At Xiangxu’s Mansion!
Qi Guan was still confused and gradually understood what Qi Guan Chi had done.
Qi Guanzheng couldn't believe that his little daughter, with her sky-high eyes, wasn't extremely resistant to Confucius before? Why, how could you do such an immoral thing
Is it witchcraft
Qi Guanzheng was annoyed when he thought about what kind of magic Confucius used to confuse his daughter. But the next moment, when he saw Xiang Xu praising him continuously and thinking that it was his own plan, he was so appreciative that Qi Guanzheng's mind immediately warmed up.
witchcraft
Let it be sorcery. Anyway, the younger daughter wants to marry Confucius, so this is the best.
"Hahahaha, everything under my command is cultivated by the doctor, and I should not give false praise to the doctor!" Qi Guanzheng suddenly laughed.
Obviously, this credit must be obtained first.
"Yes, but next, I hope you can implement everything before worshiping the ancestors and make sure Confucius stays in the Song Dynasty!" Xiang Xu looked at Qi Guanzheng solemnly.
"Ancestor worship? There are still five days left before the ancestor worship. Only five days...?" Qi Guanzheng's expression changed.
"Yes, I have set restrictions to prevent Confucius from worshiping his ancestors. However, if Confucius failed to worship his ancestors, he would definitely be resentful. Therefore, you must get things done this time. Your little daughter has already If you gain favor from Confucius, your wedding is imminent, use your wedding to keep Confucius, and use your marriage to keep Confucius!" Xiang Xu said in a deep voice.
"Then, what if we can't stay?" Qi Guan was worried.
Qi Guan knew everything about himself, and he hadn't figured out the situation yet. How could he guarantee that Confucius would stay
"Then Confucius is not allowed to participate in ancestor worship!" Xiang Xu shook his head and said firmly.
"Report, the master is not good, not good!" A housekeeper ran over immediately.
"What's wrong?" Xiang Xu's face turned cold.
Don't you see that you are receiving guests? Why is this old butler so unruly today
"Master, Confucius, Confucius has arrested all the noble sons and detained them!" the steward said anxiously.
"What did you say?" Xiang Xu was a little confused.
"The street of Confucius Mansion has been completely blocked. Confucius detained all the noble sons, including the young master, and the prince, and walked all the way to the ancestral temple! Now, many people are following, and all the families in the city have sent a large number of soldiers. This Something big is going to happen!" the housekeeper said anxiously.
"Tell me again, where did Confucius go?" Xiang Xu glared.
"Ancestral Temple! My surname is Ancestral Temple, the son of the Song Dynasty!" the steward said.
"Ah? Doctor Xiang didn't allow Confucius to worship his ancestors, so he took his descendants hostage and went to forcefully worship their ancestors? This, this can't be true, right?" Qi Guanzheng said in shock.
Xiang Xu looked serious for a while: "The ancestral temple is the foundation of our Song Dynasty. How can we just say that we can offer sacrifices to our ancestors? Confucius, forcefully offering sacrifices to our ancestors? Impossible!"
"But… !"
"Trespassing to the ancestral temple without permission is a serious crime against the country. Prepare your car and go to the ancestral temple immediately!" Xiang Xu said coldly.
"Yes!" The housekeeper immediately made arrangements.
As Xiang Xu said, the ancestral temple is the spiritual place of a country, such as the future family ancestral hall and the future royal mausoleum. Anyone who dares to offend in the slightest will be a grave sin for the country.
No country in the world dares to touch each other's ancestral temples in any war, because the ancestral temples are like the Dragon's Reverse Scale. Anyone who dares to offend will be punished until death!
Now, Confucius escorts a large number of descendants of the family to the ancestral temple
For a time, all the officials and masters in the city put down everything they were doing and headed towards the ancestral temple angrily.
"This Confucius, what does he want to do? Worship his ancestors? Presumptuous!" Countless officials rushed away angrily.
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The ancestral temple of the Song Dynasty is located in the center of Shangqiu.
In the very center of Shangqiu, even the royal palace is not here. This shows that the people of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to their ancestral temples.
As the descendants of the royal family of the Shang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had a natural pride. All their descendants regarded this place as a holy land that could not be trampled upon by anyone.
Ancestor worship is held once a year, and those who can participate in the ancestor worship feel honored. Therefore, many descendants from all over the world come all the way back as long as they get permission from the ancestor worship.
