Text: Chapter 12: New Year's Day
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the entire imperial city is gradually shrouded in night, and a lone moon hangs high in the sky. Tonight, the Imperial City is lit up everywhere, illuminating the entire night sky as if it were day.
The Heavenly Immortal Emperor's Mansion is full of lights and a festive atmosphere. Every room is lit with moonlight, and the housekeepers and maids are all dressed in new robes, shuttling between the kitchen and the left side hall in the front yard, busy with their own affairs.
Tonight is the New Year's Day. The New Year Festival is an ancient festival, since the ancient times the ancestors of the human race took one day and one night as a day, three hundred and sixty days as a year, and stipulated the unit of "year", the night between the last day of the year and the first day of the second year was set as the New Year's Festival!
On this day, people generally go home to reunite with their families, pay respects to their ancestors, and celebrate the New Year. Although with the continuous improvement of the cultivation realm, cultivators have become more and more focused on cultivation, and the influence of the New Year Festival on them has decreased, as long as there is time and opportunity, no matter how high or low the cultivation realm is, everyone will still celebrate the New Year Festival seriously.
At this time, in the side hall of the Heavenly Immortal Emperor's Mansion, there were several long tables on the left and right, and the maids were putting various dishes on each table.
The New Year is approaching, Xiong Baming gave the housekeepers and maids a big vacation early to let them go back to reunite with their families, but some still choose to stay for various reasons, or are directly homeless. Xiong Baming left them to spend the New Year together here.
Under the command of Xiong Guang, Xue Rou and Wu Die, the maid and the family were busy with their own affairs in an orderly manner. San Lang and the eldest sister were looking at the images in the crystal ball with relish in an attic, Xiahou Xue and Lu Yuqi were sitting on the side, explaining to them in detail, and Xiong Baming was still planning something in the study at the moment.
"Ma'am, you're all set. As the night deepened, and when the sun was approaching, the sound of busyness in the house became quieter, Xue Rou and Dancing Butterfly walked into the attic hand in hand, and saluted Xiahou Xue and Lu Yuqi.
"Got it, you go down first. Xiahou Xuezhu's lips rose lightly, nodded in response, turned her head and said to Lu Yuqi in a harmonious voice: "My sister go and inform your husband to come over, I will take San Lang and my eldest sister over first." ”
"Hmm. Lu Yuqi bowed slightly, got up and walked out.
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Xiahou Xue held San Lang and the eldest sister by her hand, and slowly walked into the side hall, where all the maids and family members were waiting.
"I've seen the eldest lady. Seeing Xiahou Xue and them coming, everyone hurriedly got up and saluted.
"No need to be polite, just sit down. Xiahou Xue walked to the left side of the main seat and sat down, and said in a harmonious voice.
"Mrs. Xie!" everyone saluted again.
San Lang and the eldest sister knelt on both sides of Xiahou Xue in a decent manner, stared at the dishes on the long table, licked their lips, and drooled. On the long case, there are three copper tripods, each of which exudes golden brilliance, and the fragrance is overflowing, although the lid is not opened, it is also known that it must be a delicious tonic! In addition, there are eighteen jade plates, which contain all kinds of dishes, each of which is full of aura.
"Isn't Father here yet?" Saburo asked, looking at the door.
"You care so much about your father, it can't be that you want to eat it yourself, right?" Xiahou Xue looked at San Lang with a smile and was amused.
"Not really. When San Lang heard this, his little face suddenly turned red, and he quickly denied it.
Xiahou Xue looked at San Lang's appearance and couldn't help but smile.
"I've seen the lord of the mansion and the second lady. At this moment, Xiong Baming strode into the side hall, Lu Yuqi followed, and everyone stood up again and saluted and shouted.
"No need to be polite. Xiong Baming walked straight to the main seat and sat down, and said loudly.
"Thank you, Lord of the Mansion!"
Lu Yuqi moved lightly and knelt on the right side of Xiong Baming. Seeing this, the eldest sister got up and ran to sit between Lu Yuqi and Xiong Baming.
"Bell, bell, bell......" Wait for a while, and the majestic bell ripples, representing that the last time of the year has passed, and the new year has officially arrived!
