"Who is it?"
Yu Shu wiped her face and walked out of the room. She saw Jing Chen standing at the door talking to the person outside and quickly walked forward.
"Looking for you." Jing Chen turned around and revealed the person outside the door. It was a girl around ten years old. Her hair was combed into a bun and she wore a pomegranate dress.
"May I ask who you are?" Yu Shu was suspicious. She had never seen this person before.
"You are Yu Shu?" The person looked up and down at Yu Shu and greeted her: "Our Miss wants to see you. She is outside on the street. Come with me."
So it was a servant girl. Yu Shu asked: "Who is your Miss?"
The servant girl kept her in suspense: "You will know when you see her."
Yu Shu thought. The only Miss she knew in Jing was Xia Mingming. She was the only one who could find this place. She said to Jing Chen: "I will go out and see. Wake up Xiaoxiu later. Don't let him go to school late."
"En."
Yu Shu followed the servant girl. Although it was said to be on the street outside, it was actually two streets away. They left the winding alleys and came to a clean inn. Yu Shu wondered why Xia Mingci would choose such a place to meet her. She followed him through the front hall into the backyard and stopped in front of a guest room.
"Miss, she is here." The servant girl knocked on the door from the outside. There was no response. But after a moment, the door opened from the inside. A servant girl dressed exactly the same came out of the room. She glanced at Yu Shu and asked the servant girl who led her in: "Is it her?"
"It's her."
"Then go in." The servant girl opened the door and let Yu Shu through. As soon as she walked in, the door was closed from the outside. Yu Shu looked back and did not say anything. This guest room had three rooms. Outside was a vertical hall. There were rooms on the left and right sides. Yu Shu saw that the curtain on the right side was pulled up and walked to that side.
"Mingming, why did you —"
When Yu Shu saw the person sitting in the tea room, her voice paused and she couldn't help frowning. She just stood at the door and didn't go inside.
Her eyes weren't playing tricks on her. Wasn't the precious Fourth Miss of the Ji family sitting there with a veil covering her face?
"You're here." Ji Xingxuan turned around and looked at Yu Shu calmly. She stood up and said, "I haven't been back to Yiyang for many years, so I haven't seen you often. I didn't recognize you the first few times we met, but I thought you looked familiar. It was only later that I realized it was you. So I asked around about your residence and sent someone to invite you here."
Yu Shu had just heard from Xue Rui the night before that Ji Xingxuan wanted to see her. Now, Ji Xingxuan had actually personally come to her doorstep. It was impossible for her to say that she just wanted to see Ji Xingxuan without any other matters.
"You're right. I haven't met Fourth Miss many times. I'm not familiar with her. Why are you looking for me?" Yu Shu put on an indifferent attitude. She had no intention of making small talk. She was a petty and vengeful person. She didn't have a good impression of anyone in the Ji family. There was no need to pretend to be happy. "It's cold outside. Let's sit down and have some tea." Ji Xingxuan pointed at the soft tea room by the back window. She walked over and sat down first. She turned to look at Yu Shu, but she was still standing in front of the curtain door.
"I'm not thirsty. If you have something to say, just say it." Yu Shu wasn't in the mood to sit down and chat with her. She wasn't an ignorant little girl who would be led by the nose so easily.
Seeing Yu Shu's unfriendly attitude, Ji Xingxuan wasn't surprised. Although she was often in the capital, she had heard a little about what happened in the family. She heard that Third Uncle's concubine had brought this girl into the family. She had beaten her cousin and stolen the eight treasure koi from the Feng Shui pond. Because of her bad behavior, she had angered her grandmother several times and was beaten several times. Later, she had been kicked out. She must have held a grudge against the Ji family. Thinking of this, she didn't try to get close to her. Instead, she went straight to the point. "I invited you here today because I have an important matter to ask you. I hope you can answer me."
Yu Shu thought through the reason why Ji Xingxuan had come looking for her today. There was no beginning or end. She raised her chin and motioned for her to speak. "What is it? Speak. "
"The copper coin divination technique you used that day in Dingbo Hall, was it taught to you by Taoist Qing Zheng who used to live in Jing Shang Tang?"
Yu Shu suddenly understood. She was wondering why Ji Xingxuan had come looking for her for no reason. It turned out that day, Ji Xingxuan had seen something and came for her Six Lines Breaking Technique.
Ji Xingxuan had learned Yi from Taoist Qing Zheng. She should have seen the use of the Six Lines Breaking Technique. Yu Shu wondered how much she had seen through it.
"Taoist Qing Zheng? You mean the white-bearded old man who slept in the Ji family's Jing Shang Tang? " Yu Shu pretended to be confused. She said in her heart, "Master, don't blame me for not recognizing you. It was you who warned me not to mention our master-disciple relationship to others. I'm just respecting my master."
Hearing this, Ji Xingxuan stared at Yu Shu's face and said, "It's him."
"That's not it. My divination technique with copper coins was not taught by that old man," Yu Shu lied without blinking an eye. "Why are you asking this? Are you interested in my divination technique?"
She didn't wait for Ji Xingxuan to answer. She said nonsense, "Then I'm afraid you'll have to go to Yiyang. Didn't I steal something and was chased out by Old Lady Ji? Then I begged for food on the street for a few days and met a beggar. I learned this divination technique from him."
These words sounded like they were true. Ji Xingxuan didn't know whether she believed it or not. She thought for a moment and continued, "I'm very interested in this technique, but I can't return to Yiyang in a short time. I wonder if I can ask you for advice."
