When Zhang Yi sent the last waist card in the box out, it was already dark. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoToday's night is good, there is no cloud at night, and the crooked crescent moon reflects the hazy light in Zhangcun.

Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi followed Zhang Yi to walk on the bluestone road by the faint moonlight, perhaps today's things were too heavy, and the three of them didn't have the heart to speak, only the "rustle" sound of cloth shoes stepping on the bluestone slab.

In silence, I don't know how long I walked, Zhang Yi came to a rather luxurious courtyard in the north of the village and stood still. When it is said to be luxurious, it is only compared to the many earthen kilns in the village, which are actually ordinary adobe brick houses with a simple wall surrounded by adobe.

Zhang Yi walked to the door made of two thin wooden boards and knocked on the door three times. I only heard a "squeak," a gray-haired middle-aged man poked his head out, saw Zhang Yi, was stunned at first, and then said happily, "Master, you can be regarded as back." ”

Zhang Yi's originally tense face softened, and he nodded at the visitor, "Uncle Zhang, it's hard work." ”

However, Zhang Xi was quite excited to see the visitor, and was a little embarrassed, "Dad, I'm back!" Uncle Zhang smiled and handed the lantern to his left hand, stretched out his right hand to rub Zhang Xi's hair, turned his head to Zhang Yi and said: "Master, someone said that you came back in the afternoon, Mrs. has been waiting for you since I heard about it, and I won't come for a long time when I see you, so we persuaded Mrs. to go and rest first, but Mrs. didn't listen, and is still waiting for you in the main hall." As he spoke, he took the big black umbrella of the three of them, and Zhang Xin was still a little embarrassed when he handed the big black umbrella to Uncle Zhang, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang." It made Uncle Zhang laugh, "I haven't seen Ashin for a few days, why is he still separated from me." ”

Zhang Yi listened to Uncle Zhang's words, let out an "oh", and then said, "I know, Uncle Zhang will take Ah Xi back first." It's not too early, you go and rest first. ”

"Okay," Uncle Zhang said with a smile, "Then I won't bother." As he spoke, he patted Zhang Xi's head.

Zhang Xin watched the backs of Uncle Zhang and Zhang Xi disappear into the darkness, and then followed Zhang Yi down the front hall.

The two of them passed through the antechamber and saw that the door of the main hall was wide open, and from a distance, a girl dressed in coarse cloth was sitting in front of the hall, and the girl was facing the door, but she did not seem to notice the two of them. The two of them walked in and found that she was actually asleep, holding her head with her right hand, and her head was still little by little.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi hurriedly took off his coat and put it on her, but it was this slight movement that woke up the girl at once. The girl raised her head, and her hazy eyes happened to see Zhang Yi draping her clothes on herself, and she couldn't help but be happy, "Zicheng, you're back." ”

Zhang Yi said "um", but said, "It's getting late, you go back to your room and sleep first." As he spoke, he raised his voice and said, "Little Red! Little Red! As soon as the voice fell, a rough maid entered, "Master, you are back." ”

Zhang Yi pointed to the girl and said, "Help Mrs. go back to the room." ”

The girl didn't follow: "Zicheng, what else do you have to do at such a late hour?" ”

Zhang Yidao: "I'll go to the ancestral hall with Ashin, and it will be fine right away." As he spoke, he pulled Zhang Xin, "Call sister-in-law." ”

Zhang Xin already knew that this was his sister-in-law, and hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law is good." ”

At this time, Zhang Xincai followed the candlelight to see that his sister-in-law was not very old, only about ten years old, and her face was still a little baby fat, and her smile was quite cute.

The sister-in-law said "hey" and said to Zhang Yi, "Then hurry up." With that, he went back to the room with Xiaohong.

At this time, there were only Zhang Yi and Zhang Xin left in the huge main hall. Zhang Yiyi pulled Zhang Xin, "Come on." Then go through the main hall first.

