Early the next morning, the fourth aunt went out to work early. When I got up, the fourth uncle was sitting alone in the yard drinking tea. I walked over and sat down with him and called "fourth uncle!"

He raised his head and looked at me, looking a little haggard, and said softly: "Have a drink, this is our own camellia leaf, you can't drink it outside." Then he poured a full cup and pushed it over to me.

I didn't say anything. I picked it up and took a sip. It felt bland and had a little more earthy smell than boiled water.

"The tea is good, Fourth Uncle, it's time to tell me about our ancestors." I couldn't wait.

"Don't worry, isn't your friend leaving? I'll tell you a story after he leaves. The story of our family is not ordinary and bizarre." Fourth uncle said meaningfully.

I was really anxious, but my fourth uncle remained calm, so without saying a word I went back to the house and gave the cat a kick: "Wake up quickly, there will be no car if it's too late."

The cat rubbed his eyes and butt, and asked me in a puzzled tone: "What are you doing? There are no cars at this time?"

"Okay, let's go quickly. We'll finish our work early and let's go back to Beijing early." I urged him.

He sat on the ground like a scoundrel: "Why are you going back to Beijing? It's nice to live here."

"A female friend of mine has been looking for someone recently. Would you like to meet her?" In my haste, I resorted to the legendary beauty trap.

"I'm going to wash my face and I'll be back soon." The cat was almost as tall as a carp and ran straight out the door.

It didn't take long for me to chase the cat away, and I couldn't wait to sit next to my fourth uncle again, urging him to hurry up, but he was still there drinking tea in a leisurely manner.

"Do you know the origin of the surname Ye?" Fourth Uncle asked.

"I don't know, I just know that the old man's surname is Ye, so my surname is Ye, and my grandfather's surname is Ye, so your surname is Ye, that's all." I replied, what does this have to do with anything?

"What you want to know should be related to your last name." Fourth uncle said calmly.

"It doesn't matter whether it's a black cat or a white cat. If it can catch mice, it's a good cat. Please tell me quickly," I urged.

Then the fourth uncle continued to talk leisurely, but the more I listened, the more surprised I became.

The surname Ye comes from the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period. Shen Yinxu, the left minister of the Chu State, had a son named Shen Zhuliang, with the courtesy name Zi Gao. He was very talented and was appointed as the chief executive of Ye Yi, a key city in the north of the Chu State during the period of King Hui of Chu.

County Yin Tong is called "Gong", so he is called "Ye Gong". Ye Gong built water conservancy in Ye Yi, which greatly improved the local living environment, and the people of the city "all admired him". He put down the rebellion of Bai Gong, and his life

He held important positions but did not love power. He retired bravely and retired to Yeyi until his old age. His descendants took Yi as their surname, Yeyi became the ancestral place of the Ye family, and Ye Gong became the ancestor of the Ye family.

"Ye Gong loves dragons" is an idiom that we have been familiar with since childhood. Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty "Xin Preface·Miscellaneous Things 5": "Ye Gongzi loves dragons. He hooks to write dragons, chisels to write dragons, and the carvings in the house are written to write dragons. So the sky dragon heard it and

When Ye Gong saw it, he abandoned it and ran away, losing his soul and losing his five colors. This is Ye Gong who is not a good dragon, but a good husband who is like a dragon but not a dragon." What's in this.

The Ye Gong he is talking about is Shen Zhuliang.

Yeyi, where he died, is now Ye County, Henan Province. This is the origin of our surname Ye.

Everyone only knows that Mr. Ye loves dragons and will not let go of anything related to dragons. However, people have never understood why Mr. Ye likes things about dragons so much. In fact, this has a certain relationship with his life experience.

Legend has it that Lu Zhong, a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu, married the ghost Fang's daughter and gave birth to six sons. The sixth son was named Ji Lian and was given the surname Mi. Ji Lian's descendant Hun Neng served as the teacher of King Wen of Zhou, and later Zhou Cheng Wang Ji chanted the title of Xiong Yi, the great-grandson of Huan Xiong, and established the country as Jing in Jingzhou Mountain (today's Jingzhou, Hubei). The capital was Danyang (today's Zigui, Hubei). Later, the capital was moved to Ziying (today's Jiangling, Hubei), and the country's name was changed to Chu.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yin Xu, the great-grandson of Mi Lu (Xiong Lv), the king of Chuzhuang, served as the magistrate of Shen County (now Linquan, Anhui) during the reign of King Xiong Qiji of Chu Ping (528 BC to 516 BC), also known as Shen Yinxu, and later became the magistrate of Shen County. Shen Yinxu, Zuo Sima of the Chu State, was an upright man and hated evil as much as his enemies. He was highly respected by the people of the Chu State. Some of his descendants bear the surname Shen.

In the eighteenth year of King Mi Zhen (Xiong Ren) of Chu Zhao (498 BC), Shen Yinxu died heroically while leading his army to fight against the Wu army. King Chu Zhao then granted Shen Yinxu's son Shen Zhuliang the title of Prince in Ye Yi (now Ye County, Henan Province). Old City), known as Ye Gong in history. Ye Gong once vigorously put down the Baiyun Sheng rebellion to help King Hui of Chu regain his throne, and made great contributions to the Chu State. He was enfeoffed to Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan, and Xiangfan, Hubei), and was given the title of Duke. Respected as Ye Gong.

