Chapter 2 The Curse of the Qin Family

Since the establishment of the Southern Dynasty for two hundred years, the only family that has remained standing is the famous General's Mansion.

Qin Huai, the first generation of generals, followed the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty when he was in a low position, and fought on horseback together with him to help the founding emperor end the chaos and establish the Southern Dynasty. He can be said to be a true founding hero.

In the following hundred years, the descendants of the General's Mansion have been engaged in military affairs for generations, quelling internal turmoil and stabilizing the border. They have devoted themselves to the stability and development of the Southern Dynasty, and have been highly valued by emperors of all dynasties and have a very high prestige among the people.

However, the General's Mansion, which has such a transcendent status, has a curse.

During the hundred years since the founding of the country, the Qin family has been a single-line family from generation to generation, and all the children born are boys. There is a whole Buddhist temple, and no girl has been born in a hundred years.

The most terrifying thing about this curse is that all the descendants of the Qin family cannot live beyond the age of 40.

During the hundred years since the founding of the Southern Dynasty, Qin Zong, the sixth-generation head of the Qin family, went to Songming Mountain and asked Master Liaochen of Pu'an Temple to do a fortune-telling.

Master Liaochen said, "The Qin family has too many killings, and the family has more yang than yin. Only by giving birth to a girl can it be resolved. If no girl is born within a hundred years, the life span of the descendants of the Qin family will decrease year by year, and it will be irreversible until they die at birth."

Hearing this, Qin Zong was shocked and immediately asked Master Liaochen if there was any other way to break the curse.

Host Le Chen shook his head and said, "No matter whether the killings committed by the Qin family have contributed to the country or not, the killing debt has been formed. Without the harmony of Yin and Yang, it cannot be solved."

In fact, the killing debt borne by the Qin family has reached an astonishing level. Even if the Qin family has been prosperous for a hundred years, it should not be so much. Host Le Chen did not see the reason, and naturally did not tell Qin Zong about it.

The moment Host Le Chen finished speaking, Qin Zong's face suddenly turned pale. Does my Qin family only have a hundred years to live?

There was no girl born in the first hundred years. How can we give birth to a girl in another hundred years?

Qin Zong did not dare to imagine this unrealistic possibility.

Host Liaochen saw Qin Zong's trance, and after a moment's silence, he said: "There is a method that is not a method. This method may make the Qin family lose all its glory. General Qin, are you willing to give it a try?"

Qin Zong was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and said anxiously: "No matter what the price, my Qin family is willing to give it a try!"

My family's descendants are almost finished, so who cares about glory or not!

My ancestors were born in the grassroots, and now they can be rich and noble for a hundred years, which is enough. At worst, they can go back to being grassroots. Now the most important thing is to keep the Qin family's incense!

Facing Qin Zong's anxious gaze, the host Le Chen slowly said, "If the Qin family no longer serves as an official, they should give up all official positions, and do more good deeds as civilians. If they can be graciously blessed and a daughter is born, then the Qin family will break the curse and return to the court." It was also the time when the Southern Dynasty would truly prosper.

Qin Zong's eyes lit up when he heard this. It was just not being an official. It was not a big deal. As long as there was a little hope, it would be a great thing for the Qin family!

Qin Zong thanked the host Le Chen profusely and hurried down the mountain. After

returning to the capital, Qin Zong immediately went to the palace to meet the emperor. He cried in front of Emperor Jin De about the difficulties the Qin family had experienced over the years. He cried so hard that Emperor Jin De couldn't help but have red eyes.

When Emperor Jinde was moved, Qin Zong repeated what Chen Zhui had said, and finally took the opportunity to resign from the position of general, retire to the countryside, and take his family back to his hometown to farm.

At that time, after a hundred years of development, the Southern Dynasty had become powerful, and all the surrounding small countries had surrendered. There were also many outstanding generals in the court. Whether his Qin family was there or not did not have much impact, so Qin Zong accepted Chen Zhui's method without hesitation.

After listening to Qin Zong's words, Emperor Jinde's eyes trembled. I don't know what he thought of. He stared at Qin Zong without saying a word.

Qin Zong was confused by being looked at. Why did His Majesty look so creepy today? Could it be that he was reluctant to let me go?

Qin Zong got goosebumps when he thought of this possibility.

After a while, Emperor Jinde recovered his composure and sighed: "I agree, but there is a request."

"Your Majesty, you said that as long as I can do it, I will do it!" Qin Zong replied immediately.

"The Qin family is a meritorious official who followed Emperor Taizu to expand the territory, and is also the only official the royal family can trust since the founding of the Southern Dynasty. Therefore, I hope that the Qin family will stay in the capital, accompany the royal family, and the title of the General's Mansion will continue to be retained, and you Qin family will continue to live in the house."

Only if the Qin family stays in the capital, the royal family will have the opportunity to wait for a turnaround for the Qin family, which is also a turnaround for the Southern Dynasty, Emperor Jinde silently added in his heart.

Qin Zong scratched his head and said uncertainly: "It's okay to continue living in the capital, but I'm afraid it's inappropriate to keep the title of the General's Mansion. There has never been a resignation and still retaining the title."

Qin Zong silently complained in his heart: If I keep the title, I'm afraid the Qin family will be scolded to death by the censors. By then, we won't have to wait a hundred years, we will be scolded directly into the coffin!

Emperor Jinde seemed to guess Qin Zong's thoughts, waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "I know what you are worried about, don't worry, relying on your Qin family's achievements over the past hundred years, no one in the entire court dares to object, not to mention that it's just a title with no substance."

"Your Majesty, whatever you say is fine!" Qin Zong saw that Emperor Jinde had made up his mind, so he obeyed.

Since then, the Qin family officially withdrew from the court, and the glorious history of the Zhenguo General's Mansion was gradually forgotten by the world in the torrent of the times. In

the following hundred years, although the Qin family still had only one son from generation to generation, and gave birth to boys from generation to generation, without a single girl, and the age of 40 was like a curse that could not be erased, and even some Qin family members died suddenly at the age of 30, the Qin family never gave up, and every generation of Qin family members sincerely did good deeds and accumulated virtues.

Since the sixth generation of the Qin family head resigned, no Qin family members entered the court as officials, but doing good deeds requires financial resources, so the Qin family turned to business, relying on the generous rewards in the past, and devoted themselves to running the industry, which was quite successful and accumulated a lot of wealth.

Relying on these wealth, the Qin family also had more confidence to do good deeds. Whenever

there is a flood, the Qin family will wave their hands and say: Donate! Whenever there is a drought, the Qin family will wave their hands and say: Donate! Whenever there is an earthquake, the Qin family will wave their hands and say: Donate! ... Later, the Qin family became a golden nugget in the eyes of every minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the kind that they held in their palms and felt so painful. The Qin family's good deeds gradually spread, and they gradually gained a good reputation among the people, and were respected by the people as "Qin Xiashang". Many people who have received the Qin family's kindness have established the Qin family's longevity position in their homes, and pray for the Qin family every day, hoping that the Qin family will break the curse as soon as possible. Now is the 10th year of the Jinyuan period, which is exactly the 200th year since the founding of the Southern Dynasty. The Qin family has been passed down to the 12th generation head Qin Zheng.

As the current head of the Qin family, Qin Zheng has outstanding business skills and has doubled the wealth of the Qin family.

Unfortunately, he is nearly 40 years old and only has one month left to live. He thought his life was over, but he didn't expect Qin Yue to be a turning point.

Therefore, Qin Yue's birth is a great blessing for Qin Zheng and the entire Qin family.