Chapter 22: Boating against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat
After returning home, he finally appeased the dissatisfied Shangguan Ya and sent Zhou Shida's Bentley away before Liu Shiba hurried back to his house.
When he entered the room, he saw Lao Hei, who was shaking his head and looking at him with a resentful look on his face, and Cao Xiong, who was circling around the room with an anxious look on his face.
"You brat, are you back? There are good things and bad things. After all, the old man is not a goldsmith. He was a little negligent during the day.
After you went out, the old man was lying on the sofa thinking about something wrong. We overlooked something."
Cao Xiong pulled Liu Shiba's sleeve mysteriously and said cautiously.
"Old Cao, don't pull my sleeve. Do you have something to say?"
Liu Shiba asked in confusion.
"Do you remember that ancient tomb during the day? What were those dead ghosts who entered later? What were they talking about? There were no bones in the three-story coffin, right?"
There was a hint of fear on Cao Xiong's face.
"It's been so long. It's normal that there's no body. What's wrong?"
Liu Shiba asked in surprise.
The two of them just stared in silence for a while.
"There's something wrong, come to think of it."
Liu Shiba patted his head.
Liu Shiba sat down alone on the sofa, lit a cigarette and took a few puffs. He looked up at Cao Xiong with an ashen face, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with difficulty:
"I remember that the nine human bones in the tomb corridor were very well preserved.
But there are no bones in the better-preserved coffins? This is impossible and weird!
It can’t be like this. Since we have set up a Yang Yang formation to consolidate the Yang and preserve the Yang, then the bones of the tomb owner must be in that place.”
Cao Xiong nodded and said:
"This is what makes the old man strange, and there is a more important issue.
The people who went to dig are all dead, so the cause and effect of destroying other people's feng shui will be passed on to us, because the two of us were closest at that time."
Liu Shiba broke into a cold sweat when he heard this and said strangely:
"The pattern of two dragons holding beads has turned into a pattern of two evil spirits?"
Cao Xiong nodded seriously.
Liu Shiba frowned and leaned on the sofa, folding his hands and touching his chin...
He tried his best to recall what his grandfather taught him when he was a child, but his eyes looked at Lao Hei lying at his feet sticking out his tongue.
About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Shiba said slowly: "Now there is a way, which is to break the situation!"
When Cao Xiong heard this, his old face relaxed, and his eyes flashed as he said:
"How to break the situation? The coffin has been sent to the Municipal Cultural Relics Administration Bureau."
Liu Shiba sneered and said:
"That was a cover-up. Now I am almost certain that the bones of the tomb owner must still be in the tomb chamber under the culvert."
"What do you mean? We'll go there overnight..."
Cao Xiong had a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face.
"That's right, let's go check it out overnight. Maybe there are any valuable burial objects?
You said you have no money again, right? We only have one set of these clothes, do we have to get another set to change them?"
Liu Shiba smiled faintly and said seductively.
"That's right, we have to get money!"
Cao Xiong's gray beard was shaking violently.
"Well, how about you give us a fortune telling overnight?"
Liu Shiba's eyes were shining.
"I've already counted one mistake today, which hurts my energy!"
Cao Xiong's eyes flickered.
"Forget it, let's start eating convenience tablets from tomorrow onwards.
There are fixed six packs a day, two packs for each of us and two packs for Lao Hei."
Liu Shiba smiled nonchalantly.
Cao Xiong suddenly jumped up, pointed at Liu Shiba's nose and cursed:
"That's not okay. The old man wants to eat braised pork. After all, I am also your grandfather's friend and your elder. How do you treat me like this?"
"Then, how about you just calculate a hexagram and only calculate good and bad luck, not life and death, and don't do anything retrograde?"
Liu Shiba looked at Cao Xiong with bright eyes.
"If I'm not sure about life or death, I can calculate it and it won't have any impact on my longevity."
Cao Xiong nodded helplessly.
After saying that, Cao Xiong's face looked a little gloomy. He stood up silently and carefully took out a red simple wooden box from his pocket.
The box is about seven or eight inches long and no more than five inches wide.
Opening the box, Cao Xiong gently took out a complete turtle shell with countless runes engraved on it. There was a faint noise inside the turtle shell, and he thought there was something else.
