Tenkai Dobu

Chapter 39

Early the next morning, Lu Ziyu went out to the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion of Hongtai City was located in the center of Hongtai City to the west.

In front of the city lord's mansion, Wang Wu handed the prayer note in his hand to the door guard. The guard glanced at the golden prayer note, left a sentence and hurried in.

After a while, a group of people came out of the city lord's mansion. The leader was a middle-aged man, followed by yesterday's Lu Qian, and some people who seemed to be Lu Qian's juniors and some servants. Yesterday's Lu Hou was not there.

"Ziyu is here." Before he got close, Lu Qian said loudly with a smile, and then said, "This is my eldest brother Lu Wu, and the eldest brother is Ziyu's nephew."

Lu Wu then said: "Just come in when Ziyu comes, and you are so polite."

"It's the first time I've come to see the elders, and I have to be polite." Lu Ziyu said with a salute
"Okay, let's go in and talk about it, my father is still waiting inside." Lu Qian said from behind.
Lu Hong was in the reception hall of the city master's mansion. The night before yesterday, his second son came to report that there was a gold medal guard from the master's house coming to Hongtai City. He asked his son to visit yesterday to see who came here, and it was not related to him.In the end, the son came back and said that a direct descendant had come to Hongtai City. He suddenly thought of the letter from the master six months ago, saying that a direct descendant had run away from home, so the cities should pay attention. Finally, he asked his son the name of the direct descendant. When he called Lu Ziyu, he must have been the one who ran away from home. ,

Although he was a runaway from home, he was also a direct descendant no matter what, so he should not be underestimated.I heard that this kid is still the son of the eldest son of the Lu family. His father is likely to be the next island owner, and he can't be neglected, so he sat here and waited when he heard Lu Ziyu came to visit.In fact, Lu Hong is a little regretful now. He shouldn't let his son go yesterday. If he doesn't go, he won't know, Lu Ziyu won't come to visit, and he doesn't need to inform the island owner. This kind of thing is troublesome.

When Lu Ziyu saw Lu Hong, Lu Hong was sitting in the main seat of the living room. Lu Hong was not as old as his grandfather, but it seemed that his hair had begun to gray, and his body exuded the breath of a long-standing superior, but he did not have the golden pill he had seen before. The temperament of a martial artist in the realm is the same as when Qin Fang stopped "Fengshen Jue". Seeing this, Lu Ziyu was a little surprised. It seems that this grandfather Hong is about to break through the master. No wonder he heard his parents chatting about Hong Tai when he was at home. The lord of the city wants to retire, maybe he is going to retreat.

"Ziyu meets Grandpa Hong" Lu Ziyu walked to Lu Hongqian and bowed.

"Okay, get up, Ziyu's journey has been hard work." Lu Hong said with a smile, and after seeing Lu Ziyu get up, he said, "I mentioned your matter in a letter from the island owner."

"Let Grandpa and Grandpa Hong worry about it." Lu Ziyu smiled embarrassedly.

"Since you're here, just stay and play. Tomorrow will be the opening of the sea. You can go and have a look. You can let Hou'er accompany you these few days." Signal to come forward.

Later, Hou Lu came forward to greet Grandpa and Lu Ziyu.Lu Hong introduced: "This is Marquis Lu, let him accompany you for a few days in Hongtai City."

"Cousin, I will have to work in the future." Lu Ziyu also bowed back to Lu Hou.
Lu Ziyu talked with Lu Hong for a while, and also said some information about the old man of the Lu family in Xuanwu City, greeted Lu Ziyu's parents, and then said goodbye.

At noon, Lu Ziyu was invited to Lu Hong's house to have a rich lunch, and then they went their separate ways, while Lu Hou accompanied Lu Ziyu out of the house to hang out in the city.With Lu Hou accompanied on the street, it was much quieter, and there was no need to find a way. Lu Ziyu just stopped by to add a little of his storage bag.

Early the next morning, Lu Hou was waiting at the door of the inn. Yesterday, Lu Hong asked Lu Ziyu to live in his house, but Lu Ziyu refused.I made an appointment yesterday to watch the Kai Hai Festival today. Lu Ziyu also got up early. When he just went out, he saw Lu Hou at the door and there were two carriages behind him, so he stepped forward: "Cousin early"

Because the Kaihai Festival was held on the coast where Ximen went out, the road was still a little far, so Lu Ziyu got on the carriage.The two carriages were much more comfortable than his,
The inside is also spacious and comfortable. There is also a small table on one side. There is tea on the table.Looks like I'll have to find a better carriage in the future.

