This night, Zeng Yu tossed and turned for a long time and couldn't sleep, and suddenly remembered what his uncle had said to him when he was ten years old, and his uncle said that when he was twenty years old and ready to go out to make a living, he could take out the golden silk nan ebony compass and ponder it carefully, he hadn't seen the golden silk nan ebony compass in the past ten years, because his ambition at that time was the imperial examination-

Uncle seemed to have another deep meaning when he said that, Zeng Yu got up and lit the oil lamp, and took the lamp to the room where his uncle lived before his death, the lock of the room was here Zeng Yu, in the early years, Zeng Yu often read alone, practiced calligraphy, and painted in this room, and rarely entered this room in the past two years because he was studying in Dongyan Academy.

In the dead of night, the lights are flickering, the sound of opening the lock is terrifying, Zeng Yu pushed the door in, a smell of dust and rot came to his nose, this room has not been sprinkled for a long time, the furnishings in the room are the same as when the uncle was alive, the uncle has been away for many years, so the furnishings of this room are very simple, a bed, a cabinet, a table, a chair, nothing else.

Zeng Yu opened the camphor wood cabinet, there is an umbrella, a sword, two compasses in the cabinet, this is the uncle used to walk the rivers and lakes with his belongings, Zeng Yu took out the compass above, this compass is tiger bone wood, uncle usually uses this tiger bone wood compass, the compass is densely packed with sexagenary branches and other handwriting is Zeng Yu's grandfather's handwriting, the ink is deep into the wood texture, because often rubbing, the compass surface is shiny and clean.

Zeng Yu took out the heavy golden silk nan ebony compass, the golden silk nan ebony is a special wood for the royal family, even if a high-ranking official uses this wood, it is also a violation of the law, but Kanyu Feng Shui master is an exception, Kanyu Feng Shui master can use Jin Si Nan ebony to make a compass, the folk have a cloud "a box of jewelry, not as good as the ebony side", it can be seen that the preciousness of this compass, the compass on the heavenly and terrestrial branches, twenty-eight nights, seventy-two dragons are carved -

Jin Si Nan ebony is very heavy, but this compass is a little outrageously heavy, Zeng Yu turned upside down to look at it for a while and found that there was a hidden grid hidden on the back of the compass, unloaded the small wooden door of the dark grid, there was a gold bar hidden in Huang Cancan, about twenty taels or so, the exchange ratio of gold and silver in Jiajing was about one to eight, the gold hidden in this compass was worth about one hundred and sixty taels of silver, and one acre of high-grade paddy fields in Guangxin Mansion was only worth ten taels of silver, one hundred and sixty taels of silver was of course a huge amount of money, this is the uncle's savings for many years, left to the heir Zeng Yu -

Zeng Yu's tears dripped on the compass, his brother and sister-in-law wanted to drive him out, but his uncle, who had passed away for many years, prepared the capital for him to stand on his own early.

Hearing Ishida beating the watchman around the four gates of the wall to beat the three watch drums, Zeng Yu moved the two compasses and the sword to his bedroom, washed his hands and went to bed, performed the eight-section brocade guidance method, knocked the teeth thirty-six, covered the ears with the palms of both hands, and hit the back of the head with the middle finger, twenty-four times on the left and right, this is called "holding Kunlun with both hands, sounding the heavenly drum left and right", and the tongue stirred and rinsed, and the hands rubbed the kidneys, and fell asleep for a long time.

The next morning, Zeng Yu felt energetic, twelve years of uninterrupted Baduanjin after all is not in vain, he has made a decision, the opportunity to rely on himself to fight, he must try, if not, then make another plan, with the twenty taels of gold left to him by his uncle as a backing, he can fight once, there is no endless road.

Mother Zhou got up earlier and was busy packing her clothes, although she felt uncertain about her future and was uneasy, she still tried to appear calm and calm on the surface.

Niuniu also got up, washed her face, combed the two little girls, and helped A-Niang clean up her things, unlike her worried mother, the little girl Niuniu was full of curiosity and hope for the future, and A-Niang and her brother were together, she was not afraid.

After breakfast, Xie couldn't wait to urge her husband to make it clear to Zeng Yu that Zeng Yu's mother and son were going to leave this house today.

