This is actually the ancestral hall of the Xie family?

Unexpectedly, Cui Jue actually took us to the ancestral hall in the ancestral house of the Xie family, which was really unexpected by us, everyone couldn't help but stop at the door of the ancestral hall, looking at Xie Xie behind him and not daring to step in without permission.

The ancestral hall has existed in ancient times, and there were originally ancestral halls, branch ancestral halls and family ancestral halls, this name first appeared in the Han Dynasty, because the ancestral halls were built in the tombs at that time, so they were called tomb shrines.

And to the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi began to establish the ancestral hall system, since then it is commonly known as the family temple as the ancestral hall, at that time, the construction of the ancestral hall has hierarchical restrictions, the so-called folk are not allowed to set up ancestral halls, until the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty gradually lifted the ban, allowing the people to establish ancestral halls.

The so-called ancestral hall, in fact, is the Confucian sacrifice to ancestors or sages of the place, in the ancient Confucian ethics, the concept of family is quite profound, often a village, there is only a family or several families with a surname, these families often build their own family temples to worship ancestors.

In addition to being used to worship and worship ancestors, the ancestral hall also has other uses, and it is also the place where the patriarch exercises clan power, and anyone who violates the clan rules will be educated and dealt with here, and even expelled from the ancestral hall, that is, the ancestral hall is the existence of the ancient family like a court.

Because of this, the construction of ancestral halls is generally larger than the private houses, the better the quality, the more powerful and wealthy families, their ancestral halls are often more exquisite, tall halls, exquisite carvings, and high-quality materials, all of which are a symbol of the family's glory and ancestor.

In ancient times, the rules in the family were very strict, except for the sacrifice, only the clan would come here when discussing important affairs, except for the head of the clan, not to mention the foreign surname, even the women or underage children in the clan, they were never allowed to enter without permission, otherwise they would be severely punished.

Although the ancestral hall is no longer so mysterious, for every family that has an ancestral hall, the ancestral hall is still a forbidden place for the living, and it is the most sacred place in the entire family.

And Cui Jue actually knew so much about the location of the ancestral hall in the ancestral house of the Xie family, and he didn't care that Xie Xie was on the side, and even took us to the ancestral hall with a swagger, which was a little disrespectful to Xie Xie's family.

Because Cui Jue's reckless style of acting now is completely inconsistent with the impression he brought us before, it is inevitable that we will be puzzled.

And seeing the puzzled expressions on our faces, it was not Cui Jue who brought us to the ancestral hall who took us to the ancestral hall, but the original owner of this mansion, Xie Xie.

"You don't have to speculate, just go in with confidence."

Hearing Xie Xie say this, I couldn't help but ask the doubts in everyone's hearts.

"Xie Xie, after all, this is your family's ancestral home, so it stands to reason that none of us with foreign surnames should step into it without permission, should we change places?"

"Adults don't know."

Xie Xie smiled freely when he heard my question, and explained to me after laughing.

"My Xie family has never been a big family, this so-called ancestral house was originally just an ordinary house, and it wasn't until I made achievements in the underworld that I ordered someone to repair it."

"And since our Xie family is not a big family with an orderly inheritance, it is obvious that there should not be an ancestral hall in this mansion."

After hearing Xie Xie's explanation, I couldn't help but have a bold guess in my mind, and after a little thought, it blurted out of my mouth.

"Xie Xie, isn't this an ancestral hall, but just a building you built in the name of an ancestral hall, which actually has another purpose?"

"Your Excellency is really thoughtful, and what you say is not bad at all."

After Xie Xie casually complimented, he pushed open the door of the ancestral hall in front of him, and he walked into the ancestral hall side by side with Cui Jue, and at the same time did not forget to beckon us to enter it together.

"Don't stand outside, your guess is not wrong, this is not a real ancestral hall, so naturally there are not so many places to pay attention to, let's come in together."

After hearing Xie Xie's voice, although everyone still had some doubts in their hearts, at least they were relieved and didn't have to worry about disrespecting the Xie family, so they followed the two of them into the so-called ancestral hall.

After everyone entered, Xie Xie turned around, he returned to the door, and then carefully closed the door of the ancestral hall, and suddenly it was dark in front of us.

The sudden darkness startled us, but before everyone could ask, Xie Xie walked to the side and lit the candles that had already existed in the ancestral hall for lighting.

After the surroundings returned to brightness, Xie Xie looked at us who were puzzled and explained seriously.

"Although this is not a real ancestral hall, in order to hide people's eyes, it was built in strict accordance with the specifications of the ancestral hall, and because the essence of the ancestral hall is for sacrifice, there are no electrical appliances here, but candles are used for lighting as in ancient times."

After hearing Xie Xie's explanation, although we knew that this was not the real ancestral hall, we still didn't know what it was really for, so the doubts on our faces did not diminish in the slightest.

Seeing that we were still puzzled, Xie Xie did not continue to explain, but walked in front of us to lead the way for us, and said slowly with his back to us.

"Rest assured, it will soon be clear to everyone what this place is really for, and at the same time, the final link of this hidden plan can be completed here."

Since Xie Xie said this, then we have no other way but to silently follow behind him and explore this place with his figure.

Xie Xie has already said that this place is built according to the specifications of the ancestral hall, and since the specifications of the ancestral hall are strictly adhered to, the scale of this place will naturally not be very large, and soon we have walked into the main room, but we still haven't found any abnormalities.

We scanned around and saw that there were one tablet after another in front of us, so we didn't stare at it out of politeness, but just by glancing, we could see that the names on these tablets all began with the word "Xie".

From the situation in front of us, we have a rough guess, although this is not a real ancestral hall, but Xie Xie still enshrines the tablets of his ancestors here.

Because it is likely that the tablets of the ancestors of the Xie family are in front of us, the atmosphere at this time is too solemn, and we are not easy to say anything, so we can only ask Xie Xie with our eyes, trying to figure out the real mystery here.