My life skills in Daming Liver

Chapter 55 Fortune-telling
The young man wearing a helmet with a small flag with hairpin tassels raised his head and looked Su Ze up and down.

He is obviously a scholar in Confucian uniform, but he is taller than his bullish brother.

The young man's name was Yu Zongyuan, and as Su Ze expected, he was the second son of Yu Jia, commander of the Yanping Guard.

The Commander of Yanping Guards is a military officer of the third grade. Although the military is noble and humble, but the Commander of Yanping Guards is dignified and manages [-] Yanping Guards and more than [-] troops. He is also a figure in the whole of Fujian.

Yu Zongyuan was the second son and could not inherit Yanpingwei's position, but among the dandies in Nanping City, he could be regarded as a figure in the first echelon.

The Yu family of Yanping Mansion came to Fujian with Jiangxiahou Zhou Deqing moving to the southeast of the town. This generation of frames is already the sixth generation.

According to Yu Zongyuan, when his ancestors fought with the great grandfather, they had already suffered all the hardships of their descendants for thousands of years. Now is the time for these descendants to enjoy their blessings!

Yu Zongyuan was a well-known brat in Nanping City since he was a child, and he was a well-known villain in Yanping Mansion when he grew up.

After 19 years of life in Xianyi Numa, Yu Zongyuan is going to be an adult soon, and his good life is about to come to an end.

It stands to reason that in a family like the Yu family, if a little wealth leaked from the fingertips, it would be enough for Yu Zongyuan to be happy for a lifetime, but the Yu family has a strange rule, that is, only the eldest son can inherit everything in the family, including the formal inheritance passed down from generation to generation. The third-rank military position, as well as the real estate, farms, workshops and mines accumulated by the Yu family for so many generations.

Sons other than the eldest son will be kicked out of the house when they become adults. Even the other sons who are born with the eldest son and the same mother will only get 1000 taels of silver and one or two shops and farms.

For ordinary people, 1000 taels of silver is already a huge sum of money that they will never be able to earn in this life, and the shops of Yu's family are also prosperous shops that make money. With the income from the shop, they can already live a fairly good life.

But Yu Zongyuan didn't think so. He only came out two years later than his elder brother, and he was a compatriot of the same mother. Why was the huge family property inherited by his elder brother, and he could only get this?
Moreover, after the men of the Yu family became adults, if they did not have the right to inherit, they would have to move out of the family mansion. The profits from Yu Zongyuan's two shops could not afford to support the personal maids in his room.

This time, Yu Zongyuan came out with his troops privately, and all the "Pingwo donations" he received while blocking the way would go into his pocket.

Yu Zongyuan has done this kind of thing many times, and the helmet with the hairpin tassel flag on his head was also stolen from his father's study.

In fact, Yu Zongyuan robbed under his own banner, and Yu Jia, the commander of Yanpingwei, knew it well.

However, Yanping Guard's ethos is such that serving officers often go out of the camp to block roads and rob. As long as their share of offerings is quite large, the Commander will not stop them.

Of course, Yu Zongyuan didn't need to confess to his father for the robbery. The father and son actually had a tacit understanding. This was an alternative compensation for Yu Zongyuan who was about to move out of the Commander's Mansion, and allowed him to move out to live independently and accumulate some family assets.

Hearing that Su Ze wanted to tell his fortune, Yu Zongyuan did not refuse.

A few years ago, Yu Zongyuan was crazily obsessed with Jianghu alchemy, and secretly learned the art of subjugation, trying to curse his own brother to death.

It's a pity that Yu Zongyuan's "magic power" was not enough, he just let his brother catch the cold for a while, but he recovered quickly.

Over the years, Yu Zongyuan has also met many witches and witches in Nanping County. He also learned the technique of "lowering his head" from Nanyang smugglers. , the body is getting weaker and weaker day by day.

In recent years, Yu Zongyuan has not been too keen on the art of ghosts and gods. As his elder brother became more and more prominent in the army, his desire to fight for the right to inherit has gradually faded.

Rather than the eternal turmoil that you can't get, it's better to make money quickly and make early plans to live out of the house.

But seeing Su Ze's dignified appearance, Yu Zongyuan still felt a little fluctuated.

Looking at blocking the way to collect money here, Yu Zongyuan has long been a little bored. Anyway, he has nothing to do, so he just listened to the scholar's calculation.

If he really has something, then this Pingwo donation can be waived. If he speaks nonsense, then let his sergeant greet him first, and let him know what will happen to offending Yanping Wei Yu's family.

"You are a scholar who can do fortune telling, how do you do it?"

"Young Commander, please name a number, just the number you think in your heart."

