Text Chapter 291 The Ceremony of Sacrificing to the Heavens
A few little eunuchs standing outside the door hurriedly ran in.
"Get out!" Mu Churan finally got angry, and if he added water, his whole body would be soaked. What does this Xiao He want to do? Is this a rectification?
When the little eunuch saw that the emperor was angry, he didn't even dare to make a sound, and went out directly.
"Lord Xiao, why did you come in without reporting?" Mu Churan suppressed his anger and said to him in a calm tone.
"Hmm...... The ministers are afraid that they will not serve the emperor well, by the way, the emperor, after bathing in clear water, they will burn incense......"
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For three days, for three whole days, Xiao He has been watching Mu Churan bathe and fast in the palace, almost driving Mu Churan crazy, he really feels that he is really wronged as the emperor, but at that time, it was he who gave the order that he must do this sacrifice to heaven well, and the son of heaven Chrysostom said that he can't go back.
Mu Churan felt that he had been tricked. He rolled up his sleeves, feeling that just taking a bath in the past few days had made him lose a few layers of skin. Alas, I wish this was over sooner.
"Your Majesty!" The eager knock on the door called Mu Churan out of bed: "Emperor, Emperor!" The festival is about to begin, please ask the emperor to rush to the altar as soon as possible. ”
Simply today, Xiao He didn't think of any other way to embarrass him, the emperor.
When Mu Churan arrived at the altar, Yang Mingsi had already made preparations in the center of the altar, sitting cross-legged, closing his eyes and recuperating.
A fire had been lit in front of the altar, and the bell had been placed on the side of the altar, and a group of black-clothed men with oil paint on their faces were dancing around the altar in a mysterious ceremony.
"Look at the sky, I'm afraid it's going to rain." Xiao He looked at the sky in a daze, the clouds were thick, this weather always made people feel that something was going to happen.
"Is there anything missing?"
"If you go back to the emperor, His Royal Highness King An has not yet arrived, but it is too late."
When the surrounding ministers heard that King An had not arrived, they were obviously a little flustered.
Since he is a prince, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens does not appear, do you want to let Yang Shensi pray for blessings against the missing hexagram?
That's disrespectful!
King An, King An, even if you are noble and capricious, if the emperor blames him, you can't let Lord Xiao and all the officials who hosted this ceremony to worship the heavens be buried for you.
"Forget it, since His Royal Highness King An can't come sometimes, and the time for the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens can't be delayed, then this can be replaced by Lord Shangshu Xiao of the Ministry of Rites." Mu Churan was unexpectedly lifeless.
Xiao He, as the person who hosted the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, should not have stood on the altar, but now that there is one less prince, the emperor has already spoken, and he must go to the altar of this sacrifice.
The ministers of the six ministries and the prime ministers on the left and right all put on official uniforms, and Mu Churan ascended to the altar surrounded by eight people.
According to the instructions of the Yang Ming Division, Mu Churan sat in the first place, and the ministers of various departments sat down one after another, Xiao He, who happened to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the youngest, and sat at the end, just in a circle, and sat next to Mu Churan.
Yang Mingsi pointed at the heavenly bell with the long sword in his hand, and the people around the waiter of the Ministry of Rites immediately reminded her to ring the bell, and the black-clothed man under the altar threw the sacrifice into the fire, and the ritual of sacrificing to the sky was considered to have begun.
It was supposed to make Mu Churan stand up and start praying to the heavens, but Yang Mingsi pointed his sword at Xiao He.
"You, the resentment in your heart is too deep, you can't pray on the altar, you have to go down, so that the ceremony can go smoothly."
Xiao He was shocked by this sudden sentence, and his resentment was too deep? He is not a ghost, so why did Yang Hades just let himself go down? Xiao He looked at Yang Mingsi suspiciously, but found that his eyes dodged.
It can't be wrong, this person's eyes are so clean, it is her iron heart, the person she trusts the most.
Didn't Iron Heart say don't do it? Why did he pretend to be the Yang Hades and enter the heavenly worship ceremony?
Before Xiao He could react, Mu Churan on the side suddenly slapped Xiang Yang Mingsi, Tie Xin was distracted, he didn't notice Mu Churan's movements, and took the palm Shengsheng.
"The duty of the Yang Immortal Division is to preside over the festival, and as for who can stand on this altar, it's not your turn." Mu Churan's face still had that kind of faint expression, and he couldn't see the emotion, which made people feel very gentle, but the strength in his hand left no room at all.
Iron Heart was wearing a mask, and the blood from his throat ran down his face to his neck.
He slowly stood up, "Please come to the center of the altar and pray for the blessing of the Yin Kingdom." "The iron core didn't retreat too far, just to the side
Moved a step.
Mu Churan turned his back to him and closed his eyes.
Xiao He didn't know why Tie Xin appeared here, until, the bright dagger was pulled out of his sleeve, and at that moment, Mu Churan suddenly turned his head and grabbed the dagger that was about to be stabbed with his hand.
