Chapter 328: God Proposes, Man Proposes
The sunset covered the sky.
Ying Chengjiao stopped in the pavilion, sipping sweet wine, watching the ox cart moving forward and gradually going away.
"The disciple is good, but he followed the wrong person."
The Yue girl and Ying Chengjiao stood side by side, with their long hair fluttering in the wind.
From the back, she is tall and slender, with her white skirt fluttering in the wind, like a fairy descending to earth. From the front, you will not be disappointed, her pretty face is too beautiful to be a human girl, and is full of murderous intent like a female war god in heaven.
"Just let him go like that?"
The Yue girl opened her five fingers and grasped the scabbard under the hilt. As long as Ying Chengjiao gave her a look, she would kill the famous strategist Guiguzi with her sword.
Guiguzi's code name in Chang'an Junfu was Huoyuan. The two words "Huoyuan" in themselves speak for themselves.
Yue Nu followed Ying Chengjiao and saw that Guiguzi had great skills but was not content. She often taught Ying Chengjiao how to do things and had long been dissatisfied with Guiguzi.
"What else?"
The Yue woman put her thumb on the hilt of the sword and pushed upward, and the two-foot-long Yue sword hanging from her slender waist came out half an inch from the sheath.
"Kill him to eliminate future troubles."
Ying Chengjiao touched the Yue girl's head, and the Yue girl turned her head away in confusion, not knowing what he meant.
"Little girl, don't be so murderous. I'm not in the Baiyue area, it's not that dangerous, let's go."
Ying Chengjiao turned around and walked ahead with brisk steps, waving to the Yue girl to follow.
The girl tilted her head and looked deeply at the ox cart going away. After three breaths, she relaxed her palm. She tiptoed a few times and shortened the distance of several meters that Ying Chengjiao had opened with his big stride.
"Why didn't you kill him, my husband?"
"Why kill him?"
"Since she can no longer be used by my husband, she should be killed!"
"This is Zhao Xianglu's style, not mine."
"If we don't get rid of Guiguzi today, he may become a big problem in the future."
"Then wait until he becomes a serious problem."
"This... is just a woman's kindness!"
"I didn't kill Li Si, I didn't kill Zhao Gao, so how can I kill Guiguzi today? If I kill him, his death will be a minor matter, but my spiritual heart will collapse."
Ying Chengjiao was born into the royal family and was the designated king. He had the power of life and death before he reached adulthood, but he never abused his power as a king.
One word can make people excited.
One word can kill someone.
This power is enough to make most people lost, and Ying Chengjiao is one of them.
So he didn't want to be a king, he didn't want this power. He didn't want to get lost in the Qin Dynasty two thousand years ago, he didn't want to integrate into this backward dynasty.
In this era of the afterglow of a hundred schools of thought, Ying Chengjiao could not be proud of his martial arts or intelligence.
The only thing that can make him proud is the giant civilization under his feet, which is the development and evolution of Chinese culture over the past two thousand years.
If he killed Guiguzi today, he would break the bottom line he strictly adhered to. In that case, what is the difference between him and the backward ancients? How can he reform after opening this precedent?
Just like people without ethics and morality are no different from animals. In Ying Chengjiao's mind, his civilization consciousness is higher than that of the ancients, two thousand years higher.
Be it Zhao Gao and Li Si who destroyed the Qin Dynasty, or Xiang Yu who was unparalleled in bravery, or the legendary figure Guiguzi, none of them are worthy of these two thousand years.
"Since my husband has let her go, what is the purpose of this trip? Is it really just to say goodbye?"
"Mostly to say goodbye, and a little bit... to do something that he didn't expect, so that he wouldn't think I was figured out. I chose this time on purpose to show up here, say goodbye to him, and let him go."
"I can understand some of Queen Mother Zhao's intentions when she does things. But I am completely confused when my husband does things."
"Because I have a strong heart, and you have a pure heart, let's not talk about this. I'll teach you something fun, Liu Ren, have you heard of it?"
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The disciple was still unconscious and lying in the carriage to rest, so Guiguzi had to drive the car himself.
He sat on the shaft of the cart, with the long whip placed aside, not interfering with the speed of the big blue ox. He raised his left palm, staring at the tip of his middle finger, his face extremely ugly.
The tip of the middle finger is empty in Liu Ren.
Everything was considered unsuccessful and everyone deserved to die, but he survived.
"How come nothing happened? I deserve to die!"
The four moles on Guiguzi's forehead trembled back and forth, and his mood was abnormally fluctuating. He didn't believe it, but pinched his fingers again and calculated with the Liuren method.
The thumb touches the pad of the index finger, the tip of the index finger, the tip of the middle finger, the tip of the ring finger, the pad of the ring finger, the pad of the middle finger, and then the pad of the index finger, repeating back and forth.
These six parts correspond to Da'an, Liulian, Suxi, Chikou, Xiaoji and Kongwang respectively.
