There is a hill on the east side of Qihang County, which is called Qingqiu. The mountain is about 15 zhang high, not big, but the scenery is quite beautiful, the ancient trees are towering, verdant and dripping.

The Shen family compound is located here, the whole house is built of mahogany, and it is still standing after a hundred years of wind and rain, dazzling and brilliant.

Shen Hanyue secretly thought that this should be the place where the ancestors of the Shen family made their fortune!

Just looking at this house, you can see that the Shen family has good financial resources. In a small county town, there is the only hill to build a courtyard and occupy the mountain as the king, which is what ordinary rich people can do?

She was very curious, the Shen family would move to another place every ten to twenty years, and then return here every thirty years.

As a century-old businessman, why don't you change your base often like the businessmen of this era, who guard one side and work harder?

I think that the Ye family, the richest man in China, started as a money bank, even if the business is all over the place, the headquarters is always in the capital.

There is also the Yan family, the first cloth in China, they are the traditional way of doing business, have their own cloth workshop, enjoy a good reputation for the essence of quality and the beauty of colors, and also rely on the ability to be difficult to copy, becoming an imperial businessman. In recent years, their fabrics have been recognized as the best products in various countries.

As a family business, there must always be a foundation, but the Shen family's business model is not like most businesses in this era, which is very abnormal. Originally, Shen Hanyue always thought that the Shen family was really in the inkstone business, and it was not surprising that there were some other industries, but ...... After contact, it seems that it is not so simple!

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The day of worship is set at noon on the third day after arrival.

On this day, everyone boarded the carriage to the Shen family cemetery, the distance was not far, out of Qihang County, and then three miles to arrive.

Shen Hanyue stepped out of the carriage, and Mother He draped the plain Zhaojun in her hand on her, and said softly: "The ancestor here is the greatest, whether the young lady recognizes the ancestor and returns to the ancestor, or worships the old lady, she must bow first. Zu is right. ”

Shen Hanyue nodded slightly, followed behind Elder Shen Hai, walked through the bluestone archway with three gates and four pillars, and walked towards the depths of the cemetery.

The tall and straight cypress ancient cypress stands on both sides, solemn and solemn.

Shen Hai is more than old, but his steps are steady, his voice is like a bell, he leads the way in front, stopping from time to time to talk to Shen Hanyue about the Shen family and the cemetery.

Begin. The ancestral tomb is in the center of the cemetery, and it is the highest and most luxurious. The main tomb is surrounded by 12 zodiac signs carved in stone, connecting the cloud-patterned dry bridges in the south, east, west, and northwest, and Elder Shen Hai said that these are feng shui layouts, alluding to the blessing of the ancestors and the descendants of Zerun.

There are also some stone steps next to the main road of the cemetery, which lead to other tombs. Those paved with slate or brick are sideline. The descendants of the Shen family paved the road with white marble and paved it all the way to the tomb. The tombstones of successive leaders are made of white marble, and the inscriptions engraved on them celebrate their contributions.

Such an exquisite cemetery is the accumulation of the Shen family's origins, and the Shen family is not a century-old family, but it has such a deep heritage, it has to be staggering!

It took a long time to pay tribute to the ancestors, and it was not until the end of noon that Shen Hanyue was able to come to the tomb of her grandfather and biological mother. A qiē had already been arranged here, and Shen Hanyue took the incense and stood beside Elder Shen Hai.

"Brother Xian, the eighteenth generation descendant of the Shen family, your granddaughter, who has returned to her ancestors and recognized her ancestors, has come to see you!"

"The granddaughter meets her grandfather and her mother." Shen Hanyue held incense and bowed.

Elder Shen Hai held the holy basket in his hand, knelt down and threw it, three times in a row, it was one positive and one negative, and said with a smile: "The three times are all holy grails, they must have seen Miss, happy!" ”

Shen Hanyue nodded, looking at her biological mother's tombstone, she died in childbirth, the day of her death is the birthday of this body, Xu is a close relative, the melancholy of this body is spontaneous, or it may be that the smoke from burning paper smokes the eyes, in short, the nose is slightly sour, Shen Hanyue turned her face sideways and wiped the water vapor overflowing from the corner of her eyes.

A blinding light pierced her at the moment she turned her head, and when she looked intently, she saw only a corner of her clothes flashing among the rows of cypresses, and she disappeared into shape, leaving only a little sunlight through the treetops to shine on the ground.

