Be careful, there is a villain around you!

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"Be careful, there is a villain around you!" When the fortune teller tells everyone this, he is not wrong. Everyone will attribute their misfortunes to others. Anyone who has a conflict of interest or contradictory emotions is a villain in our eyes.

But compared to those, the fortune teller is the real villain!

I have never read fortunes, nor do I believe in fortune-telling. Whenever I sneer at comments such as "Fortune-telling is very accurate" or "So-and-so is very spiritual", the elders will say sincerely: You are still young. , I have too little experience and I don’t understand many things. Or to say: I would rather believe it exists than believe it doesn’t exist. You don’t have to believe it, but don’t talk nonsense (disrespectful to God).

Not only do I not believe in fortune telling, I also disapprove of other similar superstitious customs, rules, and rituals. The seeds of "democracy" and "science" in the New Culture Movement have been sown for more than 100 years. It is really hard for me to accept that they are still doing this now. I feel that the difference between me and the subjects of the Qing Dynasty should not just be the lack of pigtails on the back of my head. There is no emperor in my heart.

However, I can only guarantee that I don’t believe it. In order to take into account the feeling of “loving each other and being a family”, I often have to give in to those absurd things.

For example, when I got married, I don’t know which god told my mother that because of our birthdays, my wife and her mother were not allowed to have sex within a month after we returned to our parents’ home. When we meet, you are not allowed to call me mother-in-law, otherwise it will be detrimental to my mother-in-law.

The neighborhood aunts also echoed: Yes, this is indeed true.

I was very disdainful at the time: I didn’t believe it, this was so nonsense, I just wanted to scream and see what happened.

My mother asked me to obey, and the aunts in the neighborhood also talked about it and warned me seriously: Whoever failed to do so in the past, the consequences were (bad consequences), and some people did not listen to the advice. , called the peach tree "Mom", but the peach tree died.

They said it with nose and eyes, but I just wanted to laugh.

I said: This is Province H, our city, or even just the so-called rules of our town. My wife is from Province S, and we will also live in Province S in the future. The two places are more than 2,000 miles apart. Is it possible? Can our gods or rules here control Province S? Or maybe the gods in province S also have rules, which are different from the rules of gods in province H. Whose rules should we listen to?

My mother said that if you get married here, of course you have to follow the rules here. When I asked how I should explain myself to the God of Province S, she ignored me. When gods fight, mortals are really at a loss as to what to do. Fortunately, we didn’t ask the gods from S Province.

After returning to S Province, my wife really didn’t see her mother for a month, and she omitted to call her mom when she called her.

I asked her why she didn’t scream. Do you really believe it?

She said that she didn’t believe it at first, but when she heard those curse-like warnings, she felt uncomfortable. She didn’t want to take risks with her mother...

Life is so helpless! As far as I'm concerned, I don't even believe this.

Human beings have gone up to the sky to grasp the moon, traveled to the five oceans to catch turtles, and even built atomic bombs. With the ability to destroy heaven and earth, what kind of strange power and chaos must not be sidelined? However, once family members are involved, it is up to us whether to be superstitious or not. We can fight ourselves against it, but we dare not bet on our family members.

And fortune tellers are best at using things you care about to deceive you, blackmail you, manipulate you, intimidate you, seduce you, and finally fool you! Every fortune teller will eventually lead you to his own interests, asking you to buy Feng Shui ornaments, spending money to perform rituals, searching for dragons and changing their acupoints, and making offerings.

If the situation gets better, he will say it is his fault; if the situation is not good, he will ask you to continue spending money.

The most difficult thing about people is to refute yourself. Once you start to choose to believe, once you start investing, you will not be willing to stop your losses. Instead, you will do everything you can to prove that you are right and that your principles are correct.

This gives the fortune teller an opportunity to take advantage of and obey the fortune teller's mercy.

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Let’s get down to business and continue talking about fortune telling.

