I become a god in another world

Chapter 412 Past Events of the Qian Family

Chapter 412

Qian Fa's brain was not as quick as Zhao Fusheng's. Hearing what she said, he was inadvertently tricked:
"Of course I am smart." He smiled innocently.

From his tone, it was clear that he did not agree with this relative's behavior, but he did not say anything behind his back. Instead, he said:
"But you don't know, my Lord, our Qian family is not scattered between Huangma Town and Wenxing County, but we are not from Huangma Town."

"Not from Huangma Town?" Qian Fa's reply was within Zhao Fusheng's expectations.

The lives of the people in the Han Dynasty were hard, and there were two extremes in their lives - the poor people had nowhere else to go, so they took root in one place like big trees, and then huddled together to form clans.

In this way, by looking after each other and helping each other, clan members are particularly united. They go together and stay together. It is unlikely that any of them will split up and create a new clan tree.

However, when the old man who borrowed the cow in Huangma Town mentioned the Qian family, he inadvertently mentioned that the Qian family was separated into two places. This was very incredible.

At that time, Zhao Fusheng was speculating that perhaps the Qian family was not native to Huangma Town, so Qian Fa's relative's ancestors would easily leave the town and enter the county town.

Qian Fa said:

"Our ancestral home is Longyang—" He said here and hurriedly explained:
"Longyang is not a big place. It's a county town about thirty or forty miles away from the Imperial Capital."

At this point, he sighed:

"Our ancestors lived in a village in Longyang County. They were quite famous and even had a clan temple. But later, due to the turmoil, they had to flee one after another."

Zhao Fusheng said:

"Disaster?"

"Yes." Qian Fa nodded.

Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"What kind of disaster caused you to abandon even your ancestral temple and flee?"

"I don't know either. I wasn't born at that time." Qian Fa shook his head.

Zhao Fusheng frowned.

At that time, people had a short lifespan and married early. Men and women generally got married and had children at the age of seventeen or eighteen. She saw that this man was in his early fifties - because of overwork and poverty, perhaps he looked older than his actual age.

Zhao Fusheng guessed that he should be in his forties.

If he was not born when the Qian family moved, then the disaster that caused the Qian family to flee must have happened forty years ago.

As soon as she expressed her guess, Qian Fa said:
"More than that. It happened more than fifty years ago."

"More than fifty years ago?!" Liu Yizhen turned and looked at Zhao Fusheng after hearing this.

Because of Liu Huacheng, he is particularly sensitive to two time periods.

One is the Liu Clan Ancestral Hall ghost case forty years ago, and the other is the time when Liu Huacheng was dismissed from his official position - which is the time when the Headless Ghost Case was revived.

After Liu Yizhen finished speaking, the two looked at each other, then their eyes flickered, and both looked thoughtful.

Qian Fa didn't know what Liu Yizhen was thinking, nor could he tell which gentleman was speaking, so he could only nod:
"Yes, my father mentioned it when he was alive. He said it happened when he was seven or eight years old. My father is over 60 years old. Calculating the time, it happened more than years ago."

Zhao Fusheng asked:

"What happened more than 50 years ago? How did your Qian family flee Longyang County?"

Qian Fadao:
"We don't know exactly what happened." Qian Fa's father was very young at the time and didn't remember many things clearly.

"It is said that one day many visitors from Beijing suddenly came to the village. These people were in a panic and made the people in the village panic-stricken."

Most of the people in the village at that time were members of the Qian family. When they saw that the nobles in the imperial capital were fleeing, they wondered if a disaster had happened to the emperor.

Everyone was in a panic, and some of them wanted to escape as well.

"Anyway, we didn't want the ancestral hall anymore, so we fled all the way to Shangyang County. Afterwards, my relative became the son-in-law of a local official in Wenxing County, so he stayed in the county."

When Qian Fa said this, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

"We had no roots or residence in Wenxing County at the time, so we couldn't stay there, so we moved downstream along the Bailing River. Later, when we arrived at Huangma Town, we finally made it our home."

He said melancholy:

"When my Qian family first came to Huangma Town, my father said that there were quite a few people, otherwise we might not be able to gain a foothold. Unfortunately, many died or left. Now there are only a few people left in such a big Qian family in the whole town."

Liu Yizhen was most touched when he heard this.

No matter how glorious a clan's past was, once it encountered a disaster, it would fall apart in just a few decades, which was bound to make people feel deeply sad.

Everyone was silent for a long time.

Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"How did your relatives fall out with our family?"

