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Chapter 2: The Children of the Chen Family ()

Since the locals of Chen Jiachong know that the owner of Yizhuang likes to be quiet, no one will come to disturb him if there is no serious matter, and outsiders do not dare to go to this wilderness without permission because there is no guide light on this road, so Xu Changqing is very quiet along the way. When Xu Changqing walked to the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain, he suddenly stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky covered the moonlight and starlight, making the surroundings pitch black. Despite this, Xu Changqing seemed to be able to see through the darkness, turned his head, looked at the peach grove on the side, showed a smile on his face, and said, "Come out! Panting so loudly, even the deaf can hear it!"

There was silence all around, only some small insects from the south chirping in the cool air, as if they were telling Xu Changqing that there were only these little insects here. Xu Changqing shook his head with a smile and said, "If you don't come out, I'll leave!"

As he spoke, he was about to walk towards Peach Blossom Mountain, when a hurried voice suddenly came from the place where Xu Changqing looked over, shouting, "Brother Xu, wait! Wait! Don't go, we'll come out." ”

I saw that with the cry, five lanterns were lit under several peach blossom trees, and three men and two women walked out from under the trees. The two are Chen Deshang's youngest two children, the male is named Chen Tao, and the female is named Chen Yu, they were sent to the United Kingdom by Chen Deshang when they were eleven or twelve years old, and studied Western culture at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, where Chen Deshang's eldest son Chen Jingguo studied, and only came back once a year or two. The two had a good relationship with Xu Changqing when they were children, and they always liked to follow Xu Changqing's buttocks, running all over the mountains, like brothers and sisters.

Among the three people behind the Chen family's brothers and sisters, only the golden-eyed foreigner Xu Changqing heard his identity from Chen Deshang. He was an English aristocrat named Shaun Wilner, who was now a lecturer professor at Oxford University, teaching Oriental civilisation. When Chen Jingguo, the eldest son of the Chen family, was a roommate and close friend with him, and once saved his life in an assassination of him, so the two became brothers with different surnames according to Chinese etiquette. When the Chen family was going abroad, he gave the Chen family a lot of help, and this time he went to China with the Chen family brothers and sisters to see the Chinese culture that he had admired for a long time.

Although Xu Changqing did not know the identities of the other two people, from their demeanor, appearance, temperament, and clothing, Xu Changqing was almost certain that these two people must be the children of some businessmen who came from Shanghai this time, and they were highly educated in China.

Xu Changqing looked at the few people who came over, raised his hand and nodded at the two brothers and sisters of the Chen family, and said: "You two guys have just come back, and you have jumped up and down, and you have come to my place to mess around, if you let your father know, you will definitely have to serve the family law again!"

"Brother Xu, I love Xiao Yu the most!" Chen Yu hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Xu Changqing's sleeve, and said coquettishly: "I will definitely not tell my father about it, let Xiao Yu be punished!"

"Okay! Don't pull it anymore! I won't tell Chen Weng!" Xu Changqing was given goosebumps by Chen Yu's coquettish voice, and hurriedly pulled out his sleeve from Chen Yu's hand, took a step back, reached out and knocked her forehead, and said: "You girl, it's nothing to pull and pull like this when you were a child, but now you have become a big girl, and you are still so unruly, if your future husband sees it, I'm afraid you will have to quit in a hurry!"

Chen Yu rubbed his forehead, wrinkled his nose at Xu Changqing, then turned back to glared at the young man who was dressed in a straight suit and had a very neat combed head, waved his fist at him, raised his head and pretended to be arrogant and said, "If he dares to withdraw from his family, I will beat him and swallow his words back." ”

The young man shrunk his neck very cooperatively, then walked up to Xu Changqing, bent down respectfully and saluted: "Zhang Yuan has seen Mr. Xu!"

Xu Changqing now knows the identity of this Zhang Yuan, he is the second son of the Zhang family, a famous family in Suzhou, and his father is a famous businessman in Shanghai, and has a close relationship with the consul general of the French Concession. There are some business contacts between their Zhang family and the Chen family, and the relationship is extraordinary, Zhang Yuan lived in the Chen family for two years when he was a child, and the parents of both sides made him and Chen Yu a baby at that time. The Zhang family's career was once suppressed by Hu Xueyan, and later under the guidance of Master Xu Changqing, the family business was retained, and it was later expanded, so their Zhang family was very clear about the skills of the master of Yizhuang, and when they met Xu Changqing, they also performed the same teacher salute as Chen Deshang.

