Chapter 17: Ancestor Worship (I)
Just when everyone started to get into the carriage, Xu Ban ran over and said in a splash: "I want to accompany the fourth sister, the fourth sister is the first time to go out of the city to worship the ancestors." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Dong Xiaoyou was speechless at the moment, it seems that the psychological age of this fourth brother is not fifteen years old, and he is still like a child at this time. As a result, he was naturally gently reprimanded by the Murong clan and returned to his carriage in a sneering manner.
At the end of the day, the carriage and horse team of Xufu began to march slowly, on both sides were the guards of the family, and the people of Liaoyang City went out to watch, and they all knew that this was one of the largest families in Liaoyang City, and the carriages and horses of Xufu traveled to worship their ancestors, and they gave way.
Soon, the carriage and horse procession went out of the town, Dong Xiaoyou opened the window of the carriage, looked at the vast northern world outside the window, inhaled the air without any industrial pollution, and felt relaxed and happy, although it lost a lot of fun that modern people would have in ancient times, but ancient times also had their own ancient benefits, that is, there were too many mundane rules, which made people inevitably psychologically depressed.
Along the way, Dong Xiaoyou looked around happily, chattering to a few maids for a while, "Look at that mountain is so beautiful", and then "That tree is so weird", which made Biluo and others laugh when they ate and ate. But soon, Dong Xiaoyou was attracted by a group of ragged homeless people, who were all disheveled, unkempt, and even disheveled, looking very miserable, which made Dong Xiaoyou feel uncomfortable for a while: It seems that God is still not thin on himself, if he crosses over to become the children of those homeless people, wouldn't he have starved to death in the past two months?
"Fourth Miss, what are you looking at? Why don't you speak? Ye Er was used to listening to the hustle and bustle of the fourth lady along the way, but now she suddenly quieted down, but she felt a little uncomfortable, and she was worried that the fourth miss was bumped by the carriage and whether she was unwell, so she took the initiative to ask.
"Ye'er, look, those people ...... It's so pitiful. Dong Xiaoyou pointed to the group of homeless people with dull eyes not far away.
After Ye Er saw it, her face also became solemn, and she said: "I heard that many places in the Central Plains this year first had a plague, and then suffered a major drought, and many people starved to death, so they fled to the north one after another, but I didn't expect that even so far away from our Xuanfu County there were displaced people from the Central Plains coming." ”
Biluo listened, sighed, and then said: "I remember Ye'er, you also wanted to flee from the Central Plains to the north two years ago, but you met the master, right?" ”
Ye Er nodded, looking a little sad, "Yes, my family is from Jizhou, when my family was forced by natural disasters to sell me in exchange for money and food, I heard that many children were exchanged and eaten, I met the master is my third life lucky." ”
Dong Xiaoyou listened, his heart trembled, he had heard that there was even a tragedy of cannibalism between the people in the ancient disaster year, but he didn't expect that Ye'er, who had always been well-behaved and lovely, was almost killed by a poisonous hand, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable, "Ye'er... So, what about your family? ”
Ye Er seemed to hear the pity and concern in her tone, and squeezed out a smile, "I don't know, since Ye Er was bought by the master, she is a person from the Xu Mansion, how is the family, I am no longer nostalgic." ”
Dong Xiaoyou listened, and there was a sense of amazement in her heart, yes, there is no telephone in this era, and even communication is very difficult, a little girl like Ye'er, she is illiterate, and she doesn't know whether her family is wandering or staying in place, how can she get news of her family again?
"I'm ...... the same way," Mei'er, who had never spoken, said, "I was originally from Yanzhou, and the year before last, my parents and brother died, and I was left alone, and it was the lord who bought me back to Xufu." ”
Dong Xiaoyou listened, she was very sad in her heart, she didn't expect Ye'er and Mei'er to have such a tragic background, this is a relatively backward ancient world after all, thinking of this, she even began to worry about her future, no wealthy family can keep the wealth and nobility from declining, I hope I don't see the day when the Xu Mansion falls. Suddenly, she thought of a question and asked, "Hearing you say this, the people were displaced when they encountered a great drought, so why didn't the court care?" "Yes, and the imperial court, what does the imperial court do? Isn't it just that we should help the people affected by the disaster? Dong Xiaoyou's era, there are donations or something.
"The ...... of the imperial court," Bi Luo, the eldest, said with a wry smile, "Miss, you are still young, you don't know that today is mediocre, and many officials in the court are only bought with money, how can they care about the hard work of the people?" ”
Dong Xiao secretly thought to himself, good guy, wasn't it very strict in ancient times? Why does such a maid dare to speak ill of the Son of Heaven? It's a catastrophe and a great famine, and it's a traitor, how can there be such an emperor? Could it be that this dynasty is dying? Wait, isn't this the Han Dynasty? After the Han Dynasty...... It seems that there is a usurper of Wang Mang? And then it's the Eastern Han Dynasty, right? No, Ban Zhaoyi is from the Eastern Han Dynasty, so will it be the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty now? ? Isn't that about to enter the Three Kingdoms era??
