genius divination

Chapter 1523 Suspicion
"Then you are saying that this box is empty?" Fan Jiannan asked suspiciously.

"I'm already like this, do you think it's necessary for me to lie to you?" Pang Jiajie looked helpless.

Fan Jiannan looked at Pang Jiajie, thought for a while and said, "It's hard for me to believe you based on what you said."

"Many people wouldn't believe these things when they were told. In fact, I'm half-believing even now. If that's the case, why do you ask me?" Pang Jiajie gritted his teeth. "Who are you, and what has it to do with this matter?"

Fan Jiannan sat down, shrugged and said, "I'm just a fortune teller."

"Foretellers, are you a member of the Wushu School?" Pang Jiajie's face changed, and he asked tentatively, "The mountain doctor fortune-telling is a friend of three religions. I don't know which way you are going and which house you live in." Temple, which Bodhisattva is worshiped, and whose incense is burned?"

Fan Jiannan knew that this was a code word from the old world, and he only learned about it from Long Ge after he became a master of the Five Arts.

"Walk through the way of heaven, live in the Temple of the Five Emperors, worship the queen of the wind, and burn dragon head incense." Fan Jiannan said casually.

"Fenghou Longtouxiang, you are a master of divination." Pang Jiajie said in surprise.

"Probably." Fan Jiannan rubbed his nose and said, "Even if what you just said is true. Then, why didn't you tell the truth in the first place?"

Pang Jiajie said helplessly, "I really want to tell the truth, but I don't know your details. Besides, you may not believe such a thing."

Fan Jiannan nodded, "I'm not talking about you. If there's anything you can't discuss on the table, you must engage in this sneaky trick."

"What can I do? Talk to an ordinary person who doesn't know what a magician is? If I take out this IOU, people's first reaction is that they have encountered a neurosis. How do you want me to explain this to an ordinary person? The IOUs of these generations ago, let alone urging others to return them?" Pang Jiajie said helplessly.

"Then you shouldn't sneak into other people's homes, right? Taking it without telling you is a thief." Fan Jiannan frowned.

"I just wanted to get this done by myself without disturbing anyone. I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Pang Jiajie looked frustrated.

While talking, Fatty Zhang and that Miss Li came back.Fan Jiannan told them the whole story.Fatty Zhang looked disbelieving, "How can such a thing happen? Boss, don't be fooled by this guy. What does this inexplicable IOU explain? He just wants to explain that he is not a thief."

"I don't think so. Judging from the texture of the paper and the handwriting, it is indeed something from a long time ago. Moreover, this small script is very handsome, and ordinary people nowadays can't write such characters. It can only be the kind that often uses a brush. Writers.

Moreover, there was an intermediary on the IOU, which was written very formally, and they all signed their names and fingerprints.When you look at the handprints, it has been a long time, and the cinnabar used to make the inkpad has penetrated into the paper, so fakes will not be so realistic. "Fan Jiannan replied.

"Maybe it's..." Fatty Zhang said with a flick of his eyes, "Maybe he asked those who made fake documents to do it."

"It took so much effort to make an inexplicable IOU? Wouldn't it be more reasonable for him to directly write the amount of gold and silver dollars?" Fan Jiannan shook his head, turned to Miss Li and said, "Miss Li, is that Li Yanpu on it your great-grandfather?" ?”

Ms. Li thought for a while, and said with some embarrassment, "I only remember my grandpa's name, great-grandfather, don't say I haven't seen him. It seems that even my father has never seen him. But I can look it up, I remember it should be With a family tree."

"Yes, it's time to check." Fatty Zhang nodded. "In case someone pretends to be a creditor, the theft will not work, and the debt will be paid."

Pang Jiajie looked depressed, but he really couldn't refute anything, so he could only sit on the ground and feel depressed.

"Miss Li, please look for the family tree." Fan Jiannan turned around and said to Fatty Zhang, "Give him the food you bought and some water."

"Do you really want to feed him?" Fatty Zhang said in amazement.

"Nonsense, even if he is really in prison, he has to be fed. You still want to starve him to death?" Fan Jiannan glared at Fatty Zhang, "By the way, help him bandage, the wound looks really painful. "

"Hey." Fatty Zhang shrugged, "It's treated like a prisoner." He lowered his head and wrapped Pang Jiajie's ankle with gauze and some medicine he bought.

