Chapter 70: The Sea Sacrifice Ceremony
In September, the sea breeze is burning like a fire, making your mouth dry. There are thousands of large and small ships docked neatly on the coast, filling the entire Fengyu Harbor with thousands of sails, ready to go.
Yin Liudong, the county magistrate of Haili County, Fengguo, waited outside a fine royal tent with all the officials, and the officials in the imperial clothes were already sweating.
And the two young men in gorgeous clothes under the cool king's tent are all over the body, this is the king's tent specially woven by the heavenly gate Xiangyun fairy, which is the sea sacrifice ceremony, His Majesty the lord of the country specially gave the two nobles in the inner to enjoy, and the tent is also equipped with a few rough cold spells of the trickle people to serve the fan, the king's tent is full of coolness, very comfortable.
"Brother Wang, why don't you start yet?" The voice of the speaker is crisp, the demeanor is delicate, and there is a unique beauty.
She has a wide belt and a handsome and straight figure, although she is wearing a man's clothes, the discerning person knows that this is a girl at a glance. But no one dared to look at her more, after all, this was the only princess of Feng Kingdom.
"Xiaoyin, don't worry, Taibu has his own measure." The man sitting in the middle was handsome, lowered his head and tasted the tea, and every line was indescribably elegant.
The only person standing in the tent was a middle-aged man, looking intently at the scorching earth outside and the sea reflecting the sun's rays.
With his hands in his sleeves, he kept calculating, and finally, he turned around excitedly and slammed to the ground: "Your Royal Highness, the fish god is a sea away, and the sea sacrifice ceremony can begin!" ”
"Well, Steib has worked hard." Shi Lanhe smiled and nodded at Steb in appreciation, then stood up and walked outside.
Shi Taibu took a step respectfully to the side, looking at the strong and vigorous figure, his heart was full of hope for the future: their Royal Highness is worthy of being the person who wants to inherit the Feng Kingdom, and this time he came out to preside over the sea sacrifice ceremony in place of the lord of the country, and the big and small matters were handled very properly.
Don't look at His Royal Highness, although he is not very old, he is a person, and even these old ministers have to admire.
Shi Lanhe walked to the sacrificial platform and said to the officials who were sweating profusely: "Liu Xianyin, let's start." ”
Liu Dong was dazed with sweat, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes." He turned around and greeted the salute to begin.
The celebrant was obviously also a high-ranking disciple from the Heavenly Mountains, and Shi Shiran came out of the long pergola specially built for the people and sacrificial personnel to clear his throat.
The celebrant sang, "The god of the sea gives me-!" As soon as the voice came out, it was like a bell, like a breeze, thousands of fishing boats, tens of thousands of people, everyone could hear it, feel it, and drive away all the waiting emotions in their hearts.
When the fishermen heard this and knew that the long wait for half a year was coming to an end, they were shocked and stood up with excited smiles on their faces, ready to rush out of Fengyu Harbor and win this year's jackpot.
There were still nine passages left in these fishing boats, and in each of the eight passages on each side came a beautiful boat, each carrying a hundred well-dressed salutes, musicians, and dancers.
The salute sang again: "The god of the sea gives me-!" "The drums are beating, and the dancers are dancing beautifully, and the aura is close to people's faces.
The worshippers on the eight big ships sang in harmony: "There is mercy in the Hanhai, the three thousand rivers can be returned, the Hanhai has a spirit, and the fish god has given me a hundred years ......." ”
"Brother Wang, listen, this sea sacrifice is so easy to understand, it is not like the blessing in our Feng Palace, it is very obscure." Shi Lanyin likes this kind of scene and speaks with a smile.
The people around them all had peaceful smiles on their faces, indicating that their hearts had a home, the people's hearts had a home, and people like them could feel at ease.