Da'an: There is nothing serious wrong with the person, and things may be accomplished within seven days.
Linger: stay in the same place, find it difficult to continue, fail.
Suxi: It will be accomplished immediately.
Chikou: There is a villain causing trouble and framing you with gossip.
Xiaoji: There will be good news within three days and things will be accomplished.
Void: giving up, failure, death.
The Liuren method uses three numbers: month, day and hour.
For example, on the 24th day of the eleventh month in the lunar calendar, at the hour of Zi, the numbers used are 11, 24, and 1.
Start checking from the month, starting from Da'an.
After checking the month, check the day, and then check the time. When changing time, you should stop where you are and cannot check directly downwards.
For example, if the month is finished and it falls on Liulian, the number of days is 1, then the number of days is checked once again. It is still Liulian, not the next Suxi.
Guiguzi calculated the current month, day, and hour three times, and each time his thumb fell on the tip of the middle finger, which was the empty position!
"How could this be! How could this be!"
Guiguzi looked up at the sky, the look in his eyes was indescribable.
The evening sky is no longer blue, and the white clouds are barely visible in the darkness.
Liu Ren should not be used too often. It can only be used on a whim, before making a major decision, to ask the heavens for advice. Believe in it when using it, and it will work if you are sincere. If you use Liu Ren with an insincere heart, disaster will come.
Guiguzi met Ying Chengjiao, started Liuren, but ended up with nothing.
He should have failed and died, but now he is unharmed.
God miscalculated.
"Don't hurt my teacher!"
An old man's cry was heard in the carriage, followed by a series of clanging sounds.
His disciple used his hands and feet to rush out of the ox cart, with redness and swelling on his forehead and wrists.
The oxcart was moving slowly, and the old driver was unaware that he should have fallen under the wheel of the oxcart. Life may be worry-free, but a life of suffering is inevitable.
In a flash, Guiguzi stretched out his palm and slapped the disciple on the back accurately, knocking the disciple to his side.
The old driver felt pain all over his body after the fall. His bones were no longer hard and his body was no longer strong. He was seeing stars.
But he did not hesitate for a moment, and immediately supported himself on the shaft of the cart and was about to stand up. When he turned around, he found that the person sitting next to him was his teacher.
His hands loosened, and the strength that had been forced to lift him just disappeared. He heaved a sigh of relief, and lay down on the shaft of the cart, like a big frog.
At this time, the old driver didn't care about etiquette anymore.
Looking up at the big blue ox and feeling the ox cart slowly moving forward, the old driver chuckled.
It is always worth being happy about surviving a disaster.
After laughing, he tilted his head to glance at the teacher's expression and was about to say a few happy words.
Then he saw his teacher tilting his head back, his four moles trembling like living things, and his face had an ugly look that the old driver had never seen before.
Regardless of the severe pain all over his body, the old driver struggled to get up. He looked around vigilantly to see if there were any assassins nearby. He sat down next to Guiguzi and protected his teacher.
"Don't be nervous."
Guiguzi's voice was very mechanical, as if it had not been thought through.
The old driver's alert expression did not weaken, and he raised the long whip and held it in his hand.
"Teacher, don't be afraid. I am here."
The old driver, with white hair and less strength than before, dragged his body in great pain and whispered words of comfort.
Even though he is inferior to his teacher in martial arts and physical fitness, and even though he can't even protect himself.
The 328-year-old Guiguzi’s hair is not completely white, and the wrinkles on his face are much fewer than those of the old coachman.
Those who know that the old coachman is a disciple of Guiguzi think that he is Guiguzi's teacher. Those who don't know think that the old coachman is Guiguzi's teacher.
Guiguzi looked down woodenly, looking straight ahead, not knowing what he was thinking. His left thumb moved back and forth slowly and rhythmically on his index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.
After being alert for a while, the old driver checked the carriage, jumped off the ox cart to check the bottom of the cart, and went back and forth for a long time without finding anything unusual, and confirmed that what the teacher said was true.
He rubbed his forehead which had turned from red and swollen to purple, and gasped with a grimacing mouth. He knelt beside Guiguzi and turned sideways to face him.
"I saw that the teacher looked unwell and thought he was still in danger."
The old driver waited for a while, Guiguzi said nothing, but his left hand was still moving.
[Teacher, what's wrong? Why do you keep using Liu Ren? And why is it so slow? ]
The old driver rubbed his forehead, unable to understand why, after escaping danger, his teacher's face looked much uglier than when he was in danger before.
"Arouse Liu Ren, immediately."
Guiguzi turned his head and looked at his disciple intently.
"only."
The old driver did not ask what he wanted to calculate. He thought about the current month, day and time, picked three numbers, and then pinched them back and forth with his left hand like his teacher, at an incredibly fast speed.
The last hit landed on the tip of the index finger - a safe place, no harm done.
Guiguzi's eyes shone brightly, he grabbed his disciple's left hand and said in a trembling voice:
"Count again! Quick! Count again!"