Yu Shu was amused. She didn't know much about this Ji family's daughter. Now it seemed that she was thick-skinned. It was taboo to ask about other people's private learning, let alone ask for advice. Which fool would tell an outsider that they were begging for food?
Ji Xingxuan seemed to read Yu Shu's mind. She added slowly, "Of course, I won't ask for advice for free. I'll exchange other easy learning techniques with you."
It turned out that it wasn't that she was thick-skinned but that she came prepared. Yu Shu smiled and said, "What are you going to exchange with me?"
Ji Xingxuan said, "There are three volumes of the 'Spirit Chess Scripture' left behind by the great scholar Dongfang Shuo of the Han Dynasty. One is the 'Ten Key Points Formula' written by Guanzhang, and the other is the 'Dragon Horse River Diagram' from the Imperial Historian's Library. You can choose from the three."
Hearing her offer, Yu Shu was secretly speechless. She had been in Autumn Osmanthus Lane for so long. She had heard of these things. Not to mention the others, the 'Lingqi Scriptures' was a kind of divination technique using chess pieces. It was said that it was passed down from Huang Shigong to Western Han General Zhang Liang. Finally, it was used by Dongfang Shuo. It had been passed down for thousands of years. With the help of the words and annotations in the scriptures, one could determine good or bad luck. In her opinion, it was really a stupid method of divination.
As for the 'Dragon Horse River Diagram', anyone who studied Yi would know that the Eight Diagrams were performed by observing the 'River Diagram'. Most of the River Diagrams circulating in the market were imitations. Only the real River Diagram could be called 'Dragon Horse River Diagram'. It was said that the real Dragon Horse River Diagram could increase one's root of wisdom and help one's spirituality. No one knew whether it was true or not.
Ji Xingxuan saw Yu Shu's expression and knew that she was tempted. She said, "How about it? Are you willing to exchange with me? I just want to ask you the technique you used in Dingbo Hall that day. "
Yu Shu touched her chin and walked over to sit opposite her. She thought for a while and then said, "These are all good things. I'm just wondering how you know that my divination technique is worth exchanging for these. I learned it from a beggar. Aren't you afraid that I'll teach you randomly and cheat you of your things?"
Hearing Yu Shu's alarmist words, Ji Xingxuan smiled. Her beautiful eyes flashed. No one knew whether it was confidence or warning. She said, "If you can deceive me with fake things, you can try."
After Yu Shu tested her, she narrowed her eyes. It seemed that Ji Xingxuan was determined that she had learned the Liuyao Dao from Qing Zheng and was determined to get it.
Thinking about it, it made sense. The Liuyao Dao Breaking Technique was more effective for those with higher aptitude and talent. It was said that Ji Xingxuan had excellent aptitude and talent. If she really learned this skill, she would be able to tell the universe with one throw. In time, she would be able to do whatever she wanted in the Taishi Library. She would not be like Ji Xingxuan, who could only tell good and bad for herself and was not punctual.
Yu Shu secretly curled her lips. She suddenly suspected that the reason why Taoist Qing Zheng taught her such an amazing thing, other than to make up for her misshapen eight characters, was because she could not "make the best use of it"?
To be honest, it was really a waste of a treasure for her to learn the Liuyao Dao Breaking Technique. It would be better to exchange it for something she could use. She would not lose anything.
"It is too little to choose only one item. Why don't you exchange all three items with me? I will consider whether or not to teach you." Yu Shu saw that there was a teapot on the table. She picked it up and poured a cup of water to warm her hands. Then, she turned her head and smiled at Ji Xingxuan.
Hearing Yu Shu's request, Ji Xingxuan frowned and said, "Don't be too greedy. Any one of these three items is worth a thousand taels of gold."
Yu Shu covered the teacup and rolled her eyes, "It is up to you whether you want to exchange or not. It is not me who wants your blood. It is you who wants my items."
"One. Okay, I will exchange with you." Ji Xingxuan looked hesitant, but in her heart, she let out a sigh of relief. It was fine to pay a higher price, but she was afraid that the other party would not buy it. She lowered her head and took out an exquisite sandalwood box from under the tea table. She placed one hand on the box and said to Yu Shu, "I have brought the items. I can give them to you now, but you must first tell me the principles of the Copper Coin Divination Technique.
Yu Shu looked at the box and raised her hand to drink the tea. There was still some soup left in the cup. She put down the cup and wiped the corner of her mouth. Then, she stood up and waved her hand. She smiled and said, "I was just teasing you. Don't take it seriously. I have no interest in teaching you. You can keep your items for yourself. Goodbye."
This little girl was young, but she was very cunning. It seemed that before she came to find her, she had already seen through her thoughts. If she was a bit more inexperienced and greedy, there was an eight or nine out of ten chance that she would obediently exchange with her. Unfortunately, she lacked experience and reputation. What she lacked the most was technique. Although the 'Spiritual Chess Scripture' was good, and the 'Dragon Horse River Diagram' was wonderful, she had the ability to judge misfortune. Why would she covet her playthings?
Witnessing Yu Shu's ability to change her expression, even if Ji Xingxuan had a good temper, she could not help but feel angry. However, she did not lose her temper, nor did she ask Yu Shu to stay. She silently watched as Yu Shu swaggered away. Then, her expression sank and she closed her eyes. She raised her left hand and reached into her sleeve. She touched the small bead on her wrist and gradually calmed down. She opened her eyes and looked at Yu Shu's half-empty teacup on the table.
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