Zhang Zhiqiang listened carefully, and there seemed to be no sound, but the sound wave surged, and his blood surged, and the jade wrench finger also changed from a low sound to a scream, and when the second sound wave hit, the jade wrench finger had begun to be hot, and the color had changed from gray to green, and there was a trace of blood on the surface, staggered and mottled, as if it was about to explode at any time.

Looking down at the rear of the main courtyard of the Taoist temple, it has been wrapped in rolling thick fog, and all the scenes are not real, Zhang Zhiqiang was anxious, observed the terrain before and after, and saw that there was a protruding mountain rock about dozens of meters away in front of the path diagonally facing the courtyard wall of the backward entrance, standing on it should be able to look directly at the situation outside the cloister wall, so he ordered, "Guard here, no one is allowed to approach." ”

The young man who followed the class looked confused, I don't know why the boss suddenly lost his temper, he only heard the sound of bells and drums just now, it seemed to come from a far away, very melodious, originally thought that the Taoist temple on the mountainside was ringing the bell, but judging from the distance, it didn't seem to be like that, but no matter how confused, the boss's command he nodded immediately, and he must not be ambiguous.

Zhang Zhiqiang has been running along the trail rapidly, and he has already stood on the rock in a few vertical leaps, the reason why the young man is guarding the path is because he doesn't want anyone to see the strange appearance of the jade wrench finger in his hand, this is the secret of his family for nearly a hundred years, whether it is as magical as the legend, I am afraid that tonight will be able to see.

More than 100 years ago, the Zhang family in Yanbei Yunhui produced a strange person, the youngest son of the old lady of the Zhang family at that time, named Zi Kui, smart and clever since childhood, with a high understanding, very fond of some strange things, chattering all day long, no one can control it, the Zhang family is mysterious, but the family believes in Buddhism, but this child is rejected, once urinated in public in the Buddhist hall, was repaired by the old lady Zhang's family law, this son was slightly restrained, but suddenly disappeared mysteriously when he was eight years old.

Someone saw that he followed a blind wandering Taoist and went to the south, and the Zhang family mobilized the whole clan to find it without success, and there was no news for more than ten years, and when he came back, he was already a handsome and dignified young man.

With the ancestral jade Buddha card hanging on the neck, as well as childhood memories, Zhang Zikui successfully recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, and then settled down and married a daughter-in-law, but when it came to the disappearance of more than ten years, he was vague and evasive, just said that he followed the old Taoist priest to the south, wandering all the way through the streets and alleys, relying on fortune-telling to live, and occasionally making a dojo for others, so it went on year after year, and then the old Taoist priest died, leaving him a note, which stated the address of Zhang's family, and he returned to his homeland according to the address.

That's the idea, no matter how you ask carefully, Zhang Zikui deduced that he couldn't remember clearly, or he simply had a headache, and Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to do it, but for the entire Zhang family, Zhang Zixiang lost and recovered, which was very bizarre, except for Mrs. Zhang and his mother-in-law, almost the whole family rejected him and guarded against him.

Zhang Zijiong didn't care, and ignored his mother's reminders, locked himself in the house all day long to read some strange books, and went out for a stroll when he was bored, but he could basically come back before nightfall.

This is very common in the big family, if the old lady Zhang kicks his legs, the entire Zhang family will face the problem of who will inherit the head of the family, the old lady has a total of five sons, two concubines, three concubines, Zhang Zikui is the youngest, according to the logic of the average competitiveness, no accident, that is, the eldest brother is on duty.

But the eldest brother Zhang Zihui is frail and sickly, and his temperament is also soft, the old lady has never been very treated, the second Zhang Ziqi has the highest reputation, not only reads a lot, but also is a business wizard, thoughtful, the Zhang family's large and small businesses, most of them are in his hands, but the identity is a concubine, but the old lady Zhang appreciates it, and his attitude is quite ambiguous, and the possibility of abolishing the long and young is not ruled out.

And the strength of the Zhang family is far from what people have seen, Yunhui Zhang is not actually surnamed Zhang, the real surname is Tong, originated from the Manchu prominent Helian clan, the ancestors have never been more than three grades, but there is a transcendent status, Qianlong quelled the Mongolian rebellion, Zhang's ancestor Tong Tu was ordered by the emperor to go to Mobei with the army, and then left the army in Mongolia Darahan to lead the troops south, in Jingbian Liutun, on the surface is a small unit of garrison troops, but the legend is to bear the secret mission, without the Son of Heaven handwritten edict can not return to Beijing.

In fact, this force, of less than 200 men, never had a chance to return to the capital, and it seems to have been quickly forgotten, for the first few years there were provisions and salaries, and there were two large shipments of baggage, and then there was nothing.

Tong Tu wrote a letter begging to return to Beijing, and on the other hand, he started a business on his own, where did the money come from? No one knew except his personal guards, and Master Tong came with his family, and his intention to return to Beijing was not very positive, and it was very likely that he would stay for a long time.

In the fifth year of the station, there was finally a mutiny, homesick soldiers rioted, after a scuffle, Tong Tu won a tragic victory, two hundred soldiers lost two-thirds, only 60 were left to hang zero, more than half of them were his own soldiers, under the coercion and intimidation, everyone swore to the sky, swore allegiance to Lord Tong, never to return to Beijing.

