This desk clock can be considered a high quality object. Generally, only?wealthy or noble families had such a clock. At this moment, Linley’s father was seated next to the fireplace. The flames in the fireplace burned, constantly crackling and popping.

　　座鐘，這也算是比較高級(jí)的物品了，一般有錢或者貴族家庭內(nèi)才會(huì)擁有。此刻林雷的父親正坐在壁爐面前，面對著壁爐，那壁爐的火焰在不斷燃燒著，時(shí)而還有著‘比、剝’的木材碎裂聲音響起。

“Um? Why did father change his clothes?” Seeing his father, Linley was filled?with astonishment. While at home, his father normally wore only very simple clothes. Just then, while eating dinner, his father wore normal clothes. But now, he had switched to a set of very noble, beautiful apparel.

　　“咦？父親怎么換衣服了？”林雷一看到客廳中的父親心底就驚訝了起來，自己的父親在家的時(shí)候，一般穿著是非常簡單的。剛才吃晚餐的時(shí)候，父親只是穿普通的衣服，而現(xiàn)在，卻是換上了一套華貴的衣服。

Hogg’s entire body emanated an ancient, noble aura. That aura wasn’t the sort that money could buy. It was something which an ancient noble clan?cultivated in its heirs. A clan which had survived for five thousand years.?How could an ordinary noble clan compare?

　　霍格，整個(gè)人身上有著古老貴族特有的氣質(zhì)，那種氣質(zhì)不是有錢財(cái)就能有的。那是一個(gè)古老家族傳統(tǒng)培養(yǎng)出來的。傳承五千年的家族，豈是一般家族所能比的？

Hogg stood up. Turning around, when he saw Linley, his eyes lit up.

　　霍格站了起來，轉(zhuǎn)夠身來，當(dāng)看到林雷的時(shí)候，眼睛不由亮了起來。

“Linley, come with me. Let’s go to the ancestral hall. Uncle Hiri, you know about the matters of my clan, so you can come as well.” Hogg smiled.

　　“林雷，跟我來，去宗堂那。希里叔叔，你對我家族的事情也知道，也一并跟著來吧?！被舾裎⑿χf道。

“The ancestral hall?” Linley was astonished.

　　“去宗堂？”林雷驚訝了。

The members of the Baruch clan only stayed in the front side of the manor. The areas in the far back, virtually no one went there to clean. Only the?ancestral hall in the back did they ever visit, once a month, to clean.

　　整個(gè)巴魯克家族府邸，家族成員一般是居住在前院府邸那一塊，至于后面的一些院落一般是沒有人維持打掃的。只有一個(gè)處于后面的宗堂，祭祀祖先的宗堂。每月還是有人去打掃的。

“But this isn’t the time to sacrifice to our ancestors. Why are we going to the ancestral hall?” Linley had a belly full of questions.

　　“現(xiàn)在也不是祭祀祖先的時(shí)候，去宗堂干什么？”林雷一肚子的疑惑。

Exiting the guest hall, Hogg, Linley, and Uncle Hiri, who still held Wharton, followed the bluestone path towards the back manor.

　　出了客廳，霍格、林雷、以及抱著沃頓的管家希里，這幾人便沿著已經(jīng)有著青苔的有著悠久歷史的石頭道路，朝后面院落走去。

Deep autumn. The night was as cold as water.

　　深秋，夜涼如水。

The cold wind blowing, Linley couldn’t help but shiver. But Linley didn’t make a sound, because he could feel that something was different today.?Following his father, Linley entered the ancestral hall as well.

　　涼風(fēng)吹來，林雷也不由一個(gè)寒戰(zhàn)。只是林雷沒有出聲，因?yàn)樗惺艿綒夥盏牟煌瑢こ?。跟著自己的父親，林雷他們踏入了宗堂當(dāng)中。

“Clack.” The door to the ancestral hall closed.

　　“吱呀?！标P(guān)閉了宗堂大門。

With the candles in the hall becoming lit, the entire hall immediately?became very bright. Linley could instantly see the many spirit tablets placed in the very front of the hall. That thick, dense cluster of spirit tablets spoke?volumes as to the age of the Baruch clan.

　　點(diǎn)燃了宗堂中的一排蠟燭，整個(gè)宗堂頓時(shí)大亮，林雷一眼就看到了宗堂最前面那擺放著的一個(gè)個(gè)先輩的靈位。那密密麻麻的靈位，也說明了巴魯克家族的古老。