Chapter Seventy-Four: Thanksgiving
The arrival of the Priest of Woyue relieved Xitu, and she conveyed to Ji Buyun the oracle summoned by the High Priest.
Xitu Rumeng was amnestied, and left in a hurry with the guards of the Yun sisters, and here, Ji Buyun and Nan Wan'er came to the priest's courtyard together.
Waiting for Ji Buyun in the pink palace was actually a flower god dressed in red.
Seeing Ji Buyun coming in, she smiled at Ji Buyun and said, "I'm sorry, Ji Gongzi, Duo'er is practicing, and I summoned you in her name." ”
Then she waved her hand to Nan Wan'er, who followed up, and said, "Xiao Jiu, you go out first, there are some things I have to talk to Ji Buyun alone." ”
Nan Wan'er answered, and before going out, she glanced at Ji Buyun deeply, and her eyes were indescribably complicated.
After the god of flowers motioned for Ji Buyun to sit down, he asked, "Do you know what people are looking for you?"
Ji Buyun hurriedly bowed down and said, "I don't know what the seniors have to say?"
The flower god glared at him angrily, and said, "How many times have I told you, call sister, what seniors, you don't have to call people old." ”
I don't know that the originator of flowers, who has practiced for millions or tens of millions of years, faintly reveals a girlish style between his eyebrows and eyes.
Ji Buyun collected his mind and said respectfully: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”
The flower god smiled: "It's okay, after you get married to Xiaorui and Duo'er, you will follow them and call them, now you must call your sister and make your family young for a few days." ”
Her self-proclaimed name suddenly became the same as Nan Wan'er, but Nan Wan'er said it crisply and cleanly when she claimed herself, but when she said it, she was charming and shy.
Ji Buyun guessed: It is estimated that the women of Tongtianyuan call themselves by others, and now that there are no outsiders, the god of flowers will reveal his natural nature.
The flower god pondered for a moment and said, "I came to you this time because there are some things that people feel have to tell you, but you have to swear to Haotian that you can only know these things yourself, and you can't tell anyone else." ”
The god of flowers is the ancestor of his sweetheart, to her words, Ji Buyun unconditionally obeyed, he did not hesitate to press his right palm on the left chest, with the highest etiquette of the highlanders, and said aloud: "I swear in the name of Haotian that I will never tell others about today's events, if you violate this oath, people and gods will be punished." ”
Hua Shen nodded with satisfaction, and said with a solemn expression: "The first thing I want to tell you is the secret of Xiaorui's life experience, this secret is not even known to Xiaorui herself, she is not from the Worth family, she is actually my daughter." ”
When she spoke of this secret, her face returned to the majesty of the gods, and she changed her name to me.
Ji Buyun knew that the god of flowers had always admired the queen, but what she never expected was that the queen turned out to be her daughter, no wonder she never hesitated to praise the queen on any occasion.
The flower god continued: "I'm ashamed, you know that I have a special identity, this child's father is an ordinary person, after she was born, I sealed her identity as a god, and arranged her to be cultivated in the Watt family and practiced in the priest's house, I wanted to take her back to Tongtianyuan after she was immortal, and then tell her the truth, but I didn't expect that something like that happened, I should have stopped all this, and it was my fault in a thought." ”
The news that the queen is the daughter of the god of flowers is shocking enough, she is still the daughter of a god and an ordinary person admired by thousands of people, Ji Buyun felt that the world was spinning in an instant, and there was thunder rolling in his heart, but although his heart was turbulent, his face still remained calm.
The flower god should have felt the change in Ji Buyun's heart, she glanced at him with a complicated expression, and continued: "I have divined many times recently, and every time the hexagram shows that Xiaorui is going to have a catastrophe recently, I am limited by my identity and can't stay here all the time, so I want you to protect her at all costs, and never let her be hurt, I have already been sorry for her once, and I can't be sorry for her a second time." ”
Ji Buyun heard many times that the queen was going to have a catastrophe, and this catastrophe couldn't even be resolved by a god like the god of flowers, so he couldn't help but be worried: "Do your predecessors know where this catastrophe comes from?"
The god of flowers shook his head and said: "I don't know, between heaven and earth, there are thousands of changes, don't say it's me, even Zulong doesn't know everything, he foresaw Xiaorui's catastrophe and gave her a little candle flame true righteousness, in times of crisis, he can protect her a trace of Yuanshen." ”
After speaking, his expression was a little gloomy.
