In the afternoon, in front of the gate of Zhen Mansion, the servants of the Zhen family were having a vague confrontation with a person.
I saw that this person had a broad forehead, a long concave face, a small nose, a catfish mouth, and a thick beard that was tangled all over his lower jaw. He can be considered a 'majestic appearance'. But this is not the key, the key is
, this person also holds a bare nine-section staff, and wears a dirty wide-sleeved robe, and does not wear a crown... But all locals in Jizhou know this dress well, this person seems to be
He is a Taiping Taoist.
Therefore, although they are in a confrontation, this group of guards and servants are generally vigilant with a hint of curiosity and fear. After all, the superstitious thoughts of these days are really from the emperor to the gang leader, and no one is immune.
"Didn't it mean that after Zhang Jiao's last rebellion, he sent his disciples to various places, and Jizhou itself became empty?" Gongsun Xun, who was stationed dozens of steps away, suddenly turned to Jia Chao behind him and asked, "And you still did it yesterday?
Tell me that the local Taiping Dao in Zhongshan is weak and only has some remnants in the countryside. Where did this Taoist come from and dared to come directly to the house of Jinwu, the ruler of the dynasty?"
"I dare not deceive you, young master." Jia Chao also looked puzzled. "The results of my investigation are indeed true. There may be some remnants in the countryside, but after the last rebellion, these wealthy families, officials and scholars are all in harmony with Taiping.
After the road was cut off, the entire Jizhou, that is, Julu itself, was still prosperous."
Gongsun Xun frowned slightly... Jia Chao had no need to deceive himself. After the failure of the last rebellion, it was reasonable for the local government in Jizhou to be wary of the powerful; and the most important way for Taiping Road to expand its power was Fu Shui
, it would take a major epidemic to spread rapidly, but I haven’t heard of any epidemic anywhere in the past six months; more importantly, along the way, I didn’t seem to see many traces of Taiping Road except Julu!
But if that's the case, what does the Taoist in front of him do to show off at the door of the residence of the direct descendant of the Zhen family? Doesn't he know that the Zhen family is a giant with a family worth two thousand stones?
"Gongsun Shaojun!" Just as Gongsun Xun stared at the Taiping Taoist in confusion, Zhen Yi and Zhen Bao, who were guarding the door, hurriedly came forward. "Young Master is here, my master asked me to
Waiting here, waiting for you to come over, Mr. Yue has already settled down in the morning..."
"Is this Taiping Taoist?" Gongsun Xun interrupted him directly.
"Yes!" Zhen Bao was slightly startled, then nodded immediately.
"Why here?"
"You are like this, young master. My master is going to replenish the full moon wine for the young master tomorrow. He just distributed some wine, meat, cloth and silk to the neighbors at noon. Then this man came out after hearing about it. He only said that he was good at fortune-telling, and said
My family will become famous in the future because of this little master. Originally, with the generosity of our Zhen family, as long as you say such auspicious words, someone in charge will naturally invite you in to entertain them. But it was not the other way around in Taiping Road six months ago.
Once? Moreover, this person has a wretched face and is slovenly, so the stewards at the door dare not easily decide to invite him in..."
Gongsun Xun immediately laughed: "Then Taiping Road is quite 'effective' in Jizhou, and you are a little afraid of 'Huang Tian' and 'Tai Yi', so you don't dare to chase it away?"
"This is natural." Zhen Bao said with a smile.
"Taoist!" Gongsun Xun suddenly dismounted and walked over. "You said you can look at anger?!"
"Exactly." The pig-kidney-faced Taoist holding a nine-section staff had actually caught a glimpse of Gongsun Xun a long time ago, but he had been pretending not to see him and was just waiting for the other party to talk to him.
"This is the first time I know that Taiping Taoists also know how to look at qi." Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "Isn't the most efficacious thing in your Taiping Taoist talisman water? A sincere heart can cure all diseases, but a dishonest heart will not work... Looking at qi...
Things need to be learned!"
"I studied the Tao Te Ching and the Book of Changes before I entered Taiping Dao." The sloppy Taoist replied proudly. "Of course I can also look at the wind and stars..."
"It turns out that he is a master of classics." Gongsun Xun bowed his hand in a perfunctory manner. "Then let me ask you, what do you think I will achieve in the future?"
"Young Master has extraordinary momentum. The clouds above his head are red with a hint of purple. In ten years, he will be worth two thousand stones." The Taiping Taoist said sternly with a pig-kidney face. "From now on, my Taoism is shallow, so I won't look at you anymore."
It’s unclear.”
Gongsun Xun first looked up at the clean sky above his head, and then suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Han Dang: "What about this person?"
