Today, it was another clear morning on the Demon Spirit Continent on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the warm sunlight of the morning rose from the horizon. In the morning, the people got up early, changed into new clothes and began to go shopping on Chinese New Year's Eve early on this day, and the people who went to the streets together made rare pride and joy to each other, and these people went to the streets together to buy many things they needed most today. The merchants on the street also put forward their most sumptuous promotion of the year, plus a part of the benefit reduction, which is a very good way for the diligent people. Therefore, on this Chinese New Year's Eve, whether it is morning or evening, the benefits of this whole day are very good.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, big red banners and happy characters have been hung in front of every restaurant and even a private house, symbolizing the joy and joy represented in the new year. In the restaurant, some wealthy businessmen and some small officials came to some restaurants on this day to order a pot or two of sake and one or two special dishes on Chinese New Year's Eve, and enjoy such a comfortable life before the arrival of Chinese New Year's Eve.

And the current southern city of Qi Ruocheng exists as an important city in the south of Qi State, and the current governor of Ruocheng is Zhang Lingyi, who has a heavy army. Zhang Lingyi is Chen Jie's deputy general, although many things Chen Jie did were not correct, but I have to admit that Chen Jie is relatively clear and organized in cleaning up and mastering various rules of internal affairs, and there are even many things worth learning from. After Zhang Lingyi officially served as the governor of Ruocheng of Qi State, he also continued Chen Jie's method of governing the southern part of Qi State in some aspects. It is precisely for such a reason that the people of Qi did not feel unaccustomed to the change of governor, but lived more easily and comfortably.

Today, Feng Yuchong and the others have also come to Ruocheng early, after experiencing a trip to the secret path, they now have a deeper understanding of the instrument soul, although they have not learned a lot of things they need to know, but at least they can be regarded as benefiting a lot, they know that if they want to cultivate the instrument soul now, they can't rush for quick success, they need to take their time. As for the recorded Soul Retaliation, they still didn't quite understand what was going on, but it gave them a revelation and warning, making Feng Yuchong not dare to rashly use the rune stone that could absorb the overflowing energy traces of the surrounding Soul cultivators' cultivation to quickly help them improve their Soul Ability. It was for this reason that they still had time to come to Ruocheng to hang out.

At this moment, it was still early, but Feng Yuchong and the others had already sat in this small wine pavilion for more than half an hour. Basically, when this restaurant opened an hour earlier today, Feng Yuchong and the others had already come to Ruocheng and sat in this restaurant. They weren't in a hurry to find what they were looking for in the bustling commercial streets of the city. So, the five young people at their table, who are still not very inconspicuous, sat aside, from the pane next to them they could see the noisy street below, Feng Yu ordered two pots of tea and three dishes of side dishes at the five young people, and slowly savored this special taste of Chinese New Year's Eve here. From here, they can clearly see the hustle and bustle of the streets of Wakajo, and they can enjoy an unexpected peace and tranquility here. Here, the five of them chatted over tea as they listened quietly to a table opposite, where a father who looked to be in his thirties was introducing some customs and taboos about Chinese New Year's Eve to his young son beside him.

These traditional customs and things that need to be paid attention to on Chinese New Year's Eve, whether it is Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, Yu Fei, who basically don't know much about these things, or Luo Yinying and Sun Hao, who have a little bit of understanding, are relatively innovative things for them, not only have they not spent the New Year in this metropolis since childhood, but their understanding of the New Year is also very shallow. So, in some ways, they listened to what the middle-aged man said.

"There are a lot of taboos and taboos on Chinese New Year's Eve. For example, avoid unlucky words such as ghosts, death, and killing, avoid breaking dishes, avoid evil words, avoid drowning in the open, and avoid splashing sewage and lamp oil on the ground. When the Chinese New Year's Eve arrives, people celebrate the festival and harvest while bathing, changing clothes and cleaning to ward off epidemics and evil spirits. Especially during the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there are more taboos. If the elders add food to the younger generation, if they are full and do not want it, they should not say "don't", but say "there is"; if the individual tea fruits are finished, they should say "I am happy to eat" or "too much", instead of directly saying "no". These auspicious words are people's "Chinese New Year's Eve lessons", and elders must teach their children to speak, otherwise the New Year will not be smooth. Before the Chinese New Year's Eve meal, it is necessary to prepare offerings to worship the ancestors. Before inviting the ancestral spirit, the family members and belongings must be complete, otherwise it means that the person is not reunited and the wealth is incomplete. After the ancestral spirit is invited, no one is allowed to occupy the seats on both sides of the offering table, which means that no one can compete with the ancestors for seats; no noise, let alone scolding, otherwise it is disrespectful to the ancestors; no leftover tea is allowed to be splashed on the ground, so as not to confuse pouring and splashing water; when worshipping the ancestral spirits, the name of the child must not be shouted, so as not to cause the child to die after the ghost outside the gate hears it. During the formal meal, it is very taboo for others to disturb, especially taboo for people to come to the door, because this is called "stepping on the New Year's dinner", which will make the whole family uneasy. After eating Chinese New Year's Eve meal, there is a custom of keeping the New Year Chinese New Year's Eve. The whole family gathers around the fire, talks about the old and the new, talks about good wishes, and hopes for the new year, so they stay up all night. At the same time, it is forbidden to observe some taboos for keeping the New Year, the taboo is to make loud noises so as not to wake up the demons, the taboo is to look in the mirror so as not to see the "demons"; the taboo is to splash lamp oil on the ground, if the smell of oil dilutes the smell of alcohol, the "demons" will wake up, leading to disasters one after another; it is forbidden to break the utensils, which means that there will be "bad luck" in this year, and the remedy is to wrap them in red paper, recite auspicious words such as "peace for the year" in the mouth, and put them on the sacred case for a few days to resolve the disaster. In addition, Chinese New Year's Eve is a time to go to the old and welcome the new, especially for fear of epidemics and evil spirits. ”