She is a god with great powers and is admired by everyone, and she can't solve her daughter's calamity, no wonder she has a bit of a gaffe.
Ji Buyun hurriedly said: "Seniors rest assured, as long as the juniors are still alive, they will never let Xiaorui suffer any harm." ”
Hua Shen said: "You are the chosen one, Yu Long Pei took the initiative to choose you as the master, two pots of creation flowers for you to open, this is unprecedented, your future achievements are far above our people, I hope you remember today's words, and make every effort to maintain Xiaorui well, please." ”
After speaking, he got up and saluted Ji Buyun.
Her move frightened Ji Buyun enough, he quickly got up and saluted the god of flowers, and said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”
The god of flowers smiled bitterly: "That being said, the will of heaven is hard to disobey, you just need to do your best, Xiaorui really has something to do, it should be like this, I won't blame you." ”
Ji Buyun wanted to swear again, the god of flowers waved his hand, and said: "No need, I believe in you, I will go back to Tongtianyuan in the next few days, the hearts of the highlanders are floating now, you and Duo'er must be careful and don't repeat the mistakes of Xiaorui." ”
Ji Buyun replied respectfully.
Hua Shen said: "Although Duo'er is from a mortal background, her talent is not under Xiaorui, this is the second thing I want to tell you, she has to practice with all her might, and it will be absolutely no problem to become a god in the future, but her heart is not all in practice, more on you, you must usually urge her more, only if her own strength is strong, she will not be bullied." ”
When she said this, she looked resolute, and obviously still resentful of what had happened to the queen back then.
Ji Buyun replied respectfully, he and the queen had a skin-to-skin relationship, and now he knows that the god of flowers is his mother-in-law, so he naturally has to be more respectful, more polite, and more polite.
As for the fact that the god of flowers said that the high priest could be a god in the future, he didn't care too much, the future was too far away, and what he was thinking about now was how to marry the high priest as soon as possible.
The god of flowers continued: "I have also heard about the five people in power, remember, you must maintain a detached posture, try to keep Duo'er out of the matter, when there is really no way, you must not hesitate to take thunderous measures, Xiaorui was too indecisive back then." ”
Three hundred years ago, the queen of the Highlands was deposed, and today, because the creation flower is reopened, the oracle high priest can ascend the throne as king, but this abolition is accompanied by fluctuations in the hearts of the highlanders and turbulent undercurrents.
Ji Buyun said to the flower god: "Follow the teachings of your predecessors. ”
Hua Shen said: "There is one more thing you have to pay attention to, after Xiaorui swore allegiance to the Xingtian Alliance, Xingtian gave a large number of rune weapons to the highlanders, and the whereabouts of these weapons were unknown later. ”
Ji Buyun heard that the queen said that Xingtian gave her a lot of cultivation spells or something, and she didn't talk about runic weapons, thinking that she was obsessed with cultivation and didn't care about these weapons at all, but fortunately, in another month, the queen can restore contact with his divine sense, and ask clearly when the time comes.
Neither he nor the god of flowers thought that this batch of old runic weapons was a catastrophe that the queen could not escape.
Hua Shen said: "I have explained clearly to Duo'er, after Xiaorui recovers her body, she will first practice in the Spiritual Qi Peak for three months, and then I will take her back to Tongtian Garden, and after she is feathered, I will personally send her to marry you." ”
Ji Buyun had a lot of complaints about the decision of the god of flowers in her heart, but she had already stated that she was the queen's mother, and he naturally did not dare to object to the mother taking away her daughter.
The flower god saw that Ji Buyun was unhappy in her heart, she smiled slightly, and said: "For cultivators like you, time is there, and you will be together for a long time in the future, so why rush for a while." ”
Ji Buyun bowed to the god of flowers and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”
Hua Shen said: "In addition, the Elf Peacock King asked me to marry Xiao Jiu for you, these guys in Tongtianyuan know that your future is limitless, and they all want to have a relationship with you, and he is in a hurry to marry Xiao Jiu to you." ”
She pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "He is looking at you to marry Xiaorui and Duo'er from my sister's family, his eyes are red, what do you think?"
Ji Buyun said: "The juniors don't have this intention at the moment. ”
Seeing that his refusal was not complete, the flower god said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, what are the three wives and four concubines of a cultivator, as long as you are good to Xiaorui, I will not object if you want to marry a few more." ”
Ji Buyun said: "Seniors, juniors have too many things to do now, I really don't have this idea." ”
The elf princess is scheming, but she is still thick-skinned, although Ji Buyun has a lot of affection for her, she is also very afraid, plus the high priest and the queen, so when it comes to marrying her, she is still quite hesitant.
