As soon as Ji Buyun got up in the morning, the maid came to serve him to change clothes and wash, he was not used to this way of life of the nobles of the Central Plains, and he tried his best to beg and begg, just invited the maid away, and Ji Chengcheng came to visit.

Ji Cheng came to give him his uncle Fei Kite's book, after the two met, Ji Cheng knelt down to Ji Buyun with the etiquette of seeing the royal son, he hurriedly helped, Ji Cheng insisted: "The empire advocates respect and order, and the lowly and the prince are now in the Central Plains Pavilion, so they must bow like this." ”

It's just that I don't know why he put the emperor's canonization document directly in Ji Buyun's bedroom, and didn't let the incense kneel and bow to it.

Fortunately, the letter of the Central Plains Empire Taifu Ji Qian was written in the form of a family letter, and there was no need for Ji Buyun to kneel to read it, he first described his feelings of longing in the letter, and then suggested that Ji Buyun had better hurry up and come to the imperial capital Chang'an in person to face the saint thanksgiving, if he does not plan to come back for the time being, he must express his gratitude according to the rules. The royal family and nobles, etiquette is indispensable.

Ji Cheng, who gave the emperor's Xie Biao, had already helped him draw it up, as long as he copied it once, Ji Buyun was helpless, and copied the Xie Biao in accordance with the rules and regulations of the text drafted by Ji Cheng, signed and pressed, and then Ji Cheng arranged for someone to send the Xie Biao out as soon as possible.

Then, Ji Cheng euphemistically explained the reason why he did not report Ji Buyun's fall into the mountain stream to Ji Qian: "Gongzi is the chosen companion of Haotian as the great priest of the highlands, and the gods are blessed, and there will be no accidents. ”

This reason is high-sounding, even if Ji Qian investigates it afterwards, it is completely in the past.

At the same time, Ji Cheng also told Ji Buyun that in recent times, he had entrusted all the affairs of the Western Pastor to his deputy, and he concentrated on doing two things in Haotian City, one was to serve Ji Buyun's daily life and help him deal with various daily affairs.

Ji Buyun hurriedly asked if he could go to the Praetorian Guard again, Ji Cheng said that this was completely up to him, the empire was still martial arts, and his experience of serving in foreign lands would be of great benefit to his future development in the empire.

In the past two days, Ji Cheng has spoken to him with a particularly humble attitude, it seems that Ji Buyun's accident and being sealed have greatly stimulated Ji Cheng, and he fully understands that he, the Western pastor, is to serve Ji Buyun, and the results of his service directly determine whether he will soar or simply lose his head in the future.

On the first day of return, Ji Buyun had a lot to do, after Ji Cheng accompanied him to breakfast, the Ji brothers had been waiting outside the door in Praetorian Guard clothes for a long time, Ji Cheng explained to him that the two had joined the Praetorian Guard with the approval of Lord Buyun and served as his personal guards. Turning his head, Ji Cheng solemnly demanded that the two of them must not leave Ji Buyun's side an inch, and if there is an accident, they will be severely punished, and no one can intercede. Ji Buyun pondered, look at the meaning, the last time he fell into the mountain stream, someone pleaded for these two brothers, and they escaped, is this person who pleads for an ant or an uncle?

When he got up early, Ji Buyun had already planned today's itinerary, first going to the Senate to be reinstated, then going to his uncle's house to say goodbye, and finally going to see the ants.

There are a lot of people on the Senate Square today, basically they all heard that Ji Buyun came to watch him, and the visitors saw Ji Buyun coming and paid attention to him, and then they exchanged heads and talked about it, and the most they said was "In the end, it is the royal son of the Central Plains Empire, and his bearing is extraordinary." It turned out that not only the high priest was going to marry him, but even the emperor of the Central Plains Empire canonized him was already known all over the city.

Ji Buyun sighed: No wonder the visitors have no objection to the noble high priest marrying themselves, they now regard themselves as the dignified prince of the Central Plains Empire, no longer the mixed race who can't enter the Senate, the identity of the imperial prince is equivalent to the identity of the highland high priest, and it is naturally too normal for the two to marry on behalf of the two countries.

There were more than twice as many Janissaries on duty in the square as usual, and the porch of the Senate was full of heavily armed Praetorian Guards.

The captain specially arranged for a deputy captain to wait for Ji Buyun on the porch, and as soon as he saw him, he immediately politely invited him and the two brothers to the captain's office. After exchanging greetings, the captain patted him on the shoulder cordially and said: "The nine adults are going to visit the high priest in the priest's courtyard together in a while, you just came back, and you should not be arranged to take up your post, but the five people in charge want you to be the captain of the guard, the official business is important, and I have no choice, brother work hard, and I will take a squadron of brothers to escort the nine adults to the priest's house." ”

Then he laughed and said: "In the future, your brother and I will blow it, and the dignified prince of the Central Plains Empire once ate rice in the same pot with me." ”

Ji Buyun hurriedly and modestly said that the captain taught him well, and the two of them praised each other for a while.

