In the lively town of Jiangchong, there was a member of the Lu family who started from scratch and amassed a family business with good luck. But after the age of 60, for some reason, the business was frustrated one after another, and the family was even more troubled: the warehouse caught fire for no reason, almost burning down the house; the family heirloom hidden in the study disappeared; the smart and capable eldest young master fell off his horse while riding out and died.
This morning, Lu Yuanwai was sitting in the living room sighing. Suddenly, he heard the noise outside the door and hurriedly called the housekeeper Lu Da to see what was going on.
Lu Da came back to report that the neighboring province had suffered a flood, and houses and crops had been destroyed. The people had to drag their children and daughters to take refuge here, and now the streets were full of victims. Lu Yuanwai was not in the mood to care about the life and death of outsiders. He waved his hand to show that he knew, and then frowned and asked, "Has no one released the notice yet?"
It turned out that Lu Yuanwai also had a younger son named Lu Yin, who had always relied on the love of his father and brother. Not only did he like to take care of the family business, he was also a gambler. Before the eldest son took care of the family business, Lu Yuanwai turned a blind eye to Lu Yin and let it go. After the death of the eldest son, Lu Yin became the perfect choice to inherit the family business. Looking at his virtue, he would definitely squander all the wealth in a few years. In order to make Lu Yin change his ways as soon as possible, Lu Yuanwai, who was anxious, used all kinds of tricks, but still the mud could not help him to the wall. In the end, he had Lu Da put up a notice at the gate offering a reward of 1,000 taels, looking for someone who could help the Lu family teach their children. However, the notice was posted for several months, but no one paid attention.
When Lu Dazheng shook his head, he saw the concierge running in excitedly, reporting good news: "Master, someone just posted the notice."
He hurriedly ordered the person to come in. He was dressed in a green shirt and had bright eyes. He was quite immortal and called himself Liu.
"Master Lu, to be honest, Young Master Lu has a perverse temperament and his house is restless. It's all because of the turn of feng shui in the ancestral grave. I can't blame Young Master Lu." Liu Yinyang got straight to the point.
Lu Yuanwai saw that Liu Yinyang looked like he was well-prepared, so he hurriedly called his servant to serve tea and asked him to sit down and explain the reason in detail. Liu Yinyang said that before he came, he specially went to the ancestral grave of the Lu family to have a look. Lu Yuanwai's father was originally buried on an auspicious position where two mountains and one water were sandwiched, and the family wealth did not flow out, so he could bless the wealth of future generations. But now a noble man was buried above the cemetery, which caused the feng shui to reverse. Naturally, everything was unfavorable, and disasters and fortunes were everywhere.
Lu Yuanwai thought about the comparison between the past and today, and suddenly realized that to keep the family business, the feng shui treasure is the key. He quickly grabbed Liu Yinyang's hand and asked him if there was a way to restore the feng shui of the cemetery to its original state.
Liu Yinyang shook his head, saying that the blessed land has become fierce, and there is no way to return to the sky. He can only find another auspicious point to move the coffin and change the number of luck.
Lu Yuanwai immediately promised Liu Yinyang that if this matter was done well, he was willing to add another thousand taels as a thank you gift.
Liu Yinyang's face was full of joy, and he hurriedly said that this matter could not be delayed. After tea, he took the compass out of the house.
In less than half a day, Liu Yinyang hurried back and told Lu Yuanwai that he had found an excellent cemetery not far from the town, so he could go and check it out.
Lu Yuanwai was overjoyed. He brought Lu Da along with Liu Yinyang and was about to leave the mansion when he met Lu Yin at the gate and came back from the outside listlessly.
When Lu Yuanwai saw his appearance, he knew that he had lost money again. He immediately became angry and scolded Lu Yin for not being allowed to go back to his room to sleep. He followed orders by his side.
At that moment, a group of four people came to a hillside outside the town. Liu Yinyang pointed to a mountain in front of him and let Lu Yuanwai take a closer look, while explaining, "This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, just in line with the former Suzaku and the later Xuanwu. Zuo Qinglong and right white tiger said that hiding wind and gathering qi is really a treasure land that cannot be sought after. If your father's coffin is placed on the dragon vein position here, the descendants of the Lu family will be rich and noble. Unfortunately, there are mountains and no water, unless you think of another way."
Lu Yuanwai was both happy and worried when he heard it, and hurriedly asked, "Does sir already have a good idea?"
Liu Yinyang nodded: "The mountains need to be ringed, the water needs to be ringed, and the wealth in the four directions is rolling in. In order to make this Sifang Mountain a treasure land, four ditches need to be opened from the surrounding area to neutralize the terrain, and the nearby rivers will be drawn here to form a bay, and then you're done."
