Chapter 58: Ancestral House in the Eastern Capital
Luoyang, a thousand-year-old ancient capital.
At the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, more than ten dynasties established their capitals in Luoyang, and the first female emperor of China also chose to establish her empire in this imperial capital.
The moment he set foot on this ancient city, Wu Liang couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Father, the child is back!"
Wu Liang murmured softly, the person he was most sorry for in this life was not Tong Bingyao, but his old father.
Henan Yin of the Eastern Capital, the real ruler of Luoyang, was regarded as the laughing stock of the whole world because of the Tong family's refusal to marry. Even the emperor joked in the court, "Cultivate yourself and your family, rule the country and bring peace to the world. Henan Yin is even incapable of running a family.
Are you still capable of managing Dongdu?"
The old man, who had always wanted to be strong, was so angry that he died within a few days, leaving Wu Liang heartbroken and heartbroken.
The day his father passed away, Wu Liang, the former playboy, transformed into a blood-handed Shura who was feared by everyone in the monastic world. He belonged to the Shaoyin Tong Family and the Phantom Sect, a major monastic sect. Thousands of people were buried with his father.
But what's the use of all this? So far, the Wu family of Luoyang has lost its inheritance in the secular world, leaving only the famous Blood-Handed Shura in the monastic world.
"Tong Bingyao! I don't regret it, I don't regret it! My father died because of you. It is only right for me to kill you. Why should I regret it!"
Wu Liang roared in a low voice, his eyes were blood red, and his body exuded a terrifying evil aura.
Huang Laosan, who was following Wu Liang, couldn't help but shudder. He looked at Wu Liang with fear in his eyes. He suppressed his fear and trembled: "Master Wu, take care of yourself."
The sharp light in Wu Liang's eyes flashed away. He closed his eyes to calm down the murderous intention in his heart. After a long time, he said calmly: "Go and talk to the Wu family and tell them that I want to buy their Qi-tonifying grass. I'll go alone."
"Sir, how about I accompany you?" Huang Laosan's voice was filled with anxiety. Wu Liang had been acting strangely since yesterday.
He was a little worried. Luoyang was not Longxi. Not to mention the major families in Nanhe, the major families in Luoyang alone should not be underestimated.
Wu Liang waved his hand and walked forward without replying.
Over the millennia, even if Luoyang is well preserved, it has undergone earth-shaking changes. Walking on the familiar yet unfamiliar ancient roads, Wu Liang's restless heart slowly calmed down.
Based on the vague impression in his memory, Wu Liang slowly walked forward. Maybe he should go back and take a look.
This is the place where he was born and raised, this is his hometown, and his father is also buried in this place full of glory and shame.
Although the Wu family in the Eastern Capital is not as powerful as aristocratic families, the Wu family has been officials for generations and has guarded Luoyang for nearly a hundred years. It is also a wealthy clan in the Eastern Capital.
However, within a few days, the head of the family died of illness, and the young head of the family became a demon that everyone feared. The huge Wu family disappeared overnight, which was really sad.
Wu Liang laughed mockingly to himself and stopped until he reached the door of a large house.
Standing in front of the simple and heavy vermilion door, this moment seemed to turn back time, and there was a commotion in front of the door.
Wu Liang's eyes were blurred, and he vaguely heard someone shouting: "Young Master Wu, are you going out to see Miss Tong again? Be careful that Master Fu Yin will slap you if he finds out!"
"Young master, tomorrow is your wedding day. It's best not to go to Tong's house recently. The master will definitely be angry if he finds out."
"Master..."
"There's a leak! The Wu Mansion is in danger, please save people!"
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The sound got farther and farther, and Wu Liang couldn't catch up. When he opened his eyes, the vermilion door was still the same, but the plaque on the door was no longer the "Wu Mansion" it used to be.
"This is not the Wu Mansion, it is not my home. That fire cut off the inheritance of the Wu family and cut off my thoughts." Wu Liang murmured. He had set the fire with his own hands, and the Wu Mansion had already followed it.
The fire that shook the entire Luoyang disappeared into smoke.
Shaking his head, Wu Liang looked confused and turned to leave. Today is no longer the Tang Dynasty, everything has changed.
"Hey, young man, what do you do?"
The closed vermilion door was suddenly pushed open, and an old man with a hunched back and a face full of vicissitudes of life suddenly called out to Wu Liang.
Wu Liang glanced back at him, his brows suddenly wrinkled, and he said calmly: "I'm just passing by."
The old man didn't take Wu Liang's coldness seriously. He coughed a few times and said with a smile: "Is the young man's surname Wu?"
Wu Liang narrowed his eyes and his voice gradually became colder, "How do you know?"
"Haha, young man, don't be so nervous. The Wu family in Luoyang has been inherited for nearly a thousand years. In recent decades, people have come to the Wu family from time to time to recognize their ancestors. This house is the ancestral home of the Wu family. It is the first thing that every Wu family member does when they come to Luoyang.
Everything has to come here to find its roots..."
Before the old man finished speaking, Wu Liang's eyes suddenly flashed with sparkle, and he said angrily: "What Wu family in Luoyang! How dare you lie to me! How could this be the ancestral home of the Wu family!"
The old man was not angry and said with a smile: "You don't believe it? Who is older in Luoyang doesn't know that the Wu family has been here for thousands of years, and every generation comes to repair the ancestral house. This house indeed belongs to the Wu family.
Even when the state cleaned up the property decades ago, it recognized that this house belonged to the Wu family."
