Chapter 42: Shen Wansan

Shen Lang actually cracked the last sentence.

It was too late to look at the stone plate that was divided into two halves with Shen Lang's movements, so we hurriedly came to Shen Lang's side and carefully checked whether he was injured.

Looking back and forth from head to toe, fortunately, there was no danger, it seems that Shen Lang's choice of numbers is right, he did not trigger the mechanism, and he is naturally safe.

We put our minds at ease and told him that we should think twice about anything in the future and not be so impulsive next time.

But looking at Shen Lang's appearance, he didn't take it to heart at all, and he still had that simple expression on his face, vaguely revealing pride.

I really don't know whether to say that he is stupid and stupid, or whether to say that he is bold and not afraid of death.

Xue Nan slapped Shen Lang on the head, although her words were not good, she could see that she was worried about Shen Lang.

"It's really you, don't say a word when you crack the last sentence, and go to open the mechanism without saying a word, which makes us worry blindly."

Shen Lang was not arrogant, but looked at Qi Zhi and spoke narrowly.

"I actually suddenly thought that it was what my sister-in-law just said that reminded me."

Qi Zhi's face turned red at this sister-in-law's call, but she still raised her head and asked curiously.

"I remind you? What did I just say? ”

Shen Lang couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Fortunately, Xue Nan had a good memory, and recalled what she had just said for Qi Zhi.

"You just said that the first sentence alludes to Zhu Yuanzhang, the second sentence alludes to Emperor Yuan Shun, and the third sentence alludes to Chang Yuchun, will this fourth sentence also allude to a person."

Ling Xuan heard what Shen Lang meant, and spoke curiously.

"So you guessed the person to whom the last sentence is alluding, who is it?"

Shen Lang did not answer directly, but stretched out his right hand, then turned his arm, pointed at his face with his index finger, and asked us with a serious expression.

"What's my last name?"

We were stunned, this was not the first day we met, isn't this asking nonsense?

Xue Nan's temper naturally couldn't see him like this, and his right hand came to the top of Shen Lang's head "gently", and said viciously.

"Nonsense, your surname is Shen, say anything if you think of it, don't sell it."

Shen Lang no longer scratched his head this time, but was hurt by Xue Nan's "gentle" pat, he rubbed his head, looked at me aggrievedly and began to talk about his discovery.

"Brother Chuan, we have known each other for a long time, and you also know that although my family is not rich and rivals the country, it can be regarded as worry-free about food and clothing, which is nothing, but I happened to hear the elders say that every generation of my family is like this, and it seems that money is inexhaustible, so I began to be curious after I became sensible."

It's really a little strange for me to hear what he said, as the saying goes, the poor are no more than three, and the rich are not more than five, although it is exaggerated, but there is always a truth to it.

And if Shen Lang's family is really as he said, they have no worries about food and clothing from generation to generation, this is not normal.

Shen Lang saw that I had figured out the details, and continued unhurriedly.

"Because I have always been secretly curious, so when I grew up, I took advantage of my father's inattention, secretly investigated my family's genealogy, and found that there were also strange things on the genealogy, it seems that in the Ming Dynasty, suddenly my ancestors appeared, and the ancestors were not recorded at all."

"My curiosity is great, and I have been secretly paying attention to it since then, and finally found some records from the history books."

"It is said that during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, he wanted to expand Yingtian City in Jinling, but he suffered from frequent wars and huge expenses, and there was no extra money to build the city wall.

I suddenly thought of a legendary secret, and without waiting for Shen Lang to finish speaking, I slowly opened my mouth and interrupted his speech.

It is rumored that he also funded the construction of the Great Wall for Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally dared to propose to Zhu Yuanzhang that he wanted to reward the three armies with his million taels of gold instead of the emperor. Although it was out of good intentions, but the soldiers of the Son of Heaven, how could he be qualified to be rewarded, which inevitably made the suspicious Zhu Yuanzhang think that he was going to stretch out his hand to the military power, which made Zhu Yuanzhang Longyan furious, confiscated his family property, and sent him to the border of Yunnan. ”

Shen Lang smiled, looked at me, and said with regret.

"It seems that Brother Chuan knows who I'm talking about, really, I would have known that I would have asked you directly, but I have been thinking about it myself for several years, that's right, I read the genealogical records, and the ancestral home of the Shen family is Yunnan."

Qi Zhi originally thought it was a story, but when she heard that the ancestral home of the Shen family was actually in Yunnan, she finally discovered the connection between him and this legend, she looked at me and then at Shen Lang, her eyes were full of curiosity.

