Chapter 322 - The Journal of the Young Master Xiong (1/2)

'The Journal of the Young Master Xiong'? A journal of one of their family's ancestors?

And why it was said as missing?

They have many journals of their ancestors passed down to them. All of them were safely displayed in the treasure room of the Xiong Mansion.

That era of Huaxia was when literacy was at its peak. The golden age allowed everyone to have a certain extent of literacy. Thus, almost all of the Xiong and Zhou family members were literate. They took pride in it, and loved to write journals to practice their writing. It went on until it became a habit of the two families in ancient times to keep journals and save them as records for the future generations.

Therefore, there were a lot of journals in the two families' collection rooms.

If there was something special about this journal that might affect the treaty between the two families, his ancestors should have found it already.

Old Xiong did not think too much about it and tapped on the doc.u.ment.

Inside were pictures of pages of an old journal. The paper was already brown and withered. Some of the ink had already smudged over time. However, the calligraphy of the person was still distinct.

Old Xiong tried to read the journal. However, the characters were very archaic and seemed to be a language used in the ancient Huaxia empire several centuries ago. Old Xiong was a businessman, not a linguist. He was also not very familiar with this ancestor. So he asked Zhou Min at his side who was more knowledgeable of the history of the Xiong family and the Zhou family.

”Do you know whose journal is this?”

Butler Zhou took a look at the doc.u.ment.

”The era was around the time when the Xiong family was said to have just saved the Zhou family… from becoming the lowest rank of slaves. It is probably from the first generation, when our family had sworn our loyalties to Master's family.”

Then suddenly Zhou Min stopped. He seemed to realize something.

”However, there was no journal recorded from the first generation. The first journal we have in our collection was the Third Xiong Patriarch's, who had recorded the history of the Zhou family being demoted to slaves and the Xiong family saving them. He was the first one to write the treaty and the cause of it. If I remember correctly, it was just a little later after this date... So this was probably the Third Xiong Patriarch's father, the Second Xiong Patriarch.”

In honor of the old Xiong Master, the master of the Xiong family at the time when the disaster happened and saved the ruined Zhou family, he was reverently called the First Patriarch in the joint history of the Xiongs and the Zhous. His son who had succeeded him was then called as Second Xiong Patriarch.

Butler Zhou Min went nearer to Master Xiong. ”May I?”

Old Xiong let him take the tablet. Zhou Min swiftly scanned the file. His eyebrows rose in surprise.

”Master, this journal is not in the Xiong's treasure room nor is it in the Zhou mansion.” He looked bewilderingly at his son. How did his son manage to get it?

Linfeng sensed his father's question. ”If you read the file more, you will see how we got it. You are right. The first journal and the first record of the treaty that both of the families had in possession was the journal of the Third Xiong Patriarch, who happened to be the son of the Young Master Xiong who was with the Young Master Zhou at the time of the accident.”

Everyone was surprised.

”In his journal, he described how the accident happened and what caused the doomed fate of the Zhou family.”

Linfeng somberly gestured for them to continue reading the doc.u.ment.

Butler Zhou Min looked down gravely and read the content. Below the pictures of the journal was the translation from the experts.

The Second Xiong Patriarch, who was then still the Young Master Xiong, wrote in detail of what happened. With sorrow and self-blame he wrote,

[It's my sin and my mistake why my father lost a friend, the Zhou clan's destruction, and my friend's banishment. All of it are my sins. If I did not lead my friend to sneak into the esteemed concubine's collection room, none of it would have happened. This is a sin that I shall carry for the rest of my life.]

Zhou Min's heart trembled. The Young Master Xiong was with the Young Master Zhou when the cause of the downfall happened?

Seeing the shocked face of his butler, Old Xiong called out.

”What is it, Zhou Min?”