Be a master through ancient times

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household in Zhangzhou Prefecture will go to sacrifice to the sea.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea.People in Nanfu Province rely on the sea for their lives, so naturally they respect it very much.

They carried baskets in their hands, and inside the baskets were incense sticks, paper money and some things like rice balls wrapped in leaves.People use these things to sacrifice to the god of the sea, praying for the fishermen to be safe and successful in the new year, and also praying that the sea can give them more things.

On the outskirts of Guo County, about forty miles away from Fucheng, there is a Sea God Temple. It is said that the Sea God there is very effective. As long as you pray sincerely, your wishes will definitely come true.With such a reputation, most of the people from other places also come to this temple to offer incense, so offerings are kept throughout the year and the incense is very strong.

"Master, let's go and have a look too!" Zhang Hu walked around outside, his face full of excitement.

Chu Ci didn't understand why he was so happy. After thinking about it for a while, he smiled and said, "Yes, your home is also by the sea. Do you also offer sacrifices to the Sea God?"

Zhang Hu shook his head: "Master, we don't offer sacrifices to the Sea God, but we also go to the temple to offer incense on the first day of the new year, and there is a temple fair every year!"

When mentioning the temple fair, Chang Xiao and Fu Ming'an immediately got excited.The three of them looked at Chu Ci expectantly, waiting for the elders to speak.

It was only then that Chu Ci realized that this guy made this proposal with the idea of ​​watching the temple fair. He thought that Du Hu had something on his mind, and wanted to ask the gods to worship Buddha.Looking at the expectant gazes of the three, Chu Ci deliberately made it difficult. Seeing that the eyes of the three were getting darker and darker, Chu Ci said mercifully:

"Okay, let's go and have a look too. I just want to know more about Zhangzhou's customs, so let's start with this temple fair."

After a few people packed up, they drove out in a carriage.After going out from the North City Gate for another hour or so, the four arrived at Guo County.

Naturally, this fruit county is famous for its rich fruits. There are several fruit trees planted in the yards of every household, among which mango, papaya and longan trees are the most common.

Chu Ci stared at these trees with some regret, and lamented in his heart that he came at the wrong time, if Xia Tian came here, he would be able to catch all the fruits here.

Speaking of which, he had stayed in the capital for so long, and it seemed that he really didn't eat any fruit.Except that the cafeteria occasionally buys some fashionable fruits for the students to eat, there is almost nothing else.

Chu Ci was thinking wildly when he suddenly heard Zhang Hu yelling inside: "Master, we can't make it through."

Chu Ci opened the curtain and saw that, sure enough, the narrow street in front of him was already full of traffic. Large and small horse-drawn carts and ox carts crowded the place so tightly that only pedestrians could barely pass through the gap between the cars.

"Brother Big Tiger, can you turn around and go the other way?" Chang Xiao suggested.

Chu Ci patted him on the shoulder and told him to look back.Chang Xiao turned around and was immediately stunned, the traffic behind him was even tighter!

When he was in a dilemma, someone suddenly called out "Lord Chu".Chu Ci followed the voice and found that the middle-aged man on the side of the road had a kind face. He seemed to have seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember it at the moment.

The man probably also knew that Chu Ci didn't know him, so he said: "He Yuan, a villain, is from Guo County. He is an official of the Tixue Department. A few days ago, when the adults entered the mansion, the villains had the honor to meet the adults. I don't know the adults. Come here, but to sacrifice to the Sea God?"

"Exactly. It's a pity that Chu has just arrived. I don't know that there are so many people going with him. Now he is blocked on the road, which makes Brother He laugh."

"This road is the only way to go to the Sea God Temple. It is like this every year. You don't have to worry about it. If you don't mind it, come down and have a cup of hot tea. The county magistrate will send someone to clear the road. It's just that people There are too many, and it may take some time to unblock them.”

