Monk Xiao had never met Fatty Sun before, and he didn't even wait until evening. He wandered around the same room all afternoon. Hao Wenming returned to the same room rarely in the afternoon, but when he saw Consultant Xiao sitting at his desk
, Director Hao was stunned for a second, not daring to disturb Monk Xiao, and he slowly withdrew again.
After Monk Xiao's suffering, it was finally time to get off work. Fatty Sun had already called the chef Lao Jin in advance. When the three of us arrived in the private room, Lao Jin had almost served all the dishes. I don't know if it was because of Xiao Xiao's recent...
Because the consultant and Director Gao always appeared together in the cafeteria, compared to his attitude toward Fatty Sun and me at noon, Lao Jin was quite flattering to Monk Xiao, and even gave away two bottles of Wuliangye at a 20% discount.
Monk Xiao must have been a master I had met before, but for so many years Monk Xiao has been living in seclusion in my hometown, that is, eating some pig meat at my grandpa's house during the New Year and holidays. The recent rise in gold prices has increased Consultant Xiao's net worth.
It's a lot thicker, but I haven't seen him eat or drink much. He usually eats high-quality food for lunch. Before the wolf incident, he spent most of his dinner on me and Fatty Sun. But after returning from Tianshan, he disappeared
After a while, he showed up again just a few days ago. He didn't know why he went there. After he came back, he stayed in Gaoliang's office from morning to night, and didn't look for me or Fatty Sun. He only had three meals a day.
Gao Liang solved it for him.
After the dishes were served, before Fatty Sun could be polite, Monk Xiao had already picked up a large spoon and started to pull apart the shark fins in the casserole. Monk Xiao was not in a hurry to put them into his mouth, but just took a look at the appearance of the shark fins.
, he frowned and said to Lao Jin: "Xiao Jin, your craftsmanship is almost useless. The shark's fins are too big to absorb the flavor of the soup, and the fins are ruined. If this is the case, you might as well have an ant climb the tree."
As he said that, he picked up another chopstick to steam the fish and shook his head at the fish. "The fish is not good at steaming. If it is too old, the fish will be separated from the bones. Just don't steam it at all. Just take it out and stew it. This is not steamed fish at all."
It's just steamed wood..." As he was talking, Lao Jin blushed and nodded hurriedly to explain. In the end, Monk Xiao actually praised and criticized all the dishes on the table.
Fatty Sun finally became a little impatient. He looked at Monk Xiao with a half-smile and said: "Old Master Xiao, it's almost done. I'm not telling you, how can we eat with your praise and criticism? Last time we went to Clay Pot House to eat stewed pork belly.
You had a great time eating too, and I didn’t see you saying that the food was not tasty." After Fatty Sun interrupted, Lao Jin quickly took the opportunity to exit the private room.
One thing brings another, Monk Xiao still lost his temper towards Fatty Sun. He smiled, took a chopstick of shark fin and put it into his mouth. While eating, he said: "When I see something good, I remember what Kong Laoer said about food."
I’m not tired of it anymore. I’ve eaten some good food back then, and it’s still Xiao…” At this point, Monk Xiao suddenly sighed and stopped talking. I heard that he was thinking of Xiao Sanda again, and I
Having the memory of Xiao Sanda and knowing their relationship, he immediately poured a glass of wine for Monk Xiao and said: "Old Xiao, it's rare to get together recently. I don't know what you are busy with. Let's finish this glass of wine."
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After Monk Xiao drank this glass of wine, the depressed mood he had just felt a little better. He didn't need to persuade him to drink, so he poured himself another glass, and started drinking one cup after another with the dishes on the table. Fatty Sun looked at him
He smiled and kept pouring wine and dishes for him.
After three drinks, one and a half of the two bottles of Wuliangye had been consumed, but we didn’t eat much of the food on the table. Fatty Sun and I were fine, but Monk Xiao had already drank so much that his eyes were starting to get a little blurry, and the wine was not going down as fast.
It started to slow down. At this time, Fatty Sun began to chat with Monk Xiao, and as they talked, Fatty Sun brought the topic to Huang Ran: "Old Master Xiao, how long do you think Huang Ran can be imprisoned?
?”
Monk Xiao looked at Fatty Sun with drunken eyes and said, "He is still celebrating the New Year in the polling bureau, right?" He picked up the wine glass, hesitated for a moment, just took a shallow sip, and then said, "Finally, Huang Ran
How can it be so easy to get it in and let it go? Fatty Gao promised that the things stolen by Huang Ran back then would be recovered with interest. It seemed that Huang Ran borrowed money at usury back then. This time Huang Ran wanted to
I just came out because I was afraid that I would offend the Religious Committee's assets." After saying that, he burst into laughter under the influence of wine.
