Tongren Shiqian fortune-telling fraud

Compilation | Su Shumo (a columnist reading history) The story comes from "The First Moment of Surprise" 0 1 During the first year of the Tang Dynasty, there was a fortune teller named Li Zhiwei, who was good at star counting and fortune telling, and never counted out the best strategies. One day, a family named Liu came to Beijing to ask for an official position, but it was not settled for several years. This year, he has got through all the joints, and the official department has passed the initial test, thinking that it will be successful this time. He just heard about the legendary means of Li Zhiwei, so he came to the West Market to find Li Lao and made a divination. Li Lao said: "I am very happy this year, but I will not be complacent next year." "Liu Tongxue not letter, a few days later, the official department out of the list, so he didn't have a name. In the second year of the official department exam, he was disheartened, and Dont Ask For Help got through the joints. Moreover, the cover letter is only rated as middle and lower, and it is estimated that it will not be on the list. Liu Tongxue thought of asking Li Lao again. Li Lao said, "I said it last year. "You will definitely be an official, don't worry." ""If you become an official, where will you be arranged? """in the girder, come to me when you are out of the office. I have something to tell you. "Official department post sent in a couple of days, Liu Tongxue was appointed as Kaifeng county commandant. Liu Tongxue was very surprised. He believed that Li Lao had extraordinary strength and hurried to Li See again. Li Lao said: "Being an official doesn't need to be clean. Take whatever you want, it doesn't matter. When the term of office expires, find a messenger and go to Beijing. I will give you divination. " Liu Tongxue remembered Li Lao's words, and the state secretariat over there looked at his family background and treated him well. Liu Tongxue accepted bribes unscrupulously, and by the end of his term, he had saved 22,000 yuan. Liu Tongxue thought that his term of office was full, so he went to the secretariat and got a job escorting tax money back to Beijing, and immediately went to Li Lao to calculate his future. Li Lao said, "You will be promoted again in three days. Come to me after the promotion. " Liu Tongxue was skeptical and escorted the tax silver to the warehouse the next day. I saw a colorful bird flying to the roof of the warehouse in the southeast direction, and hundreds of birds flew in succession, surrounded by colorful birds, as if on a pilgrimage. This spectacle shocked the whole palace, and some knowledgeable people immediately recognized it as a phoenix. "The emperor exultation, life will just see the office and level. An officer who signed in was Liu Tongxue. So Liu Tongxue was promoted again and was appointed as Yi Jun Xiancheng, also in Yuanzhou. Liu Tongxue was overjoyed and went to see Lao again. Li Lao said, "As usual." So, as in the past few years, Liu Tongxue took bribes and got $22,000. When he went to Beijing after his term of office, Li Lao said to him, "You want to be a state official this time, but you can't get any more money this time." It is said that since Shouchun was the satrap, the first two were used to taking bribes, and they couldn't bear it anymore. Soon after, he was investigated and chased, and his official position was cut. Seeing that he had hurried through his life and was depressed again, Li Lao sighed and explained the reason. ""You were a big businessman in a previous life, with 20 million assets, died in Bianzhou, and your property was scattered in other people's hands. If you go to Bianzhou to be an official, you should just accept your old property, not take it for granted, and that's all. The people of Shouchun County owe you nothing. You took bribes there, but you did something bad. " Liu Tongxue was ashamed, and Li Lao's reputation became more and more famous because of him. Zhang Gao, the official of the dynasty. There is also a second young lady named Derong. When Shangshu was working in Beijing, he had a good relationship with a servant named Pei Mian. Discuss to marry Erxiaojie to Pei's third son, Pei's servant. The two families agreed to find a good day to get married. Zhang Shangshu heard about Li Zhiwei's miraculous, so he sent someone to pick him up, look at the horoscope and the wedding date, and see what was wrong. Li Lao said: "This marriage is not in this year, nor in this place." Zhang Shangshu frowned. ""it's unlucky to change. How can there be a saying that it is not this year? And both men and women are in Beijing, not here, and where? " Li Lao said, "They are meant to be, and they will never get married this year. On the third day of March next year, the auspicious day will be surprised first and then rejoiced. The meeting place will be in the south. " Li Lao was quickly connected to the door by Pei's family. After calculating a divination for Pei's family, Li Lao left a message, "'March 3' is not too late or too sick. Shallow water makes the boat sticky and the tiger gets it. If you are surprised, you will be surprised. If you are lucky, you will be lucky. " Two people in the mind some whisper, but thinking about the wedding date has been set, there