I was a young master in ancient times

An Zhonghua led Ankang to meet relatives.An Zhongwei and his family waited at the door to greet him early.Looking carefully, An Zhonghua and An Zhongwei have similar facial features, but An Zhonghua has a rectangular face, while An Zhongwei has a long face. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that they are brothers.

Ankang was sitting on a chair upright, listening to his father and his uncle chatting.The big brother An Houzai on the opposite side sat peacefully on the chair and nodded in agreement from time to time.It turned out that the little actor ran away with his uncle and didn't let his uncle live a good life.He didn't want to listen to the polite talk of back and forth, so he pleaded guilty and dragged Houzai's cousin to the street to play.

An Houzai has a heart to associate with Ankang.He knew that Ankang was also studying in the academy, so he wanted to discuss his studies with him. "I don't know what articles my cousin is studying now?"

Ankang was unwilling to bring up matters related to his studies, so he casually said, "I'm reading the Tao Te Ching recently."

"I don't know how my cousin understands 'Anonymous, the beginning of heaven and earth, Famous, the mother of all things'." An Houzai seemed to be asking for advice, and Ankang only felt a toothache in the back molar.What is unknown and famous.Just as he was racking his brains to figure out how to deal with it, a group of people in white clothes beating and beating mourners walked towards him, followed by a group of monks in white clothes behind the long line.

An Houzai lowered his head, and waited for the mourners to leave before raising his head. With a look of disdain, he whispered, "Death early, clean up early."

Ankang: "!"

Huzi: "!" "Tang, Master Tang, you can accumulate virtue with your words."

An Houzai blushed for a moment, and he quickly argued, "I'm not. Sigh. You are outsiders and don't know what's going on here. I'll talk to you today." Or relatives."

You still say that to others about relatives.This... Ankang and Huzi didn't know what to say.

"No. You listen to me." The expressions on the faces of the master and servant were too obvious, An Houzai hurriedly explained, "You listen to me." "My grandma brought my father to Dongye County 30 years ago In less than a year, my grandma married Sun Yuanwai and became a concubine. The grandson’s family did not allow my grandma to take my father with him to raise him. So my grandma rented another house and hired an old lady to take care of me all the time. Father. Later, grandma gave birth to a son and a daughter in the Sun family. The one who will be buried today is my uncle from the Sun family."

"Then don't you need to kowtow?" Ankang remembered that if the relationship was close, he would kowtow to give away.

"Our two families have broken ties. Cousin, you don't know," An Houzai seemed ashamed to mention, "My uncle is the third young master of the Sun family."

The third young master of the Sun family?How the third young master of the Sun family died, the waiter at the inn has already said.Looking at Cousin Houzai's attitude, I feel that there is something else going on.Both master and servant looked at An Houzai.

An Houzai shook his head, sighed first, and said, "Sun San is an old man, and he has always been loved by his grandsons. His temper is a bit domineering and arrogant. My father was often bullied by him when he was young. He still doesn't allow father and grandma to meet Grandma didn't like my father at all, so she only gave him some flowers every month, and didn't care about the rest. Later, when my father grew up, he fell in love with a girl from the Feng family who lived next door, and invited a matchmaker to the Feng family to say goodbye. Who would have thought that Sanshao Sun would know about it. Sanshao Sun is very lustful, and he can't understand my father, so he robbed the girl from Feng's family by force. The girl threw herself into the well the next day. So my family and Sanshao Sun It also made a complete knot. These years, Third Young Master Sun has spoiled many girls, eight out of ten of his concubines were snatched."

Ankang said angrily, "Is there no one to take care of it? No one to take care of this beast?"

"The eldest daughter of Sun Yuanwai is the wife of the local county magistrate. The county magistrate has always turned a blind eye to the Sun family's affairs. At first, some people went to report the case, but they were arrested by the government officials and beat up. Finally He was beaten up and said to be slandering the Sun family. Afterwards, no one dared to report the case. Since then, Sun Sanshao and his servants have no scruples and are tyrannical."

"These people are nothing." I don't know how many unjust cases there are.Ankang scolded the dog officer in his heart, besides the dog officer, Hu Zi also heard something after listening to the story, "Master, why do I think that Dongye tree ghost is a good monster. A villain like Sun Sanshao should be punished .”

