"Something? What is it? Zhou Chong was also very surprised when he heard the words of the bracelet, Zhou Mansion has his own ancestral hall, which is located next to the garden, which enshrines Zhou Hai's tablet, and he has to go to worship every New Year's Day, but the whole family is only qualified to go in Zhou Chong, and Zhou Chong has only entered once when dealing with Zhou Hai's funeral, and he has never been there at all.

"The thing is here with me, Chong'er, wait a minute!" Aunt Wang also remembered what Bang'er said at this time, hurriedly got up and ran to her bedroom, and then moved out a long box.

Zhou Zhong took the box and put it on the table, and then took the key handed over by Aunt Wang to open the small copper lock on it, and waited until the lid of the box was lifted to find that there was a narrow waist knife in this long box, only to see that this knife is longer than the ordinary knife, but the blade is narrower than the ordinary knife, it looks a little like a Japanese knife, but the spine is straight, and the tip has a large arc, and the handle is longer than the ordinary knife, you can hold the knife with both hands, it looks more conducive to chopping.

In addition to this knife, there are two other things in the box, one of which is an extremely exquisite jade, which is carved with a double dragon grabbing pearls, and the dragon shape is covered with cloud patterns, and the carving is extremely exquisite. At first, Zhou Chong thought it was a jade pendant, but when he picked it up, he saw that there were four seal characters carved under the two dragons, and after he carefully identified it, he finally recognized that these four words were "Fu Shou Wan Nian", generally only the longevity lock will be engraved with such words, and Zhou Zhong took a closer look, and found that this piece of jade is really a child will wear a longevity lock.

Zhou Zhong picked up this beautifully carved longevity lock and looked at it for a long time, but in addition to finding that this thing was extremely exquisite, it would definitely be exchanged for a lot of silver when it was taken to the pawnshop. Nothing else was found.

The other is an oval token the size of a baby's palm. The black looks like it's supposed to be a metal rake. The production is also very exquisite, the round edge of the front is decorated with two monsters, and there are some small characters below, Zhou Zhong picked it up and looked at it, but he was startled, only to see that the two columns above were written "Jinyi Wei Qianhu", and there was a name "Wang Hai" below.

Jin Yiwei, for this famous name. Of course, Zhou Chong is not a stranger, and it can even be said that it is like thunder, Jinyiwei is the eyes and ears and minions of the Son of Heaven, and has the responsibility of supervising the world, Zhou Chongcheng has also encountered several Jinyi guards guarding Songjiang Mansion a few times, but the other party looks not much different from ordinary soldiers, but the clothes and knives on his body are more exquisite than ordinary soldiers.

Thinking of the Jinyi guards in the city, Zhou Chong also suddenly came to his senses, picked up the long knife in the box and looked at it carefully, and now he finally recognized it. This knife should be Jinyiwei's special knife rusty spring knife, this kind of knife absorbs some of the advantages of Tang Mo knife and Southern Miao knife. The shape of the knife looks very embroidery, but it is very good for chopping, and the powerful can even cut off the head of a horse with a single sword.

"Jin Yiwei, how can there be Jin Yiwei's things at home, and who is this Wang Hai?" Zhou Chong really asked a little incomprehensibly, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Chong'er, we don't know about this matter, but you can listen to how the bracelet found these things first." At this time, Aunt Wang took it and spoke, and then saw Bang'er begin to introduce how she found these things.

It turned out that Zhou Chong was not at home during the New Year, although the family was in a mess, but the etiquette due to the New Year could not be abolished, such as the need to worship ancestors during the New Year, this kind of thing is generally done by Zhou Chong, the only man in the family, but he was not at home, and after the most Lu Xu Steward and Aunt Wang discussed, simply replaced Zhou Zhong by the bracelet to go to the ancestral hall to worship, anyway, there is only Zhou Hai's tablet in the ancestral hall, and there is nothing too particular.

It is also like this, Bang'er on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year instead of Zhou Chong to worship Zhou Hai, when she saw that the futon in front of the tablet was bitten by a rat with a big hole, so she took out the broken futon and threw it away, and took out a new futon from the corner of the ancestral hall and knelt down, but as soon as she knelt down, she immediately felt that there was something in the futon, which made her also startled, and hurriedly called Steward Xu and Aunt Wang, and then the three of them opened the futon together, and found the box in front of Zhou Chong's eyes.

After listening to the bracelet's narration, Zhou Zhong sat there and pondered, the ancestral hall is not accessible to everyone, in the past, when Zhou Hai was alive, only he could enter the entire family, that is to say, the things in the box were probably deliberately placed there by Zhou Hai. Moreover, the owner of the Jinyiwei token is named Wang Hai, with the same name and different surname as Zhou Hai, plus the token seems to have been around for some years, just these conditions are enough to make people have many associations.

"Auntie, apart from you, Bang'er and Steward Xu, who else knows about this matter?" Zhou Zhong pondered for a long time and suddenly asked.

