1921 was an era of warlord warfare, and even a remote place like Banai was inevitably affected.
In addition, the Zhang family has completely fallen apart, and very few people in the Miao village built around the Zhang family are still there.
Without much interruption, they easily entered the main building in the middle.
Before entering the Miao Village, Zhang Qiling also bought a knife that looked quite heavy.
"Chief, this machete doesn't match your temperament. Why do you still bring it with you when you go home?" Zhang Haiyan was puzzled.
Zhang Qiling didn't even look at him, and took Lin Ruoyan's hand into the Fan Tianzi Building in the center of the Miao Village.
"You two, remember from now on, do not make any moves or touch anything, and follow the clan leader closely. Otherwise, if there is a problem, no one can save you."
< p> Zhang Haiyan solemnly instructed the two of them."Godmother, where is the woman? She is from a foreigner's surname. Why can she be led in by the clan leader without being told anything?"
Zhang Haiyan refused to accept it.
"If you have the ability to let the clan leader lead you in, you don't have to be responsible. If someone follows the clan leader, is he still considered a person with a foreign surname?" Zhang Haiqi gave him a sideways glance.
Zhang Qianjun had been listening to these explanations carefully. He glanced at Zhang Haiyan and didn't understand why he had to compare with that woman.
He is not someone the patriarch likes.
Zhang Haiqi’s loyalty to the Zhang family is unquestionable.
Although she said so, the Zhang family has always only intermarryed within the clan in order to keep their bloodline pure.
Not to mention being a clan leader, he should lead by example.
I was unhappy about bringing that woman with a foreign surname into the Zhang family’s ancient building, but I also respected the clan leader’s choice.
There is a level in the Zhang Family Ancient Building. If you want to take her deeper, everyone who enters must pass the bloodline certification of the Zhang Family Design Agency.
The ultimate secret of the Zhang family’s ancient building was not that the patriarch could bring her in as the wife of the Zhang family just by wishful thinking.
Because many years ago, she once heard an elder from her family say this.
For the patriarch and his wife to truly become husband and wife, they had to pass the Zhang Family Ancient Building bloodline purity certification ceremony.
This is a zigzag-shaped courtyard structure, divided into left and right side rooms of the front hall, and a pavilion opposite to the front hall.
An invisible corridor on the ground in front of Baoxia is not strictly a correct road leading to the Zhangjia Ancient Building. Through the siphon at the wellhead, one can enter the jade mine leading to the mountain wall.
But Lin Ruoyan didn't know how to swim, and this road was not a formal way to enter the ancient building, so he simply ignored it.
He came here just to pick up one thing.
Turning behind the huge screen, Zhang QiLing half-knelt at the center of the screen.
A large area of the floor tiles in this position were carved with patterns. Zhang Qiling stretched out two fingers, pressed one of them, and sunk in.
Then he quickly moved the patterned floor tiles with his hands to the sunken position one after another.
Just like a puzzle, when the last tile that sank in is lifted up, the pattern of this piece of floor tile has formed a complete pattern of Qilin stepping on fire.
There was a faint sound of a mechanism being activated, and the position of the patterned flame sank, and then a rectangular sapphire box rose up.
"Godmother, what did the patriarch bring out? Is it a token of the patriarch?" Zhang Haiyan approached Zhang Haiqi and asked quietly.
Zhang Haiqi’s expression was not good-looking and he ignored Zhang Haiyan’s words.
She had already recognized what it was, the agarwood used by the clan leader when worshiping his ancestors.
What on earth does he want to do? Isn't that woman's identity simple?
Zhang Qiling put the sapphire box into his bag and left with Lin Ruoyan.
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"Godmother, aren't you going to the Zhang Family Ancient Building? Why are you getting more and more remote as you walk?"
Zhang Haiyan and the two followed the silent Zhang Haiqi, and saw the two people in front of them getting closer and closer. The further away from the Miao village, the more I don't understand.
"Both the outside and inside of the ancient Zhang family building are full of institutions. Only the patriarch and some important family elders know the correct route to enter."
Zhang Haiqi shook his head and looked For some unknown reason, the two people in front stopped at a large lotus pond at the foot of the mountain and stopped moving forward.
The end of July is the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom.
I don’t know if it was a generation of the Zhang family that planted a large pond full of lotus flowers here. The green lotus leaves floated in the water, and the pond full of lotus flowers bloomed one after another.
"Bingtilian..." Lin Ruoyan looked at the flower in the center.
Lotus flowers, one large and one small, gradually turning from pink to white, grow side by side and sway in the breeze.
"Changsheng, it's the Bingdilian, hurry up and row over." When the woman on the boat saw the flower, she stood up excitedly and pointed at the flower and said excitedly.
"I heard that Bingdi flowers have the same heart, same roots, same blessings, and grow together, which symbolizes a hundred years of good union and eternal unity. The couple you see will definitely be the most loving couple. Longevity, hurry up. There are other things on the lake. Others, don't let others get ahead of you."
"Okay, Yan Shuyanyan, sit still." The man named Changsheng speeded up the boat and rowed towards the Bingdilian in the lake. .
Lin Ruoyan broke away from Zhang Qiling's hand, lightly stepped on the flowers and leaves on the lake, and flew towards the centermost flower branch.
Lin Ruoyan struggled to break away from his hand with great strength. He originally saw her flying towards the center of Lotus Lake, but Zhang QiLing is still a little worried.
The lotus leaves are too light, and his Qinggong and body skills are not as good as Lin Ruoyan's. He cannot be like her and cannot be easily stepped on.
Only when he saw her picking off the double lotus safely and walking towards him through the water did he put down his worries.
"Here you go." Lin Ruoyan landed on the shore and handed the flower to Zhang Qiling with a smile in her eyes.
Zhang Qiling naturally knows the meaning that Bingdilian has represented since ancient times. Does this mean that she has the same heart as him?
This was also the first time someone gave him a gift, and it was a gift with such special meaning.
He took the lotus flower with a bright smile that had never appeared on his face.
"Yanshu, find a good man to marry"
"Let us wish the couple a happy marriage for a hundred years and a happy marriage forever"
"Yanyan , she will be your new mother from now on, you must get along well."
"It's all fake, it's all fake."
Lin Ruoyan murmured to herself. His eyes became a little crazy.
Lin Ruoyan snatched the lotus from Zhang Qiling's hand, threw it under her feet and stomped on it.
"Fake, fake"
Zhang Qiling accidentally snatched the flower from her hand again, and her face turned pale.
Does she...regret it?
However, after seeing her crazy state and remembering the memories seen in the bronze door, I understood what was going on and began to feel sorry for her again.
"Don't be afraid, Ruoyan, don't be afraid." He could only hold her tightly and say the word "not afraid" repeatedly.
Not far away, Zhang Haiyan and the others were surprised to see Lin Ruoyan walking in the water to pick flowers, to presenting flowers to the clan leader, to grabbing flowers and stepping on them, before they realized that something was wrong with her.
"The patriarch's little daughter-in-law doesn't look simple." Zhang Haiqi's eyes were blank. At least she couldn't do that kind of water skills.
"The patriarch looked very sad when his flower was taken away." Zhang Qianjun also thought of his sad past.
"This woman seems to have a lot of secrets, but she doesn't know if she will hurt the clan leader." Zhang Haiyan touched his chin and didn't know what he was thinking.