Chapter 66 Three Character Classic

He remembered that his grandfather passed away when he was in the third year of junior high school. Before his death, he taught him to respect his teachers and be filial to his parents.

Xu Luo lowered his eyes and said softly, "That gentleman only left behind these three books before he passed away."

Li Shimin felt deeply regretful when he heard this.

I thought that if the gentleman Xu Luo mentioned were still alive, he would definitely be able to establish his own style and leave a good reputation for generations to come.

The wisdom of "Three Character Classic" and "Rules for Being a Good Pupil and Child" alone is enough to be remembered for eternity.

"Such a great scholar, whose posthumous works will be passed down through the ages, Mr. Xu, please don't be too sad." Li Shimin walked forward, frowned, and comforted softly.

Xu Luo nodded slightly, forcing a smile: "Brother Li, I lost my composure in front of you today, please don't let it spread, especially don't let Lao Du and Lao Sun know. Otherwise, if they knew I was crying here, they would laugh their heads off!"

"Hey, speaking of this, it seems like Old Sun has been gone for some time and we haven't seen him back yet." Xu Luo hurriedly wiped the tears from his cheeks, suddenly changed the subject, and mentioned the whereabouts of Changsun Wuji.

After hearing this, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly and calculated in his mind that it had been more than a month since Changsun Wuji left Beijing for Hedong Road, but there was no news at all.

These days, even His Majesty Li II couldn't help but feel worried, wondering how he was doing.

"Alas, this Old Sun is really worrying. Mr. Xu, can you help me tell the fortune and find out whether Old Sun is doing well or not?" Li Shimin said with some anticipation in his tone.

Upon hearing this, Xu Luo nodded slightly, said nothing more, and turned back to the fortune-telling stall.

There was a teacup on the stall, but the cup contained not tea but clear white water.

Xu Luo was never used to the tea ceremony of the Tang Dynasty. He found the strange taste difficult to accept, so he brought his own water every day.

His eyes fell on the cup, and he picked up three branches from the ground, broke them into three parts and put them into the cup.

This scene confused Li Shimin, Princess Changle and others.

Just when they were full of doubts, Xu Luo covered the teacup, shook it gently, and when he opened it again, he saw the water in the cup swirling rapidly.

After a while, the rotating water surface gradually calmed down, and the three branches in the cup also changed quietly.

At the same time, Princess Changle approached quietly, her eyes moving, a smile on her lips, and a few strands of hair fluttering in the wind under her jade-like earlobes, which added a bit of temptation invisibly.

She followed Xu Luo's movements closely, her heart full of curiosity, looking forward to the results of the divination.

On the water, a broken branch drifted with the current, swaying gently;
In the water, the other part stood proudly, as if mocking the people on the shore;

Under water, the last branch stands against the direction, as if hinting at some unknown secret.

In the eyes of laymen, this is just an ordinary scene, but in Xu Luo's eyes, it is a rare "Water Hexagram" among the Eight Wonders. Using this hexagram to find people is extremely accurate.

"Hey, Mr. Xu, how is my brother-in-law Lao Sun now?" Li Shimin asked anxiously, looking anxious. Xu Luo stared at the hexagram in the water cup with deep eyes, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Haha, we really worried about Old Sun for nothing. Not only is he safe and sound, he also came back with a lot of money. It seems that this trip was quite fruitful!" Xu Luo laughed heartily.

However, before he finished speaking, Xu Luo's face suddenly changed, and his expression gradually became serious. "In this hexagram, water is at the bottom and earth is at the top. I'm afraid that Old Sun will have another disaster!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin's heart tightened, and a trace of worry flashed across his face. His brother-in-law, Zhangsun Wuji, was not only his relative, but also a close minister he trusted.

This time he was sent to Hedong Road to ask for money from corrupt officials out of helplessness.

If the treasury was not empty, how could he resort to such a desperate measure? As for those corrupt officials, beheading is the best punishment.

Changsun Wuji was having a lot of bad luck this time, and before leaving he went to Xu Luo to have his fortune told in a mysterious manner.

The hexagram shows that this guy will be in trouble!

It seemed that he was almost ready to come back, but he still had to get through this hurdle first.

His Majesty Li Er frowned and pondered for a long while before asking Xu Luo, "Mr. Xu, is there any way we can break this catastrophe?"

Xu Luo stared at the water cup in front of him and shook his head helplessly: "I'm afraid Changsun Wuji will have to deal with this disaster by himself."

Emperor Li Er was stunned, and then asked: "Then, has Old Sun got married?"

Xu Luo's question left him a little confused, but he still answered truthfully: "Yes, I have two sons."

"That's right!" Xu Luo looked as if he had suddenly realized something. "From the hexagram, it seems that Old Sun is going to experience a love tribulation this time! Whether he can get through it safely depends on his determination. If he succeeds, everything will go smoothly in the future; if he fails, alas, we are afraid that we will both lose money."

Xu Luo smiled bitterly and shook his head, but Emperor Li II became more and more confused the more he listened.

He was originally worried that Changsun Wuji might encounter some unexpected event, and was considering whether to ask Li Junxian to take people to meet him on the official road. When he heard this hexagram, he became even more nervous.

At this moment, he remembered the funny story: it was said that a man had his fortune told, and the divination showed that he was going to have bad luck. As a result, he tripped over a stone when he went out, and was knocked unconscious, but he accidentally picked up a bag of silver.

At this moment, Emperor Li II was thinking in his heart, could it be that Zhang Sun Wuji's love tribulation also hides some unexpected twists?
Xu Luo slapped his thigh and pretended to be worried and said, "Hey, Old Li, you don't know, in this world, it's hard to escape the calamity! If Changsun Wuji really brought back a beautiful woman, even if she was to be his concubine, there would be no lack of a big banquet."

He winked and continued, "Then when the time comes, shouldn't we two brothers show our appreciation by giving a gift? That's how we can avoid disaster by spending money!"

After hearing this, the black lines on Emperor Li Er's forehead seemed to be woven into a net, and he cursed in his heart: You are so good, Changsun Wuji, I sent you to go and you came back with a lot of gold and silver, but you, not only brought a woman back, but also wanted me to pay for you? Dream on!
He hurriedly bowed, not wanting to say any more, "Mr. Xu, it's getting late, I'll take my leave first!"

Xu Luo looked at the back of His Majesty Li Er and laughed: "Don't forget, Old Li, you have to send the money home for me and let my sister keep it. Don't let others miss it!"

Li Er responded from inside the carriage, and the coachman whipped his whip and the carriage sped away in a cloud of dust.

Xu Luo looked at the clear water in the bowl, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "This Old Li, really."

He thought that the panicked look of Emperor Li II was even funnier than the comedy on the stage.

Sun, that guy is getting older, but he is still struggling in love. It's really curious. I really want to see with my own eyes what kind of lingering love debt he has. "

Xu Luo shook his head while laughing at himself, but he didn't expect that his whispers would attract the interest of others.

"Master, what exactly is this so-called love tribulation?" Princess Changle asked crisply, her eyes moving and a smile on her lips, obviously she was very interested in this topic.

(End of this chapter)