Early in the morning of the first day of the second lunar month of Nan'an. 『『【Fengyun Novel Reading Network Baoly】

A fast horse with the emperor's holy decree came to the gate of the Fayuan Temple located in the Forgotten Worry Peak. The dusty messenger jumped down from his horse and knocked eagerly at the mountain gate.

The knock on the door of the mountain woke up Mi Tianyu, who was still dreaming, and also woke up the people of Fayuan Temple.

The holy decree brought by the envoy clearly informed the great wizard of Wuyue and the people of Fayuan Temple, and tomorrow the monarch of Nan'an State will lead the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the royal relatives and nobles to come to Fayuan Temple to worship the god of grain, and ask Wuyue to preside over the sacrifice according to the practice of previous years.

The so-called Ceres Festival is a ritual to thank the Ceres God for giving people food and to pray that the Ceres God will continue to bless the people with abundant grains. Nan'an attaches great importance to the Ceres Festival, and every year the Ceres Festival will be held as scheduled in the Ceres Pavilion of Fayuan Temple.

This year is no exception, the only difference is that this year's Ceress Festival has an additional Mi Tianyu who has just started practicing witchcraft.

After receiving the holy decree, Fayuan Temple began to get busy up and down. Some are responsible for sprinkling and sweeping, some are responsible for cleaning sacrificial utensils, and some are responsible for arranging the flow of people tomorrow, and Mi Tianyu was lucky to be assigned to Wuyue.

"Master, what am I going to do tomorrow?" Mi Tianyu opened a pair of big eyes.

"Uh...... You can follow me tomorrow and see what I do. ”

Well, Mi Tianyu has been reduced to the assistant of the Great Wizard again. But think about it, I am a "foreigner", and I don't know much about the customs here, so if I do something wrong in front of the emperor, I will be a bad bird. The assistant is the assistant, how to say that he is also the assistant of Wu Yue, the wizard of Nan'an National University, and others are quite unacceptable.

"Tianyu, give you this, be sure to wear it during the sacrifice ceremony tomorrow." Wu Yue handed a silver mask to his little apprentice.

Mi Tianyu took this silver mask and looked at it carefully, it was so beautiful, this was a mask at the eye level, only leaving the mouth and chin position, and some tangled branches were outlined with black lines on the silver background, which was simple and mysterious. But—

"Master, why am I wearing a mask? Am I very ugly? ”

"Apprentice, don't ask, being a teacher has its own reasoning, you just need to listen to the master's arrangement." Wu Yue patted Mi Tianyu on the shoulder, explained such a sentence, and turned his head to arrange other things.

After a day of careful preparation, on the second day of the second month of February, Fayuan Temple ushered in the annual Nan'an Country Grain God Festival.

At that hour, a deafening horn sounded in a group, and then a thirty-six people carried a gold hanging cloud jade chariot stopped in front of the gate of Fayuan Temple. A middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow dragon cloud pattern and a purple and gold crown with a bundle of hair inlaid with treasure on his head paced down from the jade chariot, strutting his head, naturally revealing a natural imperial atmosphere, this person is the monarch of Nan'an - Emperor Zhao Wenbo of Dexian.

As soon as Emperor Dexian got off the sedan chair, a small attendant over there led him to the direction of the Cereal Pavilion of Fayuan Temple. And at the Ceres Pavilion, the great wizard of Wuyue was already dressed up and ready to welcome the holy driver.

Wu Yue wore the unique golden spike Izumo Sihe Ruyi sacrifice costume of the Ceres Festival, and walked into the Ceres Pavilion with the emperor and other ministers, and the Cereals Pavilion has prepared the Ceres' tablet, offerings, and offerings, and there are also a large number of offerings such as jade, silk, whole cattle, whole sheep, whole pigs, wine, fruits, and dishes in front of the god seat.

At the beginning of the sacrifice, the drum music was played, and the emperor knelt three times and bowed nine times before the main seat of the grain god card, offered incense, and bowed. Return to the throne, and then bow to the gods of the four directions. After that, the great wizard of Wuyue knelt down to read the blessing of the god of grain, and the emperor and the ministers knelt three times and bowed nine times together.

After that, it is also the focus of the Ceres-worship-monstral festival. That is, the great wizard Wu Yue performed the dance to welcome the gods and welcome the words of the god of grains. I saw him standing against the wind, and the wind blew the wide sleeves of Ceres' sacrificial robes with a loud sound. Wu Yue's ode to the god of ceres also rose, although Mi Tianyu did not understand what the words of the ode said, but also from its melodious voice, I felt a sense of returning to nature and melting into all things.

Perhaps from the perspective of modern people, such behavior is full of superstition and unscientific. But who can argue with this kind of nature worship that has led people to explore nature and created countless treasures that will amaze future generations.

Mi Tianyu watched Wu Yue's every move beside him as if he was communicating with heaven and earth, and a sense of tranquility arose. A master is a master, and I don't have this kind of bearing, but I don't know if I can one day achieve this realm of unity between heaven and man.

After the dance to welcome the gods, the god of grains said, "The longevity of the ministry is true, and the sun retreats and the stars return by one year." ”

Emperor Dexian asked Wu Yue for a solution, and Wu Yue whispered a few words in the emperor's ear, and saw the emperor smiling and satisfied.

Mi Tianyu was very curious, what did the sentence "The long life of the ministry is true, and the sun retreats and the stars return by one year" means, but with the emperor present at the moment, she is not good at chatting with the master, so she pressed her heart and waited for the emperor to leave and then ask the master for a solution.

After the cereal sacrifice, Emperor Dexian of Nan'an was not in a hurry to leave, but took advantage of the beautiful mountain scenery of the Forgotten Worry Peak Zhong Mingyuxiu to wander around in Fayuan Temple. If you want to say that the king of this country is not good, get up early and go to bed late all day to review and review, how can you let go of such a good rest.

So a large group of people, under the leadership of the emperor, tasted tea in the Aiwan Pavilion near the herb garden of Fayuan Temple, and Wu Yue and Mi Tianyu naturally served around.

"Wu Yue, I noticed this masked disciple before, who is he?" The emperor was drinking tea while looking at Wu Yue leisurely.

"Qi Yu Majesty, this is a newly recruited apprentice, called Tianyu." Wu Yue hurriedly beckoned to Mi Tianyu, "Tianyu, don't hurry up and see Your Majesty." ”

Mi Tianyu left Wu Yue's side, walked to the emperor of Nan'anguo, and knocked deeply, "Tianyu, please see Your Majesty, may my emperor enjoy the blessings of immortals forever, and live with the sky." ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, and said to Wu Yue with a smile, "Wu Yue, your apprentice is so sweet, not bad, not bad, let's be flat." ”

Hehe, look, this is a thousand wear sycophants. Mi Tianyu stood up and wandered in his heart, he didn't expect Wei Xiaobao's wise words to be so useful, Jin Yongda was really amazing.

At this time, a young man sitting beside the emperor and wearing a white pine and crane pattern robe with a navy blue background said casually, "Father, don't you want to see the face of this little apprentice under the mask?" ”

Originally, the emperor didn't care too much about this disciple of Fayuan Temple who was wearing a silver mask, but now as soon as he, the fourth prince, said it, he became interested, "Wu Yue, can you let the disciple take off the mask and see the immortal face?" ”

"Your Majesty, the apprentice looks ugly, frightened, Fang brought a mask out to serve."

"Oh? It turns out that there are such reasons. The emperor seemed to be about to reveal this, but he never thought that the unconscious fourth prince would arrive again, "Father, it's okay, such a poor person should obey the destiny of heaven and not be afraid of the world." ”

Hearing such words, Mi Tianyu was angry, didn't he check the yellow calendar today, otherwise why did the fourth prince have been unable to get along with him, and even the face of a "disabled person" had to be admired.

Thinking of this, Mi Tianyu clenched his fists depressedly, and endured not to have a seizure by himself, and to make a disrespectful speech. Fortunately, at this time, the master helped again, "Back to Your Majesty, the fourth prince, this apprentice of the minister lost his face many years ago, his skin is sticky, very terrifying, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice." ”

Wu Yue's words are very reasonable, you see that I am like this, if you have to scare you into having nightmares, it is your own business.

The emperor looked at Mi Tianyu, who was a little "trembling", and the interest aroused by the four princes just now was gone, and he waved his hand directly at Mi Tianyu to signal that he could go down, "In this case, just kneel down." ”

When Mi Tianyu was about to return to the master to be a quiet little apprentice, he heard another voice nearby, "Wait a minute!" ”

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(To be continued)

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