On the second day of February in the second year of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jianguo in the Ming Dynasty, in the Zhang family courtyard at the foot of Lushi Mountain in the north of Tongcheng County, there seemed to be some happy event, and dozens of banquet tables were set up.

Cold dishes, big dishes, and snacks were served one after another, filling the dozens of large tables under the dozen banquet tents set up in the Zhang family's courtyard. In order to host today's banquet, the Zhang family in Tongcheng really

After spending a lot of money, we hired the best chefs from Tongcheng County and bought dozens of baskets of chicken, duck, and fish... The maids, servants, and even the female relatives of some tenant households in Tongcheng were called in to help.

Slaughtering chickens and ducks, washing vegetables and carving fish, it's a lot of work.

Those who were invited to the banquet, in addition to relatives and friends of the Zhang family in Tongcheng, were some heroes who had come down from the nearby Dabie Mountains.

To be honest, these two groups of people really can’t get along!

Who is the origin of the Zhang family in Tongcheng? They are the descendants of Zhang Chun, the great upright official of the Ming Dynasty. They have been officials for generations. Zhang Ying's grandfather Zhang Shiwei served as the prefect, and his uncle Zhang Bingwen served as the governor of Shandong and also served as the governor of Shandong.

He was a loyal martyr of the Ming Dynasty and died in the Jinan Massacre in the twelfth year of Chongzhen. Zhang Ying's father Zhang Bingyi was not as promising as his brother, but he also became a general judge. When he arrived at Zhang Ying's place, he won the Jinshi again and became the Kangxi Emperor's South Study Hall.

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Such a famous family, a family of poetry and rituals, usually come and go with the famous families in Tongcheng - Tongcheng was a place where the literary style was at its peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the famous Tongcheng School was born here. This school

The people in Tongcheng were best at writing ancient prose, so there were many people who were admitted to the imperial examinations. Naturally, there were more and more prominent families in the imperial examination in Tongcheng area!

And these prominent families in Tongcheng intermarried with each other... Although the members of these families were not necessarily the same in the officialdom and politics, in the troubled times of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they even belonged to different camps.

Lord, but in private, everyone is related!

Such a group of people in Tongcheng, and even in the entire Anqing Prefecture, are aloof and superior beings. How could they sit together with a group of bandits from the Dabie Mountains to have a drink and talk?

But under the guidance of Zhang Ying, a member of the Zhang family in Tongcheng who "abandoned his official position and returned to Beijing", such a thing was successfully accomplished.

I don’t know what Zhang Ying and Zhang Dunfu said to the heads of the families in Tongcheng.

At this moment, Zhang Yingzheng was dealing with the situation, throwing a few punches here and trying to persuade him to drink. His bold appearance did not look like the Hanlin Academy, but the literary scholar who came out of the South Study Room looked more like a heroic man who wandered around the world.

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And his attire today is also quite distinctive. He wears a black stand-up collared gown with a belt wider than his hand tied around his waist. There is also a fan and something like a token inserted into the belt. The sleeves of the gown are rolled up.

Some, with their white lining exposed, looked particularly capable.

The old man who came down from the Dabie Mountains also looks extraordinary. He is obviously a bandit, but he is full of official style. His every move is full of style... He is really not inferior to the other families in Tongcheng.

of leading figures.

But how did such a person get to the Dabie Mountains? Why haven't everyone heard of such a famous figure in the Dabie Mountains before?

In addition, listening to the accents of Mr. Zu and the bandits under him, they are all authentic Liao accents...

Just when the lords and princes of various families in Tongcheng felt that the situation was a bit strange, Zhang San, the housekeeper of the Zhang family, and two servants, carrying a basket of fish, hurriedly broke into the courtyard where the banquet was being held.

This is a basket of Anhui fish that has just been scaled and slaughtered, but has not yet been disemboweled and gutted. Some of them are not dead yet and are struggling to their death. They look a bit bloody!

What does it mean?

People from every family in Tongcheng were dumbfounded, and when Zhang San, the housekeeper of the Zhang family, opened his mouth, they were frightened.

"Master, something strange happened. The fish just fished out of the Lianzhang River... actually has a silk book in its belly!"

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Books in the belly of a fish?

