"What a heavy rain."
Taoist Lu looked at the sky and said with emotion: "Just like the earth dragon before it turned over, birds and beasts ran around, the guide failed, I don't know how many people are happy and some are sad."
Whenever there is a celestial phenomenon, there must be a sign. This heavy rain is the biggest sign before the switch in Zhuxian Town. Rainfall on the earth has its own destiny.
However, the watchman's rush is the officer who announces the official notice, walking in the streets and alleys to announce the news.
The well-established aristocratic families in Fulu Alley have already made preparations. After receiving the announcement of the watchman, they immediately prepared all kinds of pots and pans to absorb this rain and dew, and each of them will have the opportunity to be blessed.
In the Sun family's mansion, Mr. Sun, who was not powerful but angry, sat in the middle hall and gave orders: "In this heavy rain, only the young children and the men of the Sun family who have not yet reached the height of their age are the ones to bear the rain and dew. The rest will Wait, wait with me, a bad old man who has half a foot in the coffin."
"Dad!" Sun's eldest son, the current head of the family, showed a look of disbelief and said in a voiceless voice: "There is no shortage of pots and pans in the house."
"There is no father here, only the clan leader." Mr. Sun scolded: "What, you little bastard want to rebel?"
The head of the Sun family immediately turned off the flames and said with great aggrievement: "Chief...the regulations of previous years are not like this."
"It will be like this starting from this year." Mr. Sun said calmly, but with an unbreakable tone: "If anyone doesn't listen, we will expel the Sun family now and get out of Zhuxian Town immediately."
In an instant, the hall in Sun's home was silent. Although the old man was domineering, he had not said such words in decades, and this time he was serious.
"Patriarch..." Suddenly a tall young man stood up and bowed his hands.
"Second brother, what's the matter with you?" Mr. Sun closed his eyes to rest, opened one eye slightly and said calmly.
"Can you ask the girls from the Sun family to go and get the water?" The second master of the Sun family knelt down with a plop, but cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and his fingers couldn't stop trembling.
"Second brother, you are so brave." Mr. Sun narrowed his eyes and couldn't hear the emotion or anger. He just stated calmly: "I can let the Sun family girls go get the water, but do you know the consequences of violating the clan rules? ?”
The second master of the Sun family whispered: "Sun Bin knows that he will be expelled from the Sun family and will not be buried in the ancestral grave after his death."
"Then do you want to choose?" Mr. Sun asked without any emotion. In the eyes of those who are familiar with him, this is already a very angry state of mind, and he will be furious at any time.
"Clan leader!"
"Second brother, shut up!"
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The lobby of the Sun family suddenly became noisy. Some people sneered, some looked on, and some tried to dissuade him. However, they could not change Sun Bin's mind.
I saw him kowtow, and everything was self-evident.
"Then I promise you." Mr. Sun waved his hand and said ruthlessly: "The female family members will go out to get water. Sun Wu will immediately expel the Sun family. No matter life or death, they will never return to Zhuxian Town."
"As you command." Sun Bin bowed again, then got up and walked outside without looking back.
"Second brother, kneel down quickly!" The head of the Sun family finally couldn't sit still this time. Even if it was just to pretend to be brotherly, he had to come out and say a few words.
"It's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married." Mr. Sun's eyes showed a hint of exhaustion, and he waved his hand and said, "Let him be."
The head of the Sun family trembled in his heart, feeling inexplicably that this was not a simple family fight.
The female relatives jumped out one after another, and the clanging sound rang out. The watchman was overjoyed when he got a piece of silver, and ran towards the next Zhao family.
There are four major families in Fulu Lane, Zhao Qian, Sun Li.
Among them, the Zhao family is the most powerful. It is said that some members of the family have reached the position of inspection in front of the palace, and their official position is from the third rank to the right.
This level is not comparable to that of the prince, Taibao, or prince, but it is inspected in front of the palace and commanded by the generals and guards. The commander is responsible for guarding the guards, guarding the gates, supervising the team battles, and being the chief judge and sexton.
It is the so-called Forbidden Army. The person in charge of the Forbidden Army must be someone who is in the heart of the emperor.
Many palace coups all started with taking control of the Forbidden Army. The position of leader of the Forbidden Army was so important that it would not be replaced by a first-grade official.
The two stone lions in front of Zhao's house have a majestic appearance and simple carvings. The lions' heads are decorated with stylish manes and bells hang from their necks. They are muscular, majestic and majestic. They are entwined with national luck and can ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune.
"Mom." Qin Shou, the watchman, touched his chin and said with a smile: "These two guys are more effective than those golden statues in Taoist temples."
People ask God for protection, and God asks the court to consecrate him.
Sacrifices that have not been canonized by the imperial court are obscene sacrifices. Sacrifice to something other than what they are offering is called obscene sacrifice.
