Chapter 2064 It’s too late
After the former head of Shengwu Mountain resigned from his position, the position of head was vacant. Not to mention outsiders, even the internal disciples could not figure out the meaning of the Grand Elder and the elders.
However, last year, the elders within the sect decided that the new leader would be enthroned on the Double Ninth Festival next year. Although the internal staff did not know who the new leader was, they finally felt at ease.
On the other hand, other sects or ancient cultivator families are secretly paying close attention to the candidates for the new headmaster of Shengwu Mountain. There are also some busybodies who have nothing to do and set up bets. It is said that the bets on the candidates are very considerable.
The top elders of Shengwu Mountain have been tight-lipped about who the new leader is, and they have not revealed the slightest hint. Even Longhushan, who is very close to Shengwu Mountain, has not received the slightest hint.
Shengwu Mountain was preparing for the new leader's inauguration ceremony in an orderly manner. Since there was enough time, all matters were progressed in an unhurried manner without any major disturbances.
Because Shengwu Mountain is also a tourist attraction for the five-A ethnic groups in the country, Shengwu Mountain is still open during the National Day holiday. It is not until the end of the Golden Travel Week of the National Day holiday that a notice is posted stating that several palaces on the main peak will be repaired and tourists are declined. visit.
There are major buildings on the Golden Summit of the main peak of Shengwu Mountain, one is the Chaotian Palace, the other is the Golden Summit Palace, and the most noble one is the Golden Summit Palace.
In order to ensure the safety of the enthronement ceremony and to prevent outsiders from prying into the secrets of the ancient sect, the area from Chaotian Palace to Jinding Palace is a "renovation" area, and visitors are not allowed to enter.
Fortunately, it didn't coincide with the National Day holiday. Otherwise, due to the renovation of the Golden Summit Palace, the scenic spot would lose a lot of money.
Shengwu Mountain put up a notice to repair and inspect the palace, so they made preparations for the ascension of the new head of the Chongyang Festival. Everywhere in the Golden Dome Palace was cleaned and wiped, and the curtains were renewed. Some supplies were also put away and replaced with items that were suitable for the time.
People from the Shengwu Mountain sect are busy. When tourists see them from a distance, they naturally believe that they are really repairing and inspecting the houses.
Although Longhu Mountain has a close relationship with Shengwu Mountain, they are separate factions and do not interfere in each other's internal affairs. Therefore, Longhu Mountain's team did not arrive at Shishi Shengwu Mountain until the morning of the seventh day of the lunar month.
Although the two mountains have different branches, it is an indisputable fact that they belong to the same origin. When the new leader of Shengwu Mountain took office, Longwu Mountain, which has the same origin, had to help support its appearance and sent a total of 29 people to watch the ceremony. group.
The viewing delegation from Longhu Mountain temporarily stayed at Chaotian Palace after entering Shengwu Mountain. Some spectators from Jianghu sects arrived on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Some of them checked in at certain Taoist temples like tourists, and some Jianghu people stayed in hotels nearby.
Most representatives of Jianghu sects and envoys from the ancient Xiu family arrived at Shishi on the eighth day of the lunar month. They also climbed Shengwu Mountain one after another. Those who arrived during the day pretended to be tourists. They did not go to Chaotian Palace until the tourists came down the mountain.
Only a small number of people arrived at Shengwu Mountain in the middle of the afternoon and arrived at Chaotian Palace one after another.
Disciples of the Shengwu Mountain sect greet visitors at the gate of the mountain archway and outside the Chaotian Palace. Shengwu Mountain does not receive tourists at night, and therefore, those who enter the mountain after half a night are from the Jianghu people with posts.
The spectators from the ancient Xiu family or aristocratic families who worked part-time in the paradise formed a team to go to Shengwu Mountain. After entering the mountain gate, they followed the road signs and climbed the mountain. It was not until night enveloped the earth that they arrived at Chaotian Palace. It was almost 7:30 in the evening.
Although the team of envoys including Mr.
The Hua family, the Zhou family, the Jiang family, the Si family, the Xuanyuan family, the Feng family and the Ren family are all well-established families in the ancient cultivating family, and each has its own place in the world. If none of those families come to watch the ceremony, Shengwu Mountain will be very embarrassed. .
