Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 3 Jealousy!Blood Awakening

In April 349 AD, the summer heat first appeared.

Guan Ziyang's father, Guan Zhengqian, works as the county magistrate in the county government. Today is Guan Zhenggan's retirement day (retirement day is also an official's holiday).

As soon as Guan Zhenggan came back, he called Guan Ziyang to give him a lecture. Apart from asking if he had studied hard at home, he also solemnly told him a big event.

Two days ago, Guan Zhengqian was invited to the Hedong Wei family. Next month, the Wei family will hold a gentry promotion ceremony. He has a marriage contract with Wei Yi Qingben, but now it is estimated that it will be withdrawn. divorce matters.

The Hedong Wei family and the Hexi Guan family are both Fuling surnames. Although they are both common people, they are both famous families. At least their ancestors were once noble families.

Guan Ziyang's grandfather, Guan Man, and Wei Changsheng, the old patriarch of the Wei family, used to work together in the county government. The two had similar interests and became close friends, so the two families have been family friends for many years.

Ten years ago, the two elders had a long talk by candlelight. After having a big drink, they both lamented that their descendants were all sons and had no daughters. Whoever has a daughter first will choose the man with the closest age to marry.

Coincidentally, Wei Xuan, the parent of the guard, gave birth to a baby girl named Wei Yiqing, who was born on the same day as Guan Ziyang.

Marriage in the Eastern Jin Dynasty emphasized the marriage between the nobles and the nobles, and the marriage between the common people and the common people. This is an etiquette that cannot be overridden.

Even within the gentry, the upper gentry, the middle gentry, and the lower gentry are clearly defined, and intermarriage is rare.

But after Wei Yiqing's bloodline awakened, the Wei family was about to be promoted to a noble family, and the current head of the Wei family, Wei Xuan, wanted to get rid of Guan Ziyang and Wei Yiqing's child relationship.

Guan Ziyang regretted to himself again: "I haven't seen my fiancée yet, and I'm going to divorce, hi, how angry!"

Of course, Guan Ziyang was not interested in Wei Yiqing, whom he had never met before. It was just a divorce. In the eyes of him in the 21st century, this was not a big deal. What he was interested in was how that Wei Yiqing awakened his blood. Let the Wei family become a noble family!
The difference between the gentry and the common people lies in the blood!Although everyone can practice martial arts, there is a huge difference between having blood and not having blood!

We can understand bloodline as a recessive gene, which can be passed on to future generations through inheritance, but not all descendants can awaken this gene.

If you want to practice blood martial arts, you must awaken your blood, and there are only three ways to awaken your blood.

One is the natural awakening of heredity from the parents, most of the parents of the blood lineage have at least one bloodline lineage.

There are also a small number of people who may not have blood descendants for three generations, but have blood descendants from their ancestors, and there is a phenomenon of returning to their ancestors. Of course, this is rare, and Wei Yiqing is just such a special case.

The second type is very rare. Some hidden families or forces can use secret methods to refine some natural materials and earthly treasures into medicines to help users awaken the hidden blood in their bodies.

As for the third type, it is just an ancient legend. Only people with great wisdom who started a school together with martial arts and created their own blood, this kind of person is called a saint.

According to textual research, there are only three saints, namely Confucius, the Confucian saint, Laozi, the Taoist saint, and Sakyamuni, the Buddhist saint in the Western Regions.But the strange thing is that the blood martial arts of these three saints are not inherited, everyone in the world can practice,

These three happened to be the ancestors of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in today's world. Hundreds of years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "dismissed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism". Taoism and Buddhism are rare.

The blood martial arts of other families are all inherited from distant ancient sages, but because it is too long ago, the origin is unknown.

Guan Ziyang first gave up the idea of ​​establishing a school and creating his own bloodline martial arts. Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Sakyamuni are all people of what level. Guan Ziyang still has self-knowledge about himself and wants to create his own bloodline , This is completely thinking about farting!

But he forgot that there is still a great saint in later generations, who is the essence of both Buddhism and Taoism, and he has become a generation of masters by himself!
Wudang Zhang Sanfeng!
His own martial art is - Tai Chi!
The current Guan Ziyang is very jealous of that Wei Yiqing. After the blood is awakened, not only can he practice the family's blood martial arts, but the family will become a noble family again.