would be no old number of Coulee, still busy with the marriage of the two families. Just as the two families got married, Zhang Shangshu was reported to be unfair in selecting officials and was later demoted to Dingzhou Division. Both families lamented that Li Lao was really amazing, so they agreed to get married in Dingzhou on March 3 next year. At the beginning of the new year, Pei arranged a bride price and prepared to get married in Dingzhou. He is an exquisite constantly chauffeured man, who used a big ship full of luggage and brought more than 20 servants, seven or eight aunts and seven or eight boys. Pei York wanted to fly to Dingzhou long ago, but the cargo on board was too heavy to walk hundreds of miles a day. Sometimes, when it reaches the stranded site, it takes several days to make it move. I was anxious, thinking that the Zhang family didn't know that he was on the road. What if he accidentally missed the wedding day? So he hired a servant, rode on a fast horse and went to Dingzhou to report. Knowing that Pei Xing came at night, the Zhang family was beaming, and hurriedly decorated the house to prepare for Pei's arrival. In a blink of an eye, it was the second day of March, and Pei York was still on the road. The zhangs' thought, it is estimated that they will miss Li Mrding's gift, and then choose another gift when Pei Gongzi arrives. For leisure, Miss Zhang Derong currently lives in a private house in Zhang Fushan. On this day, dusk has just dyed the sky red. A tiger suddenly jumped out of the bamboo forest, picked up Zhang Derong and ran away. The maids were frightened, and before they came to their senses, the tiger had jumped into the depths of the forest and disappeared. The Zhang family was frightened and quickly asked the servants to light candles and search all the way along the mountain forest. Besides, Pei has actually reached the Shiqian River within Dingzhou boundary, but there are many rocks in that river, and heavy ships are easy to hit rocks and can't walk fast. On the second day of March, there are only dozens of miles left from the destination. Pei York is very impatient. A wise man told Pei York, "son, the ship is too heavy, so it goes slowly." A few people walked on the shore and the boat moved. " "Hearing this, the Pei York seems to be a good idea. So he jumped off the boat first. Others saw that all the masters were going down, and they quickly followed. In a blink of an eye, more than 20 people got off the boat, which was much lighter and finally set sail. After walking four or five miles, it was getting late. Pei York found a board house on the shore, ready to rest on the bamboo bed in the house for a while before leaving. A group of people were resting and joking when suddenly there was a rustling sound in the forest. A ray of moonlight opened the shade of the forest, but they still couldn't see clearly what was going on inside. Just as everyone was wondering, a tiger suddenly jumped out with something in its mouth. The tiger jumped into the board house and put things on the bamboo bed. After the tiger left, all the people hiding inside dared to go into the shack to have a look. When Peyork entered the room, he was shocked to see a beautiful girl whose clothes were torn by thorns in the Woods. Fortunately, she didn't have any scars. Pei York hired an aunt to take care of the girl. The girl woke up and asked her why. She was probably too frightened to say a word. It's clearing up, only three miles away from Dingzhou. The tracker heard people on the roadside talking about the miracle that Miss Zhang was captured by a tiger. Hearing this, the tracker quickly told his master that it was too similar to what happened to him. Hearing this, Pei York felt that there was some truth, so she asked her aunt to ask the anonymous girl if she was Miss Zhang Jiaer. After receiving a positive reply, Pei was overjoyed and hurriedly urged people to report to the Zhang family. Zhang Shangshu was overjoyed and thought that the ship could not enter Dingzhou today, but everything was as Li Lao said. This auspicious day should not be missed. So he rode a fast horse, took the etiquette team and servants, and arrived on the boat in less than an hour. The two sides held a wedding on the boat. Later, the "Tiger Media Temple" was set up in various parts of the people to burn incense between the Thousand Gorges. At that time, there were six slogans: the immortal knows the micro, and every sentence is decided. The tiger is the god, and the ceremony is not frustrated. Such a matchmaker is very difficult for the host. The beginning of this story is a little magical, but fortune-telling has been passed down in China since ancient times. It's hard to say whether there is any truth in this, so let's rest assured. However, Yin and Yang teachers are all about destiny. They do things first and then accept others' kindness. As for those who charge first, they must be charlatans. Do not believe! In other words, ancient people really kept their promises. The demotion of the Zhang family to such a remote place is tantamount to the decline of family wealth, and Pei is willing to marry thousands of miles away. Compared with many snobs of their time, they really need more benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom.