Chapter 168: Half the World

When I changed rooms, most of the tension just now dissipated, and I was a little more relaxed when chatting.

Zhang Chenxing took the opportunity to ask: "Grandpa Li, recently there was a Zhu Gongzi of the Yanshan Zhu clan in Xijing City, I don't know if you have heard of it?"

"Well, how can you not hear of such a big thing. Involving the big family, Li Siming was also cautious when he spoke.

"Since Grandpa Li is also a member of the twelve families, he should know something about that Yanshan Zhu family, right?" Zhang Chenxing asked tentatively.

"What, Xiaoyou, aren't you the one surnamed the three families and the twelve families?" At this time, Li Siming was surprised, he had seen Zhang Chenxing's methods just now, and he was guessing like this.

Zhang Chenxing shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm just from an ordinary family, and I only learned about Zhu Gongzi's matter by accident two days ago." ”

"Oh, so that's the case!" Li Siming shook his head and said, "When I saw Xiaoyou's magical ability just now, I thought you were also from a family!"

At this time, Yi Fanrou, who was holding the child on the side, pouted and said: "Even those families can't have such powerful abilities!"

Li Siming was shocked, and hurriedly stood up and asked, "Could it be that you are from the Jinyang Yi clan?"

Yi Fanrou was stunned, and asked suspiciously: "Why do you say that I am from the Jinyang Yi clan?"

"Hehe, as people get older, they will be more sensitive to some things. The tone of your voice just now is obviously more familiar with the family, so you can know that the average family does not have that ability. And your surname is Yi, then only the Jinyang Yi clan is compliant, if I guess correctly, you should still be a descendant of the Jinyang Yi clan, right?"

Yi Fanrou was even more strange: "How did you guess this descendant?"

"Hehe, the Jinyang Yi family is relatively low-key among all the families, although it has huge wealth, but it strictly prohibits its its children from being extravagant. And you actually own a villa in Xijing City, this is by no means a treatment that the side branches of the family can enjoy!" While speaking, Li Siming walked over and hugged the baby from Yi Fanrou's hand: "I really didn't expect that there would be twelve descendants of the family today, what a snub to the distinguished guests!"

Yi Fanrou sighed helplessly: "Grandpa Li, it's boring for you to do this, just treat me as an ordinary guest." ”

"Hey, my branch is not out of the five suits with my family, so I have had a lot of contacts with my family since I was a child, and I have a deep fear of the majesty of the family rules. If Miss Yi is the descendant of the Yi family in Jinyang, it is the same position as my Li family, and I dare not surpass it!" said and made a gesture respectfully: "Miss Yi, please take a seat!"

Li Siming's attitude changed at this moment, which made Zhang Chenxing frown, such an act also seemed too utilitarian, right?

"Grandpa Li, what are you doing here?" Yi Fanrou also said with a frown.

"In the face of your real family lineage, I still can't let go! If you don't sit down, I can only stand and accompany the guests!" After all, it is a concept that has been buried in his heart since he was a child, and Li Siming can't get rid of it.

Yi Fanrou didn't want to push people around, and when she saw that the conversation couldn't go on, she pouted and sat down opposite Zhang Chenxing, but Li Siming sat down in the seat next to her.

"If Zhang Xiaoyou wants to know anything about Yanshan Zhu's family, just ask Miss Yi, she should know more than me. Li Siming said with a smile.

But in my heart, I feel that Zhang Chenxing's origin is even more mysterious.

"I heard before that you were from the Jinyang Yi family, but I didn't expect that this is also one of the twelve families!" Zhang Chenxing sighed, then turned his head and asked Ye Mengran: "Your Fujian Ye family, won't it also be such a big family?"

Ye Mengran smiled and shook his head: "Our Ye family is just a small family, with a history of only two or three hundred years, and it can't be compared with those big families." ”

"That Yanshan Zhu clan is a family left by an emperor in ancient times, but that's not the point. One surname, three clans, and twelve families are the sixteen families with the longest history and the most powerful in China, during which they are entangled in grievances and have complicated relationships. In the case of this Yanshan Zhu family, in fact, he can only be regarded as a rising generation among the sixteen families, and the reason why he can become one of the twelve families is because of the strength of the Wuxing Zhou family in the three clans, and it is precisely because of such a backer that the rising Yanshan Zhu family can surpass a thousand-year-old family like the Tianhan Li family and become the upper six. Seeing that Zhang Chenxing was interested in these things, Yi Fanrou said.

"Oh, it turned out to be after the royal family!" Zhang Chenxing, who was born in the history department, immediately understood, but a new question arose: "Is it true that this surname of the three clans and twelve families really exists, and why is there no record in history?"

"Hehe, you don't know anything about this! If you want to talk about this surname, the first thing you have to mention is this surname, Brother Xing, do you know which surname this surname refers to?" Yi Fanrou smiled and sold a pass.

