The mountain was already snowy at this time, and from time to time there were dead branches full of snow that could not bear the weight of the snow, falling from the top of the two people's heads, sprinkling snowflakes on their bodies. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In the silvery white of the mountains, a little rabbit that jumps out from time to time can also attract happy laughter from businessmen.

Li Mo followed behind the merchants, leisurely strolled around the mountain scenery for a day, and returned to the house in the evening with a smile on his face.

After boiling hot water in the kitchen and going back to the house to freshen up, the merchant brought a small tray with a few plates of vegetarian dishes and two bowls of rice and rice into Li Mo's room.

The room where the earth dragon was burned was warm and dry, Li Mo put on his middle coat, and was leaning on the pillow to look at the book in his hand by the lamplight.

"Sleep without dinner, beware of waking up hungry in the middle of the night!"

The merchant smiled at Li Mo, put the tray in front of the desk, moved a small table against the wall and put it in front of Li Mo, moved the tray between the two, and sat down on the other side of the small table, looking at Li Mo with a smile.

"With you, when did you ask me to worry about food?" Li Mo smiled disappreciatively, and casually put down the book in his hand.

"Go! You're beautiful! Shang Shang smiled and took a sip of him, handed over the chopsticks, and took a chopstick bamboo saple for him.

"Eat early and go to bed! We have to prepare sacrifices tomorrow, so don't be lazy! ”

Li Mo took a bite of rice, and the tough rice grains had an endless aftertaste in his mouth, which made him enjoy a light "um".

"I know! You have to go to bed early, too, and I can't help much with the cooking, so don't be tired. ”

The merchant nodded while eating, and said vaguely: "I know!" ”

After the two finished eating, they drank two more hot teas, and then they fell asleep separately and did not speak all night.

Early the next morning, the merchant got up. I got some food to fill my stomach first, and then I got busy in the kitchen.

Li Mo looked at the door for a long time, and saw that he really couldn't help much, so he confessed to the merchant and rode to the mausoleum keeper's Zhuangzi.

According to the usual practice, the emperor's will will arrive at the imperial tomb today with the ceremonial officials who came to officiate, and Li Mo still has to keep an eye on it.

It wasn't until after noon that Li Mo hurried back on a horse, threw stirrups at the gate of the courtyard and dismounted, and before entering the courtyard gate, he already smelled a smell of food.

"You're back?" The merchant heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when he peeked out from under the kitchen, he saw Li Mo entering the courtyard gate.

"Have you had lunch? I have frozen ear dumplings that have just come out of the pot, do you want to eat a plate? ”

"Not yet! Just thinking about your frozen ear dumplings! Li Mo walked into the kitchen with a smile, and was not surprised to see a pot of tumbling clear soup, all of which were as white as jade dumplings.

"Go and sit in the house! I'll fish it out. The merchant waved his hand at Li Mo, and quickly took out a plate of freshly wrapped vegetarian dumplings from the pot, and got some ginger and garlic as ingredients, put them in the tray and brought them into the hall.

"Eat it! After a while, it won't taste good when it gets cold. While putting the dumplings in front of Li Mo, the merchant turned around and went to the kitchen to watch the fire again.

In the evening, the businessmen who had been busy all day finally rested, and looked at the prepared three animals and all kinds of fruit cakes and frozen ear dumplings placed on the kitchen grid and on the table, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Has the ceremonial officer arrived?" The merchant asked Li Mo while picking up the food in his mouth.

"It's here! This year's ceremonial official sent Lord Xu, but he was an acquaintance. Li Mo nodded.

On the Zhuangzi of the mausoleum keeper, he has already met Lord Zhen, and after a little understanding, he has already understood the reason why this year's ceremonial officials sent Lord Zhen.

Li Zhi will open Enke next year, and it is inevitable that it will be mentioned in the sacrifice text in the winter solstice festival, so he specially sent Lord Yu to preside over this year's festival.

"Was the prayer read by Lord Yu?" The merchant then asked.

Last year's sacrificial words were read by Li Mo, I wonder if there will be any changes when Lord Yu comes this year?

"It's still up to me to read, the emperor's decree already has a clear order, but the sacrificial words will be prepared by Lord Yu in advance, and I just need to read it." Li Mo shook his head and said.

He and Li Zhi have long had a tacit understanding about the sacrificial words, and they will not be read by others.

"That'...... Do the three animals and fruits still go from us? Do you want to move to Zhuangzi in advance and then go up the road from the foot of the mountain? Shang Shang thought about it and asked, the ritual is a big thing, and there can be no mistakes, so it is better to ask clearly.

"No, someone will take care of it, you just need to get up early tomorrow, freshen up, wear palace clothes, tie the palace bun, and enter the mausoleum with me." Li Mo replied.

"Hmm!" The merchant nodded, stopped talking, took a few bites, finished eating, put down the dishes and chopsticks and went into the kitchen.

Li Mo swallowed the last bite of food in his mouth, put the dishes on the table into a tray, and brought them to the kitchen.

The merchant fetched water to wash the dishes and plates, carefully checked the kitchen again, made sure that there was no problem, and locked the door carefully to prevent snakes and rats, and then returned to the main house.

Before dawn the next day, the merchant heard the sound of the door calling outside the courtyard, and just as he wanted to get up and open the door, he could already hear the door of the next room open gently, and Li Mo's deliberately suppressed voice sounded in the courtyard.

"Lighter!"

Shang Shang couldn't help but be a little amused, how could those people move things out without her key? Lighter but not necessary.

