Chapter 98: No Success in Divination
"Okay."
Liu Yunxiu nodded pretentiously and said with a smile: "If the divination shows that I and the Taoist priest are destined to be together, will the Taoist priest follow the will of heaven?"
Jiang Lin smiled but said nothing, knowing that Liu Yunxiu was joking.
After asking about Liu Yunxiu's birth date, Jiang Lin became more certain of this.
Just looking at the eight characters of birth, although the girl in front of me and I are not incompatible, we are definitely not a match.
The difference is clear and they have nothing to do with each other.
Thinking in his mind, Jiang Lin sat on the ground and took out three copper coins in his hand. These were his last property. Unless he starved to death, he would not touch them.
After all, he is a Taoist priest, so he must at least be a medium for divination.
Under Liu Yunxiu's curious gaze, Jiang Lin silently recited the other party's birth date and then activated Zi Wei Dou Shu.
At this moment, Chen Qingning also came over with half a pancake and looked at Jiang Lin's divination curiously.
"Crashing... crashing..."
The copper coins collided in his hands. Jiang Lin opened his eyes, opened his hands, and let the copper coins fall to the ground.
"puff……"
Accompanied by a dull, barely perceptible sound, Jiang Lin looked over with interest, but was then stunned.
Liu Yunxiu was also stunned for a moment.
Instead, Chen Qingning, who was watching the fun on the side, was the first to react. His eyes widened and he looked at Jiang Lin involuntarily.
"Fellow?"
Jiang Lin didn't answer, but just looked at the copper coin on the ground.
The three copper plates that were originally intact, at the moment they hit the ground, each one completely split into five pieces, and there were a total of 3515 pieces, and the shapes and sizes of the broken pieces were exactly the same...
This is a warning.
Being broken into this shape, it naturally no longer represents any hexagram, but it itself also represents something.
Or, it was because Jiang Lin's skills were not good enough that the hexagram was wrong, which led to such a mess.
Although Jiang Lin is not very proficient in Zi Wei Dou Shu, he is a real disciple of Beiji. As a descendant of Beiji, he practices Zi Wei Dou Shu and is naturally blessed by the luck of Beiji.
Even when the three evil sects were causing unrest, Jiang Lin was able to tell three hexagrams in a row, and each hexagram had substance.
Since it’s not that Jiang Lin is not skilled enough.
So……
Jiang Lin looked at Liu Yunxiu, smiled slightly, and said, "It seems that I am not well-trained and I am exaggerating."
"This hexagram is useless. I can't figure out anything."
Liu Yunxiu was not a cultivator, so she naturally didn't know the ins and outs of it. Chen Qingning's reaction just now made her think it was just an unexpected surprise.
So, he said with a smile: "It's good that you can't figure it out, this way I still have something to look forward to."
"Master, I will take my leave first. My sister still needs me to coax her to eat something."
"Alas, pregnant women are such a hassle."
She left mumbling.
The girl knew very well that no matter what, the Taoist priest had lost face. If she stayed any longer, it would be bad. It would be better for her to find an excuse to leave and meet again in a few hours. Then she would not mention the matter again and no one would be embarrassed.
It can also take care of Taoist Xuanying's face to the greatest extent.
Jiang Lin watched Liu Yunxiu leave with a smile, then stood up and looked at Chen Qingning.
"Fellow Daoist, it seems that the Liu sisters are not simple..."
Jiang Lin looked at the three copper coins on the ground helplessly.
“Backlash…”
Chen Qingning came back to his senses and frowned, "With your background, you practiced Zi Wei Dou Shu, and you did divination after knowing your birth date, but you still get this result..."
"What do you mean, fellow Taoist?"
"It's just a marriage."
Jiang Lin answered helplessly.
This made Chen Qingning even more shocked.
The descendant of the North Pole, who practiced Zi Wei Dou Shu, calculated the marriage of a mortal girl and unexpectedly received such a clear and obvious warning.
It can even be said that it backfires!
It can be predicted that if Jiang Lin had not activated Zi Wei Dou Shu and had not been blessed with the Arctic luck, then if it had been another fortune teller, this would have been much more than just a simple shattering of a coin.
There may even be problems of its own.
"It's not that simple."
Jiang Lin spread out his palm, and saw three blood lines on the palm, with small blood beads oozing out.
"This……"
Chen Qingning's eyes widened completely.
Fellow Daoist Jiang was actually injured because of this divination!
He actually suffered backlash!
"Believe it or not, even if I go to consult with Laywoman Liu Yuwei now, there will be no such backlash. At most, the copper coin will break into pieces."
Jiang Lin looked at his palm and said softly.
Chen Qingning nodded silently.