Thinking of this, Dong Xiaoyou suddenly asked, "Sister Biluo, what year is this year?" ”
Biluo was a little puzzled, "This year is the Year of Renxu, it's autumn, Miss, you still don't know?" ”
"The year of Renxu ......" Dong Xiaoyou's heart was speechless for a while, how could she know what year it would be, she only knew the year of the Common Era, but now there is definitely no such notation...... "Then, Sister Biluo, I am asking who is today?" What is the name of the year? "If it was the end of the Han Dynasty, it should be Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty...... Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty before that, and then before ...... Forgot, it seems to be Emperor Ling or Emperor Huan?
"Oh, when today's Zi Hong, "Liu Hong? I don't know, Dong Xiaoyou only knows Liu Bang, Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bi, Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty...... The rest of the Han emperors are not very clear. Biluo continued, "This year is the fifth year of light and harmony. "Light and? What kind of era is that, the era name of Emperor Han Xian has a Jian'an, right? The most common era name in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seems to be Jian'an.
But Dong Xiaoyou slightly analyzed that since he is an unknown emperor, it means that it is not the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so he should be able to live a relatively stable life in this era, after all, there is still a Han Shaodi and Han Xian Emperor who are the world's chaos.
Seeing Dong Xiaoyou bow her head with an anxious look, Ye Er comforted her and said: "But there are still a lot of good people in the world, like many places in the Central Plains, there are real people from Taiping Dao who will help the victims, but sometimes there are too many disaster victims, and they can't manage it." ”
Taiping Road!! Even if Dong Xiaoyou has a bad history, he is still quite familiar with this name, could it be that this Taiping Dao will be ...... "Ye'er, Taiping Dao has come out??" Could it be that their leader is Zhang Jiao? She asked, a little alarmed.
"This ...... Although I heard a little bit about it when I was in Jizhou, I didn't know the name of their sect leader, but it seems that he was indeed called Sect Leader Zhang. Ye Er asked again, "Fourth Miss, how do you know that their sect leader is called Zhang Jiao?" Who did you hear about it? ”
Sect Leader Zhang... Taiping Road... Eastern han dynasty... It seems that eight or nine are not far from ten, although I don't know which emperor this is, but the "Yellow Turban Uprising" was learned in junior high school, Dong Xiaoyou was a little worried, I heard that those Yellow Turban Army specialized in robbing and killing rich families, so isn't it very dangerous for my own family? Whether Xuanwu County has been beaten by the Yellow Turban Army in history or not, she doesn't know at all... And now she doesn't know how many years it is, and she can't tell when the Yellow Turban Rebellion will break out, so she really starts to worry about her safety.
But after a while, Dong Xiaoyou was still relieved, what are you afraid of, isn't your next life Dong Xiaoyou? People are going to die, as long as you don't suffer too much, anyway, it's still Guanghenian, and it won't be until the time of Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty that there will be wars, there should be a few decades left, don't worry about what happened at that time. (Digression: So although Dong Xiaoyou's personality is almost the same as the author's, his historical knowledge is definitely not as good as the author~~ Unfortunately, there are less than three years left before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, but unfortunately Dong Xiaoyou doesn't know)
Seeing that Dong Xiaoyou seemed to have returned to the excited appearance just now, Bi Luo and the others calmed down, they were worried that the fourth lady was too young after all, and they were afraid that she would be frightened by the rumors of natural and man-made disasters.
After a while, they finally arrived at the place where they were going to worship their ancestors, and everyone got off the carriage one after another, and the next thing was very boring, what to clean their hands, collect their hands, put incense, sacrifice wine, kneel and worship, and chant...... The entire ancestor worship ceremony lasted for more than an hour, which made Dong Xiaoyou sore, and his legs knelt for a long time, first numb, then he didn't feel it, then he didn't feel it, and then he didn't feel it...... So much so that she was about to collapse.
But I finally survived the whole ceremony, and then it was the so-called "free time", where several ladies sat together, and the young masters and ladies could walk around, but not too far away. Dong Xiaoyou took a few maids to find a quiet and beautiful place.
