Luo's water's edge, outside the imperial city, at the altar

On both sides of the road leading from the Imperial City to the altar, the soldiers of the forbidden army, who were brightly clothed and armoured, and held swords and spears in high spirits, stood there with a majestic spirit, vigilantly staring at the movements around them.

In the middle of the day, a team came over.

The Qing tour team formed by Jin Wuwei opened the way in front, and behind them was the Imperial Shrine of the Virgin God and His Majesty the Emperor.

Wu Zetian was dressed in a costume, and sat proudly on the imperial chariot, with a gorgeous Huangluo umbrella cover on top of his head, and a flying cavalry guard wearing brocade clothes beside him.

Following Wu Zetian was Emperor Li Dan's imperial chariot. I saw a thin young man with a slightly pale face sitting on his chariot, his expression was serious, and there was a hint of depression in his eyes from time to time.

Since Li Dan ascended the throne as the emperor, he has not really been in charge of the court, but has lived in another hall for a long time, and his mother Wu Zetian has been in the court to listen to the government, and he is like a solitary confinement, and his life is not comfortable.

The civil and military courtiers, officials above the fifth rank in Beijing, and the envoys of various ethnic groups wore court clothes according to the requirements of the Ministry of Rites, lined up in a queue, and followed the Holy Mother of God and the Emperor, and walked to the altar to participate in the sacrificial ceremony.

These courtiers represent tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty and rule this huge country, and now they all look solemn and silent, walking towards the altar.

What is the significance of the worship of Luoshui ceremony promoted by Wu Chengsi and strongly supported by Wu Zetian, how can the ministers who have been in officialdom for a long time not know, but they are helpless.

At dawn, there are few pedestrians walking around the streets.

In a large mansion in the northwest corner of Chengfufang close to Xintan, dozens of Tsing Yi warriors with different faces and bodies exuding evil aura came out and got into several ships docked next to Xintan.

In Guiyifang, the post house where the Turkic mission was located, Yili Greedy Khan led nearly a hundred Turkic warriors along a narrow tunnel in the remote part of the backyard, avoiding the forbidden soldiers guarding next to the post house, and came to a house near Qianshui.

The ambassador of the mission, Mohe Dagan, was invited by the imperial court to attend the sacrificial ceremony in Luoshui.

There was also a large boat parked outside the house next to the water.

Shifting Greed Khan stepped out of the courtyard and walked a few steps to the side of the boat.

Seeing the shifting force and greedy sweat coming, a few people in Tsing Yi came down from the big boat.

"I've seen the Great Chief of Shifting!" A man in Tsing Yi stepped forward and said, "The boat is ready, you can board the ship." ”

Shifting Greed Khan waved his hand to summon the Turkic warriors behind him to board the ship.

The Tsing Yi men began to guide the Turkic warriors to the ship. The cabin was equipped with swords and spears and other weapons that the Turks liked, and these Turkic warriors picked up their own swords and spears and carefully wiped them.

The whole process was quite peaceful, and after all the Turkic warriors boarded the ship, the Tsing Yi people commanded the big ship to lift anchor and head towards the Cao Canal in the south, and after reaching the Cao Canal, they turned around and sailed west into Xintan. The boats of the Tsing Yi warriors who came out of Chengfufang joined the big ship and sailed along the Cao Canal in the direction of Luoshui in the southwest.

Cao Canal for the great cause of the two years of the earthwork supervisor Cheng Ren Hong then opened, the name of the far canal, because at that time there were many shallows and reefs in the Luohe River trough, it was not convenient for boats, open the Cao Canal to open navigation. The Cao Canal is connected with Luoshui, Qianshui, and Chucheng Canal, and finally flows into Luoshui, which is the lifeblood of Luoyang City connecting the Grand Canal.

The water of the lake slowly overflowed along the gap, and then the current became larger and larger, and the gap slowly widened, converging into a torrent that completely washed away the dam, and the lake water vented out and flowed into the Luoshui.

The surging Luoshui formed a wave of monstrous flood peaks as high as one zhang, gathering water all the way and rushing downstream.

"Flood!" Standing in the mountains on the shore, the thousand knights who were in charge of observing the movement of the river saw Hong Feng coming, their faces turned pale with shock, and they hurriedly shot a rocket into the air with a bow and arrow.

Rockets with a chirp soared into the sky, clearly visible even in daylight.

Then rockets are lifted off every other mile, warning of the imminent danger.

The people who were fighting on the water were a little surprised when they saw the rocket in the air, and they didn't know what was happening.

Li Ruoxue, Lin Qianyue and others, who knew the inside story, all went out to force Wu Youxu and others to retreat, and flew towards the shore on the water.

"It's not good, the snake spirit is deceitful," Yuan Xingchong saw that after Duodan repelled himself, he quickly retreated, not afraid of his pursuit from behind.

The slight vibration from the surface of the water was like a great earthquake in the perception of these grandmaster-level masters, and it could be easily detected.

"The warship immediately broke free from the entanglement with the snake spirit and sailed to the shore." Yuan Xingchong commanded his own warship loudly.

However, Yuan Xingchong also knew that with the imminent flood, there was almost no chance for the warship to dock in this short period of time.

