Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Witch Sacrifice Song

Fengcheng is very lively today, the street is already crowded in the morning, people come from all over the world, some are for a glimpse of the true face of the stone, some are for the hunt for novelty, just a few days, it has been the good things around Fengcheng people have gathered, with some wise men and Confucians, rangers have rushed over to join this rare lively.

The unearthed heavenly stone is offered in the white stone view of Fengcheng, for the festival, the altar of more than three zhang high has already been erected outside the Taoist temple, and the big stone that is about high is offered on the platform for people to admire.

The high platform built by the giant tree is colored and hung red, a long case is set up to worship three animals and five grains, the flat land under the high platform has already been circled out of an empty field by the Fengcheng Mansion Guard, the water is splashed, the loess is paved, just waiting for the auspicious time to come, and the big witch who is raised in the Gongzi's house prays for the blessing of Daqi.

When it was almost time, a team of guards escorted Gongzi Cheng and Dawu's car, and opened a way out of the crowd, the convoy walked slowly, stopped in front of the empty field, and immediately a team of guards stepped forward to block the crowded crowd on both sides, and after a while, from the first float, walked down an old man with a wrinkled face and dressed in colorful clothes.

The old man in colorful clothes had shriveled skin, his eyes were bright, he had a feather on his head, he held a golden bell in his hand, and walked to the middle of the field with a serious expression, his arms outstretched, and he drank dumbly, and everyone immediately fell silent.

"Heavenly Evil, all the gods, help me to get together!" Da Wu shouted, and suddenly there was a slow-paced drum sound on the high platform, the drum beat bursts, Da Wu danced to the beat, shook the copper bell in his hand, stepped on the rhythm of the drum, and sang the witch song in a hoarse voice.

Gongzi stood on the ox cart with his hands tied, he was straight, with a golden crown, and he stood on a high place with unparalleled demeanor, which caused the girls on both sides to forget to watch the big witch show, and only glued their eyes to his body one by one.

On the periphery of the empty field, through a wooden fence, a number of civilians had gathered, and the crowd was watching the excitement, but an old ox cart forced into the crowd, causing a commotion.

"Auntie, there are so many people that I can't enter. The driver who was driving the car looked at the crowded crowd, and didn't dare to go any further, so he turned his head to the mother and daughter in the car and said apologetically. "If my aunt wants to come closer, I'm afraid she can't. ”

"What? Where is this? Didn't you say that you would go to Baishiguan to see the witch festival? There are so many people here, what do you think! Hurry up! If not, quickly return our car money!" The fat woman in the car raised her eyebrows, her triangular eyes widened, and she crossed her waist and roared.

"This ...... That's not what I said, this mother. The coachman looked around in embarrassment, and bowed to the fat woman. "It's not easy for me to ...... this small business"

"I don't care if it's easy for you, now you can't go in, our mother and daughter still have to huddle with these ordinary people, and you still want our car money?"

"Mother, mother, look, that's Gongzi Cheng, it's Gongzi Cheng!" Jing Ying excitedly pointed to the dark figure standing on the ox cart far away, barely visible, pulled her mother's sleeve, and shouted loudly.

The people around were watching the great witch and the witches who had just come on the stage, and when they heard the mother and daughter shouting, many of them turned their heads and glared angrily, and they all felt ashamed when they saw the coachman.

"Alas, insulting, you two get out of the car, I don't want the money!" the coachman frowned and waved his hand, jumped out of the car in despair, grabbed the horns, and took the car back a few steps.

"Hmph! I just said it earlier, it's really nonsense!" The fat woman got out of the car with Jing Ying with her chin raised, and the mother and daughter crowded in the crowd and squeezed in the direction of Gongzicheng's car.

Watching the mother and daughter leave, a young man in cloth wearing a hat asked the old man beside him who shook his head and sighed. "Dare to ask my uncle, why is it too resting?"

"Alas, this Jing woman has really lost the face of my Fengcheng people!" the old man pointed to the mother and daughter, and said disdainfully. "This is the family of Jing Lao in the west of the city, fierce and domineering, jealous and ruthless, mother and daughter, really appropriate!"

"Chengxi Jing Clan, but that Wei Jing Clan?" the young man was obviously surprised, and asked the old man.

"But no! What other Jing clan is? After hearing that this family is also a famous family, alas, I really don't know how to come up with such a!" the old man shook his head and glanced at the young man. "Housheng, are you familiar with his family?"

The young man bowed his head. "It's not familiar. ”

"That's fine, women of this house, stay away, be careful of their insults!" said the old man, snorting angrily, glancing at the mother and daughter, and then watching the witch dance.

The young man didn't ask any more, looked at the mother and daughter who were almost submerged in the crowd, pursed his thin lips, and turned to leave.

Jing Ying's mother and daughter struggled through the crowd, and by the east side of the square where Gongzi Cheng was located, they were already panting and sweating their vests.

At this moment, the dance of the great witch was nearing the end, and the rhythm was getting faster and faster, and the witch in colorful clothes also twisted her waist and swung her hips with the rhythm of the drum, and spun.

The civilians were all isolated outside the wooden fence, Jing Ying was in charge for a long time, and the soldiers guarding the fence did not pay attention to them, Jing Ying was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, so she had to look for Gu Cheng among the children of the nobles in front of her.

"Ah, Ah Cheng!" Jing Ying finally found Gu Cheng's shadow in the crowd, and beckoned to her very happily.

Gu Cheng, who was standing among the nobles, glanced in the direction of Jing Ying Station, ignored her, and only chatted with the nobles on the side.

