Chapter 37: Long-lasting mood

This day was the third day when Xu Changqing set up a fortune telling stall. His outfit was really not suitable for being a fortune teller, but instead he was a beggar. After these three days, there was no one who told him fortune, but the passers-by saw that he had pitiful money for giving him was quite a lot of money. It was still February, and the cold wind had not yet retreated. Xu Changqing sat in the eye of the street in a short jacket. Anyone who saw it felt sad and couldn't help but ask for some money to give him. Although he didn't like him fortune teller, there were many people who liked him. Every night he would deliberately let someone snatch it. The next day, the golden bell would automatically return to his hands, and those gangsters who snatched the bells would die and be disabled.

This golden bell can be regarded as an evil weapon, called the Mixin Bell. It is best at charming the mind, but the mysterious heart also divides the righteous and evil bells. The righteous bell leads people to goodness, and evil bells leads people to evil. All the idlers of the nine-rate generations will tie this bell to their braids and then use their natal skills to suppress the evil spirit in the bell. However, Xu Changqing had borrowed all the skills of the nine-rate idle people in the bell a year and a half ago, so that the evil spirit of the golden bells can spread out and affect people's hearts.

Since the golden bell contains the natal return spell engraved by the first generation of the owner of the charity house, whenever the bell leaves a distance or time, it will return to Xu Changqing's hands. Xu Changqing also uses this golden bell to make the gangsters suffer for themselves. In this way, there are fewer gangsters who are trying to make a living in the street of life, and the weirdness of Xu Changqing's golden bell spread quickly, causing many fewer people to secretly spy on them.

"Dinglingling" more than a dozen copper horns were thrown in front of Xu Changqing, and they were still the same pair of shoes, the same cheongsam, or the same woman. From the first day Xu Changqing sat here, he found that this cheongsam woman who had put a little bit of rouge came here to tell fortunes at a fixed time every day, and the fortune tellers he looked for were different every time. He heard from people around him that this woman was a very famous socialite in the clubs in the wealthy area. She should have been very wealthy, but for some reason she always came to such a gathering place for martial arts warriors to tell fortunes, instead of those fortune officials. Every time she told fortunes, she was counting when her husband would come back. Her husband was arrested by the officers and soldiers as the Boxer Rebellion on the day of marriage. It has been almost ten years now. Although she inquired from many sources, there was still no news.

"Stop!" Xu Changqing, who had heard the story of this woman, rarely felt compassion, picked up the bronze horn on the ground, and shouted at the woman.

The woman stopped, turned her head to look at Xu Changqing with confusion, and said, "Isn't it enough? I don't have much money anymore. Why don't I give you more money tomorrow!"

Xu Changqing was stunned. He really didn't expect that this woman would think that he was thinking that he had less money and would give him more tomorrow. Such people either had a problem with their brains or were born with good people. No matter which one, they were considered the best.

"I'll give you a life!" Xu Changqing put the bronze horn in his hand, then took out the bronze horn she had given before, and said, "You brought a total of 66 horns two days ago, you gave me ten tangents, yesterday you gave me seven tangents, today you gave me another tangent, and just half of the money, I'll give you a life."

Hearing Xu Changqing tell the amount of money she gave and the amount of money she brought in two days, the woman immediately showed surprise and asked anxiously: "You can tell fortunes?"

Xu Changqing didn't like to be too long-winded and asked directly without explanation: "Tell me, what do you want?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, squatted down and looked at Xu Changqing. After a while, she said slowly: "I hope to know when my husband can come back?"

This woman is also a bit famous here. When everyone saw this woman actually asked a beggar to tell fortunes, they thought she was crazy and surrounded her to watch the fun.

Xu Changqing did not ask about the woman's husband's birth date, the appearance and time of leaving home, and did not place the heavenly stems and earthly branches. He just started to count his fingers and saw the surrounding warlocks shook their heads, and some people who were rough in numerology called him a liar. The woman was originally full of hope, but when she heard the people around her, her hope gradually disappeared and she wanted to get up and leave, but she was saying that it would be okay to listen and read, so she squatted down again.

