Man Tanghong

Chapter 333 Li Shimin is back!

When Li Yuanji rushed to the Tai Chi Hall with a group of Yingying and Yanyan, the sky was completely dark.

Tai Chi Hall is brightly lit inside and outside.

Dressed in heavy mountain armor, red silk wrapped around their necks, and bronze masks on their faces, the Qianniu Beishen from the left and right Beishenfu stood like stone figurines in various places in the square in front of the hall.

In the middle of the square, there are one hundred and eight stone pillars.

On the top of each stone pillar, there is a brazier, and a raging fire is burning in the brazier, reflecting the orange-red square in front of the hall.

Under each of the stone pillars, there are several palace servants with strange costumes and uniform masks.

All of them are bent over, as if they are waiting for the dispatch of God, Jiuyou, and ghosts and gods from all directions at any time.

In the middle of the stone pillar, there is a high platform similar to an altar.

There are incense tables on the high platform, as well as three animals for offering sacrifices to the gods.

"Alang, you and Ling'er are here to watch the ceremony, and I will take my sisters to participate in the grand ceremony."

After Yang Miaoyan saw the high platform in the middle of the stone pillar, she left behind her words and hurried to the side hall on the side of the square with a group of Yingying and Yanyan.

Only Li Yuanji, Li Chengqian, and Li Ling were left standing there staring.

It was also at this moment that Li Yuanji knew that Yang Miaoyan not only organized the Nuo Opera Festival, but also brought the Yingying Yanyans from the house to participate.

In this regard, Li Yuanji can more or less understand.

After all, the Nuo Opera Festival is a sacrifice with a scale of thousands of people, and it is reasonable to use many people.

The officiant was Li Yuan, and the accompanying one was Li Jiancheng. Naturally, the others could not be replaced by servants at will.

Otherwise, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng would be humiliated, and ghosts and gods would be fooled by the way.

If the weather in the Tang Dynasty goes well in the coming year, then it will be fine.

If there is any disaster in Datang in the coming year, then this kind of thing will be brought out to make a big fuss.

Therefore, it is natural not to be sloppy with other sacrificial personnel.

The main priest is Li Yuan, and the accompanying priest is Li Jiancheng, so the other priests should be royal family members, civil and military officials.

As one of the important members of the royal family, Yang Miaoyan naturally had to participate in it.

This is also the only sacrificial activity that Yang Miaoyan can participate in as a daughter.

Because this sacrifice is a performance, there are not only many male characters, but also many female characters.

If it was replaced by other priests, Yang Miaoyan would not even be qualified to participate, let alone participate.

"Father, I want to play with my concubine."

Li Xu watched Yang Miaoyan leave with a group of Yingying Yanyan in a hurry, and couldn't help stretching her neck. While looking at the direction Yang Miaoyan was leaving, she loudly asked her father for instructions.

Li Yuanji scratched Li Xu's nose lightly, and said with a smile, "Tonight's Nuo Opera Festival is an annual festival, and it's not something you can play just because you want to.

If your grandfather stays here, you will have to give him a board. "

Hearing that he would be spanked, Li Xu pursed his lips in displeasure, and didn't say anything more.

Although she is young, she knows that her father did not deceive her in this matter.

Li Yuan is a standard feudal patriarch, and the idea of ​​patriarchy has been deeply rooted in his bones.

For the daughter of the first relative, she still treats her differently.

For the granddaughter of the concubine, I don't care even more.

Ever since Li Xu could remember, she had never seen Li Yuan smile at her.

If Li Yuan found out if he really wanted to make trouble in this kind of grand ceremony, he would definitely be punished.

However, with Li Yuanji protecting him, it was impossible for the board to fall on Li Xu.

But even so, it was enough to stop Li Xu from looking for Yang Miaoyan to play with.

Li Chengqian, Li Ling, and Li Chengye actually wanted to go too.

But after seeing what happened to Li Xu, they suppressed their curiosity and restlessness.

"I see His Royal Highness King Qi..."

"I have seen His Royal Highness King Qi..."

"..."

After spotting Li Yuanji's figure, one or two small officials who came to watch the ceremony immediately came forward to salute.

Li Yuanji just nodded slightly in response.

Among the officials who came to watch the ceremony, there was not a single person above the fifth rank.

Almost all of them are officials below the fifth rank, and Li Yuanji doesn't need to give them too much courtesy.

As for the officials above the fifth rank, they should have rushed to the side hall on the side of the Tai Chi Hall long ago to claim the sacrificial clothes and masks.

They will accompany Li Yuan to offer sacrifices together, acting as the minions around Li Yuan.

Li Yuan will arrange different identities and positions for them according to their status in his heart.

To be more specific, the higher the status, the closer to Li Yuan, the more favored and trusted in Li Yuan's heart.

On the contrary, it is unfavored and untrusted.

Li Yuanji didn't need to use this to fight for anything, nor did he need to use it to show his identity, so he had no interest in participating in the Nuo Opera Festival.

If Yang Miaoyan hadn't kindly invited him, Li Yuanji wouldn't even have come to watch the ceremony.

After all, standing foolishly in front of the Tai Chi Hall for several hours, watching a group of people foolishly dancing the Great God, is really not interesting at all.

