Sikong Jiangji, one of the three princes, suddenly passed away!

Seeing that New Year's Eve was approaching, he actually didn't even make it through the end of the year. Almost no one expected that! Because Jiang Ji was not in good health for a day or two. He had attended the court meeting just a few days ago, so it didn't look like he would die soon.

person, but left just like that the day before New Year’s Eve.

Qin Liang was not surprised when he heard the news, but he still felt that it was a bit magical. It was indeed very accurate to detect bad luck! It is not divination, and it cannot predict the bad luck of things and situations, but there is a state all the time, and the bad luck of oneself cannot be expressed.

An error occurred.

Things at the end of the year were more complicated, and Qin Liang didn't want to rush to express condolences and make himself too hasty, so he just asked Chen Qian to arrange for an official to go and express condolences. After a while, Qin Liang came to the door in person.

Jiang Ji's status is high, but the friendship is just that. He persuaded Cao Shuang to surrender, and said in front of Sima Yi that Wang Ling was "unparalleled today" and so on. No one knows what he was thinking, but the results were not good! If it weren't for Jiang Ji, he would still be there.

There is a close friend, Hu Zhi, who is the commander-in-chief of Qingxu Zhujun, and Hu Zhi has a close relationship with the Wang family. During the battle of King Qin, Hu Zhi did not obey the imperial edict to flank King Qin's army, but did not move; Qin Liang and other three families

It is impossible for Jiang Ji to continue to be the third prince after being in charge of the throne.

Qin Liang was preparing for the New Year's Eve sacrifice. After hearing the news of Jiang Ji's death, when he looked at the scene in the Sheji Ancestral Temple, he felt a bit more mysterious!

The Sheji Ancestral Temple is located near the front hall courtyard and continues the multi-room structure since the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the past, the ancestors lived in one house with two wing rooms; but after Liu Xiu, it was changed and there was only one big house with separate rooms for worship.

ancestor.

The ancestral temple was just built not long ago, but the lighting is not very good. As soon as you enter, you can feel that it is definitely not a building where living people live. Wang Lingjun arrived here first. She looks fair and delicate, with a vaguely shiny snow-white skin and a vibrant aura.

, but it adds a touch of bright color to this place.

Lingjun and others were kneeling in front of the wooden basin, washing the ritual utensils, cups and plates with water with their own hands, and drying them with clean white towels. Her meticulous etiquette, I don't know if she touched the ancestors of the Qin family.

Anyway, she is quite serious. Qin Liang has not eaten meat for two days and will not let him sleep with the woman, just to be more sincere in the sacrifice tomorrow.

When she saw Qin Liang walking in, she stood up and bowed: "I have met the king."

Qin Liang casually held his hand, walked up and held Ling Jun's hand with both hands. Ling Jun felt Qin Liang's hot palm and said softly: "The water has been boiled, but after a while, it became a little cold."

After she finished speaking, she raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Liang. She seemed to have remembered something. Her cheeks were slightly red. She immediately avoided Qin Liang and returned to her serious and upright demeanor.

"That's good." Qin Liang responded without trying to dissuade Lingjun from doing anything.

Qin Liang is very doubtful whether the ancestors can eat the sacrifices, but it seems to have benefits. Lingjun and others' sense of identification with the Qin family has been strengthened in the process. So some things may be for the sake of living people.

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At this time, Lingjun's voice said: "We will also live here in the future?"

Qin Liang withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Ling Jun. He was startled for a moment before saying, "I think so."

Your Majesty is like this

He said that he only thought about things after death. If he follows the destiny and succeeds in the future, he will be the founding ancestor of the country, and the status of the couple in the ancestral temple will even be the most important.

For some reason, Qin Liang suddenly remembered the three mice he mentioned to Bai Li that day. The mouse that rocked the rod would definitely be the first to die. The descendants of the two mice next to the trough, over time, some would become rockers; and so on.

Back and forth, the ancestors of rockers are actually princes and noble rats! Of course, noble rats at least have some hope that they can continue and enjoy the incense. Therefore, if he doesn't do something, others will do it as well. If he doesn't do it now, he will do it in the future.

, can't change anything. If this is the case, Qin Liang feels that it is better to do it by himself. Although he has experienced it, people seem to have no consciousness after death and don't know anything. The so-called enjoying the sacrifice has no practical meaning.

Today is just preparation work, tomorrow is the New Year's Eve sacrifice.

Early the next morning, as soon as it got dark, the officials and subordinates began to work. They went to the ancestral temple to light lamps, serve fruit and wine first, and then kill several kinds of animals for cooking.

Soon the sound of "rumble, rumble..." and the noise of "ding-ding-dong-dong" came from outside. Nothing happened, it was just an exorcism show arranged by the court.

Climbing up the watchtower of the Prime Minister's Mansion, you can see the scene on the street. A large group of very masculine young people dressed in black and holding large rattles in their hands. The thumping sound is that they are shaking the drums.

They all wore animal skin masks and bear skins, dancing rhythmically while walking forward, as if they were holding some kind of celebration ceremony, but in fact it was "effective", at least the world believed it could drive away ghosts. There are more to come.

A group of cavalry escorted the paper statue of the incarnation of disease. After everyone paraded through the city, they would go to Luoshui to burn the paper statue.

It won't be long before the entire city of Luoyang becomes foggy. All kinds of smoke from the sacrifices and burnings are shrouded in it. The whole city is engaged in mystery letter activities to get rid of the old and welcome the new. There is no festive atmosphere of the New Year at all. We can only wait for the afternoon of tomorrow's New Year's Day to hold sacrifices.