Yu Zongyuan is a little strange. Over the years, he has met people who have met, touched people, and asked for birth dates. Su Ze's fortune-telling method is strange.

"Thirteen."

Su Ze pinched his fingers, and pretended to read a few sentences. Although his Lv1 fortune-telling level is not high, Su Ze relied on his acting skills to imitate the appearance of an outsider. I was stunned for a moment.

After the performance was over, Su Ze opened his eyes and said:
"I set up a card to collect donations today. The young commander is hiding it from your father, right?"

Yu Zongyuan was taken aback for a moment, and then looked around. The people who brought out the camp today were all Yu Zongyuan's cronies, and they deliberately set up a card so far away from Nanping City. How did an outsider, Su Ze, know?
Does this guy have a way?

Seeing Yu Zongyuan's expression, Su Ze breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his guess was right, and he had already read the answer from Yu Zongyuan's face.

Fortune-telling is inherently a trick of the rivers and lakes. Fortune-tellers in ancient and modern China and abroad rely on nothing more than the words "observing words and observing colors".

The next step is cold reading, which is a set of techniques in psychology to guide others to speak. A fortune teller can use the information in the conversation to give an interpretation of the hexagram that meets the psychological expectations of the hexagram seeker.

"Young commander, with all due respect, the result of this hexagram is not very good. You are afraid that there will be disasters."

Su Ze's two words immediately hooked Zong Yuan's heart, and he asked quickly:

"Where does the disaster come from?"

Su Ze shook his head and said:
"Disasters come from the hands of those closest to us."

Hearing Su Ze's explanation, Yu Zongyuan immediately stood up, pacing back and forth nervously:

"Isn't it just setting up a card to force donations? Dad won't beat me for this, will he?"

"Oops! Did dad know what happened last time?!"

Seeing Yu Zongyuan like this, Su Ze continued:

"Young Commander, don't worry. Although the hexagram is not very good, there is still a glimmer of life."

Yu Zongyuan has been manipulated by Su Ze's words, he asked quickly: "Please teach me, sir!"

Su Ze touched the non-existent beard and said:

"I only have four words 'confess and be lenient'. Telling your mistakes early may save you the pain of flesh and blood."

Yu Zongyuan was so frightened by Su Ze that his hands and feet began to tremble. He pointed at Su Ze and said:

"You scholar, if the calculation is not accurate, I will not spare you!"

Su Ze said frankly:
"Su Mou will go to the county school to study on the [-]th of this month. If the calculation is not accurate, the commander can go to the county school to ask me for an argument! If the calculation is not accurate, I will not get any money! The local Pingwo donate double, how about it?"

Seeing that Su Ze was so confident, Yu Zongyuan was completely intimidated by Su Ze, and immediately called the soldiers to remove the checkpoints, and quickly led them back to Nanping City.

At this moment, Lin Xianyang and the people who were waiting to pass the checkpoint were stunned. They saw Su Ze and the officer exchange a few words, and the other party immediately canceled the checkpoint.

Everyone cheered and bowed to Su Ze, and Su Ze quickly lifted up an old man in front of him.

He looked at these people and said, "Everyone, let's hurry up."

While everyone was on their way, Yu Jian, the commander of the Yanping Guard, received news from his own soldiers that his youngest son took the soldiers out of the city to set up a card to rob, oh, don't ask people to donate money.

Yu Jia stood up all of a sudden, the commander was in a bad mood recently, and Yu Zongyuan happened to hit the muzzle of the gun.

Yu Jia has already obtained the written document from the Ministry of War. The imperial court will send the censor Qing army to investigate the officers who have committed serious crimes by their ancestors. Not only must these officers be dismissed from their military posts, but also the salaries issued by the imperial court will be recovered.

Yu Jia is the clearest about the virtues of these censors. They can extract fat from the belly of mosquitoes, and they can chop two taels of meat from the legs of egrets!
Yanpingwei itself couldn't stand the investigation, and this Nizi is still leading troops out to rob at this juncture!

Thinking of the recalcitrant appearance of the newly appointed magistrate of Yanping, Yu Jia felt even heavier.

Although the magistrate can't control himself as a commander, but now that the censor is noble and inferior, the censor must be received by the government. If the new magistrate says something bad about himself to the censor, although he will not be dismissed from office , but hemorrhage is definitely necessary.

Yesterday when the new magistrate was offering sacrifices to the City God, he said that he wanted to rectify the administration of officials in Yanping Prefecture. Today, his son led troops out to rob. If something happened, wouldn't it be a shame to beat the magistrate?
"Quickly bring this rebellious son back to Lao Tzu!"

Yu Jia immediately ordered the guards, then picked up the ruler on the table and said:
"When this traitor comes back, I must beat him to death!
(End of this chapter)