Chapter 34 1. Cao Pi fortune-telling

In the past few days, Cao Pi's mood is quite clear, because of the relationship between the "Shu Zheng Fu", his father Cao Cao praised him a few words "mature and prudent" and "clear about current affairs".While he was secretly happy, after all, he was still worried about his father's preference for Cao Zhi, and he was always paying attention to how to "take advantage of the victory" to win his father's favor again. He recently heard Zhen Mi and Fang Ying whispering in the boudoir that there was an expert in the Qingyun Temple in the eastern suburbs of Xudu City. He called himself "Xuanjizi" and was very effective in divination. Baizhong, immortals come back to life".After Cao Pi heard this, his heart moved secretly, so he picked a free day, secretly changed into a simple Confucian uniform, dressed up as a wanderer from a poor family, and went to Qingyun Temple alone to look for the "Xuanjizi" expert Zhanwen The future is good and bad.

Qingyun Temple is located on Qixia Peak, 40 miles away from the eastern suburbs of Xudu City. Surrounded by mountains and lingering with clear streams, the environment is very quiet.The halls in the temple are dense and the houses are continuous. During the period, bamboos are shaded and green cypresses are interspersed. Cao Pi entered the mountain gate and came all the way to Laojun’s hall. From afar, he saw two pairs of yellow silk brocade couplets hanging high at the gate of the hall, each embroidered with two lines of big characters. , on the right is "Heqing Haiyan, pray for the peace of the people".He took a quiet look, then looked deeply inside, and saw figures rising and falling, cigarettes billowing, and bells ringing in the main hall of the Laojun's palace. It must be that the scholars and people of this area are holding a grand ceremony of worship and are extremely busy.He had studied the teachings of Confucianism since he was a child, and he had never been interested in the mysticism of this school, so he stood on the porch outside the door and did not go in to participate in Jishou.He thought to himself, this ordinary person is really stupid. If he wants to "clear the river and make the world peaceful", he doesn't know how to pray to the emperor of the Han Dynasty and my father, but to pray and worship this clay and wood statue of the old king. ?Can this Taishang Laojun come down from the incense table and wipe out those princes and rebels for you, and give you a peaceful life?It's ridiculous!

So, as soon as he lifted his foot, he walked to the row of clean rooms on the right side of Laojun Hall, hoping to find a Taoist boy and ask where the "Xuanjizi" was.Looking forward to several clean rooms, there was no one in them.He was secretly disappointed, and was about to turn around and visit the row of clean rooms on the left side of the Laojun Hall, but he heard a clear and pure voice behind him: ...Do it diligently, day and night.After three years of crouching, travel far away with ease.It doesn't burn when crossing the fire, and doesn't get wet when it enters the water.Survive or perish, live happily ever after.When Taoism is accomplished, it is time to lurk.Taiyi was summoned and moved to Zhongzhou.When the merits are full, the picture is received...

Cao Pi heard that the recited words were very strange, so he couldn't help but stop, listened quietly, and heard the voice slowly chanting: In the past, the Yellow Emperor was born as a god, weak but able to speak, young and sloppy, long and sensitive, mature and ascended to the sky... The ancient people, who knew, the law is based on yin and yang, and it is based on the art of numbering, and the food and drink are restrained. , live with permanence, do not work rashly, so you can have both form and spirit, and you will live your entire life, and you will go to a hundred years old... Hearing this, Cao Pi suddenly remembered that these words and sentences came from the authentic classic "Huang Di Nei Jing", not the secret and false words of heresy.With a thought in his mind, he turned around and walked slowly towards the clean room.

He had just stepped close to the threshold of the clean room, and heard the voice recite inside: "The green energy surges in like a cloud, covering the red sun and turning it into yellow clouds!" Upon hearing this, Cao Pi's heart moved again.Why did the words and sentences after this become a little bit of a godsend again?I thought that there was a gentleman sitting here who was knowledgeable and enlightened, but I never thought that he would also say such ridiculous words.This, should we enter the room and interview him?When he was hesitating, the person in the clean room slowly chanted again: "Sweep the clean room to treat the distinguished guests, but the guests are suspicious outside the door!"

