Bone

Chapter 80

The Tan Family Ancestral Hall is not the Tan Clan Ancestral Hall, but it was built on the auspicious position of "Heavenly Doctor" in the east of the Tan Mansion.

For some reason, the old matriarch seemed to have a close relationship with Qin Nianjiu, and he still held on to him, no matter how much Tan Angzhi and his wife persuaded him, Qin Nianjiu had no choice but to talk to Tan Fengyue, left and right, Carefully helped her all the way to the place.

Cross the threshold, pass the patio, and enter the ancestral hall.

Tan Angzhi and Mrs. Tan went in first, and the servant who was sitting lazy behind the pillar heard the sound and hurriedly got up to greet him, "Oh, it's only noon, why are you here?"

"A distinguished guest is visiting." Mrs. Tan smiled slightly, "Hurry up and get some incense."

The servant glanced behind her, counted the number of people, and quickly went to the back. After a while, he brought back a bunch of offering incense and fire folders, and respectfully distributed them to everyone.

Holding three sticks of incense and stepping into the inner room, I saw a red table carved with layers of flowers and patterns along the wall inside, complete with lamps, incense burners, fruit offerings, and cloth pads.On the top of the case is a main plaque of vermilion lacquer, engraved on the right with "Generation of Origin and Development", on the left with "Zong Zhi Yi Ye Chang", and in the middle are engraved with seven big characters of "Tan's Clan's Position in Past Dynasties", riveted with gold and decorated with silver. , full of luxury.The lower floors are lined up with tablets engraved with the names and surnames of the ancestors, and all you can see is the word "Talk".

...It really deserves to be a big family.Qin Nianjiu stared at the densely packed "Tan", and while he was busy supporting the old matriarch, he did not forget to silently tease Tan Fengyue with his eyes: the same surname is Tan, maybe you and the ancestor have been in the same family for 500 years.

Tan Fengyue smiled coolly, and silently teased her eyes back: Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, don't forget that Tianzun may change his surname to Tan in the future.

... This is still in the family's ancestral hall, I don't know how to restrain myself!Qin Nianjiu understood his gaze, glared at him angrily, and looked away.

To offer incense to the ancestors, the person with the highest seniority present is always the first. Tan Ang wanted to light the incense in her hand for the grandmother, puffed up his cheeks and blew the fire, but tried several times to no avail. There was only black smoke on the fold, so he could only stroke his beard in embarrassment, and coughed a few times to cover up, "Oh, I'm old, I don't have enough energy——"

Qin Nianjiu couldn't help laughing, "No need to be so troublesome..."

As soon as the words fell, Tan Fengyue twirled her fingertips, lit a cluster of sparks with "creating something out of nothing", lit the three sticks of incense in the old matriarch's hand, and lowered her eyes and shook the silver fan to extinguish the sticks on the tip of the incense sticks for her. open flame.

The fire was extinguished, and the blue smoke rose.

There seemed to be a flash of light in the old matriarch's muddy eyes, and he held Qin Nianjiu's hand tightly, grinning and saying, "Okay, okay."

After all, they didn't need any more support from them, and walked forward tremblingly, and inserted the offering incense into the furnace three times.

Seeing that the grandmother had finished offering incense, Tan Angzhi quickly helped her to sit on the pear wood chair near the window, then turned back and offered incense together with his wife.

They are only middle-aged, in good health, and there are many etiquettes for offering incense. It takes some time to pray, kneel and recite prayers.Tan and Qin stood behind holding incense, seeing them kneeling on the futon as if reciting scriptures, they couldn't help but secretly glanced at each other, and they both saw a little helplessness in each other's eyes.

Just as he was waiting, Qin Nianjiu suddenly heard the paper flick in his sleeve, followed by a familiar child's voice, "Oh my god, I'm suffocating!"

Relying on the fact that ordinary people couldn't see him, and finally there were no sect people around, Sanjiu, who hadn't come out for a long time, suddenly appeared, rubbed his hands and stretched his legs uncomfortably, and complained with a pout, "Ghost king Xianjun is really , that Lao Shizi left without water and didn't call me!"

Before the startled Qin Nianjiu could speak, he was quickly attracted by the surrounding scene, looked around curiously, and praised again and again, "Ah, is this the family's ancestral hall? I haven't seen the ancestral hall before—— No, maybe I’ve seen it and forgotten it... Wow, it’s so grand—"

It is said that old people and children can see "things" that ordinary people can't see, but there is an 88-year-old old lady sitting there!

