"What a broken place, the road is too difficult to walk."

The ancestral shrine of the whole family is built on the mountainside, the mountain is naturally not high, and there are no fierce beasts, but the road is not easy to walk.

The villagers are used to walking on the dirt and don't feel anything, but Song Tianci has been pampered since he was a child, and he has never suffered a little bit when he has clothes at home, and he has to change his trousers quickly when they are dirty.

The first time I walked on such a dirt ground that was not a road, it didn't matter if I stumbled, I didn't know when I would run under my feet unknown snakes, insects, rats and ants, I was scared to death, but I had to hold my eldest young master's shelf, and halfway through the road, the whole person was not good.

Although Quan Shuyu was arrogant and domineering at home, he was gentle and well-behaved in the face of Song Tianci, seeing that he was frowning and his face was full of displeasure, he hurriedly complained along with his words: "The countryside is like this, the ancestral shrine is built on the mountainside, and I don't know what the ancestor thought at the beginning, and deliberately punished us for walking more." ”

Quan Yuzhu, who was walking in front, couldn't help frowning, but because Song Tianci's identity was not good, he turned around and scolded Quan Shuyu, held back all the way, and could see the location of the ancestral hall from a distance, so he spoke: "That's it in front, I will organize the ancestor worship with the patriarch in a while." Song Gongzi don't walk around, when the ancestor worship is over, I will take you in to have a look. ”

Song Tianci pursed his lips, "Got it, hurry up!" ”

Quan Shuyu took his arm and glared fiercely at Quan Yuzhu's back, feeling that this brother was very uninteresting.

It's just to worship the ancestors, can it be compared with the mayor's son? has to wait until the end of the ancestor worship and let Song Lang wait, which is really unacceptable.

After making up her mind, she will have less contact with her family in the future, and if she is not good, she will be looked down upon in the future.

The three of them stumbled, but they didn't notice that there was a person not far behind them, and the person who came was none other than Pi Zi'an, who had been following Quan Yuzhu for a long time.

It is not for nothing that he has followed Quan Yuzhu in the past few days, because of the arrival of Song Tianci, Quan Yuzhu has been very nervous these days, and although the conversation with Mrs. Ma Liu Hongmei did not say it directly, it also brought out a lot of information.

For example, the whole family is getting better because of the ancestral hall, and Quan Shuyu may have told Song Tianci about it, so he had to come to the ancestral hall to have a look.

Mrs. Ma comforted Quan Yuzhu's words, of course Pi Zi'an would not believe it.

What Quan Yuzhu tried his best to cover up was what they had been looking for.

Pi Zi'an decided to stay behind them, controlling Quan Yuzhu if necessary, and forcing him to tell the truth.

When Quan Yuzhu arrived, the others had already arrived, and everyone knew about Song Tianci's existence, so they didn't say anything about his tardiness.

Quan Yubai has already prepared things, he is the patriarch, but Quan Yuzhu is the previous patriarch, and he arranged the previous ancestor worship, although he helped, he was not very familiar with the whole process, and he needed to be reminded by Quan Yuzhu beside him.

The people on the mountain gradually quieted down, and as the firelight lit up, paper money swirled in the air, and the clan elders recited ancient songs, worshipping their ancestors and praying for blessings.

The whole process was particularly grand and solemn.

Duyi Needle and Cangfa sat on a big stone not far away, watching the people of the whole family village kneel in front of the ancestral shrine, with Quan Yubai and Quan Yuzhu in the middle, followed by male children, and then women. And the clan elders gathered in front of the brazier, holding paper money in their hands, and put it inside as they folded it.

The expressions of the crowd were solemn, not even the children were noisy, and they knelt on the ground motionlessly.

"I feel that they worship their ancestors more than they respect that fire spirit clone." Cangfa leaned into the ear of the lone needle and whispered, his breath blowing on her sideburns as he spoke, tickling.

The only needle dodged for a while, and then he felt that it was nothing, so he also leaned into his ear and whispered: "Worshipping ancestors is a respect for the predecessors and a tradition." Worshipping the fire spirit is to ask for something, and if the fire spirit can satisfy them, they will naturally believe in it, and if they can't satisfy them, they will change to another belief. The difference between the two is huge. ”

There was a faint medicinal fragrance on Duyi's body, and the more time she spent dealing with the spirit grass, the fragrance became more and more intense. With her every move, the fragrance of the spirit grass wafted, causing Cangfa to shrug her nose, but she couldn't seem to smell it so deliberately.

"Look, they're going in." The people of the whole family village all stood up in succession with the shouts of the clan elders, and the women began to help pack up their things in twos and threes, or stood aside to watch, and the men began to walk into the ancestral shrine in an orderly manner.

The only needle took advantage of the people's inattention to go around the ancestral shrine, the ancestral shrine looks small, but covers an area very far, built on the mountainside, a large part of the buildings are hidden in the mountain, if there are not traces of artificial carving, it is easy for people to ignore.

