Chapter 457: Please Drown the King
Under the impetus of the two emperors, one turtle and one fairy, the development of the Flying Turtle Sect was very smooth.
After Li Ping'an fooled a few young witch sacrifices, another three or four months passed, and the kings of the Shang Kingdom began to have visions continuously.
First of all, the king of Shang was seriously ill, and the great witch festival kept praying to the heavens but to no avail, and the new great witch festival 'good' had just arrived at the gate of the palace, and the king of Shang was miraculously cured.
'Good' was immediately identified as the great witch sacrifice favored by the gods.
The king of Shang gave a banquet to entertain 'Hao' and rewarded her family, and the good family celebrated.
After another half a month, a huge flash appeared in the northwest direction of the royal capital, and the subjects in the royal capital were shocked.
On the second day, the guards who went out of the city to investigate reported that there was a big deep pit three hundred miles northwest of the royal capital, and there was a dead turtle at the bottom of the pit, and the turtle corpse was like a clay sculpture, and the sword soldiers could not be injured.
Rumors circulated in the city that [the Xuan Turtle failed to ascend to the gods, and he was afraid that he would take revenge on the royal city].
After half a day of discussion, it was decided that the new Great Witch Festival would pray to the gods and inquire about the tortoise.
On this day, the new Great Witch Priest Hao Xiao Nian bathed and changed his clothes, changed into a black sacrificial robe that looked tattered and actually had a lot of exquisiteness, put on a ghost mask, and ascended to the sacrificial platform on the north side of the palace.
Li Ping'an, Qingsu, and Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor hid in the dark to investigate.
Turtle Spirit?
The turtle spirit disguised as a corpse.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor asked, "What if the gods really come down?" ”
"I believe Uncle Ling," Li Ping'an said with a smile, "Her ability to pretend to be a corpse is quite powerful." ”
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor couldn't help it.
Qingsu frowned and said, "Don't be careless, you have done something to Hao Xiaonian, and the gods may also see it." ”
"Master, we are careless, and there is nothing else we can do now."
Li Ping'an looked at the fist-sized 'Xuangui Negative Monument' in his hand, which had just been carved, and said with a smile:
"Wait, these gods don't look very smart."
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor said: "The big deal is to go to war directly, and the long pain is better than the short pain." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a rumbling drum sounded on the altar.
Hao Xiaonian danced the prayer dance with great skill, and the king of Shang led a group of ministers to stand on the wall of the palace and look this way.
Li Ping'an was keenly aware of a heavenly power.
Unlike the power of the Heavenly Dao that he now directly controlled, this power of the Heavenly Dao was diffuse and disorderly, and it did not explain clearly what order was.
"Here we are."
A large dark cloud appeared in the sky, the dark cloud slowly rotated, and a beam of divine light fell from the cloud, right in the middle of Xiao Nian's body.
In the next moment, Hao Xiaonian's body was suddenly shrouded in golden light, and his body was slightly elongated, turning into a goddess spirit in the golden light.
The golden skirt drooped downward, the long light blonde hair was soft and flowing, the beautiful and holy face was fair and translucent, and a pair of slender palms carved from white jade were held in front of him.
The goddess appeared, in addition to the king of Shang, all the subjects, all the priests, and all the soldiers knelt down together, and the king of Shang also bowed his head and bowed his hand to the ancient rites of the pedestrian race.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor's eyes lit up when he saw the goddess Ling.
Li Ping'an didn't care to appreciate the scene in front of him, frowned and watched the goddess's every move, and was ready to retreat immediately.
Hao Xiao Nian was transformed by him, and his strength was equivalent to that of a body cultivator who had just built a foundation, which was quite different from mortals.
This is also Li Ping'an's temptation.
If the Divine Court Divine Spirit couldn't even tell the difference, then his next move would be a little bolder.
The goddess's lips opened and closed slightly, and said, "I have understood your doubts. ”
Then, the goddess closed her eyes and meditated, as if searching for the answer to the 'mystery of the turtle'.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor whispered: "Do you say that these gods have seven emotions and six desires?" ”
Li Ping'an: "Senior brother, pay attention to the influence, don't let me make a small report to the three thousand sisters-in-law and wife." ”
"Hey, I just asked casually, out of pure curiosity."
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Zhengsedao:
"My character, you know."
Li Ping'an couldn't help but raise his hand to support his forehead, and secretly complained a few words in his heart.
Qing Su whispered, "Look, we stumped this god. ”
The goddess on the altar slowly frowned, and then began to pinch her fingers in front of everyone.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor muttered: "They are also pinching their fingers to calculate? ”
"It should have been influenced by the Qi Refiners of the Ancient Era."
Li Ping'an explained:
"Pinching the fingers is generally to deduce the changes of the Heavenly Dao according to the technique of gossip, and the Peerless Great Array has circled a nearly independent Heavenly Dao in Nanzhou, and the Northern and Southern Heavenly Dao are essentially the same thing, but they do not communicate with each other, and they will not call each other the power of the Heavenly Dao.
