Chapter 649: Sideways
"Aunt Cheng!"
Wu Tianbao didn't expect to meet the main master outside the Cheng clan ancestral hall so coincidentally, and hurriedly greeted him. After all, Qiu Cheng's family is in his early sixties, and if Qiu Feng succeeds to the name of his deceased son, Wu Tianbao's aunt will also be called a good one. And Qiu Cheng's eyes were of course not as good as everyone else, and when she recognized Wu Tianbao and realized that these people who appeared here were the people she had mentioned to her last time, her shoulders suddenly trembled slightly. She greeted Wu Tianbao as calmly as possible, and after coming to everyone, she asked a word without squinting.
"Now that you have arrived outside the Cheng Clan's ancestral hall, do you know where the Cheng clan originated?"
Wang Fulin's heart moved, and he was about to open his mouth to answer, but he saw Qiu Feng's nervous expression with a hint of complexity, as if he wanted to stop talking, so he deliberately said: "Qiu Feng, you come and answer." ”
This time, Qiu Cheng involuntarily looked sideways. She moved back to Zhukou very early, except for sweeping the graves of her husband and dead son, she usually didn't have much contact with the Qiu clan, so she hadn't seen Qiu Feng much before, and when she saw that Qiu Feng was a middle-sized and handsome young man, she couldn't help but feel a tingle in her heart, but she thought of her son.
And Qiu Feng didn't expect to be named by Wang Fulin all of a sudden, he was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly sorted out his thoughts, and then said as calmly as possible: "The various branches of the Cheng family in Huizhou Mansion are said to have originated from the famous general Cheng Pu in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. By the time of the seventeenth Cheng Fushi. He once assisted Wang Hua, the Duke of Yueguo. After the Tang Dynasty, he was named the Governor's Mansion Sima. Later, the Huangdun Cheng clan produced many scholars and high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty, and was once known as the leader of the Xin'an clan. ”
"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao Rebellion, all the way to burn and loot, but where the name of the place is Huang, you can let it go, so from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the middle of my Ming Dynasty, Huangdun has always been called Huangdun. It wasn't until Cheng Min was in power that he changed the name of Huangdun back. In the middle of the court, there were two elders, Qiu Jun and Xie Qian, who wrote poems and inscriptions in the name of Huangdun. ”
As a native of Huizhou. Of course, Wang Fulin is no stranger to the word Huangdun. What's more, although Cheng Naixuan's family lives in Huangjiawu in Shexian County, but tracing back to the source, it is also from the Huangdun Cheng family, so he will not be unaware. Huangdun is the center of the entire Huizhou clan culture, which is said to have a history dating back to 1,500 years ago, and it is not only the birthplace of the Cheng family in Huizhou's six counties, but also more than a dozen other surnames. The Yongjia Rebellion, the Huangchao Rebellion, and the Jingkang Rebellion, I don't know how many surrounding surnames have infiltrated, especially the most popular clans flocked in during the Huangchao Rebellion.
Even Wang's. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, many tribes also moved into Huangdun for refuge, and only moved back to their hometowns when the time passed. Merely. Cheng's question was strange, and Qiu Feng's answer was even more profound, which made him have a bad premonition.
Qiu Cheng didn't expect Qiu Feng to talk eloquently, and he praised Cheng a lot, and some of the stereotypical faces were clearly relaxed. She bowed her head slightly, and then continued: "Xin'an's ten surnames are nine Wang, but when cultivating Xin'an's famous family history, although it is said that the surname is not divided before and after, the Cheng family has always been in the first place. I am a widow, and I am only a member of the Cheng clan in Zhukou, and I don't have any intention of being self-conscious, and I ask the origin of the Cheng family, and I just hope that the Qiu Xianggong in the mouth of Master Wang and Master Wu is a person who can read and remember the origin of those famous clans in Xin'an. ”
This makes it clear that something is meaningful. Hearing this, Wang Fulin couldn't help frowning, but before he could speak, Qiu Feng hurriedly said: "Old lady, you need to drink water and think about the source, and you can't forget your ancestors, of course I know this truth." But I know that it is true that blood is thicker than water, but true love in the world is more important than blood. Reading has become a common practice in various parts of Huizhou Mansion, so in the past, my family was poor, and I didn't expect to be able to enter the hall, so I could only use every opportunity to know a few words with people, and then I learned a lot of things during the miscellaneous work in Ziyang Academy of Shexian Xuegong. I was frugal, I took all my wages home, and I hardly used a penny from my family, even if I was sold, although I was unwilling, I didn't really resent my parents at home. ”
"But they shouldn't have taken the money from my sale, but they still hope that I will take advantage of the teacher's side to send them more money, and even the teacher's enemies just gave them a few dollars, so they want to blackmail me to spy on the news. Mencius still has clouds, the king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. And what about father and son? If the old lady is unwilling to do what Master Wang and Uncle Wang mentioned before, then please don't force it. The teacher worked hard, but he didn't want me to become a cash cow for the so-called family. It's a big deal that I won't take the test for fame in the future and leave Huizhou Mansion to study the world! ”
"Autumn Feng."
