I thought it would be easy to stir cinnabar, but I didn't expect them to work for two hours, tired back pain, hand pain and foot numbness, and when they stopped, they felt that their bodies were not their own. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Qing Yao felt distressed Changming, Changming stiffened, pretending to be fine.

Yu Zimo said thoughtfully and considerately: "You have worked hard, let the kitchen make you two bowls of tonic soup later." ”

Lu Ye was overjoyed when he heard that there was soup to drink, but his expression soon retracted. Because Yu Zimo continued: "After eating, continue to work." ”

Changming looked at Lu Ye's expression behind him and felt funny.

After dinner, Yu Zimo asked them to apply the stirred cinnabar to the rope. In addition, she unfolded the yellow cloth, and she used a large pen, dipped in cinnabar, to draw a long pattern on the yellow cloth.

"Princess, what are you drawing?" Lu also looked at the vermilion lines on the yellow cloth in surprise. The lines swirled round and forth like clouds, and like beasts.

"Something that can trap the spirit. Yu Zimo put down his pen and said with a smile.

"Just use a rope to tie people, why use cloth. Lu also took out his fingers and wanted to touch the cinnabar on the cloth, "Are you still afraid that the cold will freeze them?"

Yu Zimo stopped Lu Ye's fingers with the pen in his hand, "Don't move, the cinnabar hasn't dried yet, if it gets flowered, I'll use your blood to make up for it." ”

Lu also timidly retracted his hand.

After the cinnabar on the rope and yellow cloth was dry, Qingran and Lu also put away the rope and yellow cloth.

"It's up to you tomorrow night. Yu Zimo said to them.

……

The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year, when the people of the family put on brand new clothes and bring out the best food in the family for reunions and sacrifices. The palace is no exception. On this day, the king will have a feast, and all the princes who are out and about will come back to celebrate with the king and welcome the arrival of the new year. Before the banquet, a high torch will be lit, presided over by the high priest, the king will take the lead, and everyone will pray for the protection of the gods in the new year, the wind and rain will be smooth, and the country and the people will be safe.

Prayers and feasts are held in the evening. During the day, the king of Shang called Qing Ran and asked him to attend tonight's sacrifices and banquets.

Qingran unceremoniously and categorically refused. He said that he came back this time only to accompany his mother, and everything about the king of Shang had nothing to do with him.

"Well, I'll let your mother come along. Seeing that Qingran was still stubborn, the king of Shang said in an inviolable, unquestionable, and dignified tone.

"You promised your mother that you wouldn't let him see anyone else. Qingran was annoyed. What did this man take his mother for?

"You promised to do what I wanted. Shang Wang's voice sounded without any emotion.

Qingran was speechless. King Shang's cold attitude chilled his heart. He didn't understand why he bothered to bring him back when he had such an attitude towards him. Is it just because he is his own son?...... He was going to leave the palace in the evening, but the Shang king's attitude was very resolute. If he insisted on not going, he was afraid that the king of Shang would really find his mother. Regardless of whether he forcibly took his mother to the celebration or not, his departure from the palace would be discovered.

After a cold argument without a sword, he compromised clearly. If you keep going, I'm afraid that it will arouse suspicion now. He promised the king of Shang that he would participate in the activities of sacrifice and prayer, but he would definitely not go to the banquet. The Shang king made his concession in silence.

"The sacrifice shouldn't be very long, I think it's still too late. Back at his residence, Qingran told Yu Zimo that the king of Shang must let him participate in the sacrifice.

"When the king looked for you, I thought there would be such a possibility. Yu Zimo calmly said to Qing Ran, "Everything is planned as usual tonight, if you don't have time to leave the palace, let Lu Ye go alone." ”

"How can Lu Ye do it alone, he is not familiar with this place, and there are three powerful people to arrest. ”

"I'll find a way to help him. But it's all expediency, and it's better to have you with him. ”

"I'll do it as soon as possible. ”

"You can't be too anxious, or you'll show your feet. Yu Zimo reminded Qingran.

