Chapter 125: Public Trial
Today is an important day for more than 10 million people from the 13 tribes of Wusun.
A day or two earlier, each tent had received an oral notice from the public trial priest Guo Huaijie.
This is a big thing that the Wusun people have never heard of, never seen or even thought about before.
"Erlang God" and "Roaring Heavenly King" are the supreme gods and spiritual sustenance of the entire nation of Wusun, and everyone is a faithful believer without exception.
The "Temple of the Human Wolf", located in the mountains near the Pegasus tribe, is a must-visit place for everyone.
Therefore, Guo Huaijie, who has been a priest for more than ten years, is also an important figure that everyone admires and cannot live without, and it is not an exaggeration to say that women and children know everything.
Priest Guo has committed a great sin, has been arrested by the new angel, and is to be tried in public.
The news was like a big stone thrown into a puddle, causing an uproar.
Those who had received the grace of Priest Guo began to cry out for Priest Guo.
Those descendants who listened to Priest Guo's words and went to another world wanted to know if they could see the departed children in their lifetimes, and wanted to know whether the children's choice was right or not, or in other words, they wanted to let the matter that had been weighing heavily on their hearts have a result.
In any case, almost everyone wanted to see the scene of the angel's interrogation of Priest Guo with their own eyes.
From the time the sun rises, the area around the "All Saints Mountain" is agitated.
The people of various tribes have changed their previous living customs, and they get up before dawn to make a fire to cook.
Some of them have slaughtered a lot of cattle and sheep last night, prepared a large number of fresh meat pieces, and put them in the big stone tripod to cook, the aroma of cooked meat wafted everywhere, attracting people's appetite fingers.
After eating and drinking, the people began to go out, and their footsteps involuntarily headed towards the Pegasus tribe.
The distant tribes rode horses in groups of three or five.
The continuous hooves of the horses trampled the deep grass to the ground, forming a slippery and obvious road mark.
Since early morning, thousands of people have gathered in Tianma Square.
Most of these came from tents close to each other, and they had long expected that there would be no fewer people participating in this event, so they went to the ground early to grab the most advantageous position.
The elderly woman went out with a small wooden pier and sat in the closest place to the high platform, and the multi-level juniors hula la gathered in a large circle, which was self-contained.
The tribal guards first placed the cordon on the edge of the square, but soon realized their ignorance.
Because the square, which has a capacity of about 5,000 to 10,000 people, quickly becomes full.
As a result, they had to move the cordon back again and again, while gangs of men and horses continued to pour in from all directions.
Seeing that there were too many people behind, the guards began to mobilize all the people in the square to sit on the ground.
After that, the circle of people who were asked to sit on the floor grew.
10,000, 50,000, 100,000......
More than a dozen guards ran back and forth in the safe passage, reporting the estimated number of participants over and over again to the ancestral grandmother, the supreme leader of the Wusun Alliance.
Grandma Zu was drinking tea and chatting with the leaders of the various tribes who had arrived in the meeting hall on the second floor, and when she heard the report of 100,000 people, she looked at the leaders with a surprised face and said:
"Oh, how did you inform me, so many people came at once, what can I do if there is going to be a mess!"
The leaders looked at each other, but no one spoke.
They said in their hearts, "I just informed all the tribes at the request of the angels, and as for who will come and who will not come, and how many people will come in the end, how can I grasp it?"
When the guards reported that the number of people had reached more than 200,000, and the nearby flat grassland had been fully occupied, and the later people still wanted to squeeze forward, the grandmother's face changed greatly, and the sweat was instantly full of criss-crossing wrinkles.
"Quickly, quickly set up a cordon around the existing people, and no one outside is allowed to enter.
persuaded the people who came after him to go to the nearby hillside to watch, but it really didn't work, so let him go home. ”
The guards took the order and left.
"Where's the angel?"
The old man shouted to the guards who remained by his side.
"Lord Angel went to the hospital, do you want me to invite him?"
