After eating two apples, Grandpa Chen said, "You must put away that golden lock."
"What's wrong?"
What happened? Grandpa Chen, who had always kept silent about the golden lock, brought it up so suddenly.
"That golden lock was passed down from my ancestors. Of course, if there is a lock, there must be a key."
Grandpa Chen slowly told Tian Jing the origin of the golden lock.
It is said that the Chen family are descendants of Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang was shot and killed, the eldest son Chen Shan'er was captured, and the younger Chen Li escaped under the protection of his subordinates.
But later there was no news about Chen Shaner, and everyone thought that she was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In fact, it can be considered that there were men loyal to Chen Shaner who sneaked in to rescue her.
How could he be rescued from Zhu Yuanzhang's base camp?
In the end, some people died and some escaped.
Among those who escaped was Chen Shan'er, and what was left behind in Chen Shan'er's place was a stand-in with a very similar figure and appearance.
When Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that Chen Shan'er had been replaced, he was angry and chopped off the substitute's head.
After Chen Shan'er escaped, he wanted to go back to Chu, but he learned from his subordinates that his younger brother had been made king, so he simply fled in the opposite direction.
So what if his younger brother is the king? Already twenty-one years old, he has long known many of his father's secrets, such as the stolen money.
Every time he collected a large amount of money, his father would secretly smuggle a small portion out and use it as a private treasury.
In this regard, my father avoided the ministers and did not avoid him, and told him that an emperor must not have a private treasury, and his freedom of spending money must not be restricted by ministers on the grounds of the national treasury.
In the opposite direction is where my father's private treasury is.
Not long after, Chen Li surrendered, Chen Han was destroyed, and Zhu Yuanzhang was already unstoppable.
Chen Shaner took the remaining loyal men and kept their names anonymous.
It was not until the fall of the Ming Dynasty that the descendants of Chen Shaner restored the surname Chen.
Chen Shaner only had two sons, and he was worried that his descendants would kill each other after seeing their wealth. When he was old, he asked a craftsman to make a small gold lock and hid the location of his private treasury drawn by himself in the gold lock.
The golden lock was given to the eldest son, and the golden key was given to the younger son.
The reason why Grandpa Chen's family lives here is because according to the accumulated information passed down from their ancestors, the mountains deep in Kushan Mountain are where the private treasury is located.
Tian Jing had a lot of guesses in her mind, but she never thought that this was what Grandpa Chen was talking about. She stood up and said, "I'll get you the golden lock."
Grandpa Chen waved his hand, "No need, Tian Jing, please sit down."
Tian Jing really didn't want to continue listening, but she couldn't. The more she resisted, the more guilty she felt, so she could only continue to listen.
"It was the first time someone came to the Tian family to make trouble. I heard you tell Chen Yun that you could change your surname to Chen. I knew you were definitely not talking about Chen Yun's Chen, because you hate her very much."
"I know all about Li Erzuo and Wu Hui's intrigues. There is almost nothing in Kushan that I don't know about."
"Since we moved here, we have always been on guard against the one holding the golden key, so we are always aware of the darkness in Kushan."
"I have compiled all the information, and your identity is now clear. I sent the golden lock to you just to test you."
"I didn't find anything. I thought my guess was wrong. I went to Zhangshan in person and found out a piece of news that Tian Yongren's father had asked his uncle to make a golden key."
"Why did you make this golden key before you entered Kushan? As soon as I thought that you knew that your surname was Chen, I understood."
"Thinking about your military power again, I understand better. You have betrayed the Tian family, and the real golden key is in your hands."
"I also understand the reason for your indifference. The time is no longer right. Many things cannot be owned by private individuals. Moreover, our identities cannot be suppressed or guarded."
"But I am not willing to do so. I would rather it disappear in the long river of history than let something passed down from my ancestors dissipate in my hands."
"I think you are unwilling to remain still. I will continue to remain silent."
"The reason why I want to tell you everything today is because Li Jianguo has an honored guest named Chen from the provincial capital."
"According to my great-grandfather's records, the Golden Key unit has been stationed in the provincial capital. Your father is also in the provincial capital. You have the Golden Key in your hand..."
"Since both of us have agreed that those things cannot see the light of day, we must collude to make confessions. My golden lock has been confiscated long ago, and your golden key is just the one given to you by the Tian family."
"Tian Jing, I really don't want to give up. Back then, Suozhu's parents starved to death because of my selfishness. I must pass on the golden lock."
"But Suozhu doesn't have enough brains, and Xiaofu is also naive, so I gave up. If I don't want to give up, I must give up."
"You have a set of golden locks here. Just pass them on. If you are worried about getting into trouble, just let them be buried deep in the mountains."
"Finally, I gathered together all the information from dozens of generations in our group. The location of the private treasury should be deeper than here, because it takes a month to send a private treasury."
"Is it strange? No, the east-west direction of the Kushan Mountains passes through Chu and Shu."
Tian Jing stood up and said, "Hurry down the mountain, your information..."
"Already burned."
After finally telling everything, finally handing over the troubles in his hands, and finally putting his unwillingness under his feet, Grandpa Chen felt very relaxed. He picked up another apple and took a bite.
"I locked the vegetable shed and went back to burn it before I went to find you. If that person is the golden key, which is the one in your house, you can imagine the deep meaning of coming to Kushanli."
"Repay a favor? Is it possible that it took three years to repay a favor? Were the clothes worn by Li Jianguo's two children three years ago those from rural areas?"
"I have carefully observed that those two pairs of clothes look brand new, but in fact they have been washed and ironed. They must be leftovers worn by other people's children. And think about the fact that Li Jianguo and his wife have not changed at all..."
"It can be seen that others do not take repaying kindness seriously. They may think that a rural person like Li Jianguo can become their savior because the ancestors of the Li family have burned high incense."
"Taken together, and combined with your experience, it shows that that one has become so crooked that it has no conscience. Can I still keep useful things? Burn it, pour the ashes into the toilet, and stir it."
Uh oh~
This Grandpa Chen is really a bad guy.
"Are you so sure that I won't move those things by default?"
Grandpa Chen glanced at her and said, "You are actively making money."
"What a pity." Tian Jing felt sorry for Grandpa Chen sincerely, "Grandpa Chen, if you had been born in Chen Youliang's era, he might not have made Chen Han prosperous."
"Yes, I was born at the wrong time!"
Grandpa Chen sighed and took another bite of the apple, "I am limited to this era, and he did not plan carefully in that era, alas~"
After eating the apple, he stood up and looked towards the Hot Spring Valley, "Take me down to have a look, and then take me to the lake to have a look, and then we'll go down the mountain."
"Are you really not going to find a private bank?"
"If you don't look for it, since you can't find it, then don't move. It might make you heartbroken when you see it. You can't find it, right?"
"Yes." Tian Jing cooperated with his self-deception. What should an old man who has no brain power and whose body can no longer keep up with him worry about?
"I'm not omnipotent. Just because I can defeat a pack of wolves doesn't mean I can defeat other beasts. This is already my base camp."