Early in the morning, after breakfast, the old man of Zhangfu took Zhang Xian, the son of the Zhang family, and Zhang Fan, the little scholar, back to the Zhang family compound in the city by carriage.

Since having a new identity, the little scholar Zhang Fan has become more lively, along the way, has been explaining Zhang Xian's past, it turned out that after his high school examination, he has the identity of a tribute, his mentor is the eldest son of the famous Zhiji Prefecture Jun Jiang Wanli, the word is Zhou, the number of six peaks, the head of the Jiang family's twelve Zhai, his own teacher can be literary and martial, since childhood with his uncle Jiang Wanzai to learn literature and martial arts, in Poyang Lake, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River around the practice of water and land formation, the momentum is huge, the training is very effective, He often sent proud disciples to serve in the imperial court, and was praised by the imperial court many times.

Beginning last year, the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was established, the Mongolian Tatar army heard the wind and moved, several times Koubian, the military situation was urgent, his teacher was sent by his father Jiang Wanli, and sent more than ten students of Bailu Academy to help the imperial court collect and transport grain and grass, and he was on the way home from the Jizhou army to report, fell into the water and disappeared.

Originally, the little scholar Zhang Fan was walking with him all the way, but his grandfather sent Wang Da Butler to greet him, did not let the family Ding go to pack the son's luggage, but he had to ask the little scholar to go to the cabin to pack the child's luggage, the little scholar Zhang Fan first heard two screams outside, and then sounded two heavy objects slamming into the water, and finally heard the Wang Da housekeeper accompanying the family Ding shouted: "Catch the water thief!" Childe and the housekeeper were killed by the water thief and fell into the water" After the little scholar ran out, he saw that the big housekeeper and the housekeeper both fell into the water and struggled, and he quickly sank under the water and was swept away by the rapids, and the big housekeeper struggled to be rescued by the family, and there was a blood-red knife on his arm.

After the little scholar told his wife all this, he always suspected that Steward Wang had something to do with the disappearance of Gongzi, because Steward Wang had always been very close to the eldest uncle, and the eldest uncle had coveted the position of patriarch for a long time, which was already known to passers-by.

The father told Zhang Xian the general situation of the Zhang family, his grandfather is approaching, at present, the four brothers of the Zhang family are not on good terms for who to be the patriarch and how to divide the family, originally because of their high school government exam, they have the status of a tribute, in the Zhang family can be said to be the ancestor of Guangzong, plus the father is a master by the side of the county master, at the beginning, the other three uncles in the family all benefited from it, and the father sought a future for the cousins of the three uncles, especially the county lieutenant of the lobby brother Daniel Zhang, and the uncle begged his father to find ways to The family began to rank among the big families in Yangzhou because of the achievements of their father and son, and the grandfather was ready to let his father be the patriarch, and at first the clan was in favor, and even the second and third uncles actively expressed their support in person, and although the eldest uncle was not happy, he did not clearly oppose it!

Later, the county master died of illness, and his father, the master, lost his job, and was idle at home, plus he disappeared for more than a year, other cousins in the family gradually became the climate, and the eldest uncle's cousin Daniel Zhang was the captain of Yangzhou City, mastering the criminal investigation and security arrest and theft of a county, using the power in his hands, and indeed making great contributions to the development and growth of the family, so the other second and third uncles naturally began to turn the bow of the ship and began to support the eldest uncle as the patriarch, and the eldest uncle began to clearly oppose the father's inheritance of the patriarchal position, insisting that the patriarchal position was inherited by the eldest brother.

Speaking of this, the father let out a long sigh and said, "Xian'er, it's good for you to come back, my son is back, for the sake of his father, he would rather not be the patriarch, and would rather share the family property less!" As a father, he has followed the former county master for many years, and he is used to seeing the joys and sorrows of the world, and the family has collapsed overnight for many years, and finally ended up with no personal wealth. So, being a father thinks that a family reunion is better than being an emperor, and my father doesn't care about the position of the patriarch! ”

"The father is good-minded, the word fame and fortune, the world is in its hub and does not know it, the ancient and modern great cause of the people, do not follow the teachings of indifferent and clear ambition, self-cultivation, children admire their father!"

Zhang Xian did have some admiration for the vision and mind of the father in front of him, so he respectfully bowed his hand to his father.

"Hehe, Xian'er, what have you experienced since you disappeared for more than a year, which has made my son's tongue so flexible, and my son was as precious as gold before! If you come to your grandfather later, your uncles may be embarrassed by you, my son must be mentally prepared, no matter what, they are all your elders, my son is a person who has a reputation for reading sage books, and he should be more tolerant. ”

Zhang Xian saw his father smile at himself, knowing that he was not the Zhang Xian he used to be after all, many things really couldn't be exactly the same as what Zhang Xian did before, his father was obscure and wanted to keep a low profile!

"The child obeys his father's command! It will not be too flamboyant in front of the elders. As for what happened to the child this year, the child had already told his father and mother this morning that the child was rescued and woke up, and was already in a monastery, and his hair was graded, according to the master, I was rescued by the river a year ago, and I was already in a coma at that time, and when I woke up, I didn't know my background at all, so I stayed in the monastery for a year. In this year's time, the child faces the morning bell and dusk drum every day, the Zen sound enters the ear, and gradually the child's heart has undergone a great change. So, children begin to talk and share their feelings. ”

"However, just two months ago, the monastery was unfortunately occupied by a group of mountain bandits, some of the masters were killed, some fled in all directions, and the children escaped to death, and fled here in a daze, so that the family was lucky to be reunited."

Zhang Xian had no choice but to make up a set of lies with no evidence, and when he saw his father nodding lightly after listening to what he said, his heart calmed down, his mentality, mentality determines everything, and he will encounter more unknown things and tests in the future.

After about an hour of turbulence, Zhang Xian's father and son finally arrived at the Zhang family compound with the little scholar Zhang Fan, Zhang Xian and his father first went to the grandfather's bed and knelt down to say goodbye, the grandfather saw that his most promising grandson came back, and his pale face had a ruddy brilliance, and his father gave his grandfather a rough description of his disappearance and came back, and the grandfather trembled and grabbed Zhang Xian's hand and said:

"It's good if the grandson comes back, it's good if the grandson comes back, cough cough cough...... cough cough cough ...... Before he died, he could still see my grandson return safely, and after his grandfather died, he saw his ancestors and ancestors, and his face was bright! My grandson must study hard in the future and serve the court, my Zhang family has been engaged in cheap business for generations, and my grandson and your cousin Zhang Ren are famous. Your cousin Grandpa Zhang Ren knows that his township test fame was obtained by spending money, and it is not as good as his grandson's house test high school, and he has the fame of tribute, and his grandson must carry forward my Zhang family in the future! Come, grandson, help grandpa to the hall, grandpa has something to say to everyone! ”

Zhang Xian saw that the grandfather in front of him was full of white hair, and his face was full of excitement, "Grandchild must remember grandpa's teachings, study hard, serve the court, and carry forward the Zhang family, grandson begs grandpa to take care of his health!"

"Okay, grandson, grandpa has seen you, his wish has been fulfilled, cough cough cough...... cough cough cough ....... Grandpa is happy, let's go, go out and meet your uncle and a few brothers. ”

Zhang Xian and his father helped his grandfather to the main hall, and there was a group of people in the main hall, the leader was about 60 years old, slightly fat, with a goatee, and the first one was two middle-aged people in their fifties, and then there were seven people in the younger grades. Zhang Xian probably guessed that these were three uncles and seven cousins.