"You have also heard the recent rumors about Dongyeshu?"

Ankang replied, "We thought about going to the night market yesterday. How could we have imagined that the sky had just darkened and there were no people on the street. Later, we asked the waiter at the inn to find out the rumor about Dongyeshu. There was a murder case last month, was there a murder case about Dong Yeshu before?"

"No." An Houzai shook his head, "It means that Dong Yeshu was involved in the matter of the third young master of the Sun family."

"This matter must be man-made." Ankang affirmed.

"How does cousin know?"

"According to my cousin, the third young master of the Sun family must have had many enemies. And it was none other than the third young master Sun and his servant who died. What's more, there are no ghosts and spirits in this world. Take revenge." The most famous scenic spot in Dongye County is the thousand-year-old Dongye tree.Although Ankang doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but after all, there was a murder case, and he is not strong enough to play casually. "Cousin, I wonder if there are any other places worth visiting in Dongye County? To tell you the truth, brother, I just love to travel around."

An Houzai thought for a while, and said, "The lotus flowers in the suburbs are just blooming at this time, my cousin can go sightseeing."

The three of them found an ox cart and bought some snacks, and went directly to the suburbs.The fragrance of lotus flowers slowly floats in the air.At that time, a poetic sentence appeared in Ankang's mind, "The lotus leaves are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun." The bookish cousin beside him also sang a poem praising lotus leaves and lotus flowers, but there is no such thing as a lotus that meets the sky. The artistic conception of leaves.An □□ was afraid that his cousin would ask him to write a poem, so he quickly turned to talk to Huzi.An Houzai wanted to discuss with his cousin several times, but Ankang preemptively spoke up.After several rounds, An Houzai only felt a little distressed in his heart, as if he sensed that his cousin didn't like him, but he couldn't say exactly why, anyway, his cousin didn't talk to him very much.

An Houzai walked with his head depressed, and accidentally bumped into someone.He hurriedly cupped his hands and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The bearded man who was hit frowned, and the scars on his face were full of fierceness.Looks like he's not easy to mess with.Without saying a word, he just nodded and left in a hurry.

Looking at the back of the big man going away, An Houzai frowned and was stunned.

"Cousin Houzai." Ankang walked over quickly, "But it hurts?" His cousin was as thin as a tall bamboo pole.

An Houzai muttered, "Nothing, nothing. It's amazing."

"What's so strange?" Ankang looked at the back of the big man walking away, and looked at the muttering cousin, for fear that the person like the hill would hit the bamboo pole cousin.

"That man is Sun Sanshao's servant, named Zhou Liang. Originally, Sun Sanshao often accompanied three servants, and then another Zhou Liang was added. Just now we saw the funeral of Sun's family on the street , The ancestral grave of the Sun family is in the east village. Why did Zhou Liang come from the south this week. I smelled the smell of burning paper money on his body just now. It wasn’t for Sun Sanshao, but who was it for? It's weird."

After Ankang heard what his cousin said, a conspiracy theory arose in his heart, maybe Zhou Liang was the real murderer this week, and this incident was full of weirdness.Sun Sanshao and his three servants are all dead, why is there only one left in the end.The young man was bold and capable, Ankang immediately suggested, "Why don't we go to the south and have a look. If someone burns paper, there will be traces. Let's go and have a look."

"Young Master." Hu Zi retreated immediately, "If you don't know the place, let's go back to the inn and stay there. The master told me to watch you, and you are not allowed to run around."

"Why are you unfamiliar with the place?" Ankang embraced An Houzai, "Isn't this an acquaintance?" "Aren't you curious, Huzi?"

Ankang's embrace gave him a sense of intimacy, and An Houzai felt that maybe this cousin didn't dislike him, but just because he was not familiar with him yet.The way to get familiar quickly is that everyone can play together. It would be even better if we can explore together.An Houzai agreed very much and said, "What my cousin said is true. I have collected furs and herbs with my father. I am familiar with all the villages around here."

"Can……"

"Don't worry about it. Two to one, we won." Ankang took the lead and walked south, "Just go to the countryside for a walk, what can happen."

