Chapter 35 Chapter 1 Meeting Wen Wang Jichang of the Zhou Dynasty

Rugged mountain roads, heavy rain. Near Chaoge City, the capital of the Shang Dynasty, Wu Huan was walking down the mountain. But before this trip, he had passed a Yijing hexagram, and knew who he had met before. Qian hexagram, for the father, for the sky, for the king. According to his conversation with the strange person Lei Zhenzi, the person he is most likely to meet up front is Ji Chang, the leader of the Zhou Clan, "Xi Bo". After walking for a while, the rain tended to get bigger and bigger. Just now when it was raining, Wu Huan asked Da Ye Zi to weave a rain hat, but the raindrops became heavier and heavier, and her body was almost completely soaked.

Fortunately, the mountain in front seemed to have come to an end, and a forest on the mountain appeared again. Wu Huan touched the leaves that were about to be damaged by the rain, and walked quickly towards the forest. However, there is a huge recess at the end of the mountain wall, which is a good place to shelter from the rain.Moreover, at that moment, in that dark shelter from the rain, a group of people were already hiding in darkness. Thinking of the hexagram just now, Wu Huan secretly said: "It's accurate!" Then she nodded to those people who were hiding from the rain, and also dodged into the hollow.

There were about seven or eight people in that group, and when they entered the hollow, their eyes couldn't get used to it. Wuhuan squinted her eyes, sat down in a dry place, and wiped the drops of water from her face and hair. Among the group of people, one or two big men saw him coming in and moved as if they wanted to say something, but they were blocked by a thin old man. Wu Huan took a closer look, secretly sizing up the appearance of these people for a while, and when he saw the old man, he almost couldn't help but scream out. Because the old man's eyebrows and appearance looked like a person who had been with Wuhuan for more than ten years!

He looks very much like Wu Kui's father-in-law who raised Wu Huan! Wu Huan looked at the old man in a daze, and couldn't help but get lost in ecstasy. The old man's eyes were so radiant that they seemed to glow phosphorescent even in the dark recesses.Not long after, he felt Wuhuan's gaze. The old man gave him a cold look, and said a few words in the ear of a big man, who nodded and walked over. "Bro." Wu Huan was startled, and then replied embarrassingly: "Yes." The big man turned his head and pointed at the group of people: "My master invites you to go over and talk about it."

Although the big man's appearance is rough and bold, his words are quite polite, and his words are also quite polite.Wuhuan nodded and walked over. Among the group of people, apart from the old man's extraordinary demeanor, sitting among the crowd was a fat old man with slender eyes and huge earlobes. leader of people. Wu Huan suddenly became a teenager and wanted to show off his abilities, so he bowed his hands respectfully without waiting for those people to open their mouths. "My son has seen Xibo." As soon as this remark came out, everyone changed their colors one after another, and some people instinctively touched their bodies, as if they were about to take out something.The old man raised his eyebrows even more, his eyes stared straight at Wuhuan.

Wu Huan also felt a little regretful when she said this, thinking of the grievances between Xi Bo and King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, and now appearing in this remote mountain for no reason, she said so much, after all, she was causing herself some trouble for no reason. Sure enough, at this moment, those big men all looked gloomy, as if they were just waiting for an order before they would take action. The old man snorted coldly, then slowly closed his eyes again, and was about to raise his hand. Suddenly, the fat old man smiled and waved to Wuhuan. "Come on, brother, come to me."

Hearing what he said, the old man was slightly surprised, opened his eyes again, and signaled those big men not to act rashly. And Wu Huan also breathed a sigh of relief quietly, vaguely knowing that he might have walked around the gate of hell just now. The old man smiled and said: "Brother! You didn't come from Chaoge City to harm me, did you?" Wu Huan shook his head quickly. "No, I'm just an ordinary person." "That's interesting!" The obese old man said with a smile: "Then how do you know that I am Xibo? We seem to be just traveling merchants! Have you seen me in Xiqi City?"

"I've never been to Xiqi," Wu Huan said, "I haven't seen you either." "Then how do you know that I belong to Xibo just by looking at it?" "I use calculations." "Forget it?" The obese old man's eyes lit up. His attitude was calm before, but now his eyes shone with the eagerness of a boy. "I want to hear how you calculated it?" "When I came here, a flying man told me that he was looking for his father, Xibo Jichang," Wu Huan said, "He also said his name was Lei Zhenzi." "Lei Zhenzi?" The obese old man asked curiously, "Isn't that the child I picked up during the thunderstorm in the wilderness at night? How did it become a flying man?"

"He said it was because..." But the fat old man interrupted him before he could finish speaking. "Let's talk about Lei Zhenzi's matter later, let's talk about how you calculated it first," the fat old man said solemnly: "You have to tell a reason, if you talk nonsense, I will not easily tolerate it." "After I met Lei Zhenzi, my heart moved, and I made a divination of the Yi hexagram myself..." "What did you find?" The old man hurriedly asked, "What hexagram?" "What I found was a 'dry'." "Qian Gua..." The old man muttered, "Then...how did you figure out that I am Xibo?"

