02 Sacrifice ceremony
"Since you dare to intercept and kill the Shaojun Holy Venerable, the crime should be punished, how can such a demon girl stay on this cloud platform, quickly take it down, take it back to the prison, and wait for the execution after the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky." Master Xue You, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and said sharply, as soon as he finished speaking, several guards rushed over, wanting to take down Phantom Ji.
Before leaving, Phantom Ji glanced back at Jielan, the sad eyes were sad, making people suddenly feel that she was so miserable, Jielan thought, a pathetic person always has a sad past, but no matter what, her past cannot be a reason for her to kill innocents, Jielan turned her head away and stopped looking at her eyes. Phantom Ji was escorted back to Pingdu by the guards with chains.
Before the official start of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, this kind of thing happened, and it felt like a bad omen to cover this Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony with a layer of fog, and many officials couldn't help but discuss it one after another, guessing who sent this woman called Phantom Ji, and dared to attack Qing Zhan Shaojun, but even if they guessed, they would never dare to say it.
Qing Zhan looked back at Jielan beside him, when the four eyes met, everything was like last night, she remembered the life and death between them, the vows between them, their hugs and fiery kisses, and even more remembered the last words her sword pierced into his chest and abdomen, and he fell in a pool of blood and said with a smile: "Thank you for your love for me!" ”
If Qing Zhan's last words were, "I hate you." "That Jielan won't be so painful, but what he said is this, how can Jielan not feel guilty, remorseful, and painful? Two people who love each other, but in the end, they fight each other, and she kills him ruthlessly, and he has no resentment, but he still cares as always.
It's just that Jielan doesn't understand, what kind of worry is Qing Zhan's worry? Because she is a princess, because she is the future king in his heart, so he will be so concerned, so respectful, so caring, Jielan can't tell what is true and what is false, she just smiled bitterly and said: "You are really alive, great, really good." ”
Qing Zhan smiled indifferently, he wanted to reach out and touch Jielan's face, but he couldn't, he only said: "As long as you are here, I will not leave you alone, how can I leave this world alone?" ”
Hearing this sentence, Jielan would definitely be moved before, but now when she heard this, she just sneered: "Yes, how can Shaojun leave the princess alone?" Even if you die, you have to die, and you need to be safe, right? Lord Shaojun! Jielan's words were full of irony, but also with the meaning of resentment towards Qing Zhan, Qing Zhan also heard Jielan's hatred for himself, he couldn't explain why he did it now, he only said: "There are some things you can't expect the result, when you know that the result is completely contrary to what you imagined, please don't be afraid of this result, and don't run away from this result, because she is always your destiny." ”
This sentence is so familiar, Jielan remembered that her mother also said this to herself, and now he said this to himself, it seems that he is really a chess piece in the hands of the two of them, and these two people are the people he loves the most in his life, why do the people who betray him and deceive him are his closest people? Why?
"Then may I ask Lord Shaojun, do you want me to be a candidate for this king, just like my mother?" Even if Jielan knows the answer, she has to ask.
"Although you will not like it, but please accept it, this is not my request, it is the request of the people of the world." Qing Zhan looked very solemn at the moment, he hoped that Jielan would not care so much anymore, after all, it was related to the fate of the world, not a personal grudge.
But Jielan doesn't see it that way, she feels like a fool at the mercy of them, from the beginning to the present, she is a chess piece in their hands, she must take which step they want to take, Jielan has always been arrogant, how can she be willing to condescend like this, she said coldly: "The request of the world? I'm sorry, you think too highly of me, I'm not such a noble person, and I don't have the ability to manage the people of the world, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me here, it's better for me to leave. Jielan said that she was about to leave, her mother behind her was very anxious when she saw this, and Qing Zhan grabbed Jielan's hand and dragged her to death, so that Jielan couldn't break free from under her hands, Jielan was very annoyed, she used her spiritual power to hit Qingzhan's arm, Qingzhan didn't dare to do anything to Jielan here, let alone let other officials know that she used spiritual power on herself, so she received this palm spiritual power alive, suddenly, Jielan felt the hot thing on the back of her hand dripping onto it, she was shocked, Hurriedly looked at Qing Zhan's hand holding his hand, but saw that blood was gurgling down Qing Zhan's arm, and it seemed that it was because of Fang Cai Jielan's palm that the wound on Qing Zhan's shoulder was shattered, so the blood flowed down again.
At this moment, Jielan became nervous, and she hurriedly said, "You... You..."Qing Zhan hurriedly covered her mouth and blocked his blood with his sleeve, because he was afraid that when the hundred officials saw it, he would definitely cure Jielan for the great crime of offending Jun Yan for no reason, and the punishment would be small, so that she could not become the king.
Nan Rong's eyes, which had been quietly watching the changes on the side, were like electricity, she saw that Qing Zhan had been hiding his arm, and she felt a little mysterious, she didn't know what he and Jielan were talking about, but she could see that there must be some unknown secrets between the two people, Nanrong walked over and said gently: "What is my sister talking to Shaojun?" Above the clouds, isn't it a place where you can talk like this, and you are not afraid of offending the heavens? ”
Qing Zhan looked at this extremely powerful princess, and was quite resistant to her in his heart, he only said: "Princess Jielan came to Pingdu for the first time, and also came to this cloud mountain for the first time, so she naturally felt a little uncomfortable, and Benjun just spoke to appease her for a while, Princess Nanrong doesn't have to worry." ”
Nan Rong noticed that there were still blood stains on the back of Qing Zhan's hand, she couldn't help but break up and her right hand rushed out, so she grabbed Shaojun's hand, and then raised his hand high, and pulled down his sleeve, this time, revealing Qing Zhan's arm full of blood, which surprised Nan Rong, Jielan and Tan Qi, including all the officials, exclaimed.
