When Mu Qing returned to the inner room, it was already bright. She stood on the stone steps in front of the house for a while, the morning breeze was still cool, the clear sky was still cloudless, and the drum of opening the city gate sounded sullenly, hitting her heart at once, as if she was going to wake up the entire Jinyang City.

Du Ruhui came out of the house, saw that she was standing on the stone steps and was distracted, secretly thinking that she was about to hang her heart, so she deliberately relaxed and said, "Why are you standing here?" ”

She looked back and smiled, "Go in, I'll tie your hair." ”

Mu Qing entered the house, blew out the lights in the house, hung the curtains high, opened the windows on three sides of the inner room, so that the refreshing morning breeze could blow into the house, and then sat him down, combing his hair unhurriedly.

In a moment's effort, the hair was already tied up. She cocked her fingertips and twisted the hair that had fallen on his off-white robe one by one, and then carefully brushed it again. Cha Alyu walked into the room with the food box, but she was a sincere person, the joy on her face could not be completely hidden, and she lowered her head with a smile and removed the lid of the food box, and handed out the prepared breakfast.

Du Ruhui felt that she was a little strange, because there was something important in her heart, but she didn't ask much.

After breakfast, Ada led two horses to the gate of the courtyard to wait, Du Ruhui was still in the house, Mu Qing walked down the stone steps and greeted Ada, "This experience will have to work hard for you." She turned around and glanced at Du Ruhui, who came out of the house and through the courtyard, "Haosheng is watching him, don't leave him." ”

Ada nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, lady." ”

"What are you relieved of?" Du Ruhui walked to her side with a smile, and asked casually, but he didn't want her to answer, leaned over and put his arm around her shoulder, and was solemnizing, "Stay at home, no matter what movement is outside, don't go out, let alone go to the Jin Ancestral Hall, wait for me to come back." If, if I have not returned by this time tomorrow, and there is no news of it, you will go to look for Sui Zhao, and he will arrange for you to get off the carriage and take you back to Yuhang......"

"What nonsense." Mu Qing stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting for you to come back." ”

Du Ruhui took her hand away, nodded slightly, pulled the corners of her lips, barely smiled, her heart couldn't help but be overwhelmed by the soreness, and without saying a word, she turned around and took the reins from Ada's hand, and stepped out of the door.

"Be careful." Mu Qing took two more steps, hesitated for a while, and said, "There is something to do, I will tell you when you return." She didn't know if Du Ruhui had heard the latter sentence, he turned straight on his horse, shook off the reins, and ran away without looking back.

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The Jin ancestral hall is located in the southwest of Jinyang City, leaning on the hanging urn mountain, a branch of the continuous Fenshui flows into the ancestral hall, scattered into several spring canals and stone ponds, and the cigarette smoke curls from the end.

The drought of the past month has not had much effect on the flow of water in the Jin Temple, and the water from a well still suddenly gushes out, and the spring is about a little lower and smaller than in the past. From generation to generation, the Jin Ancestral Hall is located at the mouth of the dragon, which is the dry ground outside and the soil is scattered, where the ambergris is continuous, and the royal gas gathers.

Du Ruhui turned his eyes at the well spring, recited the "gathering of royal energy" again in his heart, and said secretly, I hope it is true. As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at the observation towers standing on both sides, the building was dark and silent, except for a few shrill birdsongs, there was no sound.

The rain prayer ceremony will be held in front of this well, which is called the spring that never dies. The ceremonial table is placed in the middle of the open space, the incense and candle table is complete, and the high chairs have been placed on both sides according to the official rank.

When he turned this piece completely, the hour was just right, the drum of the ceremony rumbled outside the gate, the gate was opened, Tang Guogong was in the head, and Wang Wei and Gao Junya followed step by step, both of them bowed their heads and followed, without saying a word, they even deliberately avoided their eyes. After that, there are the officials of Taiyuan County.

Du Ruhui glanced at Wang and Gao, snorted coldly in his heart, and retreated to stand on the side of the ceremonial platform, near an inconspicuous cypress tree in the viewing tower.

The people who followed to see the excitement were stopped by the accompanying soldiers, and they didn't dare to squeeze their heads. When all the officials in front of them entered the ancestral hall, they sat down in order, and the soldiers opened a small opening, and released people into the hall in three or two, and then surrounded a circle of soldiers in front of the ceremonial platform, so that the people could only watch outside the circle, and they were not allowed to squeeze in. Some good things, in order to have more fun, climbed up to the top of the tree at the top of the wall, leaned in and looked in.

After a short time, several witches and goddesses turned out from behind the well and stood in front of the ceremonial platform, one of whom was more than half a hundred years old, and four witches dressed in skirts similar to scales and armor, stood behind him in two columns.

The Celestial Master held a delicate gold-inlaid ebony box in his hand, and respectfully placed it on the ceremonial table, in front of the Celestial Master's order. Everyone waited for a while, and suddenly heard the Heavenly Master shouting, "Tatsumi handover, auspicious time is coming." The golden drums and cymbals immediately sounded in unison, and the sonorous sound accompanied the jubilation of the people and poured into the ears.

That day, the master danced to himself, and bent down to open the ebony box on the ceremonial table, and inside the box was a large red-eyed lizard, whose four legs were bound by red thread, and could not move, only hissing and spitting red letters, and rolling his eyes around.

