In the cold winter wax moon, Lucheng ushered in a heavy snowfall, and the goose feather snowflakes flew down, and soon on the ground, the roof was covered with a thick layer. In the side courtyard of a large family, a young man was wielding two bright knives of different lengths, two feet long and one foot long. I saw that these two knives were dancing faster and faster, and finally the shadow of the knife around them protected them in the center, dancing straight so that the snowflakes could not get close to their bodies.

Suddenly, the sword light stopped, revealing the true face of the young man, this young man was Nangong Xiao, just to see him let out a sigh of relief and put away his skills. At this time, he was already a fourteen-year-old boy, his figure was much thinner and taller than before, his face had not become handsome, but it had also become unpleasant, ordinary, only his big eyes were dark and bright, and he looked quite smart.

At this time, the maid next to her held up an oil-paper umbrella to block the heavy snow that was still falling, and handed over a snow-white towel. Nangong Xiao took the towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and thanked with a smile: "Sister Xiaocui, thank you for your towel, it's freezing this day, I'm sorry to have you wait next to me for so long." ”

"What is the young master talking about, I am the young master's maidservant, of course I have to wait for the young master." Xiao Cui said with a smile.

In the past two years, Nangong Xiao and Xiaocui have become quite familiar with each other, and from the previous use, they have really regarded her as a friend.

Although Sister Xiaocui is not the type of her partner, Sister Xiaocui's delicate mind, gentleness and thoughtfulness make anyone feel good, and it is also very suitable to be a friend.

The two were chatting, and Steward Liu hurriedly came from the corridor on the side, and when he saw Nangong Xiao and the others, he bowed to Nangong Xiao and said, "Young master, the master is looking for you to go over and participate in the ancestor worship ceremony." ”

"Ancestor worship ceremony? Oh, it's this time. Nangong Xiao muttered thoughtfully after listening to it.

Ancestor worship is one of the memories he remembers during this time, which is part of the Spring Festival in winter and ushers in the beginning of the year. Ancestor worship is preceded by a sacrifice to the gods, and the people of the city hold a grand festival, after which each family begins to worship their ancestors.

The poor family is kowtowing, just put some steamed buns in front of the ancestral card. And the rich, like the Li family, will worship their ancestors once a year and a big sacrifice every five years.

Last year, he participated in a small festival, which was boring, after all, he really didn't have any feelings for this family, and he pretended to say goodbye and mixed it up.

However, the great sacrifice of the past five years has made him attach great importance to it, not that he has been in love with this family for a long time in the past two years, but that in the past two years, he has learned a piece of news from his memory: the things offered are very strange, no one can figure it out, a jade slip, a small jar, these two things are strange and ordinary.

However, generations of family heads have instructed future generations to keep it well. This made Nangong Xiao, who had no clue about cultivating immortals, move in his heart, maybe this was his own fate, whether it was or not, he had to explore it carefully.

So after thinking about it for a while, Nangong Xiao nodded, went back to the house to change into solemn clothes, and walked towards the main courtyard with Steward Liu.

After walking for about a cup of tea, they arrived in front of an attic with three big characters written on the plaque - Ancestral Worship Pavilion.

There were already a lot of people gathered in front of the attic.

Except for a few servants, the others are all people in the clan, and their elder brothers, sisters, younger brothers and sisters have all arrived, including his third brother Li Tianyi, who was punched. At this time, Li Tianyi also discovered him, his face was first white, then red, and he seemed to be trying his best to restrain his anger. I want to come over, but I don't seem to dare to come.

This made him feel a little strange, could it be that someone secretly obstructed it, and only the elders in the family could have this right.

But except for that cheap dad, the other elders really have nothing to do with each other since they were young. Could it really be him?

Nangong Xiao didn't understand why this person would do this, and in the end he could only come up with an ambiguous answer that he didn't want his brothers to fight and keep people talking.

Not to mention, this time he really got him right. In another attic, a middle-aged man with a square face and a slightly haired figure stood side by side with a beautiful woman in a colorful costume, observing the crowd in the courtyard through the window.

"Master, why do you want to protect that Li Tao, he is winged." The beautiful woman asked the middle-aged man angrily.

"Didn't the servants of Tianyi also beat him, and he lay down for a few months." The middle-aged man replied casually.

"Hmph" the beautiful woman snorted lightly and said disdainfully, "Can he compare with Yi'er?" It's just a slave girl's seed, which can be compared with Yi'er in appearance and intelligence. ”

"Shut up" The middle-aged man snorted lightly, and then said helplessly: "I have promised you not to bury his mother, and in addition to giving him some money, I will not ask if I send it to the side yard, but he is still a descendant of the Li family, and since it is Tianyi who spoke ill of him this time, it is wrong first." And he was seriously injured. Let's leave this at that, don't talk about it again. ”

He paused and said, "All right, the hour is almost up, let's go down." ”

The beautiful woman wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it and followed the middle-aged man.

In the courtyard, Nangong Xiao was looking at this ancestral pavilion that can only be opened during the big sacrifice, thinking about how to get the treasure, and heard a servant shouting: "The master of the family has arrived."

For a moment, everyone stopped talking, and their eyes all looked at one place. I saw the head of the family, Li Tianhao, slowly walking towards everyone, it was the middle-aged man upstairs.

I have to say that Li Tianhao is not very good-looking, but his face is not angry and arrogant, exuding the atmosphere of a superior. is worthy of the head of the family, Nangong Xiao secretly commented.

At this time, Li Tianhao walked to the gate of the ancestral pavilion, exchanged politeness with several old men of the Li family, and coughed lightly a few times to attract everyone's attention again. Saying loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the 32nd ancestor worship ceremony of my Li family, and as the current head of the family, ,......" Li Tianhao began his routine speech.

A moment later, Li Tianhao made a closing remark. (It's finally over, Nangong Xiao let out a sigh.) Li Tianhao said solemnly: "Everyone lined up according to their generations to enter the ancestral pavilion and offer incense to worship their ancestors. ”

"Open the Pavilion—-"

Then Li Shan, the housekeeper of the Li Mansion, took the key from Li Tianhao and opened the brass lock on the door.

After that, the Li family and others rushed in. Nangong Xiao entered it in the back of the line, on the surface he looked at the things in the pavilion casually, but in his heart he secretly wrote down the various arrangements in the pavilion.

According to Li Tao's memory, the pavilion was divided into two floors, the first floor was placed with the ancestral tablets, and the second floor was placed with offerings. The procedure is to worship the ancestors first, and then go up to the second floor to worship the offerings.

Because Nangong Xiao wants to "borrow" the offerings this time (although there is a loan but no return.) So this time the kneeling and kowtowing was indeed done respectfully, and the mouth said, "Thank you, thank you for a lifetime, and you are half of the Li family, you don't suffer." ”

I don't know if these old ancestors knew about it, would they come back to life in anger and scold him for being shameless.