"No, there is no monk in our family."
Aunt Zhu was the first to speak. She held the sword in her hand tightly and spoke in a decisive tone.
Nowadays, only the sword in her hand can still give Aunt Zhu some courage and determination.
"No, actually there is."
At this time, the third uncle who had been silent all night spoke.
"Before my eldest brother left Tanghe Town and changed his surname to Zhu, there were immortals in our family."
When the third uncle opened his mouth, not to mention Aunt Zhu and the other three, even Pei Wende looked at him in surprise.
What is the concept of immortal?
Different from mages and wandering monks, all beings who can be called "immortals" are those who have cultivated the golden elixir and the soul and lived for five hundred years.
Pei Wende originally just guessed that someone in the Zhu family had once entered Taoism and practiced Taoism, so he knew something about the acupoints.
In the end, I didn't expect that such a shocking secret would be revealed in the end.
"You mean, Mr. Zhu's surname was not Zhu originally?"
Facing Pei Wende's doubts, the third uncle nodded firmly.
"My eldest brother and I are originally descendants of the Xu family in Tanghe Town, and our ancestors are Duke Changqi, the eleventh generation of the Yan Emperor Shennong family..."
Putting aside the fact that the third uncle's remarks were somewhat flattering to his ancestor's face, Pei Wende was really shocked by what he said next.
"The Xu family was passed down to the Emperor Gaozong period. The 108th generation ancestor Xu Jian received enlightenment from the immortal, and his Taoist name was 'Lan Caihe'."
With an unspeakable weird expression on his face, Pei Wende never imagined that this incident would eventually be related to "Lan Caihe".
If this Lan Caihe is really Lan Caihe in the "Eight Immortals of Shangdong", then this is the second time that Pei Wende has quarreled with the Eight Immortals.
"So what happened next?"
"Why did Mr. Zhu leave Tanghe Town?"
"Why do you live in the Zhu family as a servant?"
In fact, these questions about Pei Wende are what Aunt Zhu wants to know most.
Why did she never know that this old servant who had grown up with her was actually her uncle?
"When a person dies, it is like a lamp going out. The past must be known to future generations."
Sighing slightly, the third uncle's face looked unusually calm when he said this.
Because he has been waiting for this day for a long time, waiting for the day when all the truth will be revealed.
Since the eldest brother is dead today, as the last person to know all this, I naturally have the obligation to let the younger generations know the truth.
"The story must start when I was forcibly sent to a Taoist temple by the Xu family more than forty years ago..."
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In the third year of Yonghui's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Xu Jian, the 108th ancestor of the Xu family, was born in Shilongmen, Tanghe Town.
Xu Jian was smart and upright since he was a child, and he was determined to study. In the first year of Kaiyuan of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (713), he passed the Jinshi examination and was awarded the title of Zuo Que Jianyi doctor.
Xu Jian has been an official for several years and is upright and incorruptible.
However, he offended the powerful official Yang Guozhong because he bluntly advised the court to stop building palaces, reduce taxes, sympathize with the people, and provide relief to the victims for the sake of revitalizing the country. He was removed from his official position and returned to his hometown at the age of 26.
The next year, Xu Jian, who had achieved great enlightenment, gave up the worldly world and decided to go to Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion and practice. He was finally enlightened by an immortal and became enlightened.
However, after the immortal enlightened Xu Jian, he left another comment.
Roughly speaking, every time Buddhism and Taoism alternate, an immortal will be born in response to the calamity and become the "protagonist" in the confrontation between Buddhism and Taoism and the merger of the three religions.
Xu Jian, who was inspired by the immortal and whose Taoist name is "Lan Caihe", is one of the "protagonists" born in response to the disaster.
Naturally, from then on, the Xu family, who consciously understood the secret of heaven, started to think about "immortal fate".
Although they don't know exactly how many immortals are born in response to the calamity, as long as the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism continues, new people will eventually appear in response to the calamity.
As a result, every generation of Xu's descendants were forced to study Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and even the classics of many schools such as Fa Mo Bing Za.
Just to respond to the theory of "the merger of the three religions" that appeared in the comments.
When it came to Mr. Zhu's generation, as a collateral member of the family, he was unfortunately sent to serve as a soldier, and his younger brother and third uncle went with him.
Since the Anshi Rebellion, the separatism of vassal towns in various places has been out of control.
Choosing to be a soldier at this time is tantamount to choosing a path of near death.
Even though the Zhu brothers had family power and background, they almost died in a certain war. In the end, they had to hide their names in Runzhou as deserters.
Not only to prevent others from discovering the identity of the two brothers, but also to hate competing for the so-called "immortal fate".
The third uncle chose to stay with Mr. Zhu as a servant, which is why everything happened now.
In the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Zhu worked hard to build a huge family fortune.
And the third uncle is secretly handling some matters for Mr. Zhu that are inconvenient for him to come forward.
This includes the death of Zhu Yi Niang!
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"What? The widow is dead?!"
Eyes widening in disbelief, Zhu Run and Aunt Zhu almost shouted in unison.
Before that, whether it was Zhu Run or Aunt Zhu, they just thought that Zhu Yiniang was missing, but she was definitely still alive.
But Zhu Run thought that Aunt Zhu had run away from home.
Aunt Zhu believed that Zhu Yiniang was abducted by the pig demon.
As a result, the third uncle's remarks directly denied the speculations of Zhu Run and Aunt Zhu.
"Yes, I buried the deceased mother's body. There is no way she is still alive."
It was hard to tell whether it was silence or helplessness on his face. When the third uncle said this, he deliberately lowered his head to prevent the people present from seeing his face.
"How did she die?"
The person who spoke this time was neither Pei Wende nor the two Zhu sisters, but Zhao Yanwei who seemed to have expected it.
At this moment, Zhao Yanwei's expression was still dull, but his eyes revealed a sharpness that ordinary people would never have.
"She was killed by my own hands."
After a short silence, the third uncle raised his head again and said so.
"Even the so-called 'pig demon messages' you see later were secretly posted on the door by me."
The shocked and angry looks in the eyes of the two Zhu sisters and the understatement of the third uncle's words made people feel scared from the bottom of their hearts.
"Even in order to mislead you, I changed the content of the message again and again, just to make you believe that the widow was still alive from beginning to end."
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