Hua Shen said: "Also, Xiaorui and Duo'er of Haotian Oracle have not married yet, and it is really not like to be engaged to Xiao Jiu first, it doesn't matter, I think that old peacock is determined to marry the little peacock to you, I heard Duo'er say, the little peacock has now regarded himself as your little wife, and their elf's cheekiness is really in the same vein." ”
Only then did Ji Buyun know that the cheekiness of the elf princess was not an exclusive kung fu, but a family heirloom with a long history.
He really wanted to ask what was going on with the Haotian oracle represented by the creation flower, he got two wives because of this flower, and others said that this flower was amazing, he wanted to know what was hidden behind this, but he felt that this matter involved Haotian, he didn't know how to speak, thinking about the rare opportunity, he gritted his teeth and asked: "The junior has something I want to ask." ”
Hua Shen said: "Say it." ”
Ji Buyun said: "Forgive the juniors for being presumptuous, the juniors want to know what is going on with the Haotian oracle represented by the Creation Flower." ”
The god of flowers smiled: "You want to know where your marriage with Xiaorui and Duo'er came from, right?"
Ji Buyun nodded and said, "Yes,"
Flower God said: "The creation flower is also called the marriage flower, my true body is the first creation flower in this world, Woshi are my descendants, because the highlanders led by Wo reverently worship Haotian, and help Haotian practice greatly, Haotian ordered me to give the queen of the highlands a pot of creation flowers, and set up a ban, only the queen of the highlands can raise this flower, this flower is the token that Haotian gave to the queen. ”
She glanced at Ji Buyun, and then said: "This flower is extraordinary, it has the same heart as its master, it will bloom when it meets the most suitable man for its master, and the marriage flower comes from this, and the Haotian oracle adds a prohibition to this marriage." ”
Ji Buyun said: "What happened to the oracle of the creation of the flower blooming and Worth as the king?"
The flower god smiled and asked, "Do you have doubts about Haotian now?"
Ji Buyun hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "Don't dare, don't dare, the junior is just curious and wants to know the reason for this oracle." ”
Hua Shen said: "Three hundred years ago, the highlanders deposed Xiaorui's throne, Xiaorui was sealed as a result, I was angry, found Haotian, and begged him to set up this oracle to punish those who betrayed my daughter's Wo clansmen, only after my daughter's primordial god awakened, Wo can ascend to the throne of the highlands again, and the reigning high priest can marry." ”
Ji Buyun finally solved the doubts in his heart, it turned out that it was the partner chosen by the Creation Flower for his master, and the Haotian Oracle just added a prohibition to the recognition of this marriage.
The Creation Flower is extraordinary, and it has a heart-to-heart with the master, it seems that the queen and the high priest recognize themselves as their ideal partners, thinking of this, Ji Buyun couldn't help but show a smile in his mouth.
Hua Shen said: "Are there any more questions?"
Ji Buyun said: "Thank you seniors for your doubts, no." ”
The god of flowers nodded and said, "Okay, you can go back." ”
Ji Buyun got up, respectfully saluted the god of flowers, and left the priest's courtyard.
The plenary session of the Senate is approaching, and the elders and senators of various tribes have come to Haotian City in advance, some of them live in the property they have purchased in Haotian City, some rent land to live, and some simply live in the reverse journey.
After everyone settled down, immediately the landlord of Haotian City took the lead, and began to call friends and friends, drink and gather, the flow of people in Stone City increased by three percent compared with usual, and the wine shop and the reverse trip were even more lively.
The Praetorian Guards have also correspondingly increased the manpower of daily vigilance, and the key parts are densely populated with open posts and secret sentries, and on the street, you can see a five-person patrol wearing a blue Praetorian Guard uniform, belt and sword at any time.
The high-level Janissaries led by Xitu have strengthened their daily inspections, and these high-ranking Janissaries officials, who are usually difficult to meet on the streets, take their own guards and walk the streets and alleys, and they can be seen almost everywhere.
As soon as the commander-in-chief of Xitu returned to Haotian City from the barracks of the Priesthood, he immediately took a few guards to start his daily routine inspection.
He was furious when he inspected a laneway near the city gate in the west of the city, and removed the leader of the Praetorian Guard squad in charge of duty on the spot, and arranged for two of his personal guards to take charge of him.
