Yu Tao was the nephew of Chancellor Yu Zong during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. When Yu Zong was moving south, he stopped to rest at the post station of Pingwang. When he tied the boat and entered the post house, he was preparing to eat when an old man entered from the door and walked straight to the small pavilion on the side of the hall and came to the place where Yu Tao was staying. The old man’s arrival made the officials of the post think he was following Xiangguo, so they did not ask him; and Xiangguo thought he was from the post, so he did not ask him either.
When the old man arrived at the place where Yu Tao was resting, Yu Tao asked him what he was. The old man replied, “Cao Lao Er.” He asked him from what place he came. He replied, “Langjun will have the best official position, so there is no need to worry about this trip.” Yu Tao was about to go far away and was deeply worried. Hearing what the old man said, he was very happy and invited him to his seat with an arch hand. Yu Tao, together with his cousin, the former secretary province Xue schoolmaster, talked with him and asked him what he could do. He replied, “I don’t know anything about it, but you will be noble and illustrious in the future, so I can’t help recounting everything. Please take a pen and write down my words.” So, Yu Tao went along with the old man’s description, recorded a few, the words are mostly very cryptic, as if the ballad prophecy. It also said something about the philanthropy being implicated and restored.
Yu Tao incidentally asked Xue schoolmaster how. The old man said: “Thousands of miles away, meet the West will stop, there is your official position. Even if it is not a true assassin, it is also a false county governor.” Yu Tao also asked a certain family in the capital of the house, can not know? The old man lowered his head for a long time before saying, “The residence in the capital is very peaceful, and today there is a certain lady and a certain nun in front of the main house.” And he gave the names of all the guests. He also said, “There is a child so-and-so under a certain porch, holding a copper turtle to play games.” Yu Tao also examined that is true, are written on the chapter, gradually wrote down a lot. They joked with each other, and soon it was going to be dark. Yu Tao pointed to Xue Yunxiang Ji in passing and said to the old man, “What will happen to this person?” The old man replied, “Excellent, three thousand miles away can also get a good official.” Yu Tao initially recorded with the old man’s words and believed very much in his heart. Waiting to hear that this woman also has a good official, surprised at his negligence absurd, also slack down.
At that time, Yu Tao’s cousin Du Ruhu Huo as Huzhou assassin, sent to Ruo under a jar of wine, there are about five buckets. So Yu Tao asked the old man whether good wine, the old man gladly please drink. Yu Tao will use the silver pot to fill wine to him, let him drink from his own discretion. Not long after, the wine drank up, the sky is also dark, so the old man to silver pellet as a pillow to fall asleep. At that time, there were many mosquitoes, but none of them could come near the old man. The next morning, the old man was gone, and only the silver pellet was still there. Yu Tao was horrified, sent people around to find, but do not know where the old man actually went.
Some people said that the old man was Dr. Cao Huo. Cao Xiu was a member of the clan of Wei, and was a historian after the Jin Dynasty, and was still in the court during the Qi and Liang period. Later, he got the way of the immortals and wandered in the rivers and lakes, as a merchant and often assisted others. Many people have met him and received gifts from him.
Since then, Yu Tao was appointed as the defensive envoy of Si Prefecture and the assassin of She Prefecture, and assisted Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu in Huainan, as the deputy envoy. Sangguo also returned to the north soon. Xue schoolmaster assisted Jiangxi Binmu, presided over Yuanzhou military affairs, and led his family to Fujian when he encountered the time of using the military. In a small town, Xue Yunxiang Ji suddenly fell ill and died, and no store could be found in the mountains to make a coffin. The coffin was lacquered in gold, very precious and gorgeous. After the burial, the party verified the words of Cao Laoer that she had a good coffin. When it comes to the guests and children holding the bronze tortoise game on that day in the capital, there is nothing that does not come true.
Since ancient times, the cultivation of monks to a certain level, there will be supernormal capabilities, such as fatalism, remote viewing function, etc.. That’s why the old man could know all the activities happening in the capital house, he used the remote vision function to see; to know the fate of Yu Tao and other people, he used the fatalistic function to know.
(From “The Legend of the Divine Induction”)
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