When I was reading information recently, I found a treasure article "Remembering the "Jiang Xiang Sect"-A Superstitious Fraud Group in the Old Era". Because the content is so interesting (about the magic techniques and operation guides for fortune telling and deception in the arena of the Republic of China), I feel it is necessary to share it with everyone.

This article was published by the Cultural and Historical Materials Research Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the 1960s. The author, Yu Cheng, is a leader of the "Jiang Xiang Sect" and is proficient in all kinds of ancient physiognomy and deception.

The "Jiang Xiang Sect" was a secret group specializing in superstition and fraud in the Guangzhou-speaking area during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. It had many disciples and was very influential. Its members were located in major cities in Guangdong and Guangxi, as well as in Shanghai and Hankou. , Hong Kong, Macau, Malaya, Nanyang Islands and other places. "Jiang" refers to Jianghu, and "Xiang" means prime minister. When combined, it means "Prime Minister of Jianghu".

Yu Cheng's father is a member of the "Jiang Xiang Sect" and has been a prime minister for more than 40 years. He was famous in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shaoguan and other places. According to current standards, he is a proper "expert" and "master".

Influenced by the family atmosphere, Yu Cheng has heard and heard about it since he was a child. He is well aware of the historical anecdotes, organizational structure, lingo rules, secret spells, etc. of the "Jiang Xiang Sect".

According to his own words, when he was 15 years old, one of his father's fellow disciples was selected when he was critically ill. He taught him the "fa" and "skills" of his master. Among them, "fa" is a secret book that all fortune-tellers must read, called "Yingyao Pian", and "skills" are deception experiences passed down from generation to generation. , one is called "Zha Fei Chapter" (the one who pretends to be a ghost), and one is called "A Bao Chapter" (the one who cheats money)

The "Ying Yao Chapter" is one of the top secrets of the master's sect. , similar to the Seventy-Two Special Skills of Shaolin Temple and the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", which are not easily taught to apprentices. "Zha Fei Chapter" and "A Bao Chapter" are a little more advanced and are allowed to be taught. For ordinary disciples.

Such an important "spell" is comparable to the "Sixteen-Character Feng Shui Secret Technique" in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". Why does Yu Cheng want to make it public? This involves a special historical background?

In 1959, Zhou Enlai, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, called on CPPCC members over 60 years old (the CPPCC members of that era were not ordinary people) to use their decades of accumulated knowledge, experience and Write down what you have heard and tell and pass it on to future generations.

In accordance with the spirit of this directive, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference established the Cultural and Historical Materials Research Committee, which is responsible for promoting the writing and collection of various historical materials in various historical periods since the late Qing Dynasty.

Yu Cheng's article was born under this background and has high credibility (unqualified articles will be reviewed and returned). /p>

According to his own words, the reason why he did not publish it in the past was because he did not want bad elements to use it to deceive the people. In the 1950s and 1960s (the nationwide crackdown on reactionary sects and feudal superstitions), the situation was different. "Only today Under the wise leadership of the Communist Party of China, the chance of being exploited by bad elements is extremely small, so I can safely expose it."

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The main point here is Talk about "Yingyao Chapter"

In "Yingyao Chapter", "ying" means family background and life experience, and "Yingyao" means to obtain by clever means. Together, it means using clever means to obtain the other party.

In Yucheng’s own words: “(The Yingyao Chapter) is only seven hundred words long, but it describes the ethical stakes in feudal society and the various characters. Willingness and desire, how to observe their life experience and inner world from their appearance and words, how to make them reveal their family background and life experience, etc... are all written in a nutshell. "

In order to improve the technical barrier, the most important words in "Ying Yao Chapter" are replaced with slang. Even if the average person gets the secret book, they will not be able to understand it. Even if they understand it, without the guidance of the master, they will not understand it. I can’t understand the core and most important methodology.

I won’t go into the original text, but I will briefly explain the general meaning.

