Magistrate Hu asked again, but Li Le remained silent.
In the end, he was extremely conflicted, but he still didn't name the person. He just shook his head and said, "The three hexagrams are over. We can't calculate anymore today."
Just think of it as his selfish desire.
I want to hide something for them without breaking the law.
Magistrate Hu expressed regret for a while but did not pursue the matter any further.
He knew that it was not a dead person, but a skull of a person who had died long ago, buried in Gao Dazhuang's yard. Since it did not involve human life, he did not want to care too much.
He had some guesses in his heart, but he was happy to pretend he didn't know.
It is better to have less trouble than more.
The case was settled, and Li Lezhi had to find another boatman to cross the river to Yangzhou.
But as soon as he walked out of the yamen, he was stopped by the housekeeper who stood up to sue Gao Dazhuang. Li Le just looked at him in confusion.
The butler tried to put on a smile on his tense face, but it turned out to be a fake smile, which made him look even more creepy, like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark.
"Master Li, my master invites you again. I hope you can give me some face," said the housekeeper with a smile.
In Li Le's eyes, it seemed like a sinister threat. Li Le turned around and looked at Gao Mingli, seemingly wondering who this person was.
Gao Mingli replied instantly: "So what if I don't give you this face? My master and I have important things to do. Don't get in the way."
The housekeeper looked at Gao Mingli, his vicious eyes sizing him up and down, then sneered: "Who am I? It turns out I am Master Gao. Our master has great respect for Taoist Li and has no ill will towards him. Please give me some favor." www.jiangnanxs.com Jiangnan Literature Network
At this time, Gao Mingli also whispered to Li Le about this person's identity, "Master, this person is the housekeeper of the Wu family, also surnamed Wu. The Wu family is not a family that you can...deal with."
Originally, Gao Mingli wanted to say that they were not easy to get along with, but he did not say it out loud because he was worried that the Wu family's housekeeper was here. Although he was not afraid, his Gao family still had to do business in Da'an County. The Wu family was like a mad dog. If you provoke them, they will bite whoever they catch, so you should try to avoid provoking them.
Now, the mad dog of the Wu family actually comes looking for his master. What good can come of this?
Li Le only understood that the Wu family's affairs could not be touched, and he didn't know whether his refusal would bring trouble to his apprentice's family.
He hesitated for a while, secretly thinking about why the Wu family invited him over, and then...
Li Le just remained silent.
No, in this day and age, why would you go to him for infertility? Is he the Goddess of Childbirth? For this kind of illness, why go to a fortune teller? Go to a doctor.
But you can't hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor.
After knowing the intention of the Wu family, Li Lezhi became indifferent. In front of Wu's housekeeper, he directly declined and said, "This matter is not my responsibility. You should ask your master to find a doctor to take a look."
Butler Wu was slightly angry. He was about to scold Li Lezhi for being ungrateful and not knowing how to accept a toast and then drink a forfeit. However, he stopped at the moment he opened his mouth, pondered Li Lezhi's words carefully, and looked at Li Lezhi suspiciously.
Why did this Taoist say this? Does he know what is wrong with the master?
The master had never told any outsider about his illness. He was the master's confidant, so the old lady valued him a little and he knew what the old lady and the master were worried about.
But he never told anyone about this, and others did not know how eagerly he wanted to have a child.
So how did this Taoist priest know this?
Did he really calculate it?
This unknown?
Butler Wu didn't dare to offend the Taoist in front of him?
Knowing that the Taoist is unwilling?_[(.)]_?_???,
There was no obstruction?
Forced the two to go to the Wu family.
Although the Wu family is not afraid of the Gao family causing trouble, they still have to be cautious. Moreover, this Taoist priest is really as capable as the rumors say.
It is better to avoid offending such a capable Taoist priest if possible, and to be less rude when asking him to go back. You never know when you will need to ask him for help in the future.
After Butler Wu figured it out, he looked at the figure getting farther and farther away, turned around and got on the carriage back to the Wu family, and told Mr. Wu and Mrs. Wu about the matter.
When Master Wu heard this, he got angry and slammed the table, saying, "He's just a Taoist priest and he doesn't take my Wu family seriously. I want to see how he can leave Da'an without my Wu family's permission."
Madam Wu fiddled with her Buddhist beads and closed her eyes to rest. She was not angry at Li Lezhi's words and asked calmly, "Did the Taoist really say that?"
"Yes, I dare not hide anything," Butler Wu replied respectfully.
"Have you revealed any information about my son's illness?"
Old Madam Wu opened her eyes and looked sharply at Butler Wu. She stopped fiddling with her Buddhist beads and spoke in a calm voice that could not be ignored.
Butler Wu endured the majesty of Old Madam Wu and said with a slight bend in his waist, "I dare not, and I have never leaked a word."
"Yeah," Old Madam Wu closed her eyes. She seemed calm but her heart was actually in turmoil.
She knew her son's situation better than anyone else. Her son was not a celibate person. He had taken so many women into his backyard but not even one child was born.
In the past, Old Madam Wu never suspected that there was anything wrong with her son. She thought it was because the girls could not give birth to grandsons or granddaughters.
