Gongsun Ce greeted the two rogue monks politely, with a friendly attitude, a gentle tone, and an indescribable elegance and gentleness. "Bookish" is the most appropriate way to describe him.
"Do you two know me?" Gongsun Ce asked, "Forgive me for being stupid and having a weak memory. I don't seem to remember meeting these two masters."
"We have never met, not in this life, not in the last life... Haha, we haven't met either." Swing said with a smile, "But this does not prevent us from getting to know you. Gongsun Ce, can't you see our attitude?
? Fortune tellers, we understand yin and yang, know the five elements, are familiar with the changes of the eight trigrams, know everything about astronomy and geography, and can deduce all the changes in the universe. Isn’t it easy to calculate your name? "
"Um..." Gongsun Zhizhi hesitated and asked tentatively, "Are you two monks? How can you know the Taoist skills?"
"I've learned so much~ I know so much~ I've learned so much~" Birdman said, "Not to mention the techniques of Buddhism and Taoism, we can also deceive and steal. What, don't believe it?" ωωw..net
"Trust, trust, trust." Gongsun Ce said, "I don't know if you two have studied the principles of Buddhism and Taoism, but you two probably know the tricks of deception, abduction, and theft." The two masters in front of them couldn't restrain themselves.
They have a hooligan temperament, but Gongsun Ce doesn't believe them if they say they don't do evil things.
"Hey, you know how powerful we are, right?" Zhuqian, who couldn't tell the difference between good words and bad words, was very proud, "In that case, come on, let me tell you a fortune? It's free - it's rare, we rarely give people for free
Fortune telling."
"This..." Gongsun Ce was afraid that the two strange masters had evil intentions, so he didn't want to get involved here, but he did have doubts in his heart at this time. No matter whether it was good or bad, he should make mental preparations in advance and simply do the math. "
Okay, thanks to you two masters."
The young scholar stretched out his hand to write down his birthday and horoscope, but Zhuqian waved his hand and said that he didn't need it, "We are not ordinary liars... ahem, I mean we are not ordinary fortune tellers, and we don't need birthday and horoscope."
Bird Man said: "Why are you so cautious and give away your birth date to others so easily? Are you not afraid that bad people will use it to harm you?"
"How can a person's birth date harm someone? If a bad person wants to harm others, it doesn't matter if there is a birth date or not." Gongsun Ce said, "If you don't have a birth date, how can you calculate it?"
"Hard calculation!" Zhuqian smiled mysteriously, "Let me ask you, how are your parents? How is your family background? How is your education? Do you have any powerful relatives? According to my calculation, generally rich and powerful people are more likely to achieve success."
"..." Gongsun Cexin said that this still requires calculation. Who doesn't know, but he was not angry. He briefly introduced himself, "My family was originally in a good situation, but my parents died young and I had no relatives or friends. I could only rely on
I sold my ancestral property and lived by studying and learning. Now, except for a few acres of thin farmland, I have no family property, so I can only make a living by writing letters for others. I am barely able to learn, and I think I will be able to gain fame and honor my ancestors in the future."
"That's disgusting." Birdman said, "'self-confessing' is useless. My daughter thinks she is extremely smart, but she turns out to be a fool? I see you, she will probably fail every time in the future and lose her reputation."
"Shut up!" Swing glared at Birdman, and then said to Gongsun Ce, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, even if you fail the exam, it's no problem. According to my 'calculation', you can get a noble person in the future.
To help each other, even if you can't serve as an official, you can still assist Wenqu."
"Oh?" Gongsun Ce said, "Assisting Wenqu? How do you say this?"
"You'll know later," Swing said, "Now, I guess you have some doubts in your mind, right?"
"Exactly." Gongsun Ce said, "I just said that I thought I was barely capable of learning, but in fact I really didn't have much confidence. I wanted to take the provincial examination, but I was penniless and couldn't even raise enough money for travel. At this time, I only had two options.
One is to sell the few acres of thin farmland and take the exam, or else one has to give up on fame and fortune and spend the rest of his life looking for food in the fields and markets."
