I hesitated and said: "Since all the Chen family were buried, how can you be the direct grandson of the Chen family?
And Professor Chen said that his great-grandfather lived in Shanhaiguan before moving to Beijing.
What is going on?"
Mr.
Chen said: "Professor Chen's ancestor was also a grandson of the Chen family.
His ancestor married a wealthy family at the age of marriage.
The wealthy family only had one daughter, so they asked that ancestor to marry him.
Chen agreed, and then The ancestor got married soon, so he was not buried with the Chen family a few years later."
I rushed to say: "Are you the descendant of that Chen Zhen?"
Mr.
Chen shook his head and said: "No, Chen Zhen is General Chen Tuo.
Chen Tuo is the name given by the emperor after he joined the army to reward him for his outstanding military achievements and great defeat of the enemy.
Tuo means defeat, defeat and expansion."
The fat man said anxiously: "Then I know, you must be a descendant of the person whose name is blacked out on the genealogy."
Mr.
Chen couldn't help being a little stunned when he heard the fat man say this: "It was blackened."
The fat man said: "Yes, it's been blacked out.
There are only two names in the last generation of the family tree, one is Chen Zhen, and the other is blacked out.
It's completely impossible to tell what it is.
At first we thought the blacked out one was Chen Tuo, it seems there is someone else.
Hey, what did your ancestor do to make the Chen family hate him so much?"
The fat man looked gloating.
Mr.
Chen was not angry at all, and said: "It seems that the blackened name does belong to the ancestor.
The ancestor's name is Chen Zhi.
He and Chen Zhen are of the same generation and are half-brothers.
Chen Zhen has been smart and studious since he was a child. , is the proud descendant of the Chen family.
He later joined the army and fought bravely against the enemy, which brought honor to the Chen family.
The ancestor Chen Zhi was weak since he was a child.
When he was young, he successfully predicted that a farm family in the county would be attacked by wild beasts.
Complete He was regarded as a freak and an ominous person because of domestic violence, so he was kept at home since he was a child, never allowed to go out, and had little contact with the outside world.
Therefore, few outsiders knew about this descendant of the Chen family.
But Chen.
My beloved ancestor was really talented, smart and arrogant.
Because he was treated like this by his family and saw that the whole family loved Chen Zhen and was proud of him, he felt unavoidable and felt unfair, so he gradually changed his character and became extreme.
Sensitive and difficult to get along with others.
Later, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, the war between the Qing army and the Ming army intensified, and Li Zicheng's peasant army attempted to invade Beijing.
At this time, Chen Zhi's ancestor had a crooked idea and secretly contacted the Qing army.
He wanted to work with the Qing army inside and outside to lure him into the city, hoping to achieve certain achievements and status in the Qing regime.
I guess he wanted to do something to make the Chen family look at him and avenge his past humiliation.
The Chen family was die-hard loyalists of the Ming Dynasty.
When they found out about this incident, the whole family was furious and jointly reprimanded the ancestor Chen Zhi.
Unexpectedly, the ancestor Chen Zhi refused to repent and not only refused to cut off contact with the Qing army, but also cursed Chen Zhi.
The whole family was pedantic and stubborn, and they predicted that the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed.
This incident finally angered the Chen family, and they sent people to send Chen Zhi's ancestor away from Shanhaiguan to a small village in the south, and removed his name from the family tree.
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"Later, Chen Zhi's ancestors moved to Guangdong, where they settled down and had children.
After hearing that Li Zicheng's peasant army entered Beijing to overthrow the Ming Dynasty regime, the Chen family still fought hard to resist the Qing army on their own.
However, Wu Sangui defected and the Qing Dynasty The army was able to enter the pass in large numbers.
On the day the Qing army entered the city, the Chen family retreated into the Wuliangshan Tomb and committed suicide.
After Chen Zhi sent someone to find out the news, he fell to the ground.
