"Get up, Mr. Liu. Have you been doing well recently?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile. He still had some admiration for Liu Rixin, who was indeed a man of real ability.

"Thanks to your majesty's great blessing, I have been living a very happy life."

After Liu Rixin stood up, he bowed slightly and said.

But when I think about these years, I feel a little resentful.

Fortune telling was his main profession, but Zhu Yuanzhang forbade him to engage in this profession. Fortunately, it is always good to have many skills.

Liu Rixin’s paintings are pretty good, and he can even make a living by selling his paintings.

Otherwise, even if you had the precious fan bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang and could travel all over the world, you would only starve to death on the streets.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, and then said: "We called you here this time because we have something to trouble you with."

"Please help us calculate this person's birth date and horoscope to see what kind of situation this person is in."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he gestured to Jiang Li next to him.

Jiang Li took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, on which was someone's birth date.

Liu Rixin didn't expect that the emperor summoned him to tell fortunes.

But this is his old profession. Although he has not calculated for anyone for more than 20 years, Liu Rixin has not abandoned this knowledge. Instead, he has become more and more proficient in it.

After taking the note and reading the birth date.

Liu Rixin began to calculate.

The fortune-telling technique used by Liu Rixin now is the Four Pillars Deduction Method which is also quite famous in later generations.

The so-called four pillars are the year, month, day and time of birth.

In ancient times, the eight characters of birth were extremely important. Not only were they recorded in the family tree, but even marriages had to be considered to see if the eight characters were compatible.

In ancient times, marriages were formally arranged through matchmakers.

As for the matchmaking, if the horoscopes are not compatible, it won’t work.

Even if you love each other, you can't get married.

Liu Rixin calculated with one hand, with the thumb and index finger of his right hand and the knuckles of his middle finger moving.

This is not some profound hand gesture. In fact, it is just like the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division tables of later generations. It is a way to calculate the year, month and day.

Liu Rixin has inherited the art since he was a child and had memorized it by heart. However, after this round of calculations, he frowned deeply and remained silent for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang was getting impatient waiting, so he asked, "Sir, what is going on here?"

Liu Rixin hesitated slightly and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the birth date, it is a sign of early death. I think he must have died long ago."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and then nodded to Jiang Li again.

Jiang Li then handed over another note with another birth date.

"Sir, please help us figure out the situation about this person again." Zhu Yuanzhang said again.

The birth date and time given earlier were from Zhu Ying.

It was retrieved directly from Zhu Ying’s household registration file.

The second birth chart is that of Zhu Yuanzhang’s eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying.

"I obey your order."

Liu Rixin bowed slightly and took the note with both hands. After looking at the eight characters, he began to calculate again.

“Huh!”

On the first day of the lunar month, Liu Rixin couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

"Why is this happening, sir?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, these eight characters are extremely rich and noble, and the purple aura is soaring to the sky. I think this is Your Majesty's grandson."

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with Liu Rixin's words and said, "Please continue with your calculations, sir."

Liu Rixin bowed and nodded, then continued to calculate.

“Huh!”

After a moment, Liu Rixin uttered another sound of surprise.

Then he bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, this person also died young... Oh, that's not right."

Liu Rixin had just finished speaking when a memory suddenly flashed through his mind.

He immediately changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, this boy's fortune contains a mystery. I would like to ask Your Majesty to give me some pen and ink so that I can recalculate it."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked Jiang Li to bring tables, chairs, pens and ink.

Liu Rixin immediately began to calculate using Taoist symbols on a piece of white paper.

In a moment, a star chart appeared on the paper.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but come over to watch.

"When I was calculating just now, I found that the mystery was obscure and seemed to be reversing yin and yang. The four-pillar calculation method alone is not enough to fully calculate it."

"I use another method, which is Ziwei Dou Shu. First, make a horoscope, and then calculate with the stars."

Seeing His Majesty coming, Liu Rixin bowed slightly and explained to His Majesty.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was not proficient in fortune-telling, he had some knowledge of it. Naturally, he understood what Liu Rixin meant and said, "Please continue, sir."

Liu Rixin began to continue calculating on paper.

However, this time, it was not as smooth as expected.

As time passed, the sheets of white paper were soon filled up and a large number of Taoist symbols appeared.

But half an hour had already passed, there were piles of wasted papers, but still no results.

"No, this is not right. How could this happen? How is this possible?"

Liu Rixin wrote faster and faster, and a look of horror gradually appeared on his face. He muttered something to himself as if he was possessed by a demon.

It's like encountering some difficult mathematical problem that I can't figure out.

After a long while, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but ask, "Sir, what is going on?"

Liu Rixin finally stopped writing and sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, this child's fate seems simple, but it is extremely complicated."

"It looks like a premature death, but it has a hint of life. The intersection of yin and yang, the mystery of heaven is obscure, it is really strange."

"Please forgive my incompetence, but I cannot predict this boy's fate."

Whether it is Four Pillars Deduction, Ziwei Dou Shu, or Plum Blossom Divination.

They all start from Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, and the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to decipher the eight characters of birth.

First, you need to decipher the eight characters before you can see the results.

It's like there is a door in front of you, and you have to push it open before you can see the trajectory inside.

Liu Rixin is currently stuck at the step of understanding the eight characters. He has tried his best but still cannot decipher the eight characters.

However, Liu Rixin was well versed in metaphysics, and through various calculations, he was still able to get a rough idea.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, and then suddenly smiled and said: "I am sorry to bother you, sir, but the reason for the excitement is not a big deal."

After that, he added, "I hope you can keep your mouth shut about today's fortune-telling."

"I will obey your majesty's orders." Liu Rixin said quickly.

After finishing speaking, Liu Rixin reported: "I have another matter to report."

"Go ahead."

"When I entered the city yesterday evening, I saw the sun and the moon shining together in the sky. I couldn't help but make some calculations and realized that something was wrong."

"Last night, I observed the sky and found that the Big Dipper was moving strangely. It seemed that a dark star was shining and approaching the Emperor Star."

After a short pause, Liu Rixin bowed and said in a more cautious tone: "Even the fall of Taiwei Star before seems to be related to this star."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, but unusually did not ask any more questions.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was born into a peasant family, he was self-taught. Even though he was busy with government affairs, he would always take out an hour to read.

He was proficient in poetry, songs and essays, and left behind many works.

He had some knowledge of metaphysics and was clear about what Liu Rixin meant.

The so-called falling of Taiwei Star refers to the death of the crown prince.

The dark star actually refers to the hidden dragon.

What Liu Rixin meant was that a star suddenly appeared in the sky, shining with the fate of a latent dragon. When the prince's star fell, the dark star moved unusually.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said, "I have something to trouble you with, sir. Many years ago, a dragon rolled over Zhongshan Mountain, and the tomb of my eldest grandson collapsed."

"This time, while we're building the Crown Prince's mausoleum, we want to dig up our eldest grandson's tomb and renovate it."

"I'm afraid it will ruin the feng shui, so I can only ask you for help."