Chapter Twenty-Eight: Uncle?
Uncle, what kind of calf are you talking about?
Chen Xiaodonkey took the photo with anger, lowered his head and was slightly stunned, and in the lower left corner of the photo, there was a line of small characters 'taken in the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu'.
This is a photo from more than 20 years ago, a few years older than his age, and there are big and small, four men and two women, six people, which makes him look a little familiar, especially the girl who stands at the end of the age and does not look big.
"Sitting in the middle are your grandfather and grandmother, and then from right to left, it's your eldest uncle Jia Xidong, your second uncle Jia Nannan, me, and your mother Jia Xixi, her eyes look like your grandmother, and she has been a beauty since she was a child."
Jia Xibei's explanation appeared at the right time, and Chen Xiaodonkey suddenly came back to his senses, no wonder he looked familiar, it turned out to be when his mother was young.
The young boy standing next to his mother seemed a little resistant to the smiles of the other people in the photo, because he had two ugly sarcomas on his face.
Is it Jia Northwest?
Chen Xiaodonkey looked at the photo, and constantly compared it with Jia Beibei, who had a complicated expression at this time, and had to admit that except for the skin that looked a little yellower and the face was a little wrinkled, the face shape and facial features were almost identical.
It's just that when did he have an uncle?
The photo is in his hand, and he can't fake it, but Chen Xiaodonkey fell into doubt.
He had never heard his mother talk about his mother's family. When he was a child, he saw that other children had grandparents, uncles and uncles, and he also asked his mother, why didn't he have it? And his mother would tell him that his mother had jumped out of the cracks in the stones.
This is a mysterious.
Putting the photo down, Chen Xiaodonkey said: "I'm sorry Mr. Jia, I have never heard my mother say anything about relatives." ”
Jia Xibei shook his head helplessly: "I can imagine it, this is your mother's temperament, but if she doesn't mention it, it doesn't mean that she doesn't have it, it's just that she is angry in her heart." ”
Chen Xiaodonkey didn't answer, and Jia Xibei began to explain the reason: "Back then, your mother and your father's marriage, from your grandfather to your second uncle, did not agree, saying that if she had to marry your father, she should have never given birth to her daughter, and your mother left with your father in a fit of anger and never went back since." ”
Is it for this reason? Chen Xiaodonkey didn't know whether to believe it or not.
At this time, Jia Xibei took out a compass that looked very strange, and the reason why it was strange was because this compass was a rare square shape.
When Chen Xiaodonkey saw the compass, his eyes were slightly condensed.
"In the first year of Xuantong, that is, in July eleven years ago, your father suddenly came to Shaanxi and handed it to me, saying that he was looking for something and didn't know if he could go back. If he can't go back, let me take care of your mother and son more, and give it to you when you are older. But something happened to me later, but I didn't expect that a delay would be five years, and by the time I found the address left by Taiping that year, your mother and son were no longer in Rehe. ”
In the first year of Xuantong, another five years passed, that is, between the first year and the second year of the Republic of China.
At that time, because of the fact that the tomb in Nurul Tiger Mountain was being targeted, he had already left Rehe with his mother and started to wander, if Jia Xibei went at that time, it was indeed impossible to find them.
Chen Xiaodonkey thought about it, took the compass from Jia Xibei's hand, looked to the side without a trace, and carved the words 'Chen Taiping' under the 'one exchange' position on the outer plate.
Judging by the position and handwriting, it was my father's compass.
Chen Xiaolu confirmed this. Because when his father had not left, this compass was often used by him as a toy, and it was also used by his father to teach him various feng shui secret techniques, which was very familiar.
Jia Xibei said that his father went to Shaanxi to find him eleven years ago, and his mother is from Guanzhong, Shaanxi, which is true, you can know it from the accent.
And the photos of more than 20 years ago and the compass of this father, coupled with Jia Xibei's narration and explanation, everything sounds logical, and there are no loopholes.
But Chen Xiaodonkey always felt that something was wrong.
But what's wrong? He racked his brains to think, and suddenly thought of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Decree that his father had given him before he left.
