In the spring of Gu Yu Tianyou's twenty-sixth year.
The streets of Youzhou City are exceptionally quiet today. Youzhou was originally one of the largest state capitals of the Gu Yu Dynasty. It was one of Gu Yu's military strongholds at first. Later, due to the continuous expansion of the territory of the Gu Yu Dynasty, Youzhou City gradually lost its
Although it has lost its status as a military hub, as a former military center and now the central region of the empire, it is highly valued by the emperor. As a result, Youzhou City's business is extremely developed and its prosperity is even greater than before.
But today is the day of ancestor worship for the Su family, a large family in Youzhou. Like the country where Su Yan lived before, ancestors are respected the most, so ancestor worship is the most solemn and solemn ceremony for every family.
At this time, Su Yan was riding a bicycle towards the Su Mansion, and Su Zhengtian was among them, sitting directly opposite Su Yan. Su Yan's biological mother passed away after giving birth to Su Yan, and Su Zhengtian also missed his old wife.
He did not renew his wife, but only took a concubine. Outsiders were not allowed to enter during clan ancestor worship, so Su Zhengtian simply came with a few servants and Su Yan.
When Su Zhengtian thought that his good-for-nothing son was about to cause another farce, and under the watchful eyes of all the tribesmen, he couldn't cheer up. Su Zhengtian was born in the military, he was straight-tempered, and he was always competitive and competitive.
He always had a good reputation, but he repeatedly lost face with this son. Thinking of the contempt and pity in the eyes of his tribe before leaving, Su Zhengzhen had the urge to chop this good-for-nothing son with a knife.
Su Yan raised his head and glanced at Su Zhengtian, his eyes moved, as if he had seen through what Su Zhengtian was thinking, but he could not persuade him and could only sigh softly.
When Su Zhengtian heard this sigh, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, and then he resisted the urge to kill the bastard and turned away from looking at him.
When Su Yan followed Su Zhengtian into the Su Mansion, the Su Mansion was already full of people.
"Su Zhengtian from Changde County has arrived." A message from the doorman made everyone turn their attention to this place. Su Zhengtian hurriedly stepped forward to greet everyone. After a while of noise, Su Zhengtian was about to pull Su Yan to salute various elders.
Suddenly there was a strange sarcasm: "Hey, isn't this the good-for-nothing Su Yan? He's here to perform another joke for everyone today. Ah? Hahaha!" followed by a burst of laughter.
Su Yan looked around for the sarcastic laughter and saw the young man who was about twenty years old. His face was fair but his eyes were sunken. He must have been a playboy who drank too much. Su Yan looked through his past memories and found this man. His name was
Su Kuai was very arrogant all day long, and would insult Su Yan in every possible way when he got the opportunity.
"There are always those cats and dogs who always talk about this trash and that trash. Don't you know that you are also the same kind of trash?" Su Yan withdrew his gaze and replied lightly, such a stupid idiot with no brains is not worth fighting for.
angry.
Su Kuai was stunned. He didn't expect that this cowardly dude would dare to insult him. He was so angry that he shouted in a low voice: "Boy, say it again! Do you believe it or not, I'll skin you?"
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"Haha, this joke is so funny. I'll write it down later and take it out for fun when I have nothing to do." Su Yan laughed heartlessly.
"You are looking for death!" Su Kuai was furious and couldn't suppress it anymore. He pushed away everyone and rushed towards Su Yan. A faint blue light flashed on his fist and a strong wind hit his face.
Su Yan was startled and was about to dodge, but Su Kuai suddenly put away his fists, stepped back, and quickly stood aside. Everyone also stood still and stopped talking. Su Yan took a look and saw that it was the head of the Su family who came out.
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The head of the Su family is named Su Shi. He is over sixty years old, but he does not show the twilight state that an old man should have. Instead, he is energetic and has sharp eyes. Su Shi glanced at Su Yan and Su Kuai, then turned his head and looked at everyone, solemnly.
