As soon as Mo Yan finished speaking, he heard a commotion of people, and the crowd of people who were watching the excitement were driven to both sides by the soldiers on guard, forming a wide passage leading to the so-called altar, as if waiting for someone to arrive. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sure enough, several well-decorated carriages slowly drove on the road in the distance, surrounded by infantry and cavalry, and it seemed that the big man was about to appear!

The cars approached, and several people got out of the cars one after another. Headed by a person, dressed in a gorgeous costume, wearing a high crown, solemn face, steady steps, as soon as he got out of the car, he was surrounded by a few people dressed as small officials.

Looking at the cars walking down in the back, except for one person who looked very much like an official, the rest of the people were all dressed differently, holding all kinds of strange props, and walked with a high spirit, more vigorous than the emperor and high-ranking officials in front.

"That's the masters who followed the emperor to worship the sea, right?" Ji Ji couldn't help asking.

Mo Yan didn't answer, his eyes moved with the group, frowning slightly.

The group of people walked to the middle of the venue, and some people began to speak loudly, first saying something praising the emperor for ruling the world, the four seas are one, and the people's hearts are longing, and so on, and then turned to the theme of sacrificing to the sea, explaining that the previous time the messenger was sent to the fairy mountain, because of the lack of preparation, the sea god was angered, this time it was to calm the anger of the sea god, offer sacrifices, and pray for the common people in the world to cultivate and become immortals.

When it came to the sacrifice section, Mo Yan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he was a little frightened when he saw it. Although Childe is young, he has always been known for his wisdom and calmness, and it is indeed quite rare to have such obvious emotions exposed.

But even in such a crowded place, there are still some noises that can be heard from time to time, and it is the screaming cry of a child that I have just heard, which cannot but make people feel uneasy.

Sure enough, with a burst of exclamations, the second convoy has arrived, this time it is no longer the kind of caravan that the dignitaries ride, but a huge iron cage car pulled by a flatbed carriage, and the cage is not filled with chickens, ducks, fish, meat, silverware and fruits, but a group of children!

The eldest of these children seems to be fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger one may not be ten years old, still wearing a belly pocket, sitting in the car in a daze, or eating, or in a daze, and some are not very sensible, playing in twos and threes, and there are also some who are desperately crying, no matter how coaxed the older children, they will not stop talking.

Zuo Ji suddenly understood, this is the source of the cry just now, these children were brought like this, obviously not simply to visit the sea sacrifice, the "sacrifice" shouted in the field just now, is it these children?!

Such iron cage cars arrived one after another, and they continued to stretch. After they were lined up on the field, Ji Ji counted them, and there were more than 30 cars, each of which was stuffed with more than a dozen people, and there were hundreds of people!

Seeing the lively people seeing so many children being brought, they were all talking about it, but some of them were saying that they hoped that the sea god would bless the sea people with a safe harvest after accepting the sacrifices, some were praying that the gods would be kind and could give immortal medicine to make them immortal, and some questioned that some of these children were too young and some were too big, and they didn't know if they met the requirements of the gods...... None of them seem to be worried about the fate of these children themselves.

Ru Ji didn't know much about the customs of sea sacrifice, but because he was still a teenager, he couldn't help but sigh subconsciously when he saw those caged peers who were about to be separated from their parents and go to the vast sea where they didn't know where to go.

When he looked at Mo Yan Gongzi beside him again, he saw that he was staring at the person standing on the high platform in the field.

I saw that after the man had made a passage, he walked to the side of the high platform, waved his hand down, and the emperor stood up from the main seat of the guests, walked towards the high platform step by step, and walked up the wooden stairs around the platform.

When they got to the top, the two seemed to be talking, but because of the distance, it was impossible to hear them clearly. Speaking of which, I could only see that the emperor seemed to be a little excited and grabbed the other party's hand, and the other party nodded again and again, as if he had accepted a major entrustment.

"Who is that man? The emperor seems to trust him very much. It didn't seem like he was asking a question, because he knew that Childe wouldn't be very good at answering him, so he just muttered like he was talking to himself.

Unexpectedly, this time the son replied seriously: "Xu Fu." ”

"Ah, I've heard of this guy!" "I heard that he himself studied under a master, has a strange art, and is especially proficient in the way of immortality, and is now the most prestigious master by the emperor's side!" No wonder he was going to preside over this sea sacrifice ceremony. ”

Mo Yan was noncommittal, looking at the high platform with a solemn face, Ji Ji was a head shorter than Mo Yan, and when he lowered his head, he accidentally found that Mo Yan's hand seemed to be trembling slightly.

"Childe, what's wrong with you? Is there anything uncomfortable? Kuo Ji hurriedly pulled Mo Yan's arm and asked.

Mo Yan was pulled by him, his body shook slightly, and he immediately retracted his gaze, sighed softly, and said, "It's okay." ”

After a while, drums began to beat in the middle of the field, and a group of people walked into the field, singing and dancing, and shouting as if performing some ritual, while the cages loaded with children began to gather in the center, and were loaded onto small boats along the paved plank road, and carried one by one to the large ships parked in the distance.

In the end, the man standing beside the emperor on the high platform also walked down and followed the last boat.

"Huh? Is he going to go with him, too? I thought he was just presiding over the ceremony? Ru Ji sighed.

"Let's go." Mo Yan said, already turning and retreating from the crowd.

"Is this leaving? Don't look at it anymore? The people came out with him, but they were still standing on tiptoe, stretching their necks and looking in the direction of the altar of the sea god, as if they were still a little unsatisfied.

Mo Yan sped up his pace, and in a blink of an eye, he had already walked a long way. Seeing this, Ji Ji had no choice but not to look back, and trotted to follow.

The two walked along the path for a while, but suddenly turned, and after a while, they had already seen the sea, but compared to the altar, the coast here is not very flat, there are black reefs everywhere, some are more than half a person high, the two can only walk around, up and down, walked for a long time, turned a rock wall, but saw a small boat tied to the shore, as if swaying with the waves.

Mo Yan walked over quickly and shouted to Ji Ji, "Get on the boat!" ”

Zuo Ji quickly took off his shoes, and said, "Childe went up first and sat firmly!" "I ran to the bow of the boat and was ready to push the boat.

Mo Yan didn't shirk, jumped on the boat first, picked up the oars, and coordinated with the movements of the small boat to the shore, and the boat began to sail towards the sea. At the moment of offshore, Kuo Ji jumped on the boat lightly, and said with a smile while taking the oar from Mo Yan's hand: "I didn't expect to be able to go to sea with Gongzi, I'll come!" ”

Seeing that the young man rowed the boat very skillfully, Mo Yan didn't say anything anymore, sat on the bow of the boat and looked into the fog, pointing out the direction to Zuo Ji, probably when a pillar of incense was around, the shadows of several big boats had faintly appeared in front of him, and they were the big boats that he saw during the sea sacrifice ceremony just now, which were about to go to sea and cross to the east! Several have already begun to make their way to the sea, and the rest are still ready to go.

"Childe, this is ......" Ru Ji was surprised!

Mo Yan had already stood up, took off his robe, revealed a light outfit, took out a ball of rope with a claw hook from the cabin, and fastened it to his waist.

Zuo Ji immediately understood that Mo Yan was planning to board the ship! But before he could speak, Mo Yan had already said in a deep voice: "Don't wait for me, go back to Hedong!" He stooped down and jumped into the sea, and soon the fish swam in the direction of the big boat, but there was no one else to be seen from the water, only the ripples that he had stirred up when he entered the water were spreading gently. (To be continued.) )