"Yes, although Mr. Guo is a national hero who fought against the red-haired ghosts and conquered Taiwan, his mother is from Fusang!" Grandpa He Min nodded.
"Uh...then what do these stories have to do with your He family? Could it be that...monk Tixi is your ancestor?"
Jiang Zhonglou stared and thought.
The mother of Zheng Chenggong and Monk Tixi is named He Chuansong, and the name of Monk Tixi’s fusang is He Chuanhong...
Therefore, the He family in Gaoxi Village is likely to be the descendants of Monk Tixi.
"Yes, the ancestor of our He family is indeed Monk Tixi!"
Grandpa He Min continued: "Zheng Zhilong married He Chuansong and gave birth to two sons. Within a few years, he took his eldest son Zheng Sen, also known as Zheng Chenggong, back to Taiwan...
The youngest son Zheng Hong has been living with his mother He Chuansong in Fusang, so he has a Fusang name He Chuanhong...
Later, when the imperial court saw that Zheng Zhilong's power spread overseas and had a deep influence in many countries, he issued an edict to recruit peace and appointed him as the Five Tiger Guerrilla General to eliminate the barbarians and pacify the bandits...
Zheng Zhilong left Taiwan, where he had been operating for many years, and took up residence in the Fujian Sea. He led more than 30,000 men and more than a thousand warships to guard the coast for the Ming Dynasty to prevent pirates, Japanese pirates and red-haired ghosts...
Later, when Zheng Zhilong became the commander-in-chief, he returned to his hometown, built a house, and planned to spend his whole life...
Unexpectedly, the Qing army entered the pass and invaded the south of the Yangtze River, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed...
Zheng Chenggong persuaded his father to go to sea again, but Zheng Zhilong was disheartened and unwilling to leave his homeland again, so he handed over all his troops to Zheng Chenggong's command to fight against the Qing troops in the south, while he stayed at home...
Later, when the Qing court wanted to surrender, Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was captured and taken to Kyoto...
The Qing government repeatedly asked Zheng Zhilong to write letters to persuade Zheng Chenggong to surrender, but Zheng Chenggong refused to surrender...
In 1661 AD, Zheng Chenggong led his troops to defeat the red-haired ghosts, conquered Taiwan, and launched a vigorous rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, which shocked the world...
At that time, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty had passed away and Kangxi had just succeeded to the throne. The young master was suspicious and feared that Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong were colluding, so he ordered the murder of Zheng Zhilong and his family!"
"This... is too cowardly!"
Jiang Chonglou did not expect that Zheng Zhilong, a generation of maritime lords, would be recruited by the Ming court, then surrendered by the Qing court, and finally be killed in such a cowardly manner...
"For Zheng Zhilong, neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Qing Dynasty is worthy of his allegiance, so he doesn't care about recruiting peace or surrender..."
Grandpa He Min sighed: "Zheng Zhilong just wants to lead his brothers to make a living and live and work in peace and contentment...
Although he has a huge territory and power overseas, as well as a wife and children, Zheng Zhilong's heart has always been attached to his hometown where he was born and raised...
That's why he accepted Ming Dynasty's recruitment just to be able to go home...
The reason why he surrendered to the Qing court was that he was unwilling to leave his hometown again!"
"Didn't the Qing court kill Zheng Zhilong's family? How did Monk Tixi escape?" Jiang Chonglou asked again.
"Monk Tixi did not follow Zheng Zhilong to surrender to the Qing court, nor did he follow Zheng Chenggong's army to resist the Qing Dynasty. Instead, he pretended to be a monk and lived in seclusion at the Chen Shengwang Temple in Gaoxi Village..."
Grandpa He Min said: "Monk Tixi often collects information about coastal defense and sends people quietly to Taiwan by boat...
Occasionally, he would take a boat out to sea to visit his mother, He Chuansong, in Fusang...
