Mr. Feng Shui of the Republic of China

It was rare for the master and apprentice to meet each other, but Xia Jingsheng was absent-minded. For some reason today, he was always restless.

The premonition that something is going to happen, the feeling of uneasiness is getting stronger and stronger.

Saying goodbye to Ling Xiaozi, Xia Jingsheng was about to return to Xia's house when he suddenly heard a burst of discussion beside him.

"Have you heard? There is a worker in Xiahe Electric Lamp Factory who can't ask for wages and wants to jump into the river!"

"It's just ahead, let's go, hurry up and have a look."

Xia Jingsheng frowned, and walked forward following the flow of people.

Xia Jingsheng asked Ah Bao beside him, "What's ahead?"

"It's the Wilson Bridge invested and built by the Asian Bridge Company." A Bao pushed aside the crowd and opened a way for Xia Jingsheng.

Under the Wilson Bridge is the fast-flowing river, and a worker in the uniform of Xiahe Factory stands by the bridge, crying incessantly.

"Boss Xia and the wages are in arrears. Now the wife and children are waiting to use the money. I have nothing to do."

Xia Jingsheng looked around and saw the police officer Ye Henglang who happened to be there.

At this moment, Ye Henglang was trying to communicate with the worker, but his face was stern, and he was wearing a uniform, with an inhuman appearance.Seeing him approaching step by step, the worker panicked and yelled hoarsely: "Don't come here, I will jump down!"

Seeing this, Ye Henglang stopped in his tracks.He rarely softened his voice: "The wages owed by the factory can still be recovered. If you committed suicide, what should you do with your wife and children?"

These words hit the worker's sore spot, and he said loudly, "If you don't have money, you're still living like a ghost. Let's hug each other and die together!"

Ye Henglang saw "This road is blocked", and changed the subject again: "How old is your child?"

When the child was mentioned, the worker finally calmed down a bit, and said in a hoarse voice: "After the new year, I will be five years old."

Ye Henglang: "If you jump off, the child will lose his father, so what a child."

When the worker heard this, he really showed a look of embarrassment.

But after a short while, he said in despair: "Without wages, even if I don't jump now, I will always starve to death. Why don't I just jump from here, and I'll be clean after a while."

Ye Henglang said loudly: "I promise, as long as you get on and off the bridge, I will definitely get your wages back for you."

"How can you guarantee that your patrol house and the Xia family have colluded, and we have asked for help several times, but you just ignore it." The worker said excitedly, "The Xia family never thought of paying us wages!"

As he spoke, he looked at the turbulent river and was about to jump off.

Xia Jingsheng stood among the crowd and said loudly, "Who said the Xia family won't pay you?"

For a moment, everyone looked at Xia Jingsheng.

Someone recognized him and excitedly said, "It's the young master of the Xia family!"

At the same time, the workers on the bridge looked at Xia Jingsheng suspiciously: "Are you the young master of the Xia family?"

"I am." Xia Jingsheng stood at the front of the line, "I assure you, the factory will definitely settle the wages in arrears."

The worker looked at Xia Jingsheng's determined expression, and then at the water flowing under him.

Suddenly felt a trace of panic.

When Ye Henglang saw that there was a door, he quietly walked behind the workers.

Seeing the worker's body shaking, Ye Henglang stretched out his hand and grabbed him firmly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the rescued workers, together with all the employees who were owed wages, surrounded Xia Jingsheng in the center.

"Young Master Xia, don't lie to us again, we are really desperate."

"If this continues, we will die sooner or later."

"We just want an explanation, and the second young master doesn't even give an accurate statement. We can't just waste it day in and day out."

The more Xia Jingsheng listened, the more his heart sank. Xia Jingrui's state is very wrong these days.

In the past, he was in charge of Xia He's affairs, big and small, and would always boast in front of Xia Jingsheng, but these days, he has become taciturn, often leaving early and returning late.

Ye Henglang finished his official duties and walked towards Xia Jingsheng in stride.

"Brother Heng Lang, it's thanks to you this time, if that person really jumped, I'm afraid things will be completely irreparable." Xia Jingsheng looked worried.

"Don't be so polite. This is my job. If you didn't stand up and make a guarantee, I wouldn't be able to save people."

Ye Henglang glanced at the wage asking slogans held by the workers, frowned and said, "Have you encountered difficulties in the operation of Xiahe Electric Lamp Factory?"

Xia Jingsheng shook his head: "I don't know either. Xia Jingrui has always handled the business of the Xia family, and there has never been a case of wage arrears before."

Ye Henglang thought for a while: "I heard that Xiahe wants to expand the new factory. I don't know if it has something to do with the expansion."

"Expansion?" Xia Jingsheng had never heard Xia Jingrui mention it.

Xia Jingsheng returned home with his thoughts in mind, and the atmosphere in the hall was stagnant.

