Chapter 248: The Prince Sacrifices to the Heavens

After listening to her cousin's words, Xiu'er asked:

"My cousin dares to say that he has never loved Xiu'er!"

"I never loved my cousin. I've told my cousin many times before that I've always treated you as my own sister. ”

Xiao Jun's clear voice, like a thunderclap in the clear sky, rumbled and fell on Xiu'er's ears, shaking her ears and buzzing, she stumbled, almost fell down, and hurriedly held the table with her hand.

looked at his cousin's eyes fixedly, and said word by word:

"Cousin, you look into my eyes, Xiu'er didn't hear clearly, can my cousin say what he just said?" No mistakes, no word skipping.

Seeing Xiu'er like this, Xiao Jun couldn't bear it, and thought about it, as the saying goes, don't be ruthless, it's rare to be a man, don't let her die today, I'm afraid that it will be entangled in the future, so he looked at Xiu'er with both eyes and repeated word by word:

"I've never loved my cousin. All along, I only treat you as my own sister, and it is my fault that I hurt you unintentionally, and my cousin has forgotten me. ”

Looking at her cousin's mouth, Xiu'er instantly gave birth to a monstrous hatred in her chest, she hated her cousin, hated her cousin, hated the old lady, hated her aunt for giving her so much hope, and was disappointed again and again, making her wait for so many years, but in the end, it was a bamboo basket to draw water and fish for the moon in the water......

At this moment, she hates all the people in the Xiao family!

Stabilized himself, forcibly suppressed the urge to smash this house, suppressed the monstrous hatred in his heart, and said to his cousin:

"Good! Good! Good! Cousin, Xiu'er has been waiting for you for so many years, and in the end you still lost me, I, Zhang Xiu, swear to break off with you today, and from now on I will be inseparable from the Xiao family! ”

After Xiu'er finished speaking, she reached out and plucked the bead flower that her cousin gave her from her hair, pulled it hard with both hands, and the beads fell to the ground one after another, and said:

"I, Zhang Xiu, don't snow today's hatred, there are such flowers."

After Xiu'er finished speaking, she fell to the ground hard. Zhuhua's entire jade handle shattered at Xiao Jun's feet, turned around and walked out quickly.

Looking at the back of his cousin who left in a hurry because of love and hatred, Xiao Jun sighed silently.

Xiu'er returned to Yangxin Garden, regardless of the eldest wife's repeated retention, and left the Xiao Mansion overnight with Aunt Cui, and the eldest lady, who was already haggard, saw her sister leave absolutely regardless of family affection, and was completely bedridden.

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The ravages of continuous heavy rain caused a flood in the south of the Yangtze River that had not been encountered in a hundred years, the flood inundated the land, washed away the crops, and caused a large number of refugees in northern Jiangsu to flow to the north, or even the riot of displaced people*, the news had already spread to Pingyang, Emperor Jin was worried, and was planning to transfer grain for disaster relief with the ministers, who knew that the disaster was not a single line, the Shanjung people united the four hundred thousand soldiers of the nine major tribes, and crossed the Mulu River in the east and west, menacing, and the general of Zhenbei sent 600 miles overnight to urgently request additional troops.

As soon as the battle report from the front arrived in Binh Duong. Emperor Jin was shocked, and summoned the prime minister and the six Shangshu overnight to discuss the increase of troops in the north and the disaster relief and flood control in northern Jiangsu, and prepared to discuss the court early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, the early dynasty is still the old rule, Emperor Jin went to the court, the ministers bowed three times and knocked nine, the sound of the mountain called long live, the emperor called the sound of the Qing Ping, after a toss, the ministers stood in two shifts, the emperor looked at the ministers, was about to speak, only to see the Qintian supervisor Tang Ruoshou out of the class and said:

"Long live, long live, long live...... The minister watched the sky last night, the color of the glow confusion was blue and black, into the main heart, and the lingering did not go to the image of the glowing confusion guarding the heart, this is a big murderer, the main country has a big funeral, easy government, since the founding of the country, there have been two years of confusion and guarding, the first time for Emperor Ling for ten years, the first time for Emperor Ling to guard the heart for 40 days, Emperor Ling died, the world mourned, Su Mai, the second time for Emperor Rui for three years. Ying confused and guarded the heart for 30 days before going, Emperor Rui listened to the words of the Qin Tian Supervisor, by the prime minister Jia Quan for the long-lived stand-in to bear the curse, Emperor Rui three years, the prime minister died, the country and the people were safe, I Dynasty Prime Minister Jia Guangzhong reigned for seven years, no merit, the corpse was vegetarian, resulting in today's floods, the people were violent, the military disasters were rampant, and even the heavenly changes occurred by the heavens. ”

