Chapter 12: The Sacrifice of the Son of Heaven, the 'Night Wandering God' (Part I)
On June 6, the dragon raised its head, and there were thousands of empty alleys in the capital.
At the foot of Wanghai Mountain outside the east gate of Shangjing City, there are crowds of people, and the nobles and ordinary people in Shangjing City are all here to watch the emperor go out on patrol.
Nowadays, there are poems describing this grand occasion:
Midsummer, Biyu is as clear as practice. Tianhe is as recommended
The temple of Yulin Province passes through the east of the city. When the emperor went to patrol the Zen.
Qing Zhi Yao passed the feather and rode away. Hook Chen Yingwei Su Weiyi
Bao Gai Long contains pearl sunshine. Luan Youfeng and colorful clouds move.
The mountain spirits have been divided into drivers, and the shouts of long live have risen from the bottom of the mountain.
It is said that in the middle of summer on the sixth day of the first month of June, the scenery on both sides of the Tongtian River outside the city, followed by His Majesty taking the jade chariot from the palace to worship the temple, and then boarding the dragon scale warship in the east of the city to Mount Tai.
The dramas described in the last few lines of the poem are all about the worship of the people of the capital under the sea and mountains in the east of the city when the emperor boarded the warship.
Emperor Gaozong went out to visit Mount Tai this time, and his main entourage included Taibao Qianzhengyuan, the great Confucian king Chaoyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Li Tongzhi, the Yulin Army squire Lu Cheng, the prince and other princes and other ministers of the six departments.
When boarding the dragon ship, the emperor ordered Taifu Kong Yuan to temporarily assist the Nine Emperor Princes in Beijing to govern the government. Everyone boarded the dragon boat and left, accompanied by six warships before and after the opening of the road, along the way to both sides of the Tianhe River, military divisions from all over the country accompanied each other, escorting both sides of the river.
Along the way, Qiantai only felt that the various breaths in the ship were profound and vast. In the middle of the river, from the capital city, the demons and monsters hidden in the river on weekdays all fled from the wind, thousands of miles away. Qiantai not only sighed, but this human emperor was really panicked like the coming of the sun.
Straight down the river, the car and boat were tired all the way, but after walking for a day, the sky was getting dark, and everyone was just about to leave Yanzhou, but they were attacked in the river. This is the junction of the state and Yuzhou, the mountains and wilderness are barren, and it is a sparsely populated place on weekdays. The sudden attack in the river came very suddenly.
"Kill, kill me, kill one of the Qian's family, the king has an order, reward three bottles of nectar jade juice!"
"Kill!" "Wow~!"
Suddenly there was a storm in the river, and many river monsters and ghosts rushed out of the river and frantically rushed towards the boat.
"Kill!" The Yulin army on the warship was well-trained, and immediately met the evil demons that were killing and blocked them.
All kinds of monsters are scurrying on the river, and the wind and waves are stirring up on the surface of the wide river, and the soldiers who are rolling up the side of the boat and tearing off the boat are torn and swallowed alive.
"Array!" The warship suddenly sounded the anxious order of Lu Cheng, the squire of the Yulin Army of the Ministry of War. Woo~!A bull horn blew, and the six warships around the dragon boat quickly connected the city, crushing and killing the demons on the river in front.
Underwater remembered a monster scream, and suddenly a huge wall of water was lifted on the river, and a huge whirlpool rolled up from the water surface in the center of the six warships, pulling the warships into a row.
The water burst open, and out of it rushed out the huge guinea pig, the huge head and canine teeth exposed, and the blood-red eyes and body were bigger than half a warship.
"Kill me, rush over the dragon boat in the middle, capture a child of the Qian, and the king will definitely have a reward. The person who shouted was a dark water ghost, standing on top of the monster guinea pig, pointing at the dragon boat and shouting.
At this time, all the princes were on the dragon boat behind, watching the people and ghosts fighting on the river. The two armies fought, and the river was bloody and fierce.
Woo~, the puffer fish pounced, and first killed the boat.
Lu Cheng, the squire standing on the deck of the dragon ship, shouted angrily: "Change the formation, the wild goose tail formation, capture the river demon with your feet, spread your wings and level the water waves!"
