Qian Xi and Li Lezhi both looked at the person who came.
Qian Xi asked, "What's the matter?"
The servant took a breath and then said in one breath: "Master, the Jin Kingdom delegation came to the capital to pay tribute to the treasures. The treasures were stolen in Yangzhou two days ago. The governor is required to catch the murderer."
"Why would the Jin State delegation go to Beijing from Yangzhou?" Qian Xi wondered.
In previous years, Jin Guo always set out from Jizhou, passing through Yizhou all the way to Beijing, but this year he set out from Yangzhou.
It just so happened that the treasure was stolen, so there must be something fishy going on.
Qian Xi asked: "What did the delegation say?"
"Master, this is the weird part. When the treasure was stolen, the Jin Kingdom envoys refused to let the government catch the culprit, saying that the government was too slow to catch the culprit. By the time they found out, the treasure would have been gone. They asked the governor to find a famous Taoist priest to help them catch the culprit."
"Ask a Taoist priest?" Qian Xi frowned.
If a Taoist fortune teller does it too many times, it will harm the harmony of nature. Unless it is absolutely necessary, ordinary Taoists will not tell too many hexagrams. What's more, it is several times more difficult to calculate the celestial phenomena that are subject to change than usual, and it also takes a lot of effort.
Even if Taoist Yun took action, Qian Xi couldn't guarantee that Taoist Yun would be able to figure it out.
The Jin State delegation came with ill intentions.
This move seemed like a test. The theft of the treasure was an open conspiracy. Even if they noticed something was wrong, they could not pretend to be unaware and had to cooperate with them.
There is no way around it.
After Qian Xi communicated, he asked, "Has Taoist Master Yun gone yet?"
"This is a hasty matter. I came to tell the young master as soon as I knew about it. I don't know if the old master has sent someone to invite Taoist Yun."
"Okay, got it. Go wait outside first."
After Qian Xi sent the servant away, he looked at his master. If one had to talk about the most powerful person in Yangzhou, it would be his master. However, Qian Xi didn't know if his master could do the calculation, and whether it would be harmful to his master's health.
When Li Le heard that the treasure was stolen and that he had to find a Taoist priest to calculate the fortune, he immediately wanted to leave Yangzhou.
His intuition told him that if he didn't leave early, this matter would fall on him, and by then, it would not be the time for him to easily shirk responsibility. If, by some chance, he failed to calculate, his reputation would be ruined.
Secondly, if everyone knew that he used calculations instead of advanced algorithms, wouldn’t it make him seem incompetent?
Hmm...
With Taoist Master Yun here, the problem won't fall on his head. He can also take this opportunity to observe and learn a thing or two from Taoist Master Yun. It's a great learning opportunity.
Thinking of this, Li Lezhi asked, "Qian...disciple, can I go and take a look?"
He didn't want to miss the best opportunity to learn Master Yun's skills up close and observe offline.
It just involves the diplomatic corps, and I don't know if I can use his apprentice's help to get it.
"Of course," Qian Xi said happily.
Master is willing to go, and things are settled. No matter how many plans the delegation has, they will be exposed in front of Master and will not be worth mentioning.
Qian Xi's nervous heart relaxed and a smile appeared on his face.
Although the two had completely different ideas, they were both very happy in their hearts.
Only after getting Qian Xi's consent did Li Le forget about his eldest disciple Gao Mingli. He asked Qian Xi again and after getting Qian Xi's consent, he went to find Gao Mingli.
"Master, would you be asked to calculate the fortune when the treasures are stolen?" After Gao Mingli learned that the Jin State delegation had been stolen and wanted to find a Taoist priest to calculate the fortune, he immediately thought of his master and asked.
"No, who am I, your master? Why would you ask me to tell your fortune?"
In Yangzhou, he was an unknown Taoist priest, not as famous as the Taoist priest of Qingyun Temple. Besides, it was better not to ask him for divination on such an important matter. It was difficult to refuse, and he might not be able to figure out the answer, which would only bring trouble to oneself. With great difficulty, one could get an extra layer of protection for one's life, and one did not want to get involved in such muddy water and lose one's life.