"Life is free, why bother to find a heartbreak! Too persistent, you will be the one who will harm yourself in the end." Suddenly, Xu Changqing stopped pinching his fingers. He looked at the woman with no makeup pity and said, "Miss, some things are not something that is good if you know, but sometimes it hurts even more if you know."

The woman was stunned. She told fortune countless times over the years, but no one had ever said such a thing to her. It was not until someone beside her who made a fuss that Xu Changqing could not calculate it and was fooling others. She woke up and said with a firm look: "Sir, please tell me the truth. No matter whether it is bitter or happy in the end, it is better than waiting for a long time."

"It's rare that you are so open-minded." Xu Changqing said bluntly: "At 3:10 pm, go to Xiashui Pier, stand next to the 17th cable pier from west to east, and look northeast for five minutes, and you can see your husband."

After saying that, he put the copper horn in his arms, closed his eyes and said no more, leaving only a group of ridiculed onlookers and the skeptical woman around him.

Except for calculating the woman once in the morning, she never gave it to her. The people who came and went to hear about the morning from other fortune tellers, all of whom believed that Xu Changqing was cheating money, and even the copper corner that was originally planned to give her was put back in her waist bag.

Time passed quickly, and it was almost 3:10 in the afternoon in the blink of an eye. Many fortune tellers looked at Xu Changqing, waiting to see his joke. Not long after, the woman appeared at the intersection near the pier on Mind Street. Her face was extremely pale and her eyes were dull. She walked staggeringly, and she seemed to fall down at any time. When the woman walked to Xu Changqing, she stopped. The scene that fortune tellers around did not happen. Instead, the woman looked so sad and her lips kept shaking, and she said, "Did you know it long ago?"

"I only knew when you asked me yesterday." Xu Changqing seemed to understand what she was asking and replied.

The woman's bones seemed to be broken, and she sat on the ground limply and murmured: "Why? Why did he treat me like this? I've been waiting for him for almost ten years!"

"It's very simple, one word of profit! The world is full of money." Xu Changqing opened his eyes and looked at the woman and said, "Can his current wife give him the benefits he wants? You can only give him humiliation. You are just a socialite in the rich area!"

"Preferential? Humiliation?" Xu Changqing's words were undoubtedly a fatal blow to the woman, hurting her to the point of being completely depressed. Even the last bit of shame was torn apart. For a moment, tears couldn't help but drip down. He cried on the ground regardless of the strange gazes around him. Soon a large piece of water stains accumulated on the stone bricks below.

The people around seemed to have heard a little trick from the words in it. It sounded like the woman's husband had married another woman. Especially when he heard Xu Changqing's almost ruthless humiliation of the woman, he seemed to have all turned into a righteous knight, and stood up indignantly accusing Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing ignored the people around him and looked at the woman quietly until she cried almost and her body kept twitching. Then she slowly said, "Do you have your husband's personal token?"

The woman couldn't speak at this moment, just nodded and took out a small jade pendant from her close body. She saw the words "Don't forget" engraved on it. Just a jade pendant and four words made a woman trapped for nearly ten years. Xu Changqing had never seen such a situation, nor had he ever felt such a strong relationship. This was something he had never felt when he stayed in Chen Jiachong for more than 20 years. At this moment, he felt that he was right to leave Chen Jiachong.

Xu Changqing took out a paper man made of peach wood from the universe in his sleeve. This action made the people around him think it was a magic trick. Some people who had just surrounded him couldn't help but applaud regardless of the occasion. He ignored so many, put the peach wood man on the ground, took off the necklace of the jade pendant, and placed the remaining jade pendant on the peach wood man's chest. Then, regardless of the public, he formed a seal with his hands and circulated his true essence, and said, "The three souls of heaven and earth determine yin and yang, and all things hear and breathe and possess the true spirit. The divine weapon is as urgent as the law, and the order is ordered!"