Simply put on his clothes, the merchant tied his hair, quickly opened the door, and walked out of the door with the key.

"The father-in-law in the palace is here? Come with me! ”

The father-in-law was wearing a thick brocade palace suit, and was standing beside Li Mo with his hands tied, waiting for Li Mo to speak, and couldn't help but smile when he heard it.

"Girl, don't worry, it's still early!"

Li Mo also nodded and said, "It's still early!" You go to sleep again! Just give me the keys! ”

Shang Shang glanced at him and said, "What do you know? It's better for me to explain to my father-in-law! If you mess things up, you're wasting my mind! ”

The father-in-law is also cooked, and he vaguely knows the relationship between some businessmen and Li Mo, and when he saw Li Mo eating businessmen, he didn't think it was strange, but only smiled faintly and followed the businessmen into the kitchen.

"These are the three animals, the whole cow is the heaviest, you call the four small yellow doors in, carry them out first, have you brought the sacrificial plate?" The merchant pointed to the three largest wooden walkways in front of him.

"Bring it!" The father-in-law agreed softly, waved out of the door, and immediately four small yellow doors with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes walked in with their heads down.

He pointed to the three large trays covered with red cloth in front of him, and the four little yellow doors obediently opened and looked at it, picked the largest whole cow, put the sacrificial plate in his hand next to the shelf, and the four of them worked together to move the whole cow in the tray to the big red and gold-edged sacrificial plate, and hung red on the cow's head, and then carefully carried it out.

The merchants supervised the little yellow men to come in one by one, and moved all the three animals, six flavor vegetarian fruits, frozen ear dumplings, etc., one by one to the sacrificial plate, and watched the kitchen empty, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

The father-in-law saw that the task was completed, and his fair and beardless face also showed a satisfied expression.

"Every year, the sacrifice is biased towards the working girl! It's really hard! ”

"It's nothing! As long as the festival goes well! The merchant smiled disapprerovingly, raised his hand to send his father-in-law out, and turned around and went back to the room.

Li Mo took advantage of the time when she picked up with the bus, went into the room to freshen up, and changed into a full set of wide-sleeved purple-backed gold-rimmed shirts.

Seeing that the merchant went back to the room to freshen up, he also followed in, and when he saw the merchant with his head full of green silk draped over his shoulders, he took a horn comb and said, "Can I tie your hair with you?" ”

The merchant glanced at him from the bronze mirror and said with a smile: "You must really know how to comb!" Don't bother me, I'll have to tear it down again! ”

"You just look down on me like that? It's just a high bun, what's so difficult? Li Mo smiled and played with her.

"Listening to what you say, it can be seen that you have combed more than one woman!" The merchant deliberately provoked him, and when he saw that he was in a good mood, he also joked with him.

Li Mo was dumbfounded for a while, but he didn't argue with her, he only smiled and took the corner comb in his hand, lightly tied all the black hair on the top of her head for her, tightly pulled a high bun, and picked it in the makeup box, and took a long-handled Ruyi hairpin.

The merchant looked left and right, and nodded with satisfaction: "I don't want you to have this craft, it can be seen that you have practiced a lot!" After all, I also found it interesting, "Flutter! He laughed.

Li Mo didn't defend either, only smiled and stroked her face, exited the door, and waited for her to change her clothes.

After passing the dismount stone, the long sacrificial procession was led by the ceremonial officer all the way from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside.

Behind Yu Suiliang, who was dressed in an official uniform, followed by Li Mo, who was dressed in a formal shirt, and the businessman also changed into a plain palace dress and followed closely behind him.

Behind the three of them were pairs of honor guards and Yellow Gate officials holding sacrifices.

Knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, slugs, hooks, forks, and yellow umbrellas are all pairs, followed by all cattle, all sheep, all pigs, and then pairs of seasonal fruits, seasonal vegetables, and frozen ear dumplings.

It wasn't until the winter sun was shining that this winding guard of honor all entered the main hall of Zhaoling.

In the hall at this time, it is no longer the appearance of Empress Changsun alone, and another tall statue of Emperor Taizong sits majestically in the middle of the hall, standing side by side with Empress Changsun, which also makes the originally empty hall seem a little more lively.

The sandalwood green smoke as thick as a child's arm rose up, and the faces of Emperor Taizong and Empress Changsun were also blurred, and Shang Shang raised his head slightly, looking at these two people who were no longer alive with some distraction.

Under the arrangement of the father-in-law, the little yellow doors placed the sacrifices in their hands on the incense table in the main hall in turn. On the incense table, all three animals are placed, 12 plates of vegetarian fruits are placed in the left row, 12 plates of seasonal vegetables are placed in the right row, and two plates of frozen ear dumplings are placed at the end of each side of the plate.

"When the winter solstice, the rain and dew are wet, remember the deep grace, increase the sense of sorrow, and use the sacrifice to enjoy it"

With the ringing of a bell, Yu Suiliang knelt down on his knees in the middle of the main hall facing the statue of Emperor Taizong, and preached loudly.

Li Mo and Shang Shang knelt behind Yu Suiliang together, quietly waiting for him to finish reading this paragraph. There was silence in the hall, and no one dared to make a sound at this time.

As soon as Yu Suiliang's words fell, the man stood up, took half a step back, and knelt sideways.

Li Mo took a step on his knees, crossed the distance between the merchant and the merchant, unfolded the bamboo slip in his sleeve, and as his gaze fell on the bamboo slip, a clear and steady voice echoed in the silent hall.

The officiating priest has begun! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )