Tang Liu's question made Tang Yun, who was standing beside Mu Jun, stunned.
He immediately looked around and found that the eyes of the people around him were all on Mu Junwu, and after realizing he was irrelevant, the smugness on his face instantly turned into embarrassment.
I looked at Tang Liu with a expressionless face and didn't respond.
Tang Liu saw him like this, and with a habitual sigh, he lowered his head to adjust his clothes. At this time, he heard the complaints of the ceremonial officer: "Where are the people from the poisonous house? Why haven't they come over yet! It's going to be too late!"
"Right! Where's Hua Rou?" Tang Liu looked around with the flag in his arms: "I hope we haven't gotten lost!"
Admiring you, I slightly frowned, and then threw the flag in my hand into Tang Yun's arms: "I'll go take a look..."
"It's coming! It's coming!" At this time, someone pointed to the distance and shouted softly, and everyone looked in that direction.
Hua Rou and Yu'er, two people, each holding a flag, running towards this side.
The wind blew up the white down feathers on their feathered garments, making the two running people light as swallows.
Especially Hua Rou, her face floated with a faint worry, as if worried about being late, but her slightly wrinkled nose, pouting mouth, and watery eyes inexplicably made people's hearts ache and lean in, hooking their souls in every second...
My heart skipped a beat when I saw you, and I knew you had become even more beautiful, but somehow I couldn't quite put my finger on what had changed.
"Is that Hua Rou? I feel like she's gotten prettier?"
"She wasn't bad to begin with, but really... she's become even more beautiful!"
"They say women change after 18, but she's only been in the industry for half a year and has already become so charming... it's changing too fast!"
The murmurs of admiration in the crowd made Mu Jun slightly furrow his brow.
He knew that their praise came from the heart and was without malice, but having heard others talk about her behind her back, he really felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Hua Rou and Yu'er hastily ran up front, and as soon as they stopped, they found that many people were staring at her!
Most of the female teachers didn't look very friendly, but the male teachers were beaming with enthusiasm. This made her think she had done something wrong and immediately stopped to examine her clothes. Just then, Yu'er beside her hastily pulled her into the crowd.
"What took you so long! Almost missed the timing..."
The words had not been spoken yet, when a horn sounded, and the usher didn't have time to scold them, hurriedly directing the two of them to their respective positions - Hua Rou and Mu Junwu walked in the same row, behind them were Tang Liu'er and Yu'er...
"Are you okay?" Mu Junwu looked ahead, but softly asked Hua Rou.
"It's nothing." Hua Jie replied, glancing at Mu Junwu's flagpole and immediately reaching out to grab it, then releasing it with a calm expression.
I stared at Hua Rou with an uncomprehending gaze, and she smiled and shook her head.
It's okay, Mu Junwu's flagpole isn't poisonous, otherwise she would have to think of a way to separate out a packet of medicine powder.
At this time, the team moved forward, and Hua Rou and Mu Junwu followed the team's footsteps, and for a while, they didn't even have time to communicate.
However, the two of them didn't communicate much, but from the team behind them, there were constant whispers and discussions.
"They're really a perfect match!"
"They call this 'golden boy and jade girl'."
"Don't you think they look great together?"
"It's also great for me and Mu Junwu to stand together."
"Shut up!" The ritual officer urged angrily: "The sacrifice has begun! Dare to speak again, want your mouth sewn up?"
The team returned to tranquility, no one made a sound, but Mu Junwu's mouth corners slightly rose, while Hua Rou beside him had a blush of shyness.
The sound of bugles, black and red colors alternating, two columns of brothers walked onto the red silk brocade. Every three steps they took, a pair would stop and stand in line along the way.
Behind the pioneering team was a sedan chair, followed by the masters of various houses, all wearing cyan-gray feathered robes with solemn expressions.
The leading team had just finished walking in front of the first gate when the sedan chair continued forward and stopped at the second gate.
Her grandmother came down from the sedan chair, holding a golden staff in her hand, wearing a high-crowned hat on her head, and a black feathered dress with white shoulder pads, which made her particularly eye-catching.
The grandmother stood still, gazing up at the giant eye sculpture on the high platform in front of her, then struck the ground with her golden staff, and a horn sounded.
At this time, Hua Rou and the team they were in held the sacrificial objects in their hands and stepped onto the red silk cloth, until they arrived at the second gate. They lined up on both sides, two by two, and filled the space between the second gate and the third gate with four rows of people.
The sound of drums echoed, Hong Gu brought a golden mask with big eyes and wide ears to Grandma's side, put it on her, at the same time, the masters of each house also took out golden masks from the lacquer boxes held by their disciples, holding them in their hands.
A strange and obscure melody was sung by Grandma, she stepped forward with a weird gait, looking like a kind of dance, but with a sacred atmosphere.
The entire square was filled with old and new apprentices silently watching.
What has been seen is a hint of awe in one's eyes, and what has not been seen is more astonishing.
So, Grandma jumped with a strange dance, step by step through the last archway, and came under the high platform.
The strange footsteps stopped, and the slightly panting grandma took a short rest before climbing up to the high platform. When she reached the top of the platform, standing in front of the gigantic golden eyes, she gazed into the distance and raised the golden staff in her hand!
Neither too early nor too late, at the moment she raised her golden staff, the red sun that had just leapt out from the horizon emitted its first ray of light!
In an instant, the golden staff, mask and those huge eyes all shone with a brilliant golden light, as if bathed in divine splendor!
"Tangmen's blessings will be passed down for generations."
After Grandma sang a loud voice, the owners of each house who were holding masks all put on golden masks. They walked in unison to the bottom of the high platform, turned around to face the bright and radiant sunlight, and shouted in unison amidst the dazzling golden light: "Tangmen Tianyou, forever passed down through generations."
"Start the ceremony!" After Grandma's loud and clear voice, the team holding the offerings at the second gate began to move forward. They came one after another to the foot of the high platform and placed the offerings on the steps of the high platform.
When the seven representatives of the Seven Houses walked under the high platform with seven pairs of flags, Tang Xiao and Tang Fei Yan also carried a huge lacquer box to the high platform.
"The gods bless and prosper, new blood inherits."
Grandma's voice fell, and the lacquer box opened. Fourteen golden masks shone brightly, dazzling people's eyes.
After the ceremonial person waved his hand from a distance, these seven pairs of flag-holding disciples came forward in order, one after another, and arrived in front of Tang Xiao and Tang Fei Yan. They took out a mask from the lacquer box in sequence, put it on, turned around, and retreated to stand still.
The first row consisted of one disciple each from the House of Family and the Phoenix Nest. They stepped aside after adjusting their masks, making way for Mu Junwu and Hua Rou to step forward. Each took a mask and put it on as they stepped aside.
Tang Liu'er and Yu'er immediately stepped forward, just as Yu'er was about to put on the mask, Hua Rou suddenly tore off the colored mask, shouting loudly: "The mask is poisonous!"