"Brother Chuan, who is this person you and Shen Lang are talking about?"

Ling Xuan also heard who the person in Shen Lang's mouth and Shen Lang was, and he looked at Qi Zhi with that uninhibited smile.

"Maybe you don't know what they said, but you must have heard the legend about this man."

Among the people present, only Xue Nan and Qi Zhi didn't know who we were talking about, they glanced at each other, and as a result, Xue Nan's hand reached Ling Xuan's shoulder, and Qi Zhi's hand reached my lower back.

"Two aunts and grandmothers, why are you still pinching people."

Ling Xuan and I looked at each other, rubbing the place where they were attacked and crying and laughing.

The two of them were very happy, snickering as they looked at me and Ling Xuan.

"Whoever asked you to deliberately whet our appetite, tell me quickly, who the hell is this."

Ling Xuan looked at the two of them, rubbed his shoulder, which had been twisted twice by Xue Nan, and only said three simple words.

"Cornucopia."

Xue Nan and Qi Zhi were surprised for a while, and their conditioned reflexes were general, and they asked tentatively.

"Shen Wansan?"

A cornucopia is a treasure from ancient folklore tales. It is rumored that the reason why Shen Wansan was rich enough to rival the country at the beginning was because he had a cornucopia.

When the treasure gate was built during the Hongwu period, the foundation sank several times for some reason, and the repeated construction still could not be built, after Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he ordered to collect Shen Wansan's cornucopia and buried it under the city gate, and it was really built, so the gate was named "Treasure Gate".

Shen Lang scratched his head when he saw that everyone knew what he was talking about, and he didn't dare to speak in disbelief.

"Anyway, according to what I found, the Shen family may be the descendants of Shen Wansan, but I don't dare to know the specifics."

Xue Nan continued to ask curiously.

"And what does that have to do with the last sentence?"

Shen Lang smiled, and his eyes faintly revealed a cleverness that was completely different from his usual silly appearance.

"Since I may be his descendant, of course I want to find out about him, and I see such a statement about the story of his exile in Yunnan."

Shen Lang continued, it seems that we really don't know as much about Shen Wansan as he does.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang once wrote poems, and the content of the poems made many businessmen at that time sincerely afraid.

"Before the hundred bureaucrats got up, I got up first, and the hundred bureaucrats have slept and I have not slept. is not as rich as the Jiangnan rich man, and the day is still high. ”

Qi Zhi suddenly interrupted Shen Lang and pointed to the city wall excitedly.

"Isn't the last line of this poem the last line on the city wall! And then, what's wrong with this poem after it's written! ”

I touched her head, signaled her not to disturb Shen Lang, and let him finish quietly.

Shen Lang didn't care and continued.

This poem spread quickly, and Shen Wansan naturally knew that he didn't react after listening to this limerick poem, and felt that this was just a limerick poem made by the emperor at random, and it was no big deal.

But his brother Shen Waner's reaction was different, Shen Waner smelled the killing intention from Zhu Yuanzhang's limerick, and he said to Shen Wansan, the emperor is dissatisfied with our rich and noble family, and sooner or later he will take us under the knife, it's time to retire and escape as soon as possible.

Soon after, Shen Waner soon changed hands and took his family to travel the world.

And Shen Wansan didn't care, and as his brother expected, he had no family property and was assigned to the border of Yunnan.

"My sister-in-law said just now that this could be a person, I thought of Shen Wansan, he has three in his name, and this last sentence is not three, what else can it be."

After Shen Lang finished speaking, he smiled stupidly, and it seemed that what he did was not worth mentioning.

"The last sentence represents money and food!"

After listening to his story, I finally understood what this last sentence meant.

"Zhu Yuanzhang's last sentence is to let future generations know the importance of money and food, he was once so poor that he needed Shen Wansan's funding to build Yingtian City, and he left this sentence to remind future emperors not to squander it arbitrarily, and to have enough money and food for emergencies."

Ling Xuan also understood the mystery and opened his mouth with emotion.

"It's a pity, after Zhu Dijing's martyrdom, the place that Zhu Yuanzhang planned to leave to future emperors has long been lost, and Chongzhen's final death was really due to the emptiness of the treasury, which is really heaven's will."

After some efforts, we finally cracked the four sentences on the city wall, looking at the stone plate that was divided into two halves just now, I don't know what kind of mystery there will be in this stone plate?