Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 172 Fortune Telling
There is a mountain in the northwest of Putian, named Wankong Mountain, which is more than a thousand feet high, with green pines on its back and shallow streams on its waist.There is also a monk temple in the mountains, named Putian Temple, which speaks the authentic words of ten thousand Buddhas, and ranks among the most respected in the Jiangnan martial arts!

Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue rode their horses out of the city. As soon as they left the city gate, they saw many people also leaving the city from the north gate and heading north. At first, they didn't pay much attention to it, but after walking a long distance, they saw this There were more and more pedestrians on the road, and the two couldn't help being curious.After walking for a while, I realized that many people on the road were heading towards Putian Temple.

Both Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue didn't know why, so Su Qingxue asked someone to inquire about it, and only then did she know that there is a blessing ceremony in Putian Temple today, so many people in the city went to Putian Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha to join in the fun and pray for good fortune and safety .

Su Qingxue is from a famous family, and when she usually wears a daughter's outfit, it's not easy to show her face in a place that is too crowded. In the past, when she was in Lin'an, even if she came out to play by herself during temple fairs, lantern festivals, etc. Being accompanied by family members is very restrictive, and there is never a time where you can have fun, but this time is very different, without the restraint of the elders in the family, there is only one Li Wenxuan by your side, and Li Wenxuan even gives way to her everywhere, Su Qingxue immediately plays with her heart Da Qi secretly made up his mind to take a good stroll today, which can be regarded as making up for the regrets of many years.

Su Qingxue was happy in her heart, she was full of spring breeze along the way, and with her natural handsome appearance, wearing men's clothing and riding a tall horse, she attracted many girls and daughter-in-laws to stop and look back along the way, and Li Wenxuan also secretly followed her along the way. Le, I only regret that Qiu Shan is not by my side, otherwise the two "little boys" would really fight each other.

The two talked and laughed along the way, and when they arrived at Wankong Mountain, they left their mounts at the foot of the mountain, and then walked up the mountain road. Only then did they realize that the Putian Temple was actually divided into two roads, the front and the back. This large courtyard is mostly used for holding religious ceremonies and for pilgrims to burn incense and worship Buddha. As for the backyard, this is the most important place of Putian Temple. It can only be reached after passing the front yard and walking along the mountain road. As for what it looked like, Li Wenxuan couldn't figure it out.

Because of the great reputation of Putian Temple in the surrounding area, it coincided with the Dharma meeting. Not only many people in Putian City came to burn incense and pray for blessings, but also people from other nearby places came to join in the fun.Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue walked up the mountain path, the road was bustling with people, and there were many people buying food and gadgets on both sides of the mountain path, which made the originally narrow mountain path even narrower, making it difficult for them to walk. In a hurry, I found a noodle stall, filled my stomach first, and waited for the crowds to gradually thin out before continuing to go up.

At this time, most of the tourists had already arrived at the front yard of Putian Temple, so there were many fewer people on the road. It didn't take long for Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue to arrive at the front yard.After the two entered, they immediately had a headache. This place was much more "lively" than the mountain road, and what was blocked was that only people's heads could be seen, but their heels could not be seen.

Li Wenxuan said: "Qingxue, it's so crowded here, why don't we ask a master about it, I want to pay a visit to the abbot of Putian Temple."

Su Qingxue is different from Li Wenxuan, the more lively people are, the happier they are, and seeing so many people burning incense, praying for blessings, setting up stalls, selling gadgets, fortune tellers, etc. Then he couldn't move anymore, and said: "Wenxuan, we are here anyway, why don't we take a stroll here first, you go to find the abbot at this time, maybe he is busy too." Su Qingxue carried A pair of watery phoenix eyes looked at Li Wenxuan, fearing that Li Wenxuan would not agree, they shook Li Wenxuan's arm and said, "Is that okay?"