She originally thought that Liu Yunxiu just came with her sister so that she could have some support along the way.
But now it seems that Liu Yunxiu may have a bigger cause and effect!
A Beiji Sect member who practices Ziwei Doushu could suffer such a clear backlash just for taking a peek at marriage...
"Now, I don't understand what else this trip is about."
Chen Qingning smiled bitterly and shook his head.
She is really a little confused now. She is just an ordinary practitioner. Maybe she can be a leader among her peers, but that's all.
Why did she encounter such a thing...
Liu Yuwei, who was pregnant with her real baby, was already enough to make her cautious and afraid of making mistakes, and now there was an even more mysterious Liu Yunxiu...
"No matter what, I believe that everything will become clear when we reach Xuantian Taisu Palace."
Jiang Lin didn't take this matter to heart.
No matter how shocking Liu Yunxiu's secret is, what does it have to do with him?
The two looked at each other and neither mentioned the matter again.
The convoy finished breakfast and set off again.
In order to avoid sleeping in the wilderness again, the caravan hurried and finally arrived at the post station in the evening.
Chen Qingning also breathed a sigh of relief.
"The rest of the journey is within Shezhou."
She whispered to Jiang Lin, "Even if there are any more problems, the Taoist priests from Taisu Palace can get here faster."
Jiang Lin nodded and said nothing.
But he really wanted to ask, is it really like this?
Jiang Lin still hasn’t figured out what the Taoist masters of Taisu Palace are thinking.
Although Jiang Lin was arranged to come over to help, to be honest, it was completely unnecessary.
It is impossible that Xuantian Taisu Palace does not have a Taoist master who has achieved the level of true cultivation in the human world.
As the Zhenwu Sect, when encountering a person who is suspected to be the Zhenwu Emperor, or at the very least a True Fetus who is closely related to the North Pole, shouldn't your first reaction be to bring all the True Practitioners of the sect here at all costs, and escort them to the Taisu Palace without any mistakes?
But now, whether it is Jiang Lin or Chen Qingning holding the Zhenwu sword, they all feel like taking off their pants to fart.
From the very beginning, juniors like Jiang Lin and Chen Qingning should not be qualified to be so deeply involved in this kind of thing.
If we really take this matter seriously, it is enough to alarm all the legal lines in Zhou Kingdom related to the Arctic.
but.
This is obviously a deliberate arrangement, but why is it arranged like this?
Give Chen Qingning some experience?
Stop joking. Let alone Chen Qingning, Jiang Lin believed that even if he was included, he was not qualified to have a real fetus as a trigger for training.
Even the princess of heaven who had survived nine tribulations in her teacher Wang Lingguan's words, it is still unclear whether she has the qualifications.
The post station was not big, but the people were very welcoming, or perhaps it was because the housekeeper showed the business card of the governor of Xuanzhou Prefecture.
"My lords and ladies, this is a remote place, please eat whatever you can."
Inside the private room, the head of the post station pointed at the eight dishes and one soup on the table and said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Well, let's go down."
The housekeeper glanced at the young lady, and seeing that she didn't say anything, he nodded. "Yes."
After the people from the post station left, the butler also left the room.
For a moment, only Jiang Lin, Chen Qingning and the Liu sisters were left in the room.
Jiang Lin looked at the eight dishes and one soup on the table and was a little shocked.
Just this or something simple?
This seems to be the first time in my life that I have eaten eight dishes...
Thinking of this, Jiang Lin couldn't help but reflect on whether he was living too poor or the two eldest daughters of the Liu family were too rich.
After some thought, Jiang Lin decided to eat first.
Anyway, no matter what the reason is, the delicious food is here and we can’t let it go to waste.
Jiang Lin had no intention of being polite. He picked up the bowl and started to eat.
Liu Yuwei had no appetite because she was pregnant, so she ate only a little and then put it down.
Chen Qingning also didn't eat much because he had something on his mind.
For a while, this dining table became a "battlefield" between Jiang Lin and Liu Yunxiu.
At first, Liu Yunxiu could still compete with Jiang Lin, but he was too careless and had a small appetite. He ate so much that it made his throat ache, but Jiang Lin on the opposite side kept eating with his chopsticks.
"Hehehe..."
Liu Yuwei smiled and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corners of the mouth of the defeated girl who was so angry that she rolled her eyes.
Liu Yunxiu stared at Jiang Lin with some dissatisfaction, but honestly pushed the dish towards Jiang Lin with her hands.
"The Taoist priest's life seems to be a little...simple?"
Liu Yuwei asked softly.
"A monk should not indulge in the desire for words."
Jiang Lin finally put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "However, I think this is nonsense."
