The corner of Jiang Fan's mouth twitched, and he felt that Hong Qigong seemed a bit unreliable.
Although I knew that Hong Qigong must be a real master, the old man's usual laziness made it difficult for people to truly feel at ease.
"Uncle Seventh has never been so sleepy before. It's just that the poem you sent to Uncle Seventh not long ago gave Uncle Seventh a new understanding of martial arts. So Uncle Seventh needs to calm down and understand it carefully. In the state of being half asleep and half awake, there are
Helps make this realization deeper.”
Lin Wanru saw Jiang Fan's thoughts and couldn't help but explain.
"No, I think this is his nature, but now he has more excuses to let himself go."
Jiang Fan curled his lips and said.
Lin Wanru couldn't answer the question. After waving the clansmen in the open space to leave first, Lin Wanru took Jiang Fan's hand and said, "Brother Jiang Fan, regarding some matters concerning our Lin family, I think... it's time to talk to
You said it."
"Huh? Well...it doesn't matter whether you say it or not. I'm not very curious. Since you guys have been hiding it, you must have some difficulties, so don't feel embarrassed."
Jiang Fan opened his mouth and said.
"It's not hard, it's just for the sake of safety. But Brother Jiang Fan will definitely not do anything bad to us, so it's a good thing to let Brother Jiang Fan know everything. It's better than Brother Jiang Fan if you don't know anything at all.
, it’s better to make some wrong decisions.”
Lin Wanru said with a smile.
When Jiang Fan thought about it, this was the truth, and nodded, assuming a posture of listening attentively.
"Brother Jiang Fan should know that the current Zhou Dynasty has actually been founded less than forty years ago. And forty years ago, there were four countries in this land. These four countries were separated from each other.
The continuous melee at the border lasted for more than 160 years."
"The turning point occurred sixty years ago, when Emperor Xuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, one of the Four Kingdoms, suddenly passed away, leaving his eldest son only six years old. Zhou Jian, then the Marshal of the Northern Wei Dynasty, took the opportunity to start an uprising and used military force to force his successor.
The new emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty abdicated and established himself as emperor."
"Then Zhou Jian launched a large-scale foreign war, which lasted more than 20 years, occupied all the other three countries and unified the four countries. He made Jinling the capital and changed the name of the country to Zhou, which was the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The reason why our Lin family has always been
Concealing your identity is actually related to this Four-Nation War."
Lin Wanru spoke in a calm tone.
Jiang Fan listened quietly, feeling in his heart that the history Lin Wanru told seemed a bit familiar?
"Wan Ru, are you trying to tell me that your Lin family is the royal family of one of the three destroyed kingdoms?"
Jiang Fan asked.
"No, the royal families of the Three Kingdoms were slaughtered as early as the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. All the bloodline related to the royal family could not escape that great purge. On this point, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not show any mercy."
Lin Wanru shook her head and said.
It's okay...it seems like it's not as bloody as I thought.
Jiang Fan nodded and thought silently.
"But our Lin family is the general of Nanliang in the other three countries. At that time, the Lin family of Nanliang was famous for its red army, which was well known to everyone in the four countries. Under the leadership of my grandfather, the red army was victorious in every battle.
, without a single defeat. But in the end... it was destroyed by the struggle for power in the court."
"Without logistical supplies, no matter how powerful the Red Army is in combat, it will be difficult to exert even 10% of the 10% of it. The Nanliang Kingdom was destroyed and the royal family was extinct, but those ministers above the court were just replacements.
It’s just a matter of kneeling down and worshiping someone you want to surrender to.”
Lin Wanru felt a little emotional, sighed, and then said: "Zhou Jian is a man of great ability. In order to achieve the goal of unification, he has shown great tolerance to the court officials of the other three countries. To the maximum extent
It weakened the determination of the other three countries to resist. So when Zhou Jian's army went to war with the three countries, even the peace faction had the loudest voice within the three countries."
"And our Lin family's red army was sacrificed under this background. In the battle with Zhou Jian's army, the red army always had the upper hand. Although there were not many in number, the red army who truly belonged to my grandfather's command
There are only 10,000 soldiers in the Red Army, but even these 10,000 people in Red Army were able to withstand Zhou Jian's elite army of 200,000."
"Zhou Jian regarded my grandfather's Red Army as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his side, so he used all his power and resources to stir up disagreements within the Nanliang court. The officials who were high above the court secretly fought against our Red Army.
He tampered with the supplies and at the same time betrayed key military intelligence to Zhou Jian."
"In the end, my grandfather's Red Army was seized by Zhou Jian, who gathered an absolutely superior force and completely surrounded the Red Army. The battle was very tragic. The Red Army was almost completely destroyed, and in the end there were only less than a thousand people.
The personal guards rushed out after my grandfather."
Speaking of this, Lin Wanru smiled and continued: "Nanliang, which lost the red army, could not continue to resist Zhou Jian's pace, and most of the cities were even surrendered by Kaicheng.
Even the capital of Nanliang did not put up any resistance at all. The officials above the court almost happily welcomed Zhou Jian into the capital of Nanliang."
"Oh, by the way, the capital of Nanliang is Jinling. Nanliang was the last country that Zhou Jian destroyed. After the overall situation was decided, Zhou Jian also determined the capital of the new dynasty in Jinling. And those who betrayed the Lord and sought glory
The dignitaries, with the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, were also able to continue to hold high positions and help Zhou Jian stabilize the situation in Nanliang."
"Until now, many surrendered ministers of the Southern Liang Dynasty are still living a life of drunkenness and dreaminess in Jinling. However, the royal family of the Southern Liang Dynasty was completely killed. My grandfather took those personal guards and fled all the way north, repelling countless people.
The pursuers who surrounded and blocked me finally found a chance and completely escaped from Shengtian. Then they chose to settle outside Heyang City."
"After settling down, grandpa always hoped to restore the country. However, the newly established Zhou Dynasty was too powerful, and there was no hope of restoration at all. After persisting for more than ten years, grandpa died in depression. So in fact,
Neither Wan Qing nor I have met grandpa. These things were told to us by our father and seventh uncle."
Jiang Fan rubbed his chin, turned to look at Hong Qigong, and said, "The identity of the seventh uncle..."
"Seventh uncle is grandpa's lieutenant, and he is also grandpa's sworn brother. Back then, grandpa and seventh uncle were sworn together, and there were seven people in total who were sworn brothers. Seventh uncle was the youngest, so he was the seventh."
Lin Wanru opened her mouth to explain.
"In other words, the current population of more than 600 people are actually the descendants of those original guards?"
"Yes, although the old country has been destroyed and there is no possibility of restoration, they have already sworn that they will respect our Lin family as their masters and regard themselves as servants from generation to generation. In fact...if it hadn't been for grandpa's death
, some of the guards directly chose to be buried, so now there will only be more people in the family."