Zhang Chenxing shook his head: "I don't know, I only heard such a statement recently, and I don't know anything about this." ”

"Brother Xing is familiar with history books, has he found a strange phenomenon, that is, the surname that occupies the most populous in history has never had an emperor? Even according to the calculation of probability, this surname should not be so silent. Yi Fanrou didn't say anything, but whetted Zhang Chenxing's appetite.

Zhang Chenxing smiled bitterly: "There are tens of thousands of surnames in Huaxia, and there are also four or five hundred common surnames included in the hundred family surnames, how many emperors are there in total? Moreover, emperors are hereditary, and a surname can occupy it for hundreds of years, but it can be said that 99% of the surnames have never produced an emperor, right?"

"It makes sense for you to say this, but 'Zhang Wang Li Zhao', as one of the four major surnames in ancient times, has never had an emperor with the surname Zhang, which is not just a matter of coincidence!" Yi Fanrou said with great certainty.

"Oh, what else is there to say here, I would like to hear it in detail!" When it comes to his profession, Zhang Chenxing is still very interested, and he is also surnamed Zhang, it seems that this is still the history of his surname!

"The 'one surname' in the sixteenth family is the 'surname Zhang', and there is one of the family rules surnamed Zhang, that is, 'the surname Zhang does not sit in half the world', have you ever heard of this statement?" Yi Fanrou asked rhetorically.

Zhang Chenxing shook his head: "What does it mean that this is not half a surname in the world?"

"This means that no matter who is the emperor, he can only occupy half of the world, and the so-called 'sitting on half of the world' means being the emperor. Yi Fanrou replied.

"Then who will sit on the other half?" Zhang Chenxing asked strangely, he really had never heard of such a statement.

The Zhang family also knows the truth of win-win cooperation, and strictly orders his children to become emperors, otherwise all good things will be monopolized by his family, which will inevitably cause joint resistance from other surnames. It is precisely with such a concept of taoguang and obscurity, the Zhang family has a transcendent status for thousands of years, and it is recognized as the head of the sixteenth family, and no one dares to be alongside it!" Speaking of the Zhang family, Yi Fanrou's face was serious, and he couldn't see the slightest laugh.

"This can't be, right? My surname is Zhang, why have I never heard of such a statement, and there is no record in history?" Zhang Chenxing felt that this statement was a bit like a joke.

At this time, Li Siming interjected: "History is nothing but the merits of successful people, and it is up to them to decide how to write it! The role played by the major families in history is absolutely beyond the imagination of ordinary people, but these families are well aware of the truth of making great achievements, so they never publicize their own deeds. At their behest, their deeds were naturally hidden from the history books, and of course ordinary people would not know about it!"

Zhang Chenxing still felt a little unimaginable, and asked rhetorically: "You say that the surname Zhang is powerful, so how powerful is he?"

"Let's put it this way, take Zhu Gongzi you just mentioned as an example, when he arrived in Xijing City, if those city and provincial leaders knew his background, they would definitely come up like a stinky fly. But if the Zhang family is here, I guarantee that Zhu Gongzi won't even dare to let out a fart!"

Zhang Chenxing remembered what he overheard that day, didn't Zhu Gongzi let Zhou Guangyi take his hair because he suspected that he was the Zhang family, and said that he was going to do DNA testing? Looking at him like that, he was really afraid of the Zhang family, so Yi Fanrou's statement was not an exaggeration at all.

"Could it be that there really is such a hidden thousand-year-old family in Huaxia?" Zhang Chenxing still felt a little incredible, which subverted his common sense.

"There are not many families that have been handed down for thousands of years now, after all, a thousand years is a long time, natural disasters and man-made disasters, anything can happen, and it is not easy for a family to ensure that it will not fade for a thousand years. However, there are always some families, either lucky or with great wisdom, who can keep their position. These families that can last for thousands of years have one thing in common, that is, they are low-key! The history of countless blood shows that whichever family dares to come forward, which family will quickly decline!" Speaking of this, Yi Fanrou couldn't help but sigh. Since she was a child, she has listened to the elders tell the stories of wealthy families, which is to teach them to keep a low profile, otherwise it will be a precursor to the destruction of the family.

"I really didn't expect that there is such a side to history! Then tell me, what are the twelve families with the surname?" Zhang Chenxing has a great interest in these histories hidden in the shadows.

"If Brother Xing is interested, I can tell you about these sixteen families when I have time, it is really no less than relearning Chinese history!" It has always been Zhang Chenxing who has helped her, and this time she can finally help Zhang Chenxing a little, Yi Fanrou's mood has become unprecedentedly happy.

After studying history for so many years, but now he suddenly knows that what he has learned is so different from the facts, Zhang Chenxing can't tell what it's like in his heart.