Only ten of the highlanders have the right to be honored as lords, and nine lords go to the priesthood together usually only twice a year, once on the first day of the plenary session of the Senate, and once on the feast of the heavens.

Ji Buyun understood that the nine adults today were going to verify with their own eyes whether he was the chosen one or not. For the highlanders, for the first time in three hundred years, the creation flower bloomed, and nothing could be more important than this.

Although he and the high priest have fallen in love and swore an oath, Ji Buyun clearly knows that at this time, it is best to pretend that nothing has happened and that he doesn't know anything. It was important to marry the high priest smoothly, and he made up his mind that he would still be a mixed-race Praetorian Guard, and he would never be able to put himself on the shelf of the prince of the Central Plains Empire.

As soon as he had assembled the Praetorian Guards in front of the Senate to serve as guards, nine adults appeared on the verandah on the first floor, dressed in pure purple elders' robes worn only on the most solemn occasions, without any ornamentation, and the crowd of onlookers let out a deafening cheer when they appeared.

The nine lords waved to the crowd of onlookers, and then mounted their horses one by one, led by the oldest and oldest of the five rulers, and galloped towards the priesthood under the escort of the Praetorian Guard.

The priest who holds the wine is responsible for the daily affairs of the priest's court and takes care of the life of the high priest, and the priest who keeps the sun is responsible for the guard and guard of the priest's court.

The two priests only invited the nine adults into the priest's courtyard, and took them to the Haotian Temple to worship the Haotian God, and the passing scene still had to go, regardless of whether Ji Buyun was a noble prince of the Central Plains Empire or a mixed-race child who could not enter the Senate, before determining the identity of his chosen person, now he could only lead the Praetorian Guards to wait outside the sacrificial courtyard.

About half an hour later, the Woyue priest, wearing a white priest's robe and a veil, led a dozen small priests out of the priest's courtyard, and she greeted Ji Buyun: "Haotian God bless you, Praetorian Guard. ”

As she spoke, the little priests behind her kept secretly looking at Ji Buyun, and it seemed that even the priests of the priest's court knew the news that the high priest was going to marry him.

Ji Buyun returned the salute and said, "Haotian God blesses you, Priest Woyue." ”

Seeing that Ji Buyun recognized him, the Voyue priest smiled slightly, and said, "All the lords summoned you, Praetorian Guard, please come with me." ”

This time, the Voyue priest did not lead Ji Buyun to the Haotian Temple, and directly took him to the front of the high priest's pink palace, and the wind chimes under the eaves of the palace were singing in a low voice under the breeze at this moment, and the voice was particularly pleasant.

After the Voyue priest made the report, he led him into the palace.

On either side of the huge log table in the center of the hall sat the high priest, who was dressed in a white priest's robe with a translucent veil on her face, and behind her stood four priests, Zhangjiu, Jinghu, Xianyu, and Sun Shou, and on the other side sat nine adults in purple patriarchal robes. In the center of the table was the Creation Flower, a purple stem with seven small red flowers in full bloom and a small red bud underneath.

After Ji Buyun came in, he first greeted the high priest according to the rules, he looked at his nose and nose, and with a serious expression, he pressed his right hand on his left chest and bowed down and said, "Haotian God bless you, High Priest." ”

"God Haotian bless you, Praetorian Guard. The High Priest's voice was hoarse and quiet, revealing endless majesty.

The two exchanged greetings calmly in full accordance with the etiquette of the Highlands, and outsiders could not tell that they had a skin-to-skin relationship.

Then, Ji Buyun greeted the nine adults, and the adults nodded in return.

At this time, the Creation Flower began to slowly bloom at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the seven fingernail-sized flowers bloomed one after another, and everyone held their breath to watch the process of the flowers blooming, and only the sound of flowers blooming was left in the room. The small flowers of the Creation Flower have some kind of divine power, the red color is dazzling and breathtaking, and although they have been mentally prepared, the eyes of the nine adults are still full of surprise.

After watching the creation flower bloom in amazement, the nine adults let out a sigh of relief, exchanged glances with each other, and still stood up in unison with the leader of Lord Nezhiyue, pressed his right hand on his left chest facing the high priest, knelt down on one knee and said in a loud voice, "Congratulations to my king." ”

Haotian has an oracle of "the creation of the flower blooms, Worth is the king", today to witness the creation of the flower, whether the high priest ascended the throne or not, they who claim to be the representatives of the servants of Haotian must show their attitude and admit that the high priest is their queen.