Look, her son is already over 30 years old, and in a few years he will have one foot in the coffin. If he has no descendants, how will she explain to her ancestors?
Originally, Old Madam Wu was very worried about this matter, so she thought of asking Taoist Master Li to come and calculate for her son whether he had been cursed by evil spirits and had no descendants.
Unexpectedly, Taoist Priest Li was leaving Da'an, leaving only words for her son to find a doctor.
Now that things have come to this, the only thing he can do is find a doctor to check on his son.
Give it a try.
Old Madam Wu had made up her mind, so she asked Butler Wu about the case today.
Steward Wu said, "Gao Dazhuang really did kill someone. He admitted that he pushed the person into the water when he was ferrying him across the river. Because the person he murdered was a scholar, Magistrate Hu was furious."
Before Madam Wu could say anything, Mr. Wu stood up and said in shock, "What? Gao Dazhuang killed someone."
I totally don't believe that someone like Gao Dazhuang would dare to kill someone.
Master Wu sat back in fear and asked again, "Who found out that Gao Dazhuang had killed someone? The Taoist priest? How did he know?"
Could it be calculated?
Mr. Wu didn't believe at all that there was someone in this world who could predict things to such an extent. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a god to be able to predict such things.
When Mr. Wu thought about how he had shamelessly said he would teach that Taoist priest a lesson, he immediately rubbed his nose and pretended that nothing had happened.
Mr. Wu has a clear understanding of himself. If a fight really breaks out, he will definitely be the one who suffers.
He glanced sideways at Butler Wu, wanting to know the answer from him.
Butler Wu did not hide anything and said directly: "It was that Taoist priest
When we were about to ferry the people, we calculated it and then took them to the government office."
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It was indeed the Taoist priest who figured it out. Master Wu took a few sips of the tea on the table with a guilty conscience. ?
I thought to myself, if I had known that he was a man of real ability, I would not have said such nonsense. I also ask the Immortal Li to spare me since I know nothing. ?
After begging for mercy in his heart, Master Wu finally felt relieved. With the ability of the Taoist priest, he must know that he had changed it. ?
Madam Wu didn't say anything. After asking Butler Wu to call the doctor back, she said to her son, "Go back and stay well. Don't go out."
Mr. Wu curled his lips and left obediently. After everyone left, only Mrs. Wu was left, and she shouted, "Ding Lan, you heard it too, Gao Dazhuang is in jail, your case is solved, do you have a place to go in the future? If not, stay in my house, and I can buy your two daughters back as maids."
The woman called Ding Lan came out from behind the screen, tears welling in her eyes. She knelt on the ground and thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am."
She was the wife that Gao Dazhuang sold, Ding Lan.
After Gao Dazhuang sold her daughter, she wanted to rescue her daughter and die together with Gao Dazhuang. Who could have thought that Gao Dazhuang drugged her and sold her.
Fortunately, she met Mrs. Wu, who saved her life. She didn't know how to thank her.
Now, Old Madam Wu has allowed her family to be reunited again. She can only repay such a great favor by offering a token of gratitude.
On the other hand, Li Lezhi finally found the boatman, and it was not a small black-sailed boat. After asking, he learned that it was arranged for him by Old Madam Wu.
Li Le just looked at Gao Mingli in surprise, this seemed to be different from what his apprentice said.
Gao Mingli scratched his face. He had not expected that Madam Wu would be so generous. He leaned over and whispered in Li Lezhi's ear: "Master, Madam Wu is different from Master Wu."
Mr. Wu's reputation in Da'an was ruined, and he was supported by Old Madam Wu, who was kind and charitable on weekdays. Otherwise, with Mr. Wu's character, he would have been beaten whenever he went out.
The Wu family was saved from defeat because of Old Madam Wu.
Li Le just understood that this was the situation of the Wu family, but he had just rejected the Wu family, and he didn't dare to eat a piece of pie suddenly coming to him.
Li Le only asked quietly: "Can we find another boat?"
Gao Mingli also whispered back: "Probably not."
With no other choice, Li Lezhi had to bite the bullet and get on board. In order to distance himself from the Wu family, he paid an extra portion of the boat fare.
After the two of them settled down, Li Le just looked at the layout of the ship and breathed a sigh of relief. After all, riding on a big ship is safer than riding on a small boat.
After Gao Mingli put the things away, he came close to Li Lezhi and asked, "Master, you said before that the skull belonged to someone who died early. Could it be that it belongs to Gao Dazhuang's daughter?"
He had kept this question hidden all the way, and finally, when there were only him and his master, and no one else around, he thought his master would be willing to tell him.
Li Le hesitated for a moment, then looked outside the door. Seeing no one was there, he said with relief, "No, it belongs to someone else."
Li Lezhi actually didn't expect it to be so dramatic. The skull was indeed from an early death. As for its source, Li Lezhi was not that curious and did not calculate it.
When his apprentice suddenly asked him about this, he secretly calculated it. After knowing the result, Li Le remained silent for a moment.
It turns out that he is related to Gao Dazhuang.
Doesn't that mean Gao Dazhuang's wife dug up Gao Dazhuang's ancestral grave?
