mortal clerk

Chapter 6
Early the next morning, Li Laoer and Li Laosan took Li Qingniu to the ancestral grave in Houshan to offer sacrifices, which was a kind of report to their ancestors.

Although the ancestral tomb of the Li family has hundreds of years of history, the family has always been sparsely populated, and the incense was almost cut off in Li's second generation. Fortunately, the birth of Li Qingniu continued the blood of the old Li family.

Because of this, there are only dozens of graves in the Li family's hundreds of years old ancestral tomb, and except for a central ancestral tomb with a tombstone and a pair of stone beasts in front of the tomb, the rest are piles of barren soil.

In front of the ancestor's grave, Li Laoer looked at Li Qingniu bouncing up and down, and was in a good mood. "Xiao Niu'er, do you know whose grave this is?"

Li Qingniu rode on the stone beast in front of the grave with both hands and replied: "Second Dad, you can't trouble me with this. Every year you sacrifice, you all say that this is the grave of the first ancestor, and it has been more than 600 years!"

Li Laosan saw this kid climbed onto the stone beast as soon as he arrived, thinking that his ancestors would not blame him, why did this kid get bigger and more mischievous, so he immediately went to pull Li Qingniu.

"You kid, you are still jumping up and down in front of the ancestor's grave, hurry down!"

"Third brother, let him go. Our family is weak, and our ancestors won't blame us if they know about it. Little Niu, do you know where our ancestors came from?"

Li Qingniu was stunned. "You never said that! Where did our ancestors come from?"

"Xiao Niu'er, don't think that our family has lived in this small village for generations, but our ancestors also produced great people!"

When Li Qingniu heard that there had been a big shot in his ancestors, he was immediately excited and curious: "What big shot? Is it a big general or some high-ranking official?"

Li Laosan replied: "That's not true. According to word of mouth from generation to generation in our family, this first ancestor was originally a big man in the God Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It seems that he came to our village to escape disaster more than 600 years ago."

Seeing what Li Laosan said was vague, Li Lao Er took over the conversation. "Your father was as disobedient as you back then, and didn't remember it well. Let me tell you."

It turned out that the first ancestor of the Li family was not named Li at all, but when he arrived at the village, he saw a huge plum tree in the valley and exclaimed, "Li, Li Ye! You should use this surname!" Therefore, he took the surname Li himself. .

After settling down, the first ancestor married a wild woman from the Mengman tribe and gave birth to a son named "Li Chu".

Li Chu was still in his infancy when the first ancestor disappeared.Fortunately, the first ancestor brought a lot of money when he came, and the family was able to live well.But at that time, there was only the Li family in the village, and the surrounding wild animals were plundering. The first grandmother feared that the orphans and widows would not survive, so she recruited a few refugees from the Mengman tribe to settle down, and gradually the village came into being.

"Second dad, what you said is wrong. There are no Mengman people in our village now. Look at Wang Ergou and Shugen, are they all Mengman people?"

"You have never been out of your village, how do you know that they are not Mengmans?"

"But they all look the same as me. Of course, I look a little better than them!"

Li Laosan looked at his stupid son and said, "What do you know, kid? The appearance of this Meng barbarian is not much different from that of our Dazhou people, but he is darker and stronger than Zhongzhou people."

Seeing that Li Qingniu was already 12 years old, and he was not clear about many common-sense issues, Li Lao Er strengthened his decision, so he took Li Qingniu off the stone beast.

"Xiao Niu'er, your question is the root cause of why Second Dad insisted on letting you go to the outside world to see and read books!"

"What does this have to do with going outside to study?"

"Do you know how big this world is?"

"How do I know how big the world is? I only know that there is a town called Niuxi Town at the foot of the mountain. From Niuxi to the direction of the rising sun, there is a road. There is a fish country far, far south of the road. There is a county town to the north, but I have never heard of the others."

Li Lao Er glared at Li Lao San, and Li Lao San had no choice but to deal with it with a smirk.

"Your father doesn't let you go out, and doesn't tell you about the outside world, so you don't even know the most basic things. The world we live in is very big, and the place we live in is called Guimen County, which is a big The most remote place in the southwest of Zhou is the place where the Great Zhou was imprisoned, and to the south of us is the Yufu Kingdom, not the Yuer Kingdom!"

"Second dad, why are we called Zhongshenzhou!"

"I don't know either, maybe it's because we are in the center of the world, where the gods live!"

"Then second dad, why are we called Da Zhou?"

"Silly boy, the land we live in is called Central China, but the country we live in is Da Zhou."

"It's really strange! It's also called Zhongshenzhou, and it's also called Dazhou!"

