Chapter 62: Cutting Fingers

After Zhao Zheng's death, Hesse was temporarily promoted to captain of my bodyguard, he was strong, uninhibited, and alien, and his whole person was like a sharp spear, not like a shield that protected me. However, he was given to me by his husband, and after making a great contribution to the quail, I chose him anyway.

At night, he habitually put down the documents at hand and called Zhao Zheng, but there was no usual cup of tea at hand, and there was no Zhao Zheng's soft and crisp response behind him. My heart was gloomy for a while, and when I looked back, Hesse had already snored and fell asleep.

"Hesse!" I screamed.

"No!" Hesse leapt to his feet, stood upright, and looked around in confusion, as if he did not know where he was for a moment.

I couldn't help laughing, laughing later, but I was sorry.

Hesse said: "Young master, at such a late hour, you are still reading and not sleeping?" ”

I shook my head and said, "Get used to it." Come with me to the camp. ”

Hesse immediately became nervous, he roared, and the eight formations rushed out of the camp next to him, followed by more than twenty white-eared elite soldiers in a formation around my military tent. I looked at the shaking posture of the land, and shook my head: "In this case, I won't patrol the camp anymore, your movement can patrol the camp." ”

"Don't patrol the camp, that's right." Hesse spoke stiffly, without emotion, but there was a bit of relief in his eyes. This guy is still trying to calculate me.

"Nope." My voice was clear and firm, "I'm going to patrol the camp, and you'll follow me with eight formations at most." Because I was assassinated, I can't change my rules! Otherwise, the soldiers in the battalion will be uneasy. ”

I took eight formations to patrol the camp, and everything I behaved as usual, neither saying a word a lot, nor deliberately saying more than half a point. But those soldiers did not feel that they all showed a kind of seriousness, a kind of earnestness. In Guan Ping's left battalion, a soldier was patted on the shoulder by me and said, "Your Highness, don't worry! ”

"Rest assured what?" I laughed and looked at him strangely.

"Tomorrow, we will never let thieves disturb the Alliance!"

I looked at the young face, who was no more than two years older than me, became serious, and gave him a military salute.

On August 15, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the sun was beautiful and the wind was clear. In the palace, colorful flags fluttered, horns roared, and five thousand elite soldiers were waiting for them with halberds. On the three-zhang high altar of the god of Siyue, the highest god in the eyes of the Qiang people is enshrined - the god of the four mountains.

For this day, we have been preparing for too long, this is the first grand meeting since the pacification of Liangzhou, and its holding will confirm the rule of my father and me here, will heal the wounds caused by nearly a hundred years of war, and will for the first time list the Qiang and Hu people as the same Han people. It is a watershed that will turn the unending Liangzhou into a paradise of pastoral songs, and this is the wish of me and everyone present.

Although everything here was personally delineated and deployed by me, I was still excited by the atmosphere in the Taishou Mansion.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "The golden drum of Liangzhou, the sound is endless, deep and powerful, stirring and cool, it seems to be able to ignite the flame in people's hearts. Looking up, the water of the Yellow River flew from the sky, the desert wind blew from the sky, I climbed the high altar of the four Yue gods in the sound of drums, looked around at the heroes of the counties along the platform, only to feel a burst of blood surging.

"Princess!" I stretched out my hand, and the drumming stopped abruptly, leaving only the river of soup to flow, and the fluttering flag to fly into the air. My slightly childlike voice was slowly sent out, as if it could reach the ears of the last soldier, "In the past hundred years, wars have occurred frequently in Liangzhou, and the people have no livelihood. All tribes and tribes have vendetta against each other, rivers of blood have flowed, and hatred has accumulated into mountains. Liu Chan's father was ordered by the king of Hanzhong to pacify Liangzhou, calm the war, return the people to peace, and return Liangzhou to Qingning. ”

Turning around, I led the group of heroes to bow down, worship the gods of Siyue, and read out the sacrificial text: "In the twenty-fifth year of Wei Jian'an, August Zhengshuo, Liu Chan, the prince of Hanzhong, led the officials of Liangzhou, etc., to drink the laying of the young prison, sacrifice to the god of Siyue, and swear: The land of Liangzhou, the land of the Han Dynasty, the people of Liangzhou, the people of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Han Dynasty, and the Hu Rong of the Han Dynasty, all of them are one family, all tribes and tribes, not for the enemy, not to raise troops, not to invade each other and seek to seal the territory, or to suspect and obstruct, to catch the life and ask the matter to give food and clothing to return. The people of Liangzhou can get land and plough, grass and livestock, mulberry and weaving, hemp and performance, work and work, business and business, and official guarding. The few have something to rely on, the old have something to support, the man has something to do, and the woman has something to follow. The mountains and rivers of Sheji are the same, and this is Yamato. So that Liangzhou smoke and dust do not rise, ignore the name of the robbers, no more frightened trouble, sealed and withdrawn, the countryside is safe. Therefore, the alliance swears, but God is wise and upright, blessed and humble, and the pavilion is good and prosperous, and the town is in all directions. The country is overwhelmed, reckless, navigating the ladder mountain, and the guests are served. God's eyes are like electricity, in view of this oath, if there is a violation, God and man are in danger! ”

After the vow was over, when everyone looked at each other, they were already a little closer.

