"This person is Luo Ying?"

Zhao Hongrun looked at the young man beside the prince of the East Palace in the distance with some surprise.

For Luo Ying, although Zhao Hongrun has not yet taken a photo, he is no stranger, after all, this person was the second place in the scientific examination last year.

Don't think that this person didn't get the champion and felt that it was just that, you know, last year's exam, and He Xinxian, the grandson of He Xiangxu, the original Chinese secretary at that time.

For that guy, Zhao Hongrun still has grievances, but it is undeniable that He Xinxian has been famous since he was a child, and he can be said to be on a par with Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother "Qiliner" Zhao Hongzhao, not only one of the earliest founders of the "Yafeng Poetry Club", but also regarded as a proud young generation leader by the Daliang people.

I remember the imperial court at that time, I don't know how many people thought that He Xinxian could easily win the honor of the top student in the scientific examination that year.

Unexpectedly, this real champion was defeated by two unborn heroes, and only won the honor of third place, which made countless Liang people sigh.

Removing personal prejudices, even Zhao Hongrun has to admit that He Xinxian is indeed full of talent, and the reason why he lost last year was just that he was unlucky and met two other more talented young heroes.

And the two who defeated He Xinxian at that time, one was Kou Zheng, a son of the Shangdang Hanmen, and the other was this Luo Ying.

For this Luo Ying, Zhao Hongrun also heard a news.

It is said that after reading this person's article that day, both the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites vigorously invited this scholar, especially the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sheyou, who spoke highly of this person's article as "bold and disciplined".

Unexpectedly, Luo Ying politely declined the kind invitation of the Ministry of Rites, rejected the low-hanging fruit, and became a staff member next to Hongli, the prince of the East Palace.

Let's be honest. This made Zhao Hongrun a little puzzled.

In his opinion, it seems that such a handsome man who can defeat He Xinxian with his talent, even if he is not attached to the prince Hongli, can have a smooth career, especially in the etiquette department where the rules are old-fashioned but the atmosphere is the clearest, Luo Ying, who is full of talent. There is no doubt that he can gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of Rites, and then gradually rise to the top under the heavy support of the Ministry of Rites.

To put it bluntly, you can rely on your ability to eat, so why bother to seek refuge with the prince of the East Palace?

You must know that once you are involved in seizing the heir, this is a road of no return, unless the prince of the East Palace really ascends the throne as the emperor on the future, otherwise, a talent like Luo Ying who has been labeled as "East Palace" early. The outcome of the future is not difficult to predict.

After all, political standing in line is extremely crucial, even if you are only eight fights, but if you stand on the wrong team, the end will not be much better, after all, in this huge world, how can you really be lacking?

It stands to reason that Zhao Hongrun feels that a handsome man like Luo Ying should understand the importance of maintaining neutrality and waiting for the price to sell. But the other party threw himself into the East Palace without hesitation, which made Zhao Hongrun a little guessable.

At this time. On the high platform, the officials of the Ministry of Rites who assisted in the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens had already prepared the sacrifices.

On this occasion, the sacrifice of chickens and ducks is completely not of the grade, and I saw that in front of Zhao Hongrun, there was a cow, a sheep, and a pig. They were tied with ropes and sturdy, and with cloth in their mouths, they "knelt" before the sacrificial table.

On that sacrificial table, there were chickens, ducks, and geese that had been killed and dehaired, as well as some delicate vegetarian dishes and pastries. In the middle of the situation is a fish two palms wide, according to Zhao Hongrun's visual inspection, this fish should still be alive, but it didn't move for some reason.

And behind the sacrificial table, there are also five large tripods, which are full of grains.

However, what made Zhao Hongrun feel most distressed was the precious jade and gold utensils on the sacrificial table.

For as far as he knew, these were sacrifices, and they would be thrown into the pile of firewood and burned later, yes, including the priceless jade and gold vessels.

"Let's get started."

Wei Tianzi, who was wearing an ink-colored golden silk dragon fur, whispered solemnly.

Hearing this, even the narrow-minded prince of the East Palace in Zhao Hongrun's impression was full of solemnity and solemnity at this time, standing in front of the large pile of firewood, bowing respectfully to the east for nine times, and then took the torch from the official of the Ministry of Rites and lit the pile of firewood.

This is called the ritual, according to Zhao Hongrun's understanding, it is probably to use the smell of smoke to inform the heavenly father that he can prepare to go down to earth to receive sacrifices.

In a short time, the firewood was burning.

At the same time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to slaughter the three animals, namely a cow, a sheep, and a pig.

Zhao Hongrun didn't know if the people in charge of the knife were from the kitchen background, he only felt that those people were simply very powerful, and they dissected the three sacrifices in three times, which was quite a bit of a cook.

And what is incredible is that in the process of relieving the three sacrifices, those few people were bloodied first, so that from beginning to end, there was no blood on the white altar, which in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, was simply a miracle.

After waiting for the directors of the Ministry of Rites, who Zhao Hongrun suspected of being from the kitchen, to dismantle the three animals, the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, walked over, took the three sacrificial internal organs, and put them into the lacquered wooden tray covered with red silk in the hands of several officials of the Ministry of Rites behind him, and the latter presented them on the sacrificial table.

After that, some officials from the Ministry of Rites came over, holding lacquered wooden trays that were one size larger than the previous one, also padded with red silk.

And this time, Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, picked up the meat on the three sacrificial bodies and placed them on the tray as well. This time, these officials of the Ministry of Rites directly held the tray and put it into the pile of fires.

