Chapter 81
This is the first time Ye Xiaotian has been to Tian Mansion. The Tian Mansion is not so much a Tian Mansion, but a Tian Mansion. Yes, in the suburbs of the city, there are all the villagers living in the Tian family.
But no matter who it is, as long as it comes here, it will not be regarded as a village. Just the line-up of buildings and the structure of blue bricks and black tiles cannot be something a small village can possess. The entire village is full of such a building, and the ancient and majestic momentum comes out.
There are arches at the entrance of the village, and further into the interior are arches one by one. These arches cannot be easily established. From those ancient arches, you can understand how glorious and long the history of this ancient prominent family in Guizhou is.
When did the history of the Tian family begin? No one knows that it was just in 706 BC, which is recorded in historical materials, that the Tian family was already a prominent family in Guizhou. "Taiping Yulan" records that during the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei in the Three Kingdoms, the man-supervisor Tian Yizong led his troops to 4,000 households.
The barbarian land was vast and sparsely populated. At that time, it had 4,000 households. It is easy to imagine how powerful the Tian family was at that time. Ye Xiaotian sat in the car, looking up at the dazzling archways, and couldn't help but feel the long history.
Tian Miaowen, who was sitting next to him, showed a trace of gloom in her eyes and whispered: "When we lost the two states, we moved here with our clan. These archways were all moved from the old place..."
When Ye Xiaotian heard this, his eyebrows couldn't help but jump. He knew how difficult it was to travel in Guizhou. He could not understand the difficulty of so many large stone archways to be dismantled one by one and then transported to this place. It is easy to imagine how huge the project volume is. With just one stroke, a smaller toast can spend more than 60% of his savings.
Tian Miaowen said: "The glory of our Tian family is now only these archways that record the glory of our ancestors. But our descendants of the Tian family have set them here not for vanity and show-off, but for remembering what our ancestors have created for us, what we have lost. We have to take back what we have lost!"
Ye Xiaotian gently held her hand, but he didn't say anything else. The way of heaven was impermanent, and there was no huge force that could last for generations. Even if he was as powerful as the First Emperor and as powerful as Emperor Tang, what have left behind now?
The defeat of the Tian family was peaceful, so the descendants still had huge wealth and were also full of talents. This was different from the defeat of an empire, where descendants were killed and survivors were closely monitored and controlled, which allowed the Tian family to retain a little vitality.
However, it is easy to sprout on an old tree that has already decayed, but the chance of growing into a towering tree is far less than that of a new seedling that grows independently. While providing it with a higher starting point, the old trees also hinder it from taking root, sprouting and growing vigorously.
The residence of the Tian family's legitimate house is like a village in the village. There is a tall lintel with a pale green horse-drawing stele and a horse-drawing stone in front of the door. The horse-drawing stele is prepared for guests passing by or visiting here. The level is lower than that of the owner of the mansion, so you have to dismount and walk to show respect.
The horse-mounted stone was used by the owner of the mansion when he was riding a horse when he went out. There were deep scratches and foot pits on it, which shows how many years it has been used. There are also horse-mounted stones, but it is not called a horse-mounted stone, because "dismounted" is not an auspicious word, so naturally it should be avoided.
As soon as I got out of the car and entered the gate, a road was straight and the golden wall at the end was brilliant. It was like a temple, which was the Tian family's ancestral temple. There were gates on the left and right, and each gate entered was an independent courtyard. It was where the noble status of the clan members and their descendants lived. The higher the status, the closer the courtyard they lived to the ancestral temple.
Tian Miaowen was half a step behind and walked to the end of the ancestral temple with Ye Xiaotian. He walked all the way. When the people who came and went to see the way they walked, Tian Miaowen was half a step behind Ye Xiaotian, and immediately understood his identity.
The marriage of the eldest lady of the Tian family was a bizarre thing. Without three matchmakers and six certificates, she did not come to marry her. She ran to Woniu Mountain to be the wife of the Zhangyin, which is a great thing for all ages. Now the arrival of the son-in-law of the Tian family is even more strange. She did not inform her in advance, and she just walked in casually, as if the family members went out this morning and returned at noon. The performance of the young couple's independent special activities is really impressive.
"Miss..."
"This is my grandson."
"Hello, son-in-law!"
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"The tough needle is back!"
"Hello Uncle Fifth! This is my grandson."
"Hahaha, welcome, you are Xiaotian, you are the first time you have been to our Xia Mansion. You must come often in the future..."
As we walked along, everyone who saw them greeted Tian Miaowen first, but their eyes were all looking at Ye Xiaotian. Some were curious, some were intimate, and some were faintly alert and alert. This was the killing god who killed four chieftains. More than a hundred chieftains in Guizhou all had such a strange person. It was impossible not to be afraid of it.
