The ancient city scenic area is completely based on the architectural style of the Tang and Song dynasties, but it is different from the modern film and television cities built for the filming of costume dramas, because the stores along the streets here are real.
There are no tall buildings. When you walk on the street, you only need to look up slightly to see the green mountains and clear waters in the distance.
There are no vehicles on the ancient bluestone road, only tourists strolling leisurely.
In the most prosperous downtown area of the central city, there are snacks from all over the country, famous local handicrafts, teams with performing arts programs, and... many fortune tellers who set up stalls to tell fortunes.
Most fortune tellers are over 50 years old and grow long beards in order to have an air of immortality and gain people's trust.
So the several old gentlemen setting up stalls on the street are all dressed the same: gray hair, long white beard, wearing a green robe, a sun hat, sunglasses, and holding a fan in one hand.
The stall was fully equipped with tables and chairs. On the corner of the table stood a white banner with the words "fortune telling" written on it. On the table was a tube of bamboo sticks, a few old copper coins, a stack of white paper, and a fountain pen.
The stalls next to some fortune tellers happen to sell Feng Shui ornaments, which makes people think more.
Some are still shouting such lines as "Guide the lost gentleman, enlighten the long-trapped hero", "know astronomy and geography", "family-inherited physiognomy, you can't ask for money" to attract customers.
From a distance, it looks like a game of "spot the differences".
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However, truly skilled masters often stay at home and rarely tell fortunes for people. Instead, those half-baked ones are keen on setting up stalls on the street to tell fortunes and try to cheat anyone - this is a trick that most people today are aware of.
Most of the people who come to the scenic spot to set up stalls do so to attract a lot of traffic, because there are always some lost lambs who don’t know the market, and then these "gentlemen" can take the opportunity to make a fortune.
As soon as Jing Cheng appeared in this area, he attracted a lot of people's attention.
He was wearing a snow-white sports suit. He had a handsome face, big eyes, chubby cheeks, and a very cute look. He was the kind of guy that girls liked very much.
Moreover, the clothes and shoes he wears are all branded, and his temperament is innocent. He looks like a young master who is ignorant of the world and came from some family.
The female tourists standing at the nearby stalls kept their eyes on him, and some even took out their mobile phones to take secret photos.
Jing Cheng walked around several fortune-telling stalls. He was holding a paper bag of buns in his hand. He ate while looking around, attracting attention from others.
An old man couldn't help but take off his sunglasses and asked him, "Young man, do you want to tell fortunes?"
Nowadays, people's anti-fraud skills are getting more and more advanced, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for fortune tellers to make a living. The old man just asked casually and did not think he would get an answer.
Jing Cheng swallowed the food in his mouth and replied slowly: "Wait until I finish eating the buns."
The old man was delighted when he heard this, "Okay, I'll wait."
The fortune tellers at other stalls were shocked when they heard what he said. They were surprised that it was so easy to attract customers. They thought Jing Cheng was a big fat sheep and immediately tried their best to display their skills in attracting customers.
"Young man, come to me. I can tell you more accurately and it's cheaper than his. One divination costs only one hundred yuan."
"Handsome man, I see that you have a full forehead and a square chin. You look like someone who will have a smooth career and a prosperous official career. Come to me for a fortune-telling. I promise that you will have a worry-free life for the rest of your life!"
"I am a fortune teller who has inherited my family's fortune-telling skills. I have been fortune-telling for thirty years and have never made a mistake. Come to me and I will give you guidance and help you find the truth immediately!"
"Young man, everyone who came to me for divination has become rich. If you don't come to me for divination, you will regret it for the rest of your life!"
Jing Cheng: “…”
What a big tone!
Jing Cheng took a look at the man. He was a skinny old man with a narrow forehead and a crooked nose. He showed his teeth when he spoke. His teeth were sparse and irregular. From his facial features, you could tell that he was a person who liked to lie and brag. He was actually a fortune teller?
However, blocking someone's financial path is like killing their parents. The most taboo thing in the field of metaphysics is to have villains behind the scenes, so Jing Cheng didn't want to meddle in that matter.
Vehicles other than those of staff members are not allowed to pass through the scenic area, so Qin Yan and Fu Le could only drive to find a place to park their car, while Jing Cheng arrived at the scenic area alone.
Because he had asked for divination before coming here, and the divination showed that he could make a fortune in this direction, but he didn't expect it to be here.
After observing several fortune tellers, he found that only the first old gentleman who spoke to him had three bright and clear brows (two areas above the eyebrows and the tip of the nose), which was a sign of impending fortune, but there was a faint black spot on his forehead, which meant that this windfall would bring about a disaster that would be life-threatening.
Jing Cheng felt that they were destined to be together because he could take the windfall.
Jing Cheng had a young face. When he was traveling around the world as a Taoist priest, employers would look down on him as soon as they saw his face, let alone fortune-telling.
Unless he is extremely poor, he will not set up a stall on the street and be discriminated against.
However, things are different nowadays. Even those who are obviously scammers can set up stalls and call themselves "fortune tellers", so there is no need to worry about a fortune teller like him who is genuine.
