HCB Chapter 214 Her Fatal Divination
Chapter 214 Her Fatal Divination
Chapter 214 Her Fatal Divination
Late at night, after finishing today's official business, a secret letter from the capital arrived.
As Baili Ming had predicted, Lu Jian had indeed foreseen that Baili Ce would be kidnapped from Qucheng.
He just didn't expect that Wang Qingyan would abandon the entire Lincheng.
"So what does Your Majesty mean now?"
Yichen, who delivered the message, bowed slightly and said, "Destroy their nest to prevent future troubles."
It really doesn't hurt to stand and talk.
Bai Liming explained somewhat helplessly, "I wanted to eliminate the trouble completely, but unfortunately, I lost all the clues after following them to the Jiaojia Village area of Lishan."
The woman who almost lost her child knew nothing, making it impossible to investigate.
"I have a way to do this."
"any solution?"
“The Baili family head and the young lady are blood relatives. With the help of your connection and her birth date and time, we can roughly determine her location.”
Bai Liming was taken aback... Oh right, how could she have forgotten such a practical method?
In Taoism, there are many numerological arts such as the Six Ren and Six Yao, which can be used to find people and things. The person in front of her is a rare numerological genius.
"Moreover, my senior brother had already performed a divination for you before we arrived."
Seeing Yichen's solemn expression, Baili Ming knew that the situation was not good.
So she asked directly for a solution, "Is there a way to resolve this?"
"..." Yichen remained silent.
Baili Ming understood immediately, "Is it my lifespan, or my destiny?"
"The hexagram for the young lady is Kan changing to Li, which means that the conflict between Li fire and Kan water has reached its extreme, indicating that things have gone from prosperity to decline, and people have fallen from the peak to the bottom."
"This is a sign of certain death. Whether you are willing to sacrifice your lifespan or borrow luck, it will have little effect on her."
In short, don't waste your energy.
Whether she uses it or not is up to her; whether I do it or not is up to me.
To be honest, the sisters weren't as close as the usual sisters who grew up together.
Even during their last meeting, when they only spent a short time together, Baili Ming could sense that Baili Ce was uncomfortable.
Therefore, she simply couldn't imagine what kind of torment such a free and happy person would have to endure to the point of despair and giving up on themselves.
But how could her sister have fallen to such a state?
The young lady, Yichen, whose hair and beard were both white, wanted to persuade her again.
Baili Ming invited him to take a seat, saying, "Let's begin."
......
On the other side, at the Imperial City Observatory.
"How about it?"
The Taoist priest shook his head. "The will of Heaven is hard to defy."
"Not even me?"
The Taoist priest who observes the stars said, "Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, is naturally blessed with the destiny of the nation. Why bother?"
"What does the Taoist priest think is the Son of Heaven?"
The Taoist priest remained silent for a long while, then bowed deeply and said, "This old Taoist does not know, please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
"Heh," Lu Jian chuckled.
I don't know, but I dare not say it outright.
"In my opinion, the so-called Son of Heaven is not the son of Heaven, nor is he an agent who acts on behalf of Heaven and grants authority. Rather, he is the role model for all the subjects of the world."
“I regard them as my subjects, and they are my support.”
The Stargazing Taoist sighed. He had come at the invitation and stayed here for half a month, during which Lu Jian had bothered him for half a month.
If I don't say something useful soon, I'm afraid they'll turn hostile. "Then, Your Majesty, do you think it's feasible to kill one person to save ten thousand?"
"No."
“Uh…” The corner of the Star Gazing Taoist’s mouth twitched, and a rare emotion stirred in his usually calm and composed heart.
Lu Jian stood with his hands behind his back and came to the edge of the observatory. "Daoist, please don't misunderstand. I'm not saying this to argue with you."
"What I mean by 'no' is not that I would sacrifice ten thousand people for the sake of one person."
"However, I believe that saving lives should not be judged solely by the number of people saved."
The "I'll see how you make this up" expression on the Taoist priest's face gradually faded.
He originally thought that someone like Lu Jian, who held a supreme position, wouldn't see things from this perspective.
"Whether it's one person or ten thousand, since they are all my subjects, what difference does it make?"
"If it can be saved, why not try your best?"
"The hexagram of 'Death' signifies great misfortune. Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, should understand the art of making choices better than I do."
"The choice is a last resort, not something I can do arbitrarily according to my own will."
"Moreover, knowing that his subjects are isolated and helpless, trapped in a desperate situation, how can a monarch stand idly by?"
Looking intently at Lu Jian, who seemed to be standing among the stars, the Star Gazing Daoist glimpsed his purple aura and also discerned the hidden calamity within it.
"Your Majesty, the fate cannot be changed."
"Then... how about a gentler method?"
"The same principle applies to changing one's fortune."
