Chapter Seventy-Six: The Ten Thousand Treasures River Festival
Compared with the hustle and bustle of the bluestone villa market, the location of Jinghuatang is extraordinarily quiet. Bathed in a thin morning mist, the majestic and magnificent Jinghuatang www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion is solemn and solemn, showing its irreplaceable position in the hearts of the people of Bluestone Villa. Outside the flower hall, on both sides of the gate, there are two long columns of mountain villa guards, each straight, with a horn around the waist, and a heroic posture. At about eight o'clock, a "Gift!" sound came from the far away in the flower hall, followed by the sound of a trumpet.
The noisy crowd immediately became silent, and everyone returned to their places and stood up in an orderly manner. The four groups of people immediately saw it clearly, and then hundreds of guests congratulated the Qingshi Villa, which was naturally indispensable, and won the applause of the crowd.
The two elders, Liu Yeqing and Yuwu, stood respectfully on the left and right, bowing to each of the guests who offered the gift to express their gratitude, and at the same time, their subordinates immediately returned a tribute flower to express their gratitude.
Some people in the crowd were surprised, why did two elders preside over the flower festival this year, they felt a little cold, and couldn't help whispering in a low voice. But in the midst of the long horns and cheers, it was only a while, and the crowd that had begun to be serious finally could not withstand the shock of those exquisite congratulatory gifts and regained their jubilation.
On the bank of the Tiantian River, the high platform built of wood with a radius of about three zhang stands at this time, and the high platform is more than one zhang wide step in the middle of the Tiantian River, which is split with green bamboo, and has been stretched diagonally to the bank of the Tiantian River. The other has the same staircase in the direction of the Tiantian River Bridge. In the middle of the high platform is a huge drum, with a diameter of two or three meters, surrounded by five drummers dressed in red, beating from time to time. Behind the drum is a higher platform with rows of seats neatly arranged behind it.
Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang happened to come in a hurry because they were looking for their fun-loving sister Shifeng, and the two of them held the naughty ghost in their hands and looked at the bank of the Tiantian River from afar. The crowd has not yet chosen their place, carrying baskets, baskets, carrying boxes, holding flowers, empty-handed, you come and go, bustling. Under the sun, the most pleasant thing is the basket of flowers in the crowd, which is shining with dewdrops, and it looks like it is freshly picked. There are as many people as there are flowers, and it is the crowd that is the sea of flowers. Although there are many people and flowers are blooming, they are so careful when they pass each other, for fear that their flowers will be damaged a little.
The two of them were looking around, and suddenly they heard: "Big Daddy, Big Mother, Big Mother, Big Mother, Big Mother, Hehe, Hehe." The younger sister Shifeng in her hand had already entered the crowd like a gust of wind, followed by the tiger striped cat. Liu Juan looked along the route of the poetic wind, and really saw her father and Uncle Cheng's family, looked at Cheng Yuanfang and smiled, and said, "Let him go, he can't lose it anyway." Cheng Yuanfang nodded, neither of them liked to be lively, so they didn't squeeze into the crowd, they found a slightly higher rock and sat down, chatting.
At about ten o'clock, the noisy crowd found their place and gradually quieted down, staring at the road leading to the Bluestone Villa from the Tiantian River Bridge.
Finally, with the melodious sound of the trumpet, a group of red-dressed figures appeared at the bend of the mountain, and the honor guard of gong and drummers who had already prepared on the bank of the Tiantian River immediately remembered the thunderous sound of gongs and drums. Hulala, in an instant, everyone on the bank of the Tiantian River stood up, held their breath, and stretched their necks to look into the distance. The trombone screamed sadly, the group of figures got closer and closer, and the red-clad figures turned out five lotus sedan chairs at the foot of the mountain, each of which was carried by eight people, and the people who carried the sedan chairs were all dressed in green, with a look like that. Lined with pink sedan chairs, just like Tingting Lihe.
Liu Juan stared at the five lotus sedan chairs, her delicate face was covered with a layer of cold frost, and there was a trace of hatred and pain at the corners of her mouth. He stared hatefully at the two elders in front of the sedan chair, Liu Yeqing and Yuwu, his lips trembling and his heart trembling.
Behind the five sedan chairs is a long line of guards, and behind them are the guests who come to see the lively Tianya Xiaozhu, and they also stand in order, as if they are part of the honor guard. In fact, the first two days of the Qingshi Villa Flower Festival are not allowed to be attended by outsiders, and these two days are memorial activities, but if you want to see the excitement, you don't object.
Coming to the front, the two elders slowly walked up the high platform along the bamboo steps leading to the direction of the Qingtian River Bridge, turned around, Liu Yeqing raised it lightly, and the noisy gongs and drums stopped abruptly, followed by a long period of silence. The honor guards who came together were regularly separated on both sides of the high platform, and the five sedan chairs were lined up under the steps of the high platform facing the bank of the Tiantian River. The guests of Tianya Xiaozhu automatically stood up for some luck, and each found a suitable position to stand silently.
After inspecting the people in the village who had been inspecting the banks of the Tiantian River for a week, Liu Yeqing straightened up and took a deep look, and announced loudly: "The 3,000th Qingshi Villa Jinghua Conference River Sacrifice Ceremony starts now!" As soon as the words fell, the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause, cheers, and once again held the hand, Liu Yeqing continued: "The first item, pray for blessings and three worships!" As the words fell, the sound of a low horn immediately echoed in the Wanfeng ravine of Longyun Mountain.
