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From this day onwards, a Taoist priest with suspicious behavior, strange speech, and madness appeared outside Yanmen Pass.Especially the ballads in his mouth are very weird.

"Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, West, and Eastern Han Dynasties, Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, and Ten Kingdoms, Liao, Song, Xia, Jin, and Ming and Qing Dynasties..."

"Wait..." Qin Qiong was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly asked, "What does this mean?"

"The secret must not be revealed." Lu Zhongming gave Qin Qiong an unpredictable look.

Qin Qiong said: "Xia, Shang and Zhou are the three ancient dynasties?"

Lu Zhongming: "Children can be taught!"

Luo Shixin: "..."

Qin Qiong: "Then came the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties... Sui."

"Rotten wood can be carved!" Lu Zhongming nodded repeatedly.

Luo Shixin originally only felt that Lu Zhongming was pretending to be a ghost, but when he said this, he seemed to have a deeper meaning, squinting his eyes and said: "The Empress of Sui is Tang?"

"Yes." Lu Zhongming smiled.

"What's the mess behind it?" At this time, Qin Qiong's concern for Lu Zhongming's ballad was not its strangeness and ridiculousness, but its meaning.

"After the Anshi Rebellion in Tang Dynasty, it was a situation of separatism among the heroes." Lu Zhongming explained seriously: "However, nearly 300 years have passed since now, and a few decades later, a man surnamed Zhao ruled the world for the Song Dynasty. , Several countries coexisted for Liao, Song, Xia and Jin. Then they were destroyed by foreign invasion. A hundred years later, some people expelled Tatars and established Ming Dynasty. After Ming Dynasty, it died in Qing Dynasty. After Qing Dynasty, it was the Republic of China. "

"...The secret must not be revealed, hehe." Lu Zhongming smiled cunningly, and stood outside the inn door with a banner.

Luo Shixin squatted, Qin Qiong stood, Lu Zhongming only read his dynasty poems occasionally, Qin Qiong said: "Are you serious?"

"If you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it." Lu Zhongming said.

Luo Shidao: "You don't care if he's real or scaring people, we won't be able to see it until then."

"That's right." Lu Zhongming found that Luo Shixin's character and Lao Tzu's Taoist thoughts always coincided with each other. If you think too much, it is better not to think about it. Bandai."

"That's right." Qin Qiong said.

Luo Shidao: "I don't know if it will be forever or not, but right now, I think you are so soliciting business, you might as well grab it."

Lu Zhongming said: "Trust me, there is always a way."

Although the ballad is crazy, it sounds extraordinary. The key point is that within a day, everyone in Dai County remembered the ballad. When Lu Zhongming was walking on the road with banners, there were many children following him. He sang "Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Western, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties..."

Bingzhou is the weakest place to be monitored by the imperial court. The Hu tribe gathers and the fish and dragons are mixed together. Yang Guang is really battered in dealing with the rebels. He has almost no intention to manage this place.Lu Zhongming is confident that if he continues to sing like this, sooner or later, it will reach someone's ears, and the one who has to wait is the individual.

At this time, Bingzhou was also the least affected by the war, and all ethnic groups outside the Great Wall reached a tacit agreement here, either by bartering or inquiring about news.Lv Zhongming and his party were three people, going around to confuse the crowd with lies, most of them couldn't understand, and sometimes they listened to it as a joke, but no one came to ask.

So Lu Zhongming set up a stall under Yanmen Pass, counted his fate, and learned a little bit of Hetu Luoshu at home, as well as the Taoist art of face-to-face and hand-to-hand. Learn that too.My father knew too much and profoundly. A soldier who marched and fought a war could compete with the famous generals of ancient times. He knew astronomy like the palm of his hand.Lu Zhongming learned a little bit of everything, but in the end he didn't learn anything.

Although it is not learned at the average level of the Xian family, it is enough to fool ordinary people.After all, they had to earn some money to support their family, so from this day on, the three of them had a clear division of labor.

Qin Qiong is in charge of managing accounts, taking money, buying vegetables, and shopping.

Luo Shixin was in charge of cooking and washing clothes for the three of them.

Lu Zhongming can't do anything, neither cooking nor housework and laundry, so he can only be responsible for making money and eating.

