This genealogy has been pasted and framed many times. It is an old thing and was not revised in recent years. The person who revised the genealogy at that time called Xin Tong great-grandmother, which does not mean that it has only been passed down for seven generations since Xin Tong. .
The village chief introduced Wu Dongfang to the old people. When the old people heard that he was a cadre sent by their superiors to provide support, they were a little nervous, fearing that they would say the wrong thing and lose their support.
Wu Dongfang was an army officer and was a holy shaman of the Five Clans in the Xia Dynasty. He was very majestic when he wasn't smiling. When he didn't speak, no one in the room dared to speak.
Modern people no longer have as strong a concept of clan as the ancients, and they do not attach as much importance to genealogy as the ancients. The genealogy only records eleven generations of descendants and descendants, and no further additions have been made since then.
This genealogy is very different from other genealogies. Ordinary genealogies will put the male ancestors at the front and the female ancestors at the back. However, there is no Taizu in this genealogy, only the great-grandmother Xin.
In addition, there is another point, that is, under normal circumstances, the descendants of the younger generation should take the surname of the male ancestor, but the descendants of the Xin family took the surname of Xin Tong.
There are three second-generation descendants of Great-grandmother Xin, and these three second-generation descendants are also women. The people who wrote the genealogy respectfully call them Grandmother Lie. These three women all have their own husbands, but their husbands’ names are They are all after their names, which means that their husbands are all married-in-laws.
The man who married into the family had a lower status, and the children born would bear the mother's surname. These three couples all had many descendants. As time went by, there were more and more descendants, and the Xin clan gradually formed.
Wu Dongfang frowned and looked at the genealogy, and was silent for a long time. When he left, he had been married to Xin Tong. After he left, Xin Tong and others went west for more than half a year. After returning, they waited for another three months before they were separated. Sleeping for nine months, if Xin Tong's beaded fetus secretly married Ming Yue and others, it is impossible not to know about it. It can be seen that the people in this village are not his and Xin Tong's descendants. The three women under Xin Tong should be adopted by her. three adopted daughters.
There are very few records about Xin Tong in the genealogy, and no name was even left. The second generation descendants have names, and the third generation descendants not only have names, but also the dates of birth and death. According to the birth and death dates of the third generation descendants, going up and down, The approximate year and month when Xin Tong woke up can be judged. Xin Tong woke up sixty to eighty years later than Mingyue. She should have woken up at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.
Unlike Ming Yue who deliberately reduced the dosage of medicine to wake up early, Xin Tong had no motive to wake up early, which meant that her early awakening was entirely caused by Fei Xuan's improper use of medicine.
Xin Tong, Fei Xuan and others are both Taixuan cultivators. The level of spiritual energy cultivation will directly affect the dosage of medicine. The dosage of medicine should be the same for the three people who are also Taixuan cultivators. Xintong woke up six hundred years in advance. , Xun Shuang and Fei Xuan would not be able to survive until today six hundred years later.
Thinking of this, Wu Dongfang's face became even more ugly. Seeing that he was so serious, the old people who were summoned did not dare to speak casually. They sat on the long chairs at the team headquarters and waited nervously for him to speak.
Wu Dongfang was not in a hurry to speak, but continued to look at the genealogy in his hand. There were two officials among the fifth and sixth generation clan members, both Si Tianjian and Zhengzheng.
Si Tianjian is an organization in charge of calendars and astronomical astrology. The people here are all people who have studied metaphysics to a certain extent. The fact that descendants of the Xin family can serve in Si Tianjian shows that they know magic, and the prison is Si Tianjian. The person in charge in the prison shows that the descendants of the Xin family have deep attainments in the practice and understanding of magic.
The prisoner in the sixth generation clan only lived less than thirty years old. There is no record of how he died. Under normal circumstances, people with magic will not have a short life, at least they will not die early. This person is the prisoner of Sitian. Yes, he died so early, so the possibility of being killed cannot be ruled out.
By scrutinizing and reviewing this genealogy, we can restore part of the scene after Xin Tong woke up. After Xin Tong woke up, she found that she woke up earlier than the agreed time. You can imagine the tension and despair in her heart, but both she and Fei Xuan Xun Shuang were both Not knowing where the other party was hiding, and finding herself living alone in an environment that was completely unfamiliar to her, Xin Tong made a decision to adopt a baby girl and pass on the magic.
The reason why Xin Tong did this was that one day he would come over, and even if she was gone, the baby girls she adopted or their offspring would be able to take her place and finish what she had not finished.
Xin Tong's idea is good, but she overlooked one point, that is, future generations may violate her will and use magic to do something they want to do. It is precisely because the outside world knows that they have magic, That's why they were invited to serve as officials in the court. Their agreement to come out actually violated Xin Tong's original intention of passing down the magic.
If they had followed the ancestral precepts, they might have been able to wait for his arrival, but they violated the ancestral precepts and became officials, which caused unnecessary trouble for them and also caused the loss of the magic.
