Chapter 55: The Great Hall of Enjoyment Promotes the Birth of Seeds

The luncheon is over, but the afternoon is when the show starts. In the morning, Emperor Gengshi attends the sacrifice. In the afternoon, not only the ministers, but also each Taoist temple needs to present its own show. Previously, the Runan County Taoist Temple invited Wu Yi to fight One party used the name of the rehearsal program.

Of course, at that time, the disciples of Runan County wanted to show off in front of everyone and gain the appreciation of their master, but they took out all the magic spells from the bottom of the box. Now, of course, there is no need to do this when performing in front of the Human Emperor, and they even deliberately do not use the Taoist magic to perform in front of the emperor. Even if it is used, it cannot shock the world and shake the authority of the Human Emperor. According to past practices, most of them are blinding methods, occasionally mixed with some simple spells, such as aerosol spells, spiritual rain spells, etc.

What Liucheng Yiqi Taoist Temple prepared this time was to catalyze seeds, so that a bunch of seeds would bloom into bright flowers, and the combination would form the character "longevity". This performance is neither too vulgar nor too profound, and can be a novelty for everyone to watch.

The whole program is actually about those seeds using some Taoist magic. Those seeds have actually been soaked in spiritual water for a long time and are full of vitality. If they were not blocked by magic, they would have bloomed long ago. By then, they only need to unblock them on the field. That’s it. As for the arrangement to form a longevity character, even Taoist magic was not used. There was a small pit where the seeds were placed to ensure that the seeds would bloom there.

Such a simple performance naturally does not require everyone in the Taoist temple to come on stage. Li Gu originally planned to send a disciple to the stage, but later he seemed to feel that this was not sincere enough, so he added two more props holders. The real performer was There is only one person.

The decision of who would perform on stage was determined by drawing lots. The other disciples were determined to win this opportunity to appear in front of their comrades across the country, so they drew lots to show fairness. However, in the end, Wu Yi, who was bent on evading the matter, won the draw and performed in person. That one made him sigh with emotion: "If you plant flowers with intention, they will not bloom, but if you do not intend to plant willows, they will create shade."

Wu Yi originally wanted to exchange with the disciple who was about to go, but at the end of the day he exchanged with the disciple holding the props, but when he caught a glimpse of Li Gu's eyes as calm as a deep spring, he seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and the words he was about to blurt out were swallowed alive. Go down, accept your fate, and prepare for the next performance with peace of mind.

There is nothing to prepare for the performance process. All that needs to be prepared is what to say after going on stage, but it is not the first to perform. Wu Yi can refer to the words of the previous people on stage and slightly delete them. After all, it is not for one person. Ranking, just muddle along, don't be too bad.

I don’t know how other people who value this opportunity will feel after they know Wu Yi’s thoughts. In fact, strength speaks for itself behind the scenes. Wu Yi is talented enough, and with Wang Chuchen’s support, he can cultivate both internal and external skills. There is no need to leave. These side doors have simply tainted themselves and left them with a reputation of luck.

After the afternoon tea, it was time to go on stage. In order to show that we are having fun with the people, the afternoon activities were held in the Daxiang Hall, which is in the north of the imperial city and is the closest hall to the outer city. It was the place where the emperor asked people's opinions. People around the emperor, such as eunuchs and maids, went to the outer city to randomly bring in a few civilians, and the emperor asked them how they lived and what they thought of the officials. However, the process was often concealed and deceitful, and the symbolic meaning was greater than the actual meaning. Even the emperor himself tacitly approved of this. way.

The Daxiang Hall has been burned down and restored several times since the founding of the Dayu Kingdom. People secretly said that it was the result of the emperor not paying attention to public opinion. The emperors before Gengshi Emperor could already see that the country was declining, and they were busy stabilizing the country in the early days of their succession. , there was no lack of personal expeditions by the emperor. After the four realms were stable, he was already old. He also knew in his heart that meeting the people was just a political show, and he was not even willing to do it for a show. It can be said that Emperor Gengshi almost never received him in the Daxiang Hall. As for the common people, not long ago the Daxiang Palace was destroyed by thunder, and the common people talked about it. It was one of the few stains on Emperor Gengshi.