Mother He hurriedly took her hand and said softly: "Miss, don't care, it's okay, don't look over there." ”

Shen Hanyue originally wanted someone to go to investigate, but when she saw Mother He covering it up like this, she wondered: "Mother He knows who it is?" She turned to reflection and realized: "Is it grandmother over there?" ”

Mother He saw that she had guessed it, so she could only nod and said, "The old lady just wants to take a look at Miss, don't look back, the two of them have a pair of eyes, even if they meet." The young lady is not married yet, and the old lady is afraid that something will happen to the young lady......"

"Mother He, what the Taoist priest said back then, you can't believe it all."

Mother He sighed: "The old lady wants to believe it or not, but it is Daoist Ye Ning who said this, and Daoist Ye Ning is the master of Wuqingguan, and he can't believe his words." ”

“……”

Shen Hanyue knew, it was useless to say anything, the afterglow swept the direction where Fang Cai's grandmother was hidden, helpless, she didn't say anything more, raised her hand to touch the tomb made of white marble, this touch, made her feel a little abnormal, and couldn't help asking: "Has my mother's tomb been rebuilt?" ”

Elder Shen Hai was toasting to his grandfather, and when he heard this, his face changed slightly, and he walked to Shen Hanyue's side and looked at it carefully, "Why are these pieces of color wrong?" ”

"There are also some differences in the colors, and you can't see them if you don't look closely."

Elder Shen Hai nodded, "The stones used by our Shen family are all from our own stone quarry. The stone on the mountain is good, but the amount is too small, so it can only be used by ourselves. These pieces of white marble are seen from the color and texture...... It's from Creek County, where marble is abundant. ”

Elder Shen Hai bowed down again, touched the mortar between the cracks in the stones, compared it, and his face was solemn: "It looks like it has been made up for some years." ”

Shen Hanyue's eyebrows furrowed, how to deal with this situation? looked at Mother He, and also had a bewildered expression. Someone has touched it here for sure, but no one dares to take it lightly and chisel it open to check whether the coffin inside is intact.

At this time, an unfamiliar woman's voice came: "What's wrong?" ”

Shen Hanyue turned her head to look and saw a woman in an ink-colored satin suit standing there. Her complexion was very white, without a trace of blood, and the obvious burn scars on her cheeks were a little hideous, which made people unconsciously feel cold.

Among the people who came around to take a look, Xiao Hui stepped forward and raised his finger and said, "Master Shenglan, it seems that someone has touched here." ”

Only then did Shen Hanyue know that this was Master Shenglan mentioned by Xiao Hui in the carriage, and I heard that she had been staying with her grandmother, and it seemed that her grandmother asked her to come over to ask about the situation.

Master Sheng Lan approached, and the rest of the people retreated to the sides and made way.

She bowed to Shen Hanyue, but did not speak, and went straight to the back of the tomb, and whispered something with Elder Shen Hai.

"If you rob a tomb, who will dig up your tomb and repair it so well for you?" Shen Hanyue asked the doubts in her heart.

Mother He agreed, and first turned her head and instructed the housekeeper of the main house: "Go and check, have you been touched in other places?" The butler immediately waved his hand and led some people to look around.

My grandfather and my mother's tomb are next to each other, and my grandfather's is intact, so I guess the other graves should be fine, but if this is the case, this matter is even more strange!

After a pillar of incense, all the people who searched everywhere returned to their original places, and as Shen Hanyue expected, there was no abnormality in the rest of the graves.

One of them, from the beginning to the time he went out to inspect, he was very frightened and nervous, he was the steward here, leading more than a dozen people to be responsible for guarding the mausoleum here, so he didn't find out about this kind of thing, but was discovered by the master, and it was also a dereliction of duty.

When he saw Elder Shen Hai and Master Shenglan coming over, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Half a year ago, there were tomb robbers in our county, and after the brothers heard about it, they were also careful to patrol several times a day. ”

Elder Shen Hai's expression was stern, and he said loudly: "How can such a big place be guarded? It seems that there are some years, and we came to sweep the tomb before the Mid-Autumn Festival, didn't we find it? ”

Hearing what Elder Shen Hai said, the steward of the mausoleum was more steady, wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and said, "That group of tomb robbers, I heard that they have been arrested, why don't I go and inquire and try to ask if you have come to us?" ”

"You still stay here, I'll go to the county office to ask." Elder Shen Hai said, and then bowed his head to Master Shenglan: "There is also Miss Lao who gave it to the old lady, and if you want to ask the master to rebuild, please ask the old lady to speak." ”

"That's the only way, then I'll go over first, let's go back early!" After Master Shenglan finished speaking, he walked towards the cypress bushes where he came.

