Family of a Hundred Years

Author: Fan Jianping
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This is a suspenseful and thought-provoking novel. In the late 17th century, a wealthy family lived in Zhangzhen, Jiangnan. No one knew how much wealth they possessed. Money had made this family famous far and wide, but it also hung like a sharp sword over the Zhang family. Especially the legendary vast underwater silver vaults of the Zhang family foretold that Zhangzhen, Jiangnan, was doomed to bloodshed. One night, without any warning, the emperor issued two execution orders in succession, wiping out Zhangzhen. Three hundred and seventy-one members of the Zhang family, none could escape this root-and-branch disaster. A once prosperous and wealthy family vanished from the world. However, after the ruthless extermination of the Zhang family, the emperor, who had thought he had seized all the wealth in the world, was tormented by nightmares every day. In his dreams, he often saw the small footprints of a child, clearly stepping out of his dark nightmare. He couldn't catch the child, the child was stubbornly walking toward Jiangnan Zhangzhen.