Nan Rong immediately deliberately cared: "How could Shaojun make himself like this, who injured Shaojun?" Where are you hurt? ”
Qing Zhan snorted coldly, he didn't expect this Princess Nanrong to do such a rash thing, he only said: "This injury doesn't matter, it's just that I was accidentally injured when I was fighting with that phantom Ji just now, but thank you Princess Nanrong for worrying." "Actually, this injury is the old wound that Jielan stabbed in Qing Zhan's shoulder, but Qing Zhan couldn't tell the truth, so he could only lie.
"Oh? Is it? Our Shaojun has always been invincible, I can't imagine that Shaojun was injured like this by a little phantom queen, should you say that Shaojun is too careless, or is it that your two subordinates are not well protected? Princess Nanrong looked at Tan Qi and Crack Bo on the side, but saw the flaw through their expressions, and Nanrong noticed that Tan Qi's eyes had been staring at Jielan, and his eyes were full of hatred, so presumably this injury was caused by Jielan. Nan Rong suddenly knew in his heart, and continued: "Or is it that my sister accidentally injured you Shaojun?" ”
Qing Zhan didn't expect her to be able to guess all this, he only said, "Why does Princess Nanrong always care about this little injury of this monarch?" This injury is just a trivial matter for Benjun, and the princess is so panicked that she can't take it anymore. ”
Nan Rong saw that this Qing Zhan really had a deep affection for Jielan, obviously she was hurt so badly by Jielan, but she still protected her unreservedly, this affection is probably not comparable to few people in this world, she didn't want to tear her face with Shaojun at the moment, so she smiled softly: "Where did Shaojun say, this princess is also worried about Shaojun's body, after all, Shaojun is not someone's Shaojun, but the Shaojun of the world, am I right?" ”
As soon as Jielan heard this, she felt very harsh, as if this sentence was meant for her, she couldn't help frowning, and then turned sideways to avoid Qing Zhan, so as not to be misunderstood about the relationship between her and him, and I am afraid that it will add trouble to him at that time.
After Nan Rong finished speaking, he returned to King Belon's side, and watched Jielan and Qingzhan coldly, feeling that these two might have a good show to watch next.
Qing Zhan approached Jielan's side and whispered to her: "If you really regret me, then please don't be willful, I will tell you slowly after today's sacrifice ceremony, but at this time, please don't say anything about leaving, even if it's not for Benjun, please think about your mother, otherwise, her hard work will fall short, and she will end up regretting, if you are such an unfilial daughter, you have to go, I won't stop you again, even if Benjun has seen the wrong eye in the past half a year, You should not be chosen to be the next king. As soon as Qing Zhan finished speaking, he no longer stayed by Jielan's side, but walked to her mother's side, Jielan looked at the back of Qing Zhan who walked away, and had a lot of thoughts, yes, let herself abandon the mother she had been missing, Jielan couldn't do it, no matter what her mother's purpose was, she let herself embark on this road of no return, she had a trusting attitude towards her mother deep down, because she felt that her mother must have her own hardships, and she must have her own reasons for doing this, even if she didn't respect herself like this.
Qing Zhan Dynasty civil and military officials said: "Today's ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, is the hundred officials and the king personally formulated, today is the holy road auspicious day, Haoyu Qingming, since the cause of the public opinion, to tell the sky, look at the heavens to favor the people, but the stars change, the sun and the moon change, half a has passed, the lord inheritance, the new lord ascended the throne, the grace of the people, is to sacrifice to the heavens, the choice of the new lord, shoulder the high hopes of the people, not rash, among the three, one lord obeys the will of the people, wins the hearts of the people, it is the new lord of blood, can everyone be different? ”
After the prayer of the battle, all the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted in unison: "The inheritance of the lord, the new lord ascends the throne, and the grace of the common people!" ”
Qing Zhan then ordered the attendant to bring wine up, the waiter took the wine bottle, filled it with six glasses of wine, one was presented to the king, one was presented to Qing Zhan Shaojun, one was presented to the White Devil Chengfeng, and the remaining three cups were presented to Jielan, Nanrong, and Xianzhi, all six of them held the wine bottle high, facing the civil and military officials, the king said: "No matter who of these three becomes the next king, you must assist with your heart, and work together with the new lord for the blood Ying country, so that the people are safe and stable, so that the country is eternal, do you know?" ”
The civil and military officials all shouted: "The king is blessed, and the ministers will remember it in their hearts and swear allegiance to the new lord!" ”
The king nodded and said to Jielan and the three of them: "And the three of you, no matter who becomes the new lord in the end, the remaining two must do a good job as courtiers, assist the new lord in handling national affairs, and must not have jealousy, rebellion, or disrespect, do you know?" ”
Jielan suddenly felt that at this moment, everything became so sacred, and the mother in front of her became so majestic, and the glass of wine in her hand became so heavy, Jielan only understood at this moment that her willfulness was to joke about the lives of people in the world, although she didn't know how to govern a country, but she knew that if a leader couldn't lead them and do his best for them, the people would not be happy, and they would not support them, but Jielan knew in her heart that she couldn't become a king, because she didn't want her mother to die, I don't want my mother to die in my own hands.