where did the ancestors go

"I'm 37 years old. Right now, I'm sitting in the cabin of a Boeing [-]. The gigantic plane is swooping down through thick clouds to land at Hamburg Airport. It's a cold November day. The rain has left the ground foggy. The repairmen in raincoats, the flags on the neat airport buildings, and the large BMW billboards all look like gloomy Flemish paintings. Background. Alas! It's Germany again.

At this time, the plane landed smoothly, the no-smoking light was turned off, and BGM music was played softly from the loudspeaker on the ceiling.It was "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles, but I don't know which band played it.As always, the melody still stirs my emotions.No!Ticks me, rocks me far more than ever before.

To keep my mind from bursting, I bowed my body, covered my face with my hands, and remained motionless.Soon, a German stewardess came over and asked me in English if I was not feeling well. I replied that it didn't matter, I was just a little dizzy.

"Does it really matter?"

"It's okay, thank you!" I said.So she left smiling, and Billy Joel was playing again from the loudspeaker.Raising my head, I looked up at the dark clouds floating over the North Sea, while thinking about what I had lost in the past half of my life.To think about the lost years, the people who died or left, and the thoughts that fade away. "

The above paragraphs were recalled by Yu Tang in his mind. He recalled that he accidentally opened the novel "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami on an idle night, which is the content at the beginning of Chapter 1.At this moment, what Yu Tang experienced was so similar to what was described in the book, except that he went to England instead of Germany, and the Boeing [-] was going to land not at Hamburg Airport, but at London Heathrow Airport.

The 22-hour plane journey made Yu Tang confused and his head was swollen, but no British stewardess came to care about him. He could only pinch his forehead twice and told himself to hold on, and 100 million was waving to him.

Thinking about yesterday, I was still hanging ghosts in the woods of the ancient eastern country Datian-chao, and today I ran to Tieling, a big city in the empire on which the sun never sets.

Oh no, it's London, the world's largest financial center that is as famous as New York in the United States.

The plane landed steadily on the runway, and people unbuttoned their seat belts one after another, and began to take out handbags and coats from the cabinets.Yu Tang was still sitting on his seat, and he waited until the rest of the passengers had almost disembarked before he stood up, took off his luggage, and slowly walked off the plane.Follow the flow of people, walk out of the airport, stand outside the airport hall, look left and right, among countless English pick-up signs, a sign with square characters is particularly conspicuous.

"Welcome Master Yutang to Japan" is written crookedly on it.

Oops, pornography, it's too pornographic, Yu Tang pouted his lips and thought, the handwriting was shabby, and the words that crawled out after catching a cockroach and putting it in the ink bottle were better than his writing.It was only when Tang walked in that he could see clearly that there were four more shabby small characters under the line of words "Never Settle the Empire", which together read "Welcome Master Yu Tang to the Never Settle Empire".

The one holding the sign was a handsome young man in a suit and leather shoes. The young handsome man had a beautiful face and fair skin. He had short dyed brown hair and was a head taller than Yu Tang. He couldn't be more handsome.Yu Tang stared straight away, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. The handsome young man also noticed Yu Tang. He stepped forward and stretched out his hand, smiling with a small canine tooth, like the male version of Ryoko Hirosue.

Yu Tang shook hands with him and felt that his hands were cold. The handsome young man uttered a sentence in English, and Yu Tang understood "welcome".

Seeing Yu Tang's bewildered expression, the handsome young man hurriedly changed his words to Chinese, "Nai Si, Lei Hao!"

Yu Tang was taken aback, "Nai Si?"

The little handsome guy held back for a long time before he pronounced the correct tone, "Master, hello, my name is Jin Yansen, Lei can call me Asen!"

"Oh, you can call me Tangzi." Yu Tang said politely.

"No, no, I still call you a bad teacher." Asen immediately corrected his accent, "Master!"

"Master, thank you for your hard work, let's go, let's go to eat first." Asen said, he reached out to pull Yu Tang's luggage, and Yu Tang waved his hand, "No need, I will do it myself."

