During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a village on the outskirts of Beijing. There lived a man in the village whose surname was Huang and his nickname was "Yellow Toad!"

Because of this person's special appearance, two small round eyes, turned nostrils, and a big mouth, with a pockmarked face, his face was black or not, and his face was yellow or not, and it was so green, that he was nicknamed Yellow Toad.

Although this person is not very good-looking, he is capable, articulate, and observant.

In addition, after a few days of study, the neighbors who want to marry a daughter-in-law, hire a girl, or break ground in Shangliang or something, will come to him to see the days.

After a long time, he was quite famous in the surrounding villages. His wife was not so lucky. The perennial cold legs tortured her enough.

Old Huang had a hard time thinking about it, but after a long time, he asked him to find a trick. When his wife's leg hurts, it changes. If the pain is severe, it will rain tomorrow.

Once, before Old Yellow went down to work, his wife's legs began to hurt again, and the pain was getting worse and worse. Old Yellow took a look, took the coat, carried the hoe, and went out.

The sun was high outside, and the villagers laughed at him begging for rain with his coat.

Everyone was working in the field, and after a while, dark clouds came over, and in an instant, bean-sized raindrops crackled underground.

The others were all drowned in the heavy rain and hurriedly ran home. Only Lao Huang was wearing a lime coat and walked home calmly.

When the sky turned, it was dark and cloudy outside. Before going to work, Old Yellow asked his wife, "Does your leg hurt?" His wife replied, "No!" Old Yellow carried his hoe and went down to the ground.

Everyone saw that Lao Huang came out to work like this, and someone asked him, "Why don't you wear a lime coat, are you not afraid of getting wet when it rains?"

Old Huang replied firmly, "It's okay, there is no rain today." Everyone laughed at him, the sky is so gloomy, how can there be no rain.

After two hours, the dark clouds dispersed and the sun came out. Old Yellow said coldly to everyone, "How about it, take the coats for nothing!"

Everyone asked him strangely: "We were all drenched that day, and you were the only one who walked home calmly. Today we were all wearing coats, but you were the only one who didn't wear them. How did you know that it wasn't raining?"

Old Huang liked to brag. Besides, he was too embarrassed to say that his wife only knew about the pain in her leg. He pretended to say, "I calculated it using Zhuge Liang's pre-horse divine lessons."

As soon as everyone heard that this was the case, it was passed ten or ten times. Not only did they hire girls and go to the beam to find Lao Huang, but even whoever lost something came to him.

That day, the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family lost an earring and came looking for him.

"Uncle, I lost my earrings, can you tell me where I lost them?"

Old Yellow pretended to pinch his fingers, and suddenly opened his mouth and said, "The earrings are not lost, you go home and look by the pot table and the water tank."

Zhang's daughter-in-law found the earrings on the edge of the pot table when she got home. Could it be that his fortune telling is really so good?

Of course not, isn't Old Huang thinking about it? He thought to himself that the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family had to carry water to cook and circle around the pot table every day, so he said to look for it in these two places.

One day, Second Sister Li came to the door again. Said that Second Brother Li had been gone for three months, but there was no news. Let Old Huang calculate when Second Brother Li will come back.

Old Yellow pinched his fingers and said, "Look at the younger sister, you are quite heavy, just call someone to tell you if you have anything, and bother you to make a trip."

Second Sister-in-law Li said embarrassedly with a big belly: "It's okay, I'm only nine months old."

Old Yellow frowned when he heard Second Sister-in-law Li's words, and said to Second Sister-in-law Li, "Don't worry, he will be back next month."

Second Brother Li really came back next month, so how did he figure it out?

Old Huang listened to Li Er's words and thought to himself, a woman is pregnant in October, and a man knows in his heart that he will definitely come back next month to serve the confinement, so he is ready again.

It was a great deal, and the neighbors shouted at him, and even gave him a nickname, "Huang Banxian!".

On this day, Emperor Daoguang lost a priceless night pearl. He hurriedly brought the nine-door admiral to the palace and ordered him to solve the case in three days. If he couldn't find it within three days, he would be demoted and punished.

How could he get it back? For the one who stole the night pearl was none other than Cui Ying, the chief eunuch in the palace.

Not to mention three days, even ten days could not be found. Otherwise, the emperor became anxious a month and a half later, and those who demoted the nine-door admiral went to the Imperial Horse Ring to walk their horses.

This time, the Emperor of Daoguang was furious at the Golden Palace: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days uses soldiers for a while, and the Night Pearl is lost for more than a month, and there is not even a clue. What's going on, do you all want to walk your horses?"

At this time, a servant named Na Rong knelt forward and crawled half a step: "Long live my master, I heard people say that there is a fortune teller named Zhuge Zhou on the edge of the West River outside the front door. This person is very good at fortune teller, so it is better to find him to calculate the whereabouts of the night pearl."

When the emperor heard this, he said, "Come on, tell Cui Ying, the chief eunuch, to find Zhuge Zhou."

Cui Ying's nose was crooked when he heard the order, but the emperor did not dare disobey it, so he had to ride a horse and bring a group of people to find it.

