Chapter 11 Fourth, the grandfather enters the Tao

Zhang Dancheng was shocked when he heard this, and quickly used the genealogy of the Tiandihui to inquire, and pushed it up until the Yongzheng period. As expected, all the names could match the number, as the grandfather said. The word "Dan" is just behind the word "Guan". He is a generation shorter than his grandfather, and his grandfather is his teacher and father! Ordinary families place more emphasis on seniority, and even more seniority in the hall. Now Zhang Dancheng has imprisoned his elders and killed two uncles. If this is spread, he should stop messing around in the world.Thinking of this, Zhang Dancheng broke out in cold sweat.

"What should I do, Master?" Tu Yiming asked. Zhang Dancheng thought for a long time, then heaved a long sigh: "Do evil, do evil." Grandpa didn't pay much attention to this matter, but when Tu Yiming mentioned Tiandihui, he felt a sense of intimacy, so he told about his grandfather.After Tu Yiming left, he was in a daze, not knowing what would happen next. Suddenly, the door of the dungeon opened, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps, Zhang Dancheng led Zhou Zhenlong, Tu Yiming and several Ah Baos in.When the grandfather saw it, he was startled. He was naked, with a gleaming big knife pinned to his back. Before the grandfather could speak, he fell to his knees.

"Zhang Dancheng, the thirteenth generation head of the 'Jiang Xiangpai' Muzilian Tangkou, pays a visit to Master! The younger generation has no eyes and no eyes, and committed a heinous crime. Today, he brought all his disciples here to accept the crime, and ask Master to enforce the family law! Dan Cheng bowed his neck and apologized. !" Zhang Dancheng lowered his head and stretched his neck, and raised the big knife in front of his grandfather. Grandpa was stunned, his brain was running rapidly, and he suddenly understood: they are all descendants of Tiandihui, and his seniority must be higher than them!

For a while, Grandpa didn't know what to say or what to do, and there was silence in the dungeon. After a while, the grandfather hurried forward to help Zhang Dancheng. After all, he was in his seventies, kneeling there with his shirt off, and the grandfather couldn't bear it. Zhang Dancheng couldn't live or die, and said: "This is a serious crime, an unforgivable crime. Cut off my head to pay homage to the spirits of the two elders!" The grandfather had mixed feelings, thinking of his younger siblings who had been crying silently for a long time, how could he deal with this situation, "Old man, please get up, when is it time to repay the grievances?"

Zhang Dancheng raised his head, and said to his grandfather: "Master's father has a kind heart. Counting this time, it is already two life-saving graces. Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped." After finishing speaking, he put his left hand on the wooden bench, Raising the knife in his right hand, he chopped off his little finger with a click, and the bright red blood spurted out immediately. "Master!" Zhou Zhenlong, Tu Yiming and others knelt and hugged Zhang Dancheng. Zhang Dancheng picked up his severed finger, raised it up, and said to the people around him, "You guys do the same."

Zhou Zhenlong and Tu Yiming looked at each other, and also put their fingers on the wooden bench. The knife flashed, and two more severed fingers were found on the ground.The few remaining Ah Bao looked at each other, gritted their teeth for the last time, and chopped up all of them. Monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, and grandfathers were deeply shocked by this set of ethics. He helped Zhang Dancheng up with tears, and said: "Everyone, get up, it's the same sentence, when is it time to repay the grievances, and everything will be written off." Bar." Zhou Zhenlong cried and said, "Yes, we are a family after all."

Zhang Dancheng said: "Hurry up and send a message to have a banquet, I want to have a drink with my master." It was midnight, but the housekeeper called the cook again, started the stove, cooked chicken and goose, and soon a table of banquets was ready. Zhang Dancheng asked his grandfather to sit on the seat, himself on the right, Zhou Zhenlong on the left, and Tu Yiming on the bottom. Only then did the grandfather dare to reveal his real life experience. When he talked about the assassination of the whole family by the warlords, Zhang Dancheng's eyes sparkled, "Bastards! These warlords are just like the Manchus!"

