Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 8 and Seven

When Li Shengxian just landed on board, he was about to pay: "Master, how much is it?"

However, when he turned his head, the wooden boat behind him had disappeared, the river was calm, and there were no boats in sight.

Li Shengxian's back was covered in cold sweat, and he felt inexplicable fear.

"Couldn't it be a ghost encounter in broad daylight?" He trembled in his heart, panicking, and hurriedly left the river.

After crossing the river and taking a car on the side of the road, Li Shengxian finally came to a small town according to the address.

The town has the style of the south of the Yangtze River. It is built by the mountains and rivers. It is antique and full of the sense of history. Except for a few electric wire pillars, there is no modern thing to be seen, and even the ground on the road is The thick bluestone bricks are paved, and the houses in the town are all wooden structures. It seems that the style has the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

There are even a few houses with a longer history.

Although other tourist attractions also have ancient buildings, compared with this one, it is more than one level worse.

This kind of small town piled up by history gives people a different feeling.

At this time, Li Shengxian saw a tour guide leading a tourist team of more than a dozen people appear on the road in the town.

"Everyone, now we have come to Wanjia Town. The earliest time of this Wanjia Town can be traced back to the Song Dynasty more than 1000 years ago. It was not called Wanjia Village before, but it was renamed Wanjia Village during the Republic of China. At that time, the country was in turmoil, thieves invaded, and wars were everywhere. I believe everyone knows the Jinling City incident at that time. At that time, there was a businessman from the Republic of China named Li in Wanjia Village. He helped many people who were homeless due to the war. people."

"They fled here and settled down here. Because there are people of all surnames from all over the place, they changed the name to Wanjia Town."

The tour guide walked with the tour group; "You should have seen seven bronze shells on the way to Wanjia Town just now. It was when a bandit army came to the outside of Wanjia Town during the war. When the houses in the town were complete and the city walls were tall, they thought there was an army stationed there, so they fired seven shells at the town with mortars.”

"You may not believe it, but none of the seven shells landed in the town exploded. The officer who commanded the battle at that time turned around and ran away in fright, and never attacked Wanjia Town again."

"In this way, this ancient town has been preserved safe and sound. Every building in this town has a history of hundreds of years, and the oldest building is a building left over from the Song Dynasty." The tour guide brought tourists here Going to an ancient and exquisite mansion in the small town, he said: "This is the building. It is said that the first building was the mansion of a prime minister named Li Shanchang in the early Ming Dynasty. It was built at that time and it can be said to be very luxurious."

"The whole house shares three hundred beams and columns, each of which is made of golden nanmu. Even the bricks on the floor are gold bricks used by the imperial palace. Now the market price is tens of thousands of gold bricks, and the ancient gold bricks are even more As high as 20 million yuan, not to mention the value of golden nanmu, it can be said that this house is a priceless treasure, not only has high economic value, but also has high artistic and historical value."

Li Shengxian followed the tour guide and wandered around the small town. When he came to this ancient mansion, he touched the thick doorpost, and for some reason, he felt a familiar feeling in his heart.

The tour guide continued: "Now this Li Mansion has been changed into a private museum in Wanjia Township, and half of it is open to the public for free. Now, everyone is allowed to visit freely for half an hour. We will gather here after half an hour."

Li Shengxian also entered the Li Mansion curiously.

As soon as you enter, there is a huge screen wall in front of you.

On the screen wall is a picture of a tiger sleeping soundly.

A fierce tiger was crawling on a huge rock, sleeping soundly, and under the sharp claws of the fierce tiger, there was actually a little man holding down.

I don't know what kind of craftsman carved this relief, but it is lifelike and very expressive.

However, the screen wall is surrounded by railings on all sides, and there are security patrols. Some people want to get close to touch it, but they are stopped by the security immediately.

"Hey, handsome guy, can I trouble you to take a photo for us?" a tourist girl greeted.

Li Shengxian said: "No problem."

