Volume 2: Lotus and Dragon Lying Chapter 74 The Burning Ceremony of the Court Banquet

Seeing this, Xing Yu hurriedly knelt down and bowed his head in salute.

"Minister, see the hall master!"

The hall master didn't say a word, but his lips opened lightly.

In an instant, Xing Xuan felt as if there was a huge pressure rushing from all directions, and hurriedly used Yuan Force to resist.

How powerful that coercion was, and after a while, Xing Xuan gritted his teeth, sweating profusely, and tried his best to maintain his posture of saluting, motionless.

The hall master glanced at him playfully, and then his eyes widened!

Suddenly, a wave of power burst out.

Xingxing's eyes widened suddenly, and she stumbled, almost falling to the ground.

But after a period of shaking, he actually relied on his strength to stabilize his posture and continue to resist this coercion.

His hands were bruised, they were locked with each other, his teeth were clenched, and his yuan force was fully open.

With a "boom", the red lotus and black qi were forced to appear in his hands and around his body, and his eyes gradually turned red. It didn't take long for the patterns to appear.

At this time, Xing Zhen felt a little better, but only a little, those pressures were still irresistible to him, and even made him breathless.

Just coercion forced out their own elements, patterns, how terrifying such a power should be.

As time passed, suddenly a red line on the floor faintly appeared, but the hall master was only focused on his red lotus, and did not notice the changes under him.

After a while, the hall master nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Suddenly, the Yuan Force that came from all directions disappeared in an instant, and Xing Xuan hurriedly inhaled the fresh air greedily, and then gasped for breath and coughed violently.

The lines disappeared silently, as if they had never appeared.

The hall master walked down slowly, and his arm that was as fat as jade slowly rose upward, and a yuan force held Xing Xuan up.

Seeing this, Xing Yu hurriedly bowed and stood up, only to find that his clothes were already soaked with sweat.

He looked up at the woman standing in front of him.

Xing Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and although he dared to look her in the eyes, he didn't dare to say a word.

There was silence for a while, and just as Xing Xuan couldn't hold on and lowered his head, the hall master suddenly laughed.

"It seems that what the elder general said is right, you are indeed quite unexpected. The hall master walked lazily to his side, leaned into his ear, and said fiercely, "Do you know that the Yuan Hall has a law, and those who dare to look directly at the lonely person are disrespectful and will be executed." ”

Xing Xuan's face was unwavering when he heard this, and he still bowed his hand.

The hall master dragged her long skirt around him, and finally squinted his eyes and straightened up, and walked back into the tent, slowly placing his index finger at the strange bird's feet.

The strange bird grabbed her fingers, and she raised her hand slightly, bringing the bird close to her eyes.

"This little fellow is cute, isn't it?" said the hall master, teasing the bird, "cuteness is also a value, and it is valuable to be useful, so that it will not be abandoned." ”

"The eyes of the elder general are still so vicious, you are useful to my Yuan Palace. The hall master turned around and looked at Xing Xuan, "Okay, you are lonely, you can kneel down." ”

Xing Zhen then knelt down and saluted, then nodded slightly, took a few steps backwards, turned around, and headed towards the gate.

"Tonight's Yuan Hall banquet, there is your seat. The hall master said suddenly.

Xing Xuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned around: "Thank you for your love." ”

The lord of the hall leaned on the soft chair, playing with the bird, and no longer bothered with the stars.

Xing Xuan arched his hand and withdrew.

When the door was closed again, Xing Zhen leaned against the railing, panting heavily.

He raised his head and looked at the clouds in the sky, and it took a long time to ease up.

I have been there for a long time before I have not lost my temper.

This woman does not feel like the jealous majesty of Changsun Jing, nor is she as calm and thoughtful as Li Moqi.

On the contrary, it was clear that her element was a scorching flame, but she gave herself the feeling that she was standing an iceberg in front of her, and the cold air that exuded it was about to freeze her veins.

There were so many times that Xing Xuan felt the sharpness

The murderous aura came towards his own pavement.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xing Xuan reacted to the hall master's words.

"Banquet, have my seat?"

Although Xing Xuan is a knighthood, but in the eyes of many high-ranking officials in the Yuan Palace, he is still very inconspicuous, even if he has a unique vision in the battle of Kuicheng, timely invited reinforcements, and served as a vanguard, but still only a grassroots official, according to the previous practice, he should get together with many central grassroots officials, waiting for the hall master to give them condolences after the banquet.

But in the current situation, he was allowed to participate in the banquet by the hall master, that is, he added a seat to himself.

This must be a rare honor in normal times, but after Xing Zhen met this hall master, Xing Zhen subconsciously felt that it was better to deal less with this lady.

