The emperor, empress and concubines continued to the south along the moat, and after walking for a short time, they arrived outside the main gate of the South Palace. There are many tall whitebark pines inside and outside the gate of Nangong, which grow lush and lush. Although he hadn't entered the palace yet, he could already clearly hear Zhong Pan's voice from the palace. The scale of the Da Jiao presided over by Zhang Zhenren of Longhu Mountain is not small, and it will last for a full 7749 days, so this Da Jiao has already begun, but today is the climax, and the holding is the Putian Da Jiao that needs to be worshiped by the Son of Heaven.

The yellow chariot on which the emperor and his concubines rode stopped on the white marble road in the middle of the whitebark pine. At this time, Zhang Zhenren had already led a large group of Taoists to kneel there to greet him.

Emperor Chongde took the empress and the two concubines to slowly walk up the carved dragon jade steps and entered the palace gate. Zhang Zhenren led the emperor and his party into the Longde Hall in the center, where the emperor and the concubines first had to accept the worship of those Taoist priests, and then take a rest, drink some tea or something, and then walked back under the guidance of Zhang Zhenren.

This Longhu Mountain Zhang Zhenren is actually what the folk call Zhang Tianshi. This Heavenly Master was originally an authentic title, but after the founding of the Zhao Dynasty, Emperor Taizu said: "How can there be a teacher in heaven? "Then the honorific title of Heavenly Master was abolished, and it was changed to the Great True Sect of the Righteous Heir. However, the people still call it "Heavenly Master", and the imperial court does not actually interfere.

Now the name of Zhang Zhenren, who leads Emperor Chongde backwards, is Zhang Xianzu, and it has been fifty-one years since the first generation of Heavenly Masters cut down mountains and destroyed temples to establish the Heavenly Master System.

Emperor Chongde took his concubines, under the guidance of Zhang Zhenren, through the towering Feihong Bridge, and then through the Qianyun Palace, the Jiali Gate, and the Yongming Palace, and arrived at a small square behind the Yongming Palace. This is where the festival takes place.

At this time, a large number of Taoist priests had already stood according to the direction of the three thousand six hundred star buckets. The sound of bells, drums, rocks, wooden fish, cloud boards, brass flutes and chanting are mixed into a thick cloud of sound, which makes people feel intoxicated.

There was still about a quarter of an hour left before the time to preside over the ceremony. Emperor Chongde sat down on the dragon chair. The queen and the two concubines stood aside. After a while, Wang Dehua, the eunuch with palm prints, stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Emperor, the Jiao is opened." ”

The emperor was silent, immediately got up from the dragon chair, and walked out with reverence, and the queen of Zhou, the two concubines, the palace maids, and the eunuchs followed him quietly. The Emperor walked all the way to the altar in the middle. And the queen's concubines and those palace maids and eunuchs all stood under the altar. On the altar was the tablet of the god Haotian, and in front of the tablet was an incense burner and candle.

Emperor Chongde first picked up the incense stick, lit it on the candle, and then waved it again, fanned the flame, and the dark blue cigarette rose in a curling way. The emperor first put incense on the incense, and then burned the green words, then knelt down and prayed silently, asking the heavens to show mercy and help him to eliminate the "thieves" everywhere, and to punish him, and to stop rainfall, drought, locusts, and plagues, and bless his country with prosperity. When the silent prayer ended, he felt that it was not enough, and specially prayed a few words, begging God to influence Zhang Bingzhong and others to change their minds and surrender sincerely, and so that the officials and soldiers would capture Huang Zide, who had slipped through the net, as soon as possible and get rid of the troubles of the court. He prayed to God for sincerity, and although he didn't make a sound, he couldn't help choking in his throat and bursting with tears.

But at this moment, outside the Nangong, a eunuch was galloping on a horse. The eunuch jumped off his horse in front of the palace gate, and the guards of the town came forward, and the eunuch said something, and the guards took him into the south palace in a hurry......

While Emperor Chongde was praying to God Haotian, Wang Dehua, the eunuch with palm prints, stood quietly far away from the altar. Although he is a palm seal eunuch and the so-called "inner minister", after all, he is a crippled person, and he is not qualified to be close to the altar of worshipping the gods of Haotian and the gods, so he can only stand here and wait.

At this time, a little eunuch quietly stepped forward, approached his ear, and whispered: "Sect Master, Wang Bingbi has something to face. ”

Wang Dehua was taken aback, he knew that Wang Chengen was a person who knew priorities, and if it wasn't for something wrong, he would never come to him at this time. He looked back and saw Wang Chengen standing behind the Yongming Hall with a restless expression, he hurriedly glanced at Wang Chengen and told him not to come forward, so he quickly walked over on tiptoe and asked quietly, "What is the urgent matter?" Wang Chengen saluted, took out some documents from his sleeve and handed them to him, and whispered: "Please show the sect master, are these 100,000 urgent documents played by the emperor now?" Wang Dehua hurriedly looked at a few documents and was shocked. After thinking about it for a while, he handed over the paperwork to Wang Chengen, and commanded in a pretty voice: "Take it back to the palace, you must not let Banzai know at this moment." Even if the sky falls, we must wait for the emperor to burn incense and return to the palace, and then we will play to him. ”

Wang Chengen didn't dare to say anything and left quietly.

