Xun Yiqing was not included in the script as one of the top five candidates for the seventh episode.
This surprised Gu Zhisang very much.
You should know that Xun Yiqing has been very popular on the Internet since the show started, mainly because of his status as a direct disciple of the Tongyuan Temple.
As a Taoist temple that has been passed down in the Xia Kingdom for hundreds of years, Yiyuan Temple has a very strong heritage and has been officially certified. It is also one of the three major factions of Xuanmen. It has been very low-key and secluded in the past.
It was only after Xun Yiqing recorded "Spiritual Affairs" as a contestant this year that this Taoist temple came into the public eye.
Its long history of inheritance and national certification is itself a powerful blessing.
In addition, after further investigation, netizens discovered that Xun Yiqing was the disciple of the temple master and had presided over the bell-ringing ceremony in the temple three years ago, which is enough to prove that he has good abilities.
As soon as he came into the world, many colleagues in the metaphysical world and online bloggers in the paranormal area reposted and praised him lavishly, predicting that he would be the champion of this season.
But since the show started, almost no one believes that Gu Zhisang, the actress who was least favored and mocked by the whole network at the beginning, will not be the "strongest" this season.
At the beginning, the haters on the Internet started to stir up trouble and lead the trend:
'Gu Zhisang has a gap with other contestants'
It has become a recognized fact by many netizens.
Although the voices of passers-by on the Internet are overwhelmingly in favor of Gu Zhisang, apart from the strongest champion, Xun Yiqing himself is still the strongest competitor for the third and second place.
Gu Zhisang could never have imagined that he would be the one eliminated in the last episode.
She clicked on Xun Yiqing and the official account of "Spiritual Matters" to take a look.
Because the sixth episode involved cooperation between the police station and contestants in cracking a major case involving a human trafficking gang in Southern Province, the subsequent footage was not shot by the host device, but was taken by the host Liu Da with a pocket backup camera hidden on his body. Many shots needed to be re-edited, which took a long time.
The official version of the program was only uploaded to the Internet yesterday.
After the details of the cracking of the major case in Southern Province were broadcast, related entries once again became a hot search.
At the same time, the top five candidates announced in the show are:
Gu Zhisang, Daisy, He Mi Tu, Bai Ci, Xi Haihong.
There was no Xun Yiqing.
This once again caused an uproar among netizens, with many viewers who supported Xun Yiqing questioning the program team's voting and elimination practices as being non-transparent and unfair.
They believe that there is something fishy going on behind Xun Yiqing's elimination.
[I really laughed when I saw the list of top five. Master Xun is an orthodox Taoist disciple. Many famous people in the circle of metaphysics say that he is a very good metaphysical master among the younger generation. In the last small online variety show, he was eliminated before he even made it to the top five? ? ]
[Bai Ci and Daisy, one can only diagnose illnesses, and the other can only read minds. Please, this is a metaphysical program. If I want to watch these, why don't I watch a documentary about doctors…]
[Two foreigners in the top five eliminated our own serious masters! I am really impressed! ]
【? ? What's wrong with foreigners? Isn't this a competition show? Whoever has the ability will stay. So what if his identity is very eye-catching? I haven't seen him being that good. 】
The volume of "Spiritual Matters" is now too large, and netizens were about to start arguing again. Half an hour later, Xun Yiqing and the official posted at the same time.
Lingshi V: [Because contestant @一元官荍伊清V is busy with work and has no time to participate in the next show filming, he has taken the initiative to withdraw from the show. There is a vacancy for this contestant, so he will not be eliminated.]
No one expected that Xun Yiqing would voluntarily withdraw.
While some netizens were still speculating on conspiracy theories, Xun Yiqing's post also became a hot topic.
He wrote a long article to everyone's surprise.
He first stated that he had indeed withdrawn on his own initiative, and then he said quite sincerely that he did have many shortcomings in the school of metaphysics and affirmed the abilities of other contestants.
Finally, he said that if he was not really unable to continue participating, he would definitely continue. Even if he was eliminated in the end it would be better than quitting halfway. His words were full of regret.
Compared to the arrogance and self-conceit when he first appeared on the show, Xun Yiqing has undoubtedly changed a lot now.
After this blog post was published, netizens' speculation and debate gradually subsided.
Many people said goodbye and expressed their reluctance under his account.
After reading the post, Gu Zhisang felt that Xun Yiqing's expression was strange, and his words seemed to imply that it was not his intention to withdraw halfway.
Out of curiosity, she called Ge Liaochan.
