Chapter 912 912. Funeral (4000 Words, Two in One)

The sky was gloomy, and the sky was covered by lead clouds, making it extremely depressing.

Suddenly, a flame shot up from the Heaven Dou Palace, at first it was just a beam of fire, but it spread extremely fast, and within a short while, the sea of ​​flames engulfed the Golden Luan Hall.

"It's water! It's water!"

There was a shriveled voice like an old duck. Immediately afterwards, teams of imperial guards walked in outside the Jinluan Hall, everyone carrying buckets in their hands, nervously carrying out the rescue.

But a small amount of water was not enough to extinguish the burning fire in the Jinluan Hall. On the contrary, because the water was evaporated into water vapor, the oxygen contained in it further boosted the flames, making the situation difficult to control.

Fortunately, this is a world of Douluo Continent with martial spirits.

Although there are not many powerful soul masters enshrined in Tiandou Imperial Palace, when the Golden Luan Hall, where Emperor Xue Ye was in charge of government affairs, was on fire, and Emperor Xue Ye himself was inside, all the soul masters went here desperately. rush.

The Heaven Dou Palace is huge, covering an area of ​​thousands of mu of land, the soul master who arrived first nearby looked anxious at the blazing fire in front of him.

Most of the soul masters in the world who are good at using water elemental soul skills come from the Water Elemental Academy. Of course there are no soul masters from the Water Elemental Academy here. Without the means to restrain the sea of ​​flames, they have no choice but to resort to violent dismantling.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"boom……"

Along with the white, yellow, and purple soul rings lighting up, various soul skills burst out, tearing down the gates and walls of the Golden Luan Hall, and a group of people risked their lives until Break into the Golden Luan Hall.

But the scene in front of him made all the soul masters who arrived feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

Emperor Xue Ye was sitting on the throne, his eyes were wide open, his face was stiff, with a dagger stuck in his chest, it was obvious that he had been dead for a long time.

There are also many well-known nobles and ministers in the empire, who also did not escape the fate of death, and fell to the ground with their heads in different places.

The corpses all over the place were a mess.

The soul masters present glanced, and they could tell from the faces of the corpses on the ground that the prime minister of the empire and the marshal of the empire were all dead, and there was a man who looked somewhat similar to Emperor Xue Ye. He was from the kingdom of Balak in the empire. King Kundera, who was also Emperor Xue Ye's cousin, died here as well.

"This is not a fire, this is a premeditated assassination!"

The soul masters present felt a chill all over their bodies, and immediately before the crumbling beam collapsed, each of them picked up a corpse and rushed outside.

No matter what you say, it's good, these are the top figures in the Heaven Dou Empire, if they were buried in a sea of ​​flames, it would be unjustifiable.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

Figures ran out of the Jinluan Hall, which was filled with thick smoke, their faces were covered with dust, and they couldn't see their original appearance.

Not long after they escaped, the Golden Luan Hall behind them collapsed, accompanied by rising fireworks and sound waves, creating a mess.

...

"Wooooow!"

A desolate sound of horn pierced the sky of Tiandou City, spreading continuously, disturbing the long-term peace in the city.

The citizens stopped what they were doing, and looked at the direction where the horn sounded, which was where the Heaven Dou Palace was located, with puzzled eyes.

"Did something happen?"

The doubts in the hearts of the citizens were cleared up with the immature-looking newspaper sellers who were only about ten years old running around the streets and alleys.

"His Majesty is dead!"

"His Majesty is dead!"

"His Majesty is dead!!!"

The Tiandou royal family has been passed down for many years, and has a high status in the hearts of ordinary people. Since Emperor Xue Ye took office, he has advocated vigorously developing commerce, reducing taxes and other preferential policies, which have enriched the pockets of many ordinary people. During his rule, he accumulated a high reputation among the people.

But now, when they suddenly heard the news of Emperor Xue Ye's death, many ordinary people couldn't believe it at all.

"Why did His Majesty die suddenly?"

According to the funeral time published in the newspaper, many people came to wait in front of the palace early, preparing to send Emperor Xue Ye on his last journey.

Not only ordinary people, but also many soul masters who were born and bred in the Heaven Dou Empire also found time to come, and for a while, the front of the Heaven Dou Palace was very lively.

Huo Wu followed Huo Wushuang into the city, stood in a vast sea of ​​people, lowered her head and asked:

"Brother, tell me, why did His Majesty die suddenly?"

"Hush!"