The old man who first spoke to Jing Cheng could not have imagined that the group of old guys who were traveling with him would be so shameless. He immediately said anxiously: "First come, first served. This kid and I have a destiny. How can money measure it? Besides, how can my level be so bad? I have many repeat customers, right?"
His peers sneered at him.
Jing Cheng thought, you are all the same, why are there different levels of scammers? There is no difference in essence.
After swallowing the last bite of bun, Jing Cheng rolled up the packaging bag and put it in his pocket, then sat down slowly on the chair in front of the old man's stall.
His goal was to seize this windfall, so naturally he wouldn't give it to anyone else.
When the others saw that everyone had sat down, they returned to their stalls with a sullen look on their faces.
The old man smiled with pride, and his eyes wrinkled. He shook his head and said, "My friend, you have a good eye for talent. You have found the right person by choosing me!"
Jing Cheng watched his performance quietly.
The old man took out a bamboo stick tube and handed it to Jing Cheng, smiling and saying, "Are you praying for marriage, career, wealth or studies? Let's draw a Zhou Gong Lingqian first."
Jing Cheng had sharp eyes and noticed a line of small words below the lottery box: 200 yuan per draw.
He paused and said, "No need. Please show me your palm or face."
Old man: “…” Why don’t you play according to the rules?
Usually, fortune tellers like these let customers draw lots in order to "tell fortunes" based on the interpretation of the lots. This method of fortune-telling has a 50-50 accuracy rate because, after all, the lots are drawn by the customers themselves, so if what they say does not match the customer's actual situation, they can also make things right.
When they encounter someone like Jing Cheng, they generally think that he is trying to mess up the place.
But the customer is God. The old man waited for half a day before he won, and of course he didn’t want to let this little sheep go.
So the old man asked again: "Tell me about your birth date."
Of course Jing Cheng would not tell his own birth date. After thinking for a moment, he told Fu Le's birth date and time.
The old man observed Jing Cheng quietly during this time. Most fortune tellers have a pair of "thief eyes" and can judge the customer's family background by his or her dress, complexion, conversation, movements, etc., and can usually tell a pretty accurate story.
He saw that Jing Cheng had a good-looking appearance and sat upright. He was obviously well-educated and had been brought up in a good family. He also saw that he was well-dressed and used the latest model of an expensive brand of mobile phone. He judged that he must be a child from a wealthy family.
I immediately had an idea in my mind.
"According to your face, you have a rich ancestry and were born into a wealthy family. You have never had to worry about food and clothing since you were a child. Your parents love you and your family is harmonious. You should have never suffered." The old man talked eloquently, "But you are confused now because your life has been too smooth. You can't find your goal, right?"
Jing Cheng: “…”
His parents died early and he wandered around as a teenager, so how could he have a smooth life?
"Looking at your birth date, it's said that men have 258, and women have 36-9. You were born on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, at noon, and your five elements belong to earth. It's an auspicious day and time. Your birth date is extremely strong and indescribably precious. I calculated it, and I think something good should have happened to you recently, right?"
Jing Cheng: “…”
If Fu Le didn't have his amulet with him, he would have been covered in blood.
"Do you want to read your palm?" the old man asked again when he saw that he hadn't spoken.
Jing Cheng stretched out his left hand and showed it to him, thinking, let's see what else you can say?
Jing Cheng's palm lines are very empty, with almost no lifeline, which is a very obvious sign of a short life, which fits his fate of "Heavenly Yin Fate". He is a man who lives against the will of heaven, and traveled to the world a hundred years later, belonging to an "outsider", so ordinary people really cannot see his fate.
Sure enough, the old gentleman was stunned when he first saw his palm, and he hesitated for a long time but couldn't say anything.
Although he was not very proficient in his business, he had been fortune-telling for more than ten years and had touched at least fifty hands. He knew at least the three main lines, but he had never seen such a peculiar palm line.
Logically speaking, people with this kind of palm lines should die young, at least not live past the age of seven. This... is too abnormal.
Jing Cheng looked at him straight. The old man suddenly raised his head and met his gaze. For some reason, he shuddered and thought that this child's eyes were creepy and there might be something wrong with him.
Jing Cheng slowly withdrew his hand and smiled, "Can't tell?"
How could the old man not understand after hearing this? He was clearly being made fun of, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
He pointed at Jing Cheng, his lips trembling with anger.
What the old man didn't know was that while he was observing Jing Cheng, Jing Cheng was also observing him. Seeing that the other party was so angry that he couldn't speak, he slowly spoke: "Before you were forty, you were engaged in fraud and deception. You were in prison. No matter what industry you worked in, you would be unemployed within a month after you got out. In order to support your family, you learned fortune-telling from others. You started to set up a stall ten years ago, but because you were not good at it, you didn't make much money. It wasn't until last year when you were lucky enough to come to the scenic spot that your business got better..."
The old man was stunned and said, "How did you know?"
"You will meet a real big client this afternoon and make a fortune, but you won't be able to keep it." Jing Cheng didn't answer him, but just said to himself, "But I can help you keep it."
The old man was stunned: "What do you mean?"
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The author has something to say:
Many, many things will happen in the ancient city, so once the things about the ancient city are done, they will basically be over.
I posted the last chapter and saw a few little angels complaining about it. Okay, I admit that I’m an idiot when it comes to romance. I’ll reflect on myself...
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