After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Dancheng sighed and said, "What is Master's plan next?" This question caught my grandfather. Some time ago, my mind was full of revenge for my siblings. Now, this hatred has disappeared, and the next step is the big revenge of my parents. But now it is impossible to kill the warlord. He didn't know how to answer. Seeing that his grandfather was silent, Zhang Dancheng asked, "Master, why don't you stay at the hall?" Grandpa was surprised and stayed at the entrance?Do Po?cheat? Zhang Dancheng said: "To tell the truth, Master, the first time I saw you, I thought you were a hero, courageous and scheming. I am old, and I will be seventy-three in a few years. Seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of hell Don't ask yourself to come. I have been running this hall for decades, but it is so miserable. How can I have the face to meet the patriarch. Sigh...I think back then, I, Zhang Dancheng, was so powerful. At that time, there was Zhang Dancheng in the east, and Duan in the west. In Jinshan, there are Qiao Wumei in the south and Kang Shaohua in the north. The four halls echo each other from afar. , and even implicated several other cousin brothers in jumping together, alas..."

Zhou Zhenlong and Tu Yiming felt melancholy upon hearing this, "Master." Zhang Dancheng said: "Zhenlong, Yiming, you have been with me for so long, and you are loyal. I don't have a few years to live. There must be someone to take care of the hall. The ancestor's foundation cannot be broken in my hands. After the rebellion at Sibatou, I feel even more sad, there is no one left now... Zhenlong is generous and honest, and he is pertinent, but too kind, the heart of a woman will not be able to control the overall situation after all, and will bring disaster to himself; Yiming's martial arts are superb , but the strategy is insufficient, the actions are too impulsive, and it is difficult to sit in the hall, and it is difficult for a teacher to think about the future all day long."

Zhou Zhenlong and Tu Yiming felt ashamed, "Master." Zhang Dancheng continued: "Master, today this junior begs you to stay in front of our two apprentices. No matter what, we are a family. After I die, you will be in charge of the hall, and Zhenlong and Yiming will assist you." , what do you think?" Before the grandfather opened his mouth, Zhou Zhenlong and Tu Yiming said together: "We will follow Master's instruction, and we will do like dogs and horses!" The grandfather was confused, his thoughts were in a mess, nothing else, just Zhang Dancheng called "Master Dad", and he called himself chilly. In feudal society, nephews often look up to uncles, but this kind of young people have high seniority. It really happened to me, and I'm still a little uncomfortable, "I'll think about it. Besides... the old man is much older than me, so just call me by my name, otherwise..."

