When Zhou Bai, who had been sleeping for many days, woke up, Fubo was very happy, and did not prevent Zhou Bai from going to the ancestral hall.

Three years ago, according to the arrangement of the clan, Zhou Bai did not participate in the Spring Festival, and if he missed it again this time, he would have to wait another three years next time.

Besides, the quota must belong to your own young master?

During this time, both the master and servant understood, Fu Bo silently stuffed the boiled eggs taken out of the kitchen into Zhou Bai’s arms, and then turned back to continue cleaning the fallen leaves in the courtyard.

Needless to say, Zhou Bai touched two still warm eggs, tightened his body, and braved the cold morning wind to step out.

The ancestral hall is located in the core area of the Zhou ethnic settlement, surrounded by the houses of the real power figures of the family, like an invisible circle, representing the status of the family’s houses.

That’s it, Zhou Bai’s dilapidated courtyard was not far from the ancestral hall, and he was not late to leave so late.

In the hearts of some clansmen who are good at drilling camps, the location of this courtyard is only suitable for the upper echelons of the family, and Zhou Bai, a “young master” who even shows the old color of cranes on his body, can only be assigned to remote manors to see the garden at most.

The ancestral hall of the Zhou family is very magnificently built, with carved arches, blue brick and stone walls, and red-painted beams and columns to create a bit of solemnity.

The people of each tribe have already established their positions according to the lineage of the veins, the order of the houses, and the size of the generations.

The gate is completely open, the Haonu warriors stand guarding, inside the threshold are the Yan clan and the high-status collateral lineage, and outside the threshold are most of the side lineage and branch lineage.

At this time, people should not have arrived, there is some noise inside and outside, and everyone is chatting with each other and exchanging some “private information”.

Most of them talked about the recipients of this ancestor sacrifice, and some people mentioned Zhou Bai, but they were limited to mentioning.

Occasionally say a few more words, or jealousy of Zhou Bai’s identity, as a concubine, he will definitely be blessed by his ancestors at the right age.

Immortal gods exist, the imperial examination reaches the sky, and even ordinary mortals have more or less understanding of extraordinary power.

In the Zhou people, the triennial blessing and ancestor worship is the most intuitive manifestation of transcendence. The

probability of being blessed clansmen being admitted to Tongsheng and Xiucai is much higher than that of those who have not been blessed.

In recent decades, there are very few people who can be admitted to children without relying on the ethnic movement, and as for Xiucai, it is even more none.

Zhou Bai walked to the threshold of the ancestral hall, and a steward wearing a brocade robe was patrolling with two Haonu shuttles, sometimes watching the situation inside, and sometimes admonishing the martial artists standing in two rows.

“Today is a big festival that only happens once in three years, stand up straight for me, don’t lose the majesty of this family.” Zhou Datian, the steward of the

clan, is responsible for some money and grain affairs, and he is in a humble position, but he is actually only a distant relative of the Zhou family who has defected to the third room, and he can barely lean on the side of the upper branch.

The information in a line of memory surfaced in Zhou Bai’s mind, that is, this guy liked to target him.

It is clear that he is only a distant relative of the Zhou family, but he looks down on the collateral branch very much, and often humiliates.

It may be that his own origin is not good, and he is very jealous of Zhou Bai’s helpless concubine, and the benefits issued are all the lowest level, and even some deductions.

The display in front of the next person was endless, and then when he saw Zhou Bai coming, Zhou Datian suddenly felt that the happiness of reprimanding the next person was not fragrant, and his eyes lit up and stepped forward.

“Hey, isn’t this Young Master Bai of the seventh room? I thought you were so bold that you didn’t even dare to participate in the ancestor worship.” Half-mocking, half-provocative words, as the spit star splashed on Zhou Bai’s crane.

Zhou Bai’s brows frowned slightly, and he said in an unkind tone: “Today, the ancestors blessed me with a place, how dare I not come.” Also, my crane was left by my father, and the steward of Daejeon should pay attention.

Zhou Datian was suddenly a little surprised, how did this kid have a serious illness, like a changed person, not only no longer cowardly and low-key, but dared to provoke me.

However, this surprise only lasted in the bottom of his heart for a moment, and the shame of being hit by Zhou Bai had already surged in his heart, and his mean face showed redness.

“You kid is late and talks a lot, don’t go in, what if you spread the sickness to the clan elders?” Zhou Datian was usually arrogant and used to commanding, and without saying a word, he actually wanted to block Zhou Bai’s way.

The two doglegs behind blocked in front of Zhou Bai at the right time, and the martial artists on both sides did not move, but they also stared at him with strange eyes.

Zhou Bai sneered, not only was he not afraid to block the way in the face of Hao Nu, but he went up with two slaps.

“Snap, snap!” The sound of bows opening left and right attracted the clansmen who did not pay attention to this side behind.

“You! Don’t you dare! The situation seemed to suddenly lose control with Zhou Bai’s two slaps, and Zhou Datian snorted in his heart, his face was hideous, and he wanted to shout loudly but didn’t know what to say.

The two Hao slaves were also confused, and forgot to fight back for a while, or they still remembered that Zhou Bai was the master of the Zhou family. Zhou

Bai disdained Zhou Datian’s and inward, just turned straight to the side, and said to a family captain: “Zhou Yuan, according to my Zhou family rules, what is the crime of a slave who commits a crime and bullies the master family?!” The

expression on Zhou Yuan’s face was very complicated, and for a moment he didn’t know how much ideological struggle was going on in his heart, for the sake of a broken vein with no sense of existence, was it appropriate to smash Zhou Datian and offend the third room who held real power?