The representative of the elders who was in charge of Chaotian Palace was Long Yan. When he saw a team coming, he found that there was only one young master from the Xuanyuan family in the huge team, and no other family or sect leader or leader or guardian came. , it would be a lie to say that I am not disappointed.
Ji family, Zhou family, Lu family and other ancient cultivating families all occupy a place in the world. Logically speaking, when the new head of Shengwu Mountain is promoted to the throne, their family head will not be present, and the young family head or quasi-young family head will be sent to take charge of the ceremony.
None of the young masters or potential young masters of the Ji family, Zhou family, Ren family and other families came to Shengwu Mountain to watch the ceremony. Naturally, it was related to the Le family. Those families were close to the Le family girl, so they chose to side with the Le family girl in order not to be criticized. He was just a wallflower, so he only sent an envoy to observe the ceremony, in order to maintain the etiquette of the world.
Disappointment is a disappointment, but fortunately, the Xuanyuan family sent the young master to come in person, and Shengwu Mountain could still save half of its face.
The Xuanyuan family is the current leader on duty and plays the important role of supervising the activities of Jianghu sects. If even the young master of the Xuanyuan family does not show up, Shengwu Mountain will really become a joke in the ancient cultivation world.
Long Yan led the reception envoys out of the main hall and greeted a group of visitors politely. When he saw the envoys arriving at the Guanyin Hall, he unknowingly felt a little stiffer.
The people who were traveling with Young Master Xuan greeted the reception envoys and followed them up the steps and into the main hall.
There are statues of Taoist gods enshrined in the main hall. In order to receive guests, all the excess items in the main hall were removed, and tufts and long tables were placed on the ground.
The first guests were also in the main hall. They all sat at a table with six people facing each other. There were tea and fruit snacks on the long and low tables.
There is a horizontal row of tufts in the middle of the hall, and a row of tufts on both sides, which are used for entertaining guests. After the guest of honor has exchanged greetings, the guests will naturally move to the guest seats on both sides.
The envoys from the sect who arrived first and some ancient monks or hermits all sat in the guest seats on the left or right side of the entrance, drinking tea and eating cakes, chatting in low voices, or sitting in silence with their eyebrows lowered.
When they saw Young Master Xuan arriving, they all stood up to say hello.
Young Master Xuan and the other monks returned the gift politely, and then followed the local customs. They first offered a stick of incense to the statue in the main hall, and then took their seats on the tuanfu.
There were not enough tuanpu, so some Taoist priests brought some more and placed them on the ground, while the Taoist priests serving tea served them tea.
When the guest of honor sat down, he first said congratulations to the occasion, "The new leader of your sect has taken office. The new leader will take over the past and bring success to your sect." and other polite words, and then the guests stood up one by one. Give the gift you are carrying to the envoy from Shengwu Mountain. Mr. Xuan sat on the third tuanfu on the right side of the door. The people in front of him were an elder of the Huashan Sect and Mr. Li Zhao of the Guanyin Hall.
The envoy from Huashan sent congratulatory gifts, and then came Li Zhao. He presented the gifts without any further words, and then sat back on the tuanfu to drink tea.
The envoy of the Guanyin Hall sect who watched the ceremony was a direct disciple, which also gave Long Yan a sense of comfort. Elder Ant of the Guanyin Hall once climbed to the Golden Summit at night and left due to a disagreement with Master Dongfang. Now he can still send disciples to watch the ceremony. It can be considered a blessing in misfortune.
After Mr. Li sent the congratulatory gift, Mr. A gift.”
He explained the source of the gift. Seeing the sudden change in the faces of the people in Shengwu Mountain, he continued his words slowly: "The little beauty said that when she was in the year of hairpin and her brother was one month old, Shengwu Mountain once sent an envoy to send gifts. Today, Shengwu Mountain's new master The goalkeeper is in charge of the teaching seal, and he should give gifts in return. From then on, there will be no friendship in the world.
The little beauty also said that she did not want to go to the gate of Shengwu Mountain in her lifetime. Shengwu Mountain probably did not want to see her come here as a monk, so she would not come herself, and asked her to bring the gifts. ”
Long Yan was still happy when he heard Mr. Xuan's first words, but after hearing what Mr. Xuan conveyed, all his joy disappeared.