Fearing that this reckless brat would frighten the old man, Qin Nianjiu was about to order him to return the talisman, but when he saw that his face suddenly turned green as if feeling unwell, he let out a terrified "Hmm", and immediately did not wait for Tan and Qin to move. As if fleeing, he got back into the talisman by himself, leaving only Tan and Qin with stiff expressions.

……

...Such a surprise, coming and going in such a hurry, Qin Nianjiu almost thought that just now he had an illusion——

No, Sanjiu's performance just now, how could he seem to be suppressed by something?

Just as Tan Fengyue and Tan Fengyue looked at each other suspiciously, they heard Tan Angzhi who had finished offering incense and called them with a smile: "Okay, okay, please wait for a long time!"

"..."

He exchanged glances with Tan Fengyue again, Qin Nianjiu responded crisply, walked forward side by side with Tan Fengyue, and stood still in front of the red case.

——Burning incense three times.

—Close your eyes and pray silently.

——The moment they opened their eyes, they tacitly opened their heavenly eyes together.

Under the eyes of the sky, everything appeared, and Qin Nianjiu couldn't help hissing softly when he saw it.

I saw that the ancestral hall was filled with purple energy, which flowed throughout the entire Tanfu, and it was auspicious and compelling.Under the shadow of such auspicious stars, let alone Sanjiu's kind of immoral brat, if the resentment in his body hadn't been temporarily suppressed by the ancestor with a magic spell, it would be difficult to stay in this mansion.

Sighing secretly that he was fortunate enough to have escaped, he heaved a sigh of relief, and then fell into doubt again: ... Where did such auspicious aura of abundance come from?

Tan Angzhi, who was waiting at the side, saw that he was stunned, and thought that there was something wrong with the family's ancestral hall, so he took a step forward nervously, "What's wrong with the Xian family?"

"It's all right." Qin Nianjiu waved his hands quickly, and finally remembered what Ji Zhuoran said in the carriage, and a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes, "——When I came here, I heard from the crown prince that there was a grandson from the ancestors of your mansion. Monk?"

Oh, so I was thinking about this.Tan Angzhi felt relieved, and replied with a calm smile: "Yes. But it's a matter of several generations ago."

I don't know who is capable of leaving such a profound blessing to protect future generations... Qin Nianjiu couldn't hide his curiosity and looked at the neatly arranged tablets on the red table. Pointing his palm to one of them, he stroked his long beard with a bright face and said, "This is Tan Junying, Tan Xianzun—"

Fearing that the old lady would feel unwell after sitting for a long time, another servant came to say that lunch was ready, and the group of offering incense at the ancestral hall moved to the dining room.

The incense was burnt according to her wish, the old lady got her wish fulfilled, and she no longer troubled Qin Nianjiu. She leaned on a golden cane in one hand, and was carefully supported by Mrs. Tan in the other, finally showing a bit of the former mistress Come on, walk slowly ahead.

Qin Nianjiu and Tan Fengyue were a few steps behind, listening carefully to Tan Angzhi's eloquent story about his ancestor's past, "—it was a long time ago, and I only learned about it from the stories passed down by the elders in my family. Then It's all... Let me do the math, it was about 70 years ago—it happened. It is said that the ancestor of our family had a vision in the sky when he was born. It was auspicious clouds, The wind is constantly changing!—”

Since ancient times, whenever the birth of a celebrity is mentioned, posterity loves to attach some so-called "good omens" to them to show their extraordinary fate.Qin Nianjiuguang has read a lot in the story books, and there are all kinds of sayings and descriptions, and he has seen through this kind of tricks long ago. I didn't feel how novel it was, but I also didn't feel that it was boring, so I nodded from time to time by the side, hoping that he would continue talking.

Tan Fengyue also thought the same way, and it was also rare that she did not show any contempt. She only listened while shaking her silver fan, distractedly admiring the various small scenes in the courtyard along the way.

"Afterwards, this son grew up, and he turned out to be extremely intelligent, with an unruly temperament——"

... She is exceptionally intelligent and has an unruly temperament. To put it bluntly, she is not just smart, but mischievous.Qin Nianjiu secretly laughed.