"Get up! Everyone is young, so you don't have to do this customary ceremony!" Xu Changqing stretched out his hand to help Zhang Yuan up, then turned his head to look at Chen Tao, who had been standing beside the woman in dress, and asked, "Xiao Tao, aren't you going to introduce this young lady?"

"No, no!" Chen Tao hurriedly shook his head and denied it, then his face flushed slightly, let go of his body, and introduced the woman: "This is Miss Xie Ling, the daughter of Mr. Xie Zhengjun, a tycoon in the weaving industry in Shanghai, who once studied in a Chinese and Western girls' school, and is a rare Western-style woman in China!"

"I'm not as good as you say!" Xie Ling smiled at Chen Tao, turned around and made a Western courtesy to Xu Changqing generously and decently, and said, "Xie Ling has met Mr. Xu!"

Xu Changqing also nodded slightly, and at this time, Chen Tao was about to introduce Sean who was standing at the back, and Xu Changqing raised his hand to interrupt. He stepped forward, raised his hand towards Sean, and said in very pure English: "I've heard of Mr. Sean's name for a long time, and I'm really lucky to have a taste of it recently!"

Xu Changqing's blurted out English not only stunned the few new Chinese youths, but also made Sean stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses, immediately reached out and shook Xu Changqing's hand vigorously, and said in a not too pure Chinese with surprise: "I have long learned some things about Mr. Xu from Yasukuni's mouth, although I have never seen it with my own eyes, but Mr. Xu's outcast English recently has made me feel that I don't need to make this trip!"

Xu Changqing was obviously used to hearing these compliments, his expression was calm, he smiled indifferently, and then turned his head to Chen Tao and asked, "Now is the time to go to the river to put the lights, what are you all doing here?"

Chen Tao didn't seem embarrassed to say, lowered his head, and said, "Brother Sean wants to see the mysterious culture of ancient China, Brother Xu, do you have ...... , so ......"

Xu Changqing seemed to sense Chen Tao's thoughts, his brows furrowed slightly, Chen Yu saw that the opportunity was wrong, and hurriedly took over and said: "Brother Xu, you see that you are the only one who is the most knowledgeable in this Chen Jiachong, and we will ...... it."

"Tell the truth!" Xu Changqing looked at the Chen family brothers coldly and said.

The Chen brothers and sisters sensed that Xu Changqing was a little angry, and felt as if they were facing their father, they lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak. Sean also sensed the embarrassment of the two siblings, and hurriedly stepped forward to relieve them, saying, "Mr. Xu, don't blame! This is mainly my idea, because I have already heard that Mr. Xu is proficient in Chinese magical magic, so I will encourage Xiao Tao and them to come over and have a look." ”

"We also have a share! I hope Mr. Xu is not strange!" Zhang Yuan and Xie Ling also stepped forward to share the responsibility for the Chen family brothers and sisters.

"You guys are really messing around!" Xu Changqing frowned, his face was pale, and he said angrily to the Chen family brothers: "Have you two forgotten that when you were a child, you secretly ran to Yizhuang to peek at the master casting spells, and then you fell seriously ill and almost lost your life!

"Don't! Don't!" As soon as the brothers and sisters of the Chen family heard that Xu Changqing was going to tell Chen Deshang's story about today's matter, they immediately became anxious, and while winking at Sean and the others, they stepped forward and hurriedly admitted their mistakes: "We were wrong! Brother Xu, we are wrong, can't we do it? Don't tell my father, please!"

Seeing that the Chen brothers and sisters looked so anxious, Sean and the others also realized that things might be a bit strict, so they hurriedly stepped forward to intercede for the Chen brothers and sisters. However, Xu Changqing didn't seem to listen to what they said, but looked towards the dark fork in the southeast, his face changed from Tie Qing to stunned, and then said to himself: "Damn, why did this hour come? Is that old man crazy?"

Everyone looked at Xu Changqing in puzzlement, and then turned their heads to follow Xu Changqing's gaze towards the fork in the road, but all they saw was darkness, and there was nothing else.

Xu Changqing ignored the five people with a blank face, retracted his gaze, pinched his fingers, as if he had calculated something, frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said to Chen Tao and them: "You guys immediately follow me up the mountain, wait a while, no matter what happens, don't make a sound, and don't ask more, understand?"