Xia Jingrui didn't go back to the lamp factory, but was listening to the training with his head buried.

"Look at the ledger, just after opening a branch factory, the turnover has plummeted, how do you manage the factory!" Xia Gongcheng reprimanded mercilessly.

"Master, Jingrui just didn't do well for a while, so why are you so angry?" Aunt Xia advised from the side.

"You're used to it! A loving mother who loses her life! Xia He's reputation was built up bit by bit, but he was good, and it was ruined overnight."

Xia Jingsheng walked into the hall and took out the worker's salary request form from his sleeve.

Xia Gongcheng looked at the red letter asking for salary, his expression turned extremely ugly, and he pointed at Xia Jingrui with trembling hands: "Tell me the truth, how much wages do you owe?"

Xia Jingrui hesitated, "Workers... haven't been paid for two months..."

Xia Gongcheng almost couldn't catch his breath, Aunt Xia helped him to the side, and it took a lot of comforting before he recovered.

Xia Jingsheng said seriously, "You still haven't told the truth? What's going on?"

Xia Jingrui cried and said with a sad face: "I don't know, everything was fine at first, and the location of the branch factory was also decided. But since then, the equipment of the factory has always broken down, and there are other lamp factories with lower prices. We are low, and our turnover has fallen again and again, and now we are unable to make ends meet on the books."

Xia Gongcheng took Baoxin Dan with water and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"I... dare not... How did I know that Taoist temple would be so evil..." Xia Jingrui muttered.

"Taoist temple? What Taoist temple?!" Xia Jingsheng keenly sensed something was wrong.

"It's the Purple Cloud Temple in Jiangcheng, there are dirty things in there!" Xia Jingrui said, and grabbed Xia Jingsheng's hand, "Brother, I don't want to die, please help me, please help me!"

When Aunt Xia heard this, she also panicked, and managed to force some truth out of Xia Jingrui's mouth.

It turned out that there was a new wandering Taoist priest in the Purple Cloud Temple, who claimed to be Taoist Xianyun, who was best at calculating marriages.

Therefore, it is very popular with young women in Jiangcheng.

He Kaiqing also visited Taoist Xianyun with her friends, but she didn't believe the other party's words.

Xia Jingrui chased He Kaiqing closely, and heard He Kaiqing angrily denounce Xianyun Taoist as a liar several times.

But a few days ago, Xia Jingrui chose a site for Xia He's new factory, which happened to be right next to Ziyun Temple, Xia Jingrui stopped by Ziyun Temple, and met He Kaiqing who came with his friends.

This time, He Kaiqing changed her previous disdainful attitude and praised Taoist Xianyun full of praise.

Xia Jingrui sensed something was wrong, seeing He Kaiqing's friend was also puzzled, so he asked: "Kaiqing, in the past you hated Taoist Xianyun the most, why do you respect him so much today?"

He Kaiqing smiled and said: "In the past, I was ignorant of the truth. Now that I think about it, I realize that Taoist Xianyun is a first-class outsider. I came here specially to ask him for advice."

Xia Jingrui and that friend looked at each other, only lamented that He Kaiqing's mood was fickle.

Hearing this, Xia Jingsheng stood up immediately: "After this, have you seen He Kaiqing?"

Xia Jingrui nodded and said: "See, I walked around the temple, I have nothing to do, so I wanted to pay a visit to Taoist Xianyun, but I didn't want to bump into Kai Qing at the door."

"Kaiqing was so strange that she walked straight towards Taoist Ziyun's quiet room, and didn't respond to anyone who called her. I called her for a long time, but she didn't respond at all, as if she had been possessed by an evil spirit. It wasn't until I grabbed her hand that she turned to look at me, that look...really strange..."

Xia Jingrui thought about the wording, and for a moment didn't know how to describe it.

"The eyes are dull, the pupils are out of focus, neither sad nor happy..." Xia Jingsheng said suddenly.

"Yes!" Xia Jingrui patted his thigh, "Exactly like this feeling."

"Kaiqing turned her head around, but didn't answer me. She exerted force with her hands and retreated desperately. Every time I think about it, I feel horrified. A girl's family, I don't know where she came from so much strength, and she dragged me too She moved two steps. Fortunately, I squeezed her wrist hard, and she returned to normal." Xia Jingrui patted his chest.

At that moment, Taoist Xianyun walked out of the room slowly.Xia Jingrui originally thought that such a famous Taoist priest must be an elderly man with gray hair.

But he never thought that Taoist Xianyun's face was so young that people couldn't see his actual age.

"Mr. Xia." The moment Taoist Xianyun saw Xia Jingrui, he knew his identity.

This surprised Xia Jingrui, and he couldn't help but believe in Taoist Xianyun's true talents and learning.

