The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

"Lieutenant Zhong County, the governor's entourage is here to look for you, please open the door." There was a shout from the door room, which made Zhong Bengen and the others think that the county magistrate had sent someone to find something.

"The entourage of the governor?" Zhong Bengen was puzzled when he heard the shouts from outside.

However, he didn't understand why he didn't understand. After getting up and opening the door, he saw a stranger and a guard standing outside the door.

"Hello, Lieutenant Zhongxian, my name is Zhang Dalin, and I am the governor's entourage. Please come and meet the governor with me. The governor is at the Santai Guest House in Sanquan County at this time." Seeing that the person who opened the door was an official, Zhang Dalin confirmed the situation in front of him. The person in question was probably Zhong Bengen, who he had come to look for, and said.

"What! Inspector Zhong has arrived in Sanquan County?" Zhong Bengen was shocked when he heard Zhang Dalin's words.

As far as he knows, Zhong Wen, the governor, can be said to be the one who never sees the end.

He Zhong Bengen has been to the government office several times, but he has never seen Zhong Wen's real body.

Now, in this dark night, a person who claimed to be the governor's entourage came, and said that the governor had arrived in Sanquan County.

Some of his subordinates not far away were also surprised when they heard Zhang Dalin's words.

"County Lieutenant, we will go with you to meet Governor Zhong." Everyone complained just now that they were going to Lizhou to sue, but now the biggest official in Lizhou came to Sanquan County.

"Okay, let's go together, but you have to settle down, don't let Governor Zhong look down on us." Zhong Bengen didn't think too much about it, and he really annoyed the county magistrate more and more recently.

Immediately, he arched his hands towards Zhang Dalin and replied: "Please lead the way ahead."

Zhang Dalin didn't talk too much, and led Zhong Bengen and his party to the Santai guesthouse.

When Zhong Bengen and his group came to Santai Guest House, they saw Zhong Wen's family sitting in the lobby of the guest house waiting for him.

"County Wei Zhong Bengen of Sanquan County and his subordinates have met Zhong Inspector." Zhong Bengen and the others did not expect that Zhong Wen would live in a small guest house.

"Don't be too polite. We came here today to find you. We are here for a private matter. As for your subordinates, why don't you go back first and talk about it tomorrow?" Zhong Wen saw that Zhong Bengen was still bringing his subordinates forward Come, said with a smile.

When Zhong Bengen's subordinates heard Zhong Wen's words, they hurriedly bowed and left the guest house.

Zhong Wen has already said this, how can they lose their winks.

But at this time, Zhong Mugen, who was sitting on the side, was staring at Zhong Bengen, with tears in his eyes, stood up nervously, and went straight to Zhong Bengen.

"Cousin! Cousin! Do you know me? I'm Mugen." Zhong Mugen's words made Zhong Bengen stunned, not knowing what happened.

"Father, don't get excited. Sit down and talk about it first. Besides, you were only less than one year old back then, so he wouldn't know you even if you think about it." Zhong Wen saw that his father was so excited, and quickly supported his father. Dad sits down.

With my father's current state, it is estimated that Zhong Bengen can be confused.

In fact, Zhong Bengen is really at a loss at this moment.

However, after he realized it, he remembered that his father had a younger brother, and his father's younger brother once had a son named Mu Gen.

However, because Zhong Bengen was too young back then, it was impossible for him to remember what happened back then.

Moreover, more than 30 years have passed, and as far as the moment is concerned, it is even more impossible for Zhong Bengen to remember his cousin back then.

Furthermore, as far as he knew, his second uncle's family seemed to have no news for a long time, and a relative suddenly appeared at the moment, which made Zhong Bengen a little at a loss.

"Lieutenant Zhongxian, I know you are a little puzzled now. What my father said just now is about our coming to Sanquan County. As far as I know from Zhong Da, you..." Zhong Wen saw that Zhong Bengen was a little confused, Only then did he speak slowly.

Following Zhong Wen's narration, Zhong Bengen became more and more clear.

"Inspector Zhong, are you serious about what you said just now? Is your grandfather really called Zhong Zhen? Is your great-grandfather really called Zhong Hu? Did he really come from Dinghu County?" Zhong Bengen was really shocked by what Zhong Wen said. no.

There is excitement in my heart, but also uncertainty.

"Really, please see, this is the ancestral tree of my Zhong family." Seeing Zhong Bengen's appearance at this time, Zhong Wen hurriedly took out the ancestral tree he had prepared.