Cao Pi heard it clearly, and without any further hesitation, he stretched out his hand and patted the door lightly: "Xiaosheng is rude and rude for disturbing the master's meditation." The door of the room was ajar, but with a slap of his palm, it opened to the left and right.Cao Pi looked in, and saw a young Taoist priest in feather clothes and a star crown, with a spirit and spirit, sitting leisurely, with an ebony whisk in his hand gently brushing the table of the incense table in front of him, and said to him with a smile: "Young master, You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Cao Pi saw that he seemed to be very familiar with him, and his speech was generous and natural, without any sense of strangeness or restraint.He couldn't help murmuring: "This... this Taoist priest, did Xiaosheng know you before?" "Xuanjizi, I woke up this morning and heard the magpies on the branches outside the window singing joyously. After a calculation, I knew that you, a noble man, will come to give advice at this moment, so I have already prepared tea early, waiting for you to come in and talk about it." .” The young Taoist looked respectful, stretched out the ebony whisk and pointed at the table in front of him.Sure enough, two steaming cups of tea had already been placed there.

"You...you are 'Xuanjizi'?" Cao Pi was stunned, "Xiaosheng is a student from a poor family, not a noble person, Taoist priest, did you admit the wrong person?" "Hahaha! Young master, you don't have to hide it, how can I get it wrong?" Xuanjizi flicked the ebony whisk in his hand, and a breeze swayed the tea fragrance in all directions. The techniques of divination and fortune-telling are omnipotent and proficient in everything. How can I not know the true face of you, a nobleman? Although you are dressed in plain clothes and elegant, but above your head, you have the aura of a nobleman soaring to the heavens , such as a rainbow and a neon, it can be seen clearly, how can it be wrong?"

"Aristocratic air?" Cao Pi was startled secretly, but he didn't relax his mouth, "Xiaosheng is really a poor man, how can there be such a 'noble air' on his head?" "Only the body of a nobleman can have the air of a nobleman. My son, you are also a person who has read a lot of scriptures. You should remember that when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Xiang Yu's counselor Fan Zeng once said that Liu Bang's head was like a dragon and a tiger. The color is colorful, and it is the aura of the Son of Heaven'? You should also remember that when Wang Mang usurped the rebellion, some warlocks saw that there was a brilliant red aura in the sky over Nanyang where Emperor Guangwu lived?" Xuanjizi was not annoyed by him. Pretentiousness is still a matter of style, "Ordinary people, it is impossible to get this kind of noble aura... The aura of noble people is the wonder of talent and the auspiciousness of heaven. Who can fabricate it?"

Hearing his eloquence, Cao Pi secretly felt a little bit suspicious, and pretended to ask: "Then please ask the boss, what color and shape does Xiaosheng's head look like? What's the sign?" "People are asking questions outside the door, and their hearts are running indoors. If you want to hear Xuanji's words, please come in." Xuanjizi didn't answer immediately, but just chanted a verse to him with a smile. Cao Pi blushed, so he stepped into the clean room, closed the door gently with his backhand, walked to Xuanjizi and sat down in front of Xuanjizi. Xuanjizi waited for him to sit down, then slowly waved the ebony whisk in his hand, opened his eyes, glowing brightly, and looked at him: "Young master, there is a misty green aura above your head like The cover is gathered together and covered, circling up and down, it is wonderful -- it is actually the only aura of nobility seen since the colorful aura on the head of Emperor Gaozu and the bright red aura on the head of Emperor Guangwu!"

