Chapter Seventy-Three: The Ceremony of Worshipping Heaven Has Guests

Since ancient times, the emperor has been called the Son of Heaven, so the ceremony of worshipping the heavens is the most important of many ceremonies.

When he finished reciting the prayer and raised the three-clawed gin bottle to prepare to toast to the heavens, he accidentally dropped the wine bottle to the ground, Emperor Shenzong was shocked, and it was regarded as a bad omen, and later Emperor Shenzong died unexpectedly.

As time passed, the wind and snow became heavier and heavier, and the armor soldiers stationed at the outermost part of the mound altar were already covered with white snow, and as far as the eye could see, there was black armor under the snow.

The civil and military officials left the main hall and came to the hill altar, with the three-story mound altar as the center, surrounded by layers, let the heavy snow fly, and stand quietly.

A path is formed in the crowd, from the main hall to the altar of the mound, and to the white jade steps of the altar, from which you can climb to the top step by step.

On both sides of the road stood armoured soldiers with halberds.

After a while, a figure slowly walked up to the altar, but stopped at the first level, holding a red sandalwood tray with a golden three-legged wine bottle on it.

The celebrant is in charge of the seal eunuch Zhang Baisui.

Then a robed figure ascended to the second floor of the altar and stood with his hands tied.

King Xiao Bai of Qi.

After a while, a low horn sounded, and in the continuous sound of horns, the huge emperor's honor guard Luan was faintly visible in the wind and snow.

The armor of the Tiger Battalion of Tiance Mansion was guarded around the car, and it was also a black horse with a black armor, covered with the same color, moving with the wind, and the arrogance was majestic.

When there was still a distance of about 100 zhang from the mound altar, the car slowly stopped, and two figures slowly walked down from the most luxurious and tall carriage in the middle.

Xiao Xuan, the emperor of Great Qi, dressed in a black and red imperial robe and wearing twelve imperial crowns, walked out of the car with Empress Xu, who was in the back crown and robe, and walked slowly towards the mound altar.

Coming to the front of the mound altar, Xiao Xuan stopped slightly, looked around, and looked at it at a glance, the heroes gathered, and there was a heroic spirit of the world's heroes, and then he let go of Queen Xu's hand, and in the midst of all the attention, he slowly climbed the mound altar step by step, when he passed the first layer, Zhang Baisui held the plate and accompanied him, and when he passed the second layer, Xiao Bai stayed in place and did not move.

Walking to the third floor, the table has been set up in the center, Xiao Yu picked up the golden three-legged wine bottle from the tray in Zhang Baisui's hand with both hands and put it on the table in front of him.

Zhang Baisui then stepped back.

The bead curtain hanging from the imperial crown obscured Xiao Xuan's expression.

Headed by Xiao Bai, the kings and civil and military officials began to bow down.

When everyone behind him knelt down and bowed, Xiao Xuan looked up at the sky expressionlessly, and after a long time, he lowered his head, unfolded the prayer in his hand that had been written by the official of the Ministry of Rites in advance, and recited it softly.

After a pillar of incense, after the prayer, Xiao Xuan raised the three-legged wine bottle with both hands and saluted the sky.

Xiao Bai, who was kneeling on the second floor, squinted his eyes and silently felt the changes in himself.

Just now, after his father toasted to Shangcang, he keenly felt that there was a trace of humane qi attached to him, leading to the unspeakable luck in the underworld, it seems that now he has a certain degree of connection with the Great Qi National Fortune, although it is still far from being inseparable, but for Xiao Bai, who is already in the realm of earth immortals, this connection is enough for him to take a step forward and go to the next level.

In a matter of moments, Xiao Bai completed a silent breakthrough.

Xiao Bai, who lowered his head, had a complicated expression on his face.

This is just the title of the crown prince, if it is the righteous Emperor of Great Qi, wouldn't he be able to ascend to the sky in one step?

As the ancestor Xiao Shen said, as long as ten years of the Son of Heaven throne, you can seek an immortal ascension.

Xiao Bai recited silently for ten years, and all the expressions on his face disappeared and he regained his calm.

