Chapter 25: Matchmaking

Tianxi Star is Yang, which means fate.

Hongluan Star is Yin, which means marriage.

According to the art of looking at qi, if Hongluan Star is in the fate, the woman will be gentle and beautiful, and if Tianxi Star is in the fate, the man will be handsome.

There is also a red thread pulling from it, which means matchmaking, and the couple will have deep love after marriage.

Of course, the art of looking at qi itself has no binding force, which means that Bai Yutang and Li Constable are in love and fate, and now the luck is also tempting them to get married, but they may not really get married.

Men with Tianxi Star in their fate are romantic and passionate, and have many opposite sex relationships, and will not easily let marriage bind them.

"This kind of scumbag who loves without the purpose of marriage must be taught a painful lesson!"

Zhou Yi's hand flashed with a flash of light, and fell on the legs of the shopkeeper who was serving tea and water.

Bai Yutang followed him timidly, acting a countryman who had just entered the city vividly.

This guy not only has good acting skills, but also understands the psychology of darkness under the lamp. Who would have thought that the thief in the Tianlao would come to the constable himself.

"Ouch!"

The shopkeeper felt a numbness in his legs, and the teapot in his hand accidentally spilled out.

The boiling tea fell on Bai Yutang, and with his martial arts skills, he would not be injured at all. But he reacted very quickly and cried out in pain, like a pig about to be slaughtered.

"My mother--"

"Shopkeeper, send me to see a doctor--"

Bai Yutang has a strong ability to respond to emergencies. He showed his face to get rid of suspicion and used the excuse of seeing a doctor to escape the pursuit.

After screaming a few times, Bai Yutang found that the shopkeeper who had cooperated with him tacitly in the past did not move. He opened his eyes and saw Li, the head of the police, staring at him with a sullen face, and four constables blocked the doors and windows.

The shopkeeper pointed at his hand and kept giving hints with his eyes.

Hand?

Bai Yutang glanced at his palm, the rough calluses fell off, and the dark skin turned into patterns.

It's exposed!

Bai Yutang had no time to think about what was wrong with the secret waterproof disguise pigment. He jumped up and rushed to the window.

"Ouch..."

His legs went numb, and his strength was drained away. Bai Yutang fell to the ground.

Captain Li snorted coldly, and went forward to feel around the back of Bai Yutang's head. With a strong tug, the middle-aged man's skin peeled off, revealing a young and handsome face.

"Tie him up and send him back to the prison!"

"Hong Ling... Mmmmm!"

Bai Yutang's mouth was blocked by a rag.

"Men's mouths are deceiving! I only ask you, do you want to go back to the prison to wait for death, or go see my father?"

"No need to speak, nod or shake your head!"

Li Hong Ling pulled out the goose-feather knife and shook it on Bai Yutang's neck and legs: "You can choose to shake your head, and from now on, we are no longer friends. You owe me and lied to me, so pay it back with one leg!"

Bai Yutang was originally planning to go to the prison, and he could find an opportunity to escape later. Seeing the location of the goose-feather knife, he nodded with tears in his eyes.

"So you agreed to marry me?"

Li Hong Ling looked shy, and her cheeks were slightly red.

Bai Yutang nodded heartbrokenly.

"You have agreed now. If you dare to go back on your word again, Daddy will definitely ask the immortal master of the Immortal Salary Department to catch you."

After Li Hongling finished speaking, she turned around and glared at the shopkeeper who was shrinking in the corner and trying to reduce his presence, and ordered his subordinates to carry Bai Yutang away.

Bai Yutang couldn't figure out why his legs were numb at the critical moment...

The instigator Zhou Yi observed through the Qi-watching technique that after Bai Yutang agreed to marry Li Hongling, the red thread of marriage solidified, and generally there would be no more misfortunes.

The shopkeeper waited for Li Hongling and others to walk away, and immediately came to life.

"It's bad, the young master was caught."

"Mr. Zhou, I need to go back to Yuzhou immediately, please take care of the inn."

The shopkeeper said anxiously: "No need to settle the bill, just don't let the fire burn, and I will reward you handsomely when I come back."