"Oh, that's right," Gao Mingli nodded. His master was so powerful and had excellent fortune-telling skills. It would be a waste of his talent if he didn't need to take care of such a small matter as the loss and theft of treasures.
Only major events like the one in Qingzhou were worthy of his master's intervention.
I just don't know if calculating such a big thing will bring backlash to my master.
Gao Mingli observed secretly.
The master's face was ruddy, not pale, and he didn't look like he had been attacked. It was obvious that a big event like the one in Qingzhou was a piece of cake for the master.
The more he got in touch with fortune-telling and the more he learned, Gao Mingli realized how ignorant he was at the beginning, and how powerful his master was. He could tell the results so accurately and directly.
Like him now, when he calculates some small things, he can't calculate them clearly and can't know the specific results, he can only say them vaguely.
Even if you know the result, you can't easily say it out.
The book says that the more a Taoist knows, the more he will go against the will of heaven and his life will be short. If he often helps others to eliminate disasters and reduce difficulties, he will also have five disadvantages and three shortcomings. Only when he does more good deeds and has great merits, will God not settle accounts with him.
However, these are all mysterious things, and not everything they say is necessarily correct.
For example, the Qingzhou hexagram that the master calculated for an ordinary Taoist priest would generally not be able to calculate it because there are too many causes and effects involved. Forcing the calculation would only result in backlash.
According to the book, it was impossible for his master to figure out the Qingzhou incident, nor could he just act as if nothing had happened, so some of the things written in the book were not necessarily true.
Gao Mingli guessed that the person who wrote this book was probably a little weak, so he exaggerated some things.
Therefore, the master is just too powerful and is not on the same level as ordinary people.
Gao Mingli was thinking in a mess.
Then, he heard the master say, "This is your fellow apprentice, Qian Xi."
Gao Mingli looked at Qian Xi, and Qian Xi also looked at him and nodded slightly to him.
Gao Mingli: ...
Just a few days later, he actually had a new junior fellow apprentice.
After Li Lezhi finished the introduction, he glanced at Gao Mingli's face. Seeing that Gao Mingli showed no resistance to his new junior brother, he felt relieved.
What he feared most was discord among his disciples.
The two of them don't like each other, easily quarrel, and even fight with each other. In the end, he, as the master, has to mediate and act as a panacea?
Thinking about that scene for a moment, Li Le's fists hardened.
Fortunately, his disciples are all good disciples and will not cause trouble for him.
The two of them got to know each other, and everyone was present. Li Le only said one word, and then they walked out together. A carriage had already been prepared outside, and as soon as they walked out of the door, they could take a carriage to the post house where the delegation was staying.
After arriving at the posthouse, with Qian Xi's guidance and their Taoist robes, they were not stopped by anyone and walked in smoothly.
Governor Qian's assistant, Sima, was already waiting inside to communicate with the members of the delegation.
In addition to Sima, there is also someone Li Le is familiar with - Taoist Master Yun Zhuliu.
Although the two knew each other, Li Lezhi never thought of rushing up to greet Yun Zhuliu. In the current situation, it would be best for him to hide in the back so that no one could notice his presence.
I only heard the envoys say to Sima, "Our treasures were placed in the post house. They were still there yesterday. Today, as we were about to set off, I opened the box to check if the treasures were damaged. I didn't expect that the treasures inside were missing. I don't want to suspect that someone in Yangzhou stole the treasures, but the things are definitely lost. Without the treasures, how can we explain to His Majesty?"
"This treasure is of extraordinary significance, but we in Jin State have been searching for it for a long time, in order to present it to Your Majesty during the Qianqiu Festival. You must find this treasure back."
"Yes, yes, yes," Sima was overwhelmed after hearing this and responded quickly.
Then he walked to Taoist Yun, spoke a few words to him, and asked Taoist Yun to make sure to get the treasure.
