Chapter 35 Section 2 Destiny

In the third year of Emperor Dihuang, the long-lost Liu Xiu finally returned to our sight. He chose to appear in front of a house in Wancheng, the capital of Nanyang County, on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Standing side by side with him was his brother-in-law Deng Chen. , elder brother Liu Yan, and Liu Yan's guests, a group of more than ten people, all with swords and swords, full of yang energy. The gate of the house was closed tightly. Liu Yan stepped forward and knocked on the door softly and respectfully. Seeing that there was still no response, he gradually increased his force. Finally, he simply pounded on the door with his fists until holes were made on the door. Then there was a boy He came to answer the door, and before Liu Yan could open his mouth, he said as if reciting a script: "Mr. is sick, and I don't see any guests. Please come back."

Liu Yan and his entourage came all the way from Chongling, how could the boy be dismissed easily with just one word, and after beating the door for a long time, he felt very unhappy, so he immediately reported his name and said: "If your husband sees it, let's go. If you don't see me, don't blame me for setting fire to the house." The boy burst into tears in fright, and while crying, he ran back to report, and after a while, he ran back crying again, saying, "Mr. suddenly recovered from his illness." Liu Yanhaha Laughing loudly, he led the crowd in, walked through two courtyards, and saw an old gentleman waiting with folded hands in front of the main hall steps.The old man was tall and thin, with a white beard and long eyebrows. Although the weather was cold, he was only wearing single clothes. He looked at Liu Yan and the others, and asked with a smile, "You are the ones who want to set fire to the house?"

Liu Yan is considered a celebrity in Nanyang County anyway, and he is usually begged by others to see him. Today, he finally took the initiative to meet people, but he was rejected as soon as he came up, his self-esteem was greatly damaged, and he immediately replied angrily: "So what?" The old man smiled and said, "If I were you, I would never set fire to the house today." "why?" "Because there will be heavy rain today." Liu Yan laughed out loud, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear, how could it be raining?The old man was not in a hurry, he slowly stretched out his hand forward, spread his palms, and suddenly raindrops really began to fall from the sky, the raindrops gradually fell faster and faster, turning into raindrops and flying up.Liu Yan turned pale in shock, and changed his face to the old gentleman and said: "Cai Shaogong is indeed a god. The boy was ignorant and abrupt, and I hope you will forgive me."

The old man is exactly the legendary Cai Shaogong, who is proficient in astrology and divination, and all the predictions he made in his life have all come true. He is the most admired god and man in Nanyang County.Cai Shaogong let Liu Yan and others into the main hall, divided the guests and hosts to sit down, and ordered the boy to light the lamp.Everyone was amazed, what kind of lights should they light in broad daylight? The rain outside the door was getting stronger, and soon it was pouring down. The torrential rain beat the roof tiles like a leather whip, and the sky became darker and darker. After a while, it was already pitch black outside the door, which made the lights in the house extraordinarily bright.Everyone became more and more horrified. They looked at each other, and they all felt gloomy and weird.

The heavy rain separated the outside world, and everyone seemed to be on an isolated island, guarding the flickering lights, facing the mysterious aura, everything in the world seemed meaningless, and the only thing left was a deep curiosity about fate .In the boundless silence, even Liu Yan, who has always been bold, did not dare to speak loudly, so he explained his purpose to Cai Shaogong softly, saying: "Mr. Cai Shaogong looked at Liu Yan and the others, his face full of compassion, and said: "You are all young, you shouldn't tell fortunes. Once you tell your fortunes, you will be timid and bound your hands and feet."

Liu Yan presented the generous gift that had been prepared long ago, and insisted: "Sir, I will listen to you. Don't refuse, sir." Cai Shaogong had no choice but to sigh: "There are three human lives, one is the right life, the second is to follow the life, and the third is to suffer the fate. Which fate do you want to ask?" Liu Yandao: "What's the difference between these three lives?" Cai Shaogong said: "Those who live the right life are born with nature and are born with it. When their parents conceive, the misfortunes and fortunes of the poor and the poor will be determined early in the future. This is right life. Those who follow the fate will work hard to achieve good fortune and indulge in lust. When evil disasters come, the so-called good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. This is to follow orders. Those who are ordered to do good will get evil, which is not what they expected. Fate." In today's terms, right fate is determined by your innate genes, following your fate is determined by your acquired behavior, and suffering your fate is determined by the chaos of the universe.Righteous destiny, following destiny, and suffering destiny, the trinity together constitute a person's complete destiny.

