Chapter Thirty-Eight: Listen to Mom Tell Me About the Past
In Da Chun's narrative, the Zhou family also established a family with "martial arts"—to be precise, "cultivators". Although it is not a top-notch and first-class family, it has also gone through 500 years and laid a foundation in Yuzhang County.
The two masters who are now in charge of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty are Zhou Daoan's uncles. The eldest master Zhou Wenyuan, the second master Zhou Wenbo. In terms of genealogy, Zhou Daoan's father Zhou Wenmao is the third. The Zhou family is in this generation, and there are only these three men.
In Zhou Daoan's generation, there are four young masters on the side of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The eldest Zhou Daolin is the son of Zhou Wenyuan, but he has no talent for cultivation, he took the "Wen" road, passed the Wenju test, and was sent to the Nanling area of the Han Domain as an official.
The second eldest Zhou Daoxuan, the eldest son of the second master Zhou Wenbo, is a genius in cultivation, and is now taught by the eldest master Zhou Wenyuan himself. The two of them will travel outside for half of the year, honing their cultivation.
After the third Zhou Daoqi, who is also the second master, Zhou Daoan has already been in contact, and he is very gentlemanly, and he can't do it...... I won't repeat it.
The old man is thoughtful, he is the old man of the old man, he is only six years old, and he is still in the stage of enlightenment. But if you look at the Zhou family as a whole, Zhou Daoan should be the fourth, and Zhou Daoquan is the fifth. In fact, the title of the Eastern Zhou also includes the Western Zhou - isn't Zhou Daoqi called Zhou Dao'an?
For the rest, there are two young ladies, both from the second room, one is eleven, and the other is only four years old, so let's not mention it for the time being.
Hearing Da Chun say this, Zhou Daoan suddenly had a feeling: Although the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty have been separated for two hundred years, they still have a strong sense of the same ancestry! It's not as it seems to the outside world – the East and West are clearly divided. For more than 200 years, at major sacrificial ceremonies, the east and west will gather together for the ceremony. The usual exchanges between the two families have never been severed, and the disciples even study at the public school funded by the sect. The genealogy is still based on a lineage system, and even the titles are not separated—this is said to have been requested by successive generations of family heads.
What does this mean? The head of the Zhou family's current sect seems to have never wanted to split completely. Maybe there is still a secret to the separation of two hundred years ago? On the contrary, the outside world regarded the two as two races, which also caused Xia Dateng and his ilk to immediately plummet as soon as they found out that Zhou Daoan was from the Western Zhou Dynasty.
It seems that it is necessary to take a trip to Dongzhou! In addition to being afraid that the Xia family would find trouble, potentially, Zhou Daoan was more interested in the Zhou family's "cultivation"! Don't forget, when the East and West Zhou families were separated, it was also because of a "cultivation genius" who set up his own door.
"Da Chun, Xiao Gui will come back in a while, let him come to see me." Zhou Dao had a plan with peace of mind and ordered Da Chun.
Back on the third floor, Zhou Daoan dried his sweat a little, and then walked through his mother Zhou Lu's room. At this time, Zhou Lushi had already gotten up for a long time, and was facing the front wall of the room, and an old statue of the god was religiously incensed. The statue was no taller, and I don't know if it was because of the incense that had turned black and shiny over the years, or if it was the material itself. In short, the face of the god statue is no longer clear, only a trace of the temperament of the fairy wind and bones.
Hearing Zhou Daoan's footsteps, Zhou Lushi didn't have to look back to know that it was his son. She still faced the statue and whispered to Zhou Daoan: "Yu'er, worship Xie Tianzun with your mother." ”
Zhou Daoan nodded silently, and respectfully invited a stick of incense. After walking around for most of the day, he had seen similar shrines in many shops, and the statues of the gods enshrined in them were similar in shape to the one in front of him, and he thought that the beliefs here were all the same gods.
Entering the local customs, even though Zhou Daoan had no faith in his previous life, he was still sincerely pious. What's more, there is an ark, and it is really worth thinking about whether there are gods in this underworld.
When Zhou Dao'an paid his respects, he also paid attention to hearing Zhou Lu's mouth muttering: "The believer worships Tianzun for saving my son's life, crossing the other side, the supreme way, and the spiritual void yuan Futianzun immeasurable longevity......"
In the world of Zhou Daoan's previous life, Taoism was the original belief in China, and later the three schools of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism coexisted...... At the moment, there don't seem to be many beliefs in this world—at least in the Han Domain, it seems that only this Yuan Futian is respected as a true god. Looking at the shape and listening to the name, it should be biased towards the "Tao", but "crossing the other side" is a bit Zen, maybe this Tianzun can gather the strengths of each family?
If you have time to ask Zhou Lushi about this question, you will definitely be able to get a detailed answer. At the moment, Zhou Daoan is not concerned about this matter......
Before Zhou Daoan could take the initiative to speak, Zhou Lushi had already put on the incense, and motioned for his son to follow her into the inner room, and took out a satin bread from a large antique cabinet.