Our Gaoxi Village is backed by mountains and faces the sea. It is a natural harbor. It is very convenient to go to the sea. Even if something happens, Monk Tixi can immediately go to the sea to escape...
His eldest son has been following him, pretending to be Monk Tixi's disciple, He Yonghua, later Chen Yonghua, Chen Jinnan...
He Yonghua married a wife in Gaoxi Village and had a son, who is He Yin, the ancestor of our He family in Gaoxi Village."
"Oh, so that's it. No wonder there is a plaque with the sunrise and fusang hanging on the door of your ancestral hall."
Only then did Jiang Chonglou understand the origins of the He family in Gaoxi Village, but he frowned and said, "So... Monk Tixi founded Hongmen to help Zheng Chenggong collect intelligence and fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"
"It is certain to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but it is not necessarily possible to restore the Ming Dynasty..."
Grandpa He Min sighed again: "In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there were many unfaithful kings who secluded themselves from the country. They also said that Zheng Zhilong was a pirate, which eventually led to chaos in the world and people's livelihood. What can be done about such a court?
The reason why Monk Tixi raised the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty was just to win more people's hearts...
Even Zheng Chenggong, although he said he was rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, he actually had no intention of restoring the Ming Dynasty. If he really defeated the Qing people, he would definitely become the emperor himself!"
"Well, that's right..." Jiang Zhonglou nodded and asked, "Then why did Monk Tixi save the five young monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple? Does he really have some magical ability to create space that can hide the young monks in
In a mysterious space?”
"This...according to what our He family has said orally from generation to generation, Monk Tixi does possess mysterious magical powers. He can not only create space, but also predict the future and travel through the past and present..." Grandpa He Min said.
"What? Traveling through the past and present? Could it be that...Monk Tixi can travel to another world like in movies and TV shows?"
Jiang Zhonglou was stunned.
He had previously suspected that Monk Tixi and the monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple were both descendants of Mo Xian...
Jiang Zhonglou only knew that Mo Xian had the ability to create space and predict the future, but he had never heard that Mo Xian could travel through the past and present...
"Yes, all of this has to start with He Chuansong..." Grandpa He Min sighed again.
"He Chuansong? Could it be that...monk Tixi's mysterious magic was inherited from his mother, He Chuansong?" Jiang Zhonglou was surprised.
"good!"
Grandpa He Min nodded and continued: "According to the legend of the He family, the He Chuansong family has noble blood and knows a mysterious magic...
When Zheng Zhilong left Fusang, he originally wanted to take He Chuansong with him to Taiwan, but He Chuansong insisted on staying in Fusang to practice and even left his talented young son with her, named He Chuanhong as her successor.
..
He Chuanhong followed his mother He Chuansong since he was a child and practiced that kind of magic. It was not until he became an adult that he came to Zheng Zhilong...
Later, Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing court, and He Chuanhong took the alias of Monk Tixi and lived in seclusion in Gaoxi Temple. He often interacted with the monks of Southern Shaolin Temple...
It is said that the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple also know the mysterious magic, and they practice together with the monk Tixi, and they have a very close relationship...
Back then, the monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple used this magical technique to annihilate the Xiliang demons...
And Kangxi also sent his masters to burn down Southern Shaolin in order to obtain this magical secret book...
In the end, the five young monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple escaped from death with the magic secrets and came to seek refuge with Monk Tixi...
Monk Tixi asked the five of them to form a blood alliance with Chen Jinnan, swore a sworn alliance with Jinlan, founded Hongmen, and practiced the mysterious magic together...
Later, the Qing court's eagle dogs discovered the traces of the fifth ancestor of Hongmen and chased them to Gaoxi Village...
Monk Tixi asked Chen Jinnan to take the Fifth Patriarch down the mountain, while he pretended to be dead, built a tomb, and then quietly went to Xiliang..."
"What? Monk Tixi ended up going to Xiliang... Why did he go to Xiliang?"