"The Heavenly Dao has not been divided into north and south since the end of ancient times, and there should have been many traces of Qi Refiners at that time."
As he spoke, the goddess pinched her fingers faster and faster, and her brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
Soon, the goddess's fingers stopped moving, and her eyes were a little stunned.
"I can't answer, this Xuan Turtle has an extraordinary origin, and it should have died because of a failure in cultivation."
The goddess whispered, then closed her eyes, and a golden light surged around her.
In the next moment, the goddess turned into a beam of golden light and rushed straight into the sky, leaving Xiao Nian standing quietly on the altar, unconscious.
A group of old witches rushed to the stage and carried Hao Xiaonian away.
This sacrifice was like this, and the goddess's sentence of 'unable to answer' made the Shang king fall into an inexplicable panic.
Hao Xiaonian slept for a day and a night before waking up, and there was no change in his body after waking up, and he clearly remembered the details of the goddess borrowing his body.
Even, Hao Xiao Nian also sensed that there was something faintly wrong with these gods.
Compared to the 'good thoughts of the god king' that she had been exposed to before, this goddess was obviously more wooden and did not have too many mood swings.
This is tantamount to corroborating what the god king said that the gods had problems because of the resentment of people and animals.
Xiao Nian was a little worried, but he didn't know what he should do next.
Three days later, a piece of news detonated the royal capital.
The body of the turtle in the deep pit in the northwest of the royal capital is gone!
Then, for more than half a month, the Shang king, the high priests, the ministers, and all kinds of clergy-related officials began to have nightmares.
The picture in the nightmare is exactly the same, it is a huge turtle coming from the south with a flood from the sky, flooding the entire Shang Kingdom, and the turtle is constantly roaring in the waves.
If it was just a nightmare, in the past half month, the water level of the rivers in the merchant country has been rising, although it has not yet caused a flood, but it has already frightened these merchants.
In the royal capital, up to the royal palace nobles, down to the people of Li were all panicked;
The slaves, who only knew how to work every day, were in a panic because of this.
Li Ping'an pinched the timing and pushed the plan to the second stage.
That night, the king of Shang took two pills of unknown material and rubbed out by the hands of the witch priests, lay on the bed and kept groaning, and gradually fell asleep.
The maids kneeling beside the bed were all terrified, waiting for the Shang king to be awakened by a nightmare.
Soon there was a slight snoring sound on the bed, and the maids subconsciously looked at each other a few times, and their eyes were mostly surprised.
The king slept?
In the second half of the night, the prince of Shang slowly sat up with his forehead in his hands, and looked anxious as he summoned all the ministers and the nine great witch sacrifices to his bedroom.
Before the people arrived, the king of Shang sighed lightly and told what he had seen and heard in his dream tonight:
"Ladies and gentlemen, disaster is coming.
"The Xuanyuan tortoise that has been making trouble recently is the reincarnation of the ancestor of the ancients, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, who was originally the reincarnation of the ancient Xuanyuan tortoise, and everyone should have seen and heard about it from the classical books.
"You should all know the story of Nuwa mending the sky, in ancient times, Buzhou Mountain collapsed, the sky overturned, the sky broke a hole, the boundless water of the heavenly river rolled down, the living beings were devastated, and the earth turned into Wang Ze.
"Our Lady Nuwa killed the big Xuanyuan tortoise in the far north, and supported the sky with its four legs, the Xuangui was carefree and did not look blind to death, and the Holy Mother was ashamed, so that the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor was reincarnated as the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and since ancient times, the human race has opened up territory and enjoyed the worship of the human race for generations.
"After Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor ascended to heaven, he felt that being a man was boring, so he turned into a turtle and rebuilt.
"The turtle has been sleeping underground, absorbing the spiritual power of the earth to practice, and should have ascended to immortality again, but was disturbed by the resentment of living beings.
"The flash of light in the northwest direction that night was caused by the defeat of the Xuan Turtle's ascension to heaven!"
"Huh?"
The courtiers panicked, and the witch priests were at a loss.
And the four figures hiding in the corner of King Shang's bedroom were laughing together.
Qingsu leaned against the wall with her hands, with a smile on the corner of her mouth;
The turtle spirit hugged her feet and leaned back with a smile.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor viciously clenched Li Ping'an's neck, shaking back and forth vigorously.
"Stinky boy! That's how you arranged your own emperor! Boy! I still wonder why you have to hide your dream for the king of Shang, you are not afraid that my courtiers will tear you apart! ”
"Wrong...... Senior brother spares his life...... Otherwise, I can't explain why it's called the Flying Turtle Sect......"
"Won't you change your name!"
"We're not predetermined names...... Ahem, ahem! The senior brother continued to listen. ”
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor let go of Li Ping'an's neck, and the latter hurriedly hid beside his master.
Listen to the prince of Shang continue:
"The turtle said that it was the resentment of the living beings that interfered with his cultivation, so it wanted to blame our merchant country.
"But it itself is the reincarnation of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and he has a deep friendship with the human race, as long as we do two things, he will give us a chance to mend our ways."
"King, what are the two things?"