Wang Fulin heard Qiu Feng's voice unconsciously and became louder, knowing that this kid had a seizure, he immediately snorted. Seeing that Qiu Feng suddenly closed his mouth, lowered his head and stopped talking, he couldn't help but think of the old things. At that time, Qiu Feng had just followed him, just because he had a similar encounter with Jinbao, but the result was different, so he was quite extreme, and was once regarded as the biggest breakthrough point by his side, and once or twice he found this kid as a breakthrough, and took out a very big temptation. Fortunately, Qiu Feng finally held on to the critical moment and did not make a wrong choice, and he has behaved more and more calmly over the years.
But at the moment, it seems that calmness is for people to see, but at the critical moment, it is still unbearable!
Therefore, seeing Qiu Cheng's standing there silent, he was also a little unoptimistic about this trip to Zhukou, seeing that Jin Bao quietly grabbed Ye Xiaopang, who was full of disgruntle, and Xiaobei was whispering something to Wu Tianbao, he immediately said softly to Qiu Cheng's family: "Qiu Feng is young, and his speech is a little direct, but his words are not rough. He went to school, all with my brother-in-law and adopted son, to be honest, I just didn't want a good teenager to ruin his insatiable family. I have always felt that those who are blackmailed by virtue of their kindness are not relatives but enemies. If the old lady really has an opinion about his abandonment, then forget about this matter. ”
Qiu Feng also knew in his heart that today's incident was done by Wang Daoyun and Wu Tianbao on behalf of him before, and when he thought of his own affairs, he would actually bother Wang Fulin's father and uncle. At present, there are obviously such twists and turns. He felt sick in his heart. So. If Wang Fulin scolded him after drinking himself, maybe he would feel better, but who would have thought that Wang Fulin would actually help him say such a thing! At that moment, he only felt that his eyes were sour, and he almost burst into tears.
Qiu Cheng saw that Wang Fulin arched his hand, and then called the others, looking like she was about to go home, she couldn't help but be a little surprised. At this time. But Wu Tianbao couldn't help but stomp his feet to stop the others, walked up to her quickly and said: "Aunt Cheng, I know that you have always been a decent person, when you were in the Qiu family, you served your in-laws and godson, meticulously, back to this Zhukou, your nephew and several grandnephews also respect you very much, but the cause and effect of those things, my brother-in-law and I have made it clear to you, why didn't you say it earlier?" If not sincerely. Why did my nephew come out as a family to confess to Qiu Feng? ”
As soon as Wu Tianbao said this, Qiu Cheng's face couldn't help but feel a little unnatural. She scrutinized the people across from her. Seeing that in addition to the first three or five men who were similar to the entourage's uniforms, Qiu Feng was surrounded by two young men who were comforting him, and it seemed that they should be the adopted sons of the former Huining Dao Ye family and Wang Fulin, and the young man next to Wang Fulin, although it looked like a boy and a girl at first glance, but if you look closely, it is clearly a woman, that is to say, this is indeed a family who went out to recognize Qiu Feng's relatives. She was silent for a while, and when she saw Wu Tianbao sigh and turn around to leave, she whispered: "I just heard that he is rich and forgetful......
"I heard?"
Wang Fulin's ears were sharp, and he suddenly caught a sensitive word, and immediately turned around. And Wu Tianbao was reminded by his nephew, and immediately asked: "Aunt Cheng, you can go to Shexian County to inquire, who can pick out half a word of Qiufeng's character and knowledge?" What's more, his deed of sale was originally returned by my nephew, to put it mildly, it had nothing to do with the father and mother who was obviously not poor but wanted to sell his son, how could he be rich and forget his relatives? Can a student member of an attached school be rich? For him to study, how much money did the Wang family put in it, and in whose mouth did it become rich and expensive? ”
Although Wu Tianbao is said to be an honest man, the questions that this honest man threw out like a cannon in a hurry were even more convincing. At least at this time, Qiu Cheng's family was even more hesitant, and in the end, he smiled bitterly: "It's the third old lady of the Zhuchuan Wang family, and he doesn't know where to hear that I want to set up an heir, so he has come here several times." ”
"So this back and forth, the old lady left a bad impression?" Wang Fulin's eyes flashed, and then he said casually, "But it's nothing, the twisted melon is not sweet, forget it." Uncle, it just so happens that I still have something to talk to the people of the Zhuchuan Wang family, and we are here, so let's all go there and sit down, and by the way, we will bother with a bowl of tea. ”
Qiu Cheng didn't have time to speak, so he saw Wang Fulin pull Wu Tianbao over, smile politely at him, and then call his family and entourage, and just get on the horse and leave. She only saw that Qiu Feng, who was very likely to be her heir, got on the horse, and then glanced back at her, and then owed slightly, and then disappeared from her sight with the others.
