Eastward Flow

In this country that worships the Eastern Emperor and is full of Taiyi sects, sacrifices and hymns are very sacred things.Except for the Donghuang Sacrifice during the frost season every year, Jiantiansi and Taiyimen will perform the song "Donghuang" on every important occasion.

Different from the sanctity and solemnity of the sacrificial ceremony, the song "Eastern Emperor" that has been circulated among the people is romantic and legendary.Legend has it that the Eastern Emperor, with three thousand incarnations, will come to the world in times of national calamity to save the people from suffering.

The first emperor of the Chu Kingdom, Jin, was rumored to be one of the incarnations of the Eastern Emperor. When wars were raging, Jin led the Chu Kingdom out of Lizhou to the east, and conquered all the kingdoms to rule the world.From Taiyimen's "Eastern Emperor", combined with the life story of the first emperor, a great poet in Chu State created a very romantic song "Eastern Emperor Stepping on the Lantern Festival"

The First Emperor, incarnated as the Eastern Emperor, briefly passed over the sky of Kyushu like a shooting star, but landed deeply on the heart of a witch.After finishing his career and retiring, the Eastern Emperor, who had abandoned his physical body, rode away with the wind.The maiden who fell in love with the Eastern Emperor stepped on the consonant dance of the Taiyi priest, expressing her affection mournfully.

She started dancing on the day Donghuang left, and performed the sacrificial dance for seven days and seven nights.Donghuang, who was moved by the witch's true feelings, opened the gate of the Kingdom of God. That night, all the stars in Kyushu lit up, and the bonfire shone brightly everywhere.The own maiden of the Eastern Dynasty opened her arms, accepted her affection, embraced her in her arms, and lived with her in the Kingdom of God.

The day when the Kingdom of God was opened, it was the Lantern Festival that the people of the Kingdom of Chu were celebrating.

For some reason, such a romantic and legendary story was adopted by Jiantiansi and Taiyimen.Jian Tiansi changed it into a romantic song and played it during the Lantern Festival.Over time, this song became a must-have song for Donghuang.

Because it is rumored that the Middle East Emperor is so handsome that male and female are indistinguishable, and Shidi’s gender is also male and female in the legend, so no matter what ceremony, the person who plays the Eastern Emperor must be an extremely beautiful boy or girl.Wearing feather robes that can fly across the kingdom of God, they descend gracefully to the world.That beautiful, sacred and solemn appearance satisfied the world's fantasies about the Eastern Emperor.

When Zhong Lisuo was a teenager, she was chosen to play the role of Donghuang at the Donghuang Festival because of the beauty left to her by her mother. Because of Yunzhou's romance and affection, they used this song Donghuang Stepping on Lantern Festival even for solemn sacrifices.Most of the gods served by the state of Chu are romantic and free, so they can be solemn and sacred as well as romantic and affectionate in many sacrificial occasions.

Zhong Lisuo, who is romantic by nature, specially composed a shakuhachi for this song "Eastern Emperor Stepping on the Lantern Festival", using the sound of the shakuhachi as the sacrificial words, and co-authored the sacrificial words chanted by the girl who played the witch, which is lingering and sentimental.

This song is the Donghuang song that saw Mr. Lu become famous in Yunzhou.

Zhong Lisuo hasn't played it for many years, but the melody has been seared deep in her soul, as long as she holds the shakuhachi, she can hear the familiar melody in her ears.

The voices of the musicians have already begun to change, and the gorgeous and magnificent tunes kicked off the Donghuang.The girl who played the role of the priestess put on the red and white sacrificial attire, stepped on the wooden platform barefoot on the long silk.She lay prone on the stage, looking at the water-like crowd below the stage, slowly raised her slender neck, revealing a pair of tender eyes like water.

The scattered priestess uniform was like a blooming cherry blossom, and gradually gathered as the priestess got up.The witch got up slowly, twisted her young and graceful waist like a water snake, slowly stretched out her white and slender fingers towards the night sky dotted with a few stars, and began to chant affectionately and charmingly:

"Auspicious day, Chenliang, Mu Jiangyu, the emperor~"

It is said that the eighth day of the first lunar month is an auspicious day for the Eastern Emperor to return to the Kingdom of God by riding the wind.The sacrificial words, which should have been praised by the solemn and powerful voice of the wizard, seemed so lingering in the mouth of the passionate priestess.Zhong Lishuo sat in the background, looking up at the graceful figure of the witch, watching her sacrificial attire flow like water on the stage.Listening to the musician's gorgeous performance, she thought to herself, if I were the Eastern Emperor, I would definitely open the gate of the Kingdom of God to welcome her maiden.

Si Ming, a girl who plays the role of a witch, has a beautiful face, a graceful figure, and graceful dancing steps.The spectators in the audience were all so mesmerized that they didn't even dare to cheer, for fear of disturbing her solemnity and sentimentality.

This beauty also moved the little princess Xuan Jingning who was standing beside the stage painting a boat.Looking at the beautiful dancing posture of the witch, the princess admired in her heart: "There are so many good-looking Miss Si Ming, who is the supervisor of Tiansi."

The painting boat next to the stage is the place where you can avoid the crowd and see the clearest performance, and it has long been reserved by the little princess.At this moment, the three sisters are standing side by side watching the performance prepared by Jian Tiansi and Tai Yimen for the folks, which is quite interesting.

