The ancestral temple of Qingzhou has been inherited since ancient times, and there is only one remnant of the remains of the stone house, but the ruins looming around the stone house show the prosperity of the ancestral temple, and the ruins cover a wide area, and the rough estimate is comparable to the Qinghua Palace. Although the ancestral temple is dilapidated, it is still a great will condensation of the human race, worship the sky, worship the gods, worship the ancestors, are completed here, then the sun and the moon will appear in the sky above the ancestral temple, attracting the people who are fortunate enough to see such a wonderful scene to marvel again and again, and wish the human race a brilliant life.

Such an important place is naturally guarded by the government army, a Xuan general, five yellow generals, and five hundred garrisons, and its attention is far greater than that of any place including Qinghua Palace, and today is naturally no exception. Around the stone house, 200 government troops lined up in two columns along the main road, and the rest of the government troops were divided around the ruins, surrounding the entire open space and the stone house.

The general who commanded the defenders here was named Sun Sheng, unlike other generals who liked to use spears, but he preferred to make sticks, and his combat power was higher than that of the Qingzhou Mansion army among the top three generals, and the general Zhao Chengen took pity on his talent, and specially invited the Tiangong Palace to give him a copper stick cast into a copper stick of red and green. Sun Sheng was overjoyed to receive this honor, holding the copper rod all day long and not letting go, which can be regarded as a real love.

Sun Sheng stood at the head of the queue, the red bronze stick half-held in his arms, squinting at the group of city garrisons that suddenly broke in outside the ruins, and his eyes were not good, and it really made him extremely unhappy that there were silverfish to make trouble at such a moment.

At this time, the sergeant of the First Mansion Army trotted over and clasped his fists and said: "General, the city garrison army has changed the defense with the state master's edict and ordered us to withdraw the defense immediately." ”

"Transfer, disarm?" Sun Sheng's eyes rose with anger, in the past few years, he and his soldiers have been guarding the ancestral temple, and their glory is not lost to killing demons, not to mention that today is an annual sacrificial ceremony, and it is a rare event, many soldiers are proud of guarding the ancestral temple, but at this moment, the city reserve army is actually coming to replace them? What's more, it's not that they look down on the city garrison, how can a group of rabble be able to take on this important position?

The copper stick was slammed on the ground, and Sun Sheng waved his hand and said, "Let's go, take me to see who dares to pick our peaches!"

The entrance to the ruins is an extremely spacious street, but there are no tourists on this street, after all, it is the back wall of Qinghua Palace, before the ruins of the ancestral temple, where can anyone play. However, at this time, there were nearly 100 idle people wearing the uniforms of the city garrison, standing unevenly, led by a thin man with a pair of white eyes, holding an official letter in his hand and staring coldly at Sun Sheng, who rushed over.

"Are you here to change guards?" Sun Sheng asked, staring at the three white eyes of the guy in front of him.

Sanbai opened the official letter in his hand, pointed to the position signed by the state lord and stamped with the big seal of the city garrison, and said: "Do you see the seals here and here? This piece of paper is for you to be obedient." ”

Sun Sheng looked at it and said with a cruel smile: "What kind of edict is my word, but it turned out to be a joke, I don't know if the dispatch of the government army needs the seal of the state lord? Take a few words to fool us, when we are easy to provoke? I don't care whether you are really ordered, or fake the edict, those who dare to transfer the government army without authorization will end up in the same situation." Come on, take it down!"

Sanbaiyan didn't expect such a change, and his face changed and he hurriedly said: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, maybe the state lord forgot, we really received this kind of order!"

But where would the government army hear him say so much, the left and right sergeants came up and held him down, and immediately made the other city garrisons who had come to see the excitement panicked, they were hooligans and ruffians in the outer city, and they were recently ordered to guard the ancestral temple after being incorporated by the city garrison army, and they thought it was an idle errand at first, so confused, but what they didn't expect was that there were government troops guarding them, and the government army did not recognize the official letter they brought.

What went wrong? Sanbaiyan used to be at ease in the outer city, but now he didn't want to fall into the hands of the government army, so he suddenly used his strength to break away the left and right sergeants who were pressing his arms, and he was about to run out.

"Presumptuous!" Sun Sheng took a step forward, and the copper stick swept, hitting the waist and abdomen of Sanbaiyan, knocking it away with a stick, and he fell to the ground unable to move.

"Escort down, send to the garrison outside the city, and report to the local general for disposal. "There is no need for Sun Sheng to tell the details, and his own sergeant escorted these rabble away.

Sun Sheng picked up the official letter discarded by Sanbaiyan from the ground and frowned, he was not a reckless man, and he had received several official letters, so he naturally recognized that the official letter was indeed the handwriting of the state lord, but how could the state lord make such a low-level mistake, and besides, his own army had been guarding the ancestral temple, how could he be replaced and left? I am afraid that there is something unspeakable brewing, and after the sacrifice, I must tell the earth general.