There are still a lot of people in the same village who stand outside to watch the bustle with the two of them, and some people see that the men have entered, so they said with a smile: "Some have waited, I heard Quan Yusong say before, the inside is big, in the past, every year to worship the ancestors, you have to go inside to noon to come out, let's find a shade to rest for a while, or want to go home and go home." ”

Of course, some people turned around and left, and more people got together and chatted.

From their words, the only one has a deeper understanding of the whole family village, the people of this village are all the same ancestor, from a long time ago, no one knows how long ago they settled in this place, married people from other villages, and took in ronin, slowly forming the current scale.

The mountainous area where the ancestral hall is located was originally owned by the whole family village, but it was forcibly taken back by the previous county magistrate because he could not pay the land management fees.

Speaking of this, some people gloated, "Hmph, they didn't let people get close to this mountain at all, saying that it was their ancestral land, and the people who got close were all tied up, the men were beaten to death, and the women were sunk in the pond. ”

The crowd was not surprised, and it was clear that many people knew what had happened.

Duyi asked curiously, "Then take back the mountain, and they will let people get closer?" ”

It's impossible to think about it, she has seen first-hand the rules of the remote countryside far from the bustling city, where there are no national laws, no human morality, only rules passed down from generation to generation, one after another, each generation is increasing, and the burden is amazing.

There is no shortage of people in the village who are oppressed by these rules, but when they become law enforcers, they will strictly respect those rules that may not exist at all.

Generation after generation, stepping on cruelty and blood, forged ancient and backward villages.

"Of course not." The man said with great interest, "Only one stranger went into the mountains, and was discovered by the whole family village, and then killed the man." As a result, no one expected that the man was the son-in-law of a wealthy family in the county seat, and he came here to help the rich family look at the land and strayed into this mountain. "They killed people blatantly, and they didn't hide it, and the rich family pursued it and was found out by the county magistrate."

Speaking of this, the man lowered his voice and said, "The patriarch and clan elder who organized the killing were all arrested and died not long after. I heard that because of this, many secrets in the family village have not been handed down. For example, this ancestral ancestral shrine, how can an ordinary ancestral ancestral shrine be so closely protected, there must be a secret to be so. ”

The man was sure, but everyone didn't think about it, after so many years, if there was really a secret, many of them would have come to the mountains, and they would have found out a long time ago, but it was just a rhetoric.

The only one smiled like a child listening to a story, and did not show any abnormality, and when they talked about other gossip, they returned to find Cangfa without a trace.

"You've heard it all, it seems that the secret is in the ancestral shrine." The only needle looked at the slightly dilapidated ancestral hall door, and his eyes were curious.

Cangfa raised one leg and pressed it under his chin, and also looked over, "Just go in and look for it." ”

The only needle looked at him and said teasingly: "It's up to you, beauty!" ”

Beauty?

Cangfa winked at her and said in a soothing: "Born beautiful, no way." ”

……

The sun walked to the center, the closed ancestral temple door finally opened, the mountain seemed to be very hot, now they can wear thin jackets in the weather, they are all sweating profusely, and a few young children are being held out by their parents, and the faces of several elders are also very unsightly, as if they are going to faint in the next second.

People began to descend one after another, and the only needle and the canghua looked at each other and stayed in place, but stood in a hidden place that did not attract attention.

Quan Xiaoyu followed Liu Hongmei, and seemed to be consciously looking for them when she left, but when she didn't see anyone, she thought they had left early.

"Can I go in?" When the people were almost gone, Song Tianci finally couldn't help it, and led people over with an impatient face, and scolded Quan Yuzhu, "Hurry up, don't waste my time, this place is really not for people." ”

Quan Yuzhu looked at the servants behind him, and then looked at Quan Shuyu who was holding his arm, and said coldly: "They can't follow up." ”

Before Song Tianci could speak, Quan Shuyu stopped first, "Brother, my surname is Quan, why can't I enter!" ”

Quan Yuzhu looked at Song Tianci, he knew that it was him who was in charge, "Women are not allowed to enter the ancestral shrine." ”

Quan Shuyu didn't understand, but Song Tianci did. In this era, the status of women is very low, which can be demonstrated from all aspects, Song Tianci is a man, and naturally subconsciously protects the interests of men's collective.

He smiled and patted Quan Shuyu's hand and said, "Okay, you wait outside, and you can come out when you go in and take a look." ”

In the end, Song Tianci followed Quan Yuzhu into the ancestral hall alone.

The only needle and Cangfa glanced at each other, and Cangfa picked up the only needle, and unknowingly, the moment they entered the door, they flew in and followed.

"Eh, I seem to have seen the door of the ancestral shrine move just now." Quan Shuyu pointed to the gate and said.

None of the servants responded, thinking that Quan Shuyu wanted to follow up.

"Humph!" Quan Shuyu was just a blink of an eye, not sure, seeing that no one responded, he rolled his eyes unhappily, and found a place to sit down and wait.