In the past, Sima would not care whether the treasures were presented by Jin State or not. Jin State was just a small country that depended on Daliang for survival. What good things could it have? But unfortunately, when the Qianqiu Festival was approaching, the Jin State delegation made trouble under the pretext of congratulating His Majesty.
How could he, a small Sima in Yangzhou, treat this matter as if it did not exist? The strange thing was that this incident did not happen at a good time.
Now, I can only ask Taoist Yun to find it.
Yun Zhuliu also knew the seriousness of the matter. He walked to the side and took out tortoise shells and other items from his cloth bag and started counting.
After a while, he looked up in the direction of Sima in surprise, stood up and walked towards Sima, whispering in his ear: "The date when the treasure was lost is wrong. I calculated that it was lost two days ago, not yesterday."
Two days ago was the day when the diplomatic envoys entered Yangzhou.
Sima's face looked unhappy. If it was lost two days ago, it meant that he had been robbed as soon as he entered Yangzhou. If His Majesty knew about this, wouldn't he think that he had a bad atmosphere in Yangzhou and even dared to steal the envoys' things?
Secondly, since the treasure was lost two days ago, why did the people in the delegation say it was lost yesterday? Wouldn’t they check such a precious thing every day and only open it on the day they set off?
If this was true, how did the thief open the treasure box, evade the guards of the delegation, take the things and leave?
There must be something fishy going on here.
But these things could not be said openly, nor could the delegation be suspected without reason, so Sima had to continue communicating with the delegation.
Ask them: "The treasure is missing, why didn't you check it every day? If it is so important, how could you neglect your duty?"
"The locks on your treasure boxes are just for show. Any thief can easily open them. If that's the case, why didn't they get lost in Jizhou? Instead, they were easily stolen when we came to Yangzhou."
The delegation hesitated for a while, and then another person stood up. The clothes he wore were more gorgeous than those of ordinary people. After he stood up, the envoy who was talking to Sima also took a step back. It can be seen that this person has a high status in the delegation.
The man stood up to answer Sima's question and said with a smile, "We didn't expect the treasures to be stolen. Treasures are precious and we can't check them every day. Secondly, according to Sima, the treasures were lost in Yangzhou, which seems like we did it on purpose. Why didn't they lose them in Jizhou, but in Yangzhou? Sima, you might as well think about it. Yangzhou is a place of outstanding people, while Jizhou is bitter and cold, and cannot compare to Yangzhou, where there are many talented people."
"Sir, why don't you let that young Taoist priest do a quick calculation so that we can get the treasure back as soon as possible. It has been lost for two days. If the person leaves Yangzhou, it will be difficult to track him down. It's okay for us to lose the treasure. Jin State is in hardship and can't produce anything good. I just hope that His Majesty will not be angry when he knows about it."
The man looked at Yun Zhuliu, secretly observing him, as if he wanted to find out Yun Zhuliu's strength.
"Master, can you tell where the thief is?"
Although he asked with a smile, Li Lezhi felt that he had bad intentions.
As he listened, Li Lezhi finally understood.
A treasure that was to be presented as tribute on the Qianqiu Festival was lost. The delegation said that it was there yesterday, but they found it missing when they checked before leaving today. This means that the thief had a very short time to steal. He had to avoid the guards, unlock the door, steal the treasure, and leave in less than a day. This thief is really capable.
It was there yesterday, but disappeared today. The timing is too tight, something is not right.
Li Le was just curious about how the thief did it.
Then I heard Sima say: "The treasure was stolen two days ago, why do you say it was still there yesterday? I need an explanation."
The man said, "It was stolen two days ago. I don't know about it. Could it be that your people made a mistake in the calculation?"
"Master Sima, you must have found an unknown Taoist priest to deal with us. He can't even calculate the day when the theft was stolen. Why don't you go find the most famous Taoist priest in Yangzhou?"
"Now I wonder if this Taoist priest can figure out where the thief is."