Is it here?
"But Mr. Jia, why did my father give you the compass instead of giving it to me directly?" He asked.
"I've thought about this too, maybe ---- he wanted to use it at that time, and then he didn't need it, but it's too far away from Rehe, so I don't have time to rush back."
Jia Xibei hesitated for a while before continuing: "Your father looked very wrong at that time, his condition was very bad, and he was in a hurry, as if he had just escaped from somewhere, but after seeing me, he gave it to me and left in a hurry, and I didn't leave him." ”
"And what is he looking for?"
"I don't know."
Chen Xiaodonkey squinted, as if he saw the scene described by Jia Xibei, and soon, he threw away all the pictures made up by his brain, and he felt as if he was trapped in a besieged city by Jia Xibei with words.
"According to what you said, you didn't find me and my mother in Rehe back then, so I want to know, how did you find me in Shanghai, and you also arranged Zhao Nansong's affairs with great powers?" He continued to ask, trying to find a logical loophole in Jia Xixi's answer.
"Whether you believe it or not, maybe this is fate, your mother has had the best relationship with me since she was a child, and I have been trying to find you for so many years, and I was a little desperate until I came to Shanghai a few days ago to do ----"
Jia Xibei answered Chen Xiaodonkey's question, according to him, it was on the way to chat with Zhao Nansong, he heard that he was a very powerful feng shui attainment, and a very young Master Chen, so he felt something and took the opportunity to investigate, but he didn't expect that it was really Chen Xiaodonkey, his long-lost nephew, which made him happy and surprised.
As for why he arranged Zhao Nansong's affairs again, according to Jia Xibei, he was really curious about how Chen Xiaodonkey had taken his mother to earn his life in this chaotic world for so many years.
There are some slight flaws in the logic, but they make up for it with a coincidence, which cannot be explained, but it seems more real.
Could it be that this person in front of him is really his own brother-in-law? Chen Xiaodonkey felt that his brain was not enough.
But then he reacted.
Other things are true or false, they are all secondary, and the most important thing is not even today's confession of Jia Xibei, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Decree, his father warned him that he could not let anyone know that the Taiping Decree was on him.
So how does Jia Beibei know?
"Last question, what does Mr. Jia mean by drawing a Taiping Order to me?"
Jia Xibei did not answer this question immediately, but lowered his voice and said the past incident of decades ago.
In 1864, the Qing Hunan army broke through Tianjing, and the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom shouted the slogan of 'leaving half a piece of rotten cloth and demon enjoyment', and burned the holy treasury, but the legend of gold and silver like a sea always exists.
And there has always been a saying on the rivers and lakes that the burned sacred treasury is just a pseudo treasury, and the clues of the real sacred treasury are on several Taiping decrees secretly cast by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time. But no one knows the truth of this statement, and decades have passed, and there has never been a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom order in the world, and gradually few people have mentioned it again.
Is it still a relationship? What are you afraid of, this will make Chen Xiaodonkey secretly frightened.
"Do you believe this?" After speaking, Jia Xibei asked rhetorically.
Chen Xiaodonkey did not speak.
Jia Xibei continued: "No matter what you think, I believe it, and your father also believes it, in fact, he has been looking for the true holy treasury of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom back then. ”
Chen Xiaodonkey was happy and asked rhetorically: "Mr. Jia, you are mistaken, my father is so decent, why are you looking for such an ethereal thing?" Let's not talk about whether he is the kind of person who loves money like his life, even if he asks for money, can he still be poor with his ability? ”
Jia Xibei changed the question: "Have you ever met your grandfather?" ”
Chen Xiaodonkey finally became completely impatient, his brows furrowed tightly, and said, "What do you want to say, if you have something to say, don't beat around the bend." ”
"Okay, then don't spare the bend." Jia Xixi shook his head and said, "You haven't seen your grandfather because he died early." You ask me how do I know that the Taiping Order is on you, because you Chen family men, you must rely on it to save your life before the age of thirty, otherwise, once you leave, there will be evil spirits first, and within a year, a hundred demons will cry! ”