Qian Fa said:

"He is a live-in son-in-law."

Zhang Chuanshi wondered:
"What's wrong with being a live-in son-in-law?"

Qian Fadao:
"Isn't this a great shame?"

"What's so shameful about this?" Zhang Chuanshi sneered, "Why would your Qian family flee here? If you're fleeing, food and drink are a problem. Being a live-in son-in-law at least guarantees you more options for survival."

Qian Fa obviously disagreed with what he said, and for a moment he forgot the identities of the "adults" in the car and retorted:

"Starving to death is a minor matter, but losing one's chastity is a major one."

"Is this a disgrace?" Zhang Chuanshi scratched his bald forehead.
"It is true that the poorer a person is, the greater his ambition is."

"..." Qian Fa did not say anything, using silence to resist Zhang Chuanshi's words.

"If they broke up because of this matter, there would be no need to divide the family tree as well." Zhao Fusheng spoke up to smooth things over.

She wanted to continue asking questions and couldn't let the topic end at this point.

Qian Fa listened to her voice, then he let out a long breath and said:

"That was originally the case, but we had an argument at the time." He said vaguely:

"Anyway, it's about marrying into the wife's family. Maybe someone said something unpleasant at the time, or was angry and said something that went against their will. Someone mentioned that they even lost the family name passed down by their ancestors in order to survive—"

As a result, the relationship was completely broken, forcing the other party to create a new family tree and separate from the Qian family.

Family disgrace should not be made public. Qian Fa's vague words show that their branch used to speak harshly and must have been a bit deceptive.

Zhao Fusheng guessed some of the reasons from his few words. She was not interested in the old accounts of the Qian family, so she tactfully did not ask about the whole story, but changed the subject:
"If that's the case, then since you guys started seeing each other again, your relationship should have improved a bit."

"……Yes."

She didn't ask any more questions, Qian Fa heaved a sigh of relief, and actually felt a little grateful to Zhao Fusheng. His tone became even warmer because of his good impression of him, and he took the initiative to say:

"In fact, the Dianshi family that this relative married into had no sons, only an only daughter. A few years later, his father-in-law passed away. The position of Dianshi could be inherited from the family, so it was passed to this elder in the clan."

In this way, a commoner became an official - although the Dianshi was only a small official, there was a huge chasm between the common people and the officials, and many people could never reach the threshold between the two in their entire lives.

After becoming an official, everything was different. "That one, that one became a prefect, and they also came to the clan to worship their ancestors, and the two sides resumed contact."

'laugh. '

Zhang Chuanshi laughed when he heard this:
"So why bother talking about whether it's a festival or not? In this world, isn't it still the one who has the final say who has the final say?"

"..." Qian Fa was blocked by him for a long time and couldn't say anything. Finally, he said angrily:

"That's not what I meant—"

"Tsk." Zhang Chuanshi rolled his eyes and snorted, not wanting to talk to this stubborn country old man:
"Redneck!"

"..." Qian Fa was so angry that he dared not say a word, so he raised his whip and whipped the old ox twice:

"Go! Go, go!"

The old cow was beaten so hard that it let out a long, rapid cry, swung its tail desperately, and pulled the cart with difficulty in the mud.

This little episode is very interesting.

The corner of Zhao Fusheng's mouth twitched, and he said:

"Since you've reconciled, why did you stop communicating again in the end?"

"Speaking of this, his family is going too far." Qian Fa said angrily.

"How can this be considered excessive?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Qian Fadao:
"Sir, after this elder in the clan married into the family, he inherited the position of Dianshi and became the eldest master. Later, he had children, and by the time of his grandchildren, he changed his surname back to Qian."

Fan Bisheng said:
"Three generations return to the clan."

Qian Fa nodded:

"He still has some blood in him, but once they changed their surnames, they demanded that the family tree be recombined."

Zhao Fusheng sighed:
"You don't agree?"

"It's a family tree, we certainly won't refuse it." As soon as Qian Fa finished speaking, Zhao Fusheng reacted:

"The family tree they proposed is conditional?"

"Yes." Qian Fa nodded and said angrily:
"They actually demanded that after the tribe is united, they should be the leader—"

These things were originally a scandal within the clan, and he knew very well that it was impossible to tell other people in Huangma Town.

If the neighbors knew about this, I don't know how many people would come to watch him and make fun of him behind his back.

But Qian Fa had been holding this matter in his heart for a long time, and now he finally had the chance to speak it out - and the audience were the big shots in the Demon Suppression Bureau, who could "uphold justice" for him, and in the future these big men would no longer have any intersection with the villagers of Huangma Town.

