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

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea. The people of Nanmin Province rely on the sea to live by it, so naturally they respect it very much.

They held baskets in their hands, which contained incense, candles, paper money and some rice balls wrapped with leaves. The people used these things to worship the sea god, praying for fishermen to be safe and smooth in the new year, and praying for the sea to be able to do so.

Give them more.

On the outskirts of Guoxian, about 40 miles away from the capital city, there is a sea god temple. It is said that the sea gods there are very effective. As long as you pray sincerely, your wishes will be realized. With such a reputation, most of the people in other places will be most of the people in other places

Everyone came to this temple to burn incense, so they were worshipped all year round and the incense was very prosperous.

"Master, let's go and have a look!" 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 family is also on the beach. Do you also worship the sea god?"

Zhang Hu shook his head: "Master, we don't sacrifice to the sea gods, but we also have to go to the temple to burn incense on the first day of the New Year, and there are temple fairs every year!"

When talking about the temple fair, Chang Xiao and Fu Mingan were excited. The three of them looked at Chu Ci expectantly, waiting for the elders to speak.

Chu Ci then realized that this guy had this proposal because he was thinking of watching the temple fair. He thought that the tiger had something to do, and wanted to ask God to worship Buddha to realize it. Looking at the three of them looking forward to it, Chu Ci deliberately made a difficult situation.

As he saw the three of them's eyes getting dimmer, Chu Ci spoke mercifully:

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

After several people packed up, they drove out the door in a carriage. After about an hour, the four of them arrived in Guoxian County.

This fruit county is naturally famous for its abundant fruit production. There are several fruit trees planted in the yard of every household, among which mango, papaya and longan trees are the most common.

Chu Ci stared at the trees with some regret, sighing in his heart that he was not the time to come. If summer came here, he would be able to catch all the fruits here.

Speaking of which, he has been in the capital for so long, but he really doesn't eat any fruits. Except for occasionally buying some fashionable fruits for students to eat, there is almost nothing else.

Chu Ci was thinking randomly, and suddenly heard Zhang Hu shouting inward: "Master, I can't get past the front."

Chu Ci lifted the curtain and saw that the streets in front were now full of traffic. Carriages of all sizes and ox carriages were crowded here, and only pedestrians could barely walk through the gap between cars.

"Brother Dahu, do you think you can turn around and go another way?" Chang Xiao suggested.

Chu Ci patted his shoulder and asked him to look back. Chang Xiao turned around and was immediately stunned, and the back was blocked even tighter!

In a dilemma, someone suddenly called "Master Chu". Chu Ci looked over with the sound and found that the middle-aged man on the roadside was a little kind-faced. He seemed to have seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember him at all.

The man might also know that Chu Ci didn't know him, so he said, "The villain He Yuan, a native of Guo County, is an official in the Tixue Department. A few days ago, when the adults entered the mansion, he was fortunate to meet the adults, but he didn't know the adults.

At this point, but to sacrifice to the sea god?"

"That's right, it's a pity that Chu has just arrived. I don't know that there are so many people going with me. Now I'm blocked on the road, which makes Brother He laugh."

"This road is the only way to go to the Sea God Temple. It's like this every year. Adults don't have to worry. If adults don't dislike it, just come down to have a cup of hot tea. The county magistrate will send someone to clear the way. But people are

Too much, it may take some time to clear it up."

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 wanted to stay here with Zhang Hu to watch the car.

He Yuan's house is not far from the street, just in the alley on this street. His house is a yard that comes in. There are about three main rooms and two ear rooms. The yard is not very large, but several fruit trees have been planted under the trees.

There were stone tables and benches, which were arranged very warmly.

"Damn, guests are coming from home, come and bring you a refreshment!" He Yuan shouted into the inside as soon as he entered the door.

"What kind of customer is it? I always pick you up at home when I see people. I have gone to a lot of refreshments, but I can't hear a good word." He Yuan's wife complained to her daughter, while putting it on the plate with neat steps. After the installation, she still didn't.

Forget to shout outside, "Oh, that's here!"

The little girl who was embroidering the flower smiled. Her mother always did this, and she complained a few times, but she was more attentive than anyone else.

"Master Chu, please sit down quickly. The humble house is simple and unbearable. I hope you don't dislike me." He Yuan was a little nervous. He heard someone talk about this adult, and it seemed that he was not easy to meet.

"If it's not the case, Chu is also a poor family. His family was not as far away as his home in the past, so how could he say he would dislike him? As long as his family and people are safe, everything else is just something outside." Chu Ci was always gentle and elegant in front of outsiders.

He Yuan was even more moved by what he said at this time.

"This brother is good at speaking. He is handsome and has a good word. He is much better than those boys in the alley!" He came in from outside with a refreshment. He happened to hear Chu Ci's words, and the smile on his face was immediately sincere.

A little bit.

"This is my sister-in-law, I came to the door rashly and disturbed me." Chu Ci stood up and smiled and greeted me.

"Hi, what are you disturbing? You are always guests at the door. It seems that you don't look like locals, but also come to sacrifice to the sea god, right?" He put the refreshments on the table and greeted these two beautiful young men.

He Yuan was anxious from the side, afraid that his wife would offend the adult.

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

"Sister-in-law Xie. My sister-in-law has such a good eye. We have really just arrived here for a while and have never seen anyone sacrifice to the sea god. I heard that the sea god temple in Guo County is the most effective, so I will take a look." Chu Ci stood up and took the tea with both hands.

