Chapter 668: Crown Ceremony (Second Watch)
However, before leaving, the two of them also needed to help Ning Xin clean up some housework.
Since Zhang Fu left, Ning Xin has been in charge of housework alone, from laundry and cooking, to cart buying rice, this kind of life has also made her pampered hands rough, and even some tiny scars can be seen.
Although Ning Xin was born poor when she was a child, she was no stranger to these hardships, but Qin Ke looked at Ning Xin sitting on a small bench and rubbing her back strugglingly, she always felt that she owed her something, and the need to find a new place to live and hire a servant to take good care of Ning Xin became more urgent.
Speaking of which, I seem to be quite rich now? Qin Ke lowered his head and silently calculated the gains of this trip when he lowered his head to wash the dishes, first Zhuge Wanling gave him the coils, he handed over most of them to Gao Yishui and didn't want to come back, and now it is estimated that all this money will be sprinkled on the various Qinglou restaurants in Jicheng.
However, when he left, Gongyi Yinxue specially asked someone to give him a wooden box, which was neatly stacked with three hundred gold, and even put a few precious night pearls, saying that it was such a thing, easy to carry, and could be easily exchanged for money in the big city for emergency use - but he has not touched any of this property so far, after all, he has always just regarded his identity as a "son-in-law" as an agreement with Gongyi Yinxue.
In addition, he has obtained a lot of money from selling animal skins and various reasons along the way, and now that he is working in the school office, he also has a stable source of income, and it is not difficult to buy a big mansion in Jianye City in the future.
Of course, he didn't think there was anything good about the mansion of the Gaomen, the largest mansion in the entire Jianye City was the Jingwu Palace, but he went there so many times, and he didn't feel how comfortable it was to live, but he felt an indescribable sense of depression from those subordinates who only dared to walk with their heads down and the huge but lonely hall.
If he could, he would rather have only a small yard, plant some flowers and plants with a fence, and raise two lazy and greedy cats, and in the hot summer, the cool breeze passes through the hall, accompanied by the crisp sound of bamboo wind chimes, and he can lie on the straw mat under the grape trellis for a nap.
Well, maybe you can spare some spare time to look for it and see if you can find someone you can trust to take care of it, so that when you leave Jingwu to find the artifact, my sister won't make any mistakes.
Abu entered the small courtyard when he was in reverie while washing dishes, and first saluted Ning Xin politely for the first time, and then said to Qin Ke in a hurry: "Ah Ke, don't be busy first, I only learned that my father and mother said that the crown ceremony of Jianye City this year was earlier, and it was said that the divination was chosen today, just to celebrate the return of the general to the court, if you don't go again, I'm afraid that you won't be able to enter the roster." ”
In fact, this is also a custom in various places, from the etiquette point of view, men in their twenties, they must be crowned to indicate adulthood, from now on, even if they have the qualifications to start a family, placed in the home of the Son of Heaven, it means that a person is enough to officially take charge of national affairs, which is of great significance.
The crown ceremony of the family of the powerful and noble people is held in their own ancestral hall, but it is not necessary to involve outsiders, but most of the ordinary people do not understand the etiquette, let alone understand those complicated ceremonies, so in many places are to invite the local respected and well-versed old people to hold ceremonies to crown the young people.
This is the case with Jianye City.
Qin Ke also saw the crown ceremony in Jianye City for the first time, but he didn't expect that it could be held so grandly, it was overcrowded all the way close, and even the shops on the street were hung with red silk, and the hawkers selling sugar gourds were particularly loud.
"The crown ceremony is the crown ceremony, what does this have to do with celebrating Gao Changgong's return to the dynasty......" Qin Ke saw that the crowd was really dense, and he was a little helpless for a while.
"After all, according to Jing Wu's military system, a man who has performed the crown ceremony can join the army, and Brother Changgong is now so famous, naturally many people think that Erlang can go out with the army to make contributions. Abu also guessed, but ** is not far from ten.