Qingran nodded silently, as if there was a big mass of castor beans in his heart.

……

When night falls, the windows of every house in the capital are lit up brightly. The lights illuminate the lively atmosphere. Outside the lights, the capital of the Shang Kingdom was still shrouded in silence. The deserted streets and alleys are colder and quieter than ever.

In the open space in front of the main hall of the palace, two bonfires have been lit. The high priest of the Shang kingdom had appeared in front of the altar. All the princes and ministers came, led by the king of Shang, and looked at the high priest with solemn expressions, waiting......

The high priest looked up at the sky, and when the star moved to a certain position, he raised his hands, shouted at the sky, and closed his eyes. The drum sounded, and the high priest's body twisted and danced to the sound of the drum, and his mouth was chanting words, as if communicating and praying with the gods.

Qing Ran stood in the crowd, he saw such a scene for the first time, and his heart was slightly shaken by the solemn atmosphere at this moment.

The drums stopped, and the high priest stopped dancing, turned around, and bowed down like the altar behind him. The people present, under the leadership of the king of Shang, also knelt down and worshiped the gods and prayed. After praying, the high priest took the torch beside him and lit the firewood that had been set up behind the altar. Everyone looked at the fire in the sky and slowly got up. The High Priest muttered again, and those present could not understand what the High Priest was saying, but their faces were filled with awe.

After the high priest had finished speaking, he bowed to the king of Shang, got up, and was accompanied by his attendants, and walked away slowly.

The sacrifice ends. Then came the feast for tonight.

Qingran peeked at Xiao Bogong and Xiao Changyu not far away, their eyes were also covering themselves, full of contempt and chill. He turned his head to look at Yu Zimo, who was dressed in a costume beside him, dignified and quiet.

Yu Zimo nodded slightly towards Qingran. Qing Yao and Chang Ming walked to the princess with a few other guards. Qing Ran walked a few steps with them, and then disappeared from everyone's sight.

At the banquet, Yu Zimo sat in the most prominent position, but there was no prince Qingran by her side. The people present looked at each other and thought to themselves, smiling on their faces, but not saying it in their mouths. Including the king of Shang, it seems to be a natural thing.

Xiao Bogong and Xiao Changyu sat opposite Yu Zimo with their princesses, but their eyes were always on Yu Zimo.

It stands to reason that at today's banquet, Yu Zimo's situation was the most embarrassing, but she was able to shock the audience with her noble temperament and unique momentum. People only see her smile, every move, admiration, love, and pour.

……

Outside the royal palace, where the bonfire could not be found, on the cold streets, Qingran moved quickly with a ghostly body. Almost in a moment, he was outside Chang Yu's mansion. At the agreed place, he found Lu Ye and the other guards.

"They didn't come out?" Qingran saw that Lu Ye and them were still outside Changyu Mansion, and knew that Lingzhan and them were still in Changyu Mansion.

"I don't know what's good in this house, wouldn't it be boring to stay in it all day!" Lu also sighed, "If I had come out early, I would have gone out for a walk." ”

"They should be cautious, they should have guessed and we'll look for an opportunity to catch them. Qingran said.

"I have a thorough understanding of the situation outside, but I don't know what the situation is inside, and although I have the map you drawn, I don't dare to act rashly, for fear of startling the snake," Lu also said, "I have to wait for you here." ”

"There's not much time, let's go in first and find a way to lure them out. Qing Ran looked at the sky, although the night was still long, he was afraid that Chang Yu would leave the palace ahead of schedule like him.

Lu also followed Qingran into Changyu Mansion.

Probably because the master was not there, the guards in the house were a little looser than the last time Qingran came, but they were still tight. Qingran took Lu Ye and went directly to the location of the middle room.

The lights in all the rooms are on, but only one of them is flickering.

Qingran and Lu also came to its back window and looked in through the window. I saw three people sitting inside, one of whom was dressed in a black robe, with loose hair, a long face and a long nose, and gloomy eyes. The other two, one with a monkey face and a short and obscene appearance, and the other with a white face and a gentle look with evil in his eyes.