He Yuan was very enthusiastic, and Chu Ci was not easy to refuse.After asking, he took Fu Mingan out of the car, because Chang Xiao said he would stay here with Zhang Hu to look at the car.

He Yuan's home is not far away, in the alley beside this street.His house is in a courtyard with about three main rooms and two side rooms. The courtyard is not particularly large, but several fruit trees are planted, and stone tables and benches are placed under the trees, which is very warmly arranged.

"His mother, there are guests at home, hurry up and bring some tea!" He Yuan shouted into the room as soon as he entered the door.

"What kind of guest is it again? Every day I see people, I pull them home. I have gone to a lot of refreshments, and I haven't heard a single good word." While complaining to her daughter, He Yuan's wife neatly arranged the dishes, and after they were finished, they were still there. Forgot to shout outside, "Hey, here we come!"

The little girl who was embroidering smiled, her mother was always like this, complaining a few words, but entertaining her more attentively than anyone else.

"Mr. Chu, please sit down quickly. The humble house is shabby and unsightly. I hope you will not dislike him." He Yuan was a little apprehensive. He had heard about this lord before, and he seemed to be a difficult person to get along with.

"Where is it, Chu is also from a poor family. Back then, his house was not as far away as your mansion, so why would he dislike it? As long as the family and people are safe, everything else is just outside the body." Chu Ci has always been gentle and elegant in front of outsiders He Yuan was even more moved by what he said at this time.

"This brother can talk. He is handsome, and his words are pleasant to listen to. He is much better than those boys in the alley!" Mrs. He came in from outside with tea, just in time to hear Chu Ci's words, and the smile on his face was sincere A few points.

"This is my sister-in-law, I'm sorry to interrupt you." Chu Ci stood up and greeted with a smile.

"Hey, what are you bothering me about? You are always guests here. You don't seem like locals, and you are here to worship the Sea God, right?" Mrs. He placed refreshments on the table while greeting these two good-looking young masters.He Yuan watched anxiously, for fear that his wife would accidentally offend the lord.

He didn't even look at He Yuan, and poured two cups of tea to Chu Ci and Fu Ming'an.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. My sister-in-law has good eyesight. We have just come here not long ago. I haven't seen anyone offering sacrifices to the Sea God. I heard that the Sea God Temple in Guoxian County is the most effective. I came to have a look." Chuci got up and took the tea with both hands To show respect, Fu Mingan followed suit and thanked him earnestly.

Mrs. He laughed, thinking that these two people are really polite, she said: "That's right, if you want to say which Sea God Temple in our Southern Fujian Province is the most effective, it must be our Guo County. It's just my mother's family. There was a little daughter-in-law there who had been married for many years and had no children. She heard people say that our Sea God is effective, so she came here to offer incense, and she became pregnant not long after returning! Also, the boss Li who lives in Shangjie, every time I have to pay my respects before going out to sea, I haven't met the Sea Dragon King once in so many years..."

Once He talked about this, she couldn't stop, especially the two young masters still looked at her with eager expressions, which further encouraged her desire to talk.

He Yuan couldn't directly interrupt his wife because of Chu Ci's presence, so he could only keep winking at her, suggesting that she should speak less.In his opinion, how can adults be interested in these mundane things.

However, Chu Ci was really interested.In his previous view, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha means that the people are deceiving themselves and others, trying to use the power of ghosts and gods to achieve their wishes.But once he was time-traveled, he didn't know whether he should believe in the past life or present life. After all, what happened to him cannot be explained by science.

Chu Ci once heard the statement that "the end of science is philosophy, and the end of philosophy is theology". Although this statement has no scientific basis, it is not unreasonable.However, Chu Ci is not going to worry about how he got here. He believes that in the future world, there will be scientists who will research the way to travel through time and space, and use scientific means to explain everything.

He's words continued: "... I see that brother, you have reached the age of marriage. I don't know if you are married? If not, then go to worship, and the Sea God will definitely give you a good marriage—"

Seeing her changing from standing to sitting, He Yuan talked more and more vigorously, and when he was anxious, he interrupted her and said, "Master Chu, please try this candy, we made it ourselves."

