Chapter 1 Breaking the Four Olds
My grandfather's name is Guo Gengchen, listen to my father, my grandfather's father's generation, the Guo family has also been brilliant, I have a grandfather who has been lifted, as a protégé of Zhang Zhidong, and was rewarded by the imperial court at that time The four treasures of the study, this should not be bragging, when I was a child, I saw the very beautifully made inkstone, and I played with it, but later realized that this may be a treasure, but it was lost, and I don't know if it was stolen, or sold by my grandmother who didn't know a word, You must know that a few years ago, there were a lot of people who went to the street to collect antiques, and maybe the old lady didn't know what it was, so she sold it for two yuan.
The Guo family has been passed down for several generations, and my grandfather only has a son like my grandfather, so he is naturally pampered, but the family is in the middle of the road, not because of my grandfather, but because of my grandfather.
My grandfather's name is Guo Zhongyong, this is something I found on the genealogy, the so-called success is also the mean, the defeat is also the mean, the grandfather was able to be a protégé of Zhang Zhidong at that time and was reused, in fact, it was not entirely because of talent, the Qing court in his later years did not pay much attention to the scholars who were proficient in the death of the eight shares, which can be seen from the later Wuxu change to the regular businessman Zhang Qian, at that time, it has looked at the personal ability. Dead reading is no longer popular.
My grandfather has a skill, in addition to reading, that is, proficient in feng shui Qimen Dunjia, it is precisely because of this that he was reused, of course, but also because of this was later raided, almost full of beheading, the reason is that when he was able to find a feng shui treasure when he was in the house, the Tibetans can be three generations after the emperor and general, the cemetery is unspeakably expensive, when he found this cemetery, he did not report his teacher, but quietly buried the bones of his ancestors.
Who doesn't want to take it one step further? It's just that later his housekeeper told him, not to Zhang Zhidong, but to someone who usually doesn't deal with my grandfather, but that's enough, my grandfather Guo Zhongyong, was later beheaded for the crime of "disobedience".
Later, I pondered that there are actually many strange things about my grandfather's death, because according to my father, my grandfather, in addition to being proficient in feng shui, is very proficient in Qimen Dunjia and asking the heavens and divination, and basically knows the future of the world without leaving home, and what he said is very mysterious.
But how could such a person not calculate that he would die if he did that?
At that time, my father gave me the saying that people are not as good as heaven, I didn't understand this sentence when I was a child, but after I understood it, it didn't feel like this for a while.
I think, maybe my grandfather was Bo at that time, so to speak, at that time, burying the bones of his ancestors into that feng shui treasure land, this is definitely something that can be Bo, Cheng, the Guo family can become a wealthy family, and his career will go to the next level, if it is not a big deal, it will be death, and the huge temptation drove him to take that step.
He knew that he might die, so he sent my grandfather to a distant relative's house, which was far away, and it happened that his surname was Guo, so he didn't leave a way back for himself.
Guo family for several generations are a single biography, my grandfather is a son in his later years with my grandfather, at that time the distant relatives took in my grandfather, and later learned that my grandfather Guo Zhongyong was beheaded by the door, at that time the people were simple, only felt that being entrusted by someone was to be loyal to the matter, at that time the honest relatives with my grandfather also ran away without life, but later I felt that the wind was not so tight, and I inquired to know that my grandfather Guo Zhongyong took in a child after sending my grandfather out, also named Guo Gengchen, I died for my grandfather.
Or would I say that grandpa Guo Zhongyong is a smart person? However, I have to admit that being smart is mistaken by being smart. But in this world, there is really no absolute right or wrong, and in the subsequent catastrophe, my grandfather became the captain because of "good family composition".
I sometimes even wonder, is this day all calculated by my grandfather Guo Zhongyong? However, the fortune teller asked Tianyi to say, mysterious and mysterious, and no one can take it seriously.
This matter, starting with my grandfather Guo Gengchen, after the family that adopted him accepted him, his own son did not support him, but he supported him, and he also regarded it as his own, and then he reluctantly scraped together money to marry a daughter-in-law, and the life was unbearable.
