Wu Chenliu knew that the day after tomorrow would be Wu Chenzi's birthday, so he asked Wu Xi to wait for him on the second day after the birthday banquet, and then go to her house to find him.
After Wu Qianqing and Guan Tong sent Wu Chenliu away, she was still in a dream, and she didn't come to her senses until dinner: "Xiao Ruo, did you know that Xiao Xi would worship senior as a teacher?"
Wu Ruo smiled mysteriously: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked."
In this life, Wu Yu was robbed of his master by Wu Xi, so he wanted to see if Wu Yu could still be as outstanding and outstanding as in the previous life, to be praised by everyone.
Wu Qianqing and Guan Tong were stunned for a moment, these words made them think that the matter of apprenticeship was a hexagram divined by Heixin, and they looked at Heixin very gratefully.
Hei Xin, who was preparing dishes, was sweating from their grateful faces.
Wu Ruo didn't explain, and let his parents misunderstand.
Two days later, Wu Chenzi's birthday banquet was ushered in, and there is a custom in the Wu family that as long as it is the birthday of a respected elder, everyone in the family must go to the main temple of the Wu family to pray for the birthday star. The Wu family is no exception, so Wu Ruo and Hei Xuanyi got up early in the morning, washed and changed their clothes, and rushed to the main temple of the Wu family before Mao.
The main temple is built on a small hillside in the outskirts of the imperial capital. There is a big mountain leaning against it at the back. There is a dragon-like river on the left and a dense green forest on the right. The main gate faces the endless imperial capital. It can be said to be a place with excellent geomantic omen, good luck, salary, longevity, happiness, wealth, five blessings gathered together, people and Ding are prosperous, and luck is long.
Before Mao's time, there were countless carriages parked under the hillside.
People from the Wu family lit up lanterns and marched to the temple on the top of the mountain. At this time, the gate of the temple was not open, and everyone was waiting outside the gate. All the people present were wearing exquisite costumes, as if they were richer than anyone else, and all kinds of expensive jewelry were worn on their bodies.
Like the Wu family in Gaoling City, when they get together, they will stand in line according to the different branches of the different courtyards they are in. Those who are not directly related to the Wu family will stand in the corner to make room for the directly related people.
When Wu Ruo and the others came to the temple, they walked to the corner consciously, trying not to attract the attention of others, and also trying not to speak, so as not to be caught and discussed with a casual sentence.
Wu Qianqing glanced at the crowd, feeling faintly uneasy. Because this birthday banquet made him not feel that the Wu family was close to them, but instead made him faintly uneasy, as if there was a huge conspiracy trap waiting for them to jump into.
Guan Tong and Wu Xi leaned together without making a sound.
Hei Xuanyi took Wu Ruo's hand, and Wu Ruo quietly stretched out his finger to write in his hand for Hei Xuanyi to guess, which shows how boring this birthday party is to them.
Hei Xuanyi quickly guessed what he wrote, and whispered in his ear, "It's Yi."
The fiery breath sprayed on Wu Ruo's ears, and immediately, Bai Zhe's cheeks were stained rosy.
With a faint smile on the corner of Hei Xuanyi's mouth, he raised his hand to tuck the hair on his cheek behind his ear, not paying any attention to the eyes of the people around him.
Guan Tong and Wu Xi covered their mouths and chuckled when they saw how good their relationship was.
"Qianqing." Suddenly someone called out.
When Wu Ruo and the others heard the voice, they turned their heads and saw that Wu Bufang walked over with Yao Shuyuan.
Wu Qianqing saluted to them immediately: "Qianqing has met grandfather and grandmother. Wu Ruo and the others also saluted Wu Bufang one after another.
Wu Fang said pleasantly: "It's really you, it's really great. I heard that you also came to the imperial capital and were invited to participate in the birthday banquet of the national teacher. I couldn't believe it."
Afterwards, he remembered what happened in Gaoling City, immediately put away his smile, frowned and asked, "Is it true that the ghosts attacked Gaoling City?"
A look of sadness welled up in Wu Qianqing's eyes: "Grandfather, this is true."
Wu Bufang showed a sad look on his face: "It really is a bad omen, even the people of Gaoling City cannot escape from this disaster."
Yao Shuyuan also had a sad face. Her children and grandchildren all died within a day. How could she not be sad? When she received the news, she passed out on the spot.
Wu Fang thought that today is Wu Chenzi's birthday, so he shouldn't be sad at this time, so he put away his emotions and looked at Wu Qianqing curiously: "How did you escape?"
Wu Qianqing didn't dare to tell the real reason for coming: "Before the attack of the ghosts, our family agreed to accompany Xiaoxi to study at the Imperial Capital Academy for a period of time, but we didn't expect that we had just walked out of Gaoling City. Then it went dark, and then all ghosts appeared, and then... oh... "
Yao Shuyuan choked up and said, "Fortunately, you left one step earlier."
Wu Bufang frowned: "I have sent people back to Gaoling City to check, and hope that there are still people who survived."
Now apart from Wu Qianqing's family, only the children who have experienced outside survived, and the Wu family in Gaoling City was almost destroyed.
Yao Shuyuan quickly took out the silk from his sleeve to wipe away the tears that were about to fall, and asked hoarsely, "Qianqing, where do you live now?"
