"Things? What?" Zhou Chong was also very surprised when he heard Jianer's words. There was his own ancestral hall in Zhou's mansion, which was located next to the garden. It was enshrined with Zhou Hai's tablets. He went to worship during festivals, but

Only Zhou Chong is qualified to enter the whole family, and Zhou Chong has only been in once when dealing with Zhou Hai's funeral, and has never been there at all.

"The thing is here with me. Chong'er, wait a moment!" Aunt Wang also remembered what Jianer said at this time, hurriedly stood up and ran to her bedroom, and then moved out a long box.

Zhou Chong took the box and put it on the table, then took the key handed over by Aunt Wang and opened the small copper lock. After lifting the lid of the box, he found that there was a long narrow waist knife in the long box.

,I saw that this knife was longer than an ordinary knife, but the body was narrower than an ordinary knife. It looked a bit like a Japanese knife, but the spine was straight, and the tip had a large arc, and the hilt was more than an ordinary knife.

The knife should be longer and you can hold it with both hands, which looks more conducive to chopping.

In addition to this knife, there are two other things in the box. One of them is an extremely exquisite jade artifact with two dragons carved beads. The dragon shape is covered with cloud patterns. The carving is extremely exquisite. You can tell at a glance that it is not ordinary.

At first, Zhou Chong thought it was a jade pendant, but he picked it up and saw four seal characters carved under the two dragons. After he carefully identified it, he finally recognized that these four words were "Blessings and Longevity".

Generally, only the word "this" will be engraved on the longevity lock. Zhou Chong looked carefully and found that this piece of jade is indeed a longevity lock that only a child can wear.

Zhou Chong picked up the exquisitely carved longevity lock and looked at it for a long time, but except for finding that this thing is extremely exquisite, it will definitely be exchanged for a lot of money when he gets it in a pawnshop. Nothing special was found.

The other is an oval token the size of a baby's palm. It looks black and should be a metal commission. The production is also very exquisite. The round edge on the front is decorated with two monsters, and there are some small characters below. Zhou Chong picked it up and looked at it.

, but I was shocked, and I saw the two lines above that said "Embroidered Uniform Guard Thousand Husbands" and there was also a name below that "Wang Hai".

The Jinyiwei is certainly not unfamiliar with this famous name. Zhou Chong can even be said to be like thunder. The Jinyiwei, as the emperor's eyes and minions, has the responsibility of supervising the world. Zhou Chong has also encountered several times in the city guarding Songjiang Prefecture.

The Jinyiwei, but the other party looks no big difference from ordinary soldiers and yamen runners, but the clothes and swords on their bodies are more exquisite than ordinary soldiers.

Thinking of the Jinyiwei in the city, Zhou Chong suddenly woke up, picked up the long sword in the box and looked it carefully, and now he finally recognized it. This knife should be the special sword of Jinyiwei's rust spring sword, which is absorbed by this knife.

Some of the advantages of Tang Mo Dao and Southern Miao Dao. The knife shape looks very embroidered, but it is very conducive to chopping. People with great strength can even cut off the horse's head with one knife.

"Emperor Yiwei, how could there be something from Emperor Yiwei at home? And who is this Wang Hai?" Zhou Chong asked in a difficult understanding, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Zhong'er, we don't know about this, but you can listen to how Jianer discovered these things first." At this time, Aunt Wang took it and spoke, and then saw Jianer begin to introduce her to the things she found.

go through.

It turns out that Zhou Chong was not at home during the Chinese New Year. Although the family was in chaos, the etiquette that should be held during the Chinese New Year cannot be abandoned. For example, you need to worship your ancestors during the Chinese New Year. This kind of thing is usually done by Zhou Chong, the only man in the family.

He came to do it, but he was not at home. Finally, Butler Xu and Aunt Wang discussed it and simply took the bracelet to go to the ancestral hall to worship. Anyway, there were only Zhou Hai's tablets in the ancestral hall, and there was no big concern.

It is also true that Bracelet used to worship Zhou Hai on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year. At that time, she saw that the futon in front of the tablet was bitten by a mouse, so she took out the broken futon and threw it away.

She took out a new futon from a corner of the ancestral hall and knelt down, but as soon as she knelt down, she immediately felt something in the futon, which scared her. She hurriedly called Butler Xu and Aunt Wang, and then the three of them

We opened the cushion together, and we found the box in front of Zhou Chong.

After listening to Jianer's story, Zhou Chong sat there and pondered. Not everyone could enter the ancestral hall. In the past, when Zhou Hai was alive, he could only enter the entire family by himself. In other words, the things in the box were very good.

Maybe Zhou Hai put it there on purpose. Moreover, the owner of the Jinyiwei token was named Wang Hai, who had the same name and different surname as Zhou Hai. In addition, the token seems to have been a few years old. These conditions alone are enough to make people live.

Many associations have come up.

