The next day, Zheng Anping got up early, had breakfast, finished neatly, held a halberd, and appeared in the south acre.

His four companions also finished neatly, and they brought over an urn of water, which was the main prop for today's sacrifice.

The lord of the castle also appeared with his four sons. The city lord bowed his hand to Zheng Anping, and two of the four sons each held a small bowl, which contained millet and mushrooms, and the other two persistently held the flowers.

Finally, there were three rare lieutenants, and the four of them, together with Mr. Meng Yu, carried a door panel on which a small pig was firmly tied. Piglet, apparently aware of his fate, let out a hoarse scream.

According to the agreement, Mr. Meng Yu is the sacrificial minister and presides over the entire process of the sacrifice.

However, the most important person has not yet appeared: Shinling-kun who is watching the ceremony. So everyone is still waiting in the fields.

Xinlingjun and Wei Qi were arranging a formation of divine soldiers and samurai in the city, and they were preparing for the afternoon festival. It wasn't until the divine soldiers began to set off on the other side of the river that Xin Lingjun and Wei Qi left the city with a few of their men and came in the direction of Nanmu.

The hoarse piglet also barked tired and gasped for breath on the door panel. Xin Lingjun and others walked through the crowd of people watching the ceremony, and came to the side of the chief priest, Zheng Anping and the city lord all bowed to Dao'an, and Xinlingjun also returned the salute one by one; Then go to the place where you are watching the ceremony. He and Wei Qi stood in front, and their respective retinues stood in the back.

Mr. Meng Yu stepped forward and asked for instructions on the start of the sacrifice. Shin Ling-kun signaled that it was time to start.

Mr. Meng Yu came back and repeated the whole process of the sacrifice to the two chief priests, and the two said that they knew.

So Mr. Meng Yu asked everyone to return, stood in his place, and sang: "First offering! ”

The city lord stepped forward, took a lamp from the urn, scooped out a glass of wine, and held it with Zheng Anping. Zheng Anping took it and poured wine on the ground.

Mr. Meng Yu sang again: "Dedicate again!" ”

Zheng Anping scooped the wine from the urn and handed it to the city lord, who poured the wine on the ground.

Meng Yu sang: "Three offerings! ”

The city lord scooped out a glass of wine and offered it to Zheng Anping, this time Zheng Anping did not drink the wine, but drank it all.

Meng Yu sang: "Sacrifice! ”

The three lieutenants lifted the door panel and placed it next to the ridge. Zheng Anping held the halberd in his hand, lifted the board with one hand, and the halberd pierced the pig's throat like lightning, and the whole spearhead was completely submerged, and the little pig only whimpered and died. As the halberd was pulled, blood flowed down the cut in the throat. Zheng Anping and the city lord lifted the door panel and poured blood into the urn.

Xin Lingjun and others who watched the ceremony sang next to him: "There are many millet and many grains, and there are also high trees, trillions and seeds." For the wine for the liquor, the ancestors of the Xuan. In order to negotiate a hundred gifts, blessing Kong. "Sing it three times in a row, and the pig's blood will be gone. Three lieutenants carried the dead piglet down.

Mr. Meng Yu sang again: "Four offerings! ”

Zheng Anping scooped up the bloody wine and handed it to the city lord, who laid it on the ground. Five dedications, Zheng Anping laid on the ground. Six offerings, the city lord and Zheng Anping each drank a mouthful of blood wine.

Cao Bao waited and carried the urn down. Zheng Anping and the city lord took a rake, and dug a deep pit at the head of their respective ridges. The two sons of the lord of the city poured two lamps of millet or soybeans into it. Zheng Anping and the city lord buried them separately.

At this time, the people who were watching the ceremony on the other side of the field began to sing: "The field is full of crops, and it is a matter of planting and precaution and preparation." With my Qin Yun, I carry the south mu. Sowing a hundred grains, both court and master, great-grandson is Ruo. ”

Several women came running from the ridge with their children and urinated on the ground where the seeds had just been planted. This special program caused Xin Lingjun and Wei Qi, who were watching the ceremony in Tiantou, to laugh.

In the laughter of the crowd, Mr. Meng Yu sang: "Licheng! ”

The audience left first. The chief priests and the assistant priests returned to the city with wine and pigs. Both sides said goodbye, each went back to rest, and there was a social sacrifice at noon, which was the main priest of the city, assisted by Zheng Anping.

Back on the reverse journey, the old man also came out to praise Zheng Anping for killing the animals cleanly and neatly, and there was no pain in the whole animal. This also made Cao Bao, Brother Su and others very proud.

When the chief priest rested, the parents of the families who returned to the city were ready to place the offerings under the community tree outside the city.

Soon after the city lord added the city, the four sons carried out the big tripod and placed it in the middle of the tree. With the appearance of Dading as a signal, each family put out the sacrifices they had prepared. Two elders sat under the tree and watched.

But this year's offering is significantly different from the previous ones. In the past, the offerings of each family were centered on the big tripod and placed in all directions; But today, the elders demanded that all the sacrifices be placed behind the tripod. Ding was isolated from each other.

It was nearly noon, adults and children, men and women from all families came out one after another, and the parents of each family had already been notified not to enter the city lord's mansion, but only to gather on the west tower. Zheng Anping did not stand in the most conspicuous position, mingling among the elders, talking with them casually.

Mr. Meng and the three lieutenants carried out a lamb this time, still tied to a door panel.

Suddenly, a drum sounded in the city, and the people who were talking immediately fell silent; Some of the people who were sitting also stood up, and the children quickly found their parents, and each family returned to their "turf" and stood in order.

