At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty launched a war wantonly and abused the power of the people, causing the people to live in dire straits. They all rose up to resist the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty, and the world was in chaos for a while. This period of history is described very artistically in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" and "Shuo Tang".
In "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", there are many heroes, but there is only one most popular, and that is Luo Cheng. Luo Cheng is the son of King Luo Yi of Yan and the cousin of Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao. Luo Cheng is not only very handsome, but his marksmanship has also reached the level of proficiency. Therefore, many people call Luo Cheng "Cold-faced, cold-faced and handsome Luo Cheng". .
In his early years, Luo Cheng followed Qin Shubao to Wagang Village and resisted the Sui Dynasty together with many green forest heroes in the world. However, Wagang was just a miscellaneous army after all, and was naturally no match for the Sui Dynasty's army. It didn't take long before Wagang Village was disbanded, and Luo Cheng also defected to Li Shimin. Under Li Shimin's account, Luo Cheng's abilities were fully utilized and he made many military exploits for Li Tang. Therefore, Luo Cheng was named "Gong of the State of Yue" by Li Shimin.
In the novel, in addition to Luo Cheng, there is also a very legendary figure, this person is Li Shimin's military advisor Xu Maogong. Once, Luo Cheng gave his birth date to Xu Maogong and asked him to calculate how many years he could live. Xu Maogong calculated with his fingers and immediately told Luo Cheng that he could live to be 73 years old. Luo Cheng was very happy after hearing this. But unexpectedly, Luo Cheng was shot to death by random arrows in a battle. At this time, Luo Cheng was only 23 years old.
Many people are puzzled by this. Could it be that Xu Maogong was in vain and made a mistake in his calculations? In fact, no, Xu Maogong’s calculations were indeed correct, but he did not see the deeper things. Luo Cheng actually already knew that he could only live to be 23 years old. The following incident just explained everything.
One day, Luo Cheng was walking on the street and saw an experienced fortune teller. He wrote a couplet on the fortune teller next to him. The first couplet was "come to fortune telling if there is something in my heart", and the second couplet was "?" It is difficult to regret when disaster strikes, but horizontal criticism can mean the difference between life and death. Luo Cheng took a look and thought that this must be a charlatan, but Luo Cheng also wanted to see if the result of Lao Dao's calculation was the same as that of Xu Maogong, so Luo Cheng walked towards Lao Dao.
After getting Luo Cheng’s horoscope, the old man said in a cryptic manner: “Your life span is only 23 years.” Luo Cheng was furious after hearing this and said bluntly: “My eldest brother Xu Maogong has all the plans to say that I can live.” 73. How did you suddenly shorten my life span by 50 years? You must have made a miscalculation, or you are a liar?
Faced with Luo Cheng's doubts, the old Taoist was very calm. Then Luo Cheng said: "You are bringing it upon yourself. You have ruined your lifespan. When you and your cousin Qin Shubao exchanged martial arts, you secretly hid your most proud three-way carbine." Stunt skill, shortened life span by 10 years; Chen Yaojin and Shan Xiongxin were both your sworn brothers, you beat Chen Yaojin and captured Shan Xiongxin alive, shortening life span by 20 years; your wife was so kind to you, but you poisoned her If you kill, your life will be reduced by another 10 years; another time you relied on your own merits and slept on the dragon's bed, and your crime of deceiving the emperor will be reduced by another 10 years, which is 50 years!?