Yu Shu knew that no one would believe that she had such monstrous skills.
In fact, if it was her, who had been exposed to the orthodox Yi Xue since she was young, she would not believe that a young junior suddenly appeared and could do what others could not.
Just now, Cui Xin had exposed Yu Shu's background — she was a burden who lived under someone else's roof with a widowed mother. She also had a bad birth.
With this kind of background, it was unknown what kind of luck she had to be able to amaze everyone in the Da Yan Examination. If she had the ability to "determine life and death", then she was really going against the natural order!
Yu Shu looked at the doubtful and disbelieving faces and saw through everyone's thoughts. Suddenly, a wave of spirit rose in her heart —
Today, I will let you bunch of ignorant people learn something!
So that people will know that her arrogance was justified!
"If you don't believe me, it is because you are ignorant. There are hundreds and thousands of strange skills in the world. How many have you heard of?"
Yu Shu sneered and questioned, "Are you saying that what you know is true and what you don't know is false? I want to tell you that it is true that I can determine life and death! "
However, because of what Yu Shu whispered to her after she slapped Zhan Xueyuan, Xi Wen was sure that Yu Shu was deliberately making things difficult for her and wanted to steal her "Golden Jade Hibiscus". So instead of being angry, she laughed,
"Don't talk nonsense. Although I'm not a disciple of an aristocratic family, I've seen many famous Great Yi Masters in An Ling City, but none of them dares to say that they can kill people. You're just a little Great Yi Master who doesn't even know which sect you are from. Who do you think you are? You still dare to boast shamelessly and falsify things here. I advise you to stop as soon as possible. Don't make yourself a laughing stock. "
The two of them confronted each other with sharp words. In the waterside pavilion, some people frowned, but some people were amused.
Duchess Jing shook her head and said, "This female fortune teller doesn't know whether she is good or bad. Can that kind of ability be falsified? She is really bold."
Empress Shu frowned. "'Know fortune and misfortune, judge life and death.' Anyone who understands these six words is already an immortal. Fortune and misfortune can be foreseen, but it's difficult to know. Life and death can be calculated, but it's difficult to determine. This Yu Shu dares to claim that she can determine death? How arrogant. "
Noble Consort Xue smiled tepidly and twirled the red silk fan in her hand.
"Since you don't believe me, why don't you ask her?"
Honored Concubine Shu turned to look at her and asked suspiciously, "Does sister believe it?"
"Me?" Noble Consort Xue rolled her eyes, revealing her flirtatious expression. "Let's wait and see."
Empress Shu pondered for a while before shouting at the two people who were confronting each other below — —
"All of you, shut up. Xi Wen, go to the side. Yu Shu, come up and talk."
"Yes." Yu Shu had teased Xi Wen enough. Hearing Empress Shu's call, she closed her mouth and obediently moved a few steps closer to the waterside pavilion.
Xi Wen wanted to fight three hundred rounds with Yu Shu, but seeing her mother Princess Xiang giving her a look from above, she could only reluctantly stand to the side and stare at Yu Shu, waiting for her to reveal her true colors.
"Yu-shi, do you know that lying and deceiving in front of Noble Consort Xue and Ben Gong is not a capital crime? According to the law, you will be punished with fifty lashes?"
Fifty lashes could strip a layer of skin off a person.
Empress Shu gave Yu Shu a killing blow as soon as she came up. She was clearly warning her to speak honestly and not try to play tricks.
Yu Shu lowered her head and said, "I don't dare to speak a single lie. Otherwise, I am willing to be severely punished."
Xi Wen snorted inwardly, "You will suffer later. It's best if you are beaten to death."
Xin Liu held Miss Ning's hand tightly, his face full of worry. He whispered in her ear to ask if it was true or not.
Miss Ning's expression was complicated. She wanted to say it was true, but she lacked a bit of confidence.
Empress Shu sized up Yu Shu as she said, "You said that you can determine life and death?"
Yu Shu corrected, "It's to determine death."
Although it was a difference of one word, it had lost half of its meaning, but its power was not reduced in the slightest. It must be known that mortals seek life and fear death. As the saying goes, if you don't die, you live. If you don't live, you die. If you don't differentiate between the two, you can determine death.
But Empress Shu did not believe it from beginning to end. She sneered, "Fine, then you determine when Ben Gong will die."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Regardless of whether they believed in Yu Shu's "nonsense", they all hurriedly tried to dissuade her.
"Niang niang!"
"Niang niang, please reconsider!"
"Niang niang, what are you doing? You are seeking trouble for no reason. Quickly take back your order."
Empress Shu said without changing her expression, "Everyone will die. It's normal to be born, grow old, get sick, and die. But who isn't curious about when they will die? I am just asking. You don't need to panic."
Hearing this, Noble Consort Xue smiled at the side and said nothing.
But Yu Shu sensed that Empress Shu was up to no good and set a trap in her words. How could she dare to say that Empress Shu would die? It was not important whether it came true or not. She was afraid that someone would make a fuss about her words later and accuse her of cursing the Imperial Concubine.
She was so smart that she would not do such a stupid thing as digging her own grave.
"Replying to Empress Shu, I can't do this." Yu Shu flatly refused Empress Shu's request.
"Ha, who was the one who made a solemn vow just now? Now you are cowardly?" Xi Wen interrupted, with an expression of "I know you are fooling people".