It wasn't until everyone was gone that the Qiu Cheng clan woke up like a dream, and suddenly leaned on the wall of the Cheng clan's ancestral hall, and infinite regret welled up in his heart. She didn't all believe the words of the third old lady of the Zhuchuan Wang family, she just wanted to test and tempt, don't work hard to set up an heir and grandson, and when she dies, her son will not even have a person to sweep the tomb and worship. But now, judging from people's attitudes, it seems that her cold and blunt approach just now has turned a good thing into a bad thing. Thinking of this, she immediately turned around and left.
Although there are almost no good relatives in the husband's family, but the Cheng family in Zhukou is different, I think that the nephew of the Qiu Cheng family learned that the widowed aunt could not live in the husband's family, and returned to his hometown, so he took people to live with him, and even asked the children in the family to respect this aunt and wife. Therefore, as soon as the Qiu Cheng family returned home at this time, he immediately found his nephew and told the story of what he had just seen Wang Fulin and his party outside the Cheng ancestral hall. As a result, she saw her nephew, who had always been obedient to her, stomping his feet angrily.
"Auntie, how can you listen to the third old lady, the Zhuchuan Wang clan and the Songmingshan Wang clan have a grudge, don't you know? At the beginning, the Zhuchuan Wang family set up a trap for other people's Wang Gongzi again and again, and in the end, he simply tore his face and said that he cheated in the annual exam, but instead he mistook his grandson, and the result was sluggish, and this matter has long been spread all over the country. This time, the Zhuchuan Wang clan followed the county Xue County Zun to shout about the Pingxia tax silk, and made Xiuning Wuyuan all in chaos, but they retracted it, and wanted to throw Shuai Jiamo out as a scapegoat, isn't it a situation where Wang Gongzi came out to clean up? What a good boy Qiu Feng, you are really confused! ”
Qiu Cheng wanted to speak and stopped: "I just think that he doesn't even recognize his father and mother......"
"Recognize what you recognize! At the beginning, his father and mother sold him at a high price, took the worth of silver, and gave the eldest to marry a daughter-in-law. That's it, later Wang Gongzi returned his deed of sale, when he went back to visit his parents, he found that the family was building a house there, but it turned out that they didn't know who impersonated Qiu Feng to give them money, they were good, they took the money at least to go to Wang's house to see their son, and they even asked directly and didn't ask to accept it to build a house, no matter whether his son was alive or dead, let alone that it was sent by Wang Gongzi's enemy, who wanted to coerce Qiu Feng to spy on the news. But later Qiu Feng made it clear that they didn't care about asking for money regardless of death, this kind of father and mother brother might as well not be clean! ”
Similar words, Qiu Cheng also heard Wang Daoyun and Wu Tianbao say it, but at that time, after all, he had some doubts, so he had scruples after listening to Wang Shangxuan's words, but her nephew also said so, where did she not know that her prejudice was a little wrong?
"There are parents all over the world, but it also depends on what kind of parents they are...... Yes, auntie, you said they went to Zhuchuan Wang's family? So I'll take you to the patriarch, and we'll go there too." If I want to meet that Wang Shangxuan, I have to spit on him in person! Zhukou Cheng is not easy to bully, it is easy for you to have a grandson who is fed, but they are disturbed, if he doesn't give an explanation for this matter, he will wait to lose his reputation! ”
When the Qiu Cheng clan was dragged by his nephew to the patriarch of the Cheng clan in Zhukou, Wang Fulin and his party were not idle. After leaving the ancestral hall of the Zhu Cheng clan, Wang Fulin did not immediately go to the Wang family to ask for the guilt. After all, although Wang Fulin had confronted the Zhuchuan Wang clan several times a few years earlier and finally won a complete victory, it was the first time he had gone deep into the enemy camp. Looking back at what he knew about Wang Shangning's life experience in his heart, he touched his chin, and finally suggested to the others: "Everyone, before we go to Wang's house, it is better to go to a place first." ”
If he remembers correctly, Wang Shangning and his two younger brothers went to Cheng's house in Zhukou with their remarried mother, and it was also the stepfather Cheng Sixun who raised the three brothers, so they have always been surnamed Cheng, and Wang Shangning also changed his surname back to Wang after several years of being admitted to the Jinshi, and later after asking for a gift to his biological father, he also asked for a gift to his surviving stepfather.
Compared with Wang Shangning's five-grade household Langzhong who asked for the title of his deceased father at that time, Cheng Sixun, the stepfather who raised him with hard work, was only a pedestrian deputy from the seventh grade, pinching his fingers and calculating, a difference of six levels!
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