Wu Qianqing looked at Hei Xuanyi, "We are now living in the mansion that Xuanyi bought."
It was only then that Wu Bufang and Yao Shuyuan noticed the handsome man beside Wu Ruo. Then, their amazed eyes moved from their faces to their clasped hands, and they said in surprise, "He is Xuan Yi? Xiao Ruo's husband ?”
Seeing Wu Ruo and Hei Xuanyi standing together, the other scenery seemed to have faded and could no longer attract their attention.
Wu Qianqing quickly explained that Hei Xuanyi was wearing fake leather.
"So that's it." Wu Fangbu and Yao Shuyuan didn't care about Hei Xuanyi's wearing of fake leather, but they were happy that Hei Xuanyi had a house in the imperial capital, unlike when they came to the imperial capital and lived under the fence, living in Yao In the family garden, they are not only subject to various restraints, but also looked down upon by others, so they plan to buy a house outside and move in after a while.
At this moment, the first ray of light rose from the edge of the sky, and at the same time, the gate of the temple creaked, and the two door panels slowly opened to both sides, and all the scenery of the temple slowly appeared in front of everyone.
"The door is open." Everyone said happily.
The layout of the temple is similar to that of ordinary temples. There are tall and evergreen pine trees planted inside. In the backyard of the temple, a nine-story tower was built. Everyone stopped in front of the tower, except the patriarch of the Wu family who stood at the end. In the front, the others found their positions and lined up.
Soon, the gate of the pagoda opened, and Wu Chenzi, who lived in the pagoda for the night, came out of the pagoda. Today was his 150th birthday, but his appearance seemed to be static, and he remained at forty years old. On the left and right, he holds a golden staff in his hand, wears a dark blue costume, has a handsome and serious face, his lips are tightly pursed, and his eyes are like torches, as if the emperor is in person, he steps majestically and steps forward to the stairs in front of everyone and stops.
When everyone saw him, they immediately stopped talking and looked at him in awe.
Wu Ruo lost his mind slightly. This was the first time he looked at this person so closely. However, there was no respect for this person in his eyes, and some were only full of sarcasm. To him, it was too much A sanctimonious hypocrite, and the power of disguise is much deeper than Ubu Fang and the others.
Wu Chenzi slowly swept across thousands of Wu family's children, and finally showed a trace of a smile on his stern face: "Seeing that the Wu family is becoming more and more prosperous, I am very pleased. I hope that the Wu family can continue in the future."
Everyone immediately said: "It's all about the leadership of the National Teacher."
The head of the Wu family took a step forward: "My lord, the auspicious time has arrived."
Wu Chenzi nodded, stood on top of the formation that had been arranged earlier in the morning, closed his eyes, raised the golden staff in his hand above his head, and chanted lengthy incantations.
Wu Ruo's gaze was fixed on him, and he didn't know if it was because of his over-focus. He actually saw a golden light flowing in Wu Chenzi's body, like a golden water snake, slowly swimming through the veins in his body, and from time to time Right now, I can't see clearly.
He couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. He had never seen such a phenomenon before. Could it be a new secret technique developed by Wu Chenzi himself
Wu Ruo glanced at the people around, everyone looked calm.
However, he still felt that something was wrong.
It would have been fine if it was just the people of Wu's family in the imperial capital who looked calm, but his parents, Xiao Xi and Hei Xuanyi had never seen such a scene like him, so he felt surprised that they were so calm.
Could it be that he was wrong
Wu Ruo rubbed her eyes involuntarily, the golden light in Wu Chenzi's body disappeared, it seemed that everything was just his illusion just now.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and continued to look at Wu Chenzi, and then, golden light appeared in Wu Chenzi's body again.
Wu Ruo couldn't help pulling Hei Xuanyi's sleeve.
Hei Xuanyi turned to look at him.
Wu Ruo opened her mouth, and saw that there were people around, so she kept the confusion in her heart, and asked them what happened after the blessing was over.
Seeing that he seemed a little nervous, Hei Xuanyi couldn't help holding his hand.
Wu Ruo glanced at him, then turned his gaze to Wu Chenzi, the golden light penetrated into Wu Chenzi's spiritual field, and immediately, Wu Chenzi emitted a golden light, as if he had invited a god and Buddha to come down to earth, he saw There is a golden shadow behind Wu Chenzi.
The head of the Wu family immediately made incense and worshiped with everyone. Then, he recited a lengthy prayer, and the rest of the Wu family followed suit, like a monk in a temple chanting scriptures, and there was a buzzing sound around him.
I don't know how long it has passed, the blessing words finally ended, and the formation under Wu Chenzi's feet shot out thousands of golden lights, like the rising sun, making everyone feel warm.
Everyone in the Wu family in the imperial capital showed joyful smiles.
"Pray for success."
Others who had never seen this scene still looked at the position where Wu Chenzi was standing in doubt. After the golden light gradually disappeared, everyone found that Wu Chenzi seemed to be a few years younger than before.
Wu Xi widened her eyes curiously, and seeing that everyone was discussing in low voices without any scruples, she hurriedly said to Guan Tong: "Mother, have you noticed that Master Guoshi seems to have become younger?"
Guan Tong nodded.
Someone nearby laughed and said, "Is this your first time to pray for blessings?"