"But you don't have a crown ceremony, don't you still have a military status?" Qin Ke actually didn't have the expected expectations for the crown ceremony, but he didn't understand why Zhuge Wanling would care so much about this matter, and even mentioned it to him in the main hall that day.
"Of course we are different...... Abu smiled bitterly and touched his nose, "The people of the Taixue Hall already have an extra share of the imperial court, once the above is requisitioned, we have no reason and no qualification to refuse." And those children of the scholar clan, many of them feel that it is better to go to the battlefield as soon as possible, if they can make contributions a few years earlier, they are expected to be promoted in the future, and the family status is naturally more stable. ”
Qin Ke nodded and looked at Cai Yan who was looking curiously on the side, it is said that her two elder brothers both joined the army very early, and they followed Cai Yong all the way to the expedition to have such a high rank.
Several people went all the way forward, and finally squeezed to the place where the name was registered, Qin Ke and Abu showed the waist card symbolizing the military status, and the official who registered the name just glanced at it, and guessed that they were from the Taixue Hall, and wrote Qin Ke's name respectfully.
"Go ahead, we won't go in. Abu said to Qin Ke.
Qin Ke nodded, keeping up with the same young people, the flames in the big ding were burning loudly, and even if you looked closely, you could see that many of the officials of the Jianye City Government Office were also trying their best to maintain order among them, just so that those old people in costume could not be disturbed.
However, Qin Ke noticed that there were more than a dozen people in front of him, a chubby body writhed and seemed to be unable to hide, the corners of his mouth curled, knowing that this must be Xiao Qian, who was also crowned this year, and as far as he could see, he could also see many familiar faces from the Tai Academy.
However, this sacrifice was really a bit of a boil, and it lasted for an hour, until the sun reached the top of the head, and finally all the sacrifices ended, and the elders of each family also began to wear crowns for their own descendants under the guidance of the elders.
It was also at this time that Qin Ke suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have any relatives and elders......
"It's a shame now, I forcibly forced my sister to rest before I went out, and didn't let her come, but now it's good, then again, Abu didn't remind me......" Qin Ke covered his head, thinking that it was no wonder that Ning Xin wanted to speak before going out.
At this time, an old man who presided over the ceremony came over, and when he saw Qin Ke standing alone, his eyes immediately widened: "What's the matter? What about your parents? If you don't pay attention to life events so much, what kind of system will you become......"
Qin Ke didn't expect that he would be reprimanded for a while, he opened his mouth for a while, and felt that he didn't know how to explain it, so he could only think about whether he simply left, anyway, the crowning matter was just a formality, and there was no reason to make it so grand.
But the old man looked at Qin Ke's silent appearance, and even showed an expression of "hating iron does not become steel", and even quoted scriptures, and gradually began to say that Qin Ke and his elders were representatives of the style of Jianye City.
The voice grew louder, and even some unrelated people were attracted to it, and Xiao Qian in front of him stared at Qin Ke and found that it was Qin Ke who was scolded, with a strange face, but he didn't dare to move.
Qin Ke thought that his temper was not bad, but it didn't mean that he could always endure the old man's constant scolding, and it was impossible to do anything after clenching his fists, so he could only shake his head and sigh, ready to simply turn around and leave.
That's how it should be...... Family or something......
However, a calm voice sounded slowly.
"Wait. The man said.
By the time Qin Ke turned his head again, the old man had stopped reprimanding, and he couldn't even say a word when he stood still, his wide eyes seemed to be about to fall out of his sockets, and the "ho" came out of his mouth...... Ho" made people feel like he was going to fall to the ground and die on the spot in the next moment.
However, Qin Ke looked at the figure in a black robe, but he inexplicably felt that the old man's behavior was normal.
"Cheng ...... Cheng ...... "Obviously, he has only seen it once because of the internal affairs of Jianye City, but the old man has very humbly engraved the appearance of the person in front of him into his heart, if he didn't quickly realize that this place is not suitable to hype about this person's arrival, I am afraid that his knees would have already bent and bowed."