Xiao Han sat alone on the futon and was in a daze.
Who am I? Where am I? What do I do?
These three questions kept swirling in his head, and in the end, he couldn't figure it out.
Today is already the third day since he returned to Miyuan.
Just two days later, I went to bed when I was full, and after I slept, I ate like a pig... No, it was a life like a god!
Unexpectedly, early this morning, he was dragged here by Butler Lu, and then nothing happened...
He raised his head blankly and looked in front of him.
On a mahogany altar table, there are several large incense sticks as thick as a thumb burning!
Amid the smoke, two well-made tablets were looming behind the smoke.
"What the hell? Worshiping ancestors? But I don't even know who my ancestors are. Where did they get the tablets for them?"
Looking dumbfounded at the words written with gold powder on the tablet, Xiao Han even admired the person who wrote.
On these two, one writes Xiao Han's father, the other writes Xiao Han's mother...
It's really straightforward, but Xiao Han has never seen anyone's tablets look like this? And the most important thing is, why are there only two lonely ones? His grandparents, great-grandfather and great-grandmother don't worship them?
"Grandma, aren't you afraid that these old people will come to talk to you at night?" Xiao Han muttered silently, and returned to his blank expression at the beginning.
Of course, he also knew that the Tang Dynasty was no longer as casual about the origins of officials in the court as before.
Just like when Li Yuan conquered the world, he directly sealed off the whole county, and the things that happened to all the officials would never happen again!
Nowadays, anyone with a high-ranking name ranked by the Ministry of Civil Affairs must trace their origins and investigate the nine generations!
Xiao Han didn't need to check the ninth generation, because he couldn't even check out the first generation...
The chief officer of the Ministry of Rites lost a handful of his hair because of this matter! In the end, there was really no choice but to write Xiao Han into the file as the ancestor of this lineage, and the other bosses could only hold their noses.
admit.
Don’t admit it? What can you do? Find the tribesmen for him?
Of course, there are also those who don’t believe in evil! You have to confess your family members for them.
When a prince wanted to recognize his ancestors, the people who recognized him would naturally go to sea! But after several inquiries, they were all confirmed to be fakes! After receiving a hundred and eighty blows, they were thrown to the roadside and screamed at the heavens and the earth.
…
Xiao Han has also heard of this and admires these people!
How about opening his mouth and saying he is his second uncle? Now he is being beaten so much that he can’t even recognize him...
I sat here for a long time, thinking about what Butler Lu was talking about.
Xiao Han really couldn't figure out how he could get credit for his ancestors because he had done well in the Tang Dynasty!
Is it possible that the family fortune he has worked hard for is all fake? This ancestor is better at grabbing credit than the leaders of later generations?
Thinking of this, Xiao Han couldn't help but shook his head and sighed deeply.
Forget it, China has governed the world with benevolence and filial piety since ancient times.
Although he is an orphan, Xiao Han absolutely approves of filial piety from the bottom of his heart! As for now, just for the sake of filial piety, let's sacrifice this unnecessary ancestor...
Time passed bit by bit. Xiao Han connected several futons together and managed to get some sleep. When he woke up, his stomach started to rebel again.
I haven’t eaten since this morning. What time is it now? No food?
"Dong dong dong..." He jumped up and took a few steps to the door and pushed it!
"I'm going, the door is even locked? Why don't you give me some food?" Xiao Han, furious, yelled outside.
"Master Marquis, this is how you worship your ancestors, you have to be sincere! Don't be in a hurry to eat when the time comes. I will be here to accompany you!"
Butler Lu's voice came in from outside the door. Although it was not loud, it was extremely firm. Regarding these rules that are universally applicable, even if it offends Xiao Han, he will never be accommodating!
"What? I have ancestors, but I don’t want grandchildren anymore?!
When Xiao Han heard what Butler Lu said, he was immediately dumbfounded! After confirming again and again that he heard correctly, he weakly stepped back and sat down on the futon.
"Hungry! I'm starving! I should have hid the roast chicken first!" Touching his empty stomach, Xiao Han became hungrier and hungrier as he thought about it. He licked his dry lips, and his eyes suddenly slowly looked towards the altar table.
tribute...
In the afternoon, Butler Lu, who was already guarding outside the ancestral hall, counted the time and finally stepped forward to open the closed door.
"Master Marquis, you must be starving! There is no other way. You must be sincere when offering sacrifices to your ancestors! You can't eat first until your ancestors have finished eating! Now the time is up, and the kitchen over there has already prepared meals for you. Hurry up.
Go over there!"
As soon as the door opened, Butler Lu, who was already prepared to bear his anger, bowed and spoke humbly to the room.
However, what surprised him was that Xiao Han in the room didn't look angry at all!
He was squinting his eyes at this time, adjusting to the light outside little by little.
After finally adapting to the sunshine outside, Xiao Han carefully stepped out of the ancestral hall and asked casually when passing by Butler Lu: "What did you say? The ancestors eat first? Then the ancestors eat too slowly! They eat for one day."
?How do you know this? Is it possible that someone has seen it?"
When Butler Lu heard this, his face darkened obviously. He cupped his hands and said to Xiao Han: "The Marquis is joking, who has seen the ancestor alive? These are the rules passed down by the elders. If you are right, you will be fast to the gods, but slow to the ancestors! The ancestors will be old in one year.
If you can see our children and grandchildren a few times, naturally you have to slow down and look carefully!"
Xiao Han stopped for a moment as he walked forward, curled his lips and said, "Yeah, you are the one who is right! Is there anything else? I'm going to bed!"
There is no way to reason with these stubborn guys. In their eyes, filial piety is the most important principle in the world! Xiao Han asked the question just now. If it were another person, such as a fool, he would have been scratched by now.
It's like a top...
"No, it's okay!" Looking at the lazy Xiao Han, Butler Lu shook his head helplessly.
I am as good as the Marquis, but I am extremely lazy! I can really lie down and definitely not sit down!
"Oh, I'm going to lie down first!"
"Master Marquis, you don't want to eat? Aren't you hungry?"
"Not hungry!"
"this…"
Looking helplessly at Xiao Han leaving with his hands behind his back, Butler Lu had no choice but to sigh again and reach out to close the door of the ancestral hall.
However, just as the door was about to close, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the steamed pig's head on the table that had a strange shape. It seemed...two ears were missing?
It is estimated that Xiao Han was the only one in the entire Tang Dynasty who could steal the tribute from his ancestors.
Just when Butler Lu, with a dark face, replaced the pig's head with a new one and told no one to tell anyone, Xiao Han lay comfortably on his bed again.
Although the futons in the ancestral hall can be put together to lie down on, how can it be as comfortable as your own bed?
Since returning to his home in Sanyuan County, Xiao Han feels much more comfortable, especially these days.
He has nothing to think about and nothing to do! Even the group of friends don’t come to him to drink, and he is extremely leisurely!
Perhaps, for other officials, such a peaceful life is simply their nightmare! Because it is so peaceful, as peaceful as the court no longer wants them...
But for Xiao Han, there is no life more comfortable than this!
In this way, the leisurely life lasted until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month!
Just when Butler Lu was worried that Xiao Han would lie down as a disabled person, that afternoon, Xiao Han suddenly came to find him full of energy.
"Lao Lu, get ready, I'm going to Chang'an tomorrow!"
