Chapter 38: Ancestor Worship!
Zhong Zihong couldn't help but twitch in his heart, and suddenly remembered what Zhong Fu said not long ago, "Have you ever had such a situation since the incident last time? Has Dr. Baili taken your pulse?" His emotions were extremely eager, and the concern in his words could not be concealed for a long time.
Zhong Li smiled faintly, and couldn't help but feel a little sarcastic in her heart, in her previous life, she and the father in front of her, it can be said that she had very little communication, although she had several exchanges after marrying into the prince's mansion, but that is to say, some things about assisting the prince, more for Zhong Qinghe to marry into the royal family, which made her annoyed, and too many things happened at the beginning, she had nothing to do with the mother and daughter, but in the end it brought tragic consequences to herself. Now, reincarnated, I don't want the memories of the original owner to merge with the memories of my own in my previous life, which has strengthened her determination to stand on her own.
"Cough, cough, cough ......" Zhong Li coughed violently for a long time before stopping, and his face flushed abnormally, "Doctor Baili has diagnosed the pulse, and only said that the residual poison has been cleared, but it is still a little deficient in qi and blood at the beginning of the serious illness, and it will not be fine after a while." As he spoke, he stood up, took out a pill, and took it in his mouth for a long time before relieving himself.
After a cup of tea, the carriage stopped, everyone got out of the carriage one after another, and the housekeeper hurriedly came to Lin Yue and Zhong Qinghe and told them what Zhong Zihong said.
Lin Yue suddenly couldn't bear it, "What! The master doesn't want our mother and daughter to enter the inner courtyard?" Are you a little cheap ......?" When the words came to her mouth, she paused and immediately changed her words, "Is Miss unhappy that we only spoke to the master?" Tears flowed down her cheeks as she spoke.
Seeing this, Zhong Fu frowned and immediately returned, "Yo~!, you see what the old slave said, didn't it make my aunt misunderstand." He straightened his sleeves and continued, "This is because my aunt misunderstood Miss Yan. Miss Yan didn't mention this at all, but the old man confessed to the old slave when he left the house. Then he said a few more words with a smiling face, and then turned around and left to ignore the Lin family.
"Mother, what should we do now?" Zhong Qinghe learned that she was not allowed to enter the inner courtyard, and she was confused for a while, "Why don't we go and beg our father, maybe we can go in." ”
Lin Yue said nothing with a calm face, didn't pay attention to what Zhong Qinghe said, and pulled her closer to the ancestral hall. The outer courtyard of the ancestral hall is hung with plain white flags, and Zhong Xiao and Zhong Li are standing behind Zhong Zihong, who are talking to the grandmother who is taking care of the ancestral hall at the moment. Lin Yue took Qinghe's hand and tightened it suddenly, and Zhong Qinghe screamed, successfully attracting Zhong Zihong's attention.
"What are you yelling for?" Zhong Zihong scolded sharply, "It seems that the rules in the house have not been learned well, and the ancestral hall is not a place where you can shout." ”
Zhong Qinghe has learned a lot after the previous lessons, and immediately lowered his head and knelt on the ground in a panic to admit his mistake, "Please also ask your father to punish you, daughter...... Shouldn't...... Big...... Yelling, daughter...... Know...... Wrong. As he spoke, he began to cry, and teardrops the size of beans rolled down to the ground, "My daughter is only here, I just saw it...... Seeing a person...... Figure, this is ......" The whole person trembled, looking extremely frightened.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the ancestral hall suddenly became tense, and Zhong Zihong immediately protected Zhong Li, "Xiao'er pay attention to the surroundings, and the ancestral hall is immediately on guard." That attack on Zhong Li made him palpitate, and now when he heard Zhong Qinghe say this, the string hanging in his heart immediately tightened.
The guards who followed showed their weapons one after another, set up a formation, and surrounded Zhong Zihong and the others in the middle. Zhong Xiao looked around and didn't see any changes, but for the sake of safety, he still whispered eleven orders, and let him quietly go out of the ancestral hall and take a closer look around.
Zhong Qinghe didn't expect that her words would cause Zhong Zihong to be so nervous, in order not to let the arrangement stop, she immediately walked a few steps, came to Zhong Zihong's side, and explained with the hem of his clothes, "Father, don't be nervous......! Yes...... "But 'yes' didn't say a reason for a long time, which made Zhong Zihong even more displeased, her eyes rolled quickly, looking for a suitable excuse.
Zhong Zihong was about to reprimand, but was interrupted again by Zhong Qinghe, she shouted in horror, "My daughter saw my grandmother!" blurted out the words that made the people present stunned for a moment, seeing that there was no movement, Zhong Qinghe repeated it without giving up, "The daughter just saw her grandmother, and she looked at Miss Yan with an angry expression. That's when my daughter screamed. Although, the grandmother just passed by, but the daughter saw it really. As soon as the words fell, she kowtowed, "In previous years, there has never been such a thing as ancestor worship, since my grandmother passed away unexpectedly, Miss Yan also happened when we worshiped our ancestors, and later for the peace of our ancestors, I never let Miss Yan enter the ancestral hall." Please also ask my father to be aware that my grandmother must not want to see ......."
When Zhong Zihong heard half of it, he scolded sharply, "Shut up! You are simply a lie." As he spoke, he raised his foot and kicked Zhong Qinghe, who was kneeling on the ground, without the slightest pity.