Xiong Baming took the lead in getting up, holding a wine glass and saying some congratulatory words, and everyone also stood up to pay homage to Xiong Baming. At this moment, there is no master or servant, everyone is like a family, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, toasting and laughing, and the atmosphere is warm. It wasn't until the east turned white that the New Year's banquet gradually ended in this joyful atmosphere.
"Lord, the carriage is ready. After eating the New Year's banquet, everyone in the house was busy cleaning up, Xiong Guang came over and bowed down and said.
"Hmm. Xiong Baming nodded, turned to Xiahou Xue and said, "Let's go." ”
When Xiahou Xue and Lu Yuqi heard this, they took their respective children and boarded the carriage with Xiong Baming, and drove from Xiong Guangjia to the holy mountain in the north.
"I know this way! this is to the Holy Mountain!" Saburo said loudly, looking at the familiar scenery outside the car.
"What are we going to the Holy Mountain for now?" the eldest sister asked suspiciously.
"You went to worship your ancestors, you also went last year, are there any images?" Xiong Ba said softly when he heard this.
"Oh. San Lang and the eldest sister tilted their heads and thought for a long time, and there seemed to be a little image, but they didn't care, and turned their heads to look at the outside scene again.
The carriage galloped all the way around for more than an hour, until it finally came to a peak deep in the mountains. At the top of the hill there is a huge square, and many people have already arrived.
San Lang and the eldest sister looked at the scenery along the road, chattering non-stop, although they did not sleep all night, they did not see the slightest tiredness, and when the carriage stopped, they rushed off the carriage in a hurry.
"Wow, there are so many people, everyone is here!" Saburo only glanced at it, and found a lot of familiar figures.
"Hey, brother, see if that's the seventeenth sister. The eldest sister looked around and suddenly pointed to a little girl in the distance and shouted.
"I think so. "It's too far away, Saburo can't recognize it for a while.
"What are you looking at? Let's go. Xiong Baming stepped out of the carriage and touched the heads of San Lang and the eldest sister.
Saburo and the eldest sister held their mother's hand, looked left and right, and walked towards the center of the square.
In the center of the square, a high platform appeared in front of Saburo's eyes, and a huge black hole was suspended on it, slowly rotating, and the space at its edge was a little distorted, and an astonishing spatial fluctuation emanated from it. There are constantly people climbing the high platform and flying into it.
"Ahh
This black hole is called a wormhole, which is a passage constructed by using the power of space to distort the space extremely, which can connect two places, greatly shorten the distance between them, and can also hook a certain space opened up in the void as an entrance!
Walking closer and feeling the majestic power of space up close, San Lang and the eldest sister couldn't help but feel a palpitation, their muscles tightened, their legs trembled, and their scalps were numb. Although they didn't know what this power was, they were very sure that they could smash it to slag with just a wisp of contamination!
With a wave of Xiong Ba's robe, an extremely strong spatial force burst out from his body, protecting San Lang and his eldest sister, and supporting them to fly into the wormhole.
Xiahou Xue and Lu Yuqi also rose into the air, and the majestic power of space emanated from their bodies, resisting the terrifying tearing power of the wormhole.
Due to the protection of Xiong Baying, San Lang and the eldest sister no longer had the same palpitations as before, and were curiously looking at the wormhole passage with dark walls and full of treacherous streamers.
After flying rapidly for more than a minute, Xiong Baying and the others rushed out of the wormhole and came to a huge strange space. In this space, there are almost no buildings on the boundless plains, only huge mausoleums!
Xiong Baming took San Lang and his eldest sister to pay tribute to the ancestors of his lineage one by one, and did not return until the afternoon.
When they returned home, it was dinner time, and San Lang and his eldest sister were tired, sleepy and hungry, but fortunately, Xue Rou and Dancing Butterfly had already called the kitchen to arrange meals. The brother and sister hastily ate dinner and went straight back to the room to rest.
In the early morning of the next day, Xiong Baming and his wife woke up San Lang and his eldest sister early, and went to the holy mountain again, but to visit his grandfather and great-grandfather. In the next few days, the brother and sister also followed Xiong Baming to go around and visit relatives and friends.
Before you know it, the holiday season is coming to an end.