"This man's fate and Shaojun are entangled with each other, why should I say more?" The Taoist opened his mouth again.
Han Dang, who had just dismounted, was shocked. He was about to ask again, but was overtaken by Lou Gui on the side: "Does that Taoist think about my luck? I am from the famous Wanluo clan. I may earn two thousand dan in ten years?"
The Taoist glanced at Lou Gui lightly: "I shake my head repeatedly. I can only look at it three times a day. Any more will be beyond my power."
Gongsun Xun immediately sneered: "Then let me ask you again, what do you mean when you say that this young master of the Zhen family will have limitless achievements in the future? Is he also red with purple?"
"No, the young master here is full of purple aura and is beyond words!" The pig-kidney-faced Taoist stroked the beard under his chin and spoke immediately. "I have already told these people about this.
"
"Fuck your mother!" As soon as these words came out, Zhen Bao said angrily. "If it hadn't been for Gongsun Shaojun who pointed it out, I would have almost been deceived by you, an unscrupulous Taoist... My family is going to have a full moon wine party.
The young master is obviously a rich man, so why should he be a young master? You can’t even tell whether he is a man or a woman, but he is so expensive?! Hurry up and break his legs and hand him over to the nearby thieves!"
The guards and servants next to him suddenly realized what he said and picked up their sticks. They waited until Gongsun Xun entered the house to let him know how powerful he was.
The Taoist was shocked, but he didn't dare to run away easily... He didn't know that as soon as this young nobleman with a crown walked away, he would be beaten immediately.
As a result, the Taoist quickly grabbed Gongsun Xun, who was about to leave, and reluctantly defended himself: "Young gentleman, don't get me wrong. You must know that a female young master is also a young master, so how can I not distinguish between male and female? Young Master, I
Those who say that they are precious beyond words are talking about the daughter-in-law of the Zhen family. The daughter-in-law will be a concubine in the future, so why can’t she be precious in words?!”
Ji has a wide range of meanings, but when it refers to a woman, it has only two meanings - one is the concubine of the emperor, and the other is a good name for a noble woman.
By the way, Gongsun Xun went to the countryside early and didn't know whether Zhen Yi was a boy or a girl. He didn't mean to test the child when he called him son. Of course, after being knocked out of the loop by Zhen Bao by mistake, he originally
I already thought that this Taiping Taoist was a fake, and even if he wasn't a fake, he was still a freeloader.
But, so to say but... After hearing this, he became a little dazed again: "You mean, this daughter of the Zhen family may become a concubine in the future? And it is beyond words?"
"That's right!" The Taoist with a pig-kidney face was extremely nervous. "That's right! That's right!"
Gongsun Xun looked back at the clean sky above the Zhen Mansion, and then at the ugly Taiping Taoist with a wide forehead, his face full of confusion: "Are you really good at looking at anger?"
"I understand a little bit." The Taoist saw some clues and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, it seemed that he could escape a beating.
"In that case, come in with me." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth... Firstly, he never expected that there is actually a way to have qi in this world; secondly, if this Taoist hadn't reminded him, he would have even more
Unexpectedly, my senior brother Zhen Yizhen is actually the in-law of both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!
In other words, since Uncle Zhen Yi was the king of the current dynasty and was considered a super-ranked person, the scale and system of the Zhen Mansion were extremely large. The group of people walked inside under the leadership of Zhen Bao, and Gongsun Xun was talking to this man along the way.
Taoist chatting.
"Where does the Taoist come from?"
"A person from Jinyang County, Taiyuan County, Bingzhou."
"The accent sounds similar, but what about the name?"
"The surname is Wang, the given name is Xian, and the given name is Minhong."
"The surname of the king of Taiyuan is from a famous clan. Although I don't know the clan relationship here, there were brothers Wang Rou and Wang Ze, both of whom were two thousand stone famous ministers. Now Wang Yun is well-known throughout the country, and I have a same clan,
Being called Wang Yi is also a good fortune... Since you are from Jinyang, Taiyuan, and your surname is Wang, do you know these people?"
The Taoist looked embarrassed, but still answered simply: "Xian has insulted the name of the clan. In terms of seniority, I am the clan brother of Brother Shuyou (characterized by Wang Rou) and Brother Ji Dao (characterized by Wang Ze)..."
Not to mention Gongsun Xun, even Zhen Bao, who had been aggrieved when leading the way, was stunned.
However, after everyone took another look at this person's appearance, they came to some understanding - it was difficult not to disgrace the Wang family's name with this appearance, and it was no wonder that this person would abandon Confucianism.
In fact, there is no way to get there! With this appearance, I am afraid that even the officials will not be selected!