The picture is also interesting enough, and a lot of money is used to reward everyone to stabilize the morale of the army, and the incident will be calmed down. Later, two soldiers inadvertently escaped, one had no news, fearing that he would die in the desert, and the other ran more than 100 miles to Huaiyuan Mansion to report the official, saying that the general stationed in Tun was trying to have ill intentions, hide the royal property, and intend to rebel.

In this regard, Tong Tu ordered fifteen personal soldiers to accompany him, personally went to the Huaiyuan Garrison Mansion, and brought back the escaped soldier two days later.

In the eighth year of his stay in Tun, there was a horrific bloody case, and the vicinity of the new castle where Tong Tu was stationed in Tun was attacked by a large group of men in black at night, and Tong Tu led a few poor soldiers to fight bravely, and fought until dawn to repel the men in black, and the few soldiers under his command were also killed and wounded.

In this incident, the garrison army existed in name only, and the garrisons of Jingbian and Huaiyuan counties hurriedly recruited the township Yong to prepare to replenish the soldiers who were lost by the general Tong Shen, and all of them laughed and accepted, and they all came to ask as much as they wanted, but they were all organized into caravans, and they were too much to take the system of the dynasty seriously, and the garrison adults asked at first, and then after being humiliated once, they were helpless against this arrogant person with a royal secret edict, and they also stayed away.

Since then, no one has asked, and he has continued to do his business with peace of mind, and after a long time, he has become a Tong master, but no one around Jingbian dares to provoke him, and the caravan on his hand has fully armed guards, and the equipment is more powerful than the personal soldiers he brought back then, and later it is said that he is also equipped with muskets, and his combat effectiveness is also very strong, and more importantly, the local garrison also turns a blind eye to the master Tong.

Later, the old man died of illness, it is said that the secret edict passed to his son, the son was more ruthless than his old son, the caravan came and went, took away the pack horse fur, pulled back to the interior of the tea and salt and other daily necessities, the business became bigger and bigger, at the peak, the large caravan of more than 100 mules and horses had to set off three or four batches at the same time, and for a time it was powerful.

Passed to the grandson's generation, the old Tong family changed the surname, the surname Zhang, even the genealogy was changed, no one can tell why, the garrison that lived for nearly a hundred years was also abandoned, and the family moved west to Yangningbao and Liushujian area, it is said that there is a Mongolian prince and Lao Maozi colluded to make a rebellion, in order to avoid disaster and not affect the business is forced to last.

The grandson is as strong as his father and grandfather, and he pays attention to the relationship with the surrounding magnates, and has made friends with many prominent forces, although he has not carried forward the business, but he has also maintained a large caravan in a so-so manner, and there has been no chaos.

At that time, the Central Plains was not peaceful, the Qing Dynasty lost the war with the foreigners, Lafayette ran all the way from the capital to Chengde and through the Rehe all the way west to Taiyuan, and finally ran to Shaanxi, some people rumored that there were noses and eyes, saying that Mrs. Zhang had secretly gone to Xi'an to meet Lafayette, I don't know whether it was true or false, in short, the Zhang family was too mysterious, and this happened in the second year when Zhang Zixiang returned.

There are many versions of the mysterious legends of the Zhang family, but all of them are related to the royal treasures, otherwise with Tong Tu, a small general back then, where would he get so much money to do business? Why couldn't Tong Tu return to Beijing after he was stationed in Tun? Is the so-called secret edict of the Son of Heaven on him true? Has anyone seen it? Has Old Man Zhang really been to Xi'an? Everything has become a mystery.

But on the night of Old Man Zhang's return, after Zhang Zikui was called into the old man's room, he believed that the rumors were true.

One night in the autumn of the third year when Zhang Zixiang returned, the old lady returned to heaven.

The eldest brother Zhang Zihui finally sat in the position of the old man, but died violently in only three months, Zhang Ziqi tried to take advantage of the chaos to take the position, but he didn't expect Zhang Ziqi to stab out of the stab, the means were ruthless, not only got the support of the two uncles, but also took out the evidence that Zhang Ziqi had embezzled a large amount of family money with the business name all the year round, Zhang Ziqi, who was in chaos, no longer thought that this wild brother who had no quarrel with the world dared to suddenly attack, and hurriedly organized a henchman to fight back, and was killed on the spot.

Although the family struggled for power, although the bloody infighting was quickly covered, the news of Zhang Ziqi's killing still spread, and the two big shopkeepers of the Zhang family's largest business ran away, which led to the beginning of the Zhang family's fission, and Zhang Zijiong was even more strange, after grabbing the class and seizing power, he did not go to be his old lady, nor did he rush to catch the two big shopkeepers, but handed over the power to the third brother Zhang Zishan, and disappeared not long after, and the bizarre scene was staged again, which plunged the Zhang family into chaos, and finally fell apart.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Zhang clan moved south in batches, under the control of four generations of strongmen, the Zhang family has been a big family after more than a hundred years, and the situation exists.

Zhang Zikui went to the south to be a Taoist priest, during which he only went back to Xishan once, because Zhang Zishan died of illness in middle age, even for the funeral, but also by the way but some mundane things, he only stayed for a short day and disappeared again, Zhang Zikui had a once very loud Taoist name, worry-free.

All these histories and legends were found by Zhang Zhiqiang from a family notebook, and the person who wrote the notebook was Zhang Zishan, the old man a hundred years ago.