Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 149 ancestor worship

Standing at the gate of the ancestral hall of the Duke's Mansion, which used to be the main house of the old Duke and his wife, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Shen Jiu put away the smiles on their faces, lowered their heads, and rearranged their bodies. Clothes, walked in with a serious expression.

As the housekeeper of the Duke's mansion and the closest brother of the old Duke, Yan Bo is the only outsider who is qualified and allowed to enter the ancestral hall. He has to come here once a day and clean the ancestral hall by himself. , It feels like this day has been wasted.He doesn't just clean up, he also sits in front of the old man's coffin, talks and chats with the old man, and confides to the old man the things in his heart that he can't tell anyone, just like they did when they were young .

Every year on the first day of the new year, it is the official day for ancestor worship in the government of the state of Zhen. Tea and Shenjiu prepared items for ancestor worship, a brazier for burning millet stalks, a large pot of millet stalks, a new ever-burning lamp and lamp oil, and three brand new futons were prepared in front of the spiritual seat.After all the preparations, Bo Yan quietly returned to his yard, lay down beside Qin Zheng, and slept in the cage again.

"Yan Bo has already come."

"Yeah, if you don't come here to clean it, Bo Yan won't be able to sleep well." Shen Haolin nodded in agreement, pushed open the door of the ancestral hall, and smelled a fresh scent with a faint pine scent. "This taste is my father's favorite."

"Yan Bo is really very caring. Everything is done according to the preferences of his father and mother during his lifetime."

Shen Haolin walked up to the spiritual tablet of the ancestors of the Shen family, and knelt on the first futon. Shen Cha and Shen Jiu knelt behind him, and respectfully kowtowed three times to the spiritual tablet.After kowtowing, Shen Haolin stood up with Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, and lit the ever-burning lamps one by one, replacing the old ones.

"The lamp oil this time doesn't look the same as last year." Shen Jiu looked curiously, "It feels much thicker."

"This lamp oil was sent out by His Majesty yesterday, Eunuch Pan. It is made by the imperial government, so it is naturally different from the previous ones." Shen Cha took the long-burning lamp ordered by Shen Jiu, and gently placed it on the spirit seat of the old man. Next to it, "The lamp oil shops in our city don't have this skill." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin and said, "Old rules, elder brother please first!"

Shen Cha pulled Shen Jiu and stood at the door, watching Shen Haolin kneeling on the futon, holding a handful of millet stalks and putting them into the burning brazier.

"The ancestors and ancestors are on top, the No. 18 grandson Shen Haolin congratulates the ancestors and ancestors on the new year!"

Shen Haolin kowtowed again, and slowly recounted the events of Jiaping Guancheng, Shen Jiajun and Zhen Guogong's mansion this year in detail.After finishing speaking, he kowtowed again, Shen Haolin clasped his hands together, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Father, mother, there is a very important matter. I want to confess to you two in front of all the ancestors." Shen Haolin thought silently in his heart, "I like Cha'er, and I want to marry Cha'er as my wife." Wife, love her and take care of her for the rest of my life, never let her suffer any grievances, just like a father to his mother, always take care of her. The son asks the spirit of the father and mother to bless the son to achieve his wish, and also implores the father and mother to bless the tea The child will be healthy and smooth throughout his life, free from disease and pain."

Shen Haolin slowly opened his eyes, looked at the more than [-] spiritual tablets in front of him, kowtowed three times respectfully, then slowly stood up, walked to Shen Cha's side, and reached out to touch her Head, said, "Go, tell your father and mother if you have any thoughts in your heart, they have spirits in heaven, and they will definitely hear you."

"Okay!" Shen Cha nodded, slowly walked to the front of the spiritual tablet, and knelt on the futon that Shen Haolin had just now.She looked at those spiritual places for a while, then slowly picked up a handful of millet stalks and put them into the brazier. Seeing the millet stalks being slowly swallowed by the flames in the basin, she solemnly kowtowed and closed her eyes gently. Eyes, said silently in his heart, "The ancestors are above, I have a request for my unfilial grandson. Please ancestors bless my brother to be safe, and no matter what happens, please bless him from getting sick or getting hurt. If brother If you don't do well, please let your unfilial grandson bear the punishment that your elder brother should bear, please!" Shen Cha opened his eyes, looked at the spiritual seats of the old Duke and his wife, and said silently in his heart "Father, mother, I haven't seen you two for a while, I hope you don't blame me." Shen Cha took a deep breath and continued to speak silently, "A lot of things have happened in the city recently, brother I have already explained it, so I won’t repeat it. After this series of events, I realized my own feelings, so I have something very important to tell my father and mother. Emotions, I hope that father and mother can understand son, and hope that father and mother will not be disappointed because of this pair. If son can be with his elder brother in the future, son will definitely not disappoint his elder brother, nor will he disappoint his father and mother's expectations."