"Most of the commanders in the Tianjian Division have gods to serve, so naturally all of them are beautiful people." The eldest princess responded, turned her head and glanced at the elder sister who was watching the performance intently, and said: "This girl who plays the witch It's so good-looking, and I don't know what kind of character the Eastern Emperor should be. I heard that the chief commander allowed her apprentice to enter the Tiansi prison this year. I'm afraid it might be the young commander? Eldest sister, have you seen the young master? Commander?"

"I've seen it before, she is a very beautiful child." Xuan Jingchen turned his head and responded to his sister's question with a smile.

"Just be pretty." Xuan Jingming nodded and set his eyes on the stage.

The priestess on the stage had performed the consonant dance, and at this moment withdrew her praying hand to the heavens, and changed from a loud praise to a low voice.The chime bells of the musicians jingled, hitting the hearts of the people one after another, like rain dripping.The melodious sound of the qixuanqin catered to the shaman's plea, making it extremely poignant and beautiful.

The witch sang:

"The table is independent on the top of the mountain, and the cloud is tolerant and below."

She sang luxuriantly, but the consonance was exhausted, and the Eastern Emperor still did not appear.

Where should I find you?On the mountain?Abyss of Return?Even if I travel all over Kyushu, I can't find you.

The witch's sacrificial robe slowly bloomed as she knelt on the ground.Like a cherry blossom in full bloom, falling into the grand scenery of spring.

Her feelings, her desires, and her expectations all melted into those tender eyes.From a long distance away, Xuan Jingchen looked at the tears in the witch's eyes, feeling lonely in his heart.

It seemed that the person who was looking forward to Donghuang's return was not the witch, but her.

Over the millennium, she stood in front of the mausoleum of the First Emperor, and spent seven days in a consonance, waiting for the love of her life to open her eyes again.

But her Eastern Emperor is not Shidi, her Eastern Emperor is Zhaoming Crown Prince Zhong Lisuo.

A person who can never open his eyes again.

The sadness fell into my heart, and I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Tears fell from the corners of the witch's eyes, the music of the musicians became more ethereal, the lyre sounded, and a bell rang, and all the lights on the stage were lit up in an instant.Whether on or off the stage, they all looked up at the night sky with the miko.

Heart said: The Eastern Emperor is here.

The boy in feather robes painted a coquettish and beautiful sacred makeup, gripped the shakuhachi tightly, and riding the silk gauze controlled by the commanders, he slowly descended from the night sky in the wind.Everyone's eyes fell on her, that handsome and beautiful face, her ethereal figure, just like the Eastern Emperor in a painting falling into the world.

The boy holding the shakuhachi looked at the girl who was serving devoutly on the stage, and let out a long breath slowly.Everyone was looking at her, waiting for the sentence: "Ye Deng comes in the day and rides the wind, and brings Ashu back to Taiyi."

Xuan Jingchen is also waiting for this sentence, and all those who are waiting are looking forward to the consummation of this life for the witch.

But Zhong Lisuo didn't sing this congratulatory speech. She raised her hand, put the shakuhachi to her lips, and blew the melodious shakuhachi sound to the distant river with a smile.

Ethereal and melodious, majestic and majestic, when the shakuhachi from the stage is melodious, it is like the language of the gods.

Everyone in the audience showed surprise, including the two princesses on the boat.The eldest princess whispered, and said: "Play the boy Donghuang..."

She turned her head to look at the eldest sister beside her.But the elder sister somehow grasped the railing and stared straight at the boy who was slowly falling on the stage.

The boy in feather robes fell from the night sky, holding a shakuhachi to his lips to play, and stretched out his hand to the shrine maiden on the stage to invite him with a smile.The witch put her hand into the boy's and snuggled into her arms.

The smiling young man played the shakuhachi, as if gently asking: The Kingdom of God is clear and cold, while the mortal world is passionate and warm, would you still like to follow me to the Kingdom of God.

The witch smiled with tears in her eyes and replied: There are always thousands of lovers in the world, but my god is in the deep clouds, alone, cold and cold.I go with you, you are my home.

They asked and answered, and the chorus of Shakuhachi and Miko was so tender and affectionate that it moved people to tears.

Under the lamp, the boy's figure was graceful and unrestrained, and his half-hidden face was gentle and affectionate.

Those eyebrows, those eyes, and that posture, in Xuan Jingchen's eyes, looked like a person.The familiar voice of Yulong that resounded throughout the Kyushu, at this moment firmly hooked her mind.

In this world, is there really an incarnation of the Eastern Emperor?

If the monarchs of the Chu Kingdom were all Eastern Emperors, would that supreme god look back at Fanchen and take a look at her tonight?

As if feeling something, the boy on the stage holding a shakuhachi with one hand held the maiden's graceful waist, and glanced at the painting boat next to him.The shining eyes, the rouge-painted corners of the eyes, the plain hand holding the shakuhachi, and the graceful and handsome posture all caught Xuan Jingchen's attention in an instant.

From a long distance, Xuan Jingchen seemed to see the boy smile.

"Zitong."

Just a smile seemed to let her pass through infinite time, across the bank of cold water, across the raging fire, and be embraced by Zhong Lisuo in his arms.

Mine, Your Majesty.

She responded softly, following Donghuang's dance steps on the stage like a witch in her arms, she fell into an illusion that did not want to wake up.

Xuan Jingchen knew that she had probably fallen into the dream created by the commanders for the common people, but just for this moment, she was a little unwilling to wake up.

The handsome young man who played the shakuhachi made her feel familiar, so familiar that he could be regarded as the highness she wanted to follow for the rest of her life.Even if it's just a short dream, as long as you can see that person again, let's indulge in it.

She really missed Zhong lisuo so much.

No one can say this longing, but it goes deep to all limbs.