Li Rong, who was knocked into the distance and fell into the water, struggled to climb the dam and was also surprised to see the rocket.

Rockets with a chirp are only sent out in the most urgent situations when a flood breaks the embankment.

"The flood is coming," a thought flashed through Li Rong's mind, "the snake spirit has built a dam upstream. ”

Just now Li Rong fell into the water and felt a slight undercurrent undercurrent, and the water potential seemed to be accelerating, but now I don't know, this is the snake spirit built a dam in advance to store water, and now the dam is dug up, forming a flood peak.

"The flood is coming, quickly retreat to the north bank," Li Rong commanded in a loud voice, directing the thousand knights on the dam to return to the north bank, "Run to the heights, be quick." ”

Several soldiers standing guard on the shore also fired rockets into the air to inform people downstream.

In addition to arranging manpower to monitor the river upstream, Li Rong also sent people on duty every few miles along the lower reaches of Luoshui to deliver news.

Downstream of Luoshuiyan, one after another flew into the air with chirping rockets.

"The dam is bursting, and the flood is coming." Yang Zhifeng looked at the rocket rising in the air in the distance and muttered in his mouth.

In order to inform the people guarding the sacrificial ceremony, Li Rong specially sent Yang Beifeng to guard here and wait for news, so that he could notify the generals of the forbidden army guarding the sacrificial ceremony at any time.

Yang Beifeng hurriedly found Li Duozuo, the general of the right Yu Lin Wei, to report the military situation.

"The flood is coming?" Li Duozuo frowned and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

This is not a trivial matter, the flood is really coming, breaking the river embankment, and the civil and military officials who are participating in the sacrifice at this time will be brought to the bottom of the river to feed the fish and shrimp, and the entire court will be paralyzed. But if the military situation is misreported, and the sacrificial ceremony is so important, the Holy Mother and Emperor will definitely throw himself into the prison of Dali Temple.

"Master Changshi and Captain Li explained before leaving that in case of an upstream dam bursting, a flood would send out a beeping rocket to not be alerted." Yang Beifeng said quickly.

Li Duozuo stopped talking, immediately pushed away the crowd, pushed away the flying cavalry guards guarding next to the imperial chariot, ran to Wu Zetian's imperial chariot, and whispered the news conveyed by Yang Beifeng.

Wu Zetian frowned when he heard this, his anger gradually rose, and then he calmed down, "Immediately drive back to the palace, General Li, you command the guards to retreat to a high place in order, and strictly prevent Xiaoxiao from taking the opportunity to make trouble." General Qiu, you sent someone to use a fast horse to inform all the squares along the river to evacuate the people immediately to prevent the flood from breaking the embankment. ”

Qiu Shenji, as the general of Jin Wuwei, has been on duty next to the imperial chariot.

"Yes," Qiu Shenji's eyes flashed with a subtle hint of ruthlessness.

The defense of the entire sacrificial ceremony should have been in charge of him, the general of Jin Wuwei, but now he was sent to do the trivial matter of evacuating the people, which made him embarrassed.

Of course, this is not the time to argue about the high and low, and Qiu Shenji still understands this reason.

The two of them turned to leave.

Wu Zetian looked at Luo Shui in front of him coldly, and couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart. She refined the "Dao Heart Demon Cultivation **", one of the abilities is to perceive people's emotional changes, and Qiu Shenji's ruthless color all fell into Wu Zetian's heart.

"Queen Mother!" The emperor Li Dan in the back also heard Li Duozuo's words and asked uneasily.

Anyway, the woman in front of him is his biological mother. Since he was a child, Wu Zetian has left an impression in his mind that he is shrewd and capable, and he governs the country well, and Li Dan can't resist Wu Zetian at all.

"The emperor doesn't need to panic," Wu Zetian looked back and said, "There is a rebel party who wants to destroy the sacrificial ceremony, we will return to the palace immediately." ”

The wrestlers who raised their heads hurriedly turned around and walked towards the imperial city.

Here, Li Duozuo commanded the guards and forbidden troops, protected the civil and military officials, envoys of various ethnic groups, and the princes and nobles retreated to high places.

When the people saw that the emperor had turned to the imperial city, they began to talk about it, not knowing what was happening, so that the Holy Mother and Emperor, who were about to hold a sacrifice ceremony, returned to the palace immediately.

"Wei Xiang, there is a rebel party who wants to destroy the sacrificial ceremony, and the Holy Mother and Emperor ordered the civil and military officials to immediately retreat to a high place to avoid the attack of thieves." Li Duozuo found Nayan and Wei Xuantong said.

Wei Xuantong is Nayan, the head of the prime ministers of the dynasty, and his prestige is much higher than that of Wu Chenghei of the internal history. Therefore, Li Duozuo came to Wei Xuantong first, and asked him to guide the hundred officials to retreat, so as not to cause chaos.

Wei Xuantong didn't know the seriousness of the matter after a long time, "General Li rest assured, this minister will restrain the officials to listen to the command, and the general will arrange it quickly." ”

Li Duozuo bowed his hand and called the generals of the guards who guarded the altar, and each commanded their respective subordinates to escort everyone to the high place.