No matter how you look at it, it’s better to mix with the mud at this time, which is also the idea of most smart viewers.

But when Zhou Yuan saw this Young Master Bai’s completely different posture from the past, he decided to gamble, and how he could get ahead without gambling.

“Young Master Hui Bai, the evil slave who deceives the master, serve with a stick and whip, and beat him to death.”

The thick and loud voice was enough for the people around to hear it clearly, Zhou Bai’s eyes flashed a little cold, and slowly walked to Zhou Yuan and said softly: “Then enforce the family rules, don’t kill them if they don’t do it, just fifty sticks.” ”

Fifty sticks? Immortal and crippled, many clansmen watching the play gasped at the same time and took a few steps back.

The young master of the seventh room, who is usually unhealthy and cowardly, is actually so ruthless. Zhou

Yuan meticulously carried out Zhou Bai’s order, and immediately led his subordinates to drag the two Hao slaves who stood in the way.

In a faint scream, Zhou Bai continued to move forward, as if nothing had happened, the slaves shivered, and Zhou Datian was also stunned. Zhou

Bai’s original pale face due to illness has now become a symbol of cruelty in Zhou Datian’s eyes.

He has always bullied the soft and feared the hard, and actually forgot to teach Zhou Bai a lesson, and let him stride into the threshold of the ancestral hall.

Perhaps because the eyes of the onlookers below were too hot, Zhou Datian was embarrassed, and whispered viciously behind his back: “Little cub wait, we have to fight.”

Zhou Bai did not pause when he heard this “scene words”, as if he did not look at Zhou Datian in his eyes, which made him angry enough, maybe he was thinking of some trick.

Stepping into the gate of the ancestral hall, the inside is a worship hall, this atmosphere is different, and the hustle and bustle outside seems to be completely penetrating here.

No one spoke, and the spiritual seat on the shrine was surrounded by incense, solemn and solemn. At the top is the god main card of the

ancestors of the Li clan, followed by the god main card of the two ancestors, and at the bottom is the ancestors who have shown talent or made outstanding contributions.

As for other children and ordinary people, after death, they can only enter the side halls on both sides to worship, which shows that Tongsheng actually has no status. In the main hall of the

worship hall, the clan elders, the stewards, and the men of the ten houses of the concubine gathered together, and the other three side clans were the masters, and they all looked at Zhou Bai.

It stands to reason that there are at least twelve show talents in the worship hall, but Zhou Bai’s cheap father died early, and there are no blood relatives to carry the seven rooms, so there are only eleven show talents in the hall.

These talents were all recognized by the Daxu court, had official status, and were a privileged class. Leaving aside the

fact that officials do not kneel and walk with swords, each show can be exempted from the tax of 300 acres of land, which is the basis for the prosperity and rise of a family.

The Zhou family has 3,300 mu of good land every year without paying taxes, and all of this surplus can be used to support the children of the family, so how can they not raise talents.

In front of a group of high-ranking members of the Zhou family, Zhou Bai was calm, and he had seen this kind of pomp a lot.

Most of the gazes cast are flat, there is little distinction between good and evil, and the few in the front row seem to have pity.

Only the owner of the three houses, Zhou Chang, had a little dissatisfaction on his face, and the matter outside just now fell on his face.

Zhou Bai walked to the front row and saluted the elders one by one, calmly showing a bit of grace, which surprised the high-ranking people a little.

After a few weeks of ceremony, Zhou Bai took the lead in speaking: “Several uncles, for the sake of the overall situation, the little nephew is willing to withdraw from this ancestor’s blessing.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little stunned, some nodded slightly, and some sighed. Zhou

Rui, who had previously reminded Zhou Bai to participate in the clan sacrifice, was now even more anxious, giving Zhou Bai a look in the corner.

“Do you know that the ancestors are not allowed to speak in vain?!” Suddenly, a heavy and awe-inspiring question came from the side.

“Fathers and ancestors are on it, Bai, how dare you? The patriarch is serious. Zhou Bai bowed back and said without humility.

The person who came was Zhou Mingxuan, the head of the Zhou family, who was famous for his talents, and had been a priest in Pingcang County for twenty years when he was young, with extensive connections, and he took over the family at forty-five, and his authority in the clan was extremely strong.

“Well, you can do it voluntarily, if you have any requests, you can make it now.” Zhou Mingxuan walked in front of Zhou Bai, his expression was quite complicated, but it was not difficult to see a hint of appreciation.

A trace of strangeness flashed in Zhou Bai’s heart, the patriarch was fighting for benefits for him.

“Patriarch Qiyu, uncles, the little nephew does not dare to beg excessively, I only hope that the clan will restore the treatment that I should have as a concubine.”

Everyone bowed their heads slightly, this was the proper meaning, even the Zhou Chang of the third room, and the dissatisfaction disappeared, because his son just needed this place.

“First, I need resources from within the clan to cure my wind chill; Second, I can not do with the ancestor’s Yin Fu, but I still have to participate in the February county examination.

After the two points, no one disagreed, even if they thought that the second point was a waste of time. Zhou

Bai paused, and continued in a calm tone: “Third, please Uncle Chang severely punish Zhou Datian, it is best not to let me see him in this family again.”

He takes revenge and does not like overnight.

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