When Zhong Bengen took it and took a closer look, he was pleasantly surprised, and tears began to flow down like a spring.

"Cousin."

"Cousin."

After finally confirming that the two families were originally a family, the two cousins, Zhong Mugen, finally hugged each other, crying bitterly.

And the rest of Zhong Wen's family also beamed with joy, and were most happy to see such a scene.

The Zhong family originally thought that they didn't even have a single relative.

Now, finally, the relatives of the family who fled from the north and disappeared have been found.

This made Zhong Wen's family suddenly have a family of relatives, and from then on, they can return to the family in a legitimate way.

Chapter 596 Acknowledging the Ancestor and Returning to the Ancestor

"Cousin, how far is Sandou Village?" On the second day, when Zhong Bengen led Zhong Wen's family to Sandou Village, Zhong Mugen kept asking.

In fact, Zhong Mugen stayed up all night after he confessed to his relatives last night.

Moreover, from Zhong Bengen's mouth, he learned that his uncle was still alive, which made him want to see his uncle as soon as possible.

Zhong Zhen, that is the eldest son of the Zhong family.

It is the most orthodox branch of the entire Zhong family.

"Cousin, just pass the mountain ahead and you will arrive at Sandou Village." Zhong Bengen pointed to a mountain in the distance and said with a smile.

After yesterday's recognition of relatives, Zhong Bengen really didn't expect that his second uncle's family still had descendants alive, which made Zhong Bengen feel excited.

Moreover, the Zhong family in front of him has a governor.

This is definitely great news for the entire Zhong family.

As long as Zhong Wen's family arrives at Sandou Village, recognizes their ancestors, and reunites with relatives, the future of the Zhong family is estimated to have a bright future.

Of course, it also depends on whether Zhong Wen, a junior, will support and support the Zhong family.

Sandou Village is actually not far from Sanquan County.

It's only twenty miles away.

However, Sanquan County is located in the north of Lizhou after all, and it is even more densely forested.

Further north, it is the Zhongnan Mountains.

In such a place, it is really inconvenient to move.

Moreover, Sandou Village is not a big village, but only a small one.

There are not many households in the village, and there will be about twenty households.

There are only five families surnamed Zhong in the whole village, and a dozen or so families are all surnamed Song.

Why is it called Sandou Village?

This also has its historical reasons.

In other words, it turned out that Sandou Village was not called Sandou Village, but Songjia Village.

Many years ago, a disaster occurred in Songjia Village, which made the fields lose their harvest. The villagers of Songjia Village complained that every day should not be done, and that the land was not working well. The whole village was almost relocated collectively.

At that time, a Taoist passed by here, spent all his money, bought some grain, and distributed three buckets of grain to each household in Songjia Village.

He also taught the villagers to hunt and other things, which made Songjia Village survive.

Later, the Taoist left until Songjia Village survived the catastrophe.

For this reason, Songjia Village changed its name to Sandou Village to commemorate the Taoist who rescued them from suffering and distress, so as to commemorate the Taoist who gave them three buckets of food.

"Cousin, look, there is Sandou Village, we only need to go forward for another three quarters of an hour to go home." Zhong Bengen pointed to a village in the distance, and introduced to Zhong Mugen.

"Cousin, let's go quickly." Zhong Mugen was anxious, wanting to see his uncle as soon as possible.

But he forgot that besides Zhong Wen's family, Zhong Bengen's family was also brought here.

Among them, Zhong Bengen's wife and children are not so easy to walk.

Zhong Bengen's wife has been ill recently, and it is very inconvenient to move around.

Zhong Bengen's wife's name is Song Jiayu, who is also a villager in Sandou Village.

Furthermore, Zhong Bengen has two sons and two daughters.

The youngest daughter is only a little over one year old, and can only be carried by Zhong Bengen's eldest son to walk, and his wife has to be supported by his eldest daughter to facilitate walking.

If it weren't for Zhong Mugen's eagerness, even Zhong Bengen's wife, children, and children would not necessarily return to Sandou Village.

They are physically inconvenient and have to travel such a long distance, which is really hard for them.

According to Zhong Bengen's status as the captain of Sanquan County, the family has some family background no matter what.

Just a pity.

Zhong Bengen was originally just a servant. If Zhong Wen hadn't made drastic reforms to Lizhou, maybe Zhong Ben would never have had the opportunity to be a county lieutenant.

