12th (10th of first month)
Fortunately, the forbidden army has quickly cleaned up the royal horse farm, and no one can detect what happened not long ago, which can be regarded as saving face for the Celestial Empire, if this matter is known by the outer domain, it will definitely laugh at the Celestial Empire's incompetence. It's a pity that the explosion just now killed more than ten people who knocked the bow on the field, but fortunately, the power of the demon thunder was not great, and the people on the field only suffered some minor injuries due to falling horses and stampedes, and they were basically fine after treatment.
Under the command of Zhang Changzong, the forbidden army carried out a strict investigation of everyone in case of any more accidents, because the Son of Heaven is coming, everyone has no objection to this strict investigation.
Before the time, everyone had already entered, and the originally empty stands were now extremely lively. The stands are divided into east and west sides, the Son of Heaven high platform is in the center, on the left side is the princes and nobles of the Celestial Dynasty and the civil and military officials, everyone is full of nobility, the men are distinguished according to their status and wear various colors of round-necked narrow-sleeved robes, waist wearing fish bags, and the family members are also brightly dressed, the hair style and makeup are exquisite, and a piece of auspicious atmosphere is approaching the festival. On the right side of the high platform sat the envoys of the foreign feudal clans, the envoys of the festival, the flags of the various feudal clans on the stand covered the air, and the people sitting were also dressed in different clothes and hair accessories, but they were all exquisitely accessory, and they talked very happily, and everyone was waiting for the arrival of the Son of Heaven. Under the stands, the forbidden army was densely standing all around, and outside the royal horse farm was guarded by the left and right Yulin troops, and then the periphery was full of bad people from the Shendu, led by the bad marshal to inspect suspicious people. If the previous thing happened again in front of everyone, then the gods could be said to be swept away, so Zhang Changzong strengthened his vigilance and did not allow any more mistakes.
Li Ke stood outside the Royal Racecourse and looked into the distance, he was waiting for someone, because of the previous incident, he was really uneasy in his heart, he was afraid that something would happen again, he could not be able to do it alone, so he sent someone to deliver a letter, hoping to get this person's help. Finally, a familiar figure appeared not far away, dressed in white, it was Pei Min, at this moment he was Li Ke's most trusted person, no matter his martial arts and courage, he could help him; Pei Min and Li Ke have a very close relationship, and they ask each other for this matter, and they should help each other.
When Li Ke saw Pei Min, he quickly stepped forward to greet him, and led him into a room, changed his clothes, and like himself, he dressed up as an ordinary guard, and brought him to Li Sanlang. Li Ke introduced Pei Min to Li Sanlang: "This person is my old friend, and his martial arts are quite high, Li is afraid that there will be another incident today, so please help!" After hearing this, Li Sanlang immediately bowed his hand and replied: "Thank you for your help, Li Sanlang will be rewarded one day!" Pei Min smiled and replied politely: "Li Sicheng is polite, I am a friend of life and death, if necessary, I will definitely help him, I can't thank you!" Li Sanlang continued to ask: "Dare to ask the hero's name." Pei Min smiled again and replied: "People in the rivers and lakes, the name is not enough to worry about, and we will talk about it after today's matter." Li Sanlang knew that Pei Min didn't want to be named, and he didn't force it anymore, so he let him sit behind him with Li Ke.
After a while, with a voice of "The emperor has arrived, everyone will take over!" The female emperor finally arrived, and the royal horse farm was suddenly silent, and everyone present stood up and greeted each other.
The royal horse farm began to walk into a long procession, which walked in the front is the forbidden army accompanied by the Son of Heaven, not to mention there are hundreds of people, after the forbidden army entered the royal horse farm, went directly to the high platform of the Son of Heaven, and then stood on both sides, drained out a road only for the Son of Heaven to pass, after the forbidden army was completed, it was a guard of honor that passed through, all holding the yellow Luo cover, all holding the yellow Luo cover, all from the entrance of the royal horse farm to the high platform of the Son of Heaven, followed by the entry of the samurai with a color helmet and armor, a team of colored flags, a team of drums, swords, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks... I can't see the end, there are at least a thousand people who accompany the female emperor, the scene and pomp are not small, and the envoys of the foreign feudal domains and the envoys of various festivals are also whispering praise.
After everyone in the entourage slowly entered, the female emperor finally rode in on the dragon, which was driven by six horses in front of the dragon, which is the so-called six emperors of the Son of Heaven; The dragon was tall and broad, and its body was inlaid with gold, silver, jade, precious stones, and pearls; The body is also carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, showing the royal noble and luxurious style; I saw the female emperor sitting on the dragon bowl, dressed in the same way as when she was in the dynasty that day, with gold ornaments, twelve white beads, and a group as a tassel, the color was like a ribbon, the ears were filled with black silk, the hosta guide, the Xuanyi, and the silk dress. There are eight patterns of clothing: sun, moon, star, dragon, mountain, Chinese insect, fire, Zongyi; There are four kinds of patterns: algae, pink rice, yellow, and yellow. The garment and collar are the ascending dragons, and the weaving becomes them. Wearing a tiara, stepping on yellow satin and blue soles towards boots.
Today, the female emperor's spirit seems to be more than ever, her face is cold, and she is not angry and arrogant! Everyone saw the female emperor's dragon slowly driving in, and suddenly burst out into a tsunami-like voice, shouting in unison: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" The female emperor didn't give any signal, but slowly walked towards the high platform of the Son of Heaven with the dragon, and everyone cried out.
