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Chapter 4761 Consecration Ceremony

NO.15, Yang Ruoqing and Yang Huazhong went to Huguang County together with father and daughter, and picked up Mrs. Zuo.

Just like when Mrs. Zuo came to watch the big show, Mrs. Zuo had lived in Luo's house beforehand, waiting for the consecration ceremony of NO.18 with peace of mind.

On NO.17, Chef Zhou brought the sous chef, the waiter and a kitchen team to Changping Village.

Yang Ruoqing led them directly to the big kitchen in the backyard of the Taoist temple and the side room for them to rest first.

Then, he drew up a list of guests who will come to visit the consecration ceremony tomorrow and handed it to Chef Zhou.

"The guests who will come tomorrow may still have discrepancies. According to the share on this list, we will leave more backups, and it will be almost the same." In the wing room in the backyard of the Taoist temple, Yang Ruoqing discussed with Chef Zhou and the sous chef.

Chef Zhou thought about it for a while, and said, "Don't worry, we know that there will be no shortage of vegetarian food for guests."

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In a blink of an eye, it was the eighteenth day of the lunar calendar.

The birthday of Empress Houtu is also a grand day for the consecration of Taoist temples.

Taoist priests from well-known Taoist temples in several nearby counties were invited by Taoist Yuan, and the county magistrate of Wanghai County also brought his wife and daughter to Changping Village.

For the small Changping Village, the sensation and influence caused by the arrival of the county magistrate is far greater than that of the emperor who is far away from the emperor.

So on this day, with Changping Village as the center, it radiated to the surrounding ten miles and eight villages, all of which were boiling.

There are almost no people in the fields, but the Taoist temple is crowded with people, and it is extremely lively and unprecedentedly grand.

In the Sanqing Hall in the front yard of the Taoist temple, Taoist priests from all walks of life sit cross-legged under the statues of gods, waving their whisks lightly, chanting scriptures, or discussing Taoism, promoting Taoist thought, discussing the great way of heaven and earth, and purifying the soul.

In the backyard of the Taoist temple, Chef Zhou led a group of assistants to make all kinds of vegetarian meals lively and fragrant.

As for Yang Ruoqing, she was not used to entertaining in the front yard, and she didn't need a layman like her to entertain, just leave it to Daoist Yuan.

The county magistrate needed to receive him, so she called Mu Zichuan over in advance.

When the time comes, Mu Zichuan will chat with the magistrate, while she will take care of the magistrate's wife and daughter.

Although their official titles are far lower than Luo Fengtang and Mu Zichuan's, since Yang Ruoqing has invited them for this post, they have worked so hard to put down their official duties and drag their family members over to join them, so they naturally want to entertain them warmly.

As a result, when the county magistrate and his wife saw Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Luo walking in side by side, they were about to kneel down to them at that time, and to bow down to Shangfeng, which is the rule for Mrs. Gaoming.

"Today is a special occasion, so these rules will be waived!" Mu Zichuan said with a slight nod of his head.

The magistrate looked flattered, and said, "It's an honor for me to be invited by the general's wife, and to be able to admire Master Mu's demeanor."

"Your Excellency, please be modest, this way please." Mu Zichuan was dressed in white and had a smile like a spring breeze on his face.

And Yang Ruoqing also showed a cordial smile to the county magistrate's wife: "Your Excellency and Madam are able to attend the consecration ceremony despite their busy schedules, and let the people here see the demeanor of their parents and officials. The people are very excited."

The county magistrate's wife smiled politely, and said: "Earlier, when my master was an official in another place, he heard that there are outstanding people in Mianniu Mountain. I came here today and saw this beautiful mountain and river, it really is a good place!"

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and nodded slightly.

He raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Ma'am, sit here."

Mu Zichuan passed the examination back then as Tanhua, while Daan was the number one scholar. When the county magistrate's wife would put Mu Zichuan in front and Daan in the back, Yang Ruoqing had no objection to this.

First of all, Mu Zichuan is older than Da'an, and thirdly, Mu Zichuan had a higher official position than Da'an before returning to his hometown Ding You.

He is still the favorite student of the cabinet bachelor, and his future is boundless as long as Ding You returns to Beijing after returning to his post.

In the end, Mu Zichuan himself was right in front of him, and Da'an was in the Imperial Academy in the capital, so there was nothing wrong with putting Mu Zichuan in front, and Yang Ruoqing didn't mind.

The front and back yards of the Taoist temple, and every hall, are full of common people who come to watch the excitement.

In the nearby towns, devout men and women from ten miles and eight villages came to burn incense, pray, and go to the release pool to release animals.

Most of the released animals are small fish, shrimps and loaches. The focus is on the meaning of "release".

The young and old of the Yang family, as well as the men in the transport team in the village, were all dispatched to the Taoist temple to receive them or maintain order.

When he saw the small fish and shrimps swimming around in the release pond, Yang Huaming held his hand and said to Yang Yongjin beside him, "My good guy, this release pond is almost as big as Brother Luo's fish pond."

The corner of Yang Yongjin's mouth twitched, isn't that what it is, but these people are really motivated to release animals, but they don't know that all these small fish, shrimps, and loaches are released into the same pond, and the law of the jungle begins again.

"When the pool is full, it should be dealt with." Yang Yongjin said, then turned around and went to patrol elsewhere.

Mrs. Sun and Wang Cuilian accompanied Mrs. Zuo to visit the Taoist temple all the time. Mrs. Zuo took out the incense candles prepared in advance, and everyone went to the copper stove to burn them together, and then went to make a wish, and hung the wishing talisman on the wishing tree.

The wishing tree has long been covered with wishing charms of various colors, like colorful butterflies in the sun, each wishing.

I hope that with the help of today's auspiciousness, the gods can hear it, send down blessings, and make everything come true.

At noon, a fast banquet was held in the dining hall in the backyard, and the invited guests were led to their seats by the reception staff.

Here is Chef Zhou's stage.

Under his spatula, all kinds of ordinary vegetarian ingredients were transformed into exquisite delicacies, which were presented in front of everyone, and naturally received a lot of praise.

When the sun went down, the consecration ceremony was coming to an end, the guests from all parties left one after another, and the Taoist temple, which had been noisy all day, gradually returned to calm in the afterglow of the setting sun.

This is what a clean place should look like.

Daoist Yuan took Xiaomo to sort out the magical instruments and scriptures used in today's consecration ceremony in the Sanqing Palace. In front of and behind the courtyard, Yang Ruoqing took Yang Huazhong, Luo Blacksmith, Damo, Xiaojie's father, old Yangtou and old Suntou, all of them Now, the big guys are busy sweeping the floor, cleaning up the incense ash in the copper stove, and everywhere.

Today, there are more than a thousand people coming in and out, and a lot of dirty things will be left where people pass by, so it will take some effort to clean up, even if there are not enough people.

But Sun and Wang Cuilian went home to cook, preparing to invite everyone to come to the house for dinner at night.

And Mrs. Zuo went to the Buddhist hall with Tuoba Xian. Everyone divided the work in an orderly manner, busy but not chaotic. Although the aftermath work was a bit tiring, everyone was very happy because the consecration ceremony went smoothly. From today onwards, the Taoist temple will be officially completed, and it can entertain good men and women from all over the world, and benefit the creatures of one side.

(End of this chapter)