And the formal activities will end and everyone begins to celebrate the festival.

When it was almost noon, the eldest brother Qin Sheng's family and the clan brother A's whole family all came. Of course, there were only people from the Qin family, and relatives with foreign surnames all had their ancestors to worship. Everyone put on the highest-grade clothes, and then they were divided into men and women from the ancestral temple.

Both sides went in. In addition to sister-in-law Zhang, A's wife Yang, Lingjun also brought two wives, Xuanji and Fei, as well as Ayu and other little girls.

Under the arrangements of the deacons and assistant officers, everyone knelt down in the middle of the hall, first burned incense and performed a great ceremony. After worshiping, they went to a spiritual chamber, where they burned incense and sang rites as before, and then asked people to bring the sacrifices.

Although Qin Liang had an eldest brother, he was the one who made him the king, and the ancestral temple was also located in the Jin Palace, so Qin Liang was the head of the family. He grabbed some meat from the three animals with his bare hands from the plate, raised it to the memorial tablet and said

"My great-great-grandson Qin Liang, on December 30, the second year of the Zhengyuan year of the Great Wei Dynasty, respectfully recommended the annual event to Xian Kao. If the divination is auspicious, Fu Wei Shang will enjoy it!" Everyone, including the children, kowtowed together and said: "Fu Wei Shang

Eat.”

The person with the loudest voice was A, and when he prayed, he raised his head to the ground and was extremely respectful. Although his expression was serious, there was a faint blush on his face, as if he was very emotional!

Although Qin Liang understands that dead people should have no consciousness, it cannot stop the world from thinking that their ancestors have spirits! And it is not limited to the ancients.

.I remember that he accidentally saw a portrait of a zombie suit from the movie in the office of a foreign boss, and asked the living mechanical arms to be respectful. His shock at that time is still fresh in his memory. Of course, the ancients were not like this.

, for example, Fei commented on Guo Xun, saying that since Guo Xun was not an official, he had no obligation to serve the Wei Emperor, and believed that loyalty and filial piety should be limited in scope. The same was probably true for Ah Da, who only worshiped his ancestors.

After everyone bowed, Qin Liang put the meat on a plate and placed it respectfully in front of the soul. After that, the deacon took everyone to the next room.

The whole etiquette has a process, but it doesn't matter if the details are wrong, especially children will always make some mistakes. According to the interpretation of Xunxu, a long history expert who was proficient in etiquette and music, the major affairs of the country are nothing more than the same, except for the attack, it is the sacrifice. The key to the sacrifice is the attitude.

, you should be sincere, and you should not open your eyes and tell lies that you don’t believe. Once the sincerity is in place, the process is not the focus. After all, the sacrificial etiquette is to offer food to the souls of the ancestors, so don’t go hungry.

In the past, sacrifices were performed by killing living people. Probably because Emperor Zhou was afraid that the gods and ancestors would be infected with prion virus after eating them, Emperor Zhou abolished the practice and replaced it with killing livestock and poultry.

After everyone finished the sacrifice, the meat was not wasted. Qin Liang, Qin Sheng, and Asan's family divided some on the spot. The sacrifice usually did not last overnight and would be eaten on the same day. So the rest was distributed to the deacons who sang the ceremony and arranged the ceremony.

The weapon's assistants, officials, and servants all have a share.

General Wang Kang, the central guard general of the prime minister, had few relatives, so Qin Liang asked Wang Kang to take charge and continued to arrange gifts for everyone, so that they could all be delivered before dark. Qin Liang also checked the list himself to avoid missing anyone. At this time

He remembered that Mrs. Bai was alone in Luoyang, so he asked Wu Xin to pick up some cooked meat for sacrifice and sent it to Yongheli.

Qin Liang has long experienced that during festive seasons, he is even more tired when celebrating the holidays at home, and this year is no exception. Although he has help from his subordinates, he is still tired and has to take care of all kinds of trivial matters. At night, everyone still follows the instructions

It is a habit to not sleep on New Year's Eve and sit together to watch the New Year's Eve, which makes the feeling of exhaustion more thorough.

But the lights tonight are really the brightest! Qin Liang doesn’t have to think about too many things anymore. Sometimes he goes to the attic with the woman and children to watch the night view, and sometimes they chat together over snacks and wine. Time passes very quickly. It’s midnight.

After that, Qin Liang went to sleep for a while, because he had to go to court the next day on New Year's Day. This was the first court of the new year, so he decided to go to the palace; if for no other reason than to meet the Queen Mother Guo

Hey, the New Year is here, let’s go and say congratulations.

Early in the morning, there was a faint sound of firecrackers, and people put bamboos into the fire and burned them with a "crackling" sound, in order to drive away the ghost "shanxi" that spreads diseases.

Qin Liang was not awake at all, but he had already decided to enter the palace. He usually would not give up temporarily. After making some preparations, he went out with the ceremonial carriage and horses. At this time, the door of Jin Palace was also hung with mahogany wood.

, and the reed rope used to tie ghosts. Although Qin Liang has never seen it, he has to say that there are really many ghosts in Wei!

The streets and houses outside were full of smoke, filled with smoke from burning firecrackers and incense. On a sunny morning, it looked like dark clouds were floating, as if it was about to snow. The spring of the third year of Zhengyuan began in such a gray and noisy atmosphere.

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Chapter completed!