A guard replied.
"Go and invite him, go and invite him!"
The old man said in a loud voice......
At this time, Cheng Zhong was leaving the hospital and walking on the way back to the wooden building area.
Not far behind him, Gao Ge was standing tall, his body lying on a large comfortable single frame.
The two men who carried her were two tall and strong men, one in front was a guard, and the other in the back was a doctor.
Originally, Cheng Zhong just went to visit, and didn't want Gao Gexing to appear in court as a witness.
But Gao Gexing insisted on going, which worked hard for the guards and doctors.
Before going to the hospital, Cheng Zhong had already called Hairy Lali and a few guards to gather the other witnesses and explain to them clearly the matter of testifying on stage.
After Cheng Zhong handed over Gao Gexing to Brulali, he strode towards the wooden building of his ancestral grandmother......
Directly north of Tianma Square, a platform of more than two meters high and 20 meters long and wide has been erected.
On top of the platform, a huge tent is supported by long wooden poles.
The side of the tent facing the square is completely open.
In front of the entrance, a large open space was set aside in the circle.
The twelve cowhide drums with a diameter of two meters and the twelve horns with a length of two meters are each lined up in a long way, forming a huge "eight" figure under the stage.
In the big tent on the stage, there is a circle of large wooden piers, the surface of which is polished smooth and shiny by the buttocks, and it looks like the seats of the leaders of various tribes.
The two seats in the middle are a cut above the others, and they can only be sat on by two steps.
In these two positions, no one can sit except for the ancestral grandmother and Cheng Zhong.
The chiefs of the tribes have taken up their tents one after another.
Suddenly, a sharp trumpet sounded.
Immediately after, the drum pounded and the trombone whined, which shook the ears of the people nearby.
The sound of drums and trumpets works together to form a high-pitched and quaint ensemble.
This song is primitive and barbaric, but close to nature, like a thunderstorm for a while, like the sound of the forest and the waves of the sea, like the sound of heaven.
"Dangdangdang......"
A crisp sound of wooden fish sounded, and the thick drum and trumpet stopped in unison.
After a pause, the sharp trumpet sounded again, and another drum and trumpet sounded in unison.
After three drum and bugle calls, the grandmother of the ancestor came from the safe passage with the support of Brulali, and Cheng Zhong followed with ease.
"Wow yes ......"
The people sitting on the ground in the square shouted and clapped their hands indiscriminately.
Cheng Zhong followed the example of his ancestral grandmother, raised his right hand and shook it, greeting them.
The three of them steadily stepped up the wide staircase to the platform.
All the leaders stood up and bowed to the chief leader and Cheng Zhong.
The old man and Cheng Zhong stood in the center of the big tent, their bodies circled, and saluted everyone.
The old man nodded, and Brulari turned and walked off the stage.
Cheng Zhong slightly supported the old man, and the two of them went up to the main seat and sat down together.
Behind them, two female guards stood upright.
As soon as he saw the protagonist in place, the stage and the audience suddenly fell silent.
The two guards carried Guo Huaijie, who was tied up with five flowers on both sides, and slowly climbed the steps and walked into the big tent.
Guo Huaijie's face was pale, his body was thin and weak, and the soles of his feet were like stepping on cotton, swaying and stumbling along the way.
It's just that the eyes that are deep in the sockets are still flashing with a poisonous cold light.
In the center of the tent, when the two guards let go, his body crumbled.
I saw him struggling to spread his legs, stabilize the center of gravity of his body, turn his head to scan the leaders, and finally stop his gaze on Cheng Zhong's face.
"Hum, ho, quack, quack......"
Suddenly, Guo Huaijie snorted coldly, and then raised his slender neck and let out a series of terrifying sneers.
Cheng Zhongmian raised his head fearlessly, bravely meeting his eyes.
"Hmph, ho-ho, hahaha......"
I saw the young man Cheng Zhong standing up straight, and he also snorted coldly, and then raised his head and laughed with pride.