Ancient superstitious divination, the heart is a very dangerous and ominous phenomenon in the astrology, the emperor is either dead or the heir is broken, at least a prime minister must die, the fear of this celestial phenomenon is second only to the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse, today I heard that there is such a fierce phenomenon in Daqi. Thinking of the recent floods in the south, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty changed color one by one, and unconsciously whispered in their ears, and when the Jinluan Hall was neutral, there was a buzzing sound, and their eyes looked at the first prime minister Jia Guangzhong.

When the prince saw it, a layer of fine sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, he didn't expect that King Yan would attack the prime minister first, a celestial phenomenon, he was going to force the prime minister to death, it seems that King Yan couldn't help but make a move.

Seeing that the eyes of the ministers gathered, Jia Guangzhong's middle coat was already attached to his back. Feeling that the Long Live Lord was looking at him, he went out of class and said:

"Long live the performance, there is an inauspicious celestial phenomenon in the sky, it is the responsibility of the minister, it has nothing to do with the people, if the life of the minister is a person, it can share the worries on behalf of the people, protect the safety of the people, and eliminate the disaster, and the minister is willing to accept the punishment of heaven on behalf of the minister!"

The ministers in the palace saw that the prime minister asked for a long live to be punished by God, and for a while, the ministers led by the imperial history went out to echo it, and it became a one-sided situation.

It's no wonder that the people are not virtuous, the government is uneven, it attracts the punishment of heaven, and it sends a bad omen, Qin Tianjian predicts that it is either a dead emperor or a dead prime minister, at this time, a few people dare to say that the emperor will die, unless he is impatient, and there has indeed been a death of the prime minister because of the prophecy of Qin Tianjian in the history of Great Qi.

After the ministers finished playing, they lined up on both sides with bated breath, waiting for the holy cut, the corners of King Yan's mouth showed a subtle smile, those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die, this time Jia Lao thief is dead, look at who dares to disobey him King Yan, the next one is the Xiao family and Yichun Hall!

After the ministers finished playing, just when King Yan was secretly proud, he saw the prince and the cabinet scholar Su Peng come out of the class and play:

"Long live Qi Song, long live, long live, long live the Northern Dynasties, when Emperor Wen Jing was in power, there was a year when Emperor Wen Jing was afraid of his heart. Sun Bo, the eunuch of Qinqin, inquired, Sun Bo said that this was a 'heavenly punishment', and the disaster should be on Emperor Wenjing; and told Emperor Wenjing that the blame could be shifted to the prime minister, the people or the year, Emperor Wen Jing said that the prime minister assisted him in governing the country, and the disaster was ominous to him; If there are no people, how can there be a monarch? It is also harmful to the people, and it is not the way to be a king; Emperor Wen Jing finally decided to bear the 'punishment of heaven'; unexpectedly, Sun Bo immediately knelt down and congratulated after hearing this, he said that Emperor Wen Jing rejected three plans to blame others, it was 'three words of virtue, and heaven will reward the king three times', Emperor Wen Jing will move the heavens, turn disasters into blessings, and Ying Jing will soon leave the heart and soul, and Emperor Wen Jing will add 10 years of yang life, and then Ying Jing will leave the heart on the 7th. ”

When Scholar Su said this, he peeked at it, and saw that Banzai was not displeased, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued:

"The sky is ominous, it is the condemnation of the heavens, since ancient times" the king of the Tao "will not blame the minister, but take measures to avoid, the "Book of Heavenly Officials" said that the Taishang cultivates virtue, followed by the government, then the rescue, the second repair, the second repair, is under nothing, today long live not to blame the prime minister, is the cultivation of virtue, Wei Chen is willing to ask long live the temporary start of the sacrifice ceremony to the heavens to repair, begging the heavens to withdraw the punishment, in order to turn the heart of heaven, turn the disaster into a blessing; This humble opinion of this micro-minister, respectfully ask the Holy Judge"

After Scholar Su finished speaking, Nan Huaizhong, deputy supervisor of Qintian, came out of the class and said:

"Long live, long live, long live...... What the prince and the prince said is that the color of the glow is blue and black is the main flood, the main disease, the minister observes the celestial phenomena, and the glow is blue and black before entering the lord's heart, this is a natural disaster and not the disaster of the prime minister.

