Chapter 1354
When the morning star rises, the officials stand in line according to the pre-rehearsed queue, and enter the Taimiao under the guidance of the ceremony officer.
In the square outside the front hall, the officials are arranged on both sides according to the distinction between civil and military and official titles.
Except for a small number of bold officials whispering and whispering, most officials kept their eyes and mouths closed.
While recuperating, he waited for the Prisoner Offering ceremony to begin.
On the square, there are courtesy officials and eunuchs patrolling. Once it is found that someone's voice is too loud, or the order is disturbed, they will step forward to stop and correct it.
If the circumstances are serious, guards will be called to take the person away.
These officials who were taken away will be investigated and punished afterwards... Of course, the premise is that they can survive today.
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong were also on the square of the Taimiao.
The two of them did not stay with the civil and military officials, nor did they stay with the representatives of monks and Taoists, but stayed in the same area with the foreign envoys who were invited to watch the ceremony.
These foreign envoys didn't know the real identities of Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong, they only thought that they were envoys from a certain country just like themselves, so they nodded and said hello without saying much.
However, a few foreign envoys who were familiar with each other gathered together to discuss in a low voice, taking advantage of the ceremony officials not paying attention.
They all know that today's great ceremony of presenting prisoners is because Qingtang was destroyed.
This news made them somewhat worried.
Especially the envoys of those countries who sent troops to invade the border after seeing the continuous natural disasters and man-made disasters in Xia Kingdom before, were even more nervous.
They felt that this gift of offering prisoners was to scare them and scare them.
If their country can't give a reasonable explanation for their previous behavior, or offer compensation that satisfies Emperor Jianwu and the court of the Xia Kingdom, they are afraid that they will not be the spectators of the ceremony next time, but participants.
Participate as a corpse or as a captive.
An envoy from Nanyang Fanbang sighed softly: "When the ceremony is over, I will hurry back to the country, report the situation to the king, and ask him to come up with an idea quickly... If Xia Kingdom's claim cannot be satisfied, I will just It may be that the gods are invited to help."
God?
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong looked at each other.
There are still gods in this foreign country? Is it the same upright god as them? Or some ghost pretending to be a grass-headed wild god? Or, is it the organs and avatars thrown into the human world by those mad gods in the blood moon?
The two of them wanted to inquire about it, but they heard a sharp and high-pitched voice, which suddenly sounded in the Taimiao.
"The holy driver is here, all the officials are quiet!"
The person who yelled this sentence was obviously not an ordinary eunuch, but a master eunuch with cultivation base.
His voice clearly penetrated into everyone's ears, and people couldn't help shivering, shut their mouths hastily, and stood in awe.
"coming."
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong looked at each other, and instead of asking the envoy of the Nanyang Fanbang for questioning, they secretly gathered their strength and took action only when the signal appeared.
The sharp voice rang three times before Emperor Jianwu's chariot appeared outside the Taimiao.
Emperor Jianwu got out of the car at the entrance of the Taimiao, surrounded by his servants and Jingjun, and walked into the Taimiao, which immediately attracted a low cry from the Chinese and military officials of the Taimiao.
The reason why the officials were surprised was that Emperor Jianwu still had his alchemy furnace with him at this time.
Normally, the alchemy furnace is not far away from the body, but today is a great gift for the captives, the day of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, and Emperor Jianwu actually brought the alchemy furnace, what is this? Alchemy to the point of becoming obsessed? Or is this alchemy furnace the protagonist, and Emperor Jianwu is just a puppet controlled by the alchemy furnace?
Amidst the exclamation, a royal envoy was about to stand up and spray.
As a result, Jing Jun, who was guarding the side and staring at them all the time, rushed up quickly before they could speak, and dragged them down on the grounds of disturbing Dali.
This scene made other ministers who wanted to confront Emperor Jianwu shut up, planning to wait until after the event.
Otherwise, if you are labeled as a disruptor, your future will be completely over.
Emperor Jianwu ignored the surprised and puzzled gazes of the crowd, and walked through the officials with the alchemy furnace to the front hall.
Under the leadership of the ceremonial officials, the officials saluted and kowtowed, shouting long live.
