Between heaven and earth, everything is silent.

The cold north wind blew at night, dancing with the bonfire, but it added a bit of agility and vitality to this solemn night.

"Tick, tick"

The copper kettle was still dripping, as if everything had nothing to do with it. But apparently, the thousands of pairs of eyes present were all glued in its direction.

Of course, that doesn't matter. No matter what others think, silently following his own pace, accumulating bit by bit, is what he should do. If things are like this, how can people be not.

Standing on the high platform, overlooking the thousands of people under the stage, Zhao Kuo was not looking forward to the passage of time like others. On the contrary, Zhao Kuo would rather stay in this moment forever. This is a moment when the desire is undecided, but the victory is in hand.

It's a pity that in the unhurried ticking sound, the familiar mark finally appeared in Yu Qing's eyes.

Without any hesitation, Yu Qing immediately walked to the edge of the high platform and nodded slowly at Li Mu under the high platform.

Li Mu, who had been paying attention to the high platform, naturally received Yu Qing's message at the first time, and did not stop, the long sword on his waist was unsheathed almost at the same time as he saw Yu Qing, and then he raised it high to the sky and shouted: "Get up!" ”

Immediately, the red flags under the stairs rolled up and down, and the bells and drums above the mound of earth moved.

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

"Woo......"

The melodious sound of drums and horns resounded abruptly between heaven and earth!

The ceremony of "sacrificing heaven and earth" has officially begun......

More than an hour has passed, and as the green smoke in the copper tripod gradually drifts away, it is endless, and the complicated ritual of worshipping the heavens

The formula has finally come to an end.

The group then returned to Handan City under the protection of the army! In Handan City, there is also the last agenda of this sacrifice to heaven and earth - the ancestor worship of the Taimiao.

And it took more than half an hour to return from the altar. There is no way, most of the officials in the team are pampered, and they don't have a carriage to sit in if they are not of enough grade, and they have only relied on physical strength to survive until now.

As the huge Handan City gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes, they saw that wisps of golden light were enveloping the entire Handan City from the east.

All of a sudden, all the ministers were inexplicably excited—this was a good omen!

Well, well, there are certain coincidences, after all, if it weren't for the sunny day, there would definitely be no golden scene today. Of course, the question of time is obviously carefully calculated by Pingyuanjun and others.

In any case, this wisp of golden light really made all Zhao Chen excited, and even the fatigue of running all night dissipated a lot.

Soon, the team greeted the newborn sun and slowly entered the city of Handan.

Handan City, which had just experienced an all-night party, fell into a sea of jubilation again.

It turned out that many people didn't see Zhao Kuo out of the city last night, and the children who were used to hearing the story of Zhao Wangkuo, the wise and martial arts, were even more anxious to cry.

So, under the unwillingness of the adults and the crying of the children, the people simply stood at the gate of the city with their wives and children, hoping to wait for Zhao Kuo's return.

But it was not a matter of waiting, and the people in the city, as soon as they had an idea, simply set up a small shed along the street with their families, lit a small stove, and set up a table

A few seats, the family sat together, although it was not as warm as at home, but it was also very comfortable.

The purpose of the reunion is never the empty house, but the family together. Where the family is, where is home, where there is a home, where you can keep the New Year.

Such a move was quickly spread by ten, ten, and hundreds.

The people followed suit. Those who lived in Handan took out tables, chairs and stoves, and those who came from other places took out the food in their bags, and soon the people gathered together. Even the reunion is not limited to one's own home.

Don't you really say it, under this moonlight, next to the main road of Handan City, and the Zhao family children from all over the world are guarding the New Year, while telling the danger of the Battle of Changping, while boasting that their king's enemy is like a god, while slowly waiting for Zhao Kuo's return, it really has a different flavor.

This is also Zhao Guo! In other countries, how can there be such a happy scene.

It's just that such a move has made the officials of Handan City suffer. As soon as he finished escorting the army out of the city, he was about to go home to watch the New Year with his wife and children, when he was suddenly notified to maintain order on the street.

Fortunately, when they arrived on the street, they found that the people of Handan had spontaneously arranged everything properly, leaving the middle avenue empty, which did not affect the passage of cars and horses, and even the sheds on both sides would be deliberately vacated every two or three to move around for the convenience of personnel.

Looking at this orderly scene, where do you need them to maintain any order.

It's just that it's all here, and you can't do it! Simply, the officials also put their own homes

The man was pulled out of his house, and cheekily joined in a certain shed for a certain part of the road he was responsible for.

Well, how to say it? Have fun with the people and celebrate the New Year together!

So, with the end of the official, there are more and more people on the street!

When the clattering horses' hooves stepped into the city of Handan again, the number of people in the streets increased unabated from the previous night's send-off, and the people who had been waiting all night naturally cheered again when they saw their king returning, and almost instantly ignited the atmosphere to a climax.

Although Zhao Kuo was also a little tired after a night of complicated rituals to worship the heavens, fortunately, he had been sitting in the carriage, which was naturally better than others. Seeing that the people of Handan were calling him so enthusiastically, Zhao Kuo naturally couldn't sweep away the interest of the people.