In the distance, the six warships quickly evolved into formations, turning into triangles, and the first sharp head hit the monster guinea demon that was about to come again, and the air qi gathered and churned violently, like a huge wild goose, and its claws grabbed the welcome guinea demon, and the wings were spread out, tiling the monster on the river.
With a snort, the huge river monster was directly smashed into its mouth and nose, and immediately screamed, turned around and was about to sneak into the river to escape. Under the slaughter of the two wings of the military formation, they began to reverse the upper hand and encircle and suppress the remaining demons and ghosts.
It's really a demon and a devil, and it can't be done, and as soon as there is a bit of stalemate, you have to turn around and flee.
The princes who were watching the battle from afar in the Dragon Boat Court also slowly relaxed, although they said in the palace that they were not worried about the demonic things, but the first time they saw the two armies fighting, they were not worried that it was fake.
The Yulin Army squire walked into the building and bowed: "Your Majesty, the other party's river monster has fled, and it is difficult for the remaining dogs and horses to succeed, and there is no danger outside." He also said: "Weichen did not do his job well, let the river demon monster escape with injury, his crime is difficult to save, and I hope that His Majesty will punish him severely." ”
The emperor waved his sleeves and said: "Get up, this time you stop the demons, which shows that you have worked hard and have no fault." ”
Hmph~!Turning his voice, His Majesty said: "As soon as I left the capital, I encountered an ambush by demons and demons, and if I don't kill this fang, I can't show the majesty of the royal family!"
At this time, a Yulin soldier suddenly ran outside, and when he arrived in the pavilion, he knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, the Yulin army has finished the battle, with 673 wounded and 56 killed.
"Oh, can you catch up with that guinea pig river demon?"
"Your Majesty, this fang was injured and dived into the water, the river demon power is infinite, and the sergeants can't stop it, but it is, but it let it escape. ”
"That's it, pass on my will, count the exploits, record the casualties in detail, and wait for Mount Tai to return, and then reward them one by one!" and said: "Let the three armies salvage the dead soldiers, let people land on the shore, and put them in the ground." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”
His Majesty said to a few of the courtiers of the Criminal Department around him: "Let people hurry up and interrogate to see where this river demon came from, but there are other things that stand in the way." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. All the ministers left, and the emperor waved his hand, and everyone stepped back.
Out of the courtyard building, Qiantai went down the stairs in the middle of the ship to the quarters in the cabin. Qiantai thought alone in the room, and then stayed alone on the bed to meditate and recuperate.
The night passed slowly, and when two hours had passed, Qiantai walked out of the pavilion alone, and went down the stairs of the ship all the way to the bottom of the second floor of the ship.
This dragon boat is hundreds of meters long, with a draft of more than 30 meters, and there are courtiers, military advisors, guards, and miscellaneous servants stationed in the middle of the cabin. To build this ship, I heard that the Ministry of Industry also adopted the Mo family's mechanism technique and the rune array technique of the world's outer sect, which took three years. There are also few Qingzhou Navy and Yangzhou Navy in the entire Great Jin Dynasty.
All the way down the third floor, Qiantai came to the prison cell in the ship alone, but saw several Yulin Army guards stationed here.
Qiantai approached, was immediately stopped, and asked: "What kind of person! This is a prisoner's prison, don't you hurry back!" Qiantai said, "I am Qiantai, the nineteenth prince, come here to take a look at this river demon." But these Yulin soldiers were ruthless and ruthless, and they didn't let Qiantai in.
At this time, suddenly a military officer came from a distance, and then asked, "What's the matter?"
When Qiantai saw it, it turned out to be Lu Cheng, the squire of the Yulin Army who had just commanded the battle. These Yulin soldiers hurriedly leaned over their luggage and told Lord Lu Cheng the whole story.
Qiantai explained: "Lord Lu, it has nothing to do with these sergeants at this time, it is Tai who is curious, and he wants to see this evil and demonic thing for the first time, and he wants to watch one or two. ”
"Your Highness, the prisoner's prison is a heavy place, not to mention that this fang is a cruel thing, but Your Highness should not be here. ”
"Thank you Lord Lu for your persuasion, Tai also just wants to see it, Lord Lu is just right here, I want to be accompanied by Lord Lu, even if this water demon is dangerous, it must not be stronger than Lord Lu's martial arts." ”
"This"
"I also asked Lord Lu to do it, Tai just wanted to see it, and asked his father for advice on this matter, but it was not worth disturbing his father's rest. I'll take a look. ”
"This, okay, but please stand behind me later, if there is danger, I can also block it for Your Highness. Lu Cheng saw that Qiantai was pestering and didn't leave, like a child. Not only did I have a headache but I had to compromise. Said to these Yulin Jun: "Open the door, I will accompany His Highness to take a look at the water demon." ”
"Yes, sir. A few Yulin soldiers quickly took it off and opened the prison door.