Under the leadership of the city lord, the parents of each family came down from the city tower, through the crowd, and came to Dading.

A group of elders stood in front of the ding, and when the eldest elder saw that the parents had arrived, he said in a loud voice, "Please honor!" ”

Zheng Anping and the five of them walked out of the crowd and went to the front of the elder team to greet the elders; Elders and reciprocating. The five of them stood on the other side of the big ding.

The elder said in a loud voice: "The city lord sacrifices!" ”

The city lord took out a piece of bamboo slip from his bosom and read it: "On the Lord's Day, I would like to offer three animals, five grains, and five fruits in front of the society." Wiz is in Z, Shengzi is Changzi, Wei Yi Sheye, Wei is Qiu Tian, Wei is grass and trees, and Wei is walking birds. Life is dependent, death is dependent. Life and life, do not be separated. ”

After the city lord finished reading, the elder shouted, "Kneel! ”

The elders and Zheng Anping, who were originally facing everyone, all turned around and knelt down facing the big cypress.

The elder saluted, "Bow down! …… Two worships! …… Three worships! …… Rise! ”

The crowd rose to their feet again. At this time, a cry suddenly came from the other side of the river, saying, "Are you waiting for the sacrifice of the Society?" ”

Everyone looked at it and saw that on the other side of the river, there was a team of Han soldiers with lotus halberds. The festival attracted Han pawns, which had never happened before. The city lord took several parents, together with Zheng Anping, to meet each other, and the two sides were facing each other across the river. The city lord asked, "Where are the brothers?" Dare to ask to cross the river to talk! ”

The team of Han pawns said: "There is nothing else, we are Huayang Han pawns, I heard that someone was sacrificing heaven and earth, so I came to explore it." ”

The city lord said: "If you don't dare to sacrifice heaven and earth, you will sacrifice to the people of Yi." ”

The team of Han Bo asked, "Is there an outsider coming?" ”

The city lord said: "No, they are all people from the city." ”

Han Bo said: "Since we are the people of Benyi, we will return it." ”

The city lord said: "Let's come and scatter the blessings and go again." ”

Han Bo said: "Come back to bother in the future!" "Took people and left.

When the lord of the city saw them go away, he came back again and started the festival again. The elder continued: "Sacrifice! ”

The three lieutenants and Mr. Meng Yu lifted the door panel. The lord of the city also seems to be a veteran, holding only an iron vertebrae in his hand, and when the vertebrae pierces it, he kills the lamb cleanly. The city lord and Mr. Meng Yu cooperated to drain the sheep's blood into the tripod, and now everyone understood why the tripod was separated from the sacrifice this time, because the sheep's blood was taken. After draining the blood of the sheep, the door panel was set aside, and each family gathered firewood and grass, lit it in the square, and placed the tripod on the fire. The offerings of each family were poured into the tripod one by one, and water was added to the full. The people of the city sat around the tripod, ready to scatter blessings.

Cao Bao suddenly found that Mr. Zhang Yu was waving to him at the city gate, and hurriedly avoided everyone's attention and slipped into the city. Zhang Yu asked: "There are Han Zhong by the river, why did they come?" ”

Cao Bao said: "He Yan is the pawn of Huayang, and he heard that someone sacrificed heaven and earth, so he came to explore it." The lord of the city replied with the 'Naiyi Minshe Sacrifice' and went away. ”

Zhang Yu said: "If the people of Yi sacrifice will have no foresight, if someone sacrifices heaven and earth...... Is it forbidden? ”

Xinlingjun said: "How do you want South Korea to have this section!" ”

Zhang Yu said: "Guan Yi is the chong of Han and Wei, and he is outside the Great Wall, and Han can also imagine this festival." ”

Xinling Jun said: "What should I do? ”

Zhang Yu said: "Please go to the place with Mr. Fifty, and you will not be disturbed by Han Pawn!" ”

Xinling Jun said: "There is nothing to do for mere soldiers. However, Han is close to management, and he is always harmful, so what can he do? Mr. Fu took care of the matter for the time being, so that the sacrifice was fine. Zhang Yu agreed, crossed the bridge with fifty gentlemen, explained the situation, and sent two gentlemen to follow him first, if they returned to Huayang directly, this time it would be over. If you want to come back, be sure to report back in advance and be prepared to face the blow.

Zhang Yu's actions did not alarm the people who were sitting around the Ding, waiting for the blessings. Mr. Guo arranged for the divine soldiers and samurai, centered on the square mound, to form a tight concentric circle.

Just as the Yi people began to eat from Dingzhong, Xinlingjun and Wei Qi embarked on the road to Fangqiu.

The sacrifice in the ding, each of the people present was given roughly the same share, and the dingzhong was sold out. At this time, everyone heard a series of shouts from the other side of the river: "No sacrifices!" No sacrifices! "That team of Han pawns is back. When they went around the river to the edge of the ruined city, there was a whistle in the city, and fifty gentlemen rushed out at once, and almost without much fighting, they gave down the halberds of this group of Han pawns, and then quickly controlled Han Bo.

This scene took place in a battle right under their noses, and it shocked the people. Everyone seemed to remember that there was another sacrifice on the other side of the river. As they looked across the river, all the divine soldiers shouted, and they faintly heard a whimper. With that whimper, the sky, which had been gloomy all the time, suddenly cracked in the middle, and the rare sunlight shone down through the clouds, bathing the square mound in sunlight.

The magical scene lifted everyone's hearts. The first was the divine soldier shouting: "Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! Then there were the samurai, then the people who watched the excitement on this side of the river, enjoying the blessings, and even the Han pawn who had just been captured actually shouted!