Chapter 0001 Kowloon Bureau
Ten years ago, in the Year of the Snake, I was nine years old.
There were continuous heavy rains at the end of May. One day, I was sleeping in the middle of the night, and suddenly I saw a big green snake crawling into my bed.
I screamed in fear, but no sound came out. I couldn't even move a finger. I watched another big white snake swim in.
Throughout the night, nine colorful snakes crawled into my bed and wrapped themselves tightly around me.
At first I thought it was a nightmare.
Ever since I was old enough to understand, I have often dreamed of being entangled by snakes. I have been weak and sickly since I was a child. When I was nine years old, I couldn't speak and could only make "ah ah" sounds.
His intellectual development is far weaker than that of ordinary people, and he looks stupid and foolish.
Our Chen family is a wealthy local family with a big business and a lot of money. Many people gossip about us behind our backs, saying that our family made dirty money and committed sins, so we gave birth to a disaster like me who was haunted by a snake.
Therefore, except for my parents and my younger sister and a few other relatives, almost everyone disliked me and secretly made fun of me, calling me a "little fool" and a "little mute". Even relatives and friends avoided me for fear of being tainted by bad luck.
But later I realized that something was wrong, this nightmare was too real!
The nine snakes were getting tighter and tighter around me, making my body creak and my chest feel stuffy as if it was going to explode. I was dazed and thought, "I'm going to die!"
At the most critical moment, the door was suddenly kicked open, and I saw an old man in a wheelchair rushing in and then fainted.
It was not until I woke up at noon on the third day that I heard my mother say that the old man with crippled legs was my third uncle, my grandfather's third brother.
This third uncle had a falling out with his family when he was young and had been wandering around, so I have never met him.
Later, I don’t know how my third uncle convinced my parents to take me away from home.
Until now, I still remember the reluctant looks on my parents and younger sister's faces when I left.
After that, I followed my third uncle to live in a small town in the neighboring county.
Not long after I arrived there, my asthma, which had never been cured, suddenly disappeared. I never dreamed of snakes again, and my health got better day by day.
Three months later, I was able to speak some simple words, and my originally muddled mind gradually became clearer.
I also learned that my third grandfather was actually a fortune teller.
Since ancient times, fortune tellers have been observing the sky, the earth, and people.
Among them, Xiangtian refers to astronomical phenomena;
Physiognomy is about the fortune of a person.
As for geomancy, it is naturally about the geographical feng shui.
My third uncle told me with a serious face that the reason why I had dreamed of snakes since I was a child and was stupid and couldn’t even speak was because of a feng shui plan done by someone.
At that time, I knew nothing about Feng Shui and could not fully understand what he said. I couldn't figure out why I dreamed of snakes and poor health, and what the situation was related to. But I still remembered it clearly.
Feng Shui Bureau, also known as Feng Shui Array, is a method of arranging the layout in Feng Shui.
According to my third uncle, the other party set up an extremely rare feng shui formation in my villa, called the "Nine Dragons Formation".
Third Grandpa had only seen records of this ancient formation in ancient books.
The Kowloon Bureau is also known as the Grafting Bureau. It has only one function, which is to seize the essence of one person and graft it onto another person.
Therefore, I am not a fool at all. On the contrary, I have extraordinary talents and destiny. That is why I was chosen to set up the Kowloon Bureau and secretly steal the essence, so that I became a little mute and a disaster in the eyes of others.
When I was nine years old, it was the Year of the Snake. With the continuous heavy rains at the end of May, the Kowloon Bureau had reached its most critical moment. As long as my energy could be sucked away on that day, the Kowloon Bureau would be a great success.
Fortunately, my third uncle arrived in time, otherwise I would have been sucked dry and died.
Third Grandpa didn’t know how to break the Kowloon Game, and he didn’t have the confidence to deal with the Feng Shui master, so he could only take me away and flee far away.
According to my third uncle's calculations, the other party used Feng Shui to steal my essence and energy, and the intention was to transfer it to a girl who was born on the same day, month and year as me, so that she could be reborn.
Now that the Kowloon Bureau has not been completed, all previous efforts will be wasted. The other party will definitely try every means to find me to complete this last step.
