Chapter Seventy-One: The Traveling Ceremony

According to Xiao Zhen's idea, going out to worship the Buddha is just a few carriages, and he will come back after giving some incense money and bringing a few guards and eunuchs for a few days. I didn't expect it to be such a complicated process.

For a few days, the ministers and the clan asked the king and the old queen mother to go to Wutai Mountain to burn incense and pray for the Qi country for various reasons. First dip in the palace for ten days, sit quietly in front of the Buddha statue and burn incense, and can't eat meat. After that, according to the auspicious day of Huang Chen calculated by the monks, you can go on a grand trip.

Feudal superstition kills people! The new policy should add a clause to reduce unnecessary pomp. Xiao Zhi is an atheist, so he naturally doesn't believe that these things will bring any changes, but looking at the appearance of the old queen mother and Sima Qing's devout worship, it is not good to dismiss them, and the old queen mother reminded Xiao Zhi of how important it is to be a king, and he had to let it be arranged, and obediently let him do whatever he wanted.

Finally arrived on the day of travel, the old queen mother and Xiao Zhi went out of the capital of Qi to Wutai Mountain to worship, which was the first time since Xiao Zhi founded the country, so the Ministry of Rites discussed the most solemn "big drive" book. According to the honor guard of the king of Qi country, it is divided into four classes, the suburbs use "big driving", the court will use "law driving", the usual entry and exit use "Luan driving", and Xingxing will use "riding driving".

Therefore, the holy decree of travel, the court is busy, in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, the traffic is busy during the day, the lights and candles are brilliant at night, and the secretaries of the various ministries, the squires, and the directors of the departments are working all night to draft the edict, arrange the shifts of hundreds of officials, and the king is stationed at the customs and the guard of honor for the etiquette of greeting and sending off...... One by one, they were exhausted, and they were busy for seven days before they came up with a clue.

When the officials of Qi and the people of Qianshou heard that the "Great Driver" was due to the earthquake, they went to respect the heavens and respect the ancestors, pray for blessings and blessings for the people, and they were all very respectful, and they waited to see the excitement.

After receiving the order to drive out of the city, Xu Qiguang got up on the fourth watch day to end the stop. He is a member of the first rank, and he should wear a robe with nine pythons and five claws, and the crane is a supplement, but the Ministry of Rites specially informed that Xu Qiguang can wear civilian clothes for the three dynasties and be licensed to accompany the sword, and he knew that this was a bonus as soon as he heard it. He was originally very happy, but at this moment he had to have an extra eye - his identity is special, and he is in the capital, and the more he does not attract people's attention, the better.

Now Xiao Zhi has made a special order for himself, which is not a good thing in itself. Besides, if you dress too conspicuously, what will you think when you look at it? Since the fall of Cao Ze and Xiao Yan, Xu Qiguang, who has always lived peacefully, suddenly felt uneasy. He was keenly aware of the extraordinaryness of this young king, and it seemed that some terrible power lurked around his mansion, and the words "Three Dynasties and Qi Kingdom" made him feel more and more terrifying. However, his father's letter did not mention any unusual movements in the Qi Kingdom. He believed that if there was any movement in the Qi Kingdom, his father would soon find out. Because in the capital of Qi State, in addition to his own eyeliner, I don't know how many people are secretly serving him and the Three Dynasties.

The residence of the Three Dynasties is in the Xuanwu Gate, not far from the palace. Xu Qiguang, who was preoccupied, got off the sedan chair and walked in front of Zhengyang Gate, so as not to be too ostentatious, and the position arranged for him by the Ministry of Rites was on the east side of the palace gate. He felt a little unbearable for such a prominent position.

"Xu Shizi!" Xiao Jie, who had been guarding the bridge for a long time, saw him coming over and greeted him with a smile on his face, "Please wait with us here." Xu Qiguang looked up and saw that Sima Ni and Xue Bilong were also wearing new robes, but they were the official uniforms of Qi State, wearing swords at their waists, standing side by side, and they hurriedly returned the salute in a panic, and said with a smile: "Xu Qiguang is a lowly official, how dare he be in the same column with two auxiliary ministers and a council king, Lord Xiao don't make fun of it." ”

Sima Ni smiled and said: "Don't be polite, this is the will that Xie Lan just handed down, you are the closest relative of the king of the Three Dynasties, and you are the minister of the Qi court, in detail, we can't compare with you!" ”