"No, no, I didn't know it before, so I can call it whatever I want, but now I know it, if I keep shouting, it's a big treason!" Grandpa was speechless. Grandfather spent three whole days thinking over and over again. He thought of his parents, younger siblings, they died in this hall, but now he wants to join this organization. What do you think of their spirits in heaven? If not, where would you go?The home is gone, if you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, this is your home. Zhang Dancheng is full of sincerity, how can he refuse? But this is not the right way, it is a lie. I have read the Four Books and Five Classics since I was a child, and I often talk about etiquette, justice and shame. Although the "Jiangxiang School" came from the Tiandihui, it has lost its way... While he was thinking, Tu Yiming came. Tu Yiming is a rough man, but he can always get to the point. His few words made the grandfather make the final decision: "Didn't you ask what is Tao?" Is it? You have inherited the master’s position, this is Tao. Now the entire Po group has lost its way, and you need someone to turn it around. Your own younger brother and sister are dead. Have you ever thought about it? If people are in charge, how many innocent people will be killed? How many innocent people will be deceived? How many more crimes will these treasures commit? Dao Zhongxing is up to you!" This sentence touched my grandfather's heart. The great way is to revitalize, cut off his evil spirit, promote his good spirit, restore the original morality of the five ancestors of Hongmen who robbed the rich and helped the poor, and let the Abaos transform from animals back to humans. This may be what I am looking for road. Grandpa finally joined Po's team.Walking through the forest of knives, drinking chicken blood wine, worshiping the sky as a father, and worshiping the earth as a mother, the grandfather has entered the Tao. "Buddha's Gathering" said: "Being a human being, don't do anything wrong with your heart, and there will be a god when you raise your head three feet; good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and it is only a matter of early arrival and late arrival." Five years later, Zhang Dancheng passed away and suffered from illness before his death. Tortured, but in the end someone guarded him, and his grandfather was by his side.The day he left was the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. He had been tortured to such an extent by illness that he was as thin as wood, with a collapsed belly, two rows of ribs protruding, and his head could not be lifted up as if broken. He could only be fed by his grandfather with a small spoon water. At Haishi that night, I entered a coma state, breathed out three times, breathed out more, and breathed in less. Sometimes I would raise my arms occasionally, as if trying to push away something, or break away from something. When I died, a line of tears flowed out of the corner of my eye.The grandfather knew that he had no heirs, and people died without heirs, the most desolate thing. He always wanted a child. When he was young, he was busy cheating. Later, when he wanted a child, his testicles were cut off. were cut away together.When he was dying, he once had a flash of light, holding his grandfather's hand tightly, and barely squeezed out two words, which were weak, but the grandfather heard it clearly, it was "retribution". Zhang Dancheng is gone, and the grandfather "has ascended the throne".In five years, he has learned all the skills that a Po should have.In addition, he has qualities that ordinary Po does not have, superhuman wisdom, extraordinary courage, especially the deep-rooted kindness, which makes him an unparalleled master dad from the inside out. After Zhang Dancheng left, Zhou Zhenlong also saw through the world of mortals. He had been with Zhang Dancheng for more than 30 years, through ups and downs, and at this moment, he felt that he should also leave.Zhou Zhenlong asked his grandfather for instructions to leave the hall, and his grandfather asked him where he planned to go. The grandfather didn't want to stop him, but was afraid that he would get old and no one would take care of him.He said that he had already figured out where to go and would tell his grandfather about it in the future.Grandpa didn't ask again. Before leaving, Grandpa prepared a lot of gold and silver for him. He didn't want it. He asked Grandpa to distribute all his things to the poor around him. Just like that, alone, alone away. Tu Yiming did not leave, he always regarded the hall as his home, his "flying nails" kung fu has long been passed on to his grandfather, now he will drink tea with his grandfather when he has nothing to do, sometimes the two will discuss darts, and his grandfather will let him Watch him and make him happy. After the grandfather took office in Tangkou, he carried out a major personnel reshuffle, abolished the Tangkou hierarchy that had lasted for hundreds of years, and established a new reward and punishment system.Because the grandfather started a new generation of "Jiang Xiangpai", his style and conduct were similar to those of the five patriarchs of the Hongmen. That's how the title of Lord was born.At the same time, news also came from Wang Yaqiao's side that the warlord who ordered the assassination of the grandfather's family had died in internal fighting. It is said that he was shot seven times, one in the head and six in the chest. At the end of that year, the grandfather returned to his hometown with a few little feet. After inquiring, he found out that after the killers left, the villagers helped to bury the corpses of his family members.The grandfather, led by his neighbors, came to the cemetery. The whole family was buried in that big pit. The cemetery had not been taken care of for many years, and many wormwood had grown.The grandfather plopped down on his knees, his face up to the sky, tears streaming down his face. After the sacrifice, the villagers all invited the grandfather to their home for a New Year's Eve dinner, but the grandfather did not go.He gave some money to the villagers, and returned to his home. The little feet had cleaned the dust during the day, and the house was much cleaner. Sitting in the empty room, Grandpa's thoughts surged like a tide, and the voices and smiles of his relatives tumbling in his mind.The night sky is cold and silent, and on New Year's Eve, there are bursts of firecrackers in the distance. Every family is happy, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Grandpa walked out of the house and stood in the courtyard looking up at the sky. The fireworks blooming in the sky dotted his lonely world. Endless melancholy.