The voice said: "Today is the day for our clan to worship our ancestors. You will follow me into the ancestral hall later to worship our ancestors. No one is allowed to make noise or cause trouble in the ancestral hall. Violators will be severely punished. Do you hear me?"
"No!" Everyone responded in unison, and then followed Su Ye towards the ancestral hall.
From the moment Su Yan entered the ancestral hall, he kept looking at this place. The ancestral hall is very wide, and the surrounding walls and wall pillars are all dark yellow, which is extremely monotonous. White silk covers the entire hall, making it even more solemn. In the middle are the ancestors being worshiped.
The table below is filled with various sacrificial objects, mainly incense.
What follows is an extremely complicated sacrificial ceremony. This traditional sacrificial ritual is the most lengthy, but no one dares to change it without authorization because it would be a great disrespect to the ancestors.
Su Yan had been kneeling on the futon for two hours. At first, he was a little interested, but then he became numb. He followed the crowd chanting rituals or kowtowing repeatedly. Su Yan was on the verge of collapse. After kneeling for two hours, not only his legs
He felt numb, and his consciousness began to become confused. "I can't stand this cheating priest anymore!" Su Yan cursed silently in his heart.
"At the end of the ceremony, kowtow three times, and then exit the ancestral hall." After hearing this sentence, everyone felt as if they had received amnesty, and hurriedly kowtowed three times, and then hurriedly exited the ancestral hall.
Su Yan was the first to run out, then held on to the wall, took a few breaths of fresh air, showed a satisfied look on his face, and said, "Ah! It's finally over, beautiful sunshine!"
While he was getting nervous, someone suddenly slapped him on the top of his head. Su Yan turned around and saw that it was Su Zhengtian, and he laughed. Su Zhengtian snorted angrily, "You still know how to laugh, I will be Wen Tao and Wu Lue later."
It’s time for a competition. When it’s your turn, you can just make an excuse and say that you caught a cold yesterday and haven’t recovered yet, so you can’t participate in the competition. It also saves me the embarrassment, do you hear me?”
"Oh." Su Yan responded feebly.
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Su Shi stood on the high platform, looked at the people below, and said loudly: "My Su family, our ancestors once created supreme glory and shocked the world. At that time, our Su family was so glorious. Today, although our Su family is slightly
We are in decline, but we cannot let this fall. We must regain the glory that our ancestors once gained, and even reach higher places, be famous in history, and be respected by future generations. Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and today let us see what you young people have achieved.
Achievements will be tested in literary, Taoist and military strategies, and the leader will be rewarded by the clan."
Before he finished speaking, things were already boiling below. The younger generation is always the greatest resource of a family. As long as the successors are talented people, the family will never decline.
There was an open space in the back garden of Su's house, where stone tables, stone benches, etc. were placed. Su Shi sat in the north, with an old man sitting on both sides, who were Su Shi's brothers. The rest of the people sat down below.
Only the younger generation is left to stand behind their elders. Although the Su family has declined, it is a big family after all. There are hundreds of people in the clan. However, the only people who can come to participate in ancestor worship are people like Su Zhengtian who are in the court or the army.
Official holder of power.
There were about a dozen people of the same age as Su Yan, who were gearing up to win the clan reward. Only Su Zhengtian was restless, shaking his head and sighing. A middle-aged man sitting next to him seemed to have seen through his
After thinking about it, he advised: "Brother Zhengtian, don't think too much, Yan'er is born like this, there is no need to be too stubborn."
After hearing this, Su Zhengtian looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly, and shook his head in silence.
Many young people next to him also heard this and laughed without scruples. Especially Su Kui, who stared at Su Yan like a poisonous snake, not letting him lose face was not enough to calm his resentment.
"First of all, let's take a test for Wen Tao. Since we can't give you a chance to fight in real life, we have to use the test method of deducing battle cases. Now, I will set the questions and you will answer them carefully." Su Ye's voice roused everyone present.