Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

In this way, Lao Cai went to the

private school for a few years, his knowledge was so-so, and he developed a romantic temperament, as long as he had spare money, he went to patronize the hook column, lingered with the prostitute, and sang some nonsense bad poems and distortions, the prostitute flattered him gradually and arrogantly to Liu Yong, people were very happy and sad, and once again had a spare amount of money for the New Year, and the son of the big family in the city was jealous for a small Qing official, how could the boy be good-tempered, picked up the porcelain bowl on the spot, and scratched the bowl mouth to his face, this scene is Lao Cai's nightmare that he couldn't sleep for a long time for ten years, how many times he woke up in the middle of the night and howled, heart-wrenching remorse, and his face was broken, There is an unwritten rule in the Ming officialdom, the name of the imperial examination and the first person to the national character face is better, the face is too ugly to hinder the court's decent view, Lao Cai is not only ugly, but a murderer, even Mr. persuaded him to break the idea of scientific examination, and find another way out as soon as possible.

The Cai family and his wife were heartbroken, complaining about the fortune teller back then, who came to the door to ask the teacher, and the fortune teller was afraid that the couple would be angry and smashed the signboard on the spot, and in desperation, he said that he was willing to accept this son as an apprentice, and passed on the secret art of fortune telling, which is also a means of making a living.

In those years, he was young and vigorous, and from time to time he

said to his friends to take revenge, these words came into the ears of the head of the big family, and the old man looked for Siyan to have a thousand days of anti-thief truth, so he found a local broken settlement, and seduced Lao Cai, who was still in the world at the time, to play in the casino every day, but he actually owed a huge debt of usury in a month, and his parents sold their ancestral business was still not enough to pay off. Lao Cai's guy is a man's big tofu, so he has to escape from the city overnight. The big family thought that such a stupid boy ran away alone, or was deceived and sold as a slave by gangsters, or froze to death and starved to death on the side of the road, so he didn't pay attention to it anymore.

For more than ten years, drunken dreams and memories from the beginning, the cowardly young man in the past has become a drunkard who is not confused, the so-called skill is not worried, the fortune-telling technique passed down by the master, with the endorsement kung fu he has practiced in the private school for several years, it is really difficult to give up, with this livelihood, he settled down in the place of Xianghe, and gradually became famous, and it was not bad to be muddy. It's just that the past flashes in my mind, and my heart is like a knife, and I can't stand it, and when I can't stand it, I can only buy drunk self-pity, and be a worry-free fairy in the wine glass. In this way, it is actually a bit of a worldly master, and when Qunli Road in the city sees this, it is inevitable that it is unfathomable, and the fortune-telling business is becoming more and more prosperous.

"Fortunately, starvation,

fortunately, starvation. Drinking on an empty stomach is particularly intoxicating, Lao Cai drank the pot of wine that Dongyu had hidden before breaking the city, the last drop, no, there was half a drop, he stretched out his tongue and licked it at the mouth of the bottle, and became proud: "The so-called rather starve to death, you can't help but eat wine." "

After laughing wildly, he was about to get up from the chair, his elbow slipped off the handle of the chair, and his back slammed into the back of the chair, the blow was not light, and even he was out of breath, coughing incessantly, the color of pain rose on his cheeks, and gradually solidified, and the pretended forced laughter was difficult to deceive himself, at this moment he only felt that everything in the world was tasteless, and his eyes were full of remorse, hating his enemies, and hating himself even more.

"If I knew this, I should have taken revenge, and I would have died like that as a hero, hahahaha. Lao Cai burst into tears and laughed wildly, and the back of his head slammed on the back of the chair, making a sound like a drumbeat.

At this moment, a light from outside the door penetrated through the crack in the door, just past his unruly cheeks. Lao Cai was slightly stunned, thinking that the back of his head hit Venus, and suddenly his eyes were dazzled, he glanced at the window, and determined that someone must be walking this way. Besides, it is not reasonable to come to beg for money at night, the price of food has been higher by more than forty percent recently, and the families in the city often hear that there are people who have died of starvation, and the thieves and robbers have not stopped for a day, and the dark and windy streets and alleys are not very peaceful at night, and the landlord wants to pick this time to collect the house money, and he will hit the street on the way back.

