force the bet, Lu Haihai couldn't resist, so he had to fight with it. of.In addition, there are groups of seagulls, pecking away all the rice noodles in exchange; dragons gather treasures, stealing people's money bags, and dragging them to caves for collection.All in all, it's hard for this old thing to talk nonsense and emerge endlessly.

Therefore, after hearing what the young man said, Lu Dahai's face was slightly hot, but fortunately, his complexion was dark, which firmly covered his embarrassment.Just as he was about to talk about those two strange things, his mind suddenly felt empty, and he couldn’t think of anything. He thought hard for a long time, slapped his forehead, and shouted: “Oops, grandpa is getting old, why can’t I remember the good things? gone?"

The grandfather was a scoundrel by nature, and the young man was not surprised by it. He just smiled and didn't take it seriously.Lu Dahai was hungry, he searched the cooking pot, but he couldn't find a single grain of rice, so he couldn't help asking: "Jian'er, is there anything to eat?" "Is there any fish?" The boy said again, "Didn't you sell it?"

"You don't have to be angry with me." Lu Dahai became angry from embarrassment, "Give me the net, and I will catch two fish to fill my belly."

The young man sighed: "Didn't you see that the net was pierced by fish?" Lu Dahai had nothing to do, he took two steps angrily, and suddenly clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. I heard from the townspeople that today is Mr. Yao's The date of the birthday. Mr. Yao is throwing a birthday banquet at the National People’s Congress, let’s go to congratulate him, maybe we can make a good meal.” Speaking of this, it seems that the delicacies of mountains and seas on the birthday banquet are all the things in front of us, and I can’t help swallowing.

The young man shook his head and said, "The people in Yao's family are fierce and bad, it's no wonder he let you in!" Two bows, two kowtows, even if you can't sit at the table, it's good to get some leftovers."

"Isn't that a beggar?" The boy frowned, "I won't go."

"What are you pretending to be noble?" Lu Dahai stumbled and was furious, "Are you the prince? Are you the son? If you don't go, I'll always ask Huazi to go." After finishing speaking, he left.

The young man buried himself in weaving the net, and waited until the land and the sea were far away, then he put down the fishing net and took out a necklace made of shells from his arms.The shells on the chain are of different sizes, including conch shells and scallops, all of which are finely polished, shining in the sun with a pearly luster.The young man looked at it for a while, then took a white stone from his feet, dipped a conch in water, and grinded it repeatedly on the stone surface. After a while, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Before the grinding was finished, someone suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings, and someone screamed: "Lu Jian, Lu Jian." The young man looked up, and there was a white parrot standing on the pole where the fishing net was hung. If Tu Dan, the eyes are like topaz lacquer, and in a blink of an eye, the aura is compelling.

"Practice the sword, practice the sword." The white parrot flew more than ten feet away, seeing that he hadn't followed, it stopped on the top of a rock again, tilted its head and called, "Lu Jian, Lu Jian."

Lu Jian said, "Silly bird, don't rush." ​​He exposed the shell necklace to the sun, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he got up and walked to the back of the house, and pulled out a wooden sword from under a rock.The sword is three feet long and has many scratches, but it is an old thing that has been worn for a long time.

The white parrot flew ahead to lead the way. Lu Jian hung his sword on his waist and followed for several miles. In the distance, he saw a dense forest with smoke and boulders, and the forest was beautiful and lush.

The closer Lu Jian got to the forest, the more flustered he became, and his pace slowed down unconsciously.The white parrot thought it was slow, so it rested on a tree and urged repeatedly: "Lu Jian, Lu Jian."

As soon as the cry came out, a white shadow swayed in the woods, and a girl with a bun appeared. Her skin was as fine as snow, and her hair was like a crow. She was not yet young, but her appearance was already extremely beautiful.She wears a white silk dress with bead embroidery and gold traces, and a white jade-inlaid emerald-colored phoenix and dragon belt. Thread, around five-color peonies.

The white parrot flapped its wings and landed on the girl's shoulders, beautiful birds and beautiful women, forming an interesting contrast.Lu Jian blushed and had a heartbeat, he hesitated and said: "Xiao Lan, hello." The girl's mouth was slightly raised, half smiling and half angry: "It's not good, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Don't you want to see me, walking slowly , do you still want White Pearl to urge you?"

Lu Jian said anxiously: "What's the matter, I...I want to see you even in my dreams." Xiao Lan said with a smile: "Really?"

"Really." Lu Jian looked down at his toes, not daring to meet the woman's eyes.

"Fool." Xiao Lan glared at him, "Still coming in?"

When the two came to the open space in the forest, there was also a wooden sword leaning under a big locust tree. The style was similar to Lu Jian's, except for a five-color sword tassel.There was a big red gourd beside the sword, Xiaolan picked up the gourd and asked, "Are you thirsty?" Lu Jian nodded and said, "A little bit." Xiaolan pursed her lips and smiled, handed the gourd to him and said, "Taste!"

Lu Jian took it, uncorked it and tasted it, with a look of surprise on his face.Xiaolan smiled and said, "How is it? Is it delicious?" Lu Jian asked strangely, "This water is so sweet and sour, and... also has a fragrance, um, like peaches, or pears..."

"Fool." Xiaolan smiled slightly, "This is peach paste mixed with honey water, so it's naturally sweet and sour." Lu Jian blushed, put down the gourd and said, "Drinking water is just drinking water, and you can drink it with water." So much bending?"

(End of this chapter)