Qi Tiezui

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### Also known as

Old Ba (老八/Lǎo Bā),
Fortune Teller (算命的/Suàn Mìng De)

## Relationships

### Affiliation

The Mystic Nine
Qi Family

## Current Status

### Status

Deceased

**Qi Tiezui (齐铁嘴)**, also known as **Ba Ye (八爷)**, is a character in the novel *The Mystic Nine.* He was also the eighth member Changsha's Mystic Nine and the most famous fortune teller in Changsha. Qi Tiezui was the only heir of his generation.

## Personality & Skills

He was proficient in numerology and Feng Shui. As a fortune teller, there were three things he didn't look at: foreigners, people with qilin tattoos, and strange marvels. He believed his reasoning was simple. Foreigners could not understand it, strange marvels could provoke fights because they were part of a huge conspiracy, and qilin tattoos were an ancestral rule. Qi Tiezui considered the incident with Train 076 a strange marvel.

Qi Tiezui was normally a coward but when he was in his element he became a different person. He was ashamed of his timid appearance because he felt like he was letting the Qi family down.

Zhang Qishan described Qi Tiezui as having a meek temperament but was quick-witted. Zhang Qishan believed he was one of the few people of the mystic nine who could help him.

## History

### Train Car

Qi Tiezui opened an antique shop. He helped Zhang Qishan with the mysterious Train 076 that arrived at Changsha Railway Station. At first, he refused to help because he thought it was a strange marvel that was unlucky. However, Zhang Qishan threatened him and pulled him along to explore the train. While investigating, he saw a bronze mirror hanging on the engine car. He became unconformable since it indicated that someone in his family had died an unnatural death. They discovered a whistle coffin in the final carriage of the train and moved it to Qishan's home.

The Zhang soldiers set up a device that would cut off the arm of the person reaching into the opening of the coffin. The device was attached to a horse's bridle and when a gong was hit, the horse would move to activate the mechanism. Qi Tiezui would be the one to hit the gong. An unnamed Zhang soldier was the first to try putting his arm into the opening. The soldier was very young, only sixteen or seventeen years old.

After a while, Zhang Qishan's face darkened and he made a gesture for the child to take his hand out. The child was stubborn and continued. The child suddenly jerked, cried out, and was pulled down by a force. He tried to get free but he was only dragged in further. Qi Shan attempted to help and was able to pull the child's arm out a little bit but a red rash was crawling up towards the child's shoulder.  Qishan cried out to Qi Tiezui to hit the gong. He dropped the gong and the horse ran forward, the shears closed, and the child screamed. Qi Tiezui almost fainted while the Lieutenant set up the device again. Qishan put his hand into the opening and brought out a black fragment.

Qi Tiezui woke up in the guest room after having nightmares and was led to Qishan's office by a soldier.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 2
2. ↑ Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 4
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 6
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 10
5. ↑ Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 3
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 7
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Lao Jiu Men, Chapter 8