In the Senate Consulate, after several priests left, the five consuls decided that Xitu would be responsible for the planning and command of the assassination, and they would start as soon as possible, and strive to succeed within three days, and at the same time discussed in detail a series of measures that needed to be taken after the assassination, and agreed that after the assassination was successful, they would immediately increase the number of 10,000 people for the Praetorian Guard on the grounds of increasing the vigilance force of Haotian City.
This matter had already been planned when Xitu and Yu Shi ordered rune weapons from Nan Wan'er, and now was a good time.
After everything was agreed, Lord Buyun said to the other consuls: "Tomorrow night, Lord High Priest will have a banquet for Duke Ji Heng in the barracks of the Priest's Court, and I want Lord Ben to accompany him." ”
The honorable high priest personally came forward to feast guests, which was unprecedented in the history of the highlanders, she invited Ji Heng and Ji Buyun's uncle Buyun to accompany her, this was clearly a family banquet with a private identity, and several rulers were the best of the people, and immediately understood the meaning and listened attentively.
Lord Buyun continued: "Ji Heng is Ji Buyun's master, and he is also the highest-ranking member of the Central Plains Empire in Haotian City now. ”
"The wedding of the High Priestess is the first time in three hundred years that the Highlanders have planned such a grand event. ”
Lord Buyun said: "Lord Ben also thinks so, it is a matter of the face of all the highlanders, Lord Ben and Duke Ji Heng agreed this morning that he will be the host of the Central Plains Hall tonight, and invite all the adults to discuss this matter." ”
The wedding of the high priest is now the focus of attention of all the highlanders, and if he cannot play a role in it, as a consul, it is equivalent to cutting himself off from the center of power of the highlanders, and the consuls will naturally be full of promises.
Near evening, Ji Cheng stood in front of the Central Plains Hall to greet the guests on behalf of Ji Heng.
There are not many guests today, in addition to the five ruling lords, Ji Heng also specially invited Lord Ao Zhiwu, Lord Xing Buyun Zhifeng, Lord Si Kuwo Zhide, who was idle at home and waiting for the Senate to approve his resignation application, and even the super master of Dasi Nongne, who had not recovered from his injuries, was also invited, and Xitu and You Shi were also invited.
After Ji Heng and everyone had a brief greeting, he let them into the banquet hall, because there were not many people attending the banquet, there was no arrangement, everyone sat down around a large round table.
After a simple toast, Ji Hengping retired from the waiter and was served by the close brothers Ji Meng and Ji Fan, and everyone knew that he was going to get to the point, so they put down their chopsticks one by one and listened to him.
Xitu and You Shi also stood up at this time and helped the two brothers with their help.
Ji Heng said: "The wedding between the high priest and the apprentice should have been done in accordance with the rules of the highlanders, but after all, the apprentice is the son of the emperor himself, and there are three requests in the wedding, I hope you will consider it as appropriate." ”
Lord Ne Zhiyue arched his hand and said: "Gong Ji Heng is polite, if you have something to do, just open your mouth, the wedding of the High Priest and Master Ji involves the two highlands and the Central Plains Empire, let's discuss it together." ”
Everyone knows that what Ji Heng proposed today, he will also propose to the high priest tomorrow, everyone has agreed in advance, and then it will be a formality.
Ji Heng said: "One is that the apprentice has the emperor in his body, and according to the etiquette of the Central Plains Empire during the wedding, there must be a link to thank the Holy Grace, and the identity of the high priest is so special, I am also quite hesitant, I want to hear the opinions of all the adults." ”
As the spiritual leader of the highlanders, the high priest asked her to thank the emperor of the Central Plains Empire at the wedding, which is not in line with the etiquette of the highlanders at all, and Ji Buyun must do so according to the rules, and everyone feels extremely tricky.
Buyun said: "There are no rules, there is no circle, since Ji Buyun must bow and thank you, the high priest will not accompany him at that time, and he will thank him alone, or Ji Buyun will bow and thank you, and the high priest will respect the elders, I don't know if this is possible?"
When the husband and wife bow separately according to their status, this method is really the best way to solve this matter.
Ji Heng stretched out his thumb to Lord Buyun and said, "This method is good, Lord Buyun." ”
Although it is the wedding of the high priest and Ji Buyun, as long as Ji Heng and the highlanders have negotiated and agreed, they can basically handle it according to this, with the high priest's hatred of marrying, even if she is asked to bow with Ji Buyun at that time, she will not object.