At the beginning, he was only worth three or five renminbi. He held people's palms and divination for others. After the divination, he often couldn't understand the divination, but only remembered the general idea. By pretending.Lu Zhongming tidied up and washed his head and face, but he was full of immortality.Most of the people in Bingzhou lived outside the Great Wall, their faces were covered with wind and frost, and their skin was roughened by the wind and sand. Lu Zhongming had red lips and white teeth, a well-dressed, dignified appearance, so some businessmen and people who passed by would come to him occasionally to ask for a divination. It's spending money to buy peace of mind.

"You're sick." Lu Zhongming said casually while making hexagrams.

"You are the only one who is sick." The man said angrily, "I came to see you to ask questions, you Taoist..."

"Not busy." Lu Zhongming said: "Are you dreaming a lot at night? Deficiency in both energy and blood?"

The man was stunned, and there were two luxuriously dressed attendants standing beside him. Lu Zhongming said again: "Working hard, narrow-minded, golden fire hexagram, thunder and fire eat each other, can't tolerate people, and there are quarrels. Go back and find the Tao Te Ching." Read, did your family quarrel? Lost you? Can't find your whereabouts?"

The man's expression changed immediately, and he hurriedly said, "Yes."

Lu Zhongming said: "Son? Eloped with a girl?"

"Yes." The man nodded hastily, and Lu Zhongming said: "Go to the west, walk along the official road, ask all the way, and you will find it naturally. After you find it, don't scold him anymore."

"Have you seen that little beast?!" the man doubted.

"No." Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "One tael of silver."

The man reluctantly took out a tael of silver and wanted to give it to Lu Zhongming, but he hesitated and said, "I haven't found him yet, so I can't give it to you."

Lu Zhongming smiled and said: "It's up to you, with your temper, even if you find him, you won't go back with you."

The man's face changed again, Lu Zhongming said: "I'll teach you another way, put the money in the bamboo tube, good boy."

The man threw the broken silver into the bamboo tube in front of the stall, and Lu Zhongming said: "The patriarch said, the house is full of gold and jade, and no one can keep it; the rich and the honor are arrogant, and you leave the blame. Retire after success, the way of heaven. I found it." In the future, tell him, agree to his marriage, whether you are willing to come back, don't worry about him, when the time is up, you will come back naturally."

"What's the way!" the man said angrily.

"Not more than a month, come back naturally." Lu Zhongming said with a smile.

But the servant behind the man said: "What the Taoist said is reasonable, Mr. Huang, let's go, it's important to find someone."

The man had no choice but to get up angrily and leave.

"How do you know his son eloped?" Qin Qiong asked.

Lu Zhongming leaned behind the stall, lazily basking in the sun, reached out his hand to take out the broken silver in the bamboo tube, and gave it to Luo Shixin, explaining: "He was in a hurry. He was obviously looking for someone. His family must have run away. Two people followed him. Boy, when I said he was 'sick', he didn't scold me, obviously he wasn't from his family. In this case, either his wife ran away, or his son and daughter ran away. Or his son kidnapped someone else's family. His daughter, or his daughter eloped with someone else's son."

Qin Qiong said, "It makes sense."

Luo Shidao: "How do you know it's your son?"

Lu Zhongming said: "I guess, the father has a bad temper, and the son naturally has a bad temper. The two fathers and sons are facing each other, so I asked if they are sons and daughters. Since they are sons, the two people behind him are sent by the woman's family to follow. I'm looking for someone's boy."

Qin Qiong said: "How about heading west?"

Lu Zhongming said: "This man came from the east and found the Yanmen Gate. There must be a clue. Since the clue is all the way to the west, my son should have left the Yanmen Gate."

Luo Shidao: "You don't have to be afraid that he won't find him and come back to trouble you."

"Isn't there still you two?" Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "Just beat him up."

"He's really a liar." Qin Qiong didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Lu Zhongming said: "In this world, most of the money-making businesses are deceitful. In a war, you win if you deceive others. To be emperor, you also win if you deceive the people of the world? Call it a day and call it a day." ,gone back."

While he was talking, another person came forward, clasped his fists and said, "Taoist priest, please trouble me."

This man is a young man with a very handsome appearance, which compares Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin. Although Lu Zhongming has delicate features, he is not as good as this man's majestic appearance and heroic spirit.Obviously a Sui Dynasty military attache who has been in the army for a long time.

"Please sit down." Lu Zhongming couldn't help guessing his background, Qin Qiong moved Luo Shixin with his elbow, motioning him to open his eyes to look at this person.

The general's hair was tied up casually, he was dressed in coarse clothes, with two sword eyebrows, and he was righteous.

"Your Excellency is coming from the east." Lu Zhongming looked at the hexagrams, but he couldn't understand, so he said indiscriminately.

"The Han people under Yanmen Pass." The man said flatly, "They all come from the east."

Lu Zhongming said: "Your Excellency joined the army on the march. Because of some things, he had to leave the army and come to the west to make a living."

"The Taoist priest has good eyesight." The man replied.

He did not say that Lu Zhongming was accurate in divination, but praised him for his "good eyesight". Obviously, this man also saw that Lu Zhongming's fortune-telling basically relied on guessing.

"Do you want to go south and join Li Yuan in Jinyang?" Lu Zhongming said for real this time, looking directly into the man's eyes.

When the general didn't speak, Lu Zhongming knew he had guessed right. The two sides pondered for a while, and the man said again: "There are people coming and going here, but what news is there from the south?"

Lu Zhongming smiled and said: "What news is there? The hexagram is like Lihuo, and Nanhuo defeats Xijin. Your Excellency wants to go south from here to seek a job and fight against the barbarians? It's just a random guess."

The military officer said again: "The Taoist may wish to talk about it, it is bad luck or good luck to go south."

Lu Zhongming said: "The one who voted for Jinyang is the wisest choice in the current chaos."

The military officer was silent, and Lu Zhongming laughed again: "Li Yuan...is a wise master. However, it depends on whether he can meet the wise master. Ming master's good generals are like clouds, even if they are in the harem, they are not favored. Isn't that It’s said in the hexagram, I’m just expressing my feelings.”

The military officer said: "Look at the two brothers behind you. They are also good-looking men. They should turn the tide and contribute to the common people. Why don't you go together?"

What the military officer said was to invite the three of them to go on the road together and go to Jinyang Mansion to join Li Yuan and seek an official position, but Lu Zhongming shook his head and said: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and it is not fun to be a tortoise wagging its head and tail in the mud Why don’t you stay, Xiongtai, and set up a fortune-telling stall with me, how about that?”

The military officer couldn't help but smile, Lu Zhongming said: "I'll send you a sentence, ten words, if you have it, you will benefit, if you don't, you will use it."

The military officer narrowed his eyes, looked at Lu Zhongming, and asked, "Why?"

Lu Zhongming smiled inscrutably and profoundly, and said: "It is better to be incompetent than capable. Come on, one tael of silver, and put in the coins yourself."

Military officer: "No."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin looked at each other, and the two thugs were about to be dispatched. However, Lu Zhongming saw the man in his twenties in front of him. Qin Qiong plus Luo Shixin, plus himself, can't beat this guy.He hurriedly raised his hand to signal Qin Qiong not to move.

"There is no money for fortune-telling." Lu Zhongming said with a smile: "Grandpa Patriarch, just give me some, I don't care, anyway, talking about it, it's not very good for Your Excellency."

The military officer said: "I really don't have any money. I pawn the jewelry and collect the travel expenses. I came here with me all the way. I don't know where to go. I feel hesitant. I am really ashamed. I came here today because I heard about the Yanmen Pass. I followed the nursery rhymes and followed the common people’s instructions to find this place. I thought that the Taoist priest could solve Li’s confusion. However, the last words of the Taoist priest really made Li think of a lot of things. I dare not forget the kindness of the guidance. , I only hate that I have no money, and there is really nothing I can do."

Lu Zhongming looked at the man surnamed Li and asked, "What's your name?"

The military officer replied: "Don't dare to say, so as not to hurt the Taoist priest."

Lu Zhongming knew that this person was probably also a wanted criminal, so he felt sympathy, reached into the bamboo tube in front of the stall, took out some broken silver, spread his hand, and handed it to the person.

"In the future, you can pay me back the money with interest." Lu Zhongming said with a smile.

The military officer wanted to resign, but Lu Zhongming insisted, so he put away the broken silver and replied: "Thank you, Daoist, see you again."

