Sun and Moon Are Wrong: Traveling Through Time from Under One Person

Chapter 292: Eliminating the Demon in the Lake (5)

When Zhang Yingcai heard Meng Ning's comfort, his body remained tense and his voice trembled.

"Mr. Meng, the scene just now was really horrific. I have never seen such a scene before."

Meng Ning waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Zhang. This is a fight between those seeking the law. Innocent people will not be implicated easily."

"Besides, I'm here to protect you, what are you afraid of? Look at you now, aren't you fine?"

Zhang Yingcai took a deep breath, tried to calm his fear, and expressed his gratitude: "Mr. Meng, thank you for your help this time."

Meng Ning waved his hands again, somewhat helplessly: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank someone, go thank your future father-in-law's father, your grandfather-in-law, Lu Dahai.

He asked me to come find you, so you should remember his kindness."

Zhang Yingcai nodded, still looking grateful.

"Mr. Meng, no matter what, I, Zhang, will always remember your kindness and will repay you when I return."

Meng Ning smiled and said, "You don't have to repay me. Just treat the girl well in the future."

Hearing Meng Ning's words, Zhang Yingcai suddenly felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head.

"Mr. Meng, to be honest, I came back to Yangzhou not to fulfill this child marriage."

Meng Ning frowned, "Then what are you doing here?"

Zhang Yingcai gritted his teeth and said, "I came here to break off the engagement, but I don't know if this is the right thing to do."

Meng Ning thought to himself, "As expected," but he still looked surprised.

"Cancel the engagement? Are you sure? The Lu family is very powerful and can call the shots in the Jiangnan area.

Ordinary people can't even try to reach her, but you want to retreat?"

Zhang Yingcai looked embarrassed: "Mr. Meng, you don't know. I have been working outside for many years and now have my own ambitions and aspirations. This marriage has become a constraint for me.

Besides, I have never met that girl, so I have no feelings for her at all.

But as you said, the Lu family is quite powerful. Perhaps becoming the son-in-law of the Lu family will be a great help to my career."

"But if I lose the right to love and my freedom for the sake of my career, I don't want that."

"So... I was struggling along the way. Even when we were almost in Yangzhou City, I still hadn't made up my mind."

Meng Ning understood what Zhang Yingcai said, so he laughed and scolded him.

"You really want to have the best of both worlds.

As the ancient proverb goes, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

But the reality is not like this. In reality, there are many things that can achieve the best of both worlds. "

"In my opinion, you might as well meet the girl from the Lu family first before making a decision. Maybe after meeting her, you will have a different idea."

Zhang Yingcai nodded. He suddenly pondered for a moment and bit his lip, as if he had made a great decision.

"Mr. Meng, you are an immortal. I still have one thing I don't understand. Please tell me your fortune!"

Meng Ning: "Fortune telling?"

Zhang Yingcai nodded, "From your appearance, could it be that Master Meng doesn't know how to do it?"

Meng Ning rubbed his head. Yes, he knew it, but the art of divination was not considered a high-level skill among those seeking advice.

Even the Ma Dynasty has done some research on this.

However, divination is only a minor technique and is not very useful, because those who seek it tend to follow their own way and never believe in ghosts or gods.

After all, the power of a great master is only stronger than that of the ghosts and gods in mortal legends.

Even many ghosts and gods in myths and legends were created based on the prototypes of the many seekers of the magical world.

For Meng Ning, seekers of the Dharma like him are originally part of the myth.

Will you believe in yourself?

As for using divination techniques to find things or search for clues.

It is not very useful. For example, if Meng Ning uses divination to find the trace of the undead corpse in Yangzhou City, it will probably be ineffective.

Because the fate of every life is in constant change, it is easily disturbed by external factors.

There is a very common saying about divination, which is that it is easy to predict the past, but difficult to predict the future.

What happened in the past is already destined. What good can we do even if we know it?

The future is still uncertain, and any unauthorized interference will be punished by the law of cause and effect, and it can easily backfire.

But now, since Zhang Yingcai is so sincere, I can tell him his fortune.

Thinking of this, Meng Ning spoke.

"I know a little bit, but it's not very accurate. I won't charge you any money, so don't blame me if it's not accurate!"

Meng Ning's words made Zhang Yingcai overjoyed.

"Of course, of course. You have already done me a great favor by saving me, and now you are willing to help me with divination, which is even more of a favor.

How dare Zhang blame you? "

After Meng Ning finished his disclaimer, he saw Zhang Yingcai agreed, nodded, and then took out three large coins from his sleeve.

These three coins are Qianlong Tong Bao coins, which were gifts given to Meng Ning by Ma Chao in the past. They were originally intended to be used to make a copper coin sword for Meng Ning.

But after Meng Ning mastered the magic sword, it was of no use to him.

Meng Ning clasped his hands together and placed three large coins in his palms, then spoke to Zhang Yingcai.

"Tell me, there must be an introduction to fortune-telling. What do you want to ask for?"

Seeing Meng Ning asking the question, Zhang Yingcai's expression suddenly became extremely sincere, and his eyes were firm and shining as if there was a piece of gold hidden in them.

"Sir, I have a dream, and I have decided to make this dream my lifelong career."

Meng Ning: "That's great, right? So, you want to ask me if this dream can come true?"

Zhang Yingcai shook his head: "No, sir, Yingcai is not stupid. Yingcai knows that if he wants to realize this dream, it is useless to ask for divination."

“The success of your dreams can only be depended on yourself and the people who make them come true.”

Hearing Zhang Yingcai's words, Meng Ning was surprised: "Strange, strange. Now I can't see through you. You actually know that the success of things depends on yourself, not on ghosts and gods.

Then why did you come to me to ask for divination?"

Zhang Yingcai bowed his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, I feel that my dream is very ambitious and difficult to achieve.

I have also decided to devote everything in my life to this great dream and cause."

"Even so, I would burn my entire life, all my time and energy, and I would never dare to hope that this dream could come true."

"Therefore...I know that if I get married in this life, I will definitely fail my family, my wife and my children."

"So, sir, I don't know if I, Zhang Yingcai, am qualified to be a husband and a father in this life!"

"I...I don't know."

After he finished speaking, Zhang Yingcai was already crying heavily on the Qizhou.

It can be seen that these words have obviously been buried deep in his heart for a long time.

Just now, when he was between life and death and was in a state of great excitement, he had the opportunity to tell Meng Ning everything.

He was not seeking divination at all, but was clearly seeking comfort from Meng Ning, a boy who was much younger than him.

Meng Ning was silent, then threw the coin in his hand and waited for Zhang Yingcai to finish crying before he spoke.

Meng Ning: "The hexagram has been revealed, do you want to listen to it?"

Zhang Yingcai: "What is it?"

Meng Ning: "Humility, humbleness of the earth and mountains.

Xiang said: God gave a poor man a envelope of gold. He did not fight or grab it and divided it equally. After both of them got the gold, all their wishes came true.

Zhang Yingcai: "All my wishes have come true... Thank you very much, sir. It looks like a good omen."

Meng Ning: "Yes, it's a good omen. It looks like your dream can be realized."

"Can it be done?" Zhang Yingcai's eyes lit up: Hmm...

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