Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 402
"Praying for rain? It's God's will to blow wind and rain, and it's against the law of heaven to do so!" Gao Ren rolled his eyes and said immediately.

"It's against the law of heaven?" Ye Qiongdan sneered, "Throughout the ages, there are countless masters with profound Taoism who have gone to pray for rain when the people were in severe drought, and solved the suffering of the people."

"But this is against the law of heaven!"

"Divination and fortune-telling have committed five disadvantages and three shortcomings. Don't you know that? When you embark on this road, you are already against the law of heaven. On the contrary, if you can ask for rain and relieve the common people's worries and problems, you will not It can be regarded as accumulating negative virtue. Otherwise, if the sky is allowed to dry out, countless people will starve to death because of the famine, wouldn’t it be sad and terrible?”

"You evildoer! Don't force the poor again!" the expert scolded.

"Are you afraid to ask for rain? Or do you not know how to ask for rain?" Ye Qiongdan looked at Mr. Lu, "Mr. Lu, if he is a charlatan, what should we do?"

"Of course it is sent to the government! The three young masters died because of him. He has no shirkable responsibility and must be dragged to Caishikou and beheaded for public display! And these apprentices of his, who have been cheated and abducted by him all these years, have to be sent to the yamen to deal with them according to the law! "Master Lu pursed his lips and patted the table.

"Master, please open the altar and do it!" Ye Qiongdan raised his hand.

Gao Ren's face was pale and dripping with cold sweat.

The master's disciples looked at each other, how could they not know that the master did not have the ability to open an altar to pray for rain?
The expert licked his lips, he could only hope that God would open his eyes and save his life.

He prayed silently in his heart, if God could hear his voice and let him turn the bad luck into good fortune this time, then he would never do such deceitful things again from now on!
"Master, what should we do?" The eldest disciple came up and asked cautiously.

"Nonsense, of course it's the way to open the altar!" The expert gave him a hard look, showing panic at this time, did he think that he didn't die fast enough?
"But..." They have never done rituals to pray for rain.

"Prepare joss sticks, ingots, and three animals..." Gao Ren pretended to be calm, and began to shout indiscriminately.

Anyway, the things used in practice are similar, and these laymen must not be able to see it.

Seeing that the master was not flustered, the disciples were all at ease.

After a while, all the things he wanted were prepared by the servants of the Lu family.

Those things were placed in the large yard in front of the study, looking a little messy.

The expert asked the apprentices to rearrange those things according to his request, and put on a bluffing look.

Ye Qiongdan stood aside, quietly watching him put on a show, and she knew in her heart that these things he put out could not get rain at all.

These are not all the things needed to pray for rain, there are some other things.

"How long will it take to get rain?" Old Master Lu asked.

"This..." The expert was in trouble.

He has never seen anyone ask for rain in his life, how would he know?

There are only a small number of people who are engaged in this industry, and those with real skills are even rarer. How can a liar like him have any chance to meet such a real expert?
"Master Lu, how is it recorded in the book?" Ye Qiongdan asked with a smile.

Mr. Lu has read a lot of books in his life, especially after he is old, he is very obsessed with ghosts and gods. Of course, he has read a lot of idle books on this topic.

"It is recorded in the book that rain can be obtained within two to three hours." Old Master Lu said.

"Master, don't say I bully you, I will give you four hours to prove yourself." Ye Qiongdan said loudly.

The expert glanced at Mr. Lu and saw that Mr. Lu had not raised any objections. The expert felt chills, knowing that success or failure lay in the last four hours.

Today, whether he can survive or not depends entirely on God.

The expert sighed deeply, then, he drew out his mahogany sword, walked to the front of the altar and began to dance the Great God, chanting some incomprehensible spells while dancing.

Soon, an hour passed, and the master was tired from dancing, so he sat cross-legged on the ground, chanting some incantations in his mouth.

The midsummer sun was entrenched above his head like a tiger, putting a lot of pressure on him.

He was drenched in sweat, and his whole body seemed to be fished out of the water.

After another hour passed, the sun finally started to set, and at this time Gao also fainted on the ground due to heatstroke.

Mr. Lu immediately called the doctor from the Lu family compound, asked him to diagnose and treat the expert, and fed him some decoction to relieve heat.

After the summer in Guazhou, the Lu family compound always prepared these heat-relieving decoctions for the servants to drink after heatstroke.

After the expert drank some soup and medicine, the bell in the Lu family compound rang melodiously. At this time, it was already time for dinner.

Tonight, the Lu family still has many guests who came to express their condolences, and they wanted to stay at the Lu family for dinner, so it is very necessary for Mr. Lu to appear on such a big occasion.

Of course, it's okay if he doesn't go, the head of the Lu family and the mistress of the Lu family are still in front of him.

So, he waved his hand and told the butler to retreat, motioning the butler to go to the front and tell the guests that he would not come over for dinner tonight.

The butler immediately retreated and came to the flower hall where Lu's family had dinner.

At this time, dozens of tables were set up in the flower hall, and each table was filled with food, waiting for the old man of the Lu family to come to have a meal.

