Chapter 18: The Ancestors of the Chen Family

Others speculated how he persuaded Cao Xiancheng, of course Xiao Fan couldn't say it clearly, some words were a little deeper, and it would inevitably involve King Yan's succession, this topic was too sensitive and fatal, and it would not be possible to touch it slightly. Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive now, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, does not dare to show the slightest opposite, as for why he wants to turn Cao Yi, a hundred households in the army, into a civilian official, and set him in Jiangpu County, which is dozens of miles away from Jingshi Yingtianfu, as a small Bapin County Cheng......

Well, Xiao Fan can pretend that he doesn't know anything.

He is just a grassroots citizen, and even if he knows some things, he must not say them, and he will die.

After a long time, Xiao Fan gradually discovered that the advantages of the original traverser were not too obvious, even if he had the ability to predict the future, as a grassroots citizen, he was not qualified to play this game between big shots.

It's better to be an audience, Xiao Fanmei's plan may be a little unmotivated, but this attitude is the safest.

Xiao Fan is willing to be an obscure little person, at least at this stage, he hasn't had any excessive ideas.

Zhu Yuanzhang, King Yan, the imperial court, these are still very distant and unfamiliar terms to him, he is just a mortal, in the most inconspicuous corner of the world, silently watching the clouds in the sky.

Xiao Fan can pretend not to know Zhu Di's intention of placing Cao Yi in Jiangpu County, but Chen Siliu can't pretend not to know that Xiao Fan saved the Chen family, as the head of the family, and is the head of a merchant family for the purpose of earning silver.

Businessmen believe in "no profit can not be early", high risk means high return, but if others pay Chen Siliu in advance, Chen Siliu will be even more frightened. ――How much risk do you have to pay to be worthy of such a high return?

The crisis of the Chen family has been lifted for three days, and Chen Siliu has also suffered from insomnia for three days.

It's a tragedy.

The grace of saving life should be reciprocated by the spring, - it is true to say so, but Chen Siliu has always thought that this is too exaggerated, the spring is gushing to Xiao Fan, what is left of him? It's better to be wiped out by Cao County.

As a shrewd businessman, although I don't know what method Xiao Fan used to persuade Cao Xiancheng to let go of the Chen family, Chen Siliu faintly felt that the new county lord might have a good impression of Xiao Fan, and if the impression was bad, Xiao Fan would definitely not be able to convince him. Xiao Fan saved the Chen family, if he didn't say anything to him, and it reached the ears of Cao County Cheng, does the Chen family have good fruits to eat?

So, the problem came back around. ――What kind of reward should I give Xiao Fan? It's not easy to handle this degree.

Marry your daughter to him? -- Consider.

A share of the family property? - This ...... If he doesn't mention it, he pretends not to know. It's better for young people to be a little more motivated, and they can't sit back and enjoy their success.

Give him a little more money per month? - That's okay.

Chen Siliu looked at his haggard self in the mirror and finally gritted his teeth.

"Someone is coming, it's called Xiao ...... The virtuous son-in-law came to see me in the front hall. ”

When Xiao Fan walked into the front hall with an indifferent face, Chen Siliu had already returned to his previous smiling and honest appearance, and his fat body was squeezed and deformed by the mahogany armrests of the Taishi chair, round and round, like Goodyear tires in advertising.

Chen Siliu was squinting his eyes admiring a calligraphy and painting, shaking his head in a pretentious manner, as if he was deeply trapped in the artistic conception of calligraphy and painting.

Xiao Fan frowned, he hated Chen Siliu's appearance very much.

Because he happened to know that Chen Siliu was actually illiterate, and he couldn't read any words except the numbers in the account book.

It's a bit disgusting for an illiterate person to put on such a vassal and elegant appearance.

Chen Siliu opened his eyes suddenly, as if he had just seen Xiao Fan come in, so he smiled and beckoned: "Xian...... Come and see, hehe, I just bought a pair of ancestors' authentic works from Mo Linxuan, this is the heirloom of the Chen family, as a descendant of the Chen family, how can I let it fall into the hands of outsiders? With the blessing of my ancestors, I finally bought ...... Grandma's! It cost me a hundred taels of silver, and I didn't discount it at all, Mo Linxuan's old Zhou is really a black-hearted bastard......"

The last sentence fully exposes Chen Siliu's businessman nature.

However, Chen Siliu's spirit of filial piety is a model for the son of man.

Xiao Fan couldn't help but be in awe when he heard this: "I don't know which sage my father-in-law's ancestor is?" ”

Chen Siliu's eyes showed a smug glint, and then he pretended to be surprised: "You don't know the ancestor of my Chen family? Virtuous son-in-law, we will soon be a family, and those who are sons of man cannot forget their ancestors, remember, the ancestor of the Chen family was Chen Ziang in the early Tang Dynasty, known as Mr. Glean, hehe, virtuous son-in-law, my Chen family is also considered to be a famous family......"