Holding the burden in his hand, Zhou Lushi showed a nostalgic look on his face, and gently stroked the burden before unfolding the burden to reveal the things inside—an equally satin booklet, a scroll more than a tape measure long, and a book with a very worn cover.
"Yu'er, I thought about my mother for a night yesterday, and I have a few words to say to you......"
Zhou Daoan hurriedly bowed his head and agreed, and listened to Zhou Lushi say slowly:
"This is what your father left behind, and I have kept this baggage since your father left nine years ago...... It's time to take it out today, too. ”
Zhou Lushi pointed to the satin booklet, "This is the genealogy of the Zhou family, originally there was only one volume, and since the separation of the Eastern and Western Zhou families, the second volume has been made." ”
It's a family heirloom.
Then, Zhou Lushi opened the scroll that was more than a foot long, and the picture unfolded, it was a small realistic painting, depicting a man with sword eyebrows, ringed eyes, high nose, and thin lips, and his appearance was seven points similar to Zhou Daoan.
"This is your father...... Before the age of thirty, ask the painter to draw a portrait, this is also the only portrait of your father left......" Zhou Lushi looked at the painting gently, and then looked at the son in front of him, as if he wanted to see the shadow of the beloved back then from the other party.
Zhou Daoan didn't know if he had seen this painting before, but he thought that Zhou Lushi should have taken it out in order to keep his "amnesiac" from forgetting his roots.
Zhou Daoan glanced at the man on the portrait, but his heart was strange - although rationally he understood that in this life, his body originated from this man, but emotionally, it is easier to accept gentle maternal love than to suddenly accept a strange father.
Seeing that Zhou Daoan stared at the portrait and didn't speak, Zhou Lu said to himself:
"Your father died nine years ago, when you were only seven years old, so you should have some impressions...... When you were six years old, he had just finished his retreat. At that time, you had just developed your enlightenment, and it was very hard to learn literature, so you pestered your father and said that he wanted him to teach you how to practice...... In fact, cultivation is much more difficult than studying literature. You were too young to know ......."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhou Lushi recalled, he talked about the matter of "cultivation"! Zhou Daoan immediately paid attention! Originally, he came to find Zhou Lu's family to learn some news about his own family from her, especially his father, the third child of the previous generation of the Zhou family, Zhou Wenmao, is also the link between him and the two uncles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty! It's a good thing now, Zhou Lushi directly opened the topic, as if there was a heart between mother and son.
"I remember that when your father heard that you offered to practice, he was only happy for a moment, and then his face became solemn...... He didn't agree to your request, but insisted that you study literature, and he immediately started a new round of retreat...... It's a pity that this retreat has made our mother and son never see him again......"
Speaking of which, Zhou Lushi was a little sad, but after many years, time can always erase a lot of pain, so that her memories will not be too sad.
"Do you know why your father is like that?"
Zhou Daoan shook his head, he also knew that Zhou Lushi didn't really mean to ask him, after all, he had "amnesia"! Just take this self-question and answer to lead to the key point -
"Because your father is afraid...... Hey, your father and I are both old and old, and you are only after thirty! When I had you, your father was very happy, after all, our Western Zhou Dynasty is already five generations of single transmission, if your father's generation is gone, he has no shame to explain to the ancestors......"
Zhou Lu's "history" to Zhou Daoan will inevitably be mixed with many memories of side branches, which can also allow Zhou Daoan to better understand his family. So Zhou Daoan listened very patiently.
Zhou Lushi muttered a little bit, and finally turned back to the topic, only to see her face solemn, and said in a solemn tone: "The reason why your father is afraid is that after you cultivate the Zhou family's family tradition, you will die young like the other ancestors ......of the Western Zhou Dynasty."
Speaking of this, Zhou Lushi couldn't help but let out a long sigh and began to explain in detail-
The Zhou family is in the world, taking the path of "cultivation", and Zhou Daoan already knows it. Putting aside all kinds of martial arts, the core of the Zhou family is called "Five Senses Spiritism". According to Zhou Daoan's feeling, this is similar to a certain "mental method". It is said that practicing this method can make people's five senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touch very acute, and derive superhuman perception.
With this mastery, the Zhou family became among the second and third ranks of the family.
Until two hundred years ago, the Zhou family produced a genius cultivator - the founding ancestor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Fuliang. He actually had a new understanding from the "Five Senses Spiritism" and created a new realm of "Six Senses Channeling"!
"Six senses through the secluded", it is said that people's spiritual sense can surpass the five senses and faintly understand the gods. In this way, this mastery can not only "touch" the avenue, but even point directly to the avenue!
But Zhou Fuliang didn't seem to be willing to pass on this mastery to all the children of the Zhou family, plus the imperial court approved him to open another door. As a result, the east and west were separated in two weeks.
However, after Zhou Fuliang in the Western Zhou Dynasty, all the children who cultivated the "Six Senses and Tranquility" fell into a kind of predicament - it was difficult to reproduce, and they did not live to be forty-two years old.
"Your father just felt that our family's cultivation method was not perfect. He didn't want you, the son he cherished so much, to die early like the other ancestors of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, he asked you to study the text first, thinking that you can understand the channel method and find a way to make up for it......"
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