Even if Huzi didn't want to, he still had to catch up with his young master.However, he was also curious.As if they were really going on an adventure.

The first small village to go south is a village surnamed Lin.There are not many households in the Zhuangzi, and mud thatched houses stand sparsely in the Zhuangzi, which does not look rich.A row of old people sat under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village to enjoy the shade.

Ankang stepped forward and asked, "Old man, ask me something. Did a burly man with a scar on his face come to the village just now?"

The old people in the village were very enthusiastic, and you said exactly what you said, "A big man came here, he looked very fierce, and he was carrying two knives to burn paper. I don't know which family he is from. I haven't seen him before. He just left It’s not far away, if you want to chase, go faster, maybe you can still catch up.”

Ankang thanked the old people, and the three teenagers walked into Linjiazhuang. "It must be Zhou Liang who burned the paper with two knives. There must be someone related to him in this village. We might be able to uncover the truth." Ankang said excitedly.

They asked all the way three times, and then walked along the road to visit the tombs on the side of the road.Huzi murmured, and every time he walked through a tomb, he would say, "There are so many offenses, so many offences."

Finally, traces of burnt paper were found in a group of inconspicuous tombs.Not only the burnt paper, but the weeds in front of this group of tombs were obviously just cleaned up.Dig out some of the moist soil.Ankang looked at the tombstones one by one, "The people on the tombstone are all from the Lin family. Could it be that Zhou Liang has something to do with the Lin family?"

"That Zhou Liang was a foreigner." An Houzai affirmed, "He came to Dongye County two years ago. His accent is obviously from the south."

Huzi found a farmer who was working in a field not far away to inquire.The farmer put down the hoe in his hand, looked at the tomb, and sighed. "That piece is the ancestral grave of Lin Yuan's family. Except for Lin Yuan, his family is gone. Lin Yuan hasn't come back for more than ten years. He is probably either dead or crazy."

Ankang asked, "Couldn't that big man who came to visit the grave today be Lin Yuan?"

"It's not him. I grew up with Lin Yuan wearing open crotch pants, and I recognize him even when he turned into ashes. That's not him. Lin Yuan used to be very thin, and he never gained weight. He is also very shy. He has always been a hard-working person. When he was very young, his father went away when he was sick, and his mother didn't support him for a few years. He grew up wearing a variety of clothes and eating a variety of meals. When he was 20 years old, the matchmaker told him about the Xiaofang. That Xiaofang is also a poor person. Her parents are gone, and she was finally sold to Lin Yuan by her uncle for a tael of silver. Fortunately, the husband and wife are hardworking people, and they live their lives with one heart. Life will be fine as soon as you see it, Xiaofang Fang was also pregnant. Xiaofang went to the county to sell eggs, but Sun Sanshao, an animal, saw it and made Xiaofang's idea. The next day Xiaofang threw herself into the well. Brother Lin Yuan couldn't hold on at that time. I was ill for half a month. At least I dragged my sick body to attend the funeral. I never saw him again.” The farmer took off his straw hat and fanned it in his hand, “I don’t know where that man came from today. Come to visit brother Lin Yuan's family grave. I don't know what kind of relative he is."

Saying goodbye to the farmers, the three of them returned home.

Ankang's aunt Li is a very simple middle-aged woman who cooks authentic home-cooked dishes.My cousin, An Houyu, embroidered at home all day long.Ankang also received a purse embroidered by his cousin, with a pattern of emerald green bamboo.After receiving the purse, Ankang thanked his cousin, and nicknamed her, "Xiehouyu." An Houzai held back his unkind smile.An Houyu, who rarely had contact with men, immediately froze in place, and then covered his eyes and began to sob softly.

It made people cry, and Ankang turned around in a hurry, "Good cousin, don't cry. My brother went to the street to find some good things for you? My brother is mean, but my sister will forgive me."

An Houyu smiled embarrassedly, wiped his eyes and whispered, "I'm fine." From then on, An Houyu's cousin, An Houyu, was like sister Lin in Ankang's heart, a weak and delicate woman who could shed tears at every turn flower.So generally he would not dare to provoke his cousin.