Chapter Ninety-Nine: Worship the King of the Stove
What suddenly flashed under the apricot tree was the ripples of Kong.
He wore a pompom hat on his head, and his apple-like face was not known because of the cold weather or excitement, and he was dizzy with two smoky cheeks. The whole delicate and weak body was shrunk in a thick orange-red fox skin, almost hanging to the ground. Only a pair of small red deerskin boots were faintly exposed.
Came out in a hurry, without an umbrella, the little girl's black eyelashes, there were a few stars of snowflakes, she blinked her eyes cutely, and the snowflakes quickly fell and melted, turning into a shallow haze.
"I was exercising well, but I really felt a little cold when you said this."
Seeing this eccentric little girl again after more than two months, Ding Bao was also in a happy mood, walking towards the Bird Wind Hall, while brushing the snow foam off her pom-pom hat.
"Ah, don't touch my hat. It's ugly. ”
As soon as the distance was close, the sweat and blood on Ding Bao's body were so hot that Kong Lianyi's head was stunned, his little face was slightly hot, he wrinkled his nose and took a step back, and his two hands with leather gloves fanned the void on his nose for a while, and suddenly pushed Ding Bao hard from the side and back, pretending to be disgusted: "Go, go, big brother is stinky and ugly, go wash and change clothes." ”
Ding Bao smiled and walked forward, and over there, Kong Lianshun also greeted him.
"Brother Ning. Don't come unharmed. ”
Although he knew Ding Bao the earliest, due to his temperament, he was not as unscrupulous as his sister Kong Lianyi, and sometimes he would brag nonsense, but he still had his own set of rules to abide by in his heart.
Ding Bao took his eyes to look at Kong Lianshun, and felt that he had changed a lot compared to two months ago, at least when he stood with his sister Kong Lianyi, the feeling of being suppressed was not as obvious as before.
That's right. Kong Lianshun, whom Ding Bao first knew, although he was rigid and full of anger in his heart, was still a little free and unruly in his appearance, otherwise he would not quarrel with others every day in order to seek the truth, who knew that in the past few days in Xiyan Mansion, when he faced his sister Kong Lianyi, he was simply suppressed into a submissive nerd!
"Lian Shun, the 'Ice and Fire Alliance' on that day was well demonstrated. Even if I come in person, I'm afraid it may not be as good as you. Ding Bao patted him on the shoulder and smiled tacitly.
Sure enough, when Kong Lianshun heard this, he suddenly felt that his waist was straighter, and his black face was bright and straight. In fact, this incident is the real reason why his status in the Confucian Mansion has changed in the past two months, with the support of his cousin Kongci, not to mention that his sister Kong Lianyi can't be mischievous, even his own father, Master Kong, who is the prefect of Kong, also scolds him by half less than usual.
"Don't dare, don't dare. Brother Ning was too polite. It all depends on Brother Ning's master's teaching. ”
Ding Bao sizzled, and picked his ears with his hands very uncomfortably, as if he wanted to dig out some dirty things, and said unhappily: "Either Brother Ning, or Master, what kind of thing are you, Brother Ning?" ”
"Definitely. On the same day at the Laixin Inn, the younger brother swore in the ethnic language that as long as Brother Ning blocked Kong Lianyi for the younger brother, you would be the eldest brother of the younger brother in the future, and you would not frown on the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, so Brother Ning must be Brother Ning, one of them. Second, Confucius once said......"
"Stop! What you say makes a lot of sense, you can call it whatever you want! Ding Bao waved his hand and surrendered.
"Yes. Brother Ning, Master. Kong Lian complied.
Ding Bao turned in front, behind him, Kong Lianyi's eyes gurgled, and he suddenly tripped Kong Lianshun with deerskin boots, but he didn't trip, and Kong Lianshun, who had suffered countless times since he was a child, was lightly dodged, pouted his face, and said angrily: "Hmph!" Sycophants, don't be ashamed! That 'Ice and Fire Alliance' was obviously researched by the big brother, but it was just shown to the two of me by fake your hands, what a god! ”
"Why didn't Brother Ning and Master pretend to be in your hands? This is strength! You can be jealous of me, ridicule me, and even try to deny me and slander me, but you can't deny the fact that Young Master Ben is the first person to successfully display the wonders of the 'Ice and Fire Alliance' in front of Cousin Kongci! If you don't accept it, it's a little meaning, cousin Kongci likes to watch it! ”
"You?! That's my cousin, she loves the house and Wu! Big brother is big house, you're the stinky crow! ”
"False! Big fallacy! Although Brother Ning helped Cousin Kong Ci fulfill his long-cherished wish, he also left a catechesis manual for his cousin, and his cousin was quite happy. But according to my observation, my cousin actually has no love for Brother Ning, at most she admires, curious, respects, delight, joy, ignorance, helplessness, doubts, hesitation, and inexplicable hope. And it's not like what you said about love and Wu, so you used this idiom wrongly! ”
“…… Kong Lianshun! You, you're invincible! ”
"Thank you. Cousin Kongci, she said the same thing. ”
“……”
Ding Bao was made big by the bickering of his brother and sister behind him, and as soon as he turned the road, he saw a carriage full of all kinds of goods parked in the small courtyard in front of him, and three or four servants under the command of Lao Feng, busy moving things into the house, food, clothing, housing, transportation, food, clothing, and clothing.