He cried, leaned over and kowtowed three times to the north, and never mentioned anything about the Chen family again.
However, before he died, he told his descendants, and they passed it on to me from generation to generation.
"The descendants of Chen Zhi's ancestors went to England on a British cruise ship in the late Qing Dynasty, and then moved to the United States, where they settled."
After telling this story, Mr.
Chen sighed and said nothing for a long time.
After hearing this story, Fatty and I were both surprised.
It turned out that the Chen family had so many secrets.
I said: "The integrity and loyalty of the Chen family are truly admirable.
They were willing to cut off the Chen family and commit suicide to die for their country.
I wonder if the ancestor of Chen Zhi felt any regret after hearing this."
Mr.
Chen said: "It is said that ancestor Chen Zhi really felt regretful.
He ate fasting and worshiped Buddha for the rest of his life and never interfered in political affairs again."
The fat man said: "The Chen family was too ruthless.
Hundreds of members of the whole family committed suicide because of a change of dynasty, which is in line with the laws of historical development.
If you ask me to say, it is not the ancestors of Chen Zhi who are extreme, but the Chen family. family."
Mr.
Chen nodded and said: "From our modern point of view, this incident of a whole family committing suicide and martyring their country is indeed a bit extreme, but in terms of people's thinking at the time, it was reasonable.
But I have always had a question in my mind.
This is also One of the reasons why I came to this Chen family tomb this time.”
Unexpectedly, Mr.
Chen had other ideas, and the fat man and I suddenly became curious.
Mr.
Chen continued: "Before his death, ancestor Chen Zhi told descendants all the events of the Chen family, except for one thing.
He said that this incident was one of the reasons that led to the death of the entire Chen family.
But it is also the biggest secret of the whole family for hundreds of years.
Only the direct descendants of the Chen family can know this secret since he was sensible.
After being informed of this secret, Chen Zhi made a vow not to reveal it until he died.
He kept this promise throughout his life and did not tell anyone, including his wife.
However, he did not follow the ancestral instructions of the Chen family and tell him this secret.
The child, he said that since the dynasty has perished, let this secret be buried forever with the passage of time."
I wondered: "What does this secret have to do with the demise of the Ming Dynasty?
Since it has been a big secret of the Chen family for hundreds of years, it must be extremely important.
However, Chen Zhi's ancestor said that this secret should be buried after the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
What’s weird?”
Mr.
Chen nodded and said: "I have always been curious.
I think this secret must be closely related to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, I made up my mind to find the Chen family tomb this time for three reasons: First, I wanted to find the jade double-seal plum blossom note.
The second is to find out what this secret is; the third is to bury the remains of Chen Zhi’s ancestors in the Chen family’s ancestral grave.”
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After saying that, he waved his hand and a man behind him walked away holding an urn and a tablet. come over.
The fat man said angrily: "It's understandable that you are looking for your ancestral graves, but what does it have to do with the three of us and the conspiracy behind it?
It's so damn insidious.
It has the same virtue as your ancestor Chen Zhi."
When Mr.
Chen heard the fat man say this, a trace of anger flashed on his face, but he calmed down and said: "Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, your names are not ordinary in Panjiayuan, including that Yang Miss, your name is also well-known in Panjiayuan.
According to a blind fortune teller, the three of you once visited the tomb of King Xian of Yunnan and stole the ancient treasure Phoenix Gallbladder.
This gold-touching skill of the captain is probably the best in the world.
It’s none other than the three of you.”
The fat man said: "Don't put high hat on us, I won't accept your trick.
Then the damn blind man sold us again."
I said: "You know that the Chen family tomb is mysterious and unpredictable, and the tomb must be extremely dangerous, so the plan is to let the three of us be your vanguard.
We will help you find the Chen family tomb first, and we will get the treasure soon."
When the time comes, you will hunt the cicada again with the oriole behind, and catch us in one fell swoop, so you can enjoy the benefits of the fisherman, right?"
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