Saint Immortal Way

Worshiping the ancestors is the biggest event for a clan every year. This time, the number of people from the Lu clan who came to worship the ancestors seems to be much more than in previous years. It is estimated that there are more than 3000 people. This is not a small number. people.

Most of the men of the xing tribe stand in the compound, while the women can only stand outside the compound.

The general unspoken rule is that men can enter the compound, but women are generally not allowed to enter the compound unless they are special, because women are all water, and if they marry in the future, they will become the water that is thrown out and become someone else's family. According to the genealogy of our family, the status of women has never been high.

After the bell struck ten times, all members of the Lu clan found their seats.Under the reverent eyes of all the clan members, the first to enter the ancestral hall were 320 six people, half of whom were Confucian scholars of the clan.That is to say, scholars who are famous, have Taoism and imperial sagehood.

According to the rules, Confucian scholars with fame and fame can enter the ancestral hall to observe and worship ancestors, and each Confucian scholar can bring one person in.

Lu Yang entered the ancestral hall with the Confucians in the family, and he found that many Confucians would bring their sons or grandsons into the ancestral hall.

There are a few more weird ones, who brought their granddaughters. It is estimated that the situation of those who brought their granddaughters is that their family only has granddaughters and no grandsons.

It is rare for Lu Yang to bring his father instead of his son or grandson into the ancestral hall.

Lu Yang is too young, no wonder, he doesn't have a son or grandson yet, who else would he take with him if he didn't take his own father?In short, this quota must not be wasted.

After all, the area of ​​the ancestral hall is limited, and it is quite compact to accommodate more than 300 people. When everyone stood up neatly, Lu Yang and his son found that they were standing in the middle of the hall. Tablets, one by one, stand on the nine-fold altar in an orderly manner.

The tablets are densely packed, and I don't know how many there are. Each tablet is the same, wooden, red lacquered, gold, and there are cloud patterns on the edge of the tablet.

Lu Kaitai looked at his ancestor's tablet with mixed feelings.As for Lu Yang, he just stared at the altar on the highest floor, on which there was only a solitary memorial tablet.

The tablet is not made of wood, but carved out of a piece of green warm jade, with the inscription "Luzu Chonghua's God Tablet"

This is the throne of the founding ancestor of the Yinxu Dynasty. The name Lu Chonghua is still resounding. He is the heavenly being who descended from the sky back then. After founding the Yinxu Dynasty, he flew away through the sky.

This is also the recognized ancestor of the Luqiu Lu clan.

The altar on the second floor below the ancestor is the emperors of the Yinxu Dynasty, and the fifth tablet is the tablet of the empress Lu Fengfei.

When he was looking at the ancestral tablet, Lu Yang's consciousness moved slightly, as if he felt a malicious thought, he turned his head and looked to the side, and suddenly found that Lu Jianying and Lu Wanrong were staring at him viciously.

The descendants of the main branch of the clan are used to being domineering, and they can't take it anymore after cutting their face?Lu Yang was heartbroken, and he grinned with a triumphant smile, which made the opponent gnash his teeth and wanted to pounce on him, piercing more than a dozen bloody holes in Lu Yang's body with his sword.

How could Lu Yang care about these jumping clowns of his own generation now, in Lu Yang's view, they are all useless things, not worth his troubles.

Now even the patriarch of the Lu clan dare not embarrass himself in the open, what can these incompetent things do, they just grit their teeth and curse a few times behind their backs.

At this time, the servants came up and distributed three sticks of incense to everyone one by one, and the people in front began to offer incense officially.After half a stick of incense, it was Lu Yang's turn.

Lu Yang walked to a large incense burner with three sticks of incense, lit it on a big red candle beside him, and then worshiped sincerely. After three worships, he offered the incense on the incense burner.

Suddenly, Lu Yang's consciousness was slightly shaken, and he opened it suddenly. The lingering incense in the ancestral hall in front of him seemed to stop for an instant, the four senses of sound, smell, touch seemed to disappear, and the whole world fell silent.

This was a very strange situation, but Lu Yang didn't panic, because this was a scene touched by his spiritual sense, which was completely different from what he felt with his naked eyes.What the spiritual sense feels is often true, and it can even reveal the essence better than what the naked eye sees.

Lu Yang "saw" a scene that shocked him. This scene came so casually that it appeared in front of his eyes all at once.

All kinds of qi condense on the ancestral hall to form a vast acre, like a canopy, exuding splendid and gorgeous spiritual light, covering it from top to bottom, and all the people in the ancestral hall will be illuminated and washed by the spiritual light that is invisible to the naked eye.

"Ancestors bless!"

A thought suddenly flashed in Lu Yang's mind, this is true, these spiritual lights invisible to ordinary people are indeed nourishing everyone, and the source of these spiritual lights is the sticks of incense that everyone worships.

Lu Yang suddenly had a realization that the offspring worshiped the ancestors, and the ancestors would feed back and protect the offspring. This cycle is endless.

What surprised Lu Yang was that all the upper-level gods were shrouded in golden aura, especially the gods of Lu Zu and Empress Lu Fengfei. The golden light was dazzling and the luck was lingering. Down, the coercion down, let people feel a certain kind of great majesty.