Moreover, he only came here to avoid it for two days, so that Qianyun could investigate, and if it was eye-catching, it would attract jealousy.

But now that the hall master values it, he has to go, and he sits on the side of the banquet, and he thinks that others will not pay attention to it.

But......... What to do with the golden roses?

Thinking of this, Xing Xuan's lips twitched violently.

After Xing Xuan had already walked for a while, the hall master changed out of the sacrificial dress and put on a purple low-cut robe skirt, which was even more charming and moving than just now.

The steps on her bun swayed slightly, colliding with each other, and the sound was as crisp as a wind chime, and the bird in her hand flapped its wings.

She leaned on the railing and looked down from the castle tower, and there was a hint of tiredness and sadness in her eyes, in addition to the cruelty that had become a habit

"The sun is about to set. Her fingers gently stroked the bird's feathers, her eyelids drooping.

night

As soon as the sun set, the entire Yuan Hall was already brightly lit, with light singing and dancing, drums and music sounding in unison, and before the burnt ceremony outside, all the people were looking forward to it, singing and dancing, and it was already ready to start.

At this time, the sound of bell music in the hall sounded, and the ministers entered the hall one after another in a solemn and orderly manner in the sound of magnificent and solemn music.

Xing Xuan followed behind everyone expressionlessly, and sat down in the seat prepared for himself at the door, sitting upright.

Outside, a chariot passed through the noisy crowd and landed not far from the square.

Oiran wore heavy makeup, covered her face with a fan, and wore a peach blossom wide-sleeved dress on her shoulders, and slowly walked off the carriage.

The white ink bamboo screens have been placed on both sides of her path, and the shadows reflected on the screen are thousands of manners, slowly walking towards the stage.

"Tired and tired hairpins as evidence, the Son of Heaven personally gave it in the past;

Don't remember the amorous style, talk about him, and be on the side for a while;

also pay Linqiong, three thousand weak water east, clouds and red;

The shadow of the moon has long since melted, and there is a long way to go;

The way is lost, and looking back is empty. ”

Under the moonlight, she walked and sang, singing in a gentle and low voice, making the listener fascinated, as if thinking of the Asaga that was so long ago that it could only exist in dreams.

In the Yuan Palace, the ministers had already saluted the hall master.

The eldest grandson Jing on the side seat nodded to Xing Xuan, and Xing Xuan hurriedly arched his hand as a return salute when he saw this.

At this time, the singers had already poured into the hall, singing and dancing, and the red strings and jade rocks were like crying and complaining, like heavenly music.

The hall master held the golden cup, chatted with Xiangguo and the general, sipped the wine in the cup, and stared at the dancing girls in front of him.

The square outside the temple

At this time, the Oiran had already stepped onto the stage, saluted the crowd slightly, and began to dance and sing with a light step.

"A dance and a clear shadow, Manli looks forward to Jun coming from afar, tears wash the red rouge, lean on the chair to sleep on the moon, it seems to be the old time to fall into a dream, Jun Juan's concubine hair is light on the hairpin, and the camellia is still there. The Oiran jade arm waved the fan in her hand, dancing, graceful like a dragon, and the song seemed to make Kunshan jade broken.

After the Oiran finished singing, he bowed slightly and retreated, and the people were still intoxicated with it, and it was not enough to get enough of it, and it took a long time to burst into thunderous applause and applaud.

Oiran listened to the thunderous applause outside in the background, took a sip of the wine on the table, and was silent.

"Why do you propose to come here and sing and dance for them, all those people don't hear the sound of silk and bamboo all year round, and how many of them know the rhythm of timbre? The servant next to her said indignantly.

"Not only them, but even the guests who came to see me, but how many of them could smell the rhythm? Not at me?" sighed Oiran.

"Hmph, they can only think about it, usually you are slightly dissatisfied, even if they spend hundreds of thousands of silver, they don't look down on you. The maid said.

Oiran smiled wryly.

At this time, the voice of the wandering girl beside him sounded outside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have promised long ago that we will have a glass of wine with one of our chosen guests, and now, I invite the prince with the golden rose to come with me that day. The wandering girl said loudly.

The audience immediately talked about it and looked around.

After a while, Xing Xuan smiled, walked on the stage, took out the golden rose, and handed it over.

Strangely, Chen below seemed to accept all this, not only did not get angry, but laughed and applauded.

The girl carefully examined the golden rose, smiled at him, and stretched out her hand very politely: "Please"

Immediately, "Xing Zhen" followed her backstage.

