The ancients were always in awe of the gods, and the thunder rolled in the sky, so the god of thunder was created. The river is turbulent, so there is a co-worker.

Qin Ze is always in awe of these, but he is not in awe of these ethereal gods, he is in awe of the gifts of nature.

Every drop of rain or rays of sunlight is a gift from nature.

Qin Ze can also not believe in the Tao, or he can not respect the Buddha. But he can't be disrespectful to heaven and earth. After all, the power of the emperor has always come from the divine right of the monarch.

Therefore, he still has to be in awe of those ethereal gods in heaven and earth. For example, now he can pinch his nose, stand next to the latrine, and try to make himself religiously pray to Zigu.

At least in the eyes of Wang Yuxi and Su Yi, Qin Ze is pious.

Qin Ze's eyes when he looked at Zigu were indeed very reverent, but when he suddenly found that Zigu carved from wood had one eye and forgot to open it, he couldn't help it anymore.

It is estimated that the carpenter was in too much hurry and was negligent for a while. Qin Ze didn't plan to tell Wang Yuxi or Su Yi, otherwise these two devout believers would definitely think that this was God's punishment for the Hou Mansion.

How do you ask Ji Ji?

Zigu definitely couldn't speak, so she could only tell Qin Ze lies.

"Zigu said that in the next year of the Hou Mansion, it must be good luck and prosperity, and everything will go well."

The lie was still useful, at least Wang Yuxi and Su Yi were relieved, and then Dongxue and Xiaoxiao brought a brazier with some peach wood in it.

Chunxiang brought a bowl of sesame oil and handed it to Qin Ze, not for him to drink, but to sacrifice Zigu.

Pour a bowl of sesame oil into the brazier, then light it directly, and finally throw the wooden purple girl into the brazier. The ceremony to welcome Zigu was completed.

After welcoming Zigu, the entire Hou Mansion became lively again. Qiuqiu and Xiaoxiao quickly commanded a group of servants to put the boiled millet porridge in front of the mouse hole.

According to the meaning of Qiuqiu and Xiaoxiao, this tradition was originally because the rats often ate large pieces of silkworms in the silkworm farmers' homes at night, so people would feed the rats with rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so that it could not eat silkworms.

The Hou Mansion does not raise silkworms, but this tradition is still preserved, and it has even become a ritual. And because Qin Ze directed and acted in a rat demon scene before, the Hou Mansion was full of awe of rats. For fear that a rat demon who is not in place to serve will take revenge on his master.

So there was a strange scene in the Hou Mansion, the rats who shouted and beat everywhere on weekdays became VIPs at this moment.

And all the rat-infested ceilings and corners are put on meat porridge, and even the two little girls are chanting while putting them in their mouths.

When he saw this scene, Qin Ze finally knew why he got up so early, and even because he had neither a high hall nor a belief in gods and Buddhas, otherwise he would need more rituals.

After doing all this, Qin Ze also vaguely heard the noise outside the mansion gate. The third girl's loud voice is always so neutral, even if it is now separated by several mansion gates, Qin Ze can still distinguish it.

It can be heard that the procession of Youlong is passing through the street, and the people of Chang'an are also standing on both sides of the street. When the dragon team comes, they will add some sesame oil to the furnace in the team.

You Long's team will have been around Chang'an One Hundred and Eight Workshops for three days, and the lights in the furnace will not be extinguished during these three days.

Li Chunfeng was sitting on a lampstand in the shape of a gossip plate. He held the dust in his hand and was carried by the believers at the end of the dragon. The sesame oil stove was beside him, and a raging flame was also ignited at this time.

The dragons in front of the team are all tied into dragon shapes with grass, and then covered with green curtains on the grass, on which hundreds of ever-bright lanterns are densely placed.

And the disciples of the Xuandu Temple who followed Li Chunfeng would also grab sesame oil from the sesame oil stove with their bare hands from time to time, and then add it to the oil lamp of the grass dragon one by one.

And this act of grabbing fire with bare hands also pushed the prestige of Taoism to a climax.

Qin Ze also took a pot of sesame oil and poured it into the furnace, and there was still time to take a look at the Taoist disciples who came to grab the sesame oil. After just one glance at their hands, they understood at the moment.

If personal grievances are excluded, Qin Ze still has to admit that Yuan Tiangang does have some immortal temperament.

Both Taoism and Buddhism are now beginning to expand on the grasslands, and every day there are followers who go to the grasslands. In that world, there was no one to restrain them, and even Li Er was a lot more comfortable.

This time, Taoism and Buddhism marched towards the grassland together, and the entire court also had a tacit attitude. And whether it is Yuan Tiangang or the Xuanfa monk, they are also buying their own land.

Qin Ze had already told them more than once that this was the real reason why the emperor was restricting their development, and now it seemed that they had finally made up their minds.

Taoism and Buddhism sold their own land and used the money to spread their teachings on the grasslands. As long as they can hand over the land in their hands, Li Er will naturally not criticize them too much. So now Taoism and Buddhism are all enthusiastic.

This is what Qin Ze wants to see, and it can be regarded as the first merit he did when he came to Datang and did not start with killing.

Merit has always been accompanied by rituals, and the dragon has a somewhat strong sense of ritual. So in terms of liveliness, it is far inferior to the stilt team behind.