To show respect, Fu Mingan followed suit and thanked him seriously.

He laughed and thought to himself that these two people were so polite. She said, "That's right, if you want to tell us which of the Sea God Temple in Nanmin Province is the most effective, it must be from our Guo County. Just my mother's house

That little wife, who has not had children for many years after she married, has heard that our sea god is very effective, came here to burn incense, and got pregnant shortly after she went back! And, Boss Li who lives on the street, every time

I have to go to worship before going to sea. I haven’t met the Dragon King once in so many years…”

He couldn't stop talking about this, especially the two young men looked at her with a thirsty expression, which further encouraged her desire to talk.

He Yuan interrupted his wife directly because Chu Ci was not present, so he could only keep winking at her and hinting that she would say less. In his opinion, how could the adults be interested in these mundane things?

But Chu Ci was really interested. In his past opinion, asking for gods and worshiping Buddhas was the people who were deceiving themselves and trying to use the power of ghosts and gods to achieve their wishes. However, after a time travel, he didn't know whether he should be

It is time to believe in the statement of past and present life, after all, his experience is unexplainable to 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 without reason. However, Chu Ci is not prepared to worry about what he is.

He believed that in the future, scientists would definitely develop ways to travel through time and space, and use scientific means to explain all this.

He continued: "...I see, you are at the age of marriage, I don't know if you are married? If not, I will pay my respects to you. The God of Sea will definitely give you a good marriage-"

He Yuan saw that she changed from standing to sitting, and the more she spoke, she became more and more excited. When she was anxious, she interrupted her and said, "Mr. Chu, you can taste this candy, we made it ourselves."

He pronounced the words "Lord Chu" hard, and He finally understood his hint and immediately jumped up from the chair, looking at a loss.

"Big... adult? No... I don't know... it's too rude..." He said with an embarrassed look. No matter which adult he was, she couldn't afford to offend. I heard that the adults in Tixuesi were the most talked about

Rule.

"Sister-in-law doesn't have to be so restrained. Now it's not in the yamen, so why should I share with you? I want to thank my sister-in-law and Brother He for their kind hospitality!" Chu Ci also stood up, and his bright smile dispelled the uneasiness in He's heart.

.However, she was still worried. After a while, she said she still had to work and turned around and walked out in a hurry.

After sitting in the He family for a while, someone outside said that the street had been cleared. After hearing this, Chu Ci took Fu Ming'an and the He family to say goodbye. After He Yuan sent Chu Ci out of the alley, he went home to see He and others.

At the door.

"My husband, do you think that Lord Chu will be angry?" He asked cautiously.

"I know I'm afraid now? I usually ask you to say less, but today I'm telling Lord Chu about all the messy things. Do you know who this Lord Chu is?"

He shook his head. She was a woman, how could she know who this Lord Chu is?

"He was appointed by the emperor last year. The first top scholar in our Wei Dynasty who passed the third year! Later, he was appointed as the sixth-rank Siye. He dared to confront the prince and dared to point at the censor's nose and curse fiercely.

People! Now it is the head of our Tixue Department!" When He Yuan heard them talk about it the day before yesterday, his inner shock was beyond words. What such a person really came to their Tixue Department?

"Huh!" He was stunned by him. Although she didn't quite understand his power, it was a terrible point just to do.

"You said, he won't wear you in the future, right? Can I apologize to him now? I will never talk nonsense again in the future!" He looked regretful with an expression of his original regret.

He Yuan laughed in his heart, but said on the surface: "Forget it, I have already said it, so don't worry too much. I think this Lord Chu is not that unreasonable person, he will definitely not care about you. But, go back and forth

You also need to change this habit of liking to talk nonsense.”

"Yes, yes, yes..." He knew that he was in the wrong, so he no longer refuted as before, but agreed repeatedly.

...

Chu Ci didn't know that he was regarded as the reason why someone else cursed his wife, so he had already arrived outside the suburbs of Guo County.

The county magistrate of Guo County is still very good at plotting. He knew that the annual Sea God Festival would definitely attract many people, so he opened a piece of land near the Sea God Temple to park the carriage, and then the Sea God Temple was put on.

The empty space in front is set up for the people to set up stalls. As long as you pay the money, you can freely stop carriages and set up stalls to sell things. There are dedicated people guarding these two places. Those who thieves are crowing and dogs are rampant, and those who are rampant in the village should not come to make trouble.

Although this method consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, it is still necessary from the perspective of long-term development. With better public security, more talents will increase. As long as there are more people, any way to make money can be realized.

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

There is a main hall in this Sea God Temple, six sub- halls. The main hall worships the statue of the Sea God. Chu Ci followed the bustling people forward with the incense and soon saw the statue of the Sea God.

Chu Ci observed for a while and found that the sea god had a dragon head, his face was not angry and powerful, his body was very strong, his two dry fingers that looked like claws but not claws on his legs, and his eyes were bright and bright.

In front of this statue of god has almost no similarity with what Chu Ci had seen before. It should have been imagined by the people of Fujian themselves.

Since he had arrived at the Buddhist temple, he was naturally following the worship honestly. In fact, he also had some wishes in his heart. In such an environment, he could not help but express his wishes silently.

One wish is that the river is clear and the sea is peaceful.

Two wishes, family and friends will be healthy.
Chapter completed!