Ding Bao stopped and said, "What are you?" ”
Kong Lianyi took a step forward excitedly, held his head high, and said with a smile: "The New Year's goods you bought for your big brother." ”
Ding Bao happened to see a person lifting a very delicate carved porcelain night pot from the car, and his face couldn't help twitching, and he said speechlessly: "It's too ...... It's an exaggeration. I have only one person, how can I use it up? ”
"Who said that there is only one big brother, isn't there that ......" Kong Lianyi didn't know what Lao Feng was called, so he had to point with his finger.
"The old man's surname is Feng."
Lao Feng's ears were very clever, and he quickly leaned over to answer.
"Well, there's also this Uncle Feng." Kong Lianyi finished speaking happily, raised his chin, and said, "Big brother doesn't know yet, except for my father staying in Xiyan, my mother took me and my brother over to Zhongnan." This year's Chinese New Year is here, and it just so happens that I can help prepare for Cousin Kongci's jasper banquet in advance. Fortunately, the Confucian Mansion is not too far from the grass garden, so my brother and I can often come over to play with the eldest brother. ”
On the side, Kong Lianshun also nodded busily in agreement.
Seeing the exact same joy of the brother and sister, Ding Bao felt a big head for a while, but he also understood that this was common sense.
The father of the two of them, Kong Ying, the prefect of Xiyan, was not a member of the Kong family, nor was he surnamed Kong, he was originally a disciple of the previous generation of Shenggong, and later the disciple became an aunt and son-in-law.
This is actually the same as the surname of the royal Bai family, before the eight golden surnames all had the right to seal the surname, after the Bai family ascended the throne, in order to restrain the other seven surnames, they designed to seize the right to seal the surnames of the seven surnames, but in order to avoid too much, for people like Kong Ying, they had to turn a blind eye.
Therefore, the mother-in-law of the two is the sister of the contemporary saint Kong Ziru, and the aunt of Kong Ci, for the jasper banquet on the niece's sixteenth birthday, she naturally rushed back to her parents' house in advance to help plan and prepare.
"Big brother, where is the stove house?" Kong Lianyi suddenly asked.
"What does the stove house do, you ask? Do you want to cook for me? Ding Bao doubted.
"Big brother, what are you guessing, today is the twenty-third day of the lunar month! Off! Kong Lianyi smiled and took out a New Year's painting of the King of the Stove, and next to him, Kong Lianshun also took out a couplet.
Off? Yes, Xiao Nian is going to post a couplet to send the king of the stove on this day. Ding Bao's kung fu, but the old wind over there has already led Kong Lianyi and Kong Lianshun towards the stove house, this old man doesn't look down on Kong Lianshun very much, but he seems to like Kong Lianyi very much.
When Ding Bao rushed to the stove house after simply washing and changing clothes, Kong Lianyi had already pasted the New Year painting of the Stove King on the stove, and placed sugar melons, sugar cakes and other offerings in front, in addition, she also took off the thick leather gloves with her fingers that were frozen into small radish, picked up the boiled sugar paste with her fingers that were frozen into small radish, and constantly smeared it on the mouth of the Stove King, and said softly: "Grandpa Stove King, when you eat my honey and go to the Jade Emperor to restore your life, you can only say good things about the big brother." ”
On both sides of the New Year's painting in front of her cheeks, Kong Lianshun has also pasted a couplet in a regular manner: God says good things, and return to the palace to bring auspiciousness.
Horizontal batch: the head of the family.
Ding Bao was a little embarrassed by the two brothers and sisters, but at the same time his heart was a little warm, at that time, Kong Lianyi, who was whispering softly, saw Ding Bao, his eyes lit up, and he immediately came over and dragged him over, urging urgently: "It's time for you to pray, big brother, you are the master." ”
"Worship the King of the Stove!"
At this time, in a dilapidated mountain temple twenty miles away from Xiyan Mansion, on the inside of the mountain gate that collapsed under the pressure of wind and snow, three strange guests stood in the shape of a zigzag, standing in the snow, and worshipping in the distance towards the north side.
"Lord Judge, we are the people of the City God, the King of the Stove can't control us, why worship him?" After the worship, one of the strangers with a red face, with a rustling voice and a disgruntled face.
These three people are none other than the three people who stood on the tower of Huayang City on the night when the Huayang County Ya was broken by the old arrows of the heavenly soldiers.
"Golden flail, you can't say that."
The judge raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for that person who was sick and rushed to the doctor this time, he happened to find the king of the stove first, we didn't know that there was really such a fish that slipped through the net in Nanming Mountain three years ago, and besides, he still held such a fatal thing in his hands." You don't know that if this thing happens to fall into the hands of a few people, it will be very bad for my plan for eternal life. At that time, the city god who was directly responsible for the battle of Nanming Mountain would not be able to get out of it. Under the nest, there are no eggs, you two said, just for this, and on this day, do we have to sincerely worship the king of the stove? ”
"That's right." Yinsuo scratched his head, very puzzled, "But why didn't the Stove King just take it down at that time?" On this big winter day, do you still have to bother our brother and son to suffer? ”
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