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Qian Xi and Li Lezhi both looked at the person who came.
Qian Xi asked, "What's the matter?"
The servant took a breath and then said in one breath: "Master, the Jin Kingdom delegation came to the capital to pay tribute to the treasures. The treasures were stolen in Yangzhou two days ago. The governor is required to catch the murderer."
"Why would the Jin State delegation go to Beijing from Yangzhou?" Qian Xi wondered.
In previous years, Jin Guo always set out from Jizhou, passing through Yizhou all the way to Beijing, but this year he set out from Yangzhou.
It just so happened that the treasure was stolen, so there must be something fishy going on.
Qian Xi asked: "What did the delegation say?"
"Master, this is the weird part. When the treasure was stolen, the Jin Kingdom envoys refused to let the government catch the culprit, saying that the government was too slow to catch the culprit. By the time they found out, the treasure would have been gone. They asked the governor to find a famous Taoist priest to help them catch the culprit."
"Ask a Taoist priest?" Qian Xi frowned.
If a Taoist fortune teller does it too many times, it will harm the harmony of nature. Unless it is absolutely necessary, ordinary Taoists will not tell too many hexagrams. What's more, it is several times more difficult to calculate the celestial phenomena that are subject to change than usual, and it also takes a lot of effort.
Even if Taoist Yun took action, Qian Xi couldn't guarantee that Taoist Yun would be able to figure it out.
The Jin State delegation came with ill intentions.
This move seemed like a test. The theft of the treasure was an open conspiracy. Even if they noticed something was wrong, they could not pretend to be unaware and had to cooperate with them.
There is no way around it.
After Qian Xi communicated with him, he asked, "Is Taoist Master Yun leaving?"
"This is a hasty matter. I came to tell the young master as soon as I knew about it. I don't know if the old master has sent someone to invite Taoist Yun."
"Okay, got it. Go wait outside first."
After Qian Xi sent the servant away, he looked at his master. If one had to talk about the most powerful person in Yangzhou, it would be his master. However, Qian Xi didn't know if his master could do the calculation, and whether it would be harmful to his master's health.
When Li Le heard that the treasure was stolen and that he had to find a Taoist priest to calculate the fortune, he immediately wanted to leave Yangzhou.
His intuition told him that if he didn't leave early, this matter would fall on him, and by then, it would not be the time for him to easily shirk responsibility. If, by some chance, he failed to calculate, his reputation would be ruined.
Secondly, if everyone knew that he used calculations instead of advanced algorithms, wouldn’t it make him seem incompetent?
Hmm...
With Taoist Master Yun here, the problem won't fall on his head. He can also take this opportunity to observe and learn a thing or two from Taoist Master Yun. It's a great learning opportunity.
Thinking of this, Li Lezhi asked, "Qian...disciple, can I go and take a look?"
He didn't want to miss the best opportunity to learn Master Yun's skills up close and observe offline.
It just involves the diplomatic corps, and I don't know if I can use his apprentice's help to get it.
"Of course," Qian Xi said happily.
Master is willing to go, and things are settled. No matter how many plans the delegation has, they will be exposed in front of Master and will not be worth mentioning.
Qian Xi's nervous heart relaxed and a smile appeared on his face.
Although the two had completely different ideas, they were both very happy in their hearts.
Only after getting Qian Xi's consent did Li Le forget about his eldest disciple Gao Mingli. He asked Qian Xi again and after getting Qian Xi's consent, he went to find Gao Mingli.
"Master, would you be asked to calculate the fortune when the treasures are stolen?" After Gao Mingli learned that the Jin State delegation had been stolen and wanted to find a Taoist priest to calculate the fortune, he immediately thought of his master and asked.
"No, who am I, your master? Why would you ask me to tell your fortune?"
In Yangzhou, he was an unknown Taoist priest, not as famous as the Taoist priest of Qingyun Temple. Besides, it was better not to ask him for divination on such an important matter. It was difficult to refuse, and he might not be able to figure out the answer, which would only bring trouble to oneself. With great difficulty, one could get an extra layer of protection for one's life, and one did not want to get involved in such muddy water and lose one's life.