Seeing that Gu Cheng ignored her, Jing Ying's eyes were cloudy, and she held back her anger and looked at Gongzi Cheng who was standing on the colorful ox cart not far away, she gritted her teeth, and pulled her mother to squeeze not far from Gu Cheng, Gu Cheng was sitting in the carriage not far from the wooden fence, Jing Ying leaned forward and grabbed her sleeve.

"Ah Cheng, I didn't expect to see you here, it's so good. Ah Cheng, are you still angry with me? I was wrong, don't be angry with me, okay?" Jing Ying pulled Gu Cheng's sleeve and begged softly, with a pitiful look.

Gu Cheng glared at Jing Ying, seeing that her attitude was quite sincere, her face softened slightly, and before she could speak, the noble girl next to her opened her mouth first.

"Oh, Ah Cheng, how do you know such a merchant girl, tsk, you have to take care of your identity, right?" Alas, I'll go over there and take a look, I'm out of company!" the noble girl raised her chin, snorted softly with disgust, turned around and left.

"Aqing, don't go......" Gu Cheng's face changed slightly, and he was about to chase the noble girl, but he pulled Jing Ying's sleeves and couldn't move, she turned her head and glared at Jing Ying, and said hatefully. "You really don't succeed enough to fail! Provoke A-Qing to dislike me! Don't let go!"

"Ah Cheng, I was wrong, woo woo...... I didn't mean to, don't be angry. Jing Ying squeezed out two bubbles of tears, looked at Gu Cheng pitifully, and bent slightly, looking like she was about to kneel.

"You, what are you doing!" Gu Cheng gritted his teeth angrily, but he couldn't let Jing Ying really kneel down in front of so many people, it wasn't that Gu Ying cherished Jing Ying or anything, she was afraid that she would be gossiped about and have a reputation that would not be tolerated, it would be a big loss, thinking of this, Gu Cheng flicked his sleeves and said angrily. "I know, you let go!"

Seeing that Gu Cheng was no longer pursuing it, Jing Ying immediately burst into tears and laughed, shook Gu Cheng's arm and said. "Ah Cheng, you are the best, I'm really afraid that you will ignore me, thank you. ”

"Let go!" Gu Cheng glanced at Jing Ying, shook his hand, shook off Jing Ying's entanglement, and said with a cold face. "Childe is going to recite the sacrificial words, you shut up for me!"

"Good. Jing Ying lowered her head, looking honest, the fat woman was even more honest, she kept bending down to salute Gu Cheng, with a flattering smile on her face, Jing Ying whispered to Gu Cheng. "Ah Cheng, you can talk to these sergeants and let my mother and I in, okay?"

Afraid that these two mothers and daughters would make trouble again, Gu Cheng glanced at her and said to the guards behind him. "Let them in. ”

The guard opened the wooden fence as he said, and Jing Ying and the fat woman entered the arena happily, standing on the side of Gu Cheng's carriage very honestly.

Gu Cheng endured his anger and looked at Gongzi Cheng, no longer paying attention to Jing Ying's mother and daughter, Jing Ying peeked at Gu Cheng, and saw that her eyes fell on Gongzi Cheng, she breathed a sigh of relief, and also looked towards the wide sleeves and described the dashing Gongzi Cheng.

When the festival reached the end stage, Gongzi Cheng stepped off the ox cart and walked slowly to the edge of the square.

The great witch knelt on the ground with a long roar, and another female voice sang. "The auspicious day is good, Mu will enjoy the emperor, Fu Changjian Xi Yuer, Xuan Qiang Ming Xi Linlang, Yao Xi Yu, Yao Xi Yu, Xi Qiongfang, Hui cuisine steamed orchid, lay cinnamon wine and pepper pulp, Yang Xi drum, soothing and soothing the festival An song, Chen Zhu Se Xi Hao advocated, Lingyan Xi Jiao, Fang Fei Xi full of halls, five tones and complicated meetings, Jun Xinxi Lekang. ”

This woman's voice is clear and tactful, ethereal and elegant, contrary to the hoarse voice of the big witch, but there is another supernatural aura, for a while everyone was attracted by this song, and Gongzicheng's eyes also fell on the plain-clothed woman who came slowly with a bowl.

The person who sang was Ye Ziyi, she was holding a plain bowl, wearing a light green robe, with a belt in the wind, wide sleeves flowing, half of her long hair draped over her shoulders, half pulled up behind her head, held by a plum branch, the breeze swept by, her long hair was flying, and the robe wrapped around her slender and slender body, really like a fairy in the clouds, Gu shot a real person.

The pale green robe reflected Ye Ziyi's skin like snow, her hair like new ink, she walked slowly, and in front of Gongzicheng, she sang a song, holding the tray and bowing slowly. "Childe prays for Daqi and makes a wish for the people, which is the luck of Qi, please clean your hands. ”

Gongzicheng looked at Ye Ziyi who was kneeling on the ground, his brows furrowed slightly, he reached out and dipped it in the bowl with vanilla, and said very quietly. "Come back and settle accounts with you!"

Ye Ziyi, who was holding the bowl with her head bowed below, raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart, this is just the beginning, is this guy going to settle accounts with her?

After purifying his hands, Gongzi Cheng was solemn, strode to the altar, took the sacrificial text from the hands of the great witch and read it aloud.

Ye Ziyi, who was kneeling down, held the bowl high, raised his little face lightly, and looked pious.

She has a peaceful and dignified face, elegant and graceful demeanor, and she kneels on the ground like this, and she also has a posture of being like a fairy, which is a little more noble than many delicate and noble girls in Fengcheng, which makes the crowd can't help but look at her.