Chapter 174: State Funeral

Three days later, a state funeral was held. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This date was agreed upon by the Ministry of Rites and Luan Yiwei a long time ago, and the barmen carefully selected from all over the world had been performing the bars for ten days as early as Deshengmen.

The so-called performance of the bar is: according to the scale and requirements of the formal funeral, the barman first carries a piece of Dulong wood with the same weight as the coffin, about 10,000 catties, and puts a bowl of water on it, and it is very hard to practice until the water can not be spilled when leaving.

On this day, the spirit began to rise, first with seventy-two barmen wearing filial piety clothes to carry the coffin out of the Qianning Palace, and then replaced by one hundred and twenty-eight barmen wearing filial piety clothes to continue to carry the coffin, walking in the front is sixty-four bannermen, holding high the banner umbrella of the people, followed by the emperor after the halo thin honor guard, there are as many as 1,000 people, holding all kinds of weapons, flags and all kinds of paper or silk made of burning work. It is majestic and majestic.

Behind the coffin is the heavily armed brocade guard, the helmet is bright, and then there are the civil and military officials, the team of the emperor's relatives and relatives, the sedan chair is continuous, King Shou took Mo Xiaodao in a carriage together, Geng Jingzhong and the little witch rode horses to follow the left and right, the prince, the king of Jin, the king of Yan, and the king of Qin followed closely behind, and their entourage also followed around, Mei Bufan, Liu Yefei and Begonia were also among them.

In this huge funeral procession, there are also a large number of monks, Taoist priests, nuns and lamas, who are dressed in Dharma robes and hold legal instruments in their hands, constantly playing and chanting sutras.

The entire long queue stretched for more than ten miles, and on both sides of the way, there were hundreds of thousands of people, kneeling down to worship the people.

The procession proceeded slowly and orderly to Xiling, which is about 400 miles short of Kyoto, and because of the long distance, a large reed hall was erected every 100 miles for the rest of the spirits and the funeral procession.

At noon, the funeral procession came to the first Lu Palace, looking at it from afar, this Lu Hall is also majestic and magnificent, the jade step gold tile, Zhu Bi is intertwined, very gorgeous.

The coffin of the first emperor was parked in the spirit shed, and King Shou, Mo Xiaodao, Geng Jingzhong, and the little witch came to the palace designated for them.

The eunuch had already presented them with melons, fruits and drinks to relieve the heat, and after Shouwang and others had taken them, there was a simple but very delicate lunch prepared in the dining room.

While eating, the four of them discussed the route of the afternoon, as well as where to spend the night tonight. In the meantime, there were spies of Jinyiwei who presented several secret reports to King Shou.

After King Shou read it, he sneered a few times, and then wrote a few edicts to send them out.

Geng Jingzhong and the others noticed this, but King Shou didn't explain, so they didn't ask.

In the process of resting, the crown prince and the king of Qin were in one place, and the king of Jin and the king of Yan were in one place.

After the prince and the king of Qin had eaten, they were drinking fragrant tea, and after a while, the prince asked, "Where is your Xiaoqi camp now?"

King Qin thought for a while and said, "It's about a hundred miles away from here!"

The prince said, "Can you go to the next Ludian in the evening?"

King Qin said affirmatively: "There is no problem!"

The prince added, "Then we will start at midnight, how about we?"

King Qin said: "Everything is under the orders of the eldest brother!"

The prince said fiercely: "This battle must be successful in one fell swoop, all our opponents will be wiped out, and there will be no future troubles, and the same is true for civil and military officials, those who support this king can stay, and those who oppose this king will be cut down and eradicated!"

When King Qin heard this, his heart was cold, he never expected the prince to be such a ruthless person. But he has already boarded the prince's boat, so he has to follow him to live and die together!

King Jin and King Yan were very leisurely, after the meal, King Yan was closing his eyes to recuperate, and King Jin was in a daze at the teacup.

For a long time, for a long time, King Jin seemed to say to himself: "Soon, soon!

King Yan was awakened by his words, and said very unhappily: "Second brother, what are you muttering?"

King Jin's eyes lit up at this time, as if he had taken an exciting drug, and he said confidently: "I dare to conclude that the war has begun!"

King Yan couldn't rest, so he chatted with him, "Second brother thinks they want to do something with each other?"

King Jin said: "You think, the prince's teacher has been gone for several days, how can the prince be willing to give up, and now that he is far away from Kyoto, King Shou's power is relatively weak, how can the prince let go of such a god-given opportunity? He will definitely take action!"

King Yan said: "Your analysis is very reasonable! But what is the chance of winning the prince?"

King Jin pondered for a moment and said, "About a little more than forty percent!"

King Yan said: "The odds of winning are so small, he still dares to make trouble?"

King Jin said: "Does he have a choice? There may be a chance to fight, if you don't fight, then you can only wait for destruction!"

King Yan said: "This is all fate! Do we also have to make some preparations!"

King Jin said: "What are we going to prepare! We just need to bring our eyes, how can this wonderful drama be perfect without an audience?"

Yan Wang said in disbelief: "I don't believe it, you just want to be an audience?"

King Jin swore solemnly: "I really don't have any other ideas, I just want to witness with my own eyes how the prince became a prisoner!"

King Yan said lightly: "The prince has become a prisoner, then the second brother is the new prince!

King Jin said reservedly: "It's not conclusive yet, but the third brother can rest assured, with this kind of friendship between you and me, will I treat you badly?"

Yan Wang said: "Thank you second brother for that!"

At this time, the call for the spirit came from outside, and the funeral procession began to move forward again.

By this time, the road had changed from plain to mountainous, with hills and weeds, but fortunately the road was rough but flat, and the horses and vehicles were moving forward in an orderly manner.

Geng Jingzhong and the little witch are not bad, because they have traveled all kinds of distances for a long time, and they have experienced all kinds of journeys, and such a road is very common! However, those civil and military officials have suffered, and some of the older ones are even more miserable, and they only hate that there is no end to this long road.

Finally survived until the sun fell into the west mountain, and everyone saw another reed hall located in the col, and then they had hope and hope again.

When they arrived at the Lu Palace, the coffin was first dropped, and the civil and military officials, servants and miscellaneous people began to camp according to the planned area and prepare dinner, and King Shou led the princes into their respective palaces.

When King Shou entered the palace, he changed his habit at noon, did not freshen up, nor drank tea, but asked the detectives to come in one by one and ask him what he wanted to know. Geng Jingzhong and Mo Xiaodao stood on both sides of King Shou, their expressions were grim, and the little witch did not smile, and in the main hall, there was a rare nervousness, as if it was a sign before the storm.