"Oh~!Let me go, otherwise my king of Montenegro will definitely avenge me!" a miserable howl roared out as the cell door opened. Listen to extravasive people.
Qiantai entered, but saw that the water ghost monster that had always looked like a 'water man' was chained to the wall by the Dao Dao rune, and the water demon's body rippled slightly, and he screamed with the twisting of his body, which was very scary.
I smelled the breath of the royal family, you are from the Qian, you are from the Qian. Let me go, let me kill you, and send it to the king with your heart's work, and the king will definitely grant you the power of immortality!" The river demon was very crazy, and shouted at Qiantai as if he was crazy: "Let me go, let me go, boy!"
"Why does your king want blood from my heart? is this why you want to attack our warship?" asked Qiantai curiously.
"Why, why, of course your blood can cure diseases, yes, it's because you have dragon qi in your blood, your blood can cure diseases, kid knows, don't you let me go quickly?"
"You river demon, it's really strange, how can you make people automatically find death. Qiantai shook his head and said.
At this time, Lord Lu Chenglu, who was standing beside him, saw that Qiantai had already said a few words, so he asked, "Your Highness, this river demon is unruly and unruly, and there is nothing to look at, let's leave." ”
Hearing this, Qiantai tilted his head and looked at the river demon who was crazy and twisted and broke free, stretched out his hand and slapped it on the river demon's body, touching the body of the river demon as cool as a stream of water.
When he was away from the river demon, Lu Cheng didn't have anything wrong with Qiantai again. Looking at the river demon again, it was also strange, as if he was asleep, since he closed his eyes and fainted at the moment when Qiantai just touched it.
Lord Lu Chenglu carefully looked at the runic chain that sealed the river demon was still intact, and then he was relieved.
immediately said to Qiantai: "Your Highness, it was too dangerous just now, Your Highness shouldn't touch that river demon." "That river demon has been in this river all the year round, and the cold and dirty air on his body is very heavy, and ordinary people will be seriously ill if they touch it. Just now, the water demon suddenly passed out for some reason, otherwise His Highness would really be in danger. ”
"This, Tai didn't know, which frightened Lord Lu. Qiantai bowed down and apologized very politely on the surface. Seeing this, Lu Cheng had no choice but to say that it was not too early to leave. Qiantai also obediently left this place with Lu Cheng.
At this time, in the emperor's hall on the first floor of the dragon boat, the Confucian king Chaoyang, the Taibao Qianzhengyuan, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Li Tongzhi, were all present to accompany the emperor to listen to the interrogation of the water demon by several officials of the criminal department.
"Your Majesty, after interrogation, this water demon has repeatedly insisted that it was originally a river demon in the Yinshan stream, a branch of the Tongtian River, and this time the ambush for us was to plunder the blood of the royal family members, and to sacrifice it to the Youzhou Demon King as a cure. ”
"What a ridiculous thing it is!" asked His Majesty again, "what else?"
These ministers of the Criminal Department all lowered their heads, and there was a humane: "These demons are already intellectually turbid, and this demon is even more crazy, even who he himself is very confused, and he is just one sentence, it is to rob people and sacrifice to the demon king of the mixed world." ”
"This demon king of the mixed world is the Gongsun Ba of Youzhou?"
"The ministers asked, and the demon king of the mixed world, Gongsun Ba!"
"There is no evidence, what can this muddy river demon mean, can't it be that someone else framed it?"
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In the hall, the emperor was still discussing with the ministers about tonight's attack, and at this time, the prison was empty, and the river demon locked under the talisman chain slowly began to emit a faint golden light.
Suddenly, the rune chain in the prison snapped open, and the water demon's body curled up into a hazy crystal orb, and disappeared into the building boat.