Chapter 688: The Assassin Appears
Some of the traditional festivals in Zhenguo are quite remarkable, and Qiu Wuyi just learned about this kind of thing a few days ago.
Of course, it's just a matter of not hating Wu Yi...... No, it seems that they are not even grass people, they are not Zhenguo people at all, so naturally they don't know these festivals that only top nobles and high-ranking officials will preside.
From celebrating the harvest to praying to the gods, there are thousands of large and small festivals in the earthquake country, but most of them are relatively narrow, and there are only a dozen kinds that really need to be celebrated by the whole country, and among these dozen or so large-scale festivals, in addition to the customary main god sacrifice, the emperor's birthday and the New Year's Day of every country, the rest is actually not very much.
Among them, the festival related to the victory class teacher is called the "Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival".
From this name is enough to see its long history, the word ten thousand times, to interpret as 10,000 chariots, chariots are not the current concept, refers to a kind of copper and iron chariot that can carry soldiers with long weapons, dragged by a carriage, as for the meaning of this thing...... You know, anything that goes extinct has an extinct meaning.
Yes, this kind of chariot, which is basically useless for modern warfare, has long been swept into the pile of old papers, and when the cavalry is developed, no matter how rough the cavalry is, it is stronger than the mobility of this thing, let alone the era after the emergence of artillery. Therefore, to this day, except for some ceremonial chariots that still exist on ritual occasions that imitate ancient methods, as a weapon representing an era, it is only this name that has been handed down.
Ten thousand times.
10,000 chariots is naturally an imaginary number, this word mainly refers to the army led by the emperor during the personal expedition, and after the emperor won a major victory, he often had to hold a 10,000 times sacrifice at the time of triumph to show his martial arts.
The standard of the Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival is quite strict, in the past, only when the city country was captured or the enemy army was defeated, it was qualified to be held, but in modern times, it began to pour water, and even some emperors in order to satisfy their own selfish desires for great joy, personally led troops to raze several border foreign villages and proudly held the Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival and returned triumphantly, which is really not true.
However, this time the martial arts are unprecedented in the history of Zhenguo.
Because according to the existing historical records, there has never been a more powerful enemy on the continent than the black and white world, of course, these history books do not mention the battle with the First Demon during the old empire. This is also understandable, even if the current famous historians are compressed to the point that no one can understand what happened in that period, and there is no information about the first demon or anything at all.
Even the battle with the Tianyi Holy Gate back then was not as good as this time, not to mention that at that time, it was actually Zhenguo who suffered a defeat, and for the sake of morale, he forcibly held a Ten Thousand Vehicles Sacrifice to strengthen his courage, because it was not a few years ago, Xuanyuan Jin had heard too much.
After that, the earthquake country fell into a situation of warlord separation, and the throne was empty for a long time, and he didn't even have the face of his ancestors, let alone any ten thousand sacrifices.
After Qiu Wuyi defeated the two dukes, someone once proposed to let him hold it once, but he didn't take it seriously at that time, because he didn't want to hold this throne in the first place, so he didn't ask in detail, and the specific details were only clear in the past few days.
Morning.
There was still only a silver dawn on the horizon, and all the people of the imperial capital stood solemnly on both sides of the avenue, waiting for the beginning of the Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival.
For Qiu Wuyi, this is nonsense.
Because the Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival celebrates triumph, the so-called triumph is the return from a victorious battle.
After the battle, they were busy in the city for two months, how could there be anything that did not return, but the rules were like this, so all the soldiers who participated in the battle, together with Emperor Xuanyuan Jin, took advantage of the night to go out of the city and stationed ten miles outside the city, and they had to "triumph" once decently.
Although there are quite a few whispers in his heart, Qiu Wuyi has never said this.
In all fairness, in this battle with the black and white world, the greatest contribution is made by the Holy Gate of Heavenly Clothes, even if there are psychological pimples, it is an indisputable fact.
It can even be said that without the strong assistance of the Heavenly Clothes Holy Gate, then we can only migrate the human race to the land of Shura for temporary refuge as much as possible, not to mention anything that is victorious or not.
On this point, I believe that the Holy Gate of Heavenly Clothes also understands something.
But today, there is not a single member of the Heavenly Clothes Holy Gate to participate in the Ten Thousand Vehicles Sacrifice, but it is not that they do not give face, because of their own force field, it is indeed not appropriate for the Heavenly Clothes Holy Gate to participate.
The main body of the Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival is a super huge chariot, of course, not the ancient one, or this thing is more similar to a float.
Countless brave and strong soldiers surrounded the floats, which was a need for etiquette, and in fact did not make much sense.
