In a pavilion outside Fuxian City, when all the prisoners were tied together and resting gloomily, the pavilion soldiers and garrison soldiers were not paying attention, and they began to talk softly again.
"I don't know when is the opportunity to escape..."
"The chief of the pavilion is arrogant, and the soldiers of the pavilion are vicious. They will kill them for fear of capture..."
"The weather is getting colder. We only wear brown clothes. If we go further north, we are afraid that we will freeze to death. How does the evil of the pavilions and soldiers compare with the cold winter?"
"I heard that north of Yan County, there is the Sanxi River, also known as the Canglang River. When the time comes, people will take boats to cross the water. Why don't they throw themselves into the water and hide?"
"When you enter the water in winter and your hands are tied, I'm afraid you will die faster!"
While the prisoners were discussing secretly, a man suddenly walked out from behind the tree, shocking them! If their words were exposed, they would be whipped.
The person who came was Bu Cheng with his hair disheveled. Bu Cheng waved his hand to reassure the prisoners.
"Don't worry, second or third son, I will never tell anyone what I just heard."
While talking, Bu Cheng walked among the crowd and chatted with them for almost a while. After letting everyone put down their guard, he smiled and said: "I know the intention of the second and third sons to die. However, as long as things are accomplished, one is in humans and the other is in heaven.
Regarding human affairs, the second and third sons have already discussed everything, but what about the ghost of divination at the first step?"
"Ghost of divination?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Indeed, they had not asked the ghosts and gods about the matter. Is this the reason why the two people failed to escape before?
Then the wise man bowed to Bu Cheng and said, "I have heard for a long time that Bu Cheng is from the village of Jiushui. He has been doing divination for generations. Can you tell us divination for us?"
"Can."
Bu Cheng stroked his sparse beard and said, "For one person and one coin, I will divine for you."
Although everyone was a prisoner, they still had some private property, and each person could get it with a penny. After Bu Cheng collected the money, he took out the yarrow in his arms and placed twelve yarrows on the ground...
"I shall use the Book of the Sun to destroy the twelve gods, and I will ask the ghosts for the two and three sons."
The so-called "Rishu", to put it bluntly, is the imperial calendar of this era. It is full of feudal superstitions such as fortune telling, feng shui, yin and yang, and physiognomy, but it is believed by most people.
Many years later, the Qin State began to control speech and burned poetry and books in private collections. However, the "Rishu" survived, because the people of the Qin State had reached the point where they could not live without the "Rishu".
"Rishu" divides the days of the year into twelve categories, namely "building, removing, full, flat, fixed, holding, breaking, dangerous, successful, closing, opening, closing", which is called "the twelve gods of building and removing".
.These twelve gods are associated with the month of December, and combined with the twelve earthly branches used to mark dates at that time, they can accurately tell you what you can and cannot do on a certain day in a certain month of the year.
, thereby seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.
For example, if you are an officer and you open the "Daishu" and find that the place corresponding to today's day says "If you fight in the field, you will win the prince", then you should quickly brace yourself for battle and look forward to it.
He wanted to capture the leader of the enemy country in one fell swoop in today's field battle, and then return home with a title and honor.
If you are a farmer and see the "Rishu" saying, "On the day of "Yin", it is forbidden to grow millet, "Chou"
It is forbidden to plant sorghum on the day "Hai", it is forbidden to plant rice on the day "Hai", and it is forbidden to plant wheat on the day "Zi"... So you calculated, today is the day of "Zi", so instead of planting wheat, go ahead and plant millet!
If you are a small official, you should be optimistic about your life, which is closely related to your official fortune. Because the "Book of the Day" says that if you go to the leader to report your work on "Zi" day, if you go in the morning, he will listen to you carefully.
After you finish speaking, he won't listen if you go at night, and if you go at dusk, the leader will definitely let you go again. If you go to see the leader in the morning on an "ugly" day, he will be furious, but if you go at night, you will get him
praise...
There are also many taboos about traveling. For example, if you go eastward in the first month, fifth month, or September, you will be in danger of death. If you go southeast, you will be separated from your family. Going south is also unlucky. As for what kind of unlucky it is, "Ri Shu"
Without explicit instructions, we have to leave it to fate.
In short, the "Rishu" guides and predicts people's lives in almost every detail, including marriage, childbirth, funerals, farming, and traveling. For the people of Qin who believe in divination and ghosts, they have to open their eyes every morning.
Without taking a look at "Ri Shu", it can be said that we are really struggling and at a loss...
However, except for a small number of nobles with wealthy families, not everyone in the Qin Dynasty was literate, so a special industry was created for people to read the "Rishu" and tell fortunes. It can be called a fortune teller or a "divorian".
"Japanese people", the Historical Records even wrote a "Biographies of Japanese People" specifically for this group of people.
Bu Cheng is a Japanese folk from Anlu County.
To the officials, he may not be worth mentioning. But to the superstitious prisoners and soldiers, this diviner who can recite most of the "Book of the Sun" is an incredible figure who can help them and has nothing to do with the mystery.
Unexpected communication between ghosts and gods, so as to see the good or bad future...
Therefore, when the divination was performed according to the twelve chapters of the "Rishu", the prisoners remained silent, as if they were facing a serious matter.
After calculating for a while, Bu Cheng's originally relaxed face became extremely serious. He kept shaking his head and said: "It's not good, it's not good..."
The prisoners suddenly became nervous and asked, "Divinator, what's wrong?"
Bu Cheng stood up sweating profusely, pointed in horror at the yarrow that the prisoners could not understand, and said: "According to the calculations in the daily book, throughout October, November, and December, people will be able to escape."
I encountered an unknown situation! I asked the ghost in detail for my second and third sons, and the ghost said..."
