As the saying goes, "Looking up the mountain will kill the horse." Chu Boyang and Zhu Jun followed closely behind the old man. With the old man's erratic movement, it seemed that he was already close at hand, but suddenly he was far away.

No matter how much he screamed behind him, it was of no use until the old man led the two of them to an old house.

The house is old, so old that the vermillion paint has withered and the blue tiles are broken, but internally, it still looks habitable.

Not all old houses are as rich and luxurious as the Zhou family's old house. The old house where the old man brought Chu Boyang and Zhu Jun was just a terrace gate.

Viewed from the outside, this gate is small in layout, but it has a very Jiangnan water town style. The neighbors on the left and right are also quaint old houses. In addition, it is in the suburbs, backed by majestic green mountains and facing the broad loess. In terms of Feng Shui alone

, it is already the pattern itself, and it is worthy of being the residence of such a master as the old man.

The old man led Chu Boyang and Zhu Jun here. When he arrived at the door, he pretended not to know, turned around and smiled, and asked the two of them: "What? Could it be that you two are interested in the remaining wealth of the old man and want to

Will the old man block the door and steal his wealth?"

The old man was joking, but Chu Boyang and Zhu Jun shook their heads repeatedly, hearing Chu Boyang explain: "Old sir, you did a fortune-telling for the younger generation, but Wanben still doesn't know the old man's surname.

My name, the money hexagram thing will naturally wait until it comes true, and I will double the offer, but before that, I hope the old gentleman can let the younger generation know your high surname!"

The old man didn't answer. He turned around again, opened the door of the old house, and gestured: "Please come in!"

Chu Boyang and Zhu Jun were both stunned for a while. After looking at each other, they became shameless and followed the old man into the platform gate.

The Taimen is a four-entry gate with red lacquered wooden windows and wooden doors. Although it is indeed dilapidated and withered, it is still antique. Entering it will give you endless aftertaste.

After entering, there is a small patio. There is a tall grapefruit tree planted in this patio. It is spring, the leaves are green, and the shadow below is covered, but there is a small round stone table. The strange thing is

, three wine glasses and a small altar of flower carvings have been placed on the stone table. In the middle of the table, there are also a plate of peanuts, a plate of mango beans, and a plate of sunflower seeds. It is actually a look of hospitality!

Chu Boyang and Zhu Jun were naturally surprised, and the old man smiled calmly and said, "If you two don't dislike it, can we just have dinner here?"

After the old man finished speaking, Chu Boyang realized that the sky had darkened and it was time to have dinner, so he immediately thanked him. However, Zhu Jun heard the old man say that he would just have dinner, and he had already sat down unceremoniously.

.

Chu Boyang looked a little angry at Zhu Jun's look, but the old man didn't show any anger at all. Chu Boyang had nothing to say, so he had to sit down. Just as he was about to use his chopsticks, he heard the old man say: "You two, finish eating.

After dinner, I took a shower. The guest room is on the second floor and the stairs are at the back."

"Hehe! That's great!" Zhu Jun danced excitedly on the stone bench, "You can have a good sleep here after eating and drinking enough... Old sir, you don't charge for accommodation, do you?"

The old man smiled lightly and said: "No, no, you can live here if you want, but when I chat with Boyang later, you have to go to the guest room to sleep."

As soon as he said this, Chu Boyang was stunned for a moment. What this meant was that after finishing the meal, the old man would have a private conversation with Chu Boyang. The content of this conversation was even something that other people could not understand.

I know! And this guy actually called himself Boyang? Isn’t that a bit intimate?

Zhu Jun didn't seem to care at all. He nodded after listening to the old man's words, and said cheerfully: "Sleep, sleep. I will definitely go to bed honestly and not procrastinate at all!" It is his good habit to go to bed early and get up early.

Habit.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Jun picked up the Huadiao wine jar, opened the seal and poured a glass into the three wine bowls on the table.

When Chu Boyang saw this scene, he instantly remembered the joke Zhu Jun made at the Zhou family's old house last night. He also thought that Zhu Jun seemed to be a little confused when he was drinking. He suddenly had an idea in his mind, which was to ask the old man: "Old man

Sir, are you drinking?"

The old man smiled and shook his head. He even raised his hand to push the wine bowl in front of him and said, "Only tea, not wine. The wine is for you."

"You don't drink? Then I'll drink!" Zhu Jun probably looked like he was addicted to alcohol, but Chu Boyang had also seen that his drinking capacity was really pitiful, but even if his drinking capacity was small, Zhu Jun would still drink. After asking the old man

, he reached out directly, grabbed the wine bowl in front of the old man, raised his neck, and poured the bowl of wine into his mouth!

"Good wine! It's Huadiao, but it's much better than Uncle Zhou's wine!" Zhu Jun wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, reached out and grabbed a handful of peanuts, and slowly peeled them off.

Chu Boyang thought to himself, you are a drunkard and have no tolerance for alcohol. If I don't lie to you, fall down now!

After thinking about it, he raised his wine glass and said to Zhu Jun: "Zhu Jun, it is fate that you and I know each other, and you also helped me find the old gentleman to do divination. I dedicate this glass of wine to you!"

Zhu Jun was generous. When he saw Chu Boyang toasting him with wine, he quickly put down the peanuts, picked up his own wine glass, and said passionately: "What the hell! In Yueyue Village, if my benefactor hadn't saved my life, I'm afraid I would have died by now.

He was buried on the spot in Yueyue Village! I should pay tribute to my benefactor with this glass of wine!"