"What if... I'm the one whose bad luck was changed?"
? ? ! !
The Taoist priest looked at him with a "What are you talking about?" expression.
He pulled up his sleeve, fully revealing his somewhat deformed left hand. "I once thought that being able to keep my mother and myself alive was a luxury."
"But later I found out that changing the world wasn't that difficult."
“At least, I really did it before.”
"Sigh..." The Stargazing Taoist sighed again.
He didn't know what to say, so he could only reopen old wounds like Lu Jian, "Does Your Majesty know that after discovering that Wang Qingyan controlled Chaosheng and could not be killed, my sect once tried to change his fate?"
The Taoist Guanxing was a disciple of the Zhaixing Temple, a Taoist temple renowned for its supreme Taoist teachings. Decades ago, its disciples were almost everywhere in the Great Wei. Lu Jian's incompetent father also took advantage of them quite a bit at the beginning of his reign.
If it weren't for the fact that Taoists don't care much about fame and fortune, he might not still be alive.
Perhaps it was because the secrets of heaven were revealed too much that disaster struck. Twenty-eight years ago, shortly after his birth, the Zhaixing Temple declined at an unbelievable speed.
Few of those disciples were left alive.
He had always thought that his bastard father was afraid of Zhaixing Temple and had secretly used some underhanded tricks, but he never expected that there was another hidden story.
"Are you saying that the reason why Zhaixing Temple declined was because of Wang Qingyan?"
The Taoist Guanxing nodded. Although he had been cultivating Taoism for many years, he still couldn't help but feel sad when he talked about the past.
"I am not afraid that Your Majesty will think I am overstepping my bounds. In the past, many people in my sect, including my senior brothers and sisters, and even my master, have had the same thoughts as you."
"Saving all without discrimination, spreading the knowledge and resolving doubts."
"But in the end, they were defeated by Wang Qingyan, defeated by fate."
"If I had not realized that a new Heavenly Dao had emerged, I would not have dared to enter the mortal world again."
"...Why?" Lu Jian pondered for a moment, but still refused to give up.
"His mind is too demonic; there is no way to save him."
"Obsession can become an obsession, an unstoppable force."
"So, in the future, I will be like your fellow disciples?"
The old Taoist priest hurriedly knelt down!
Lu Jian quickly helped him up, his expression gentle, "You might not believe it, Daoist."
“When I was young, I often had a dream, and the content of the dream was roughly the same as what the Taoist priest predicted.”
He lost, and he lost miserably.
The Taoist priest's breath hitched, and a chill ran down his spine.
Lu Jian stated quite frankly, "At the beginning, I was also very afraid."
"Because that dream was so real, so real that every bit of pain felt like I had experienced it myself."
"For a time, I didn't even dare to sleep."
"But later someone told me that things are up to us, and we should just go with the flow."
"Gradually, I became less afraid and never had that dream again."
"Later on, I felt that so-called precognition was nothing more than speculation. What is the meaning of life if one is trembling with fear and trying to avoid something just because of a certain possibility?"
"The dangers that can be foreseen are limited, but the dangers that cannot be foreseen are endless. Does Your Majesty intend to abandon the smooth road and walk on that endless path of killing?"
"There are too many unknowns in this world, and even an emperor can only do so much."
"Since Your Majesty understands this principle, why do you insist on going your own way?"
Lu Jian shook his head. "No."
Looking up at the starry sky, he felt a sense of magnanimity, thinking, "Even if I abandon one person, there may still be room for maneuver."
"But Daoist, do you think your junior brother can persuade Patriarch Baili?"
"..." The Stargazing Taoist was taken aback.
"There is a reason for everything in this world."
"The so-called choice may seem like choosing people, but in reality it is choosing one's heart."
"Sitting in this position, besides fulfilling my duties and doing what I should do, I am here to fulfill my responsibilities."
"I also want to live a life of integrity and uprightness, with a clear conscience."
The Taoist priest gazed at the stars for a long time before finally agreeing, "This old Taoist obeys the decree."
......
As expected, Baili Ce's entourage was once again filled with a new group of people.
She never asked where the garment worker she almost sat on had gone.
Ultimately, she has no control over how long she can eke out a living, nor can she really do anything about it.
"I picked a lotus flower. Smell it, doesn't it smell good?"
"Um"
"Then I'll go pick a few more and take them back to my room."
"Can"
Wang Qingyan remained completely unburdened.
He not only took her to "enjoy the rain and flowers," but also spent more time by her side again.
It would be no exaggeration to say they are inseparable.
However, because "out of sight, out of mind" makes these days less unbearable.
Even when Madam Sun was adding clothes for her, she said, "Madam, you should always look on the bright side."
“Yes,” Baili Ce tightened his cloak, “We should always look on the bright side.”
But......
What benefits did she actually gain?