Chapter 127 Distinguish the four signs in the south, east, and northwest, and set up five flags in r
Early in the morning, Supreme Treasure and Feng San arrived at the place of the Buddha in the back mountain. When they arrived, they saw that several men in black with red belts had already surrounded the place with cloth curtains. There were crowds of people outside, with a number of people reaching a thousand... The whole place was fully visible, and no major members of the Hua family appeared!
"Didn't you say there is a competition? Why is there nothing?" A huge question arose in the minds of the two of them: "What is going on?"
When the corona halo changed, I suddenly saw two men walking slowly to the Buddha carrying a cloth roll, and climbing a platform about a foot up along the ladder. The person next to me was holding a gong and knocking it a few times, shouting:
"Everyone! Everyone! We're going to set the question below!"
The meticulous sounds here disappeared with the sound of gongs and drums. Everyone looked up and raised their ears, fearing that they would miss any words - but they saw the two Chinese characters standing high on the stage, holding one end of the cloth in their hands, and loosening the bottom.
Suddenly the cloth roll rolled away, revealing twelve big words:
West Wind Crossing! Cuiliu Valley! Princess’ Tomb! Tieli Gorge!
The two of them looked at the place names, and they were full of doubts when they looked at each other. Some of the candidates next to them took out paper and pen and recorded, while some were talking in a low voice, and they couldn't help but exchange their eyes. There was only one meaning:
"Let me hear what you said!"
When the paper was opened, the man on the stage cleared his throat and said aloud: "My old man has something to say: there are too many people taking the exam today, so let's take a look at luck first! These four places are located in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the city, and it takes two or three hours to get away from Handan. The old man of the Hua family and the examiners are waiting for you in one of the examination rooms. Before noon, as long as you can arrive, you will be qualified to participate. If you arrive late or have bad luck, you don't have to come again - please!"
After saying this, many candidates were stunned at first, and then they realized the meaning... It was clearly just a coincidence of luck!
Suddenly, many candidates quit, and started to make trouble and shouted. But the man on the stage just laughed and shouted, "It's your business to quarrel and make trouble. I can't control it! But I would like to remind you. This is the rules of our Hua family. If you want to abide by it, you will come. If you don't want to abide by it, you won't need to explain anything to you... But the longer you make a fuss, the less time you will be on the road!"
After saying this, some candidates had already shook their heads and ran out, just wanting to find a place to catch their fortunes. More and more people followed behind them. Gradually, the whole field was dispersed.
But most people turn around and curse!
Supreme Bao and Feng San crawled out of the crowd and glanced at him. Feng San cursed: "This Hua family exam is too outrageous, right? He actually got lucky?" "Not necessarily," Supreme Bao was still recalling the man's words, and his eyes were confused: Things will definitely not be so simple, there must be something strange there! I seemed to have caught something... but I was not sure..."
"What is it?" Feng San suddenly became nervous: "Is it a riddle?" He rushed to read the words on it horizontally, "Xi, Cui, Gong, Tie... Can these four words be used as a place name? Hey, let's go and find a local person to ask?"
Supreme Treasure shook his head, "I'm afraid not! This is a Feng Shui master who is used to recruit, not to do academic research... Yes! So that's it!" This sudden thought circled in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more reliable he felt, he couldn't help but pull Feng Sanyi suddenly and said excitedly:
"I understand! There is such a trick!"
Feng San was happy to see him like that and said happily: "How about it? Let's hear it!"
Supreme Treasure suppressed his inner excitement and whispered: "Although this matter is called a great fortune, it is not the case - Feng San, think about what the Hua family does!"
"The Hua family is the Jingwei Sect of Onmyoji, mainly..." Speaking of this, Feng San suddenly realized: "What do you mean is that the Hua family wants to see if these candidates can find the Feng Shui direction?"
"Maybe they didn't think so much!" Supreme Treasure said: "Some people are born with a little bit of ability to avoid misfortune. They are particularly sensitive to Feng Shui, good fortune, and direction, so they often make people feel that they are very lucky - just like sometimes they suddenly change their roads and pick up gold and silver, and they don't want to stay at home before the house collapses, etc... Once these people learn the Jingwei Sect's technique of observing dragons and peeping the sky, they will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort, so..."
"I understand!" Feng San nodded and said, "Thanks to you that, otherwise I would have to be lucky enough to get to the point of being lucky - what should we do now?"
Seeing that there were still many people around him, Supreme Treasure did not dare to talk nonsense here, so he took Feng San to a small stall next to him, bought two bowls of tea, and asked about the locations of the four places...
Supreme Treasure placed the teapot in the middle, then arranged the four tea cups in sequence according to the directions of east, west, south and north, and then calculated: "Look, today is the day of Jiayin month and Wuchen in the year of Dingyou, and the five yellows and two blacks fly to the south, so the position in the south is not good first..."