I thought that the girl from the Le family wanted to turn hostility into friendship by asking someone to send her a gift, but I didn't expect that it was just a return of favor.
He could guess without looking that the gift from the Le family girl was actually something from Shengwu Mountain that she had temporarily accepted before. This time she took the opportunity to return it to its original owner.
Feeling disappointed, Long Yan recited a slogan: "After all, Shengwu Mountain owes Miss Le's grandfather. I owe you Master Xuan for your hard work."
"You're welcome. It's our duty to be loyal to others." Mr. Xuan bowed politely, stood up, stepped back and returned to sit on the tuanfu where he was sitting.
Next to Mr. Xuan, the elders of the Ji family sent congratulatory gifts, followed by the Zhou family and the Jiang family...
Before a group of people had sent all the congratulatory gifts, another group of guests came in a hurry.
Long Yan stood up to greet the guests.
Mr. Xuan and others were sitting. When guests entered the hall, everyone greeted each other. Guests who came later sat down next to those who came first, lining up from inside to outside.
Mr. Xuan and others quickly sent the congratulatory gifts and then went to the guest seats on the right.
People sitting at the guest seats also greeted each other when Mr. Xuan and others came over or after sitting down, and their voices were very low, so as not to affect the host's reception of the guests.
Everyone sat and drank tea, and then several groups of people came one after another. After sitting for about an hour, there were no more guests. Long Yan invited the guests to have a meal in the side hall.
The guest follows the host and moves to the side hall.
The banquet table has been set up in the side hall, which is a configuration of the Eight Immortals table and long benches.
When all the guests were seated, Li Zhao took a general look. Not counting Shengwushan's disciples in Chaotian Palace, there were eighteen and a half tables of guests. As for whether there were any guests in the Golden Roof Palace, it was not clear.
After the guests were seated, the disciples of Shengwu Mountain served the dishes. Since it is a Taoist sect, the sect eats vegetarian food, and all the dishes served to the guests are vegetarian. There are famous vegetarian dishes such as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian fish, and vegetarian duck made into fish, chicken, duck, and pig shapes.
Long Yan accompanied the guests to a vegetarian meal. After that, he asked the guests to sit down and went to the Golden Summit Palace to ask the elder for the time of the ceremony.
When he went to the Golden Roof Palace, he also took the gift box sent by Miss Lejia, used Qinggong to fly all the way to the outside of the Golden Roof Palace, and then slowly entered the palace courtyard.
In addition to the disciples sent by Shengwu Mountain to welcome guests at Chaotian Palace, the inner disciples are all in Jinding Palace. Everyone is performing their duties and is also doing the final inspection of items.
Long Yan went to the side hall at the back to meet the sect's great elders and other elders of his generation.
Seeing Long Yan finally coming to the Golden Summit Palace, Liu Changhe hurriedly asked: "Long Yan, have the Guanyin Palace and the Xuanyuan family sent envoys?"
"The Guanyin Hall sent a disciple, the Xuanyuan family sent its young master to observe the ceremony, and the Zhou family, Ji family and other families only sent an elder to deliver congratulatory gifts."
Long Yan walked into the side hall, took out the box from the sleeve of his Taoist robe, walked directly to Uncle Dongfang, who was sitting in the middle among the people sitting facing the door, and presented the box.
"This is a congratulatory gift that the Lejia girl asked Master Xuan to deliver. It is said to be...a return gift for the previous gift from Shengwu Mountain. Moreover, the Lejia girl asked Master Xuan to convey a message, saying that this time it was a courtesy exchange, and there would be no chance of meeting again in the future. Friendship can be discussed.”
Everyone in the side hall was in the same mood as Long Yan at that time. They originally thought that the girl from the Lejia family had softened her attitude and wanted to make peace, and they were happy. Instead, they were filled with joy and everything was gone.
"It's too late after all to make amends." Dongfang sang "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord" cautiously. They wanted to make up for it. Miss Lejia... no longer disdained all the remedial actions done by Shengwu Mountain.
(End of chapter)