"You! You! Go and find me some enthronement beds."

After Li Yuanji had dealt with the visits of all the petty officials, he gave orders to the eunuchs who were waiting beside him.

The eunuchs all stared at each other, and no one dared to move in a daze.

Seeing that Li Yuanji frowned slightly, one of the eunuchs with some status hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the main sacrifices for this grand ceremony are ghosts and gods from all directions.

If you sit and watch the ceremony, you will be disrespectful to the ghosts and gods in all directions.

If the saint knows, he will definitely be angry. "

Li Yuanji glanced at the eunuch who was speaking, and said flatly: "It's freezing cold, it's okay if I stand and blow the cold wind for several hours.

But my nephew, my child, is still young.

Standing and blowing the cold wind for several hours, if you get sick, can you bear it? "

The eunuch hesitated for a moment, then said with a bitter face: "Then, go and prepare some futons and furs for the young highnesses?"

Li Yuanji said again: "Help me also prepare a futon and a fur, which should be bigger."

The eunuch's face became even more bitter, but he didn't dare to refuse.

After all, this person in front of him is the only one in the Tang Dynasty who beat Wu Xun for half a dynasty in front of the Tai Chi Hall and still lived well.

Can not afford to offend.

The eunuch apologized, and hurriedly retreated with the other eunuchs. Not long after, he reappeared in front of Li Yuanji with a few futons and furs.

Li Yuanji distributed the futons and furs to Li Chengqian's four little guys.

Let them wrap themselves up tightly, and then lead them to hide in a corner on the side of the palace gate in front of the Tai Chi Hall.

It was also the first time for the four little guys to break the rules in front of many people in the Tai Chi Palace.

Not only were they not afraid, but their eyes widened in excitement, and they hid in the wide furs, looking around fiercely.

Li Yuanji stared at the four little guys, leaned against the corner of the palace wall, and rested comfortably.

Occasionally, I would look at the small officials who were huddling together to keep warm, and I would also look at the movements in the direction of the Tai Chi Hall.

About half an hour passed.

When Li Yuanji was about to fall asleep, the Nuo Opera Festival officially began.

As a high-pitched sound spread throughout the Tai Chi Hall, the dull and heavy drum music sounded together.

Li Yuan was wearing a bright yellow robe and a bronze mask that not only covered his face, but also protruded halfway, singing a strange song, dancing a strange step, bouncing up and down In the square.

Behind him, the royal family members, civil and military officials, each wearing a mask representing a certain kind of god, wearing all kinds of weird costumes full of various gods, also singing weird tunes, dancing weird songs Stepping, bouncing and appearing on the square.

It felt like a large dance competition.

Obviously funny and ridiculous.

The people who watched the ceremony looked solemn.

Li Yuan led a group of royal family members, civil and military officials, first to the high platform, and burned the sacrificial table to heaven.

Then he ordered Li Jiancheng to announce the return of the gods.

The four royal family members who acted as Fang Xiangshi led the twelve yellow gates and 120 entourages to the four directions.

Then, according to the level of the gods, they began to announce one by one, and returned to their positions one by one.

Wait until all the gods are back in place.

Li Yuan muttered a long paragraph of words that people could not understand.

Then the Nuo Opera Festival officially started.

Li Yuanji hid in the corner of the palace gate, far away from the front of the Tai Chi Hall, and also far from the high platform where Li Yuan was sitting. In addition, the sky was dark and only the brazier was shining, so he couldn't see anything clearly.

You can only see one figure after another swaying there.

From time to time, there will be weird tunes.

Li Yuanji lost interest in the Nuo Opera Festival after watching it for less than half a stick of incense.

Seeing that the four little guys of Li Chengqian couldn't see clearly, but they were still staring at the high platform in the distance with great interest and concentration, he told the four little guys to watch the show obediently and not to run around.

Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

In a daze.

There was a rush of horseshoes in the ear.

Opening his eyes slightly, he saw a black shadow passing through the hole in the palace gate beside him, heading straight for the high platform in the middle of the square of Tai Chi Hall.

Weird singing voices, terrified shouts, and angry scolding sounds instantly flooded into my ears.

"Father! It's father!"

Li Chengqian didn't know when he had dropped his fur, and was standing there jumping and shouting.

Li Yuanji originally wanted to ask, "This is that stupid man, why is he so brave, he dared to forcibly break into the Tai Chi Hall and disturb the Nuo Opera Festival at the annual Nuo Opera Festival".

After hearing Li Chengqian's shout, Li Yuanji knew who it was without asking.

Li Yuanji suddenly felt relieved of sleepiness, opened his eyes wide, and sat up excitedly, "There is a good show to watch."

While speaking, he had already stood up and greeted like a king of the mountain, "Go, little ones, follow me to watch the big show."

Li Chengqian only knew that his father, who was invincible and invincible like an invincible hero, had returned.

He didn't know what it meant for his father to come back at this time.

I don't know why his father rode his horse into the Tai Chi Palace so domineeringly, and even forced his way all the way to the Tai Chi Palace.

Hearing Li Yuanji's greeting, he moved closer to Li Yuanji's side without saying a word, grabbed Li Yuanji's little finger, and moved closer to where his father was.

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