But at that time, everyone was miserable, and they didn't feel anything, and soon there was my father, at that time, my grandfather was thinking about having more children, in that era, there were more lice and no bites, and there were more brothers and no one was bullied, right? But the fate of the Guo family for several generations, my grandfather has not been able to change after all, just my father is a child, and his health is not very good, and he did not have a son and a half daughter later.
Later, my grandfather because of the good family composition, but also know a few words, he became the captain, and then the young people went to the countryside, my grandfather is an activist, not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the defeat of the cow, ghost, snake and god, at that time the great man under the word, the temple or something was swept away, at that time there was a Taoist temple in the village, which was also smashed, and the head of the Sanqing patriarch was smashed off, and the Taoist temple was called "Supreme View." "It is said that there was a clear spring in it before, no matter what kind of disease people and animals have, drink a sip of water to get rid of the disease. This clear spring is still there, but the old people say that it was because they smashed the statue of the ancestor when they broke the four olds, and the immortals were angry and left, so they lost their aura.
To say that this "supreme view" in addition to that clear spring, there is also a strange, that is, there is a cypress tree in front of the view, three kinds of trees of pine and cypress, all of which are immortal trees, as long as it is on the age, it is said that there will be immortals living on it, this cypress tree before the supreme view, three people can not hug it, how thick is this? At that time, this cypress tree was also said to be a god, breaking the four old and defeating all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and the superiors named the cypress tree.
At that time, the supreme view of incense was also considered to be prosperous, there was an old Taoist priest in the Taoist temple, he was taken on a high hat to parade the streets every day, but he did not let him do any heavy work, in addition to the routine parade, that is, herding cattle, at that time smashing the statue and burning the Taoist temple, the old Taoist priest did not say anything, and later said that he wanted to cut down the cypress tree, the old Taoist priest did not do it, but he did not dare to say ah, he was mud Bodhisattva crossing the river itself is difficult to protect, and no one believes it.
Just now we talked about my grandmother's illiterate, said that my father was not in good health when he was a child, and said that there is a clear spring in the Supreme View to cure all diseases, these are cause and effect, before breaking the four olds, my father was weak, three days and two headaches and brain fever, and no money to always see a doctor, so my grandmother often took my father to the temple to drink the "divine spring", most of the time, it can really cure diseases.
So no matter how old it is, my grandmother still believes in this old Taoist priest very much, but the women and Taoists didn't dare to talk much at that time, and it is precisely because of this that my grandfather, the captain, actually owed this old Taoist priest a favor at that time. In Taoist terms, there is a little bit of cause and effect.
So at that time, this old Taoist priest found my grandmother and said Xiulian, you talk to your man, I also know that I can't move him, so, for the sake of our past friendship, either I come at night, or he goes to the cowshed, I will tell him some things, whether I listen or not is his business, but I can't help but say.
At that time, my grandmother secretly pretended two nests for the old Taoist priest, and said that I must let my grandfather go to the cowshed to find him at night, so after my grandfather came back in the evening, my grandmother told him about it, and my grandfather refused at that time, he was a five-good poor peasant, and he met with a feudal remnant, and he was afraid that people would catch pigtails.
"You forgot that you are patriotic and weak, and you were not favored by a Taoist priest before? You owe favors, you say that the gods are fake, but what is the matter with the spring water curing diseases? And the real person also said, I don't ask you for anything, but I have a few words to explain, listen to what you will lose? Grandma said.
Later, my grandfather was annoyed by my grandmother, so he waited until the middle of the night, ran to the cowshed, and when he arrived, that He Zhenren had not yet slept, and by the moonlight, he smiled at my grandfather: "I knew that you were a smart person and would come." ”
"Just the two of us, don't talk like that, what do you want to say?" Grandpa asked, standing far away from him.
"That tree, can't be cut down, smash the statue to destroy the Taoist temple, the real heavenly people won't care about you, but on that cypress tree, the people who live are not immortals, not so big belly, a cut will cause an accident, I know I can't stop you in this matter, but listen to my brother's advice, if you want to do it, someone else will do it, you can't get close to three zhang, after cutting back, you can't go out at night within three days, otherwise, the gods can't save you, I'm done, you go back." He Zhenren said.
"You tell me this, aren't you afraid that I will criticize you?" Grandpa asked at the time.
"After cutting down the tree, you will come to me, if you don't believe it, let's try it." After He Zhenren said this, he began to close his eyes and recuperate.