Chapter 993: Divine Sacrifice Festival
In this Hanhai Kingdom, the elder that Zhenzhen mentioned last night is the title of a person close to him, and compared to the person who caused Li Zhiming to carry him, he is a national teacher, a preacher of the Heavenly Fury River God in the world.
They carried Li Zhiming directly to the Tiannu River.
Only a few of the waters of the Tiannu River are gathered from the ground, and most of them rise from the ground, but there are few other tributaries on the ground.
Although the river is not as wide as the Dangqu River, nor does it have the kind of ups and downs that stretch for thousands of miles, it has an impatient danger, which makes people feel that there must be countless undercurrents and whirlpools in it, which can swallow and tear people.
Li Zhiming was erected by the river, and his body was already full of firewood and grass, this is a special burning altar, and the ground is painted with strange charms in the color of paint, and behind Li Zhiming is a temple, the temple is pitch black, and there is a statue of a god in the temple, this statue is not a human appearance, but a fish-headed human figure.
The head of the fish is yellow and black, there are two fish whiskers on each side of the mouth, and there are two spines on the gills, which are not very good, but the eyes are full of murderous light, as if they are not lifeless gods, but the gods of the Heavenly Fury River standing there.
Li Zhiming himself is a god servant, and when he looks at this statue, he knows that this is because the God of the Heavenly Fury River often attaches to this statue to manifest spirits, so the statue is like this. He could feel a faint aura of gods from the statues, but this aura was completely different from the statues of the Heavenly Sword Peak Mountain Temple. The statue of Tianjian Peak exudes that kind of neutral and peaceful atmosphere, no matter what emotion people walk into, they will feel a sense of neutrality and peace, and their hearts will involuntarily have a feeling of trust in the mountain god, and they will feel that their requests and prayers will be satisfied.
However, this Temple of the Heavenly Wrath River gives people a visceral sense of fear, and even the determined people can feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
Fear can also gather faith, and although it is easy to dissolve, it is also a quicker way.
This god of the Heavenly Wrath River is obviously to induce fear in people's hearts to gather faith, so the aura contained in his idol will make people feel fearful.
When the fog cleared, the sun was already in the sky, and a group of people came in the distance, and there was a person sitting on a sedan chair in front of him, the sedan chair was simple, and the people on it were dressed ordinarily, but from the eyes that were half-open and half-closed, it could be seen that he was an extremely majestic person, and he would not allow others to override it.
He is a national teacher, or a divine teacher, with the same power as the king of Hanhai, and sometimes the king even has to look at his face to act.
The people carrying the sedan chairs are all dressed in black robes, and the portrait of the god of the Tianfu River is painted on the left chest.
However, the king of the Hanhai Kingdom did not come, and he was standing on the high place of the palace at this time. Although he is the king, he is not alone in the Hanhai Kingdom, and his words do not match the identity of the king. Only he knows that when he faces the national teacher, he will feel afraid in his heart.
Last night, his youngest daughter Zhenzhen came to beg him to let go of the foreign cultivator, in fact, for him, it didn't matter if the cultivator was killed or not, if there was no national teacher, he would definitely agree. However, last night, even if this little daughter he loved knelt on the ground and begged all night, he could not say yes, because he could not be the master in this matter at all.
In the Hanhai Kingdom, divine power is heavier than royal power, and it will become heavier and heavier, and eventually, this king will become a nominal king.
This was his feeling, however, he was persuaded to invite the master to enter the palace and kill him, but he did not agree that day, and then on the first day he entered the palace and told him that someone had blasphemed the gods and was ready to burn them in front of the temple, and asked him to go to the ceremony.
It was a day he will never forget, and the shame and the fear that came from the heart tormented him, until now, and perhaps until his death, and will be passed on to his son, from generation to generation.
From where he stood, he couldn't actually see the scene in front of the Temple of the Heavenly Fury River, because it was blocked by the temple, but he still stood there and looked in that direction, and in his sleep, a dream that could make him wake up with a smile was that he dreamed that he had demolished the temple that blocked his view, but when he woke up, he would immediately break out in a cold sweat.
Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the ears of the king of Hanhai, the door was pushed open, and it was Peng Gang, the captain of the palace guard, who was wearing iron armor and holding the handle of the knife tightly in his right hand. ”
The king's face turned cold, and he walked away as he said, "Gather the palace guards." ”
The entire Hanhai Kingdom is not too big, although it is called a country, but it is equivalent to a big family. This clan's surname is Mu, and they moved here to avoid natural disasters.
The king's name was Mujie, and when he died, the old king took him by the hand and said, "I have named you Jiejie, do you know my intentions?"
King Mujie replied at that time: "The child knows that the father wants the child to keep the king's festival and not forget the Mu's festival." ”
After he finished speaking, the old king closed his eyes, but Mu Jie clearly saw the worry in his eyes, the national teacher at that time was this national teacher, thirty years have passed, King Mu Jie is old, and the national teacher is still like that.
King Mu Jie strode forward, thinking about these in his heart, and secretly said in his heart: "Father, the child is going to guard the King's Day, and the affairs of my Mu clan should be decided by the patriarch of my Mu clan." ”
Behind him, a group of armored soldiers followed closely, and some people stepped forward, pressing the handle of the knife with their hands, and opened the way with a solemn body.