Saying what he wanted to say in his heart, Shen Cha kowtowed to the spiritual seat again, stood up slowly, and walked to Shen Haolin's side.

"It's your turn, speak well, don't talk nonsense." Shen Cha patted Shen Jiu on the shoulder, "Go!"

"Oh!" Chen Jiu responded, and happily ran to the front of the coffin, and knelt down on the futon, "My ancestors, Xiao Jiu kowtows to you, happy new year!" Shen Jiu kowtowed three times, Looking at the spirit seat in front of him with a smile, he said, "Brother and sister must have said a lot of very emotional things, and they must have been very heavy. I am different from them. Let's talk about something more relaxed. Well, father, mother, sister's Master, Uncle Qin Zheng has returned to Jiaping Pass. He has reconciled with Uncle Yan. Every day he is tired of him. Wherever Uncle Yan goes, he will follow him. Also, Uncle Qin received three This is really good news for me, because I am no longer the youngest child in the mansion, I am also an older brother, this feeling is very good!" Shen Jiuzhuan Turning around to look at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha standing at the door, blinking at Shen Haolin, then turning around and saying, "Well, I have to admit a mistake, I drank alcohol behind my sister's back yesterday, it was a gift from His Majesty. But... Well, this wine is not good at all, it has no taste of wine at all, it feels lighter than white water, I don't like it very much." Shen Jiu took a handful of millet stalks and put them into the brazier, looking at the old man The spiritual seats of the Duke and the old Mrs. said in a low voice, "Father, Mother, Jiu'er misses you, you should be well in heaven, and you must bless the happiness of your elder brother and sister. They are the best and most beautiful that Jiu'er has ever seen." You are the best person. Jiu'er has grown up now, and can already help the eldest brother and sister share some burdens, so Jiu'er hopes that the eldest brother and sister will not be so tired, get hurt, or get sick again!"

Hearing Shen Jiu's words, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha looked at each other, and they held hands together, with expressions of relief on their faces.

Their younger brother has grown up without knowing it. Although sometimes he is still very naughty, childish, and gives them headaches, but today, he can say such words in front of the ancestors, They were very moved.

"Okay, I've finished what I want to say. Ancestors, fathers, mothers, Jiu'er will come to visit you often in the future. I hope you don't dislike Jiu'er coming too often!" Shen Jiu kowtowed three more times, He happily jumped up from the futon, trotted to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, pretended not to see the handshake of the two, blinked his eyes, and said, "Are we leaving?"

"En!" Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha on the head, "Let's go!"

The three of them bowed deeply towards the spiritual seat again, turned around and opened the door of the ancestral hall, and left here.

Going back to the gate of the main courtyard by the same route, Mei Lin and Mei Zhu, who had been guarding here all this time, ran up to them.

"Master, Miss, Young Master!" Mei Lin and Mei Zhu bowed, "Master Hou sent someone to pass a message. After offering sacrifices to the ancestors, he will take Sister Hongye to the temple fair. He will come to the country at noon. Dinner at the public house. There was also a message from the military division that he was going to sleep and would come over for lunch at noon. Also, sister Miao Miao was going to the temple fair with her three children, and she ate lunch outside. return."

"Temple fair?" Shen Jiu jumped up very excitedly, "Ah, today is the first day of junior high school, there must be a temple fair! Brother, sister, shall we go to the temple fair too?" He looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha pitifully, "We haven't visited a temple fair for many, many years."

"That's really the case!" Shen Cha nodded, "Jiu'er, you're not on duty today, and you don't need to patrol, do you?"

"That's right, that's right!" Shen Jiu nodded, and rushed over to hold Shen Cha's arm in one hand and Shen Haolin's in the other, shaking back and forth, "Go, go, go!"

"Okay, let's go, let's go!" Shen Haolin's head was about to explode from the shaking of Shen Jiu, so he quickly agreed.

"That's great, we can go to the temple fair!" Shen Jiu shouted, let go of the arms around Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and ran forward bouncingly.

"Be careful, watch the road under your feet!"

As a result, before Shen Haolin finished speaking, he heard a shout of "Hey, wow". He and Shen Cha followed the prestige and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Knowing that the three of them could go to the temple fair, Shen Jiu was extremely happy, and when he was happy, he got carried away and forgot to pay attention to the traps under his feet. As a result, he accidentally fell into a big pit.

(End of this chapter)