Although Emperor Gengshi didn't think much of the Great Xiang Palace, it was an important means for the former ruler to understand public opinion and crack down on corrupt officials. Wu Yi saw the main hall more than ten feet high outside, with a gilded blue top. The triple eaves of tiles and the pointed roof are retracted layer by layer, which is both practical and beautiful. Since it was restored not long ago, the materials used do not have a sense of staleness, and the paint on it is still very bright, red as fire and yellow as gold.

If Wu Yi had not been the performer this time, he would not have been able to enter the main hall at all. He must have been placed in a side hall. The people who could enter the main hall were either the Taoist monks who led the team to build the foundation, or the six ministers, the chief minister, the chief assistant, Or he is an old official who has returned home and has great influence on the court.

The design of the Daxiang Hall is very clever. It allows people at the bottom to see what the people on the top are doing, and it also allows people in the side hall to see what the main hall is doing. It’s just that from such a distance, it’s just a human figure. As for the sound It's even more delusional, all based on my own imagination.

Not to mention the side hall looking at the main hall, even if the people under the main hall look at what is happening on the third floor, they will not be able to see anything under the height difference of ten feet. However, the emperor, the dragon, soaring in the clouds and mists, is not easily visible in the first place. Yes, the person who arranged the birthday banquet may have already made some arrangements when choosing the Daxiang Hall.

Although everyone can't see the performance clearly, if there are items left like what Wu Yi is going to perform, they will be given out to others to watch. In addition to being distributed to the side hall downstairs, they will also be given to the people in the outer city to watch. Otherwise, it will be just like that. The "original intention" of having fun with the people has been lost.

The first performance was not the one prepared by the Taoist priest, but the performances presented by others, such as the Jiaofangsi, nobles and bureaucrats. Although they were all mortals, they were bound by the imperial power and wanted to please the emperor, so they would rack their brains to prepare. Although there was no Taoist bonus, many of the performances were very distinctive. Wu Yi felt a little embarrassed when he saw these. After all, the difference was not big in comparison, and he would be embarrassed at that time.

Although Wu Yi thought so in his heart, his face was calm. Ge Yiyi behind him looked anxious and moved restlessly. Her beautiful eyes looked at the plate she was holding, which contained seeds, the seeds that originally gave Ge Yiyi confidence.

Wu Yi found it funny, but he had no ability to calm her down. It was a coincidence that the other two disciples who carried the props besides Wu Yi were female disciples. Wu Yi did not attach great importance to this performance. Although Wang Chuchen told him not to lose the prestige of the Taoist temple before leaving, Wu Yi guessed that his real meaning should be not to lose prestige in front of other fellow Taoists, and the performance was a small matter.

His two companions seemed to have different ideas from him. Women, especially young ladies like Ge Yiyi, are very competitive and would not be as indifferent as Wu Yi.

Now Ge Yiyi was discussing with another female disciple whom he called Sister Jiang about how to modify the problem. It was still a secret communication, and Wu Yi could not intervene, because the two women thought his previous suggestions were extremely brainless, so they threw him away and stopped discussing with him.

Wu Yi did not wait for long. Soon, the two had two improvements, including changes in seed color and seed size.

The original color was the original color of the seed, but Sister Jiang performed a colorful clothing technique to change the seed color to colorful. As the name suggests, the colorful clothing technique is to put a colorful dress on the seed, not to really change the color of the seed. Since it is a dress, it will be worn out, but under the nourishment of spiritual energy, when the colorful dress is worn out, the flower will have withered long ago, so there is no need to worry so much.

There is also the size of the seeds. Ge Yiyi is worried that the spiritual liquid prepared before is not enough, because in the previous experiment, the flowers grew only three inches. Now Ge Yiyi has added three times the spiritual liquid. It should not be difficult to grow a one-foot long bouquet by analogy. Wu Yi curled his lips. He is really not afraid of shocking the world.

