Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

There is no curfew in the South. Even at night, even when it is raining, the inner city is very lively, even more so than during the day.

Li Huoyue parked his chestnut horse in the back alley of a teahouse outside his own city, and walked slowly to the Prince of Liang's palace holding an oil-paper umbrella.

She did not go in directly, but put away her umbrella first and looked around Prince Liang's Mansion to determine the layout and structure of the mansion in case of emergency.

When I reached the backyard door, I found that many people were working together to carry a large tripod and were working hard to move towards the mansion.

The legs of the large tripod are two people deep and six people wide. There is a huge oval circle carved on the tripod with some strange patterns carved on it. It can only be seen during grand sacrifices.

Only then did Li Huoyue notice that the back door of Prince Liang's Mansion seemed to be much wider than most backyard doors in Kyoto.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey--" someone suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!"

"What's wrong with the door?" the man who first shouted said again, "Put it down first, put it down first! It seems to be stuck. The door didn't open completely today!"

After hearing this, the others had no choice but to put the cauldron down first.

The oval pattern is facing Li Huoyue. From a distance, it looks like an eye that is always watching everything.

The big tripod is very new, it should have been built not long ago.

Someone tried the door twice and found nothing wrong. He said, "It's open. What's wrong?"

"Is it open? But I can't get through here!"

The others looked in the direction of the speaker and found that they could indeed not get through because the tripod was much larger than the door frame.

"What's going on?" the person who looked like he was in charge asked, "Is the size of the tripod bigger this time?"

"They were all cast from the same furnace, so why is this one bigger?"

"Then why can't you get through today?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally someone said, "Maybe it's because it has been raining for the past few days, so the door is a little swollen."

The doors of the Prince of Liang's Palace are all painted with vermilion, and such a situation is rarely seen.

But there is no other explanation.

"So what do we do now? We'll need it tomorrow night."

This is a very good question, and everyone was silent.

The rain started to get heavier again. Li Huoyue didn't wait any longer and walked towards the main entrance with an umbrella.

In such a situation, the final options are either to tear down the door or to smash the tripod.

They would definitely not go through the trouble of carrying such a large tripod here just to smash the tripod at the door. In the end, they would definitely choose to dismantle the door.

Sure enough, before Li Huoyue had taken a few steps, a voice came from behind him: "Let's take down the door first."

When they arrived at the main gate of Prince Liang's Mansion, the boy who opened the door said that no visitors would be received today. If they wanted to attend the "viewing banquet", they could come back tomorrow night.

What is a “viewing banquet”?

What to watch?

Do you want to see that big tripod?

Li Huoyue handed over the guest prop card and said, "Here is my invitation letter. I would like to meet His Royal Highness Prince Liang."

The little boy took the prop card, took a look at it, and returned it to Li Huoyue.

He opened the door and said respectfully to Li Huoyue: "You are welcome."

After the prop card is handed back to Li Huoyue, it is already in a lit state, and the validity period is one hour. After the lit state of the prop card expires, Li Huoyue will no longer have the prop privileges.

They arrived smoothly at the place where King Liang was at the moment - the high-end bathhouse.

Li Huoyue was stunned.

Come to think of it, it's normal for Liang Wang to be taking a bath at this late hour...

No, wait a minute.

The area around the bathtub was filled with mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

But you can still see clearly how many people are in the bath.

Two people?

Li Huoyue is not the child of a high-ranking official, and his home does not have such a high-end bathhouse.

So it is not very clear whether if one wants to help King Liang take a bath, one needs to stay in the bathtub as well.

The King of Liang was also stunned. He was taking a bath in the pool, so why did this servant bring guests to him?

And I don't know where this servant learned this rule. He didn't greet his master, the Prince of Liang, but instead said to the people he brought with him: "Our prince is here. I will take my leave first. Please do as you please."

Please what? Please? ! !

King Liang found it unbelievable, but when the man came closer, he didn't know why he felt it made sense.

It was as if that was really the guest he had called over.

"Your Highness, what's going on? Didn't you say it was a private conversation? Who did you invite?" The other person in the bathtub spoke first.

There is a hint of charm in Gong Ziyin's voice, which is very special and attractive.

When Li Huoyue heard the voice, anger rose in his heart.

You are so good, third brother. I looked for you everywhere at home, but you were nowhere to be found. So you are hiding here taking a bath with a man?

Has your family never boiled water for you to take a bath?

"Ah, this..." King Liang couldn't answer. He didn't know what was going on. "A guest is a guest. This hero, are you here to bathe with me as well?"

"What hero? Isn't this..." The word "a girl" was stuck before he could finish his sentence.

This TM is the sixth child in his house! ! ! !

Li Huoyue's prop card has no effect on the third brother, so he can see Li Huoyue's true appearance.

Now he didn't dare to say anything more.

"Well, if you have something important to discuss, I will step aside for the time being." The third brother was very afraid of his younger sister, so the most important thing was to slip away as soon as possible.

"Why are you leaving?" Li Huoyue asked, "What were you talking about just now? Tell me about it."

Li Huoyue sat on the chaise longue by the pool and joined the conversation naturally.

The third brother’s plan to escape failed, so he had to stay where he was, hugging his knees to his chest and saying nothing.

"I am inviting Brother Li to my viewing banquet tomorrow night." King Liang smiled wantonly, "It will definitely be a very exciting and enjoyable viewing banquet, Brother Li, you can't miss it!"

Brother Li?

Li Huoyue raised his eyebrows slightly.

Can the third brother now be on friendly terms with the prince?

"Oh, brother, do you want to join us?" Prince Liang asked Li Huoyue who was sitting on the chaise longue.

"How exciting is it?" Li Huoyue asked, "It seems that I will soon have to follow the prince to broaden my horizons."

King Liang was very proud: "This is something you will never see normally! It's very rare! I finally caught a new one to play with! Hahahaha!"

new?

What's new?

Since it is called a viewing banquet, it should be for viewing throughout. Shouldn't it be like a chrysanthemum viewing banquet or a plum blossom viewing banquet?

What does it have to do with "play"?

So the word “抓” paired with “玩” means that the thing you are watching is a living thing?

Does it have anything to do with the big cauldron in the backyard?

But what kind of living thing can be put into such a big tripod?

Li Huoyue looked at the door, then looked at the window. After making sure that he could escape, he asked:

"Can I take a look at this newly captured one first?"

I thought King Liang would disagree and refuse with the excuse that "it's a surprise and you can only see it tomorrow night."

Unexpectedly, the King of Liang did not hide anything at all. He just rang the bell and asked someone to bring up the new toy.