The Sanyuan Festival is a festival of Taoism, and the three officials of heaven, earth and water are the three gods believed in when Taoism was founded, and the birthday of the three officials is set as the Sanyuan Festival. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is the Midyear Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is the Lower Yuan Festival.

Shangyuan Festival is also known as "Shangyuan Tianguan Festival", which is the birthday of Emperor Ziwei, who blessed Tianguan Ziwei in Shangyuan; Zhongyuan Festival, also known as "Zhongyuan Diguan Festival", is the birthday of the Emperor Qingxu, the official of Zhongyuan forgiveness; The Xia Yuan Festival, also known as the "Xia Yuan Ben Guan Festival", is the birthday of the Emperor of the Xia Yuan Dynasty and the Emperor Dongyin.

On this day, the whole Chang'an was plunged into great celebration. This kind of festival atmosphere is Qin Ze has never experienced, compared with the later festivals have been simplified to eat, the Tang Dynasty's Yuan Xi Festival, is extremely grand and full of rituals.

Early in the morning, Qin Ze was called up by Dongxue, and no one would take care of Qin Ze's lazy sleep on weekdays, but today it is not allowed.

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Dongxue had already brought washing water. Qin Ze directly plunged his head into it, splashing a large cloud of water, which also frightened Dongxue.

The drowsiness was washed away by the water, and most of it was gone. It's just that my dream was disturbed for no reason, and I was still a little depressed.

Seeing Qin Ze's expression, Dong Xue also shook her head helplessly and stepped forward, and said while wiping Qin Ze's face: "Today is the Shangyuan Festival, and Madame specially instructed the master to get up early to preside over the affairs of the house. ”

Although Wang Yuxi has not yet passed the door, the entire Hou Mansion has directly called Mrs. When Qin Ze heard Dongxue say this, he also stretched his waist and asked, "When did Madam come over?" ”

"It's been an hour." Dong Xue smiled and combed Qin Ze's hair, while covering her mouth and snickering.

This Hou Ye is good anywhere, but his mind is never in the Hou Mansion. If it weren't for the support of the lady and the housekeeper, I don't know what the Hou Mansion would become.

"Why did you come so early today, the Yuan Xi Festival didn't start at the end of the day, why did you wake me up at the end of the day?" Seeing that the sky outside the window was only slightly bright, Qin Ze glanced at his bed with great nostalgia.

Dongxue's skill in bunching hair is very high, and it only took a pillar of incense to comb the messy hair on Qin Ze's head. even inserted a plum blossom into Qin Ze's bun, but the delicate red immediately made Qin Ze angry.

At the moment, he grabbed it and threw it away. At the same time, he also puffed up and said: "In the future, don't bring this kind of thing to the master." The old man has also rolled on the battlefield, wouldn't it be heroic to bring this thing! ”

For the special aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Ze did not dare to agree. Especially the legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties, which made Qin Ze deeply hateful. A man should have the spirit of a man, what does it mean to have a flower on his head.

Do flowers go with cow dung?

The winter snow on the side was obviously not the first time he had experienced it, he still picked up the plum blossoms, and then said to Qin Ze: "This can ward off evil spirits." ”

"Your lord is hard." Qin Ze muttered, anyway, he refused to bring this.

After freshening up the winter snow, he brought a bowl of green hot soup, and Qin Ze put his nose up and sniffed it. I only felt an unpleasant smell of sour wine, mixed with a strong grassy smell.

"It's deaf wine." Seeing Qin Ze frowning again, Dong Xue hurriedly explained.

Qin Ze took it, watched it for a long time, and finally swallowed it with a bite in his throat. Since you are a Datang person, you must accept the customs of Datang.

It's just that he didn't expect that the deaf wine was just the beginning, and after drinking a bowl of inexplicable deaf wine, Qin Ze's still somewhat confused brain immediately sobered up. Even the whole person has a feeling of fluttering, of course, this is not because the deaf wine really has such a good effect.

The reason why it made Qin Ze feel a hundred times more energetic was entirely because this thing was so unpalatable that it was even too hard to drink.

It seems that the ancients have always been so generous when it comes to tossing themselves......

Out of the room, Qin Ze saw that Steward Zhou was arranging for the servants to hang red lanterns everywhere. They are all fine cowhide lanterns, and the ghost painting symbols that Qin Ze can't recognize are also painted with ink on the lamp surface.

Dongxue was also accustomed to Qin Ze not knowing anything about these things, so he explained directly: "They are all from the Xuandu Temple, and I heard that Emperor Ziwei will return to the world today." And the more these lanterns, the happier the Crape Myrtle Emperor will be. And the Hou Mansion will also be blessed and prosperous in the next year. ”

When Dong Xue said these words, there was also a sense of piety on her little face, and Qin Ze also glanced at it, but he just told the servant not to fall.

These domestic servants have long been accustomed to this strange marquis of their own house, and they used to be in other people's mansions. Don't say that the lord will care about them, even if they really fall to their deaths, it's just a matter of finding a random place and throwing it away.

Only Hou Ye is the best for them, not only does he never deduct from his food, but he can even have a hundred copper coins every month. This is something that can't be imagined in other places, so these servants also have a lot of respect for Qin Ze, the master.

Steward Zhou was busy, so Qin Ze didn't bother him. Instead, he let Dongxue pull him and went to the front yard gate. Wang Yuxi and Su Yi had already been waiting here early, and when they saw Qin Zelai, they also handed him a handful of poplar branches.

"What is this for?" Qin Ze held the poplar branch and asked with a puzzled expression.