As soon as they arrived at Xiheyan to inquire, Zhuge Zhou died. Cui Ying was so happy that she brought someone back to report her order.

As soon as the emperor heard that the person was dead, he ordered to find other hexagram tellers, which would be fine. Cui Ying couldn't take people around, and she went all over Beijing, but couldn't find a hexagram teller.

Cui Ying has his heart and is accurate at finding hexagrams. As soon as he stole the Golden Palace, his head immediately moved, so he didn't want any of them.

He didn't think about it either. Who said that he was not sure? Was there any business? On the fourth day, Cui Ying and his people left the city without hesitation.

He thought to himself, "I've searched all over the city, why don't I go outside the city to find it." After walking for dozens of miles, I came to a village. The weather was terribly hot, and a group of people were resting under the old locust tree at the head of the village.

At this time, a child happened to be skipping. Cui Ying stopped the child and asked him, "Is there a fortune teller in the village?" The child pointed at the door of Lao Huang's house.

At this time, Lao Huang was worrying at home, and his wife's legs were hurting again. It seemed that it was going to rain, and he had to move firewood and things to the house in a while, and he was annoyed.

Just like that, the eunuch Cui Ying came in and asked, "Do you know how to read hexagrams?"

Old Huang heard it: "Ah, I can read hexagrams."

"Is it smart?"

Cui Ying spoke in a loud voice and silenced Old Huang. She blurted out the truth, "I'm not good at reading hexagrams."

Cui Ying thought to herself, "After searching for so long, I finally found one that doesn't work." Looking at Lao Huang's appearance, he doesn't look like he can tell hexagrams.

"Okay, okay, pack up and come with me."

"Where are we going with you?"

"In Beijing, the emperor lost his night pearl, you go and do the math."

Old Yellow listened to his heart and said, "Count hexagrams for the emperor, let alone if it doesn't work, even if it works, if you say one wrong word, you will lose your head."

Thinking of this, he said to Cui Ying: "This master, you didn't understand, my calculation doesn't work, what are you going to do?"

Cui Ying thought to herself, "Ling isn't looking for you yet!"

Looking at Old Yellow's scared look, he smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. With me around, it's not a big deal to give you two money, so just throw it away. If you don't go, you will resist the order and be cut off at the door in the afternoon."

When Old Yellow heard that, he said, "Then I'd better go." He picked up the coat that was lying by the door.

Cui Ying takes a look and asks, "What are you doing with this thing?"

Old Huang said, "Don't worry about it, it's useful, it's raining today."

Cui Ying was in a hurry to go back and didn't think much about it. The group of people walked back in a mighty manner, took him to Beijing, and arranged to live in the inn.

In the middle of the night, it began to rain heavily. Old Yellow tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He thought to himself, "This master is really killing me. If I say it doesn't work, I have to come. Let me find the Night Pearl, where can I find it?"

Old Yellow was annoyed, so he blamed all his hatred on the thief who stole the night pearl, and muttered while thinking: "You are a thief too, it is not good to steal anyone, dare to steal the emperor. And this master is not right, I said that my hexagram is not working, so I am begging for nothing to urge me, urge, urge, I am here, are you alive?"

What he meant was that he urged me to come here. If the calculation is inaccurate, you will not be able to live if you are guilty of dereliction of duty. That was what he meant.

The wall has ears, and Cui Ying hears these words. Why is he here?

It was said that he arranged for Lao Huang to enter the inn, and Cui Ying was happy in her heart. She would tell the emperor a fortune tomorrow, but if he couldn't figure it out, he would be killed, and this bead would not be found in this life.

Cui Ying returned home and put out the food and wine to drink. Just as she was happy, it was raining outside. Cui Ying was clever in her heart, wasn't it right? What was he doing with the coats?

Just like that, he quietly came to Old Yellow's door. Just as he stood firm, he listened to what was said inside. The first two sentences had already been said, and Old Yellow was saying this: "Urge, urge, I'm here, are you alive?"

Cui Ying listened further. As soon as he was afraid, he pushed the door and came in, and knelt down to Lao Huang. He still kept saying, "Half-immortal, half-immortal, forgive me!"

Old Huang was startled and saw the chief executive kneel down for him. What was going on? He could not only observe words and expressions, but also calm down and said to Cui Ying, "Don't be afraid, what's wrong with you, get up and talk."

Cui Ying knelt down and said, "Banxian'er is really accurate. I stole the night pearl. I can't live if you come."

When Old Yellow heard that, it turned out that this was the case. He pretended to say, "I figured out long ago that you stole the beads. Not only did I figure out that you stole the beads, but I also figured out where you hid the beads."

Cui Ying was so scared that she just stood up and knelt down again with a plop. It was so amazing that she even figured out where to hide it, so she asked casually, "Then you figured out where I hid the beads?"

If this were an ordinary person, he would definitely be exposed to the question. Old Huang was able to speak well, so he didn't give him a chance at all. He said with a sullen face, "I won't tell you today, but I will talk to the emperor tomorrow."