"Miss He." Taoist Xianyun nodded to He Kaiqing again.

He Kaiqing's eyes flashed, and she twitched in a rare way, her cheeks were blushing.

Alarm bells rang in Xia Jingrui's heart, and hurriedly dragged He Kaiqing away.

Xia Jingsheng asked: "After that, has He Kaiqing ever been to Ziyun Temple?"

"How would I know about the girl's family affairs. But she hasn't been in Jiangcheng recently, and I heard that a friend who was studying abroad invited her to play in the north." Xia Jingrui said.

Xia Jingsheng heaved a sigh of relief, but Xia Gongcheng was rather impatient: "I've been talking about this for a long time, why on earth did you lose your family business to such a degree?"

"Father, please stay calm and listen to me." Xia Jingrui sighed, "Since then, I have been looking for an opportunity to pay a visit to Taoist Xianyun, and finally found time to meet him."

Xia Jingrui just wanted to test Taoist Xianyun's abilities, see if he could find a way out, and plan for future business development, but he never thought that he would hit it off with Taoist Xianyun at first sight, and the two had a very happy conversation.

When Taoist Xianyun learned that he opened his new factory near Ziyun Temple, he immediately welcomed him.

"He said that Ziyun Temple is a treasured place of geomantic omen in Jiangcheng. It gathers auspiciousness from all directions. If the factory is located here, the business will definitely prosper. How could I have imagined that it would become what it is today!" Xia Jingrui said aggrievedly.

Xia Jingsheng raised his forehead and said, "He lied to you."

"What?!" Xia Jingrui was startled, "He said it so confidently, how could he lie to me?!"

"As the saying goes, the front of the temple is poor and the back is lonely. From ancient times to the present, temples and Taoist temples are surrounded by evil spirits. If you build Xiahe's new factory next to the Taoist temple, how can your business flourish?"

Xia Jingrui was dumbfounded: "Then why...?"

"Just now you said that there are dirty things in Ziyun Temple, you must have encountered something strange." Xia Jingsheng said.

Xia Jingrui's face turned pale, and he murmured: "There is a bamboo forest behind Ziyun Temple. I met a woman in that bamboo forest."

The girl was extremely beautiful, her appearance was somewhat similar to He Kaiqing, but her temperament was completely different.

He Kaiqing is cheerful, pungent, and assertive by nature, but that woman is as gentle as water.

Xia Jingrui couldn't forget seeing it, the woman told Xia Jingrui that she would visit the temple every month, and the two took this opportunity to have a tryst in the bamboo forest.

"Ridiculous! You rebellious son! You actually did such a disregard for propriety, righteousness and shame!" Xia Gongcheng cursed angrily.

Xia Jingrui was nervous and angry at the same time, his face was flushed red by the accusation, he was ashamed for a while, and he actually let go of his anger.

In an instant, the hall was full of chickens and dogs.

Aunt Xia wailed loudly, and Xia Gongcheng sighed loudly.

Xia Jingrui passed out, so it was impossible to ask questions. Aunt Xia tried her best to protect Xia Jingrui, pointed at Xia Jingsheng and shouted, "Get out! It's you who wanted to question Jingrui and made Jingrui look like this!"

Xia Jingsheng frowned slightly: "Auntie, Xia Jingrui's fainting this time is probably related to the dirty things he encountered. The medicine prescribed by ordinary doctors may not be effective. Are you sure you want me to go?!"

Aunt Xia was startled, thinking of all kinds of weird symptoms on her son, she stopped talking.

Xia Jingsheng stepped forward, lifted Xia Jingrui's eyelids, took a look, and felt his pulse again.

As soon as Xia Jingrui's pulse was detected, Xia Jingsheng's brows did not loosen again. Aunt Xia watched her heart skip a beat, and asked anxiously, "How is it?"

"His viscera have suffered a lot. This is by no means a natural disease, but rather, he was deprived of his lifespan."

The last person with this symptom was He Kaisheng, the adopted son of the He family.

When Aunt Xia heard this, she rolled her eyes and was about to pass out, but fortunately, the maid who served her personally supported her in time, and helped to press the acupoints for a long time before she managed to hold on and not fall down.

At this point, Aunt Xia had lost her mind and looked at Xia Jingsheng in panic, "Jingsheng, Auntie, please, Jingrui is your younger brother, you must find a way to save him."

Xia Jingsheng didn't answer.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Aunt Xia's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys all ached, she cried mournfully, and stayed by Xia Jingrui's bed, refusing to leave.

Xia Jingsheng sighed, took out a talisman paper from his sleeve, mixed it with talisman water and asked Xia Jingrui to drink it.

Not long after, Xia Jingrui slowly opened his eyes. He was so flustered that he grabbed Aunt Xia's hand.

Before he could speak, tears flowed down his face.