The sun rose in mid-air, and the shadow of the sky lock crossed the official road, and those legions who walked in the shadows couldn't help but sigh comfortably, the long journey, coupled with the scorching sun, they were really hot, but the Tianji City was close, as long as they settled down, it would be much more comfortable.

Outside the west gate of Tianji City, the city guard was already waiting there, in addition to him, there were also the heads of the king's mansion, the demon taming mansion and various large and small families, seeing the shadow of the imperial guard from a distance, the city guard gave an order, and there was a drum behind him, and there was vocal music, which was invigorating.

Long Yu's gaze looked towards the land to the north, as if he was waiting for something, and suddenly there was a smile in his eyes.

A few miles to the north, I saw that a large number of legions were also coming along the winding mountain road, and the sound of the march's feet was deafening, and many birds and birds flew along the way.

The huge movement also attracted everyone's attention, and the castle guard raised his eyebrows slightly, looking very surprised.

He looked at Long Yu and said with a smile: "Master of the Long Family, you have made the Dragon Guards of the Royal Mansion too big a battle!" ”

Long Yu waved his hand and said with the same smile: "Where, where, for such a grand event as the Sacrifice to the Heavens, I will definitely give full support to the palace, so I will report to my father and specially mobilize 30,000 dragon guards to help." ”

The city guard smiled and said, "Since there are already 50,000 imperial guards in the imperial city, it is more than enough to maintain the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, so why should the palace be so laborious." ”

Long Yu looked at the long dragon of the imperial guard army in front of him, and said with a smile for a long time: "One more legion, one more strength, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony." ”

He was silent for a moment, and then said, "And I have also discussed it with His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and His Royal Highness is also in favor." ”

Feng Tianyao heard this, and also smiled: "I know the kindness of the city guard, he is afraid of working the people and losing money, but for such a major event as the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, one more strength will have more protection, which is not a bad thing." ”

The city guard was speechless, and he stopped talking.

When the two huge legions met, the scene was really spectacular, but fortunately, they were only here for the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, so naturally they did not have the momentum of killing on the battlefield.

The 50,000 Imperial Guards began to stop a mile away, and it took a few minutes for the huge group to come to a complete halt.

There was a guard who rode a demon horse, it was a dragon's bearded horse, with two long whiskers, running with the wind, really similar to the dragon's whiskers.

"Where is the castle guard?"

Before the guards arrived, they shouted loudly.

The city guard hurriedly stepped forward, bowed slightly, and gave a greeting salute: "Minister, He Zicai, the guard of Tianji City, welcomes the imperial guard army to Tianji City." ”

The guards saluted, clenched their right fists across their waists, and asked in a loud voice, "Where is the camp?" ”

The city guard immediately pointed to the southeast direction and said loudly: "Eighty miles south of the city, on the bank of the Yunjiang River." ”

The guard nodded, gave another military salute, and turned back to the Imperial Guard's position.

To the north, the 30,000 dragon guards had also stopped, and a man in battle armor rode a snake-scale horse.

He came to Long Yu's side, took off the armor on his head, and looked at Long Yu with a smile: "Big brother, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Long Rou's eyes lit up at this time, and she walked up quickly: "Uncle Zhong, you are finally back." ”

This person's name is Long Zhong, the third son of the prince of generals, and the deputy general of the Long Wei army, with a very high status, second only to Long Yu in the palace of the generals.

Long Zhong got off the snake scale horse, touched Long Rou's head, and said with a smile: "Rou'er is beautiful again, I heard that you and His Royal Highness the Third Prince are married, and I also want to see His Highness's demeanor." ”

Feng Tianyao also walked over with a smile, took Long Rou's hand, and said, "Long Rou has often mentioned you to me, and when I saw you today, General Long Zhong really had an extraordinary temperament. ”

Long Zhong's eyes lit up, and he saluted Feng Tianyao and praised: "The third prince is really a talent, and he must be the dragon among people." ”

Long Rou looked very proud, Uncle Zhong rarely appreciated others like this, he said this, it showed that Feng Tianyao really had the posture of a son of heaven, that was her future husband, and he was naturally in a good mood.