For those who come to read fortune-telling and ask gods for divination. , as soon as you enter the door, you must first observe what he is asking for. If you can't figure it out, don't talk nonsense. Once you speak, you must use "war horse" (a set of organized and layered speaking skills) to deal with him. Don't hesitate, otherwise the other party will not trust you.

When a father comes to ask his son, he wants his son to be rich. When a son comes to ask about his parents, it must be because his parents have encountered misfortune. When a wife comes to ask her husband, she looks hopeful. , it means that the husband wants to be rich, and his face shows resentment, it must be that the husband likes prostitution, or the mistress is fighting for favor. If the husband asks his wife, she is either sick or unable to give birth to a son. Scholars come to ask, mainly for fame, and businessmen come to ask, mostly for business. Stagnant.

Most of the people who have a sincere attitude and say they come because of their fame are those who believe in fate the most; those who smile and talk exaggeratedly are either powerful figures or "beasts" who come to cause trouble (original) talk).

If you ask this matter many times, it must be something missing. If you ask the reason frequently, there must be a reason. Knock on the blackboard: Some wealthy people will pretend to be losers (or poor people pretend to be wealthy) to test you, so be careful to identify them.

Everyone has a desire for profit, even the most noble Taoist monks are no exception.

New officials have great desires and arrogance, while those who have been depressed for a long time have low expectations and no lofty ambitions.

Small smart people, who are not as good as they are, often end up in poverty. An honest person, if the boss likes him, can keep his job for a long time and live a good life.

With delicate skin and a haggard complexion, and shabby clothes but wearing shoes and socks, it goes without saying that he is most likely to be in ruins. With thick fists and big hands, bold words, simple clothes and gold and jade jewelry, he must be a self-made boss.

Those who are gorgeously dressed, have shiny foreheads, and have sad faces are either widows or abandoned wives; those who wear gold and silver, are enchantingly dressed, and have charming eyebrows are either popular prostitutes or the concubines of wealthy families.

Those who keep talking about yes and yes are powerful people. They keep saying yes and yes. There is no doubt that they are losers.

The above are some basic principles and cognitive introduction, but the last part is the most important methodology: how to deceive the other party's family background, life experience and make the other party sincerely convinced? The secret can be summed up in six words: knock, beat, review, Qian, Long and sell.

Knock, to insinuate; hit, to ask questions suddenly, without giving the other party time to react; review, to observe words and deeds, to extrapolate from the known to the unknown; Qian, to stimulate, scold, intimidate, hit the opponent's vital points; Long, to praise, compliment , comfort, encourage, guide with positive energy; sell, after mastering the other party's general information, calmly list them out one by one in the most affirmative tone, so that the other party can be amazed and impressed.

The Six-Character Jue is dead, but people are alive. Excellent fortune tellers cannot be rigid and dogmatic. They must use them flexibly according to the actual situation to achieve a state of perfection and watertightness.

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How to use it flexibly? The professor told Yu Cheng a classic case. (The moment to witness the miracle has come)

A 25-year-old man came to tell fortunes. He wore a 70% new and well-fitting Wenhua crepe gown, but underneath he wore an old and very handmade suit. He was wearing good silk trousers and shoes that were fashionable but shabby. He hesitated for a moment after entering the door and looked around. When he saw no one he knew, he walked over with confidence.

Looking at him again, he has thin hands and feet, tender skin, a frown, a regretful face, dull eyes, and a haggard look.

The fortune teller asked him whether he was doing divination, fortune telling, or looking at fortune-telling to see how he would look in the passing years.

After asking about the price and content, the man thought about it and replied: Let me see my complexion first.

In the eyes of the fortune teller, at this time, this person has revealed all his life experience and experiences.

The fortune teller analyzed it like this:

His clothes, appearance, expression, and language... are consistent, which shows that this person is one of the "second generation ancestors" People like this were very arrogant two or three years ago, but have fallen into disrepair in recent years. People of this age, especially scholars or wealthy people, like to come to fortune telling in small groups. They like to hear fortune tellers compliment them in front of their friends, so as to gain spiritual satisfaction.

