Chapter 0063 Twenty-Eight Constellations
I counted and found that there were a total of twenty-eight star patterns on the metal disc.
Twenty-eight constellations?
I suddenly remembered something.
With my hands shaking, I quickly pulled out an old, dusty wooden box from under the bed, opened the lid, and took out a very old notebook.
Blow away the dust, open the cover, and familiar handwriting comes into view.
"Twenty-eight constellations."
Below these five words is a hand-drawn circular pattern.
The four sides of the pattern are marked with the four directions of east, south, west and north respectively.
The Azure Dragon in the East, the Vermillion Bird in the South, the White Tiger in the West, and the Black Tortoise in the North.
This is called the Four Symbols.
Under each symbol, there are seven corresponding constellations.
Among them, Ji is one of the seven stars of the Eastern Azure Dragon.
The hand-drawn pattern of the twenty-eight constellations on the notebook is the same as the pattern on the metal disc, except that the blooming lotus in the middle is missing.
Looking at the familiar handwriting on the notebook, I felt extremely complicated.
The notebook was left behind by my father before he disappeared.
After lighting a cigarette, I sat on the floor next to the bed and lost myself in memories.
He left very suddenly, and apart from this shop, there were very few things left, including old clothes and daily necessities, and only this notebook .
"Yunfeng, I'm going out to do something. It may take me a few days. Take good care of yourself." These were the last words he said to me.
I didn't take it seriously at the time. He was a fortune teller and it was common for him to tell fortunes for people. I thought he would do the same as usual, come home with the money in a few days, and take me out for a big meal.
Unexpectedly, he never came back.
At that time, I was just an ordinary college student, dreaming of becoming a workplace elite after graduation, marrying a beautiful, rich woman, and reaching the peak of my life.
When I first found out that my dad was missing, I was completely at a loss.
I didn't know where to find him because I realized I knew very little about my father. Apart from his name and a job as a fortune teller, I knew nothing else.
I don’t know my friends, family, whether he was fortune-telling for people during those days he went out, or even who my mother was.
The only familiar person is Wang Quezi from the urban village, but he doesn’t know where my father has gone.
I searched for him like a headless fly for a whole year, and my studies were ruined, but he seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and never showed up again.
I don't know where he went or if he will come back.
Two years later, what he had hand-drawn in his notebook appeared before my eyes. I couldn't describe my feelings in words.
The cigarette butt burned my fingers and I came back to my senses from the pain.
After putting out the cigarette, I clicked on the photo behind the sign of Coffin Shop No. 44 on my phone.
Under the strange portrait, the line of small words was magnified by me.
"The constellation of Tiansi Fang is the belly of the blue dragon, where the five internal organs are located , and where all things melt away."
Fang is also one of the seven stars of the Azure Dragon.
The Azure Dragon is located in the east, so the places where Fang and Ji appear are both in the eastern suburbs ?
I checked the description of each constellation in my notebook.
"Fangxiu represents the sun and the rabbit. It is the fourth star in the east and the belly of the blue dragon. The ancients also called it Tiansi, taking the dragon as the heavenly horse and Fangxiu as the four stars. The dragon's belly is where the five internal organs are located. All things are digested here, so it is often ominous."
"It is difficult to accomplish anything on the day of Fangshou. Most things you do are unlucky. Most burials are unlucky. There will be disasters within three years of starting a new construction."
"Ji is associated with water and represents a leopard. It is the last constellation in the east and represents the whirlwind caused by the swinging of a dragon's tail. Therefore, Ji likes wind, and once it is particularly bright, it is a sign of wind. Therefore, it also represents people who like to stir up trouble and are prone to gossip, so it is often ominous."
"Ji Su on duty on this day will harm men and women, causing lawsuits and gossips, all construction will be unprofitable, and marriages will be lonely and empty."
It suddenly dawned on me.
It turns out that those two sentences are the explanation of Fang and Ji.
What is the relationship between the Ghost Story Live Room and the Twenty-Eight Constellations ? Does it mean that each live broadcast corresponds to one of the constellations?
I immediately calculated in my mind.
Excluding the trial broadcast of the Eight Immortals Steamed Bun Shop, there are nine levels of official live broadcast, three times for each level, thirty-nine times twenty-seven, plus the last live broadcast of the King, the total is exactly twenty-eight times!
This discovery made my heart pound.
The immortal that Zhang Jianming mentioned should be the old man from the Eight Immortals Bun Shop. This metal disc engraved with the pattern of the twenty-eight constellations must be very important to them. I must keep it carefully.
Looking at the metal disc and the mobile phone in the live broadcast room, I suddenly felt more expectant.
If I continue the live broadcast, is it possible for me to see my dad again?
I sat on the ground for a long time and put everything away. No matter what the connection between these people and things is, only by persisting can we see the truth.
As night falls, the whole city lights up.
My stomach was not full yet, so I took a shower, changed clothes, and went out to find food.
As soon as I walked out of the narrow street, I saw a petite and slender figure leaning on a car on the street.
The neat short hair, the handsome and heroic face, the long and straight legs, the luxury car and the beautiful woman are very eye-catching, attracting passers-by to look back frequently.
Those bright and moving big eyes, like the sharpest searchlights, caught me at the first moment.
"Li Yunfeng, have you slept enough?"
"What a coincidence, Miss Zhan, we meet again so soon. I have something else to do, let's talk next time!" I scratched my head and turned to leave.
"Didn't you say you would treat me to a meal? Why not wait for a better day? Let's do it now!"
Zhan Lan was very agile and could always block the way ahead no matter which direction I turned. I saw there was no way to avoid her, so I had to take her with me to eat.
A busy hotpot restaurant.
Zhan Lan and I sat opposite each other. She ordered a lot of expensive dishes, determined to rip me off.
“Superb lobster, top tender beef…”
As I listened to her name the dishes one by one, I seemed to see the number on my bank account decreasing rapidly.
"That's enough, this is all we want." I snatched the menu from her and handed it to the waiter.
"Stingy!" Zhan Lan gave me a cold look.
"What a waste! There are only two of us, how can we finish so much?"
When she started eating, I realized that I had underestimated this petite beauty. She ate two-thirds of the table full of dishes. Her appetite is amazing.
She wanted to have dessert after eating hotpot. I really wonder if there is a black hole in her stomach. She can eat so much but doesn’t gain weight at all.
"Miss Zhan, I've said it a hundred times, I really don't know where your sister is." On the way back to the village in the city, she followed me all the way, and I was extremely confused.
"I don't care. Anyway, I won't let you go until you tell me where she is!" Zhan Lan got into his car with a shameless attitude.
"You put this thing in your pocket. I think it's very important to you. If you want to take it back, you can exchange it for my sister's whereabouts!"
In the car window, Zhan Lan waved a golden sachet at me, winked playfully, and drove away.
"Fuck! When did she take it?!"
I stood there in a daze.
There are three talismans in the brocade bag: a luck-boosting talisman, a god-warding talisman and a love-bringing talisman.
