"Zuo Biography" said, "The major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong". "The Book of Rites" says: "Repair the temple, worship things, and teach the people to pursue filial piety." ’

Sacrificing ancestors and chasing the distance cautiously is the top priority that must be taken seriously during the New Year from the emperor to the common people. It is even more important for the Seven Valves, who rely on the shadow of their ancestors and rely on their bloodlines to unite in all big families. It is an ordinary family, usually worshipping ancestors on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family gate valve will advance to the 23rd day of the lunar month, and hold a solemn sacrifice ceremony to invite the ancestors and ancestors to return home for the New Year.

Lu Valu established a family with etiquette, so he naturally had to be more meticulous. One day in advance, the old lord who served as the chief priest, Lu Yi, who served as the master of ceremonies, bathed and changed clothes, lived in the ancestral hall, and began to prepare for the next day's sacrifice.

After a busy day, at this time, the three fears hall is already all kinds of colors, the door is newly replaced, the new oil peach charm, the ancestral hall is beautifully furnished, and it looks new.

At this time, Lu Shangsu stood in the three fears hall with brilliant incense candles and brocade curtains, staring at the portraits of the lords of the generations who would be invited out by the landing instrument, and hanging them respectfully on the middle hall one by one. Only the owner of the valve with perfect merit is qualified to paint the portrait and hang it high in the hall for future generations to pay respects. The rest of the great elders, great grandmasters and ancestors with great merits can only stand on tablets and display them under the statues to accompany them.

Looking at the portraits of the lord wearing python waist jade rising in front of him, Lu Shang felt flustered and short of breath for the first time, and he didn't dare to look at it directly.

Today is the day of his judgment, can he pass the test safely as Lu Yun said, or will he be ruined in front of his ancestors and ancestors and leave a stench for 10,000 years? The closer the time gets, the more uncertain he becomes.

"Valve Master." It wasn't until Lu Yi called him that Lu Shang came back to his senses. "Now that you're ready, take the time to rest for a while."

Lu Shang calmed down, glanced at the leak outside the door, shook his head and said, "Don't sleep, just wait for it to start." ”

"Yes." Lu Yi secretly called unlucky, he had planned to wait for the owner to rest, and he secretly stared at him for an hour, but now he could only accompany Lu Shang to stay up.

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No one can miss the ancestor worship ceremony, even those clansmen who have settled in other places as officials will do their best to rush back to the capital in advance to participate in the sacrifice on the day of the new year.

Before the fourth watch, the city of Los Angeles was brightly lit and lively. It was the clansmen of each valve who got up early and went out one after another, preparing to go to the family temple of the valve to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony. Especially those side branches far away from Luonan Road, today is one of the few opportunities for them to go to Luobei and enter the family temple in a year, which is not to get up early, freshen up and dress up, put on the sacrificial clothes at the bottom of the box, and then ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair, and rush to Luobei with the family.

Lu Yun's family lives in Luobei, so they could have been a little more relaxed. Helplessly, Lu Xiang urged over and over again in the patio. Seeing that he didn't get up again, the old man had to rush in and lift the quilt, Lu Yun had no choice but to leave the warm quilt, wipe his face indiscriminately, dress neatly, and walk out of his bedroom.

Outside, Lu Xin and Lu Ying also came out of their respective rooms. Lu Xiang, Lu Xin, and Lu Yunzu and grandson were dressed exactly the same from head to toe, all wearing silver end clothes, black gauze crowns, decorated with square heart curved collars, and white jade pendants hanging from their waists, which were worn in strict accordance with the sacrificial costumes.

Lu Ying was wearing ordinary home clothes, because women couldn't enter the ancestral hall, so she didn't have to go out.

"Hurry up and eat, and go out early after eating." Lu Xiang glared at Lu Xin and Lu Yun, who were struggling, and turned around and entered the warm pavilion first.

Lu Ying looked at Lu Yun sympathetically, straightened his collar for him, and whispered, "Be careful in everything." ”

Although she didn't keep it a secret, she also knew that something big was happening today.

"Sister, don't worry, I'm a theater watcher today." Lu Yun smiled and comforted Lu Ying and said, "Even my father doesn't have to go on stage, it's someone else who appears on the stage." ”

"That's good......" Lu Ying breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of her father and brother for a while, secretly planning some shady things all day long, she couldn't help but feel a little funny in her heart, and gently twisted Lu Yun and said, "I feel like you and your father are going to become traitors......"

"Hehe, there's no way, good people have to be more treacherous than bad people, so that evil doesn't prevail over good." Lu Yun smiled and dodged Lu Ying's attack.

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On the fifth watch, the men of the land valve had gathered outside the land square. The gate of Lufang has been opened in advance, from the gate of the fang to the front gate of the Sanwei Hall, the color screen is guarded, and the wind lantern is hung high. The heavily armed troops lined up neatly under the lamp, vigilantly watching the wind and grass in the field.

The elders who lived in Lufang naturally took the men of the whole family to wait for the clansmen outside the Fang one step earlier.

The Great Elder stood on the platform in front of the ancestral hall with a solemn expression and shining eyes, looking up at the plaque of the 'Three Fears Hall' for a long time, and then turned back and smiled at the party members with great ambition.

This valve has changed the day, just now!

The Second Elder stood silently behind the Great Elder, coldly looking at the group of people who couldn't hold back their eyebrows, and his heart was naturally not calm. As Lu Yun expected, he stayed up all night last night, and met with several elders on his side separately with his son, conspiring with them until dawn, and finally decided to stay still for the time being, wait and see what happens, and wait until the situation is clear before placing bets.

In fact, yesterday, Lu Xin and Lu Pang went to visit the second elder, and then the second elder convened his henchmen overnight to conspire, so naturally they couldn't hide it from the eldest elder. But Lu Wen was confident that the battlefield of this battle was not in the Council of Elders at all. As long as he defeats Lu Shang in one fell swoop, the general trend will be achieved, and when the second elder and the group of people obediently bow down to the ministers, how can they have any other possibility?

The Great Elder looked at the Second Elder for a moment with his peripheral eyes, and seeing that his expression was not unusual, he sneered in his heart, and his gaze passed over to the Second Elder and glanced at the last of the elder team. There, Lu Tongzheng and several elders who were close to him were muttering all the time, not knowing what to say.

None of this is a cause for concern. Lu Wen sneered again in his heart, then cleared his throat, attracted the attention of the elders of the council, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we have been sharing blessings and misfortunes for many years, and we will not miss a single thought, and we will lose this precious affection!" ”

"Great Elder rest assured, the elders will advance and retreat together, and will never give up!" The elders raised their voices one after another.

The Second Elder and Lu Tong knew that the Great Elder was warning him by saying this, but they could only smile and nod yes.

"Hmph......" Lu Wen wanted to pat them a few more words, but when he saw that the outsiders had already come in, he suppressed his words and turned around to stop talking.

By the time the men of the clan arrived, the wide and long street from Sanweitang to Lufangfangmen was already full of people. This is still the home of all land valves. Those collateral foreign surnames and tribal vassals are even more crowded with the streets of Lufang, and they can only wait for the family to worship first, and then go to the ancestral hall in turn according to the distance and relatives, this process will last all day, and it will be almost dark to finish.