This man is very abnormal. There are two possibilities. One is that he has ulterior doubts, and the other is that his friends abandoned him. He is extremely bored and wanders here to try his luck. From experience, he is not the first case.

There are three reasons why most people go bankrupt quickly: business failure, unexpected disasters, and extravagant spending. Nine out of ten reasons for the bankruptcy of the second generation ancestor belong to the third type - prostitution, gambling, and spending money like water.

A person who encounters misfortune will only have a sad face and no regrets; if his business fails, he will no longer wear a Wenhua crepe gown when he is unlucky; if he gambles excessively, his Wenhua crepe gown will It's already been a gamble.

Only the dandy boys who boast wealth in flower halls and brothels will leave one or two good clothes to prop up their appearance even when they die of poverty. Only this kind of people will lose their gang of friends after running out of money, and they will be alone. Come and see fortune tellers. He acted evasive because he was afraid of losing face when he saw the wealthy young men from his past.

Based on the information deduced above, it can be further deduced that he may have lost his father when he was young, and he is most likely an only son. At the very least, his father died a few years ago, and even if he has brothers, he will not have many.

If his father or brother were still alive, they would not allow him to waste his family. Only those second-generation ancestors without fathers and brothers, under the doting and pampering of their loving mothers, would develop a culture of ignorance of hard work and flowers. A money-loving parasite.

It can also be inferred that this person comes from a wealthy businessman family, not a bureaucratic family. If he comes from an official family, there will always be some people in the officialdom among his relatives or his father's generation. Even if he fails to study, he can still find a job with those wealthy relatives.

If he has a business plan, he will first divine a fortune-telling divination and ask whether it will succeed. However, he does not divination fortune-telling but looks at his complexion, and there is no look of hope in his eyes. This shows that he is down and out. No hope.

Why didn’t he dare to ask relatives or elders for help and find a meal? There is only one explanation: they all live locally, and everyone knows that this person is a prostitute or a gambler. Serious businessmen hate this kind of prodigal son, so this person does not dare to go to his relatives.

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The matter is far from over yet.

Although they have grasped this person's family background and life experience, experienced fortune tellers will not use the "Qian" ultimate trick rashly, and must continue to "knock" and "examine" to further induce and confirm the relevant information. Information, this requires the use of "military horses".

Soothsayer: I see a gloomy look on your face, and I’m afraid you’ll be mourned in a year or two. Do you still have a mother? (Knock)

The man replied: My mother died last year.

Soothsayer: Am I right? Your mother really died within this year. (Selling)

Then hit the snake with a stick: How long has your father been dead? How old were you without a father? (Hit)

The man replied: He died when I was five years old.

Soothsayer: If you have a rock on your forehead, you lost your father first. If you have a rock on your forehead, of course you lost your father when you were young! (Selling)

Ask again: Are you the eldest son? (Hit)

If the other party answers yes, then how many brothers he has can "trial" it out. If he was the eldest son and his father died when he was five years old, would he still have five or six brothers?

Foreigner: You are the elder. I’m afraid you don’t have any brothers, not more than one or two, and you won’t be friendly, right? (Sell)

After confirming these conditions, you can use "thousands".

"Qian" is the ultimate move and the most powerful psychological offensive. First, he was down and out, then his gang of friends were ungrateful and unloyal, and then his snobbish relatives despised and neglected him.

Of course, these words are not only suitable for this person, but also for all people with poor family status. Through "qian", you can directly hit the depths of this person's soul and arouse his emotional cries. , making him feel the efficaciousness of fortune tellers. "Yingyao Pian" says "everything has a sound", this is the truth.

However, "thousands" alone is not enough, because "thousands" can only verify the past and cannot predict the future, so it can only be considered half effective. The remaining half depends on "long".