The carriage drove slowly. The one who drove the carriage was still Wang Wu. Qin Fang was also working on the other side of the carriage. I don’t know when Qin Fang stopped getting into the carriage. He was not used to it. There were more than a dozen guards behind the car, and the leader was a congenital warrior. It seemed that Lu Hong and his family were specially sent to protect Lu Ziyu. Except for the main family, there was generally no family that gave the children of the family a congenital guard.

On the road, many people are rushing to the West City Gate. Today is a big day. People want to see it, and most of them are young people.Pedestrians on the road avoided Lu Ziyu's carriage from a distance. It seems that the Luhou family is very imposing around this Hongtai City, but they avoided it when they saw the markings on the carriage.

The symbol used by the head of the Lu family is a golden basalt beast, and the collaterals will also have their own marks when they go out, but most of them are in the shape of a tortoise. No collateral line dares to use a basalt beast, and the entire Guishou Island except the Lu family. , No other family can use the turtle's mark, so the things of the Lu family are easy to recognize. If you don't show the mark, if you are bullied, you can solve it yourself as long as you don't die, but if you keep showing the Lu family's brand, then If someone bullies you, then it's not your business alone. There will be family members who will come to find someone who doesn't give face to the Lu family.

The port is not far from the west gate. The port of Hongtai City is not large. As long as there are few ships coming from this direction, there are several nearby islands for trade. Generally, it is farther away, and the merchant ships from the larger islands go to the largest island of Guishou Island. The port is Wanghai Town. Originally, Hongtai City was very suitable for a port, but there is no port around Hongtai City that can be used for large ships. In the end, it took a lot of money to build a small port here, that is, a small port. The port also brought earth-shaking changes to Hongtai City.And this port was built when Lu Honggang became the lord of Hongtai City.

When Lu Ziyu arrived at the port, it was already crowded with people. From a distance, a large high platform was built very close to the coastline. Most of the platform was full. Looking out to the sea, the sea was full of small boats. Each ship is nearly fifteen or sixty feet long and eight or nine in width. Most of them look like the ancient Mongolian ships in the previous life, but the ships here seem to be made of wood, but the wood used for shipbuilding is made of iron wood.Ironwood is a kind of wood that is harder than iron. Generally, tools forged with black iron or cold iron are used for cutting. Innate damage does not work on ironwood, so most of the ships in this world are made of ironwood. .

There is a special passageway to go to the high platform. When Lu Hou took Lu Ziyu from the passage to the high platform, the platform was already full of people, but no one started to act, as if they were waiting for the time. Lu Ziyu was also interesting to see. I sat down where I could rarely see the sea, and as soon as I sat down, I saw someone running down from the main stage and saying something to Lu Hou's ear, and then Lu Hou came over and asked Lu Ziyu, "Cousin, My grandfather asked me to ask if you would like to go upstairs to participate in the sacrifice together?"

"No, you don't need to pay attention to me, I just take a look, let them do their job, and treat me as if I don't exist." Lu Ziyu shook his head and said.
Seeing that Lu Ziyu's expression was firm, Lu Hou didn't say anything. He went back and said a few words to the servant who just came over, and that person left.After a while, the drums in front suddenly sounded. Lu Ziyu saw that everyone on the main stage stood up, and the people below also stood up. Even the people standing below became quiet. Standing up, Lu Ziyu also stood up.

I only heard someone above shouting: "Ji", and then the people below followed: "Ji".Next, Lu Hong stood on the altar and read the sacrificial text aloud, and finally presented a series of steps such as the slaughtered monster. Lu Ziyu's head was big.

Lu Ziyu Zhang has never participated in a sacrifice at this age. I heard that the family's [-]-year sacrifice is more cumbersome and grand. During the sacrifice, as long as anyone who is qualified to participate in the sacrifice will go back, no matter what you are doing or where you are, you have to rush back. worship.Those who can participate in family sacrifices are also a symbol of identity. All the direct descendants of the Lu family can, and the daughter-in-law who is married into the Lu family can only be the wife, but they can only stand on the periphery, and those with a little bit of aptitude can also participate in the periphery.As for the collateral line, only the head of the family and the heirs of the head of the family can participate, even the grandmaster can participate, and the daughters who are recruited by the son-in-law are not allowed.

In this world, sacrifice is very important. Only big families are qualified to sacrifice, and generally small households are not qualified to sacrifice ancestors.Because the sacrificial wine that can preside over the sacrificial ceremony is all in the Haitian Pavilion, every time there is a family sacrifice, I go to the Haitian Pavilion to ask for the sacrificial wine. No matter how strong a family is, it cannot be cultivated.

Sacrifices like the Kai Hai Festival are just pretending and are useless.The family sacrifice is effective, as long as the sacrifice is successful, it will be beneficial to the participants.

(End of this chapter)