When the people in the ancestral hall heard this, their faces were stunned, and none of them saw any vision, and they whispered in a low voice. Zhong Li, who was protected behind him, couldn't see the slightest emotion on his face, and looked at Zhong Qinghe who fell to the ground lightly, "Father, since my mother went to the immortal, I really haven't set foot in the ancestral hall for all these years. It's just that my grandmother's death is very strange, at that time I fell down the stairs and had been recuperating in the hospital, and when I heard about it, I was anxious to get out of the house, but I was stopped and locked in the courtyard by Aunt Lin, and even my grandmother's funeral was ......"
Zhong Li said the events of the year slowly, but he didn't say it so clearly, and there was a faint grievance between his words. The people said one by one, obviously they all remember the things of the year, and they have a lot of complaints about what Miss Shu said, many people remember the things of the year, although the old lady died due to the fire in the Grange, but no one has ever seen the old lady's one, the house only set up a mourning hall for three days, and then withdrew the mourning hall on the grounds that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching.
Lin Yue saw that the situation was not as she thought, and immediately shouted loudly, "Master, what Qinghe said is right, the concubine has also seen ......" said and pointed to the entrance of the corridor on the right side of the inner hall, and looked at the place where there was no one with a sad face, "Master, look at it...... The old lady was there. She said it matter-of-factly, and bowed down to it, saying how much she missed the old lady, and that she had not disciplined the juniors.
Zhong Zihong looked in the direction she pointed, but saw nothing. At that time, he couldn't keep filial piety in the border area, he has been very blamed for this, and now the Lin family and Qinghe have said that they have met, but he can't see anything, and his heart is even more sad, so he knelt in the courtyard and shouted to the ranking of the ancestors and ancestors in the inner courtyard, "Zihong is not filial, since the mother is here, please let the child meet." He kowtowed.
Seeing this, Zhong Li's heart couldn't help but feel sour, "Father get up first! Grandmother ......" When the words came to her mouth, she suddenly realized something, and immediately changed her words, "Grandmother won't blame my father." My father guarded the border for the country, and he was in a dilemma of loyalty and filial piety since ancient times, and his grandmother's mother was originally a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and these grandmothers must know. ”
"Li'er. When Zhong Zihong heard this, he paused slightly, and looked at Zhong Li, who had a cold expression, "What do you mean by this?" doubts and displeasure flashed in his eyes.
Before her grandmother left the house, Li'er often listened to her tell her stories from the past at her grandmother's knees, and she always said that it was difficult for courtiers to be loyal and filial since ancient times, especially the soldiers who led the soldiers. She said as she picked up Zhong Zihong, who was kneeling on the ground, and brushed the dust off his knees for him, "Since my grandmother left Zhongfu to go to the Grange, I miss my grandmother very much, but since my grandmother died, Li'er has never seen her grandmother in a dream, and after her mother passed away, my daughter has seen her in a dream." ”
Hearing this, Zhong Zihong couldn't help but look at Zhong Li, and then turned his head to look at Lin Yue and Zhong Qinghe, who were full of sadness, and a trace of doubt rose in his heart. At this moment, Eleven, who sneaked out, returned to Zhong Xiao's side, whispered a few words to him, looked at the mother and daughter who were shouting just now with an unhappy face, snorted heavily, turned around and hid behind Zhong Xiao, lowered his head and played with the thatch in his hand.
"Don't panic, it seems that it is not an assassin, but Aunt Lin and Miss Shu have seen their deceased ancestors. Zhong Xiao took a step forward and said loudly, deliberately biting the words 'deceased ancestors' very hard.
Lin Yue's face changed slightly when she heard this, but she quickly covered it up, "Maybe I'm dazzled, and Miss Shu misses the old lady very much, which frightens everyone." Saying that, she blessed Zhong Zihong, "Don't blame the master, the previous assassin matter, the concubine was really frightened, so this is ......" She said very aggrieved, "The matter of the master's ancestor worship can't be delayed, please ......"
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Zhong Xiao, "Father, since you are not an assassin, Aunt Lin also said that because she misses her old friend too much, it may not be dazzling." It's not too early, don't delay the ancestor worship. As he spoke, he came to Zhong Zihong's side, supported him with Zhong Li left and right, and was about to go to the inner courtyard.
Seeing this, Lin Yue immediately raised her voice, "Master!" said a few steps forward and came behind him, "Please also ask the master to allow the concubine and Qinghe to incense for the ancestors." It's really not good, it's okay to let Qinghe enter the inner courtyard to worship?"
"Father, since Aunt Lin has asked for this, it is better to let Qinghe enter the inner courtyard to worship! After all, she is your daughter, although she is a concubine, she is still the young lady of Zhongfu after all, and it will not be good for her if it is passed out. Zhong Li's eyebrows turned, and he immediately took the words along the water, "Although my aunt is a concubine, she was also carried into the house by you, so she should have some scruples about her face, so as not to belittle her for the girl in the mansion for this." ”
Zhong Zihong thought for a while, nodded and agreed to Zhong Li, "Come in and worship!"
Lin Yue couldn't help but smile when she heard Zhong Zihong allow their mother and daughter to enter the inner courtyard to worship, but she was still unhappy in her heart, especially for what Zhong Li said, but for the sake of her 'overall situation', she temporarily endured it, "Master Xie!