Father Liu returned to the study and said to Zhang Lu with a smile, "Xiaoyan was worried that someone would enter the family temple rashly, so she asked me to close the door, you know, no one dares to come here without my permission, of course, except for Huilan and Yizhang, there is now another Xiaoyan." ”

Zhang Lu also smiled and said, "Wende, you have a good way of governing your family and educating people, you see that Xiaoyan has been so sensible for not long after following you, and consciously avoided the conversation between the two of us, I know that you decided to let her stay out of trust in me and Xiaoyan, in fact, she really shouldn't stay, what I want to talk to you about next is top secret, I serve you for three generations of masters of the Liu family compound, I dare not say how much credit I have, but Wende, I dare to swear to God that I am absolutely loyal to the Liu family compound, and your father Liu Yanzu is alive, For more than 20 years, I have been tight-lipped for more than 20 years, otherwise the Liu family compound would have become a pot of porridge, and I want to bring these secrets into the coffin without telling you, but I decided to tell you for two reasons, first of all, your character and ability, I watched you grow up day by day, you know better than anyone how much I like you with Sanyan, not only because you are the young master of the Liu family compound, the key is your character and ability, you hold the physical evidence of my adultery with your mother, you can make me ruined or even ruined at any time, but you don't, For more than 20 years, you have not revealed any information to the outside world, and secondly, you are the son of Liu Yanzu, you have the right to know the whereabouts of your father, maybe he needs your filial piety now, Wende, you listen well, you don't know everything I say below, it is a big secret of the Liu family compound. ”

Daddy Liu poured wine for Zhang Lu, poured a glass himself, and the two of them raised their glasses and drank them all. Zhang Lu cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "Wende, I can't finish talking about your father for three days and three nights, I will tell you about his whereabouts after he was forced to leave the country and his wife and children today, and we will talk about other things slowly in the future." Father Liu was shocked in his heart, it seems that in addition to his mother-in-law Jiang Junqing, his father has another family outside the Liu family compound.

"Wende, do you remember Liu Jingzu?"

"Of course I remember, he is also an orphan taken in by my grandfather Liu Huayong like you, when he first came to Shuangliu Village, he was even worse than you, he didn't know what his surname was, where he came from, my grandfather not only took him in, but also gave him the name Liu Jingzu, these are what my father told me."

"You're right, Wende, your father is now Liu Jingzu."

"What? Mr. Zhang, how is this possible?! ”

"Wende, after you listen to me, things are very complicated, didn't I mean that you want to go to Tianjin to find your father? His name is now Liu Jingzu, and the real Liu Jingzu has long since died, let's put it simply, your father Liu Yanzu is impersonating Liu Jingzu, do you understand? ”

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean is that my father has two names, Liu Yanzu is used in Shuangliu Village and Huang County, and Liu Jingzu is used in Tianjin."

"Yes, that's it, your father was basically not at home when he was young, and he followed Liang Qichao and other revolutionaries in Beijing and Tianjin all the year round, and Liu Jingzu and I were with him, one year when he was chased and killed by local warlords in Tianjin, in order to protect your father, Liu Jingzu was killed on the spot, and I was shot twice in the back, but I still desperately rescued your father, you may know this." Daddy Liu nodded.

"At that time, your father instructed me not to disclose the news of Liu Jingzu's death, and said to the Liu family compound that Liu Jingzu was left in Tianjin as an errand, and in order to facilitate the revolution, he fraudulently used the name Liu Jingzu, on the eve of the May Fourth Movement, your father was sent by the Beiyang government to study in Japan under the operation of Liang Qichao, studying law, and the name on his lawyer's certificate was Liu Jingzu, and it was during his study in Japan that he met a Japanese woman named Murakami Yezi, and three years later your father returned to China with Murakami Yezi, and Murakami Yezi was also renamed Yezhi, When your father and Ye Zhi returned to China, they already had a daughter who was less than one year old, whose name was Liu Aiye, and your father returned to China after completing his studies, and he traveled back and forth between Huangxian and Tianjin. In Tianjin, he is the famous lawyer Liu Jingzu, and in Huang County, he is the senior anti-feudal cultural fighter Liu Yanzu, in fact, your father has a little lover in Shuangliu Village. ”