The castle guard looked at this side, and there was an imperceptible struggle in his eyes, and he thought about it, but walked over with a smile.

"General Long Zhong, don't come unharmed."

Long Zhong glanced at the city guard and said with a smile: "Don't come to harm, the city guard is haggard, but you have to pay attention to your body." ”

The city guard laughed awkwardly: "Hehe, there are a lot of tedious things, it's okay." ”

He turned around with a dark face and gestured to the guards behind him.

Some of the guards began to move towards the southeast, leading the Imperial Guards towards the camp, where the city guard had already instructed the craftsmen to set up a temporary barracks.

Although it is only a temporary barracks, it is also a very ornate house made of wood, which has everything you need for daily needs, and even slaves waiting.

Long Zhong gave an order, and the Long Wei army also began to move towards the southeast, twenty miles southeast of the Jiang Palace, on the side of the diversion river in Tianji City, Long Yu had also ordered to set up a camp for the Long Wei army to station.

Tianji City does not have an east gate, and the east is Tianji Peak, and no one has ever dared to step into it, so there is no need to build an east gate.

However, there is a back gate in the palace facing east, and Long Yu stationed the camp there in order to be able to take care of both sides, not only to see the imperial guards twenty miles away, but also to enter the palace through the east gate of the palace.

After setting up the camp, the city guard visited them one by one, and invited the five commanders to sit in the city guard's mansion and prepare a banquet to welcome each other.

It was a peaceful night, the stars were shining, the moonlight was also white, and the sky lock was covered with a layer of silver, and under the embellishment of the stars, the sky lock shone brightly.

This is also a busy night, those families who arrange the complicated matters of the festival began to be busy overnight, the city was brightly lit, and the people were buzzing.

Tomorrow is the festival of worship, and before dawn, the items necessary for the festival must be prepared and transported to the place where the altar is located.

The night went by very fast.

When a touch of fish belly white rose in the east, the major families in the city were already on their way to the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice.

A hundred miles southeast of Tianji City, on the bank of the Yunjiang River, there is a huge altar, covering an area of 100 acres.

In front of the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice Altar, there is the Yunjiang River, and on the other side is an artificially dug diversion river, which is much smaller than the Yunjiang River, which is an artificial river that leads the water of the Yunjiang River to the Tianji City for civil use.

At the junction of the diversion river and the Yunjiang River, there are rows of wooden piles inserted into the riverbed, covered with wooden planks, which is a makeshift bridge.

In the outer part of the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice Altar, some families came one after another, looking for a corresponding place to stop, and they transported the sacrifices needed to worship the heavens to the banks of the Yunjiang River.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound sounded, and many people turned around in unison to look, and the 50,000 imperial guards had arrived, and they formed a long procession to surround the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice Gods, leaving a gap in the middle.

The wooden stake cages transported by the Qingyan Flood Ox began to enter the field, escorting the sacrificers to the banks of the Yunjiang River, as well as silk silk, sacrifices and other sacrifices.

There was another deafening sound of footsteps, and the dragon guards of the palace also arrived, and they stretched the procession and formed a semicircle again, staying on the periphery of the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice God.

In addition to them, the guards of the city guard mansion also came with 5,000, mainly to transport the sacrificers of Tianji City, and after placing the sacrificers on the banks of the Yunjiang River, they stayed in the outermost place.

Below the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice Altar, there are all oracles from Tianji City, at the forefront are the priests from the Imperial City, followed by the royal family relatives and guards led by Feng Tianyao, and then the three giants of Tianji City and the oracles of the major families.

When the auspicious time came, an earth-shattering drum sounded, the five great commanders of the Imperial Guard Army held their long swords high, and the weapons in the hands of the fifty thousand Imperial Guards were all inserted into the ground, and a neat sound sounded, and the sound spread to the Tianji Peak in front, forming a burst of echoes.

