Chapter 21 Hexagram

Author: Carp Immortal

Chapter 21 Hexagram

"Speaking of which, should I do some divination to see which gambler I can extract the most money from?"

【I have no objection, do you want to use playing cards? 】

"No, it's too troublesome. I have a simple way." After saying that, he took out the music box where Apollonia was living and twisted the handle of the music box with his hand.

Mechanical gears, cycloidal wheels, oscillators, and brass movements run in the brass case. The simple and harmonious movement of the mechanical parts plays Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."

The Ode to Joy is in solemn 2/4 time. His steps also move accordingly.

The music box was in his pocket, thinking to itself. The noise was not small, but the entire casino was filled with roaring machines, noisier than a factory. No one paid attention to the movement of the little music box in his pocket.

The music box released its spring in circles, and Shangluo also walked aimlessly among the machines - finally, the music of "Ode to Joy" stopped, and he also stopped.

【What is the principle? 】

"This is the one used by the old Emperor Jiajing. I heard it is very useful. He would hit the chime like this in the monastery first, and then circle around the eight trigrams. When the chime stops sounding, wherever you go is where you are. You should compete with the chime.

Is it more effective?"

【Maybe.】

"Huh? Isn't this the wrong usage?"

[Of course that's not true. That card box is a magician's prop, and its function is prophecy. When I was in that card box, I exhausted the 'possibility' of the deck of cards in predicting the future. But the music box

It's not for prophecy. Put me in it just to play nice music. Maybe you want to let it happen? After all, your fortune has been divined before, and maybe your doing so is also part of the prophecy.】

"Let's just go with it. It may not be useful if it's too utilitarian. Try to find someone to take advantage of first."

Shangluo found a seat near the parking place. There were not many people around. Next to him was a middle-aged bald man who was staring at the pinball machine intently.

The bald man was wearing flip-flops, tapping his legs, and sitting there with a large box of steel balls in his hand. He stuffed the steel balls into the machine one by one, and the steel balls were fired one by one along the spring.

As long as you are lucky, a steel ball can turn into a pile of steel balls if you hit it. From the side, you can only see the tattoo of the bald head, and you cannot judge whether the bald head is making a profit or losing money based on his expression.

Shangluo felt that it was 'fate' that guided him to Bald Head, so he sat next to him.

"Young man, I'm new. Are you here to play in Las Vegas?" the bald man said, his voice sounded like he was about 40 years old, and his accent was surprisingly standard, speaking Jinling Mandarin.

"Yes, I'm here to play." Shangluo replied.

The bald man flicked the cigarette ashes and said, "Oh~ I saw that you were chattering as soon as you came in. It doesn't look like you are here to play." He ignored the cigarette ashes and fell on the carpet that was difficult to clean, as if it was not a public property but his own.

carpet.

"Um...can you see what I want to do?" Shangluo felt a little guilty.

"If I'm not mistaken, you were doing divination just now? You are from Kinei, right?"

"Huh?" Shangluo was stunned for a moment. Isn't this guy a spy of Jin Yiwei?

"You can actually see that?"

"Haha, you are imitating the divination method of Emperor Sejong Jiajing. I heard that when he was refining elixirs, he used a chime to make divination, and it was settled wherever he stopped. Although this is not a secret, people outside Ji Nei are very

Little is known.”

"How did you know?" Shangluo tightened his pockets, preparing to run away if the situation went wrong.

"Well, I have studied in Nanjing before and learned about relevant things. But those are all things of the past. By the way, I advise you not to play on this machine. It has flaws. I used to play on this machine before.

I have been playing the machine for half a month, and the jackpot has never been awarded once. Every time, I barely get my money back."

He is definitely a gambler, and he seems to be a gambler who has not made much money.

There was no emotion in the bald man's words, and he seemed to be numb. However, his body still honestly put small steel balls into the machine, indicating that he had not given up on his destiny.

This kind of gambler who has lost hope but is still desperate is Shangluo's perfect target.

"Uncle, since you know that I can tell fortunes, why don't you let me see how you look like?" Shangluo has already prepared words such as darkening the hall.

"Okay." The bald man turned his head - under the dim light, a big blue face suddenly appeared in front of him. The whole face was covered with strange and mysterious blue patterns, and only two white eyes were exposed.

"What do you think of my appearance?" he said mockingly, "or can you tell whether my appearance is dark or not by looking at my tattoos? Well, my luck has indeed not been very good."

He turned around and said, "You came here to make some money, right? I'm thinking you should know some Taoism. Otherwise, you can help me with your fortune telling and see how I can win the big prize. I just want to have fun."

.Anyway, voting for the steel ball machine is still voting, and voting for you is also voting."

"Ahem!" After finally finding the line, Shangluo coughed twice, "Yin Yang, five elements, ten hexagrams and nine spirits. If it doesn't work, no money. I'll help you calculate it first. If it works, you can give me money."

"Yeah, it's interesting." Baldhead thought for a moment and agreed. Anyway, his daily life is to play marbles and chat with Shangluo to relieve his boredom.

"Okay, Pindao will help you with a hexagram."

He asked Apollonia: "Hey, can you calculate it accurately?"

[Giving a hexagram is trivial, but actually how to interpret the hexagram is more important. You can interpret the hexagram yourself, I can only help you so far. Come and draw the card.]

Shangluo opened the box and did not shuffle the cards, but just randomly drew a card from it.

In the first chapter, the upper hexagram has two consecutive sections, which is Xunfeng. The lower hexagram has three broken sections, which is Kun hexagram. The upper and lower hexagrams merge into one, which is the 20th hexagram of the 64 hexagrams, the "Guan" hexagram.

"Well, this is your hexagram." Shangluo showed him the cards.

"That's it? You just pick one and it's this hexagram? I mean, young man, fortune-telling stalls are not that simple, right?"

"Tsk, don't you understand? A real divine fortune teller often only needs a simple way of making hexagrams. Look at the old Emperor Jiajing - the Wanshou Emperor, Fei Yuan Zhenjun, Zhongxiao Emperor, he just makes hexagrams casually

.The hexagram is based on fate, and when the fate comes, you can do whatever you want."

"Yeah, that's right. So what does this hexagram say?"

"Don't worry, I'm helping you figure it out."

Shangluo pretended to recite the formula, and began to ask the meaning of Apollonia's hexagram.

[Oh, next time you should make up your hexagram book. The hexagram of Guan Gua is "Wu but not recommended", Youfu Yongruo. It means that if you pay homage to the grand ceremony of pouring wine and pouring wine into the ground at the beginning of the sacrifice, there is no need to read the subsequent food offerings.

It’s a gift. Because you have already seen where the ‘Tao’ is, there is no need to stick to the formality.】

"Observe the hexagrams, wash them without recommending them, and you will be rich and graceful." Shangluo shook his head and chanted, learning and practicing now, "This means that you should see your essence through phenomena. You have not been able to learn from the steel balls for a long time. If you win money on the machine, the problem is not with the machine, you have to change your thinking. Your problem is more fundamental, don't keep it superficial."
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