They are all brave and daring people, wearing various costumes on the crowded streets, dressing themselves up as fishermen, matchmakers, silly boys, little second brothers, Taoist aunts, monks and other market images.

At the same time, the body is also making all kinds of exaggerated movements, funny images, and it also provokes children to run around on stilts.

This scene made Qin Ze's heart tremble, for fear that one of these stilts would accidentally bump into these children.

The noisy street parade team was lined up one after another, and even Qin Ze was extremely lively to watch. Before I knew it, the morning had passed.

When it was close to noon, Cheng Huailiang dragged his tired body back from Xuanduguan. He followed his mother to make a vow early in the morning, and the gods and Buddhas of the heavens can be said to have worshiped it all over again.

When I came back at this time, I saw Qin Ze standing leisurely in front of the door watching the excitement, and I also had mixed feelings in my heart.

"Hot hawthorn syrup." Qin Ze saw Cheng Huailiang coming over with a depressed face, and also asked Dongxue to bring him a bowl of hot and sweet soup.

Cheng Huailiang took the bowl and drank it all. The strong sweetness also instantly made him feel a lot more comfortable.

"It's the Yuan Xi Poetry Festival at night, how is your silver mirror doing?" Cheng Huailiang handed the bowl back, then grabbed some pastries from Qin Ze's hand, and asked while eating.

Qin Ze glanced at him and said very seriously: "I said that it is called the Nine Heavens Xuanjing, which is conceived by divine thunder and is a treasure of the immortal family. ”

Qin Ze said it carefully, but the more Cheng Huailiang listened, the more disdainful he became, and immediately interrupted directly: "You dare to deceive Your Majesty like this? ”

"Don't dare." Qin Ze shrugged his shoulders and said very sincerely: "But in terms of momentum, I can't lose after all, otherwise, if I want to compare with other people's Ice Spirit Bronze Mirror, I won't fall behind here." ”

Cheng Huailiang naturally knew what Qin Ze meant, but he was also very unsound in his heart. It's only been five days, and Qin Ze will be able to come up with something comparable to the Ice Spirit Bronze Mirror, and no one will believe it when he says it.

Besides, for this thing, he was beaten by himself, if he was fooled by Qin Ze like this, then he was really wronged.

It's a pity that Qin Ze can't let him watch it first, so wouldn't it destroy the mystery.

Cheng Huailiang was only worried, on the contrary, the eldest grandson Chong was very relieved, at least he had never asked about this matter these days. Of course, this may also be due to the approaching festive season, which is really full of things.

After all, even Qin Ze, a small Hou Mansion, has such a big mess to be busy.

Before he finished watching the excitement here, he was pulled back to the Hou Mansion by Dongxue.

It's still an endless ritual, so in the end, Qin Ze has become like Cheng Huailiang, and he doesn't remember what he's doing at all.

was so busy until the afternoon, Qin Ze finally became free. On this day, he didn't remember how many immortals he worshipped, but he knew that all the immortals he could come up with were worshiped by him.

And Wang Yuxi and Su Yi still haven't stopped, these two women have some devout respect for the gods and Buddhas. At this moment, he was taking the servants of the Hou Mansion and began to inspect the meat porridge before.

If it is eaten somewhere, it will immediately provoke a bow down from the domestic servants.

They're praying for their own lord, yes......

Pray to the rats......

But not everyone is so tired, at least Xiaoli is very happy. Because today is the reason for the Yuan Xi Festival, the kitchen makes a lot of Lantern Festival.

This stuff is also frosted in it, so it suits her taste very well. At this moment, he was also holding a large plate and sat next to Qin Ze.

Whether Xiao Li eats glutinous rice balls or Lantern Festival, he has a sense of piety. She would mumble a lot of words to the Lantern Festival before eating, and then she would be careful to hold it with both hands when eating.

Squinting his eyes and biting down on small bites. With every bite, happiness is written in your eyes.

Watching Xiaoli eat was a pleasure, which made Qin Ze extremely peaceful at this time, so he also stole one from Xiaoli's plate.

The reason why it is said to be stealing is because Xiaoli always looks at this thing very closely. Qin Ze was able to snatch some out of her mouth, and others would have been bitten by her a long time ago.

But when Qin Ze is taking it, he must also be careful. Because of the small separation at this time, it is very likely that the six relatives do not recognize it.

This time it was a mistake, Qin Ze didn't grasp the opportunity. So the outstretched hand was directly bitten by Xiao Li, but it was quickly let go by Xiao Li.

And Qin Ze also scratched his head in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.

"Brother Qin Ze steals Xiaoli glutinous rice balls."

Xiao Li looked at Qin Ze angrily, and all his teeth were exposed, looking like a little tiger protecting food.

Since eating glutinous rice balls, all the round and sweet ones have become glutinous rice balls in Xiaoli's eyes. That's why she called the Lantern Festival glutinous rice balls.

was stared at by Xiao Li, and Qin Ze was also embarrassed to put the Lantern Festival back.

And during this period, Xiao Li also stared at Qin Ze intently, and waited until he put the Lantern Festival down before squinting his eyes happily again.

Then he happily found the largest one from the plate, and then handed it to Qin Ze.

"Brother Qin Ze, eat this."