From then on, I followed my third uncle to learn Feng Shui and physiognomy.
Just like my third uncle said, I am indeed gifted in this area. What took my third uncle more than ten years to learn, I understood in just half a year.
My third uncle arranged the admission procedures for me to the local school. After that, I attended classes at school during the day and spent the rest of the time learning stargazing, calculations, feng shui, divination, talismans, spells, etc. from my third uncle.
Besides practicing, I also take care of all the housework like buying groceries, washing clothes and cooking.
In a short period of time, I went from being a rich young man with fine clothes and delicious food to a country boy who had to rely on himself for everything, but my life is obviously happier than before.
Sometimes I miss my parents and younger sister so much, but my third uncle strictly forbids me to meet with my family, not even to call them.
"Unless one day you have the confidence to deal with the person who hurt you, then you better stay hidden!"
I studied hard and in the blink of an eye I had been in Ling County for ten years.
I did not take the college entrance examination because my third uncle had already made arrangements for me to go to Jiangcheng alone to gain experience and start working as a Feng Shui master.
Why a Feng Shui Master?
Because my third uncle forbade me to use the art of physiognomy in front of others, in simple terms, I cannot calculate the destiny or people's fate in front of outsiders, so I simply present myself as a "feng shui master".
Of course, there is also the meaning of hiding a trump card.
After all, the Feng Shui master who harmed me may come to my door one day, and I will have to face him sooner or later.
Whether I live or die at that time will all depend on me!
Before leaving, my third grandfather told me two things:
Firstly, I was required to use the money lesson of the sixty-four hexagrams and produce the hexagram of "Tian Feng Gou" before I could take on the first feng shui case. This was the strict rule of our school of physiognomists.
Secondly, he told me to keep an eye out for a girl named Lin Qingshuang after I arrived in Jiangcheng. She was the granddaughter . If this girl had any problems in the future, I would definitely help her.
I kept it in mind and took the high-speed train from Cangzhou to Jiangcheng the next day.
There were three other classmates traveling with me. Among them, only one girl named Song Qingqing was admitted to a university in Jiangcheng. The other two failed and were preparing to go to the city to find work.
"Chen Ping, do you plan to be a security guard or work on a construction site?" someone asked.
I smiled and said, "I'm a Feng Shui master."
Several people looked at each other.
As evening approached, the high-speed train arrived in Jiangcheng and everyone prepared to go their separate ways.
After we got off the platform, Song Qingqing stopped me and told me to find a proper job. Being a Feng Shui master or something like that was not very reliable.
She was still being tactful in her words, but the other two classmates were even more direct, saying that this Feng Shui master was just like the fortune tellers on the street, all of them were liars.
Song Qingqing is the prettiest girl in the school. She has been taking good care of me since I arrived in Ling County.
I have always had a vague crush on her, so I accepted her kindness with a smile without giving any further explanation.
"Oh my god, is this a Maserati? The girls in the city are so pretty!" a male classmate suddenly exclaimed.
I saw a cool car parked not far from us, with a beautiful girl standing next to it. She looked about the same age as us, tall, cold and arrogant, with an outstanding appearance, which slightly overshadowed Song Qingqing.
"Hey, are you from Ling County? Who is Chen Ping?" The girl suddenly asked as if she heard us talking.
I said I was, and I roughly knew who the other person was.
Just as I expected, this girl is Lin Qingshuang.
She was originally shopping with her bestie, and was called over to pick someone up. She looked a little unhappy, frowning and urging, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get in the car with your luggage!"
The tone was very impatient.
A male classmate murmured quietly: "City people really have bad tempers."
I asked, “Why are you getting in the car?”
"What are you doing? You came to my grandfather just to live in my house and ask my parents to help you find a job? Why are you pretending?" Lin Qingshuang said unhappily.
"How can you talk like that?" Song Qingqing blushed and spoke up for me.
"Did I say anything wrong?" Lin Qingshuang asked back.
The girls in the city are really gifted. Don’t mess with them! Don’t mess with them!
I didn't want to care about him anymore, so I said goodbye to Song Qingqing and the others and left.
Because my third uncle had already left me a house in Jiangcheng.
