These Taichang officials secretly cursed that bastard Fuqiu Gong. Why did he mess with this Wu Tao when he was fine, and now he wants to implicate them.
On one side, they all prostrated themselves and said, "We will never dare to treat the ancestral spirit of the Hou Mansion indifferently. Please offer wine as a warning!"
"I'll know if it's true or not. I'll know after seeing it. You guys, step back!"
Those too regular courtesy officials and officials are in great danger.
If you want to pick a thorn, you can pick out the bones in the egg.
This Wu Tao wants to find fault. No matter how well they do, they can always be found guilty of omissions, which makes them cry for a while.
However, Tao Xiaowu ignored them and shouted, "If you don't back down, could you and the others have something up their sleeves and do something they want to do?"
With such a big hat pressed down, these too-regular ceremony officials all retreated with sad faces.
Tao Xiaowu didn't care and went to the temples one by one to worship.
I silently prayed in my heart, "I offended a Confucian scholar and caused a fatal disaster. I had to come to the ancestral temple to borrow a few seals for use. I also ask the ancestors of the Marquis Mansion to forgive me..."
After bowing in this way, Qiu Shan was asked to guard outside.
Finally, we came to the altar where Feng Maofangtu was enshrined.
This kind of sealed thatch is placed inside the main temple.
As a prince, Yangfuhou has five temples, and the main temple is dedicated to the ancestor, the fire god Wu Gong.
At this moment, under the gaze of the statue of the God of Fire, Wu Gong, Tao Xiaowu cautiously walked towards the altar, feeling that something was wrong all over his body.
This is a world with ghosts and gods...
Although it is said that the ancient fire god Bu Gong has already fallen, he died together with the ancient water god Bu Hu.
However, at this moment, under the gaze of this statue, doing such sneaky things always made me feel a little uneasy.
Especially when Tao Xiaowu stepped into the altar, his vision suddenly went dark, and he suddenly seemed to be falling towards the bottomless abyss.
Then I saw fire, endless flames.
In the blazing light that burned like a flame, a palace was floating in it.
As if in an instant, Tao Xiaowu had fallen into a hall.
Five golden gods, each of them three to five feet tall, sat upright and stared at Tao Xiaowu, who was like a bean sprout.
The huge invisible pressure made Tao Xiaowu unable to say a word.
"These are the five ancestors enshrined in the Yangfuhou Ancestral Temple..."
Tao Xiaowu suddenly had this realization in his heart.
These are also the five most important ancestors of the Yangfuhou family.
It was also his first time seeing him!
Although Tao Xiaowu was in charge of the Hou's Mansion's wine ceremony, he was only in charge of private offerings in the Hou's Mansion.
As for the sacrifices in this ancestral temple, of course it was the court etiquette officials who presided over them.
This was also an important means for the imperial court to check and balance the princes...
Therefore, Tao Xiaowu had only seen the ancestors of the Yangfuhou family who were not the main branch in the past.
But today I really saw the ancestral spirits enshrined in this kind of ancestral temple.
The only feeling left for Tao Xiaowu is that he is powerful, too powerful!
Especially the one sitting in the middle should be the ancestral spirit of the ancient fire god Wu Gong. He is the most powerful and is more than seven feet tall.
The other four are less than half of it, at most they are only three feet useful!
But no matter how tall they are, they all exude that golden-red, burning light like a flame.
As a result, those ancestral spirits did nothing and pressed Tao Xiaowu until he could no longer bear it.
However, this feeling only lasts for a moment.
Everything in front of him disappeared. Tao Xiaowu's mental consciousness rose again and he returned to his body. He vaguely heard a sentence in his ear: "Assist the Hou Mansion well, and you will be richly rewarded in the future..."
The voice was still in his ears, and Tao Xiaowu's consciousness had returned to his body.
He was still on the altar, and one hand had already touched the seal.
"This is what the ancestors have given me permission to do!"
Tao Xiaowu had a clear understanding in his heart, and he did not dare to neglect, so he replaced Baomao quickly.
The whole process took less than two minutes!
Tao Xiaowu bowed to the statue of Bu Gong again, then got up and walked out.
Those Tao Changli officials did not dare to go too far. They stretched their necks and looked from afar. When they saw Tao Xiaowu's face sinking as deep as water and he walked out without any sign of joy or anger, they felt frightened and uneasy in their hearts.
The leading etiquette officer even came closer, knelt down and said, "In honor of the wine, could you please take a step to speak?"
Although Tao Xiaowu looked calm, he was actually just trying to scare these people.
Immediately, he followed the ceremony officer to the side. The ceremony officer gritted his teeth and felt pain in his heart for a long time. He took out a small bag from his arms and said, "It's hard work to offer wine, this is our filial piety to offer wine!"
The wrapping cloth was opened, revealing a bead the size of a pigeon egg inside. It looked gray-white and very inconspicuous.
However, this is a flowing pearl!
This guy actually has a flowing pearl in his hand?
At this time, the ceremony official said seriously, "This bead is a witch bead, given by ancient wizards when they offered sacrifices to the gods. I think it may be useful for sacrificial wine, so I don't dare to keep it secretly, so I specially gave it to the sacrificial wine!"
"oh?"
Tao Xiaowu took the bead and confirmed that it was a shining bead, feeling happy in his heart.
But it's a bit ridiculous. When did this flowing light bead become a witch bead? Can you be more careful when choosing a name?
This bead is of great use to him!
Thoughts were running through his mind, and Tao Xiaowu had already shouted, "Take down this thief!"
When the ceremony officer was horrified, he was caught by Qiu Shan who rushed towards him.
The ceremony officer opened his mouth and wanted to shout, "I'm wronged by you, I'm sacrificing wine..."
As soon as he left the door, Qiu Shan pinched the back of his neck hard, his eyes turned black, and he fainted.
Tao Xiaowu said angrily, "These thieves actually dare to hide and sell the ancestral temple's ritual utensils. I'll arrest them all for such illegal acts!"
This was also Tao Xiaowu's impromptu idea.
I didn't originally have this idea.
What's strange is that this official, Tao Xiaowu, actually took the initiative to give gifts to Tao Xiaowu.
But Tao Xiaowu had an idea in an instant!
These people cannot be kept...
At this time, the matter was framed on them. Even if someone from the court came to find trouble in the future and found that Feng Mao was wrong, they could only be blamed on these people.
As for the evidence, isn’t this the shining bead?
At worst, I'll just find a way to ask Marquis Yang Fu to give it to me in the future.
Besides, if it’s not enough, wouldn’t it be easy to frame him?
There are so many ritual vessels in the ancestral temple, such as bronze tripods, bronze bells, etc. They are all bronze vessels, and when melted they become money.
Tao Xiaowu said that these guys secretly sold the ritual vessels for money, so they secretly sold them. Can they still refute it?
Following Tao Xiaowu's order, Qiu Shan rushed over like a whirlwind, and after a moment, he knocked the dozen Taichang ceremony officials to the ground.
This was because Tao Xiaowu was unprepared and did not bring enough manpower.
At this time, Tao Xiaowu reflected secretly in his heart.
Next time you do these things, you should be prepared beforehand.
Soon, Yang Fuhou received the news and came in a hurry with a large number of guards and servants.
However, someone was sent to count the ritual vessels one by one according to the book.