Confucius took his students and escorted a group of noble princes to the ancestral temple.
The ancestral temple in front of you looks like a hill platform.
On the platform, there is a main hall, a majestic and majestic main hall. In the main hall, countless spiritual tablets are placed one after another. On the spiritual tablets, the names of each ancestor are naturally written, and even below are their life stories.
This is the ancestral temple of the Song Dynasty. The spiritual tablet in the ancestral temple is worshiped by generations of descendants and descendants. Never stopped.
With the power of incense and faith from generations, a white cloud seems to form over the ancestral temple. In the white cloud, there are vague sounds and looks of the ancestors.
These are all bodies of faith formed by the power of faith, allowing the spirits of ancestors to occasionally stay. Enjoy the offerings of future generations.
Of course, if the ancestors have great supernatural powers, they can still feel how the descendants will survive through these bodies of faith. If the descendants are in trouble, the ancestors with great supernatural powers can also give blessings if they can.
Outside the main hall of the ancestral temple, at this moment, there are more statues erected.
Each of the sculptures is three feet high, like a group of giants standing on the square.
Only the people of the Song Dynasty knew how noble each of these sculptures was. The big sculpture at the head was that of Shang Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty in the past.
After Shang Tang, there are sculptures of emperors of the Shang Dynasty from generation to generation, standing around the ancestral temple, and receiving incense from generations of descendants.
The kings of the Shang Dynasty were the pride of the Song people. The statues of the kings of the Shang Dynasty received the most incense offerings. The power of faith around them seemed to form bursts of white light, shrouding the statues of the kings in a hazy and sacred manner.
There are a large number of guards guarding the ancestral temple. This is an important place in the Song Dynasty, and no one can act recklessly here.
As Confucius walked along, although there were a large number of soldiers blocking him, the noble sons of the heads of the families were detained, and the soldiers did not dare to block him too much.
However, the place of the ancestral temple is different.
"Stop! If you come near the ancestral temple again, you will be killed without mercy!" An official rushed over and shouted angrily.
"Da Sicheng, save me quickly!" Young Master Zuo Dun said with ecstasy on his face.
You know, when did Young Master Zuo Ke, the heir apparent, suffer such a disaster? How many people had he waited for to save him along the way, but they were all trash. No one dared to stop Confucius. Are you crazy? Didn't you see I was caught
Now, finally, someone dares to stop him
The official's obstruction made Confucius' face darken: "Who are you?"
"Song Kingdom, Dasicheng, Lexi! Confucius, I know that Doctor Xiang and all the gentlemen are tolerant to you now, but tolerance is not your presumptuous capital. This is the ancestral temple of the Song Kingdom. It is the ancestral land of the Song Kingdom. Do you dare to come forward again? One step, don't blame me for being ruthless, archer!" Lexi shouted angrily.
"Drink!" Countless soldiers immediately strung their bows. Everyone stared at Confucius.
Kong Qiu stared at Lexi and smiled slightly: "Before I came to Song Dynasty, I heard that Da Sicheng in Song Dynasty was loyal to the emperor, loved the people, and upright. It is indeed unusual!"
"Hmph, exit the ancestral temple! Now!" Lexi looked at Confucius coldly.
A group of students wanted to step forward, but were stopped by Confucius. Confucius glanced at Lexi coldly: "Although you are loyal to the emperor and love the people, you are still a fool after all!"
"What did you say?" Lexi's eyes widened.
Kong Qiu glanced in the direction of the ancestral temple, and when he saw the statues of the Shang Dynasty emperors, he smiled slightly.
"In front of the ancestral temple, you show contempt for your ancestors. Confucius, just because of your disrespectful attitude towards our ancestors, I can execute you on the spot!" Lexi shouted with a glare.
"I was just laughing, how could you tell that I was contemptuous?" Confucius said lightly.
"I think you just disrespect the ancestors. The ancestors will definitely blame you!" Lexi glared.
"My surname is Le, Lexi. It's quite rare for you to have such a heart of respecting your ancestors! However, there are some things you don't know, so don't talk nonsense!" Confucius said coldly.
"Why are you talking nonsense? There are still five days before the ancestor worship ceremony. Confucius, don't think that I don't know your thoughts. You detained a group of nobles and just want to break into the ancestral temple and worship the ancestors? Hahahahaha , you can worship like this, so why do you need a sacrifice ceremony? You should be killed for neglecting your ancestors like this!" Lexi shouted coldly.
