Chapter 178： Tao family history

Chapter 178 Tao Family History

Tao Xingyun’s father is Tao Wangshan. He is a middle-aged man with a round and pleasant appearance and a bit of a potbelly. His smiling face looks a bit like Maitreya Buddha at first glance.

Seeing his son returning with the master, he hurriedly came up to greet him:

“This must be the Qingzhu Immortal Lord. Oh my god, I’ve been waiting for you to come. I’ve prepared good wine and food to welcome you.”

“Let’s have a night’s rest before we go look for the bones of the Tao family’s ancestors?”

Pei Anzhu didn't expect that Tao Wangshan would be so enthusiastic.

According to past experience, most of the wealthy bosses she met did not believe her at first because she looked too young.

 Even Shen Qinghe tested her a lot at first, instead of treating her warmly from the beginning.

As if seeing Pei Anzhu's doubts, Tao Xingyun coughed in embarrassment and explained: "That [Always Believe in the Light] is my dad's online name."

Pei Anzhu:? ? ?

“So, your dad is a fan of Qingzhu Immortal’s live broadcast room?” Shen Yueran understood instantly.

As the assistant of Qingzhu Xianjun's live broadcast room, Shen Yueran needs to maintain the order of fans during Pei Anzhu's live broadcast, so she is quite familiar with several big fans at the top of the fan list.

Pei Anzhu may not have cared about this, but Shen Yueran knew that "Always Believe in the Light" is one of the big fans, and he has been following Pei Anzhu since his first live broadcast.

More importantly, [Always Believe in the Light] will give Pei Anzhu a reward for every live broadcast. Even if he doesn’t count his fortune, he still spends a lot of money.

When Tao Xingyun appeared in the live broadcast room, Shen Yueran was still thinking that this fan was so young, but he didn't expect that the account belonged to his father.

Tao Wangshan was not angry when his son exposed him. He just smiled and said:

“Oh, because of my family background, I originally believed this, but now it’s hard to find a capable master.”

“It’s rare to meet the Qingzhu Immortal Lord. He is young and has great abilities, so naturally we should pay attention to him.”

Pei Anzhu nodded after hearing this explanation.

She had learned part of the family history of the Tao family before. She knew that the Tao family had relocated to avoid war, and later found a geomantic treasure and built a new ancestral tomb.

So how did the Tao family recognize the geomantic treasure land back then?

Presumably at that time, the Tao family must have met the Xuanmen disciples who were scattered outside and got help from him, so the Tao family has believed in this from their ancestors to the present.

Thinking of this, Pei Anzhu smiled and said to Tao Wangshan:

“Just follow Mr. Tao’s arrangement.”

So, Pei Anzhu and Shen Yueran had a sumptuous dinner at Tao's house and had a good night's rest. They didn't set off for their destination until they had breakfast the next day.

This time there was Tao Wangshan in the car. He was sitting in the passenger seat. His fat body turned slightly sideways and spoke to Pei Anzhu in the back seat:

“Master Pei, what are the rules for searching for the bones of our ancestors?”

Pei Anzhu thought for a while and said:

“We need to go to the current ancestral grave of the Tao family first, find the wrong bones that were moved by your ancestors, move it out, build a separate tomb and erect a monument for it, and free up the tombs belonging to your ancestors.”

“Secondly, I will summon the soul of your ancestor from the underworld, cast a spell to allow him to communicate with his own bones, and find the location of his bones.”

"After all, hundreds of years have passed. Whether it is the impact of war or changes in the surface of the earth, your ancestor's bones may not still be in the same place, so he needs to sense it himself."

“Finally, go to the burial place of the bones, bring them back, and move them to your family’s ancestral grave.”

Logically speaking, after so much time has passed, the Tao family's grandfather should have been reincarnated, but for some reason, he still stayed in the underworld and could even provide Tao Xingyun with dreams.

This makes it much more convenient for her.

The Tao family’s ancestral tomb is located in a relatively hidden mountain—

This place did not originally belong to the Tao family.

Just a few hundred years ago, the ancestors of the Tao family fled with their families. They thought this place had beautiful scenery and was far away from war, so they thought of settling here.

At that time, when the Tao family was fleeing, they rescued a Taoist priest. The Taoist priest also saw that the feng shui of this place was very good, and told the then head of the Tao family:

“This place is a rare geomantic treasure. If the Tao family can take root here, it will ensure that at least ten generations of future generations will prosper.”

“If the Tao family can stick to their true intentions and do more good deeds, it is not impossible for them to be prosperous and prosperous for generations to come.”

Because of the Taoist priest's words, the Tao family became more determined to live here.

But at that time, people still had a strong desire to possess land. After all, most people made a living by farming.

The Tao family had to seek the consent of the local mountain people if they wanted to live here.

But the Tao family is very arrogant. They don't show affection or reason. Instead, they directly use money to clear the way. They throw real money and silver at them, and the mountain people will not refuse.

After all, the Tao family is a big family, and the number of people who escaped alone exceeds that of the local mountain people.

Even if it is a hard-on robbery, the Tao family may not lose, but the Tao family is still willing to use money to buy land and live in harmony with the local mountain people.

The Tao family are businessmen and are very good at business.

