The fortune teller is dead _ the king of fortune telling

[Novel] How did the fortune teller die?

There was a Taoist priest in ancient times who had an extraordinary ability: anyone he met, whether he knew him or not, could tell his past and calculate his future. Because this Taoist priest has this extraordinary ability, people often come to him to predict bad luck in order to avoid disaster. Later, this Taoist priest specialized in telling fortune, and people called him a fortune teller. One day, two people found a fortune teller. The first one is a poor man who lives by fishing. He asked the fortune teller if he would make a fortune in his life. The fortune teller carefully looked at the poor man's face and told him that he would make a fortune soon. The poor man listened to the fortune teller and left with a grain of salt. The second person who found a fortune teller was a young rich businessman. The young businessman wants to do business elsewhere recently. He asked the fortune teller whether his trip was safe and whether business could be done. The fortune-teller carefully looked at the face of the wealthy businessman, and then solemnly told him that business could be done, but people would be in trouble and had to stay at home and go out after January. After listening to the fortune teller's advice, the wealthy businessman left unhappily. Less than a month later, one day, the poor man came to see the fortune teller again. Now, he has become an upstart. He told the fortune teller that one day when he was fishing on the river not long ago, he fished out a large ingot of gold and silver treasure, which really made a windfall. The nouveau riche said that he would go out of town to buy a new boat in a few days. He asked the fortune teller to pick an auspicious day to go out. The fortune teller looked at the face of the nouveau riche again, and then told him thoughtfully that he would be fine if he went out on the 23rd of next month. So the nouveau riche went back happily, just waiting for the 23rd of next month. A few days after the nouveau riche left, the former young businessman came to see the fortune teller again. Now, he has become nothing. Not only that, he still has many unhealed scars. It was late that day and it rained heavily. The rich businessman came to the river to prepare for the ferry, but there were no boatmen on the shore at that time. Just as he was anxious in the rain, he suddenly saw a fisherman pulling a net to collect fish on the river. The rich businessman called the fisherman to the shore and asked him if he could let him go across the river. The fisherman asked for five taels of silver to delimit him, while the rich merchant only offered one tael. The two men argued for a long time. Finally, the fisherman cheated him with the benefits of two taels of silver. When they reached the middle of the river, the accident happened. Suddenly, a big ship appeared in front of them and approached them at an alarming speed. At last, the wealthy businessmen were robbed. They are a group of water bandits. They often haunt in rainy nights, robbing the rich and helping the poor like fishermen. They have been indifferent. The water bandits spared the fisherman and boarded the ship with the money brought by the rich businessman. They robbed him of all his belongings. The rich businessman was beaten black and blue in the process of resistance, which was terrible. After the water bandits took all his money, he was still in the river, and finally the fisherman saved his life. After telling the fortune teller what had happened to him, the wealthy businessman regretted it. If he had listened to the fortune teller and stayed at home, he wouldn't be in such a miserable situation now. The fortune teller looked at the rich merchant's face for a long time and then told him, "In the next two years, you will live in despair and poverty;" In the third year, you will return to your old job and make life better; In the fourth year, there will be a villain, a beautiful young woman in your life, and you will take her as a concubine; In the fifth year, your career soared and you became an extremely rich businessman, but this year you will lose a son and drive him away because you suspect that he is having an affair with your concubine; In the sixth year, your wife went crazy and said that concubines would kill her and take your hard-earned property for themselves; In the seventh year, your last son died, and you hanged him with a rope, because you heard a lie from a Taoist priest that he said you were retribution; In the eighth year, your career will plummet, your life will return to poverty and despair, your wife will disappear, and your property will go to others. When you are 50 years old, you will become a beggar and eventually you will starve to death. " After hearing the fortune-telling, the rich businessman turned pale and almost fainted. He didn't expect the rest of his life to be like this. In the end, it is no different from now, or even worse, which he cannot change. After listening to the fortune teller, the wealthy businessman left in a panic. From this day on, he began to live an anxious life, full of anxiety. A few days later, a bearded and fierce-looking man came to see the fortune teller. The man claimed to be the leader of a water bandit. Not long ago, he and his brothers robbed a wealthy businessman on the river. Each brother received a sum of money; He knows that they all have ulterior motives, and everyone wants more from others. So he laid hands on them first, poisoned their wine, and prepared to take all the money for himself, abandon them and find new partners. But when the water bandit leader poisoned all his brothers and searched them, he didn't even find a penny. He searched all the corners of the ship, but he didn't find the ingot in the end. The fortune teller bowed his head and thought, then said to him, "The money has been sunk into the river by bandits. They know that you are insatiable and vicious, and sooner or later you will take the money in your hand, so you have to abandon it in the river and wait for it tomorrow. " The fortune teller told the head of the water bandit, "The money fell into the hands of a fisherman. If you want it back, go to the city gate on the 23rd of next month and wait there early in the morning. You will see a man dressed as a nouveau riche passing by, and that man is the one you are looking for. "After listening to the fortune teller, the water bandit leader left in doubt. Not long after, the original nouveau riche came to the fortune teller's house again. This time, he became poor again. Not only that, his whole body was scarred and devastated. It turned out that he was happily preparing to go out and buy a boat outside the city early yesterday morning. When I arrived at the city gate, I was beaten by a big fellow for no reason, and all the money I was going to buy a boat was taken away by that man. Finally, he begged for his life back. But when the nouveau riche came to the fortune teller's house, he saw that the fortune teller was dead and poisoned by drinking, and the person who poisoned him was the young rich businessman. The nouveau riche met a wealthy businessman who saved his life at the fortune teller's house. He asked him why he poisoned the fortune teller. The rich businessman replied, "He ruined my life. If I knew nothing, I would have hope for the future, but now, I know what will happen to me in the future, which I can't change. What a distressing thing it is. Tomorrow, I will be the richest businessman. This upcoming success will make me enjoy the happiness and joy it brings me in advance. But tomorrow, I will be a beggar. At that time, I will face the tragic fate of separation of my wife and children, family destruction and death. Those sufferings that will happen in the future will make me bear the anxiety and uneasiness it has brought me for decades in advance. What an unfortunate thing. "That's how fortune tellers are poisoned. Later, there were many gods who could predict prophets like fortune tellers, but they all died in the end, either poisoned or killed. Today, many fortune tellers are still alive. Not only have they not been scolded, but they have also won a good reputation in the process of fortune telling, so they live a decent life in the crowd.