Zhan Xiu, along with Su Hu and Ji Chang, all looked at Wu You with some surprise

I saw Wu You said slowly: "There will be a lunar eclipse on the day, please prepare more candles for the second son."

Zhan Xiu couldn't help but be stunned, naturally he knew about this matter, and naturally he had thought about it before, but it was not a big deal, so he said:

"Thank you Heavenly Master for your advice, Ji Fa will prepare more"

Then I asked Su Hu and Ji Chang before getting on the horse and returning to the mansion.

When I arrived in the room and sat down, I thought about what Wu You said before, and after thinking for a while, I still felt that it was better to be safe, so I shouted "Qu San" in the room.

Not long after, Qu San walked in quickly, and as soon as he entered the door, he saluted and asked, "Master, what are your instructions for finding a little one?" ”

Zhan Xiu asked directly: "Didn't you want to ask me how to make that slingshot before, I asked you to find some decent branches, how did you find them?" ”

Qu Sanyi heard this, and said with a smile: "Master, I thought you were busy forgetting about this stubble, I picked all the branches you wanted, they are all leaves of the Baiga tree, strong and elastic, I don't know if it is your favorite."

Zhan Xiu listened to it and said, "Very good, how many are there?" ”

Qu San replied: "Master, considering how to make a few more send-offs, I have collected about a dozen, which should be enough."

Zhan Xiu shook his head and said, "It's not enough, it's far from enough, you go and collect it again, see if you can get together about a hundred, keep it for me to be useful, and find a few more skillful carpenters to come back."

Qu Sanyi was taken aback at first when he heard that he wanted so much, and then he was even more puzzled when he heard that he was going to find a carpenter, but he didn't ask too much, and turned around and went out after agreeing.

After sending away the third song, Zhan Xiu thought about it again, and after confirming that all links were prepared or arranged in place, he relaxed his slightly tired nerves, and then sat on the ground and began to meditate again.

After Qu San left, the garden was quiet and silent, and Zhan Xiu's heart became clearer and clearer because of this silence, and he only felt that his breath seemed to be gradually integrated with the fresh breath in the air in the garden around him, and the shape of a garden, a house, a flower, a tree, and even a leaf and a grain of sand jumped in his mind, at this time he had a feeling that if the assassin who appeared a few days ago was still there, no matter where he was in the garden, he couldn't hide it from himself. However, at this time, there was silence everywhere, and it was clear that there was no one.

The mind becomes calmer, and as time passes, it becomes more and more in harmony with everything in the world, and gradually seems to completely forget who he is or where he is......

……

The men, women and children of Sioux City have finally begun to hold a ceremony to raise the attention of the city!

At dusk, a full moon hangs high in the sky, sprinkling the sky with silver light, illuminating the street as bright as day.

There is a wide avenue leading from Sioux City to the Temple of Asking Heaven, and I don't know when there have been people going to the Temple of Asking Heaven

Or help the old and the young to pray in groups, or silently burn incense and bow alone

And with the arrival of the day of the ceremony, the crowd finally filled the entire street.

The inhabitants of Sioux City, who had been eating fasting and chanting mantras for many days, were full of joy and a little trepidation, excitement and piety, and set out from the alleys and alleys, and gathered in the streets, forming rivers of pools

The target is the square in front of the Temple of Heaven.

The bronze bell that had been silent for some days at the door of the Heavenly Temple was rung again

"Buzz ......"

The majestic and long bell rang in everyone's heart, and there was a sacred and majestic aura in the gloom

The pace of the crowd quickened a little, like ants moving on a rainy day.

The square in front of the Temple of Heaven was already crowded with people, densely packed with people

Except for a few squatting, most were already kneeling on the hard ground.

Around the square stood a circle of soldiers with weapons in their hands, all of them with straight waists, staring at the crowd with blazing eyes, and around the huge altar in the center of the square, they also stood straight in the direction of the altar, and everyone held a torch in their hands except for the weapons, and the bright fire made the square red.

The center of this circle of soldiers was divided into four directions, east, west, north and south, and eight guards stood in each direction, wearing four different colors of blue, yellow, white and black, and stood there neatly without saying a word.

The middle of the team is divided into eight bronze tripods according to the innate orientation: Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen and Kun

The casting and carving on the bronze tripod is the rhombic pattern, some are the string pattern, and there are various ornaments such as folding square, hook cloud, dragon scale pattern, double hook yin line, etc., each of which is painted with a pattern and protrusion to draw a certain monster, and the fierce face is hideous.

In the center of the altar is an incomparably huge three-legged bronze incense tripod, facing the air hole that is the thickness of an arm, and the cigarette smoke is floating into the air along the hole at the moment, and the entire altar is shrouded in this incense mist.

The great priest Wu You was dressed in a white robe, with a jade belt around his neck, his eyes slightly closed, and his expression was ** kneeling on the red carpet under the copper tripod

Behind him, there were three rows of soothsayers and celebrants, also holding sacrificial vessels, kneeling with heavy faces.

Zhan Xiu had already followed his father Ji Chang to the side of the altar, looking at the dense crowd of people and the priests who were busy in the square, he also put away his usual casual style, and used gestures to signal to the guards who were still behind him to be vigilant.

"Boom!

Boom!

Boom! ”

The bell in front of the Temple of Heaven rang nine times in a row before stopping

The ceremony has officially begun!

Under the command of Zhan Xiu, the guards quickly laid out dozens of sacrificial tables, and quickly placed all kinds of meat such as pigs, sheep, beef, chickens, ducks, etc., and the top of the flesh was coated with cinnabar, which was as red as blood

In addition, various foods such as sweets, cereals, fruits, vegetables, and cooked rice are piled up in small trays and placed around.

The old master shouted

"Kamitsuri"

The music composed of drums, chimes and bells sounded solemnly

In the music, more than 100 girls in red danced, sometimes softly, sometimes unrestrained, and the formation changed endlessly, echoing with the flickering light and dark three yin and three yang rhythms in the band.

After a moment of dancing, the beast-headed bell suddenly rose high in the band

At this time, Wu You, the high priest of the officiating ceremony, led the way to the altar, accompanied by the soothsayer, the celebrator, the bookkeeper, the priest, the elder, Ji Chang, Su Hu and Zhan Xiu.

After arriving at the altar, kneeling and bowing, and prostrating the head three times, the master presents incense to come up, and then passes the incense, the first incense, and then the incense, and then the incense, followed by the offering of silk, entering the jue, raising the pot to drink wine, sacrificing wine, offering wine and other cumbersome and extremely solemn ceremonies.

……

This complete ceremony lasted for more than an hour, and finally came to an end.

Many people had some tiredness on their faces, but everyone in the ceremony, including Zhan Xiu, did not have any impatience, because after all this was over, the most sacred and most important moment was about to come.

I saw that the high priest of Wuyou had already received a long incense from the hand of the master, this long incense was much thicker and longer than ordinary incense, and you could smell a faint fragrance from afar, and the fragrance itself was fiery red all over, as red as if dyed with blood.

Zhu Shi raised the torch in his hand, and the high priest of Wu You lit it on the fire with a solemn expression

……

(To be continued, if you think it's okay, welcome to collect or scatter flowers ^_^)