My years as a fortune teller

Looking at the villagers who drank the concoction, Mr. Niu finally let go of the stone in his heart.I took this opportunity to ask Mr. Niu about the history of this village.Although that night, I saw their sacrifice.But there are many unsolved mysteries, and I still hope to know from Mr. Niu's mouth.

Mr. Niu pondered for a long time, then turned his head and said a few words to Niu Bao.Niu Bao left in a hurry with his people, and the few of us didn't know what he was up to, so we glanced at each other.Mr. Niu lowered his head, filled the tobacco pot with shredded tobacco, and smoked it briskly.

After a while, Niu Bao and the others came back. Niu Bao was holding a brocade box in his hand, and the two people behind him were holding a box in their hands.I recognized it at a glance. The brocade box was the one I saw that night and was taken away by two people.And that box is what I pulled out from under the bed.

Mr. Niu looked at me, and first asked Niu Bao to hand over the brocade box to me.Mr. Niu motioned me to open it first, and I glanced at Mr. Gou and others.Slowly opened the box, and an ancestral tablet appeared in front of my eyes.

Gao Shengwen looked at it, and immediately exclaimed: "The eldest son of Emperor Huizong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Wenkui, the eldest son of Zhangren, the spiritual throne, when did an Emperor Huizong appear in the Ming Dynasty! You are enshrining this here. Are you all descendants of the Ming Dynasty royal family? "

Yes, the inside of the brocade box is what I peeked at the altar that night.I didn't expect to be able to put it in my hand today, touch and watch this tablet in person.In an instant, I felt that I had returned to the turbulent era of the Ming Dynasty.

This spiritual tablet is made of nanmu.Although the edges are inlaid with gold dust, there are brownish black patches in the grain of the wood from the light brown of the base and back.And a fresh and elegant fragrance, which can be judged.

Seeing that Mr. Niu didn't speak, I sighed and said, "Hey, Emperor Huizong is actually Emperor Jianwen. This is the temple name given by the Nanming court. In the first year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, it was given the posthumous title of Emperor Gongminhui. It's just that I didn't Do you think that the eldest son of Emperor Jianwen is living here?"

After I finished speaking, everyone except Lord Gou was taken aback.What surprised Gao Shengwen and Su Huier was that the villagers here were descendants of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, and they belonged to Emperor Jianwen.What surprised Mr. Niu and others was that they didn't expect me to know this history.

I smiled and said to Mr. Niu: "Old man, don't be surprised. I like some history, so whether it is official history or unofficial history, I will take a look. And I admire Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang the most, so these two I have read more history books of this dynasty.”

Grandpa Niu nodded, and I continued: "If it only says Zhu Wenkui, I definitely don't know who this person is. But this one has the temple name of Emperor Huizong of Ming Dynasty on it, so I can remember it. And it's made of nanmu Only the royal family can use the tablet. If it is convenient for the old man, please tell us the story inside."

Mr. Niu looked at me and sighed, "You are the first batch of people with foreign surnames to know about this matter. I hope you can swear never to disclose this matter. This matter is too involved, and some people are unclear gone."

I smiled and said to him: "Don't worry about it, who are we going to tell these things to? Even if we tell something, someone has to believe it. Now, although some people are full and fine, they like to dig up this information. But there is no evidence, there is How many people will believe it?"

Mr. Niu and Niu Bao both laughed, and Mr. Niu said, "That's the same reason. In fact, I have been here several times for the census of cultural relics. Except for a few monuments in the village, I didn't find anything else. Since you If you want to hear it, I'll tell you about it!"

Mr. Niu took out several yellowed booklets from another wooden box.Said to me: "You read the content on this first, and then it will be easier for you to listen to me when I talk about it."

I opened it and saw that these were genealogies, and there were many words written on the first page of the first book.It probably means the history of the family and the order of the names of the descendants.On the next page is a portrait of a man in a yellow robe, on the second and third pages a man in eunuch clothes, and a man in armor.But on the fourth page, there is a skinny monk.And next to this monk, there is also the word Yao Guangxiao written on it.