Su Qingxue acted like a baby and made Li Wenxuan's legs go weak, how could she say "no"?Su Qingxue walked back and forth among the crowd, and Li Wenxuan was afraid that she would get lost, so she followed behind her every step. Su Qingxue looked at the kneader for a while, and the dessert seller for a long time. , thinking that the front yard was very stuffy, they withdrew out with Li Wenxuan to breathe.

Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue wandered outside for a while and were about to find a place to rest when they saw a fortune-telling stall not far from the entrance of the front yard. The fortune-teller, who seems to be about 50 years old, spread a piece of rag on the ground, on which was written: "Heaven and Earth God's Fortune", but these four characters have been slightly blurred, I want to come to this piece The rags have been used for a long time.

When Su Qingxue saw this person, she secretly thought it was funny, and said in her heart: "Here is the territory of Putian Temple, and there are monks in the temple, and there are not monks and priests. You are a Taoist priest. It is not good to go anywhere, but you come here to tell your fortune. I really don't know how to find a place." But Su Qingxue thought about nothing, and it happened that there were a few big bluestones not far behind the fortune teller, so she dragged Li Wenxuan to sit down behind the fortune teller, while resting, You can see how this fortune teller cheats people's money.

Li Wenxuan didn't know what Su Qingxue was thinking, and it happened that he was really tired, so he didn't pay attention to the fortune teller beside him.The two sat beside the Taoist priest for a long time, but the fortune teller just didn't come to his door.Su Qingxue used to go out with her family, and wanted to find a fortune teller to count as a reward, but Su Xiaotian didn't like Xuanhuang divination, so she would be reprimanded every time. Today was a rare opportunity, and she wanted to see something new, but she didn't come here What's the fun in business?When Su Qingxue was bored, she looked around, and happened to meet Li Wenxuan's eyes. Su Qingxue paused slightly, and said in her heart: "Yes, it's not easy to see someone's fortune-telling? I have it right now." ready-made."

Su Qingxue stared at Li Wenxuan and smirked. Li Wenxuan didn't know what Su Qingxue's idea was, and was about to ask, Su Qingxue said first: "Wenxuan, have you ever done your fortune-telling?"

Li Wenxuan shook his head and said: "No, but I often look at other people's calculations." Li Wenxuan said while paying attention to the fortune teller next to him, smiled and said: "Qingxue, do you want to go to fortune-telling? "

Su Qingxue hummed, and said again: "Let's do the math together, how about you do the math first?"

Li Wenxuan thought: "Fortune-telling, what's the matter, let's do the math." Without any hesitation, Su Qingxue went to the fortune-telling booth together.

The fortune teller probably didn't come to the door for a long time. Although his body was straight at this time, his head was drooping so heavily that people couldn't see his face clearly. He was still snoring faintly, obviously he was asleep.The Taoist robe worn by the fortune teller looked very tattered, almost like a beggar. Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue looked at each other, and they said nothing, but they both thought in their hearts: "This person seems to be a quack. fraud."

"So what if he's a liar? At most, he'll just give him a few pennies, and he'll say a lot of nice things to you. It's not a loss if you think about it." Su Qingxue bent down while thinking, and turned to the The fortune teller shouted: "Old man, wake up, we are telling fortunes."

"Huh...huh..." This fortune teller is probably a little older and his ears are not good enough. He didn't seem to hear what Su Qingxue said. Su Qingxue turned to look at Li Wenxuan. Li Wenxuan understood, stepped forward and gently He patted the fortune teller on the shoulder twice and said, "Old man, we are looking for your fortune teller."

With Li Wenxuan's pat, the fortune teller finally woke up, raised his head sleepily and looked at Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue, he seemed to be sleepy, and after a while he said: "Who wants to tell the fortune? "

Just as Li Wenxuan was about to speak, Su Qingxue interrupted first, "It's him, it's him who wants to settle!" Su Qingxue said while pulling Li Wenxuan's arm, pushing Li Wenxuan to the front.

"Oh, that's good." The fortune teller nodded, took out two benches from a big cloth bag behind him for Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue to sit on, and then said slowly: "For the future, ten taels of silver, Marriage, one hundred taels of silver, young man, do you want to count the future, or the fate?"