"How do you know that I am neglecting my ancestors?" Confucius said lightly.
"Isn't it? Humph, our ancestors are ashamed to have descendants like you! Confucius, you don't deserve the surname!" Lexi said coldly.
"I am very pleased that you can respect your ancestors, but you are saying you are negligent? That is wrong. If you are saying that the ancestors are ashamed because of me, that is also wrong!" Confucius shook his head.
"Oh, what's the use of sophistry? There are so many pairs of eyes watching!" Lexi sneered.
"You stopped me because you thought I was neglecting our ancestors. If I can prove that I have not neglected our ancestors, what do you say?" Confucius looked at Lexi.
"Prove? How to prove it? It's ridiculous. If you can prove it, I will let you in now. If you can't...!" Lexi said coldly.
"If you can't, leave it to whatever you want!" Confucius said coldly.
"Teacher!" A group of students said anxiously, how to prove this.
"Hahahahaha, okay, then you prove it!" Lexi showed a look of disbelief.
Confucius looked at the ancestral palace not far away and at the statue of the Shang Dynasty king in the square.
Slowly, Confucius folded his hands and performed a respectful ceremony of worship.
Under this ceremony, Confucius released a breath of soul, which emitted along with the energy of the great road.
And who was Confucius, and how did his soul aura relate to the Song Dynasty
I saw that soul aura touching the power of faith from all directions in the ancestral temple. When the power of faith of Shang Tang and others was touched, the statue of Shang Tang trembled, and all the statues of the kings of the Shang Dynasty trembled.
In this world, in a hidden corner, in a hall. At this moment, a group of people were sitting cross-legged.
Suddenly, one of them stood up suddenly.
"Yes, uncle?" The man was shocked.
The people who were practicing in seclusion beside them all trembled and stood up suddenly.
"It's uncle, uncle's soul mark, yes, it's uncle!" a group of people said excitedly.
Following the power of faith, the consciousness of a group of people rushed straight away in an instant.
And at the entrance of the ancestral temple of the Song Dynasty.
Lexi looked at Confucius with a mocking expression. Countless civilians and soldiers looked at Confucius with blank expressions. Xiang Xu and other officials who came in a hurry also looked at Confucius with puzzled expressions.
Looking at Confucius, he solemnly bowed to the place of his ancestral temple.
What does this prayer mean
Just when Lexi was about to mock Confucius.
"Buzz buzz!"
Suddenly, in the ancestral temple, countless spiritual tablets trembled and rose.
"The ancestors have appeared!"
"The ancestor's spirit is trembling, Confucius, what have you done?" Lexi exclaimed.
There have been times before, but it was just a certain spiritual position that seemed to want to express something, but how could all the spiritual positions be trembling now
Not only were the spiritual statues in the ancestral temple trembling, but in the sky, a group of ancestral faith bodies condensed by the power of faith, all strangely imitated Confucius and bowed slightly to Confucius.
Confucius's salute was a salute, and the etiquette of the ancestors was called a return salute!
Just like the younger generation salutes the older generation, the elder regards the younger generation with great respect, recognition and return gift.
The ancestors have manifested themselves, not just one ancestor, but all the ancestors in the ancestral temple.
They rushed to return the favor to Confucius. This shocking scene made everyone in the surroundings dumbfounded.
"Ancestor! How is this possible!" Lexi exclaimed.
"Great Sage? Is this the ancestor's recognition of Great Sage? Is it so exaggerated?" an official exclaimed.
Among countless people, it is incredible.
All the sculptures of Shang Dynasty kings, including the Shang Tang sculpture, suddenly made roaring sounds.
"Emperor Shangtang!" Lexi exclaimed.
"How, how is it possible, not only the ancestors have appeared, but also Emperor Shangtang? Didn't Emperor Shangtang never care about the descendants of mortals?" Xiang Xu, who hurried over, was also shocked.
But I saw that all the sculptures were shaking slightly, as if they were moving. After moving, along with the statue of Shang Tang, facing Confucius, all the statues suddenly bent strangely in the white light.
Facing Confucius, all the sculptures held their hands and gave a solemn salute to Confucius.
Shang Tang, returned to Confucius
"Ancestor!" Countless people and officials immediately shouted the name of their ancestors and knelt down in worship.
Confucius bowed, and the ancestral temple was shaken.