Traveling through the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a story of survival in troubled tim

"What girl?" The person who asked the question was a little confused. No wonder he didn't know. He went to the deep mountains to chisel stones during the day and returned home after dark.

I had just finished my meal and hadn't even showered or changed my clothes when the clan bell rang.

How would I know what happened in the tribe during the day?

"you do not know……?"

'Shake your head'

"I heard this from my wife. She said that around noon today, Ming Wazi and An Wazi brought back a little girl from outside..."

"Little Girl"

"Well, she looked about fourteen or fifteen years old. My second uncle personally went to pick her up."

"really"

"Of course it's true. Although I don't know where the girl was placed, she was brought back in the afternoon, and the Du family members were summoned in the evening. This must be related to the girl."

……

Whether it is related to that girl or not, everyone can see it without saying it.

At this moment, the discussions around them died down, and the only sound around them was the crackling sound of the flames burning the wood.

There is no other reason, everyone's attention is attracted to it at this moment.

cough……

cough……

The clan elder Du Suan feigned a cough.

Sure enough, this trick of making a loud fake cough worked very well. After just two coughs, the crowd immediately quieted down.

The second elder cleared his throat and opened his hands to signal for silence.

"Gathering everyone here now is a temporary decision within the clan, and also because we have a major happy event to announce..."

“Second Elder, what’s so important? It’s a last-minute decision.

You're still here so late, I'm drinking, and it's this time of night."

The person who spoke had a lazy voice, a dazed look in his eyes, and his words were a little confused.

They look quite old, over fifty years old...

"Du Qisan, your son, you haven't even had enough wine, why are you making trouble..."

The second old Zhang felt a headache when he looked at Du Qishan. He had just seen him downstairs and thought he would turn a blind eye as long as the drunkard didn't make trouble.

The guy who was looking for you hasn't even started talking yet, but this guy has already started to contradict him.

The second elder glanced at Wen Shu beside him and saw that there was no expression on her face. She just looked down indifferently, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

“Drinking is drinking.

I, Qi San, was drinking at home and was called here -

belch--

Yes, drink."

The more he listened, the more outrageous it seemed. The Second Elder watched as everyone around Du Qisan stayed away, fearing that the fellow would get drunk and accuse someone innocent.

This doesn't work.

The second elder looked into the corner and saw Du Qisan's son squeezing in from the outside.

He shouted to the crowd, "Du Sheng, you stay here while the clan discusses matters today. Help your father out the door, and I'll send someone to take him back."

The tone left no room for doubt.

Du Sheng blushed when he heard this and replied to the elder in the head of the clan, "Yes——"

As he said this, he helped his drunken father up and walked outside.

Du Qisan was not a well-behaved person when he was drunk. Du Sheng supported him and he swayed back and forth, completely out of control.

Pointing at a few of the younger members of the clan, he said, "Give me a hand and help get him out the door."

"Yes"

"Yes, Elder."

.........

Just as he helped the person to the door, a few strange strong men appeared outside and took the person away before Du Sheng could react.

…＆……、

Seeing that the crowd had finally quieted down and their ears were finally free, the Second Elder said rudely with a stern face:

“You are my Du clan.

For so many decades, the farming fires have never been lit, the clan bells have never been rung, and some people have forgotten the clan rules.

I don’t even know where I’m standing!”

"Over the years, the Du family's direct lineage has withered, and this gate hasn't been opened for so many years, which has caused some people to forget the rules..."

"dare not"

"I dare not forget..."

The second elder saw that there were no troublemakers among the people below, and none of them were as reckless as Du Qisan.

He sighed deeply and said helplessly, "It's not me, Du Suan, who is looking for trouble with you.

It’s not because I want to make things difficult for you. This family has its own rules and each clan has its own regulations.

Without rules, there can be no order. Our Du family has huddled here for hundreds of years, living comfortably, and has escaped genocide many times. Everyone knows why!

"You know, it's because of the protection of our tribe that we have the peace and security we have today."

At this point, the second elder slowed down his tone and said, "Does anyone remember the last time the Du family's house was so lively?"

Someone said, "It is Chief Su Shui who is officially meeting everyone as the young chief."

The speaker had a low voice and was quite old, so he stood hunched over in the middle of the plow fire.

"That's right. Back then, our clan leader was defending against foreign enemies and was ambushed. So, they made his only legitimate descendant the young clan leader..."

"Thinking back to the clan leader... Wow, we feel so ashamed of ourselves.

We, the unfilial descendants, feel ashamed of our patriarch.

We failed to hold on, and the clan leader lost his life in vain..."

Memories that were buried by the years decades ago were uncovered again. Those who experienced that unbearable past burst into tears instantly, as if their shoulders were crushed and lowered.

"I'm sorry, Chief—

The patriarch died in vain——

What a waste of life!"

The voice was so sorrowful that even Wen Shu, who was standing above, was infected by the emotions below.

The elders of the clan who were sitting above all sighed.

I don’t know if it was because the old man’s feelings moved everyone, but the whole square was shrouded in sadness.

The second elder did not expect this to happen. It was a bit beyond his expectations, but this situation was more beneficial to what they were going to announce next.

"Everyone has not forgotten the patriarch. They still remember the disaster that nearly wiped out our Du family. I think the patriarch's spirit in heaven would rest in peace if he saw it."

After saying this, he turned sideways and gave up the main seat. "Shu girl, come and stand in the middle."

Wenshu held her breath and heard her uncle's words, thinking that the moment was finally coming.

She didn't know how to get to the front.

My head was filled with the loud, powerful, and solemn voice of my second uncle, introducing the following:

"Do you see the girl in front of you?"

"Yes, this is the one who entered the village today."

"Yes, do you remember Young Master Su Shui..."

"Do you recognize this thing..."

As he spoke, Du Suan took out a piece of amber from his sleeve, which was entirely green and had the word "Du" carved on the back.

If ordinary people saw it at first glance, they might think it was an amber-shaped jade pendant used for decoration.

But their Du family is different. The patterns carved on the back of the amber have special meaning to the Du family.

It is also a symbol of direct lineage.