Chapter 804: Funeral
The Great Ghost King is the king of the Oni Clan. You deserve to enjoy the number of seven-seven. But the ghost king wants to use the funeral of the big ghost king to lure the ghost to come. If the time drags on too long, it will inevitably make the ghost prepared. That's why the ghost king is in a hurry to go out of the funeral.
The minister's opinion made the ghost king frown. He rebuked: "As the saying goes, the dead are great, and the earth is safe." The Great Ghost King stopped for many days without mourning, which was a great disrespect to his old man. How can you bear it! The king decided that the funeral ceremony would be seven days later. ”
The ghost king spoke, and the ministers said yes again and again, and the ministers said yes again and again. Only then did the ghost king turn his anger into joy.
The funeral time has been finalized, and the next step is to discuss the scale of the ceremony. The ghost king proposed that the funeral ceremony of the big ghost king is, of course, the more lively the appointment. Naturally, the ministers have always been in favor. The Ghost King ordered the Ministry of Rites to take full charge of this time.
After several days of preparation, it was finally time for the funeral. The ghost king had already sent someone to post a notice in private, informing all the people of the ghost clan of the time of the funeral.
In the minds of the people of the ghost clan, the Great Ghost King is a benevolent and virtuous monarch. Early this morning, countless ghost people took to the streets to see off this king whom everyone admired.
The crowds of ghost people stood on both sides of the street. A lot of people have tears on their faces. Sadness hung over the Netherworld.
At nine o'clock in the morning, from the door of the prayer hall of the Ghost King's Palace, a huge coffin slowly walked out. The coffin was carried by eighty-one strong men of the ghost clan. Step by step, he walked out of the temple gate.
Eighty-one people with coffins walked out of the prayer hall step by step, along the avenue of the Ghost King's Palace, through the Netherworld, and came to the main street of the Netherworld. From here, they walked along the main street to the south gate of the Netherworld, and from the south gate to the east gate of the Netherworld. Pass through the East Gate and then the North Gate.
The Nether Tomb is located in the northern part of Nethercity. It is eighty-one miles from the Netherworld. At this rate, it would take two days for the coffin to reach the Nether Tomb. This does not include ceremonial activities.
The coffin arrived in front of the Ghost King's Palace. The guard of honor has been waiting here for a long time. For a funeral of this level, the scale of its honor guard is quite grand.
At the front of the funeral procession was a leading party of 100 cavalrymen. The silver helmet and silver armor are all the same, and even the skeleton horse under the crotch is also silver-white. The guide team is divided into ten rows of ten people. Walk at the front of the line in unison.
After the lead team, there are thirty-six large gongs. Each gong is two meters in size. It is carried by four people, one of whom holds a gong and hammer, and knocks all the way. The sound of a huge gong was heard far away.
The gong is followed by a thirty-six leather drum. The leather drum is also two meters in diameter. Four people carried it, and one person struck.
This is called the Clean Street Gong and Drum. It is used to open the way. Gongs and drums were everywhere, and the people avoided them first.
Behind the gong and drum corps, there is a field of colored flags. It is divided into four parties. The first side is the Flying Tiger Flag, with hundreds of people holding a three-foot-high flagpole, and at the top is a mighty Flying Tiger. After the Flying Tiger, each is the Flying Biao Flag, the Flying Dragon Flag, and the Flying Phoenix Flag. It can be described as a banner exhibition, embroidered ribbon fluttering.
After the bunting pairs, it is the relatives who send the funeral. The civil and military ministers headed by the ghost king Xiao, wearing linen scarves and filial piety clothes, walked all the way in the funeral procession.
After the relatives, it is the coffin of the ghost king. This huge coffin is like a big house. It is four meters high. The front and back are nine meters long. The width is as wide as five meters.
The coffin is made of solid ironwood. The outside is hung with red paint as the bottom. In front of the coffin, from top to bottom, the official secrets of the ghost king are written.
On both sides of the coffin, painted with painted scrolls, recount the exploits of the ghost king.
Eighty-one people carried the coffin two steps forward and one step back. You can see how slow it travels.
The coffin is followed by a procession of spirits. Most of them are palace ladies who hold tributes and funeral goods. There are also some strange-looking dancers dressed up in costumes, dancing the ghost dance. The funeral procession was a mile away. From afar, it looks magnificent.
When the funeral procession left the Ghost King's Palace and marched along the street, the people of the Ghost Clan standing on both sides of the street began to weep in pain.
People think back to the merciful old ghost king. Many people still remember that the old ghost king went deep into the people's homes to ask for warmth.
During the reign of the old ghost king, the life of the ghost people was very peaceful and comfortable. At that time, it was the time when the human race and the demon race were at war. For the sake of the recuperation of the ghost people, the old ghost king ordered that all ghost clans should not be required to serve in the army. And the size of the ghost army has been reduced again and again. The number of soldiers decreases, and the corresponding number of strong laborers increases. There was no large burden on the army, and the taxes of the common people were reduced accordingly.
Many of the old ghost king's benevolent policies have benefited the people of the ghost clan a lot. And the people grew richer. Such days changed forever until a decree from the king of the south.
After more than ten years of stable life, the ghost clan has gradually forgotten the grievances between the human race. Not long after the people enjoyed this life, the king of the south ordered the rearmament of the army.
The King of the South is the supreme leader of the Southern Demon Clan, and who dares to disobey his decrees. The old ghost king ostensibly coped with the errand of the southern king, while dividing the ghost clan area. He had the four ghost kings dispersed into several cities and let them each form their own forces. The purpose of the Great Oni King is to separate the powers, so that the Southern King can perfunctory and neglect the decrees of the various places.
The old ghost king's idea was good, but he didn't expect that the power desire of the four ghost kings was good. The Four Ghost Kings had their own territory and began to expand their power in a big way. After they grew their wings, the struggle for power began.
Because of this, the old ghost king offended the king of the south. The king of the south saw the thoughts of the old ghost king, and in a fit of rage, the king of the south sent a master to destroy the old ghost king's soul card.
The king of the south not only cut off the back road of the old ghost king, but also encouraged the four ghost kings to compete for the position of the big ghost king. stirred up the miasma of the ghost clan.
The people of the ghost clan miss the kindness of the old ghost king very much. So when he got the news of the old ghost king's funeral, he spontaneously poured into the streets.
The funeral procession slowly marched forward. The ghost king standing in the line asked his entourage from time to time. He was waiting for the ghost to arrive.
In the plan of the Ghost King, the Ghost King will definitely come. It's just that he can't be sure where Ghost Ming will be. The funeral ceremony will take two days, passing through two parts of the city and outside the city along the way.
The Ghost King hopes that the Ghost King will come to the city so that he can capture him in one fell swoop. However, this possibility is extremely unlikely, and the ghost king does not have much hope.
The next option is outside the city. The funeral ceremony of the old ghost king, the ghost will definitely not dare to come with soldiers. Ghost Kings can then ambush along the way. But it's many times more difficult to do so.
The Ghost King sent many spies to closely monitor the movements in the city. When the funeral procession was about to reach the city gate, they finally got the news.