Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 246 Fortune Telling
With Zhuanrui's support, everything went smoothly. I handed over the shop to Cyclops to buy a series of equipment. Three days later, the group arrived in Baoxi Township, Guangxi.This place is remote, and it took several buses to enter the village. Under the guidance of the locals, I rented a tricycle and staggered towards Shangyao Village.

Shangyao Village is a primitive Zhuang village. Due to inconvenient transportation, many traditional customs are still preserved in the village. When you enter the village, you can see the stilted buildings built on the hillside.This place has a small population, fewer outsiders come here, and the ethnic minorities have always been enthusiastic, so as soon as we entered the village, some people took the initiative to ask about their intentions. We lied about a tourist and deceived the simple and honest villagers. We received warm hospitality , It makes me feel very sorry.

Standing on the high ground of Shangyao Village, you can see the gable of the ring mountain in the distance, surrounded by clouds and fog.The land of Guizhou is mountainous, the climate is humid and hot, the deep mountains and wild forests are full of miasma, and poisonous insects are everywhere. The local people have a kind of earth recipe, which can be applied to avoid insects.

Most of the Zhuang people speak Chinese. At night, when the villagers chatted with us, we heard Tofu ask, "Why is your village called Shangyao Village?"

The fellow laughed and said, "Many of our Zhuang people are Taoist, and the ancestor of our village is an 'Xianjia'." In some places, Xianjia is a respectful title for Taoists.Tofu was surprised when he heard this and said, "Aren't Taoists monks? How could they become your ancestors?" I said, "Xiaodou, you don't understand this. Some sects can marry and have children, and enter the world into the secular world."

The fellow said: "You're right, so the people in our place are more or less able to push orders. This place is deep in the mountains, and the middle-aged people are full of mist. It is inevitable that the yin will be too heavy. , the first of the hexagrams is the image of the sun, and the ancestors named this place Shangyao Village, which means that it will help to grow Yang Qi."

Our group was very surprised. We didn't expect that the villagers in this place all spoke like magic sticks, and they seemed to have such two brushes.Tofu became interested, stretched out his hand and said, "My fellow man, can you help me read my palm and tell my fortune?"

The fellow had a beard and was very enthusiastic. He gave up and said, "I'm not good at looking at faces, but I can help you look at the horoscope and write your birth year, month, day, and hour to me. I'll help you." Take a look." After finishing speaking, he asked the braided boy at home to bring a pen and paper.

Tofu wrote down the year, month, day, and time, and saw the fellow pinching his fingers, and approved the year column, month column, day column, and hour column of the eight characters. He took a deep breath, and after a while, he said to Tofu: "Nian Zhu was killed, your parents should have passed away a long time ago, right?"

I was shocked when I heard it, and I said in my heart that it was not right. I was really right. Could it be that I was dumbfounded?

Immediately afterwards, I heard the fellow say again: "There are many dangers in life, but fortunately there are noble people by my side, but..." He pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, you should be careful when you say good things rather than bad things." Tofu He was stunned for a while, and he was a little anxious when he was told about his parents by the fellow. He said, "I said, don't talk half and half, I won't die young, will I?"

The fellow's name is Jie'an, and the Zhuang people have no language. These two characters are transliterated. He knocked on the table and said: "In the early stage, there were noble people by his side. The secret must not be leaked." Tofu immediately scratched his ears and fished his cheeks anxiously, and said, "Then who is my nobleman, please tell me quickly, and I will stick to him from now on."

The fellow thought for a while, and reminded: "Whoever saved you the most times will be the one." Tofu thought for a while, stared at me suddenly, and finally hugged my arm and did not let go, saying: "I was wrong, I will never let you go." I won't call you a pervert anymore, and I won't speak ill of you behind your back again, Brother Chen, Grandpa Chen, don't leave me, whether I will die young in the rest of my life depends on you."

I am both angry and funny, I have never believed in fortune-telling, if a person's fate is really predestined, then what crime is there for a murderer?It wasn't that he wanted to kill people, it was fate that made him kill people. If that's the case, how can there be the theory of eighteen levels of hell?Isn't this a contradiction?
Seeming to see my doubts, the fellow smiled and said: "Man's fate is determined by destiny, but there is another saying that tells people to conquer nature. Fate-telling and fortune-telling are the penetrating methods developed by the ancestors. Only by knowing fate can we change it." Fate, becoming a saint and becoming a demon is only in one thought." Tofu seemed to have no doubts in Jie'an, and quickly pushed me out, saying: "My fellow, show him again, this kid has been suffering from bad luck, why? What's going on?"

Tofu is actually very thoughtful, he wants to borrow me and take the opportunity to test Jie'an's level.We were warmly received by the villagers. At this time, we naturally couldn't say anything that we didn't believe to refute people's face, so we wrote down our birthday horoscope.