The two left the airport. Asen was driving a red convertible sports car. Yu Tang didn't even know what kind of car it was.On the way, Yu Tang found out that A Sen was two years older than him, but he looked younger than him no matter how he looked.He is still an overseas Chinese who has lived in the UK for a long time and has been educated in capitalism since he was a child. Yu Tang thought to himself, this is a person who is not in the same world as him in his bones.

Besides, A Sen took him directly to a luxurious hotel that was so luxurious that he didn't know how many stars it was. The two of them sat facing each other. He handed over a brochure.

Yu Tang waved his hand and said, "I don't understand the menu, so you can order whatever you want."

A Sen: "Master, this is not a menu, I have already ordered the dishes."

Yu Tang smiled awkwardly, opened the booklet, and there was a picture of cultural relics on each page, most of which were porcelain and bronze wares, and there was a paragraph of English under the picture.Although Yu Tang couldn't understand it, he could guess that these English words were introductions to cultural relics.

"Master, it's the last page." Asen reminded.

Yu Tang turned the booklet to the last page. On this page was a dead body, wearing the official mansion of the Qing Dynasty, wearing an official hat with the iconic peacock feathers of Qing Dynasty officials on the cap.

"Master, this is my ancestor, my grand, grand, grandfather." Jin Hui explained, but seeing Yu Tang's frown, he immediately changed his words: "It is my great-great-great-grandfather."

"Has your ancestor become a cultural relic? That's good, it must be very valuable." Yu Tang joked, "Zombies are the most valuable."

"Master, don't make fun of me. This is the brochure for tomorrow's auction. My ancestor will be auctioned. To tell you the truth, my family will only recognize me if I buy my ancestor and send it back to Hong Kong. I Only then can I inherit my grandfather’s inheritance.” Asen’s face was not good, he sighed, and said: “I’m not afraid of your jokes, my family members don’t recognize me because my father died early, now my grandfather passed away, it’s reasonable It is said that I have a share of his inheritance, but no one in the family recognizes me. It is said that only if I bring my ancestors back to Hong Kong can I inherit my grandfather’s inheritance.”

"Oh, then your grandfather's inheritance must be much higher than your ancestor's, otherwise why would you bother him." Yu Tang teased.

"Sprinkle the water!" Asen waved his hand and said, "In short, I want to bring my ancestors back to Hong Kong, and I will buy them tomorrow no matter what. But you also saw that my ancestors have become zombies, I am very afraid Well, I just asked a friend to find Mr. Gao Zai and I have friendship, so I introduced you to me! Master, as long as you can help me bring my ancestors back to Hong Kong safely, money will not be a problem!"

Just as Yu Tang was about to speak, the waiter brought up the dishes, but Yu Tang didn't speak and continued to read the brochure.After the waiter left, Yu Tang said, "Your ancestor was a high-ranking official. This nine-python five-claw python robe, red flowered coral crown, and double-eyed feathers are at least second grade."

"Master is really amazing, no wonder Gao Zai recommended you to me. You are right. My ancestor was a noble in the Qing Dynasty. You eat first, and listen to me while you eat!" Asen asked Yu Tang to eat, and Yu Tang Tang was already hungry, picked up the knife and fork, and ate steak and London fried noodles.

Asen said: "My ancestor is from the Horqin Banner of Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty, named Naersu. You may not have heard of him, but you must have heard of his grandfather. He is the Zhenglan Banner favored by Emperor Daoguang and Xianfeng. The Mongolian capital and the Xiangbai Banner Manchurian capital are all governed by Seng Gelinqin!"

Yu Tang was taken aback, stopped the knife and fork in his hand, and said, "Seng Gelinqin? Seng Gelinqin from the Mongolian Borzigit family? This is a famous person. He once fought against the British and French allied forces in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Opium War, but later in Gaolouzhai in Heze, Shandong was ambushed and killed by the Nian army."

"It's it, it's him." Asen didn't expect Yu Tang to know so much, and he pointed his thumb up, "Later, Senggelinqin's son, Boyan Namohu, became the Prince of Bodolegatai, and he had three sons, namely Narsubel, Windusubel, Bodhisubel."

