Nian Gengyao meets a fortune teller _ What episode is Nian Gengyao meeting a fortune teller?

In the early years of Yongzheng, the northwest rebels made an insurrection. Nian Gengyao, the general of Fuyuan, refused to send troops to wipe out the rebels under the pretext of insufficient pay. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, officials, large and small, followed suit, secretly took refuge in Prince Lian, formed the Eight Ye Party, and plundered the times and people's cream against Yong Zhengdi, so that the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs actually owed hundreds of thousands of royal salaries to the two rivers and three provinces.

Yongzheng looked at the accounts and gnashed his teeth and said, "It's really strange. The land of fish and rice has always supported state affairs with rich taxes, but now it owes money. " Is it not to block my palm and destroy my country? "The thirteenth master said," We should bear the impact of external demand. We must first punish the corrupt officials in the two rivers, cut the bottom salary, and break the prestige of the Eighth Master. " Yongzheng nodded and decided to send Li Wei, a punk, to weave in Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River.

On this day, Li Jue was about to enter the city with his brother-in-law. The soldiers guarding the city stopped him with a horizontal knife and shouted, "What's the matter?" Don't know the rules? " Li Wei couldn't read, so he asked Xiaoman what it said. Xiaoman read the notice and whispered, "It says that Sioux City offended the gods and it won't rain in March. The weaving room raises money to apologize. Locals pay one or two taxes every day when it rains, and foreigners pay twice as much when they go to town. " Hearing this, the Li Wei immediately flew into a rage and blurted out, "Oh, bah! This is not a natural disaster, it is obviously a man-made disaster! " Xiaoman tugged at Li Wei's skirt, paid the tax and hurried into town.

When Li Wei and Xiaoman entered xushuguan town, they saw incense sticks everywhere in the street, praying for rain. At the corner of the street, Li Wei saw a fortune teller and a picture posted on the old man's desk. He asked Xiaoman, "What did you write?" Xiaoman said, "Half a cent." When Li Zheng wondered, the fortune teller said, "Mr. Wang is probably a foreigner, right?" Since you are interested, I will tell you slowly. "

It turns out that this money is a famous "fortuneteller" in Sioux City. It is said that he knows astronomy and can predict wind, frost, rain and snow. Knowing people can predict future life and death. Therefore, his surname is Qian, and fortune-telling is Benedict, so people call him Qian Benedict. What is "Benedict"? It turned out to be a method of divination. The props used were a pair of mahogany, shaped like a goose egg split in the middle. The words "Yin" and "Yang" are engraved on the front and back of each valve. When calculating divination, light incense sticks, recite metaphysical words, and throw peach slices into the air. There are four different characters when landing, but the patterns are ever-changing, thus calculating various results of "up" and "down". This business is called Benedict.

Hearing this, Li Wei smiled and asked, "Money, when will it rain for me in Suzhou?" Money lit a candle unhurriedly, muttered something, grabbed two pieces of peach wood and threw it over, then fell on the table. Hey, what a coincidence! Yang Yang, actually. This is a sign. Qian smiled and quickly congratulated him and said, "sir, this is really rich." After seven days, it will definitely rain heavily. " Li Wei secretly marveled, thinking: My nickname is Fu Gui, how can he work it out? Just as Li Wei was wondering, Qian suddenly burst into laughter and joined together and roared off. Looking at his back, Li Wei was stunned.

Li Wei finished divination and strolled to the weaving room with Xiaoman. Just before I arrived at the official office, Min Qingyuan, inspector of Jiangsu Province, led all the officials to greet me respectfully. Min Qingyuan welcomed Li in the welcome hall. Li Wei looked up, and four tables have been set in the hall. Li Wei suddenly got angry. He said coldly, "I'm not used to this delicious food." Help yourself! " Min Qingyuan smiled awkwardly, asked for the steps and withdrew from the banquet.

After leaving the banquet to offer tea, Min Qingyuan complained bitterly: "Suzhou coincides with the once-in-a-century drought. It's really hard for the outgoing Lord Haining to weave against God's will. Now that the official treasury has been exhausted, the people are miserable, but they are helpless. " Li Wei cursed in his heart: Ah, bah! Why are you crying? Pity. He smirked and retorted, "Of course I don't know how many official warehouses have not been delivered." But how much rain tax do you charge every day? It's true! Natural disasters meet man-made disasters, and the people are miserable! "Min Qingyuan laughed:" Begging for rain is a top priority, so it is natural to spend it. But once the rain is successful, the people will get the spring rain tax-free, and the good days will be late. "Li Wei blurted out with anger." Bullshit! " Min Qingyuan was surprised and asked, "What did you say, Mr. Li?" Li Weixiao answered, "jokes, jokes. "

