Chapter 14: The Blind Sculpture
The sun slowly climbed up the treetops, generously sprinkled the light to every corner of Shaotai City, the Qing and the scholars gathered in front of the palace gate, An Jun also arrived at the lookout platform early in the morning, and the old witch made himself like a peacock and stood mysteriously under the huge sculpture in the palace.
Although it is not a big day to sacrifice to the heavens and the earth, there is no need for three sacrifices and nine sacrifices, but it is not a trivial matter for the two princes to go to other countries at the same time, so there will still be a grand sacrifice, besides, everyone knows that when it is time to go, Ji Yun who is lying on the bed will be deprived of the identity of the son, and a new son will be born.
This is also a historic moment.
The whole process will be composed of four parts, the Qing and the doctors greet the prince, the prince enters to worship the ancestors, bids farewell to the monarch on the Wangcheng platform, and the officials and the people send the food.
At this time, the crowd in the square gathered more and more, and it was not inferior to the martial arts ceremony of that day. People are talking about Ji Feng who is going to envoy to the Song Kingdom and Ji Lie who is going to the Yan Kingdom, but most of them are talking about Ji Feng, after all, there are only a handful of people who know that Ji Lie is not a fool.
What is there to talk about for a fool?
Shangqing Meng Yuxi's complexion is not very good today, maybe it is because he was exposed to the sun, or maybe it is because he didn't sleep at night, unlike Zhongqing Yu Yujiao, who looks energetic, take a closer look, standing in front of the palace gate, the scholars, and the historians are all the same, some people look sad, and some people are secretly excited.
At this time, the victorious side always couldn't help shaking its feathers, and saw the right doctor Ji Mi hugging Shangqing Meng Yuxi: "Shangqing has worked hard, but today is indeed a red sun, and it is a double happiness." ”
Meng Yuxi squinted his eyes and snorted coldly.
Standing next to Ji Mi, Da Shi Humian smiled and said: "Hou Zi's envoy to other countries is a friendly neighbor and a major event that highlights the national body. ”
"This is a mistake, the great history only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." Ji Mi seemed to know that the fox mourning meeting said this, and before the fox mourning words landed, he answered: "It is a joy for the Hou Zi to send to other countries, but another joy is unknown, that is, although the Hou Zi has left the country, the vassals and territories will be inherited by their eldest sons." As far as I know, the eldest son of the second marquis is the daughter of Shangqing, so it can be double happiness, and it is enough to be happy! Hahaha......" laughed unbridledly.
"Ji Mi, you are simply a shameless person!"
Meng Yuxi was furious, pointed at Ji Mi, and was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, but Ji Mi only cared about laughing and didn't take him in his eyes at all.
At the moment, some people couldn't get used to Ji Mi's arrogant appearance, so they came out of the crowd, pointing at Ji Mi's nose and scolding him. When you said a word, I said a word, another group of lost people joined the scolding war, and of course they were the supporters of Ji Yunzhi who was about to be taken away from the position of his son.
Suddenly, in front of the palace gate, there was a commotion.
Far away, Yan Shibai was sitting in the carriage, his teacher, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, stood beside the carriage, the corners of his mouth raised disdainfully, and said coldly: "Hou Zi, do you know, what is the reason for the farce in front of the palace?" As he spoke, without waiting for Yan Eighteen to answer, he replied: "Rise because of greed, greed is buried deep in the heart, move because of profit, lose because of move, and increase because of loss." Man's selfish desires are like nightmares, and if you don't stay awake and keep love in your breast, you will fall into endless nightmares. ”
Yan Shibai nodded, and shook his head again: "Teacher, it's not like this. ”
"Huh!" The old Yan envoy looked stunned and said strangely: "I wish to hear what the Hou Zi knows." ”
Yan Shiba's face turned red and replied: "Anhou thought he was a clever plan for the sake of perfection, but he didn't know that he fell into the inferior class. Who is the black hand in the shadows? Anhou did not investigate deeply, nor did he re-verify, but forcibly exiled the second and survived the other. In this way, it may be possible to suspend the situation in the country and prevent such a thing from happening again, but in fact, it is not, because the human heart has changed, and when good ceases to be good, and evil ceases to be evil, the rules are broken. As he spoke, he looked at the lookout platform above Miyagi from afar, and smiled slightly: "At this point, Anguo is in chaos because of Anhou!" The mastermind behind the scenes is the first! ”
"Boom!"
At this moment, an earth-shattering drum sounded and exploded in everyone's heart, dispersing the noise of the waves. Everyone couldn't help but look at the lookout platform, only to see An Jun alone.
Yan Envoy looked at the sky, frowned, and said, "The hour hasn't come yet, why are you beating the drum?" ”
Yan Eighteen smiled shyly, turned his gaze, looked into the distance, and said, "It's here, it's here." ”
……
The sound of the majestic drums disappeared into the sky, and the audience was silent, and from the east side of the square came a slight sound of horses' hooves, which attracted everyone's attention, and people could not help but look to the east.
The first thing that catches your eye is a Vermilion Bird Flag, the knight on the horse is wearing armor, and the tower-like figure crushes the war horse under him like a tide.
After riding alone, there was a chariot, and Hou Ziji Feng stood upright on the wheel in a scarlet robe, his face was calm, and he couldn't see joy and sorrow. Then there were thirty-two sword and shield men on foot, who were lined up in a neat phalanx, and did not squint. Finally, there were eight maids-in-waiting, and sixteen cloth-clad dead soldiers.