I was completely stunned seeing this, Yao Guangxiao is Zhu Di's teacher.Zhu Di's ability to become emperor has a certain relationship with this humble monk.The person who persuaded Zhu Di to join forces back then was Yao Guangxiao.Speaking of which, he and Zhu Yunqi were enemies, but why did they appear on the genealogy here?

Grandpa Niu looked at me and laughed, and said: "The day King Yan's army broke down the palace, there was chaos in the palace. Empress Ma summoned Liang Cheng'an, the personal eunuch of her ancestors, and Liang Chengquan, the chief guard. The two brothers, a purge One became a eunuch, and one became the deputy commander of the imperial army. Emperor Huizong saw that the two brothers were loyal, so he arranged for them to take care of the prince together. So on the day the city was broken, the empress gave them some valuable gold and silver. Please brother The two took the prince and went out to escape for their lives."

I smiled and said: "Unfortunately, the gates of the city were guarded by the soldiers of King Yan at that time. It was difficult to escape, so I had to hide. I will look for opportunities to escape from the capital in the future. That's why there is a prince in the history books." Kui. In the first year of Jianwen, he was established as the crown prince. When Yan Shi entered, he was seven years old, and he did not know where he would end up."

Mr. Niu nodded and said to us: "Yes, my younger brother Liang Chengquan knew the abbot of a temple in the capital at that time. So he hid in the temple, but what he didn't expect was that two more people lived in later. That's because This man changed everyone's fate."

I scratched my head and said to him: "If my guess is correct, one person should be Yao Guangxiao. I don't know the other person. But what I can judge is that this person caught you in this remote place. mountain village."

Mr. Niu looked at me in surprise, and said to me: "You are very smart, you can understand everything. Yes, after King Yan entered Beijing, Yao Guangxiao didn't want to be an official because he hated the intrigues of the officialdom, but at this time he was already Emperor Yongle's King Yan. But he didn’t want him to leave. So he still promoted him to a noble, and left him out of use. This monk is also interesting, and he doesn’t want to live in a house when he becomes an official. He ran to the temple and lived in the same place as the prince. It was easy to say at first, but after a long time, Yao Guangxiao also saw the clues. So he tricked the prince and the Liang brothers out. Just when the prince felt that there was no way out, he came to the temple alone. He is During the Taizu period, the descendant of Uncle Chengyi was named Liu Quanzhong. Yao Guangxiao was moved by his rhetoric, and finally escaped from the capital smoothly under the escort of Yao Guangxiao."

Hearing this, I kept laughing.He said to everyone: "Some influential figures in the early Ming Dynasty were all gathered together. Even Liu Bowen's descendants were involved. Needless to say, this village must have been chosen by Liu Quanzhong."

Grandpa Niu nodded and said to me: "Yes, Uncle Chengyi's son has a good relationship with Taizu's son Zhu Biao. So he has been secretly looking for the prince's legacy. This place was his favorite in the early years, so He came here with his prince Zhu Kui. He buried all the gold and silver that he brought out at that time. He also made a solemn oath with the Liang brothers. Anyone who reveals the secret here will be severely punished! At that time, Liang Chengquan began to collect old parts, and gradually became the current scale."

After Mr. Niu finished speaking, I looked at him and asked: "Then why did you take the surname Niu again? How many descendants of the Liang family are there in this village? And Zhu Wenkui was later posthumously named Prince Gongmin or Prince Jian What? Why is Prince Zhang Ren listed on your ranking?"

Mr. Niu smiled and said: "Because the prince grew up and saw that the life of the people was better than before. So he gave up the idea of ​​​​raising the army and lived a peaceful life in peace. So later, Liang Chengquan I wrote this posthumous name. We have no descendants of the prince here, but are descendants of the Liang brothers." I was shocked when I heard this...