Li Lao Er knew that he couldn't explain clearly for a while, so he just said: "Maybe because Dazhou is too big, let's monopolize the center of a state!"

"The country of fish turned out to be the country of fish lakes! Could it be that the people in that place live on the water? What is the chicken rice? Could it be that chickens eat rice?"

"These questions will naturally be understood when you go out. Don't interrupt, I will continue."

"Oh." Li Qingniu also nodded quietly, looking forward to the second dad continuing to talk about the wonderful world.

"There are Mengman tribes in the east of the Yufu country. They are divided into two factions. The northern part is called the Northern Mengman, who intermarries with us Zhongzhou people to exchange goods, while the one near the Yufu country is called the Southern Mengman, who does not associate with us. The place where we live now was originally inhabited by the Northern Mengmen."

"What about them?"
"It is said that more than 1000 years ago, the Great Zhou sent a large army to the south to crusade against the ancient Wu tribe. The Mengman tribe first took refuge in the Wu tribe, and then rebelled. After the Great Zhou pacified the ancient Wu tribe, they occupied the northern Mengman land."

"What about the back? What's going on behind the scenes?"

"More than 300 years later, the shamans who surrendered established the Kingdom of Yufu and proclaimed themselves ministers to the Great Zhou. In order to facilitate the control of the Kingdom of Yufu, the Great Zhou opened up an official road, and the people of the Great Zhou gradually came along with the official road. Settle here."

Li Laoer's explanation made Li Qingniu confused!Li Laosan on the side was also confused.

"Second brother, how do you know so much?"

"I have been in the restaurant for more than 30 years, and I have heard the bragging of merchants, so I naturally know something about this world. Even you can't understand, so it shows how important it is for Xiao Niuer to go to the county to study!"

"What the second brother said is that I can't see far away."

Li Laoer looked at the tombstone of the ancestor, and remained silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind.

"Back to the topic, after the ancestor disappeared, he didn't even leave his name, so when Li Chugong built the ancestor's tomb, there were no bones of the ancestor at all!"

Li Qingniu was very surprised: "Ah! Didn't we sacrifice for hundreds of years in vain?"

Li Laosan was a little suspicious: "Second brother, why is what you said different from what my father told me? It's not that the first ancestor returned home after more than 20 years of disappearance, but he got sick not long after returning home. The sickness is dead!"

"The story you told was actually made up by the family, but the truth of the matter is that the ancestor never came back! Well, only the eldest son of the direct line told the eldest son before he died."

"There is such a thing? Second brother, why have you never said it before?"

"These things were told to me after my father passed away a few years ago. Besides, you have been staying in the village and don't want to go out. Why should I tell you these things?"

Mr. Li thought, my silly brother, I am the eldest son, unfortunately, it is meaningless now!Sui continued: "At the beginning, my father told me that someone did come back after the ancestor disappeared for more than 20 years, but it was not the ancestor himself, it seems to be the brother of the ancestor! He looks very similar to the ancestor."

"Could it be that the first ancestors were twins? Doesn't that mean we have another first ancestor?" Li Qingniu looked excitedly at Li's second son who suddenly interrupted.

"Xiao Niu'er, don't interrupt, listen to the second dad."

"Oh!"

"Before the ancestor disappeared, he told his grandmother that he built a grave at home after he left. No matter who came to look for it, he said that the ancestor was dead. This is why the ancestor's tomb is here. But the brother of the ancestor seemed to be looking for someone after he came. It should be because I didn’t find it, so it’s all gone in the end!”

When he heard that he was looking for something, Li Qingniu became interested: "Could it be that there are some treasures hidden in our ancestors?"

Li Er Er looked at Li Qingniu who was staring with wide eyes and curious expression, and thought that his expression was exactly the same as when he heard it.

"When my father told me that, I asked the same question. But he didn't know about it. He just told me to take good care of a piece of clothing, and remember to sacrifice a deserted grave every year. He also said, If the descendants of future generations have a future, they must go back to God to see."

Li Laoer and Li Qingniu only paid attention to the barren tomb and the 600-year-old dress, but didn't care to look at this sentence when they came back to their senses.After all, in the hearts of the father and son, there is no concept of the capital of God.

"Second brother, the deserted tomb you mentioned is the one in the northeast corner?"

Second Li nodded in acquiescence.

"Where are the clothes? Are they still there?"

Li's second son was slightly embarrassed: "Although the clothes have been passed down for more than 600 years, they are still as good as new! It's just that it's not suitable to take them out now!"

"Why?" Li Laosan and Li Qingniu asked together.

Old Li blushed and said in a low voice, "Because it's a woman's bellyband!"

　Coincidentally, I don't know when I come, I don't know when I go, it just happens to be the right time, and the confusion will be solved!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)