Along the way, there were people watching, but no one made a sound, just watching, with worry and horror in their eyes, and they only dared to follow their king from a distance.
When the king approached the temple, they were stopped by the temple guards, who were dressed in black iron armor, but this iron armor was imprinted with the image of the god of the Heavenly Wrath River, which was intimidating.
Peng Gang was not a member of the Mu tribe, but a person who the king saved outside when he was young, because he was grateful for the king's saving grace, he had been following the king, and the king saw that he was outstanding in martial arts, cautious, and courageous, so he appointed him as the captain of the palace guard.
Peng Gang held the halberd in his hand, clenched the handle of the knife in his left hand, strode to the temple guard, and shouted angrily: "Mu Li, among the Mu clan of the Hanhai Kingdom, you dare to stop the king patriarch!"
Na Mu Li said proudly: "Mu Li only knows the Heavenly Fury Heavenly God, only the national teacher, and does not know the king and the patriarch!"
Peng Gang was furious, his body was already tall, this anger was like an angry King Kong, and the halberd in his hand stabbed down towards Mu Lizha as soon as he raised it.
Mu Li naturally knew that Peng Gang was powerful, he was a member of the Mu clan, and he originally wanted to be the captain of the palace guard, but in the end he was robbed by Peng Gang, a foreigner, and he was always angry in his heart, and he also held a grudge against the king.
He also stabbed the spear in his hand when Peng Gang raised his halberd and stabbed it down.
The halberd and the spear intersected, Peng Gang did not move at all, and Mu Ligang took a step back, this was a fancy-free encounter, Mu Li suffered a small loss, he was not good at strength, such a comparison is naturally not an opponent. He was furious in his heart, and with a shake of the iron spear in his hand, he was about to stab out.
And at this time, the king's voice suddenly came: "Mu Li, don't be rude, bring the king over to watch the god worship puja." ”
He himself did not come, but this kind of behavior and rhetoric is more rude than anyone else.
King Mu Li took a deep breath, strode forward, stopped as he walked past Mu Li, and said, "Xiao Li, do you still remember your father's words, but you still remember the clan rules. ”
Mu Li took a step back, glanced at the national teacher over there, and then puffed up his chest and replied, "My lord, I am no longer surnamed Mu, and this body has been dedicated to Heavenly Fury. ”
King Mu Jie's eyes were cold, he looked at him deeply, and then glanced sideways at Peng Gang, Peng Gang immediately understood what the king meant, and the hand holding the halberd tightened, striding to follow, and followed closely by the king's side.
When the king approached, he saw that his daughter was tied to a wooden pillar, which was already full of dry wood, and like the other foreign practitioner, two people each held a torch below, which was ready to be lit at any moment.
He was furious in his heart, and strode towards the national teacher who still sat on the wooden chair and did not look back.
If a king can't even save his daughter, this King's Day is shattered. It's just that before he could speak, the national teacher had already spoken: "King, Zhenzhen rushed to the god sacrifice festival in an attempt to let go of this blasphemous person, she has lost her faith, she is a blasphemer, she must be burned to death, only her ashes are sprinkled into the river of heavenly wrath will not provoke the wrath of the sky." ”
King Mu Jie was furious, and opened his mouth to shout the word kill, he believed that Peng Gang had read his eyes, and he must have been ready by now.
However, when he wanted to shout the killing word, he couldn't shout anything, and his voice suddenly seemed to lose his voice, and it seemed that he no longer belonged to him, he tried hard to shout, to pounce, but he couldn't move.
"Hehe, King, if you can make the right decision, it will definitely go down in the annals of the Hanhai Kingdom. The national teacher said lightly.
Mu Zhenzhen, who was tied to the cross not far away, burst into tears, of course she didn't think that her father would be willing to see her die, she knew that this was a spell cast by the national teacher, because she clearly saw her father's mouth one by one, and wanted to shout but couldn't, her eyes were red, and her eyes were full of anger and fear.
At this moment, Peng Gang suddenly stepped out, deceived forward, and cut off the head of the national teacher with the halberd in his hand.
He was already furious in his heart after hearing the words of the national teacher, and was waiting for Mu Jie's order, but he didn't wait, only saw Mu Jie's hands trembling, and he immediately understood that the national teacher had cast a spell, and without saying a word, he was going to kill the national teacher with a halberd.
Just when the halberd in his hand was about to cut off the head of the national teacher, an angry snort sounded in his mind, the sound made him tremble, and then he found that the halberd in his hand turned into a black snake, instantly entangled him, the hideous and terrifying snake head raised and stared at him, he was shocked in his heart, and he didn't understand what was going on, the snake had already bitten down, he raised his hand and grabbed the snake's head, but the snake's strength was extremely great, and he couldn't break free for a while.
But in the eyes of outsiders, he suddenly stopped when he was about to kill the national teacher, and then reversed the halberd to commit suicide, but was blocked by his own other hand, and then his own hands competed there.
Not far away, the weapons in the hands of the palace guards were thrown to the ground by them as if they were going to be hot, and their eyes showed fear.
The king was desperate in his heart, the spell of the national teacher was too powerful, and it was not something he could defeat at all, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, maybe only death could keep the festival of the Mu king.