After a long time, Wu Dongfang put down the genealogy and said, "The relevant departments at higher levels want to develop some tourism projects in our area with certain financial support. The reason for inviting everyone here today is to understand the historical background of our village."
What Wu Dongfang said was more orthodox. The old people were a little confused. The village chief was responsible for explaining it in popular language. When the old people knew that the so-called historical background meant telling stories related to the village, someone started talking.
The speaker was an old man. He was the village chief's father. He had also been a village cadre. He was a relatively knowledgeable person in the village. Although this man was old, he was not confused and spoke very logically. He talked about it since ancient times. , talking about it until now.
What the old man said was basically consistent with his guesses and inferences. There were indeed people in the village who knew magic a long time ago, but as time went by, their magic was gradually lost during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, leaving only some superficial traces.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the movement to destroy the four olds was carried out across the country. Ancestral halls were burned down, and the statues of ancestors enshrined in the ancestral halls were also destroyed by the Red Guards. Old Miao Zhu was arrested and paraded through the streets with signs depicting cows, ghosts and snakes, and was eventually beaten to death. .
After the death of Laomiao Zhu, even the superficial knowledge was completely lost. The ruined ancestral hall was later transformed into an ammonia water station and was abandoned within a few years.
At this time, except for some legends, no real objects were left. The Xin's ancestral hall was originally dedicated to the God of Fire, the ancestor of Xinjiazhai. Because it was said that the God of Fire had magical powers, it was classified as a feudal superstition and was destroyed. The person who destroyed the ancestral hall was none other than the younger generation of Xinjiazhai. After destroying the ancestral hall, they wanted to dig up the grave of the Goddess of Fire. In the end, they were stopped by the old people in the village. Because of this, an old man lost his hands in anger. He beat his son to death, and everyone in the village knew about it.
In order to prevent the ancestral tombs from being destroyed by future generations, the elders in the village removed the tombs. Everyone in the village knew that the tomb of the Goddess of Fire was on the mountain north of the Ammonia Water Station, but no one could point out the specific location.
Wu Dongfang was sighing secretly when the old man was telling the story. The movement to destroy the Four Olds had an almost devastating impact on traditional Chinese culture. A group of young people who thought they were just and awe-inspiring responded to the country's call to explain everything that could not be explained scientifically. Defining it as feudal superstition and vigorously eradicating it is actually a manifestation of insufficient cultivation and shallow knowledge. It is also a hateful bigotry and stupid self-righteousness.
In addition to these, the old man also told some other things. Wu Dongfang was not interested in them, but he had to listen. After the village chief and his father finished speaking, others had the opportunity to speak. What these people said were also stories in nature. , most of them are useless, but there are also some useful ones. They are about Xin Huo. At first, he refused the court's invitation, but the court was not willing to accept it. He sent three people to invite him, which was a bit like visiting the thatched cottage. It was not until the third person came to invite him that Xin Hu reluctantly agreed. After Xin Hu returned home in old age, he had peers. When the old man asked about this, he told the truth. The reason why he didn't want to go out was because the Vulcan Empress had left instructions. Unless the visitor told her name, he would not accept anyone's invitation. The reason why he came out was because the court had invited him three times. If he didn't go out, he would anger the court and possibly cause death for his clan members.
"Do you know the name of your Vulcan Empress?" Wu Dongfang looked at the old lady who was speaking.
"Only the elders who live in the temple know. We can ask, who can tell you?" The old lady shook her head.
Wu Dongfang didn't ask any more questions. He took his backpack and unzipped it. He took out more than a dozen gold jewelry and gave them to everyone. "It's getting late. I'm leaving. One piece for each person as a souvenir for everyone." .”
"Leader, what about support?" The village chief came over.
"I'm sorry, I lied to you. I'm not the leader of the Tourism Bureau, and I'm not here for an inspection project. I'm here to find people." Wu Dongfang shouldered his backpack.
The village chief was furious when he heard this, but before he could get angry, someone already exclaimed, "If you can bite it, it's gold."
Rural people usually use their teeth to identify gold. When the village chief heard this, he didn't bother Wu Dongfang. He brought the gold hairpin he was assigned to his mouth, opened his mouth and bit it. After confirming that it was gold, he asked doubtfully, "What on earth are you doing?" Who are you looking for here?"
Wu Dongfang had already walked to the door and did not look back when he heard the voice, "Looking for my wife."
"Who is your wife?" the village chief asked.
Wu Dongfang didn't say anything, walked out quickly, returned to the entrance of the village and drove away.
When the pain reached a certain level, no matter how painful it was, he couldn't feel the pain anymore. He didn't dare to think about Xin Tong's mood after waking up. Xin Tong was only nineteen years old when she was dormant. Although she was more than ten years younger than Ming Yue, what she did She is the same as Ming Yue, she tried her best to help him succeed, but she died in love and loneliness...