"Is there anyone in it, is there a human being? Hearing someone making such a noise from afar, Lao Cai snorted coldly, who is so rude outside the door, calling the door and asking whether the people in the house are alive or dead, so he said angrily: "If you have a fart, let it go." He listened to the movement outside the door, and estimated that a lot of people had come.

"Oh, the fortune teller in there is still alive. The voice outside the door was quite unexpected, this area is the most ferocious realm of the plague, it seems that the fortune teller really has a bit of a magic doorway, thinking of this can't help but show joy, it seems that he will not run in vain.

When everyone walked to the door, they saw that Lao Cai's scar and evil face poked out, only saying that the master with strange skills must have a different appearance, and they didn't care about the terrifying appearance.

"What's the matter, what's the matter of making noise and yelling, disturbing my practice. Lao Cai asked unhappily.

"Old sir, there are fox demons in the city. Someone said.

"Cut, the fox demon possessed the body, that is to find a Taoist, a monk can also be, I am not a monk or a Taoist, where do you come from. Lao Cai was so hungry that he just wanted to wait for death with peace of mind, so he excused himself again and again.

"No, no, where to find a Taoist monk in the city at this time, I can't find it, you just go and see, everyone has no idea, you still know a little. "There are people who don't give up.

"Oh, is the fox demon possessed, then I want to take a look, and I'll go when I have the wine and food. Lao Cai thought about it and felt that he could still get some food, so why not do it.

"Okay, please. "

Located in the north of the city, there is a very small mountain peach forest in the Ganye Temple, a low hut is lush with light and shadow, a

small body sits on the grass, the pair of smart eyes flickered in the light and shadow moving with the wind, a little cunning, and a little frightened, Bai Xiaoru gradually woke up, people said that the fox demon possessed her is her, everyone looked at her in awe, as if as long as she recited a spell, she could immediately kill this group of people.

"Say I'm a fox, it's very good, I'm a fox, whoever dares to bully me, the old lady will kill me. Bai Xiaoru secretly said with a fierce face, she couldn't help but like this wonderful abrupt encounter after experiencing abuse.

In front of the steps of Ganye Temple, Lao Cai got down from the sedan chair, suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, his body was shaking and pounced, and he swallowed the sour gas gushing out of his stomach, and calmed down. "

"Hmph. The rich Zhang Wei snorted coldly, this hateful-looking fortune teller Lao Cai shouted that he had eaten wine when he went out, and his feet were floating and he couldn't walk. It's easy to carry a sedan chair, and you have to eat on the road, these three more in the middle of the night, and it's not a meal, so it's easy to find him an overnight bun, but his mother is too hard, if it weren't for this demon fox to attract the plague, the mana is really terrifying, everyone finally didn't dare to tie the knot indiscriminately, and the monk and Taoist priest could not be found in the city, so I had to beg this bird, but if I could find a nun, I threw this guy into the stinky ditch on the side of the road to relieve my anger.

Everyone flocked to Lao Cai into the peach forest,

Lao Cai's eyes peeked left and right, and when he saw this battle, he couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart, the Taoist priest cut the peach wood for the sword, and used it to subdue the demon and eliminate the demon, the world only said that the peach wood was a demon, and he remembered that this mountain peach forest or the fox demon could be suppressed, and he actually specially invited Bai Xiaoru into the forest, and the peach trees around him were densely pasted with Taoist talismans, and the branches were hung with various temple weapons.

"This person is panicked, shouldn't he be a powerful goblin, no, Zi Bu is silent, and I am used to pretending to be a ghost, but I am just an ordinary man. Thinking of this, Lao Cai settled down and moved forward boldly.

The smoke lingered in front of him, the hut under the moon was independent, Lao Cai's heart was secretly numb, and he was afraid that a big white fox would suddenly pop out of it, but at this moment, he must not show his timidity, Xu is wine is strong and cowardly, he laughed dryly, stretched out his hand to push open the door of the house, and through the dappled firelight, he saw a little girl lying on the grass looking at him in shock.

"Are you Bai Xiaoru? Lao Cai is sure in his heart, he is not a demon after all, and he doesn't seem to be a real fox demon. Luckily, I'll be able to eat in the future.

