Chapter 17: Guangchengzi
The grass grows and the warbler flies beside the official road, and the shadows of the trees sway in the sun.
The convoy with the banner surnamed Ji stopped by a stream.
Ji Chang got out of the troika and went to the stream with Ji Kao's support.
Watching the attendants wash their horses' noses, Ji Kao's mind was not here, and he said worriedly:
"Second brother, he ......"
Ji Chang shook his head and took out a turtle shell from his arms, which contained a few copper coins:
"I haven't understood this divination method yet, so I have no way of knowing the safety of Fa'er."
He put away the turtle shell and said softly:
"Even if you know, what?"
Ji Kao was silent.
The order of the Great Blessing cannot be violated.
If Di Xin let them kill themselves, they can also scold the unscrupulous monarch and rise up.
But if Dazhu lets them die, they will be pointed out by Qianfu if they hesitate.
No morality can override the will of the ancestral temple.
"Dad, what Da Zhu said must be true?"
Ji Kao suddenly asked.
Ji Chang turned his head to look at his son, his eyes were complicated.
Ji Kao's growth process completely avoided the time when Dazhu was active.
But Ji Chang himself understood better than anyone the significance of Dazhu to the Yin Shang royal family.
With great blessings, the royal family is not a plate of loose sand, even if there are many contradictions between the various branches inside, it will be twisted into an iron rope externally.
Dazhu can be said to be the banner of the royal family, as long as it is erected, they have endless motivation to fight for it.
In the fourth year of Kangding, Ziyao served as a great blessing and ordered the four princes to sacrifice their right eyes to show loyalty to the ancestors of the ancestral temple.
From the tenth to the fourteenth year of Wuyi, Ziyao patrolled the world and held a great sacrifice in the four major vassal states, offering a total of 80,000 slaves, a foreign god, and a Xibohou.
In the eleventh year of Taiding, there was a great drought in the world, the king of Shang was seriously ill, Ziyao was in charge of the government, and ordered the queen to self-immolate and pray for rain.
In the fourth year of Emperor Yi, Ziyao ordered the princes to pay tribute to human sacrifices, and in the national sacrifice, a total of 130,000 slaves were killed to cast the altar, and tens of thousands of strong prisoners of war were selected as sacrifices to ask the national fortune.
In June of the fourth year of Emperor Yi, Ziyao fell into a deep sleep.
Ji Chang looked at the green mountains from afar, and his heart was full of worries.
The current Dazhu has killed far more than anyone before him.
Its frequent conquests made it impossible for the four vassal states to recuperate.
Even his great-grandfather was chopped into mud by the medicine because he harbored a foreign god.
During that time, the whole of Xiqi was shrouded in the shadow of killing, and the nobles were cleaned up and down.
He could have had many relatives.
In the midst of his thoughts, an old beggar in tattered clothes walked by the side of the road.
"Good ...... for adults"
Before the beggar could get in front of Ji Chang, he was stopped by the guards.
Ji Chang came back to his senses and frowned:
"Let the old man come over, if there were assassins, I would have died in Chaoge."
The guards looked at each other and had to let them go.
The beggar came to Ji Chang's side tremblingly, grabbed his sleeve with his dirty hands, and stared at him with a blank eye:
"Good manners, let's enjoy some food......"
Ji Chang sighed, did not dislike, and said to Ji Kao:
"Go get him some food and water."
Ji Kao nodded and left.
Ji Chang asked the beggar puzzled:
"This place is not far from Chaoge, it is still the range of Wangji, the land is fertile, the wind and rain are smooth, why did the old man fall here?"
The beggar's expression froze for a moment, and then let go Ji Chang sighed:
"Because my daughter-in-law is beautiful, I was taken by the official of the court, and the daughter-in-law did not obey, so the official came to rob people, my son was killed on the spot, and all the family property was confiscated, and I went up the mountain to chop wood and escaped......."
When Ji Chang heard this, his face showed compassion and sympathy for the old man's plight.
"It's better to go back to Xiqi with me, there will be no official there who dares to oppress the people like this."
The old man was surprised:
"Xiqi?"