There is a saying in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that "there is no inferior family in the upper rank, and no scholars in the lower rank". Guan Ziyang participated in the ninth rank Zhongzheng as a commoner, and the highest rank that can be determined is the seventh rank.

And the lowest grade of Weiyi Qingding is also the sixth grade, which is the difference between scholars and commoners!

During the more than a hundred years when the Guan family had been reduced to a common clan, occasionally a low-rank official came out and served as a county magistrate or county lieutenant in the county, which is already very rare.

And the Guan family, relying on a few dirty officials and small officials, has been able to make the Guan family a big family in Fuling.

Jealousy is jealousy, and the most important thing is to do a good job in the present moment honestly.

Although I can't practice "Leng Yan Saw", at least I still have Tai Chi!

He feels that Tai Chi with his innate energy may not be inferior to blood martial arts!

In the afternoon of this day, Guan Ziyang's mother sent Qing Chan to ask him to go to the Buddhist hall.

Guan Mu is a devout Buddhist. In fact, although Buddhism was no longer banned in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, people who believed in Buddhism in the Eastern Jin Dynasty were still very rare.

Many years ago, Guan Mu met a wandering monk by chance. The monk predicted that Guan Mu would have a son next year, and presented her with a copy of the Lotus Sutra.

At that time, although paper was not a very precious product, printing was not yet popular, and books were all copied by hand, so books were considered high-end products. The wandering monk and Guan Mu just met by chance, so this gift is not light .

Guan Zhengqian has only one wife and no concubine. He has been married to Guan's mother for many years and has been infertile. Guan's mother is worried every day.

The following year, after Guan Ziyang was born, Guan Mu began to dedicate herself to Buddha. At Zhu's repeated request, Guan Zhengqian built a Buddhist hall at home, where Guan Mu recited the Lotus Sutra every day at noon.

When Guan Ziyang saw Guan Mu for the first time, he couldn't help but think of his mother in his previous life. With the memory of the native Guan Ziyang, the figures of the two mothers gradually overlapped...

Guan Ziyang's "mother" was completely from the heart, desolate and tactful.

Seeing her son coming, Guan's mother smiled kindly, waved to him, and beckoned him to come.

Guan Ziyang leaned close to his mother, and his mother gently stroked Guan Ziyang's head with her hand: "Good boy (Guan Ziyang's nickname), have you eaten yet?"

Guan Ziyang nodded: "Yes, mother, the child has eaten."

Looking at his mother's clusters of white hair, and she has been suffering from cough all the time, Guan Ziyang asked with concern: "Mom, you have more gray hairs, you have to take care of yourself!"

Guan's mother laughed loudly: "Man'er is sensible and knows how to care for mother, mother is very happy!"

Qing Chan, who was serving her mother at the side, smiled and said: "Yes, mistress, this servant also feels that Mr. Xiao Lang has matured a lot in recent years!"

Guan Ziyang sweated slightly, did Qing Chan already report to Guan Mu that I molested her?
Now I'm only 13 years old, and my hair hasn't even grown yet. Qing Chan is already seventeen or eighteen years old, so I shouldn't misunderstand myself.

I was almost 30 years old in my previous life, and with the ten years in this life, I already have 40 years of experience, and the native Guan Ziyang is a well-known "Guan Family Idiot" in Fuling, Qing Chan is his The maid stayed by his side every day, maybe she discovered something unusual.

The contrast was too great, so he put on a childish expression and imitated the tone of "native Guan Ziyang" and said: "Sister Qingchan, you are making fun of me, hum!"

After talking with his mother for a while, Guan Ziyang got up and was about to leave. Guan's mother gently touched Guan Ziyang's head, and said in a warm voice: "Man, I heard that there is a girl named Zhu Wenxun in my natal family. She is beautiful and virtuous. You are one year older, how about I help you arrange a marriage?"

Guan Ziyang was taken aback after hearing this, and then he understood that his mother knew that the marriage contract between himself and Wei Yiqing would probably be rescinded by the other party, so he thought of a way to comfort me.

Feeling moved in my heart, I replied: "Mom, I'm only 13 years old. Is it too early to get engaged?"

