Chapter 350: Offering the Prisoner to the Temple

Within half a month, Li Junxian and several other ladies lived in the palace, and the princess Changle kept coming to Li Junxian to play. Li Junxian has no opinion on this, because it is not bad to have such a little Lori to play with him. Li Junxian's son and daughter are only three years old, and it is impossible to be "fun", so it is also very good to have a ten-year-old Lori to play with him.

However, Dugu Yiren has always suspected that this Princess Changle's feelings for Li Junxian are not ordinary. Dugu Yiren was very worried, if this Princess Changle and Li Junxian had any feelings that they shouldn't have, it would be troublesome. However, Li Junxian didn't think so, Li Junxian thought that this might be because Princess Changle stayed in the palace all the year round, so she hadn't seen a man other than her father at all, so she had different feelings for Li Junxian. This kind of relationship is not love, but a continuation of some kind of father-love complex. What's more, Princess Changle is only ten years old, and Li Junxian's psychological age is almost thirty years old, he actually regards Princess Changle as a junior, and he doesn't think of him as a peer, so naturally he won't have any other feelings.

"The emperor ordered Li Junxian and Wei Mulan to go out of the city to participate in the ceremony of offering prisoners to the Taimiao." The eunuch said.

"Has the army entered the city?" Li Junxian asked.

The eunuch replied: "Yes, the special guards and the various armies have already progressed, and they are all waiting in front of the Taimiao, waiting for the arrival of the emperor to prepare for the ceremony of sacrificing the Taimiao." ”

"Alright! Let's go! Li Junxian said.

Now that the army has arrived, and now Li Daozong should also temporarily grasp the leadership of the special guard, so Emperor Li Shimin can let Li Junxian out. As for whether Li Junxian will plot against him, Li Shimin is not worried. Because at this time, Li Shimin had temporarily stripped off those technical arms, and the combat effectiveness of the special guard had been removed by seventy, even if Li Junxian had any bad ideas, it was impossible to realize them. And loyalty comes from strength, Li Shimin believes that Li Junxian has no strength, so he naturally has to be loyal to Li Tang.

Li Junxian came to the queue of special guards. I saw Li Daozong, who was walking in front.

"I've seen King Ren Cheng!" Li Junxian saluted.

After all, King Ren Cheng is a relative of the emperor, although he is the king of the county, and his status is the same as that of Li Junxian's duke. But after all, the imperial family is the imperial family, and he is still the core figure in the imperial family, so naturally it is impossible for Li Junxian to be offended. What's more, this King of Rencheng will have to sacrifice a woman in the future to give Tubo and relatives, and this guy is afraid that his status in Li Tang is not low. But this one was exchanged for his daughter, which is not commendable.

"Wu Guogong, since you are here, then I can go back. This Secret Guard is your army after all. It's not a problem for me to be here for a long time, so I'll go back first. Li Daozong said.

"Thank you Lord for leading the troops for me during this time, I am grateful." Li Junxian said.

Li Daozong also said with some emotion: "I personally took over this special guard, and I found that I have completely fallen behind, and I don't understand a lot of things about this special guard." If it weren't for General Du Junxuan and the staff officers to assist me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to control this special guard. Even so, I can't give full play to the full combat effectiveness of this special guard, and I can't compare with you, General Li! ”

"The prince is humble, who doesn't know that the prince is a member of my Tang royal family? The prince uses soldiers like a god. That's what my generation is learning from. Li Junxian said modestly.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more, I'm afraid we'll all end up here. I am a member of the royal family, and I am going to participate in the sacrifice of prisoners. That's why I'm not going to accompany you. Stand here and wait for the ceremony. Li Daozong said.

After Li Daozong finished speaking, he immediately went back. Li Daozong is a relative of the emperor and wants to stand in the first row. That is, there slightly behind the emperor. And Li Junxian and they are all foreign ministers, so it is impossible for them to stand so close, they can only stand behind. As for now. Li Shimin has verified Li Junxian's loyalty, so he can naturally rest assured that Li Junxian will lead the troops below. The most important thing is that there are hundreds of thousands of troops here, and Li Junxian does not have a few troops, and he is definitely not the opponent of hundreds of thousands of troops, which is also the reason why Li Shimin is completely relieved.

Soon, various sacrificial dances were carried out in front of the Taimiao, which was to celebrate. In order to praise martial arts, the ancient emperors brought the prisoners of the enemy army to the ancestral temple of their ancestors in order to praise their martial arts, and carried out the so-called ceremony of offering prisoners to the temple. This is the emperor praising his martial arts to his ancestors, showing his ancestors that he is a qualified emperor and living up to the expectations of his ancestors. This is actually a kind of vanity of the emperor, but now that he has won the battle and destroyed a country, of course this is to be praised! If you don't praise it, then I'm afraid there is nothing to praise for other achievements.

At this time, Jieli and tens of thousands of Turkic captives were pulled up, and Jieli stood in the first row. Behind Jieli were the Turkic nobles, who were usually tribal leaders in the Turks. But now, they hate to have to ask for the identity of this tribal leader, because it is a great insult to be sacrificed to the Taimiao!

"Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, now led the military generals of Wenchen to attack the Turks, destroy the Turks, and gain their population and grassland, which is the first achievement since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The younger generations have come to offer prisoners to their ancestors and pray for their ancestors to bless me with the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty! Li Shimin immediately knelt down and said.

And at this time, all the royal relatives and relatives behind him, and even the foreign ministers were about to kneel. Even the emperor is on his knees, how can you not kneel? Therefore, although Li Junxian dislikes this practice of kneeling to death very much, he still has to kneel down, otherwise it will be disrespectful.

And Jieli, who was standing in the pile of prisoners, gritted his teeth, but in the end he didn't dare to move anything. Don't look at Jieli's brave appearance, but he is very afraid of death and is a cunning politician. Most of the time he is alive now, so he won't look for his own death. Although it is a great insult to sacrifice the prisoner Taimiao now, as long as you survive it, most of them will still be alive. Jieli is now trying to live, but he doesn't even want his face, and his dignity is thrown aside, and he doesn't pay attention to it at all.

"Now that the ceremony is complete, please go to the feast." A eunuch shouted.

The ceremony of offering prisoners to the Taimiao Temple was finally completed, and Li Junxian also twisted his body and prepared to participate in the banquet. (To be continued......)