Chapter 241: Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony (1)
The ceremony was held as scheduled, and this ceremony was neither to pray for the good weather of the people, nor to pray for the heavens to send fewer disasters, but to comfort the heroic soul of King Yan who was martyred in the sky.
After all, when Yan Wang Yu Mingche was alive, he was already the regent of the king, one person under ten thousand people, he galloped on the battlefield for several years, made countless achievements, and helped the new emperor to ascend to the throne with his own strength.
Emperor Yu Chengyun's carriage arrived at the altar, followed by King Yan's coffin, and Mu Xiyun, the widow of King Yan in plain clothes and makeup, followed behind.
All the people saw the pale, godless eyes of the princess Yan when they cried bitterly, the king of Yan was shocked externally, many times deep into the enemy country to control the enemy, the internal tenderness, the heart of the people, no one among the people said that he was not good, now he died in the country, but also left a lot of legends, the princess's haggard also implicated everyone's heart.
Emperor Yu Chengyun also had a sad and unbearable face, plus he vomited blood with grief many times ago some time ago, and now he is also haggard, which also aroused the distress and compassion of the onlookers.
The process of sacrificing to the sky is complicated and solemn, although Yu Chengyun is the emperor but does not fake his hands on others, he does everything himself, and also expresses his reverence and respect for the emperor's uncle, and Princess Yan on the side is always silent, and there is no communication with the people around her.
"Pray to heaven, my regent Yu Mingche is my own uncle, I have done my best for the dynasty, unfortunately I have passed away, I have forgotten the mercy of heaven, I am grateful for his merits, and I have spent the dead for him." Yu Chengyun knelt down and said pious to the heavens.
Gonggong Chen suddenly felt a bad illness today and couldn't follow him to participate in the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, so it was his apprentice who followed Yu Chengyun this time, and after Yu Chengyun finished speaking, he took out the holy decree and read it.
The meaning of the holy decree is that this time Yan Wang Yu Mingche was killed by the enemy army, and his death in the sea of fire was caused by the traitor Mu Junjia colluding with the Tianyuan Kingdom to make Ning Luoqiu, and Mu Junjia was sentenced to be executed on the sacrificial rooftop to comfort the spirit of King Yan in the sky.
As soon as he finished reading, the guards escorted Mu Junjia, who was full of shackles, and knelt in the middle of the altar, Mu Junjia was covered in wounds, scarred, and there was no intact place on his body, even so, he also looked at Yu Chengyun on the stage coldly, full of hatred.
"Mu Junjia, you colluded with Tianyuan Guo's fine work, lurked in our country for many years, betrayed our secrets to the enemy country, and jointly assassinated the regent, and sentenced you to sacrifice to Tiantai to execute you today, can you be convinced?" Yu Chengyun said coldly to Mu Junjia in the audience.
"Surrender! The minister is loyal to the country, and has never colluded with the enemy country, let alone betrayed the intelligence, committed treason, and wronged the minister! Mu Junjia looked at Yu Chengyun coldly and said firmly.
"The evidence is conclusive, you can't quibble, come on! Kill it! Yu Chengyun's eyes showed a fierce light, and he waved his hand to the hands in the audience, and the guard standing next to Mu Junjia raised the big knife in his hand.
"Your Majesty, Lord Mu is dedicated to the country, and he has never exceeded the rules at all, I hope Your Majesty will see it!" Du Zhong, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, ran out and said loudly to Yu Chengyun.
"Eucommia! You're the commander of my Praetorian Guard, and you're rebelling against my decision?! When Yu Chengyun saw that the person who pleaded for Mu Junjia turned out to be the commander of his Praetorian Guard, he couldn't help but be angry and reprimanded loudly.
"Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to disobey His Majesty's wishes, but this matter has yet to be clarified, and Master Mu should not be executed here, so as not to kill Zhongliang by mistake, please give the minister some time to find out the truth for the sake of the Zhenguo Mansion." Du Zhong glanced at the guard with the knife raised, and the man didn't dare to make a move, and then he turned to Yu Chengyun and said again.
"You still have the face to mention the Zhenguo Mansion, look what this is?!" Saying that, Yu Chengyun threw down a piece of music and folded it in front of Du Zhong, Du Zhong picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned.
The fold was written by Mu Jianzhong, he knew that this matter had been played to the imperial court, and he didn't know what Mu Junjia had done, and he hoped that His Majesty would execute the traitors as soon as possible in order to protect the old and young people in the Zhenguo Mansion.
Mu Junjia sneered and said to Yu Chengyun:
"Your Majesty, King Yan has done his best for the country all his life, and the people have praised countless people, and in the end he was killed for the country, whether you are jealous or jealous, killing me today is just an explanation to the world, an explanation to yourself, you know what you have done, you are not afraid that when you dream back at midnight, King Yan will come back to you?!"
Mu Junjia's words caused an uproar, all the people were whispering underground, there have always been some rumors that King Yan's death was done by His Majesty, but there is no real evidence and he does not dare to speculate, and His Majesty has always been extremely sad, and finally these rumors disappeared, but now that Mu Junjia mentioned it like this, he couldn't help but confirm those rumors again.
"Shut up!" Yu Chengyun showed a panicked expression for the first time and yelled loudly at Mu Junjia in the audience.
"Could it be that Your Majesty is so angry that Your Majesty is so angry when you say something on your mind?" Mu Junjia laughed and said.
Yu Chengyun's face turned red with anger because of what Mu Junjia said just now, and in a moment he returned to his former gentle appearance, he smiled lightly, walked in front of Mu Junjia, looked down at him and said:
"My respect for the imperial uncle can be learned from heaven and earth, the imperial uncle treats me like a parent, how can the friendship between us be instigated by villains such as you? Someone came, Du Zhong was immediately dismissed, and the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard took over the position of commander! After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked back to the stage again, sat down heavily, held the armrests of the dragon chair with both hands, and shouted solemnly to the person who had just taken over the position of commander:
"Execute Mu Junjia immediately! I have comforted the soul of King Yan! ”
"Wait a minute!" The sound of this voice surprised everyone.
Because it was Princess Yan, who had not spoken for a long time, she shouted, everyone looked at him, and the attention just now was on Mu Junjia's body, and everyone forgot that Mu Junjia was the brother of Princess Yan Mu Xiyun.
"Princess Yan!" Yu Chengyun looked at Mu Xiyun and shouted a little undeniably.
"Your Majesty, Mu Junjia is the brother of the courtier, we have blood relatives, but he collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and murdered my husband, I have to avenge this revenge, since he wants to die, I also want him to die in my hands, avenge my husband who died in vain!" Mu Xiyun walked out and said firmly to Yu Chengyun.
Although her face was still pale, her eyes were no longer empty, and there was a frightening firmness, which had been deeply rooted in Yu Chengyun's heart.
In the woods next to him, Yu Mingche, who was watching all this, held the sword in his hand tightly, and the sound of breathing became rough.
Yu Chengyun wants to kill himself, imprison his wife, and make their brother and sister kill each other, which is really hateful.