"Auntie, who else knows about this except you, Cheyeon and Butler Xu?" Zhou Chong suddenly asked after pondering for a while.

"No, after we saw the things in the box, we all knew that the matter was serious, so no one told me, and even Su Niang didn't know about it." Jian'er answered at this time, with a little panic on her face.

Zhise, after all, this matter is related to the Jinyiwei, and if it is not done well, it may involve the whole family.

"Well, as long as no one knows it. Just pretend that this has not happened before, and no one should spread it. As for these things, just leave them there." When Zhou Chong said this, he was still a little nervous when he saw Aunt Wang and Cheer.

, so he smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, no matter who these things belong to, they have been hidden in the ancestral hall for so long, and no one has come to the house, so I guess these things are useless for a long time."

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, although Aunt Wang and Cheer were still a little worried, their faces finally looked a little better. It was noon soon. Zhou Chong's return was another great event worth celebrating, so they both called out immediately.

Su Niang went to the kitchen to cook together, and the Bai sisters also came up to help. Finally, everyone sat together for a sumptuous lunch.

In the afternoon, Zhou Chong chatted with Aunt Wang and Cheer for a while, and then played with Duoer for a long time before he returned to his yard to rest. However, before he could sit down, Butler Xu was a ghost

He ran in sneakily and said, "Young Master, you have seen the things in the box?"

"Yeah!" Zhou Chong sat down and nodded. In fact, he also happened to want to ask Butler Xu about the Jinyiwei. Although he had heard of some in later generations, Butler Xu was knowledgeable and knew more about Jinyi.

He has many.

"Young Master, do you see anything?" Butler Xu also walked to Zhou Chong and sat down and asked.

Zhou Chong had already taken the box from Aunt Wang, and stood up and took out the box from under the bed and put it on the table and opened it: "I only saw the rusty spring knife inside and the Qianhu Token of the Jinyiwei, as for the long one

But the Life Lock didn't see anything. Why, did you see any clues?"

Butler Xu nodded, then reached out token from the box and said, "Young Master, the owner of this token is a thousand households. He has the same name and surname as the master, and is hidden in the ancestral hall. In addition, there are very few masters.

Speaking of his past, would you say this token be the master?”

"I'm not sure about this. My aunt followed her father a little earlier than you, but she knew nothing about his past. She just knew that her father was from the north, but she had never heard her father say about the past.

His accent seemed to be from Shandong. As for whether his father had done the work of the Jinyiwei, she was even less clear." Zhou Chong shook his head in distress and said, the more he understood, the more he found that his cheaper old man was.

The more mysteries there are on my father, the more I feel like a layer of fog is shrouded in my body, which makes people unable to see clearly.

Seeing Zhou Chong's distressed look, Butler Xu suddenly said, "Young Master, although the master used to speak with a little Shandong accent, he once drank too much outside, so I drove the carriage to pick him up.

At that time, I heard him speak drunkenly in the carriage, but he used very standard official words, so I guess the master may have been in the capital."

Zhou Chong was stunned when he heard this, but then shook his head and said, "You may not be able to speak official words, you may have been in Beijing. After all, what you say in Nanjing and other places is also official. In addition, some businesses use it to facilitate communication.

Mandarin.”

The first capital of the Ming Dynasty was Nanjing, so Mandarin also refers to the Xiajiang Mandarin in Nanjing. When Chengzu moved the capital, he brought many wealthy families in Nanjing to Beijing. Therefore, the two capitals used Nanjing Xiajiang Mandarin at this time.

"Young master, the official language may not be anything, but this brand has a lot of mystery. You can take a closer look." Butler Xu then told his second discovery.

"Print?" Zhou Chong was a little surprised after hearing this. He picked up the token in the box and looked at it. However, except for finding that the brand was exquisitely made and the official position and name of the owner of the brand was written on the front, he did not find anything else.

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"Young Master, look at the back." Butler Xu reminded him again.

Zhou Chong turned the sign over when he heard this, looked carefully, and found that there was a little new discovery, that is, there were a few small characters on the back of the sign, but because the brand was too old and the previous wear and tear, it made it happen.

The handwriting on it is blurry, and if you don’t look carefully, it is easy to ignore the past.

"...This card is not used for the four gates of the Imperial City, thousands of households!" Zhou Chong whispered. Because the handwriting on it was worn, the first few words were not clear at all, and he could only see some words behind it.

"Young Master, this token is not an ordinary token. Look at the words written later. This is the token of the Jinyiwei entering and leaving the Imperial City. From this we can see that the Qianhu of this token can enter and exit the Imperial City freely.

That is, the Jinyiwei Qianhu in the capital, not the Qianhu in the local area." Butler Xu spoke again.

When Zhou Chong heard this, his face also showed a bit of solemnity. Qianhu had already had his official position with his facial features, and he was also the Jinyiwei in the capital. Although this identity is nothing in the capital, if it is placed in the place, it would be
Chapter completed!