Said that military officer Bina got up and left, Luo Shi said: "What are you doing to give him money?"

Lu Zhongming: "Investment."

Luo Shixin: "???"

"Help him, and receive the kindness of others. You should repay him with a fountain. It's not easy for him. Maybe he can help us a lot in the future." Lu Zhongming turned his head and comforted him.

Qin Qiong said happily: "You just see that he is handsome."

Lu Zhongming was embarrassed, and Luo Shixin imitated Lu Zhongming's tone and said: "Brother is a good-looking talent. He is a dragon and a phoenix among people. He has no money to go on the road, and the Taoist priest still pays him money? How about staying as my face-to-face and setting up a stall with me to tell the fortune?" Then another He changed his voice, coughed, imitating the military commander's meticulous tone, and said solemnly: "Zhuo Jing treats Li with deep affection... let alone Long Yang, the little brother loves him, so I have to thank you..."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong burst into laughter.

Qin Qiong echoed: "That's right, brother, you have a new love, and it's really bad temper to ignore your old love."

Lu Zhongming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and then he thought about it: "What I said is, the younger brother has been taught, and he must be obsessed with the two elder brothers in the future, and he will never love other men again!"

During the conversation, the three of them laughed together, Lu Zhongming had no choice but to laugh, packed up his things, and went back to the inn.

Lu Zhongming talked nonsense, and the business has been getting better and better in the past few days, but setting up a stall here to tell fortunes is not a long-term solution after all.The three lived in the inn, Qin Qiong didn't mention what happened next, neither did Luo Shixin.Apart from setting up a stall with Lu Zhongming to tell fortunes every day, the rest of the time is spent selling some wine and buying some side dishes in the market, and the three of them ate and drank in the inn.

When Qin Qiong came back that day, he couldn't help mentioning the fortune-telling military officer again, and said, "He's going to vote for Li Yuan, and he doesn't know how his official career will be. How about we also go and see luck?"

"Now is not the time." Lu Zhongming replied: "When the time comes, they will naturally come to you."

Lu Zhongming knew that both Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong believed in him, and he would decide what happened in the future.But Lu Zhongming waited for two full months, but no one came to him.According to the assumption, someone should have heard the ballad and felt that Lu Zhongming knew the fate of the country, and someone like Li Yuan or Li Shimin would come here for consultation.

Once the leader of the rebel army finds himself, joins the rebel army, and then fights with the army, and fights to the south of the Yangtze River, he can get back the dragon scales that Yang Guang took away.

If it really doesn't work, self-recommendation is fine, but if you go to Jinyang, visit the door, and be a guest of Li's family, the treatment is not so bad at 01:30.As time passed, Lu Zhongming also doubted whether his strategy would work.

But according to the current situation, the problem of eating can be solved.After the winter, the first heavy snow fell outside Yanmen Pass, and Lu Zhongming did not go to fortune-telling anymore. He settled the rent for a month, and the inn was closed for business. It happened that when Lu Zhongming set up a fortune-telling stall, he met an old couple.

The old couple's son was arrested and his daughter-in-law died of dystocia. They were thinking of going to the Central Plains to join relatives. In addition to fortune-telling, Lu Zhongming also had a little knowledge of Qi and Huang. sick.

Lu Zhongming prescribed a side medicine for him, and it was healed in one post. The old couple were grateful for Lu Zhongming's kindness in curing the disease, and entrusted him with the house, so the three of them got a bungalow for nothing without spending any money.In a house in Linxiang in the east of the city, there is a small hall, two rooms, and a well behind it.

Lu Zhongming was very happy, moved in with Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin for the winter, and made plans for the next spring.After checking in that day, the three of them sat in the hall compartment, drinking and eating pork heads.

"This year, I'm afraid we can only wait and see what happens." Lu Zhongming poured wine for Luo Shixin and explained, "In the spring of next year, let's see how the rebels are doing, and then make plans."

"No rush." ​​Luo Shixin said calmly, "After fighting for many years, it's finally been a few days to live a peaceful life."

Qin Qiong said: "It's always good to spend more time thinking about it."

After drinking for a while, the three of them were lazy, Qin Qiong said: "I'll go upstairs to sleep for a while."