"Wh...what? Green air?" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, "Five-colored air, brilliant red air, green air like cover... noble air...you...what do you mean?" Xuanjizi's expression changed, he stared at him and read two famous sayings gently: "Tao, can be said, very Tao; name, can be named, very famous." Then he avoided his questioning gaze, and sighed leisurely "Young master, you just need to remember what I said today. There are some mysteries, the time has not yet come, so you can't talk too deeply, and don't need to break them easily. On the day you should understand, you will naturally understand. " Cao Pi sat there and listened in a daze. After a while, he snorted out of his nostrils, thinking: Good you Taoist priest!In the end, you were teasing me in a roundabout way!If you continue to play tricks like this, I'm not in the mood to stay with you any longer!At that moment, his face darkened suddenly, and he said coldly: "This Taoist priest is so unreasonable! Since you are teasing Xiaosheng like this, Xiaosheng has no choice but to leave!" After finishing speaking, he stood up and was about to stand up and leave. go. "I... How dare I tease you? I am teasing you, that is a serious crime." Hearing Cao Pi's words, Xuanjizi's face changed drastically, and his voice was a little out of tune with panic, "Today's Taoist meeting , once the court is divided into monarchs and ministers.——In the future, the wealth and lives of dozens of people in Xiamanmen will be tied to your thoughts!" "That's all! Don't talk about this 'nobility'!" Cao Pi waved his right hand and interrupted him, "Master Xuanji, Xiaosheng has always heard that you are magical and effective in divination. Today is I’m here to ask you about your future.” "Since you have this order, how dare you disobey?" Xuanjizi was silent for a while, and answered slowly. Cao Pi thought for a while: Everyone said that this mystery is "a hundred calculations and a hundred hits, the reincarnation of the gods", but those are just rumors, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.I asked him for fortune-telling, so I had to not have a partial belief of "preconceived ideas" and be deceived by his rhetoric.You should think of a way to test him out!If you ask him to predict things in the future, I am afraid that he will spout nonsense again, and he can't find factual evidence to verify it. Naturally, he will not be able to distinguish right from wrong... By the way, you can ask him about your past. , In this way, we can find the existing examples one by one and check them against his assertions, and we will be foolproof. So, with a firm mind, he asked the Xuanji: "Well, the first few questions of Xiaosheng only ask about the past, and you can judge accordingly; if you make the right judgment, Xiaosheng will reward you heavily; If you have lost something, then don’t blame Xiaosheng for turning you over to the government to punish you for the crime of ‘confusing people’!” "My lord met me, so it's not surprising to have such doubts." Xuanjizi nodded and said, "If you have any questions that need to be resolved by me, just ask!" "Well, Taoist priest, let's first figure out what books and scriptures the young student has studied? How is his academic and literary talent? Can he pass the imperial examination?" Cao Pi asked a tricky and weird question as soon as he opened his mouth.Since ancient times, fortune tellers can probably only predict people's poverty, high and low, life and death, but they seem to have never heard of anyone who can infer academic talents.He sneered secretly in his heart, let's see how you, a "mystery boy", can solve this problem... Xuanjizi sat opposite him, looked at his face for a moment, suddenly waved the dust in his hand, and said calmly: "My lord, you have clear eyebrows and long eyes, which correspond to the "star of Wenqu" listed in the sky. Good omen; so you can write poems at the age of eight, and you have a deep understanding of Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci" and Sima Xiangru's wonderful Fu at the age of ten, but you don't pay much attention to the study of classics. This is nothing to worry about What annoys you, just because you are a great talent from the sky, rich and honored, and you don't need to use the way of literati to raise people to become an official to stand in the world!" "Don't you need to use the way of literati to raise people to become an official?" Cao Pi was startled, as if he didn't quite understand. "Not only that, but my son, you will be able to be a master and guide the heroes in the future, and all scholars and scholars in the world will regard your personal praise as a great honor!" Xuanjizi said seriously. Hearing this, Cao Pi was a little confused again, but he knew clearly in his heart: this Xuanji said that he "could write poems when he was only eight years old, and he had a deep understanding of Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci" and Sima Xiangru's "Chu Ci" by the age of ten. Miao Fu", and even his shortcoming of "not paying much attention to the academic foundation of classics" is an ironclad fact! He pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Master Daoist, how many brothers do you have in Xiaosheng's family? What is Xiaosheng's age among brothers?" Xuanjizi heard the question, raised his eyes to stare at him for a moment, and then slowly replied: "Young master, the situation of your brothers is a bit complicated. There are three brothers with the same father and the same mother as you, and more than twenty brothers with the same father and different mother. People, and you are now the oldest among the brothers in your mansion, and you are the eldest son!" As soon as this remark came out, Cao Pi couldn't