Before Monk Xiao could finish laughing, Fatty Sun suddenly said, "No, Lazi and I saw Min Tianyuan, the current president of the Religious Committee, this morning. Didn't he come to Director Gao because of Huang Ran?" Monk Xiao squinted his eyes.
Looking at Fatty Sun, he said: "Min Tianyuan? He is here for other things, but Gao Liang has not finally agreed to that matter."
After I filled up Monk Xiao's wine glass, I said: "Old Xiao, what else happened when Min Tianyuan came? When did our polling bureau have such a good relationship with the Religious Committee? They are almost becoming related units."
Monk Xiao looked at the wine glass but did not touch it. He seemed to be feeling drunk. After taking a few deep breaths, he fished out the leftover ham from the wings and swallowed the ham in three mouthfuls to suppress the feeling of drunkenness.
of drunkenness.
After slowing down for a while, Monk Xiao looked up at me and Fatty Sun, and said with a half-smile: "If you have anything to ask, just ask me directly. There is no need to make me drink any more. If I really drink too much, you will ask me for everything."
I can’t ask. Now just think that I’m drunk and all I say is drunken words. Anyway, I won’t admit it when I wake up.”
I was amused by what Monk Xiao said: "When did I give you wine? You always poured it yourself." As he said that, he poured him a cup of tea to sober up. Fatty Sun picked up Monk Xiao's wine glass and poured the wine into it.
After drinking it all, he looked at Monk Xiao and said, "I'm sorry, old Master Xiao, can you explain the matter about the Demon Tomb first?..."
Since I came back from Tianshan, I have asked Hao Wenming several times about the Yao Tomb. But Director Hao always said that the Yao Tomb incident has entered the internal confidentiality procedures of the polling bureau. Only those at the director level can view it and have it reviewed by Director Gao personally.
Later, Fatty Sun and I approached Ouyang Zianzuo, who could speak to us. Director Ouyang said more simply: "If you want to know about Yaozhong, you can ask Gao Liang, he knows the most.
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Now I finally found an opportunity, and of course I couldn't let it go. I glanced at Monk Xiao, then turned to Fatty Sun and said, "Great Sage, do you think this is still the time for the Special Case Handling Office? Lao Xiao is now a consultant, isn't he?
Deputy Director. Only people at the director level can read Yaozhong's files, so you'd better not make it difficult for Lao Xiao."
After I finished speaking, Monk Xiao looked at me and suddenly laughed, and said: "Little Lazi, you have been with the little fat guy for a long time and have learned his bad habits. You don't have to treat me with your grandfather's and mine."
Relationship, is there anything else I can’t tell you? Originally, the matter of the Demon Tomb is nothing, but because it involves Wu Rendi and Zhanzu, I have to be more careful about what I leave on the paper.”
At this point, Monk Xiao poured himself a cup of tea. After drinking it, he continued: "When he first discovered that Huang Ran was in Tianshan, Gao Liang became suspicious of Huang Ran's purpose. Later I heard that Huang Ran
After being caught by you, he asked Wu Rendi to disguise himself as a guide and go with them to the post. At the same time, he asked Yang Xiao to hide outside the post and monitor every move inside the post. After entering the post, Wu Rendi used some tricks to let
You all forgot that he existed as a guide. But you still underestimated Huang Ran. He actually had some awareness of Wu Rendi who disappeared, although Huang Ran was a little confused and thought he had forgotten something.
"Because Wu Rendi had a trump card in his hand, Huang Ran later showed up the fake demon tomb, and Gao Liang dared to lead his men in. Later, Yang Xiao destroyed the fake demon tomb outside and let Fatty Gao and others out.
When you entered the True Demon Tomb, Wu Rendi was following you all the time..."
When Monk Xiao said this, he was suddenly interrupted by Fatty Sun: "You mean Wu Rendi has been following us since we entered the Demon Tomb? I thought he went in later. If you say that, Zaiying
Quan Laozi was almost thrown into the spring by Ruan Liulang. Later, Yin Bai came out to eat us, and Wu Rendi just watched helplessly? Didn't I say, what did he take us for? Were we mice used for experiments? "
Seeing Fatty Sun complaining, Monk Xiao silenced Fatty Sun with just one sentence: "Is this the first day you met Wu Rendi?" "Great Sage, please stop interrupting and wait until Old Xiao has finished speaking." I said.
, "Old Xiao, please ignore him and continue talking about you. What's going on with Ruan Liulang?"
Monk Xiao nodded slightly and continued: "Ruan Liulang is an anomaly. He has a magic that can temporarily rejuvenate his youth. This magic has almost no flaws. Even Gao Liang and you directors didn't notice it at the beginning...
..." At this time, Fatty Sun intervened again: "Where is Wu Rendi? Has he found out?" Monk Xiao rolled his eyes at him and said, "Go and ask him yourself."