"Oh, that's right," Gao Mingli nodded. His master was so powerful and had excellent fortune-telling skills. It would be a waste of his talent if he didn't need to take care of such a small matter as the loss and theft of treasures.
Only major events like the one in Qingzhou were worthy of his master's intervention.
I just don't know if calculating such a big thing will bring backlash to my master.
Gao Mingli observed secretly.
The master's face was ruddy, not pale, and he didn't look like he had been attacked. It was obvious that a big event like the one in Qingzhou was a piece of cake for the master.
The more he got in touch with fortune-telling and the more he learned, Gao Mingli realized how ignorant he was at the beginning, and how powerful his master was. He could tell the results so accurately and directly.
Like him now, when he calculates some small things, he can't calculate them clearly and can't know the specific results, he can only say them vaguely.
Even if you know the result, you can't easily say it out.
The book says that the more a Taoist knows, the more he will go against the will of heaven and his life will be short. If he often helps others to eliminate disasters and reduce difficulties, he will also have five disadvantages and three shortcomings. Only when he does more good deeds and has great merits, will God not settle accounts with him.
However, these are all mysterious things, and not everything they say is necessarily correct.
For example, the Qingzhou hexagram that the master calculated for an ordinary Taoist priest would generally not be able to calculate it because there are too many causes and effects involved. Forcing the calculation would only result in backlash.
According to the book, it was impossible for his master to figure out the Qingzhou incident, nor could he just act as if nothing had happened, so some of the things written in the book were not necessarily true.
Gao Mingli guessed that the person who wrote this book was probably a little weak, so he exaggerated some things.
Therefore, the master is just too powerful and is not on the same level as ordinary people.
Gao Mingli was thinking in a mess.
Then, he heard the master say, "This is your fellow apprentice, Qian Xi."
Gao Mingli looked at Qian Xi, and Qian Xi also looked at him and nodded slightly to him.
Gao Mingli: ...
Just a few days later, he actually had a new junior fellow apprentice.
After Li Lezhi finished the introduction, he glanced at Gao Mingli's face. Seeing that Gao Mingli showed no resistance to his new junior brother, he felt relieved.
What he feared most was discord among his disciples.
The two of them don't like each other, easily quarrel, and even fight with each other. In the end, he, as the master, has to mediate and act as a panacea?
Thinking about that scene for a moment, Li Le's fists hardened.
Fortunately, his disciples are all good disciples and will not cause trouble for him.
The two of them got to know each other, and everyone was present. Li Le only said one word, and then they walked out together. A carriage had already been prepared outside, and as soon as they walked out of the door, they could take a carriage to the post house where the delegation was staying.
After arriving at the posthouse, with Qian Xi's guidance and their Taoist robes, they were not stopped by anyone and walked in smoothly.
Governor Qian's assistant, Sima, was already waiting inside to communicate with the members of the delegation.
In addition to Sima, there is also someone Li Le is familiar with - Taoist Master Yun Zhuliu.
Although the two knew each other, Li Lezhi never thought of rushing up to greet Yun Zhuliu. In the current situation, it would be best for him to hide in the back so that no one could notice his presence.
I only heard the envoys say to Sima, "Our treasures were placed in the post house. They were still there yesterday. Today, as we were about to set off, I opened the box to check if the treasures were damaged. I didn't expect that the treasures inside were missing. I don't want to suspect that someone in Yangzhou stole the treasures, but the things are definitely lost. Without the treasures, how can we explain to His Majesty?"
"This treasure is of extraordinary significance, but we in Jin State have been searching for it for a long time, in order to present it to Your Majesty during the Qianqiu Festival. You must find this treasure back."
"Yes, yes, yes," Sima was overwhelmed after hearing this and responded quickly.
Then he walked to Taoist Yun, spoke a few words to him, and asked Taoist Yun to make sure to get the treasure.
