Lu Ming said what he wanted to ask, and the Taoist priest Qiu asked Du Juan's birth date. Lu Ming knew this, so he wrote it down on the paper.
The Taoist priest took out three polished copper coins from the sleeves of his Taoist robe and said that these were handed down from their ancestors and that only using these three coins to make a divination would be accurate.
"Lao Qiu, I think Yuan Datou is the most accurate. If I don't give you Yuan Datou, your hexagram will be inaccurate." The head of Hangzhou Station smiled.
Taoist priest Qiu closed his eyes slightly, his expression was calm, and a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, without any trace of embarrassment.
Lu Ming looked at Taoist Qiu quietly, not knowing whether this hexagram was bad or good, and he was also very nervous.
"Sir, my hexagram is to invite the gods to come. After this hexagram is played, I don't know how much incense I will have to offer after I go back. Therefore, the gold from the hexagrams of your officers is not all my personal income." Taoist priest Qiu said softly.
Answered the joke from the head of Hangzhou Station.
"It seems that I want to share the spoils with the gods." Zhang Ziyang said with a smile.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Everyone, please don't disturb the Taoist priest. Let the Taoist priest do his fortune-telling." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Hearing what he said, everyone became solemn and moved their bodies back half a step, as if they were afraid of occupying the god's position.
These people at the Hangzhou station still believed in Taoist priest Qiu's hexagrams, but it was a different matter for him to love money as much as his life. They would ridicule him whenever they had the opportunity.
Taoist priest Qiu didn't care about this. Anyway, in the end they all had to tell the money obediently. They didn't dare to give a dollar less, otherwise the hexagram would fail.
Taoist priest Qiu first closed his eyes solemnly toward the east and muttered something in his mouth. Then he put his hands together and shook three copper coins violently. He shook them for about a minute, then suddenly let go and threw the coins on the floor.
I saw him slowly opening his eyes, squatting down, carefully checking the position of the three copper coins, the front and back of the coins were separated, and then started to write a hexagram on the paper.
Lu Ming was a little puzzled. It is said that copper coins are not used for fortune telling. The use of copper coins for fortune telling should have originated from Liu Bowen in the early Ming Dynasty and belonged to the lineage of dripping marrow.
The ancestors of the Eight Diagrams were from the Tang Dynasty, and the famous book handed down from generation to generation is "Yuanhai Ziping". The study of eight characters is also called the study of eight pillars, and the eight characters used in birth dates are represented by eight pillars.
Could it be said that after entering the Republic of China, divination also kept pace with the times and began to merge?
After the hexagrams came out, Taoist priest Qiu squinted his eyes and read them carefully. This reminded Lu Ming of the scene when they were interpreting information or deciphering codes, and he suddenly felt that there might be some truth to the divination.
At the beginning, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty and Confucius both made annotations on the "Book of Changes", which were actually interpretations of various hexagrams in the "Book of Changes".
"This young lady has an ordinary fate. It is said that she has been born in a lowly position and lived a miserable life. However, there is a noble person in her life. If my guess is correct, it should be you, sir, right?" Taoist priest Qiu looked at him.
Lu Ming said.
Lu Ming shrugged, he didn't think he was a noble person in Du Juan's life, he just helped Du Juan with some small favors.
"Hey, why do you say he is a noble person and not someone else?" Liu Qiwen asked curiously.
"Because the position where the officer is standing now reveals this secret. Why is it that he is standing at the top of the hexagram and not you." Daochang Qiu answered Liu Qiwen with a smile.
"Lao Qiu, don't talk about anything else. Quickly find out where this lady is now and when you can find her." The head of Hangzhou Station urged impatiently.
If you listen to this guy's nonsense, there will be no limit. He can talk to you about anything and everything until half of the night, and end up having a late-night snack.
"This lady...hiss..." Taoist Master Qiu looked at the hexagram carefully again, and then took a breath of air.
"What's wrong? Is it a bad omen?" Lu Ming asked quickly.
"It is indeed a bad omen, and a serious omen, but it seems that there is no bloody disaster yet, and her life should be saved. This lady is no longer in Shanghai, she has gone to the East."
"East? What is that place? Is there a specific location?"
Lu Ming asked hurriedly, but his heart skipped a beat. The east of Shanghai is the sea. Going further east, that's...
"Well... we can only determine the direction now, but cannot determine the exact location. In addition, sir, don't panic. This young lady is destined to have a life and death disaster, at the end of this year..." Taoist priest Qiu said with a serious expression on his face.
"That means this young lady should be alive before the end of the year, right?" Zhang Ziyang also became anxious and almost stepped forward to grab Taoist Master Qiu's lapel.
"Sir, don't worry. If she can survive this life-and-death catastrophe, the future road will become wider and wider, and there will be no more dangers. Even if she encounters some dangers, she will still be able to survive. But if she can't survive this crisis,
, that would be bad." Taoist priest Qiu's expression changed from nervous to relaxed, and his eyes swept over Zhang Ziyang.
