The ancestors communicated with the gods, always closer to the gods, Shengshan is thousands of miles in circumference, such as the pillar of heaven uprooted from the ground, so Dengsheng Mountain lit a fire at the top of the peak Tianwen Peak to convey to the gods the righteousness of praying for peace in the world or the small happiness of giving birth to a noble son early, at that time anyone can communicate with the gods.

Later, the ritual became more and more complicated, and according to the standard of the ritual, the wealth required by a wealthy family could not afford to support it for ten years, so it gradually became the exclusive activity of the supreme leader, called the sacrifice to the sky, and then the supreme leader took advantage of this rumor to be entrusted by the god to lead everyone to live a good life...... This is the divine right of kings.

Since then, Shengshan Mountain in the Eastern Shengguo Kingdom has become an exclusive blessed place for communication with the gods.

When Yindu ruled the world, the most important activities twice a year were to sacrifice to the temple and climb to the sky to worship the sky, and later the princes divided the sacrifice by the monarch of Fang and Dongsheng. The monarch of Dongsheng Kingdom wished that he would also have a divine right of king, but he suffered from the lack of strength, for fear of being beaten by other princes, and the huge amount of money needed, so he had to make a big sacrifice in ten years, and the content of each sacrifice and the communication between the gods was notified to the world, showing that Dongsheng had no selfishness and only wanted peace in the world.

There is no written record of worshipping the heavens and sacrificing the temple by word of mouth, and because of this, the ritual of worshiping the heavens has been innovated every year. Therefore, worshipping the heavens has become the most headache for Fengchang, and it is often necessary to prepare half a year in advance.

He was so tired that he didn't know the salty taste, and in the depths of winter, his underwear was always wet and wet, and his body was almost collapsed, which also indicated that the sacrifice was about to begin.

Ten days before the end of the year is the day of worship, because the main ritual of the festival is to light a fire at sunrise, so the monarch often has to climb the mountain a day in advance to reach the summit before sunrise.

The new devotions ascended on foot, but most of them were carried to the top by a dozen men. Su Gong succeeded to the throne for seven or eight years ushered in the first big sacrifice, the heart is extremely pious and has been confined in the palace for too long, the rare opportunity to go out of the palace for a long time, the better the time, the morning before led a hundred officials from the palace to the top on foot. Su Gong climbed to the top of the sky on foot or could move the gods, but he would definitely offend a group of old ministers who had no physical strength and were afraid that they would abandon the ground before reaching the top.

If you report half a month in advance, you are not among them. Duan Wei expressed sincerity so that Su Gong could rest assured, and recommended that the eldest son accompany Su Gong to the top to worship the sky.

Su Gong did not make any reservations and agreed on the spot, the day before the sacrifice to the sky, the structure either forgot, or wanted to add a stroke to history, or in the spirit of the idea of rather lack than less at the foot of the mountain with rammed earth to build a platform to sacrifice to the earth.

It took Su Gong and the ministers two hours to complete the ceremony on the rammed earth mound, and Su Gong remembered that the people were too slow to climb the mountain, so they climbed the mountain directly without stopping. When he was young, he also participated in many sacrifices with his father, and he was familiar with Su Gong both in mountain climbing and various rituals on the way.

Tianwen Peak is 2,200 meters above sea level, even in early summer, the peak often snowflakes fall, and in the deep winter the temperature at the top of the peak is theoretically more than ten degrees lower than the bottom of the mountain, so the temperature at the peak should be minus 20 degrees. The bare rocks of Tianwenfeng are not covered by vegetation, and the strong winds blowing from the north in winter are unstoppable, and the wind is often three or four levels higher than the foot of the mountain.

And today God seems to favor the minister, except that the temperature is lower, the wind is indeed small and can be ignored. Su Gong was anxious and arrived at Tianwen Peak in the early hours of the morning with a few guards, dressed in a thick package and only his face leaked out, holding thick clothes and waiting here for a long time.

Just climbed up the mountain, did not feel the cold, and after resting, the heat of the body dissipated, and the cold invaded Su Gong, only then did he find that the cold was surprising, and he felt that the time was necessary when he thought of the clothes that Fang had just dressed.

The first few times he had reached the summit had been when the sun seemed to be out of the blue, but it was the first time he had seen the scenery in the early morning, and he looked at the brightest star on the western horizon, and the fear in his heart gradually increased, he knew that soon the sun would rise, and the huge bonfire would be lit, and then there would be an unlucky change.

Thinking of this, Su Gong turned back and looked at the huge pyre standing at the easternmost end of the peak, and around the pyre, a few servants were busy adding some fine wood and applying lard to the thicker dry pine wood for better burning.

The pyre should be a signal to start something, as long as I don't die, leave the rest to Wei Li, Su Gong repeated this sentence in his heart, of course, he was also worried that Wei Li would poison him, Chen Jing suggested using a stand-in, Su Gong himself did not agree, after all, Wei Li also needs enough chips, and it is a real chip.

Since it was useless to be anxious at this point, it was better to look at the scenery around, Su Gong comforted himself, and turned his gaze from the towering pyre to the south.

A fire dragon stretches from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the fire dragon is composed of the ministers who climb the mountain and the torches in the hands of the guards, and if you carefully identify it, you can see the beating of the flames, and the middle end of the fire dragon is the most crowded, which should be the hundred officials who are still climbing the mountain on foot.

Looking at the foot of the mountain in the direction of the extension of the fire dragon, there were only three square fires left in the lively Jiangyuan City that I had heard from the mouths of important ministers in the past, which should be the braziers that were not extinguished all night on the three walls of the outer city, the inner city and the palace city. Other than that, there is hardly any light to be seen.

Su Gong was still trying to identify a few points of light outside the city wall at the foot of the mountain, and after checking the huge pyre, he came to Su Gong and saluted:

"Su Gong, this extremely cold temperature, I can't hold on to it outside for half an hour, and it will be five or six hours before sunrise, so it's better to go to the tent to rest and keep out the cold first."

"Oh, look around again, and I'll go in a moment." Su Gong replied, about to face life and death, Su Gong did not have any sleep, and walking around should be more relieving of stress than returning to the tent.

Feng Chang was about to bow and retire when he heard this, but Su Gong suddenly said, "I heard that you are proficient in the astrological calendar. Can I teach orphans? ”

"Miao Chuan, but I know some celestial phenomena. Su Gong, if you have any questions, I can answer them. ”

"Great, but look at that bright star, do you know its name?" Su Gong asked, pointing to the brightest star about to set on the western horizon.

"Hui Su Gong, this is the White Tiger Star, the brightest star commonly seen in winter."

"White Tiger Star, what do you mean?"

"The White Tiger Star is the white tiger that was smashed when the gods landed, and it appears in winter to represent the image of the turning point of all things, if there is a statue of the moon, it is brighter than usual, indicating that the king of a country is about to change, or suffers a disaster, and the new monarch succeeds to the throne or the disaster passes, it is Changlong."

When Su Gong heard this, the fear in his heart increased a little, and he asked Xiang Gong again: "Has there ever been a white tiger rushing to the moon today?" ”

"Back to Su Gong, the white tiger at this time is the moon, or it will be much brighter at other times." Construct the Way.