He took away the teacup in the south and continued, "Second, today we are learning skills, so let's calculate it from all directions..." He calculated carefully: "I won't talk about other directions, but this west is not accused of apprenticeship this year, so we have to go!" As he said that, he also took the teacup in the west.
Then Supreme Treasure frowned and said, "In the end, there are only two places left. These two places are Tielixia and Cuiliugu! Logically, there is no difference between these two places, but the name of the Hua family has the word "Hua" and should belong to wood. They belong to the Onmyoji lineage and are taboo to avoid the five elements, so they will definitely not choose the gold land that quakes wood!"
Feng San suddenly laughed: "That's the case, Tielixia has also been ruled out, and only the last Cuiliu Valley is left... The Hua family is of wood, and it's also excellent wherever it is!"
The two looked at each other and laughed immediately.
Without further ado, Supreme Bao and Feng San hurriedly went out toward Cuiliu Valley in the east of Handan - it was worthy of being chosen by the Hua family. This place is the closest place to the Great Buddha Zen Temple. There is no need to ride a horse and drive a car, you can arrive before noon by walking...
The two of them walked towards Cuiliugu, and they also met many students who were going with them on the way. Some of them were obviously lucky. Their uneasy looks clearly revealed their inner fear. Some people were obviously the same as Supreme Treasure and were full of confidence, so they should have calculated the location. In the end, some people looked at the person the Hua family said they needed. Although they were confused along the way, they still went to Cuiliugu based on their own feelings!
Of course, there are also alternative strange things among the inner people - there is a fat man weighing more than 200. Since he had not found a carriage, he could only walk on foot. He naturally chose the nearest location... This is the legendary luck!
The two of them talked while walking, so they arrived at the entrance of Cuiliugu. Just now, they saw the disciples of the Hua family coming up, and then took them aside to register and issue license plates.
The Supreme Baojiushi No. 3, and Fengsan is the Jiushisi No. 3.
Seeing that many people had already arrived in the scene, standing or sitting, waiting quietly, Supreme Treasure saw the sea of serene and joyfulness in the crowd at a glance - then he saw Mr. Hua sitting drinking tea under the shade of the tree.
"If so, this guy really climbed the big tree and got up the branches, and found this place!"
People's hearts are always unpredictable. There were three or four thousand people who originally became disciples, and even if they were divided into four places, they should be seven or eight hundred people. However, they did not expect that people's hearts were always easy to give up. There were more than two thousand people heading to the Princess' tomb in the west, but less than four hundred people arrived here...
Until three o'clock noon, only 387 people came here.
At this moment, a few people slowly walked out of the forest - the person who was over 60 years old, with an ancient vine stick on his hands, was extremely strong, his face was as bright as gold, and he was solemn, looking at him with a serious temperament; the middle-aged man following him was nearly 40 years old, Kong Wu was powerful, and he was like a corpse walking around... When Mr. Hua saw everyone, he quickly took the booklet from the table, and then sent it to him, saying:
"Old Master, the eldest master, what this person can get has arrived, there are 387 people in total - the list is here."
Old Master Hua nodded and looked at the crowd in the scene, with a slight approval: "It's okay! I didn't expect this time, but I didn't expect that more than 300 people could be considered full of talents."
The eldest young master Hua Shouren also nodded, took the booklet and flipped through it, "This time Hua Gui's business was done well. The news should be released in time, and it was also released well... Fortunately, there was no one who lost me." "How could that be?" Hua Gui's face was squeezed into a ball when he heard the eldest young master's praise: "It was done according to the instructions of the old master and the eldest young master. I was just running errands, hehe, just running errands."
The eldest young master smiled slightly, "You know that you are modest, and you are not confused."
Then, he turned to Grandma Hua and asked, "Dad, look, have you started the exam?"
"kindness."
Old Master Hua didn't say much, so he moved to the Grand Master's chair and sat down. Someone next to him immediately reached out to take the rattan pole, and handed it over tea... He just took a sip, then closed his eyes and began to calm down.
After Mr. Hua sat down, Hua Shouren took two steps and then ordered:
"Can you announce it."
These are obviously all things that have been explained, so Hua Gui did not delay and announced loudly:
"Everyone, now we will start the first formal apprenticeship exam!"
The candidates were paying attention to this place, and when they heard the shouts, everyone rushed over immediately - and immediately a few men from the Hua family walked in front and stopped him, shouting: "Stop here!"
When those people stopped, Hua Gui coughed, pointed to the back and said aloud:
"There are five colorful flags in the woods, with different patterns and different colors, but there is only one flag inside that is chosen by our Hua family - if you can choose it, you will pass!"
Chapter completed!