Within three days, twelve men who were born on the eighth day of the fourth month had been selected inside and outside Haojing.

The strange thing is that although the number of people counted in the household register is much more than twelve, only the twelve people are selected.

At the top of the ceremony, the twelve people were wrapped in beautiful silk silks and surrounded in front of the tallest bronze tripod.

This bronze tripod is still after the night of the lanterns, Emperor Xuande specially ordered people to cast, the people at that time were puzzled, I don't know why the emperor suddenly had this idea, now it seems that after the assassination of the night of the lanterns, he thought about how to please the god of fire.

Everyone's hearts were raised, I don't know what Emperor Xuande wants to do with those twelve people?

The bronze tripod was so large that twelve people surrounded it, and the people below could still see the flames spewing out of the tripod.

Wang Boqin looked from afar below, he couldn't see Emperor Xuande, nor could he see Kong Youde standing in the front row, he only felt that the fire in this big ding was about to swallow the twelve people immediately.

The people next to him were also nervous, if this time they deliberately selected a man who was born on the same day as the god of fire, then next time, would they choose a few from among the ministers at random, wouldn't it be more sincere to show Emperor Xuande?

Wang Boqin was frightened by this thought, maybe the friend that Brother Kong said should have asked him to write a handwritten letter in advance, if he was really chosen by the Vulcan next time, he would have run away in advance.

He didn't have the slightest respect for the god of fire, and if a god needed to sacrifice with the blood of the people, strengthen it with the lives of the people, and ignite faith with the resentment of the people, it must be an evil god.

No, then she doesn't deserve to be called a god, she should be a demon, a bad guy who is angry with everyone and God.

But Wang Boqin was disappointed, he didn't see the scene of the twelve people being thrown into the burning bronze tripod one by one, those people just circled around the burning tripod, as if they were performing some mysterious ritual.

Moreover, the high priest who rushed back from Baizhi Province also appeared on the altar at the right time.

Her long hair was flowing and she was muttering words, and her red robe was really stunningly beautiful.

John Shu is not a high priest, she must have bewitched the eyes of many people, she is so beautiful, so full of feminine charm.

However, she is the high priest, the little helper of the god of fire in the world, and the strange woman full of strange powers.

No one dared to think anything about her, even the emperor respected her very much, although she was not named a national teacher, but the strength of that courtesy was worthy of the appearance of a national teacher.

This time for the big ceremony, all the arrangements were also arranged by Wangshu in a letter a long time ago.

Seeing that Wang Shu slapped the top of the heads of the twelve people, Wang Boqin once raised his heart again, he really thought that the next moment, he would throw them into the bronze tripod one by one.

However, he was disappointed again.

The men who were born on the eighth birthday of the god of fire in April are still unharmed.

They were still circling the bronze tripod, and after being slapped by the high priest, the top of each person's head was struck by the high priest, but there was a strange light, and it was impossible to tell what color it was, and it seemed to be orange-red fire from a distance, but if you looked closely, you found that there was a faint blue.

The blue was originally hidden in the orange-red firelight, but gradually, as the twelve people turned faster and faster, the blue light seemed to be connected into a dragon, Wang Boqin was stunned, he didn't know if he was hallucinating, or if it was indeed this fantastic scene on the altar.

He was eager to end the ritual as soon as possible, so that he could go and ask Kong and De again, if he was what was going on, if he had also seen the flying dragon formed by the blue light.

was thinking wildly, but Wang Boqin found that the altar suddenly became quiet.

The twelve men who had been surrounding the altar threw all the silk wraps on their bodies into the bronze tripod in order, and the flames suddenly rose again, upward, upward, and spiraled away from the altar.

Immediately afterwards, the twelve men also left the bronze tripod, slowly walked down the altar, and then disappeared from people's sight.

Wang Boqin couldn't figure it out, he was very puzzled, if the twelve men selected through the household registration were not used for sacrifices, then who is the protagonist today?

Facing the quiet ministers, the emperor began to release the elephants of the Bai Zhi Kingdom that he had personally captured.

"Aiqing, this is what I caught in Bai Zhiguo, you see, is this elephant mighty?"

Everyone didn't know what they meant, whether they should step forward and say that His Majesty is mighty, or should they really praise the mighty elephant.

Or is it to write a hymn to the elephant?

Before everyone could react, they heard Emperor Xuande announce: "Today, in order to celebrate the birth of the god of fire, I have decided to personally slaughter this elephant to give birth to the god of fire. ”

These words, the people below are relieved, it turns out that this sacrifice is just to take this elephant, although this is not the tradition of the Hongyin Dynasty, not as regular and ceremonial as the heads of pigs, cows, and sheep, but as long as it is not a sacrifice to people, it is not a big deal.

Especially those courtiers who were favored by the emperor, looking at the emperor's eyes, began to worship infinitely.

It's just that there are some benevolent ministers who can't stand Emperor Xuande's behavior, after all, the sages have said that a gentleman should cook far away, and this killing in front of everyone can't be a good thing.

But Emperor Xuande didn't want to pay attention to what everyone thought, and he put a silver-white spear in his hand that he had prepared a long time ago. Facing the elephant that had already spread its chains and started to run in all directions, he leaned forward and poked the elephant with the tasseled spear.

For a while, the elephant was running fast on the altar, the altar was not too big, and the ministers who were watching the ceremony next to them knew that they were afraid, the elephant looked like it had incomparable brute strength, and it seemed that a random collision could hit a person.

At first, when he was bound by iron chains, he only looked at the rough benzene, but now he is even more terrifying when he runs.

"Your Majesty, be careful." Kong and De exclaimed unwillingly, perhaps, among the ministers, he was the only one who was full of admiration for the emperor.

As for General Li, who was in front of the palace, he didn't seem to be worried about the emperor's safety at all, but he was still holding a sword and patrolling around the altar.

But he didn't look at Emperor Xuande's movements on the altar, as if he was confident in his actions, as if he knew that His Majesty the Emperor would definitely win.