"Bow to the sky!" Yu Wu knelt down first, and then all the people of the Bluestone Villa, regardless of men, women, old and young, except for Liu Yeqing and the people who played the trumpet, all knelt down. "Bye!" broke through the clouds and shouted, and the black-pressed crowd raised their hands in unison to bow to the sky. "Get up!" with the command, the people stood again.
"Second worship Shenmu!" everyone turned to the Tianbai and bowed reverently.
"Three worship immortal river!" knelt down again, people looked at the surging river, and bowed deeply!
Looking at the kneeling of Qingshi Villa, the people who came to see the excitement outside Longyun Villa, Tianyan Gang, Wolong Bay and Longyun Mountain were all deeply moved by that kind of piety, and some even bowed down. He who did not bow down prayed secretly in his heart.
"The second item, the family offers flowers!" Next is the long flowers, and the families offer the flowers they have prepared in turn, first the descendants of the five clans, and then the Shu family. Although there are a lot of people who offer flowers, they are reasonable and orderly, and they are not chaotic at all. The representative of the family offering flowers must be a boy or a virgin, holding flowers in both hands and placing them under the high platform in turn, and a few people in a family will offer a few baskets. If there are no boys or girls in the house, they are not allowed to go up to the high platform, and they are handed over to a pair of boys and girls who have been prepared on the stage for beautiful ceremonial work.
Liu Juan straightened her clothes and sat down, clasped her hands on her knees, quietly looked at the five lotus sedan chairs, gritted her teeth indignantly, and made a crisp sound. Cheng Yuanfang saw it and said softly: "Sister Juan, maybe this is the so-called fate! What can we do, it will be painful once a year, it is said that this rule has lasted for thousands of years." ”
"Until this year!" Liu Juan popped out these words between her teeth, and then flashed into the mountains and forests. Cheng Yuanfang looked towards the high platform in astonishment, but fortunately, no one paid attention to them, and he turned around and went into the forest.
The mysterious actions of the two did not escape the eyes of one person, and at the moment when the two of them got into the forest, one of Tan Tianying's four major guards, the Frost King Lang Yanying Fei Qin Leng flashed into the forest with a more aggressive figure. Tan Tianying was not surprised at all when he saw the actions of the Frost King, and looked at his father-in-law and found that his father-in-law was also looking at him. The meeting nodded slightly and continued to look at the stage.
"The third item, arrange the fairy boat!" The low horn sounded again, and then Liu Yeqing and Yu Wu stepped aside on the stage, and five young girls appeared in the stage, all wearing goose yellow background long skirts, with high hair strands, delicate and capable. The five girls looked deeply at the two elders, and then gave a deep swipe to the elders of Qingyun Mountain Villa in the audience. Then go to the Tianbai and kneel, after three bows, respectively lift a basket of flowers, step on the green bamboo steps on the bank of the Tiantian River, and walk step by step to the five lotus sedan chairs on the bank of the river in the low horn sound. The five girls each walked to a sedan chair with a flower basket, took a deep look, and then slowly turned around the sedan chair and walked towards the river bank with the flower basket.
Ling Yunfeng watched all this through the veil, dripping tears down his cheeks, glanced left and right, and quietly tried a handful of tears. I can't bear to watch it anymore, because what happened next, I don't know if I don't watch it, how can she forget the events of the same day sixteen years ago・・・・・・ she wants to shout grandpa to the old host on the stage, but this can't, because sixteen years ago, she had died in the river sacrifice.
The five young girls repeated the process for a long time, and finally the last basket of flowers was placed on the boat. Ling Yunfeng still couldn't control it, and looked at it with tears in his eyes, and there were five bamboo dragon boats moored in turn on the bank of the Tiantian River, and the dragon boats were already full of flowers offered by every household in the bluestone mountain village, and the dragon boats turned into five flower dragons, rippling on the Tiantian River.
Everyone on the riverbank stood solemnly, staring straight at the five sedan chairs and the five flower boats, as if waiting for the judgment of death.
"Fairy Niang on board!" Liu Yeqing shouted word by word, her voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of bitterness. The sweet smile of his granddaughter Feng'er suddenly rose in his heart, he was slightly shocked, and secretly prayed, children, don't blame the people for being ruthless, this is the fate of our five surnamed Xianhou, no one can change it! I hope you will be reincarnated as soon as possible, open your eyes and be optimistic, don't vote for the five surnamed Xianhou again!"
As soon as Liu Yeqing's shout fell, the five flower girls gently lifted the lotus sedan chair and stretched out their hands to gently pull out a girl in white. Then he turned around and helped the flower boat under the gaze of everyone.
Under the sun, the five white-clothed girls had calm faces, their eyes slowly looked around the mountains and rivers of Longyun Mountain, and finally sat quietly on the flower boat, drank the poison handed by the five flower girls, and looked at the direction of the bluestone villa with a smile. Without a word, he sat quietly. Countless eyes on the riverbank stared at the ten eyes, equally silent.
A painful voice came: "Fire Refining Immortal Ship, bless me for eternity!"
Looking at the raging fire on the Tiantian River, listening to the shouts coming from He'an: "Fire Refining Immortal Boat, bless me for eternity!" glanced around, Ling Yunfeng's black figure was short, and he disappeared into the mountains and forests behind him.