It is worthy of being a seclusion place for immortals. Although the peaks here are not too high, the scenery is pleasant, and the mountain roads are steep and steep, and rarely visited.

Although Liu Xi and his friends were in high positions, they were all military generals. They knew that the battle formation was dangerous. In order to save their lives, they practiced martial arts diligently and maintained good physical strength. They climbed halfway up the mountain in one breath and met a strong middle-aged woodcutter who carried a load of dry wood on his shoulders and came towards him.

The woodcutter told them that Master Zixu lived in seclusion on the top of the top.

The four of them reached the top of the mountain and arrived in front of the temple. Before they could even hold the door, they saw a Taoist boy coming out to greet him.

The Taoist boy asked about their names, but did not report it, so he directly introduced it to the temple.

The decorations in the temple are very simple, with only one strip and exactly four cushions.

I saw a middle-aged Taoist priest with fairy spirit, his eyes were half closed, and he sat on the Pudun behind the strip.

It must be Master Zixu. The four of them hurriedly bowed to ask for their future.

Master Zixu opened his eyes and did not speak. He just glanced at the four of them. No one else felt anything, but Liu Xu felt that he was completely seen through.

He couldn't help but blushed, took out a letter of silver with a hundred-two-patterned pattern that had been prepared long ago, put it gently on the table, and said to Master Zixu:

"A little incense money is not worthy of respect, please accept it with a smile."

Master Zixu seemed unmoved, but silver seemed to play a role. Master Zixu said:

"I am a deserted man in the mountains, but how can I know the good or bad?"

Liu Xi was even more respectful and asked again and again. Master Zixu ordered the Taoist boy to take the paper and pen, and wrote down the thirty-two words of flying dragons and flying phoenixes on the table, which were divided into eight sentences and given to Liu Xi. The text is:

"The dragon on the left and the phoenix flew into the Xichuan River. The young phoenix fell to the ground and lying on the dragon ascended to the sky. Every gain and loss, the number of days is of course. Do what you do when you see the opportunity, and don't lose the nine springs."

Liu Xu seemed to understand but not understand, and couldn't understand it. He wanted to let Master Zixu explain the hexagram, and sent another letter of 100-two silver patterns and asked:

"How popular are my four people? Please give me some advice?"

Master Zixu closed his eyes halfway and said quietly:

"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, and the number of fixed numbers cannot be escaped. Why ask again!"

Liu Xuan felt a bad feeling in his heart. After thinking about it, he sent out a silver letter with great pain. He asked himself separately, wanting to know the good and bad luck of this expedition.

But after hearing this, Master Zixu did not speak. His half-closed eyes were completely closed, just like he was asleep, and he ignored the four of them.

Liu Xu believed in destiny and was accustomed to observing words and expressions. Although he did not receive clear guidance, he read a bit of danger from the compassionate face of Master Zixu and seemed to have some enlightenment.

Liu Xu was even more respectful to Master Zixu and did not dare to disturb him anymore. After bowing very formally, he stood up and signaled the others to slowly withdraw together, for fear of waking up Master Zixu who seemed to sleep but not sleep.

During the entire process of asking questions, although Deng Xian and Ling Bao did not speak, they all looked pious. Although they did not understand the meaning of the words, they still had an expression of being taught.

Only Zhang Ren, because of his preconceptions, did not speak rudely, but his expression was unwilling and did not agree with Liu Xu's actions.

Liu Xun was old and could not see what Zhang Ren’s face meant, so he stopped and said to Zhang Ren:

"You must believe the words of the immortals. It is not a good thing to blaspheme the old immortals."

Zhang Ren suffered all the hardships because of a fortune teller's words, so he naturally would not believe it again.

He relied on his own efforts and finally made a name for himself. If the fortune teller had not passed away, he really wanted to come to the door and slap him in the face.

After all, Zhang Ren was born in a scholarly family and was familiar with etiquette. Although he was disgusted with Master Zixu's behavior, he thought that he only collected money and did not do anything, but he was not ready to slander him.

Now that Liu Xi said this, he could no longer bear it. Regardless of whether Master Zixu could hear it, he retorted:

"I see that the so-called Master Zixu is a crazy old man. What he said is just a false and mysterious person, so what he can do is to hear?" Without waiting for Liu Xu to answer, he got on the horse and left first.

In fact, the eight sentences written by Master Zixu took great pains. He was not blind, and there were many things to pay attention to.

Because Master Zixu is famous in the local area, he is not a cat or a dog, and he will come in person to tell fortunes. He is either a high-ranking official or a wealthy family. Although he lives in seclusion here, his daily expenses are quite good, and all of them fall on these believers.

