Early the next morning, Zheng Zheng came to Zheng's house early. Today is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and the ancestor worship ceremony is today, this Zheng Zheng has no reason to miss it. However, after he came, he found that although there were already many guests in the square, those guests were wandering around the square to look at antiques, and there was no atmosphere of the ceremony about to begin.

finally found Zheng Yonghe sitting in the corner of the square, Zheng Zheng nodded to him and said hello, yawning and complaining to Zheng Yonghe: "I thought the ceremony would start quite early, but I didn't expect this to happen...... Looks like it's not too early for the ceremony to begin?"

Zheng Yonghe pointed in the direction of the Zheng family's mansion and said, "The old man is preparing, and this still needs an auspicious time...... Just wait. Now it's just waiting for everyone to come, and it's early for the ceremony to begin. ”

"Hehe...... Zheng Zheng glanced at the guests in the square, shook his head and smiled: "It's not just because of this, right?

Zheng Yonghe smiled and did not deny it: "In this kind of big event, you always have to save face......

Zheng Zheng scoffed: "Get so much face, you can't see this if you can come here?" Isn't the Zheng family one of the four great families? Is it really necessary to deliberately save face?"

"No tricks. Zheng Yonghe held a teapot and sipped tea, and agreed with Zheng Zheng's statement: "Although everyone knows what is going on, there should still be something." If the face that should be there is not to hold up, then the people who come to watch the ceremony will have more thoughts...... It's a once-in-a-decade event, so bear with it. ”

Zheng Zheng looked at the time, shook his head and said, "It's not a waste of time, right...... Tsk, let's get started, as soon as this side is over, I guess I'll be able to get home before dinner in the evening, and I can have dinner with the old man. ”

Zheng Yonghe glanced at Zheng Zheng sympathetically and said, "It is estimated that the ...... If you can walk tonight, you can go or not, these are two things. The ceremony hasn't started yet, and when the ceremony is over, you'll have to socialize with your current status. Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the day after tomorrow is the first day of the New Year, you say, can you walk in these two days?"

"There's nothing inappropriate, right?" Zheng Zheng rubbed his nose and said, "I won't talk about it today, I will definitely withdraw tomorrow, and there is nothing particularly important, so it's not interesting for me to stay here." ”

Although Zheng Zheng really doesn't want to stay here longer, the current situation is that no matter how unhappy Zheng Zheng is, at least he has to stay here today. Now that he has been recognized by Zheng Yuan, and has the qualifications to compete with Zheng Bei, the people he should know always have to get to know him, and the friendships he should make friends with him, which can be regarded as paving the way for future things. And the most important thing is that Zheng Zheng has to watch the ceremony with his own eyes, and confirm that Zheng Yuan did not announce the matter of the next head of the family at the ceremony, so that he can be relieved.

But after that, Zheng Daguan naturally didn't have the time to deal with it.

Hearing Zheng Zheng say this, Zheng Yonghe on the side said leisurely: "It can't be said that it is boring...... It's going to be a bit boring, but there's something interesting to see. ”

"What?" Hearing Zheng Yonghe say this, Zheng Zheng suddenly became interested.

Zheng Yonghe took a sip of tea from the teapot "Zi'er", met Zheng Zheng's curious gaze, and said, "You'll know later." ”

Zheng Zheng gave his attitude succinctly: "Grass." ”

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the morning that the ancestor worship ceremony officially began. Some of the guests made congratulatory speeches one after another, but they were just some New Year's greetings, and Zheng Zheng was drowsy when he heard it, and he couldn't lift his energy at all.

Just as Zheng Zheng was napping, Zheng Yonghe on the side pushed him and pointed to Zheng Yuan, who was standing at the door of the Zheng family's mansion: "Hey...... Look, it's coming, it's coming. ”

"What the hell ......" Zheng Zheng rubbed his eyes and looked in the direction of Zheng Yuan, but saw Zheng Yongming standing beside Zheng Yuan with a tray. There seemed to be something on the tray, but it was quite far away, and even with Zheng Zheng's extraordinary eyesight, he couldn't see what was on the tray in Zheng Yongming's hand.

"To put it simply, it's a cup with a wide mouth and a thin bottom, something like this......" Zheng Yonghe dipped his fingers in some tea and drew a cup on the table.

"It's just a cup, what's so great about this cup?" Zheng Zheng knew that what could be taken out on such an occasion must not be simple, and this cup would never be such an understatement as Zheng Yonghe said.