As soon as Cui Ying heard it, she shouted for mercy: "I buried the night pearl under the banana tree in the imperial garden."

"You're smart, I'm also buried there, I just want to see if you 're telling the truth?"

"You are really accurate, you are simply a living fairy. When you see the emperor tomorrow, don't say I stole it, I will give you five hundred taels of silver."

Old Yellow sneered involuntarily when he heard that. What he meant was that this guy would stop talking when he "bluffed."

But Cui Ying doesn't know what's going on. He thinks that Lao Huang thinks that there is less money, so he immediately says, "Add another 500, and I'll give you a thousand."

Old Huang pretended to say, "Get up, when you tell the Emperor the fortune tomorrow, I'll hide it for you."

The next day, Cui Ying led him to the court to see the emperor, who was very happy and gave him a seat, allowing him to calculate the whereabouts of the night pearl.

Old Yellow pinched his fingers, pretending, and muttered: "One, two, three, two, three, seven, eight, ninety recite the mantra, and judge according to the hexagram, the night pearl is now in the imperial garden."

The emperor heard it: "Come, drive the imperial garden."

When they arrived at the imperial garden, the emperor said, "Master Huang, the imperial garden of the widow is so big, where is the night pearl?"

Old Yellow said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, wait for me to take care of it for you." As he spoke, he pinched his fingers and muttered: "Half Immortal's surname is Huang, I saw the king today, where is the night pearl? Hide under the banana tree!"

When the emperor heard this, he decreed: "Open the plan!"

Originally, Cui Ying didn't bury the bead deep, and dug it out within two strokes of the shovel and pick. The little eunuch wiped the soil on it and presented his hands to the emperor, who was so happy to see it.

"Oh! Mr. Huang's hexagram is too clever. Who exactly stole the night pearl of the widow?"

The emperor asked coldly, but Lao Huang was unprepared. He looked up at Cui Ying, and Cui Ying's heart almost jumped out of his throat.

Old Huang said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the night pearl is a rare treasure. It is deep for a long time. It has received the essence of the sun and moon, and it came out by itself."

The emperor twisted his beard after listening: "It makes sense!"

The emperor was so happy that he didn't sleep all night and came to sit in the hall early the next morning. When he passed by the imperial garden, he saw a jujube tree. This kind of jujube was called "Jujube".

The emperor looked good and took off one, thinking, "By the way, I'll let Huang Banxian calculate what's in my hand?

Arriving at the main hall, the first to announce Huang Banxian went to the hall with the decree. Huang Banxian knelt down to this, but this time the light made him flat and did not give him a seat.

After Huang Banxian stood up, the Emperor looked at him, raised his fist and said, "Master Huang, what do you think is in my hands? If you calculate correctly, you will be appointed as an official in the dynasty. If you calculate wrong, I will ask you for the crime of bullying the king!"

Old Yellow thought to himself, "How does this count? He pondered, the emperor found the night pearl, and he must be afraid of losing it again, so every day the pearl does not leave his hand, and his hand does not leave the pearl, it must be the night pearl."

He originally wanted to say to the Emperor, "Come and play with this beloved night pearl in the morning!" He just said half a sentence: "Long live, early in the morning. emperor said, "By the way, it's big green jujube!" As soon as he raised his hand, the old emperor looked at it, and the pigtails stood up in fright, thinking, "Thanks to me talking about early morning, it's troublesome to say early morning."

The emperor said, "Mr Huang, your hexagram is too clever. I intend to keep you as an official in the dynasty. What do you think?"

Old Yellow knew in his heart that he was lucky for a while, and if he was right, he would be exposed after a long time. Therefore, he knelt down and said to the emperor, "The grass people are villagers, how can they protect the king?"

The emperor thought to himself: "He is not happy, his hexagram is so accurate, if I protect others, my country will be unstable."

Not to mention accompanying the king like a tiger!

The emperor called Cui Ying over, whispered in his ear, and ordered him to go to the harem to get the treasure toad. The so-called treasure toad is a toad carved in red gold.

Not much, Cui Ying came back with the box in her arms. The emperor pointed a finger and said, "Master Huang, aren't you a spirit? Come and calculate, what is in my box? If you calculate correctly, you will be banned as an official in the dynasty. If you calculate incorrectly, it will be the crime of deceiving the king.

No matter how stupid Old Yellow was, he could see that the emperor was going to kill him. He thought to himself, "Both sides are dead. Let's just make a request.

Thinking of this, Old Yellow knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Caomin has only one request, that is, if I figure out what's in the box, please let Caomin go home."

The Emperor said to Old Yellow, "Immortal Master Huang is flat. As long as you figure out what's in the box, I'll let you go home immediately."

Old Yellow stood up and thought to himself, "I got it right early in the morning just now, how do I count it now?" He held back for a long time, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, called his nickname and said, "Yellow Toad, you will die in this box!"

The emperor heard it: "Immortal Master Huang, you are right again this time!"

Just like that, Old Yellow walked out of the palace unscathed and went home with a thousand taels of silver.