help being shocked.There are indeed three brothers with the same father and the same mother—Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong, but Cao Xiong died of a violent illness the year before last; the father also has more than twenty sons, which means that he also has two sons. More than a dozen brothers with the same father and different mothers—this young Taoist indeed has some knowledge, and he is not wrong at all. While he was meditating, Xuanjizi waved the ebony whisk lightly in his hand, laughed and said: "That's all! That's all! My son, the question you asked is just an ordinary thing that ordinary people can hear and see. That's all. I want to tell you a very secret statement to you, would you like to listen to it?" "It's okay to talk about Taoist priests." Cao Pi felt a little more respect for him at this moment. "Based on my congenital Yili face counting technique, my son, you have a thick face, and you are born with the virtue of Wutu Huangzhong. If I did not make a mistake in my deduction, you should have a cloud-shaped birthmark on your abdomen, and at the same time, you should have a birthmark in the middle of your chest. There is a cinnabar red mole, I wonder if I am right?" After hearing this, Cao Pi's complexion changed dramatically.Don't say that outsiders absolutely don't know about such personal secrets, even my own brothers may not understand so clearly.And this mysterious machine actually pierces through the words without any mistakes, isn't it a god and a man?He was stunned for a long time before he bowed to Xuanjizi and said, "The Taoist priest really deserves to be called 'rebirth of a hundred calculations and immortals'! Xiaosheng admires it very much!" Xuanjizi held the ebony whisk in his hand, smiled all over his face, and nodded in silence. Cao Pi straightened up suddenly, straightened his face, and said earnestly to Xuanjizi: "Daoist... Daoist...Xiaosheng has been troubled and distressed recently, and I hope you can help me tide over the difficulties!" "I already know what you mean by the 'worrying and troublesome things'." Under the cover of the greenery outside the window, Xuanjizi's face suddenly showed an inexplicable mystery and profoundness, "Ah...my lord, you really It is the noble fate of 'the father is the son of the father', 'the phoenix follows the phoenix', and the 'kun follows the qian'. You can sit and enjoy the blessings of the foundation..." Hearing this, Cao Pi was secretly pleasantly surprised, and felt that every word and every word of the Taoist priest seemed to speak to his heart.Just when he was secretly happy, the Xuanji's tone suddenly changed, and he let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that the 'shoulder-to-shoulder' relationship in your fate is too prosperous, and it is likely to interfere with your inheritance. In the past four or five years, you will If you stand under a dangerous rock, you must always be cautious and cautious. If you overcome this difficulty, you will be blessed and precious; if you cannot overcome it, everything will be over! " Hearing this, Cao Pi's heart felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, and there was a burst of "buzz" in his ears--I saw his face was pale, his hands were almost squeezing blood from his palms, and he asked mutteringly. : "This... this... Taoist priest, but... is there any remedy?" "Remedy? Remedy?" Xuanjizi murmured, looking up and down his face for half a stick of incense, suddenly it seemed to be shining brightly, as if he had found some rare treasure from his face, Surprised and said, "Oh! I missed a place just now. The 'God-given nobleman's mole' on your right cheek was born by such a coincidence! Sigh... It’s really a destiny in the sky! God has arranged so many disasters for you, and at the same time, at your most critical moment, he has sent you a "God-sent nobleman" to help you save yourself from danger...God has really treated you well!" "Wh...what...what is the 'God-given Noble Mole'?" Cao Pi hastily stretched out his palm and touched his right cheek, "It...what does it do?...it...it can save Xiaosheng's fate ?……" "This 'Heaven-given Noble Man' mole' is actually a sign of good fortune and good fortune! Get this auspicious mole, and you are destined to have a relationship with a noble person who has both virtue and ability, and can help you out of trouble. And in the end, with his great help, everything you want will come true, and you will succeed!" Xuanjizi pointed to the small mole on his right cheek, and said to him with a very solemn expression, "My lord, I hope you We must cherish this 'divine gifted nobleman', seize the critical opportunity of these four or five years, be cautious and make steady progress, and in the end, we will be able to soar into the heavens and make great achievements!" "Heaven-sent nobleman? God-sent nobleman? I want to cherish this heaven-sent nobleman?" Cao Pi sat paralyzed on the seat, his mood suddenly boiled like boiling water in a hot pot, and suddenly he was turbulent like waves on the sea. He just kept muttering to himself, "But who is this 'God-sent nobleman'? Where is he? Where should I go to find him?" "This 'God-given nobleman' is far away and close in front of you. Whoever is helping you get closer to the goal in your heart is the 'Tianzhi nobleman'." Xuanjizi's voice suddenly seemed a little erratic, as if it was gradually fading to a place far, far away... Cao Pi suddenly opened his eyes wide, jumped up from the seat, stood in the room and looked around blankly, but saw that the clean room was empty - at some point, Xuanjizi disappeared, only Fang Jishang and two people were left. A cup of tea was so cold that there was no trace of heat. Everything seems to be a mysterious dream...