He took the phone and took a picture of them.

But suddenly he saw a small road in the place where the phone was facing. A group of men in suits, escorted by bodyguards, quickly passed the front yard and entered the private place behind.

He accidentally photographed this group of people, and after carefully identifying them, he couldn't help but said: "Damn, I'm not mistaken, isn't this Li Chaoren, and the richest man in Ma, Li Shufu... It's not like attending some international conference. How did the crowd come to this place?"

Li Shengxian's family is also very rich, and he met these bigwigs when he attended a reception with his father before, so he recognized them all.

It's just that they don't know themselves.

After all, I am a rich second generation who lives and waits to die, and my father handles business matters.

"Go and have a look." Li Shengxian immediately returned the phone to the little girl, and then hurriedly touched it.

In fact, the Li Mansion is very large.

When the museum is open to the public, it is only the front yard, which only occupies a small part of the entire mansion, and more places have never been opened to the public, and even the locals have never entered it after living for decades.

In fact, there is nothing special about the backyard of the Li family.

There is only one ancient and exquisite ancestral hall.

There are many portraits of past dynasties hanging in the ancestral hall.

From modern times to ancient times: Li Yunlong, Li Hongzhang... Li Wei, Li Zicheng... Li Shanchang.

Moreover, there are tablet mourning halls near the portraits.

Could it be that these celebrities surnamed Li all came from here?

In front of the ancestral hall, there was an old man sitting beside him with a cane. He was over 80 years old. Although he was very old, his waist was still straight, his face was calm, he was unsmiling, and he had an inexplicable majesty.

A group of contemporary bigwigs ordered their bodyguards to wait outside, then walked into the ancestral hall without saying a word, and then stood in order, without whispering a word during the period.

After a full quarter of an hour, the old man sitting on the side opened his eyes and took a look. "This year, there are a few fewer people who come to worship ancestors than in previous years. They have become rich and rich. Have you begun to forget your ancestors?"

"Clan elders, some of them are abroad, so it's understandable that they can't make it for a while..." A wealthy businessman said.

The clan elder said indifferently: "If you are busy worshiping your ancestors once a year, you won't be able to come back? Business is so important? Recite the things of the ancestors and forget them, and cross them off the genealogy later. .”

The dozen or so people standing in the ancestral hall were shocked when they heard the words, and they dared not answer.

The Li family has a long heritage. They have read the genealogy. The earliest time can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, then the Song Dynasty prospered, and the Ming Dynasty reached its peak. Later, during the Republic of China, many celebrities came out of many places to fight against the war and save the country.

Even they don't know how deep the roots of the Li family are.

They only know that they need to go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors once a year, and they are not the only group. As far as they know, there are at least three groups of people who worship their ancestors, and their business people are just one of them.

"You guys came early this year. Let's put aside the sacrifice for now. It's almost time for some things left by the ancestors. It's time to show you, so that you don't know what happened in the future." Clan elder He stood up and said, "Come with me."

These big guys suddenly showed curiosity.

In addition to the Li family's ancient inheritance and deep roots, what scares them the most is that every elder of the Li family has the ability to predict the future. Whenever the situation changes, they will notify the Li family in advance to prepare for it.

It is precisely because of this that the Li family has survived for thousands of years and has been passed down to this day.

The clan elder led them to a secret passage, and finally came to a basement along the secret passage.

Here is a modern decoration, like a hidden museum, many ancient cultural relics are placed inside a lot of bulletproof glass.

"Clan elder, what's inside..." someone asked.

The clan elder paused for a moment and said, "That is Li Hongzhang's private seal. Over there are Li Zicheng's golden knife and gold seal. Over there are the gold medal Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed on Li Shanchang to save him from death, and several imperial edicts... If things are not preserved, future generations will not believe in their ancestors, thinking that what is recorded in the history books is true."

"With something, there is evidence. The few words in the history books can't fool people. The things left by the ancestors are more than that. The things I want to show you are in the front."