But for some reason, I always felt that Emperor Jianwu looked at them strangely.
It's not like looking at the courtiers, but like looking at the dead, looking at the tribute...
This made officials shiver uncontrollably.
Before they could think about it, Emperor Jianwu had already stepped into the front hall.
The pill furnace was not brought into the front hall, but placed at the entrance of the main hall.
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Emperor Jianwu hadn't lost his mind at all. If he brought the alchemy furnace into the front hall where the tablets of the emperors of the Xia Dynasty were enshrined, it would really be a joke.
Especially today's prisoner presenting ceremony, with foreign envoys participating, if they are allowed to talk nonsense after returning to the country, what will be the face of the Great Xia Kingdom?
Some officials couldn't help thinking that when the ceremony was over, they must beat the foreign envoys attending the meeting, telling them to keep their mouths shut and not to say things that shouldn't be said, otherwise don't blame them, they will carry knives and belts Deploy troops and go to investigate and question the crime.
Emperor Jianwu, who entered the front hall, looked at the tablets of Emperor Xia enshrined in the hall, and showed a mixture of ferocious and crazy expressions on his face.
Because their backs were facing the officials outside the hall, no one saw this scene.
The eunuch carefully brought the golden basin for Emperor Jianwu to wash his hands, and then handed over a stick of incense.
Emperor Jianwu inserted the incense into the incense burner in front of the tablet, and then pretended to read the sacrificial oration.
And in the process, successfully activated the Jiangshan Sheji map enshrined in the front hall of the Taimiao.
Wisps of black and yellow light bloomed from the map of Jiangshan Sheji.
This is the color of water and soil, the color of mountains and rivers.
At the same time, in Yizhou, Shanzhou, Dianzhou...
In those prefectures and counties where Jingguan was built one by one.
Wisps of black air were released from the Jingguan built by the heads of the captives in Qingtang, entangled together, turned into black pythons, and quickly penetrated into the ground, into the veins and waterways.
Through the effect of Jiangshan Sheji Map, it is necessary to pollute the dragon veins, connect them, and turn them into huge altars, offering sacrifices to millions of people in several states.
At the same time, Qi Longfei and others who had been paying attention to the situation of the earth's veins and air, as well as Wei Tu's juniors, all became aware of it.
"here we go."
They raised their heads and glanced at the sky.
In the daytime, there is no vision.
Even so, they still didn't dare to have the slightest hesitation, and immediately activated the Feng Shui formations that had been arranged long ago.
Through the change of feng shui, it affects the direction of the earth's atmosphere, thus affecting the huge altar built by Emperor Jianwu.
It was at this moment that everyone in Xia Kingdom saw a vision in the sky.
It was suddenly dark.
The blood-thick, blood-thick red light immediately descended from the sky, fell on the people, and enveloped the whole world!
People subconsciously looked up at the sky.
I saw a blood moon bigger and rounder than ever before, appearing in the sky, quickly covering the sun.
"Is this... the Heavenly Dog Eclipse?"
Such a word popped up in the hearts of countless people.
But the scene in front of me seems to be different from the previous Tiangou eclipse...
Why is the blood moon so big and round?
And in the blood moon, why are there still people singing and dancing?
At this moment, countless people saw figures twisting and dancing inside the blood moon. It also seems to hear songs composed of roars, screams, mourning and other strange sounds in the ears.
This dance, this song, goes straight to the heart.
The desires in everyone's hearts and the evil thoughts deep in their hearts were all hooked up at this moment.
Like a raging fire, it is out of control!
In the front hall of the Taimiao, Emperor Jianwu raised his hands high, his expression extremely crazy and excited at this moment.
"Come on, enjoy the offerings I offer to you! Half of the country, have you tasted such offerings before? In return, grant me the art of becoming an immortal, lead me into the gate of immortals and gods, and enjoy longevity and happiness." Infinite power—"
However, just when Emperor Jianwu was full of expectations, when the blood moon was about to completely cover the sun and complete the 'total solar eclipse'.
The blood moon swallowing the sun seemed to be stuck by something, and it stopped abruptly, unable to continue swallowing the sun...