"What did the devil say?" the prisoners were nervous.
"The ghost said, never try to escape, otherwise you will die unexpectedly, your body will be dismembered, and your family will be punished!"
"Ah!" The prisoners were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Strange to say, it was common for them to threaten them with laws and orders, but when the same words were said to be the words of ghosts and gods, this group of people believed them without doubt.
Even if there were a few people who had doubts, they would not dare to openly question the prediction results of the Japanese.
What they didn't know was that at this moment, Hei Fu had already deliberately dismissed the other garrison soldiers, and he was watching this scene from a distance behind the house.
From a modern perspective, these prisoners' belief in the "Rishu" seems a bit absurd. But think about it, more than two thousand years later, many people still have to rely on the imperial calendar passed down by their ancestors to come to their deaths.
It’s not surprising that you choose a house based on Feng Shui and choose an auspicious date for your wedding.
When they arrived at Yan County the next day, Pavilion Chief Heifu suddenly announced that everyone was about to leave the boundaries of Nan County, and he would use some money to buy fish to reward everyone.
"The garrison soldiers eat meat, the prisoners drink soup, everyone has a share."
After hearing this, everyone was naturally overjoyed, so they took Hei Fu's money and bought dozens of kilograms of fish from the Yan County market, and everyone started to pack them up together.
When a guard cut open the belly of the largest grass carp with a knife, he suddenly let out a cry of surprise!
"What's this?"
After hearing the news, the garrison and prisoners gathered around one after another, and saw that the garrison actually took out a small piece of wooden tablet from the belly of the fish, and after cleaning the fish blood on it, they found that there were words carved with a knife on it!
Most of the garrison prisoners were illiterate, and when they looked at each other, Bu Cheng also squeezed in, held it in his hand and read: "Don't run away, serve as the chief of the pavilion, you can make meritorious service and atone for your sins..."
He quickly raised the wooden tablet and said: "This is the book hidden in the belly of the fish by the ghosts and gods, and they are sending a message to us. Don't run away. Serve as the chief of the pavilion, and you can perform meritorious service and atone for your sins. This is the intention of the ghosts and gods! You and your three brothers should remember it carefully!"
"The will of ghosts and gods!"
The prisoners were frightened for a moment when they thought that when they were in Fo County, the divination by divination and the book in the fish belly in front of them seemed to confirm each other. Except for a few who did not believe in evil, most of the prisoners believed in it.
.
After drinking the fish soup, the prisoners no longer whispered about how to escape when they rested, but instead eagerly discussed the second half of the sentence in the book in the belly of the fish.
"Serving as the chief of the pavilion can make meritorious service and atone for one's sins..."
They looked at Hei Fu who was pretending to be nonchalant. At this time, the prisoners began to remember Hei Fu's continuous meritorious service and knighthood after he took office. Maybe they could really survive by following the orders of the pavilion chief.
, or even perform meritorious service to atone for one’s sins?
…
"Thanks to the help of Divination, the prisoners really became more honest. He is really an amazing Japanese prisoner."
According to the agreement, after the matter was completed, Heifu handed the remaining one hundred and fifty money to Bu Cheng in secret. Bu Cheng naturally thanked Bu Cheng profusely. Such a large amount of money was enough for him to buy a set of thick clothes to survive this difficulty.
’s winter.
At the same time, Bu Cheng said in a flattering manner: "Ting Pavilion Chief, this villain can not only recite the diary, calculate good and bad luck, but also tell fortune tellers. Does the Pavilion Chief also want to give it a try?"
Heifu smiled: "How much does it cost?"
"No money this time, no money."
"Okay." Heifu nodded and turned to Bu Cheng: "Just take a look at it for me."
Although, he doesn't believe in the art of physiognomy at all.
Bu Cheng looked at Hei Fu's face carefully for a while and was amazed.
"The chief of the pavilion has a broad forehead. He is an intelligent man. He has big ears and thick ears. He is also a blessed man. He has a pair of tiger eyes and is majestic and heroic. He is a talented official. The chief of the pavilion will definitely have a smooth career in the future. Ten years later, or
But..."
"Oh, what kind of official will I be in ten years?"
Bu Cheng originally wanted to say county magistrate, county captain, but when the words came to his lips, looking at Hei Fu's expression, he shrank back and simply exaggerated!
"In ten years, I will be a county guard!"
"Sheriff?"
Hei Fu heard this and laughed heartily: "Okay, Bu Cheng, you have told me what I am thinking. I really want to be a county governor, good at politics and religion, so as to establish a reputation and make the world know it...
To be the governor of a county under the king’s command? Well, that’s my ambition!”
However, there was a hint of disapproval in Heifu's eyes, and he did not believe the soothsayer's compliments.
On the other hand, Bu Cheng was secretly speechless. After Hei Fu left, he cursed: "Hei Fu, the pavilion chief, I just said casually, but he actually agreed. He is just the pavilion chief, but he expects to be a county guard? He is too arrogant.
That’s it!”
…
Heifu didn't know that when he copied the "Fish Belly Alchemy Book" more than ten years later, hundreds of miles northeast of Yancheng, in Yangcheng County, Shangcai County, Chu State, which had been occupied by the Qin army, a man with
Heifu is similar in age. In order to avoid the spread of the war, the Chen family's concubine children who left their hometown and migrated to Huaibei with their clansmen suddenly sneezed several times without warning...
Looking back at his hometown that was getting farther and farther away, the young man tightened his brown clothes tightly, his eyes full of worry.
He was just a sidekick of the Chen family, no different from a servant. After arriving in Huaibei, he didn't even know what he had to do to make a living.
"The swans flying south will eventually return, but I don't know if Chen Sheng will be able to return to Yangcheng in his lifetime?"