Chapter 101: Chasing the Roots
"Go back, hand me a word to your mother, what is there to say openly, acting in secret like this, stabbing the knife behind the back is a villain's behavior, is the Zhao family planning to build a family like this?"
Shang Mingjie's eyes were red, he took a step back in shame, bent over, turned around and left.
Lin Qingwan looked at his back and shook her head, Bai Mei looked at her cautiously and asked, "Grandma, I see that my cousin is very uncomfortable, he should be on our side, why are you still shaking your head?" ”
"It's too simple, Zhao Jiashi villain, but I'm not a gentleman." But apparently Shang Mingjie regarded her as a gentleman, so he was so ashamed.
But this time he came to give her a message, the Zhao family and the Lin family have long had a grudge, at least from the Zhao family's side.
"Let people go to the old mansion and invite the old Zhongbo, I have something to ask him."
The affairs of the ancestors can only be asked to these old people.
It's a pity that the old uncle doesn't know much, he is a subordinate who follows Lin Zhi, and he doesn't know much about Lin Ying's affairs, "Before your grandfather died, he saw that the old lady was weak, so he handed over the military power to His Majesty, and the old lady didn't like to fight and kill, and he rarely asked about things in the army, not to mention that the Zhao family was just an inconspicuous vassal of the Lin family army at that time, even if he was the right hand man of the Lin family's army, the old lady rarely interacted with them, let alone suppressed." ”
Lin Zhi is very arrogant, he doesn't like the military, so he only interacts with his father's right-hand men, and only looks for them when there is anything, so he has very little contact with the generals in the army.
It was only when Lin Jiang was a little older that he became in touch with those generals again, because he was afraid of the saint, he also had a good sense of proportion, and he would not be very close.
"When the ancestor of the Zhao family died in the war, it was your grandfather who took over the Lin family's army, and if you want to inquire about that meeting, you can only find veterans who served in the army back then, but in the chaos of these decades of war, you may not be able to find it." Uncle Lao Zhong thought for a while and said: "In addition to that, you are looking for a notebook, your grandfather and father both love to write a notebook, why don't you look for it?" ”
Lin Qingwan remembered that Lin Jiang also had the habit of keeping a diary, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll look for it, you can also look for it in the old mansion, and find some old books and manuscripts for me." ”
Uncle Lao Zhong was very unhappy when he thought of the Zhao family, "Since the two families have torn their faces and can't get back together, why bother to spend time looking for the reason?" Just look for it. ”
"We must always find out the reason, whether there is a misunderstanding, or whether they slander the ancestors for evil," Lin Qingwan said solemnly: "We can also refute it when we talk about the long and short in the future, it is not good to make the ancestors carry the black cauldron." ”
Anyway, she didn't believe that Lin Ying would fill in so many soldiers in order to kill a Zhao family.
Since she knew the Zhao family's malice towards the Lin family, she followed Lin Jiang to investigate the reason, and the relationship between the two families was picked up again and again, and the deeds of the Zhao family were naturally dug up.
The ancestors of the Zhao family followed the Taizu to revolt together and joined the Lin family's army, but the other party's ability was limited, and the Lin family's army was divided once when Lin Li died, like the ancestor of the Shang family was divided to lead another army at that time, and the ancestors of the Zhao family did not have enough military merits, so they could only continue to serve in the Lin family's army.
After Lin Ying led the Lin family's army, he expanded rapidly, and his military achievements were even more powerful than his father, that is, Lin Qingwan's great-ancestor, and he quickly became Taizu's henchman.
The territory of Daliang has expanded little by little, and it can be said that nearly half of the world was defeated by Lin Ying.
At that time, as the main beam of the chaotic army and the previous dynasty were at war, the ancestors of the Zhao family were ordered to take a team of men and horses to recover Qingxian, but they encountered an ambush on the road, and the ancestors of the Zhao family were beheaded by the enemy generals, and the people and horses they brought were overwhelmed, and only a few wounded soldiers escaped.
This incident is only mentioned in one sentence in her grandfather's book written by the Ministry of Rites, and more ink lies in her grandfather's achievements in recovering Hebei, if you want to know the details, you still have to find the notes left by him.
The Lin family loves to write notes, except for some that were lost and the parts that disappeared in the war, the others have been well preserved.
But there are too many, and the men of the Lin family are very uninhibited, and they write down whatever they pick up, which is very chaotic.
Lin Qingwan even found a book of Analects from it, one of which has a page of notes left by her father when he was a teenager, "Typhoid fever, the diet should be light, I don't know minced meat, and now I just want to gnaw chicken legs, chicken legs, chicken legs ......" and a chicken leg was vividly drawn in ink.
Lin Qingwan silently closed the book, Sister Wan'er's father, well, is also a temperamental person.
Lin Yubin sat on the side and watched with relish, holding the handkerchief and couldn't help giggling, "Auntie, look, this is my father's handwriting, poof, it turns out that he is most afraid of dogs, every time he goes to the school and passes by Willow Hutong, he can see a big dog, he can be afraid of a cold sweat." ”
Lin Qingwan shook her head, pushed her away and said, "While looking, I want to find the notes of your grandfather and great-grandfather." ”
Lin Yubin's eyes were shining, and he jumped aside with his handbook in his hand to look at it.
In addition to books, the ancestors also liked to record their feelings in the newspaper, even in the draft, and in the war report.
But there are also notes that specialize in writing essays, and Lin Qingwan flipped through those first, followed by war reports, mansion newspapers, and drafts.
She wasn't in a hurry, anyway, the grudge with the Zhao family had already been settled, so she looked at it very carefully, which made her know a lot of things, and these things were things that Lin Jiang would have time to tell her in the future, or that he himself didn't know.