Immediately, Zhao Kuo stood up again, waved his arms slightly, and slowly greeted the people. And Zhao Kuo's pro-people move undoubtedly added a lot of points to him in the eyes of the people.

Surrounded by the people, the convoy soon arrived outside the Taimiao, and Pingyuanjun and Lian Po and others were awakened by their respective subordinates, several of them were already old, and Zhao Kuo naturally arranged a carriage for them to accompany them. On the way back to the city, several old people had already fallen asleep.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that Handan City in the morning light was still so lively, it was like a world away! Don't ask, these people must have waited all night, Pingyuanjun and Lian Po glanced at each other, in disbelief, but with a little admiration and excitement, the people's hearts, why don't Zhao Guo worry!

Before you think about it, Zhao Guotai Temple is already in front of you!

Rearrange your robe and heart

Xu, Lian Po and Pingyang Jun followed Zhao Kuo left and right, and walked into the temple. As for Yu Qing and the hundred officials, they could only kneel outside the hall.

After three bows and nine knocks, a ceremony that is not inferior to the heaven and earth, in the not high-pitched "ceremony" sound of Pingyuan Jun, the ceremony of worshipping the ancestors was finally completed.

When Zhao Kuo walked out of the temple, the day had already risen to a high level.

Hop on the chariot again and go around to the east gate of the palace, where the sun rises higher and higher, and the carriage slowly drives into the palace.

The bells and drums then beat again!

Before the main hall of the council, the chariot stopped a little, Zhao Kuoyue got off the carriage, climbed the steps on his own, entered the hall, went to the side hall, changed the heavy crown clothes, changed the slightly lighter auspicious clothes, and then went to the main hall and sat upright.

The eunuch Ling followed Zhao Kuo closely, and when Zhao Kuo sat down, he sorted out the corners of Zhao Kuo's clothes. After everything was ready, I looked at the copper kettle on the side and looked at the leakage, and waited for a while, and finally saw the sign. Immediately, the eunuch ordered Fang to salute Zhao Kuo, then turned around and took a step forward, and said simply: "The auspicious time has come, and the ministers worship the new king!" ”

The instructions of "worship" were passed on to the ears of Pingyuanjun and others by the eunuchs one by one.

After the last eunuch finished speaking, the king of the plain bowed loudly and said: "Weichen, worship my king!" I am the king of ten thousand years! ”

After speaking, bow to the ground first! Behind him, the ministers knelt down in a hula, and the hundred officials performed three bows.

"Enter!" Zhao Kuo's words came from the hall.

The hundred officials, headed by Pingyuan Jun, then walked forward in small steps, went up on both sides of the road, and stayed outside the main hall for a while.

Pingyuan Jun bowed again and said: "Weichen Zhao Sheng, lead a hundred officials, worship my king again, my king will be ten thousand years!" ”

After speaking, it was three more kowtows

！

"Enter!" Zhao Kuo replied again.

So Pingyuan Jun took the hundred officials and entered the main hall through the side door of the main hall.

Standing still for a while, Pingyuan Jun glanced behind him with his residual vision, and saw that all the officials had entered the palace, and then bowed three times and said: "Minister Zhao Sheng, lead the hundred officials, worship my king three times, and congratulate my king!" I am the king of ten thousand years! ”

After finishing speaking, he took hundreds of officials to perform three bows.

With Zhao Kuo's sentence "Up! The three bows and nine bows of the hundred officials were finally completed.

Immediately after that, it was the worship of the envoys of various countries.

"Envoys!" After the eunuchs slowly returned to the throne, the eunuch ordered them to sing again.

In a short time, all the envoys came to the palace one after another. It's just that unlike the last time the envoys were visited, this time the envoys were not six, but seven. The extra one is the Zhou envoy. And because of the arrival of the Zhou envoys, the order of the envoys also changed slightly.

The front row is the envoy of Zhou and the envoy of Qin, Zhou is on the right and Qin is on the left; The second row is Chu and Wei, Chu on the right and Wei on the left, and the last row, from left to right, are Yan, Qi, and Han.

This is already a multi-party trade-off. According to the order of Yu Qing, who was in charge of diplomatic affairs, the Zhou envoys were placed in the first row alone, the second row were the Qin envoys and the Chu envoys, the third row was the Wei and Qi states, and the last ones were the Yan and Han countries.

It's a pity that of course Qin State will not agree to be in the second row, let alone after the Zhou envoy.

So in desperation, Yu Qing could only let the Qin envoy and the Zhou envoy stand side by side. It should be said that Yu Qing has already given Zhou Envoy a lot of face, although under the pressure of the Qin Envoy, let the Qin Envoy and the Zhou Envoy go to the same row, but still insist on letting the Zhou Envoy go

to the more exalted right.

But obviously, Zhou Envoy did not appreciate it. In addition, Zhao Guo sacrificed heaven and earth, and he didn't report to the Zhou court, and second, he didn't use the flesh of the Son of Heaven, in the eyes of the Zhou envoy, it was almost no different from the rebellious ministers and thieves.

Seeing that he had come to the court of Zhao State, a trace of fierceness flashed in Zhou Envoy's eyes, and a crisis was quietly coming to Zhao Kuo and his Zhao State.