In fact, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains were in chaos, and the average life expectancy was only over 30 years old. It was very common to talk about marriage at the age of fifteen or sixteen. He can already be regarded as an old bachelor.

Seeing her son's refusal, the mother smiled and said, "Man'er is handsome and suave, and he is very handsome. Many people propose marriage to me! Are you shy?"

After Guan Ziyang heard this, the 40-year-old blushed and said, "Let's talk about it in two years, I advocate free love..."

After speaking, he walked out of the Buddhist hall quickly.

Finding that her son was not depressed because of the resignation, Guan Ping nodded in relief, and said, "Qingchan, do you think that Man'er has become more and more wrong in recent years? That Tai Chi who doesn't know the so-called, often laughs foolishly by himself..."

Qing Chan replied: "Since Mr. Xiao Lang was sick for a few days four years ago, he seems to have changed a lot, he is more cheerful and smart...".

Thinking of him always staring at him with a weird look, his face turned red, and he almost blurted out, "I'm a little bit paler".

Guan Ziyang didn't take the matter of retiring the engagement to heart, and practiced his Tai Chi by the stream as usual!Suddenly someone shouted loudly in the distance: "Master Ziyang... There are visitors at home... The patriarch wants you to go home quickly..."

Quickly rushing back to Wubao, Qingchan was already waiting eagerly at the gate of Wubao, Guan Ziyang had been exercising for a long time, his hair was disheveled, and his clothes were soaked in sweat, Qingchan quickly helped him tidy up and changed into a coat.

Guan Ziyang secretly said: "Why are the guests so terrible, I have to wash and dress up before going to see them."

"Xiao Langjun, the members of the Wei family are here, and they are now in the Guan family ancestral hall, follow me quickly."

When Guan Ziyang walked into the ancestral hall, he saw that the patriarch Guan Zhengkun was sitting on top, and on the right were his father, third uncle and fourth uncle.

There were three people sitting on the left, a man in his thirties, and two teenagers in his seventeen or eighteen years old. These three should be members of the Wei family.

The patriarch Guan Zhengkun pointed to Guan Ziyang and said to the Wei family: "Brother Wei Lin, this is my nephew Guan Ziyang."

Then he said to Guan Ziyang: "These three are Wei Yiqing's uncle Wei Lin, his cousins ​​Wei Pu and Wei Jiu. Hurry and pay respects to uncle and two elder brothers."

Unexpectedly, Wei Lin raised his hand as a gesture of resignation, and said, "Oh, there's no need, we just have a few words to explain to Guan Ziyang this time, and now our Wei family is about to become a scholar, so we probably won't have much contact with each other in the future, uncle. There is no need for a title."

The elders of Guan's family all showed embarrassment, and the fourth eldest Guan Zhengde quickly smoothed things over: "Brother Wei Lin, what can you say to Ziyang, but it's okay."

Seeing Wei Lin's high-spirited appearance, and the way he was giving orders here, Guan Ziyang was furious, and thought to himself: "What are you proud of, the Wei family became a scholar, but he just awakened by relying on the sweater to clear his blood. What does it matter to you, I feel like I'm superior to others."

Wei Lin glanced at Wei Pu, and Wei Pu got up and said: "The patriarch sent us father and son this time, not for anything else, but for the promotion ceremony of the Wei family. On the eighth day of the sixth month, the emperor sent Lu Na, Minister of Zuomin, brought three high-ranking and high-level officials to our Weijiabao to hold a grand ceremony for the promotion of nobles. At that time, all the officials and common people around Fuling will be present, and the whole county will celebrate together, and it will be very lively."

After speaking, he handed over the invitation to Guan Zhengkun, and said, "The Guan family is considered a rich family in Fuling. When the time comes, please send someone from the Guan family to our Wei family to witness this grand event together."

Seeing Wei Pu gesticulating happily, as if he had seen the glorious moment when their Wei family was promoted to a noble family, Guan Ziyang was inexplicably disgusted.

Wei Jiu went on to say: "At that time, please invite Guan Xiancheng to bring his son with you. At the grand ceremony, our patriarch hopes that your father and son will withdraw the engagement in public!"

Retire in public!
Hearing this word, everyone in the Guan family took a deep breath!
(End of this chapter)