Chapter 196: Hearing the Great Sacrifice

Xu Hanqing's heart froze, and sure enough, the emperor still had a dislike for the Xu family, and couldn't help but be even more annoyed with Xu Meixin, and his previous love was reduced by eight points.

"Yes, my father has also reached the age of Zhishi. He told me that after the New Year, he would beg for bones and live at home for the rest of his life. ”

Emperor Jingyuan was very satisfied with Xu Hanqing's knowledge, squinted his eyes, and looked at Mo Wuxin: "Fourth brother, this time thanks to you for recommending Yao Huang." Whatever reward you want, tell me. ”

Mo Wuxin, that is, the king of Zhongshun County, shook his head cautiously and did not speak.

Emperor Jingyuan knew that Daomo didn't like to talk, and he didn't force it, thinking that he would wait a while and let the chief eunuch pick two beautiful palace maids and send them to the county king's mansion.

"Fourth brother, is the identity of the Yao family indeed not suspicious?" Emperor Jingyuan asked.

Mo Wuxin nodded: "The Yao family has been a farmer for generations, and the family background is innocent, and it is pure coincidence to save the Wenren Qianye." Yao Huang's medical skills came from a mysterious man, who was dead, leaving only a few pills and a medical book. The pill has been used up by Yao Huang. ”

When Emperor Jingyuan heard this, he also let down his guard against the most reluctant of Wenren Qianye.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the day of the great sacrifice of the people. In the morning, the door of the ancestral hall of the Wenjia clan is wide open, and all kinds of offerings to the ancestors are sent into the ancestral hall like water: three livestock and six animals, fresh fruits and vegetables, jade silk brocade, fragrant wax money paper...... From the ancestral hall to the courtyard. The men were dressed in formal dresses and lined up to enter the ancestral hall according to the rank of the family, and the women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, and all knelt outside the courtyard in full costume. Wenren Chiyuan took the lead, and the two brothers Wenren Qianmu and Wenren Chiba were half a step behind him, and then there were other Wenren Jiading. All of them were wearing black robes, red pants, and black hats. It is a very heavy and calm feeling.

Ordinary ancestor worship only needs to go to the sacrifice and bow down to the ancestors. But the great sacrifice lasts for one day. From the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve to the early morning of the first day of the new year, not only are the sacrifices (the sacrifices are written about the major events that have happened in the family since the last festival, and they are recited one by one, which is very time-consuming), but also blood sacrifices and vigils. For one day and one night, you can only drink porridge and cannot eat other food. Adults are fine. Most of the children and the elderly are unstoppable.

Xiao Ke followed in the queue of men, he was the son of Wenren Chiba, with a high status, and he was in the middle of the line. Yao Huang was worried that he would be hungry, so he had already secretly swallowed a Bigu Pill for him. Xiao Yingchun was too young and a girl, so she didn't have to participate in the ancestor worship, so she was handed over by Yao Hong to Yao Huang to take care of. The subordinates of the Wen family were all gathered in the outskirts of the ancestral hall and knelt, waiting for the master's orders at any time, and no one cared about Yao Huang and Yao Qing, two outsiders.

Yao Huang asked people to prepare food early in the morning. I definitely can't starve my brother and little niece. No one bothered them, Yao Qing passed the time with the newly released "Xun Qin Ji". "The Legend of Qin" was slightly changed by Yao Huang. Xiang Shaolong is not from modern times, but a great general of a certain dynasty a thousand years after the Qin Dynasty, and encountered a great storm during an expedition to the Western Regions and was blown to a thousand years ago. As soon as this book came out, it was immediately sought after by everyone, and many people fantasized that they could travel back thousands of years and achieve something earth-shattering. While Yao Huang was taking care of Xiao Yingchun, his divine consciousness was released, watching the ancestor worship ceremony of the Wen family.

In the divine sense, the sacrificial text of Wen Ren Chi Yuan had been recited, and three young Wen family disciples signed a cow and walked into the courtyard. Wen Ren Chi Yuan handed a scimitar with a gem-inlaid handle to Wen Ren Qianmu, who walked to the cow and stabbed it neatly into the cow's neck. The cow screamed and fell to the ground. The three young men hurriedly held the vessel and brought the blood gushing out of the wound into the vessel. Until all the blood of the cow was drained, four more young men came out and carried the carcass out of the yard.

The three young men poured the blood from the vessel into a copper tripod and poured three jars of liquor into it. The aroma of wine and the smell of blood are mixed into a strange smell, which is not unpleasant, but it is by no means unpleasant. Wen Ren Chiyuan cleaned his hands with clean water, held a spoon made of bronze, scooped up the blood wine and poured it into the three-legged Ding Cup of the same material, and nearly 100 Ding Cups were poured one by one. Wenren Chigi and Wenren Chiba held wine glasses on trays and distributed them to each clansman. Everyone held the blood wine in their hands and knelt down and knocked nine times on the ancestral tablet under the leadership of Wen Ren Chiyuan, and the three young people spilled the remaining blood wine in the copper tripod on the ground, and everyone raised their heads and drank the blood wine......

After the blood sacrifice, the name of the newly-born child was recorded in the family tree, and Yao Huang was not interested in this and withdrew his divine sense.

"Second sister, let's go shopping on the street?" Yao Qing closed the book, and a copy of "Searching for Qin" had been read.

"Today's Chinese New Year, restaurants and shops are not open, what is there to visit?" Yao Huang stretched and leaned against the bed frame.

"It's really boring, the New Year in the city is not lively and fun in the village." Yao Qing's entire upper body fell on the table and complained. Rich people really know how to toss, don't they just sacrifice their ancestors? It's going to be so troublesome, they can't even eat good things during the New Year, and they can't go out to play.

"Bear with me, let's be a guest at my brother-in-law's house, and we can't embarrass my eldest brother-in-law. I heard that the Lantern Festival in the capital is more lively than in Anping County, so we will go to play when the time comes. Yao Huang comforted his younger brother.

Yao Qing pursed his lips and stopped complaining.

This New Year is the most boring and boring New Year spent by the two sisters and brothers of the Yao family. From the beginning of the new year, there was an endless stream of people coming to pay New Year's greetings at the gate of Wenren's mansion, but this was not a matter of the Yao family's siblings, they were nested in the small courtyard and moldy. Yao Qing even urged Yao Hong to return to Qingshui Village as soon as possible.

"Ah Qing, bear with me for a while, and when the Lantern Festival is over, I will take your eldest sister and you back to the village." Wenren Qianye said seriously and sincerely, which made Yao Qing embarrassed, and he no longer complained about boredom. In order to pass the time, Yao Qing asked Yao Huang to write two more novels for him to pass the time. Yao Huang thinks this is a good idea, but he can't cultivate in other people's homes, and it's more interesting to not recall the novels he has read before. After cultivating the truth, her memory is getting better and better, and the pictures she has seen at random before can clearly come to mind, not to mention the novels she loves to read. It's just a matter of which book to choose?

After the last, Yao Huang chose to choose Wen Rui'an's "Four Famous Catches" and "Wonder Heroes of China". Kim Ju-ju's novel has already been published; Although Gu Juju's novel is wonderful, the way it is written and the degree of openness of the women in it are unacceptable to Yao Huang in this era; As for Mr. Ni and Mr. Liang's novels, they have never been considered by Yao Huang or the like, one specializes in science fiction novels, and the other likes to sing the praises of reckless heroes, and her antisocial intentions are serious. (To be continued......)