Wang Yuxi, as the main room, of course, walked out in one step, pointed to the gate of the Hou Mansion and said: "The husband has neither a high hall nor a belief in Taoism, so this Shangyuan sacrifice can naturally only respect heaven and earth." Therefore, the husband is asked to insert this poplar branch on the portal, so as to seek the blessing of heaven and earth. ”

Qin Ze took the poplar branch, looked at Wang Yuxi and then looked at the gate of the Hou Mansion, and then shook his head and stepped forward to insert the poplar branch. When I looked up, I found that poplar branches were also hung in front of the Chengfu next to me.

Moreover, a group of servants from the Cheng Mansion also gathered in front of the door, looking like they were going out.

After Wang Yuxi saw Qin Ze inserting the poplar branch, he pulled him back, and then asked Dongxue to close the door of the mansion.

"After the poplar branches are inserted, you must close the door of the house quickly, otherwise it will be disrespectful to heaven and earth." Wang Yuxi sorted out Qin Ze's clothes, shook his head and said helplessly.

Qin Ze also felt helpless when he heard this, what kind of strange etiquette was this. Could it be that you won't be out on this day today?

"You can't open the door until you finish welcoming Zigu." Wang Yuxi looked at Qin Ze's helplessness and explained.

"Who is Zigu?" Qin Ze was stunned, how could he not remember that there was such a person.

If he hadn't known that Qin Ze didn't know anything about these things, it is estimated that Wang Yuxi would have thought that Qin Ze was deliberately pretending to be stupid.

At the moment, he also pulled Qin Ze and walked to the inner mansion with plain clothes. As he walked, he said: "Zigu is the god of toilets, if you don't welcome her to ask for good luck, you will have bad luck in the coming year." ”

Toilet god? When he heard this title, Qin Ze was also stunned. I thought that the Lord of the Stove was strange enough, but I didn't want to have a toilet god.

Qin Ze looked at Su Yi with a stunned expression, and Su Yi also covered his mouth and snickered at him, obviously amused by Qin Ze's funny expression.

The small movements of the two people were immediately discovered by Wang Yuxi, and immediately stretched out a finger and pointed it on Su Yi's head. scolded with a smile: "Before I passed the door, I hooked up with the master." ”

Su Yi also smiled, and made a begging for mercy and said: "My sister is taught a lesson, my sister will never dare anymore." ”

The scene between the two of them was also inexplicable to Qin Ze, how to look at them like this, they got along better than themselves.

It's just that it's okay, as long as they can get along peacefully, Qin Ze doesn't want those intrigues to happen around him.

Thinking of this, Qin Ze also opened the topic and asked: "This Yuan Xi Festival has not started yet, where is Cheng Fu going before?" ”

"Cheng Mansion is naturally going to greet Emperor Ziwei, as for our Hou Mansion, ......" Speaking of this, Wang Yuxi also turned his head to look at Qin Ze, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Qin Ze does not believe in the Tao and does not respect the Buddha, this is something that the whole of Chang'an knows.

Even the ancestral hall of the Hou Mansion was bare and there was nothing, so to welcome Emperor Ziwei, naturally there was no need for Qin Ze to go.

Hearing Wang Yuxi's words, Qin Ze also shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "The reason why your husband doesn't believe in the Tao and doesn't respect the Buddha is not that you don't know the reason. In the original Laojun view, if it weren't for the great lives of you and me, it is estimated that we would have to sleep in Nanshan Mountain now. Let me tell you another secret, in fact, your husband is in the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, and he also has a god position. ”

For Qin Ze's nonsense, Wang Yuxi has long been used to it. If others heard it, they would probably scold Qin Ze for blasphemy, but when they put it on Wang Yuxi, they just laughed and laughed when they heard it, but they didn't speak.

It's just that what Qin Ze didn't expect was that the welcoming toilet god was not in the ancestral hall or on the altar. Rather, it is in front of the door of the latrine.

When Wang Yuxi brought Qin Ze over, a dung basket had been placed in front of the latrine, with a hairpin ring and a hairpin with flowers, and a silver hairpin was inserted in the mouth of the toilet on the other side. At the same time, there is also a confession next to it, on which an everlasting lamp is lit and sandalwood is burned.

If you ignore the strong smell of the latrine, it is actually very solemn here.

Wang Yuxi took out a doll carved from wood from his sleeve, circled around the incense case, and handed it to Qin Ze.

"It's time for the husband to step forward to welcome Zigu." Wang Yuxi looked at the incense case and gestured to Qin Ze.

"How?" Qin Ze looked at the wooden doll in his hand, and suddenly found that it seemed to be the image of a woman. It's just that the carving is so simple that Qin Ze would admit his mistake before.

"The husband only needs to stand in front of the incense case, if the Zigu in his hand has become heavier, it means that the Xianggu has come. Then the husband can ask her how the next year will be lucky. Wang Yuxi explained in Qin Ze's ear.

"Then what if Zigu ......" Before Qin Ze's words were finished, he was blocked by Wang Yuxi with his hand.

"Don't talk about that." Wang Yuxi said with a reverent face.

Qin Ze shook his head, and he couldn't help but laugh. Brick looked at the plain clothes on the side and found that she was also religious. At that moment, I could only endure the strange smell of the stench mixed with sandalwood, and walked to the incense case.

Can wood bumps get heavier?

In fact, it's perfectly fine, because if you put two hands against this thing, you'll notice that it's getting heavier over time.

This kind of self-deceptive little trick, Qin Ze is really good. So after standing up for less than a moment, he turned around and shouted with a look of surprise: "Here, Zigu is here." ”

Wang Yuxi and Su Yi behind them suddenly also had black lines......