The drum music changed the key, and the four young witches danced one after another, and walked around the big lizard, and the onlookers all fell silent, and then they heard the witch sing in a clear voice, and sang eloquently: "Lizard lizard, the clouds and fog, if the rain is pouring, let you go." ”

Repeatedly, someone in the crowd began to sing along in a low voice, and in an instant, the harmony gradually sounded, more and more high-pitched, and now everyone sang in unison, which was spectacular.

About half an hour later, the witch took her dance steps and quietly returned to stand behind the Celestial Master. The Heavenly Master picked up a piece of green bamboo pole and sang it in a low voice, but he didn't know what he was reading.

Du Ruhui stood inconspicuously in the shadow of the cypress tree, but he had no intention of looking at the rain prayer ceremony, and from time to time he glanced at the officials of Taiyuan County on the high chair, carefully observing the movements around them and behind them.

Wang Wei and Gao Junya were somewhat impatient, and they had no intention of praying for rain, peeking at Li Gong's expression for a while, and looking at the crowd of onlookers for a while. From where Du Ruhui stood, the two of them had a panoramic view.

When the Celestial Master finally finished reciting the lengthy greetings, the shrine maiden lit a handful of sandalwood incense, and in pairs, walked down the ceremonial table and distributed them to the officials seated on both sides.

With the sound of the heavenly master, the officials led by Tang Guogong all raised incense sticks and bowed respectfully. The shrine maiden went down to the ceremonial table again, took the incense sticks from their hands, and inserted them into the furnace in front of the lizard.

A slip of cups had already been placed on the ceremonial table, and the Heavenly Master himself held the wine jar, pouring it as he went, and poured it full of spirits. After removing the wine jar, he pointed to the green bamboo branch, lightly sprinkled a little wine on the forehead of the lizard, and then placed the wine cup on the wooden plate, and the shrine maidens still held the ceremonial table and distributed it to everyone.

Wang Wei took the wine cup in the witch's hand, but his eyes glanced at Gao Junya, but when he saw Gao Junya stabilize the wine cup in his hand, he nodded imperceptibly.

The celestial master on the stage held a large wine cup in both hands, shook it in a circle in mid-air, turned his hand and poured the wine on the ground, and the clear wine seeped into the soil and disappeared in an instant, leaving only a faint puddle of wet stains.

All the officials in the audience followed his example and spilled wine on the ground. What they were doing was not dirt, but polished boulders, and the wine was sprinkled on the ground, shining brightly in the sunlight.

Du Ruhui turned half sideways, gritted his teeth, his cheek muscles twitched a few times, his eyebrows were lowered and pressed down, one hand clenched his fist, and the other hand reached for the hanging long knife on his waist. If the news of He Suizhao is good, it will be at this moment.

Suddenly, there was a crisp "pop" sound in front of them, Wang Wei and Gao Junya slammed the wine cup in their hands to the ground of the stone shop, the wine cup fell to the ground and shattered, and the trivial fragments touched the ground and scattered like flowers blooming around.

The civil and military officials around the two were taken aback, and involuntarily took a step back, looking at the two of them in surprise. Almost at the moment when the retreating footsteps fell, in the crowd of people gathered, on the canopy of the wall, dozens of figures quickly swept up, dressed as ordinary people, and almost at the same time, these figures pulled out a long knife with a cold light out of nowhere.

There were bursts of sharp and frightened shouts among the people, and some people who climbed on the canopy of the wall were frightened, and fell from above, and because of the large number of onlookers, the people who fell to the ground did not have time to stand up, and immediately taught the panicked, headless and brainless people who trampled under their feet, and the sound of screaming and shouting for a while did not pass a qiē.

These figures ignored everyone and attacked directly towards Tang Guogong, who was standing on the side of the ceremony. Because it is disrespectful to enter the ancestral hall today to pray for rain, it is disrespectful to carry sharp weapons, so almost all the officials do not carry blades, and now dozens of people are slashing with knives.

Tang Guogong was born in the army, he had been on the battlefield many times, and he was not very panicked when he was in danger, and he leaned over and pulled out a long dagger from Liuhe's black leather boots, resisting the two black-clothed men who rushed to him first.

A black-clothed man who came later waved his hand and threw out two long knives high, Tang Guogong staggered and looked back, and it was Wang Wei and Gao Junya who caught the long knives. The two of them took the long knife, pulled out the blade, threw the scabbard away, and pressed towards Tang Guogong step by step.

Seeing that his abdomen and back were difficult to resist by the enemy, he was in danger, and perhaps in the next moment, he would be splashed with blood. Du Ruhui was slammed in his heart, estimating that Li Gong's danger was urgent at this time, and he was furious, and this fire was burning to the fire. He raised the long knife in his hand and swung it down with all his might, and the sharp blade swung down from top to bottom with a chilling cold light.

The moment the cold light fell, the sound of horses' hooves protruded in the shadows of the buildings on both sides, rushing out of the hundred horses, the Xuan-colored robe, the Xuanjia covered the body, there was no trace of it in the previous moment, and the next moment it appeared like a wandering spirit, headed by Li Jiaerlang.

Li Shimin untied the horizontal knife on the saddle and threw it at Tang Guogong. He got the blade, and reinforcements came, and immediately he grew bold, roared, threw off the scabbard, and resisted the slashing on all sides.

Wang Wei turned his head and glanced at it, his heart was like a huge ice cube, and it was suddenly cold to the bottom, and he said to Gao Junya with a pale face: "The Xuanjia Army has arrived. ”