The high priest stood up, waved his hand and motioned for the nine lords to get up, then looked directly at them and said solemnly, "I am determined to handle this matter in accordance with the procedure agreed upon with all of you, and I ask you to consult with the two priests of the wine and the jade to deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Then he pointed to Ji Buyun and said: "His affairs don't bother you, I'll handle it myself, you come with me." ”

Then, the nine adults who looked at each other were thrown down, and Ji Buyun went straight out of the palace, and the two priests of Jinghu and Shouri hurriedly followed.

The high priest took Ji Buyun to the pavilion in the back garden of the palace, and after the little priest served her and sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion, she waved away the priest who followed. When the priests were far away, the high priest took off his veil, and a smile began to bloom from the depths of his eyes, like a blooming white lotus. Her laughter couldn't be resisted by Ji Buyun at all, and he couldn't help but smile with her.

The chief priest let out a sigh of relief and said, "When I came back yesterday, I discussed with a few of them how to get this matter done as soon as possible, but I didn't expect that early this morning, the nine lords sent messengers, hoping to see the creation flower bloom, and I immediately agreed." ”

Ji Buyun knew that the high priest was talking about marrying him, and said with a smile: "Last night and this morning, thousands of people came to visit me, and it seems that the entire Haotian City already knows about this matter. ”

The high priest's face flushed, and he pondered for a moment and said: "There is no point in investigating the rumors of who has gone away, the most important thing now is to hold the wedding as soon as possible, and it is all your fault." ”

After speaking, his bright eyes glared at Ji Buyun with disgust.

Ji Buyun said in his heart: Now I'm afraid of having a baby? At that time, I was going out in the dormitory, and you were holding me, and I was pushing the boat along the river at most, okay? How can you blame me? He naturally can't and doesn't dare to say this, if he really wants to say it, God knows if the extremely shy high priest will find a crack in the ground to get into.

He nodded, "Listen to you, Lord Do'er." ”

The high priest lowered his head and said softly: "I heard that the emperor of the Central Plains Empire canonized you as a prince and gave you a county as a fief. ”

Ji Buyun will understand, the self-respecting high priest is still worried about the fact that the wedding date does not match the time of childbirth, if the two go to the imperial capital of the Central Plains Empire after the wedding, thank you, and then go to his quarry to see, at least more than a year back and forth, the day of childbirth will be decided by the two of them.

"After receiving the title according to the rules and marrying a wife, I should go back to the Central Plains Empire to face the Holy Thanks, pay homage to the ancestral temple, and include you in the royal family tree, can you go with me?"

The high priest smiled and said softly, "I am your wife, not the queen. ”

It turned out that the high priest insisted on not ascending the throne as the king, and there was this deep meaning, and Ji Buyun suddenly had a wife, what more could the husband ask for.

At this time, the two priests of the wine and the jade came to the garden gate with the head of the five-person ruler, the lord of the garden, and the priest of the wine and the priest of the day keeper who was waiting in front of the door whispered a few words, and the priest of the day keeper took two steps forward and said loudly: "Queen, Lord of the Lord of the sun asks to see you." ”

"Come in. The high priest put on the veil and replied, without even a word of invitation, and the majesty of the most honorable person was fully displayed.

The priest who held the wine and offered jade took Lord Nezhiyue to the pavilion, and Lord Nezhiyue pressed his right hand on his left chest, knelt down on one knee and said in a loud voice: "See my king." ”

The high priest waited for him to finish his salute before waving his hand, and said in a hoarse, quiet voice with endless majesty: "There is no need to be like this, I am only the high priest now. ”

Lord Nezhiyue stood up, lowered his hands and stood solemnly, and said respectfully: "The will of God cannot be violated, whether you ascend the throne or not, you are now the queen of the highlands." ”

The high priest ignored him, turned to the priest in charge of the wine, and asked, "How is the deliberation?"

The priest took a step forward, bowed his hands and stood solemnly in the same way as Lord Nezhiyue, and said respectfully: "Back to the queen, the subordinates and other lords have agreed with you that the oracle of Haotian will be announced to the public on the first day of the plenary session of the sixth senate of the beginning of next month, and the plenary session of the Senate will end on the twenty-fifth of the next month, and the wedding will be held for the two of you according to the will of Haotian on the twenty-sixth. ”

The high priest said, "Well, is there enough time?

Ji Buyun almost laughed out loud when she heard this, these dates should have been planned by the high priest and them yesterday, and now she is pretending to ask if there is enough time, and she wants to rely on her completely, she can't wait to marry now. However, the queen, thinking of the queen who was sleeping on his chest when the original god was damaged, Ji Buyun's heart ached, he and the high priest had never seriously talked about the queen, and he felt that he had to find an opportunity to make it clear to her before the wedding.