After Zhang Lu finished speaking, he poured a glass of wine for Daddy Liu, and then poured a glass for himself, some of the past made Zhang Lu unbearable to look back, Daddy Liu saw Zhang Lu's face flushed, and he didn't ask his father who the little lover was, he knew that Zhang Lu must have a lot of unspeakable secrets over the years, otherwise his mother would not have assured himself in blood in the suicide note he left to himself, Zhang Lu is the great benefactor of the Liu family's compound, and the adultery between her and Zhang Lu is an adulterous relationship between you and me, and vaguely pointed out that his father Liu Yanzu carried Zhang Lu first.

Zhang Lu picked up the wine glass and said to Daddy Liu, "In those years, your father had a very good life, until Zhang Zongchang violently suppressed the cultural movement in Yantai and issued a wanted warrant for your father, I escorted your father to escape to his new home in Hongqiao District, Tianjin, the new home is located in the back street of the Dragon King Temple in Xigu, it is a very grand courtyard, I heard that the old owner of this courtyard is a prince of the former Qing Dynasty, and when he found the Dragon King Temple, he found your father's new home, and he spent a lot of money when he bought this house, that is, your father and Ye Zhi already have a second daughter, My name is Liu Aizhi, that time I stayed in Tianjin for nearly half a month, your father has always trusted me very much, he explained to me a lot of things about the Liu family compound, at that time I heard that he had the intention of abandoning your mother and the Liu family compound, Wende, you should also be aware of this, because on the day your father escaped from the Liu family compound, he suddenly announced in public that you would replace him as the new master of the Liu family compound and the new patriarch of the Liu clan, and it was not the first time he left Huang County, why would he resolutely give way to you this time? You must know that you had just turned eighteen years old at that time, and you had been married for less than a month, and your father was only in his early forties, and he was in the prime of life, and now he thought that this was all planned by him in advance, even if Zhang Zongchang did not want him, I estimated that he would leave the Liu family compound, but I didn't dare to ask him why he did it at the time, and he told me that he and Liu Wenhua had built a secret room in the Liu Mansion, which stored a number of priceless calligraphy and paintings from the ancestors of the Liu family compound, let me take the opportunity to tell you that your father's style of doing things is as cautious as yours. Everything he confessed was dictated, and he didn't let me use notes, he warned me that there were some things that I would rather forget, and don't leave any clues to the outside world, I feel that your father seemed to be doing a special job at that time, and it was by no means as simple as a public lawyer and a literati, I can only guess as a housekeeper that in those days in Tianjin, the people who visited your father in the Dragon King Temple were all celebrities in the cultural circles of Tianjin Wei, and there were also a few Japanese businessmen, and these Japanese wanted to hire your father as the legal counsel of their trading company, Ye Zhi spoke Chinese fluently, Welcome to Luoluo generous, and your mother Jiang Junqing is a completely different woman, she does not trust me like your father, treat me politely but be wary of words, I came back from Tianjin and gave your mother a letter of peace written by your father, since then your father has not heard from him, and has never had any contact with the Liu family compound, until a year later, the local government of Huang County went to Shuangliu Village to inform you of the news of your father's murder, in fact, I didn't believe it at all, this is clearly your father's plan to hide from the world. ”

"Mr. Zhang, thank you, you have been tight-lipped about my father's affairs for so many years, and I generally understand in my heart that my father's pseudonym Liu Jingzu and cutting off all ties with the Liu family compound just don't want to affect us."

"Wende, after I came back from Tianjin, a year later your mother hanged herself because she was pregnant with my child, I was ashamed and regretful, so I went to Guandong to join Wang Bingqian, until now I can't forgive myself, if I confessed to your father about the private relationship between me and your mother in Tianjin, your father may fulfill me and your mother, and it is likely to avoid the evil consequences of your mother's suicide, but considering that you brothers are all young men, how can I have the face to open my mouth with your father, I tell you the truth Wende, your father has been a leaf branch since he had, He hasn't touched your mother once, your mother is really a hard worker, and she said that the years when she was friendly with me were the happiest times of her life......"