Next.

Xiao Jinyan got up early in the morning, came to the courtyard, and saw Li Desert practicing Tuna. He breathed for a long time, and between his breathing, a white qi came out of his mouth, and after circling his body for a circle, he returned to his body, which was the Taoist method of cultivating Daogang.

Li Desert saw Xiao Jinyan coming, and greeted him, "Brother Xiao is early." ”

Xiao Jinyan saw that he was like no one, if he hadn't happened to bump into him last night, he would never have imagined that Li Desert was planning a mutiny, he smiled, "Brother Desert doesn't look very good." ”

Li Desert smiled bitterly, "I was dragged by a few colleagues to drink last night, and I was too strong to drink after only a few drinks, and my head still hurts." Brother Xiao is also here to practice?"

Xiao Jinyan nodded, and Li Desert said, "It's better to learn a few tricks." ”

Without waiting for Xiao Jinyan to reply, Li Desert's long sword was handed to him. Although the move was slow, it was full of murderous intent, and Xiao Jinyan even used the Peerless Divine Fist to deal with it.

Xiao Jinyan once saw Li Desert compete with Lu Fanren, his martial arts were in the upper realm of Zhixuan, it stands to reason that Lu Fanren knew the upper realm of Xuan, and he was slightly better, but he easily won against Lu Fanren.

For this kind of scheming person, Xiao Jinyan did not dare to be sloppy at all. In addition, Li Desert was ready to frame himself last night, and he didn't dare to go all out, and the Wushuang Divine Fist cooperated with the Wufu step, and barely fought with two draws.

Li Desert has never seen Xiao Jinyan's martial arts, but his moves are exquisite, his footwork is also excellent, and the control of internal force only stays in the hearing realm, but he does not fall behind in the upper knowledge of the Xuan realm, and he can't help but wonder in his heart, is he deliberately hiding it?

Thinking of this, Li Desert raised three percent of the internal force, the soft sword brought a whistling sound, and the internal force spat out, stabbing Xiao Jinyan in the chest, Xiao Jinyan shouted, "It's a good time!"

"I didn't fight, I didn't eat breakfast, I'm a little hungry!" Xiao Jinyan said.

Li Desert was surprised in his heart and asked, "Brother Xiao, your internal strength is not as good as the Hearing Realm, but whether it is fist strength, footwork, or body technique, you have the strength to know the Xuan Realm, this situation is unheard of!"

Xiao Jinyan didn't want to expose his strength, so he had to say, "Half a year ago, I met an extremely powerful opponent, and my realm fell to the Wen realm, but I still have an insight into internal strength and true yuan. However, it was a little difficult to fight with Brother Li. ”

Li Desert nodded, "I see." This morning is the ancestor worship ceremony, after the ceremony, His Majesty will lead hundreds of officials to the hunting ground for winter hunting, a group of four, the one who hunts the most, will receive His Majesty's edict, and a heavy reward, Brother Xiao, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "I am a Ming person, and I am not interested in being a Chu official, but if it is helpful to you, I can do my part." ”

Inside the palace, a drum sounded.

Li Desert explained two sentences, took Ali to the palace to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony presided over by the emperor, Xiao Jinyan and Buda chatted in the courtyard, preparing for the hunting ceremony in the afternoon.

Inside the palace, in front of the emperor's mausoleum.

A solemn ancestor worship ceremony is underway. Chu Bieli, the emperor of the Great Chu State, was wearing a purple five-clawed golden dragon robe and an imperial crown, standing in the front row. King Breguet and King Chengxian's father and son only followed, and they were divided into left and right, and hundreds of civil and military officials, princes and nobles, and tribal leaders stood in several rows.

Directly in front is the mausoleum of eighteen emperors since the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty. Of course, it does not include the Chu Qiu of the Spirit Emperor who died violently last year.

According to rumors, Chu Qiu died of a strange infectious disease, and in order to prevent him from infecting this strange disease to his ancestors, he was cremated and his ashes buried in a dung pit at the strong request of Chu Bieli.