Such a lineup, although not as large as the Yan Kingdom's mission, is enough to be called decent, especially those gorgeous armor and beautiful chariots, as well as the slender maids are eye-catching.
"It's worthy of being a second marquis with a rich territory...... someone admired in the crowd.
Some people looked around in the crowd and wondered: "The hour has come, why don't you see that fool?" ”
Someone laughed and said: "Maybe the fool can't tell the sun and the moon, and he is still in a dream." ”
"That's right, hahaha......" everyone laughed.
"Don't talk about my fourth brother!!"
Suddenly, a ball of meat rushed out of a carriage, holding a bamboo sword in his hand, and struck it hard at the person who was closest and laughed the most.
"Smack!"
"Alas, where did the naughty boy come from, dare to offend the old man......"
"It's you!"
Although the meat ball was small, it was brave and invincible, and it rushed left and right in the crowd, beating the person who took the lead in the mockery. At this time, a crisp voice came from the carriage: "Brother Fu, stop fighting, come back quickly!" ”
"Oh, here ......"
At this time, the meat ball has been restrained by a strong person, and someone recognized him as the precious son of the left doctor Ji Ying, and they didn't dare to do anything to him, but just hugged him and didn't let him be ruthless again. But the meat ball has always been arrogant, and when he heard the call of the man in the carriage, he immediately rolled his eyes, and his right hand jerked down the crotch of the person behind him, grabbed something, and pinched it hard.
"Ahh
The miserable scream sounded, the meat ball got out of the car, and ran towards his carriage, a bamboo sword in his hand accidentally flew out of his hand, and flew into a carriage next to him, and then he heard a cry of pain from the car, the meat ball was stunned, and when he looked back, he saw a head coming out of the carriage, and kept rubbing his forehead.
Meatball smiled: "Hehe, I'm sorry." ”
"Brother Fu, Brother Fu, come back quickly!!"
The crisp call was like a pearl and jade falling on a plate, Yan Shiba, who was rubbing his head, was stunned when he heard it, and looked for a sound, only to see the red curtain half-raised, and a pair of incomparably clear and incomparably clean eyes suddenly crashed into his heart.
"Coming, coming......"
The crowd around him was in a commotion again, those eyes blinked, and then retracted, and in a daze, Yan Shibai felt empty in his heart, turned his head in a daze, and looked at the eyes of the crowd.
……
Ji Lie did not have a chariot, so he could only stand on the wheel, the coachman led the thin horse, and the other six people walked on either side of the carriage.
"Crunch, crunch......"
The tattered wheel rolled over the bluestone slab, making an unbearable sound, so that everyone who heard this sound and saw this scene couldn't help but worry about the wheel, and was afraid that it would be scattered to the ground in an instant, which would be too embarrassing!
And the eight people up and down the carriage, except for Ji Lie, everyone is dressed in cloth, and the cloth clothes should be at least neat and new, but this is still a luxury idea, except for the beautiful little maid who has a bright yellow dress that is half new and half old, everyone else is covered with pudding, or simply shirtless!
The carriage slowly drove towards Miyagi.
Strangely, the crowd lost their voices. is shabby to the extreme, making people unable to make a sound, and naturally no one is talking.
Ji Lie didn't know what they were looking at, and he wouldn't guess the meaning of their complicated gaze, he just tilted his head and looked indifferently at An Jun on the lookout platform.
Someone scolded him outside the palace gate: "Little Houzi, the world's major events, are in Rong, and now that the hour has passed, can the Hou Zi know his mistake?" ”
"The hour has passed?"
Ji Lie was stunned for a moment, glanced at An Jun, who was blurry above, glanced at the audience again, and smirked: "You are so stupid, I am a fool, how can a fool tell the time?" ”
"Nonsense, unorthodox, it's a loss of national body!" The fierce nature of the right Shi Xue Ion's face turned red, and he was about to stand out from the crowd and teach this fool who blasphemed etiquette a lesson.
Ji Ying, the doctor on the left, stood in front, and gave a deep bow to the two marquis Ji Yun and Ji Lie, who were neck and neck: "The time has come, welcome the two marquis!" ”
"Knock, knock, knock!" Three drums.
The hundred officials were stunned, and then came back to their senses, the two marquis are gone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to China in this life, speaking of which, it can be regarded as a huge sacrifice to Anguo, in this case, why bother to deal with a fool?
"Greetings to Hou Zi!" Hundreds of officials bowed.
Ji Lie silently returned the salute, then jumped out of the carriage, walked beside Ji Feng, and strode towards the palace.
At this time, under the watchful eyes of all people, he walked with great dignity, neither humble nor arrogant, which actually gave people an illusion, and this illusion was very absurd and made people's hearts beat: he was more like the son of the monarch than the second marquis!
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Standing in front of the magnificent sculpture again, Ji Lie looked up at the majestic and solemn face of the statue, and inadvertently, he found that a goshawk flew in the sky and landed on the head of the statue, and then, it tightly grasped the bridge of the statue's nose and pecked the huge stone-made eyes.
"Haha......" Ji Lie cracked his mouth and smiled softly.
The second brother beside him listened impatiently to the strange prayer of the old wizard, and suddenly, when he heard the fool laughing again, he glanced at him, and couldn't help asking, "What are you laughing at?" ”
"Look, he's blind......" Ji Lie pointed above the sculpture.
Ji Feng looked up and was shocked.