Chapter 796: Sacrifice

The festival at the end of the third year of Dingyuan was very large, and the officials and magnates began to gather in front of the palace gate at the end of the year.

An hour later, they will set off from the Imperial Palace, leave the Kyoto Division, hike to the West Mountain, and climb to the altar at the top of the mountain to witness the festival.

The road from the Imperial Palace to Xishan is patrolled by guards all the way, and the people of Beijing are not allowed to appear on this road today.

The festival belonged to the royal family and those dignitaries, and the people had to work and live a daily life.

When the west gate was not opened, they took the three gates of the south, south, and south, and the road to the west was not allowed to pass, so they took a long detour.

At this time, outside the East City Gate, two figures appeared.

Mr. Xu and the young man did not bring any luggage, stood outside the East City Gate, glanced back, and then turned and strode away.

They walked out for several miles, and on the official road in front of them, more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared.

A young man in front looked at him and asked, "Sir, where are you going?" ”

Mr. Xu raised his head, looked at the guards of King Kang's Mansion, and said, "Go where you should go." ”

The young man smiled and said, "Shouldn't the place where the gentleman should go should be the palace?" ”

Mr. Xu said: "Xu's task has been completed, and the next road needs His Highness to walk by himself." ”

The young man shook his head and said, "Sir should say this to His Highness himself." ”

Mr. Xu looked at the young man and said, "Xu still has important matters, and I hope that Commander Zhang will make it convenient." ”

"I'm sorry, but I'm also on orders." The young man looked at him, waved his hand, and said, "Take them back." ”

More than a dozen palace guards slowly approached the two.

The young man behind Mr. Xu stepped forward and stood in front of him.

After a while.

Including the commander, everyone was already lying on the ground, and they didn't know who was going to do it.

The two led their horses, turned from the official road to the path, and the figure gradually disappeared.

At this time, on the West Mountain, everything about this festival has been prepared, the sacrificial instruments are in place, and the right Ximen guards are all over the West Mountain, ready to be called at any time.

Back Mountain.

A team of twenty people walked through the mountain trail, and one said: "Who doesn't know that the back mountain is a cliff, and there is still a need to search for it?" ”

The captain at the head said: "Be careful, there is no big mistake, today's matter, there can be no mistakes!" ”

He looked behind him and said, "Everyone keep my eyes open and cheer up!" ”

When everyone heard this, their spirits lifted slightly, and they looked around left and right.

At a certain moment, someone suddenly exclaimed: "There seems to be someone in front!" ”

When the words fell, everyone's eyes looked over, only to see two figures appear outside the woods in front of them, looking at their clothes, they didn't look like the people of the right West Gate guard.

"Stop!"

The lieutenant let out a loud shout and ran quickly to the other side, followed by everyone behind him.

When the two men saw that they were discovered, they seemed to be a little panicked, and they ran into the forest quickly, and under the pursuit of more than 20 people in the rear, they ran from side to side, rushing left and right, although there were only two of them, but they also made the 20 pursuers panting, and they did not even touch the corners of their clothes.

More than 20 people chased for a quarter of an hour, and finally caught up to a wide area, the two people stopped running, and a right Ximen guard in the rear held on to the tree, bent down, looked at them, and gasped: "Run, why don't you run......"

Before he could finish his sentence, his voice stopped abruptly.

Because just as he was speaking, from the forest behind the two people, a dense figure suddenly poured out, and at a glance, there were at least hundreds of thousands of people.

The faces of several people changed in an instant, and the lieutenant turned around without hesitation and shouted, "Run!" ”

It's just that they have just overdrawn their physical strength, how can they outrun Zuo Xiaowei, who has been recuperating all night, was quickly restrained and pressed to the ground.

Xiao Jue walked out of the crowd, looked at the captured right Ximen guards, and waved his hand: "Picked!" ”

……

Tang Ning got up before dawn to wash, changed into official clothes, and came to the palace.

Although he has a lot of identities, this time he is wearing armor that belongs to the general, and he also wears soft armor under the armor.

Even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't withstand thousands of troops, just in case, in addition to being fully armed, Tang Ning also arranged for Lao Zheng to accompany him.

On a winter morning, although there was no snow, the cold was still biting, and some of the old ministers of the court stood in front of the palace gate, shivering from the cold, but they still had to maintain their manners, and they couldn't reach out to wipe their snot when they ran down.

However, this is not the hardest time for them, and the long journey to be carried out in a while is the time to test their physical strength.

Every festival of the royal family is extremely luxurious, the rituals are complicated, the instruments are exquisite, and every step has strict etiquette regulations.

For example, the section of the road from the palace to the altar can only be measured by footsteps, and cannot use any means of transportation, which is no exception even to the emperor, but Emperor Chen is physically strong, and it is nothing to walk for more than ten miles, and those old ministers in the court can't bear it.

Scholar Zhang and several really elderly ministers were exempt from participating in the festival like King Huai, but there were still some people who wanted to grit their teeth and insist.

Tang Ning exchanged glances with Marquis Wu Lie and General Ling and stood in his place.

When the first light appeared in front of everyone's eyes on the eastern horizon, there was a burst of bells from the palace.

Emperor Chen and several princes, under the protection of the guards, walked out of the palace, behind them was a mighty guard of honor, and after that, there was a band of more than 100 people.

The honor guard of the royal family, plus the powerful officials, and some entourage, the whole procession stretched for several miles, and Tang Ning had been in Beijing for many years, and it was the first time he had seen such a big battle.

King Kang is no longer a prince, his position is behind King Duan and King Run, and even further back than King Fu, not far in front of Tang Ning.

Tang Ning had been paying attention to King Kang since just now, but his expression did not fluctuate from beginning to end.

Tang Ning knew King Kang at the beginning, he was full of joy and anger, and he knew what he was thinking by looking at his expression, but I don't know when he began to show this expressionless appearance from time to time, and he couldn't guess his mind at all.

After experiencing a major setback or change, it is possible for a person's temperament to change dramatically, but the change of King Kang is still frightening.

While Tang Ning was observing King Kang, King Kang was also observing Emperor Chen.

The people who walked at the forefront of the civil and military officials and the royal family were naturally the people with the most respected status, and only the emperor could walk in that position.

And that position is about to be his.

Thinking of this, even if he had already practiced the ability to be indistinguishable from mood and mood, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

Chen Huang walked ahead, suddenly felt something, and looked back.

But there was nothing in the rear except for the slowly marching procession......

[ps: Xiao Langjun published a book on May 24 last year, and now it is the first anniversary......]

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