Chapter 6: Mandate of Heaven
Three days later, the Jiao ceremony of Changchun Palace officially began.
This set of rituals is extremely complicated, set up an altar to place offerings, burn incense, turn into charms, chant mantras, upper chapters, chant sutras, praise, and accompanied by candle lamps, Yu steps and music, hundreds of Taoist priests wear gold and silver thread robes, hold various magic instruments, chant ancient tunes, and dance in the mandala.
The whole Zhaijiao ceremony is solemn and simple, which is carried out in accordance with the strictest Taoist rituals, and the Taoist music from the Changchun Palace reverberates in the city of Qudiao Alan, attracting hundreds of people to come to watch, and there are Mongolian believers who worship piously, hoping to pray for Mongolia.
On the first day of the Jiao ceremony, three suns suddenly appeared in the sky, forming a vision of three days of the same light, causing the people in the city to panic, kneeling on the ground, begging for the protection of the gods, even the Taoist priests of Changchun Palace were a little uneasy, thinking that this Jiao ceremony really communicated with the gods. Yang Kang was not alarmed, he knew that this was just a rare solar halo phenomenon, caused by the refraction of light in the atmosphere.
On the night of the second day of the Jiao ceremony, a comet swept across the night sky of Mongolia, and countless people who saw the comet could not sleep peacefully this night, in this era the comet foreshadowed disasters and wars, and was a very bad omen, countless speculations and rumors spread in the city, and more and more people gathered outside the Changchun Palace to pray. Yang Kang is still not nervous, this is just a normal astronomical phenomenon, comets visit Earth every once in a while, this is just a coincidence.
On the third day of the Jiao ceremony, thousands of wild wolves poured out from the Burhan Mountain outside the city of Qudiao Alan, these wild wolves stood on the top of the mountain and howled loudly in the direction of Qudiao Alan City, the sound was terrible, making people feel sad when they listened to it, and some experienced hunters said that only when the wolf king of the wolf pack died, it would cause the wolves to wail.
On the fourth day of the Jiao ceremony, dozens of goshawks flew through the sky. rushed to Temujin's palace and was killed outside the palace.
After the Mongolian prime minister Yelu Chucai saw the body of the goshawk, he returned to his residence and took three trigrams one after another, all of which were signs of great evil, and he watched the sky at night. The discovery of chaos in the starry sky over Mongolia indicates that a great crisis is approaching Mongolia and may have already begun.
Is it an external enemy or an internal strife?
Yelu Chucai pondered hard, the foreign enemy is the invasion of the Western Regions Alliance, and the internal strife is the four princes fighting for the throne, the Western Regions Alliance is not to be afraid, is it the internal strife of the four princes? The eldest prince Jochi and the second prince Chagatai are both leading troops outside, if they suddenly kill Qudiao Alan......
At this time, there was a report from his subordinates. The Great Khan was going to Changchun Palace to watch the ceremony and asked if the prime minister was with him.
This is an activity that has been arranged for a long time, Temujin originally wanted to wait for the last day of the Changchun Palace Jiao ceremony, but due to the strange events in the past few days, rumors have spread in the city, he wants to come forward to calm the people's hearts, the Changchun Palace Jiao ceremony is undoubtedly a good stage, countless people in the city are praying outside the Changchun Palace.
Yelu Chucai knew about this. The hundreds of Taoist priests were from Chongyang Palace, and there was no problem with their identities. Changchun Palace has been operating in Mobei for many years, and its influence among the people is increasing, and this Zhaijiao ceremony was reported to him a few months ago, and it was also approved by him, as a religious faction, the Quanzhen Sect has always maintained neutrality in politics. He may have been biased towards the Song state, but rarely intervened in the affairs between states, and the Mongol prime minister focused on the civil strife between the four princes.
Yelu Chucai came to Temujin's palace, and the guard of honor in front of the palace was already complete, and Temujin took his two sons, Ogedei and Tulei. and his daughter Hua Zheng went together, and a group of Mongolian high-ranking officials accompanied him, followed by Guo Jing, a team of hundreds of people ready to stop, before that, thousands of Mongolian soldiers had already gone to Changchun Palace to wait, opening the way for the Great Khan.
Seeing the prime minister coming, Temujin smiled, talked a few words with Yelu Chucai, and prepared to leave.
He turned over and rode forward, but he didn't expect the horse to move at all, and kept shaking the horse's head and neighing, this horse was an old horse that Temujin had ridden for several years, and he was the most obedient on weekdays, but today he played a trick, no matter how Temujin spurred it, he didn't move.
Temujin was angry, so he led another horse over and rode on the horse, the old horse kept neighing, and wanted to rush over, but was stopped by the sergeant, thinking that the horse was crazy, Yelu Chucai saw this scene, his heart moved inexplicably, and he stepped forward and pulled the reins of Temujin's horse.
"Great Khan, strange things have been frequent these days, and it is not appropriate to move lightly, why don't you let the third and fourth princes go to watch the ceremony for the Great Khan?" Yelu Chucai said in a low voice.
"Prime Minister, I have experienced countless hardships in my life, and what I can do today is not afraid, the Han people have a saying, my life is up to me, this is what I mean. Temujin said heroically.
Temujin, the hero of the grassland, took the reins from Yelu Chucai's hand, spurred his horse, and led a large group of people and horses towards the direction of Changchun Palace, Yelu Chucai shook his head helplessly, he knew that Temujin's character was like this, and there was something wrong with the construction just now, which would damage the majesty of the Great Khan, thinking about the civil strife of the four princes, he stopped the third prince and discussed the matter.
In the Changchun Palace, after receiving the news that Temujin was coming, His Majesty the Emperor and his entourage began preparations.
All the steps in the plan were rehearsed many times, from assassination to escape, which had been arranged a long time ago, Yang Kang and Mei Chaofeng assassinated Temujin, Qiu Qianqi and Gongsun Zhi assassinated the Mongol princes, Peng Lianhu took Qian Qingjian and Wu Qinglie to assassinate Yelu Chucai, and the Taoist priests of the Changchun Palace assassinated those Mongol ministers.
Regardless of whether it is successful or not, a qiē must be completed in the time of a cup of tea, otherwise it will be surrounded by a large army.
The viewer was waiting for the Mongolian emperor outside the Chongyang Palace, the Mongolian soldiers who came before maintained order, paying attention to the surrounding situation, the Zhaijiao ceremony was still in progress, hundreds of Taoist priests were dancing unwillingly, and the simple and vast music soothed everyone's hearts, making this moment seem so peaceful and peaceful.
Temujin finally arrived, the steppe hero smiled, and the Mongolian people outside the Changchun Palace knelt on the ground, blessing their Genghis Khan, the hero who led Mongolia to strength, under the guidance of the viewer, Temujin stepped into the Changchun Palace and came to the high platform that had been prepared to watch the ceremony.
At this time, Yang Kang was dancing among hundreds of Taoist priests, and this was another confrontation between the two heroes.
His Majesty the Emperor saw Temujin, saw Tuo Lei and Guo Jing, and the girl beside Temujin, but he didn't see Yelu Chucai and the third prince Wokotai, but he couldn't delay any longer, this was his best chance, when Yang Kang was facing Temujin, he pulled out his soft sword from his waist and flew towards Temujin.
This thorn will determine the future of the whole world. (To be continued......)