The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is jointly responsible for the Ministry of Rites and the celebrant supervisor, it took about an hour, and the extremely cumbersome sacrificial ceremony finally ended, from today on, Xiao Bai is no longer the king of Qi, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daqi, second only to His Majesty the Emperor, and the position of the crown prince is completely justified.

According to the law of the Great Qi Canon, after the canonization of the prince by sacrificing to the sky, the prince should return to Weiyang Palace to accept the court, first the kings to meet, perform one kneeling and three bows, and then the honorable nobles to meet, two kneels and six bows, and finally a hundred officials to meet the court, three kneels and nine bows, in order to show the respect of the prince's status.

It's just that for some reason, His Majesty the Emperor stood on the altar of the mound and didn't mean to come down for a long time.

His Majesty the Emperor does not leave, whether it is the crown prince and the kings, or the civil and military officials, there is no reason to leave early.

Lan Yu and Han Xuan glanced at each other, and then each fell silent.

The Metropolitan Governor Wei Ban directly began to give orders in a low voice, and military attachés continued to leave the team.

This time the sacrifice left the imperial city, but also left the imperial capital, if it is normal season, it is just a moment, but the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, the safety of His Majesty the emperor has naturally become the top priority, and there can be no mistakes, so this matter is discussed by the three governments of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the Secret Guard Mansion and the Tiance Mansion.

The wind and snow are getting stronger and stronger, almost making it impossible for civil and military officials to see the figure of His Majesty the Emperor clearly, but His Majesty's voice came out clearly, with only three words, "There is a guest." ”

When the words fell, countless whistling sounds sounded, overpowering the wind and snow.

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Xu Beiyou, who was standing in the ranks of the clan, was shocked and looked up suddenly.

He was familiar with this sound, it was the sound of a flying sword breaking through the air, and there was definitely more than one, not even dozens, hundreds.

Sure enough, thousands of flying swords broke through the sky and fell into the snow, covering the sky and the sun.

Millions of edges go straight to the Nine Heavens.

Thousands of flying swords converged layer upon layer, turning into a "stegosaurus", hovering in the sky.

One person stopped on top of the "dragon's head", with three thousand feet of white hair.

The first sword immortal of Daomen, Taiyi saves the suffering Tianzun.

However, today's Taiyi Salvation Tianzun is not wearing a Taoist robe, nor is he wearing any accessories related to Taoism, but simply dressed in white, with white hair spread out, stepping on ten thousand swords, like the great sword immortal Shangguan Xianchen who entered the Eastern Capital by ten thousand swords.

After Taiyi Rescue Tianzun appeared, another person followed.

Countless black clouds gathered in the original gray sky, and the thunder flashed among them, crushing the city.

The man stood on top of the black clouds, with a cane in his hand.

Ghost King Palace, Xiao Lin.

The two of them are east and west, dominating the entire canopy.

That's not all, in the wind and snow, a touch of purple suddenly lit up.

In the plain whiteness of the sky, it is particularly dazzling.

In an instant, the snow suddenly stopped.

All the forbidden troops in the mound altar looked up, only to see a circle of ripples on the sky.

There is no snow in the sky!

Then I saw a purple rainbow flying like a bamboo.

Like an extraterrestrial meteorite crashing to the ground.

The earth shakes!

After the purple rainbow landed, it walked in a straight line along the earth.

Countless snow swept away, and its momentum was like a mountain roaring avalanche, so that where it passed, hundreds of escort cavalry and horses were wrapped in air and lifted off the ground, and they died on the spot before they landed.

When the purple rainbow was still a hundred zhang away from the mound altar, it stopped abruptly, revealing the figure of a person.

A splendid white robe stood on the Luan of His Majesty the Emperor, with fluttering clothes and big sleeves.

The person who came was Murong Xuanyin, the fourth person in the world and the leader of the Xuan Sect.

It was only then that the still snow began to fall.

Murong Xuanyin's big sleeves swept in the snow, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth: "Murong Xuanyin has seen His Majesty the Great Qi Emperor. ”