Zhao Hongrun looked sleepy on the sidelines, in his opinion, wouldn't it be enough to throw all these sacrifices and tributes into the fire, and he had to come up with a precedence rule.

As Zhao Hongrun thought, there is a sequence of sacrifices and tributes to the heavens in the ritual of sacrificing to the heavens, and not everything has to be thrown into the fire, such as the three animals, only the flesh on the body, as well as internal organs, such as the head, feet, tail, bones and other parts, are not sacrificed.

If Zhao Hongrun is interested, he can take a leg back to roast and gnaw on it afterwards, or take a few bones back to make a soup, in the customs of the Great Wei, this is called "giving a gloss".

And the wine used for sacrifices. He can drink a few cups, which also has an auspicious name, called "Drinking Blessing".

Overall, it's better.

In fact, the reason why the people of Daliang who were watching attached so much importance to this kind of sacrificial ceremony was actually because they wanted to get some after the sacrifice. Even if it's just a small piece of meat, the meaning is good.

It is undeniable that the Wei people's devotion to the Heavenly Father and Mother is no less than that of the Chu people, who fear ghosts and gods.

After the presentation of the three animals, there is the "five grains", which basically means that the five grains contained in the five bronze tripods are ignited, which in Zhao Hongrun's view is also a pure waste of food.

And after the prince Hongli threw those jade and gold utensils into the fire, Zhao Hongrun brushed his eyes even more distressedly. He was eager to rush over and dig those priceless treasures out of the fire and stuff them into his arms.

One after another, the tributes and sacrifices to the Heavenly Father have been thrown into the fire one by one, although there is no guarantee that the Heavenly Father will really be able to receive these tributes, but the smell of those incense seduces Zhao Hongrun's stomach to growl.

And at this time, the real most eye-catching drama came. After waiting for the prince of the East Palace to clean his hands, the drums on the high platform rang out again. The ritual music was played, and at the same time, Luo Ying, a staff member beside the crown prince Hongli, respectfully handed a silk prayer book in his hand to the prince of the East Palace, which was written. It was the prince Hongli who wanted to recite the heavenly sacrifice in front of countless people under the high platform.

Seeing the prince of the East Palace, Hongli holding the sacrificial text in his hand, walked to the southeast side of the high altar, facing the east, the people under the altar of heaven were all looking forward to it.

However, Zhao Hongrun's gaze unexpectedly fell on the young staff member named Luo Ying again, because of what King Yong Hongyu said. Today's sacrifice to the heavens is written by this one.

You know, that's pretty damn a thing.

After all, it stands to reason that such a crucial event as the sacrificial text should be written by a scholar from the Ministry of Rites, after all, the memorial text pays attention to ornate rhetoric, and it is not just a matter of writing a few eulogies.

Therefore, even if the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, favors his staff Luo Ying, the Ministry of Rites will not approve of it, unless......

"Unless this Luo Ying's style impresses the officials!"

Zhao Hongrun opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the elegant Luo Ying.

However, just when Zhao Hongrun was secretly looking at Luo Ying, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of the corner of Yongwang Hongyu beside him, and the corner of his mouth raised a little inexplicable faint smile.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun was stunned in his heart, and immediately, he subconsciously looked at the prince of the East Palace standing on the southeast side of the Temple of Heaven.

"What's going on?" …… Look, what is that idiot doing?'

Zhao Hongrun squinted his eyes and looked at the prince of the East Palace from afar, and vaguely found that the prince Hongli was holding the sacrificial text in his hand, his face was flushed, and even the whole person seemed to be trembling slightly.

"What's going on?"

Gradually, everyone on the high platform of the Temple of Heaven felt that something was wrong.

Even Wei Tianzi frowned, and whispered with a little displeasure: "Hongli, what are you waiting for?" Don't miss the auspicious time! ”

And the official Shangshu Sheyou walked behind the prince Hongli and reminded in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the prince, quickly recite the sacrificial text." ”

However, at this time, the crown prince Hongli was full of redness.

"Read? I'm!'

Prince Hongli gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Sheshangshu, the words of the sacrificial text...... Gone. ”

As he spoke, his eyes were still fixed on the sacrificial text in his hand.

"What?"

Hearing this, the face of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Youyou changed suddenly, and he didn't care about the rules, so he took two steps forward and stood behind the prince and glanced at the sacrificial text in his hand.

Sure enough, as the prince Hongli said, there was not a word on the sacrificial text.

Seeing this, the official Shangshu You almost lost his mind and screamed, endured the horror in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "How can this be?" ”

"I don't know ...... Hongu either."

Prince Hongli said with a panicked face.

They looked at each other.

You must know that this sacrificial text, which was written by Luo Ying, a staff member next to Prince Hongli, before setting off today, was written by Luo Ying, a staff member of the crown prince's side, and there were many adults in the official department watching at the time, and one stroke at a time, it was clear to see.

After that, this sacrificial text was personally kept by Feng Shu, the head of the sect guard beside the prince, and it was handed over to Luo Ying when it arrived at the Temple of Heaven.

It can be said that this memorial document was kept by the crown prince Hongli from beginning to end, who would have thought that such a shocking change would occur.

"This ...... What to do?'

The high authority is like the Ministry of Rites, and it is also shocking like the earth.

You must know that the ritual of worshiping the heavens will not allow the slightest mistake. (To be continued.) )