At this time, Xu Yi and Xu Ye grabbed in front of Xu Ban, and they said to Xu Rong with a smile: "Fourth sister, both of us know, you play the jade zither very well, why don't the second brother (third brother) take you to a quiet place, the scenery is very good, if you sit there and play the kite, you must be a beautiful beauty, poetic and picturesque." ”
Xu Ye also added: "A few days ago, although the second brother came to apologize, but your third brother and I have never apologized to you. ”
Dong Xiaoyou felt that the smiles of these two people seemed to hide some conspiracy, but he felt that he shouldn't think so badly of people everywhere, these two big boys were only about eighteen years old, how bad could their minds be? However, she still asked vigilantly: "I...... I'm afraid that if the place is far away, I will get lost. "Maybe these two guys want to abandon themselves in the wilderness, but this kind of thing can be found to be the conspiracy of the two of them, and this kind of superficial means should not stop.
"Don't worry, fourth sister, the place is very close, and there is no fork in the road." Xu Ye looked sincere.
"That..." Dong Xiaoyou originally wanted to call Xu Ban to accompany her all the way, but she didn't look for Xu Ban, it turned out that he was also childish, and he and Xu Fu went hunting on horseback. Dong Xiaoyou sighed, and then ordered Ye'er and Mei'er to wait for her here - this is her extra heart, if the second brother and the third brother really want to abandon her, then she and Biluo and the others are missing, and there are two maids as witnesses, and they can also be found. As everyone knows, her behavior of leaving two maids happened to fall into Xu Ye's hands.
Xu Yi and Xu Ye led her and Biluo, the four of them didn't walk for a while, they came to a place where flowers and plants flourished, only to see a pool of quiet spring water in front of them, surrounded by evergreen trees, flowers and plants on the edge of the spring are luxuriant, colorful, very gorgeous, I didn't expect that now it is autumn, there is such a beautiful dream-like place, and this place is quiet and quiet, there is a feeling of fairyland, not too far from the place of worshipping ancestors, Dong Xiaoyou only came once and recognized this road, it seems that he wronged Xu Yi and Xu Ye, They really want to reconcile with themselves, thinking of this, Dong Xiaoyou can't help but feel a little guilty.
"Wow, this place is so beautiful." Dong Xiao exclaimed stupidly.
Biluo on the side cleaned up a little for her, and then found a clean place to sit down, Dong Xiaoyou felt that she was too suspicious just now, and thought too badly about others, and she was a little unwilling, so she sat down, and ordered Biluo to put the red sandalwood jade zither in front of her, and wanted to play a song for the two brothers, she was a person who knew how to repay her kindness, and she also forgot that these two people were not good to themselves before (after all, although she can remember Xu Rong's original memory, it seems to be imposed on her, so it is not clear and true).
As Dong Xiaoyou's brisk and soothing "Flower Basket Song" was played, Xu Yi and Xu Ye applauded, and Biluo also smiled. Xu Ye saw that the time was almost up, so he said: "Fourth sister, you see such a beautiful scenery, shouldn't you also let your other two girls come over to enjoy it?" He had already heard that the fourth sister had always treated his subordinates like sisters.
Dong Xiaoyou has completely lost his vigilance now, so he smiled slightly: "The third brother is right, such a beautiful scenery, if you don't let the two of them come to see it, I can't help it." ”
Xu Yi's face was a little heavy, and he said, "Then the second brother will call the two of them for you......"
"Don't bother the second brother, Biluo, you go and call Ye'er and Mei'er, and bring some fruits and pastries."
"But Miss, if I leave......" Biluo is smart and calm after all, and she is a little uneasy.
Xu Rong looked at the two elder brothers with confidence, and said, "Don't worry, with the second and third brothers here, it's okay to think about it." She had always been confused when she was Dong Xiaoyou, but now at the critical moment, she made the mistake of being confused again, and she only felt that even if she made a round trip, it wouldn't take too much time, and she wanted to let Biluo and others bring snacks to her two good brothers to eat.
Xu Yi was uneasy and said, "Biluo is not safe alone, I will accompany her all the way." After all, he didn't dare to continue to stay and face such an innocent fourth sister.
Xu Ye's face changed slightly, he knew that Xu Yi had compassion, but he immediately calmed down, and said to Xu Rong: "Fourth sister, let the second brother go, it is very dangerous for a maid to walk in case you encounter a homeless person or something." My second brother and I are both good at martial arts, so it's not a big problem to protect you. Xu Ye thought, since Xu Yi couldn't bear it, just let him go away, as long as it didn't get in the way.
Dong Xiaoyou nodded, smiled at Xu Yi, and said, "This will bother the second brother." Her calm smile made Xu Yi even more weak, but Dong Xiaoyou was not particularly good at observing words and feelings, so she didn't think much about it at this time.
So Biluo and Xu Yi turned back, and now only Xu Ye and Xu Rong were left in this place, and not far away, a gentleman on a horse was galloping all the way here......