The ancestors of the Zeng family are in the three liaos of Xingguo, and there are no other relatives on the Shitian side, so Zeng Yu and Zeng Qian brothers discussed the separation of property and family, and there were no clansmen to participate in the notarization, only Zeng Yu's mother Zhou and Zeng Qian's wife Xie participated, and several people sat in the front hall at first silent, the weather was hot, and the atmosphere of the hall was also depressing.

Zeng Qian coughed twice, shook a short-handled pu fan, and said with a dry smile: "The weather is so hot in the morning, and I'm afraid it will rain heavily in the afternoon." ”

Xie Shi, who was sitting next to Zeng Qian, was very dissatisfied when he heard her husband say these nonsensical words, and gently kicked her husband's ankle with her foot, Zeng Qian coughed twice and said: "Brother Li, you are twenty years old this year, you should start a family, and you can tell me what your future plans are?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "My brother can't study, it seems that he has to inherit his ancestral business and be a feng shui gentleman." ”

Zeng Qian frowned and said: "When your uncle died, you were still young, and I didn't take you out to see Feng Shui on the spot. ”

Xie didn't want her husband to talk to Zeng Yu about this, so it was impossible for Zeng Yu to make a living independently, so she said to her husband: "Brother Li, who has been reading for more than ten years, is better than you, since he said that he can inherit the ancestral business, why should you destroy his ambition, can you learn feng shui by sitting at home!" ”

Zeng Qian was silent, and said for a while: "Uncle also said when he was dying, let you inherit his mantle and make a living with feng shui, you are now a Ding, you are interested in inheriting the ancestral business and setting up another door, it is gratifying to be a brother, you can tell me, what help do you need?" ”

Zeng Qian was cowardly and afraid of guilt, but he was good-looking, so he spoke like this.

Zeng Yu said bluntly: "Brother, let's be blunt, our Zeng family has twenty acres of paddy fields in Shitian, and fifteen acres of mountainous land on Hugen Mountain——"

"What do you say, what do you want to say!"

Xie Shi, who was originally sitting, jumped up with his eyebrows, Zeng Yu said that these were obviously trying to divide the family property.

Zeng Yu remained silent, and continued to say to his eldest brother Zeng Qian: "Even the two big houses built by my grandfather and uncle also have a share of my brother, even if this big house is converted into eighty taels of silver, my brother gets half of it, forty taels, and the Ishida paddy field is worth eight taels per mu, even if it is seven taels in the low, my brother should also get seventy taels, and the fields of Hugen Mountain are worth three taels of silver per mu, and my brother gets twenty-two taels. The younger brother also spent a lot of silver on his studies, so he subtracted fifty-two taels, and the elder brother should give the younger brother eighty taels of silver. ”

Xie Shi's face turned red, and he shouted angrily at Zeng Yu: "Have you finished speaking, have you finished speaking, you have a concubine and a child, how dare you say anything about dividing the family and property, and you will not pee and take care of it yourself!" ”

Zeng Yu's mother Zhou has always been kind and never argues with others, Xie can't say such swearing foul words, at this time her hands clenched the armrests of the seat, her face turned pale, her lips trembled, she was so angry that she couldn't speak, and the little mouth of Niu Niu, who was nestled next to her, was half open, and she looked frightened-

Zeng Yuteng stood up and shouted: "Xie, I called you sister-in-law because of my brother, if you dare to insult my mother again, then don't blame me for being rude." He said to Zeng Zhen again: "Big brother, I have already spoken first, big brother don't complain about me." ”

Zeng Yu grew up under the Xie family's watch, and he never dared to confront him face to face like this, at this time, the fierce look in his eyes made Xie startled, took two steps back, and then screamed: "What do you dare to do to me, the eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, can't I sue you for disobedience!" ”

Zeng Qian hurriedly got up and stopped between his wife and younger brother, and said with a sad face: "Oh, don't be noisy, don't be noisy, let the neighbors hear the joke." ”

Zeng Yu sneered: "My mother is alive, where is the eldest sister-in-law like a mother!" Do you say that my concubines can't share the family property when they give birth to children, the Daming Law Household Decree stipulates that all sons and daughters, except for the eldest children and grandchildren who have official shadows, analyze the wealth and property of the family, and do not ask about the wife, concubine, and maidservant, and divide it equally according to the number of children - eldest brother, do our brothers really want to see each other in court? ”