As soon as everyone heard that things had taken a turn for the better, they all breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a look of surprise, but Chen Tao was still a little worried, and asked timidly: "Brother Xu, will you tell your father about tonight?"

Xu Changqing's expression softened, knocked Chen Tao's head hard, turned around and walked towards the mountain, the tall and thin figure quickly disappeared into the darkness, and a word came out of the darkness, saying: "Forget it this time, if there is a next time, even if Chen Weng spares you, I won't spare you!"

Hearing Xu Changqing's words, everyone put their minds at ease, and under the leadership of the Chen family brothers and sisters, they quickly chased after Yizhuang on the mountain with lanterns.

Although Taohua Mountain is called a mountain, it is actually just a small hill, when it was originally bought by the Chen family, it was just a barren hill, and later the first generation of Yizhuang owners planted peach trees on the mountain. However, it is strange that since the peach trees were planted, even weeds have not grown on the mountain, and within a year the peach trees on the mountain have matured, blossomed and bore fruit, and the peaches are very red, but unfortunately they are very bitter to eat. But there is a kind of white-headed crow that likes to eat this kind of peach very much, and whenever the peach is ripe, this white-headed crow will fly over and peck at the peach, and when the peach is finished, it will fly away immediately.

At the beginning, some villagers in Chenjiachong felt that Taohua Mountain was very strange and wanted to go up the mountain to find out. However, because there were people sent by the head of the Chen family at the intersection of the mountain at that time, they could only go up the mountain through the peach blossom forest, but no matter how they walked, they would eventually walk back to the intersection, and it was not until this time that the villagers of Chen Jiachong respected and feared the owner of Yizhuang, and word of mouth, coupled with the strict order of the head of the Chen family, it became a forbidden place.

Because the mountain is not high, soon everyone came to the front of Yizhuang, only to see that in addition to the plaque on the main gate, the two big pillars on both sides of the main gate also wrote a couplet, "Heaven and earth alone I am one, the world is the only one!", the payment is a nine-stream idler, between the lines reveal a lonely and turbid world of arrogance.

Yizhuang is built very simply, it is an ordinary courtyard house, standing at the door, you can see the inside at a glance, there are only a few simple stone tables and stone benches in the inner courtyard paved with bluestone bricks, and a few bamboos are planted in the southeast corner. Such a simple scene made the originally hopeful Sean feel a little disappointed after seeing it, in his influence, this place should be like the water 6 puja in the mountain city, build a high platform, and then use cinnabar to draw those strange talismans on the yellow cloth and hang them around the courtyard, and the scene in front of him is really very contrasting.

At this time, Xu Changqing walked out of the main hall in the backyard, carrying two bags of glutinous rice in his hands, and when he saw that the five people had arrived, he beckoned them to sit down on the stone bench in the courtyard, and then carried the glutinous rice to the room on the left side that looked like a bathing room, and poured all the glutinous rice into the large wooden basin filled with water for the five people. After a qiē was ready, he tested the temperature of the water, nodded, turned around and returned to the main hall, took out two more packets of incense from it, put them together, and walked to the room on the right. I saw that after he walked into the room, the hand holding the incense trembled, and the incense seemed to be ignited by some invisible flame, and the top of the incense was all lit with a little spark, and a strange fragrance instantly spread out, enveloping the entire courtyard.

Xu Changqing looked solemn and behaved respectfully, walked to the Taoist characters written on the wall in front of the room, held the incense with both hands to the top of his head, bowed his head slightly, and bowed his head. After three bows, he inserted the incense in the copper furnace in front of the word Dao, and inexplicably looked up and said: "You use it slowly, don't grab it, and I will send you on the road in a few days, I hope that it will be smooth by then!"

With the slight light of the incense, you can vaguely see the whole picture of the situation in this room, only to see that above the room, more than 2,000 peaches are hung with thin threads, if you look closely, you can vaguely see a human face on each peach, there are men and women, old and young. As Xu Changqing's words fell, the green smoke from the incense slowly floated, and then condensed in mid-air to form a very peculiar ball, and continued to tumble, gradually forming the shape of the Tai Chi Yin and Yang diagram. When the shape of the Tai Chi Yin and Yang diagram is fixed, the green smoke that makes up the pattern seems to be alive, dividing more than 2,000 tentacles, which are connected with more than 2,000 peaches on it, forming more than 2,000 conveyor pipes, and the expression on the peaches also becomes very pleasant with the infusion of green smoke.