"General, hundreds of officials are coming over the street!" a sergeant reminded Sun Shengdao.

Sun Sheng looked up at the sky, it was nearly three o'clock in the morning, and it was about to be Shenshi, not far away, people were bustling over, and a white carriage came in the middle of the hundred official guards.

Hua Ning was already anxious in the carriage, although the carriage was padded with a thick fox jacket, but the three-hour parade still made her tired, and there was no pain in her body. Especially if there are open windows in the carriage, even if it is covered with light veil, outsiders can't see Hua Ning's face clearly, she still feels that many people are staring at her, causing her to not even let go of her shoulders a little, for fear of leaving an indecent impression on others and discrediting her sister. My sister hasn't been talking to me much lately, but I can't mess with her anymore.

Fortunately, this ancestral temple is about to arrive, and Hua Ning can finally get out of the car to breathe, of course, it doesn't mean that there is nothing wrong with her, according to the elder of the Hua Wangyun clan, she still needs to enter the ancestral temple after the ceremonial official recites the sacrificial prayer to stimulate the remnant of the ancestral temple with blood, so as to bless Qingzhou and the prosperity of the human race, which is a special honor that belongs to the Hua family alone.

"Second Miss, it's here. "The deputy commander of the garrison of Qingzhou Prefecture, the general Zhao Chengen, is the head of the accompanying guard, and he has been following Hua Ning's carriage, and when he finally arrived at the ancestral temple, he lifted the curtain of the carriage and invited Hua Ning to get off.

"Okay, Uncle Zhao. ”

Hua Ning held the carriage and stepped on the ground under the support of Zhao Chengen, but her feet were numb and almost fell, fortunately, Zhao Chengen had expected it, and her arms were held steadily, almost not making her tremble even once, and then she felt a hot breath coming from Zhao Chengen's hands, moving up along the meridians of her fingers, but when it reached the wrist, it was dissolved without a trace, and a cool breath spread from the wrist to all parts of the body, and in a blink of an eye, the discomfort on Hua Ning's body disappeared without a trace, and her feet were no longer numb, and the whole person was indescribably energetic。

Zhao Chengen glanced at Hua Ning's frost-like wrist in surprise, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the sword-shaped mark on it, and then looked at Hua Ning with a smile.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao. Under the veil, Hua Ning blushed slightly, almost fell down for herself, and also brought a ground-level divine weapon for herself without any cultivation, after all, I heard that even the deputy commander Zhao Chengen was only a Xuan-level divine soldier.

Hua Ning took the lead in walking towards the ancestral temple from the passage listed by the government guards, the jade brocade robe was depicted with gold thread, and the dark gold cloud grass pattern on the crimson cloak was graceful and atmospheric, although the veil could not see the specific appearance, but looking at its light body, walking like a flying swallow, this appeared in front of everyone's eyes, attracting everyone's admiration, I didn't expect this second lady of the Hua family, the little princess of Qinghua Palace already had such a posture, and she didn't need to take off her veil to know that she would definitely be a peerless beauty who was not inferior to the state lord in the future.

Walking along the old bricks and stones to the ancestral temple and standing still, watching the officials stand in columns, finally a celebrant announced the beginning of the sacrifice to the sky and the ancestors, Hua Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that today's activities were half completed, and then just follow the arranged steps.

First of all, the celebrant read out the prayer, stating the disasters and harvests of Qingzhou this year, the merits and demerits of the state lord, and then the hundred officials stepped forward in turn to make a brief summary of their respective positions for one year, which is "describing the people's livelihood and heaven and earth", and worshiping heaven and ancestors are inseparable from this step. As for worshipping the gods, since there are no gods in heaven and earth, who is the sacrifice for? Therefore, as early as the year I don't know, the part of worshipping the gods was omitted.

In fact, it was not until the last moment, this sacrifice to the heavens and ancestors was extremely boring, no matter how pleasant the voice of the celebrant chanting the prayer was, it still made people drowsy, Hua Ning was in a state of confusion at this time, but she was standing now, otherwise she would have fallen asleep on the bed sweetly.

“... I hope that the people's livelihood will be safe, the world will be safe, the human race will be prosperous, people will have no worries for hundreds of generations, and there will be no suffering from disasters and chaos in the years..."

At this point, halfway through the Shen hour, the tedious prayers and petitions of the hundred officials finally ended.

Hua Ning knew that it was time for her to play after seeing that the celebrant gave her a look, and took the steps of the palace taught by her mother-in-law when she was a child, and walked towards the ancestral temple. The ancestral temple looks dilapidated, in fact, because of the erosion of the years, and the corresponding precipitation also precipitates the sense of vicissitudes, which makes people unconsciously feel awe. Hua Ning was shocked when she stepped into the ancestral temple, as if something had made her look clear from head to toe, and the short sword on her wrist wanted to block the power of the investigation, but Hua Ning hurriedly stopped it, because she had learned from the clan elder that this was the remnant of the ancestral temple The Great Array was confirming her Terran identity.