So, when they walked into the courtyard where Tian Miaowen lived alone and asked the maids who came to serve all the waiters and left, Tian Miaowen suddenly chuckled and said to Ye Xiaotian: "I guess that after my eldest brother passed away, I, a married girl, could still suppress them. The big reason is because of you, my man!"
This sentence "My man" was a little shy, and Ye Xiaotian felt a little heartbroken and blurted out one of his most concerned questions: "Where will I sleep tonight?"
Tian Miaowen immediately fainted her cheeks and spat lightly and said, "My home is so big, are you afraid that there is no place to sleep?"
Ye Xiaotian coughed and said with a thick face: "Don't worry, don't worry, actually I don't need it. Knead! Madam, you and I have already had a reputation, but I haven't fulfilled my family yet!"
Tian Miaowen didn't expect to bring Ye Xiaotian home today. She was already panicked. When he spoke so bluntly, she felt even more panicked. Even though she was alert and changeable, she didn't know how to answer. She quickly changed the topic and said, "You are not trying to see Yan Ming, I have called him."
As soon as Tian Miaowen finished speaking, she heard a loud voice outside the house: "Dang Yanming asked for a meeting!"
Tian Miaowen's eyes waved to Ye Xiaotian and said, "You guys talk, I'll go back and change my clothes!"
Without waiting for Ye Xiaotian to answer, Tian Miaowen left as if she was fleeing. She was really unnatural by Ye Xiaotian's aggressive gaze. Ye Xiaotian's eyes were like a pair of hooks, as if they could strip her clothes and make her panic. But this was her husband, and she really couldn't resist.
Tian Miaowen hurriedly walked into her boudoir and saw her moon cave bed with a delicate cloud-shaped character in Huanghuali. Tian Miaowen thought to herself: "Where will he sleep tonight?"
Tian Miaowen bit her lip and walked to the dressing table with some difficulty. The red face in the mirror was really true and her eyebrows were brows. The charming and seductive style was not what she knew. She seemed to see a woman she didn't know at all.
Tian Miaowen bit her lips and stared at the woman in the mirror. After staring for a long time, she suddenly grabbed an ivory comb. She threw it into the mirror with shame and annoyance. She didn't look at the shameless woman with a rippling heart in the mirror. She twisted her waist and turned around...
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In the small study, there is a stove of sandalwood.
The sandalwood fragrance lingers, but it can't calm down Tian Miaowen's emotions.
She held her cheeks with one hand, her green sleeves were half-falling, revealing a piece of snow-white wrist. A jade bracelet was crystal clear in her white wrist. She held a flower in the other hand.
A few branches have been inserted into the jade bottle. Look at the flower materials. Plum blossoms, wax plums, daffodils, camellias, and the girl Tian should have wanted to insert a bottle of "Four Friends in the Snow".
Miss Tian, a famous flower arrangement master in Jinling, was once a master of Master Xie Tianlu and Xie. She was very experienced in flower arrangement art. This bottle of flower arrangement was so messy. If Master Xie saw it, she would probably be angry to death. However, if Miss Xia Yingying from Hongfeng Lake saw it, she would definitely be able to be a confidant.
There were already plum blossoms, wax plums and daffodils inserted into the bottle, no! That was not considered a piece of insertion, it was just thrown in at will. She was thinking of a piece of camellia in her hand, and she lit the bottle one after another, her eyes were floating, and she didn't know where her mind was going.
"Miss!"
"Miss?"
Several calls came from the door. Tian Miaowen finally heard it, her eyes cleared, and she sat up straight: "Come in!"
Dang Yanming stepped into the study and bowed to Tian Miaowen: "Miss, my son-in-law has finished asking."
Tian Miaowen blurted out: "What did he ask you?"
Before Dang Yanming answered, Tian Miaowen suddenly intercepted again: "Forget it. Don't tell me!"
Dang Yanming's tone was suffocated, and he swallowed the words to his mouth again. Tian Miaowen said, "Where is the son-in-law?"
Dang Yanming said: "Several elders of the clan heard that the son-in-law came to visit him and talked in the hall."
Tian Miaowen said "Oh" and said, "You go!"
Dang Yanming responded with congratulations and was about to turn around and leave, Tian Miaowen suddenly asked again: "He asked you..."
Dang Yanming turned around and stood with his hands down, looking at Tian Miaowen. Tian Miaowen thought for a while and waved his hand in a little upset: "Forget it, don't say it!"
"What don't need to be said?" With the voice, Ye Xiaotian walked in with a smile.
Dang Yanming hurriedly bowed and said, "Son-in-law!"
Ye Xiaotian nodded and walked towards Tian Miaowen. Dang Yanming took the opportunity to retreat.
"Ah! Are you arranging flowers? It's so good. This artistic conception is the state of "harmony between man and nature"? It's like the color in the sky, the moon in the water, the image in the mirror, the words are endless but the meaning is endless!"
Ye Xiaotian didn't know how to arrange flowers, but when he was in prison, he heard a criminal with a deep attainment in flower arrangement say a few words. He was very knowledgeable and powerful in memorizing immediately expressed his only few words of praise.