After settling in the mountains, after several or more years of business, they integrated well with the local mountain people, helped each other, and even intermarried.

At that time, almost every household had a person named Tao.

Subsequently, the Tao family built ancestral halls and ancestral tombs here, and sent people out from time to time to move the bones of the Tao family's deceased people.

This has become a veritable Tao family village and the real base camp of the Tao family. The Taoist priest was right. Since the Tao family settled here, the family has become more and more prosperous. Other families have withered their talents due to wars, and the Tao family is the only exception.

Those who go out to do business will make a lot of money; those who go out to be officials will have a successful career.

Even those who stay in the mountains and farm, their harvests are better than others.

Therefore, the Tao family was very convinced of the Taoist priest, and strictly followed the Taoist priest's words, and made "Stick to one's heart, accumulate virtue and do good, be kind and generous" as the Tao family's ancestral motto.

Since then, the life of the Tao family has become better and better, passed down from generation to generation until now.

Tao Xingyun was driving while listening to his father telling the Tao family history. After listening, there was always one thing he couldn’t figure out:

“Dad, why did my grandpa come to give us dreams now?”

“Our ancestors have been visiting the graves of our ancestors for generations. Didn’t our ancestors go to the wrong graves? Why didn’t Grandpa look for them?”

Tao Wangshan felt strange after hearing this: "Master Pei, do you know why this is?"

"I don't know." Pei Anzhu shook his head, "If you are really curious, wait until I call out the soul of the great grandfather and ask him face to face."

The Tao family father and son suddenly fell silent.

Even though they were probably their ancestors, they were still a little frightened to actually talk to ghosts who had been dead for many years.

For the rest of the journey, no one talked about this topic again.

Tao Wangshan picked some interesting stories or outstanding deeds about the Tao family’s ancestors.

He is very good at telling stories, with a pleasant face and rich body language. He tells the whole story vividly and never seems boring along the way.

Tao Xingyun was hearing this for the first time. He even lamented that if it weren’t for Master Pei’s blessing, he would not be able to hear the stories of these ancestors.

By the time we arrived at Taojia Village, it was already past eleven in the morning.

Before setting off, Tao Wangshan had already contacted the village chief, saying that he would bring important guests to the house today, and the village had already been prepared.

Every household was cleaned, and the whole village worked together to prepare a sumptuous banquet. Even the clan leader took out the dragon and lion dance costumes that are only used on important festivals, and played gongs and drums for Pei Anzhu and the others. A grand welcome ceremony.

Compared with the backwardness and ignorance of Yaocunyan Village and the crazy and evil nature of Jiulipo Village, Taojia Village, which is also in the mountains, seems much more normal.

It can be seen that the family tradition passed down from the ancestors is still very important.

And the Tao family did not rely on the geomantic omen to rest on their laurels—

Some of them went out to work hard to create a new hope for the Tao family; others chose to stay in the mountains, farming, guarding the rear and leaving an escape route for the Tao family's children who went out to work hard.

Those who went out to work hard, and became prosperous, did not forget to support their families in the mountains.

However, if you unfortunately fail outside, you can still return to the mountains. At least the clan will allocate houses and fields, so that people will not be desperate and die in a foreign country.

Tao Jia gave a good explanation of what it means: family and everything prosper.

It is this kind of "harmony", coupled with the "kindness" taught by our ancestors, that has allowed the Tao family to survive the wars hundreds of years ago and continue to this day, even to thrive.

“Master Pei, let’s eat first, and then I will take you to the Tao family’s ancestral graves to see?” Tao Wangshan asked Pei Anzhu for his opinion.

“Okay.” Pei Anzhu nodded.

During lunch, I was accompanied by the Tao clan chief who was guarding the village, as well as several other relatively famous elders in the village.

Based on Pei Anzhu's status as a master of Xuanmen, everyone was very polite to her and did not look down on her at all because she was a junior.

For a time, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After dinner, accompanied by these people as before, together with Tao Wangshan and Tao Xingyun, they went to the back mountain and came to the Tao family's ancestral grave.

As soon as Pei Anzhu arrived at the place, he praised:

“The Taoist priest who originally planned the ancestral tomb for you has a lot of skills. He perfectly combined the Feng Shui Kanyu with the terrain here and made full use of the advantages here.”

“But you, the Tao family, are also very powerful. You can stick to your ancestral precepts of abiding by your heart and doing good deeds from generation to generation. If you hadn’t upheld your integrity, this Feng Shui bureau wouldn’t have been able to have such a great effect.”

After hearing this, Patriarch Tao smiled so hard that his teeth couldn’t even see his eyes, and he nodded proudly:

“What Master Pei said is that we descendants of the Tao family have memorized the teachings of our ancestors since they were born, and we dare not forget them at all.”

Pei Anzhu has great respect for such a family and such a family tradition.

If there were more people like the Tao family in the world, who could restrain themselves and observe propriety in their words and deeds, and take "kindness" as the principle of doing things, then there would be a lot less injustice in the world.

She bowed to Patriarch Tao, who was in his seventies:

“The Tao family is great.”

"I will try my best to help the Tao family solve the problem of returning the bones of the ancestors to the ancestral graves without changing the Tao family's feng shui. Now there are some preparations that you need to do."

(End of this chapter)