Then the skull was moved to Gao Dazhuang's home.
If I hadn't known that Gao Dazhuang's daughter was still alive,
He also believed that the skull belonged to Gao Dazhuang's daughter.
Gao Mingli got what he wanted to know.
He did not ask any more questions. Although he still wanted to know the details, this matter was too difficult. Even if his master was a diviner with extraordinary abilities, it would be impossible for him to calculate in such detail.
I just don't know when he will be able to learn something from his master's skills.
Gao Mingli was not disappointed. During the days on the boat, Li Le was just bored, so he would teach Gao Mingli how to use tortoise shells for divination from time to time, and also took him to play with茭杯.
Gao Mingli had learned a little, not even the basics, and was pulled along to do the math for the other people on the boat. Li Lezhi did not stop him.
All of this requires actual practice. If you calculate now, you won’t be beaten. If you go out to calculate in the future, you won’t have such a good opportunity.
Everything was peaceful here in Li Le, but in Qingzhou, there was a big commotion because of the flood.
Without a valid reason, people living along the Hong River are unwilling to leave their homes and move elsewhere, not to mention that this matter involves more than a dozen counties, large and small.
The county magistrate and the county head wrote letters to ask the governor what had happened, and envelopes were passed to Gongsun Zhuoran's desk like snowflakes.
Gongsun Zhuoran knew what the county magistrates and county heads from various places wanted to say before he even opened the letter.
But this trip back and forth delayed another day or two, and the day of the flood was getting closer and closer.
Gongsun Zhuoran frowned, feeling extremely worried. Although he had already sent people to the Hong River to build flood dikes and dig channels to drain the flood, in order to be absolutely safe, the people still had to be evacuated early.
The villages close to the Hong River must be evacuated as soon as possible. Gongsun Zhuoran did not waver and issued the order to all places.
After receiving the order, all places were distressed, wondering why the governor was so determined to evacuate the villages along the Hong River.
They had no other choice. They were powerless and dared not disobey the order of the governor, so they had to send people to relocate the people from the villages along the Red River one by one.
Place them in the suburbs outside the county town and set aside an area for them to live in.
But looking at the people in the suburbs, the county magistrates and county heads from all over the country were worried. More than ten days had passed since the governor's order, and people had moved here one after another. More and more people lived together, and there were no thatched houses to live in. They could only live in simply built tents. Sooner or later, trouble would arise.
But this was the order of the governor, and they did not dare to disobey, but they were still angry in their hearts.
If the governor cannot give a convincing reason, they will not give up their official hats but will argue with him.
The counties involved this time include Tongyang County, Yuanyang County, Yufu County, Yushan County, Zhuhua County, Qingning County, Liji County, etc.
Tongyang, Yuanyang, Yufu and Yushan are all above 10,000 households. The county magistrates of the four counties are all connected to each other, while Zhuhua, Qingning and Liji are below 10,000 households. Although the county magistrates have some opinions, they don't want to refute the governor's opinion, and they dare not go to the governor. They are small county magistrates, and their population is not as good as the county magistrates. They do what the governor arranges. As for the relocation, the county magistrate also heard the news. It's not just their county. There is a tall man in front to bear the brunt of such a big commotion.
The county heads of Zhuhua, Qingning and Liji counties were waiting for the county magistrates of Tongyang, Yuanyang, Yufu and Yushan counties to come and inquire.
The magistrates of the four counties wrote another letter and sent it to the governor.
At this time, there were only ten days left in a month. After receiving the inquiry from the county magistrate, Gongsun Zhuoran was thinking whether to announce Li Le's calculations or to keep it to himself until the flood waters passed. ?
If we tell the truth now and say that it was the Taoist Li Lezhi who calculated it, I am afraid that it will not convince the public and will also arouse opinions from several counties, who may even dare to disobey his orders and send the people back.
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With only ten days left, Gongsun Zhuoran did not need to think too much. If they were sent back to their original place and the flood water was not stopped, the fate of the people would be so miserable. How many lives would be taken away in this flood disaster?
Needless to say, these county magistrates could no longer hold back and wrote to him more than once or twice.
Gongsun Zhuoran sighed. He stood by the window, looking at the azure sky outside. He was worried about what to do when a servant came in and said, "Sir, the inspector has arrived."
The Inspectors are the eyes of His Majesty. Their job is to inspect various places and report to His Majesty any unusual movements.
Qingzhou has been making a lot of moves recently, and Gongsun Zhuoran knew without much thought that Qingzhou's movements had caught that person's attention.
When he thought about who the inspector of Qingzhou was, Gongsun Zhuoran pressed his eyebrows twice. He really didn't want to deal with him.
But I have to go.
After tidying up his clothes, Gongsun Zhuoran went out to meet the inspector.
As soon as he walked out, he heard the man sneer and said, "Gongsun Zhuoran, I heard that you recently ordered all counties to relocate their people. Is this true?"
"Yes, there is such a thing," Gongsun Zhuoran saw Xia Nansui sitting below him, and watched him turning the jade ring on his hand with a bad tone, and he knew that he was here to call him to task.
"You are so brave."
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