But since he didn't think much of this performance before, he naturally wouldn't change his opinion now because of the change. He nodded and agreed.

Soon the programs presented by the bureaucrats were finished. It was the turn of the Taoist disciples to come out. The noisy scene was quiet for a while. After all, they were immortals. I don't know what magic the immortals have, but the expressions of those old ministers are still the same. After all, they are not the first time to see the performance of the Taoist sect. There is no difference from others, but in terms of novelty, it is still better. For example, the first one to come on stage surprised the audience.

The first performer was Runanjun, but Wu Yi did not see Fan Mingqing. However, Wu Yi thought that Fan Mingqing must have come here with others because of fate. Otherwise, with his realm above the fourth transformation, he would not be sent to do this. For example, Wu Yi Liucheng Yiqi Taoist Temple did not have any senior brothers and sisters above the fourth transformation who came here, and they all made excuses to shirk.

The performance of Runanjun and others was similar to that prepared by Wu Yi and others. It was not a seed, but a fish, the size of a finger, which grew bigger in the water tank little by little, and finally became thicker than the wrist. The color also changed from the original dark blue to golden yellow, rich and magnificent. Finally, the fish spit out a gold inscription engraved with "Fu Ru Donghai, Shou Bi Nanshan". When the eunuch who saw it with his own eyes said the eight words, the whole audience suddenly boiled.

Seeing that the first opponent was so powerful, Ge Yiyi stroked the hair that floated to the temples with her hand, sighed with relief, naughty and cute.

Afterwards, the performances of other Taoist temples were similar. While showing the theme of the birthday banquet, they also showed exquisite Taoist skills. Although they were used for fun, no one stipulated that Taoist skills must be used for fighting. The Tao is invisible and formless, and Tao is everywhere.

It was Wu Yi's turn. Wu Yi and the other two went up to the third floor and bowed to the people on all sides. There was no need to say much about the three people, the Emperor Gengshi, the Empress, and the Crown Prince, who were at the top. There were great monks like the White-browed Taoist priest around them, and the black-faced prime minister who had assisted the Emperor Gengshi for many years and was now idle at home. It can be said that he contributed half of the civil and military achievements of the Emperor Gengshi, but now he is also an old man.

In fact, those who can enter the third floor are all big figures, and there are only more than 20 people in total, including the White-browed Taoist priest, there are five Taoist priests, including Xie Yi who was seen that day. It is not difficult to guess that the Taoist priests present are all Jindan Zhenren.

Since they are all big figures, and there are not many people anyway, Wu Yi simply bows to them one by one.

A simple self-introduction, at least to explain the origin of their family and which Taoist temple they came from, Wu Yi began his performance. It must be said that after the improvement of Ge Yiyi and Sister Jiang, it was much more colorful, and even the last word of longevity was more uplifting and lively.

After watching the performance, thunderous applause rang out upstairs and downstairs. Wu Yi wanted to go down directly after thanking the queen, but suddenly heard the queen shouting "good". Wu Yi, who had just stood up, had to bow again to thank the queen, and kept saying that the queen was kind.

With a warm expression, the queen said to Wu Yi and the other two: "Not bad, not bad," turned sideways and pointed at Wu Yi, and said to a female official behind her: "Reward."

The female official agreed and signaled Wu Yi with her eyes, and Wu Yi and the other two followed her down.

The Queen's reaction surprised everyone. Although Wu Yi performed well, it was not so much better than before. After thinking about it, they attributed it to the Queen's love for flowers, especially colorful flowers. After that, many Taoist temple disciples worked hard in this aspect but did not mention it.

Seeing the Queen's performance, the people downstairs watched the excitement, and only the people upstairs could see it clearly. The old Taoist with white eyebrows swept his eyes across from Xie Yi with a cold light, but when he saw Xie Yi's blank expression, his brows frowned a little more.

The contract was signed successfully, happy