After he understood something in his heart, Gongsun Xun stopped exposing others' shortcomings: "Brother Minhong, since you are good at looking for fortune, I wonder if you can tell me in detail about my future? It's like you said that this daughter of the Zhen family,
In the future, being an emperor will be extremely valuable, so should I study literature or martial arts to get two thousand stones?"
"I'm really ashamed." The Taoist King quickly shook his head. "Young Master, you don't know that I'm not good at humanistic skills. If I want to discern Qi carefully, I need to see people living in my own home, and then I can gain something..."
"That's it." Gongsun Xun sighed a little, and then said formally. "To be honest with you, I am also here to be a guest. Since you see that the daughter of this family is extremely precious, you want to explain something to me, so why not
Allow me to introduce you to this young master’s biological father?”
"No, no need!" Wang Daoren shook his head quickly. "I just passed by here and got something by chance. It's not for anything, and I have nothing to explain... I can just use this precious place to rest for a night and get some nobility.
"
"Where are you going?" Gongsun Xun asked seriously.
"Oh!" Wang Daoren breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I abandoned Confucianism very early and followed Taoism. I searched for Taoism and refined elixirs in my hometown in Jinyang, so that my family property was ruined and I was once discouraged. But last year
, suddenly came into contact with Taiping Dao in Bingzhou, heard the true name of the great virtuous master, and was about to go to Julu to pay him a visit!"
Gongsun Xun suddenly realized that he was a pilgrim, and he was a bankrupt pauper who had just emerged from the Taihang Mountains. No wonder this person was so slovenly, and no wonder he didn't know the local atmosphere and walked directly to the door of an official's house.
"In this case... Zhen Bao, please arrange for Brother Minhong to be with us, and then prepare for him food, accommodation, bathing, and some cloth and silk bundles." The Zhen family is rich in half the city, and Gongsun Xun naturally does not want it either.
Will help Zhen Dayin save money.
"Please rest assured, young master, I will go and make arrangements myself." Zhen Bao nodded repeatedly, then turned around. The slovenly Taoist Wang hurriedly followed him, and even several of Gongsun Xun's companions followed him knowingly.
For a while, only Lou Gui and Han Dang were left, unlike the others, who were still following, but at this time, they had been replaced by maids leading the way.
"Young Master is also a smart man." As soon as the person left, Lou Gui couldn't help but frown and asked. "Why did you believe this kind of alchemist's nonsense? I heard that there were too many absurd omissions in his words.
.”
"That's not necessarily true." Han Dang was convinced of this. "Maybe there is also a moral person."
Gongsun Xun shook his head repeatedly and said: "It's just half-belief and half-doubt. In fact, when we met just now, I also believed that this person is a liar. But you don't know, I heard a person who is good at face-to-face in Luoyang say before, talking about Brother Dayin
Maybe my daughter will be rich and powerful... I suddenly encountered such words this time, and I can't help but feel a little suspicious."
"It's... it's really hard to say!" At this time, even Lou Gui was a little stunned, not to mention Han Dang who was already convinced.
There's no way... There's really no way. The prophecies these days are showing their knowledge. Han Dang believed it from the beginning. Even Lou Gui only doubted the depth of this Taoist. It's not that he thought it was vain to look at the stars. As for Gongsun Xun.
, he definitely didn't believe it at first, but this was just because he had his own mother behind him, a person who had been blessed for eighteen hundred years, so he didn't need to worry about this issue.
But now, when the other party said "Zhen Ji", it really made him confused.
"That's not right!" Gongsun Xun suddenly stopped as he entered the inner courtyard of the Zhen Mansion. "Brother Dayin has been away from home for more than a year, and he is only one month old now... How many months did it take Mrs. Zhen to give birth to this young master? Is this considered true?
A vision?"
Lou Gui and Han Dang became more and more frightened...but the maid who led the way turned red for a moment and hesitated to speak.
In this way, Gongsun Xun entered the inner courtyard full of thoughts and absent-mindedly met with several elders of the Zhen family. He was then treated alone by Zhen Yi to meet his wife Zhang and the two boys who were still young. One was named Zhen Yu.
, a man named Zhen Yan gave some gifts such as jade pendants, and the day passed perfunctorily.
And on the second day, it was said that Zhen Yi was also a direct descendant of the Zhen family, but this time she was a daughter after all, and there were elders in the family and in the mansion, so it was not easy to go too far... In fact, it was the Gongsun brothers.
He was barely a guest, and for the rest, he just invited a few peers and juniors from the clan to keep him company.