It was as if his eyes had suddenly changed for the better, staring at Ji Chang's dragon robe and saying:
"Bright yellow embroidered golden dragon, adults are ......"
Ji Chang smiled:
"The old man is really a Chaoge clan, and he understands that there are more people than other places, and the contempt is Ji Chang."
The old man suddenly bowed his head excitedly:
"The grass people see Xibohou!"
Ji Chang picked him up and said:
"The people of Xiqi are simple, the old man should go back with me and start a new life there."
At this time, Ji Kao came over with a piece of bread and a jug of water.
He didn't have the frame of the son of Xiqi, and said with a warm smile:
"Not enough."
The old man didn't take the food, but laughed and said something strange:
"The two of them are really good people."
He straightened up, his pupils cloudy.
Then a burst of light lit up, and the filthy old man instantly turned into a crane-haired and child-faced Taoist.
Guang Chengzi nodded approvingly at the two of them:
"He is kind-hearted and loves the people like a son, and he should be blessed with his destiny."
Ji Chang and Ji Kao glanced at each other, and from their respective eyes, they came up with the same sentence:
You guessed it.
Ji Chang pretended to be surprised and said:
"Your Excellency is an outsider?"
Guang Chengzi of the fairy wind bone made a joke:
"Poor Dao Guangchengzi, I heard that Xibohou is virtuous and holy, and has the capital of Yao Shun, and when I see it today, it is true."
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be," Ji Chang lowered his posture and confessed: "I don't know that the immortals are coming, only dry cakes are offered, and I hope that the immortals will return to Xiqi with me, and set up a banquet to make amends." ”
Guang Chengzi stroked his beard and politely refused:
"Xiqi won't go, there is still something to do in the poor road, but I just passed through here and wanted to see the people who were destined to return."
Every sentence does not deviate from the destiny of heaven, as if Ji Chang is really destined to achieve great things.
But this is not a subject country, and the word Mandate of Heaven is so harsh and harsh to Ji Chang.
It was as if the Great Zhu who had slaughtered countless people was staring at him to see how he reacted.
Ji Chang's ghost envoy said:
"Destiny...... Haha, Wu'er Jifa served as a pioneer under the Great Blessing Account, which really conforms to the mandate of Dashang, and I am blessed Xiqi. ”
Seeing this, Guang Chengzi's eyes sank slightly.
Why did Ji Fa run away to be a pioneer for Yin Shang?
It turns out that this is the "chaos" that the master asked me to dial.
"Master Hou walks slowly, and the poor road is goodbye."
With that, Guangchengzi brushed his sleeves and left.
Ji Chang exhaled a long breath and returned to the carriage with Ji Kao's support.
He trembled and pulled out the turtle shell in his arms, which was a divination weapon originating from the Fire Cloud Cave.
Just now, the turtle shell was constantly hot, even if he hadn't understood the method of divination, he could understand that this was a warning to him to be cautious, otherwise there would be a danger of life and death.
Ji Chang smiled bitterly:
"Slow? How dare you go slowly, the military order is like a mountain. ”
He lifted the tent, and after seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said solemnly to Ji Kao:
"Among the people who accompanied him, there was a great blessing of eyeliner."
Ji Chang is not only smart, but also reacts far faster than ordinary people.
As soon as the turtle shell alerted, he deduced the reason.
Once he admits that Guang Chengzi's destiny is added, at the latest, the rejuvenated Dazhu will learn the news.
Even if he can escape back to Xiqi at that time, Ji Fa's life will not be saved......
Ji Kao's face turned pale, and he hurriedly recalled whether his words and deeds were out of line just now.
Over the years, many immortals have told them that Xiqi has a mandate of heaven.
Over time, Ji Kao himself felt that this was true.
But since he saw Di Xin and Ziyao looking down on the ministers, he became confused again......
In the face of those two people, how can Xiqi be prosperous?
The father and son returned home with sorrow.
…
In the sky above Chaoge, Guang Chengzi didn't notice that not far behind him, there was a tall and heroic man.
Kong Xuan, who had just finished performing a miracle, stared at Guang Chengzi suspiciously:
"What is this guy doing in Chaoge?"