Chapter 1348: Sacrifice
Drive to town.
It was still dark, and there were still a lot of cars on the road, but none of them were convoys, but single cars, and if everyone brought an entourage and bodyguards, there were too many people and no place.
Shang Yang drove there himself, and it took about fifteen minutes to come to the town, and just entered the town, he found that the two sides were already full of vehicles, and only a gap in the middle of the road was left for vehicles to pass, most of the people parked their cars in this place and walked over, because the more the car drove forward, the higher the position of this person in the Shang family.
Walking through the town, the Shang clan ancestral hall finally came into view, even if I had seen it yesterday, I still couldn't help but be shocked when I saw it now, I am afraid that there is only the Shang family in the world.
At this moment, the front of the ancestral hall is already full of people, about hundreds, the costumes are very uniform, all of them are gray Tang costumes that are slightly lighter than Shang Yang's body, and the formation of the station is also very solemn, the distance between everyone is about one meter, and some people are talking, but they will not be in groups of three or five, and they will talk to each other.
Shang Yang parked the car on the side of the crowd, opened the door and got out of the car alone, Chen Yutong didn't get down, because she was in the Shang family, she didn't belong to any level, and she didn't marry Shang Yang, so there was no way to participate at this time.
"Bang la la"
The moment his feet landed, the eyes of hundreds of people looked at them almost at the same time, no one nodded or greeted, just stared with their eyes, after all, even a smile is a sin on this occasion, and it must be solemn.
After getting out of the car, I glanced at it.
The gap between the fifth and sixth rows on the left is slightly larger, and it is divided into two squares by this large gap, and the gap between the tenth and eleventh rows is also much larger, and it is also divided into two squares...
It was divided into five teams.
At the front of each of these formations stood one or more people.
On the far left is Wei Donglai, who is from the Wei family, and Wei is standing one step behind, and Shen Fengtian is standing in front of the other square, she is only one person, and she looks alone.
Then there is Zeng Guoqiang, and half a step behind him is his granddaughter Zeng Baoyi.
The outermost number of people is relatively large, it is Qian Jin and Qian Duoduo and other juniors.
"Uncle Shen..."
Shang Yang saw Uncle Shen coming over and took the initiative to say hello.
Uncle Shen nodded, looking at Shang Yang's eyes was a little complicated, before that, he had decided that Shang Yang would become the head of the family, and he was the undisputed head of the family, but things often did not develop in the direction that people thought, and raised his hand to make a gesture of please: "Come here..."
He presided over all the ceremonies of the Shang family, and his role was similar to wanton.
Shang Yang followed beside him, frowning without leaving a trace, Uncle Shen's eyes were very hidden, but he was still captured, to be honest, his impression of this Uncle Shen was not bad, but it was definitely not good, admired him as a person, and also disliked people like him, the reason was very simple... He doesn't like himself.
Uncle Shen led the way and walked to the back of the bronze incense burner in front of the ancestral hall, which was also directly in front of everyone, and stopped about ten meters away from the incense burner: "You stand here, don't move around at will, don't make noise, if there is a personal problem, try to hold back, if you can't help it, you must solve it before the ceremony begins..."
"Thank you, Uncle Shen!"
Shang Yang replied in a low voice, this little thing doesn't need to be explained.
Uncle Shen didn't say anything more and left slowly.
Shang Yang could feel that there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him behind him, to be honest, this feeling was not very comfortable, because there was no way to turn back, and he couldn't withstand the pressure of these people's gazes, which would make people look at him
Bian, at this moment, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire behind him, he can't take a second look.
Silently counting the time in my mind, it is now about five o'clock, and there is still an hour before it officially starts.
It's been many years since I've had this kind of situation, and the last time I was supposed to have a sports day was when I was in school, and if you think about it, the scene now is really similar to a sports day.
A gust of mountain wind blew, and the body temperature dropped sharply, if it weren't for good physical fitness, it would have been shivering from the cold.
He looked ahead, although his vision was blocked by the huge incense burner, but he already had a model of the Shang clan ancestral hall in his mind, and the cold wind just now reminded him, and he vaguely remembered that the gentleman he brought when he went to Fengmen Village said that "doors and windows are relatively taboo, and they belong to the hall"
The building of the ancestral hall of the Shang family can no longer be called the opposite door and window, the left and right sides are mountains, and the valley belongs to the place where the dirt is hidden, plus the valley wind, it is equivalent to all the dirt being blown to the ancestral hall by the wind, and it is a big evil.
I don't know what you thought about building the ancestral hall back then, offending people?
As he was thinking, another car pulled to the side, and Shang Yin stepped out of the car.
He got out of the car and attracted a lot of people's attention, and in the same way, he didn't greet anyone, and he didn't even use Uncle Shen's guidance, he walked over here step by step, passing by Shang Yang, and looked at it again.
This was the first time the father and son had met since Shang Yin left after the attack on crude oil that day.
"Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself, don't be shocked!" Shang Yin passed by Shang Yang and reminded him in a low voice, which meant to tell Shang Yang that the people and things that happened today should not show too much, after all, all the Shang family is there, and the image of joy is not good in the eyes of everyone.
