The sick beauty faints after the king begs for death [Double Piercing Books]

During the daytime, there are two main purposes of occupying the ring, one is to secretly investigate the past origin, and the other is to prevent Li Chen from having too close contacts with Funan, and it is not good to fight or communicate.

Considering the current situation of Funan, Zhanhuan and Dayao, Yao seems to be much stronger than the other two vassal states, but in reality, Dayao’s interior is already full of scars. Once foreign troubles recur, troops will be dispatched in a short while Bluffing is acceptable, but if a big war breaks out, internal troubles will not erupt like a burning company.

He is willing to go out in the daytime, but now he is not as desperate as he was when he first came to the book—he cannot drag all the people of Yao Kingdom to risk their lives together after he can't die.

"Therefore, the first is to attack the army, and the second is to attack..." (※)

Prevention is the most important thing, if you can not fight, then don't fight.

In a blink of an eye, on the day of Lixia, according to Dayao's customs, the most important memorial ceremony on this day is to enfeoff the princes, and the Ministry of Rites will also arrange for priests of the water god and the fire god. In addition, the folks will drink Lixia tea and eat black tea Rice, children will also play egg fighting games.

Now in Zhanhuan, I heard that Li Zhen is the first year to be a priest, even if the chief of ceremonies is simple, he is too busy.

Early this morning, before dawn, we were welcomed to the altar in the suburbs south of the city during the daytime. I thought there would be no one there, but the people on the outskirts had already surrounded the altar. Three days later, it came.

When the sun showed a little morning light in the east, the high priest on the altar began to chant mantras.In order to make Bai Tian understand clearly, Li Zhen pointed him to a courtesy officer and translated Zhanhuan dialect into Dayao's official dialect for him.

The ritual officer beside him translated the incantation in a low voice. On the stage, he was offering sacrifices to the God of Vulcan.

After chanting the mantra on the stage, the priest picked up the torch from the brazier behind him. This torch is very special, made of thin pine branches one by one. The oily branches have green needles. It is not a dead branch, but the flame on the branch is burning vigorously.

The priest respectfully handed the pine branch to the king, and Li Zhen knelt down facing the sunrise east, holding the branch with both hands.

The attendant on one side brought a tray with a silver knife on it.

Looking at the priest again, he cut his left palm with a knife and squeezed it hard, blood came out immediately.

He stretched out his bloody hand to the flame of the pine branch that Li Zhen held high above his head, the blood dripped, arousing the madness of the flame, and the flame jumped up suddenly, as if greedily trying to suck the blood from his wound.

The courtiers and common people watching the ceremony couldn't help whispering, but this was not over yet, and an even more astonishing scene happened shortly afterwards. The priest folded his hands together, and put his palms directly on the flame to bake them.

The flames wrapped his hands, but the priest didn't feel any pain. He closed his eyes and sang the sacrificial song again.

The ceremonial officer explained to Bai Tian: "The high priest is offering the most sincere offering to the God of Fire."

Bai Tian nodded, expressing his understanding, thinking in his heart, probably his hands were painted with beeswax.

After singing the sacrificial song, the priest withdrew his hands and pressed his bloody left hand on Li Zhen's forehead, saluting the blood that had received the holy fire, which was the priest's highest respect to the king.

After receiving the prostration ceremony, Li Zhen got up respectfully and walked to the Vulcan lamp that had been set up on the edge of the altar.

The Vulcan lamp is a huge shallow container. Li Zhen ignited the fuel inside with a pine branch, and the fire suddenly ignited. I don't know what was added in it. The flames are colorful and beautiful.

The next step is to sacrifice to the water god, which is still a sacrifice song and ceremony.During the day, he sat on the seat and pretended to be very interested, but in fact he was bored watching.

Finally, the last part of the whole sacrifice was expected, which required King Zhanhuan to pick up the holy water and extinguish the divine fire in the Vulcan cup, in order to pray for the harmony of Yin and Yang in Zhanhuan and good weather.

Li Zhen stood still in front of the Vulcan lamp, which was as high as his waist and about the size of a carriage wheel. To extinguish such a pot of flames, water is indispensable.

Sure enough, four servants brought over a silver tripod that was similar in size to the Vulcan cup, each of them supported a foot, and slowly lifted the tripod to the height of the god cup.Li Zhen was on one side, holding the body of the tripod with his hands, and recited a long series of prayers, and the five of them worked together to slowly tilt the mouth of the silver tripod.

Following Li Zhen's order, the clear spring in the cauldron gushed out and poured on the holy fire in the god's cup.

Unexpectedly, the holy fire that should have been extinguished seemed to be fueled by fire.

The flames suddenly rose for more than ten feet, and the flames became brighter, and then exploded in all directions.

No one expected such an accident to happen...

Li Zhen's girdle immediately caught fire, and the fringed material of his girdle and girdle seemed to be flammable.

Huo came alive and wrapped around his waist in an instant.

Even though he was a king with extraordinary bearing, he was not surprised at all, but also frightened.What's more, his clothes are thin, and the blazing flames can roast his flesh in an instant.

The attendant who was waiting by his side immediately picked up the available things around him and swat the fire dragon on his waist.But the fire seemed to be endowed with supernatural power by Vulcan, and it couldn't be extinguished no matter how you beat it.

Bai Zhou said urgently to Chen Xingning who had been standing by his side, "Hurry up! Hurry up and save him!"

Chen Xingning took the order, looked around, pulled up the mat on the ground, jumped onto the altar, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty offended you." After saying that, he wrapped the mat around him, and hugged him on the altar Roll on the ground.

The holy fire, like hell's demon fire, was suppressed.

Look at the clothes around Li Zhen's waist that have been burned to pieces, and the flesh and clothes are in a mess.Crouching on the ground, I don't know if my mind is still awake.

