"Master, the old master has run away! The stinky tofu is still hot; he clearly just left!"
When the two arrived at the south gate, the fortune-telling stall was still there, but the fortune teller had disappeared.
Lin Yu picked up the stinky tofu, took a piece, put it in his mouth, and shook his head. "At such an old age, his taste hasn't changed at all. A leopard can't change its spots!"
"Master, look at this divination!" Feng Jiu seemed to have discovered something and pointed to the table.
Lin Yu trembled slightly and looked at the table. Several copper coins were scattered haphazardly on the table. Although they were messy, Lin Yu could still tell that this was the divination left for him by the old man.
"It seems this old guy deliberately lured me here!" Lin Yu suddenly realized.
Feng Jiu touched her nose. "I knew it! The old sect leader is elusive, how could I have caught him? It turns out he did it on purpose!"
"Sect Master, what does this divination mean?" Feng Jiu asked curiously. Since the old Sect Master left behind the divination, there must be some kind of instruction.
Lin Yu glanced at it, frowned, and said, "Swamp and Water Trapped!"
"How do you explain?" Feng Jiu asked.
Lin Yu frowned and slowly said, "The hexagram 'Kun' (困), also known as 'Ze Shui Kun' (泽水困), is the 47th hexagram in the I Ching and the 26th in the eight trigrams. The upper trigram of 'Kun' represents a lake, and the lower trigram represents water. What a lake needs most is water!"
"The hexagram 'Kun' represents a lake without water, a completely dried-up scene. You can imagine that if a lake has no water, fish cannot survive; if a person's body has no blood, they cannot survive; and if there is no amniotic fluid in the womb, the fetus will die!"
After hearing Lin Yu's explanation, Feng Jiu's face paled in shock. "Isn't that a terrible omen?"
Lin Yu nodded. "It seems this trip south is extremely dangerous, otherwise the old man wouldn't have set up this ridiculous trap for me!"
Feng Jiu looked worried. "Should we still go? Young Marshal, you are the ruler of the Northeast and the master of the Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion. Your safety is of utmost importance. Why don't we just give up the risk? Wouldn't it be nice to live a peaceful life in a remote corner and be a local tyrant?"
Feng Jiu wasn't oblivious to the greater good of the nation, but in his heart, the life of the Pavilion Master was paramount. Moreover, the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion had already sacrificed too much for the Great Xia Dynasty, and he couldn't let the Pavilion Master risk his life any further.
Lin Yu shook his head. "A real man has things he should do and things he shouldn't do. Otherwise, what's the difference between living and being a salted fish? My life has been too smooth. I haven't experienced setbacks or pressure yet. I hope this trip south will fulfill my wish!"
"Furthermore, I must kill my mortal enemy, Luo Wuchen. If I cannot personally avenge him, how can I, as a son, have the face to live in this world? I must go this time!"
“But this divination…” Feng Jiu was still somewhat worried.
The old master would never have left such a message unless he saw something; it must be a sign of a very serious situation.
Lin Yu waved his hand, "Among the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, Tun, Kan, Jian, and Kun are the four most inauspicious hexagrams. These four inauspicious hexagrams all contain water, indicating numerous difficulties. However, each hexagram also contains good fortune hidden within its misfortune, just like things in this world. There is no absolute good or absolute bad. When we feel like we have nowhere to go, we often find a way out. This is the wisdom of the ancients! It is also a kind of magnanimity. If I don't go to hell, who will? Don't take some things too seriously; look at them dialectically!"
Feng Jiu wanted to say something more, but in the end, she pursed her lips and didn't continue.
With everything settled, Lin Yu immediately headed south.
However, they did not choose to drive, nor did they choose to take the high-speed rail or airplane.
Lin Yu knew that once the message from the Governor-General of Liangjiang was sent out, countless eyes would be on him. He didn't want to alert the enemy.
Therefore, I ultimately chose to take a long-distance bus.
The journey from Yandu to Jinling takes twelve hours. Feng Jiu had someone buy the tickets.
At 3 p.m., the bus started on time.
We stopped in Shicheng for a rest and changed passengers.
A woman with a voluptuous figure, dressed in black, sat down next to the two.
The woman had a cold and aloof demeanor, and didn't interact with anyone from beginning to end, simply staring coldly out the window, lost in thought. However, Feng Jiu occasionally glanced at the woman.
"What? Tempted?" Lin Yu asked sarcastically, his eyes closed.
Feng Jiu blushed, "No, it's just..."
"Missing your wife, huh?" Lin Yu bluntly revealed the truth.
Indeed, this woman's temperament is quite similar to Qi Wei's. Lin Yu could sense that this woman had some martial arts cultivation and was not an ordinary woman.
Mentioning Qi Wei made Feng Jiu blush even more. Lin Yu patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, when we get back from the south, I'll take care of things for you two, so you won't be left to her touch you!"
"Um, young marshal, how did you know...?"
Realizing she had let something slip, Feng Jiu immediately stopped, wishing she could disappear into the ground.
Lin Yu said calmly, "Actually, this is quite good. You can rest assured that you've found a conservative woman and won't have to worry about being cheated on!"
"How dare she! She's so old, and she still cheats on me? I'm being nice by not cheating on her!" Feng Jiu said with a look of disdain.
Whoosh!
A WeChat message was sent. It clearly included Feng Jiu's words.
"Um, young marshal, who did you send the WeChat message to?" Feng Jiu asked suspiciously.
Lin Yu shrugged, looking completely innocent, and said, "I was just going to send a WeChat message to ask how my wife is, but I didn't expect you to say something like that. I didn't mean to!"
"???"
Feng Jiu's face immediately fell. "Young Marshal, I was wrong. I'll never show off again. Please take it back, okay?"
"Okay, let's go!"
Beep beep!
Feng Jiu's phone suddenly rang.
Clearly, Lin Yu was too late; Qi Wei had already heard it.
Feng Jiu brought the phone to her ear and heard a shrewish roar, "Feng Jiu, you think you're so tough? You think I'm too old? You son of a bitch, you don't need to come back! I really don't believe in this nonsense. It's not hard to find a three-legged toad, but there are plenty of pretty boys out there, aren't there? Just wait and see if I'll cheat on you!"
Feng Jiu gripped the phone, looking at Lin Yu with teary eyes, on the verge of tears!
Squeak!
Just then, the bus braked suddenly, and all the passengers inside surged forward like canned tuna.
The car door slowly opened, and several burly men wearing masks suddenly rushed up.
These men, each wielding an axe and looking menacing, are clearly a scene from the movie "A World Without Thieves"!
"Robbery!" the leader stammered.
No one reacted; they all stared blankly at the man.
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After all, it's 3032 already, who would have thought that highway robbery would still exist?
"Are you all deaf? I said, rob me!"
Bang!
The man slammed the axe into the windshield with a loud bang.
Everyone shuddered involuntarily, their faces showing expressions of horror.
Damn, this really is a robbery!
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