Liu Yandao: "Then ask about righteous fate." Cai Shaogong shook his head and said, "It's not the right question." I had no choice but to say: "Then I will ask you to be ordered." Cai Shaogong nodded and said: "That's why you should ask." After a pause, he said again: "Since ancient times, in troubled times, it is better to follow orders than to follow orders, and to follow orders is worse than to be ordered. To give the simplest example, in the first battle of Changping, Qin According to the logic, among these 400,000 people, there must be many who should not die according to the righteous fate, and there must also be many who should be blessed according to the fate, but they all died on the same day. If you are spared, why not? To be ordered is a great thing. Now the world is about to be in chaos, and the only thing that matters is to be ordered."

Liu Yandao: "Dare to ask sir, what should we do if we are ordered?" Cai Shaogong said: "Righteous fate depends on parents, following orders depends on people, and fate depends on heaven. Heaven should not be questioned!" Well, Cai Shaogong went around in circles for a long time, but he didn't say anything.Liu Yan refused to give up, and begged Cai Shaogong to say something more anyway.Cai Shaogong sighed, and said: "I don't know, what you really want to ask is who will own the world in the future." Liu Yan couldn't help being anxious and happy when Cai Shaogong broke his mind. Please make it clear, sir." Cai Shaogong closed his eyes and said, "Liu Xiu should be the emperor."

Usually a sorcerer makes a prophecy, just like Li Shangyin's poems. He prefers to be vague and vague, and his words are clouded and foggy. He can give various explanations, thereby increasing the probability of fulfillment.Cai Shaogong's prophecy, however, referred to his name and surname, and he was decisive, and he did not leave any way out for himself, so when he said a word, everyone in the audience was shocked.Liu Yan couldn't help asking: "What the master said, is it referring to Liu Xiu (namely Liu Xin), the master of the country?" Cai Shaogong closed his eyes and did not answer as if he had never heard of it.

Liu Xiu has been observing Cai Shaogong since he took his seat.It can be seen that Cai Shaogong must have been very handsome when he was young, and he had attracted countless women, but now Cai Shaogong can only be regarded as a trickster at best, even though he successfully predicted the rainstorm as soon as he came up, Liu Xiu is still full of heart for him I don't trust him, thinking that he is just pretending to be a ghost to deceive the world.Liu Xiu looked modest on the outside, but he was a cynical youth in his heart. Therefore, when Cai Shaogong predicted that Liu Xiu would be the emperor, Liu Xiu couldn't help blurting out, teasingly: "Could it be that you are talking about me, sir?"

When everyone heard this, they roared with laughter.Liu Yan glared at Liu Xiu, and reprimanded: "Don't mess around in front of Mister." Then he asked Cai Shaogong: "Mr. is referring to Liu Xiu, the Master of the State?" Cai Shaogong said: "There are more than ten million people who are famous as Liu Xiu in the world. Only God knows who it is." Although he was answering Liu Yan, his eyes were always looking at Liu Xiu, and he continued: "Although it is destined, But it also takes hard work. If you believe in destiny but don’t take action, thinking that you can be self-satisfied without doing it, you can achieve it without doing it, and you can achieve it without doing it, it’s a big fallacy.” Liu Xiu's heart trembled when he was watched by Cai Shaogong. He suddenly felt that he was a little frivolous when he squeezed Cai Shaogong right just now. Cai Shaogong was clearly hinting and warning him something, but he refused to say it clearly. Could it be? Cai Shaogong really thinks that he is going to be the emperor, just like Qiang Hua said when he was in Taixue that he has the appearance of an emperor?Liu Xiu was perplexed, and just as he was about to ask Cai Shaogong for further confirmation, Cai Shaogong had already summoned the boy and turned off the lamp. As the lights went out, the darkness outside quickly poured in, and it was already impossible to see your fingers.Everyone panicked for a while, and the sound of rain outside the door gradually stopped, and the sky began to brighten. When everyone looked around again, Cai Shaogong had long since disappeared. Liu Yan and others walked out of the room and looked up, only to see the scorching sun shining brightly in the sky. Looking back on what they had just experienced, it seemed like a dream.