The next morning, before the couple got up, Butler Mingquan and Gong Ming were already waiting outside the room. When Dongxue came over, he knew that there was something in front of him, so he hurriedly pushed the door and went in.

Ren Tianqi and the county lord woke up early and were talking in the room.

Dong Xue smiled: "Miss, master, get up quickly, Uncle Ming Quan and Xiao San are waiting outside the door." I'm afraid that something has been ordered to come from the front. ”

Ren Tianqi patted his head and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the rules of the clan are to open an ancestral hall to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors." Madame, get up quickly. Dongxue, asked Xia He to wait outside in new clothes, and went to the ancestral hall together after the father and wife met their father. ”

Dongxue put down the work in her hand and left.

The county lord smiled: "Master, are you going to worship the ancestors of the family today?"

Ren Tianqi nodded and said with a smile: "The rules of the family are that if a newcomer enters the door, or a newborn child is born, he must be sacrificed in front of the hall." This is not God's gift, and madam, you and other new entrants have to be sacrificed in front of the hall. ”

Visited the old lady of the old village owner and the elders of all sizes in the family, the family was led by the eldest lord Ren Songyi, carrying the sacrifices that should be prepared to the ancestral hall of the clan, and was taken over by the respected third uncle, and a few words of family routine, and then worshiped the ancestral god according to the number of rituals.

After the worship was over, Ren Songyi and Ren Songde glanced at each other, nodded, and gave the third uncle a look.

The third uncle went upstairs first.

Ren Songyi turned around and smiled: "Let's sit here first, Tianci, Tianqi, the county lord, and the four girls of Dongxue will go upstairs with the old man!"

Everyone understood what was going on, and they all laughed and walked away.

Ren Songde went upstairs and walked halfway, suddenly turned around and smiled: "Gong Ming, good boy, you can come over too!"

When Gong Ming heard this, his eyes were full of tears, and he hurriedly stepped forward to follow.

The crowd went upstairs and stood in front of the two hanging statues.

I saw that the third uncle had already changed into a black robe, with a serious face, holding the genealogy Zong Ce and standing quietly on the side.

Ren Songyi glanced back at everyone behind him, and took the lead in kneeling in front of the statue.

The third uncle made three pillars of incense on his behalf, bowed four times, and stood on the side.

After Ren Songyi kowtowed four times, he lay on the ground and said loudly: "Xishu Hall Guangling Branch, the twelfth grandson, Songyi Songde, today said in front of the ancestors and ancestors, now the thirteenth Sun Tianqi newly recruited women, Wanyan Fengyin, Dongxue, Xia He, Chun Tao, Qiuyue five people; Pray that the spirit of the ancestors in the sky will protect my children and grandchildren, and that they will always be safe and prosperous. ”

Ren Songyi finished his prayer and bowed four more times.

And all the people bowed to each other.

When the salute was over, everyone stood up and stood on both sides.

The third uncle sat on the head, the two brothers Ren Songyi sat down, and the rest of the people stood in front of the statue. The third uncle solemnly explained the patriarchal law.

After the explanation, the third uncle coughed lightly, looked up at everyone, and said: "The rules of the ancestors, all the men in the clan get married, and the new daughter-in-law enters the door, they have to pay homage to the ancestors and ancestors in the spirit of the sky, and tell me where the Xishu Hall lineage comes from. What is said today must be remembered by everyone, not legends, not divulged, in case of contingency, especially when the war is in chaos today, it is even more prudent to do it. ”

The third uncle looked up at the statue and said, "I have already made it clear that the two most outstanding saints of my Xishu Hall are hanging here. The first on the right, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the one on the left, Liu Yuxi, the great writer of the Tang Dynasty, the history of Suzhou Thorn. ”

The third uncle looked at the stunned juniors in front of him, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "My surname in Xishutang is Liu, not Ren." The distant ancestor is Emperor Gaozu, and the ancestor is Yu Xigong. Yu Xigong, the word Mengde, a native of Luoyang, Tang Zhenyuan nine years in the Jinshi, and Denghong Lexicology, the career has been repeatedly lifted, once served as the history of Suzhou Thorn, the official final inspection of the Ministry of Rites. Yu Xigong is honest, aggressive, and unfading, and a model for his ministers. And his poems cover a wide range of subjects, poems and bodies, especially good at seven words, for Tang poetry is unique, known as "poet Hao" in history, and Liu Zongyuan is called "Liu Liu", and Bai Juyi is friendly, also known as "Liu Bai". ”

The third uncle said: "My Xishu Hall began with the fourth son of the four sons of Yu Xigong, and built a house in Changmen, Suzhou. Later, in order to avoid the rebellion of the military town in the later Tang Dynasty, Guangchang Gong moved from Su to Guangling, and Guangchang Gong was the ancestor of my Renjiabao, which has been more than one or two hundred years. When the ancestors came to Guangling, in order to protect my Liu family's foundation from harm, I changed my Renjiabao Liu surname to Ren's surname, which is the meaning of protecting my Liu family's foundation. Therefore, the responsibility of my family fort is not to make a name for itself, but to stabilize the foundation and continue to grow. ”

Ren Songyi said with a smile: "The foundation of my Xishu Hall is in Suzhou, the foundation of Guangling Xishu Hall is in Renjiabao, the foundation of Renjiabao Xishu Hall is in the right village of my Ren family, and the foundation of the right village is in the small room behind the third uncle!"

The third uncle nodded and said, "Yes, all the original credentials brought from Suzhou to Jiangbei are in the third uncle's study, if the children are interested, they can come to the third uncle to get them, but they have to keep it secret!"

Everyone laughed, and one by one they felt that they had grown up in a moment, and they were refreshed, and their ancestors were so good.