The vanguard of the Thorn Army, Yumo City, was almost completely wiped out, and the Hou of Weining, Ye Jiangke, died in a foreign land, and the news was not even able to reach Jiujiang County.

Whether it is Shantang or Hetang, they have not received any information in the first time, after all, most people's eyes are now on Changbai Mountain.

What's more, the entire territory of Jiujiang County is under the control of the Mo family, without Mo Xun's nod, even if someone wants to hand over the information through various channels, it will take at least two days, and by then, it will be too late.

At this time, Changbai Mountain is in full swing, although Emperor Jin's Luan has not yet arrived, but the Ministry of Industry has begun to prepare for the ceremony of worshipping the heavens early.

The time was only three days, and the task was heavy, so most of the craftsmen did not close their eyes for two days and two nights.

Especially the Ministry of Works, Zhu Yanting, now his eyes are bloodshot, his hair and beard are more than half white, in just two days, it is like he is dozens of years old, but he can't even rest for half a moment.

From building temporary palaces, setting up altars, and arranging simple defensive formations, to arranging the seats for viewing ceremonies, and selecting qualified vegetarian foods, he needs to do it himself.

Especially the group of grandsons in the Ministry of Rites are still picky, and they only know that with one mouth, they say everywhere that they are not in accordance with the rules here, and that they are not in line with the etiquette there, so angry that Zhu Yanting is furious.

Seeing that the stipulated time is getting closer and closer, the emperor and his old man will arrive at Changbai Mountain tonight, and all the preparations have not been completed, Zhu Yanting is eager to split himself into four petals to be enough.

No, it's all at this juncture, and there is a subordinate who has no vision to report, saying that a thatched house was found on the top of the side peak, and there is an elderly man living in it, and I don't know what to do with it, so I came to ask Lord Shangshu's opinion.

"Do you still need to ask me? Directly demolish the house for me and drive people down the mountain! On the day of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, no matter whether it is the main peak or the side peak, no one is allowed to go up the mountain!"

"Yes...... But ......" The waiter of the Ministry of Works had a bitter face, as if there was something unspeakable.

Seeing this, Zhu Yanting's face became a little more ugly: "But what?"

"However, that old man seems to be, a cultivator. ”

"Cultivator?" Zhu Yanting raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with the cultivator? Does he still want to go against the imperial court? Or do you want to raise the flag and rebel?"

The waiter of the Ministry of Works was covered with cold sweat, and replied resignedly: "Yes, my subordinates understand." ”

After seeing his subordinates leave, Zhu Yanting finally couldn't help but scold: "What a fucking bunch of waste!"

After a while, another craftsman came to ask for instructions, saying that the residence built for the princes and ministers had been completed, but he didn't know whether to paint red or yellow, and asked him to go over and see.

Hearing this, Zhu Yanting almost felt that he had raised a lot of straw bales, and shouted angrily: "I don't look at when it is, and I still paint it? Can I do it today? If I can't do it, where will they sleep when the prime minister does? Tell them to stop work, and since the residence is built, go to the altar to help!"

"Yes...... It's ......"

In this way, in the midst of shouting and scolding again and again, the preparations for the ceremony of worshipping the heavens finally came to an end, but Zhu Yanting did not get the slightest chance to breathe, because at the same time, the guests had already come up the mountain.

This festival to the heavens is not a small person like the Spring Festival, or a certain family, but all the giants who are well-known in the Dajin Dynasty!

For example, the dean of the Imperial Academy and the Heavenly Star Academy, and then the leaders of the Seventy-two Alliances, as well as several sect masters of the Council of Elders, and in the Nine Great Families, except for Ye Jiang and Qin Xiaohua, the rest of the family heads were also present, the Qin family sent Qin Yan, and the Ye family's representative was concurrently served by the Prime Minister.

In addition, there is another old man who is very eye-catching.

The old man has a childish face, no crown on his head, long silver hair and shawl hanging down, wearing a set of white star robes, holding a handful of dust in his hand, quite a taste of fairy wind bones.

This person is naturally a Taiwei Taoist from Zhanxingtai!

Since it is a ceremony to worship the heavens, then it is naturally indispensable to see the stars, and there is no shortage of Taiwei Taoists, not to mention, everyone in the world knows that the emperor and his old man have a lot of trust in this heavenly master.

On the surface, the Ministry of Rites is responsible for this ceremony, but in fact, it is the Taiwei Taoist who really presides over the ceremony.

Therefore, for Zhanxingtai, the Ministry of Rites has always had no good face, and even called Taiwei Daoist "old god stick" in private.

But no one dared to say these words in person, after all, Taiwei Daoist is a big celebrity in front of His Majesty, if he annoys him, he only needs to say the last sentence of stargazing at night, there is a disaster star coming to the world, and then point the finger at you, then I am afraid that a crime full of beheadings will not be able to escape.

Regardless of whether Taiwei Daoist is a fox and a fake tiger, or he is holding chicken feathers as an arrow, in short, this guy can get to this status with the assets of a mortal, and it is also the real ability of others, even if others are envious, they can't envy it.

At about the end of the day, His Majesty the Emperor's Jin Luan finally arrived, and Qin Xiaohua also appeared in front of everyone with a short black jade staff in his hand.

However, it was the Yunyin Emperor, Yang Tianxiao, who did not follow Emperor Jin's left and right, but bypassed the others and climbed to the top from the other side of the mountain alone.

For a dignified saint-level powerhouse, such a small means are simply at his fingertips.

Everyone present was also kept in the dark, and they didn't notice that there would be such a heavyweight guest present at tomorrow's Heaven Worship Ceremony.

After everyone saw the car, the emperor lived directly in the temporary palace, and Cai Quan, the commander of the forbidden army, of course, stayed by Emperor Jin's side every step of the way, as for the people brought by Xu Qiuchao, as well as the people from the Ruling Division, they were all stationed at the foot of Changbai Mountain, which can be said to be on guard around the clock, and not even a fly would want to fly in again.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of people who came from afar and camped at the foot of Changbai Mountain for a long time.

Late at night, the people of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry were still making final preparations so as not to make any mistakes tomorrow, and the distinguished guests who had come from afar did not talk much, so they returned to their residences one after another, and they did not know if they had slept peacefully that night.

It wasn't until the first rays of sunlight pierced the sky and sprinkled the warmth of dawn to the world that Zhu Yanting, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, was really relieved, supported his extremely tired body, and lay down under a cedar tree on the top of the mountain.

But he didn't notice that the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who had made him half angry before, seemed to be gone and never returned, along with several officials of the Ministry of Works, no one was alive or dead......

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PS: Thanks to 'Biluo Huangquan XII.' 588 for the tip, thanks to 'Just Like a World Away 9'100 for the tip. (To be continued.) )