He walked to Shang Yang's left front and stood firm.
"Understood..."
Shang Yang replied in a low voice, looking at Shang Yin's back, it was a little complicated, in fact, the original purpose was to force him to rebel and let him have a showdown with the old man, this practice may be immoral in the eyes of others, but Shang Taishan has ever had mercy on anyone?
After the persecution, Shang Yin did not resist, saying that it was good to listen to it was affectionate, and saying that it was bad to listen to it was submissive, and finally forced himself to go into battle in person.
For this father who has only seen him for more than 20 years, the psychology is more complicated, he has never gotten along with his father, and he doesn't know how to get along.
Thanks to his background for giving him a stage.
But if you don't have a father all the time, you can live in China with peace of mind, how can there be these later things?
"Squeak"
Another car stopped and the figure of "weak and can't help the wind" appeared, Shang Maru's clothes should have been made a long time ago, so now it looks a little fat, and his shriveled body can't hold up, it is very uncoordinated, he also walked here step by step, without any words, standing in front of Shang Yang's right and standing firmly.
Shang Yang didn't pay too much attention to him, as the saying goes, poor people must have something to hate, this is true at all, how many times he almost died in his hands, he survived like a small strong tenacious every time, he just failed once, speaking of which, he can only blame his fate for not being good.
Another fifteen minutes or so passed.
The last car stopped.
Seeing this car, nearly a thousand people turned around and looked at it reverently.
Uncle Shen walked quickly to the car door and opened the door.
Shang Taishan stepped on cloth shoes, wearing a pure black Tang costume and stepped down from the car, with white hair and strong spirits, standing eyebrows like sharp swords, and eyes like eagle eyes.
"The head of the house..."
Shang Maru and Shang Yin were the first to bend down.
Shang Yang didn't go through this kind of scene, and he was half a beat slower.
"Head of the House"
The four feudal officials bent down to greet them.
"Head of the house!"
Immediately after that, the opponents shouted in unison, and the sound was deafening, and it was heard in the valley.
I have to admit that the momentum shown at this moment is refreshing, and people are intoxicated by it, as if their souls have been impacted.
Shang Taishan swept around, retracted his gaze, walked forward step by step, and walked in front of Shang Yang, standing a few points closer than Shang Yin's monk and Shang Maru's bronze incense burner, his body was like a green pine.
Seeing him stand firm, everyone straightened up.
At this point, everyone was present.
Wait quietly for time to pass....
At 5:45, Uncle Shen stood next to the bronze tripod, with his back to the ancestral hall, facing everyone, and shouted with full anger: "Please Chenxiang, open the door..."
No one could have imagined that an old man could roar so loudly.
His voice fell.
"Squeak..."
Just look at the five arches of the ancestral hall in front of them are all opened, people push the huge wooden door, it looks like a grasshopper shaking the tree, and then see seven people walking out of the side door on the left side of the main entrance, one person in the front holding a ladder, and the remaining six people carrying a stick of incense for each two.
Slowly walk to the furnace, put the ladder on the furnace, climb up alone, and stand on the edge of the furnace.
Uncle Shen said again: "Burn incense..."
Hearing these two words, Shang Taishan took the lead and bowed.
Then everyone bowed.
The incense became carried by one person, and the other person took out a igniter to light it, and then carried the bronze tripod, and another person above took it and inserted it on the bronze tripod.
In just one minute, all three incense sticks were lit and inserted, smoke rose in a curling curl, and the seven people also retreated into the ancestral hall.
Uncle Shen said: "The morning fragrance is finished, like an ancestral hall..."
Worshipping ancestors and choosing the head of the family cannot be outside the ancestral hall, but inside, and this is just an organization venue.
The voice fell.
Shang Taishan took the lead, bypassing the side of the incense burner and walking forward, Shang Maru Shang Yin followed closely behind, and Shang Yang also followed.
"Bang la la"
Everyone in the rear stepped forward at the same time, although there were many people, everyone was a famous big man on the side, but no one was abrupt here, the pace was the same, and the formation still did not flash when walking forward.
Shang Taishan, as the head of the family, walked through the middle arch.
Shang Yang and the three of them, as the Shang family and heirs, also walked through the middle arch.
There are four families left, each with four doors.
The square team that no one led in the middle was the old man's personal soldiers, that is, the headquarters of all the funds allocated during the confrontation against the Time Society, and they separated from the middle and walked through the arches on the left and right sides of the middle arch.
Walk through the hall and walk to the middle of the courtyard.
Shang Taishan stood in front of the ancestral hall and stopped.
The footsteps gradually decreased, and everyone walked into the quadrangle, which was magnified dozens of times, but it was also very full.
Wait about two minutes.
Uncle Shen said again: "When the time comes, fire cannons and play music... The chief priest, the patriarch of all ethnic groups, and the elderly, enter the ancestral hall!"
The voice fell.
Shang Taishan was the first to enter the ancestral hall.
Shang Yin, Shang Maru, and Shang Yang followed.
Shen Fengtian and the four of them also followed slowly, while the others did not move.
Eight people stood in front of hundreds of tablets...