Lu Yuanwai couldn't help but look embarrassed: "Mr. Liu, it's easier to say than to open a canal in the mountain to divert water! Besides, in terms of manpower, we can't find so many craftsmen at once."
Liu Yinyang laughed and said, "It seems that God is helping Master Lu. There are many refugees here, so I just hire them to work. As long as I have three full meals a day, I am afraid that they will not work hard?"
Just as Lu Yuanwai was hesitating, Lu Yin, who was standing behind him, suddenly took a step forward and volunteered, "Father, this matter is related to the future foundation of our Lu family.
"You?" Lu Yuanwai was quite surprised. Seeing this situation, Lu Da couldn't help but persuade: "Master, it is rare for the young master to take the initiative to speak, why don't you let him practice, and the Lu family will have to rely on him to be the head of the family in the future."
Lu Yuanwai felt that Lu Da's words were reasonable, and immediately opened the warehouse to retrieve silver after returning to the mansion. While asking Lu Da to recruit refugees, he said harsh words to Lu Da: "If this project is not done well, don't enter the Lu family's door in the future." At the same time, Liu Yinyang was asked to assist and supervise.
After the start of the project, Lu Yuanwai was still worried about Lu Yin and let Lu Da go to the construction site to take a look. Lu Da returned after reading it and happily reported: "Don't worry, Master, Mr. Liu is indeed an expert and has done things properly. I also saw that the Young Master personally took the lead in digging ditches and picking up soil, and it was different from before."
Although the project of diverting water into the bay was huge, it was easy to do things with more money, and Liu Yinyang commanded well. Lu Yin took the lead and worked hard. The refugees worked together for more than half a year and finally completed it successfully. Subsequently, the coffin containing the remains of Lu Yuanwai's father was successfully moved to the location designated by Liu Yingyang for burial.
After the cemetery was built, Liu Yinyang pointed to the mountains behind the tomb and the flowing water in front of the tomb, and said to Lu Yuanwai, "Mr. Lu's tomb has mountains in all directions above his head, and his feet are in Zhonghe Bay. There are no civil servants and military attachés. After that, the foreign members can sleep peacefully."
Sure enough, there was no more disaster in the Lu family. What surprised Lu Yuanwai the most was that Lu Yin seemed to have changed a person. Not only did he quit his previous bad habits, but he also learned to do business seriously and mined a lot of fertile land around Zhonghe Bay, allowing the refugees to live and work in peace and contentment.
A year later, Lu Yuanwai fell seriously ill. When he died, Lu Yin knelt in front of his bed and wept bitterly. He confessed that he had caused all the previous disasters in the family: because he owed a huge amount of gambling debt in the casino, he went to the warehouse to steal money. Instead, he accidentally knocked over the candlestick, which caused the fire. After that, he was cornered by the creditor, so he stole the family heirloom from the study to pay off the debt. Unexpectedly, the eldest brother found out that the eldest brother accidentally fell off his horse and died on the way to the creditor to retrieve the family heirloom.
"Father, there is one more thing I can't hide from you. Liu Yinyang is not a feng shui master at all, and the feng shui treasure is fake." Lu Yin told another shocking secret.
Liu Yinyang's real identity is a chivalrous man walking in rivers and lakes. Last year, he passed by this place to witness the suffering of the victims, and happened to see the notice of the Lu mansion. He used the theory of feng shui to deceive Lu Yuanwai to help the refugees tide over difficulties.
Lu Yin volunteered himself. He wanted to get the project money and go to the casino to have a good time, but he didn't expect Liu Yinyang to have known Lu Yin's trick long ago. In front of everyone, he slashed open the boulder blocking the road and warned him that if he didn't do the project well, the stone would be his end.
Lu Yin saw that the situation was not good, so he had to be obedient. During the construction project, Liu Yinyang urged him to be a man, if he could not help the poor and save the people from fire and water, he would also be worthy of heaven and earth, while using the allusion of lambs kneeling milk and crows feeding back to teach him to be filial to his parents.
Lu Yuanwai looked at his son who had changed his ways and said with a slight smile, "Liu Yinyang is not a liar, isn't that a good education for you? Having Zhilan Yushu at home is the real good feng shui." Then he closed his eyes in relief.
After Lu Yuanwai passed away, Lu Yin revealed Liu Yinyang's true identity to the public, and the refugees realized that he was everyone's great benefactor. Unfortunately, when the benefactor left, he was like a wild crane without a trace, so everyone adapted the feng shui formula left by Liu Yinyang to "surround the mountains in all directions, create a Zhonghe Bay, a good mountain, good water and a good home", which has been passed down to this day.