"What if you can't talk about it...... The cup itself is not a big deal, but it is just an antique. But this cup is of great significance," Zheng Yonghe gently knocked on the table and said, "This 'five-color cup' is the inheritance of the Zheng family...... Let's put it this way, it's basically the same concept as the beggars' dog-beating sticks. ”

Zheng Zheng pondered these words back and forth, frowned, and said, "No, I don't mean what you mean, right...... How is it 'inheritance'? You say it's the same concept as the beggars' dog-beating sticks...... Tsk, it's easy for me to misunderstand. ”

Zheng Yonghe obviously knew what Zheng Zheng was pondering, and when he heard him say this, he shook his head and said, "You can't understand it wrong...... Didn't I tell you about the 'Four Masters of Antiques' before? The reason why the Four Masters are the Four Masters is because each family has something that no one else can compare, and there is a top-down inheritance from ancient times to the present, so it is respected as the Four Masters. But the four families are not necessarily these four, whoever can master the inheritance is one of the four families. ”

"Hiss......"

Zheng Zheng took a breath of cold air, blinked, and asked with some hesitation: "Do you mean that if someone gets this 'inheritance' of the Zheng family, then he can establish a sect and become one of the four great families, and the Zheng family will be squeezed out of the four major families?"

"You understand it thoroughly. Zheng Yonghe nodded approvingly,

Zheng Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "Don't make trouble, everyone knows that this kind of thing can't be good?" Even if the antique shop recognizes 'inheritance' and doesn't recognize people, but taking away this five-color cup without the Zheng family's technology to repair antiques, even if he squeezes out the Zheng family and becomes one of the four major families, he is just a shell, and he has no dry goods." What if he became one of the four great families? ”

Zheng Yonghe waved his hand and said, "You still don't understand what I told you before...... Didn't I tell you that the reason why the Four Families are respected as the Four Masters is not because they are the most powerful or financially powerful families in the antique industry, but because they have their own uniqueness and inheritance from ancient times to the present. When it comes to technology, it is true that no other family can do better than the Zheng family in terms of repairing antiques, but there are also families that are stronger than the Zheng family in other aspects. For example, treasure hunting, exploration, and even tomb robbing all have their own strong people. ”

"But why are there only four families, and not five families and eight families? The reason is very simple, and that is because the other families do not have this kind of lineage. Although there are superhuman skills in some aspects, they still do not have the qualifications to become the four masters. ”

Zheng Yonghe paused, looked at Zheng Zheng, and said, "Can you understand this from you?"

"That is......"

Zheng Zheng scratched his head, this logic was a little difficult to understand, he read Zheng Yonghe's words in his head, and said: "The reason why the four families are the four families is because there is a inheritance here? not only a technical inheritance, but also a token inheritance...... In other words, the inheritance of these four families and the four major families is like the relationship between the key and the lock, whoever gets the inheritance token can become one of the four families?"

That's what it means. Zheng Yonghe nodded and said: "But it's not just that anyone who gets the inheritance token can become one of the four families, he must have the ability that other families don't have, and he has to be first-class ability, so that he can be recognized." So for a long time, the family that has the ability but no token is still quite unconvinced by the four families from the heart, and they are all thinking about when to get the inheritance of one of the four families and squeeze out one of the original four families. ”

"If you get the inheritance and have a certain skill, you can become one of the four great families?" Zheng Zheng asked with some incomprehension: "Then the family that was originally ranked among the four major families, but was squeezed out of the position, can be happy? ”

Zheng Yonghe said nonchalantly: "Not happy is unhappy, but the facts are the facts." The fact is that such an important thing has been obtained, which can only prove that the family that has been squeezed out of the position has not kept the ability to inherit the inheritance, what is the use of not being happy? If you have the ability, you can take it back yourself, otherwise you can only watch others take the position. ”

Zheng Zheng pondered for a moment, shook his head and smiled: "Hey...... It seems that if you want to become one of the four families, you have to step on the family of one of the previous four families to get up......? It seems that the Zheng family became one of the four families back then, and it was also stepping on the top of one of the top four families. After so many years, no one has ever come to look for the Zheng family's stubble, such as the descendants of that family or something?"

"When the Zheng family became one of the four families, it was too early, and we have to go back two or three hundred years, right? I can't say for sure...... Anyway, it's been quite stable all these years, and nothing happened. ”

After taking a sip of tea, Zheng Yonghe said: "There is no need to worry about this, the only thing to worry about is those families who have a skill." They are thinking about the 'inheritance', hoping to get one of the 'inheritance' and squeeze into the four major families. Therefore, the Zheng family's colorful cup has always been preserved with the highest specifications, and they dare not make a basket at all. This thing represents fame, that is, the ability of a family. In the antique shop, fame and ability can be exchanged for real money...... It's really careless. ”

Hearing Zheng Yonghe say this, Zheng Zheng felt a sudden break in his heart.

The person who sent the bronze mirror to the Zheng family, would it be this idea of "inheritance"?