The night was dark, and the bright red flames in the Hanzhong military camp were crackling like elves.

In Guo Jia's tent, Guo Jia and Xun You sat opposite each other.

In the center of the two men, there was a brazier filled with burning red charcoal. Guo Jia and Xun You faced the brazier, and their thin cheeks were illuminated red.

Xun You asked softly: "Fengxiao, are you ready?"

Guo Jia looked at the brazier with a focused expression and nodded, "I will use yarrow grass to infer the general situation first!"

Yarrow was often used to divine stems in ancient times.

The ancient divination techniques were classified into different categories, and there were many types of divination methods. The Shang Dynasty mostly used the turtle divination technique, the Zhou Dynasty mostly used yarrow to divine good and bad luck, and the south liked to use bamboo sticks to divine misfortunes. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the divination method was simpler and clearer, and copper coins were used for divination.

What Guo Jia said about divination with yarrow is also called the method of yarrow.

The method of yarrow is generally divided into three steps: first, determine the lower hexagram, second, determine the upper hexagram, and finally determine the arrow hexagram.

I saw Guo Jia take out a stack of yarrow from his arms, slowly take out a stack of yarrow, and select fifty yarrows with thick roots and easy to distinguish.

Guo Jia randomly removed one of these fifty yarrows, indicating the meaning of removing the "center".

Then, Guo Jia randomly divided the forty-nine yarrows into two thighs and held them in his left and right hands. When the yarrows were separated, Guo Jia was skillful in his technique and was as free and easy as flowing water, which made Xun You, who was watching next to him, and at the same time, he admired Guo Jia's divination technique. This guy not only had outstanding strategy, but also had a technique that went against the will of heaven.

After pausing for a moment, Guo Jia stretched out his left hand, pulled out a yarrow from the yarrow held by his right hand, and clamped it between the little finger of his left hand.

Immediately, Guo Jia gave up the remaining yarrow in his right hand and slowly counted the remaining yarrow in his left hand. Eight yarrows were in one round, and if eight yarrows were counted, they would be thrown aside and discarded. In the end, there were fewer than eight yarrows left, and one of the little fingers was added to get the lower hexagram.

After finding the hexagram, Guo Jia's face no longer had the calmness he had just now and became a little solemn.

After calming down his restlessness, Guo Jia began the second step: to determine the upper hexagram.

He then divided the forty-nine yarrows into the left and right hands at will. According to the same method, Guo Jia obtained the upper hexagram.

As soon as this hexagram came out, fine sweat beads of sweat had already oozed out from Guo Jia's forehead, and his rosy cheeks also became a little weird, making people feel very strange.

“Huhu…”

Guo Jia's breathing became a little rapid.

Guo Jia frowned and looked extremely solemn. Only the last hexagram was left. If the last hexagram was still very bad, Wang Can would be a little dangerous to conquer Hulao Pass this time.

He slowly tied forty-nine yarrows into the left and right hands. The initial method was the same as the upper hexagram and the lower hexagram. He took out a yarrow from his right hand and sandwiched it between the little finger of his left hand. However, this time the count of the yarrows in the left hand changed, from eight to six to one round. After counting six, he threw the six yarrows aside. In the end, all the less than six yarrows were left, and a yarrow sandwiched between his little fingers was added to the last yarrow hexagram.

After all the three hexagrams were calculated, Guo Jia looked at the hexagrams and felt a burst of blood in his heart.

The blood-red cheeks were blue and white, and the changes were unpredictable.

"puff!"

Guo Jia's eyes flipped, and a scarlet blood mist sprayed out of his mouth. His whole body was shaking, his face instantly turned pale and weak, and his whole body seemed to have been drained.

"A life of death is a sign of great danger!"

Guo Jia murmured to himself, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

"What? A life of death?"

Xun You was also shocked. The result of the inferred was such a bad omen. For a moment, Xun You was also churning blood and couldn't accept it. He asked anxiously: "Fengxiao, have you calculated clearly? How could it be a sign of nine deaths? Even if the lord attacks Hulao Pass, he can withdraw at any time. It cannot be a sign of nine deaths!"

Guo Jia sighed, "Gongda, it seems that what I said during the day is right, the lord must have already come up with an idea."

"Why is this?" Xun You asked.

Guo Jia said: "The lord must have had a deviant sword and would not attack Hulao Pass. If the lord chooses to attack Hulao Pass, there will definitely be no danger. Once you encounter danger, you can withdraw your troops at any time. However, according to the hexagram, there will definitely be huge dangers in the lord's method, otherwise the hexagram will not show signs of a life-long death."

After a pause, Guo Jia said again: "No, you have to find a way to resolve the lord's crisis!"

Xun You asked in a deep voice: "Fengxiao, what are you going to do?"

Guo Jia said: "The yarrow-sucking method of King Wen's divination is just a small way, and he still has to use turtle divination after all!"

While speaking, Guo Jia took out the turtle that had been prepared from the side and threw the killed turtle into the brazier. The turtle fell into the red charcoal. The flesh and blood and charcoal had just come into contact with each other, and suddenly made a whisper, and a wisp of blue smoke lingered in the tent.

The red charcoal fire roasted the turtle's flesh and blood, and then burned again, and finally became a pool of ashes.

Among the fire charcoal, only the turtle shell was left. Guo Jia looked at the turtle shell that was gradually cracking in the fire charcoal, and his eyes showed a hot look. The burning fire charcoal caused a slight change in the turtle shell. A slight crisp sound came out from the turtle shell, and cracks like spider webs gradually appeared on the turtle shell.

Guo Jia looked solemn, and his agile eyes stared at the tortoise shell in the brazier, as if he had lost his soul and remained motionless.

Xun You also had a tense face, his heart pounding.

Both of them were silent and neither spoke.

Time gradually passed by in silent silence, and only the sound of the turtle shell cracking remained in the silent tent.

"Okay!" Guo Jia said suddenly in his heart, then picked up the iron hook placed beside him, took out the turtle shell from the brazier, then extended his right finger to his mouth, biting his finger, scarlet blood came out of his finger, and Guo Jia put his finger above the turtle shell, and drops of blood fell from the air and dripped on the turtle shell.

"Shishe!"

The blood beads fell on the turtle shell, and a burst of blue smoke suddenly appeared, and instantly merged into the turtle shell.

In an instant, the cracks on the turtle shell changed, and the cracks were like spider webs. The complex patterns made people feel dazzled. Xun You sat aside, feeling that his mind seemed to be attracted to the turtle shell, and hurriedly turned his eyes to other places. However, Guo Jia was immersed in it, but his face became paler and paler. His agile eyes were as bright as stars, making people intoxicated.

"Click!"

With a crisp sound, the turtle shell on the ground suddenly cracked and broke into pieces of tortoise shells.

"puff!"

The tortoise shell was cracked, and Guo Jia also spat out a mouthful of blood.

Although his body was hurt, Guo Jia's face showed an inexplicable expression of joy, and his tense face relaxed, showing a happy smile. At this moment, Guo Jia's spirit suddenly relaxed. He felt the eyes turn dark, and the surroundings are spinning, and his whole person falls to the ground with a bang.

"Sacrifice, filial piety..."

Xun You exclaimed a few times, and when he saw that Guo Jia still had no reaction, he was immediately panicked.

"Gongda, what's wrong with Fengxiao?"

At this time, the curtain of the big tent was lifted up, and Wang Can walked in step by step. Seeing Guo Jia's body lying on the ground, his face was pale, his lips were covered with blood, and blood was scattered on the ground. He was panicked and hurried forward to help Wang Can up and gently placed it on the bed.
Chapter completed!