Obscene worship brings no blessing, but disaster.
There is another saying that gods are conferred by the imperial court, and officials are also consecrated by the imperial court, occupying their positions and nourishing their energy.
Officials, big and small, can actually be regarded as gods, big and small. What the gods can do, the senses can do, and what the gods cannot do, the officials can also do.
In this case, why should officials worship gods? If a high official worships a small god, his luck will be taken away by a small god. This is a kind of sealing.
The Zhao family's mansion is entangled with national destiny, and in the eyes of countless ghosts and gods, it is a grand dojo in the divine domain.
Qin Shou stretched out his rough fingers and knocked on the door of the dojo. After a while, an old man came out and said with a smile: "Thank you for the message."
With that said, he took a piece of gold and handed it to Qin Shou's arms.
Qin Shou smiled and took it without being polite, and said with a compliment: "I think your Zhao family is going to send it."
This door-to-door communication is a kind of pleasing thing in itself.
Just like when someone wins the first prize in the imperial examination, and the government officials come to announce the good news, this is a happy event coming to the door, and the host wants to get a good fortune.
Depending on the family background, ordinary families will give some eggs, wine, and a few drops of wedding money.
Families such as Zhao Qian, Sun Li, etc. spend lavishly, all with money.
However, it has never been seen before that gold is given directly like today.
"Grandma the housekeeper said, this is the last time." The old man didn't know why, but he still told the master's instructions: "It is appropriate to give more."
"Yes, this is the last time." Qin Shou looked up at the foggy sky and said with a smile, "It will never rain so heavily again."
"Steward Zhao, let's go home, I have to report the news."
"It's good to go." Butler Zhao cupped his hand and looked at Qin Shou's figure, with a hint of envy in his eyes. It's a bit painful to watch the watch, but according to the ancient rules, there are also many benefits.
For example, this kind of good news that has been passed down for five thousand years has long been ignored by small families. However, the aristocratic families with deep roots have always adhered to the rules handed down from their ancestors and would give watchers a few taels of silver every time.
As for those big clans that are slowly declining, I don't know whether they are declining because they are declining and not following the rules, or whether they are declining because they are not following the rules.
However, this has nothing to do with having children in his family.
Butler Zhao looked at the stone lion in a trance for a while, shook his head for a long time, and closed the door. These families had children, and they had no worries about food and clothing in the master's house. They were closer to the master and were more important.
However, fate is also bound to the master's family. The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, the more prominent the master's family, the more powerful the steward will be.
It was the emperor of that day, and the prime minister who managed the country for him was not a great steward.
Qin Shou went to the Qian family again, only to find that the family did not prepare pots and pans to collect the rainwater. Instead, more than a dozen clan members gathered together to discuss dividing the family.
By the time the watchman arrived, the Qian family was almost divided. There were only a few people in the huge door. When Qin Shou came to the door, the head of the family, Mr. Qian, led two old servants and opened the front door. I gave him three copper coins and settled the matter.
"Money is something external to oneself."
Mr. Qian showed his leaky teeth and said with a smile: "The Qian family does not save money for their children and grandchildren, they only teach their children and grandchildren how to behave."
Qin Shou nodded and looked at the two couplets on the door of Qian's house.
It’s not a congratulatory Spring Festival couplet or auspicious words, but two ancestral sayings of the Qian family.
If there is benefit for one person, don't plan for it. If the benefit is for the whole world, you will definitely seek it. If the benefit is for one moment, you must plan for it. If it is for the benefit of all ages, you will seek it even more.
Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will become princes.
Thieves will eventually be judged by the law. If the princes are not judged by the national law, they will eventually be reviled by all generations and will be recorded in history.
The Qian family does not seek wealth for a lifetime, nor does it seek the status of a prince. What they seek is fame for all eternity, and a true peace with the country. No matter how you change dynasties, my Qian family will remain standing, no matter how big the waves are, it will eventually turn around.
As long as there is a reputation, no matter who is in power, they will eventually use the Qian family.
This is the guarantee of credibility.
Qin Shou left far away, and from the door of the Qian family, a boy carved in pink and jade walked out and asked with some confusion: "Grandpa, didn't you say that our Qian family wants to become a real aristocratic family?"
"Why disband the family now without leaving any money?"
Mr. Qian touched the boy's head and smiled kindly: "Aristocratic family, those bastards are worthy of being called aristocratic family. Their prosperity was so prosperous, but their demise was so sudden. It's really ridiculous."
The boy from the Qian family was not frightened at all. Instead, he nodded in agreement and said, "Mr. Wang from the Academy once said that whatever you rely on to rise will perish because of it. If you thrive with it, you will die with it. This is the reincarnation of heaven."
"Yes, if you know this, you are a true scholar."
Mr. Qian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Unlike your fourth uncle and fifth uncle, who have read their books into a dog's belly. They are full of sage words, but they are not even a gentleman. At best, they are rotten scholars, and at worst, they are rotten wood."