Shen Hanyue knew in her heart that when such a thing happened, her grandmother refused to show up, which showed that she was convinced of the Taoist priest's words of meeting each other. And Master Shenglan asked everyone to go back earlier, maybe grandmother would come to see this place in person, and she was standing here, and she couldn't come over.

Shen Hanyue sighed secretly, "Why don't I go to the county government with the elders!" "This is her mother's grave, and it is reasonable to take a trip in person.

The group walked out of the cemetery one after another, got into the carriage, selected a few sensible people, and went to the county government together.

"The case is being tried inside, Miss will wait at the teahouse in front of me first, and I will go to find the people inside." Elder Shen Hai saw that there were many people around the gate of the county ya, so he said to Shen Hanyue.

Mother He also stepped forward and said, "Miss came to Qihang County, she must have tried his family's sugar steamed cheese, otherwise she wouldn't have been here." ”

Shen Hanyue said, "Then Elder Lao Hai will go to the ceremony first, and I will wait in the teahouse." ”

With a light smile, Mother He led Shen Hanyue and the rest of the maid attendants, and turned the street to the teahouse they said.

It can be seen that although the façade of this teahouse is not facing the main street, the business is booming, and the fragrance of tea is overflowing, and people are happily sitting in the hall, listening to the storyteller talking about the story with his eyebrows flying.

Shen Hanyue stood at the door, some guests who were drinking tea and listening to books saw her, attracting a lot of side glances, slightly embarrassed, Mother He stepped forward and said, "Miss go to the elegant seat, it's quiet there." ”

Shen Hanyue nodded and asked Mother He to lead the way.

"Yuan Sangongzi." Hearing Qiong Shu's words, Shen Hanyue raised her head and saw the scholar coming from inside.

"I didn't think you're here?" Shen Hanyue stiffly pulled out a smile, turned her face to Mother He, and her eyes were full of questioning: "What does this mean?" ”

Mother He understood and smiled at each other: "Miss must be tired after worshipping, so the old lady asked Miss to sit here and rest first." ”

Look, the grandmother who moved out came and arranged it early in the morning? Seeing that she was Jingyi obedient, she paved her blind date route all the way, right?

Shen Hanyue hummed in her heart and didn't say anything more. Yuan Sangongzi looked shy, and secretly glanced at her a few times, although he sensed that she was a little unkind to see her, but he was willing to go in and sit, and he was a little happy in his heart: "The wing room is ready, Miss Shen, please go here." ”

Mother He echoed with a smile: "Miss, go this way." ”

At this moment, a person came out of the teahouse. Shen Hanyue looked at the oncoming man and lifted the hem of his clothes, and was about to step out of the threshold, as if he had no intention of greeting her, and was about to leave like this.

Shen Hanyue opened her lips and called: "Young man, what a coincidence! ”

Qian Gongzi's great kindness, Shen Hanyue has always remembered, yes, her smile at this time is sincere, different from the previous embarrassment and bluntness, which makes people look like the rainbow that suddenly found the sky in a drizzly weather.

Mother He was immediately alert, and looked at Qian Wu, why did Miss smile like a flower when she saw this person, what was the reason? Acquaintance before?

Yuan Sangongzi also noticed it, he originally raised his hand to invite Shen Hanyue in, but now he froze there, and he didn't know where to put it?

Shen Hanyue sensed that the atmosphere had changed, and the natural greeting just now seemed to make the people around her think about it more, so she had a flash of inspiration, and she was in a hurry to stir up how to make a blind date arrangement with her grandmother, and the appearance of this Qian Wu was really too timely.

This is the sesame seed that fell into the eye of the needle and was sent to the door to be used by her, Shen Hanyue made a decision, and her smile was still the same, "How did Gongzi Qian come to Qihang County?" I thought I would thank you well, but I happened to ...... today."

At the same time, at the window of the wing room on the second floor of the teahouse, the crimson curtain was slightly raised, revealing a clear and unparalleled man's face.