Everyone was talking about it, looking at "Xingxi" with envious eyes

You know, if you have to see the Oiran, you have to smash hundreds of thousands, and it depends on the mood of the Oiran, if you don't want to, it's in vain, even if you meet, the Oiran is not satisfied and it's still in vain, this is just the first time you meet, it's hundreds of thousands of Bai Yuanye, let alone drink a glass of wine.

At this moment, the papal seeman came out, and many people behind him came out to remove the stage.

"O children of the gods, the burnt ceremony is about to begin, and today is the gift of the gods, so let's have a good time. ”

With that, the white-robed papal retreated, and was replaced by the "Mu Duo" who danced in front of the pit

Immediately, those people poured into the square and threw jade silks, sacrifices and other things into the deep pit.

The "Mu Duo" who sang the opera spilled the oil, singing in an incomprehensible language.

When all the people withdrew, "Mu Duo" threw the torch in his hand downward, and suddenly a raging fire was ignited under the action of oil.

Seeing this, the people began to cheer excitedly around the bonfire, singing and dancing in the square, cheering and hoping for a good harvest in the coming year.

More people flocked to the wine pool next to the pit and began to enjoy the wine.

It didn't take long for the whole square to be filled with excited shouts and singing, colorful fireworks blooming in the air, fire trees and silver flowers, this scene is really universal joy, all people celebrate!

At this time - backstage

Xing Xuan slowly handed the golden rose, and the Oiran glanced at him, smiled, and withdrew from the maids.

Immediately, her beautiful face suddenly became cold, and a cold light flashed in her left hand, and she didn't know when the knife that appeared in her hand had fallen in front of Xing Xuan's neck.

Xing Zhen was startled and looked at her blankly.

"You, what do you mean?" Xing Yan still smiled, although surprised.

Oiran stepped forward, smiled evilly, raised Xingxuan's chin, and said softly, "This son, you are not the one I chose. ”

"Xingxuan" smiled, the expression of the Oiran suddenly became cold, and his right hand moved slightly, and Xingxuan fell to the ground in response.

"As if you don't know, the people who play such tricks are already dead. Oiran said casually glancing at the corpse.

Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she was surprised to find that the corpse on the ground was only a layer of skin.

"As if you don't know, even if I am killed by you, I can still come back from hell. Xing Xuan stepped out of the shadow of the candlelight, vaguely holding a long whip in his hand.

When he stepped out into the light, Oiran was taken aback.

The original black hair and red eyes of "Xing Xuan" have turned into white hair, those eyes have turned dark green, even the face shape and complexion have changed, and a feminine face with a poisonous feeling of a snake appears in front of Oiran.

It was Amun.

"Who are you?" Oiran squinted, and the surging Yuan Power in his hand was already surging.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, I don't want to fight with you, I didn't mean to pretend, I was just entrusted by someone. Although Amon waved his hand and explained, the long whip in his hand had already tightened.

"Trusted?" Oiran looked at him suspiciously.

At this time, there was a "boom", and a loud bang suddenly came from outside, followed by the panic of the crowd.

Amon and Oiran were startled and hurriedly walked outside.

"Boom, boom!" Several loud explosions in succession caused a violent commotion among the crowd, and the outside was suddenly ablaze.

Amon was stunned, and hurriedly bowed his hand to the oiran: "If there is something down there, I will not accompany you!"

As he spoke, Amon leaped into the crowd.

Oiran was expressionless, but quickly removed the emerald from her head and returned to the house.

There was a "boom", another violent explosion, and the entire square was already surrounded by fierce flames.

Yuan Palace

Hearing this violent explosion, the dancers in the hall screamed in panic and fell, the wine glasses fell to the ground and shattered, and the whole audience was stunned.

Xing Zhen saw the smoke in the square from a distance, and was immediately shocked, stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth, and jumped out of the hall.

When Xing Xuan ran out, the entire hall officials came back to their senses, and there was chaos all of a sudden.

At this time, the whole square was surrounded by flames, and the flames raged like wild beasts that had broken free from their cages. The brutal and terrifying tongue of fire consumes everything.

The people panicked and ran aimlessly, but somehow, the fiery serpent suddenly appeared in front of them and devoured them in panic.

Suddenly, panic, cries, and desperate wails filled the entire Tianyou County City. All the noisy sounds distorted in this fire, people's sense of terror and tension were infinitely amplified, and the red light burning in the darkness was like a call signal from death.

The raging flames spread unbridled through its minions, staining the pavilions in the streets, and soon they were scattered to all corners and enveloped the pavilions, and before long the beams and pillars of the pavilions were burned off, and then collapsed with a bang, and the wood with the embers of fire flew everywhere.

Some people were buried in the burning ruins, and the rest of the people fled in panic, chased by tongues of fire and smoke, as if the end had come.