After that, Monk Xiao continued: "Although there is no definite evidence now, Gao Liang suspects that Huang Ran's discovery of Ruan Liulang in Liu Chuxuan's tomb was a situation arranged by Ruan Liulang. It should be that Ruan Liulang did enter
When he visited the Demon Tomb, he used special methods to avoid Yin Bai's eyes and ears, but he did not dare to get close to Yin Bai. He couldn't get what he wanted, so he had to leave first. Afterwards, he
A plan was set up to find a few scapegoats to distract Yin Bai so that he could steal what he wanted. Before Huang Ran, several groups of unlucky ghosts had died in the demon tomb, and their bones were later found
It was found in the Demon Tomb. Although it was successful this time, Ruan Liulang still died in Yin Bai's mouth in the end."
At this point, Monk Xiao drank another cup of tea, moistened his throat, and said: "I know there are only so many things about the Demon Tomb. If you don't have anything else to ask, it's already getting late, so we can leave like this.
Bar."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fatty Sun suddenly said: "Zhanzu, what is Zhanzu? Is it worth Huang Ran spending half his life fighting for?" Monk Xiao fell silent when he heard what he said. After a while, he said:
"Forget it, just pretend that I drank too much today and all I said was drunken talk. Let me say it again. What I said today will not be acknowledged when I sober up tomorrow morning." Looking at the way he spoke, in addition to his face being red, he
His language is clear and his thinking is quick. How can he look like he is drunk?
"Zhaozu is the ancestor of divination. Legend has it that at the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou Jichang received a divine revelation when he was young and salvaged the bones of a monster on the shore of Yishui River. This monster corpse was only the size of a palm and had the body of a turtle and the head of a dragon.
Ji Chang separated the tortoise shell of the monster corpse from the flesh body, and used the tortoise shell to put money in and out to predict good and bad luck, changing the previous method of predicting good and bad luck by burning animal bones and looking at the cracks. And regardless of national events or trivial matters,
, his divination skills were all-powerful. But later on, I don’t know why he suddenly gave up on this tortoise shell, and began to study the calculation skills of Fu Xi (the ancestor of the Human Emperor), and finally came up with the "Book of Changes"."
After hearing what Monk Xiao said, Fatty Sun smiled and said, "What do I think it is? It's just a turtle shell used for fortune telling. It has become a treasure. Huang Ran is willing to risk it and come back for the rest of his life. It's not very economical."
"Turtle shell for fortune telling..." Monk Xiao sneered and said, "Today I will teach you a lesson. Remember, all the fortune telling and divination techniques in the world can only tell fortunes and cannot change fortunes. But divination by ancestors
Those who come out can change their fate. Before Ji Chang got Zhanzu, he could only live to be forty-nine years old. Later, he changed his life through Zhanzu and finally lived to the age of ninety-six. Only then did the Western Zhou Dynasty destroy the Shang Dynasty.
.All of us now are indirectly changed by Ji Chang’s fate change back then.”
After Monk Xiao finished speaking, Fatty Sun and I looked at each other. After a while, Fatty Sun said: "Old Master Xiao, what you mean is that we are sitting here drinking now only because Ji Chang made it more than three thousand years ago.
Did you change your fate?" Monk Xiao glanced at him and said, "At least that's the theory, but when the Western Zhou Dynasty fell, Zhanzu was plundered by dog soldiers. It happened twice more, and the last time was recorded.
It was in the 19th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty that Zhanzu appeared in the hands of a talented man with the surname Wu who was preparing to enter the palace."
I finally understand why Huang Ran is determined to get the fortune-telling in his next life. With this thing, he can change his life by himself. He can change it however he wants. Even the serious crime of destroying the Buddha can be ignored. When it really doesn't work, he can change it as he wants.
In his next life, he will be the only son of the world's richest man. After joining the polling bureau, he has seen a bit of the world, but today he knows what an artifact is.
"Okay, it's enough for you to know about Zhanzu. Don't go out and talk nonsense if you have nothing to do. I've finished what I need to say, and I'm worthy of your meal." With that, Monk Xiao stood up and was about to leave the table. He hadn't yet
When he stood up, Fatty Sun pushed him back to the chair and said, "Old Master Xiao, don't leave in a hurry. I didn't tell you that it's rare to have a meal with you recently, how could you leave like that?"
After listening to Fatty Sun's words, Monk Xiao frowned: "What else do you want? I have said everything that should be said and should not be said. Little Fatty, the little knowledge just now is worthy of this table of food. Logically speaking, you all should.
Give me some money." Fatty Sun said with a smile on his face: "Since we have already talked about the matter of Zhanzu, we just need to talk about it a little more." Monk Xiao glared and said: "More? What do you say?"