As Xu Changqing used the Taoist Technique, the Taomu man's chest suddenly sank, and the jade pendant sank to the Taomu man's chest, blending with the Taomu man. Everyone was shocked. Looking at the strange scene in front of him, no one dared to say that this was a trick anymore. The woman also stared at the scene of the jade pendant sinking into the Taomu man, and even forgot the moment of sadness.

Xu Changqing took the Taomu Man up and handed it to the woman and said, "You can vent your resentment and hatred on the Taomu Man. The corresponding harm you will also reflect on your unfaithful husband. If you want to kill him, just cut off the Taomu Man's head."

The woman looked at the peach wood man in front of her, as if she had seen some ghost. She retreated in horror. She couldn't speak, so she could only shake her head quickly and said that she didn't want it.

Xu Changqing ignored so much, stuffed the peach wood man into the woman's arms, and said, "If you think he is not sorry for you, you pierce the middle finger and apply the blood of the middle finger on the peach wood man, and the spell will naturally be dissolved." As he said, he helped the woman up and said earnestly: "How to treat love, hate, love, love, resentment, all depends on yourself? When you feel that there is nothing you care about here, go to Yunnan. Your destiny is very harmonious with Yunnan, so you can do it yourself."

After saying that, without waiting for the woman to react, she took off the clothes from the bamboo pole and put them on and walked outside. The people who were watching the fun all shouted, "Master, stay!" and tried to surround him. But he took the ghost and gods and walked away instantly. There was only a phantom passing by the tight crowd. Those who were passing by him felt a breeze blowing on their faces, but he rushed to the end of the street with only a few breaths.

As the braids trembled, a crisp sound of golden bells sounded and penetrated into everyone's ears. The people around seemed to feel a little confused about Xu Changqing's sudden appearance in front of him. They clearly appeared in an instant, but they felt like they had already stood here. There was a slight confusion on their faces and returned to normal. They walked away in a hurry.

"Fellow Daoist, you have such profound light skills and great puppet skills. I wonder which master from Gezao Mountain is?" At this time, a voice suddenly came from Xu Changqing's side.

Xu Changqing did not look back and said bluntly: "Old Master Zhao is indeed the leader of the destiny. I didn't expect that he could even calculate how I left so clearly. I admire him!"

"It's just some terrain deduction! It's not really a destiny!" At this time, a white-haired old man with a kind smile on his face and a slightly rich body walked out of the mission hall on the right side of Xu Changqing. He quickly walked to Xu Changqing, pointed to the Heavenly Library not far away, and said, "That's my own residence. If fellow Taoists don't dislike it, please go over and talk."

Xu Changqing did not refuse. Under Zhao Banqian's guidance, he walked into the Tianshu Library and followed him to a reception room in the backyard. After asking Xu Changqing to sit down, Zhao Banqian ordered his servants to make a cup of tea, and then sat beside Xu Changqing, and did not dislike the odor on Xu Changqing's body. He said, "I didn't expect that fellow Taoists not only studied Taoism, but also were so good at secular fist and foot skills. With the light skills just now, I am afraid that those with the Five Elements Escape Art may not be able to catch up with fellow Taoists. How dare you ask the fellow Taoists who come from Gezaoshan?"

"Why would Mr. Zhao think that I am from Gezao Mountain? Do you know a little puppet technique and know that some secular light skills are the people in Gezao Mountain?" Xu Changqing took a sip of tea, smiled slightly, and said, "Her Mr. Zhao forgot that I am still proficient in the science of numerology, and Gezao Mountain does not seem to have no science of numerology?"

Xu Changqing's series of questions stopped Mr. Zhao. He was stunned, but soon found the golden bell tied to the braid behind him. His face was shocked, and then he suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "Disciple, distinguished guest! No wonder there are all flowers blooming in the yard today. It turns out that the distinguished guest is here!" As he said that, he stood up and saluted Xu Changqing and said: "Zhao Banqian has met Mr. Xu, a idler in the ninth level!"

"My younger generation Xu Changqing has met Mr. Zhao!" Xu Changqing also stood up and returned to courteously.
Chapter completed!