Chapter 43: The Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony V

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty: "I say it weakly, Sister Zetian, didn't you kill your own children with your own hands for the throne? Now use this to say my ancestors? We are all emperors, who doesn't have the blood of a few relatives in their hands? You use this to talk about things, it's boring." ”

Han Gaozu Liu Bang: "Okay, in the end, it is the grandson of my Liu family." If you can talk, say more. ”

Seeing these people running to the side as they spoke, Zhou Shaoan really had a headache. Why is it that this is the end every time? Can't you get along?

Just when Zhou Shaoan was worried about this group of people, Zhou Weiyang, who was sitting on the dragon, was also melancholy. Although the scene in front of me looks magnificent, it is incomparably majestic. But everyone knows that this is just an illusion, and the reality is not at all.

Although she is an empress, she has no power to control the world. In the Heavenly Temple just now, a few shepherds didn't take the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony seriously at all, believing that if it weren't for the fact that they still controlled the main array of the imperial city, they would have been unable to do this throne for a long time.

In the six months since he ascended the throne, there has not been a day when he can rest easy. I thought that I would be able to control the power by defeating Yan Songyuan, but who would have thought that it would be so difficult to manage the imperial court.

There are even more of these rebellious ministers and thieves, who have divided the state and the government, and do not take the court seriously. Although the canonization was accepted on the surface, in fact, the state capitals never paid grain, paid taxes, and produced spirit stones like the imperial court.

What's more, Yuyangzi sent by Yuyang in Gunzhou actually killed the canonized envoy he sent, and did not accept the position of shepherd but enjoyed the duty of shepherd. The whole world knows that Gunzhou is out of the control of the Great Zhou, which is really shameful.

Fortunately, he has not been idle for half a year, and has spent all his energy to govern the court and the people, and now it has finally had some effect, at least the court is now in his own hands, and the people of the imperial city are also dead set on themselves.

In this way, Zhou Weiyang looked at the road conditions while thinking about the current form. Two hours later, the mighty team finally came to the West Mountain Hunting Ground at the foot of Jiulong Mountain.

I saw that a camp had already been set up at the foot of Jiulong Mountain at this time, and there were several groups of people dressed in different colors in the camp, standing on both sides.

The team stopped when they entered the camp, and Zhou Jing stepped forward and said to Zhou Weiyang who was pondering: "Your Majesty, Jiulong Mountain has arrived. ”

Zhou Weiyang looked up and saw that he was at the foot of Jiulong Mountain, so he jumped down from the dragon, and the team in front of him was scattered on both sides, and many courtiers behind him also stepped forward.

At this moment, two people walked under Jiulong Mountain. It's none other than the Xuanqing Zhenren and Tianyun Dao people of the Ten Thousand Immortals League. Xuanqing Zhenren spoke first: "The empress is here, and the old man has been waiting for a long time. ”

"Oh, it's hard work. Zhou Weiyang opened his mouth and said to Xuanqing Zhenren, and nodded to the Tianyun Dao people behind him.

The people of Tianyun Dao gave a salute in return.

"Then let's start the Heaven Sacrifice Hunt, shall we?" asked the Empress Xuanqing, and it seemed that the two of them were on excellent terms.

"Let's start," Zhou Weiyang looked up at the sky again, nodded in agreement.

Zhou Jing, who was standing next to her, heard this, took a step forward, and luckily shouted: "Your Majesty has a will, sacrifice to the sky and hunt, start now." Teams from each state are invited to enter the venue in turn. ”

The team that had been standing here for a long time began to move, and Zhou Shaoan saw that there were actually many acquaintances here.

The first one to enter the arena was a group of monks wearing monk's robes, and they all knew that they should be monks from Jingzhou Tianxiangzong. However, looking at his cultivation, he is basically about building a foundation and cultivating around, and it seems that they are all disciples of the younger generation, and only one person who takes the lead is Jindan cultivation.

Behind them are the people of the Shangqing Sect, but they are all some Qi refining and foundation building, and there are only a few acquaintances who Zhou Shao'an feels a little familiar but can't name them. I don't know how Zhang Xuansu thinks about it, Zhou Shaoan doesn't understand that although there are not many outstanding talents in the Shangqing Sect, there are still so few, but they are usually not very conspicuous because they are pressed by Lin Susu. Why just let these low-level disciples come?