Yu Tang stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth, squinted his eyes and asked, "Since your ancestor was an aristocrat in the Qing Dynasty, why did you go to England as a cultural relic?" Did you snatch it?"

"Master, listen to me and continue." Asen said unhurriedly: "My ancestor Naersuke was clever and clever, and was appreciated by Emperor Guangxu. The Empress Dowager and Emperor Guangxu. On the day of the 54th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, because of the sudden sound of firecrackers, the mount was startled, and it collided with the Lafayette's carriage. They should have been executed, but they were favored by the Lafayette because of their handsome appearance. Instead of being executed, they Luckily by her, my ancestor was 33 years old that year, just in his prime.

"But there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Naersu had an affair with the Empress Dowager Cixi, and it was spread to the ears of his father Boyan Namohu, Prince Bodolgatai. Boyan Namohu knew that if this story spread, The Empress Dowager Cixi will definitely kill her own people in order to save face. For the continuation of the family, Boyan Namohu came up with a way to ask Emperor Guangxu for a two-month leave, and took his three sons back to his hometown to pay homage to Seng Gelinqin , and took the opportunity to force Narsu to death."

"Narsu also knows that the Empress Dowager Cixi will only give up if she dies, so that she can protect her people. Boyan Namohu personally broke the golden pot in his hand and asked Naersu to commit suicide by swallowing gold, but the fact is that tiger poison How could he be willing to kill his own son before he could eat his son? He just announced that Nasur died of illness, and secretly sent Nasur to Li Hongzhang’s family. Because the Borzigit family used to be called Borjijin, changed its name to Gold."

"In 1896, Li Hongzhang visited Europe, and the 42-year-old Nasur followed him for protection. When I arrived in England, my ancestors had a child with a British woman, and this is how my family came into being. But later, the British wanted to assassinate Li Hongzhang. I My ancestor stepped forward, embezzled others, pretended to be Mr. Li Hongzhang, and died in England, so it is now being auctioned as a cultural relic. Therefore, I should buy my ancestor and send him back to the east.”

Yu Tang understood that the old man in front of him from the Qing Dynasty was a Chinese-English bastard, no wonder he was so handsome.It makes sense for him to want his ancestors to go home, after all, the Chinese have a tradition of returning to their roots when fallen leaves return.The life of this Naersu is also quite legendary. Li Hongzhang was an important minister of the Qing Dynasty and a rare talent in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also a feat for Naersu to die for him!I should also help A Sen, and there is still money to be made.Thinking of this, Yu Tang hiccupped, and said sadly: "The Empress Dowager Cixi is too obsessive, and Yizhi consummated the house with a leopard-tailed gun. Poor Belle Narsu, he obeyed his father's order and swallowed gold to die. Alas, it is quite miserable to be exiled in a foreign country after death. Yes, young master Jin, don't worry, as long as you take a picture of your ancestor, I will escort him back to the country safely!"

A Sen was overjoyed, "Master, thank you, I knew you were reliable the first time I saw you! But don't call me Mr. Sao, call me A Sen."

As he spoke, Asen picked up his wine glass and clinked glasses with Yu Tang, and drank a glass of red wine.Yu Tang didn't know how to drink, and his face turned red from choking.

That night, the two stayed in the hotel and lived in the same room.As a descendant of the Qing Banner, Asen has never set foot in the land of Longxing of his ancestors - the Northeast outside the Guan.It happened that Yu Tang was from the Northeast, and A Sen pestered him to talk about the Northeast.At twelve o'clock at night, the two fell asleep together.

At seven o'clock the next night, Asen brought Yu Tang to the auction.Because his stomach was uncomfortable, Asen went to the toilet first, and when he came back, he asked Yu Tang, "Master, have you met my ancestors?"

Yu Tang: "I just took a picture of a urinal from the Qianlong period. It should not be your ancestor."

"Master, don't make fun of my ancestors like this!"

The author has something to say:

Don't say anything, and strongly recommend Lin Zhengying's "African Monk" and Murakami Haruki's "Norwegian Forest".There are also my "The Story of Stealing the Horse and the Golden Gun" and "The Fox Blowing the Lamp". The protagonist in "Blowing the Lamp" is also Yu Tangyo.