Chapter 126 Ze Tian Que

The sky was covered with dark clouds, as if someone had scattered ink across the sky, and the heavy cloud made it hard to breathe.

The spring rain falls softly, splashing on the roof tiles and making a dripping sound.

Perhaps because of the gloomy sky, the Zhao family compound became extremely quiet. The maids who usually liked to speak loudly spoke in a low voice today. They hurried through the aisle carrying things, not daring to make any noise. The heavy atmosphere really made people feel a little depressed, even birds did not dare to land in the yard.

What happened last night happened too suddenly. Even Li Daoxuan did not expect that Zhao Laoer would die suddenly, especially while having an affair in his own backyard. In the end, the matter was exposed and he was caught red-handed by the Zhao family.

As for the concubine, she was locked up in the woodshed by the Zhao family, where she cried out in injustice all night.

As for whether he calmed down later because he was tired of shouting, Li Daoxuan was not sure.

When he saw Zhao Laosan again, he was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, looking tired. When he saw Li Daoxuan coming in, he forced a smile on his face.

"Master Li, please take a seat."

"I wonder why the third young master called me here?" Li Daoxuan asked.

"I asked Taoist Master Li to come here to ask me something. I hope you can understand." Zhao Laosan smiled helplessly. He asked the servant who was doing the massage to go down, then looked into Li Daoxuan's eyes and lowered his voice.

"Did you have anything else to say yesterday, Taoist priest?"

"Why does the Third Young Master ask that?" Li Daoxuan looked at him curiously. In those bloodshot eyes, he seemed to see a trace of pain and regret.

"The Taoist priest said last night that there were other reasons for my second brother's death. I didn't ask too much at the time. Now that I think about it, I decided to ask the Taoist priest whether my second brother's death is related to my father's matter?"

"The second young master's death may have something to do with your father's affairs." Li Daoxuan nodded, took the tea handed over by the maid and said, "From what I have seen, the second young master's death was not just due to being close to women. The fragrance in the room was just a byproduct, not the direct cause of the second young master's death. When I investigated yesterday, I found that the second young master's body was full of blue veins, and there were traces of twisted meridians on his body. This should be a corpse evil entering his body, causing the five qi in his body to be turbulent, and thus causing the five internal organs to fail. Coupled with the catalysis of this fragrance, the second young master died suddenly while having fun with others."

"Corpse evil?" Zhao Laosan opened his eyes and looked at Li Daoxuan. "I wonder what this corpse evil is?"

"Corpse evil is also a kind of evil spirit, generally speaking, it is corpse gas and corpse poison. This kind of evil spirit often appears on dead bodies full of resentment, mostly zombies. Ordinary corpses sealed in the ground will not have corpse evil spirits. Only corpses that are often stored in shady trees and gathered in dark places can produce corpse evil spirits. Third Young Master, why don't you think about it, has your second brother been to any mass burial sites recently?"

"There is no such place in Dingjiao Town." Zhao Laosan shook his head.

"Your father was also possessed by an evil spirit. Has your second brother been to a place with your father? For example, the old house of your Zhao family." Li Daoxuan asked again.

"That day, my second brother and my father returned to the old house together." Zhao Laosan thought about it for a while and nodded. "So, the evil spirit that my father was struck by was also a corpse evil spirit?"

"What your father suffered was not corpse evil, but Yin evil. This kind of Yin evil can only gather in Yin houses, and it takes people many years of sacrifice to become strong. As for the corpse evil that the second young master suffered, it can only be suffered by people who have come into contact with such dead bodies." Li Daoxuan said, looking at Zhao Laosan meaningfully. "Perhaps, there is something in the old house of the third young master's family."

After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, Zhao Laosan's expression changed slightly, his eyes flickered, and his fingers on the table were clenched tightly together.

After a long while, he heard a breath and Zhao Laosan forced a smile and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Taoist priest. When big brother comes back, we will go to the old house to see it."

"Good." Li Daoxuan nodded.

"I hope the Taoist priest won't spread the scandal that happened at home yesterday." Zhao Laosan said as he handed over a wooden box.

When Li Daoxuan opened the wooden box, he saw a piece of top-quality mutton-fat white jade inside.

This white jade is as smooth as snow, as warm as milk, and has an oily luster that makes people unable to take their eyes off it.

This fine mutton-fat jade is a good material for making seals. Li Daoxuan liked it very much and accepted it without any hesitation. He looked at Zhao Laosan and nodded, saying, "Of course." "That's good." Zhao Laosan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "There are many things going on at home today, and I am busy and exhausted. My mother is sick again, and I have to serve her all the time. If it weren't for the Taoist priest helping my father to stabilize his condition, I would be unable to do anything even if I had three heads and six arms."

"Every cloud has a silver lining. I believe that after this difficult time, good days will come for the Third Young Master," said Li Daoxuan.

"I hope so." Zhao Laosan smiled bitterly and waved his hands. "There is one more thing I want to ask of you, Taoist priest. I wonder if you are willing to help me?"

"Please speak, Third Young Master." Li Daoxuan nodded.

"I want the Taoist priest to help me tell the fortune for the concubine from last night. Is it good or bad for the Zhao family if she continues to live?" After Zhao Laosan finished speaking, the room fell silent.

After listening to this, Li Daoxuan probably understood what Zhao Laosan meant.

Whether a concubine who commits an affair and incest lives or dies depends on his divination.

If it's auspicious, let this concubine go.

If she was fierce, she would probably be thrown into a pig cage.

His heart trembled slightly, and he felt even more frightened towards this wealthy family. Such a shameful thing happened in the family, and they could even use the hexagram to predict life and death. Firstly, how low can the moral bottom line of such a family be in order to seek good fortune? Secondly, the lives of these concubines or servants are so insignificant to such a deep and large courtyard.

But when he thought about the divination he was about to make, which would determine life and death, the coin seemed to be even more important.

Li Daoxuan drew a simple divination formation in the living room, and then began to shake the divination tube.

Three Kaiyuan Tongbao coins kept colliding in the divination tube, and a swish sound was heard in the divination tube, and each sound could determine the life or death of a person.

The moment it hit the ground, the coins scattered.

Li Daoxuan opened his eyes and looked, Yang Yao.

Repeat this five times, Yang Yao Yang Yao Yang Yao Yang Yao Yin Yao
After six times, Li Daoxuan had memorized the hexagram.

"Master Li, what's the matter? Is it good or bad?" Zhao Laosan asked puzzledly.

"Ze Tian Que, this is an image of a dragon ascending to the sky, meaning there is benefit in loss. The hexagram says that Xuan should not be too firm to judge the soft, and there will be danger and worry if he cries out devoutly. Tell people to follow the crowd and delay in raising military power, and you will achieve success if you are enterprising." Li Daoxuan replied calmly.

"what for?"

"If the Third Young Master has made up his mind, he must act promptly, and then he will get a good omen." Li Daoxuan said with a smile.

"Really?" Zhao Laosan fell into deep thought. He raised his head only after Li Daoxuan finished his tea, as if he had made up his mind.

"I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Taoist priest." After saying this, Zhao Laosan left the living room. Seeing Zhao Laosan leaving without looking back, Li Daoxuan smiled slightly and got up to continue reading his book.

In the afternoon, the weather outside was still gloomy.

Zhao Laosan sent someone to deliver a letter to inform Li Daoxuan that he had sent the concubine back to the countryside and that she was not allowed to step out of the village and had to stay in the farm in the countryside for the rest of her life.

"Although I don't know whether it's right or wrong, I don't want anyone else to die in my family." Zhao Laosan said in the letter.

(End of this chapter)