Chapter 561: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 561: Wu Banxian's Solution

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai and Liu Mei Qi, after finishing dinner and sitting for a while, settled the matter of marrying on New Year's Day, then returned to County Town.

After they left, the house felt empty, leaving only Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen.

Wang Zhanggen wore his old flower glasses, flipping through the almanac.

He was checking whether the New Year's Day date was truly as good as Wang Erhai said.

Li Xiulan, meanwhile, looked worried.

"Why do I always feel uneasy?"

Li Xiulan didn't know why she had this feeling.

Logically, Liu Mei Qi's first impression of her was quite good; the young lady was not only reserved and proper, but on her first visit to their home she helped wash bowls and chopsticks—clearly someone who knew how to manage a household.

But sometimes a woman's sixth sense is just strange, and cannot be measured or judged by reason.

"That brat Erhai didn't say a word before, then suddenly brought back a girlfriend and said he wants to marry; it's normal you're uneasy, and I'm uneasy too."

Wang Zhanggen looked at the almanac, then said:

"New Year's Day is indeed a good day, truly suitable for marriage."

Li Xiulan said then:

"Why don't we go ask Wu Banxian tomorrow?"

Wang Zhanggen looked up at her, thought for a moment, then said:

"Ever since the ancestral grave was dug up, I've felt uneasy all over; Erhai's wedding is so sudden—could it be the ancestral grave's feng shui acting up?"

Li Xiulan nodded in agreement:

"Come to think of it, that's quite possible; didn't Wu Banxian say to keep a low profile? But Erhai insists on holding the banquet at Huangsheng Hotel—how is that low-key?"

Wang Zhanggen's face was full of seriousness; if feng shui was acting up, this matter could be big or small, and they absolutely couldn't be careless!

So he said:

"Then tomorrow we'll go ask Wu Banxian together!"

In the blink of an eye it was the next day; Li Xiulan got up early in the morning, fed the chickens and ducks, cooked breakfast, and after eating breakfast, had Wang Zhanggen ride his motorcycle to take her to Neighboring Town to find Wu Banxian.

Arriving at Wu Banxian's place, Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen explained their purpose to Wu Banxian.

After hearing the detailed account of the matter, Wu Banxian revealed a smug smile, and said to Wang Zhanggen:

"I told you your mingming is not ordinary; even wanting to keep a low profile isn't easy; now you should believe it, right?"

Wang Zhanggen nodded like pounding garlic, his face full of seriousness and reverence:

"Half-Immortal, your divination is truly accurate; now my Second Brother wants to hold a banquet at Huangsheng Hotel, which clearly conflicts with the words 'low profile'; what do you think we should do?"

Li Xiulan asked instead:

"Will this have any bad effect on Erhai?"

Compared to home, she worried more about her son, so she asked this question.

"To say there's no effect is impossible."

Wu Banxian sat comfortably, his face full of profound mystery.

He suddenly asked:

"You say the one marrying is your Second Brother; I want to ask, has your Eldest Brother married?"

"He's found a partner, but hasn't married yet."

Wang Zhanggen answered honestly.

Wu Banxian pinched his fingers:

"This isn't good; the younger brother marrying before the elder—isn't that like planting a tree with the tip pointing down and the roots up? A reversal of priorities, disorder; the impact can be serious!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan immediately panicked.

"Half-Immortal, what should we do?"

Li Xiulan hurriedly begged:

"Half-Immortal, you must give us a solution!"

Wu Banxian, however, deliberately sold a trick, not directly stating the solution, but sighed:

"The root of all this is actually because your ancestral grave was dug up, destroying the feng shui."

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan took Wu Banxian's words as true.

They also felt that the ancestral grave's feng shui had been destroyed, leading to the current situation.

"Half-Immortal, how much money do you want before you're willing to help us solve this?"

Wang Zhanggen hurriedly asked.

Wu Banxian, however, acted very noble:

"This isn't a matter of how much money."

Li Xiulan asked: "Then what do you mean…"

Wu Banxian thought for a moment, then said:

"Either postpone the wedding, or have your Eldest Brother and Second Brother hold banquets and marry at the same time; anyway, the Second Brother cannot marry before the Eldest Brother, otherwise it truly violates the taboo. But I think your Second Brother's wedding can't be postponed anymore, so we can only see if your Eldest Brother can also hold a banquet together."

As soon as Wu Banxian said this, Li Xiulan's face was immediately full of embarrassment.

She considered herself quite open-minded; when her own son married should be decided by them.

Interfering like this, I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate, would it?

This is also the difference between Wu Banxian and Shenpo; Wu Banxian only knows divination, and in Yi Ren Chu Shi, he truly isn't as masterful as Shenpo.

If it were Shenpo, perhaps she could come up with a perfect solution.

"Half-Immortal, this matter we're afraid we need to discuss with our Eldest Brother first; I'm just afraid he might not be willing..."

Li Xiulan said thus.

Wang Zhanggen coldly said:

"What could he possibly be unwilling about? Even if he's unwilling, he must be made to agree; Feng Shui major matters aren't child's play! Besides, he and Du Xiaojuan have been together for so long, it's time they got married!"

Li Xiulan vaguely felt it was inappropriate, muttering softly:

"If Dashan and Erhai hold their wedding banquets together, wouldn't that be even more high-profile? Half-Immortal, didn't you say before that we should keep a low profile?"

As soon as Li Xiulan said this, Wu Banxian actually couldn't say a word for a moment.

He calculated this way and that, yet actually missed this point.

It can only be said he has some Arrive skill, but not much; what he said actually turned out to be self-contradictory.

But he naturally couldn't possibly admit his mistake.

He quickly adjusted his mindset, explaining:

"You don't understand; this is called Using Poison to Fight Poison, using taboo to suppress taboo. You indeed cannot be high-profile, but if you're high-profile to a certain extent, then you can break through the constraints of Feng Shui and turn bad into good."

Li Xiulan heard Wu Banxian speak in such profound and mysterious terms, half-believing and half-doubting; she had no culture and didn't know whether what Wu Banxian said was true or false, only vaguely feeling Wu Banxian wasn't very reliable.

Wang Zhanggen was also doubtful; this idea of using taboo to suppress taboo was something he had never heard of before.

Perhaps because Wu Banxian also saw the distrust of this elderly couple before him, Wu Banxian explained again at this time:

"Of course, doing this also has one premise condition: that is, you must find the culprit who dug up your ancestral grave; otherwise, by then if that culprit goes to dig up your ancestral grave again, this matter will become a big thing."

Wang Zhanggen said expressionlessly:

"Searched for so long, not even a hair found, how could we find the culprit?"

Li Xiulan asked instead:

"Half-Immortal, didn't you say before we didn't need to care who the culprit was? Why now say we need to find the culprit?"

Wu Banxian said contradictory things one after another, making Li Xiulan even more suspicious whether he had any real skill.

"The situation is different now; before, you just needed to keep a low profile to turn misfortune into good fortune, but now you want to keep a low profile and can't, so naturally you must find the culprit."

Wang Zhanggen spread his hands:

"How to find? We've reported to the police, you've also helped us do divination, and still haven't found anything!"

Wang Zhanggen was speechless all over his face, feeling Wu Banxian not only hadn't helped him solve the problem, but instead made the problem more complicated.

Wu Banxian's expression became deep, pondering for a long time, before opening his mouth:

"I have a method to help you find the culprit, but you need to cooperate a bit."