Since this incident, Lao Gu has become much more enthusiastic about us. He also regards me and Daya as his family, saying whatever he has, without the same vigilance as before.

Daya and I were excusing to study the stone statue, so we stayed again, waiting for news from Liuye.

I just talked to the old man when I was free, from talking about the Republic of China to liberation, from Taiwan to Tibet, and life was free and easy.

One morning after breakfast, we sat on the kang of Gu Laozi’s house and chatted, turning on the TV, drinking tea, and spitting out the clouds.

After a while, smoke stormed in the room and no one could see. The sunlight reflected the room and it seemed like a gray-blue gauze curtain was covered with.

There was a costume drama on TV, which should be the story of Mr. Kangxi's private visit. The old man glanced at him twice, and then he said to me and Daya in a mess: "Hey, you don't know. In fact, our family and Lao Meng's family also have some origins. Our ancestors are all bannermen and serve the prince Beile. If it were in the past, it would be a family wearing silk and satin. Now it would be impossible. They would dig food from the soil and eat at the sight of the sky."

It’s okay to be idle, so Daya and I asked Mr. Gu to tell me. Mr. Gu became more and more interested in talking. Although he didn’t understand some things, Daya and I could guess some of them.

According to the old man, their ancestors served great people in the early Qing Dynasty. They should be a prince or something, called "Heshuo Beile". Later, one of the prince's daughters moved to the village not far from the village. There were not so many families here at that time, so a very grand house was built nearby. It is said that this village can be as big as this one.

Not far away is the Niangniang Temple, which is close to the water and mountains, and is also a Feng Shui treasure land. Their ancestors also moved here and lived in a large courtyard, which is very particular. The ancestors of the Lao Gu family and the Lao Meng family were all guards Zuling, who were considered as leaders, responsible for protecting the safety of the princess' family. They had nothing to do in normal times, and they lived without worries about food and clothing.

Many things are hard to explain. After all, when people get old, these things are passed down from generation to generation, and there are no details at all.

Seeing that we were quite interested in this, the old man was very happy. He took out a bag from the bottom of the box and took out a thread-packed booklet to show it to us: "Big nephew, you are not outsiders. This is my family tree. It has been passed down in my hands. It is said that some things from that year were recorded in it, but I don't know anything and can't understand it. If you are interested, take it and take a look, but this thing is very precious, don't break it."

I was surprised when I heard that the old man said there was a family tree. The family tree is the family tree, which records the reproduction of family lineages and the deeds of important people with blood ties as the main body. It is equivalent to a book that records the lineage of family descendants. It can distinguish the blood ties of family members. The content is not only a chart of blood ties, but also some major events.

However, in the "Destroy the Four Olds" movement, the genealogy was cleaned up as the Four Olds, and the "thousands" of genealogy were destroyed. Many families had to destroy the genealogy that the family had collected for generations. Now, the old man can take some risks to keep this book back then, which shows the preciousness.

The family tree that the old man took out had a very thick cover, which was much thicker than the type of clip used in school. I don’t know how many layers it had been pasted. After I opened it, I looked inside and saw that the paper was a little yellow and very crisp.

The first page of the genealogy should be a similar preface, probably the same thing as the resume of the ancestor who opened the genealogy. Then there is the genealogy diagram, which is a tree-shaped diagram that can tell which generation the lineage belongs to, and who his father is; then the main text of the genealogy, the text recorded in it is all small fly-headed regular script, written very neatly.

While expressing my gratitude to Lao Gutou, I asked Daya to take the camera and remake it. Let's take a look again. Because this genealogy is so precious, it will be broken if you accidentally flip it over and over again.

Lao Gu was also moved to see that we valued this family tree so much and said politely: "No, no, I didn't treat you as an outsider. If I were an outsider, I wouldn't take it out. I didn't say this thing in the past for many years and many people came to me for asking for it. Now, only our family has a family tree in this village. Only Xiao Yuer's father and I knew it, and no one else told me."

Daya had already taken the camera, turned it into micro-photo mode, and began to take pictures of the appendix and the preface carefully one by one.

Then I solemnly wrapped the book in cloth and handed it to Lao Gutou: "Uncle, I know you don't treat us as an outsider. I know the preciousness of this. We are just interested in history. We only took the text in the appendix and looked back. It might be helpful. Thank you very much!"

After taking it, Lao Gu took it carefully and put it back in the box. While packing it up, he said, "Don't be polite, you guys are not a treasure. If you are polite, you will seem like a heretic."

At night, Daya and I watched carefully on the computer page after page. The more we looked, the more we became more surprised. Only then did we realize that the ancestors of this ancient man were really not simple.

In fact, the prince Lao Gutou mentioned was a famous figure, Mangguertai, the fifth son of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Nurhaci, the Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, had a total of sixteen wives, sixteen sons and eight daughters. Three of them were very outstanding at the time and were awarded the title of "Heshuo Beile". These four people "discussed the state's politics and established officials' subordinates". The four people were: Great Beile Daishan, the second Beile Amin, the third Beile Mangurtai, and the fourth Beile Huang Taiji, which was the famous "Four Great Beile" at that time.

The second of them is the son of Shurhaci, the younger brother of Nurhaci, and the other three are the sons of Nurhaci. The power and status of these four people do not vary according to the order. For example, Huang Taiji was ranked last at that time, which does not mean that his status is lower than that of the other three.

"Hoshuo Beile" was just the title level at that time. It was not a person, but almost the same as an official, just like the governor today.

After Nurhaci's death, the one who inherited the Khan throne was the "Huang Taiji" among these four major belles. In fact, in terms of personal ability or performance, he was not outstanding. He got the Khan throne in more than 20 days, which really makes people doubt it. Moreover, the historical records are very secretive. After a few words, they passed by. After searching for a long time, they couldn't find anything new online.

Daya and I sat on the kang for a long time. After talking, we can only say that Huang Taiji is a bit taller. Although he didn't fight a few tough battles, fortunately, there was no big mistake. When people leave, they are angry and go away, and they are lucky.

The second Bele Amin is Nurhaci's nephew, and it is obvious that the Khan position is not his turn. The Great Bele Daishan seemed to have an affair with one of Nurhaci's wives. It is hard to say whether this matter is true, but it was also a hot topic at that time. Such rumors were fatal and probably had no chance.

As for those three Beile Mangourtai, although he was brave and good at fighting and had outstanding military achievements, that guy was too disgusted. He killed his own mother because of his misbehavior. Such a reckless person is brave but not a master of being an emperor.

Although Manguertai was brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, he was unparalleled, but after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, this guy repeatedly contradicted his brother. Finally, he had a pair of small shoes and a pair of small shoes. He died suddenly in 1632. He was only in his forties when he died, and his fate was very miserable.

As for more cases, history has not been recorded, and his children have no historical materials to follow.

It is recorded in the genealogy of the Lao Gutou family that the princess living here is the youngest daughter of Manguertai, and the leaders of the more than a hundred people who protected her are the ancestors of the Lao Meng family and the Lao Gu family.

A record caught the attention of Daya and me, saying that it was in the first year of Chongde, the fourth year after Manguertai's death. For some reason, the princess's house suddenly caught fire. The fire burned for a day and a night, and the water could not be extinguished, and the soil could not be destroyed. It was not until the tiles were burned, and the fire suddenly disappeared. The princess's family was still alive and had nowhere to be found. After that, the ancestors of Meng and Gu families were deeply loyal and had never left. Later, they changed their surnames "Meng" and "Gu", and each took the homonym of the first two words "Manggu and Tai" as their surnames. They settled and lived five miles away from the house.
Chapter completed!