Chapter 188: The Sun and the Moon in the Blue Sky

Ou Zanghua was once a middle school boy. When he was young, he had a question in his mind when he visited Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: why do the families of pure-blood wizards have family crests?

Later, when I became a villager of Motou Village, I envied the natives of Motou Village even more because every household had a family emblem.

It was not until he was studying at Shigugu Academy that he understood why there was no family crest.

Because we have something better - a hall name!
The original meaning of the hall name is the name of a hall or living room.

In ancient times, people with the same surname often lived together in a clan, often for several generations, or branches or branches of the same surname lived together in one or several nearby courtyards or houses, and the hall name became the common emblem of the clan members.

In order to worship their common ancestors, people of the same surname would write the name of their hall on the plaques of their ancestral halls and family temples. Therefore, the hall name also contains the meaning of the name of the ancestral hall. It indicates the origin and lineage of a family, and is also a mark to distinguish clans and branches.

In the later period of development, hall names were not limited to being used in ancestral halls, but were often used in family tree, shops, study rooms, halls, gift books, etc.

For example, the Liu family to which Liu Qing belonged had three major hall names, namely Peifeng Hall, Pengcheng Hall and Tianlu Hall.

The name written on the ancestral hall of the old Liu family is Peifengtang, which means the descendants of Liu Fa, the King of Changsha and the son of Emperor Jing of Han.

Ou Zanghua was an orphan rescued by Lao Liu. Lao Liu did not think too much about it at the time and gave Ou Zanghua's hall name to his wife Ouyang, namely Bohai Hall.

The Three Ou Integration appeared in the Song Dynasty. Ouyang, Ou and Qu were originally one family, so there was no problem with that.

In an instant, he elevated the declining Ouyang family to the status of a prominent family in the capital.

Others would reach out to receive the overwhelming wealth, but the Ouyang family's wealth is delivered to your door, you have no choice but to refuse it.
After learning that a third place winner of the imperial examination had appeared in the family, the clan members who originally had no motivation to rebuild the ancestral hall, those who had money contributed money, and those who had strength contributed manpower, and the ancestral hall was renovated inside and out in just two months.

They also specially invited the mountain magistrate Zhou Tong to reopen the door, and then the oldest man in the clan opened a page of the family tree for Ou Zanghua stroke by stroke.

As a result, only two months later, they got together again, reopened the family tree, and added a line of words at the end: "Compiler of the Hanlin Academy, Deputy Censor of Jiangxi Province."

Two months later, the oldest person passed away, and another old man came to open the family tree again, adding the four words "Honglu Temple Minister" at the end.

After the old man finished writing, he couldn't help but sigh that he was already seventy years old, and it was only this year that the family tree was opened frequently.
So during the New Year in Hengshan County this year, the group of elderly people from the Ouyang family went to Liu's house to greet Mrs. Ouyang and asked her to return to the ancestral hall to burn incense on behalf of Ou Zanghua.

But Mrs. Ouyang was the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, so it was naturally impossible for her to return to her family on New Year's Eve, so she entrusted her younger brother Ouyang Shang to do this.

Not to mention the excitement in Hengshan County, the Ou Mansion in the capital is currently worshipping gods and ancestors on New Year's Eve. Liu Qing changed the plaque of the ancestral temple to "Bohai Hall".

Because no one knew who Ou Zanghua's parents were, only five words were written on the shrine: "Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teacher."

Then, Ou Zanghua called Xiang Danian and Qu Feiyan and sat together to have a reunion dinner.

At this moment, fireworks were set off in the square in front of the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial Palace.

The huge firework bloomed in the air, and the petals fell like rain, seeming to be within reach.

Liu Qing walked to the window, looked at the golden light spreading out, and said with a smile: "My husband, the fireworks here are so beautiful! I couldn't see them clearly before because I lived far away. Now that I live close, I find that they are more beautiful than those in Hengshan."

Ou Zanghua looked up at the sky and saw the dazzling fireworks rising into the sky, releasing gorgeous colorful tassels on the black curtain. He smiled and said, "Qingqing is lucky, the fireworks will be set off on the 17th day of the first lunar month."

"Uh-huh."

From the first to the fourth day of the first lunar month, even Emperor Zhu had to give his officials holidays to celebrate the New Year.

Ou Zanghua finally slept in, and when he got up it was already the Si hour.

This time, the person who helped him dress and wash was no longer Qu Feiyan, but Li Shuyan.

With her skillful hands, Ou Zanghua changed her clothes and her hair was done up.

"Go to the study and help me grind the ink." Ou Zanghua ordered before leaving.

"Yes, sir." Li Shuyan replied softly.

Ou Zanghua said "hmm" coldly and walked out of the bedroom.

Li Shuyan has a well-proportioned facial bone structure, picturesque eyebrows and features, a long nose, red lips and white teeth. She is a beauty.

