I have a roll of fairy pictures

Chapter 13 ancestor worship

On the vermilion pavilion, a wisp of white smoke from the incense burner flowed out along the gap, like a wave of water, and the faint scent of incense spread in the room.

Huo Taixian stood quietly in front of the incense burner, holding a simple book in his hand, dressed in soft red silk, like a fire, igniting the whole room.

His life in Huo's family is really good. In this nuoda's servant's mansion, he has his own small building and his own yard.

Apart from not being able to cultivate, the rest are the same as the treatment of his two younger brothers and sisters, food and clothing are all included in the same package.

"What kind of incredible power is the painter's method? What's the mystery in it? It's really exciting." Standing in front of the bookshelf, Huo Taixian casually flipped through the books in his hand, with yearning in his eyes.

"Bang~"

At this moment, the door of the room was knocked open, and Xiaochunzi rushed in in a hurry, before he arrived, he had already penetrated through the window paper in a crying tone: "Master..., are you alright?"

Xiaochunzi entered the house, looked at Huo Taixian with a pair of eyes, and then rushed over directly, crying like a wolf and howling: "Young master! You can count yourself back. After the villain comes back, he will stay at home in fear. People can't eat well and sleep well, and in just two days, they lost two catties."

While talking, snot and tears scratched his face, his body exuded a foul smell, and he rushed towards Huo Taixian.

"Wait! Stop." Huo Taixian called Xiao Chunzi to stop: "You haven't showered for a few days? Why are you so greasy?"

"Young master, you really wronged the villain. After the villain came back, he couldn't eat well and sleep well. He was thinking about the young master all day long, and his heart was all on the young master. How could he have the heart to take a bath?" Xiaochunzi felt wronged. He looked at Huo Taixian.

Huo Taixian smiled and said nothing: "Am I okay now? Standing here well."

Looking up and down at Huo Taixian, seeing that the other party was fine, Xiao Chunzi felt relieved, patted his chest and let out a long breath: "So I'm at ease. When we go out in the future, we must be careful. We need to recruit two good men to avoid such a dangerous situation. This time we were careless. We have been in the mansion before, and we have never shown our faces in public, thinking that we will not be targeted. But if the son listens to me and brings the guards before going out, we will not Almost died outside."

Where is Xiaochunzi rambling, but Huo Taixian has a ray of memory circulating in his mind.

The predecessor wanted to go out to find opportunities to become a painter, get rid of the heavy shackles of the mansion, and take the opportunity to do some small things outside, so he never brought the nursing staff with him when he left the mansion.

It is no wonder that people have suffered accidental and tragic deaths in the wilderness.

"My lord, I heard from people outside that you are going to voluntarily give up your status as the heir of the family, aren't you?" Xiao Chunzi seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly raised his head, staring fixedly at Huo Taixian.

"Did the news spread so quickly?" Huo Taixian asked in surprise.

"The news came from Da Furen's yard. My son, is this true? Is it because people in Da Furen's courtyard are secretly spreading rumors and causing trouble? You are the eldest son. Even if you sue the pleadings to the Emperor Zhou, you will inherit The best candidate for the noble title. You are not a fool, how could you give up your title?" Xiao Chunzi muttered to himself, and patted his head:

"It's a bit stupid to look at you. It's clear that those people in the lady's room are malicious and malicious. I actually believed such nonsense."

"It's true. I have reached a tacit agreement with my father. I will give up my title this time to worship the ancestors. Everything in the mansion has nothing to do with me."

"What...?" Xiaochunzi was taken aback when he heard the words, and he suspected that he had heard it wrong. At this moment, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Huo Taixian with a pair of eyes that were full of disbelief:
"Master, you are not lying to me, are you?"

"To me, this mansion is an indestructible cage. You have been with me for eight years, and you should know what my dream is since I was a child." Huo Taixian put down the scroll in his hand and sighed leisurely.

"It's over! Young Master's head is broken! How did that woman deceive you to make you give up your title?" Xiao Chunzi wailed and patted his head angrily:
"I was only away from your side for two days, and I was taken advantage of by that woman. My lord, you are so confused! Although painters are good, there is no shortage of painters in my Great Zhou Dynasty, and titles are indeed hard to come by. That woman What benefits did you promise to make you give up your inheritance rights?"

Huo Taixian was silent.

"My lord, that woman is just bullying you to live in the mansion all year round and have little knowledge. Do you know what the title of nobility means?" Xiao Chunzi looked at Huo Taixian:
"The people of the world, to the nobles, are just a group of livestock. The nobles control the world, and they hold the power of life and death in this world. The nobles can override the law. Even if they kill people, they only pay for some items. Since then After Zhou Tianzi founded the country and pardoned the world, there have been no new nobles born in my Great Zhou Dynasty for 3000 years. As long as you become a nobleman, there will be countless painters serving you, and countless resources will be tilted towards you , why are you in a hurry? It’s simply looking for a distance, throwing away the watermelon and picking sesame seeds.”