After Nan Huaizhong finished playing, the court immediately opened the pot, and the ministers led by the prince and the king of Yan expressed their opinions, quoted scriptures and classics to start an encouraging debate, and Emperor Jin had no choice but to disperse the dynasty and discuss again.

After several court discussions, Emperor Jin issued several holy decrees on the twenty-second day of the seventh month of the seventh year of Emperor Jin, to the effect that:

Zhou Dejing, who was jointly recommended by the crown prince and the prime minister, was the general of Zhenwu, led 300,000 troops, and sent troops to join the Zhenbei general Situ Sen to quell the Shanjung rebellion.

Disaster relief is like fighting fires, and the Ministry of Households has stepped up preparations for disaster relief and sent it to northern Jiangsu for disaster relief on the same day.

The vision from heaven, the responsibility of the Son of Heaven, the Emperor asked to cut his hair and blame himself, in order to get the understanding of God, and according to the date set by the Qin Heavenly Prison, the crown prince was shown to worship the heavens in the first generation of the first generation of the father in the eighth month of the seventh year of the Emperor Jin......

Among the various sacrificial ceremonies of Daqi, the most important one to sacrifice to the sky, generally once a year, selected on the day of the winter solstice, but special circumstances also have to sacrifice to the sky, such as drought and prayer for rain, etc., this time there is a flood in the south that has not been encountered in a hundred years, the military disaster in the north, and the sky has a great evil image, under the strong recommendation of the ministers headed by the prince and the prime minister, the emperor solemnly opened the ceremony of worshipping the sky, just because the emperor is in poor health, afraid that the filth will desecrate the heavens, and then suffer greater heavenly punishment, so the decree is made by the prince of the dynasty to sacrifice to the sky on behalf of the father.

The holy decree, Taichang Siqing began to get busy, preparing livestock sacrifices, sacrificial vessels, sacrificial words, etc., the prince fasted for three days in the first month of August in the seventh year of Emperor Jin led a hundred officials to worship his father in the prayer Feng Palace.

The grand ceremony of worshipping the heavens was over, and the officials finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they all prayed that the year of Daqi would get better with the end of the festival.

How do you know that a series of major events happened after the prince's sacrifice to the sky, which made the people of Daqi panic, as if the end had come.

On the third day of the eighth month of the seventh year of Emperor Jin, that is, on the third day of the prince's sacrifice, a long star appeared in Daqi, which is commonly known as the broom star by the common people, and the tail is straight to the guide.

On the fifth day of August in the seventh year of Emperor Jin, six hundred miles in the south rushed to Pingyang, there was a rare plague in the south of Yangzhou, the symptoms were terrible, the legend is that people will be contagious when they talk to each other, and the things that the patient has taken are also infected, or even this person died, two people carried out, did not take a few steps, and fell a pair and a half, often the whole family died in the house, no one carried, the infected person felt severe pain unbearable, and some people trembled all over, the buttocks and thighs appeared bean kernel-shaped pustules, violently vomited blood, and died in only two or three days, the plague occurred in Huangqiao Village, At present, there is not a single living person in the entire village, and it is rapidly spreading outward .......

On the seventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of Emperor Jin, an urgent military report of 800 miles came from the north, and the 50,000 troops of the eastern front commanded by Zhang Jidong, the vanguard of the Zhenbei general, were ambushed by the Shanrong people on the south bank of the Mulu River, and the whole army was annihilated, and the life and death of the two deputy generals and General Zhang were uncertain......

One after another fierce letters came, the people inside and outside the government and the opposition were panicked, and there were rumors in Pingyang City, rumors spread one after another, and it was rumored that the prince was immoral, and the father sacrificed to heaven and was punished by heaven, etc., which caused great panic among the people, and they took to the streets one after another, strongly demanding the abolition of the prince and the anger of the heavens......

Note: Glowing is what is called Mars in modern times.

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