Cao Xiong held the turtle shell, poured out five shining golden copper coins, held it in his hand and rubbed it gently.
Liu Shiba couldn't help but ask:
"Old Cao, let me see how you look like this. Did you learn the money hexagram?"
Cao Xiong rolled his eyes and said:
"I'm a fortune teller, what kind of money divination did I learn?"
"Then what did you do with this?"
Liu Shiba widened his eyes and said doubtfully.
"Isn't that what you said? To calculate good or bad luck, I am a fifth-grade fortune teller, and my major is fortune telling.
But the old man also knows a thing or two about the money divination. When it comes to good or bad luck, the money divination is more effective."
Cao Xiong explained calmly.
He didn't stop, but took a piece of black velvet and carefully wiped the five copper coins.
Turning his head to look at Liu Shiba's eyes full of curiosity, he smiled softly:
"So interested? The old man will briefly tell you the origin and function of this money hexagram.
"Okay, old man, you're right, I'll add a pack of instant noodles tomorrow!"
Liu Shiba stared.
When Cao Xiong heard this, he was so angry that his beard almost stood up. He gave Liu Shiba a fierce look and said to himself:
"The sixty-four money hexagrams are led by a turtle shell and five copper coins, with a total of thirty-two hangings. According to legend, it was created by King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. It is called the money hexagram for short. It is said that it is very accurate to predict good and bad luck.
Before divination, concentrate on getting rid of distracting thoughts, put your hands together and silently chant to the gods.
Then silently recite your own or other people's names, birth dates and residential addresses, and then ask for advice..."
Hearing this, Liu Shiba nodded curiously, looked at the copper coins in Cao Xiong's hand and said curiously:
"Isn't this ordinary copper coins and tortoise shells acceptable?"
"Of course, the tortoise shells on the street are all fake. I don't know which market bought the tortoise shells and then processed them.
The back of a real divination tortoise shell is engraved with oracle bone inscriptions. It is a real oracle bone inscription, an old object left over from ancient times. Legend has it that it contains incredible power.
During the Qing Dynasty, copper coins were changed into Qianlong Tongbao, which had great luck.
Qianlong coins made by smelting bronze have absorbed the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon for hundreds of years. They can connect the heavens and the earth, and have a spirituality unmatched by any other kind of coins.
In the word Qianlong, "Qian" means "Heaven", "Long" means "Long" and "Long", which together means the prosperity of the world!"
Liu Shiba nodded secretly when he heard this, silently remembered it in his heart, and secretly thought that this old guy still has some real stuff.
After finishing speaking, Cao Xiong sat on the sofa with a solemn expression, clasped his hands on his chest and muttered a few words silently, then pricked his middle finger with a steel needle and dropped a drop of blood on the tortoise shell.
Then Cao Xiong waved his hand, and the five Qianlong coins swayed slightly and disappeared into the tortoise shell.
With the sharp light flashing in Cao Xiong's eyes, the tortoise shell shook up and down a dozen times, and then fell down onto the coffee table.
After going back and forth like this for six consecutive times, the moment the sixth hexagram appeared, Cao Xiong's face turned slightly gloomy and looked a little ugly.
"What hexagram?"
Liu Shiba asked without knowing why.
"Four Yin and Two Yang, the twenty-third hexagram among the sixty-four hexagrams is the hexagram of Xiaping."
Cao Xiong slowly put away the tortoise shell and said softly.
"Xiaping Gua, how to interpret the hexagram images?"
A bad omen flashed in Liu Shiba's heart.
"Pedestrians are in a hurry on the road, and there is no bridge to cross the river on thin ice. You have to be careful when going. If you take a wrong step, you will not look back."
The hexagram shows that thin ice is very dangerous and it is difficult for pedestrians to stop. This hexagram indicates that you need to be careful when doing things."
Cao Xiong said with a frown.
"It's done. As long as it's not a bad prediction, I'll go explore the culvert tonight. As the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger. My old Liu family is currently sailing against the current. If we don't advance, we will retreat..."
Liu Shiba stood up, looked out the window with sharp eyes and said lightly...
