Chapter 112: The Influence of Rituals
Al Hilal – Khara, the capital of Persian Sasani, is spreading the news these days that the new Zoroastrian Ahurama has ascended the throne in Ctesiphon.
If this is true, then it means two things: first, the object of Zoroastrian allegiance is no longer Sasanian, but Parthia. Second, the Sassanid king Ardashir is dead.
The people of the capital were in a state of panic, and rumors arose that the new king of Parthia was a mage who could fly into the sky, and that it was not the king who could fly, but the new Ahurama. Ahurama killed all the immortals alone, so the Sassanid kingdom retreated this time, it seems to be fine, but in fact it is a big defeat; some people say that the two Ahurama once had a vicious fight, and the result was that the new man defeated the old man, and now the king of Al Hilal is dying, and the crown prince Shapur is about to ascend the throne.
When the rumors reached Shapur's ears, the words became even more harsh. Enraged, he smashed the glass glass on the spot, his chest rising and falling violently.
But after a few deep breaths, he finally calmed down, and ordered in a trembling voice: "Where the gossip on the street comes from, check it immediately." Also, call the Great Vramatar here, I have something to discuss. ”
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In Ctesiphon, the ceremony to celebrate the king's victory and Ahurama's accession to the throne was taking place between the cities of Ctesiphon and Seleucia.
The site was chosen by Hetri, and the site between the two cities was wide and flat, close to both the royal palace and the Seleucian market. In order to let more people see this ceremony, he took great pains to send people to take turns to publicize it in advance, and notified all parts of the city, so that everyone knew about it.
On the day of the ceremony, flags were displayed on the spot, and drums began to be noisy early in the morning. In the center of the field was a circular open field, which was covered with a round flag with a white background and embroidered with the Parthian coat of arms. On one side of the flag, a tall rectangular stone platform was erected, which was swept clean and covered with a brightly colored carpet. There was also a spacious corridor-like pavilion beside the high platform, in which rows of richly decorated high-backed wooden chairs were placed apparently for entertaining noble ladies and gentlemen.
Around the open field, a team of cavalry with particularly beautiful costumes and equipment was arranged, carefully selected soldiers and horses, all of them were the same height and short, and the cavalry queue neatly circled around the circular open field.
The spectator area on the north side of the venue is guarded by heavily armed guards, and ordinary spectators can only stay in this area and are not allowed to enter the empty venue. The audience was also covered with white-robed guards, who were ordered to be specially mixed in with the audience to maintain order.
Hatri had promised Zhang Bai that he must let everyone, even the Sassanid people, know that the leader of the sect, Ahurama, had been replaced. Therefore, he not only publicized it openly in the Seleucian market, but also sent people to Sassanid to secretly publicize it, causing rumors to spread in the Sassanid capital.
If you want to say that the common people of Ctesiphon and Seleucia, they are just as fond of watching the excitement as the people everywhere. The ceremony was so grand that they naturally gathered in groups.
The presiding officer of the ceremony was Ziracles, who looked at the pavilion and saw that the nobles had basically arrived, and only a few key figures had not yet arrived. Including the general Dade Hebone, the meritorious captain of the noble thousand men Su Lin, and the meritorious Daolao and Solomon. More importantly, there is also the absence of King Aldaban V and the new Ahurama Zhang Bai.
Zirax didn't seem to care, and after a deafening sound of military bugles, he loudly announced the ceremony to begin.
With the rumbling of drums, a large group of cavalry drove along the Tigris River to the south, and the leading general was Dadhebone, these soldiers were heavily armed and murderous, but the true character of the soldiers was admirable. Zirax loudly introduced the exploits of this army, and although the venue was noisy, word of mouth spread, and the crowd quickly understood, and the cheers shook the heavens.
Then came Surin's procession, which appeared under the banner of the Surin family, and Zirax also loudly proclaimed his exploits, and the crowd cheered again.
In the following procession, teams of thousands of people passed through the scene one after another, and the teams of thousands of people of Inaro and Solomon were among them.
After all the cavalry had passed, Zirax announced that the king and the leader Ahurama would come down from heaven to earth. This time, not only ordinary spectators, but even nobles stood up one after another, looking up at the sky.
Two black dots appeared from the distant sky, gradually growing larger, and slowly revealing their shapes, which were the fluffy-looking Zero and the Big Apostle.
When the two spaceships attacked the capital, although they appeared in the sky of Ctesiphon, the people were panicked at that time, and most of the people and nobles did not have nothing to look at the sky, so most people only heard about it, and did not see the spaceship flying.
The Apostle had been anchored on the Tigris River for several days, and the populace had seen and even worshipped it, and they were familiar with him. But now that they finally saw it slowly descend from the sky, the huge figure left an indelible impression on their hearts.
Shocked, almost all the people and nobles knelt on the ground, even the guards bowed to the sky, and some of them also knelt down.
Zero stopped in mid-air to deter people, so it didn't land. The Apostle headed alone towards the national emblem flag in the center of the empty field. It took a long time to stop firmly on the ground.
Seeing that the Apostle had stopped, Zerax immediately directed the band to play music, and in an instant the trumpets and drums sounded in unison, and the guards struck the ground with their spears in accordance with the previous rehearsal, making rhythmic sounds.
The audience didn't know what to expect, just scrambling to look at the ship.
Soon, the door of the Apostle suddenly opened, and a loud and shocking military horn sounded, and King Aldaban V in full costume and Zhang Bai, dressed in bright red Ahurama robes, walked out of the cabin holding hands.
The nobles first bowed and saluted, and the populace knelt on the ground again, only occasionally whispering, who was the boy beside the king?
The king and Zhang Bai didn't care about the reaction of the crowd, they were graceful and generous, waving to the people while slowly walking up to the high platform.
Once again, Zirax announced loudly, "Please show signs to our new Ahurama!"
Zhang Bai immediately raised the index finger of his right hand, and cast the light system spell that he had specially trained with the help of Mu Jing in the past two days, and a light shot straight into the sky like a sharp arrow, and then ...... It's gone.
This technique of his was learned by cramming Buddha's feet, and it was not enough to see at all, but Zhang Bai had his own wonderful method. He used his small finger to shoot a small cloud of hydrogen into the sky, and a spark followed it into the sky, and with a "bang", the flames exploded in the sky like fireworks.
The crowd cheered, and Zhang Bai released another one. According to the prior arrangement, Zhang Bai would have set off a hydrogen bomb, and Zirax should have announced that the king had delivered a speech congratulating the victory.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Bai watched the fireworks show with good results, and he was elated to add drama to himself on the spot, and it was launched several times before it ended.