There was an old priest holding an ancient scepter, step by step kowtowing up the steps of the altar of the god of worship, behind a priestess holding a large wine glass, following the steps of the old priest, every time they walked up a line of steps, there were two priestesses on both sides of the stairs, their expressions were particularly reverent, holding the big wine glass in their hands steadily.

In the rear, Feng Tianyao was dressed in a magnificent crown and noble clothes, bowed with both hands, and followed the old priest step by step.

The festival has begun.

"The gods of heaven are above, the descendants of the oracles are below, today is the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, and the whole country celebrates ......"

The old priest began to speak the sacrificial words sonorously, and the oracles below held their heads high, staring at the Tianji Peak in front of them from afar, with serious expressions, such a grand event, they did not dare to be casual at all, and did not dare to have a trace of contempt for the gods.

After the old priest finished reciting the sacrifice, all the people bent down half of their bodies and bowed to Tianji Peak, which lasted for a full minute.

After this, the old priest inserted the scepter in his hand into the top of the altar, where there was a small hole just enough to hold the scepter.

After the old priest retreated, Feng Tianyao walked to the top of the altar of the Heaven Sacrifice Gods, and a priestess handed him a large wine glass, Feng Tianyao sprinkled the wine in the cup on the Yunjiang in front of him, and the voice in his mouth sounded.

"Sacrifice!"

The rest of the priestesses walked up to the altar one after another and sprinkled the wine in their cups on Yunjiang.

On the banks of the Yunjiang River, the three thousand sacrificers were extremely frightened in their eyes at this time, and some people desperately shook the wooden stake cage and stretched out their hands, trying to get out of the gap in the wooden stake.

There are 1,000 bamboo rafts on the banks of the Yunjiang River, and these bamboo rafts will carry the offerings of the heavenly festival to Tianji Peak.

The first to set sail were a hundred bamboo rafts, which carried dry timber, which were ignited and then flowed with the water of the Yunjiang River to Tianji Peak.

The next 600 bamboo rafts carried sacrifices such as silk and sacrificial offerings.

The last 300 bamboo rafts will carry the sacrificers.

Some guards pushed the sacrificers on the bamboo raft, and some of the sacrificers held on to the ground and were unwilling to go up, but with their mortal strength, how could they compare to the oracle, and finally stood on the bamboo raft.

Far away from the riverside, they dare not move even more, the water of the Yunjiang River is extremely deep, and there may be large water beasts, and they may die at any time if they fall.

The Yunjiang River was surging endlessly, pushing a thousand bamboo rafts towards Tianji Peak.

At this time, on the outskirts of Tianji Peak, it was more than two hundred miles away from the Heaven Sacrifice Altar.

Lin Yi and Qingqing stood on the bank of the Yunjiang River and waited, the breeze blowing, blowing their clothes, thin and gloomy.

"Qingqing, you shouldn't have come."

Lin Yi said calmly, he also knew that he couldn't convince Qingqing, but he really didn't want her to take the risk with her.

Qingqing's eyes looked at the upper reaches of the Yunjiang River, and he slowly shook his head: "I only have one relative left for Brother Lin Yi, I have to come." ”

She turned her head and smiled hard: "I'm also an oracle, am I, I'm capable of protecting myself." ”

Thousands of bamboo rafts moved slowly, on one of the bamboo rafts, poplar and Luo Hua snuggled tightly, their hands were tightly clasped, Luo Hua's eyes had a strong fear, poplar held her in his arms, covering her vision, but poplar's heart was also terrified.

Suddenly, someone cried out, and the closer the bamboo raft got to Tianji Peak, the closer their hearts came to collapse.

Some people couldn't help but jump into the Yunjiang River and swim towards the riverside.

But only halfway through the swim, he lost his strength and sank.

When the others saw this, they were overjoyed and thought that there was a possibility of escape, and some of them went into the water one after another and swam to the river.

But then, in the upper reaches of the river, an army rushed to kill the sacrificers who climbed ashore and threw them into the Yunjiang River.