Therefore, he cannot speak nonsense and ruin his reputation. He also needs to do his homework in advance. His words are ambiguous, three true and seven false, so that people can get a close eye and believe it without doubt.

If you talk about the major events that happened in Xichuan recently, what can make those wealthy people particularly concerned about is nothing more than Liu Bei's entry into Xichuan.

Master Zixu was waiting for the officials to come to ask for advice, so he naturally conducted a careful investigation of Liu Bei's situation. He was also very optimistic about Liu Bei's prospects. He was likely to make a living in Liu Bei's jurisdiction in the future, so he naturally had to curry favor with him first.

Therefore, the eight sentences he wrote mean something. The first and second sentences are: "The dragon on the left and the phoenix on the right fly into Xichuan."

It is about Liu Bei's entry into Xichuan. In the sentence, it first compliments Liu Bei for his appearance as an emperor, his posture of a dragon and a phoenix, and his appearance as a sun.

This statement is related to Liu Bei's entry into Xichuan. As long as he is an official in Yizhou, he can understand the meaning of it. He will first believe that as long as he is not Liu Zhang's loyalty, he should have a little bit of effectiveness towards Liu Bei, which is equivalent to indirectly helping Liu Bei.

As for the third and fourth sentences: "The young phoenix falls to the ground, and the dragon lies into the sky" is to compliment Liu Bei's two military commanders. The dragon rises to the phoenix falls, which are both auspiciousness and wealth, and a sign of success. They just happened to borrow the name of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. Obviously, Master Zixu is also knowledgeable.

The fifth and sixth sentences "One gain and one loss, the number of days is of course." They are just two empty words, but whether it is Liu Bei or Liu Zhang, whether it is Liu Xun's gain or loss, they all told him correctly!

The seventh and eighth sentences: "Work according to the opportunity and do not lose the nine springs." It means to intimidate the generals under Liu Zhang, but it is nothing more than to facilitate Liu Bei's surrender and rebel.

In general, the meaning of the words is intriguing and is suitable for almost all situations. Even if Zhuge Liang died in battle, he was called by Master Zixu, because "the dragon ascends to heaven" is not only a success, but also a "one life brings back to heaven".

Although Deng Xian and Ling Bao believed in Master Zixu, they all seemed to understand and couldn't understand it. Only Liu Xu believed it deeply. He secretly decided in his heart that he would use the old method and try not to go into battle. When the opportunity was wrong, he would run away.

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The news that Liu Bei captured and killed Yang Huai, Gao Pei, and captured Fushui Pass quickly spread to Xianyang County.

Ma Chao was trapped in this small place, with few soldiers and few generals, and was very depressed inside. Hearing that Liu Bei and Liu Zhang had already started a war, he had an idea in his heart.

After discussing with Ma Su, Ma Chao would lead his army to surrender, attack Liu Zhang, and make military achievements, so as to win a single and half position.

Ma Su was trapped here, and he felt not very happy, but his IQ was not comparable to Ma Chao. He put himself in his shoes and found his good intentions.

Liu Bei originally went to Jiameng Pass to resist Ma Chao in order to rescue Liu Zhang. First, Ma Chao took the initiative to retreat and told Zhang Lu that he was avoiding suspicion, which could barely be said to him.

If Ma Chao competes with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei has had connections with Ma Chao in the past, it means that Liu Bei colluded with Ma Chao long before sending troops to Xichuan. His intentions are so sinister that people have imagined it.

Liu Bei would not take it seriously if he played Cao Cao in his hands and offended Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu. The problem was that he had ruined his reputation as life!

In fact, after Ma Chao was defeated by Yang Fu, he directly defected to Zhang Lu, without contacting Liu Bei at all, and even Ma Su did not know.

After all, Ma Chao was once a prince, and he had his own pride. He could not erase his pride by himself, even if he had been equal to his ally Liu Bei.

Although Liu Bei cherishes Ma Chao's talents, if he takes the blame and ruins his reputation, he would rather lose Ma Chao!

Therefore, Ma Su predicted that Pang Tong would not agree to Ma Chao's effectiveness. Even if he accepted it, he would have to reach a critical moment. At least he would have to send someone to fight Ma Chao before he would accept Ma Chao's effectiveness. This would block everyone's mouths and preserve Liu Bei's reputation of integrity.

But his speculations cannot be clearly stated to Ma Chao. Ma Su could only send another letter to Pang Tong according to Ma Chao's request.

As Ma Su expected, Pang Tong did not agree to Ma Chao's effectiveness, but wrote a reply to Ma Chao himself, raising Ma Chao's status infinitely and promising him to participate in the battle against Chengdu, which made Ma Chao temporarily quiet.
Chapter completed!