"Then, how can we help her now?" Lu Ming asked.
"It can't be helped. You have to overcome your own calamity by yourself. Even the gods and Buddhas can't help. If the Buddha can help people, he must be a predestined person." Taoist priest Qiu shook his head and said.
Hearing his words, Lu Ming felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that Du Juan was really kidnapped by the kidnappers and taken to the "East"? If this is the case, there is really no way to save him.
"No, there is another hexagram hidden in this hexagram. This lady can be saved." Taoist priest Qiu suddenly said loudly.
"Tell me, is there any way to save me?" Lu Ming asked quickly.
"This young lady originally faced a life-and-death crisis at the end of the year that was difficult to overcome. However, you see, there is a red luan star moving in her life. This red luan star is her destiny person. Her person can not only save her
It can also bring her great blessings." Taoist priest Qiu said in surprise.
"Sir Lu, there's no need to guess. The Taoist priest just said that Miss Du Juan's red star must be you, right?" Liu Qiwen said with a smile.
"So you have to save her from the sea of misery yourself and go to the east." Zhang Ziyang waved his hand and laughed.
"Lao Qiu, if there is anything else on the hexagram, please tell me quickly. Don't just repeat the hexagram at once. This is not a roller coaster ride." The head of Hangzhou Station urged.
"No, that's all." Taoist priest Qiu wiped the sweat from his face, as if he had exhausted all his strength in order to calculate this fortune, and he was a little exhausted.
"Taoist Master Qiu, I'll give you this money. If everything goes as you said in the future, I promise to give you another three thousand yuan." Lu Ming took out two thousand yuan in French currency and gave it to Taoist priest Qiu.
Since the currency reform, major cities in the south of the Yangtze River have begun to use legal tender, and fewer and fewer people use silver dollars for transactions.
Legal currency is paper money, which is not only easy to carry, but also easy to exchange at the bank. Of course, some people still miss the old days and like to use shiny silver dollars.
"Chief Lu, let me do it. How can I ask you to pay?" the head of Hangzhou Station hurriedly stopped him.
"Stop arguing. I'll do the divination. I'll pay for it myself to show my sincerity. As you know, the last thing I care about is money. Besides, your life is not easy now, right?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Well, Commander Lu, if I talk about this, I will be filled with bitterness and tears. When you were the financial director at the headquarters, the life we lived and the life we live now are simply incomparable."
The head of Hangzhou Station complained.
Lu Ming smiled, he didn't believe what this guy said. After all, Taoist Master Qiu had carefully read the hexagrams before speaking. These bastards in the officialdom just opened their mouths and never meant what they meant.
Lu Ming knew that ordinary members of the Fuxing Society had a tighter life relying on reduced salaries, but these people who were leaders in various places were able to make a lot of money locally, and there were many ways to make money.
After sending someone to send Taoist Master Qiu away, the head of Hangzhou Station smiled and said, "Chief Lu, you can't disbelieve in fortune-telling, but you can't believe it all. He may be able to predict some things accurately, but he may not be able to predict others."
"Our officers are usually too tired. We come to Hangzhou just to relieve our boredom and see the mountains and rivers to change our minds. We won't really take fortune telling seriously." Liu Qiwen said with a smile.
"But I do think he might be right. Du Juan may not be in Shanghai anymore. Otherwise, we've been scouring Shanghai like a comb in the past few days, but we can't find any trace of Du Juan." Zhang Ziyang
He muttered.
"But there are just a few routes out of Shanghai, including stations, docks, and highways. We have sent people to check them all, and we haven't found anyone traveling with a woman who looks like Du Juan. They can't do magic and turn a living person into a dead person.
That's it." An Gonggen said.
This time, almost all efforts were used to search for Du Juan's whereabouts. In just a few days, Lu Ming paid 50,000 yuan to all parties. This did not include the expenses of the Cao Gang and the Qinghong Gang. Needless to say, the Cao Gang helped.
It was Sheng Youde who came forward for the Qinghong Gang, and it was up to him how to pay him.
The money was spent, but the problem was that there was no movement at all. This not only surprised Lu Ming, but also made Sheng Youde feel incredible.
There was a strong sense of loss spreading in their hearts, which was very frustrating. It turned out that Shanghai was not controllable, and it was not what they imagined. More and more accidents may happen in the future.
Qiu Daochang's hexagram is more like a hint, pointing not only to Du Juan, but to today's Shanghai and the entire society today.
By the way, what did he say? The catastrophe is at the end of this year. Could it be that there will be a major change in the fate of our country at the end of this year?
Sometimes, the fate of a small person can also reflect the changes of the great era. Lu Ming thought of the changes in Western society and the current situation in China, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.