Shi Lanhe looked at his little sister with a smile and shining eyes, and said with a soft smile: "Let's go, we have to get to the front so that they can do things freely." ”
After the eight large ships sailed to the front of the fleet, the last huge three-story treasure ship slowly started, passed through the many small boats, and came to a steady stop, and after a while, a heavy horn sounded on the large ship, and then the profound salute shouted in the crowd of wakas: "Open the boat!" ”
The people in the fishing boats, large and small, were waiting for this order, and the voices of the salutes were still echoing, and they had already rumbled their horns in unison. All the ships rushed out like arrows offline, but the heavy ship was not in a hurry, and still sat firmly behind.
The two brothers and sisters of Shilanhe stood on the bow of the boat together, watching the rare grand scene of thousands of sails.
Liu Dong behind them also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - it was finally done. This brother and sister of His Royal Highness King Zhao are not easy to serve, and when they came, they were dressed in civilian clothes, and they happened to bump into his nephew molesting the people on the street. If he hadn't handled it in time, he would have almost ended up with a big misunderstanding.
During this period of time, he has been a man with his head shrunk, and after the sea sacrifice ceremony is over, he is finally going to send the two gods away.
Suddenly, the fishing boats in front of them waved blue flags one after another, and Liu Xianyin's face changed, something was wrong.
Sure enough, after a while, a messenger ran up to the upper deck from the lower deck and reported: "His Royal Highness King Qizhao, the fishing boat at the front reported that it said. ”
Shi Lanhe frowned: "Something's wrong, just say it." ”
The confessor said: "This year's fish god did not come. ”
Shi Lanyin was surprised, "But how could Lord Steb make a mistake?" It's just a matter of predicting when the fish god will arrive. ”
Shi Taibu was shocked and hurriedly bowed down: "Your Highness, Rong Chen told me, this, this hexagram is indeed so." The minister dared to use the head to guarantee, there is no mistake! ”
Liu Dong was sweating profusely as if he had washed his face - he knew that this would not go so smoothly, and sure enough, something went wrong!
How could he run away from this county Yin, who was smashed by this matter, at this time, Liu Dong saw that Taibu was kneeling, could he be standing? Hurriedly knelt down, regardless of whether it was or not, he begged for mercy in his mouth: "It's the ministers who are guilty, please ask His Royal Highness King Zhao to spare the lives of the officials." ”
Anyway, isn't His Royal Highness King Zhao a virtuous king? Shut his mouth first, even if you really want to blame, you can't blame the public.
Steeb glared at him: What crime? Where is sin?
Shi Lan looked at this scheming villain with disgust, when did her brother say that he wanted their lives?
This is obviously to bully his brother so that he can't say anything to blame, he can't say it, I said: "Since you and others are not strict in their rule, the fish god is unwilling to come here to help the people of my Haili County." ”
She swept down the kneeling officials of Haili County with big eyes: "It's better to just let you and the others discuss it by themselves, who is willing to sacrifice to the sea god and recall the fish god?" ”
Liu Dong's face was full of sweat, and he couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw that the two subordinates beside him had quietly moved to the side, until he moved him to a very conspicuous position.
Although the Steib man knelt, he was very confident in his heart that he had absolutely not miscalculated, and at this time he simply calculated from the beginning again: there is still nothing wrong! He raised his head and said firmly: "Your Highness, there must be something going on in front of you that stopped the fish god." Why don't you send someone to check it out! ”
Shi Lanhe did not hesitate, stepped forward to help him up, and said in a sincere voice: "This king believes in Steb. ”
Steb stood up, wiped his eyes behind everyone's back: at this time, the only one who could still believe him was King Zhao, and if he changed to someone else, he could immediately throw him into the sea after receiving the news.
Shi Lanhe looked at the fishing boats in front of him that were at a loss for what to do, and said in a calm voice: "Come on, give the order to go down and make way for this king." ”
"The two teams of ships on the left and right will follow the king's ship together, and the king will personally go to see what can stop the fish god from coming to my phoenix country!"