After answering the call, Ge Liaochan on the other end said, "Sangsang, you also felt it, right? I heard from the grapevine that the reason he withdrew was probably because the old antiques from Xuanmen put pressure on Yiyuan Temple. The general meaning was that Xun Yiqing was a direct disciple of Yiyuan Temple after all, and losing to a group of foreign sorcerers and wild methods would be a loss of face for Xuanmen, so they had to let him withdraw.
I almost died of laughter after hearing this. Aren't those old guys just admitting that you are stronger, Sangsang, and that the new generation of Xuanmen cannot be better than you? "
"Oh, by the way, the last time you were filming the show in Southern Province, the daughter of the Xi family leader sent a letter of complaint to the headquarters. It seems that the old-fashioned old guys in the Xuanmen know about this. I wonder if they will vent their anger on her. I just talked to my teammates today, and they said that she might be the one to withdraw from the competition next week..."
Gu Zhisang: ...
After hearing the news, Gu Zhisang was speechless.
She never imagined that after just a few hundred years, the interior of Xuanmen would have become so decayed.
It would be bad enough if they just failed to supervise strictly and abused their power, but even their basic integrity and pride were completely lost.
A few old guys who regard the face, status and dignity of the Xuanmen as more important than their lives are not as insightful as the younger generation.
Ge Liaochan continued, "Oh, right? You still remember Yao Fang, one of the four women who paid to participate in the 'River God Sacrifice' at Shennu Lake. The case she was involved in has been re-reported."
"The cases behind the other three people have also been investigated. Two of them are suspected of murder. One of them once mentally suppressed his girlfriend and cheated on her, causing her to commit suicide by jumping into a lake."
The earliest of these cases occurred nearly thirty years ago.
This city is still just a county-level city in Hunan Province, not to mention twenty or thirty years ago.
At that time, the overall environment was chaotic and population movement was complicated. Many people in the city went out to work, so even if a few people went missing, it was difficult to find anything.
Ge Liaochan said: "It is very difficult to find evidence in these old cases and re-convict them, but we will try our best."
"It's a pity for the girl who drowned while trying to save Yao Fang. We will restore the truth of the incident and make it public. At least we won't let the heroes go unnoticed or the warriors go unsung."
…………
That evening, the Hunan Provincial Police Department released several case notices in succession, with the "Shennv Lake Corpse Case" as the main case, and announced the investigation details of other large and small cases, which caused an uproar and discussion among netizens.
[The old man and woman in the video interview cried so pitifully, their hair turned completely white. Their daughter was clearly brave enough to save someone, but she never received the praise she deserved. It's a pity for such a good girl.]
[I am so angry! ! Liu Mouxin's cowardly husband who is a bully at home, and the other two beasts! They raped, killed, dumped the body, and confused right and wrong. Such beasts deserve to die! ]
[After Liu Mouxin died, her body was stolen and sank to the bottom of the lake for no apparent reason. Then Wen Mou's son also drowned and his body disappeared, only to surface after the case was solved... This is too fantastical and supernatural. If this was not the content of the Hunan Provincial Police's report, I would have thought I was reading a supernatural story.]
Besides the discussion, someone from Hunan Province said in Gu Zhisang's fan chat:
"Family, Sangsang seemed to be in Hunan Province some time ago. Someone in my circle of friends said they saw her. The silhouette in the secretly taken photo is really similar to her!"
'I heard about it too! My sister said she saw Sangsang in their school. When I saw the case online, I thought, could this case also be related to Sangsang?'
Many mulberry leaf fans were very excited after seeing this and kept asking questions.
There are also many rational big fans who advise others not to make such remarks that are easy to be criticized without solid evidence.
As expected, not long after, some haters who had been following the topic took screenshots and began to mock and imply things secretly.
As for why they did it secretly, it was because they had been slapped in the face too many times before. Whenever they wanted to post something, they would hesitate in their hearts.
Unexpectedly, Sang Ye's big fan was still calling on several companions who posted comments to delete them. The Hunan Provincial Police Department once again thanked the "enthusiastic citizen" Gu Zhisang for his special help in this case.
As soon as the blog post was published, spiritual groups in various places forwarded it as if to seek credit.
Soon after, a mulberry leaf fan also uploaded photos she took of Gu Zhisang when she met him by chance in Hunan Province.
The girl in the photo is wearing a navy blue Miao costume. The silver ornaments on her neck and wrists sparkle under the flash light, and her slightly raised phoenix eyes show a rare tenderness.
The clothing, positioning and Hunan Provincial Police Department certification, under the three-combination blow, the small wave that had not yet formed was directly drowned out by the continuous praises from passers-by.
Anti-fan: …
A certain professional hacker looked at the content of the post he had just posted three minutes ago and deleted it quickly, feeling very tired.