In the past, Sima would not care whether the treasures were presented by Jin State or not. Jin State was just a small country that depended on Daliang for survival. What good things could it have? But unfortunately, when the Qianqiu Festival was approaching, the Jin State delegation made trouble under the pretext of congratulating His Majesty.
How could he, a small Sima in Yangzhou, treat this matter as if it did not exist? The strange thing was that this incident did not happen at a good time.
Now, I can only ask Taoist Yun to find it.
Yun Zhuliu also knew the seriousness of the matter. He walked to the side and took out tortoise shells and other items from his cloth bag and started counting.
After a while, he looked up in the direction of Sima in surprise, stood up and walked towards Sima, whispering in his ear: "The date when the treasure was lost is wrong. I calculated that it was lost two days ago, not yesterday."
Two days ago was the day when the diplomatic envoys entered Yangzhou.
Sima's face looked unhappy. If it was lost two days ago, it meant that he had been robbed as soon as he entered Yangzhou. If His Majesty knew about this, wouldn't he think that he had a bad atmosphere in Yangzhou and even dared to steal the envoys' things?
Secondly, since the treasure was lost two days ago, why did the people in the delegation say it was lost yesterday? Wouldn’t they check such a precious thing every day and only open it on the day they set off?
If this was true, how did the thief open the treasure box, evade the guards of the delegation, take the things and leave?
There must be something fishy going on here.
But these things could not be said openly, nor could the delegation be suspected without reason, so Sima had to continue communicating with the delegation.
Ask them: "The treasure is missing, why didn't you check it every day? If it is so important, how could you neglect your duty?"
"The locks on your treasure boxes are just for show. Any thief can easily open them. If that's the case, why didn't they get lost in Jizhou? Instead, they were easily stolen when we came to Yangzhou."
The delegation hesitated for a while, and then another person stood up. The clothes he wore were more gorgeous than those of ordinary people. After he stood up, the envoy who was talking to Sima also took a step back. It can be seen that this person has a high status in the delegation.
The man stood up to answer Sima's question and said with a smile, "We didn't expect the treasures to be stolen. Treasures are precious and we can't check them every day. Secondly, according to Sima, the treasures were lost in Yangzhou, which seems like we did it on purpose. Why didn't they lose them in Jizhou, but in Yangzhou? Sima, you might as well think about it. Yangzhou is a place of outstanding people, while Jizhou is bitter and cold, and cannot compare to Yangzhou, where there are many talented people."
"Sir, why don't you let that young Taoist priest do a quick calculation so that we can get the treasure back as soon as possible. It has been lost for two days. If the person leaves Yangzhou, it will be difficult to track him down. It's okay for us to lose the treasure. Jin State is in hardship and can't produce anything good. I just hope that His Majesty will not be angry when he knows about it."
The man looked at Yun Zhuliu, secretly observing him, as if he wanted to find out Yun Zhuliu's strength.
"Master, can you tell where the thief is?"
Although he asked with a smile, Li Lezhi felt that he had bad intentions.
As he listened, Li Lezhi finally understood.
A treasure that was to be presented as tribute on the Qianqiu Festival was lost. The delegation said that it was there yesterday, but they found it missing when they checked before leaving today. This means that the thief had a very short time to steal. He had to avoid the guards, unlock the door, steal the treasure, and leave in less than a day. This thief is really capable.
It was there yesterday, but disappeared today. The timing is too tight, something is not right.
Li Le was just curious about how the thief did it.
Then I heard Sima say: "The treasure was stolen two days ago, why do you say it was still there yesterday? I need an explanation."
The man said, "It was stolen two days ago. I don't know about it. Could it be that your people made a mistake in the calculation?"
"Master Sima, you must have found an unknown Taoist priest to deal with us. He can't even calculate the day when the theft was stolen. Why don't you go find the most famous Taoist priest in Yangzhou?"
"Now I wonder if this Taoist priest can figure out where the thief is."
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