Mid-Autumn Festival, worship the moon.
In Yun'an City, lanterns are hung everywhere.
In the bustling East Market, many vendors are selling homemade moon cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus wine.
Just walking through Dongshi, you can smell the fragrance.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Shen family is also particularly lively.
In previous years, the generals of the Shen family who led troops abroad only returned at the end of the year.
When we return from the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, it will naturally be as lively as New Year’s Eve.
The entire Shen Mansion was hung with lanterns, and the Wutong Courtyard was also cleaned cleanly.
At Shen Shi, the sound of horse hooves sounded outside the house.
The Shen family knew that this was the return of the Shen family's old father-in-law.
At the gate of Shen Mansion, the old lady was already waiting here with the Shen family.
Seeing the old prince of the Shen family coming on horseback, the old lady immediately went to greet him.
Shen Han stood in the crowd and looked at the old prince of the Shen family.
In terms of age, he is several years older than Taijun.
But the old man is still proud, and there are not many signs of aging.
This is the benefit brought by the improvement of martial arts. Physical strength and lifespan are much higher than ordinary people.
A group of people all saluted the old master of the Shen family. They knew exactly who had the final say in the Shen family.
Being favored by the old lady is far inferior to being favored by the old prince of the Shen family.
Everyone made a way, and the old man, wearing a suit of armor, returned to his house.
Following Old Ling Gong were several accompanying lieutenants.
The three sons of Lao Linggong did not return together and should still be stationed at the east border.
The most important people have arrived, and today's Mid-Autumn Festival moon ceremony is almost about to begin.
In Wutong Courtyard, everyone sat down as arranged.
This Wutong Villa is the most luxurious courtyard of the Shen family. Except for the banquets that the Shen family will attend, Shen Han has no chance to enter it.
I looked at my location. Not surprisingly, I was still in the far corner of the courtyard.
Sitting in the corner of the courtyard, Shen Han didn't care.
I was not liked by the senior Shen family members, so I didn't want to suffer their cold eyes.
After a while, the old prince of the Shen family changed into his regular clothes, and then stepped into the Wutong Villa.
Occupying a high position, looking at his descendants, the old master of the Shen family looked as usual, but there was nothing special about him.
After the old prince of the Shen family entered the courtyard, everyone became quiet.
The old prince of the Shen family waved his hand and signaled his servants to arrange seats for his lieutenants.
After the arrangements were made, he began to speak to the Shen family.
Shen Han looked at Shen Qingshan, the old marquis of the Shen family in front of him.
His expression was sharp, and one could feel the desolation of having experienced battles at a glance.
After listening to it briefly, there was no difference from the speeches in previous years.
They all exhorted the children of the Shen family to study hard and work hard to improve, and occasionally mentioned a few things about the battlefield.
The young people of the Shen family sounded a little bored, but they still pretended to be serious and tried hard to leave a good impression on the old master of the Shen family.
After a long speech, Shen Qingshan greeted everyone to start the meal.
Tasting a few bites of the dishes is the highlight of the day.
Just like every New Year's Eve, when the old master of the Shen family came back, he would check on how the younger members of the family were doing in their spiritual practice.
In the past, the children of the Shen family would work hard for two to three months in order to prepare for the annual assessment.
The school exams will be held in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, which should scare many young masters and ladies.
"It's rare for little Ao'er to be at home this Mid-Autumn Festival, so I'll start the display with you, how about it?"
Shen Qingshan had a smile on his face, seeing that Shen Ao not only liked the old lady, but also the old prince of the Shen family was very fond of him.
Hearing Shen Qingshan's words, Mrs. He looked at Shen Ao with a smile.
Shen Ao stood up and walked out. At such a young age, he pretended to be mature, which was even more pleasing to Shen Qingshan.
"Landslide!"
After Shen Ao finished speaking, a phantom of the mountain fell instantly.
Under the shadow, there was an incense burner, which was crushed to pieces.
This is the way that literati practitioners injure the enemy. They follow the law according to their words and change the law with their will.
Just by speaking, you can create a shadow of the mountain and suppress your opponent.
Shen Ao is currently only at the eighth level. If he cultivates more diligently in the future, he can create a mountain phantom.
When the shadow falls, it won't be just the incense burner that will be crushed, but the entire courtyard will be crushed to pieces.
"Okay! The young master has the ability!"
"With such ability at such a young age, he deserves to be the good grandson of the Marquis."
The lieutenants sitting on the right were full of praise.
Shen Qingshan's face was also filled with joy. It was indeed commendable to have such strength at such a young age.
In this generation of the Shen family, there is already a Shen Ye, but I didn't expect that there would be another Shen Ao.
Thinking of this, Shen Qingshan felt much more comfortable.
"You've done well. Grandpa will give this sword to little Ao'er. Let's play with it. If you don't like it, you can go to your grandma to exchange it for whatever you want~"
Shen Qingshan's face was extremely bright, and the old lady of the Shen family beside him was also happy.
They both had a strong preference for Shen Ao.
Of course, in their opinion, Shen Ao's performance deserves to be favored.
After Shen Ao went down, Shen Qingshan began to call on other younger generations to come out and show off.
Geniuses are rare, and Shen Qingshan actually had expectations in his heart.
Shen Qingshan does not have too strict requirements on the performance of other young grandchildren.
He already had Shen Ye and Shen Ao, and he had successors. The other young descendants would be less likely to cause trouble, and they would be contributing to the Shen family by having children honestly.
The performances of several young masters of the Shen family in succession were somewhat poor.
It seems that he has eight levels of strength, but the majesty he displays is far from enough.
The lieutenants around him looked at this and were still praising Shen Ao, but they were not as sincere as they were praising Shen Ao.
After everyone else had finished showing off, the old prince of the Shen family seemed to think of Shen Han.
"Chen Han, are you coming today?"
Hearing his name being called, Shen Han stood up and walked forward.
When he walked in front of people, Shen Han still observed etiquette as usual and saluted the elders of the Shen family. There was no flaw in the etiquette.
But the old prince of the Shen family in front of him was still frowning.
"Are you going to wear these to our Shen family's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet?"
Shen Qingshan's rhetorical question made the atmosphere a little tense.
Shen Han does have some money now. Magistrate Xu gave him a hundred taels of silver last time, so he can naturally afford to buy luxurious clothes.
But Shen Han didn't want to buy it.
Magistrate Xu gave himself the money to improve his cultivation, but he did not use it for his own enjoyment.
Everyone's eyes fell on Shen Han, waiting to see him embarrass himself.
Mrs. Yun hesitated for a moment, then stood up and walked out, saluting the old father-in-law of the Shen family.
"If I go back to my old husband, the government requires Shen Han to be self-reliant. He has to work hard to earn his own meals. He doesn't have any more money to buy clothes..."
Mrs. Yun defended Shen Han, but it seemed to be of no use.
“Is this why you are so poorly dressed to support yourself?
When your brother Shen Ye went to the capital alone to make a living, wasn't it because he was self-reliant?
But why had he ever been so poorly dressed? "
Shen Qingshan looked at Shen Han with a hint of disgust.
"Learn from your elder brother. If you are like this today, you are just incompetent!"
Neither of them showed off their cultivation achievements. The old prince of the Shen family gave Shen Han an evaluation first.
No ability.