Therefore, when facing these strangers, it is much easier for Qianfa to say many things.

"I can't tell who is in charge and who is in charge." He babbled:

"When the clan was divided, our branch was the direct lineage. They are just branches. What's more, their ancestors lost their surnames in order to survive and become officials. It was not until their grandsons' generation that they found it again. What is there to show off?"

He gives people the impression of being very honest, but honest people also have their weaknesses.

The clan name and family tree mentioned at this time were obviously of great concern to him, and his voice was much louder when he spoke:
"He doesn't make any sense at all. He just talks about compliance. It's fine if we didn't set any rules for him, but he actually set rules for us. He really goes against the will of heaven!"

"He thought that being an official and having some filthy money was a big deal. He even said that if we were willing, he would give us some money to live in the city, and that he would move our graves to the county—" He became more and more angry as he spoke:
"Bah, you act like you've never seen money before!"

Starving to death is a small matter, but losing integrity is a big deal!
Qian Fa's previous words were not just casual remarks, he had already deeply ingrained this belief in his mind.

Zhang Chuanshi disagrees:
"Times have changed, and we should follow whoever has the advantage—"

He said:
"If you have a smart mind and are able to endure hardships like this official, maybe after a few decades, this family tree can be changed."

"That's not what I meant!" Qian Fa's voice was obviously a little annoyed:
"How can a person be like this—"

"Why not? History books are written by the victors. In a few decades, who will remember that another son-in-law in your family was born? His father-in-law is dead, his wife is dead, and his children and grandchildren are surnamed Qian. Your family tree is unified. After a few generations, the records will only be proud of him, remembering that there was a clan member in the clan who became the Dianshi -" Zhang Chuanshi looked down on the old man's stubborn temper. He thought that he was poor and stupid, and didn't know how to adapt. He dared to talk back at this time, so he said bluntly:

"And what about your so-called main line? Who would recognize it? With a poor family like yours, it will only last for three or five generations at most, and if things go wrong, the family will die out."

Qian Fa was already very angry.

The two of them were sitting side by side, and he really wanted to push this rude old man out of the car and into the mud.

“The sky remembers, the earth remembers, I remember, and my descendants remember!”

His face flushed darkly: "It doesn't matter if he is rich. I can live without his charity. My children and grandchildren will suffer. No matter how long a person lives, he will eventually die, but he must not lose his integrity--"

"What is the use?"

Zhang Chuanshi said:

"Like you said, even if you retain your integrity, you will lose your life in the end."

"It's just a life, it's gone--" Qian Fa said loudly.

"you--"

Zhang Chuanshi wanted to argue again, but Zhao Fusheng suddenly spoke up:

"Old Zhang."

Her response made Zhang Chuanshi, who was about to refute, stop immediately.

Zhang Chuanshi shouldn't have bothered with such an old country boy who he thought was ignorant, but for some reason, he got angry as the argument went on.

Through Qian Fa, a stubborn man, he recalled some unpleasant memories from the past.

For a moment, he didn't want to sit next to Qian Fa anymore, and would rather go back to the carriage and squeeze in with everyone else.

As soon as Zhang Chuanshi left, Qian Fa also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really true that there's no point in talking to someone who doesn't agree. He originally thought that it was a rare opportunity for him to speak his mind to someone, but he didn't expect that he would get angry while talking.

Unfortunately, the people from the Demon Suppression Division were their saviors and they also saved Huangma Town. Qian Fa got angry and could only endure his unhappiness and continue driving.

Zhang Chuanshi entered the carriage and then complained quietly:
"Why did the lord call me at this time? I haven't scolded him enough. This old man doesn't know what's good for him—"

"Lao Zhang, everyone has different ideas." Zhao Fusheng advised gently.

"That's right, that's right." Although Qian Fa seemed to be driving the car, he was listening to the conversation in the car with his ears perked up. When he heard this, he felt like he had met a bosom friend and nodded desperately:
"Everyone has his own ambition."

"What's the use of ambition? Can you eat or drink? Or withstand the cold?" Zhang Chuanshi turned his head dissatisfiedly.

Zhao Fusheng shook his head, frowned and looked at Zhang Chuanshi, lowering his voice and saying:

"That's something he has now and can choose. Why do you have to destroy his faith?"

As soon as she said this, Zhang Chuanshi was stunned. He opened his lips, as if he wanted to say something in rebuttal out of habit, but in the end he said nothing, and the luster in his eyes dimmed.