"The family at that time—oh, at that time, the Tan family hadn't entered the court as an official yet, but they had been doing business in the imperial capital for generations—it was too far away, cough. The family at that time saw that he was precocious, and he was quite independent. -"

……understood.He was enlightened early, but he was unruly and disrespectful of teaching.

"Afraid that my own strength is not enough, the teacher destroyed this seedling, so I sent him to the sect—"

...Of course.My family really can't control it anymore, and I want to throw this troublemaker to the sect to discipline him, so as to cure his temper.

"From that sect, I found out that he is indeed a man with a soul! So he was recruited under the sect, but later on, he also felt that the strength of his own sect was not enough, and he was afraid that his roots would be wasted, so he was referred to the sect. Another sect—"

……clear.Even the Zongmen couldn't control him, so they wanted to pass this disaster on to other Zongmen.

"So, in just two years, I went through three or five sects, and finally an immortal who cultivated alone accepted him as a closed disciple. He was only eight years old at that time—"

...You are only eight years old, so you can toss around like this?

Qin Nianjiu listened to him amusedly, and gradually sketched in his mind the image of a lively and reckless young man, and interjected while talking about Angzhi's panting: "After that, he devoted himself to cultivating Taoism, and never went home again?"

"Where?" Tan Angzhi stroked his beard with a smile, "I heard from the elders in the family that every few years, Tan Xianzun would go home for a visit during the Chinese New Year, and from time to time he would bring his friends back together for a reunion meal. Where's the meal!"

...It's amazing that he is still a cultivator who does not abandon the world.

After finishing the sentence, seeing that Tan Angzhi started talking nonsense about "Tan Xianzun" again like irony, and he seemed to be intoxicated by it, Qin Nianjiu took advantage of him not to notice, and secretly dragged Tan Fengyue Sleeves, mocking him in a low voice, "...Could it be that there is no upright 'Talking Immortal Venerable', is it your forgotten predecessor?"

"..." Tan Fengyue gave him a cool look, "... Tan's surname is not uncommon, how can there be such a coincidence."

From the scenes he recalled, it can be known that he in the past just talked too much, far from being as naughty as Mr. Tan described in his words just now.

From the point of view of temperament alone, I knew that the two would never be the same person. Qin Nianjiu just wanted to piss him off, and tugged on his sleeve, and was about to argue with some unreasonable reasoning. Seeing Tan Angzhi tap his forehead with his hand suddenly, he laughed sullenly as if remembering something, "Speaking of which, this Immortal Tan, there is another interesting thing to tell—"

Qin Nianjiu quickly put away his small movements and put on an appearance of listening sincerely.

The things that came to mind were too amusing, Tan Angzhi was already amused before he could speak, and he said after a while: "Before he had him, his mother, like my wife, had children She had four sons. When she was pregnant with him, she was looking forward to the stars and the moon. She prayed day and night—just for a daughter!

"It seems that Taoist Yunyou came to the mansion to ask for advice—maybe the Taoist received some benefits, or he was not good at learning, so he firmly said that she was a daughter.

"So all the items prepared in advance in the mansion are also for the daughter - food, clothing, play... As soon as it landed, hey, who would have thought it would be a boy!

... This, at best, can only be called an oolong, how can it be called "interesting"?Qin Nianjiu looked at him in bewilderment, but didn't see that Tan Fengyue froze the hand that was shaking the fan.

"Don't worry, the Xian family, we haven't talked about it yet." Tan Angzhi saw the puzzlement in Qin Nianjiu's eyes, and his beard trembled with a smile, "His mother was so disappointed, she was so angry that she fell on her head, and then she gave it to him out of breath. He had a nickname—"

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and deliberately bought a pass, "Does the Xian family know what this nickname is?"

Qin Nianjiu was indeed curious, and shook his head cooperatively, urging him to speak quickly, but Tan Fengyue only felt a chill on the back of his neck, and the three-character question that hadn't surfaced for a long time reappeared in his mind.

……why?

……

After the rain, the courtyard is deeply green, with water droplets overflowing from the rolled up leaves, sliding down, and falling into the small pool where the koi carp gather together, creating circles of ripples.

Mrs. Tan and the old lady went to the dining room first, and turned to tell them to go faster.

——"The two of you can't guess."

Tan Angzhi laughed loudly, and said to Tan and Qin, "This Immortal Tan's nickname is actually 'Sister'!"