Chapter Fifty-Eight: Ancestor Worship
In the strange atmosphere that permeated the sky above the imperial capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, the unconsciously coming of the Qing Yuan Festival also meant that the ancestor worship ceremony of the Great Xia Dynasty was coming.
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Emperor Li Lingyun, the emperor of Great Xia, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials, went to the Taimiao Temple to worship his ancestors in a huge honor guard.
The guard of honor in front of the guard of honor was led by twelve rows of cavalry armed with horizontal swords, bows and arrows, arranged at different intervals, followed by a huge propaganda band, the whole band composed of nearly 1,000 people.
The band is followed by a flag array composed of various flags, buildings, flags, etc. After the flag array, there are the green dragon flag and the white tiger flag on the left and right. Behind the two flags is an accompanying procession of court officials. In the middle of this team, there were also interspersed and mixed with cavalry and infantry soldiers armed with weapons.
The frame that Li Lingyun rode on was the core of the entire honor guard, and the people of the Li clan who followed slightly behind on both sides of the frame were naturally the Li clan. After that, there was a first-class civil official of the Great Xia Dynasty.
They were followed by the senior generals of the forbidden army, and around the periphery of these escort officers were many groups of cavalry and foot soldiers of the forbidden army, each of which was led by a general.
Armed with bows, arrows, knives and other weapons, the forbidden soldiers were ready to deal with unexpected situations. Following the forbidden soldiers were the honor guards composed of peacock fans, small group fans, square fans, yellow lu, jianglu, xuanwu and so on.
Since Li Lingtian could not participate in the ancestor worship because he wanted to guard Qingfeng City, Li Yunzhi and Li Yunhong came on behalf of Li Lingtian. His status is naturally not low, and the two of them rode on horses and followed Li Lingyun's frame closely.
Li Yunhong looked nervous, although he had already known about the conspiracy of the sect, he still looked around, just in case.
When he saw Li Yunzhi's leisurely expression, he couldn't help but relax in his heart, for some reason, at this time, Li Yunhong had an inexplicable trust in his youngest brother.
Ling Wei rode a horse and mingled among the cavalry at the back of the guard of honor, and since Ling Wei broke through to the so-called Holy Martial Realm that he didn't even know if it was the so-called Holy Martial Realm, the whole person became even more unfathomable.
At this time, Ling Wei restrained his aura, as if he was an ordinary cavalryman without any cultivation, but his spiritual sense had already covered the entire royal honor guard, and he would definitely not be able to escape Ling Wei's inspection if he was slightly disturbed.
And Gu Ping is dressed as a civil official, with a round body wearing a civil official uniform, squinting his small eyes and a smiling expression, those who don't know will definitely think that he is a minister.
Just the day before worshipping their ancestors, Li Yunzhi and Li Yunhong went to the palace to meet Li Lingyun.
At first, Li Yunhong and Ling Yun planned to install some cultivation masters in the honor guard, although not all of them were masters of the Emperor Yuan Realm, but their number was absolutely amazing.
However, it was opposed by Li Yunzhi, and Li Yunzhi's explanation to the two was: First, you can't startle the snake, so that people can see that they have seen through the other party's conspiracy. Second, he has already made arrangements to absolutely ensure the safety of Li Lingyun and the Li family.
Although Li Yunhong and Li Lingyun didn't know where Li Yunzhi's confidence came from, they finally chose Li Yunzhi's suggestion.
The huge guard of honor headed towards the inner palace of the imperial city towards the outside of the city, and marched towards the Taimiao of the imperial city. The people of the imperial city on both sides of the road knelt down one after another when they saw the emperor's carriage passing by.
When the honor guard left the inner palace, in a hidden high-rise building, a white-clothed sect looked coldly in the direction of Li Lingyun's frame, "Notify it, when the ancestor worship starts, start immediately!"
Then dozens of people behind Zong Dao responded in unison, and disappeared in an instant.
If anyone sees it, they will be shocked to find that this group of people are all masters of the Emperor Yuan Realm!
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After a short time, the honor guard came to the location of the Taimiao outside the palace in the imperial city of the Great Xia Dynasty, where there is a magnificent building, and this building is the place where the ancestor worship ceremony is held.
You don't have to think about it to know that this building is the temple dedicated to the emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Although the temple is not very big, but the momentum is incomparably magnificent, the temple is in front of a very huge square, the huge square can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people. And the altar is not far from the gate of the Taimiao.
At this moment, in the square near the altar, various seats have been set up, specially prepared for the civil and military officials of the Great Xia Dynasty, and the banquet has been placed on the seats.
In a short time, the huge square was already full of empty seats. In addition to the honor guard and various officials, the periphery of the square was full of people from the imperial capital.
Li Lingyun walked onto the altar, followed by the two Li Yunzhi brothers and a group of princes and princesses. Li Lingyun, who was standing on the altar, looked down at the many officials and people on the square, and then said in a deep voice:
"All Aiqing and my people of the Great Xia Dynasty, I have kept you waiting for a long time. ”
Many officials knelt down in unison, "The ministers don't dare!"
The people were excited, and many people saw the emperor of their country up close for the first time, and they also knelt down in unison, "Long live the emperor......
Then, Li Lingyun nodded slightly to his lower left, and a civil official who presided over the ancestor worship, Da Zongbo, finally appeared.
This Taichang Temple, with a three-foot white beard, looks like that, and his age is not small.
However, the cultivation of this great sect uncle is not weak, Li Yunzhi looked at the great sect uncle who walked up the steps unhurriedly to the altar, and was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that such an old man who was a little older and a civil official actually had the cultivation of the middle stage of the Emperor Yuan Realm.
It seems that this viewer is by no means what he seems on the surface, just a civil official with a small official position, and he must have a great relationship with the Li family.
The viewer seemed to be aware of it, and then saw that Li Yunzhi had been looking at him, and the old man smiled at Li Yunzhi. Li Yunzhi also smiled back.
Seeing Li Yunzhi like this, Li Yunhong on the side told Li Yunzhi some things about this old man through his spiritual sense.
learned from Li Yunhong that this old man was one of the most trusted relatives who had followed his grandfather, named Bao Zhong, after his grandfather died, Bao Zhong took the initiative to serve as the great uncle, responsible for taking care of the temple and sacrifices, and he could be regarded as guarding the tablet for his grandfather.
When Bao Zhong came to the altar, the thick bell suddenly rang, ** heavy, and spread far away towards the square.
"Ancestor worship begins, go up to the six animals!"
The bell stopped suddenly, Bao Zhong ran the true yuan, and a sound like spring thunder suddenly sounded, and on the huge square, tens of thousands of people and officials suddenly quieted down.
After a short time, on the altar, a group of people carried the six animals used to worship their ancestors and walked up to the altar.
Just after the six animals arrived at the altar, this group of people walked towards the bottom of the altar, and when they passed Li Lingyun, suddenly three of them suddenly made a move, and the person who shot was a master in the middle stage of the Emperor Yuan Realm, and there was even a master in the late stage of the Emperor Yuan Realm.
"Die!"
That late stage master of the Emperor Yuan Realm rushed straight to Li Lingyun.
The sudden change made the tens of thousands of people and officials standing respectfully in the huge square suddenly panic.
Before this group of people carried the six animals to the altar, Li Yunzhi had already learned from Ling Wei about the abnormality of these three people.
Just when Li Yunhong wanted to catch up with him, a figure suddenly jumped out from his side.
It's not Li Yunzhi, who else can there be!