Chapter 804: Falling from the Horse

On the 15th day of July in the first year of Longtai in Chu, there was no clouds, which was naturally an extremely important day for the Chu Empire.

The emperor's wedding is scheduled for July 18, but before the wedding, according to the royal tradition, you must go to the imperial tomb to worship your ancestors.

The imperial mausoleum is located in the southeast corner of Jianye capital city 100 miles of land, in order to choose the address of the imperial mausoleum, the state of Chu also spent a lot of effort, so that the onmyoji calculated the best direction of feng shui, and let people carefully calculate the distance, and finally determined the location of the imperial mausoleum, not only the keel of the three generations of emperors before the state of Chu inhabit here, and as early as the time of Emperor Taizong, the tombs of the ancestors of the Xiao family were also moved here.

Although several generations of emperors of Chu were thrifty, and because of the war with the Northern Han Dynasty, the empire's finances were huge, but the imperial court still allocated a large amount of money for the construction of the imperial tomb.

Decades down, today's Imperial Mausoleum is already a grand scale, around the Imperial Mausoleum, is already a lush forest, the center of the Imperial Mausoleum, but also built a huge sacrificial platform, in the vicinity of the Imperial Mausoleum, there is a garrison of two hundred people to guard the Mausoleum, these two hundred people have been stationed here for many years, to take care of the Imperial Mausoleum.

July 16 is the auspicious day of the zodiac selected by Si Tiantai for sacrifice, so on July 15, the emperor will lead the civil and military officials to the imperial tomb.

Early in the morning of July 15th, hundreds of officials gathered, from the imperial city lined up to follow the dragon chariot, from the south gate out, on the wide official road, the flag was unfurled, covering the sky and the sun, the front was a phalanx composed of a group of cavalry, all the iron armor cold light, the majesty was incomparable, all the soldiers held spears slowly, two columns held flags, the expression was solemn.

It was followed by a phalanx of cavalry, the same armor, shining with cold light and majesty under the bright eyes.

This time the person in charge of guarding the sacrifice is naturally the royal feather forest camp, Chi Fengdian personally led 800 elite soldiers of the feather forest camp to take on the duty of guarding, the imperial court is obviously also to guard against the emperor out of Beijing, someone in the capital will take the opportunity to make trouble, so the tiger god camp is still stationed in the capital, in the emperor out of Beijing for a few days, the whole city is curfew.

The phalanx marched forward in an orderly manner, and the teams in front and behind were all Jin Ge iron armor, full of a solemn aura, and the hearts of those who saw it would be in awe.

The flags fluttered, dazzling, and the hundred officials were arranged from front to back according to the level of rank, and the whole team looked majestic and majestic.

In the middle of the procession, the golden light is dazzling, magnificent, it is the emperor's golden dragon chariot, under the sun, the golden dragon chariot is brilliant, colorful, luxurious and magnificent, it seems that the light between heaven and earth is emitted from this.

People naturally can't see the emperor in the dragon chariot, but they see that the eight horses pulling the dragon chariot are all snow-white, and white horses are hard to find, not to mention eight white horses that are almost identical, they have no stray hair on their bodies, and they are extremely supple, like eight divine horses descending from the heavenly palace.

In front of the dragon chariot, is a group of monks dressed in light yellow monk's robes, under the sun, the brand-new monk's clothes shine, all the monks are hands together, but the footsteps are quite brisk, and the front is two white-bearded old monks, wearing robes, more majestic, although the two old monks look not young, but the pace is steady, when walking, the monk's robe does not move, it can be seen that the cultivation is not shallow.

Everyone naturally knows that this group of monks are all senior monks who came from the Great Bright Temple, and the Great Bright Temple has long been given as a royal temple by the imperial court.

It's just that among the thirteen monks of Guangming this time, only two senior monks were present, and people who don't know the truth don't look at it as famous, but a very few people also see that this Great Guangming Temple is only afraid that something is wrong.

Behind the dragon chariot, there is a group of gray-robed Taoist priests, all the Taoist priests are combing high Taoist hair, wearing gray Taoist robes, and each hand is dusting, among the Taoist priests, four tall Taoist priests carry a round pedestal, and an old Taoist with fluttering crane hair sits cross-legged on the platform.

This group of Taoist priests is the Taoist chief from Longhu Mountain.

Sacrificing to the imperial mausoleum, extraordinary, not only to the monk chanting the scriptures, but also to the Taoist practice, the influence of Buddhism in Chu is far more than Taoism, the declining Taoist door is now famous only one of Longhu Mountain can still support the façade, so this time the court summoned the Longhu Mountain Lingxu to teach, preside over the sacrificial practice.

Compared with the senior monks of the Great Light Temple, the pomp of this Lingxu Daoist is obviously larger.

Although most of the civil and military courtiers rode horses, a very small number of them went to the imperial tomb in a sedan chair.

Sacrificing to the imperial tomb, if most of the courtiers can't ride a horse, they can only walk on foot, which is the etiquette system of the imperial court, that is, Ma Lan of the Zhenguo Company, that is also on horseback.

However, Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites is very old, and a Confucian, naturally can not ride a horse, recently this time is tired again, such an old minister does not say that walking a hundred miles on foot, even if it is a dozen miles of road, it is not able to hold, so the little emperor of Longtai made a decree early, but all the old ministers who are too old to walk on foot at all, can take a sedan chair to go, and there are more than ten old ministers who can neither ride horses nor travel on foot in the middle of the court are taking sedan chairs.