Yu Shu pretended that she did not hear her barking. Seeing Empress Shu's cold eyes, she explained unhurriedly,
"Empress Shu just wants to test whether I am lying or not. If I may be so bold to say, you will live forever. Even if I can predict what will happen decades later, what's the use of it now? It's better to test me with a dead person. Whether it is true or false, we will know on the spot. "
Empress Shu slightly closed her eyes, "A dead person?"
Yu Shu nodded and said, "Exactly."
She looked around again and her eyes stopped on Xi Wen for a moment. She sneered,
"I heard people say that it is impossible to predict the fate of a dead person. I say not necessarily. It's just that they don't know the method."
The last sentence, of course, caused a group of people to be dissatisfied.
Yu Shu did not care at all. In her eyes, these children of aristocratic families lived like princes all year round. They only learned the wisdom of their predecessors and did not think about making progress. Most of them were useless.
It had been three months since the release of the Dayan List. Because she openly challenged Han Wenguang at the banquet of Wangji Tower, the matter was so big that everyone forgot that she was not only a fortune teller but also a fortune teller.
Yu Shu had the spirit of going all out. Tonight, she not only wanted to snatch the Golden Jade Hibiscus, but she also wanted to step on these children of aristocratic families and make another name for herself!
"It's a dead person. As long as I know the birth date and the year of death, I can determine when this person passed away or died a violent death. I can also calculate it." Yu Shu made a request.
"That's fine. I'll do as you say." Empress Shu made a prompt decision. With a wave of her sleeve, she asked someone to prepare a few pieces of paper and pens. She asked everyone on the spot,
"Who has a deceased person? Report it."
Empress Shu spoke. The people below were also very efficient. One by one, under the supervision of the eunuch, they recorded the situation of the dead person they knew on the paper. Then, they presented it to Empress Shu. There were seven or eight copies.
Empress Shu reviewed it. Holding the pieces of paper, she said to Yu Shu seriously,
"I want to make it clear. Your so-called 'death by death' is not accurate and can't be called it. If you make the slightest mistake, this consort will still hold you accountable for your crimes. You had better think this through. It's not too late to regret now. This consort will only treat you as being young and ignorant and exempt you from your crimes. Otherwise, this consort will definitely not let off someone who dares to speak nonsense so easily. "
Yu Shu was not frightened. She did not forget to add another sentence.
"I'm afraid that someone will not tell the truth and disrespect the deceased."
This was a hint that someone might lie about the truth. For example, deliberately write that the person who died of illness fell into the water or other disasters, or advance the real date of death by one or two days.
Empress Shu glanced at her and turned to ask outside.
"Those who left the pen just now, are you sure what you wrote is correct? If I find out that it's not true, I will hold you responsible. "
Those people looked at each other. Soon, someone stood up and said that he didn't remember clearly.
Yu Shu sneered.
So, Empress Shu lost two pieces of paper in her hand, leaving five copies. It was more than enough to verify whether Yu Shu's words were true or false.
"What else do you want to say?" Empress Shu asked at last.
"Nothing else. Please tell me." Yu Shu looked up and her eyes lit up.
"Men, go and get the whip first!" Empress Shu ordered.
After a while, someone took the whip of the Prince's Mansion. The four-foot-long vine whip was wrapped around the thorns. It was dark with a little blood, which was daunting.
Yu Shu blinked and turned to look at the Dingbo Lake with waning lights. She smiled in her heart.
Let's see who succeeds first.
Yu Shu's calmness in the face of shock immediately made many people puzzled.
Why couldn't they see that she was a little afraid?
It shouldn't be.
"No." Cui Xin's eyebrows twitched twice.
Xi Wen didn't notice her change of expression. She thought that Yu Shu was pretending. "Humph, let's see what tricks she has."
.....
Just as the group of women were arguing fiercely on the shore, a storm was brewing on the surface of the lake.
The men who crossed the shore to grab the raft thought that they had the upper hand. They all rubbed their palms and tried to fish for lanterns in the lake. Unexpectedly, Jing Chen, the "cheater", appeared out of nowhere. He used his Lightness Skill and covered a distance of ten feet. He was much faster than them on the raft.
Xue Rui and Zhu Qingjue caught up later. Both of them saw through Jing Chen's intention and chose to deal with this "eyesore" guy first.
On the bridge, one of them shouted, "Stop the one who can fly!"
The other shouted, "He is going to sink the real gold wick!"
Only these two shouts were heard by someone on the raft. No one knew who moved first. Seeing Jing Chen passing by, they didn't care who he was and just swept the bamboo pole over.
Then, they swung their poles back and forth. It was inevitable that there would be accidental injuries. One after another, people fell into the water.
Jing Chen wasn't weak either. He used the force of the pole to land on the raft and easily avoided it. Then, he found a foothold and took off again.
However, he didn't fight back. There would always be a chance for someone to trip him up. The speed of the search was slowed down.
Zhu Qingjue and Xue Rui seized this opportunity to jump off the bridge as well. Each of them picked up a raft with an owner and settled down nearby.
Zhu Qingjue sneered and directly snatched the bamboo pole. She said to the raft owner, "Do you want to jump off yourself or do you want me to give you a lift?"
"… Plop!"
Xue Rui's smile was extremely amiable, and he swung the fan in his hand to break the bamboo pole that was swung towards him. After that, he passed the two pieces of the bamboo pole to the original owner of the raft, and then he cupped his hands and said, "I'm extremely grateful for troubling Brother to give me a ride."
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