The priest said: "Back to the queen, my subordinates have calculated with all the adults, and the time is completely enough." In addition, in order to ensure your safety from now until the end of the plenary session of the Senate, the five consuls decided to transfer 1,000 Praetorian Guards to deploy and guard along the road from the Priest's House to Haotian City, and promoted Captain Ji Buyun to be the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and he was fully responsible. ”

The high priest nodded with satisfaction and said to Ji Buyun, "Praetorian Guard, do you have any opinions?"

Ji Buyun understood that this arrangement was to facilitate his contact with the high priest, and he learned to be the priest of the wine and said, "No, Your Majesty the Queen. ”

The high priest gave him a casual glance and said to the priest who was in charge of the wine, "Send down the lords and the Praetorian Guards on my behalf." ”

After saying that, he took the priests and other priests to the direction of the mountain behind the priest's courtyard.

The priest of the wine took Lord Nenokoshi and Ji Buyun back to the Pink Palace and joined the adults who were waiting here. The nine lords communicated a few details with the priest in charge of the wine, and as soon as they said a few words, they heard a deafening roar from the mountain behind the priest's courtyard, and then, there was a thousand rays of light rising to the sky, and the whole back mountain was full of light, and there were faint dragons and tigers leaping in the light, and countless fireballs fell from the sky, dyeing half of the sky red.

Ji Buyun was shocked, the high priest happened to go to the back mountain just now. He was worried about the safety of the high priest, and he didn't care about any etiquette at all, so he grabbed a priest beside him and asked, "Do you know the road back to the mountain?"

The priest he had caught was none other than the Priestess of Woyue, and she was speechless in shock, just nodding her head repeatedly.

Ji Buyun said "lead the way", grabbed her and took off into the air, and came to the back mountain in front of a few ups and downs.

Before he could ask about the path of the back mountain, the high priest rushed out of the back mountain with dozens of priests, and when he saw him, the high priest didn't care about any reserve, and rushed directly to him, hugging his arm tightly with a disgraced face, Ji Buyun didn't have time to let go of the Woyue priest in his hand, and jumped back to the palace with the two of them. The nine adults were standing there in amazement, looking at the back mountain full of fireworks.

Looking at the vision of heaven and earth in the back mountain, it can't affect here for the time being, Ji Buyun's heart is a little calm, and he quickly lets go of the Woyue priest in his hand.

The roar became louder and louder, and from time to time the blazing lightning and boiling flames were spewed out in the glow, and the figure of a big blue bird clearly appeared in the glow, it flew and hovered in the glow, and the sky was full of brilliance, at this moment, even the sun had been eclipsed.

The high priest clasped his arm tightly and whispered in his ear, "This is the bird I saw on the day I broke the mirror." ”

Ji Buyun patted her hand lightly and comforted her: "This is Qingluan, the guardian bird of your Wo royal family. ”

The high priest suddenly pinched his arm and whispered in his ear, "She told you?"

Ji Buyun smiled bitterly, it turned out that the high priest would also be jealous, it seems that her usual well-behaved, gentle, and empathetic nature may be due to the status of the noble, and she disdains to be jealous like ordinary people.

Qingluan flew higher and higher in the glow, and when it approached the sky, a chirp, indescribably pleasant, and then with a wave of wings, the endless light was clearly extinguished between its waving wings, and the auspicious clouds flew in pieces, and there seemed to be a neon for the clothes of the piano girl, the rainbow made a ribbon of the flying sky, the sky was full of auspiciousness, and everyone's heart rippled with melodious divine music.

In the dim light, five peaks suspended in mid-air faintly appeared.

"Reiki Peak. The Pure Lake priest pointed to the five peaks and shouted hoarsely, "That's the Spiritual Qi Peak, the Spiritual Qi Peak that Haotian gave to the Queen of the Highlands." ”

The Priestess of Jinghu was in charge of the scriptures of the Priest's Academy, and she must have read the records of the Reiki Peak.

Qingluan's figure gradually disappeared into the void, and the five peaks now became extremely clear, only to see the peaks on the peaks, strange rocks abrupt, streams meandering, waterfalls flying, flowers competing for beauty, lush vegetation, swimming fish jumping on the water, and birds flying in the forest.

The five peaks are connected by a ladder, and in the middle of the peak there is a majestic and exquisite red palace on the mountainside, and the rest of the peaks are faintly filled with courtyards of different sizes.

The high priest took off his veil with a solemn expression, and his peerless face suddenly stunned everyone.

She led all the priests and adults to bow solemnly in the direction of the Haotian Temple, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and said loudly: "Thank you Haotian." ”

Nine times.

Then the priests and priests congratulated the high priest in turn.

Ji Buyun looked at these five peaks flying in the air and hanging high in the air, and thought to himself: How can the priests go up to such a high place?

The high priest looked at Ji Buyun with a smile while accepting everyone's congratulations, she regarded him as one of them, and she knew that he could go up.