Emperor Chongde finished his prayer and came down from the altar, he felt a lot lighter in his heart, he thought, God would still favor Dazhao no matter what. And since he ascended the throne, he has been sleeping at night, and he has asked himself that there is nothing immoral, how can God not favor him? Moreover, this time it was Zhang Dazhen of Longhu Mountain who presided over the Dajiao, and his mentality was also extraordinarily pious, and the heavens would definitely feel his piety, and he would definitely favor him.

However, if the heroic spirit of Emperor Taizu of the Jokhang Emperor was present, most of them would laugh at their unscrupulous descendants who were sick and rushed to the hospital. At the beginning, he took advantage of the dragon qi that was rising at the beginning of the dynasty to make Liu Chengyi cut off the dragon veins in the world, which was actually to cut off many tentacles of Haotian God's control of the world. How could God Haotian care for his descendants?

After completing the Jiao, Emperor Chongde took the concubines back to the Yongming Palace to rest for a while, used a little heart, and then drove back to the Forbidden City.

I returned to the Qianqing Palace, changed my clothes, and drank another cup of tea. Emperor Chongde looked at some of the pieces on the table. After reading a piece of music asking for money, the emperor raised his head, reached out and picked up the red pen, and was about to comment on it, but saw Wang Chengen holding a few pieces of music and walked over timidly.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Chongde frowned, looking at Wang Chengen's appearance, he had a faint premonition that something bad had happened.

"Long live the ......" Wang Chengen's voice trembled, "...... Zhang Bingzhong, Zhang Bingzhong reversed again. ”

Emperor Chongde's hand shook, and the red pen fell on the chapter, staining a large piece of text red.

However, Zhang Bingzhong rebelled again, which was also expected. Although he had just sacrificed to the Emperor of Heaven and got the news, which made people feel very bad, Emperor Chongde was mentally prepared for this news after all. Just like those who bought lottery tickets and had a dream of winning the jackpot before the lottery, when the lottery was drawn, they glanced at the numbers on their lottery tickets and stared at the small balls on the screen, hoping that the balls that popped up were exactly the same as those on their lottery tickets, but the first, second, and third balls ...... They all jumped out, but none of them had the same mentality as the people who bought lottery tickets when they were on the same lottery. I was disappointed, but I wasn't panicked.

Emperor Chongde was about to ask about the detailed situation, but he heard Wang Chengen say again: "There is also Shaanxi, according to Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi and the three sides, Shaanxi, Shaanxi has also had an accident." ”

"Zhang Bingzhong went to Shaanxi?" Emperor Chongde was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"No, it's Huang Zide who came out of Shangluo Mountain again." Wang Chengen replied.

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In the last life, after Huang Zide was killed from Shangluo Mountain, the situation was not good for a period of time at the beginning, he first wanted to go south to make peace with Zhang Bingzhong, but he was bitten by the main force of the official army in Shanyang County, and Huang Zide, who lacked strength, was almost surrounded and annihilated again. If it weren't for Zhang Bingzhong's victory over Xiong Volcano, which forced the main force of the official army to turn south, Huang Zide would have almost fallen to the situation of only two or three kittens left. Even so, by the time the siege was finally broken, there were less than a thousand people left.

But this time, when Huang Zide came out of Shangluo Mountain, the situation changed. First of all, compared with the previous life, although the number of Huang Zide's subordinates has not increased, it is still more than 2,000 people, but the combat effectiveness of the army has been greatly improved. Among the more than 2,000 people, except for the cavalry of less than 300 people, among the remaining nearly 2,000 people, more than 500 people can master the Mandarin Duck Formation. According to Liu Jiexuan's opinion, these five hundred people are enough to fight against four or five thousand officers and soldiers. Even for the families of those general soldiers in the imperial court, there is no problem at all with one against two.

Even if it is the ability to siege the city, compared with before, Huang Zide's department has also made great progress, they have artillery, even if it is only an elm cannon, which can only fire shotguns, and cannot directly collapse the city wall like the Hongyi cannon, but compared to before, it can be regarded as an improvement.

However, Xuan Yi still did not approve of Huang Zide going south directly. Because of the proximity to Zhang Bingzhong, although he can cooperate with Zhang Bingzhong, this also allows the officials and troops to concentrate in this area. On the contrary, everyone's room for activity has become smaller. Therefore, Xuan Yi advocated that he should first make the appearance of going south, then turn to the north, go to the direction of Song County, and then see the situation to force Luoyang, or turn to Henan.

"The land of the four wars in Henan cannot be regarded as the foundation, but there are many hungry people in Henan, and the troops are empty. The king only needs to capture a few granaries, open the warehouses and release grain, then he can gather men and horses, and then he can go south to capture Huguang, and westward to capture Luoyang and Xi'an. In this way, the foundation of taking the world can be established. Xuan Yi suggested to Huang Zide.

"What do you think?" Huang Zide asked the others.

"I think what the Taoist chief said makes sense." Liu Jiexuan spoke first, "Moreover, since we met the Dao Chief, who of us has ever seen the Dao Master make a mistake?" ”

Others also said, "We also think what the Taoist chief said." ”

Shang Xiuying also spoke: "To be honest, Hu Yidao and they went this time, they cheated Zhang Bingzhong for a while, I am familiar with Zhang Bingzhong, he is not broad-minded, if there is a chance to pit back, he will definitely pit us." We have few people now, and we really can't stand his pit. ”

Huang Zide listened, nodded and said, "Since everyone said so, let's go to Shangnan first, and then go to Song County." ”