"No, after we saw the things in the box, we all knew that the matter was important, so no one told us, not even Su Niang didn't know about it." Bang'er replied at this time, and her face showed a little panic, after all, this matter is related to Jinyiwei, and if you don't get it right, it may implicate the whole family.

"Well, it's good that no one knows the way, this incident is treated as if it never happened, and no one wants to spread it, as for these things, they will be placed with me." When Zhou Zhong said this, he was still a little nervous when he saw Aunt Wang and Bang'er, so he smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, no matter whose these things belong to, but they have been hidden in the ancestral hall for so long, and no one has ever found the door, so I guess these things have long been useless." ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, although Aunt Wang and Bang'er were still a little worried, their faces finally looked a little better, and it was almost noon, and Zhou Chong's return was a big joy worth celebrating, so the two of them immediately called Su Niang to cook in the kitchen together, and the Bai sisters also came up to help, and everyone sat together for a hearty lunch.

In the afternoon, Zhou Zhong chatted with Aunt Wang and Bang'er for a while, and then played with Duo'er for a long time, and then returned to his yard to rest, but before he could sit down, Steward Xu sneakily ran in and said, "Young master, you have already seen the things in the box, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhou Zhong sat down and nodded, in fact, he just wanted to ask Steward Xu about Jinyiwei, although he had heard some in his later life, but Steward Xu was well-informed, and he definitely knew more about Jinyi than him.

"Then young master, do you see anything?" Steward Xu also walked to Zhou Chong's side and sat down and asked.

Zhou Zhong had already taken the box from Aunt Wang, only to stand up and take out the box from under the bed, put it on the table and open it: "I only saw the rusty spring knife and the thousand household token of Jinyiwei inside, but as for the longevity lock, I didn't see anything, what, do you see any clues?" ”

I saw Steward Xu nodded, then stretched out his hand and took out the token from the box and said: "Young master, the owner of this token is a thousand households, with the same name and different surname as the master, and it is hidden in the ancestral hall, plus the master rarely talks about his past, do you say that this token is the master's?" ”

"I'm not sure about this, my aunt followed my father a little earlier than you, but I don't know anything about his past, but I know that my father is from the north, but she has never heard my father say anything about it before, but I just heard his accent like a Shandong, as for whether my father did Jinyiwei's business, she is even more unclear." Zhou Zhong also shook his head in distress and said, the more he went deeper, the more he found out that the mystery on his cheap father was more and more, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog, which made it difficult to see.

Seeing Zhou Chong's distressed appearance, Steward Xu suddenly spoke: "Young master, although the old man used to speak with a bit of Shandong accent, but once he drank too much alcohol outside, when I drove the carriage to pick him up, I heard him talking drunk in the carriage, but he used a very standard official dialect, so I guess the old man probably stayed in the capital." ”

Zhou Zhong was also stunned when he heard this, but then shook his head and said: "Being able to speak official language does not necessarily mean staying in the capital, after all, what Nanjing and other places say is also official, and there are also some businesses that also use official language in order to facilitate communication." ”

The first capital of the Ming Dynasty was Nanjing, so the official dialect also refers to the official dialect of Xiajiang in Nanjing, and when Chengzu moved the capital, he brought many wealthy families from Nanjing to Beijing, so at this time the two capitals used the official dialect of Nanjing Xiajiang.

"Young master, the official words may not explain anything, but this brand is very mysterious, you can take a closer look." Steward Xu then told his second discovery.

"Brand?" Zhou Zhong was a little strange after hearing this, and picked up the token in the box to look at it, but found that the brand was beautifully made, and the official position and name of the owner of the brand were written on the front, and there was nothing else to discover.

"Young Master, look at the back." Steward Xu reminded again at this time.

Zhou Chongyan turned the brand over, looked at it carefully, and sure enough, there was a new discovery, that is, there are a few columns of small characters on the back of the brand, but because the brand is too old, coupled with the previous wear and tear, the handwriting on it is blurred, if you don't look carefully, it is easy to ignore the past.

“…… This card out of the imperial city four gates do not use, thousands of households! Zhou Zhong whispered. Because the handwriting on it is worn out, the first few words are not legible at all, and only some of the words behind can be seen.

"Young master, this token is not an ordinary token, you look at the words written on the back, this is the token of Jinyiwei entering and leaving the imperial city, from which it can be seen that the thousands of households with this token can freely enter and exit the imperial city, that is, the thousands of households in the capital, not the thousands of local households." Steward Xu spoke again.

When Zhou Zhong heard this, his face also showed a bit of solemnity, Qianhu has an official position with facial features, and he is also the Jinyi Guard of the capital, although this identity is nothing in the capital, but if it is placed in the place, it is also a big member, but I don't know if this Jinyi Wei Wang Hai is his cheap father Zhou Hai? (To be continued......)