Min Qingyuan was silent for a while, then rolled his eyes, changed the subject and said, "I don't know what Li Shifu thought when he took office." Li Wei glanced at everyone present and said eight words unhurriedly, "Irrigation by diversion canal is an urgent need." Min Qingyuan showed a sinister smile for a while, and he also said eight words in a tit-for-tat manner: "Where is the money, where is the labor?" Li Wei retorted: "Excuse me, my Lord, what is the best plan?" Min Qingyuan said strangely, "Li's adult, in fact, you also want to save this disaster from the spring rain." Didn't you just ask Bu for rain? " Li Wei suddenly remembered the calculation of money, and his heart was carefree and proud. He said, "I promise there will be a downpour in Suzhou within seven days." Unexpectedly, Min Qingyuan caught Li Wei's words and hit the nail on the head and said, "There are no jokes in the army or in my office. If it doesn't rain for seven days, it's no wonder. The sword given to Fang by the emperor is not a vegetarian. Whoever cheats you will act first! " Li Wei paused and patted his cheek: "This stinking mouth is not covered!" When the officials saw this, they were all unscrupulous and laughed.

In fact, Li Wei's move is really a "play". Honest and honest, ill as hatred. When punishing corruption and cleaning up dirt, he can often start with a joke. It seems unfair, but he can secretly hide the needle and test the truth. When Li Jue saw such a small gesture and let the officials laugh at him, it was enough to show the faces of these corrupt officials. It turns out that corrupt officials all over the world are the same, and their first move in the face of honest officials is one word: hurry! After Li Wei discovered Min Qingyuan's plot, Qi Xin finished the play together. He thought that with the protection of the emperor, I succeeded.

Time passed in a hurry, until the morning of the seventh day, it was still dark, but there was no sign of rain. Li Wei asked Xiaoman, "What's the matter?" Xiaoman said: "I read from the book that this is called Aconitum Wind, and it started to rain." It can't rain with such dark clouds all over the sky, and white rain can only be seen unless the dark clouds disperse. "

At this point, Li Wei suddenly remembered the money, so he immediately took care of Xiao Man to drag the money. Knowing that the bearer was big, Qian was already trembling and repeatedly begged for mercy: "Li Da, I, my fortune-telling is deceptive, deceptive, please forgive me!" " Li Wei was furious and said, "Oh, bah! You really hurt me. What should I tell the emperor? I tell you, you can't live when I'm finished! " If money is going to die anyway, it is better to have a good time. As soon as he held out his chest, he proudly offered conditions to Li Wei. "Set up a rain platform and put fish, tables and wine to pray for rain.

That evening, Li Wei rushed to Yutai and suddenly saw Min Qingyuan staring at him with a drawn shot put. Li Wei smiled calmly and set foot on the rain platform. I didn't know that Qian Dui was lying on the stage drunk. Li Wei was so anxious that his feet jumped and he picked up the money. Qian staggered to his feet, pretended to dance, and murmured, "The sky is smart, and the earth is smart. Fengshen and rain will appear soon, and if it doesn't rain, it will kill him ... Li Wei looked at the sky, and the dark clouds rolled as if he were teasing two people, but nothing happened. At this time, money seems to be awake a lot. He took the paper out of his body, put it on his sword, lit it and danced up and down. The paper is burning, but it doesn't work. Money knew he was going to die, so he simply poured another pot of wine and fell asleep.

Just then, in the twilight, Li saw Min Qingyuan with a murderous face and a sword in his hand, stepping on the rain platform step by step. Li Wei secretly complain, it seems doomed. Li Wei suddenly remembered Xiaoman's words, "Clear the dark clouds and see white rain", and saw the light of burning paper with money. Suddenly, he had a brainwave and shouted at Min Qingyuan: "Quick, ask the people in the city to burn incense. Zoom in again, the louder the better, the louder the better. " Min Qingyuan smiled and said, "Yes, Li Shifu." Soon, the city burst into flames and the heat wave rolled. Firecrackers went through the clouds and resounded through the sky. Hey, hey, that's weird. I saw that the dark clouds quickly spread around and suddenly revealed the "white-headed rain" that I had not seen for a long time. At the moment, the wind is blowing hard and it is raining hard. The common people wept with joy, and jumped into the rain one by one, enjoying the dew and coming to earth.

At this moment, Li Wei sat on the rain platform, looked up at the sky and sighed: God, you have helped me a lot! Qian Banxian was awakened by the heavy rain. He proudly boasted to Li Wei. "Believe it or not, I am a real fortune teller!" Li Wei grumpily shouted at him, "you are a big fairy! If I hadn't used my quick wits, I didn't know when it would rain. My mother told me a long time ago that this is called' smoking when it is hot', understand? I'll teach you, the dark clouds suddenly emit hot air and then get hit by firecrackers. Of course, they are scattered, and the cold wind around them takes the opportunity to attack. The bald rain that has been hidden below for a long time will naturally pour down when it is cold and condensed! " After listening to Qian, he lay on his back in the rain and laughed. He even said: "Li, you are a true fairy, a true fairy!" " "Li Wei again spirit again funny, scolded 1," ah, bah! "

In this way, Li Wei's "crooked ways" shattered the trick of "driving Li out of the Soviet Union" set by corrupt officials such as Min Qingyuan.

Pray for rain