She angrily clicked on the photo that was on the trending search, zoomed in on Gu Zhisang in Miao clothing, and tried to find some flaws on that delicate and handsome face.
Then after looking for a long time, she was unconsciously attracted by the pair of clear, dark eyes in the photo.
I have to admit that this woman Gu Zhisang...
It looks really good.
Now her professional ability has improved, and her acting skills are said to be good as well. She has been praised by many movie stars and directors. She is a master of metaphysics and has great positive energy, helping the police solve many cases.
The more the professional black hater analyzes, the more he feels that there is really nothing to black about Gu Zhisang. If he insists on blackening him, he will only get slapped in the face at the speed of light, just like today.
After figuring it out, she joined the anti-fan group:
'Brothers, we really can't do anything anymore. Our faces are all swollen. And I have to admit that I've become a fan of this damn woman because of her charm... That's it. See you again if we're lucky.'
After sending the message, she clicked to quit the group.
After breathing a sigh of relief, she watched a few Amway videos and then followed Gu Zhisang's account.
The anti-fan group was silent, and no one paid attention, discussed or insulted the message for half a day after it was sent.
The number of people in the group just decreases from time to time, revealing that the people in the group are not as quiet as they seem.
Soon the news of the collapse of the black fan group spread.
After hearing this, the mulberry leaf fans in the super topic felt proud and complicated for a moment.
"I was carried away by Sangsang again. Today is also a day to lie down."
Somewhere in a villa
After watching the entire process of how online public opinion changed in an instant, Yan Cheng received countless cheers and celebrations from Mulberry Leaf fans, and his fan group was also excitedly swiping the screen.
There was a gentleness in his eyes as he silently saved the photo of the girl wearing Miao clothing.
Looking at the top avatar in the address book, Yan Cheng hesitated for a moment, pursed his lips, clicked it, and sent a message saying "The program recording went smoothly".
A few minutes later, the phone screen lit up and a new message popped up.
Yan Cheng was a little nervous. After clicking it, his heart skipped a beat.
'Thank you, Mr. Yan. See you next week.'
——
On the morning of the seventh live broadcast, the weather at the filming location was cool and drizzling.
The original official start time was 9 o'clock in the morning. Many viewers who had been waiting in the live broadcast rooms of their favorite contestants in advance were waiting boredly, and occasionally switched out of the live broadcast platform to check other information.
20 minutes in advance, the live broadcast room suddenly opened.
The waiting audience was a little surprised. After switching back, they found that the person in the live broadcast was not the contestant they were thinking about, but the host Liu Cixin.
Liu, wearing a uniform, holding a microphone, smiled:
"Good morning, dear audience friends, are you surprised and a little disappointed when you see me?
The reason why we started broadcasting earlier is because, as I said at the end of the last episode, the show "Spiritual Matters" has passed the middle stage, and the next step is the intense competition for the top four, the first, second and third place. In order to make our judging results more accurate, the program team has re-planned and adjusted the scoring system for the second half of the season within this week. "
"Next, I will announce the new scoring system to everyone."
The changes announced by Liu are divided into 'individual competition' and 'team competition', with the former seeing bigger changes.
Originally, the "individual competition" was just a warm-up program, and the highlight was the team competition that came later.
But starting from this issue, a points system will be adopted for both individual and collective live broadcast events.
The ranking order and elimination candidates for each episode will be based on the points scored.
The format of the 'individual competition' is still for the audience to participate in the lottery and interact with the players.
However, after completing the interaction, the person seeking help and the audience are required to give real-time scores.
The satisfaction of the person seeking help with the contestant accounts for half of the proportion, and the combined score of the contestant's completion judged by all the audience accounts for the other half.
In addition, the individual competition no longer has fixed places like before. Instead, from the start of the broadcast in the morning to the end of the broadcast at 12 noon each time, as long as the players have the energy and ability, they can choose to interact multiple times.
Then the players who solve more personal events will definitely get a much higher score in the "Individual Competition" than the players who solve fewer events.
The team competition also adopts a scoring system.
In order to prevent fans or anti-fans from maliciously increasing points, the program team also re-created the scoring server.
Only accounts that have watched at least five of the previous six episodes are eligible to participate in the scoring;
At the same time, in order to score the interactive event of the individual competition, the viewing time of the event must meet the requirements.
After the new competition system was announced, the audience began discussing it in the comment section.
[Good boy, this is going to make the contestants roll up! Even if a contestant's ability is average and the score for one event is low, as long as he handles enough events, he can still win by quantity! ]
[I used to think that it was a bit arbitrary to judge the performance of each episode based solely on the one interaction that the contestants were drawn to have. Now using the scoring method is more comprehensive.]
[Thank you to the production team for giving me a few more chances! I really want to be picked to interact, but once per episode is too little! ]
[Gu Zhisang: The production team just wants me to work overtime, right?]
[I am so amused that I can already see the look of despair on the face of the least motivated contestant at work. ]
After Liu finished explaining the new competition system in detail, he said: "Okay, next is each contestant's individual competition. I look forward to everyone's wonderful performance, and I also hope that the audience will give fair and just scores."
"If you are reported for malicious score manipulation, there is a certain chance that your account will be blocked."
After he finished speaking, the camera host was turned off, and the images on all the audience's device screens switched back to the live broadcast room of their respective players.
Gu Zhisang, who had already received the script and knew about the changes in the program's competition system, saw many viewers teasing her about having to work overtime in the refreshed comments, and smiled helplessly:
"Now that the show has started, those who want to interact and read physiognomy can prepare to click 'participate'."
As soon as she finished speaking, the millions of viewers in the live broadcast room clicked the button one after another, and the number of people in the background kept increasing.
After more than a minute, Gu Zhisang said:
"Is the audience member with the nickname 'Laughing all the time' here? You are the one selected for the first interaction. What method would you like to choose to interact?"
'Smile always': I'm here, Master Gu! Can I choose to connect with the microphone instead of the video? I will send you the relevant photos and information privately.
Just as some people don't care about being seen, there are many people who care about privacy.
It takes courage to expose your private affairs to the whole internet for the whole world to watch. It is completely understandable that one has concerns about "always smiling" and is afraid that it will affect one's real life.
Gu Zhisang said: "Of course."
Soon another person's voice appeared in the live broadcast room: "Master Gu, can you hear me?"
Judging from the voice, the audience member in this interactive session was a female, and her Mandarin had a southern accent, which was not particularly standard.
Gu Zhisang: "Sure, I saw you sent me several photos, do you want to read my fortune first?"
"Yes." 'Always Smile' was a little embarrassed.
It is now generally recognized on the Internet that Gu Zhisang is a modern-day "magic fortune teller" with extraordinary abilities and extremely accurate fortune-telling skills.
Whoever is chosen to interact will definitely ask her for help in calculating their family, destiny, health, etc.
Gu Zhisang nodded, looked at the photos and said, "The person wearing the yellow coat in the photo should be you."
"From your facial features and the twelve palaces, you were born in 1988 and are 34 years old this year. The Yin and Yang Five Elements are mostly water and lean towards wood. The terrain is favorable, so your birthplace should be in the Jiangnan water town.
But your nose is slightly hump-shaped, and the lower part is longer than the other three parts, extending from the nose tip to the philtrum and chin. From these features, we can see that although the stereotype is that southern girls are soft-tempered, you are naturally straightforward, don’t like procrastination, and get angry easily. Although you often appear to be irritable, you don’t have bad intentions or malice. ”
When she said this, she slapped her thigh with a smile and kept saying "yes":
"Well, I am not just a bit irritable. In fact, sometimes I don't want to lose my temper, but when I see others dilly-dallying and going through the motions over and over again on a small matter, I want them to do it faster. Maybe I accidentally raise my voice and use a bad tone..."
After Gu Zhisang finished speaking, he continued:
"In fact, it's very obvious from the photos you gave me. You've been married for almost ten years and have a seven-year-old son. From the fine lines that radiate from the corners of your eyes and spread toward your conjugal palace, it can be seen that your relationship with your husband is okay, but there are frequent frictions and quarrels."
'Smiling' smiled bitterly and said, "People on the Internet say that Master Gu is a fortune teller. I was skeptical at first, but it's true. My wife and I both have bad tempers. We often quarrel over trivial matters. When we get angry, we say things without thinking, which hurts our feelings..."
This matter is also a knot in her heart.
But after so many years of marriage, their personalities and temperaments have long been established, and it is very difficult to change them.
Adults have to raise children and support their parents, and they don’t have the energy or patience they had when they were young to sit down and have a good talk.
Many families and couples are like this, and they get by all their lives.
Gu Zhisang then looked at the other life palaces in the photo and said:
"Your own parents are both alive and well, with some minor illnesses but nothing serious. However, your husband's mother has passed away, and his father is already very old. Judging from his face, his left forehead has turned red recently, which means that his father will have good news."
"It should be a full birthday."
Hearing this, 'Laughing' nodded secretly on the other side of the camera, and at the same time felt a little nervous:
"Yes, my father-in-law is 80 years old this year. His 80th birthday was on the 16th of this month, so we rushed back last month to accompany him and prepare to hold a big birthday party for him in his hometown."
