The three hundred and eighteenth round

What Qin Ying didn't know was that there was one last step in "laying jade silk". Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhu Taizhu received the blood sacrifice of Beans from the hands of Zhu Shi, and this ceremony can really be completed.

Then came the "ripening" ceremony that Li Shimin felt deeply powerless, including the recitation of prayers, the offering of food, and the burning of firewood, among which the recitation of prayers made him the most depressed.

Because the winter solstice prayers of the past few years were too long and tedious, once he was not focused, he would knot his tongue and not know what to say.

This year, Qin Ying has repaired the prayer message, Li Shimin got her handwritten letter when he was fasting seven days ago, although he was very disgusted with the distorted handwriting on it, but he was satisfied with the content of Qin Ying's writing.

The "Joy of Lama" slowly sounded in his ears to remind Li Shimin to stand in the washing place before reciting the prayers and blessings. The beat of the music was intermittent, and he cleaned his hands with a towel to wipe his hands, and then he was washed and wiped by the knight.

Ascending the south steps of the altar of the mound, the music was duly transformed into a somewhat muffled "The Joy of Shouhe", and after pouring wine and drinking blessings, he came to the throne of the Emperor of Heaven and slowly knelt down to lay the knighthood.

The Taizhu people each drink the bottle of blessing wine with the knight, and set up a knight, the lord is awarded to serve, and the service is held to the west, and His Majesty bows to the lord again, and the wine is smacked, and the prostrate is raised after the sacrifice.

After the fact, Li Shimin retreated slightly, and Taizhu came to the right front of the tablet with the platen, knelt down and recited aloud facing the east: "On the second New Moon Day of the year of Wei Xinmao, Zhang Xiuwen, the son of heaven, dared to tell Haotian God: the south of the Ming Dynasty, the beginning of the long sundial, the power of all things, the beginning of the six qi capital, the style of the Yi Dian, the gift of repair, the worship of the jade silk sacrifice Qi, the sheng sheng products, the preparation of the annihilation, the recommendation of the sincerity, the ancestors of the past dynasties with the gods to be the master.

(Shang Xinyun: Only deification nurtures the masses, wealth becomes a product, clouds and rain make alms, Pubo is selfless, love the calendar and enlightens, and respects agriculture.) Calyx worship clouds: Aizi Mengxia, Long Jian Ji Chen, Fang Zi Changyu, Shi Zun Chang Li, Respect Jade Silk Sacrifice, Zong Sheng Shu Product, Respectful Burnt Worship, Expression of Yin Su. ）”

After that, Li Shimin recited the prayer in front of the tablets of the five generations of ancestors:

"On the second new moon day of the year of Wei Xinmao, Li Shimin, the minister of Emperor Zixiao Shenyao, dared to announce to the ancestors of the past dynasties: at the beginning of the long term, the suburbs were solemnized, and the gods of Haotian were burned to the gods. Fu Weiqingliu "Long Hair", Deguan "Siwen". For Yue Zhaosheng, Yongyan is worthy of life. I would like to make scarves and sacrifice Qi, and the products of the sheng are sheng, and the style is recommended, and the gods are the masters. Feasting. ”

After that, Situ offered the prepared meat to His Majesty. From "The Joy of Comfort", the literary dance on the altar retreated and danced.

The confessor leads the Taiwei Yaxian and thinks about it. Guangluqing's final dedication is also like a sub-offering.

When Taiwei Ya was offered, the seven confessors led the officials who sacrificed to the five emperors and the sun and the moon to bow down and give salutes.

After the sacrifice, the music of the martial arts and dances stopped synchronously.

Qin Ying sat far away, but the radius of the mound was not large, and the voices of the people in the south could still be heard clearly, and the prayers were like flowing water, engraved in her heart sentence by sentence, joyful, moved, and shocked.

When she drafted these, she wrote them after bathing in incense. Now that Her Majesty and the officials were reciting step by step, she almost burst into tears.

"The Music of Yuanhe" started slowly, and Tai Changqing played: "Goodbye, please look at the burning position." This was the beginning of the firewood.

His Majesty came to the position of Wangliao under the guidance of Tai Changqing, and Tai Changqing said in a loud voice: "The gift can be burned." "On the east and west sides stood six men with short torches in their hands to set the fire on fire. When he was half-firewood, Tai Changqing stepped forward and said, "The ceremony is over." ”

At this time, the "ripening" item was finally completed. The winter solstice festival has come to a successful conclusion.

Qin Ying was one of the officials who sacrificed to the Five Emperors Sun and Moon, and when he looked up, he saw His Majesty in a crown walking down.

Li Shimin bowed slightly to the officials who leaned over, and when he happened to see Qin Yingzhi's stunned gaze, he smiled at her, as if to commend her for writing a prayer that was more popular than the one used in the past.

Flattered, she hurried to salute the figure to the south like any other official.

When the officials descended the mound in groups, Qin Ying first went back to her guest room and added a piece of clothing, just now she felt the wind blowing on the high mound, not to mention the tip of her nose, and there was an uncomfortable feeling that she was going to run down.

Xi Suo tied up his belt and tidied up his hair crown, there was a knock on the door, Qin Ying let people in in a low voice, and he held a meaty pottery Gu in his hand, let Lord Qin eat it while it was hot.

Qin Ying felt that this meat of unknown origin was the livestock that was killed by Luandao before the official start of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, and for some reason he was disgusted, so he frowned and asked him to transfer it next door to him.

There lived an ancestral official under Qin Ying's hand. They are all carnivores, and after not eating meat for seven days, they must have never been taboo when they saw the pottery Gu that smelled of meat.

The man replied obediently, and bowed his head and retreated.

Qin Ying sat by the stove with her waist and reached close to the scorching flame to maintain the temperature on her body.

The winter solstice sacrifice is a major event, and many people from Chang'an County who love to join in the excitement gather in the mound to watch this annual grand sacrifice ceremony.

Mei Sanniang knew that Qin Ying was working hard for the winter solstice sacrifice two months ago, so she also had a great interest in the winter solstice sacrifice. It was still dawn today, so she and Queen Xiao took a car from Xingdao to the suburban mound.

Because there were various teams guarding the forbidden line, the two of them waited on the perimeter of the mound, like countless others.

The east wind was blowing too cold, so Mei Sanniang proposed to take shelter in the carriage now, and wait for the guards to let her go before getting off the car.

Mei Sanniang carried a small copper hand stove in her sleeve, looked at the surging crowd from the crack in the curtain, and said, "There are a lot of people coming to Yuanqiu." Just because Your Majesty is here today to worship the Emperor and the ancestors? ”

Empress Xiao held a smaller hand stove in her palm, turned her head when she heard the words, and before she heard the words, she could see a white gas rising.

"Your Qin Ying, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, is very familiar with the winter solstice sacrifice. Why didn't I get through to you at all? This tone was a little complaining, but Empress Xiao didn't have any other impression of Qin Ying in her heart.

Mei Sanniang replied with a smile: "She is taboo to bring her court affairs home." She would never let Qin Ying lose face.

Empress Xiao raised her eyebrows and was noncommittal, and gave her a serious explanation: "The reason why the winter solstice festival can attract so many people to watch is because after the sacrifice is completed, the two main roads leading to the mound will be placed with offerings and food that are three or four miles long. ”

"-The feeling is that everyone is here to eat and drink." Mei Sanniang put the hot hand stove on the top of her sleeve and let the thicker brocade cushion it, so that she would not feel burned.

I only heard Empress Xiao answer childishly: "Well, at least we are not." (To be continued.) )