"The hexagrams say that the one who does it is the father and the sky, and the father is the king. This is the first point," Wu Huan said frankly, "the hexagrams also say that if you see a dragon in the field, you will see the lord. I think, Xibo Not long ago, I was imprisoned in a prison. A Western prince was imprisoned in a cell. Isn’t it just a dragon trapped in a field? My lord, of course, I have the opportunity to meet high-ranking people. Combining these things, I already knew that I would meet Xibo on this road, that is you." The old man laughed loudly, as if meeting a rare bosom friend.

"Okay, okay, I have been imprisoned in a dark place for the past few years, and today I am the happiest laughing," he nodded in approval and said, "Young man, you are really extraordinary, and I won't lie to you anymore, I really am' Xibo Jichang," he said, pointing to the skinny old man again: "This is the pillar of our Xiqi, the military advisor of our army, Ziya." The skinny old man nodded his head, but did not speak. Wu Huan looked at him again, and said in a daze, "Is the surname Jiang the military advisor?" Xibo Jichang wondered: "This is so strange, did you also figure it out?" "No, no," Wu Huan said, shaking his hand, "Your child once had a teacher, who seemed to have a deep relationship with a military teacher, so he asked rashly." The old man Jiang Ziya shook his head slowly, and said: "Jiang Ziya has been alone since he was a child, and he has never had parents or brothers." "My elder's name is Jiang Wukui, and he said that he had a twin brother," Wu Huan said, "We have been dependent on each other since we were young, but we were killed by a goblin in Kunlun when we were young, so we don't know what happened..." "Ziya, the elder of this young man is also surnamed Jiang!" Ji Chang laughed and said, "Didn't you join Yuanshi Tianzun's sect when you were young? Maybe this person is really your elder brother!" "Maybe it is!" Jiang Ziya said expressionlessly: "It's been too long, maybe I have forgotten." Seeing his expression like this, Wu Huan couldn't say anything more, but the words that Wu Kui's father-in-law explained during his illness many years ago still clearly surfaced in his mind at this moment. "Military Master, no matter whether Eunuch Wu Kui is your real brother or not, there is a saying that I must bring with you." Jiang Ziya let out a "hmm", noncommittal. "Eunuch Wukui said, if one day I meet his brother Ziya," Wu Huan said loudly, "I must tell him that Eunuch Wukui did not abandon him back then, and I will be in my heart for decades to come." , and always thinking about him.” Jiang Ziya's body shook slightly, as if recalling some long-ago memory, he was stunned for a while, and then whispered: "Thank you, brother." Ji Chang listened for a long while, and then he said with a smile: "I will talk about these old things in the future, there are still many opportunities! Brother, come here, I have something to ask." "What's up?" "These hexagrams in the Book of Changes are things that I have studied very hard on a daily basis. I claim to have studied them a lot, and there are few inaccuracies in divination." Ji Chang said: "But I am the head of the clan. This kind of knowledge is very accessible to people, why is my brother quite insightful at such a young age?" Wu Huan thought for a while, and then said: "I saw these in a grotto," Wu Huan said, "It's the knowledge left by a teacher of mine before his death." "Oh?" Ji Chang raised his eyebrows, interested: "What kind of record is that?" "I couldn't explain it for a while," Wu Huan said with a smile, "My teacher's background is also very strange, I don't know how to explain it to you." "Let's just say this is the Yi Gua." Ji Chang took out the tortoise shell and the line sign from his bosom, "I usually burn incense and pray for divination, and set fire to the armor, but I think my little brother can do divination in a hurry. Do you know what it means?" Wu Huan said with a smile: "My way of divination is different from yours. The child has no other things on him, only a few coins, so I have to use coins to divination." "This way," Ji Chang pondered, "wouldn't it be disrespectful to ghosts and gods? Will the result of divination be useful?" "According to what my teacher said, divination has no direct connection with ghosts and gods. There seem to be many intertwined relationships between the heavens and the earth. There are also such sayings in my teacher's records..." Wu Huan said fluently: "'A square inch can be used for the universe', 'A grain of sand can be used for three thousand worlds'." Ji Chang repeated his words carefully, and his eyes gradually shone. "Well said!" He said appreciatively, "What else did he say? I would like to hear more about it, I would like to hear about it!" After a pause, he seemed to feel that this question was not direct enough, and asked hastily: "What did he say?" Did you say anything about Yi Gua?" "But I don't know what kind of reason Xibo's understanding of Yi Gua is based on?" "The eight trigrams are the number of the heaven and the earth, the Taiji is square and round, the yin and yang are alternate, the two appearances produce the four images, and the four images produce the eight trigrams. The eight trigrams are also Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, and Kun. Sixty-four, you can easily count the sixty-four hexagrams, and each hexagram has a corresponding name," Ji Chang said fluently: "Memorize the hexagrams by heart, sign them with tortoise