Tie Xin was very hard, and the long sword of the Yang Ming Division in his hand instantly slashed towards him, Mu Churan let go of the dagger in his hand, and several ministers on the side retreated early, and the black-clothed people around the altar also drew out their knives and fought with the guards.
On the altar, Tie Xin was alone with a few guards around him, and seeing that he was about to fall to the downwind, Xiao He pulled out his dagger from his sleeve, Tie Xin kicked away a guard, looked at the dagger in Xiao He's hand, and shook his head.
"Don't!" Tie Xin said to her with a mouth.
Xiao He put down the dagger in her hand, she suddenly felt very weak, the people trained by her were far inferior to the guards in the palace, and it was obvious that she had gradually fallen behind. Ironheart's mask had been shattered, and his body had been scratched in many places, making him look embarrassed.
Xiao He's hands in her sleeves were clenched tightly, she closed her eyes, and controlled herself from looking at Tie Xin, and Mu Churan on the side took the saber that the guards had dropped and joined the melee.
It's raining, the downpour is mercilessly slapping on Xiao He's face, the rain is mixed with tears, and the rain stays along the corners of her clothes.
Tie Xin swept away everyone on the side with his long sword, rushed to Xiao He's side, pressed the long sword against his neck, and retreated: "I'm sorry, young master, I seem, I messed up." Tie Xin's helpless voice came from his ears, Xiao He stood in front of Tie Xin, and could feel that the wounds on his body were constantly bleeding blood, which was a completely different temperature from the rain, and the tears in his eyes were completely uncontrollable.
The person in front of the meeting held a knife against Xiao He's neck, and Mu Churan waved his hand to signal the guards behind him not to move.
"Tie Xin may have to take a step first, in the future, you have to be more careful, if I don't succeed today, in the future, I will rely on you to avenge the prince......" Tie Xin stepped back step by step, retreated to a position close to the mountain and suddenly inserted his sword into the gap of the altar, a hole suddenly appeared in the mountain wall behind him, Tie Xin suddenly pushed Xiao He into the cave, Tie Xin didn't know how many explosives were buried around this altar, Xiao He only felt that the ground shook the mountain!
His head couldn't react to what had just happened, and he fell asleep.
Xiao He didn't know how long she had been asleep, she seemed to have had a long, long dream, yes, it must have been a dream, when she woke up, Tie Xin must still be asleep in the room next to her, or sitting at a table with herself eating, she could still see Tie Xin's clean eyes, but her brain was full of scars from Tie Xin, and behind her was a huge fireball bursting open.
"Huh! Xiao He! Xiao He! How are you? The people around him patted Xiao He's cheek.
opened his eyes in a daze, but the person in front of him was not iron-hearted.
Mu Churan, it's him again! It was because of him that he lost the last trustworthy person in this world and lost his last dependence in this world.
Xiao He's eyes were red, his cheeks were cut by the rubble blown up by explosives, his hair was wet and still dripping, and the messy hair made Mu Churan feel that he might have been hit hard just now.
"Xiao He, are you okay?" Mu Churan called out to him tentatively and waved his hand in front of him.
The wound cut by the dagger before had turned white after being soaked in the rain, and it turned outward in a terrible state.
Xiao He subconsciously moved his wrist, this dog emperor harmed himself and lost everything.
No, kill him now, how can you make him feel his pain. She stared at Mu Churan in front of her, lowered her head to prevent him from seeing her tears, and squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, "I'm fine." ”
It's been five years, whether it's the torrent, the dark tide, the big and small turmoil, all rely on her and Tie Xin to survive step by step to today, this kind of life has passed, but she never thought that one day Tie Xin would leave her.
From today onwards, all the enmities and enmities of his family have fallen on him.
"It's okay." Mu Churan stood up, patted the dust on her body, and stretched out her uninjured hand to pull her up.
Xiao He didn't give this face at all, he stood up and walked towards the depths of the cave.
She knew in her heart, since Tie Xin would push her into this hole, it means that there must be a way to get out, Tie Xin, Tie Xin, no wonder you wanted to help me plan the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony that day, it turns out that you have already had this plan.
Mu Churan didn't know where Xiao He was going, so she followed him silently, the rain soaked Xiao He's whole body, she took out the flint used to light the fire today from her sleeve, turned her head and said to Mu Churan, "Your Majesty, put out the fire, the space here is too small, and there will be smoke if the fire is burned too quickly." ”
Xiao He didn't know why Mu Churan appeared in this hole with him, and he didn't have the heart to think about it, seeing that Mu Churan's clothes were a little dry, he grabbed his sleeve and tore off a piece of fabric.
If he remembered correctly, the emperor's clothes were mixed with gold wire, which didn't burn so quickly, and the fire that burned was enough to illuminate, and it was undoubtedly the best material to use now.