It’s just that Ou Zanghua is not used to interacting with strange women. He prefers Qu Feiyan to stay by his side, making it lively and lively.

It’s a pity that the girl now spends most of her time with Liu Qing, and they are almost like sisters.

After breakfast, Ou Zanghua came to the study, where Li Shuyan had already ground the ink. He picked up the pen and began to write invitations. He had promised before leaving Beijing that he would hold another cocktail party when he returned and invite friends to the wedding banquet.

Yang Shen, the compiler of the Hanlin Academy, Zou Shouyi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Wang Dao, the scholar of the Hanlin Academy, these three were good friends of Ou Zanghua and must be invited.

Next were the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Yu Ben, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue Chen Guang, and the fellow Jinshi Sun Mao. These three were of the same year and could be considered friends.

Sun Mao was still waiting for the Ministry of Personnel to arrange an official position for him, so he stayed in the capital for the time being.

Then there were the Minister of the Honglu Temple Xia Sheng, and the Left and Right Junior Ministers of the Honglu Temple Cao Yu and Meng Zhao.

The people who had helped him were Wang Xian, the Minister of Public Administration, and Zhang Huan, the Imperial Guard with a Sword.

Having written here, Ou Zanghua paused for a moment, thought for a while before continuing to write: Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, Fei Hong, Chief Minister, Li Dongyang, and Mighty General, Zhu Shou.

Whether others come or not is one thing, but whether you invite them or not is another.

Although Ou Zanghua didn't know why Fei Hong supported his promotion to the Minister of Honglu Temple at the cabinet meeting, he had to accept this favor.

Li Shuyan, who was standing by, was very surprised when he saw Ou Zanghua writing.

Her father called himself "Six Departments Censor" and was once extremely arrogant and rampant in the court. However, when her father celebrated his grandmother's birthday, he never thought of inviting the Prime Minister Li Dongyang.

And who is this mighty general?
Why had she never heard of such a general in the court?
The name can even be ranked after the Prime Minister.
Ou Zanghua put down his pen and asked, "How many invitations did I write?"

"The master wrote a total of twenty-five letters." Li Shuyan replied immediately.

"After all the picking and choosing, there are still so many!"

Ou Zanghua nodded, separated the invitations to Zhu Shou, Li Dongyang, and Fei Hong and put them separately, then instructed: "Seal the invitations. Except for these three, let Danian deliver the others on the third day of the New Year."

"Yes, sir."

After finishing all these, Ou Zanghua found Xiang Danian and asked him to teach him the Hengshan boxing method - Qingtian Lanriyue.

Xiang Danian was stunned after hearing this, and asked in surprise: "Since Senior Brother wants to learn, I will naturally not hide my knowledge, but I only know a little bit of it myself."

"It doesn't matter, I just need to get started." Ou Zanghua waved his hand nonchalantly, signaling Xiangda Nian to start quickly.

He said "OK" to Da Nian and began to explain the blue sky embracing the sun and the moon.

Strictly speaking, Qing Tian Lan Ri Yue is just a boxing technique, but in reality it has infinite variations and is similar to the Hengshan sword technique.

"Put your inner strength into your fists. Master said the key to this punch is the first punch. You can turn virtual into real, or real into virtual."

As he spoke, Xiang Danian demonstrated a punch to Ou Zanghua. When his left fist was thrown out, it was filled with a sense of determination.

However, when it was about to hit, the force suddenly disappeared, and the right fist was like a snake emerging from a hole, and it hit in front of him in the blink of an eye.

"I see."

After seeing this, Ou Zanghua immediately understood what was going on and said, "The focus is on the first punch, but the essence lies in the operation of the internal energy. The ability to transform internal energy and strength in such a short time is the subtlety of Qing Tian Lan Ri Yue. If it is replaced with two swords, the lethality will be even greater."

Xiang Danian's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and he praised sincerely: "As expected of you, Senior Brother. I have been practicing for so long and never thought of combining Qing Tian Lan Ri Yue with swordsmanship."

"Hehe" Ou Zanghua patted Xiang Danian's shoulder and didn't say much.

Afterwards, under the guidance of Xiang Danian, Ou Zanghua began to practice Qing Tian Lan Ri Yue seriously in the yard.

Since there was only one move, it was quite quick to practice, and even the operation of internal energy was mastered before dark. Although it was very slow to transform, it took Danian several breaths to complete the transformation, while Ou Zanghua might need half an incense stick.

For other martial arts masters, after reaching this stage, the next step is to practice hard. When you practice to perfection, you will have mastered this martial art.

But Ou Zanghua didn't need that. He paid ten points of reputation and directly brought Qingtian Lanriyue to the tenth level.

In an instant, an old man in green clothes appeared in my mind, doing horse stance and constantly demonstrating the mystery of embracing the sun and the moon in the blue sky.

It is so unpredictable and real.

After a moment, Ou Zanghua opened his eyes and a happy smile appeared on his face.
(End of this chapter)