In a dark room in Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Han sat alone on the futon and was in a daze.
who I am? where am I? What should 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 when I was full, 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 were burning incense sticks as thick as a thumb!
In the midst of 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 at the words written with gold powder on the tablet in a dumbfounded way, Xiao Han admired the person who wrote them.
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 tablet look like this? And the most important thing is, why are there only two of them alone? His grandparents, great-grandfather and great-grandmother will not worship him?
"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 Officials must trace their origins and investigate the nine generations!
Xiao Han doesn't need to check the ninth generation, because he can'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 big guys could only hold their noses and admit it.
deny? What can be done? Are you going to find the tribesmen for him?
Of course, there are also those who don’t believe in evil! He had to recognize his relatives for him.
If a prince of a country wants to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan, the people who recognize him will naturally go to sea! But after asking a few questions, I was finally sure that they were all fakes! After receiving a hundred and eighty boards, he was thrown to the side of the road and screamed at the heavens and the earth...
Xiao Han has heard about this and admires these people!
Just open your mouth and say he is your second uncle? How about it? The one who is being beaten now is so hard to recognize the second uncle when he comes...
I sat there for a long time, thinking about what Butler Lu was talking about.
Xiao Han really couldn't understand why he was doing well in the Tang Dynasty and got the credit for his ancestors!
Is it possible that the family fortune he has worked hard for is all fake? Is this ancestor 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 had a good 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 to go and the door is even locked? Why don't you give me a mouthful of food?" The furious Xiao Han 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 from outside the door. Although it was not loud, it was extremely firm. Regarding these rules that are universally applicable, even if Xiao Han offends him, he will never be accommodating!
"What? You have ancestors, no grandchildren?!
After hearing what Butler Lu said, Xiao Han was immediately dumbfounded! After confirming again and again that he heard correctly, he weakly took a few steps 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 more and more hungry 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 nothing you can do. You must be sincere when offering sacrifices to your ancestors! You can't eat first until your ancestors have finished eating! Now the time has come, 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! One day at a time." ? 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 ancestors alive? These are the rules passed down by the elders. If you have a way, the gods will be fast and the ancestors will be slow! The ancestors will be old in one year. If you can see our children and grandchildren for a few times, naturally you have to slow down and look carefully!"
Xiao Han paused 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! The question just now was asked by him, Xiao Han. If it were another person, such as Lengzi, his big ears would be as twitchy as a spinning top by now...
"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! It really belongs to the kind that can lie down and definitely not sit down!
"Oh, then 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.
But just as the door was about to close, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the strange shape of the steamed pig's head placed on the table. It seemed like...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 had 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.
No thoughts, no things to do! Even the group of friends didn't come to drink with him, they were having a great time!
Perhaps, for other officials, such a peaceful life is simply their nightmare! Because it was so peaceful, as peaceful as if the court no longer wanted 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 about Xiao Han lying down like a cripple, that afternoon, Xiao Han suddenly came to find him full of energy.
"Lao Lu, get ready, I'm going to Chang'an tomorrow!"
