Yun Yao sat in the corner of the tent and practiced for a night, without the Seven Star Array, it was difficult to control the rhythm of luck, and he could only maintain a constant speed, and the effect of cultivation was obviously not as good as the Seven Star Array, but fortunately, he would be able to go back after completing the salute tomorrow, and he would not be able to delay much.

The next day, before dawn, there was already a noise of drums outside, and the salute began early in the morning, because there were several links. Start with a collection.

Zhou Gongdan was an official in the Zhou State, and now the acting monarch is the eldest son of the Duke of Zhou, who came to the fiefdom of the Lu State and worked diligently for three years to return to the Zhou State to tell his father and explain the situation in the Lu State. Zhou Gongdan said that the state of Lu would be defeated by the state of Qi, because it only took half a year for Jiang Ziya, the monarch of the state of Qi, to quickly report back to Zhou Tianzi and the state of Qi, while his son spent three years too indecisive and would definitely suffer, but the state of Qi was on the edge of the state of Lu.

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The scene was noisy with gongs and drums, colorful flags were displayed, and all the nobles lined up on the carriage to show the strength of a country, and the number of chariots was the only criterion for the prosperity of the country. The more chariots, the stronger the country, and the large number of chariots gathered by the salute represents the strength of the Lu country, nearly three hundred chariots gathered together, it seems that the nobles and doctors are very face-saving.

The chariots were arranged according to the rank of knight, and Yun Yao was at the bottom of the nobility, as she was the youngest baron.

The higher the title, the more magnificent the chariot became, not only the size of the horse, the size of the car, but also the clothing of the people and the color of the flag. The title is high, the more fat and strong the horse, the more delicate and sturdy the car, the more decent and expensive the clothes, and the more majestic and majestic the flag.

Yun Yao stands out among the barons, but compared to the high title, it is completely incomparable, the difference is too far. But Yun Yao is not here to make up the numbers, today she is going to beat the crowd and become famous, she is an outlier in the weekly ceremony.

The acting monarch drove his own four-horse chariot of solid color, inspected the nobles, and inspected the strength of the country.

The sound of the drums was slow and powerful, no one made any noise, and even the Chinese people who watched the excitement on the periphery did not dare to make the slightest sound, only the drums wandered in the sound of the hunting wind.

Anyway, someone is leading the horse, so there is no need to worry about not finding your place, Yunyao only needs to stand on the car to be reviewed, you can feel the solemn atmosphere of the Western Zhou Games, as if the Zhou people are not only holding a sports meeting, but also like completing a major mission of the integration of heaven and man.

In short, Yun Yao, who was at the scene, couldn't help but look serious and didn't dare to slack off.

When the monarch walked back and forth three times, the first stage of the parade was over, and the next thing was to worship the heavens.

How could a large-scale event be without sacrificing to the sky, the high altar, on which there is a half-human high bronze heavy tripod, surrounded by male witches and witches with colored feathers on their heads and wearing solid furs, dancing around the bronze tripod with unknown vigour.

Under the altar, directly in front of it, there is also the Dance of the Six Hundreds, and on both sides stand drummers who beat drums, that is, dance teams and drum bands. This is a high-level sacrifice, not a burnt sacrifice, and a dance team and drum band perform to show respect for God visually and audibly.

Zhou Gongdan is a duke and a prince with the highest title, so the sacrifice of Lu is one level lower than that of Zhou Tianzi. The Son of Heaven is the dance of eight hundreds, and the country of Lu uses six hundreds, in fact, the number of people is different.

Zhou Tianzi's dance team has the largest number of people, eight people in one column, a total of eight columns, that is, sixty-four people.

The dance of the six hundred in the lower gear, six people in one column, a total of six columns, that is, thirty-six people.

Dressed in uniform red robes, all graceful women, with intricate hairstyles and delicate gold and silver headdresses, the dancers dance to the beat of drums, connecting the heavens and men with primitive dancing postures and conveying the humble prayers of the human race.