After a while, Ms. Li came back, holding a yellowed book in her hand, nodded and said, "It seems so. Look here, this is my father's name, this is my grandfather, and further on is My great-grandfather, his name is Li Yanpu."

Fatty Zhang took it suspiciously to have a look, frowned and said, "The name matches, but the handwriting doesn't look the same either."

"Nonsense." Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "In the past, the parents of the family recorded the name of the child in the family tree after the child was one year old. You expect a one-year-old child to write it by himself?"

"Uh, that's true." Fatty Zhang nodded.

"Look, although this Li Yanpu's name does not match the one on the IOU, the following words are the same as those on this IOU. For example, the names of Miss Li's grandfather and father are obviously similar to the handwriting on this IOU. This is enough to prove that this IOU was written by Miss Li's great-grandfather." Fan Jiannan said slowly.

"Ah, if you didn't tell me, I really didn't notice." Ms. Li said in surprise, "The characters on this are very similar to the signature on this IOU, especially the character Li, which is almost exactly the same. The character 'Li' The 'zi' below is straight up and down without a hook. This is obviously a writing habit."

"However, even if this is the case, it can't be a reason for him to break into other people's homes." Fatty Zhang touched his head and said.

"It's natural, but it's more or less a cause. Miss Li, I saw that he was also injured, so there's no need to call the police." Fan Jiannan said.

"Oh, of course, but I really didn't know the existence of this IOU, and our family has never heard of it. I really want to know what's going on." Ms. Li nodded .

Fan Jiannan turned to Pang Jiajie who was sitting on the ground nibbling dry bread and said, "Pang Jiajie, I think you really owe us an explanation. Can you tell me who your great-grandfather was and the relationship with Ms. Li's great-grandfather."

Pang Jiajie paused, and said slowly, "That happened a long time ago. Our family also left some legends. It is said that something in our family was borrowed by someone, and it must be taken back after 100 years. Otherwise we It will be catastrophic for both sides."

"A disaster is imminent?" Fan Jiannan frowned, "What kind of disaster?"

"I don't know, it's just that our Pang family has passed down such a family motto for several generations. I knew it when I was young, and I thought it was strange at the time. The family motto of ordinary people is nothing more than exhorting the children of the family to be diligent and encouraging. But our family motto is, borrow and repay.” Pang Jiajie smiled wryly, “At that time, I thought our ancestors opened a bank to lend money, so there was such a family motto of borrowing and repaying. But things are not like that at all. .Our ancestors used to be Taoist priests.”

"Taoist?" Fan Jiannan frowned and looked at Fatty Zhang.

Fatty Zhang immediately shook his head, "I am different from him. Their ancestors were Taoist priests, and I am a Taoist priest myself. There is no comparison."

Fan Jiannan frowned and said, "Pang Jiajie, your great-grandfather was a Taoist priest. But Ms. Li's great-grandfather was an aide of a warlord. So how did a Taoist get involved with an aide of a warlord? What is this IOU about? Under the circumstances?"

"It should have been during the period of the Republic of China. The society at that time was different from what it is now. The status of a monk was not a restriction, but sometimes an advantage. At that time, wars broke out frequently in various places, and warlords from all over the country supported themselves. In order to increase their popularity , to show their openness, celebrities from all walks of life are their friends. Naturally, there are also some famous monks, but my great-grandfather is another case." Pang Jiajie said slowly.

"Oh? What's the situation?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

"In addition to being a Taoist priest, he is also a martial artist." Pang Jiajie whispered.

"Martial artist?" Fan Jiannan frowned, "This is nothing new. Taoism pays attention to health preservation, and it is very common to practice qigong and boxing martial arts. There are also real martial arts masters among them."

"At that time in the Republic of China, warriors were very respected. Sun Lutang, Li Jinglin, Li Shuwen, Shang Yunxiang, Liu Baichuan, Li Yaochen, Han Muxia and others were very famous, and of course there was Du Xinwu who was very famous at that time. These martial artists were more or less It has some relations with warlords from all over the world.