After that, he raised his neck and drank it all in one gulp.

Chu Boyang smiled in his heart, picked up the wine jar, filled it with Zhu Jun, and said: "Even if you toasted me with the cup just now, I must toast you with this glass of wine!"

Zhu Jun drank two glasses of wine and poured it into his stomach like drinking water. He was already a little dizzy due to the difference in alcohol content. As soon as Chu Boyang toasted, he drank a full glass. When Chu Boyang found another excuse to toast,

He was already unconscious, so he directly picked up the wine jar, pointed at Chu Boyang and said: "My benefactor! There are thousands of words to say, but there is nothing left to say! Let's drink!"

As soon as the wine jar touched the wine glass, Chu Boyang boldly said: "Come on! Do it!"

After that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp. As for Zhu Jun, his momentum was still there, he picked up the wine jar and poured the wine in the jar directly into his stomach.

Not long after, the wine jar was dry and Zhu Jun fell.

The old man smiled softly at Chu Boyang. Chu Boyang did not feel embarrassed and carried Zhu Jun to the guest room pointed out by the old man to rest. Then he came back and chatted with the old man in the courtyard.

It was said to be a chat, but the content was naturally not simple. The old man wanted to talk to Chu Boyang alone, so he naturally had a purpose. When he opened his mouth, he said something nice: "I remember the first time we met, you have never been exposed to the secrets of Feng Shui.

The art of physiognomy, but now it seems that you have already entered it for the first time. I think your father left something for you before he passed away."

Before Chu's father died, he naturally passed on two volumes of family heirlooms to Chu Boyang. Chu Boyang was shocked when he heard the contents, but he thought that the old man was very capable and could easily know trivial matters.

He nodded and admitted: "To be honest, sir, before my father passed away, he did give me two volumes of family heirlooms, and he also told me the original surname of our Chu family, and it turned out to be Zhang."

The old man smiled and nodded: "Yes, Zhang Boyang, Zhang Boyang!"

The old man called Chu Boyang's original name twice in a row, then paused and asked: "How come there are only two volumes of ancestral manuscripts?"

When Chu Boyang heard this, he suddenly became excited and even jumped up and said to the old man: "Does the old man also know about me...my Zhang family's ancestral notes?"

The old man's brows were serious, but he did not directly answer Chu Boyang's question. He just said: "Do you know where the origin of your Zhang family is?"

"I don't know..." Although Chu Boyang said he didn't know, he was already shocked in his heart. He seemed to vaguely see that the Zhang family's ancestry had some relationship with this old man, and it seemed to be involved with the Zhu family that Grandma Zhou said. If you guess

Yes, then the origin of the Zhang family that the old man wants to answer may really be the Zhang family that was defeated by the Zhu family!

"It's normal that you don't know something. The ancestry of your Zhang family can be traced back to none other than Zhang Tianshi Zhang Daoling!"

Although he had guessed the words, when he said them, it was still like a bolt from the blue. Chu Boyang even shook his head vigorously, still unable to believe that his identity was related to the legendary Zhang Tianshi.

, I can’t even believe that the descendants of the Zhang family were defeated by the Zhu family’s witchcraft more than a hundred years ago. The defeat of the Zhang family was the defeat of his Chu Boyang ancestors!

But the old man had already seen Chu Boyang's state of mind, and didn't say much. He just reached out and patted Chu Boyang. Unexpectedly, this pat made Chu Boyang's mood stabilize.

Chu Boyang's mood was stable, but he still said: "I have already made speculations, but when I heard you say these words, old gentleman, I still couldn't believe it. My surname changed from Chu to Zhang.

This is something that is difficult to accept, but in the end, when we traced the origin, we turned out to be a descendant of Zhang Tianshi."

"It's hard to believe, but you have to believe it!" the old man said calmly, "In addition to your lineage, the Zhang family also has the Zhengyiyi lineage. However, although you are originally from the same lineage, you still don't have much relationship with each other. As for you,

The Zhang family of this lineage indeed has too many burdens falling on your shoulders."

Chu Boyang gritted his teeth and finally understood what the old man said, and asked him: "Old sir, what do you mean, our Zhang family has too many things on my shoulders? What do I want to do?"

"Do you know about the battle between the Zhang family and the Zhu family in western Hunan?" The old man said this as soon as he opened his mouth.

Chu Boyang didn't expect that the old man would tell this matter. He was startled. After a while, he could only nod and admit it.

The old man regained his calm smile and continued: "Since you know this matter, you should also know that the Zhang family has been humiliated for hundreds of years. If you can't give face to the Zhang family anymore, I'm afraid Taoist orthodoxy will only fall to the Zhu family's witchcraft.

Under this burden, you will at least lose the Zhang family's face."

"What do you mean..." Chu Boyang frowned and asked tentatively, "What do you mean, you want me to use the Zhang family's Taoism to fight against the Zhu family's witchcraft? But I..."

"There is nothing but." The old man stretched out his hand to stop Chu Boyang from continuing, "The ancestral handbooks of the Zhang family were originally supposed to be in three volumes - physiognomy, feng shui, and Taoism. The volume of 'Taoism' has been lost. Fortunately, Fengshui physiognomy is still there.

Still here, if you learn ** points in these two volumes, plus I teach you some Taoism, magic and mystical skills, you will definitely have hope to compete with the Zhu family in the future! But naturally, the rise or fall of the Zhang family is all up to you.

in a moment!"
Chapter completed!