It seemed like several hours passed, and it seemed that it was only a moment. The scene seen by the divine sense disappeared, and the senses of sound, smell, touch and four senses in the ancestral hall recovered. Lu Yang turned his head to look at his father behind him, and found that there was nothing unusual about him.

Lu Yang heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that he was the one who disturbed others, if the scene just now was not the person involved, how could others feel it?

"Yang'er, are you alright?" Lu Kaitai whispered, seeing that Lu Yang's expression was not right, he didn't know what was wrong.

Lu Yang smiled and shook his head self-deprecatingly.Lu Kaitai patted his son on the shoulder, passed by, and lit incense in front of the censer. After a series of movements, Lu Kaitai was already trembling slightly. There was a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

Lu Kaitai was inexplicably excited, this was the first time he offered incense during the ancestor worship ceremony, and he felt the grand atmosphere never before in such a close-up ceremony.

In the past, when offering sacrifices to ancestors, the Confucians of the same clan who were in the ancestral hall finished offering incense first. After a while, after these native clan members with status and status came out, it was the turn of ordinary people with low status and status. Enter the ancestral hall to offer incense.

Who would have thought that this year because of his son, he would be able to observe and worship ancestors at such a close distance in the ancestral hall, which was something he dared not dream of before!

Trembling, he inserted three sticks of incense into the big ancient incense burner full of incense, even though the curling incense made his eyes irritate and tear up, Lu Kaitai didn't care.

Follow the flow of people silently offering incense back to the original place, and then watch the clansmen come forward to offer incense one by one, until more than 300 people, old and young, in the ancestral hall have all offered incense, and the whole ancestral hall fell into solemnity.

The first process of the ancestor worship ceremony was finished, and the second process was to read the sacrificial text. Lu Yuanmeng read the sacrificial text aloud in person, and the old voice was heard from the ancestral hall to the outside of the compound, and everyone could hear it clearly.

The members of the Lu family inside and outside the compound are solemn and respectful!

"All the people of the clan offer incense and offer sacrifices to the ancestors. Please enjoy the ancestors!" Lu Yuanmeng shouted loudly after reading the sacrificial text.

The clansmen also looked solemn, and shouted to the densely packed tablets on the ancestral hall: "Please enjoy, ancestors!" As a result, the clansmen began to offer incense one after another, both inside and outside the compound, without exception.

There are several large incense burners half a person's height in the compound, which are filled with incense sticks. Outside the compound, many people also stick incense sticks on the heels of the walls.

Soon, the incense was lingering, and the whole ancestral hall was lingering, shrouded in thick incense. In the compound, the nine-fold altar was also full of incense, and the three living things, fresh fruits, five grains, gold and jade utensils, etc. were placed one after another. The offerings were fully placed, and all members of the Lu clan worshiped their ancestors together.

For a moment, everyone felt the sanctity of worshiping ancestors. This is a sacred and sacred thing, and it is also the pride of all clansmen.

Because the ancestor of the Lu family once stood on the top of this land and was brilliant for a while. Now, his descendants should remember and work hard.

The ancestor worship ceremony lasted for more than an hour, and the incense was burned for several rounds. It was not until the afternoon that the official ancestor worship ceremony ended, and the clansmen considered their wishes for this year to be fulfilled.

The clansmen whose homes were far away began to pack their things and prepare to return, hoping to get back home before dark.Lu Yang and his son came out of the ancestral hall, first put a few sticks of incense in the courtyard, and then came to the case desk.

"Hey, my nephew is here. Please sit down quickly. I don't know, but I want to invite back the sacrifices that my ancestors enjoyed and bring blessings home?" He stepped forward and hugged Lu Yang's thigh.

"Yang Er, do you want to bring back all those sacrifices?" Lu Kaitai asked.

"In this way, it is a blessing that the original three animals and Shiguo are invited back. As for the utensil..." Lu Yang glanced at the family steward, and found that he was staring at himself through the autumn water, waiting for Lu Yang's decision .

The steward unconsciously swallowed his saliva, thinking that if Lu Yang could be merciful and keep one or two good things, then the official branch of the clan in charge of the ancestral hall would make a lot of money.

"Hehe, the pair of full amount of red gold will be kept, even if it is donated to the repair cost of the ancestral hall. As for the imperial offering of a bucket of East China Sea pearls, a pair of jade biscuits, and a pair of human treasures and top-grade sapphire Ruyi, please come back. Everything can be purified with Wen Qi and cultivated into a magic weapon!"

The manager was disappointed for a while, but he had expected that Lu Yang's strength in front of the ancestral hall was enough to explain the problem, he would not leave good things to the clan's Zhengzhi.

"And what about the "Collection of Wind, Flower, Snow and Moon"?"

The steward hurriedly asked, it was a book written with a timeless spirit, if it was used to enlighten the students, it would help the elementary school students gather their hearts and spirits.Even if it is not for primary school children, it can be used for students who have stepped into the door of the holy way, and can easily accumulate a timeless aura. This thing is placed in the study of Moling Mansion, and it is estimated that it will sell a lot of silver.

"Leave it to the clan!" Lu Yang grinned, guessing that there are many people in the clan who want this book, but they definitely won't be the regular children who hate him so much.

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