Emperor Zhuanxu is one of the legendary Five Emperors, the son of Changyi, and Changyi is the son of Xuanyuan, Gongsun of the Yellow Emperor. Chinese people often claim to be the descendants of the dragon to the outside world, and it started to be spread after the defeat of Chi You during the Yanhuang period.

The earliest legend in the ancient totem era is that Nuwa and Fuxi are human ancestors, and they both have human heads and snake bodies. With the development of history and the union of tribes, especially after the two emperors Yan and Huang united north of Baoding, various tribes People joined this big family one after another. When the horse totem tribe joined, they added a horse head to the snake's head. When the deer totem tribe merged, they added antlers to the horse's head. When the fish tribe joined, they added fish scales to the snake's body. So, The dragon's body comprehensively embodies the characteristics of many animals: such as animal feet, bird's tail, and goat's beard. This is the record of the appearance of the dragon in history books.

Therefore, the reason why Ye Gong likes dragons is that the original dragon was created by his ancestor Huangdi.

With the changes of history, this area has become a Central Plains area that all dynasties and generations must fight for. Every time a sword fight occurs, there will always be heavy casualties. Therefore, a bloodline of the Ye family moved with its people to what is now Hebei. , at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, it is a remote and remote place, and the roads are extremely difficult to walk. However, it has avoided the disputes of troubled times and has become one of the few families left in the Central Plains. In fact, most of the residents who live here now have migrated from other places. , wanton massacres and years of war have long left countless scars on this land.

But the only thing that remains unchanged is that the dragon has become the totem of the Chinese nation and has been passed down for a long time.

"So, Fourth Uncle, we are descendants of the ancient Yellow Emperor?" I asked.

"Yes, at least that's what is recorded in our family tree." The fourth uncle said as he took out a very ancient scroll.

The Yellow Emperor took a nut from Xuanyuan and gave birth to his son Changyi. The emperor Zhuanxu gave birth to Gaoyang. Gaoyang was the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Changyi. Gaoyang was called Juanzhang, and Juanzhang was the father of Chongli. Chongli became the emperor and Gaoxin lived in Huozheng. , was very effective and could bring light to the world, so Emperor Ku ordered the day to be blessed. The Gonggong clan was in trouble, and the emperor tried to order Chongli to punish him. The emperor used Gengyin to kill Chongli, and his younger brother, Wu Hui, was appointed as Chongli. Later, he returned to Huozheng and became Zhurong. Wu Hui gave birth to Lu Zhong. Lu Zhong had six sons, and they were born by caesarean section. The first of them was Kunwu, the second was Shenhu, the third was Pengzu, the fourth was Huiren, and the fifth was The surname Cao is Ji Lian in Liuyue, and the surname Mi is the successor of Chu.

After listening to my fourth uncle telling this mythical story, I couldn't calm down for a long time. I never thought that my ancestors would be so awesome. At that time, when I was watching Doraemon, Nobita asked his father who his ancestors were the most awesome.

His father thought carefully about who to choose. One was a hunter who could hunt wild boars, and the other was the bragging king Nobi.

I always thought that my ancestor was a hunter or a businessman or something, but when I traced my origins, I found that he was actually the most powerful person in China. Of course, there is a big gap between my current situation and my downfall, but it has made me feel a lot better.

of pride.

Then I thought about it, could it be that the people in Xiaoai's organization said that there was an ancient contract between me and Chi Qiu? Could it be that it was signed between my ancestors and the dragon? But how did the personnel of the organization know about this? To tell the truth about this kind of thing

, even I can’t think of it myself, how did my fourth uncle know?

"Uncle Fourth, is this reliable? How do you know?" I asked.

"I don't know, anyway, this is what is recorded in the genealogy. And I looked through the history book when Gouzi was in middle school, and it basically tells the same story," said the fourth uncle.

"I'm so confused. You've been talking for a long time and you just copied it from a middle school history book? The Yellow Emperor was a figure nearly five thousand years ago. If you give me five thousand years, I won't be able to give birth to hundreds of millions of descendants."

There must be tens of millions, and aren’t all Chinese people descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties?” I began to be a little doubtful.

"We are direct relatives," the fourth uncle replied.

"Due to the surname Ye, didn't you have many families with the surname Lu and Shen before?" I retorted.

"They are all dead, probably. At that time, few people were as smart as our ancestors and fled to the mountains to avoid the war, right?" Fourth uncle seemed to have little confidence in himself.

I remained silent. First of all, let’s put aside the truth or falsehood of what my fourth uncle said. But one thing is certain. The contract I carried should have a certain origin with the so-called Yellow Emperor. After all, it is recorded in the history books that the dragon’s

The image was created from him. If Chi Kiss exists now, then the dragon should also exist. I don't know what happened five thousand years ago, but my father should know it, and my fourth uncle should also understand it to some extent.

So a little bit?

"Uncle Fourth, are you fooling me? What you just said seems to be nonsense?" I asked tentatively.

The fourth uncle chuckled: "You kid, you have become a lot smarter recently. What I just said is actually not nonsense. I just returned the things in your books to you. As a person with the surname Ye, these are the things you should at least know.

of."

Sure enough, this old fox dared to play tricks on me.

"I said, don't tell me the truth. What I need to know now is the relationship between dragons and our ancestors. I don't care about genealogy. If Mr. Ye's dragon really exists, has Mr. Ye seen it with his own eyes? Or is there something else?

What other relationship does it have?"
Chapter completed!