The long procession was like a long dragon, and slowly left the capital in the sound of ritual music.

Qi Ning is among the hundred officials.

He was dressed in court clothes and rode on a horse, with dense human heads in front and behind, but Qi Ning had already discovered that the prince of Eastern Qi did not go out of Beijing to worship the imperial tomb this time, which was what Qi Ning expected.

Although the Eastern Qi is a small country, Duan Shao, the prince of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, is a very arrogant person, and he has never knelt down to Longtai in the court of the Chu State, and as the prince of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, it is naturally impossible to go to the imperial tomb of the Chu State to worship the emperors of the Chu State.

And the Golden Dao Hou Taihuang did not go with the car.

Qi Ning thought to himself that it seems that the body of the Golden Daohou is really not as good as a day, otherwise it is impossible for Taihuang not to attend such a major event as sacrificing the imperial tomb, and he will fight for a lifetime, but now he can only lie on the sickbed all year round, Qi Ning felt a little emotional.

There are scouts at the front of the team to open the way, and there are also Yulin Battalion rangers roaming around the left and right flanks to ensure that the team is not disturbed by anyone.

The mighty sacrificial procession went out of the city for more than ten miles, Qi Ning was riding on the horse thoughtfully, suddenly heard an exclamation in front of him, and then saw some commotion in front, Qi Ning's heart sank, tightened the reins of the horse, and urged the horse forward, at this time he heard a shout from the front: "Zhenguo Gong has fallen off the horse!" ”

Although Qi Ning is one of the four hereditary candidates, it stands to reason that he can follow behind Sima Lan, but because Yuan Laoshang and other old ministers are riding in a sedan chair, Qi Ning also shows respect for the elderly, and follows behind a group of sedan chairs, so there are more than a dozen sedan chairs between him and Sima Lan.

He heard an exclamation from the front, and immediately worried about Longtai in his heart, and did not hesitate to urge the horse forward, at this time he heard someone shouting that Sima Lan had fallen off the horse, and his heart was very strange, at this time he had urged the horse to pass, and saw that a group of people had gathered around Sima Lan, Sima Lan was lying on the ground at this time, Sima Changshen was holding Sima Lan from behind, with an anxious face, and shouted repeatedly: "Father, father!" ”

Qi Ning turned over and dismounted, a little strange, and stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with the old man?" ”

There was already a humane on the side: "The old man's horse was suddenly frightened and jumped, and the old man accidentally fell off the horse." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "The horse is frightened? I wondered how the horse could be frightened when nothing special was happening nearby, but since this man said this, many people naturally saw it.

Sima Lan was lying in Sima Changshen's arms, his face was full of pain, someone on the side wanted to step forward to help him up, Sima Changshen had already said in a deep voice: "Don't move, my father may have injured his muscles and bones, where is the imperial doctor, let the imperial doctor come and take a look." ”

At this time, the king of Huainan also rushed over, saw Sima Changshen lying on the ground, frowned, and said, "What's the matter with the old man?" Seeing that there was some panic around, he said loudly: "Don't mess around, don't come over." At this time, he had already seen the envoy of the Tai Hospital Fan coming over in a hurry, and the king of Huainan immediately said: "Envoy Fan, hurry up and help the old man take a look and see if he is injured." ”

Qi Ning saw that the King of Huainan looked solemn, thinking that this King of Huainan was probably putting on a show in front of people again, since the ghost shadow A Jiu died in Sima Mansion, this King of Huainan and Sima Lan have already torn their faces, and when they enter the court on weekdays, even if they are face-to-face, they don't greet one, but today King Huainan seems to be very concerned.

Fan Yuan envoy stepped forward, first let everyone disperse, and then ordered two people to help Sima Lan lie down, Qi Ning stood on the side, saw Fan Yuan envoy stretched out his hand on Sima Lan's shoulders and waist and touched it continuously, soon Fan Yuan envoy's expression began to be solemn, Sima Chang Shen looked anxious, seeing that Fan Yuan Envoy's expression was not right, he asked in a deep voice: "Fan Yuan Envoy, what is the situation?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, the old man's waist bone seems to be slightly misaligned." Fan Yuan envoy said: "I can't stand up for the time being. ”

"Lumbar misalignment?" Sima Chang said cautiously: "Then what should I do?" ”

The envoy of the Fan Yuan hurriedly said: "Master Hou doesn't need to worry, the old Guogong's waist bone is misaligned, but on the muscles and bones, there will not be much of a problem, as long as the imperial doctor who understands the muscles and bones is slightly moved, and then the medicine is applied, it will be raised, and there will be no big problem." ”

King Huainan frowned and said, "Envoy Fan, according to your meaning, the old prince is going back to Beijing for treatment?" ”

"I want to return to the prince, but I want to return to the capital immediately." Fan Yuan's envoy Zhengse said: "The lumbar bone is misaligned, it cannot be delayed, the longer the time, the greater the damage, and even if it is treated here, there is no suitable medicine." ”

"You can't go back to Beijing." Ma Lan of Zhenguo Company raised his hand, as if holding back the pain, and waved his hand: "Such a big event as sacrificing the imperial tomb, old man..... How could the old man be absent? Fan Yuan, you ...... You send someone to fetch the medicine, old man..... The old man is waiting here, you treat it on the spot, and after the bones are removed, the old man will also be carried to the imperial tomb! ”

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