Zhang Wei prides himself on being a hero, how can he be left behind, so he followed up with a deep frown and a foot. This hut is usually the laundry room of the temple monks, because it is not a conspicuous place on the façade and repaired a little hastily, the four walls have no windows, and all are bare wood, the laundry room is naturally humid and heavy, the material of the wooden wall is not exquisite, deformed by moisture, rotten and defective, the wall is full of holes and dilapidated, and the moonlight outside the wall penetrates into the gap, shining on Bai Xiaoru's paddy field clothes, and the glow is shining.

"Well, who are you, sir. Bai Xiaoru's family is well-off, and she has also been trained in etiquette since she was a child, two strangers broke in and bumped into her sleeping posture, her face turned red, she got up from the grass hurriedly, bent her knees slightly, and respectfully performed a thousand blessings, her heart was inevitably annoyed, but she didn't dare to speak out.

"Oh, Cai is a poor fortune teller, just call me Mr. Cai. Lao Cai said.

"Mr. Cai. Bai Xiaoru bowed again and said crisply.

Lao Cai Xin said: This girl doesn't seem to be difficult to get along with, so it's easy to do. Then he said: "I'll tell you your fortune, don't be afraid, just tell the truth." "

"Brother Cai, can fortune tellers figure out the origin of her monster? Zhang Wei asked confusedly.

"Fourth Master Zhang, don't blame, I can only tell fortunes, not catch demons. Lao Cai glanced back at Zhang Wei, and said very innocently.

"Hey, you, okay, you count, count. Zhang Wei urged impatiently, knowing that this guy surnamed Cai would not use it, he would not give him the bun, now that the price of food is soaring, a new bun that is not rancid or smelly, and the new bun that came out of the cage on the same day is not cheap.

"Well, report it. Lao Cai took out a book from his arms, sat down cross-legged, and put the book on his lap.

"What is this?" Zhang Wei couldn't help but be curious and asked.

"Hey, this book has been passed down from my master,

called "Heavenly Fortune Telling Book", but unfortunately it is not the original, nor is my master's book, they are all manuscripts, and it is impossible to test which dynasty it was originally from, but it is known that it has been passed down by the ancestors for more than 70 generations. The family that depends on the livelihood of the family is even carried close to him. I don't dare to slack off on this business today, and take it out to check it word by word to avoid bias. Lao Cai Zhengse replied.

"Ah, this, that's the best, hey, you get the torches closer, the light is not enough. Zhang Wei couldn't help but be in awe when he heard him say so carefully, and turned back and called on the rest of the people to brighten up the room.

Bai Xiaoru reported her birthday.

"Have you ever told your fortune? Lao Cai opened the book, calculated word by word, and asked again.

"In the past, rushing to the temple fair was counted as a life, and I see that you are quite familiar. Bai Xiaoru glanced at Lao Cai carefully and replied, she knew that this fortune telling was related to her own life, so she thought about selling the one in front of her.

"That's not right, according to the mantra in the book, Bingxin's age is looking for Geng, Ding Renren Yin flows down the river, strange things, strange things. Lao Cai held the book and pinched and calculated, and after a cup of tea, he finally raised his head and muttered.

"What does that mean? Someone outside the door couldn't help but ask.

"It means that she should have had a good life, especially in the Bailu Festival to take water with God, Daji, Ding Renren Yin flows down the water, don't you understand, look at what is written in this book clearly and smoothly. Lao Cai held up the fortune-telling book.

"Yes, yes, there is. Zhang Wei nodded again and again, he watched carefully from beginning to end on the side, and did not see any fraud on Lao Cai, he was just impressed in his heart, sure enough, fortune telling is a university question.

"I used to tell my fortune like this at the temple fair, and I also said that my life was good, but my mother died, and now I am helpless, woo. Bai Xiaoru became sad as she spoke, crying and sobbing.

"Ah~, it's not good, yes, it's going to die. Lao Cai suddenly shouted in a trembling voice, and this sharp breaking sound frightened the people around him, including Bai Xiaoru.

"I knew she was possessed by a fox demon. Zhang Wei stretched out his finger to Bai Xiaoru, and his eyes were fierce.

"Shut up, don't dare to talk nonsense, you need to know that trouble comes from your mouth. Lao Cai was shocked when he heard this, dodged and pounced on Zhang Wei, covered his mouth, and warned the rest of the people outside the door with a gloomy face. At this moment, there was a strange coo, Lao Cai gasped, and looked around with a stunned look, which caused the rest of the people around him to be terrified.