XXXVI. Flag Sacrifice Ceremony (A)

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The Jingzhao Three Thousand Guards are under the unified command of Yan Mu, the deputy commander of the Tidao Guard, and are distributed around the Colosseum, divided into three entrances inside and outside, and the end is the military appearance and rectification, plus the fortress structure of the Colosseum, which has only one way in and out, can be described as an iron bucket. Yan Mu inspected back and forth, but there was always a feeling of unsteadiness in his heart, now the number of visitors has reached most of the people, and the flag ceremony is about to be held, but he has never found anything abnormal!

The ferocious offensive a few days ago almost defeated the Tiedaowei and the Shence Mansion, but today, when the guards were about to be executed, they were unexpectedly so calm!

At this time, the sound of hooves was suddenly heard, and Shi Shiran, a luxurious carriage, drove towards the entrance.

Yan Mu urged him to step forward and stopped the car, but he saw that the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and there was a short and fat man in a soap robe sitting in the car. ”

When Yan Mu saw this person, he was also shocked in his heart, and hurriedly dismounted and replied: "The fifth master forgives the crime of being rude!" ”

This person seems to be kind, but no one in the capital knows that he is the veritable god of wealth in the capital - Qian Wuye. This Qian Wuye is the head of the Qilu Chamber of Commerce, the name of the Longhu firm almost monopolizes all the business of shipping goods in the north, and now the Huangshui is flooding, the river is not passable, and the north is not a place to produce grain, so the daily food and consumption of Xuandu need to rely on the shipping of the Longhu business from the south of the Yangtze River to maintain, so although the Qian Wuye has no official position, and the Qi Dynasty is still heavy on agriculture and business, but the circle of friends of the Qian Wuye is really broad, it can really be said that he is a first-class celebrity in the capital, and even the ministers and ministers can not afford to hold the shelf when they see Qian Wuye. Moreover, the Rumho Firm is now not only a shipping business, but also half of the green houses in Kyoto are also set up by the Rumho Firm, and even involve fire-related businesses. It is said that after the death of Renault, the owner of the Honlei Hall, most of the original properties of the Honlei Hall were taken over by the Longhu Firm. Therefore, although Yan Mu can be regarded as the emperor's guard, he doesn't want to offend this God of Wealth easily, so his attitude towards Qian Wuye is very respectful.

Qian Wuye saw Yan Mu dismount and salute, still with his signature kind smile on his face, but his expression was already cold, he closed the curtain of the car, and never said a word again. The groom whistled in front of the car and drove forward. At this time, although Yan Mu bowed to his side, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed on the wheel of the carriage. The carriage was originally pulled by three tall horses, but at this time Yan Mu was pressed on the wheel, but he could not move forward at all, and the three horses were blocked for no reason, and they all struggled and neighed, their hooves scraping on the ground, and their nostrils spraying rough air, looking restless.

"Lord Yan is so mighty" and angry, I don't know if Lord Yan wants to show the old man and suppress the old man's prestige? Or is it that Lord Yan has itchy hands for a while, and he wants to use the old man's carriage to practice his hands? A cold word came out of the car, and the tone was cold, and it was completely impossible to hook up with the image of the amiable old man.

Yan Mu was shocked when he heard this, but his hand didn't stop, and he replied: "Don't blame the fifth master, today is the flag sacrifice ceremony, the Son of Heaven has a life, and those who come to watch the ceremony must walk in, and they are not allowed to carry a frame!" He did not loosen the strength in his hands, but the answer in his mouth was like a stream, and it was obvious that Qigong had been cultivated to an extremely high level.

Hearing this, Qian Wuye in the car seemed to be too bad to disobey the order of the Son of Heaven after all, coughed lightly, signaled the groom to control the horses, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked out of the car. This Qian Wuye's figure is only up to Yan Mu's shoulders, but there is an irresistible luxury and extravagance. A white-faced young man in the car walked out of the car with Qian Wuye, although he was in shape, he always kept his head down.

Qian Wuye didn't look at Yan Mu with his eyes, as soon as he raised his legs, he walked forward proudly, and when he walked past Yan Mu, he suddenly said in a gentle tone: "Lord Yan, the old man has a word of persuasion, your Yan clan must never get involved in gold behavior again!" The old man pinched his fingers, and calculated that your Yan's gold business will not be able to do it by this time next year, so it is better to close the door as soon as possible. Walk! The last sentence was addressed to the white-faced boy and the coachman. I saw the coachman smile, got a burden from the car, put it on his shoulder, and followed Qian Wuye to the entrance with the white-faced boy.

Yan Mu Fang was about to stop the young man and the groom, and suddenly heard Qian Wuye's words, and his heart was suddenly shocked. Although he was upright by nature, he was always faithful to his duties. But he grew up in the Yan family's huge wealth, Yan's five generations of gold sales, to Yan Mu's grandparents Yan Jin Xing is already one of the best gold in the Qi Dynasty, but also because the clan needs someone to respond in the court, so Yan Mu has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and after growing up, he was pushed down to the position of the deputy commander of the Ti Dao Guard, so the family business is still very important in Yan Mu's heart. Yan Mu knew in his heart that Qian Wuye did have this subversive method, so he wanted to stop Qian Wuye's two entourages to investigate, but the hand he just raised couldn't help but soften.

At this moment, a voice sounded beside him, but it was the voice of a middle-aged man full of ruffianism, and the voice said: "Isn't this the fifth master, you haven't come to listen to the play in the past few days, but you are worried about my purple pot!" But I saw a middle-aged man Shi Shiran who was tall and thin, white and beardless, with a shallow smile on his face, walked up, approached Qian Wuye, and folded the fan in his hand on Qian Wuye's shoulder, which seemed extremely familiar.