For example, she knew that Emperor Taizu of the Great Liang Dynasty, Shi Qian, had six fingers on his left foot, and the reason why she knew Lin Li was that he was seen by Lin Li when he secretly soaked his feet in the river, and the two young and vigorous teenagers quarreled and had a fight......
This matter was recorded in a booklet that had long been yellowed, and through the words, Lin Qingwan could feel the anger of the ancestor when he recorded this matter, and he also scolded Shi Qian twice, feeling that the other party was too small-bellied, he was just curious, and he looked at it twice and said evil words to the convenience......
Lin Qingwan flipped back and saw the ancestor's introspection, seeing that the date was two days apart, his tone was a little softer, and it was not useless to say that Shi Qian was not useless, and he was rude in front, no wonder the other party was angry, and apologized for this matter.
However, Ancestor Lin Li didn't plan to apologize, because Shi Qian was really annoying.
Lin Qingwan twitched the corners of her mouth, and continued to turn back, and within a few days, the ancestor Lin Li and Shi Qian fought again, this time the fight was more severe, directly alarming the two parents, and both of them were beaten.
Lin Qingwan decided to put this notebook away and wait for Lin Yubin to show it to her when she was older, otherwise the image of the ancestor would be gone.
She directly found the notes before and after the establishment of the Lin family's army, Lin Li's words became more and more calm, but the content was also more shocking, the world was in chaos, the people were not happy, even Jiangnan was also caught in the military chaos, and the Lin family could no longer be alone.
Lin Qingwan skipped the entanglement of his uprising and didn't look at it, and turned directly to the back, about the ancestors of the Zhao family, Lin Qingwan only found one sentence, "Zhao, a man of insight in Jiangdu, donated ten loads of grain and joined the army as his second son, his father was ruthless and courageous, but unfortunately his son was less than one-tenth, but he had a little literary brilliance and could be a document." ”
Lin Qingwan dropped this notebook and found the next one, but whether it was Lin Li or Lin Ying, there were very few political and military affairs involved in the notebook, most of them recorded things in life, and sometimes they could write a large article with a touch of sunset in the sky, in addition to the education of children, as well as some injustices they saw, and some words of complaint.
For example, Lin Li once complained in his diary that Shi Qian only loves meat when he eats, and he doesn't maintain health at all; Lin Ying also alluded to a royal historian at that time in a notebook that had too many concubines......
Lin Qingwan looked at Coke and read these notes as miscellaneous.
"Auntie, are you looking for this?" Lin Yubin suddenly came over with a piece of paper, and his little face was serious.
Lin Qingwan glanced at her, took it, and looked at it, it was a crumpled battle report, which seemed to have been rubbed by someone, and then it was spread out and folded again.
There is the content of the imperial court reprimanding Lin Ying for improper command, it is the battle in which the ancestor of the Zhao family died, and there are Lin Ying's notes on it, which penetrates the back of the paper, and his anger can be felt through the dim words.
"It's extremely stupid, if you don't listen to the words of the captain, you will die, and you will pity my 2,000 soldiers, and their people are unusable!!"
This is obviously a comment on the ancestors of the Zhao family.
Lin Qingwan raised her eyebrows, "Where did you find this?" ”
"In that box."
Lin Qingwan rummaged in the past, but could not find any information about this matter, and the information of the Zhao family never appeared again.
Lin Qingwan couldn't help but knock on the table, "You said that if your great-ancestor looked down on the ancestor of the Zhao family so much, how would he take his son?" ”
Lin Yubin frowned and said, "At least I won't like it." ”
This is why the Zhao family felt that the Lin family was suppressing them, and even put the pot of their ancestors killed in battle on the Lin family's head.
Lin Qingwan pursed her lips, the gentleman is not compared, the villain is not thoughtful, and the ancients are honest and do not deceive me.
She folded the battle report, put it back in the box, and said, "Okay, let's compile these notes into a book, so that we can pass them on to our children and grandchildren, so let's start with your father's." ”
Lin Yubin was furious, "Then the matter of the Zhao family has passed like this, and they slandered the great-ancestor ......"
"They didn't send it out, so should we send it to them?" Lin Qingwan smiled, "I'm afraid that if I really send it to clarify, they will be even more annoyed." ”
After all, Lin Ying's evaluation of the ancestors of the Zhao family is not very good, with the character of the Zhao family, I am afraid that I will go crazy at that time.
Lin Qingwan was not afraid of being an enemy of the Zhao family, but she was afraid that the other party would go crazy.
Fighting with madmen, jade can knock off a layer of skin.
But Lin Qingwan called Shang Mingjie and showed him this note, "I have been looking for it for a long time, and only this one of the notes left by the ancestor involves the Zhao family, although it is not a good word, it can also prove the innocence of the ancestor." ”
Shang Mingjie blushed and said guiltily: "I'll tell my mother when I go back." ”
"No need," Lin Qingwan stopped him and said: "The ancestors were harmed by my Lin family, I am afraid that this is only from your grandfather's cognition, and your uncles and mothers have also thought this since childhood, it is too difficult to overturn their cognition, and they will not accept it." ”
Lin Qingwan shook her head and said, "I can't control the affairs of the previous generation, I just hope that you juniors can know the truth of the matter and don't be confused by hatred." ”
Shang Mingjie bowed his head and answered "yes", looked at Lin Qingwan with trust in his eyes and said, "Aunt Lin, don't worry, I will not only tell my sister about this, but also tell my cousins, so that they don't misunderstand again." ”
The corners of Lin Qingwan's mouth twitched, "Whatever you want, just don't let your mother know about this, be careful that she beats you." ”