There are two floats of the same size, according to the rules, the first smaller float is for Qiu Wuyi, not because he values his identity as the father of the nation, according to the old rules, the general who has made the greatest contribution is eligible to ride this float that can travel before the emperor.
This is also to ask for a lottery, as a general, it is natural to open the way before the emperor.
As the chief general of the crusading army, Qiu Wuyi is indeed qualified to stand here, but for himself, this is almost the equivalent of being stuffed into a glass box for exhibition.
Following the steps of the sunrise, the mighty army finally "triumphed" to the city gate, and now it is not possible to enter the gate casually, not only the bells and drums are ringing, but also the officials in charge of etiquette are singing at length and I don't know what they do. Anyway, Qiu Wuyi was already drowsy, and he had to pretend to be as powerful as a door god, and he was already bitter in his heart.
Seeing that the bearded old scholar finally bowed three times, bowed back, Qiu Wuyi thought that this was the end of the matter? I didn't want to see another pedant with a similar appearance in the back, suspecting that it was a long-lost brother, but the color of the clothes was not the same, and after a few bows, he began to read something else.
His Majesty the Emperor and Qiu Wuyi's expressions on the float behind are almost the same, they look full of energy on the surface, but in fact they are just pure acting skills, and it would be good to barely stand and not doze off.
In fact, this pedant is to praise this war in the way of ancient poetry, but the ancient grammar is really a condescending tooth, and it is clear that every word seems to be recognized, and when connected, it becomes like a magic spell, and the hypnotic effect is super strong, and only the same kind of scholars who are familiar with these can listen to it with relish, and even praise it.
This tugging was carried out until noon, and a day passed in a blur.
Realizing that the car under his feet moved, Qiu Wuyi immediately cheered up, and inadvertently released a trace of the power in his body, which should be used instead of yawning.
For these ordinary residents who prostrate and worship, this trace of power is already very remarkable, and it shows more and more a tough demeanor that belongs to the warriors, although this is not the original intention.
Finally, the first float entered the city gate, and Qiu Wuyi was at the top of the float, only a little lower than the position of His Majesty the Emperor behind, which could not talk and laugh with the citizens cheering below, and could only wave mechanically in salute.
The hustle and bustle in the latter car was even more remarkable.
According to the ancient practice, the great heroes outside the first merit are qualified to travel with the emperor in the same car, the chariot in the past is not small, can fit seven or eight people, and there are times when the emperor personally drives for the heroes to put on a show, but with the change of the war, there are more and more heroes, like soaking sea cucumbers, the bigger and bigger, so there is this kind of large float.
The top of the float is naturally the emperor, and the rest of the positions are stained with all kinds of strong people, including the local generals Shui Chaoyang, Guo Yong and others who belong to the earthquake country, as well as the generals from the country of Shura, and some core members of the Tianzhumen, Ling Qi and Fan Lingyu also live in this column.
According to the rules, Fan Lingyu was originally qualified to ride with the emperor at the highest point of the float, but this proposal was rejected by her on the grounds that she did not want to be found dozing off in such a conspicuous place, and no one could refute this self-evaluation.
This is also the reason why this float does not need any army to escort at all, and now all the strongest people gathered in the earthquake country are here, and what is even more terrifying is that due to the extremely lengthy ceremony, most of the strong people are not in a very good mood, and they need an eyeless thief or assassin to be angry.
Unless there is an unseen and untouchable assassin who goes straight to the emperor, not even a single mosquito will try to pass through the formation of many strong men.
Is there really a person who can't be seen or touched?
Of course.
Qiu Wuyi is waiting for such a person.
A second float also entered the city gates, followed by a large army, which was actually a number, and none of them had participated in the battle against the black and white world, so it was just to look good, and at the same time to create a sense of majesty with many soldiers.
The people on both sides of the road have already shouted like thunder, and now the emperor's authority is gradually recovering, which is also what Qiu Wuyi wants to see, although Xuanyuan Jin has not established any martial arts, but the speech after the darkness has long taken root in the hearts of many people, and they already know that the current emperor has all the people in mind.
The imperial capital has a large population, except for the central avenue, the two sides have long been flooded, let alone patrol suspicious elements, even the officials who patrol cannot get close, and can only rely on the soldiers on both sides of the avenue to maintain discipline.
So almost no one noticed that there was a pair of bland and indifferent eyes in the crowd.
There was no anger in the pupils, no murderous aura, only an elusive fanaticism, which, though of a different nature, was well hidden in more fanaticism.
It was a woman with no features, dressed as a traveler, and there were many people who went to great lengths to come here to participate in the Ten Thousand Vehicles Festival in order to witness the face of the heavens.
Soon, that complicated gaze was already locked on the emperor who was high above.