Hearing the fortune teller's quotation, Li Wenxuan almost fell off the small bench, and said in surprise: "Mr., your price is too unreal. Although I haven't done a fortune teller, I still know the price. They tell their fortunes. It's only a few pennies, how can you ask for such a price!" Li Wenxuan said bitterly, and pulled Su Qingxue to go away.

Su Qingxue finally understood why there were no customers in this fortune-telling stall, and it was so easy to get ten taels and 100 taels, how many ordinary people counted?At this time, Su Qingxue undoubtedly regarded this person as a liar. She originally planned to follow Li Wenxuan, but she was curious, so she just left like this, and she was a little unwilling, thinking that she was not short of the few taels of silver, and this person If the real liar is talking nonsense, I can expose him, so I said: "Okay, let's do the math! But if you don't do the math correctly, I won't give you money!"

Li Wenxuan didn't expect that Su Qingxue is really rich and powerful, so it should be considered so expensive. Although he feels sorry for the silver, he feels that it is too bad to lose a hundred and ten taels, but Su Qingxue has already spoken, so it is not good to disturb Su Qing Out of interest, Xue said, "Okay then, let's count the twelve taels first, and if it's accurate, then count the others."

The fortune teller nodded slightly, as a promise.

Su Qingxue originally wanted to watch Li Wenxuan calculate the fate, but Li Wenxuan had already spoken first, and it was hard to change it, thinking that it would not be too late to calculate Li Wenxuan's fate later.

Li Wenxuan asked: "Old man, may I ask what kind of algorithm you use? Do you want my birthday horoscope, or test characters, or draw lots?"

The fortune teller heard Li Wenxuan's question, pouted his lips, shook his head, looked very disdainful, and said slowly: "Vulgar! Vulgar! Really vulgar!"

Both Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue were taken aback for a moment, thinking that this old liar was probably going to do something strange, but it was hard to say it clearly, Li Wenxuan continued to ask: "Then, old man, how is this calculated? "

The fortune teller stroked his wrinkled beard, turned around and took out a small cloth bag from the big cloth bag behind him. The small cloth bag looked murmuring, not knowing what it contained. Both Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue looked at it. I was so curious that I was about to ask a question when the fortune teller said: "This bag of mine is called Qiankun bag, which can tell everything about the universe. Now I have [-] fortune-telling proverbs in this bag, and you can take one out of it. Then you can know the future and the past."

Both Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue were stunned. People who read fortunes and looks at them, let alone whether they are accurate or inaccurate, at least they can speak clearly and logically, and there are some decent guys to support their appearance. Dare to ask for ten taels of silver for a broken bag, Li Wenxuan was very unhappy, he just felt that this person's tricks were too boring, so he got up and wanted to leave, but Su Qingxue said: "Wenxuan, just do the math, If he is really deceived, we will not give him money!"

When the fortune teller heard what Su Qingxue said, he smiled slightly, but he didn't care, and put on an air of whether you like to count or not. Li Wenxuan had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will count!" After finishing speaking, he sat down again , I want to feel in the bag.

The fortune teller opened the cloth bag a little. Li Wenxuan reached in and felt many small wooden chips in the bag. There may not be three, Li Wenxuan's hand rummaged in it for a while, touched this, and chose that, not knowing which one he should take out, the fortune teller seemed a little impatient, and said: "Don't Look for it, why is a big man like a mother-in-law, let me tell you, no matter how you look for it, you will always find that one!"

Li Wenxuan's face flushed slightly, and he didn't want to stir any more. He casually grabbed a small piece of wood and took it out. Only then did he see clearly that it was not a piece of wood, but a piece of bamboo. One side was smooth, and the other There are strange patterns on it, which seem to be words, and the engraved words are coated with varnish, so no matter how you touch outside, you can’t feel the words engraved on the bamboo slices. Li Wenxuan held the bamboo slices in front of him, and couldn’t understand the words What is the meaning of the pattern, so he asked: "Old man, what is the meaning of this, and how to explain it?"