Cautiously finally walked into the ancestral temple, greeted by the remains of three huge stone statues, said that the body is because the left side of the three stone statues is missing an arm, the right side is missing a leg, and the middle is cut off from the chest upwards, but unfortunately the stone statue has lasted for a long time, and it has long been eroded by the years to see the face and costume clearly, and the identity of these three stone statues is rarely mentioned in the ancient remnants of the literature classics, and to this day, no one can figure out which human ancestor is worshipped.

Walking straight to the stone statue in the middle, Hua Ning really found a stone bowl at the foot of the stone statue according to what the patriarch said. With a slight shake of his right hand, the short sword mark on his wrist flashed, and a white short sword appeared in Hua Ning's hand, and the blade was gently wiped on the left and right, but not even a skin was broken, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said to the short sword: "Don't make trouble, help cut my hand first!" Since she sneaked out of the palace last time and returned, she has become more and more closely connected with the short sword, and two days ago she found that she could hide a pair of short swords on the wrists of her left and right hands respectively, turning them into a faint mark, which made her very happy, so she hurriedly ran to her sister to show off, but she didn't even see her sister's face.

Hua Ning's eyes darkened under the veil, and he slashed the blade to the palm of his left hand again, this time the blade flowed blood, and it didn't take long to shed a small half bowl, and hurriedly guided the short sword to release cold qi to condense the wound, which was also the wonderful effect of the divine weapon that she had only recently discovered, and then remembered that when she exchanged the "iron rod" for Luo Buyi in Sunny and Rainy City to make a divine soldier, she also shed a lot of blood, and now she still remembers Luo Buyi's distressed gaze at that time.

Smiling shyly, two red clouds bloomed on his face, pale from blood loss, Hua froze and poured the blood from the stone bowl on the stone statue in the middle. The patriarch said that according to such steps, the next step will have nothing to do with him, and the ancient remnant array will run again, and then the vision will be in the sky, and the whole world will celebrate.

At this time, the sun and the moon should already be shining outside, right? Hua Ning was a little excited, it was the first time that she could help her sister in such a big event, this sense of accomplishment was extremely satisfying!

Hua Ning walked out of the gate of the ancestral temple and subconsciously looked up at the sky, but saw that the sky was calm and calm, how could there be the slightest vision? Hua Ning's eyes were panicked, and he wanted to turn back and return to the ancestral temple, but he found that he couldn't get in, and he was actually excluded by the ancient array! For a while, he stood on the spot, at a loss.

The people gathered around the ruins were waiting to watch the annual wonderful vision, but they found that the second lady of the Hua family came out of the ancestral temple and then froze in place, not knowing what to do, and the crowd "buzzed" and discussed.

Zhao Chengen was the first to notice that something was wrong, and he strode to Hua Ning's side and asked, "Second Miss, what's wrong?"

Hua Ning saw Zhao Chengen coming, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhao, I activated the formation according to what the clan elder said, but the vision was not issued, and the ancestral temple couldn't enter, what should I do?"

Hearing this, Zhao Chengen frowned, and he didn't know what to do for a while, after all, these things were all taken care of by the Hua family, but now they can't inspire visions, it's really difficult.

The discussion is getting louder and louder, and the people are not ignorant, seeing that Hua Ning has not moved here for most of the day, why don't they understand what is going on? Even among the hundreds of officials, there are people muttering, looking extremely worried.

At this moment, a black-clothed figure fell from mid-air, wearing a black hat and carrying an embarrassed man in his hand.

"Sister!" Hua Ning was surprised, originally thought that her sister would not appear this time, after all, she had let herself parade and sacrifice in her place, but who knew that her sister appeared in the ancestral temple again, and hurriedly stepped forward to tell her sister about the situation.

However, the governor was noncommittal.

Only then did Hua Ning notice the man who was thrown to the ground by the state lord and asked, "Sister, who is this?"

The lord of the state did not answer, but the man himself stood up and said loudly: "I am Huang Ming, and I have an ancestral Danshu iron coupon to help the sacrifice of Dacheng, but there is a request, I want to win the second lady of the Hua family as a concubine, and I hope the lord of the state will agree!"

This time, the officials and onlookers were in a real uproar, who is this person?

Hua Ning's veil, whose face was pale from blood loss, suddenly turned pale, and she looked at the state lord in disbelief, because she understood that since her sister had brought a man over, and this man named Huang Ming dared to make this request, it meant that her sister knew......

Sure enough, a voice that seemed extremely cold in Hua Ning's ears sounded ruthlessly:

"Accurate!"