The drums don't stop, the dancing doesn't stop.

Yun Yao was led under the altar, the baron was at the back, Yun Yao was short and couldn't see the dance performance. But even if you stand at the back, you can see that the acting monarch is walking up to the high altar with the support of several people, and every step is counted.

Now it's the second part – the sacrifice.

Yun Yao pricked up his ears to listen, and the monarch began to say his lines, and the general content was to bless Lu Guotai and the people, the wind and rain were smooth, and so on, very long, as long as the future leader's speech.

Then the monarch led everyone to worship the heavens and took the lead in kneeling in front of the bronze tripod.

In an uproar, the monarch, the nobles, the doctors, the dancers, the drummers, the countrymen, everyone knelt down, and there was a lot of silence.

Among them, it naturally also includes Yun Yao, this is not kneeling to the monarch, but kneeling to the sky. It's like when the tribe is being sacrificed, the countrymen and savages are not kneeling to Yunyao, but also kneeling to the sky.

A fire was lit in the bronze tripod, and the male witches and witches would throw sacrifices into it and burn it, and Yun Yao saw the dog for the first time, not only the dog, but also other livestock tied with thatch, which were thrown into the bronze tripod by the wizard and burned.

Yun Yao originally thought that it was the acting monarch who was stingy, but later learned that it was not stingy, but a sacrificial step, because then the ashes would be distributed to each nobleman, and some of them would be smeared on their faces and some of them would be taken home and sprinkled into the land of the mined.

Although there were no pigs and sheep slaughtered, it was solemn enough and full of ceremony, and by the way, it also strengthened the leadership of the monarch over the nobility. Bringing the ashes back and sprinkling them in the land is regarded as the monarch's oath of sovereignty over the land of the whole country.

After that, it's time to eat, and while eating, we will shoot a salute.

The salute is divided into three stages: performance archery, fixed-point archery, and chariot archery.

The monarch and nobles could sit on a high wooden platform, and the other doctors sat under the stage, each with a low table with cutlery on it.

The food will be brought to the table first for eating, and it is the cook who cuts the food, the wine man who serves the wine, the salt man who manages the salt, the sauce person who divides the meat sauce, and the Mi person who covers the food.

It was a long banquet, so even the food was covered with a special person, and if the guests left their seats, the food was covered so that it would not fall into the dust.

The food was very particular and the food was very rich, so it was no wonder that the barons wanted to save their stomachs for a big meal at the shooting ceremony. They didn't come to participate in the shooting, they came to eat.

Yun Yao sat at the end, the food was the worst leftovers, but the taste was OK, it was indeed cooked with heart, this is the Chinese food civilization, although the ingredients are limited and the seasoning is scarce, but the attitude towards food is as serious and rigorous as thousands of years later, and sure enough, the pursuit of food is one of the driving forces behind the tireless development of life.

The monarch has two sets of most important teams, one is for stewardship and the other is for cooking. Starting from the selection of ingredients, distinguishing sick animals and avoiding diseases from the mouth, to the cooking, seasoning, and preservation of food, a complete system has been formed.

This is definitely the highest level banquet in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Yun Yao thought to herself that she really missed the first two years, but there was no way that her father died and needed to keep filial piety for three years. Of course, it is said that it is three years, but in fact, it is two years and one month, and rounding it is three years, which shows that the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty have learned to drill the gap of the Zhou ceremony.

Zhou Li said that he kept filial piety for three years, but two years and one month are counted as three years, and it is really impossible for people's wisdom to be regulated by etiquette.

It is no wonder that in the future, there will be fewer and fewer verbal agreements, stricter and stricter legal provisions, and even more and more corporal punishments, all because people's hearts are too lively.

Yun Yao missed the shooting ceremony for two years because of filial piety, and this year she can have a good meal, there is wine and meat, the taste of wine is similar to that of juice, and the meat is divided into barbecue and boiled meat, which is very appetizing. 111