Of course, the real reason is self-explanatory. Twenty years ago, Chu Qiu framed Brother Wang and seized the throne that should have belonged to Chu Bieli, Chu Qiu lived in exile in the Ming Dynasty for decades, and hated this brother to the core, so after he ascended the throne, he deprived Chu Qiu of the power to enter the emperor's tomb.

long ago

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The ancestor worship ceremony of the Chu people is relatively simple, they believe that after death, they will return to the immortal heaven, the soul in the sky to bless the descendants, in order to remember the ancestors, they also worship the ancestors with pigs, cows, sheep, dogs, chickens and five animals killed.

Later, after the introduction of Lamaism, the ancestors returned to the Pure Land of Bliss, and the ancestors were worshiped by burning high incense and turning prayer wheels to pray for blessings to the heavens.

Later, the Central Plains culture went westward, and after fully absorbing the ceremonial traditions and worship culture of the Central Plains, the Western Chu court worshiped its ancestors and began to burn paper ingots, paper money, paper horses, eight-lift sedan chairs, and paper palaces.

These things are piled up in front of the emperor's tomb.

After all, it was a royal shot, and it couldn't be too shabby. When the ceremonial officer shouted that the auspicious time had arrived, Chu Bieli took a torch and lit these papers.

Everyone present fell to their knees.

Chu Baoji and Chu Xian each took a willow branch, kowtowed, and rummaged through the paper ties, chanting words in their mouths, and listening carefully, they were all about "Ancestors and ancestors, eat and drink well over there, and if you don't have enough money to spend, you can dream of it".

After burning the paper, Chu Bieli began to recite the ancestral text.

This ancestral text, written by the scholar of Wenhua Pavilion Xie University, is about 10,000 words long, Chu Bieli read it for an hour in one breath, and only half of it was finished.

The emperor turned his back to the hundred officials and read the text to the emperor's mausoleum.

It snowed last night and it was cold.

A palace maid brought a hand stove and handed it to King Breguet and King Chengxian, but the courtiers kneeling on the ground below were a little difficult.

The first seventh-rank petty official in the back row knelt on the ground and scolded in a low voice, "I knew I would have eaten breakfast, but now my stomach is empty, and my stomach is cool." ”

In a blink of an eye, there was a colleague next to him, lying on the ground, with a pouting buttocks, a mouthful of pig's head meat in his left hand and a mouthful of liquor in his right hand, who was stealing food, and said, "Hey, Brother Nian, give a sip of wine to drink, go to the cold." ”

The stealing official even covered his mouth and said, "Brother Nian, how can you do such a rude thing in today's important ceremony of the country?"

"I owe you six hundred copper plates the year before last, and I won't pay them back. ”

Another said, "There is something to discuss." Saying that, he reluctantly handed over the wine jug, the two of you took a sip, I took a sip, drank it, and after drinking, the five leaders and three stars slashed their fists.

When the wine was finished, three-quarters of the text was read.

The previous person couldn't help but sigh, "We petty officials, the concentration is still not enough, no wonder it has been difficult to be promoted over the years, you see the scholar, Your Majesty has been worshipping the ancestor for more than an hour, he knelt there motionless, just this concentration, you and I are ashamed!"

Another said, "His sour Confucian, this sacrificial text was written by himself, every word and deed, when he was a saint, so many eyes were staring at him, if he moved, he would not be impeached to death by others?"

Thump!

The scholar Xie fell to the ground, his face was pale, his lips were purple, and he fainted from the cold, and even a little eunuch came over and carried the scholar out.

Chu Bieli read it for a long time, and when he saw that there were still a few behind, he couldn't help but be annoyed, and raised his hand to throw the sacrificial text into the fire, "Ancestors and ancestors, the rest will be burned for you." ”

The ceremonial officer shouted, "Licheng!"

Chu Bieli turned around at this time, looked at everyone, and said, "All Aiqing is flat!"

Of the people present, only three or four percent were able to stand up, and the rest had sore knees and sat on the ground. King Breguet suddenly stood up, and the rest of the people struggled to their feet when they saw this.