King Shang said: "The turtle is angry and now my Shang country only sacrifices to the ancestors and gods, but it has abandoned the worship of Nuwa, the Virgin Mary who created our human race, and should build more temples for Nuwa." ”
The ministers hurriedly said: "This matter should be done." ”
An old witch priest said, "My lord, you should have asked the gods about this." ”
The king of Shang asked, "Is the spirit above or is the Mother above?" ”
The great witch priests suddenly did not know how to answer.
Hao Xiao Nian bowed down and said: "King, it should be the Holy Mother, but the Holy Mother has not appeared for a long time. ”
Shang Wang said: "Then build the Temple of Our Lady outside the royal capital, and build the Temple of Our Lady outside the city." ”
On the side, the princess admonished: "King, the turtle respects the Virgin, why don't you set up the turtle statue in the temple of the Virgin Mary, worship together, and calm her anger." ”
"What Concubine Ai said is very true," the Shang King nodded repeatedly, "This matter should be done quickly, and there is no slack, and there is a second matter." ”
The ministers and the great witch priests held their breath and stared.
The Shang King hesitated and said slowly: "The resentment of the creatures mentioned by the Xuan Turtle stems from the human and animal killed every time my Shang Kingdom sacrifices. ”
When several great witch priests heard this, they immediately spoke:
"Your Majesty! The law of the ancestors cannot be abolished! ”
"If you don't sacrifice human animals, the ancestors have no motivation from the divine realm, and I am afraid that they will be punished even more!"
"Tang Zu self-immolated to relieve the great drought in the world, and then the Shang country was in good shape, and asked the king to focus on the foundation of the ancestors and consider the matter of drowning!"
The king of Shang glared angrily, but he didn't dare to attack, he just said: "Xianxing Nuwa Temple, add the statue of Xuangui God, when the temple is completed, I will lead my subjects to worship in person, go down!" ”
All the ministers and all the great witch priests bowed their heads and bowed, and each of them withdrew.
When there was no movement in this gloomy hall, King Shang grabbed the lamp on the side and smashed it on the ground, snorted coldly, and turned over and lay on his side.
in the corner.
Li Ping'an and Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor glanced at each other, each showing a slight smile.
They could see that the Great Witch Festival had the divine right to communicate with the divine court, and did not have much respect for the Shang King.
"It's a pity," Li Ping'an sighed, "I still wanted to stop the human sacrifice directly, or reduce the death and injury of some human and animal deaths, but I didn't expect it." ”
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor asked, "What should I do next?" ”
"Wait for the Nuwa Temple to be built, and then make trouble," Li Ping'an said, "Senior brother, you go and control the most arrogant big witch sacrifice just now, do a secret point, don't be discovered by the gods, I'll go find a good little Niantuo dream." ”
Qingsu asked, "What does Lingling do with me?" ”
"Master, uncle, you go to the Shang country to investigate, make a map, and try to mark all the countries and princes to see who the enemies of the Shang country are."
Li Ping'an is colorful:
"We prepare for everything, if the Flying Turtle Sect fails, then we will use another set of means."
"By what?"
"Cutting merchants," Li Ping'an said with a little war intent in his eyes, "overthrow this order, rebuild order, abolish human sacrifice, and promote rituals." ”
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor smiled: "Your Majesty the Emperor of Heaven, why do I always feel that this is your real plan. ”
"Isn't it unripe, I have other plans later," Li Ping'an shook his head, "I'll go to the dream first, everyone be careful." ”
Qingsu and Turtle Spirit agreed.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor looked at the mosquitoes that Li Ping'an had changed, and his eyes were thoughtful.
"Let's try our best to make this Flying Turtle Sect happen," Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor said, "The war is together, and the lives are ruined, and with such a large volume as Nanzhou, if you want to overthrow the Shang Kingdom, I don't know how many people will die." ”
Qing Su said: "Aren't the merchants responsible for the things of the people and animals of the merchants?" ”
"The Qingsu Immortals are wrong," Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor said, "The responsibility for this matter of human sacrifice lies not with the merchants and the people, but with these princes and nobles, and with the small group of people who have mastered the royal power and divine power. ”
Qing Su bowed slightly, didn't say anything, and fled with the turtle spirit.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor looked at the Shang King, his eyes full of disappointment.
"How did the position of the human emperor that I passed down from Nanzhou come to such a wasteful hand, how many soldiers and horses does the Great Witch Sacrifice have? Those who violate the king's orders can also be cut down by the sky, this is the emperor of men. ”
……
Li Ping'an quietly slipped to the tall building where Hao Xiaonian lived, and found Hao Xiaonian kneeling in front of a portrait, praying softly.
Li Ping'an was about to move forward, the portrait fluttered gently, and a faint golden light converged from all directions, condensing into a shallow figure.
Oh?
The golden haired goddess that Brother Xuanyuan looked down on before?
Li Ping'an's mosquito was lying by the window, listening to the exchange between the Great Witch Festival and the goddess, and his mind turned slightly.
Gods or something, it doesn't seem like they can't be fooled......
(End of chapter)