The priests and attendants occupying the ring on the stage knelt on the ground. In a panic, Li Xueer asked the guards to clear the venue quickly, evacuated the people watching the excitement, and asked Feng Jiyi to come and treat Li Chen on the spot.

Things stopped, it was past noon.

Don't look at Li Xue'er's swiftness in clearing the scene, the people who occupy the ring have also seen the chaos of the god sacrifice.

Rumors spread like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. First, it is said that this is the god of water and fire, and that the imbalance of yin and yang will cause disasters and chaos.

As long as the public opinion is together, it will be uncontrollable to spread it within a day or two. It is said that Li Zhen has no descendants, but he is actually thinking of Bai Jing, the monarch of Yao Kingdom. Since accepting the princess, he has never touched her at all.What's more, the monarch of the Yao Kingdom is actually a monster who is in trouble.

A few days later, someone added more information, saying that the demon king of the Yao Kingdom secretly encouraged the king to be an enemy of Funan, in fact, he wanted the two countries to fight with each other, and check and balance at one stroke.

At that time, he came to Zhanhuan with a young and kind appearance, risked his soldiers, risked half his life, defeated the little prince who was valued by the former king, and planted the seeds of confusion in Li Chen's heart. Now he has made a comeback, and the seeds have broken through .

The God of Water and Fire couldn't bear to see Occupation Huan being in trouble, so he used sacrifices to mention Li Zhen's calamity.

Li Zhen rested for five or six days because of his burns, and the injury slowed down a little. On the first day when he went to court, several important ministers joined forces to report the matter. .

Several important ministers knelt down and watched their king lose his temper. After he calmed down a little bit, Fuguo Zuo Cheng kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty calm down. Now that the public opinion has turned, if your Majesty goes back to the source, even if you kill the instigator , it will only make the ignorant people feel that the king is violently flattening public opinion, hindering the hearts of all people, and even hindering the king's posthumous reputation..."

Li Zhen was still pacing up and down the hall angrily, like a caged beast going mad in a cage.

He liked Bai Jing, and he did plot against his younger brother Li Jiu back then.

But in fact, if it's a collusion with Bai Jing, it's better to say it's Xiao Bai Jing's improvisation.

In the snake cave, Li Zhen conspired with the envoys to let the long-ringed snake attack him. Bai Jing really saved him without thinking at first.Then, I don't know where he saw the flaws in Li Zhen's calculations at a young age, and when his life was hanging by a thread, he still used the schemes, and understated a single testimony, which damaged Li Jiu.

Li Zhen got what he wanted, and Bai Jing was valued by the first emperor because of this, and he won the world of Dayao.

It is precisely because of this that Li Zhen felt that Bai Jing was like a little poisonous snake, and he was poisoned by the little poisonous snake again, so he couldn't stop liking him.

But he knows very well that this child who knows how to plot snakes at a young age has a very big heart, and he will never be trapped by his liking.

These sentiments, after Bai Jing returned to the Yao Kingdom, gradually faded over time. A few years later, Li Jiu disappeared, and this past became a taboo of royal secrets, and no one mentioned it anymore.

Now, who is it who not only turned over the old account, but also spread the matter to the public to add fuel and vinegar, everyone knows.

Could it be that Li Jiu is back...

Ever since Mrs. Tai said that the imperial physician Ye Qinglan was Li Jiu, Li Zhen secretly checked Ye Qinglan with someone, and was surprised to find that this person was actually the prince of Yao Kingdom. It's Li Jiu.

Apart from peace of mind, seeing the relationship between the prince and Bai Jing is ambiguous, sticky, and a little sour in his heart.

"Kings……"

Fuguo Zuo Cheng saw his king walking around in the hall like a willow, and finally couldn't help calling him, "Rumours stop with the wise, the king just needs to do some practical actions to let the people of the world know that the truth is not true." As the public opinion says, that's it."

After he said this, he saw the expression of his king, who had eaten flies and couldn't tell, and the guess in his heart became clear—it was true that Li Chen had the king of Yao in his heart. Before the other party came to visit, it had been secretly spread in the royal family, and it was not all speculation.

In fact, Li Zhen had long felt that he was destined to have nothing to do with Bai Jing in this life, but he was angry at first when Li Xia's sacrifice made him jump around.

During the few days of recuperation, people went to investigate the cause and effect of the incident, but nothing was found.

On the contrary, the high priest came several times and whispered in his ear, saying that it was the divine will that made the king obey the will of heaven.

Li Chen seemed to believe it but not to believe it.

As a result, when he arrived at Chaoshang, he suddenly learned that the public opinion had flooded in the past few days, and he was so angry that the wound on his waist was burning.

Seeing that Zuo Cheng was still kneeling in the hall, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "What Yi Yunqing means, what should happen next?"

Fuguo Zuo Cheng bowed his head and said: "It is true that the king has no concubines so far, I am afraid that the yin and yang of the king and the concubine are not in harmony, and I ask the king to value the children and the community, not to favor the concubine alone, it is better to expand the concubines appropriately. As for the other point, the comments related to Funan, we have always been in harmony with Funan, and after a while, the comments will naturally fade."

Li Zhen was upset.

Concubine Nabuna put aside for now, he is not without covetousness for Funan, he arranged someone to be beside the queen of Funan Tu Ajia early in the morning.But in this way, he was suddenly choked by the voice of the people, so he had to stop for a while.

Sometimes he even wondered, after capturing Funan, would he have the strength to fight against Yao?

If Zhanhuan is strong enough, when he makes a request to Dayao, will the person in his heart be willing to come to him for the sake of the country and the people...

--------------------

The author has something to say:

※From "Sun Tzu's Art of War"