Drunk Yangzhou

The tenth day of August is the birthday of Emperor Beiyue. Every year at this time, there will be crowds of people in front of Shangqing Palace, a famous temple in Luoyang. Those who burn incense, pray, play, watch the flower show... It is really lively.

There was a lazy Taoist sitting on the west side of the empty field in front of the mountain, but there was a long line of people in front of him, and a Taoist boy was counting the number of people there, "Eight, nine, ten... okay, ten, today My master saw this, please go back to the rest!"

There was a burst of complaints from the crowd, and then they dispersed angrily.

In fact, this is just a fortune teller who measures characters and divinations. Because of his accurate calculations, many people ask him for advice.

Today's last customer was a mustache dressed luxuriously. He looked at the green Cuiyun Peak around him, wrote a word and handed it to the Taoist, "Sir, I will test the word 'green'."

"Green, is the color of spring, full of vitality. Thinking about the beginning of my career recently, the situation is getting better!"

Mustache smiled happily, "Exactly, I have expanded some business recently, and the momentum is booming!"

The Taoist looked at him, "But..."

Hearing his change of subject, Mustache couldn't help feeling nervous, "What?"

The Taoist patiently explained to him, "Look at the ending of the green character, it's ethereal and unreliable, and the right side happens to be the word 'record', which is not difficult to associate with 'lu' - I think you just bought an official job? "

The mustache was breaking out in a cold sweat. He really used his connections a few days ago to bribe the governor of Luoyang Mansion and find a small official to do it. He didn't intend to spend much time on it, but just to benefit his own silk business...

The Taoist said again, "Look, the 'Si' on your left has been invaded by 'Lu', making it disharmonious and unstable, which means that your own business will not be expanded, but will cost more money. In this official position, go to cater to the official entertainment... the reward of eating the king, it is a matter of being loyal to the king! Your step... must not be half-hearted, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable!"

Mustache was originally worried because of this matter, but he didn't expect that this Taoist could see everything. He talked about his pain everywhere, and immediately admired the Taoist. He quickly gave the money and asked for some ways to resolve it. Thank you for going.

The Taoist smiled slightly and didn't stay long. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered the boy to pack up the booth and go back.

"Wait a minute, sir."

At this time, a middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing came forward, and he had been watching it interestingly for a long time, "Can you test it for me, sir? If it is accurate, I will be rewarded."

The Taoist looked at the appearance of the middle-aged man, and only smiled and said, "He has thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, the sky is full, and the ground is round and thick. He is a big man. I really dare not be rude when I am poor. Qiaoer, let's pack up and go back."

The middle-aged man took out a large ingot of silver and put it in front of the Taoist, "This is enough for you to count for a long time."

The Taoist was stunned, then sat back on the futon, handed over a pen and ink and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, please give me your words!"

The middle-aged man thought for a while, and wrote down, "difficult".

When the Taoist saw it, his face changed a little, and finally he just smiled and said nothing.

The middle-aged man thought that his word test was just nonsense, and said with a sneer, "Don't you have anything to say, sir?"

The Taoist smiled wryly and shook his head, "My lord is 'difficult', so why is suffering a poor person?"

This time it was the turn of the middle-aged man to be shocked. He was Yu Wang Xia Zhihe. He came to Shangqing Palace in casual clothes today. Seeing that the word test was a bit interesting, and he had something on his mind, he came to try it casually. Unexpectedly, this Taoist directly saw through himself identity!

Xia Zhihe thought about it, and there was no need to hide it, so he asked directly: "Why did you say that, sir?"

"Looking at your appearance and demeanor before, you know that you are either rich or expensive. However, the texture between the eyebrows is deep, and it is a look of constant worry, and it is 'difficult' to lift a pen. In Henan, the weather has been good in recent years, and droughts and floods have not occurred. Who would be in trouble because of what?" The Taoist said in a cryptic manner, and then said: "Furthermore, the current sage Zeng Zan and King Yu are guarding the Vermilion Bird of the Great Xia in the Central Plains... This does not exactly coincide with the word '隹' on the right. ..."

It was precisely because of his relationship with the imperial court that Xia Zhihe was in great distress. After Fu Yiting asked for peace, he was really caught in a dilemma. His ambition could not be restrained, but he hesitated frequently due to various obstacles... Xia Zhihe did not expect that this Taoist really scratched his head. He was eager to relieve his confusion when he was itching, so he motioned to his followers to hand over the silver, and then pointed to the copper coin in front of him, "Sir, how about doing another calculation for me?"