"Isn't there a third way?" Swing asked, "Can you borrow some money~"
"I once thought about borrowing money, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to pay it back." Gongsun Ce said, "I don't earn much money on weekdays, so I can barely make ends meet. If I borrow money to take the exam, I will pass the exam, and I will naturally be prosperous. But if I fail,
In the end, I had to sell my land to make up for it. Speaking of which, I was useless. If my few acres of land were cultivated well, it would be enough for food and clothing, but I was a weak scholar and didn’t have much.
I don’t have enough energy to farm, and I don’t have any cattle or horses to depend on. In previous years, I could only rent it to the squires in exchange for a little money and grain, but I lost too much.”
"That's it." Birdman said with a smile, "How about we lend you a cow and help you farm the land, and you can save up for a few years before taking the imperial examination."
"How do you say this?" Gongsun Ce asked, "Why do you two help me?"
"Of course, I see that you are a talented person." Zhuqian said, "Didn't we just say that in the future, you can assist in writing music and handle judicial punishments. Maybe we will need you in return in the future."
"No." Unexpectedly, Gongsun Ce bluntly refused Swing's good intentions, "Judiciary is the yardstick of heaven and earth, the scalar of heaven and earth. Although I am an incompetent scholar, I cannot do that kind of selfish and perverting of the law for the sake of my own glory."
"Hey, hey! Who said we want you to bend the law for personal gain? Are we the kind of people who break the law?" Birdman, who has been in jail countless times, said, "Couldn't it be that there are people who have no place to redress their grievances, and we ask you to help bring justice?"
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Gongsun Ce said: "If you uphold justice, it is a matter of your own duty, and it cannot be regarded as repaying the two of you."
"How come you are so arrogant!" Zhuqian said, "Then let's do this! When you become a literary and music assistant, you can use your salary to pay back the money, okay?! If that doesn't work, I will beat you!"
"That's okay." Gongsun Ce said, "If that day comes, I'm willing to double the money back."
"Oh, I'm really convinced that you, a poor scholar, are still so stubborn even though you are completely exhausted." Swing sighed, got up and left the stall, walked to a corner, raised his hand and pulled, and he actually pulled a long one.
A little green bull with one horn said, "Little brother, it's time for you to show off."
"Moo~" The little green cow raised its head and meowed softly. The voice was crisp and clear, very pleasant to the ear, and inexplicably made people like it.
Gongsun Ce looked at the three or four-foot-tall calf in front of him and wondered, "Two masters, where did you get this calf? How can this little calf pull a heavy plow and move the earth?"
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"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at the way you look down on people... no, you look down on cows." Swing said, "My little brother is very powerful despite his small size. He can pull a cart to plow the fields, and he can hit people if he is in a hurry.
I remember that there was a monkey who refused to accept my little brother and insisted on fighting with it. In the end, I couldn't do anything to it, but almost lost the iron rod I usually use to pick out its ears."
Gongsun Ce couldn't understand what the swing was saying at all, and still stared at the little green cow with suspicion. In a daze, he felt a dull pain in his head, as if he had been struck by lightning.
The birdman said: "Oh, don't worry, I guarantee that the land will be plowed well, and it will be as good as yours. If you really don't believe it, let's go out of the city and find a place to test it now. We have to let you see what productivity is today!"
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"Moo~" the calf cried out, seeming very confident in itself.
Gongsun Ce had no choice but to follow the two rogue monks out of the city in a daze.
While taking action, the birdman opened his mouth and sang: "
Even if the spirit snake turns into a dragon, it is difficult to become an official in Longmen.
The first-born green horn blooms with lotuses and auspiciousness, assisting the literary and musical to stay wise.
Although the scholar is not a sage or sage, he is elegant, gentle and has a chivalrous style.
Kaifeng Mansion holds a writing pen on his side, punishing evil and promoting good deeds with a clear mind."
After the birdman finished singing, the swing patted the calf beside him and said: "
I was struck by lightning because of you in my previous life,
My head is blooming and miserable,
No matter what you say in this life, you have to return the favor.
Pull the plow and help cultivate the land. Oh yeah!"