Chapter 72 The End of Life, the Beginning of Death
Although Xu Zhengchun's voice was low, it was loud. As soon as the words came out, it was like a thunderbolt that instantly exploded in the sky. Not only me, but also Mr. Huang San who was opposite me was shocked.
A gleam of light flashed in its eyes, and then a strong murderous aura erupted, and it screamed: "Xu Zhengchun, are you threatening me?"
Xu Zhengchun shook his head and said: "I'm not threatening you, I'm just responsible for helping to pass on the message. If you want to hold a grudge, you don't have to hate me, just hate my old man, but..."
At this point, Xu Zhengchun suddenly smiled and said: "Hate my old man, I'm afraid you don't have the courage!".
"You..." Master Huang San was so angry that he trembled all over, and his pair of yellow eyes stood up because of excessive anger.
It gritted its teeth, then said with a grin: "I admit that your old man is indeed domineering, but it is absolutely impossible to scare me away with just one word. I, Grandpa Huang San, have been roaming the mountains and fields for hundreds of years, and there are really not many people who are afraid of me, let alone want to scare me away with just one word without even showing my face!"
"Oh? So Grandpa Huang San means that we must enter this village?" Xu Zhengchun suddenly raised his eyebrows, and the warm smile on his face disappeared, and he once again turned into a paralyzed look, but there was a gleam of brilliance in his eyes.
One man and one yellow-skinned man, their eyes met, neither of them avoided, and after staring at each other for a few seconds, Huang San Taiye was obviously defeated, and said with a cold snort: "I don't have to enter this Xu Village, but I must take this kid away during this period, otherwise, I can't explain to my descendants of the Huang family."
Hearing this, Xu Zhengchun didn't say anything else, but frowned.
After seeing this scene, my heart skipped a beat, thinking that Xu Zhengchun would not really agree to let this yellow-skinned man take me away, right?
Although I am not afraid of it, there are too many yellow-skinned men after all. If I stay in the village and don't leave, they can't do anything to me for the time being. I just need to wait for my master to come back, and then I should be able to completely resolve the grudge between me and this group of yellow-skinned men.
But what if Xu Zhengchun took action and drove me out of the village?
The outcome might be very different.
Thinking of this, I swallowed my saliva, then quietly stepped back a few steps, away from Xu Zhengchun.
He obviously noticed my action, and was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said to me with a smile: "Qian Yu, don't worry, your master and I didn't know each other until we fought. Over the years, we have often visited each other, often drank together, and even went into the back mountain together. We can be considered as life-long friends. I, Xu Zhengchun, will definitely not do anything to you."
I felt relieved after hearing that, and then I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Uncle Xu, what is there in the back mountain?"
I am very familiar with the back mountain. Since I was a child, I often ran to the back mountain with Hu Zi, but there is nothing in the back mountain except a mess of graves. How can there be any secrets?
Xu Zhengchun did not answer me, but shook his head, then turned to Mr. Huang and said, "Mr. Huang, I know the rules of your Huang family, but my Xu family also has its own rules. My old man made an agreement with the previous Mr. Huang. If someone in our Xu Village offends someone from your Huang family and it is a fight to the death, then my Xu family will predict a word. If this word is the best and most auspicious, then the matter is over." Mr.
Huang's eyes turned when he heard this, and then he nodded and said, "There is indeed such an agreement, but what if... it is a sign of a big disaster?"
"Then, my Xu family will not interfere at this time, and you can solve the grudges between you yourselves."
"Okay." Upon hearing this, Master Huang San grinned and said, "Just do it according to the rules, but I have to tell you in advance, if you, Xu Zhengchun, dare to use tricks and schemes in the middle, then don't blame me, the Huangmen, for turning against you."
"Master Huang San should have heard about Zhengchun's character. He will never do anything that violates the rules. Please rest assured about this, Master Huang San."
"Haha, with the temperament of you Xu family members, you really won't play such tricks. In this case, let's start."
Xu Zhengchun nodded, then turned to look at me who was confused, and said, "Qian Yu, just write a word on the ground."
"Uncle Xu, can you tell fortunes?"
The so-called telling fortunes is actually similar to face reading and fortune telling, and both belong to a kind of hexagram.
However, fortune telling and divination are different. According to the birth date and eight characters of a person, one can predict a person's life, marriage, career and fortune in one divination.
But fortune telling can only predict a person's fortune and misfortune in the short term.
My master once said that compared with Feng Shui and fortune telling, fortune telling is just a minor art, not worthy of being on the stage, and most of them are used by some charlatans to fool people.
But at this moment, Xu Zhengchun actually wants to tell fortunes for me?
To use such a childish way to decide the grudge between me and these yellow-skinned people, isn't this... too hasty?
Seeing my astonishment, Xu Zhengchun smiled and said, "Qian Yu, my Xu family's grandfather is known as the master of the six-line divination. He has made 3,215 divinations in the past few decades, and there has never been a time when the divination was inaccurate or not fulfilled. Although I have only learned a little bit from the grandfather, it is still no problem to predict a word."
I hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, picked up a branch and asked, "Write a random word?"
"Well, the heart is blessed, just write whatever you think of at the moment." Xu Zhengchun nodded and said.
I held the branch and frowned, thought about it, and wrote a random word "one" on the ground.
The reason for writing this word is because I am familiar with the Tao Te Ching, which says that Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.
One is the beginning of the Tao. As the saying goes, all things return to one. This means that all things may take different paths and follow different rules, but in the end, they will all return to that one.
I took a deep breath and said to Xu Zhengchun, "Second Uncle Xu, I've finished writing."
Xu Zhengchun was startled when he heard that. He probably thought I had just started writing, but he didn't expect that I had just written a word on the ground.
He took two steps closer, looked down, and then calculated on his hands. Even the yellow-skinned guy poked his head out to see what word I had written.
I stared at Xu Zhengchun nervously, and saw that his brows were getting deeper and deeper, and finally they were almost twisted together to form a "川" character.
My heart suddenly "skipped" and I thought to myself that I would not be so unlucky. Is this really... a sign of great evil?
After a long while, Xu Zhengchun sighed, then shook his head. He looked at me with a complicated expression and said, "Qian Yu, I can't interfere in this matter anymore. Even my Xu family can't interfere anymore. You two should solve the grudges among yourselves."
After he finished speaking to me, he bowed to Master Huang San and said, "As the saying goes, complain when you have grudges and take revenge when you have grudges. Master Huang San will do his best to solve this matter." Grandpa, your matter has been decided long ago. I, Xu Zhengchun, will not interfere any further. As long as you Huangmen do not step into the village on a large scale, then... please do as you please."
After saying that, Xu Zhengchun turned and left. I was confused and thought to myself, what the hell is going on? I just wrote the word "one", why did Xu Zhengchun calculate it and just turn around and leave without saying a word?
"Second Uncle Xu, what's going on?" I hurriedly called out to Xu Zhengchun who was about to leave. He stopped in his tracks when he heard that, and then said something that made Third Grandpa Huang laugh but made me feel heavy in my heart.
"The word 'one' is both the last stroke of life and the first stroke of death. It can be said to be the end of life and the beginning of death. Qian Yu, you... take care of yourself!"