"Another custom is to keep the year, the so-called year, is not to sleep on the last night of the old year, stay up late to welcome the arrival of the new year, also called Chinese New Year's Eve to keep the year, commonly known as "staying up the year". Exploring the origin of this custom, there is an interesting story circulated among the Han people: in the ancient times, there was a fierce monster scattered in the deep mountains and dense forests, and people called them "Nian". Its appearance is hideous, ferocious by nature, specializing in birds and animals, scaly insects, changing a taste every day, from kowtow insects to eating big living people, making people talk about the "year" color change. Later, people slowly grasped the activity law of "Nian", which is to go to the place where the crowd gathers once every 365 days to taste the freshness, and the time of haunting is after dark, and when the rooster crows at dawn, they will return to the mountains and forests. After calculating the date when the "New Year" was raging, the people regarded this terrible night as a pass, called it "New Year's Pass", and came up with a whole set of ways to pass the New Year's Pass: Every night on this day, every household prepared dinner in advance, turned off the fire and cleaned the stove, and then tied all the chicken pens and cattle pens, sealed the front and rear doors of the house, and hid in the house to eat "Chinese New Year's Eve" In addition to the whole family to dine together to express harmony and reunion, it is also necessary to offer sacrifices to the ancestors before eating, pray for the blessing of the ancestors, and spend the night peacefully. The habit of staying up on Chinese New Year's Eve has gradually formed. ”

These things that this middle-aged man talked about are commonplace for ordinary people, and their elders have already told them about these things early on, and it is common for them to talk about these things now, so they only occasionally listen to two sentences to see if they are different from what they understand. Young people like Feng Yuchong and them are really rare now.

Feng Yuchong and they now have more time, and Ruocheng has also prepared a lot of interesting activities for today's Chinese New Year's Eve, such as the night lantern festival. It's just that it's still early, and it's not that time yet. And they don't want to squeeze into the crowds that are now surging on the streets to buy one or two things that they don't think are very important. However, they are still more concerned about what is the most important reason for the soul retaliation, and what means can be used to avoid it?

Thinking of each other, Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, Yu Fei, Luo Yinying, and Sun Hao stopped talking now, they each took a sip of the tea in front of them, lowered their heads and didn't know what they were thinking there

The light of the dawn of clarity sprinkled on the earth, illuminating all the darkness on the Demon Spirit Continent, and also signaling the upcoming Spring Festival. And in Lingcheng, a large city in the north of the feudal country, an undercurrent that emerged from nowhere is quietly affecting the most important city in the northern part of the feudal country.

The population of Lingcheng is not large, and the people rarely see the streets, and there are not many shops on the streets. One of the reasons for this is that Lingcheng is located in a remote area, and the distance from the nearest Shengcheng is also relatively far, coupled with the centralized strategy after the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, so that Lingcheng and Yicheng in the west are not very resident in population and army, and the army is only 3,000 permanent troops each. However, Lingcheng has an important role, through the vast northern pastures under the jurisdiction of Lingcheng, it can provide a steady stream of war horses to the feudal state, so that the feudal country can always maintain a strong light cavalry corps, and even secretly form heavy cavalry. This made the Qi State repeatedly suffer from cavalry raids when fighting against the feudal state, resulting in wars that were often unfavorable. It can be seen that the spiritual city plays a very important role in the opening of the entire feudal country. After the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, he named one of his personal guards, Gongsun Yu, as the governor of Lingcheng, and ordered him to prepare Lingcheng, and ensure that the soldiers and civilians of Lingcheng regarded him as orthodox in their hearts and worked for him.