According to Qiang customs, the sacrifice was carried out step by step. The countenances of the heroes of each ministry are extremely sacred.

However, the last step was the blood ritual, and it was actually brought up by ten eight or nine-year-old children. I was shocked, and in order to collect the heart of the Qiang Hu, I decided to operate everything according to the customs of the Qiang people. At that time, when I saw the word blood worship, I only thought that it was to worship the gods of cattle and sheep, but I didn't think that it was to worship living people.

I said to Ma Chao: "Uncle Meng Qi, how is it human?" ”

Ma Chao's face was as usual: "Naturally, it is human." ”

"Is there a turnaround?"

Ma Chao was stunned: "The young master will be regarded as the lord of weakness if he intercedes for these people." It's just slaves, who cares? ”

"I care!" I stood on the altar.

For a while, everyone was shocked, and no one could have imagined that I would destroy the sacred celebration I was presiding. For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the audience, and some Qiang people with violent temperaments had already stared at each other.

I didn't speak, I just walked in front of the teenagers. They are so thin and immature, like a grass that has just sprouted, watching the car and the horse trampling, but they can't avoid it, and they can't escape.

Who cares about these tiny beings?

I leaned down and gently touched a teenager's head: "How old are you?" ”

The boy fled in panic, like a frightened fawn. The language was different, and he didn't know what I was talking about at all.

I turned around sharply and looked at everyone in the audience: "Today's meeting is to seek peace and tranquility, Liangzhou has seen too much blood, why do you want to see blood again today?" ”

There was a discussion in the audience, like the wind sweeping across the heart of the river, and there was a rolling whirlpool. Huang Hua stood up and said in a loud voice: "Your Royal Highness, killing animals and worshiping gods is the rule of the Qiang people since ancient times. Today's meeting was originally convened by His Royal Highness the Prince, and the Son of the World stopped the sacrifice, is it disrespectful to the gods of the four mountains? Or is there no sincerity towards the Alliance? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jin also stood up and responded, Ju Yan was about to move, but he glanced at Ma Chao, and finally did not raise his legs. In this meeting, the three of them had the highest expectations and the biggest disappointments. They thought they would be made too guarded, but they only got a small official. It's just that by my side, I don't dare to have a seizure, so I take the opportunity to jump out at this time. Because what they said was the ancient principle of the Qiang people, there were many responses.

I remained silent and looked coldly: "Who else thinks the same as them?" ”

"Me!"

"Me!"

"And me!"

The Qiang people have an upright personality, and they will not look back when they recognize the right things. For a time, fifty or sixty people stood up.

I nodded: "Do you have to see blood to satisfy the Siyue God?" ”

"Yes, this is sincerity, and it cannot be discounted! Otherwise, it will lead to disaster! ”

"Good. I have not been in Liangzhou for a long time, but I regard everyone in Liangzhou as a master, a commoner or a slave, like my fingers, and it hurts my heart to touch any one. Since there will be blood today, come and bring a sword. ”

Huang Hua and the others looked at each other and said in fear: "Shizi, you, don't ......" This meeting, in order to prevent the assassination from happening again, not only checked everyone, but also confiscated all the weapons. Huang Hua thought of this, and his face couldn't help but turn pale.

I looked at these stupid birds who were afraid of being shot by arrows, sneered, and said to everyone with a knife in one hand: "Since they are my fingers, I will drain the blood of my fingers to worship the gods of the four mountains." Today, the bloodline of the son of the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the prince of Hanzhong, I don't know if he can show his sincerity, and whether he can exchange the god of the four mountains for the protection of the people of Liangzhou? ”

As soon as these words came out, a large number of heroes in the audience knelt down, and Huang Hua and others also knelt on the ground, even shouting "no".

Without saying a word, I took a large bowl and cut my left thumb with a silver knife.

The red blood suddenly flowed down, and my right hand trembled a little. The crowd behind him shouted in unison: "No, the son of the world must not shed blood for these cheap slaves!" ”

Without saying a word, I grabbed the silver knife with four fingers, and with a slight pull, blood flowed all over my hand, and a drop dripped into the white bowl. Then I took the knife in my mouth, the blade turned outward, and the five fingers of my right hand rubbed it on the blade.

Cold sweat came out on his forehead. Normally, I see my soldiers fighting with broken arms, and they have to fight when their intestines flow out, but on my body, just a few shallow wounds are so painful.

I gritted my teeth, opened my mouth, and spat the silver knife on the ground, letting the blood drip and make a crisp sound.

The audience shouted and kowtowed, and the veteran Yang Qiu jumped out and shouted: "Enough, enough, quickly bandage the wound of the prince!" The prince of the world has a benevolent heart, cares for the people of Liangzhou, and prays to the gods with blood, which is really the blessing of all the people! ”

The audience shouted loudly: "The mercy of the prince, the blessing of all the people!" ”

The medical officers bandaged my wounds, and You Chu approached my ear and whispered, "Gao Ming! ”

I pricked my hands and let the medical officer wrap them, and smiled bitterly in my heart. You Chu thought that I had deliberately arranged all this. Forget it, let him think about it, anyway, the alliance was successfully completed, I also got most of the hearts of the Liangzhou heroes, and the lives of the ten little slaves were saved, so what else is there to be dissatisfied with.