Chapter 696: Yue Lao
As expected, things did not go beyond Li Ke's imagination. Just when the beautiful Taoist nun Yu Rui disappeared in the room, an old man wearing a branded uniform appeared in front of Li Ke.
He raised his hand skillfully and greeted Li Ke.
“Yo!”
You ghost! Aren't gods like you supposed to clasp their hands and bow?
Li Ke looked speechlessly at the old man in front of him who was leaning on a long stick, but the other party ignored him at all and kept taking out various things from his body.
Books, balls of red thread, whistles, hydrangeas, and a whole bunch of other things were thrown onto Li Ke's desk. That quick movement seemed to have nothing to do with the old man at all.
I don't have the godly adaptability for this sort of thing, as I recall?
Li Ke carefully recalled everything he had experienced. It was not until the other party shook the things on his body and was about to put the long staff in front of Li Ke that he remembered to ask for clarification.
"So, you came to me to ask me to replace Yue Lao, right? The question is, is there really no problem with marriage?"
He was very curious. Things like punishment after death were not a problem at all for the Three Realms with time-distortion technology, but the matter of fate was more complicated.
"Well, this is indeed a problem, but there is nothing we can do about it. Because the living environment is so harsh, many people cannot get married."
Yue Lao spread his hands helplessly.
"So, they need the gods to match them up. Some marriages are not good. Couples fight and sometimes even die... In short, it's very troublesome."
Having said that, Yue Lao sighed.
"Sometimes, some people need to be sacrificed, otherwise it will be difficult for the human population to grow. However, we only take action when the secular world cannot do these things."
Seeing that Li Ke didn't ask why he was asked to work, Yue Lao was happy to give Li Ke some basic knowledge.
"For example, during the Qin and Han dynasties, it was illegal for ordinary people not to get married, so my job was to use the red string when ordinary people met unsuitable wives. There was no need to arrange a match. In addition, I had to calculate fate and other things. When the destined marriage was intercepted by others, I had to make a timely judgment to see if they were capable of living on their own, and then choose whether to cut the red string. In general, it was a rather troublesome job."
"so……"
"So now the job of matchmaking and making human marriages happy is handed over to you. I have to go to the afterlife to find some psychiatrists... Oh, by the way, red thread doesn't come casually. It can only be collected from places where there is love. This whistle is to help you call magpies. They can help you search for the love you need for the red thread, and then you can just wrap it with the ball of thread."
After saying that, Yue Lao's figure began to fade slowly, and Li Ke, who had just received this information, immediately realized that this was a big pitfall just like the work of the King of Hell! Moreover, this thing was not like the work of the King of Hell, where there were a large number of mature civil servants to help him work, but only he worked alone!
Even the work props have to be made by yourself!
However, since this is what the laws of nature in this world suggest I do, I have to do it no matter how troublesome it is, but -
"Yue Lao! Where is there more love ?"
But the gradually disappearing Yue Lao started to laugh.
"Anyway, there's none in the chicken yard!"
Li Ke: “…”
Fortunately, the information written in the booklet left by Yue Lao is quite detailed.
Firstly, the cane he left behind allows him to see a person's character and destiny, and he can also summon puppets and match them up.
Second, the ball of red thread is the thread of marriage. As long as you tie it, you will meet and develop feelings. If there is no external interference or too great difficulties, you will definitely be together.
However, the will and actions of mortals can interrupt this line, and even if you don't act as a matchmaker, mortals will create a marriage line on their own. For that kind of true love, the matchmaker doesn't need to work or guide them. They are a perfect match. Unless the ending is too tragic or goes against fate, the matchmaker generally won't interfere.
Moreover, the marriage line can be cut by power, strength, death, and time, but it can also transcend these. So how the marriage of mortals is depends on the mortals themselves and the social environment at that time.
The red line is just a hook.
Third, with a whistle in your hand you can summon a large number of magpies to work for you, but the monthly salary of the summoned magpies is a merit and a incense. They also receive two liters of millet and a pound of other food such as dried fish. Fruit is also acceptable. Merits will be distributed according to work performance, but you are responsible for the millet and dried fish yourself.
You are also responsible for the magpie's work-related injuries and accidents, as well as the subsidies and arrangements for death. You need to liaise with the underworld and produce two written documents.
It must be written personally by the King of Hell and Yue Lao themselves, and then passed on to the Lord of Heaven.
Fourth, Yue Lao does not need to be responsible for all the judgments he makes. All marriages depend on Yue Lao’s own judgment. Unless it is too outrageous, Yue Lao is not responsible.
As long as the couple are connected, come together, and have children because of marriage, then Yue Lao will be able to gain merit.
In addition, Li Ke took over the class because Yue Lao was under a lot of psychological pressure and wanted to take a break for some time.
“This job does put a lot of psychological pressure on people.”
Li Ke nodded. He knew at a glance how many infatuated men and women, love and hate, and happy marriages and love affairs would arise from this job, which would naturally lead to inner trauma.
Li Ke looked at the booklet, which was a list of some people who had been marked, as well as the specially arranged marriages of others. This thing could see the time and place of the matchmaking between two people, the matching rate and the number of times they had been together. It was perfect with the cane, and when Li Ke held it in his hand, he could enter a time warp state and see a person's past and future in marriage.
But just as Li Ke continued his research, a boy with braids and covered in red appeared in front of Li Ke.
"Acting Yue Lao, I am Hong Xian Tong Zi, you should go to work."
"ha?"
Li Ke looked blankly at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him. He was stunned for a moment, and then saw the boy with red lips and white teeth speaking with a smile.
"You still have to arrange marriages for 4,200 people today! Don't be late!"
"ha?"
Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, he saw the Red Line Boy took out a stick with a smile, and then hit Li Ke directly on the forehead.
The soul is out of the body!
He just felt dizzy, and then in a trance, his body was covered with the props that Yue Lao had taken out before, and then he saw the red string boy grabbing his feet and dragging him onto the bed.
Not only did he drag it, he also hit his head on the corner of the table.
Li Ke: "... "
There is definitely something wrong with this Red Line Boy!