There was a roar in Wu Liang's mind. It has been passed down for thousands of years. How is it possible for the Wu family in Luoyang!
It was he who set the fire with his own hands that day, who destroyed the entire Wu family's ancestral property with his own hands. How could there still be a Wu family?
Is there such a coincidence in the world? It happens to be at the original site of the Wu Mansion. The owner’s surname is Wu and has been passed down for thousands of years. Why is this?
"Zhidetang Wu Family?" Wu Liang's expression gradually softened and he asked a question that concerned him.
The old man's face changed, he glanced at Wu Liang again, nodded and said with a smile: "This is the Zhide Hall. It seems that the young man is really a member of the Wu clan. Do you want to come in and pay homage to your ancestors?"
Wu Liang's eyes moved slightly. It is not certain who is the ancestor of whom.
However, the old man invited him, and Wu Liang also wanted to find out something, so he did not refuse and followed the old man directly to the mansion.
Although no one lives in the Wu family's ancestral house now, it has been kept very clean and shows no signs of decay.
The towering trees in the courtyard seemed to tell the story of the Wu family's long history. Wu Liang said nothing after entering, and walked straight to the central house as if he had been there countless times.
The trembling old man didn't seem to be surprised. He followed Wu Liang forward with a smile. For a moment, the host and guest of the two were reversed, and Wu Liang was leading the way.
It wasn't until he reached the door of the ancestral hall with the three characters "Zhide Hall" hanging on the door plaque that Wu Liang turned around and asked, "Why was the Wu family's ancestral home abandoned?"
"Haha, don't young people nowadays like high-rise buildings? The old Wu family are also afraid that those little bastards will ruin their ancestral home. But a few years ago, they built a villa area in Xincheng. The Wu family is
Now that we have moved there, people only come to this house during ancestor worship."
The old man said everything he knew, as if Wu Liang was not a stranger he had just met once.
"Then who are you?" Wu Liang was not in a hurry to enter the ancestral hall, but asked the old man's origins with great interest.
The Wu House is not really poor. Wu Liang knows without looking at the antique calligraphy and paintings and nanmu furniture in the house that they are worth a lot of money. If it were not for the close relationship with the Wu family, who would trust an outsider to guard the Wu family's ancestral house.
The old man squinted his eyes and smiled. He took out a pipe from somewhere, took a few puffs before coughing and said: "Old man, he is half of the Wu family, but he is older than the old immortal of the Wu family.
My generation, those old immortals have to call out uncle when they see the old man."
"The son-in-law of the Wu family?" Wu Liang showed a hint of joking on his face and said with a faint smile: "The Wu family will feel free to hand over the ancestral home to outsiders. The son-in-law is not reliable."
"Cough cough cough!"
The old man coughed a few times and glared at Wu Liang angrily, "You can tell when you see it. You can't do Tai Chi with the old man. The Wu family is a martial arts family. The old man is stronger and more famous than them. He can't help them as a gatekeeper."
I think I can respect those old immortals."
As he spoke, the old man also asked with interest: "Little guy, what kind of strength do you have? The old man thinks he has an unparalleled eye, but he didn't notice it."
Wu Liang smiled softly and did not answer. He walked straight into Zhide Hall and thought to himself: It seems that the strength of the Wu family is not that good. An old man with a third-level innate ability can sweep the Wu family. The reputation of this thousand-year-old family can be considered ruined.
Already.
Of course, if the Wu family hears what Wu Liang is saying, they will probably curse. Do you really think that you are born a cabbage?
In the entire Longxi area, before Wu Liang appeared, there was not even a single innate person. Even if there are two innate first-level people now, they are no match for this old ghost. The Wu family can have a strong innate third-level person, even the people from the Shenwu Department dare not show up.
Luoyang's unbridled behavior shows the strength of the Wu family.
But these have nothing to do with Wu Liang. After entering the ancestral hall and looking at the densely packed memorial tablets on the altar table, Wu Liang felt dizzy.
"First examine the spiritual status of Wu Derong" "Therefore, reveal the spiritual status of the ancestor Wu Murong"
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Looking at the memorial tablets line by row, Wu Liang did not stop at the modern tablets, but glanced at the slightly dimmed tablets in the middle row.
"The God of Ancestor Wu De"
When he saw this name, Wu Liang suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and murmured: "It turns out it was you, a little bastard, who made me think that the Wu family really has descendants."
Wu De, the young master Wu's school boy, was a slave of the Wu family for four generations.
One is Wu Liang and the other is Wu De. The two masters and servants complement each other. In the past, when Young Master Wu burned down the Wu Mansion, although he was jealous at that time, he did not treat the boy who had been with him for many years unfairly. The entire Wu family
Except for what was burned, all the wealth was given to that guy.
He originally thought that Wu De must have gone anonymously to a place where no one knew him and became a rich man, but who knew that this guy actually returned to Luoyang to rebuild the Wu family.
Wu Liang was relieved to understand this. He was really afraid that someone in the Wu family had impersonated him in the past and used the name of the Wu family to do something bad.
Now that he is Wu De, he is no different from the Wu family. Speaking of which, if he left at that time, this guy would be worthy of himself if he was willing to risk his life and return to Luoyang.
"Little guy, from now on, the Wu family in Luoyang will officially be your family. Young master, I am a member of the Wu family in Tianshen Mountain. From now on, the ancestor of the Wu family in Luoyang will be you."
After Wu Liang finished speaking, he struck the tablet with Wu Liang written on it next to Wu De. The old man who had just entered was startled and shouted quickly: "Stop!"