Gu Zhisang continued to deduce.
When she sensed that there was a misty dark blue color at the lower eyelid of the "Always Smiling" face, she said:
"You have had more blue spots and fine lines under your eyes recently."
Smiling face said nonchalantly, "Yes, I am very busy every day, visiting neighbors and writing invitations, and at night..."
She said as she realized something was wrong.
The photo I took of Gu Zhisang had some filters on it!
She didn't have any dark circles under her eyes in the photo. How did the other person know that she had severe blue circles under her eyes recently?
Just as 'Smiles Always' was thinking this, Gu Zhisang said calmly, "When I said that your eyes are blue, it doesn't mean that you didn't get enough rest, but that the stagnation there has produced foul air. The area under the eyes is the palace of children, from which you can tell whether you have a good relationship with children and whether your children are healthy."
When Gu Zhisang mentioned the word "children", Smiling Face sat up straight with his eyes wide open.
"Your uterus is congested, which only means that your son's condition is not good and his life is in danger. It is also very likely not caused by normal reasons."
'Smiling': "Master Gu, you are right! My son, he is indeed... Is his life really in danger?!"
'Always smile' was so anxious that his eyes felt hot.
You know, the village fortune teller said that there was nothing serious, just a slight loss of yang energy!
Gu Zhisang said: "The situation I saw is indeed somewhat dangerous. His fate line is weak. It should have started since you returned to your hometown."
Although it was a question, Gu Zhisang's tone was firm.
Upon hearing that his son was in critical condition, he was in no mood to calculate fate or keep it a secret. He kept saying "yes" and told him everything.
"It happened a week ago. My father-in-law turned 80 this month. He has been living in the countryside due to his age. My husband is his only son, and he was born in old age. So, we were the only one to take care of such an important birthday celebration, and we were quite busy.
We discussed how to do it better, invite a few opera troupes, and hold a two-day banquet in the village."
"My father-in-law loves Xiao He very much - he is my son. His grandson must be present at his grandfather's birthday party, so he also returned to the countryside with us.
Because my father-in-law likes to live in the old house that was built before, saying that mud houses have a homely feel, so after returning to the village, our family also lived in one. "
Although the old house is old and quite remote, the old man still likes it.
Moreover, a few years ago, my husband took the initiative to pay for the village construction workers to expand and renovate the house. The place is quite spacious and clean inside.
So I have no complaints about 'always smiling'.
After returning to her hometown, she was still busy negotiating with those well-known uncles, aunts, and cousins in the village, so naturally she didn't have much energy to take care of her son.
She didn't even care that her son looked listless for the past two days.
Later, when she was busy, her son made a fuss, whining that he didn't want to stay in the countryside and that he didn't like it here. She and her husband scolded him, thinking that he was too spoiled.
As a result, the next morning, I got up with a smile on my face and cooked.
After she finished cooking, she wanted to push the door to see her son and call him to eat something.
Who knew that when she opened the door to the room where her son lived, she was completely dumbfounded.
"No one is here." 'Always Smiling' said to Gu Zhisang in a hoarse voice.
She was frightened and searched around anxiously for several times, but there was no one in the corner of the room!
Perhaps it was because she made too much noise and her voice was too anxious when she called her son, so her husband came over to take a look. He was frightened to see that his son, who was supposed to be sleeping in the room, was gone.
Just when they were getting anxious and were about to go to the village to look for him and call the police in town, their son stood in the doorway of an old, dilapidated house across the path, rubbing his eyes:
'Mom, I'm here.'
Seeing that he was so angry, he thought his son was deliberately angry with him and wanted to scare him, so he rushed over, grabbed him and spanked him hard on the buttocks twice.
"Are you still running around? Are you going to scare your mother to death?!"
The son cried loudly, wailing, "I didn't run around, I didn't run out! I woke up and I was lying in this room!"
'Laughing' didn't believe it at all and hit him twice more: 'Are you still lying? You didn't run over there by yourself, so how could a ghost carry you over there? Listen to me, my father, if someone makes a mistake and still insists on being stubborn, do you care?'
She turned her head to look at her husband behind her, only to see that he had a strange expression on his face, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
When he said this, he swallowed a little and said with difficulty:
"Then I heard from my husband that the original resident of the dilapidated house opposite my father-in-law's old house was also an elderly man who had no children and lived a miserable life..."
"He died one day more than a month ago in this shabby house, on the bed where my son was lying inexplicably."
Her voice trembled as she said, "My father-in-law found the body. He had been dead for two or three days. His body was stiff."
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