When Zhou Shaoan came back from his contemplation, it was the last team to enter at this time, and it was none other than the Xuannumen. This time, the Xuannu Gate is still led by Qixiu Zhang Xiaoyu, and she is the only one of the seven shows this time. Except for her, the other disciples were all dressed in pale pink, and they looked like warblers and swallows, except for those monks from the Tianxiang Sect, everyone else in the field basically looked at them.

Zhou Shaoan looked into the field and saw that the banners of various colors were clearly divided into seven phalanxes, lined up from left to right.

The first phalanx was all dressed in gray and armed with long sticks. It is the monk of Jingzhou Tianxiangzong.

The second phalanx was all dressed in sky blue, and the clothes were divided into two types: Crane Shadow and Azure Shadow. But he is a Taoist priest of Yangzhou Shangqing Sect.

The third phalanx is a group of people dressed in pale green costumes, each with a folding fan in their hands. You don't need to ask to know that you are a reader of Qingzhou Junzitang.

The fourth phalanx is the swordsman of the Yongzhou Spirit Sword Sect, wearing a cyan robe and carrying a three-foot green blade.

The fifth phalanx is the people of Liangzhou Badao Villa, and the leader Zhou Shaoan still knows, but it is Liu Liu Dahong, who had a relationship in Yangzhou City, and next to him is none other than his junior sister Liu Xiaorou. Sure enough, everyone in this group had a giant big knife behind their backs, and they looked murderous.

The sixth phalanx is the people of Yongzhou Xuantian Pavilion, this group of people looks like they have clothes of any color, and they also hold all kinds of things in their hands, including dice, wine jugs, books, and so on. Zhou Shao'an remembered that their master seemed to be called Jiang Weilai, a cold middle-aged man.

At the end is the Xuannu Gate girls brought by Zhang Xiaoyu, this group of women are as beautiful as fairies, and standing there is a beautiful landscape.

"Why didn't Gunzhou send someone over?" Zhou Weiyang looked at the eight state capitals and only seven state capitals came, and suddenly became angry.

Although he had long known that Yuyangzi, an old dog, was determined to be independent, he didn't expect him to dare to do so much and not give himself face.

In fact, she didn't know that although these shepherds also came, these people all had a purpose, otherwise they wouldn't have come to this imperial city to participate in any heavenly sacrifice ceremony. After all, they only accepted the canonization in name, but in their hearts, no one took this state shepherd to heart.

Zhou Jing stepped forward and returned: "Your Majesty, the Gunzhou Shepherd has been vacant for several months, and no one has organized it. Therefore, no one from Gunzhou came to participate. ”

Only then did Zhou Weiyang remember that the order of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony could not be transmitted to Gunzhou at all, and even if it did, it would be immediately blocked by the old dog Yuyangzi.

"In that case, you select a few people from the imperial court and Ouchi to form an eighth phalanx to supplement it. Zhou Weiyang said to Zhou Jing that the rules of the past dynasties must not be broken. In the past, each state sent a team, and Yuzhou did not join. The other eight state capitals entered the hunt from eight directions of Jiulong Mountain.

Zhou Jing first pulled out a few people from his shadow guard, and then came to the imperial court and asked, "Do you have cultivators, please come out and participate in the hunt." ”

Seeing Zhou Jing coming, Zhou Shaoan hurriedly covered his face and hid behind.

Zetian Great Sage Emperor Wu Cao: "Group leader, what are you doing covering your face? It's already obscene enough, and if you cover your face, you can't even look at it." ”

Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng: "That's it, what is the use of you covering your face? What are you afraid of, with your current ability, are you still afraid of this group of foundation building rookies?"

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu: "A man is born in the world, why can't he see anyone?"

Zhou Shaoan didn't have time to pay attention to these mouthfuls, and returned to Wu Zetian while hiding back: "Hehe, young lady, don't make trouble." If I am seen by Zhou Jing. Wouldn't it be bad for her to pull me out all at once?"

The Great Sage Emperor Wu Cao: "What can you do? Aren't you going to help your sister? Now go out to hunt instead of the royal family to get the first place? And there is also a reward, the first prize set by your sister is not ordinary." ”

Zhou Shao'an: "I want to too, but how can I get this face? Do you want me to tell them that I am Prince Rui, and now that I am back, you all give me a dodge? I will take the first place?"

"Ding" then the Great Sage Emperor Wu Cao sent a red envelope and asked the host to use it.