Lord, my wife was kidnapped by a Taoist priest

Chapter 159 The Truth About the Sacrifice

Early in the morning, before dawn, the sound of beating drums came through.

Last night after the room was tidied up, it was already very late, Yu Jue lay on the bed and thought about something, and went to bed very late.

Now hearing the sound of drums, I was so annoyed that I covered my head with the quilt.

"Miss doctor, the servants are here to help you change your clothes."

At the door, stood four court ladies.Each maid held a tray in her hand.

Yu Jue kicked the quilt away indiscriminately, got up with dark circles and opened the door for the maids. "What are you doing so early?"

Rubbing his messy hair, he turned lazily and walked into the house.

"Miss doctor, these are the costumes and jewelry needed for today's sacrificial ceremony. The servants are here to help you wash and dress."

Yu Jue washed his face and rinsed his mouth with salt water.Just being fiddled with by a few people, wearing costumes.

Because he was sleepy, he closed his eyes the whole time, and didn't see how he was being tampered with.

Immediately afterwards, breakfast was brought, and Yu Jue ate some in a daze.

"Miss doctor, please follow the servants to the sacrificial altar."

After Yujue had breakfast, he became more energetic.After standing up, I realized that I was wearing a suit.

He wears tiger leather shoes on his feet, and his waist looks like red-spotted pheasant feathers.

She remembered that she hadn't seen what she had been tampered with, so she ran to the bronze mirror.

"Ah! What is this, this is!"

Yu Jue looked at her combed-up hair, with a few green peacock feathers stuck in it.Look at the shoulders sewn on the clothes, it looks like a bone of something.

Everything is very weird.

The whole body of clothing is dark red, but has black arabesque patterns embroidered on it.

"Miss doctor, this is the costume that priests need to wear." The maid only had this explanation.

"If it's too late, please let the doctor girl go with the servants."

Yu Jue was stunned, not wanting to leave the room.

After walking out of the door with bitterness and hatred, he caught a glimpse of the other shore that was poking around the door of the opposite room.

Seeing that the protruding head was also covered with green peacock feathers, Yu Jue suddenly felt relieved.

Smiling, he jumped to the door and turned around towards the other side. "Look, master, isn't this fancy dress pretty?"

The other side's eyes dodged and did not answer.

"Master, come out quickly, let's participate in the sacrificial ceremony together."

Bi An scratched at the door frame with his fingers, trying not to expose the unexpected clothes on his head.

Yujue was curious, so he took advantage of his unpreparedness and swished into the house.

"Hahahaha!"

Yu Jue leaned forward and back with a smile, and finally squatted on the ground clutching her stomach.

Who would have thought that a man of his age would still be a man.Wearing tiger-toe shoes, other attire is no different from Yujue.But those tiger-toed shoes are worn by dolls who are not yet one year old.

Compared with Yujue's tiger leather shoes, Bian'an's shoes are more funny.

No wonder he refused to come out.

Bi An's toes are digging on the ground, and his back is firmly pressed against the wall.

His old face can't just be thrown at Bei Qiang.

There was another sound of drumming outside, and the maid immediately urged, if she didn't pass, it would be too late.

In the end, it was Yu Jue who dragged the other shore and headed all the way to the sacrificial altar.

With the bottom of the other side's dress, Yu Jue is not so embarrassed anymore.

When you come to the sacrificial platform, you can see the huge round platform on the high place.

On the steps on both sides of the round platform, there were two neat rows of soldiers, each holding a long gun.

On the flat ground under the round platform, there are people dressed the same as those on the other side, all looking down at the ground.It should be the ministers of Northern Qiang who came to participate in the sacrificial ceremony.

Yu Jue and Bi'an were not from the Northern Qiang, but were guests of the Northern Qiang Emperor.Being guided, he stood next to the empress and several highnesses and lowered his head.

Even the little Highness who was in the swaddling baby was hugged by the maid.

When the empress saw Yujue coming, she gave her a smile.

Yujue returned a slight smile.

Boom, boom, the drums sounded for the third time.

Following the sound of drums, the emperor of Northern Qiang walked up to the altar from the other side of the stairs and stood beside a square table.

The square table was covered with a red cloth, and something seemed to be covering it.

The Northern Qiang Emperor lifted up the red cloth with both hands, and Yu Jue saw sheep's and bull's heads on the table, as well as an incense burner.

Someone offered some incense and handed it to Dijun, who took it with both hands and bowed three times to heaven and earth.Insert the thumb-thick incense into the incense burner, and look into the distance.

Yu Jue followed the line of sight of the Northern Qiang Emperor, and saw a round platform on the other side of the wide square.

On the round platform, two children were tied up.

Looking at the dress, it should be a boy and a girl.

Standing beside the child were two women in chicken feather suits, one of them was holding something red in his hands.

The distance was too far, Yu Jue didn't see what it was.

The low and compact drum sounded, getting faster and louder.Until there was a bang, the drumstick hit the rim of the drum.

The child was crying with his back to his back, and he was only four or five years old.

Following the sound of the drum, the two women held a red silk cloth, and the other wrapped the silk cloth from under the child's feet.

Only then did Yu Jue belatedly realize that the sacrifice was to sacrifice the child alive!
Seeing that the red silk cloth is about to wrap around the child's neck, it will immediately wrap the face around it, wouldn't it be suffocating to death by then!
Yu Jue also forgot about sacrifices, taboos, and the Northern Qiang Emperor.Regardless of offending or not, the child must be saved.

His Highness Liang, who was standing beside the empress, had already clenched his fingers into the palm of his hand when he saw Yujue running away.

He told Yujue, but she still has to take care of this matter.

In the past, a virgin boy and a virgin were selected among the people for the annual sacrifice.Tied back to back on the altar, first wrapped with red silk, the two women chanted auspicious words for God's blessing.Then sprinkle animal fat on the red silk cloth and light it with a torch, implying sacrifice to the sky.

This year, perhaps this kind of sacrifice will change.

Yu Jue flew all the way to the altar, and the child's face was already wrapped around it.

The sobbing sound was about to disappear.

"You stop!"

Yu Jue jumped up and pushed the two women away.He hurriedly tore apart the red silk cloth, revealing the suffocated red faces of the two children.

There were tears on his face, and fear in his eyes.

On the children's foreheads, red animal blood was used to draw patterns of vines.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. It's okay."

Yu Jue half-kneeled on the ground, hugging the two children into his arms.

Seeing this, the two women came up and roughly pulled the jade ring away.

There was a gust of air around Yu Jue, and the protective cover instantly turned into a circle, separating the woman out.

The Northern Qiang emperor over there, including the empress and many ministers, watched in horror as Yu Jue did everything abruptly.

In the middle of the sacrificial ceremony, the process was interrupted for no reason, and it was considered unknown.

Almost as soon as the emperor came back to his senses, the empress rushed to the Northern Qiang emperor's side to defend Yu Jue.

"My lord, Miss Yujue is coming to Beiqiang for the first time, so she doesn't know the rules here. My lord, let me go over and explain the rules to Miss Yujue, and persuade her to come down to the altar."

Northern Qiang Emperor's eyelid muscles contracted and trembled, as if he was suppressing some irritable emotion.

"Go back quickly, the sacrificial ceremony is no joke."

With the Emperor's permission, the Empress panicked, supported by His Royal Highness Liang, and hurried to where Yu Jue was.

When they got closer, Yujue attacked first.

"Empress, what's going on here? Are the sacrificial offerings of your Northern Qiang people living people as sacrifices?! You're crazy!"

(End of this chapter)