Qian Wuye seemed to be very impatient with the visitor, and he didn't reply: "It's windy today, the ghost master has to stand up, I'm worried about not being blown away." The implication was to mock the tall and thin man.

The tall and thin man suddenly snapped and opened the folding fan in his hand, only to see a big "trick" written in cursive on the fan surface. The man seemed to be very angry, snorted angrily, but in an instant, he seemed to change his temper, walked up in three steps and two steps, stretched out his hand and hugged Qian Wuye, and seemed very intimate, only to hear him say: "Fifth brother, don't pay attention to these little minions, brother will help you clean up another day." If you're angry, don't lie to your brother, let's get in quickly. As he spoke, he dragged Qian Wuye to the field, and his mouth kept saying: "Fifth brother, I heard that the pawnshop received a treasure knife, Fusang's top goods, fifth brother, you know that my brother and I prefer martial arts, and I love treasure swords and famous swords in my life, fifth brother, don't hide your secrets, you must let your brother beat your eyes......" said without stopping, and he had already gone far.

The white-faced young man and the groom glanced at each other, but they didn't know the point, so they had to follow quickly. Standing at the entrance, Yan Mu is as big as a dumpling at the moment, he knows that the tall and thin middle-aged man who pulled Qian Wuye into the middle is now one of the four major forces in Beijing, the "Sheng" ghost master Liu Baiju, it is said that this Liu Bai Ju was originally a down-and-out talent, and even acted as a point master in the rivers and lakes when he was down, but he didn't know what kind of opportunity he encountered, and suddenly seemed to open his mind at the age of thirty, and he entered the pear orchard, and sang the "sheng" horn to the top at that time, so he became the first of the "five uniques" in the wind and rain building in the pear orchard resort, coupled with his deceit, he became the master of this wind and rain building in a few years. And these characters say that they are coming to "clean up" themselves, I am afraid that they are really in trouble, and Qian Wuye claims to act against Yan's gold, I don't know what will happen. Yan Mu was also depressed when he thought about it, and he got on the horse gloomily, thinking that he would have to prepare a few gifts the next day.

But he said that the white-faced young man and the groom followed Qian and Liu to the colosseum, and after walking for a cup of tea, they suddenly saw a sudden brightness in front of them. The colosseum is all built of stones, the center is a huge circular square, the stone square is more than 300 zhang longitudinal and horizontal, and there is a circle of five zhang wide ring of water around, and there seems to be something faintly swimming back and forth in the water. Above the water, there is a wide and narrow white stone bridge connecting the white stone square and a high gate next to the colosseum, which is three feet high, and it seems that it should be used to pass through some giant beasts. On the stone square, there were soldiers cleaning and preparing for the ceremony, and those soldiers looked small in the square at the moment. When I looked around, I saw that beyond the surrounding water were the stands that were pushed back and raised one after another, and the highest point was almost as tall and thick as the inner wall of the imperial city. In the center of this circular stand is an open platform, the best view, should be the royal viewing platform, because it is too high, only the red and yellow brocade tent can be seen below, but no one can see inside. There are more than a dozen larger viewing platforms next to the royal viewing platform, there are cornices on the viewing platform to avoid the rain and enjoy the coolness, and outside the viewing platform, there are ordinary stone stands, but there is no cover, if it is an ordinary execution on weekdays, it is for ordinary people to sit, and today's ceremony, those stands are all covered with guards with bright armor. At this moment, the viewing platform is almost full of people, although they are tall, short, fat and thin, they are all people with gorgeous clothes and extraordinary bearing, and they should all be either rich or expensive. I think that since today is the royal flag ceremony, you can't bring your servants into it at will, otherwise the servants alone will already be crowded here. Despite this, there should be thousands of people in the field at this time, and it was bustling and lively for a while.

When the white-faced young man saw this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and he couldn't close his mouth for a while. The groom next to him stretched out his hand and patted the young man's head, and said in a low voice: "Boy, don't be stunned! As he spoke, he pulled the white-faced young man and sped up his pace to keep up with Qian Wuye. At this time, they suddenly heard a scream of "ah" in the square, and the two turned their heads, but saw a soldier on the edge of the square holding his right arm, staring painfully at the pool around the field, his right arm was dripping with blood at the moment, and the lower arm was empty, as if it had been ripped off by something. At this moment, a soldier in the field who looked like a non-commissioned officer with a military helmet turned around, seemed to be in a hurry, and ran towards the soldier, shouting something loudly as he ran. Because it was so far away, the white-faced boy could only vaguely hear that it seemed to be telling the soldier to leave the pool quickly.

The soldier seemed to be frightened, his whole body trembled, and he saw the non-commissioned officer running over, but he stood in place in a daze, as if he was about to cry, when suddenly a huge sharp-liped fish jumped out of the pool, and bit the soldier's bleeding right arm with a mouth, and his tail fell in the air, and the soldier was pulled into the pool. The non-commissioned officer was frightened when he saw this, and he couldn't help but retreat dozens of steps back again and again, and for a long time, as if he was quite helpless, he called a few soldiers, carefully instructed the precautions, and then went to the place where the incident had just happened to clean up the remaining bloodstains.

Although this happened suddenly, the nobles in the stands could see it clearly, so the cheers of the tide were deafening, as if they had watched an additional big show, and when the group of soldiers quickly cleaned up the blood stains on the shore, the restlessness on the stage stopped, as if they were quite disappointed not to see that they continued to eat people. Even on the viewing platform near the place of the incident, someone threw objects at the group of soldiers, as if they thought they had swept away the blood stains and could not attract the strange fish to open up, thus destroying their interest.