The two of them each carried a lantern through the main hall, and walked along the path to a hut at the innermost, which looked to be some years old, and when Zhang Yi pushed the door open, he could clearly hear the "creaking" sound of rotting wood.

Zhang Yi lit the lamp and candle at the door first, and the originally dark hut immediately brightened. Zhang Xin looked curiously, and saw that the room was densely packed with tablets, one by one, and there were almost countless ones, and there were five futons neatly placed in the middle of the room.

Zhang Yi walked to the futon in the middle and knelt down on his knees. Turning his head to look, he found that Zhang Xin was still standing at the door in a daze, and couldn't help but scold: "Kneel." ”

Zhang Xin hurriedly took two steps, put the lantern in his hand aside, and knelt beside him like Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yixian kowtowed three times reverently, and then prayed to the tablet in the room: "Zhang Zicheng, the unfilial second man, comes to worship the ancestors and ancestors with five men Zhang Xin." Five male Zhang Xin, talented, can behead the enemy chieftain general, so today crowned, according to the last words of the father, give the word 'unmoved', specially come to tell the ancestors. ”

After that, Zhang Yi got up, stood in front of the offering table carefully, slowly poured a little water into the inkstone, then picked up the ink next to him and slowly opened it, then twisted up the brush on the side, stained it with ink, opened the family tree, and solemnly wrote the three big characters "Zhang Buyi" on the last page.

After doing all this, Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, put the pen and ink and genealogy in place, turned to Zhang Xinsen, who was kneeling on the futon, and said, "Zhang Buyi." ”

Zhang Xin was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that this was calling him, and hurriedly replied, "Yes." ”

Zhang Yidao: "Zhang Buyi, since you have entered the family tree, you need to know that our Longyou Zhang family originally lived in Yanmen. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and my predecessors of the Zhang family migrated all the way from Yanmen to this in order to escape the military disaster, and there was no need to say that there were difficulties and dangers along the way. From the time the Zhang family took root in Longyou, it was passed on to our generation, which is already the sixth generation. ”

After that, Zhang Yi paused and continued: "In our generation, there were originally five brothers, ranked according to 'benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith'. However, sixteen years ago, the Turkic Wuyan tribe suddenly invaded the south, and my Longyou Zhang family was slaughtered, and my father's generation was cut off, and the eldest brother, third brother, and fourth brother did not escape the catastrophe. There are only two people left in the entire Zhang family. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yi seemed to remember the past, looked at Zhang Xin in a daze, and after a long time, he sighed, "Speaking of which, the most important thing you should be grateful for staying alive is the eldest brother, I went up to the mountain to hunt that day and escaped by luck, and when I came back at night, I found that there was no one left in the village." I went crazy and went back to our house, and when I heard the movement in the rice jar, I found that you were hidden in the rice jar by the eldest brother, and the eldest brother ...... He died on top of the rice bowl. ”

When Zhang Xin heard this, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and he said hatefully: "Brother, that Wuyan is ......."

Zhang Yi interrupted him with a wave of his hand and continued: "At that time, there were no living people in Zhang Village. I buried the remains of my relatives, and took you all the way east to Suizhou, just when I met General Xue recruiting troops, I didn't have a penny on me at that time, and you were still waiting to be fed in swaddling clothes, so I simply unveiled the list and enlisted, and since then I have followed General Xue to fight in the south and the north...... The Wuyan Department was razed to the ground five years ago. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yi looked directly into Zhang Xin's eyes, "I am telling you this, not to let you repay your favor or revenge, but to let you remember that our Zhang family in Longyou, although there are no big people such as Lang Shangshu, but our ancestors are also very remarkable, without the ancestors who migrated from Yanmen to Longyou through a lot of hardships, there would be no me today, there was no eldest brother sixteen years ago, and there would be no you today." Since you have left your name on the family tree, you must remember that from this day forward, your ancestors will watch you from heaven in your words and deeds. I want you to remember," said Zhang Yi word by word: "Never discredit the Zhang family in Longyou." ”

Zhang Xin nodded slowly, and said loudly: "No!" ”