King Breguet came to Chu Bieli and said, "Your Majesty has worked hard. ”

Chu Bieli was obviously very jealous of King Breguet, and even waved his hand and said, "It's not hard, it's not early, it's time to eat!" As he spoke, he put his hand on King Breguet's shoulder and wiped his hands on his back.

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In the afternoon, it is a hunting ceremony.

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At the foot of Tianmu Mountain, further east is the thirty-mile enclosure, and in the enclosure, a horse farm and an archery field have been built, which can not only compete in martial arts, but also before the formal hunting, where everyone can move their muscles and bones or warm up.

When Xiao Jinyan came to the paddock, everyone was already active in the paddock. In this hunt, in addition to the emperor and hundreds of officials, ten teams were specially organized to conduct hunting competitions.

Each team of four people, will hunt in the thirty miles of paddocks, among the prey, there are hares, roe deer, wild boars, steppe wolves, etc., each prey corresponds to a different score, with a period of three hours, the team with the highest score wins, both rich rewards, but also directly promoted to officers, so there are many people who sign up every year.

Of course, there were also hunts for the entertainment of the magnates, and the area was limited to a small range of activities.

Xiao Jinyan, Li Desert, and Ali Brothers were a group, and when they were eating at noon, they had already discussed tactics, with the Ali brothers being responsible for driving the animals, and Xiao Jinyan and Li Desert being responsible for hunting.

Lu Fanren came over with a team of men and horses, he lost to Li Desert a few days ago, and he was still jealous, but today he came here, took a bow and shot an arrow, and shot a gong fifty steps away.

Clang!

Right in the bull's-eye.

The crowd cheered in unison.

Lu Fanren provoked, "Are you here to compete for second place?"

Li Desert smiled, "My grandmother shoots blindfolded and with her feet more accurately than you." ”

"Do you have the ability to try it with one arrow?"

Li Desert blindfolded, turned around twice, and suddenly shot an arrow, the arrow fell on the three feet of the gong, Lu Fanren laughed, "With this technique, saying that you are fighting for second is to promote you." Do you have a tumor on your neck?"

"Three family slaves. ”

"I advise you, stay away from everyone when hunting, or you will be miserable if an arrow hits your teammates. ”

Li Desert continued, "Three family slaves. ”

"You know a fart, good birds choose trees to perch, I take refuge in the prince, relying on real skills, unlike you, who rely on women to take off their pants to get mixed into the prince's mansion. ”

Buda was furious when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but was stopped by Li Desert, and said indifferently, "Three family slaves." ”

Lu Fanren sneered, "Just one sentence, tossing and turning, there is no level at all, I advise you to find a squatting place, otherwise you will encounter wolves and leopards, and it will not be enough for them to stuff their teeth." ”

"Three family slaves. ”

Lu Fanren said again, "I scolded you for so long, you didn't react, it seems that you are really thick-skinned, you scraped putty powder on your face last night, or did you put tiles at home?" ”

"Three family slaves!"

"So what, Lao Tzu is not angry. ”

Li Desert sighed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your hometown should be Zu'an." ”

Lu Fanren was furious, "Lao Tzu is fighting with you!" After that, he was about to shoot Li Desert with an arrow, and King Breguet saw this from a distance and shouted, "Presumptuous!"

When Lu Fanren saw the prince speak, he glared at him viciously, and said viciously, "It's best not to let me meet you in the afternoon." ”

Li Desert said, "If you can get ten points for shooting you to death, I don't mind giving you an arrow in the back of the head." ”

After Lu Fanren left, Buda was dissatisfied, "This guy is too deceitful, he still wants to pretend when he comes to us, but fortunately Guoyan didn't let him succeed." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "What is Brother Desert's archery skills?"

Li Desert was full of confidence and said, "In the past, archery skills were very poor, every time I hunted, I was ranked low, which caused my opponent to ridicule, but later, I met a good teacher and practiced hard for a summer, and now there is no one who is my opponent." ”

"Archery?"

"No, swearing. ”

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