Xu Zizhen glanced at him drunkenly: "Fortune teller, save it, I don't believe in this."
The Taoist priest chuckled lightly: "Young master, don't say you don't believe it. I have already calculated that the young master will suffer a bloody disaster in the near future."
Xu Zizhen stared at the Taoist priest with his drunken eyes open, and said with a big tongue: "I don't have menstruation, where does the blood come from... uh, a disaster of blood and light,"
"Pindao has been around the world for decades and has never made a mistake in fortune telling. If you don't believe Pindao's words, I'm afraid..."
The old Taoist priest gently licked the sparse goatee under his chin, his eyes were squinted, and he was shaking his head. He didn't have any celestial spirit, but he seemed a bit like an old magician.
Xu Zizhen looked as if he was about to get drunk at any moment. He leaned on the wine jar and glanced at the cloth banner next to the Taoist priest, and said disdainfully: "Guiguzi, hey, you are just a fortune teller. I... uh, I can tell destiny. Show me how far you can go...get away as far as you can,"
"Destiny, haha, even if you don't want to listen to me, there is no need to use such nonsense to deal with me,"
"Believe it or not, I'm not afraid to tell you that the one hundred thousand Xia army was defeated at Xingzi Fort... well, I would have arrived a long time ago,"
Xu Zizhen was obviously drunk. He didn't care about the other guests in the restaurant, so he shouted loudly. After all, this is the capital of Xixia. Talking about state affairs is a capital crime. What's more, this dear friend actually didn't open any pot. What did he say? Regarding the defeat of the Xixia army, the drinkers at the tables next to him all looked at him with surprise and horror. Some of them had already paid their bills secretly and were preparing to leave, so as not to be implicated.
Guiguzi didn't seem so timid. He just smiled and shook his head without saying anything, but his face clearly showed a look of complete disbelief.
Xu Zizhen stared and slapped the table: "Why, I don't believe it,"
Gui Guzi said with a smile: "Pindao can also predict destiny. Last year, Pindao had already calculated the Jin Kingdom's attack on Liao."
Xu Zizhen sneered: "You can do it too. Then I ask you, do you know the year Yelu Yanxi died, how promising Yelu Dashi will be in the future, and who will be the next emperor of Daxia?"
After asking a series of questions, the smile on Guiguzi's face disappeared, replaced by the same look of horror as those of the drinkers just now.
Xu Zizhen snorted proudly, turned around and continued drinking, ignoring him again. Gui Guzi didn't ask any more questions, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
Yelu Yanxi was the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty, Emperor Tianzuo. He had already fled due to the invasion of the Jin Kingdom a few years ago and is missing. There are rumors that he is still hiding in some unknown corner. Commanding the Khitan sons and daughters to work hard for revenge for the restoration of the country.
Yelu Dashi is the eighth grandson of Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty. He is proficient in Liao and Han writing, and is very good at riding and shooting. He is a versatile figure in both civil and military affairs. After Emperor Tianzuo went into exile, he and the ministers supported King Yelu Chun of Jin Dynasty in Qin Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Yelu Chun, he supported Concubine Xiao De as the Queen Mother to guard Yanjing, and later killed the courtiers and established himself as king.
Two years ago, the allied forces of the Song and Jin Dynasties encircled Yanjing. Yelu Dashi broke through with 200 cavalry, and actually defeated tens of thousands of Song troops and fled, and successfully escaped from the Song army's blockade. It is evident that he grasped it correctly, and both his literary skills and his martial arts left a shocking impression on the world.
The people of the Liao Kingdom hated him deeply, because he was a complete traitor in the eyes of the Khitan people, but no one dared to look down on him. At the beginning of the spring of the year before last, Yelu Dashi sacrificed a green ox and a white horse to the sky, reorganized his troops and headed west. I don't know where it hit.
Gui Guzi just said it casually to ridicule Xu Zizhen's nonsense, but he didn't expect that the other party would reveal these two mysterious figures. And that wasn't the end of it, Xu Zizhen even said that he knew the next emperor of Great Xia. Who is it? How could he know if he knew that the prince had just passed away and even Chongzong himself had not yet decided on the position of the new prince.
Xu Zizhen was drinking happily, and Daye was already sweating profusely. He didn't drink, so he was naturally sober. Xu Zizhen drank too much and talked nonsense. If someone reported him to the government, it would definitely be a big trouble. At that moment, he no longer cared so much, pulled Xu Zizhen up, and whispered: "Master, you have drunk too much, let's go,"
As he spoke, he took out the money from his pocket, carefully counted a dozen big bucks, asked the waiter to come over to settle the bill, and then dragged Xu Zizhen out of the door in a panic. All this fell into Guiguzi's eyes. .
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It's late at night, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky. Most of the people in the city have fallen asleep at this time, but there are exceptions, such as Xiao Mansion.
The candlelight in the study room was still on at this time. Master Xiao was sitting behind the desk, his eyelids were half-folded and his face was expressionless. There was a person standing in front of the desk with his hands lowered. It was Guiguzi who was a tough-talking mathematician who could not calculate Xu Zizhen. At this time, He was standing quietly without making any sound. His master didn't say anything, so naturally he would not overstep his bounds.
I don't know how long it took before Grand Master Xiao slowly spoke: "Tell me, what have you seen in the past few days?"
Guiguzi raised his head slightly, with a smile on his lips: "Go back to Grand Master, I'm afraid Xu Zizhen is really desperate."
Master Xiao still didn't raise his eyes, and just asked lightly: "How do you know?"
"On the first day, he used a five-tael silver coin when he entered the restaurant to pay the bill, and it was still the same the next day. On the third day, he went to the palace gate to see the princess, and bribed the palace guard to pay the bill in the evening. At that time, I only paid two grand, and today it was even worse. When I checked out, I only paid according to the going rate of the restaurant, not a big buck more."
Master Xiao just listened without any reaction. Gui Guzi continued: "It seems that this son didn't bring any extra silver when he defected. I'm afraid that tomorrow he won't even be able to afford a drink or stay in an inn. Furthermore, News came from the palace that the emperor has lost his patience, and today he got angry in the palace. If it were not for his love for saving the princess, this son's head would no longer be on his neck."
After Gui Guzi finished speaking, he lowered his hands and stood without saying a word. Master Xiao seemed to be asleep, sitting motionless in his chair. After a long time, he suddenly spoke again: "In your opinion, is Xu Zizhen's defection true or false?"
Xiao Taishi and his ministers have an unrivaled position in the court, and he can compete with the current emperor with the power of his own government and even use his crooked brains. This shows that he is meticulous in thinking and sophisticated in life. Guiguzi follows him. Over the years, I have naturally known my master’s temperament and abilities. I am not asking for his opinion, but I have already made up my mind. I just want to listen to other different opinions.
"It's hard to say," Guiguzi thought for a moment and only said these three words. He paused and then said, "But the truth can be found out by testing. If it is fake, there is no need to bother with it. If it is true... this person can be won over. ,"
Master Xiao suddenly raised his eyelids, a flash of light flashed in his slightly squinted eyes, and he said with a half-smile: "Whether it is true or not, it is rare for Xu Zizhen to be able to enter your eyes."