The jaws of everyone in Tongcheng were almost dropped... What does Zhang Ying want to do? Does he want to imitate Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?

Just when these Tongcheng scholars were too frightened to speak, Mr. Zu suddenly spoke: "Is there a silk book in the fish's belly? This is the Book of Heaven... Are there any words on it?"

"Yes, yes..."

The old man said again: "Show it to me!"

"Here you go."

A ball of silk cloth still stained with blood was handed to Mr. Zu by Zhang San. Mr. Zu didn't mind it being dirty, but he didn't unfold it immediately. Instead, he glanced at Zhang Ying first and said, "Mr. Zhang, I just took a look.

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"Look," Zhang Ying said with a smile, "if there are any words on it, read it to everyone."

"Okay!" the old man responded, and gently unfolded the silk cloth. There were really words on the silk cloth, white words and black words!

The old man coughed and said: "When the Holy Duke comes out, great Confucianism will flourish!"

The smile on Zhang Ying's face suddenly froze, and she blurted out: "Why did the Holy Duke come out and Confucianism flourish?"

Yes, what we originally planned was "the fields will be equalized and the Ming Dynasty will fall"!

The old man replied with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, the emergence of the Holy Duke and the great rise of Confucianism must mean that Kong Shenggong will become the emperor, and the great prosperity of Confucianism will also come!"

Kong Shenggong becomes emperor?

So what does Kangxi think?

Just when Zhang Ying was worried about Emperor Kangxi's work, another loud noise came from outside the courtyard. Then he heard many people shouting outside: "Stones are falling from the sky...Stones are falling from the sky...

Meteorite! There are also words on the stone!"

Still matching!

Everyone present in Tongcheng understood, and dozens or hundreds of eyes turned to Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying already knew something was wrong. The words in the book in the fish belly were different from what was originally arranged... Can the words on the strange stone remain unchanged that day?

But at this time, he knew something was wrong and it was over, because his wrist was already held by Grandpa Zu.

This old man was none other than the one who coerced Zu Yonglie, Zu Chenglie and the others to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Zhu Heji became Queen of the Ming Dynasty, the old man rewarded a loyal and righteous uncle based on his merits, and also gave a sinecure as the deputy commander of the Jin Yiwei.

I thought that this would be it for the rest of my life, but I didn’t expect that not long after I had been idle, the opportunity to become a marquis came... My ancestors only married after he became an earl, but the beautiful lady who lived in the same house had just become pregnant.

, the old man should earn a little more wealth for his unborn children!

Thinking of this, the old man clasped Zhang Ying's wrist with his right hand and said with a murderous look on his face: "Mr. Zhang please!"

Zhang Ying, a weak scholar, also knew that he could not resist this old devil head-on, so he could only respond calmly: "Please..."

"Everyone is invited!" Zu yelled.

The "mountain bandits" who had already eaten and drank enough and were waiting to do something all responded to the "order" together, and then followed the old man Zu and Zhang Ying out of the Zhang family's mansion with a group of Tongcheng scholars and walked to the entrance of the village.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they discovered that a large pit suddenly appeared on the side of the road at the entrance of the village. There was a black stone in the center. A group of villagers surrounded the stone. Gao Shiqi, who came to Tongcheng with Zhang Ying, was dressed as a passerby.

The merchant was standing in front of the black stone in a daze.

As soon as Zhang Ying saw this scene, he knew that the words on the black stone were wrong, but he still couldn't help but ask: "What words are on the stone?"

Gao Shiqi subconsciously replied: "There is a hole in the world..."

Zu Da immediately shouted: "Did you hear that? There is a hole in three-thirds of the world... This is Kong Shenggong who wants to be the emperor and enjoy three-thirds of the world!"

The "bandits" around them immediately started shouting: "Kong Shenggong becomes the emperor, and Kong Shenggong will have one-third of the world!"

Before Zu Da's performance was over, he pointed at Zhang Ying and said loudly: "Mr. Zhang is one of the five great men under the command of the Confucian Shenggong. If the Shenggong has the destiny, he should enjoy one-third of the world, so why don't we use Mr. Zhang?"

Raise an army...and win over one of the founding heroes of the country!"

"Rise up the troops! Rise up the troops! Rise up the troops..."
Chapter completed!