"It's just a small matter, the shopkeeper can rest assured."

Zhou Yi nodded in agreement.

Bai Yutang has a golden aura, which means his family must be rich and prosperous. The waiter job is like driving a Ferrari to deliver food.

"Excuse me, Mr. Zhou."

The shopkeeper said and jumped into the night. His lightness skill was no less than Bai Yutang's.

"Being a matchmaker is better than building a seven-story pagoda! I will do good deeds without leaving my name. On the day of your wedding, I will go to congratulate you in person."

Zhou Yi thought about giving the ink-stained Taoist scripture as a gift. He didn't know if Bai Yutang could understand the mystery.

The unexpected marriage made him feel very happy.

When he continued to copy the Taoist scripture, he had a different understanding.

The words left by the Taoist sages are subtle and profound. Reading them at different times, places and moods often gives people new insights.

After copying the quotations of Fu Bo Zhenren, Zhou Yi left "Copied by Liuquan Jushi on the 18th day of the first month of the 60th year of Jingtai" on the last page.

Liuquan Jushi is the name Zhou Yi gave himself. His colleagues all have their own names. He is just pretending to be elegant.

The magic power brushed over the paper, and the ink immediately dried, combed and put away neatly.

When the twelve volumes of Taoist scriptures were copied, they were bound into books in the bookstore for easy collection and reading.

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Chongrenfang.

Most of the bookstores in Kyoto gathered here, dealing in pens, ink, paper and inkstones, publishing and printing.

The largest bookstore was called Zhuangyuantang. It is said that a poor scholar went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, but had no money to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

The bookstore owner was willing to sell the scholar pens and ink on credit, but he never thought that the poor scholar won the first prize. When he rode his horse through the streets, he deliberately stopped at the door of the bookstore.

To thank the store owner, he left his calligraphy, and the bookstore was renamed Zhuangyuantang.

From then on, the bookstore provided free pens and paper to all scholars who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination.

If you pass the imperial examination, you will come back to thank him. If you fail, you will also be grateful.

Scholars are also willing to come to Zhuangyuan Hall, hoping to be influenced by the literary spirit of their predecessors.

Nowadays, Zhuangyuan Hall has become a leading large bookstore, unmatched in Kyoto.

When Zhou Yi walked into the bookstore, the first thing he saw was bookshelves of various shapes, which were scattered and unique, full of artistic atmosphere.

Books were placed on the bookshelves in different categories, including Confucianism, Mohism, Law, Taoism, Buddhism, agriculture, mathematics, miscellaneous studies, novels, etc.

On each bookshelf, there was an exquisitely framed inscription, including the top scholar, the second scholar, and the third scholar, as well as the first-class Jinshi.

No one in the store deliberately supervised it, allowing scholars to read it without worrying about being stolen. In this era, books were real property and could be exchanged directly for money in pawnshops.

The sky was slightly bright, and there were already scholars coming to read. Judging from the clothes, they were all made of ordinary cloth, obviously not from a wealthy family.

Zhou Yi turned around and saw a counter in the back corner. The shopkeeper was practicing calligraphy with great concentration.

Zhuangyuan Hall is decorated like this to promote the concept of "reading first, buying and selling later".

This store is not engaged in a business full of money, but is creating a culture and a brand.

The knowledge of the ancients is not as good as that of modern people, but their business wisdom is no worse.

The shopkeeper put down his pen and asked, "Sir, do you want to buy a book?"

Zhou Yi took out the manuscript of the Taoist scriptures and said, "I would like to ask you to help bind these copied manuscripts."

The shopkeeper wiped his hands with a white towel, took the manuscript, and at first glance, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Good handwriting!"

Zhang Cheng's handwriting is elegant and smooth, with a kind of free and easy feeling of abandoning the prosperity of the world and indulging in the mountains and forests.

Scholars like this kind of font the most. The higher the official position and the more powerful they are, the more they pursue immortals and hermits.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to ask them to resign and retire.

"Zhi Mo, serve tea."

The shopkeeper asked, "Who wrote this manuscript?"

"Sir, I don't deserve it. I copied it."

"Zhi Mo, Longjing before the rain!"

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