The old driver felt a little pain in his wrist, but he had to obey the teacher's order. He said "Yes" again and his thumb quickly touched the ground again.
After a moment, the thumb fell back to its original position - great peace.
Guiguzi watched his disciple's calculations throughout the whole process, and counted silently in his mind every time the disciple's thumb moved. In the end, the disciple landed at the same point as he had counted in his mind.
"Hahahaha, it turns out that it was Zen who made a mistake, it turns out that it was Zen who made a mistake, not Heaven!"
Guiguzi laughed loudly, and his laughter was so loud that the big blue ox that was moving forward wagged its tail and slightly folded its ears.
The old driver was happy to see Guiguzi, and he was also happy for his teacher.
When Guiguzi had laughed enough, the big blue ox's ears opened again.
Although the teacher still had a smile on his face, he no longer disturbed the cattle or the people, and said:
"The teacher will not make a mistake."
In his mind, his teacher Guiguzi was always meticulous in his planning and never made mistakes.
"Everyone makes mistakes, and mistakes are mistakes."
Guiguzi didn't care.
Compared to the mistakes made by others, it is much more acceptable to make your own mistakes.
The old driver calculated it again, and finally landed on the tip of his index finger.
"I didn't calculate it wrong. The teacher calculated it differently from me. The month and day will not change, so it's the time."
The old driver's eyes lit up.
"It is the beginning of the twelfth month of the twelfth month, and the number I got is 10. Did you calculate it when I was unconscious? You started Liu Ren at the hour of Shen, and the number you got is 9. Did you fall into the position of void?"
The smile on Guiguzi's face suddenly disappeared, and he lowered his head and stared blankly at his left hand.
The old driver was right, he did pick the number 9. He was stopped by Ying Chengjiao at the hour of Shen, not the hour of You.
He didn't calculate wrong, the one who was wrong was the sky.
The old driver was somewhat excited, excited to protect the teacher's reputation, and said with a smile:
"Did the teacher fall into the empty position?"
[…Empty? Empty! The plan failed and the person died!]
The old driver suddenly remembered the meaning of emptiness and death, and looked at his teacher with a look of horror on his face.
According to Liu Ren's calculations, his teacher should not be able to leave alive!
"Teacher, it's okay."
The old driver forced a smile.
"We are safe , aren't we? That brat won't come to assassinate us, will he?"
"If Lord Chang'an sent someone to assassinate him, the target should be Liuling."
Guiguzi had no expression on his face.
"The Void has come true. You and I must return to Xinzheng immediately. Otherwise, we will not be able to leave Changting, and if we do, we will die."
"Then for now..."
Guiguzi points his index finger to the sky.
"Heaven made a mistake."
The old driver let out a sigh of relief, and his expression immediately eased. As long as he could stay alive, he didn't care whether Liu Ren was right or wrong.
Knowing his teacher's temperament well, he belatedly understood why Guiguzi looked so unhappy. He scratched his white hair and said carefully:
"That boy knows Liu Ren?"
"It is written in the book 'Corpse Son' that I gave him."
"That's right!"
The old driver clapped his hands vigorously.
"I think this guy calculated the month, day, and time and waited here to scare the teacher. Teacher, don't worry, it's just a little trick."
Guiguzi's expression also relaxed and he nodded.
"That should be it."
After talking, he returned to the carriage.
The old driver quickly pulled his legs out of their knees, which were aching, and rubbed them vigorously. As he rubbed, he said sincerely to the carriage:
"When the teacher is in trouble, the disciple will do the hard work. Next time there is danger, the teacher should not pretend not to know the disciple and only treat the disciple as a coachman. For the disciple, not being recognized by the teacher is more painful than death. The teacher should not sacrifice himself to protect the disciple. If the teacher dies in front of the disciple, the disciple cannot live in vain."
"Um."
Guiguzi's calm response with an echo floated out from the carriage.
The old driver felt great pain in his body but he was laughing happily.
Inside the carriage, Guiguzi's face was not calm, but even uglier than when his disciple hadn't woken up yet!
He believed in his disciple's judgment and believed that this was not a coincidence, but a plot by Ying Chengjiao. But because of this, his mentality exploded!
There is nothing remarkable about this scheme; it is very simple.
Ying Chengjiao first took the numbers of the month and day. Then he calculated that Liuren would fall into the empty position at Shen time, so he waited for Guiguzi at Shen time and then let Guiguzi go.
When the heavens predict the future, things will fail and people will die.
But Guiguzi is gone alive, and his deeds are accomplished.
If it were someone else, this strategy would be meaningless.
But for Guiguzi, who believed in heaven, this strategy was not worth talking about, but he could not accept the result.
He said that going against the will of heaven is not feasible, but this time Ying Chengjiao wants him to know that it is feasible!
"Man disposes, God disposes! My Lord, you are trying to kill me!"