The fellow in Jie'an also thought about it for a long time, and then said: "This fate is upright, with the image of breaking fate, like a baby bird becoming a phoenix, a scaled snake transforming into a dragon, whoever has this fate will become rich and powerful in the future, but... "Tofu was convinced of this, and was more anxious than me, so he hurriedly asked: "But what?"

Jie An glanced at me, then shook his head suddenly, and said: "The front is brave, but the stamina is not strong enough. There is a demon star on the side of the moon pillar, and it is easy to lose your life to the evil."

Xiao Jing asked nervously, "What do you mean evil?"

Tofu understood a little bit, and said, "It's easy to be killed by some evil things." After finishing speaking, he stared at Jie'an with a look of admiration.My heart was beating like a drum, and I thought: I have always been a master among the people. I never thought that there would be such a capable person in this remote mountainous place. If it is said that he gave orders to Tofu as a blind cat and a dead mouse, then give me this horoscope. That's right.

Not only did they calculate the image of my broken life, but they even mentioned the evil.

Xiao Jing was shocked when she heard the words, and immediately changed her name from her former hometown to Master, and said, "Master, is there any way to crack it?"

Jie'an shook his head and said: "I can't do anything about the image of evil and evil, but it's still the same saying, man will conquer heaven, and it has always been said that it is good but not evil. Meaning, it can be seen that the person who named you is also a high-ranking person." Speaking of which, my grandfather gave me this name. With a hanging word, it is similar to the origin of Shangyao Village.

Thinking of this, I felt relieved, and didn't take Jie'an's words to heart. Gu Wenmin didn't believe in fortune telling, and just stood aside and watched, while Zhuan Rui stared at us thoughtfully, and didn't come out. Voice.

At this moment, Xiao Jing suddenly said: "Master, please help me to see it too."

Ji'an readily agreed, there are few foreigners in their place, and almost everyone in the locals has such two-handedness, and there is no need for others to count, so all their abilities are useless.If we automatically send the horoscope, he just happens to practice.Xiao Jing handed the horoscope to Jie An, and I watched from the side, wanting to hear what else Jie An could say, wondering if the calculation could be accurate.

At this moment, I noticed that Jie An's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had discovered something unbelievable, and then he suddenly raised his head to stare at Xiao Jing, and asked, "You must have given the wrong horoscope."

Xiao Jing said: "Why, my parents told me this since I was a child, it's all on my ID card, yes, I think it's true...Master, is there something wrong?" Xiao Jing didn't believe it at first, but seeing The tofu and I counted very close to each other, so I suddenly became nervous.

Jie'an pondered for a while, then finally shook his head and said: "Maybe I made a mistake, this fate is very good, it is my wife's fate, and I will marry a good husband in the future." Xiao Jing heard this, glanced at me, and smiled. With a happy face, anyone with a discerning eye knows what it means.Seeing this, Jie An looked at me thoughtfully, and said, "The beds are made for you, go to bed early." After speaking, he left.

Others may not have noticed it, but I knew it in my heart. Although Jie An hid it very well, I found that his hands were trembling slightly.

Jie An was wearing a national costume with wide sleeves. When his hands were hanging down, half of his hands were hidden in the sleeves. The rest of the people didn't notice, but I was always vigilant, staring at his trembling fingers, and my heart sank.

Turning her head to look at Xiao Jing, she smiled sweetly, Gu Wenmin looked a little lonely, turned around and went back to the room to rest without saying anything.

The beds are limited, and at night, I still sleep with Tofu. Tofu gets up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and says, "Let's go together."

I was baffled and said, "Are you a girl?"

Tofu said: "Didn't you listen to the fortune teller? He told me not to leave the nobleman, or I would die. There is no toilet in this place, and the cesspit is more than ten meters deep. It is dangerous to go to the toilet without you by my side, I am sure." I would slip on my feet, roll into the cesspit and drown.” I admired Tofu’s imagination and said, “The cesspit also has dignity, it’s filled with shit, why pretend you’re fine.”

It took Tofu a while to realize that I was scolding him, and he said angrily, "You mean I'm not as good as a shit? My surname is Chen, Grandpa Dou has been with you today, are you going or not? If you don't, I'll tell Gu Beauty, tell me what happened to you and Xiao Jing in the hospital."

"Wait." I wondered, and said, "Xiao Jing and I just kissed each other, but that's nothing, but how did you know?"

Tofu pursed his lips and said, "Come on, you're the only one who doesn't know about the lipstick marks on your neck." I almost choked to death on my own saliva when I heard this, and this kid didn't remind me?Didn't I wander around the antique city all day wearing lipstick?Suppressing the desire to strangle him to death, I could only stand up and say, "Let's go..."

After a while, the tofu was squatting at the cesspit, and I was smoking a cigarette under a tree in the distance.In the middle of the night, the night wind is blowing, I can't figure it out after much deliberation, I should be sleeping on the bed at this moment, why am I standing here now?The only explanation is: if you make friends carelessly, a mistake will cause eternal hatred.

Just as I was thinking, I heard a hoarse voice behind me: "Who's there?"

(End of this chapter)