The purpose of "Long" is twofold: one is to make the other party feel spiritually satisfied, let him brag for you, and attract more people to tell fortunes and read fortunes (recommendations from old customers); the other is to use prophecies and hints, producing a kind of spiritual power that affects the other party's future.

"Long" does not mean blind compliments and praises, but based on the development and needs of society, combined with the other person's origin, character, qualifications, and social relations, to make appropriate predictions about his future and to encourage.

To put it bluntly, they are making career plans for you as elders. Fortune tellers are all well-traveled and well-informed people in society. They have contacts in all walks of life and can give you some pointers on career planning. , is not a problem. Of course, this is not numerology superstition, but social experience and life experience.

Take the second-generation ancestor above as an example. This person could not study well, had no courage and courage, no livelihood skills, and no capital, so he could not take the imperial examination, join the army, or engage in industry and commerce.

For such a person, if you predict that he will become a high official in the future, teach him to engage in politics or the military, or teach him to sell his remaining house to start a business and become a big boss in the future, this will definitely not work. Your prediction will not work. Effectiveness is to smash your own sign.

If you teach him to change his ways, bow his head and beg relatives and friends, seek a position as a clerk, work diligently, and live very frugally, he may become well-off and wealthy in the future - he Although he is ruined, he has many wealthy relatives and friends. If these people see that he has changed his mind, one or two of them may remember their past friendship and help him. If he is diligent and thrifty, and gradually learns how to do business, and there are With so many connections in the business world, his career is likely to flourish.

In this way, the prophecy of "Long" will come true.

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"Nothing can be accomplished without long". The professor pays special attention to the word "long". If this trick is used well, a fortune teller can gain a thousand times or a hundred times in a few years. The income - this is angel investment without capital.

He taught Yu Cheng: If it is a time of peace and prosperity, you should encourage more people with good qualifications and conditions to take the imperial examination or engage in legitimate industry and commerce. If it is a time of chaos, you should encourage more people who are courageous and knowledgeable. Those who are generous enough join the army, or engage in side activities (cigarette gambling, taxation, smuggling, reselling).

This will be of great benefit to you, with no disadvantages at all. You teach one thousand people and ten thousand people to do this, and you say that they will become prosperous in the future, and they will be very happy and brag for you (attracting customers). This is your current benefit, but the benefit will be greater in the future, as long as there are two or three of them. If you really become a high official or a big boss, even if they don't reward you heavily, they will publicize it for you and praise you for your effectiveness. There will be several successful people cheering and supporting you, which you will enjoy endlessly in your life.

As for the vast majority of people who fail, they won’t say that you are ineffective, because you have already laid a plan for them when you were praying for them, such as looking at their family’s feng shui and their ancestors. Personal ethics are not good, etc., there are many reasons, there is always one that suits them.

So, if they fail, they will only blame their family for their bad feng shui, their ancestral virtues, and their personal ethics. Those who joined the army and died in war or died in troubled times, they are even less likely to say that you are not effective. .

The above is the general content of "Yingyao Chapter" and the key points of the professor's description. "Yingyao Chapter" only talks about "methods". If you want the deception to be more effective, you have to combine "techniques", that is, "Zhafei Chapter" and "Abao Chapter".

Yu Cheng’s father relied on these tricks to deceive the world and enjoy a lifetime of fame.

After reading "Yingyao Chapter", "Zhafei Chapter" and "A Bao Chapter", you can find that many of the deceptions in today's society are the dregs and replicas of these ancient deceptions. Not much new.

The thinking and level of the audience are still stuck in the past, and there is no market driver for the iterative upgrade of deception.

Of course, it’s useless for me to say this. Those who believe it still believe it deeply, and those who don’t believe it will not believe it even if I say it.

This article is just for entertainment.

Finally, let’s end with Han Chen’s classic lines:

“The fortune teller said that if I am a general, my bones will die, but I don’t agree! I think that if I come out to fool around, Life or death should be decided by yourself.