shells and lines, and then use gold, wood, water, The combination of fire and earth, which is the principle of mutual generation and restraint, enables one to know the good and bad of all things in the world." "My teacher's theory of easy numbers is not as detailed as Jia Xibo's. Just like me, I only remember the names of the sixty-four hexagrams and the corresponding numbers of each hexagram, but I remember the words of the other hexagrams in a scattered manner. " "That's my question," Ji Chang said with a smile, "I think Ji Chang has been studying Yi Gua for decades, and I don't know how many sixty-four hexagrams and hexagrams. Barely able to memorize all the hexagrams, a child like you can't memorize even one out of ten, even if a child like you is born, how can you judge things based on hexagrams?" Wuhuan didn't feel embarrassed when he made fun of him, but just smiled heartily. "Xiebo is right. Wu Huan really didn't remember everything, and my teacher didn't write down all the lines, but he did write down a sentence." "What words?" "In a word, remember it as: 'Return to nature'." "Return to nature?" Xibo Jichang murmured to himself suspiciously. He was originally an extremely smart person, but when he heard it, an unprecedented scene faintly appeared in his heart.Because of this, his laughter stopped abruptly, and he smoothed his beard with trembling hands, "I would like to hear more about it." "My teacher said that there is an ultimate principle among all things, and it is also closely linked and closely connected. The pain of the human body can be reflected in nature, and the stars in the sky can also reflect the blessings and misfortunes of the world. The hexagrams are dead. , Putting doubts in nature is the only way to live.” "For example..." "For example, if the human body is heavy, it will get sick over time. If the body eats too much food and water, the body will excrete it. The same is true for the wind, clouds, thunder, and rain in the sky. After a long drought, the water vapor in the sky cannot be vented, so heavy rain will inevitably fall. After the heavy rain, the sky will be cleared suddenly after the water vapor is exhausted. human disease." "Okay, okay, kid," Ji Chang said with a happy smile, "Your words have cleared up a lot of my doubts, but let's not just talk, let me do a divination, and you come and tell me what you think about it's good or bad luck. " Wu Huan thought for a while, then nodded hesitantly: "I'll try." Xibo Jichang smiled slightly and started divination. Wuhuan quietly watched the letter take shape, but nodded secretly. Xun up and down, is a "little animal" hexagram. "My explanation is," Ji Chang preemptively said: "There is a saying in the Yao Ci, Xiao Hu, Heng, I am in the western suburbs, which means that the Xiao Hu hexagram is an auspicious hexagram, which is good for prosperity and good for me in the west. Right? " Wuhuan looked at the hexagram, and then at the heavy rain outside the cave. "I don't know if it's an auspicious hexagram," he said quietly, "but if, as my teacher said, go back to nature, please take a look at Xibo." Wu Huan found a stone on the ground and drew Traces, "Sunda is the wind, which belongs to wood, and dryness is the sky, which belongs to gold, and wood and gold are mutually restraining. The wind is in the sky, sweeping up thousands of layers of clouds, but there is no sign of rain. Therefore, it is a scene of dense clouds and no rain." "It's cloudy and it's not raining, so what?" "It means that although there is a little energy, it is still far from the day of achievement, and you must work harder. You have a strong tailwind to help, but the raindrops are still hidden in the clouds, so there is still room for success." Difficult, but it implies the momentum of success, but it cannot be forced out for a while, but the saying of "beneficial to Xi" is correct. This hexagram is an auspicious hexagram for Xiqi, but the auspicious sign cannot be revealed for a while. That’s all,” Wu Huan said, “How does Xibo feel when I explain it this way?” Ji Chang laughed. "I was really enlightened today! Ziya Ziya, do you think this little brother is a great talent?" Jiang Ziya remained expressionless, but nodded: "He is indeed an extraordinary child." "Brother," Ji Chang laughed happily for a while, and then the laughter stopped slowly, and then he said seriously: "Will you go to Xiqi with me, and join hands to seek happiness for all people in the world?" Wu Huan was taken aback: "Huh?" "I think, since you and I treat each other with sincerity, I won't lie to you anymore. Now that the emperor Zhou has no way, and I return to Xiqi this time, I will raise righteous teachers to fight against this licentious and immoral emperor for the people of the world! " Ji Chang said with great emotion: "This is my destiny, and it is also the decree of God given by Kunlun God!" "Kunlun God's decree?" After all, Wu Huan was young, and he couldn't help but feel amused and curious when he heard such a statement, "What is that?" "In addition to promoting righteous teachers, Ziya also got the destiny from the Kunlun God, which proves that we have obtained the destiny of heaven for raising teachers like this. Ziya, show him that thing." Jiang Ziya looked at Wuhuan with some hesitation. "This..." he murmured, "Xibo, you..." Ji Chang laughed loudly: "This little brother has extraordinary knowledge, maybe even better than you and me. Are you still worried about him doing the treacherous tricks of the vulgar world? It doesn't matter."