What's more, Sanquan County belongs to the lower county, and the post of a county lieutenant is the most inferior official among the officials of the Tang Dynasty, from the ninth rank.

The salary is not much, and there are so many people in the family to support, and they have to help the clan members at any time, Zhong Bengen's family has no spare money at all.

Of course, it is also possible to borrow a few horses from the county government.

It's just that Zhong Bengen was a bit rigid in dealing with people, and the county magistrate was so vigilant against him that he suppressed him as a county lieutenant, so Zhong Bengen didn't think about borrowing some horses from the county government at all.

Therefore, this led to their group walking on foot.

However, fortunately there are two brothers, Zhang Dalin and Zhang Xiaolin, otherwise, the twenty miles of mountain road would have taken half of Zhong Bengen's wife's life.

But at this time, Zhong Wen was carrying Xiao Wu on his back and walking at the back of the team.

Xiao Hua followed, talking to Zhong Wen from time to time.

Zhong Wen's family has long been accustomed to walking on mountain roads.

After a few quarters of an hour, the group finally arrived at Sandou Village.

When Zhong Bengen arrived outside Sandou Village, he left behind a group of people and hurried back home.

Not long after, two old people came out of the village with a group of twenty people.

"Mugen, it's really my Mugen, ahhh..." When the two old men looked at Zhong Mugen, who was at the head, they stretched out their hands, trotted up to meet them, and burst into tears.

"Uncle, aunt." Zhong Mugen ran over after seeing the two old people, hugged them and burst into tears.

And Zhong Wen and the others hurried over.

After a burst of crying, it finally stopped after a quarter of an hour.

"His aunt, Xiaowen, Xiaohua, Xiaowu, hurry up and meet your uncle and aunt." Zhong Mugen raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and shouted to Zhong Wen and the others.

Xiu led Zhong Wen and the others, and quickly bowed to salute the two old men.

"Okay, okay, okay, you are all good boys, get up quickly, let's go, let's go home." The two old people helped the crowd up, each pulling Zhong Mugen and his wife.

After returning home, it was another conversation.

From the escape, to the following things.

The world is unpredictable, and no one thought that the two families had long since disappeared.

Moreover, after Zhong Zhen came to Lizhou, he also searched for a lot of people, and finally found his father, Zeng Hu.

It's just a pity that the world was too chaotic back then, and Zhong Wen's grandfather's family separated again.

This led to the fact that neither of the two brothers knew who was alive or dead.

However, Zhong Wen's grandfather brought his family to the area of ​​Longquan Temple, where he was taken in by Li Daoling's master, that is, Zhong Wen's ancestor, and became a tenant of Longquan Village. Only then did he have a chance to survive.

On the other hand, people from Zhong Zhen's family have been transferred to Sanquan County. They were not householders in Sandou Village at the beginning, but made a living in Sanquan County.

However, the county town was still too chaotic, so he went into the mountains and forests to survive, and finally, he arrived at Sandou Village.

"Father, this is Zhong Wen, the governor I told you about." After talking, Zhong Bengen pointed to Zhong Wen who was sitting on the side, and introduced to his father.

"Okay, okay, okay, my Zhong family has finally produced a high-ranking official, okay, if my father finds out about this, I don't know how happy I would be." Zhong Zhen watched Zhong Wen do it at such a young age. The governor, heartbroken, wiped away his tears and said.

Zhong Wen was a little embarrassed by what his second grandfather said.

Although I am the governor, my family didn't bring anything here, not even a gift, which seemed a bit stingy.

Originally, my family came here to find relatives.

Moreover, before looking for relatives, I didn't know whether it was true or not, so I threw it all aside after the ceremony.

Now, my family has finally found their own family, and now it's all right, there is no gift, and they came here empty-handed, so what is it if it is not embarrassing.

"Uncle, Xiaowen is also lucky. Many years ago, Li Daochang took Xiaowen into the Taoist temple. Later, he got this official position. He was made a marquis by the current sage, and he was awarded a lot of land." Zhong Mugen smiled. Said to Zhong Zhen.

"It's really good. My Zhong family was originally a family of officials, but the world was too chaotic back then. I also cut off my official career and ran for my life. Now, my Zhong family has finally returned to prove the origin of my Zhong family. "After Zhong Zhen finished speaking, he laughed again.

Zhong Wen didn't know about the lineage of the Zhong family.