Everyone drank a few drinks and chatted about some anecdotes about Luoyang and Jizhou. It was not until noon that they saw Mrs. Zhang walking out with a baby in her arms. It seemed that it should be the peerless Luo Shen 'Zhen Ji' that my mother mentioned.
He is the real host of this banquet.
"Have you ever chosen a name?" Gongsun Xun suddenly asked impolitely.
"How can a girl have a name when she is just born?" Zhen Yi, who was sitting at the top, said disapprovingly. "Why does Wen Qi ask this?"
"I have thought of a good name." As he said this, Gongsun Xun stood up directly holding the desks in front of him, and then looked into Zhang's arms... How could a baby be so charming as to be able to conquer a city or a country? After all, it has been a few months, and it is barely blooming, but it can be called cute.
When Zhen Yi saw this, he stood up quickly and quickly took the baby from his wife's arms to protect her: "I went out to study and haven't been close to my family for more than a year, especially this daughter. I only saw her in a few months since she was born. It's really I am a father in vain. I have no choice but to have a full moon party as repayment today..."
"So?" Gongsun Xun listened impatiently. "I now have a good name. Has Brother Dayin finished talking about it?"
"So, why do you need to help me choose a name for my daughter?" Zhen Yi protected her daughter and couldn't help but sigh. "Well, since you forced me to come here, I'll just give her a name... …”
"I think this girl is beyond words." Gongsun Xun quickly started talking nonsense. "Maybe she will be the emperor's concubine in the future, so why not call her Zhen..."
"Then it's Wenqi's good advice." Zhen Yi suddenly nodded. "As the old saying goes, if Ji Jiang is beautiful, just call her Zhen Jiang!"
Gongsun Xun suddenly felt lost, shocked and doubtful.
However, after the full moon drinking party was over and he returned to the guest room drunkenly, Han Dang suddenly brought Jia Chao to report.
"That Taoist left without saying goodbye." Gongsun Xun asked blankly. "Did you leave any words?"
Jia Chao quickly handed over the silk book in his hand.
Gongsun Xun took a closer look, and the wine immediately made him sober... It turned out that the silk book clearly stated that he, Wang Xian, didn't know how to look at Qi at all. If he knew how to look at Qi, why would he go to Zhang Jiao, the great virtuous teacher? In fact, after coming down from the Taihang Mountains, I had no money, no food, and had not been able to take a bath for several months. I had no choice but to take the risk and come to Zhen's house to become a charlatan. As for what I said yesterday, most of it was just charlatanism to suit the occasion. .Finally, the silk book also expresses special thanks to Gongsun Xun, saying that he is a rare gentleman who does not judge people by appearance. In the future, if he, King Xian and King Minhong, learn the true way from a great teacher, they will surely be rewarded in the future...
Anyway, it made our Gongsun Shaojun look like he was in a state of confusion, and his face was red. Fortunately, he drank a lot of wine at this time, so he didn't show it.
"Do you recognize this book?" Gongsun Xun asked the two of them with shamelessness and embarrassment.
"I only recognize two or three characters." Jia Chao replied calmly.
"I..." Han Dang was extremely embarrassed. "It's just two or three words."
"You two are the only ones who know this book, right?" Gongsun Xun continued to ask.
"Yes." Jia Chao became nervous inexplicably.
"Of course." Han Dang also became nervous.
Gongsun Xun breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately took out the flint and burned the cloth on the spot in a basin in the room. Then he ordered the two people who were full of fear: "Remember, this matter, and This Taoist man is not allowed to tell anyone, not even Ah Yue! Now, just tell Ah Yue and Aunt Jin and teach them to be prepared. We will leave Zhongshan immediately tomorrow morning and go home quickly!"
Han Dang and Jia Chao were both thirsty and at a loss, but they could only nod their heads.
"Wang Xian, named Minhong, was from Jinyang, Taiyuan. He was a famous family member for generations, with a majestic appearance, not a Confucian scholar, and good at looking at energy... At the beginning, he met Taizu in a wealthy family in Zhongshan. He looked at Taizu for a long time. Taizu smiled.
He asked: "I hope public good will be done, can I reach two thousand stones?" Xian said: "It will be achieved in ten years." He asked again: "What will happen in ten years?" Xian smiled and said nothing. The next day, Xian's suicide note
When Taizu left, the book said: "Your aura is red and purple, and you will be the best among all the people in your seat. Ten years later, you will be like a blue cloud, sitting in the sky, whipping the sky, and that's it!" Taizu didn't believe it, so he smiled and said
The left and right people discarded it immediately, but the book spontaneously ignited after leaving their hands and disappeared into ashes and smoke in a moment. Everyone on the left and right were shocked." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Biography of Fang Ji.