The dragon finally arrived under the high platform of the Son of Heaven, and the accompanying eunuch hurriedly took out a long piece of dragon cloth, which was laid from the dragon bowl to the dragon chair on the high platform, and a person stood next to the dragon bowl, it was Zhang Yizhi, he was also dressed gorgeously today, with a gold belt in his hair, and a jade pendant at his waist, he supported the female emperor and slowly got off the dragon bowl, and the female emperor let go of Zhang Yizhi's hand as soon as she landed, and walked to the dragon chair on the high platform step by step, as if to prove to the world that he was safe!
Finally, the female emperor walked to the dragon chair, she slowly turned around, looked around at everyone present, and before she could speak, tens of thousands of people in the royal horse farm immediately knelt down and shouted in unison again: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" The sound was louder and louder.
After a long time, the female emperor raised her hands and motioned for everyone to calm down, everyone stopped shouting, and the female emperor herself slowly sat down on the dragon chair. The high platform of the Son of Heaven is divided into two layers, the dragon chair is placed on the highest floor, and four seats are set up on the next floor, on the left is the prince Li Xian and Zhang Cambodia, and on the right is Liang Wang Wu Sansi and Princess Taiping.
The female emperor raised her hand again and motioned for everyone to sit down, and everyone shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" So they all took their seats again.
Zhang Changzong has been holding the holy decree since the female emperor entered the royal horse farm, standing on the side of the dragon chair, seeing everyone seated, the female emperor handed Zhang Changzong a look, Zhang Changzong comprehended, held the holy decree, walked to the middle of the high platform, and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said." During the Shangyuan Festival, a bowing ceremony was held here to continue the love between the Great Zhou and the Ten Thousand Domains. Today's event is better than my big week, a bounty of 100 taels, and a thousand horses. Chin this! ”
As soon as this decree was announced, the royal horse farm was suddenly full of people, this gold hundred taels, silk thousand horses is not a small amount, enough to be rich, even the dignitaries in this god capital can not help but be shocked when they hear this reward! The female emperor is really a big deal, but on the other hand, the female emperor is also aspiring.
Zhang Changzong raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued to say loudly: "In this event, each game is divided into two games, one pillar of incense each, and the one with more points of incense wins; Or the first to score 10 goals wins! Before Zhang Changzong finished speaking, there were another tsunami-like cheers in the Royal Horse Farm.
After a long time, Zhang Changzong continued to say loudly: "After the first selection, the bow team that represents the Great Zhou this time belongs to the account of King Liang!" After that, more than ten horseback horses entered the bow team under King Liang's tent, and the scene immediately resounded with huge cheers. The crown prince Li Xian and Zhang Cambodia had just entered the royal racecourse, and they didn't know what happened before, and now they saw that it was the king of Liang who was fighting, and he was very surprised, he never thought that Li Sanlang would lose the election, and hurriedly looked around to find Li Sanlang's figure and seek answers. In order to ensure the integrity of the Son of Heaven, according to the rules, Li Sanlang is not allowed to approach the high platform of the Son of Heaven, so Li Sanlang cannot go to tell him. The prince searched for a while, but he didn't see Li Sanlang, so he could only give up silently. Wu Sansi saw that the participating team was under the account of King Liang's mansion, and he was overjoyed for a while, although he had been training rigorously, it was estimated that even he himself was not sure that his bow team could defeat the prince's side.
Seeing that the team under King Liang's tent had entered, Zhang Changzong asked loudly, "May I ask who wants to fight first?" ”
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention that the hundred taels of gold are far beyond the level of the heavy reward, so a person immediately stood up on the high platform on the right side and replied loudly: "By the grace of Your Majesty, I am willing to ask for the first battle!" The teams from the various vassal kingdoms were already waiting outside the arena, and the man waved his hand, and the bowing team under the tent of the Turtle Kingdom began to enter.
After the two teams were ready, Zhang Changzong said loudly: "Set Ding, burn incense!" With that, several little eunuchs hurriedly carried out a copper incense burner and placed it on the high platform of the Son of Heaven, as the incense was lit, Zhang Changzong waved the flag, and the event began!
Although the strength of the bow team under the account of King Liang is not as good as the prince's side, but after all, it is also a good hand in this bow, the game just began to gallop on horseback, directly attacking the opponent's hinterland, which is the opponent of the turtle country, this is not to ten fingers to be scored a goal, the scene broke out again into warm applause, the female emperor is also happy, that Wu Sansi is even more excited and almost shoots the case, but because of the identity can only pretend to be calm.
The Guizi team began to attack, but within a few rounds, Ju was taken away again, and the Liang Wang team passed several times and scored again. This time, Wu Sansi didn't suppress the joy in his heart anymore, he raised the wine on the table in front of him and drank it all, and shouted, "Happy!" Taiping on the side looked at Wu Sansi, sneered, and continued to be silent.
The game continued, but the game with Qiuzi was one-sided, only half a pillar of incense, the score was already 9-0, Wu Sansi was overjoyed, while pouring wine, while drinking; At this time, the prince's face was pale, and he was very unhappy in his heart.
With the Liang Kings team scoring another point, Qiuzi was finally defeated. The empress also showed joy on her face, and asked Zhang Changzong to ask loudly: "What does Qiuzi Shichen think of this competition?" The Qiuzi envoy hurriedly got up, put his right hand on his chest, bent down and replied: "Da Zhou's skills are outstanding, my Qiuzi bows!" ”
Hearing what Qiuzi said, the female emperor immediately laughed and said slowly: "The envoy is serious! Although you are defeated today, in order to show their bravery, they will be given ten taels of gold and one hundred horses! When the envoy heard this, his face was delighted, and he quickly knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty! The Emperor waved her hand and motioned for the game to continue.
Zhang Changzong continued to ask loudly: "Who wants to fight again?" ”