"I know." Huo Taixian sighed quietly: "It's just that everyone has their own aspirations, and this is my own choice."

Can Huo Taixian tell him about the injuries in his body?

He can't say.

No one can tell.

"I'm about to be demoted to a commoner. You can leave me and stay in the mansion to serve the new master. It still won't affect your life." Huo Taixian looked at Xiaochunzi with a smile.

Just for the sake of sharing weal and woe before, this kid is good at it, and he can do it.Something is really up.

"What did you say, young man, life is your man, death is your ghost, I have served you for eight years, if you leave, where can I be accommodated in this mansion?" Xiao Chunzi sighed sadly, Then he fell and sat not far from Huo Taixian.

"If you follow me, I'm afraid you will be displaced in the future, and you won't have the rich clothes and food in the mansion." Huo Taixian said with a smile.

Xiaochunzi smiled wryly: "Master, since you know what your future life will be, why don't you go and talk to the master? Before the matter is settled, there is still a turning point."

Huo Taixian did not answer Xiaochunzi's words, but put down the book in his hand:
"How many people now know that I am giving up the title of succession?"

"Since the news spread from the Da Furen's courtyard, it has spread throughout the entire mansion, and has spread to every house." Xiao Chunzi replied.

"Giving up the inheritance of the title is not an easy task. Even if I want to give up the inheritance, the Huo family still has some old antiques who abide by the rules and only recognize the etiquette of the ancestors. It depends on whether they agree or not." Huo Taixian's heart flickered A thought:
"The eldest lady is throwing stones to ask for directions, and she will disclose the news in advance to see the reactions of the clan elders."

"However, the Huo family relies a lot on the eldest lady's natal family. Most of the Huo family members have received the favor of Mrs. Huo. It is very easy for the eldest lady to settle those clan elders."

Although Huo Taixian gave up and inherited the title, he is still a member of the Huo family, still a child of the Huo family, and still the son of Huo Jia, but his status is reversed from that of Huo Xin.

Xiaochunzi washed up dejectedly, leaving Huo Taixian sitting in the room reading a book, quietly looking at the scroll in his hand, trying to figure out the method in the scroll.

This scroll was left by the previous mother. The age is unknown, the inheritance is unknown, and the author is unknown. It is the only relic left by the previous mother.

The book records an ancient method of blood sacrifice, but this method is too unimaginable, and Huo Taixian dare not try it lightly.

Time passed bit by bit, and three days passed in a hurry.

Third day

early morning
A guard's voice came from outside the door:
"My lord, the ancestor worship is about to begin, the master invites you to come over."

Huo Taixian wore white clothes, the silk on his body was taken off, and he replaced it with white linen clothes. He opened the door and saw the thin man in black with no expression on his face. He nodded and walked straight to the ancestral hall.

When I came to the ancestral hall, there were thousands of people gathered in front of the ancestral hall. They were in groups of three and whispered in groups of two.After seeing Huo Taixian coming, they all lowered their voices, turned their eyes on him, and kept bowing their heads to discuss.

Everyone in the clan had heard the news a long time ago, and when they saw the protagonist of the incident, their thoughts kept turning.

Huo Taixian walked through the crowd to the front of the junior disciples and stood still, then put his hands in his sleeves, stood there and closed his eyes without saying a word.

All the disciples around looked at Huo Taixian, lowered their heads one by one, and their eyes kept colliding in private.

There was a burst of noise, but Huo Xin was seen wearing silk, with a ring around his waist, and rouge smeared on his face, like a crab, the crowds hurriedly dodged as he passed by, and then came to Huo Taixian.

"You lost!" Standing beside Huo Taixian, Huo Xin looked at Huo Taixian with his eyes closed, his eyes were full of complacency:

"I will inherit the Huo family after all."

Huo Taixian looked at the five or six-year-old Xiao Douding in front of him, with an arrogant expression on his face, he was too lazy to chat with him.

This kid looks young, but it's a pity that he is not a good bird. Under the instigation of the maid around him, he keeps making trouble for Huo Taixian and is hostile to Huo Taixian.

Brothers often fight, let alone half-brothers who compete with each other?

The two are born at odds.

"Hmph, from now on I will be the eldest son of the family. You'd better be respectful when you see me. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless as a big brother, and let you know what rules are." full of pride.

Huo Taixian took a look at the words and said: "You become a son, that is after today. If you dare to continue to grind, I don't mind telling you what the rules are now." Huo Taixian looked at Xiaodouding.

Previously, he was weak in the mansion, and the whole mansion was full of the eldest lady's confidantes. In the past, he had to swallow his anger when facing this little Douding's difficulties.Although he is the eldest son, his life is not as good as that of the second son.

There's no way, although Xiao Douding is the second son, he can't stand his mother in charge of the rules of the whole house.

Huo Taixian is just carrying the false name of his son-in-law.

Even as long as the mistress is willing, Huo Taixian doesn't know how to die.

(End of this chapter)