Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

Chang Zhengyang calmly watched Adjutant Zhang pacing back and forth, and only spoke after he calmed down, "This matter has nothing to do with Dumb Zhang. He actually doesn't know. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. As the Lieutenant General of the Fa Qiu, you don't know enough about Tianxing Fengshui to be unable to find the burial site of your own family."

"You mean Tianxing Fengshui? Who can understand that stuff? It's all a mess of formulas..."

"That's right. Mathematics is the only thing in the world that cannot be faked. If you don't know how to do it, you won't know how to do it even if you force yourself to do it. Tianxing Fengshui requires a lot of mathematical talent. Take the Qianli Lock for example. It corresponds to the stars above and the earth veins below. It is arranged according to the Three Talents, Eight Diagrams and Nine Palaces..."

Adjutant Zhang rubbed his brows, feeling annoyed that a poor student couldn't understand the explanation of a top student.

This look of yours, saying you still don’t understand even after I’ve explained it in such detail, is so hateful!

Adjutant Zhang resisted the urge to hit the man, not because he couldn't beat him, but if he did that wouldn't it be like admitting that he was a poor student!

Not only that, he also had to act like I actually knew a lot, but just didn't bother to use it.

Just when Adjutant Zhang was about to say that he knew a little bit, he suddenly thought, what if the guy opposite tested him?

No, we have to change the subject!

"Ahem, we were just trying to delay time, so let's not talk about that. What did you find in there?"

Chang Zhengyang smacked his lips with an unsatisfied look. He hadn't finished speaking yet. He would continue when he had the chance.

Next, he told Adjutant Zhang how he and Mute Zhang entered the secret room that day and what was inside.

Adjutant Zhang silently memorized the formula Chang Zhengyang said on how to calculate the correct entrance.

Adjutant Zhang hesitated for a moment and said, "So, you have found the location of the Spirit Palace?"

Chang Zhengyang nodded and said, "I should have found it, but..."

"But what?"

"According to my guess, this Thousand Mile Lock is just a trick to confuse outsiders. Have you ever seen a safe that blatantly puts the mechanism to crack the code under the noses of the world? Dumb Zhang told me that the clan leader wants to bury the clan members who awakened the Qilin blood in the Spirit Palace. So do you think there is an entrance that is extremely dangerous to outsiders but very safe for us?"

"This……"

Adjutant Zhang pondered for a long time and had to admit that Chang Zhengyang's speculation was very logical.

Ling Palace, which is the Zhang family's ancient building, is not permanently closed, but has to be opened every once in a while. It is impossible to set up such a complicated and dangerous entrance for their own people.

"Okay, I've told Dumb Zhang the key to entering. This matter ends here. The Ling Palace can only be entered by the clan leader. You, me, and Master Buddha, please don't ask about it. Unless Dumb Zhang speaks up, I won't pay attention to the Ling Palace anymore. Damn it, how can you want to enter your own ancestral mausoleum?"

Upon hearing this, Adjutant Zhang gave an awkward but polite smile.

Because Chang Zhengyang was right. Even if there were a large amount of treasures in the Zhang family's ancient building, the descendants of the Zhang family should not set their sights on their ancestral tombs.

After figuring out the key points, Adjutant Zhang knocked on the table twice, revealed a murderous smile and said, "You are right. The Qianli Lock of Siguniang Mountain has been exposed. It's just a matter of time now. I think in two years, someone will definitely sneak in there. To be on the safe side, I think it is necessary to improve the protection there."

Chang Zhengyang's eyes lit up and he said, "Well, that's what I was thinking, but I don't have the manpower. I already have a renovation plan. Let me tell you how to modify it..."

From time to time, low, sinister laughter could be heard in the office.

When Adjutant Zhang left, he was holding a file bag in his hand and humming a little tune.

Wang Qianwen stood in front of the window, watching Adjutant Zhang's back as he left, then turned her head to glance at Chang Zhengyang's office with a gloomy look in her eyes.

Why has Adjutant Zhang changed so much today?

What exactly happened between him and Chang Zhengyang?

Zhang family, Zhang family, Chang Zhengyang, why do you want to be so close to the Zhang family?

……

On the Double Ninth Festival, someone gave Chang Zhengyang thirty kilograms of crabs, so today the Chang family's yard was filled with the aroma of steamed crabs.

The aroma of steamed crabs filled not only the Chang family's house, but also the alleys and the entire Yanjing City.

The price of crabs these days was not as outrageous as it would be decades later when it was driven up by merchants.

This thing is only 3.5 cents a pound these days, and it has to be 4.5 ounces each. If it's smaller, no one will buy it, so everyone can afford it.

You don’t need to buy it in the countryside, there is plenty of it in the river.

As there were so many crabs, Chang Zhengyang decided to make crab roe soup dumplings. So after dinner, he sat in the yard, holding a knife in his right hand and the crab in his left hand, and quickly picked out the crab meat.

Zhuzhu was sitting nearby and drooling as he watched. The ready-made crab meat could be eaten right away. It smelled so good. He really wanted to have a few bites.

"Brother, I'll just take a small bite, just a little bit, really!"

Zhuzhu stretched out his little finger and gestured, cursing and swearing, but Chang Zhengyang remained unmoved.

"No, you've already eaten three tonight. If you eat any more, you'll definitely get diarrhea."

"Impossible, my stomach is fine, just look!"

Zhuzhu lifted up her clothes, revealing her bulging belly, and clapped her hands twice to prove what she said.

"Chang Wanzhu, you little bitch, are you ashamed? I've told you so many times that you're a girl, don't expose your belly casually..."

Ms. Guo rushed out of the house, grabbed Zhuzhu's ears, dragged her into the house and started scolding her.

"But Big Brother is not an outsider!"

"Your eldest brother is a boy, and you are a girl. You are already older, do you know that?"

Chang Zhengyang listened to Zhuzhu's eloquent defense and Ms. Guo's scolding on the verge of exploding, and couldn't help shaking his head with laughter.

"what……"

This voice, Yu Li's, hmm, is she about to give birth?

A loud cry of pain came from the yard next door. Chang Zhengyang paused and listened carefully. It was the voice of He Yuzhu's wife Yu Li. He guessed that the baby in her belly was about to be born.

Sure enough, after a while, He Yuzhu rushed in from outside, yelling, rode on the tricycle in the corner and rushed out, shouting as he rode: "Zhengyang, my wife is about to give birth, come and help quickly."

"Yu Li is about to give birth?"

Guo Huiying rushed out of the house upon hearing the noise, and Zhuzhu followed behind her, completely unaware that he had just escaped a disaster.

Chang Wanyue also rushed out of the house, and they followed He Yuzhu to the next yard. At this time, the He family was in chaos.

An old lady and several other old ladies from the courtyard were helping to pack up. When He Yuzhu's tricycle arrived, everyone first spread the quilt on the tricycle, then worked together to lift the pregnant woman out and put her in the bed.

"Hold on tight, I'm about to leave."

He Yuzhu roared, pushed hard with his feet, and the tricycle rushed out of the yard.

Ms. Guo was riding her bicycle and yelled, "Please ride slowly, don't throw me out."