In fact, the moment Zhaodi's parents showed that they "had something to ask for", they were destined to fall into Su Qingluan's trap.
A charlatan like Huang Ergou may not have any other skills, but he must have some real skills in reading people's expressions. The reason why they can "cheat" some people, and often succeed, is that they can see through the eager desires of a certain group of people.
What's more, with Su Qingluan "leaking secrets" to him, Huang Ergou even knew what the couple wanted, what their weaknesses and preferences were. With such "inside information", it was naturally easy for him to "prescribe the right medicine".
Zhaodi's parents felt completely justified in "using their daughter's marriage as a sacrifice to pave the way for their son" - it would be more accurate to say that in their perception, "daughter" was just a tool to support their son, and as for happiness after marriage, that was not even within their consideration.
So when Huang Ergou said, "Since we want to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters for your son, you can't just pick anyone as your marriage partner," Zhaodi's parents didn't suspect anything at all - it's better to say that for rituals such as "eliminating disasters" and "relieving misfortunes", no matter what is used as the carrier, and no matter whether they are really useful or fake, in short, at least the postures of each one are very intimidating.
At the very least, there must be offerings of sacrifices and rituals to worship the gods, as well as corresponding talismans, formations, and so on.
Therefore, this "marriage" requires screening of fixed candidates, which is a very natural thing in the minds of Zhaodi's parents.
Zhaodi is a monkey. According to the principle of matching zodiac signs, "Liuhe" is of course the best, and the only one who can achieve Liuhe is a snake.
In addition, Huang Ergou made up a set of Yin and Yang, Five Elements, I Ching and Eight Trigrams, saying that people with the word "Dong" in their names are the best.
Of course, the same old saying applies: nothing can be done too full. Since Huang Ergou wants to "tell fortunes", he can only be a little vague and cannot set his goals too rigidly. So when Huang Ergou heard Zhaodi's parents ask if there were any other "hints", he waved his hand and stopped talking. He started to talk about other things, saying that "the secret of heaven cannot be revealed."
Of course, these two "divination texts" were not made up at random. Su Qingluan made up the divinatory texts based on Chen Zhi's name and zodiac sign and let Huang Ergou match the corresponding conditions.
However, this matter cannot be made too clear. We are not fools. If the two words "Chen Zhi" are directly put in the open, anyone who is not really mentally retarded will understand that there is a problem.
So Su Qingluan gave the other party some "clues" through Huang Ergou and asked them to investigate it themselves - the Dragon Boat Festival, which made Zhaodi's parents nervous, was approaching, so the tension of time pressure would make them more anxious to find a "candidate" who met the requirements.
As for Huang Ergou, Su Qingluan had fed him the "antidote" and let him leave on his own.
"Don't even think about coming back to cause trouble," Su Qingluan said with a half-smile before Huang Ergou left. "We still have your 'reward'. You can go and tell others what I asked you to do, but you won't have a good life from now on."
How could Huang Ergou dare to say no? In his mind, Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang were already two devils with tender faces but evil hearts, so he didn't dare to think of bargaining at all and just crawled away.
Watching that person leave, Su Qingluan sighed heavily: "Sure enough, not everyone can be a treacherous person."
When Liu Yunniang saw Huang Ergou leave, leaving only herself and Su Qingluan in the Liu family courtyard, she stopped standing at attention behind Su Qingluan and relaxed, moving around Su Qingluan's chair to sit across from her. "What? I thought you were acting really well."
After observing for a few days, Liu Yunniang felt that although Su Qingluan was not very old, she looked quite intimidating when she frowned.
Su Qingluan sighed and shook her head: "Forget it! It's only been a few days and I feel like my hair is falling out. The psychological pressure is too great."
"...Psychological pressure?" Liu Yunniang was confused.
"Nothing, I just feel bad," Su Qingluan said vaguely. Intellectually, she knew Huang Ergou wasn't a good person, and Zhaodi's parents weren't kind either, having thrown their daughter into a fire pit.
She calculated this for both parties, not to kill or rob, but just to prevent Zhaodi from jumping into the fire pit. It did not cause any losses to anyone, and there was no psychological burden at all.
But everyone understands the truth: lying is still lying, no matter what the purpose is. The feeling of worrying about being exposed at any time is something that not everyone can bear.
Fortunately, this matter has come to an end. She finally doesn't have to carry white radishes and other things to Mu Xingzhi's house every day to "abuse" these ingredients.
It can be said that Zhaodi's parents acted very quickly - or rather, their anxiety about the approaching Dragon Boat Festival forced them to act quickly. Just after the fortune-telling in the morning, Su Qingluan heard Zhaodi tell herself at "Su Ji" the next day that her parents were looking for someone with the name "Dong" and the zodiac sign of snake as a marriage partner for her.
Because of the "Great Immortal's" instructions, Zhaodi's parents were no longer obsessed with money. After all, how could money be compared to their precious son?
Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan told Zhaodi, "You should try to be more restrained in front of your parents recently and not show too much joy."
"But...what if something goes wrong?" Zhaodi was a little worried. After all, she was not good at hiding her thoughts.
Su Qingluan said half-truthfully, "Anyway, by that time, the worst that can happen is that you'll be found out, and then you'll be married to that old man. That means nothing will change from now, right?"
Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhaodi immediately became nervous again.
Actually, Su Qingluan was lying to Zhaodi. In Su Qingluan's opinion, even if Zhaodi showed a happy expression, it made perfect sense. After all, his Chinese zodiac sign was "snake", and there were constraints of his birth date, so he was three years older, and the other party was a 17-year-old boy.
In any case, marrying a seventeen-year-old boy is much better than marrying an old man, so even if she occasionally reveals a smile, it can be completely explained.
However, Su Qingluan did not intend to tell the truth, because this would make Zhaodi feel an uncertain sense of urgency, and would make her have an emotional fluctuation mixed with "unconscious smile" and "unconscious worry". Such emotions are the most natural for someone who "is used to ward off disasters but does not have to marry an old man."
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