Huo Wushuang raised an index finger to his lips, and signaled his sister with a warning look not to talk too much. After all, since ancient times, disasters come from the mouth and troubles come from the mouth. Now is a sensitive season, who knows what will happen .

Both of them have already graduated from the Fire Element Academy, and they are not low in strength now. They also have a little reputation in the world of soul masters. Although they are far behind Yang Ming's achievements, they can be regarded as one of the best geniuses among their peers.

"Look, someone has come out of the palace."

Huo Wushuang pulled his younger sister back to the side of the road, and said in a hurried tone.

Huo Wu stood on her tiptoes, her fiery eyes looked in the direction Huo Wushuang pointed, and glanced roughly.

Wearing a white mourning uniform and a white mourning cap, a Guardsman stepped out of the palace in an orderly manner, seven in a column, eight in a team, with a solemn expression and a look of sadness between their brows.

Behind this group of imperial guards, the palace bands arranged in echelons, wearing gloomy white mourning clothes, each holding a variety of golden musical instruments, surrounded the coffin like this, and the suona playing made a sad and mournful music. Voice.

The carved jade is the coffin, the Wenzi is the coffin, the maple and Yuzhang are the inscriptions, the armored soldiers are the wearers, the old and the weak bear the earth, and the temple food is too prison. The palace musicians sang music together, yellow paper filled the sky, and weeping and mourning.

A group of people are all dressed in white and linen, and they knock at every nine steps to make an example of filial piety.

Burning paper money and joss sticks, burning eternal lamps, and relatives wearing mourning.

After his cousin Balak King Ke Dela also passed away, the only family member of Emperor Xue Ye left in the world is Prince Xue Xing. He is of medium build, slightly overweight, and looks great, but his eyes look a little smaller, which ruins the overall sense of facial features.

Prince Xue Xing walked at the front of the funeral procession holding Emperor Xue Ye's spirit card, his face full of mourning, followed by the guards carrying the coffin.

Ming Jing, shaped like a pavilion, with red silk hanging in the middle, on which the official title of the deceased is nailed, followed by a pair of big gongs, a group of drummers, several pairs of official title cards, a red color book, a soul-returning sedan chair, and several more The "Big Blocks" include the Lantern Pavilion, the Furnace Pavilion, the Flower Pavilion, the Fragrance Pavilion, and the Shadow Pavilion. In front of each big seat, there are eight large embroidered umbrellas of the same color as the embroidery pieces of the pavilion, and eight incense sticks.

The large seat is carried by a class of 16 people, and two shifts are laid down.

Then there are wreaths, elegiac couplets, plaques, funeral relatives and friends, guests, filial relatives, family members, and filial sons, which are covered by filial veils.

This is a funeral ceremony that only nobles can enjoy.

As the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ye's funeral was particularly spectacular.

The onlookers saw it and knew that this was the royal funeral etiquette, and they all gave way to pass.

The funeral is also called "coming out of the mountain".

First, I invited a special person to "open the disaster list" at today's auspicious time.

Before the funeral, the spirit must be resigned.

The coffin was about to leave, the funeral procession was ready, and Prince Xue Xing was holding the spirit card.

A guard next to him holds a "mourning stick" wrapped in white paper, and a maid holds a "stuffing jar".

Then there is "sweeping materials", that is, raising the head of the coffin, putting some copper coins under the coffin, and then sweeping the floating soil on the coffin cover with a new broom and dustpan, and pouring it under the kang mat, which means "becoming an official with wealth".

First turn the coffin, move the coffin out of the door, then lift the head of the coffin, prepare the mouth for the sacrifice, the rites preside over the ceremony, the mourner kneels down, and after the rites read the sacrificial text, a special person guides the filial man and the godwife to "rotate the coffin". After walking around the coffin three times, tie the coffin with ropes and close the lid.

After you are ready, you can start the bar, accompanied by two etiquettes:

One is to disassemble the pillows used by the deceased, and burn the buckwheat husks and pillowcases inside.

Another etiquette is "waving tiles", that is, smashing the clay pots used for burning paper before the funeral.

This pot is called "Yin Yang Basin", commonly known as "Sang Basin", but it is also called "Auspicious Basin".

This ceremony is very important. The person who throws the basin is usually the eldest son or grandson of the deceased, who is very close to him. If he has no children and grandchildren, and someone else has to throw the basin, this ceremony will make the relationship between the person who throws the basin and the deceased worse. Get closer, and even establish a property inheritance relationship. The smashing pot should be broken once, and the more broken the better, because according to the custom, this pot is the pot of the deceased, and the more broken it is, the easier it is for the deceased to carry.

