Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 21 Trigrams
"By the way, should I do some divination? See which gambler can squeeze the most money from?"

[I have no objection, do you want to use playing cards? 】

"No, it's too troublesome. I have a simple solution." After finishing speaking, he took out the music box that Apollonia was carrying, and twisted the handle of the music box with his hands.

Mechanical gears, cycloidal wheels, oscillators, brass movement running in a brass case, the simple and harmonious movement of mechanical parts played Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".

Ode to Joy is a solemn 2/4 time.His footsteps followed suit.

The music box was in his pocket, thinking to himself.The movement was not small, but the entire casino was filled with the sound of roaring machines, noisier than a factory, and no one paid attention to the movement of the little music box in his pocket.

The music box unleashed the clockwork in circles, and Shangluo also walked aimlessly between the machines——finally, the music of "Ode to Joy" stopped, and he also stopped.

[What is the principle? 】

"This is used by the old emperor Jiajing. I heard it is very useful. He knocked the chime first in the abode, and then circled the gossip. When the chime stops, it counts wherever you go. You should compare the chime." Is it more effective?"

【maybe. 】

"Huh? Is this usage wrong?"

[Of course not.That card box is a magician's prop, and its function is to prophesy.When I was in that card box, I exhausted the 'possibilities' of that deck for predicting the future.But the music box is not used for prophecy. Putting me in it is just to play nice music.Maybe you want to let it happen?After all, fortune has been divined before, and maybe what you do is also part of the prophecy. 】

"Let's just leave it at that, it may not be useful if you are too utilitarian, let's find someone to take advantage of."

Shangluo found a seat near the parking place, and there were not many people around. Next to him was a middle-aged bald man who was staring at the pinball machine intently.

Wearing flip flops with a bald head, he tapped Erlang's legs and sat there with a large box of steel balls in his hands.He stuffed the steel balls into the machine one by one, and the steel balls were fired out one by one along the spring.

As long as you are lucky, a single steel ball can turn into a lot of steel balls.Only the tattoo of the bald head can be seen from the side, and it is impossible to judge whether the bald head is winning or losing based on the expression.

Shang Luo felt that "fate" had led him to the bald head, so he sat next to him.

"Young man, you're new to Las Vegas?" the bald man said, his voice sounded like he was about 40 years old, and his accent was surprisingly standard, it was Jinling Mandarin.

"Yes, I'm here to play." Shang Luo replied.

The bald head flicked the cigarette ash: "Oh~ It seems that you are talking about it as soon as you come in, it doesn't look like you are here to play.", regardless of the cigarette ash falling on the hard-to-clean carpet, as if it is not public property, but your own carpet.

"Eh... can you tell what I want to do?" Shang Luo felt a little guilty.

"If I'm not mistaken, you were divination just now? You're from Kinai, right?"

"Huh?" Shang Luo was taken aback for a moment, this guy could not be a spy of Jin Yiwei, could he?
"Can you actually see it?"

"Hehe, you are imitating the divination method of Emperor Shizong Jiajing. I heard that when he was refining alchemy, he used a chime to make hexagrams, and he stopped wherever he stopped. Although this is not a secret, people outside of Jinai are very familiar with it." Little do you know."

"How do you know?" Shang Luo tightened his pockets, ready to run if the situation was wrong.

"Well, I have read books in Nanjing city before and learned about related things. But that is all the past. By the way, I advise you not to play on this machine, it has flaws. I used to play on this machine The machine has been playing continuously for half a month, and the first prize has never been awarded once, and every time it is worth paying back."

It's a gambler, and it looks like a gambler who hasn't made any money.

There was no emotion in the bald man's words, and he seemed to be numb.But his body is still honestly throwing small steel balls into the machine, which shows that he has not given up on his own destiny.

This kind of gambler who has lost hope and is not yet desperate is Shangluo's perfect target.

"Uncle, since you know I can tell divinations, why don't you let me see your face?" Shang Luo has already prepared words such as Yintang blackening.

"Yes." The bald man turned his head around - under the dim light, a big blue face appeared in front of him impressively.The whole face is covered with strange and mysterious blue patterns, only two white eyes are exposed.

"What do you think of my face?" He said mockingly, "Or can you tell whether my face is black or not through tattoos? Well, my luck has been really bad."

He turned around: "You are here to make some money, right? I think you should know some Taoism. Otherwise, you can do the math for me and see how I can get a big prize. I'm just trying to have fun." .Anyway, it’s a vote for the ball machine, and it’s a vote for you.”

"Ahem!" Finally found the lines, Shang Luo coughed twice, "Yin Yang and Five Elements, ten hexagrams and nine spirits, if it doesn't work, you don't need money. I'll do the math for you first, and you'll pay if you get it right."

"Hmm, interesting." The bald head thought for a while and agreed.Anyway, his daily life is playing marbles, chatting with Shangluo can also relieve boredom.

"Okay, Pindao will help you make up a divination."

He asked Apollonia: "Hey, can you count?"

[Giving a hexagram image is trivial, but how to interpret the hexagram is actually more important.Interpret the hexagram yourself, I can only help you so far.Come on, draw a card. 】

Shangluo opened the box without shuffling the cards, but just randomly drew a card from inside.

Chapter 1, the two consecutive segments of the upper hexagram are Xunfeng.The next hexagram has three broken lines, which is a Kun hexagram.Shangxiaheyi is the 64th hexagram of the 20 hexagrams, the "Guan" hexagram.

"Well, this is your original hexagram." Shang Luo showed him a card.

"That's the end of it? You just pick one and it's the hexagram? I said, young man, fortune-telling stalls are not as simple as this!"

"Tsk, don't you understand? A true fortune teller often only needs a simple way of forming hexagrams. You see, the old emperor of Jiajing—the Emperor Longevity, Zhenjun Feiyuan, Emperor Zhongxiao, he just made up hexagrams at random. The hexagram is all about fate, and when the fate is reached, you can do whatever you want."

"Well, yes, so what does the hexagram say?"

"Don't worry, I'm helping you solve the hexagram."

Shang Luo pretended to read the mantra, and began to ask the meaning of Apollonia's hexagram in his heart.

[Hey, next time you can make up the hexagram.The hexagram words of Guan Gua are not recommended for washing, but there is Fu Yongruo.It means that after admiring the grand ceremony of pouring wine into the ground at the beginning of the sacrifice, there is no need to look at the ceremony of offering food later.Because you have seen where the 'Tao' is, there is no need to stick to the form. 】

"Looking at the hexagrams, it's not recommended to wash them, there's something wrong." Shang Luo shook his head and chanted, learning and selling, "This means that you should see your essence through phenomena. If you win money on the machine, the problem is not on the machine, you have to change your thinking. Your problem is more essential, don’t stay on the surface.”

(End of this chapter)