He bit down on the three words Mr. Chu, and He Shi finally understood his hint, and immediately jumped up from the chair, looking at a loss.

"My... my lord? I don't... I don't know... I'm so rude..." Mrs. He said embarrassingly, no matter which lord it was, she couldn't afford to offend her.I heard that the adults in the Department of Education are the most polite.

"Sister-in-law doesn't have to be so restrained. It's not in the yamen now, what is the difference between adults and adults? I want to thank sister-in-law and Brother He for their hospitality!" Chu Ci also stood up, and his bright smile dispelled the uneasiness in He's heart .However, she still had scruples in her heart, and after a while, she said that she still had to work, turned around and walked out in a hurry.

After sitting in He's house for a while, someone outside said that the street has been dredged.After Chuci heard this, he took Fu Mingan to bid farewell to the He family couple.After He Yuan sent Chu Ci out of the alley, when he returned home, he saw Mrs. He waiting at the door.

"Master, do you think that Master Chu will be angry?" Mrs. He asked cautiously.

"Now I know I'm afraid? I don't want you to say a few words, but today I told Master Chu about those messy things. Do you know who this Master Chu is?"

Mrs. He shook her head. She is a woman, how does she know who this Master Chu is?

"He was hand-picked by the emperor last year, the first three-yuan and the number one scholar of our Wei Dynasty! After that, he was an official of the sixth rank. He was a man who dared to quarrel with the prince, and dared to point at Yushitai's nose and scold him ruthlessly. People! Now it is the head of our Ti Xue Division!" When He Yuan heard them talk about it the day before yesterday, his inner shock was beyond words. Such a person actually came to their Ti Xue Division?

"Hey!" He was taken aback by him, although she didn't quite understand how powerful he was, but the last point was enough.

"You said, he won't wear small shoes for you in the future, right? I'll go and apologize to him right now? I won't talk nonsense again in the future!" Mrs. He had a regretful expression on her face.

He Yuan smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface he said: "Forget it, the words have already been spoken, so there is no need to worry too much. I don't think this Lord Chu is such an unreasonable person, and he will definitely not care about you. But, in the future You also have to get rid of this habit of talking nonsense."

"Yes yes yes..." Knowing that he was wrong, he no longer refuted like before, but agreed repeatedly.

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Chu Ci didn't know that he was being used as a pretext for others to train his wife. He had already arrived in the outskirts of Guo County.

The magistrate of Guo County is still very good at planning. He knew that this year's Sea God Festival would attract many people, so he opened a piece of land near the Sea God Temple to park carriages, and later moved the Sea God Temple The empty space in front is set aside for ordinary people to set up stalls.As long as you pay the money, you can freely park the carriage and set up a stall to sell things. These two places are guarded by special personnel.

Although this method consumes more manpower and material resources, it is still necessary from the perspective of long-term development.When law and order are improved, there will be more talents. As long as there are more people, any way to make money can be realized.

Zhang Hu went to pay the money, and then took the things they bought to the Sea God Temple.

This Sea God Temple has a main hall and six auxiliary halls, and the main hall enshrines the statue of Sea God.Chu Ci held the incense and followed the bustling people forward, and soon saw the Poseidon statue.

Chu Ci observed for a while, and found that the sea god had a dragon head, his face was not angry and majestic, his body was very strong and strong, his two dry fingers that looked like claws but not claws were placed on his legs, and his eyes were piercing. ahead.This statue bears little resemblance to the ones Chu Ci had seen before, and it should have been imagined by the people in Fujian.

Now that he has come to the Buddha Hall, he naturally follows the worship obediently.In fact, he also has some wishes in his heart, and in such an environment at the moment, he can't avoid telling his wishes silently.

With one wish, the river is clear and the sea is peaceful.

Second wish, family and friends always healthy.

Three wishes, stay with you and live forever.