"If I had money, I would also like to eat meat every meal."
Hearing this, Liu Yuwei was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect that Taoist Xuanying would speak so directly.
And I don't hide anything at all.
"Master, are you short of money?"
Liu Yunxiu's eyes lit up.
Jiang Lin nodded honestly and said, "I am alone in this world, so it would be a lie to say that I don't lack money."
"However, fortunately, three meals a day are not a problem."
Liu Yuwei looked at her sister and secretly tugged at her sleeve.
She was afraid that her sister would say something out of line or disrespectful to Taoist Xuanying.
Just because someone is short of money doesn’t mean they should accept your money for no reason.
"That's good."
Liu Yunxiu just smiled and nodded without saying anything more.
Of course she could think of what her sister could think of, and she would never bring herself to do such bad luck.
Anyway, there are still several days left, so there is enough time. You can learn more every day and there is no need to rush.
After dinner, there was no conversation all night.
The next morning, Jiang Lin was woken up early.
"What a disaster! What a disaster!"
Bursts of noise accompanied by slightly frightened shouts continued on the first floor of the inn.
When Jiang Lin went downstairs, Chen Qingning and the Liu sisters were already there, but they were protected by a group of knights.
"Miss, all of our family members are here."
When the housekeeper saw Jiang Lin coming down, he bowed and greeted him, then continued, "I suggest that since this has nothing to do with our family, it is better to leave as soon as possible. The government will take care of the affairs here."
Liu Yuwei didn't say anything, but just looked at Chen Qingning.
But Chen Qingning looked at Jiang Lin and whispered, "Something happened. Someone died last night."
As she spoke, she pointed to the open space outside the post station.
Jiang Lin looked in the direction Chen Qingning pointed, and saw a slightly undulating white cloth covering the ground. It looked like there were two corpses underneath.
"I saw it. He was sucked dry of blood and died."
Chen Qingning said in a low voice.
Liu Yuwei couldn't help but look at Jiang Lin and Chen Qingning, and whispered: "Senior Sister, Taoist Priest, could it be..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone knew what she meant.
Being sucked dry of blood and dying, this seems like an evil act no matter how you look at it.
"No."
Jiang Lin and Chen Qingning shook their heads at the same time.
Whenever evil spirits harm people, there will be a sense of resentment. Even if the soul of the victim is devoured, there will still be some residue.
But those two corpses only had resentment but no evil spirit.
This proves that the murder was committed by human beings, rather than by evil spirits.
Moreover, if it was an evil spirit, Jiang Lin would not have been alarmed at all, not to mention that there was a six-hole demon and General Che and Xia in the dark.
If there really was an evil spirit that Jiang Lin was completely unaware of, General Che and Xia would not have failed to issue a warning.
Because that means that the evil spirit has the ability to kill Jiang Lin easily.
But now that it doesn’t exist, it can prove a lot of things.
This was indeed a man-made incident, or an incident where someone pretended to be a ghost and harmed others.
"Miss, in this case, let's get going as soon as possible."
The butler said again that he didn't care who died, nor did he care who was playing tricks.
Since both Taoist priests said it is not an evil spirit, then it has nothing to do with them. The right thing to do is to leave as soon as possible.
"Let's go."
Seeing that Jiang Lin and Chen Qingning had no objection, Liu Yuwei nodded.
The housekeeper immediately ordered people to pack up, and soon everything was in order.
Jiang Lin followed the large group out of the post station, but stopped when he passed the two corpses.
There was some wind in the morning, and the white cloth was not pressed tightly, so a corner of it was blown up, revealing a pale hand.
Jiang Lin was also looking at that hand.
To be precise, it was a line of bloody words on the arm.
"If you do evil things, it doesn't matter if you don't bow to me."
Jiang Lin frowned, walked over, and lifted the white cloth despite the postman's attempt to stop him.
Both bodies were men in their thirties, and they both seemed to be minor officials.
What Jiang Lin saw just now was the right arm of the corpse on the right.
Jiang Lin lifted up the left arm of the corpse on his left.
There was also a line of blood words on it.
"If your heart is righteous, burning incense will do no good"
Jiang Lin stood up and frowned in thought.
The butler was very tactful and sent others away with the governor's business card in hand.
"Fellow?"
Chen Qingning walked forward, followed Jiang Lin's gaze, and also saw the two strange couplets.
This is something that goes completely against the right path.
"What does it mean?"
Chen Qingning also frowned and looked at Jiang Lin. It was obvious that Jiang Lin knew something.
The Liu sisters also bravely came over and saw the two lines of blood words.
Jiang Lin spoke, his voice cold.
"Chengxin Ruyi Pavilion."
(End of this chapter)