As soon as the clay basin fell, the bearer raised the bar, and the funeral was officially carried out.

Colorful flowers, green leaves, rich sandalwood, and various garlands.

Bass horn, trombone, horn, cornet, bass flute, and suona sound together.

While the pedestrians paying attention on both sides of the road waited and watched, the royal funeral procession headed north along the Imperial Avenue that runs through the north and south of Tiandou City.

Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, together with the surrounding crowd, silently followed the funeral procession out of the city.

The Royal Cemetery is located outside Tiandou City, in a quiet mountain forest near Sunset Forest.

Here the grass grows and warblers fly, and the trees are shady. It is indeed a good burial place.

After arriving at the cemetery, tidy up the tomb again, put the stuffed food jars and long-burning lamps buried in the niche on the wall of the tomb, sweep away the footprints, and then slowly put down the coffin, and Prince Xuexing shoveled the soil to cover the coffin and piled it into a grave heap.

According to the etiquette, three days after today's burial, since the tomb has been arched, relatives have to pay homage.

Then there is the burning of umbrellas, which means sending the dead on a long journey, and some of them are burning boats.

The meaning is the same. It is said that the dead will cross the Yin River in the underworld, and the purpose of burning the boat is to allow him to cross this river safely and reach another world.

The palace band began to play mourning music, and some people brought chickens, cattle, sheep and other animals to kill them, mixed their blood with milk, honey and wine, and then sprinkled them before the tomb.

After all this was over, the mourners began to pour sesame oil on the pyre and throw all kinds of spices. The accompanying people piled countless laurel crowns and wreaths, umbrellas and paper boats on it with pious hearts. There are so many that they not only cover the entire firewood pile, but also pile up thickly around the firewood pile.

Prince Xue Xing stepped forward with a gloomy face, swung his right hand, and the burning torch in his hand threw a graceful arc in mid-air. As soon as it landed on the pyre, a burst of flame burst out suddenly, and then quickly It spread, and finally, the whole pyre gave off countless winding tongues of flame, and was found by clouds of fragrant smoke.

Under the light of the fire, Prince Xue Xing's face was ruddy.

He looked around and saw that not only the imperial guards and maids, but even the people of Tiandou City who followed out of the city were looking at him, at him, the new emperor who was about to take over from the late Emperor Xue Ye, who was about to Give an important speech.

"I have something to say about my brother's death."

Prince Xue Xing took out a warrant from his bosom. It was so dark that I don't know what it was made of. The pattern on it was made up of three kinds of graphics. Although some were blackened by the flames, it was vaguely visible. In the center was a handle. A sharp sword with the tip pointing down, and the left and right sides of the sword are a hammer and a monster respectively.

"This is an item that we searched out from the ruins of the Jinluan Hall that was buried in the sea of ​​flames. It may be unfamiliar to everyone present, but soul masters must be able to recognize it at a glance. This is the third-class item in the Hall of Spirits. A warrant is something that only the elders of the Spirit Hall possess."

The tone became more and more low, Prince Xue Xing continued to brew his emotions, and then said in a deep voice:

"In other words, my brother was killed by an assassin from the Spirit Empire!"

"This matter is unimaginable, even I couldn't believe it when I first learned about the situation, but, according to the information we have collected recently, the Wuhun Empire has already secretly formed an alliance with Sea God Island, and it is against me. The empire plotted against the law, even as early as half a year ago, there were beast hordes invading our Heaven Dou Empire in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Extreme North, and the ocean, behind which there was also the shadow of the Spirit Empire."

"People of the empire, you say, what should we do with such an ambitious enemy?"

Prince Xue Xing's voice was full of bewitchment and had a strong emotional impact.

Under his influence, many people gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, panicking in their hearts.

After an unspeakable silence, Tuo, who was arranged by Prince Xue Xing in the crowd, suddenly shouted loudly:

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"

Like a cuckoo weeping blood, Mingtuo's voice was sharp and desolate, mixed with a bit of unwilling anger, which could resonate with the public, just like a fire lit on a pyre.

boom!

Hearing this slogan suddenly seemed to arouse the resonance in the hearts of many people present. They raised their arms high and said in unison:

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"

There are bursts of sound, mountains roar and tsunami!

Unity is a city, and its profit breaks gold!