"This..." Just now, the Taoist felt that he had said too much, so he was very hesitant at this moment. Later, he heard Xia Zhihe's insistence, which made him clean up his hexagrams. It was mentioned above that when the hexagram "Yin Yang Yin Yang Yin" came out, he kept silent, and quickly took the copper coins into his arms, thinking of leaving.

"What do you mean? You just say it's okay!" Xia Zhihe was anxious and ordered his attendants to stop him.

"Then... the poor Taoist speaks bluntly." The Taoist got up and said word by word: "The Xun hexagram is the wind, and the upper and lower winds are heavy. It also indicates that the minister respects the master and the authority is declining, which is auspicious for the prince. However, on the sixth day of the first day, the yin dominates the yang, which is not correct, which shows that the prince is overly humble, lacks confidence, and hesitates to advance and retreat..."

This hexagram is really similar to the current situation, Xia Zhihe admired secretly, and then asked: "In my opinion, what should I do now?"

A smile appeared on the face of the Taoist, "Your Highness should know that 'Xun' communicates 'shock', leading thunder into the wind, and letting the wind and thunder wash away the world is the right way in the world! From the perspective of a poor Taoist, the prince should be obedient and humble on the surface. Keep a low profile, we should deploy soldiers and horses in secret, so as to establish power in a timely manner, and relieve the great Xia from suffering!"

"Presumptuous!" Xia Zhihe figured out what he meant, already trembling with fear, raised his eyebrows, and his face was full of murderous looks, "This monster doesn't talk about state affairs, has conspiracy in mind, and even wants to trap this king. In the realm of eternal doom... left and right, take it down for me!"

The two personal guards beside King Yu immediately stepped forward when they heard the words, and were about to support the Taoist, but they heard a thunder on the ground, and the sky that was clear and peaceful just now suddenly became cloudy and rainy. Thick dark clouds roared and overwhelmed the sky, the pomegranates on the trees were smashed down by the wind, and they fell to pieces. The crowds who played in front of the Shangqing Palace scattered and fled, and the heaven and the earth became indistinguishable.

"The poor Taoist just shied away a few times, but the lord forced people to speak. To be honest, the poor lord wants to take me down again. What's the reason?" The fear and timidity disappeared completely, he broke free from the shackles of his personal guards, and pointed at the sky with a flick of the whisk, "This is the purple qi coming from the east, the qi of the king!"

Xia Zhihe was being puzzled by the sudden change of the weather. He looked up and saw that at the end of the thick dark clouds, a purple cloud glow rose faintly from the east, and slowly spread westward, dividing the dark clouds into layers. It was incomparably magnificent and magnificent, and the few people around were also stunned.

"It's really a wonder..." Xia Zhihe muttered to himself, forgetting to catch that Taoist.

"My lord, look into the clouds again!" the Taoist guided.

Xia Zhihe raised his head and looked east again. At this time, the purple air was completely dyed through the dark clouds. There were thunderbolts, thunder and wind, and a blazing lightning split the sky fiercely, followed by pouring rain.

"My lord! There's something in there..." The guard beside him suddenly exclaimed.

Xia Zhihe squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and sure enough there was something moving through the clouds.

"Wang... my lord, well... it seems to be..." The other guard turned pale with shock, but he didn't dare to say any more.

Xia Zhihe stared blankly at the distant sky, he saw that thing hovering upwards through the clouds, its tail was exposed outside the clouds, at this moment he clearly saw the shape of its tail, and a ferocious dragon claw.

Xia Zhihe's heart was beating wildly, and he wanted to see it again, but he couldn't catch its shadow, and he had already soared to the sky.

A few people stood on the empty field and looked at it like a fool for a while, Xia Zhihe came back to his senses, and was about to ask the mysterious Taoist again, but found that the man had already left with the boy, and the ground was covered with stones. There is a piece of yellow Daoist paper, the ink has been messed up by the rain.

What is the language of the tiger master today?

The bones are sinking into the yellow soil.

Who can continue the setting sun?

Who can compare with Yu Palace.

"What happened today must not be spread outside." Xia Zhihe was drenched all over, not knowing whether it was sweat or rain, he held the note firmly in his hand, "Tonight you will search around the Shangqing Palace, if anyone sees the Something...to seal their mouths."

"Yes!"

Xia Zhihe watched the guards leave, then got on his horse and returned to the palace in a daze, and then thought about what happened just now, he just felt like a big dream, sat for a long time, was about to take off his clothes and take a bath, but another guard came at the door Report: "Your Majesty, someone is asking to see you. He is a merchant from Shu, and he brought a lot of brocade from Shu."

"Oh?" Xia Zhihe has always loved the gorgeous Shu brocade, so he ordered his attendants, "Let him wait in the living room."