The fortune teller didn't answer, took the bamboo piece, looked at the bamboo piece, then looked at Li Wenxuan, looked at the bamboo piece for a while, and then looked at Li Wenxuan, several times in a row, it made Li Wenxuan feel hairy, he couldn't help it , and asked again: "Mr., what is this saying?"

"Cough—cough—" the fortune teller cleared his throat, and said slowly: "Young man, um...you are not a bad person, and your ambition is not small. You have the ambition to serve the country and want to show your power in the battlefield, right? "

Li Wenxuan's heart was shocked, and he thought: "Why is this old man so powerful? I really want to join the army and do some meritorious deeds. How could he have guessed it all at once!" Li Wenxuan was surprised, but then thought again: "No, In today's chaotic world, there are many people who have the same idea as me, not to mention that I am carrying a weapon today, so it is likely that this great immortal guessed randomly, and it just happened to be right." Thinking of this, Li Wenxuan said: "Well, what do you think? I really want to join the army and drive out the Tartars in the future, so tell me, what is my future like?"

The fortune teller stroked his goatee and said, "Either he is a public servant, or he is a fugitive."

At the beginning, Li Wenxuan was very happy when he heard that he could be a public minister, regardless of whether it was true or not, but then he heard that he was in exile, which made Li Wenxuan very unhappy, and asked in a deep voice : "Oh, sir, I asked you to tell me both the good and the bad, but it's really incomprehensible!"

The fortune teller said: "Turn your hands into clouds, turn your hands into rain, one honor and one disgrace, it's all in your mind, it's up to you whichever you choose, but it's not easy to choose."

At this moment, Li Wenxuan felt more and more that this person was fooling himself, so he said, "What's so difficult about it, I naturally chose the former, who wouldn't want to be a minister?"

The fortune teller said again: "Young man, you are really young. You don't understand the truth of what you gain and what you lose?" After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Wenxuan with serious eyes, and said again: "Let me ask you, one side is blessings. How do you choose Lu Ronghua's meritorious title, but the other side is benevolence, morality and close relatives and love?" Li Wenxuan wanted to return him a few more words, but his eyes met, and when he asked him again, he didn't know why, but there was something in his heart. Sour, at a loss for a while, I didn't know what to say.

Li Wenxuan was still thinking to himself, when the fortune teller stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the money!"

"Okay, here you are, this is 110 taels, and you can calculate this person's marriage for me!" Su Qingxue was fascinated just now, and felt that what the fortune-teller said was not too far-fetched, so she took another step forward and gave it to Silver. Tickets, all I want to see is Li Wenxuan's luck.

The fortune-teller took the bank note in front of him, looked at it, and said, "Silver is a good thing!" After saying that, he put the silver in his arms, and said, "Today, we can't be counted as marriage with him!"

Su Qingxue was startled, and asked, "Why?"

"This is the Qian Kun hexagram. One person can only occupy it once a year. If it is too much, it will cause trouble to the upper body. How about I calculate it for you!" The fortune teller said, and took out the bamboo piece Li Wenxuan took out. , put it back in the bag.

Li Wenxuan thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand what was going on, so he simply asked Su Qingxue to take part in the divination, and said, "Yes! You can do the math, I always feel that this divination seems to have some tricks."

"Then...then I can count on my future." The daughter's family is no better than a man's. When talking about marriage and other things, she is always more shy, so she really doesn't want to take advantage of her fate in front of Li Wenxuan, for fear that he will After listening to everything, it will be very inconvenient for me to think about it in the future.

"A female doll, what kind of future is a good girl, even if it's karma, you can pick one!" The fortune teller made Su Qingxue flush with a word. Su Qingxue was wearing men's clothes at this time, but she didn't want the old man in front of her It has already been seen, and the moment is silent.

"Yes, yes! Let's count it as a marriage!" Li Wenxuan and Su Qingxue had similar thoughts, and they also wanted to see Su Qingxue's "love luck".

(End of this chapter)