"In their eyes, a noble family should always inherit wealth and be immortal for eternity."
"However, the way of heaven is cyclical, with life and death. How can such a good thing happen?"
"The aristocratic family seems to be famous for a while, but in fact it is just a blood-sucking insect lying on the big tree of the dynasty. How can the blood-sucking insect survive when the dynasty is overthrown?"
"Others say that the aristocratic family is responsible for the disaster. In fact, the big family is the one who least wants the dynasty to fall, because the big family has already occupied the largest share and hopes to maintain it for a long time."
"Once the dynasty changes, the main family will be destroyed, and the family name will eventually be inherited, but it will be just a branch, family tradition, ancestral tradition, and inheritance. What kind of family is this?"
"It's just self-deception."
"If this can be considered a noble family, then any beggar you find on the street is also a descendant of a noble family or a descendant of a noble family."
"The ancestors of the human race are the two god emperors, Yan and Huang. We are all descendants of gods, so there is no distinction between them."
The boy from the Qian family thought thoughtfully: "So most aristocratic families can only last for one or two dynasties, and then they decline."
"Grandpa, is there any way to make the Qian family undefeated?"
Mr. Qian chuckled, but his eyes shone with the light of wisdom, and he said slowly: "There is a technique, there is a method, and there is a way."
"A person who builds his career by skills is a humble family, a person who builds his career by Dharma is a noble family, and a person who builds his career by Tao is a saint."
"In the final analysis, there are only two serious families in the world, one for each."
"The reason is that Zhang had Taoism and Confucius had Confucianism, so they are not destroyed. This is the achievement of the three religions."
"As for the Buddhist family, becoming a monk and observing the precepts is not considered by aristocratic families. The only thing they can hope for is for another saint to emerge from the world and establish a religion and claim to be their ancestor."
"The hope of the Qian family lies in the Fourth Sect."
Although the boy from the Qian family is young, he also understands the meaning of establishing a religion and calling himself an ancestor. His face suddenly turned pale and he said, "The fourth great religion is about to appear! Who is it?"
"It's coming, it's coming." The old man of the Qian family looked into the distance with his eyes full of vicissitudes of life: "Zhuxian Town no longer exists. Mr. Wang, who claims to be the unity of the three religions, is about to leave the mountain. The world is in turmoil and there is great strife."
The boy from the Qian family was stunned. The three religions were unified. Mr. Wang was the same Mr. Wang who shouted every day that he could understand his mind and see his nature, and he was almost close to Buddha.
"It's easy to steal in the mountains, but it's difficult to steal in the heart." The old man of the Qian family said in a low voice: "A gentleman doesn't talk about profit, but the money is there, how could he not talk about it."
"Not enough, not enough..."
Qian Tongzi felt a roar in his mind as he recalled Mr. Wang's words and deeds.
The Master is also a human being, and I am also a human being. A sage can learn from it and become one.
The common people use it every day.
This kind of statement that puts ordinary people and common people together is not enough in Grandpa Grandpa's opinion, so what is enough?
The former can also be explained by the Buddhist concept of equality of all beings. If you take the last step and don't even give up the Buddhist skin or the last protective color, something will be exposed in the end.
The clever Qian Tongzi felt naked chills coming to his heart one after another.
Sun family, Zhao family, Qian family... Qin Shou, the watchman, came to the last Li family.
Although the Li family is located in Fulu Lane, the entrance and courtyard are simple and dressed like a Taoist temple. Even the handyman and servants wear Taoist clothes and scarves.
However, there is no Taoist crown, the three crowns of Lotus, Ruyi, and Fish Tail. No matter which crown is, ordinary Taoists can afford it.
Including the current head of the Li family, he still wears a Hunyuan scarf and does not wear a Taoist crown.
Compared with the weirdness of the first three families, the Li family is indeed much more normal.
The head of the Li family looked at the gradually smaller raindrops and sighed: "The light rain on the street is as moist as crisp, the color of grass looks far away but is not there up close."
"Uncle Li, what a literary talent!"
Qin Shou gave a thumbs up and praised: "Just as wonderful as the women in Fireworks Lane."
The head of the Li family trembled at the corner of his mouth, pretending not to hear the vulgar words, turned around and waved his hand, asking the men, women and children in the house to start taking over Xiao Yu, even the handymen.
One kid who didn't grab the bowl even grabbed the dog bowl and picked up the water with a smile.
"Everyone has his or her own destiny."
Qin Shou whispered, left Fulu Lane, and ran to report the news elsewhere.
Some people still remember the rules of old age and take out pots and pans to fill the water. Some people just forget and give Qin Shou two ounces of money instead of filling the water.
There are some small families who don't believe these words, but their children are so playful that they run out to play in the water.
(End of chapter)