Weapons were backward at that time, and fighting with cold weapons on the battlefield was also very important.Therefore, warlords often hire these martial arts masters to serve as martial arts instructors for soldiers.This was the case with my great-grandfather, who was employed by the Cantonese Army as a training instructor of this kind.But few people know that besides being a martial artist with great fists and feet, he is also a practitioner from the Quanzhen Taoist sect. "Pang Jiajie said slowly.

Fan Jiannan frowned and said, "So that's the case."

Pang Jiajie nodded, "At that time, Li Yanpu was the master of the Guangdong warlord Chen Jiongming. That's how they met."

The master is actually an aide.

In ancient times, generals went out to fight, ruled impermanent places, and used the shogunate as their government, so they were called the shogunate, and their assistants were collectively called the staff.Later, it became the name of the military and political bureaus at all levels, and those who applied to help the military and political officials handle various affairs were awarded the titles of staff, staff, and friends.Such people often do not have regular positions, and are hired privately by the curtain master, and they are actually in an employment relationship with the curtain master.The master of the curtain respects the master as a guest and friend, and the master calls the master of the curtain as Dong Weng and Dongjia.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shiye began to sprout as a special form of curtain business.In the Qing Dynasty, the profession of master was very active. From the governors to the prefectures and counties, they all hired masters to assist in government affairs.In the late Qing Dynasty, the talents of Zeng Guofan's shogunate flourished, forming the modern warlord shogunate.This influence continued until the Republic of China, and the staff of the Republic of China was the end and inertial continuation of the masters of the Qing Dynasty.It's just that they were no longer called Shiye at that time, and some warlords called them secretary in a Westernized way.

Although these people don't have regular positions, don't underestimate them.These people are different from those warlords who can only fight with guns. Most of them are well-educated and have good school hours. Even many staff members of the Republic of China have overseas backgrounds.Many warlord leaders also know that they have no culture, so they obey their masters.In fact, these people were very influential at the time.

Fan Jiannan was silent for a moment and said, "Your great-grandfather and Miss Li's great-grandfather have contacts, I'm afraid it's not because they are just ordinary colleagues?"

"Yes, because Mr. Li Yanpu is also a magician. So the two of them once got very close. Later, because the two left the Guangdong Army and returned to their hometowns, they never contacted again. This IOU is said to be They stayed together when they were in Guangzhou." Pang Jiajie replied.

"Interesting. Two acquaintances, an indefinite IOU, and a hundred-year agreement." Fan Jiannan frowned, "What does this mean?"

"If I knew, would it still be like this?" Pang Jiajie said helplessly.

"What are you talking about? What is a sorcerer?" Ms. Li asked inexplicably.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just some terms, technical terms." Fatty Zhang shook his head quickly.

Fan Jiannan paced back and forth, and said slowly, "What kind of situation will the next two people make a 100-year agreement? And seriously write down the IOU."

Fatty Zhang shrugged amusedly and said, "In my opinion, this IOU is purely redundant. They must have been at least 30 or 100 years old when they issued this IOU, or even older? No matter what they borrowed, If it is returned after [-] years, does it mean that there is no need to return it?
Because even when it comes time to return, they are already dead.Unless they are all old and immortal, ahem, sorry, I didn't mean to say your elders.It's just that this thing is too ridiculous. "

Fan Jiannan turned around suddenly, looked at Fatty Zhang and said, "What did you just say?"

"Me? I said...I said it's ridiculous." Fatty Zhang looked puzzled, "Isn't it?"

"Not this sentence, but one more sentence." Fan Jiannan said slowly.

Fatty Zhang hesitated and said, "They have all become old... old birthday stars?" He was really embarrassed in front of Ms. Li and Pang Jiajie again, and besides, he could only use old birthday stars to express it implicitly.

Fan Jiannan's eyes lit up and said, "What if they are really old birthday stars who can live for a long time?"

"It's impossible to live to be 40 years old, right? Unless they..." Zhang Fatty suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and immediately pressed his mouth in surprise. "No way?"

"Do you want me to help you finish? You just wanted to say, unless they are people like He Wu Nanming and Zhang Jian." Fan Jiannan looked at Fatty Zhang and said, "Isn't it?"

Fatty Zhang covered his mouth and nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)