Tian Miaowen looked at him and found that he was not mocking her or deliberately making fun of her. She was really amazed. When she looked at the messy "Four Friends of the Year Han" and her heart couldn't help but feel a little messy.
"cough!"
Ye Xiaotian, who pretended to be elegant, made a few mistakes and realized that he had fully demonstrated his extraordinary knowledge. He sat down on the chair with a smile, "Your third, fourth, seventh, and thirteenth uncles have all come just now. I think they are very polite to me, and even... a little flattering. This should be for your face. The situation in the Tian family seems not as serious as you said."
Tian Miaowen smiled bitterly and said, "The elders you mentioned are all interested in the position of the head of the family."
Tian Miaowen poured a cup of tea for Ye Xiaotian and sighed: "Our Tian family will not be as tragic as the Shiqian Yang family's brothers, nor will it be as tragic as the Zhan family. Because of the tradition, our Tian family is dominated by the eldest family and firmly controls all rights. The other houses are suppressed and cannot move."
Ye Xiaotian nodded and said, "I understand! The Tian family is no longer as strong as before. Once the power is dispersed, there will be no hope of reviving the glory of their ancestors, so they must concentrate their power in the Changfang!"
Tian Miaowen said: "Not bad! Because of this, except for the one I have, the power of the other rooms is too thin. After my elder brother passed away, the core strength of the Tian family was under my control, so no one can make a comeback."
Ye Xiaotian frowned and said, "Then what are you worried about?"
Tian Miaowen smiled bitterly and said, "I am no longer a member of the Tian family. This power must be handed over. It is precisely because each house is very weak, and no one has the ability and prestige to make each house submit, so no matter who I choose as the head of the family, the other houses will not be convinced."
Tian Miaowen raised her fingers and said in a few words: "Power is concentrated in the eldest house, but the matter must be done in each house, right? My third uncle is responsible for the commercial operation of my Tian family and has the greatest wealth; my fourth uncle is in charge of agriculture and herd storage, so he is mainly responsible for the allocation of manpower; my seventh uncle is in charge of housekeeping, and the daily affairs of the entire family are managed by him, so he has a high prestige. My third uncle is in charge of the clan rules and criminal laws, and each house is a little afraid of him..."
Tian Miaowen took a deep breath and said, "My brother is responsible for the important task of revitalizing the family. He is often busy with things. How can he be plagued by trivial matters? These things must be left to others in the family. When my brother is here, no one dares to be ambitious, but my brother is no longer here. I am a married man again. Who among them can convince who?"
Ye Xiaotian frowned and said, "Since you actually still control the absolute power of the Tian family, no matter whether they are convinced or not, as long as you choose the candidate for the successor head and hand over the core power to him, are you afraid that he will not be able to intimidate the children of each house?"
Tian Miaowen shook her head and said, "At the time, everyone was on an equal footing, and now you are respectful and I am inferior, and there is a difference between the top and bottom. Even the founding emperors who shot down the country with one sword and one shot, they still had to worry about the old brothers' ignorance of advancing and retreating, let alone the easy way for the protected human rights position?
They don’t need to muster up the courage to fight with force. As long as they are dissatisfied, they will be disloyal from then on and do things passively. Everything I handed over today will soon fall apart."
Ye Xiaotian said in a deep voice: "Who dares to use thunderous means to shock you? Since the prestige of the new head of the family cannot be won by his own ability, as long as he sits steadily in the position of the head of the family for a while, it will be established. During my visit to Beijing, you could decisively contact Yu, suppress Zhang, and make a disaster invisible. How decisive was that? How could you become indecisive now?"
Tian Miaowen was silent and said for a while: "The words are right, but how easy is it to do with relatives in the tribe?"
Tian Miaowen's words suddenly made Ye Xiaotianxin feel something. Yes, he was also determined to deal with things, but if anyone under him did anything wrong with his elder brother, he would have been dealt with firmly, but if he had replaced his elder brother, he would have been helpless?
Ye Xiaotian gently held Tian Miaowen's hand: "So, who is your favorite candidate for the owner of the family?"
Tian Miaowen said: "The eldest son of Uncle Qi's family, Tian Jiaxin!"
Ye Xiaotian nodded: "I understand!"
Tian Miaowen said nervously: "Don't hurt my tribe members!"
Ye Xiaotian raised his eyebrows, with a hint of evil spirit: "Of course not!"
Tian Miaowen said with relief: "Thank you! Care is a mess, I really don't know what to do."
Ye Xiaotian said: "You, I, husband and wife, why bother thank you! By the way, where will I sleep tonight?"
Tian Miaowen pinched him angrily and said coquettishly: "I just knew that I was thinking about this... You sleep on the floor!" As she said that, she laughed "Puchi", and her cheeks were as beautiful as peaches and plums.
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Chapter completed!