Xie Shi hurriedly asked her husband: "Is it really said like this in the Da Ming Law?" ”

Zeng Qian sighed: "Of course, alas, why do you have to make such a fuss!" ”

Zeng Yu shook his head and said: "Big brother, I don't want to be like this, our grandfather, uncle, and father are all well-known people in the local area, if our brothers go to the county government, it will be really ugly, but my brother and sister-in-law want to sweep me and my mother and young sister out like this, then how can I be willing to rest." ”

Xie Shi shouted again: "You have passed on to the uncle, why should you share our family wealth and property!" ”

Zeng Yu said: "My grandfather moved to Shitian in the sixth year of Zhengde, when my uncle was nineteen years old and my father was fourteen years old. ”

Xie Shi saw that he couldn't reason, so he sprinkled it, shouting that Zeng Yu bullied her, she wanted to go back to her parents' house to call someone to deal with Zeng Yu, her Xie family is a relatively wealthy family in this county, she has six brothers, and her mother's family is powerful, which is also a reason why Zeng Yu is afraid.

Xie ignored Zeng Qian's dissuasion, took two daughters and a dowry servant woman and rushed out of the door to go back to his parents' house, threatening to call someone to teach Zeng Yu a lesson, Zeng Yu was not afraid of Xie Shi's sprinkling, but he couldn't afford to fight a lawsuit with his brother Zeng Qian here for the division of family property, he had urgent things to do, and said: "Big brother, I'm not in a hurry to divide the family property, but my brother is going to settle the accounts, I will move out of Lu with my mother and Niuniu today, but before moving out of Lu, our brother must first divide the family property clearly, and I can deal with it in the future." ”

Zeng Qian was also afraid that his younger brother would divide the family property and go to the county office, and when he heard Zeng Yu say this, he made up his mind a little, so he and Zeng Yu each wrote a note analyzing the family's wealth and property, indicating the location and number of houses, Shitian paddy fields, and Hugen Mountain fields, and the two brothers divided them equally, and the part that belonged to Zeng Yu was temporarily managed by Zeng Yu, but Zeng Yu could divide it at any time-

After writing the note, the two brothers drew their own charges, and Zeng Yu went to invite the local school teacher Fang Xiucai to come to the center as a guarantee, and his brother Zeng Qian each sealed three coins of silver as the guarantor's commission.

After lunch, Zeng Yu's mother and son packed up, and the black donkey returned to Zeng Yu to carry things, and Xiao Xi Sixi also wanted to go with Zeng Yu, Zeng Qian's face was sad, for fear that his wife Xie would not be able to explain when he came back.

Zeng Yu didn't want his brother to be too embarrassed, his brother was actually kind-hearted, but he was a little cowardly, so he said to Sixi: "At least half a year, more than a year, I will come back, and then I will let you go with me." ”

Xiao Xi Sixi was full of tears.

Zhou rode a donkey on the side, there were two fine rattan clothes hanging on both sides of the saddle of the donkey, Zeng Yu held the reins in one hand, pulled the little sister Niuniu in the other, and carried a heavy book and two compasses on his back, and the sword was also carried diagonally.

Zeng Qian sent it to Fengxi Ferry, took out a small cloth bag and stuffed it to Zeng Yudao: "Little brother, this is some broken silver that my brother has accumulated on weekdays, your sister-in-law doesn't know what to do, you take it with you on the road, alas!" Zeng Qian looked very sad.

After all, my brother is still my brother, Zeng Yu took the little cloth bag and thanked my brother.

Zeng Qian asked again: "Where are you going to go?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "I want to go to Fucheng first, where I can make a living." ”

Zeng Qian nodded and said, "The eldest sister is married in Fucheng, and if there is something to do, I can also take care of it, and I will go to see you when I have time." ”

The ferry came, Zeng Yu helped his mother to get on the boat, Niuniu went out for the first time, she was very excited, called "Heibao Heibao", and dragged the black donkey onto the boat.

The ferry boat sailed to the opposite bank, the temple mountain was majestic, Fengxi Tangtang, Zeng Yu began to leave his hometown.

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Zeng Yu's legend is about to begin.