So Qin Qiong went back to the room and fell asleep, while Luo Shixin lay down by the stove to sleep.After drinking for a while, Lu Zhongming felt lazy, so he changed to tea and made some tea to drink.While he was thinking, the door suddenly slammed and shook loudly.

"Is anyone there?" A man's voice said from outside.

The door was closed with heavy snow this day, it was already the twelfth lunar month of winter, was it for medical treatment?Or a fortune teller?It must be a businessman passing through Yanmen Pass on his way, either going out of the fortress or entering the pass. Lu Zhongming stepped forward and opened the door. Following a gust of wind and snow, a tall man with a height of eight feet and a burly figure was swept in.

"Lu Daochang lives here?" the man asked as soon as he came in.

In a snowy day, there were still business visits, so Lu Zhongming said: "Unfortunate fate, I only predict the fate of the country, dear brother, please come back."

"Nonsense." The tall man laughed and said, "I saw you tell fortunes last month, and you can count anyone."

Luo Shixin woke up, and when he was about to scold the man, Lu Zhongming signaled that it was okay, and said with a smile: "Have you seen me?"

The man said: "I've seen you a few times in the market. It's just that you didn't notice me."

Lu Zhongming: "Since we met, why didn't you come earlier?"

The man said: "I didn't have money before, but now I have money."

Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "It's fate, let me give you a divination today, come, please sit down."

The man sat down, but he was a Xianbei man, his eyes were dark blue, like beautiful emeralds, his lips and nose were deeper and clearer than those of Han people, his skin color was not as fair as other Xianbei people, but a healthy bronze color.

This man has a straight nose, messy eyebrows, unkempt appearance, stubble still on his face, he is wearing a fur coat and a wolf's tail fur, in a snowy day, his upper body is only wearing a tiger leather jacket, With a strong chest and powerful arms.It seems that he has been exposed to the wind and the sun, his skin is dark, and he is a handsome man full of charm.

"Come." The Xianbei man smiled at Lu Zhongming, sat in front of him, and looked into his eyes.

The moment his eyes looked at Lu Zhongming, something seemed to move suddenly in Lu Zhongming's heart.

"I'll go..." Lu Zhongming came back to his senses and said, "Get the tortoise shell down, wait a moment."

Lu Zhongming was dizzy after drinking, and almost tripped when he went upstairs, the Xianbei man hurriedly said: "Be careful!"

Lu Zhongming was short of breath, he pulled the chair and sat down, his mouth felt parched, he collected himself and said, "I just drank some wine, brother, do you want some?"

After saying that Lu Zhongming handed him the jug, the Xianbei man took a sip, crossed his arms, looked at Lu Zhongming, and smiled meaningfully.

"How old are you this year?" Xianbei asked.

"Fifteen, almost sixteen." Lu Zhongming said.

The Xianbei people kept looking at Lu Zhongming, and smiled after a while: "Come with me."

"What?" Lu Zhongming asked while tidying up the tortoise shell, "Where are you going?"

Xianbei said humanely: "The wine here is not good, I will take you to play."

Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "Dear brother, you are joking. What do you want to calculate?"

Luo Shixin coughed, as if to remind Lu Zhongming, don't see my dear brother who is handsome and sticks to others, so Lu Zhongming had to pretend not to hear, and looked at the Xianbei man expectantly.

"You don't want to ask me what my name is?" Xianbei asked humanely.

Luo Shixin coughed again, and Lu Zhongming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Understood, I won't back him up, and I won't follow him."

The Xianbei man asked inexplicably, "What?"

"It's nothing." Lu Zhongming said casually, "Speak to my brother."

The Xianbei man stepped on the ground, pushed the stool back a little, looked at Luo Shixin who was lying down, then at Lu Zhongming, and asked, "Is that your brother?"

"Why are you so wordy?" Lu Zhongming couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Are you here to tell a fortune, or to find out my details?"

That Xianbei said humanely: "Forget it, I'm curious, I asked you for a fortune-telling. It's been almost a year since I came to Yanmenguan. I saw you set up a fortune-telling stall by the roadside, and I know you want a tael of silver."

Lu Zhongming said casually: "It's not like you need a tael of silver. For this kind of thing, you can do whatever you want... What's your brother's name?"

After finishing speaking, Lu Zhongming looked up at the Xianbei man.