Seeing that the butler did not bring the old man of the Lu family over, all the guests guessed for a while, thinking that the old man Lu was too sad and didn't have the mood to eat in the room.

"Butler, where's the old man?" Mrs. Lu asked quickly.

"The old lady is still in the study." The butler replied respectfully.

"Of course I know that the old man is very sad. This child is very close to his great-grandfather, and he almost grew up on his knees, but..." Mrs. Lu sighed, "This man is as good as iron, how can he not use it?" What about meal?"

"That's right," Master Lu nodded, and said with a serious face, "You can go to the study to persuade him, this person dies like a lamp is extinguished, we still have to express our condolences."

"It's not that the old man is too sad, but it's because it's not convenient for the old man to come here now..." the butler said with a look of embarrassment.

"What happened?" Master Lu became nervous and stared at the butler closely.

"This..." A look of hesitation flashed across the butler's face. Is it really okay to tell this in public?

Although they will definitely inform the whole of Guazhou after the truth comes out, but is it really appropriate to say this now?

"Housekeeper, why are you hesitating? Tell me now!" Master Lu frowned, and stretched out his hand to rub the wrench on his thumb with some annoyance.

"Yes," the housekeeper said helplessly, "since the young master passed away, the old man often stayed in the study, and some of them couldn't get out of the grief. And the expert who the old man trusted very much also brought some apprentices in the study According to the method, the reason why the young master suffered misfortune was because there were evil spirits in the study, as long as the evil spirits in the Lu family compound are removed, the house will naturally be peaceful."

Master Lu nodded, thinking of his grandson lying in the coffin, he felt a burst of grief in his heart.

"Sorrow and change." There was a sigh in the flower hall.

"Later, Miss Ye came over." The housekeeper continued.

"Which Miss Ye?" Master Lu frowned, because there was no aristocratic family named Ye in Guazhou, so he couldn't help being a little puzzled, and he didn't think of Ye Qiongdan for a while.

"It's Ms. Ye Qiongdan. When she arrived at the study, she asked the old man who was highly respected by the old man to bring some talisman papers. It is said that as long as one of the talisman papers is taken out and burned into ashes, and then mixed with water to drink, you can see Are there any ghosts around?"

Everyone present nodded their heads. They also knew about this matter. Some family members did not believe in ghosts and gods, so they would not make friends with this expert.

In some families, the head of the family believes in ghosts and gods, but they have good friends, so they will not take the risk of offending the good people they have made friends with, and get to know other good people.

"Then, Ms. Ye said that there is hallucinogenic poison on these talisman papers, and the three young masters took too much poison, so that's why..." At this point, the housekeeper paused.

"And then?" Master Lu asked quickly, he was very nervous about the cause of his grandson's death.

"Then Ms. Ye said, just find a mouse to test it..." The housekeeper explained what happened afterwards, and everyone sighed after listening.

"So that expert is still begging for rain?" Master Lu asked.

"That's right, the old man is waiting for the final result at this moment, so it's not convenient to come over for a meal. Don't worry, master, I have ordered the kitchen to send some dishes over, and I promise that the old man will not be hungry. "The butler replied sternly.

"Well done." Although Mr. Lu was also a little anxious at this time, he wanted to see what was going on in the study, but there were still hundreds of guests in the flower hall, and it was inconvenient for him to leave the table, so he had to suppress his heart. Out of curiosity, he said to the guests, "Since the old man can't come, let's start eating."

The guests nodded their heads, and there was an exchange of toasts in the flower hall.

It's just that no one was in the mood to eat, and everyone was thinking about what happened in the study.

Such a dinner originally took an hour to leave, otherwise, it would appear to be a little disrespectful to the host.

But everyone was so curious, so after half an hour passed, there were not many guests left in the flower hall.

The crowd walked towards the study in the Lu family compound in groups of three or five, and gathered around the study to discuss.

At this time, the moon is in the middle of the sky, and the stars are shining brightly.

There is one hour left, and it will be four hours, but there is no sign of rain in the sky. The tall man who has recovered from the heat has returned to the yard, sat cross-legged in front of the altar, and muttered Muttering the mantra, his face was covered with cold sweat.

The master's apprentices stood aside, sweating profusely, but helpless.

Many people even started biting their ears and complaining in low voices.

"If I had known that I would not have followed Master back then, I would have been imprisoned before I enjoyed much of the glory and wealth."

"That's right, how much does Master have? Doesn't he weigh it? Why would he dare to mess with anyone? Is the Lu family a bully?"

"It's over, it's over, my life is over, Master, I was killed by you all my life!"

……

Mr. Lu sat at the door of the study with a cold face, quietly watching the various living beings outside the door.

After about half a stick of incense, Master Lu and Mrs. Lu also came over.

They walked into the study and saluted Mr. Lu.

Old Mrs. Lu nodded and didn't say much.

Master Lu couldn't help raising his head to look at Ye Qiongdan who was standing next to Master Lu, and thought to himself, this girl looks like a very spiritual person, why is she so fond of causing trouble?Everyone's affairs have to be mixed up, it's really not pleasing!
(End of this chapter)