Xiao Fan was taken aback: "Chen Ziang is the ancestor of Ling?" Are you sure? Yes! That's been a long time...... It is really a great honor for the son-in-law of the Chen family to be the son-in-law of the Chen family, I wonder if the father-in-law can borrow the genealogy to the son-in-law to pay respects? Which generation of ancestors is Chan Tzu Ong? ”

"This ......" Chen Siliu's fat face was suffocated, and then he quickly appeared embarrassed: "Ahem...... I forgot where I left my family tree...... Anyway, he's my ancestor, right! Let's take a look at the true works of our ancestors......"

Xiao Fan immediately showed a look of understanding.

I understand, the old man is recognizing his ancestors with the surname Chen, this kind of behavior is equivalent to sticking gold on his face, which is quite similar to the Goryeo stick in the previous life, the same shamelessness.

However, Chen Siliu's psychology Xiao Fan can understand that people will have a lot of high-level ideas when they have money, it is normal to find a celebrity to be an ancestor, fame and fortune, even Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is not exempt from vulgarity, after the founding of the country, he insisted that Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty was his ancestor, and the people of the whole country were speechless about Lao Zhu......

Xiao Fan was a little skeptical, did people in the early years of the Ming Dynasty have the problem of misidentifying their ancestors? Is this a fashion trend? If this is the case, is it also fashionable for me to flip through the history books to see which Xiao celebrity is suitable to be his ancestor, Xiao He of the Western Han Dynasty? Or Xiao Feng, the king of the Southern Courtyard?

Xiao Fan was very kind and didn't expose Chen Siliu, people cried and shouted that they had to recognize celebrities as their ancestors, and it was not easy for them to stop them. After all, people are good at this mouthful......

Chen Siliu slowly faced Xiao Fan with the "true ancestor's handwriting" in his hand, on the pale yellow antique bamboo paper, a few lines of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing on the grass jumped out, Xiao Fan couldn't help but condense, this is an antique, I have lived for two lifetimes, and I finally saw what the antique looked like for the first time, Xiao Fan was a little excited.

Xiao Fan bent down slightly, carefully watching the handwriting on the paper exuding a faint fragrance of ink, Chen Siliu carefully held it high, and read the poems on the paper aloud with a show off, and his voice was full of emotion: "'I don't see the ancients before, I don't see the people who come after, I read the world and the world, and I am alone and crying. "This is written by the ancestors themselves, and their worries about the country and the people, as the descendants of the ancestors, I still can't help but cry when I think about it......"

Xiao Fan became more and more awe-struck, looked at it carefully for a while, then straightened up, and praised sincerely: "My father-in-law's feelings are really rich, but ......"

"But what?"

"Two words are missing, father-in-law......" Xiao Fan said with a different color on his face.

"Less...... Two words missing? Chen Siliu was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Xiao Fan's eyes were a little complicated when he looked at Chen Siliu: "'I haven't seen the ancients before, and I haven't seen the comers after. Thinking of the world and the world, lonely and weeping', these are a few words? ”

"Twenty-two words." Chen Siliu replied quickly, he was very talented in arithmetic.

"How many words are there?"

Chen Siliu was startled, and with fingers as thick as turnips, he counted back and forth several times.

"Twenty." Chen Siliu's fat face twitched a few times, and he felt that something was wrong.

Xiao Fan nodded and praised: "Father-in-law is so smart,...... So, it's missing two words. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Could it be that the ancestors deliberately wrote two words less? Chen Siliu's face was a little ugly, but the questions he could ask were still innocent.

Xiao Fan shook his head slowly, looking at Chen Siliu with a little pitiful gaze, he is a serious person, he loves his father-in-law, but he loves the truth even more.

"Cough, in fact, ......" Xiao Fan glanced at Chen Siliu, and said seriously: "What is written on it is indeed a poem, but it has nothing to do with Ling Ancestor, it has a name, called 'Jing Ye Si', the author is not surnamed Chen, surnamed Li." ”

"Quiet...... Silent Night Thoughts? What is Silent Night Thoughts? Chen Siliu looked ignorant, and his fat old face sweated slightly.

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed, it is suspected that it is frost on the ground, my father-in-law...... This poem can be memorized by a five-year-old child. ”

Chen Siliu felt like he had been slapped with a stick, his mouth was wide open and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Are you literate?" Chen Siliu's face was full of consternation.

"I understand a little." Xiao Fan's reserved way.

Long......

"Lao Zhou, the dog said, deceived Lao Tzu of a hundred taels of silver!" Chen Siliu's fat face turned red, and he roared loudly in anger.

Xiao Fan looked at the hysterical Chen Siliu, his eyes full of sympathy.

It's terrible to be uneducated.

After scolding for a long time, Chen Siliu stepped forward and tore the "True Ancestral Works" brush in his hand, and then sat with his chest full of pain for a long time, and then sighed leisurely and said: "Virtuous son-in-law, ......"

"The son-in-law is here."

"Let's get down to business."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Good. ”

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