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Everyone in the hall suddenly changed their colors, even Feng Yuanpo's eyes showed surprise, and the air seemed to freeze, but soon Feng Yuanpo asked in a deep voice: "When will you arrive? How many people have you brought? Are you here?" Already entered the Heavenly Palace?"

The visitor reported: "Reporting to Governor Feng, he only brought five followers, and now he has arrived outside the main gate of the Temple of Heaven, but the Holy Majesty has not summoned him, and Chi Liandian has already gone to the auxiliary hall."

"Oh?" Feng Yuanpo asked, "Is he not planning to come to Wuping Mansion?"

"He has sent word that tomorrow will be the birthday ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. Since the birthday ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is held in Tiangong, he is in Tiangong now, so it is not easy to toss back and forth." Rest in the palace."

"Oh?" Feng Yuanpo stroked his beard thoughtfully, then sharpness appeared in his eyes, and he sneered, "Since Chiliandian is on the side of Tiangong, there is only Chibei in Fanmen City, and there is no Chiliandian." Even if it is the sharpest, it is nothing to be afraid of."

"Did the commander-in-chief think of a countermeasure?" Feng Tianxiao asked hurriedly.

Feng Yuanpo pondered for a while, and finally said: "Tian Xiao, you need to go to this matter yourself, but after you arrive at Fanmen, you must follow my instructions, there must be no mistakes, can you do it? "

Feng Tianxiao cupped his hands immediately and said: "My child is willing to issue a military order!"

"Okay, let's issue a military order." Feng Yuanpo said solemnly: "If something goes wrong, even if you are my son, you must follow the military law...!"

Feng Tianxiao didn't hesitate, asked someone to bring a pen and paper, and issued a military order, Feng Yuanpo summoned Feng Tianxiao to come closer, and ordered in a low voice, Feng Tianxiao frowned slightly, but still nodded slightly, Feng Yuanpo immediately He also asked Wei An to come closer, and ordered in a low voice, Wei An respectfully said: "Don't worry, Feng Du, the humble officer is also willing to follow the example of the young marshal, and issue a military order in public!"

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The birthday ceremony was held as scheduled.

The art troupe who participated in the birthday ceremony had already set out for Tiangong as ordered before dawn, while many officials from the Ministry of Rituals, headed by Yang Zhen, had already arrived at Tiangong on the first day.

The birthday ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is naturally a rare event for the Great Qin Empire, and it is also the most critical moment for the guards of the Heavenly Palace.

Although ordinary people cannot easily approach the Tiangong, the construction of the Tiangong has not been completely completed, and there are still tens of thousands of civilians who are still here, a mixed bag of fish and dragons. Naturally, the safety work must be greatly strengthened.

Although the Royal Guards led by Xuanyuan Shao were protecting the Temple of Heaven, the main force guarding the Heavenly Palace was the Hexi Imperial Guards led by Feng Polu.

Almost all of the [-] Hexi imperial guards were transferred to the vicinity of Tiangong, and were stationed on the periphery of Tiangong.

This time, in addition to the big and small officials, many famous people in Hexi also came to the birthday ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. Even the people in Hexi, although they cannot enter the Heavenly Palace, they can still get close to the Heavenly Palace and take a look at the outside of the Heavenly Palace. The wall, according to the previous regulations, within ten miles of the Heavenly Palace, common people are not allowed to approach. This rule is naturally an exception on this special day. The emperor wants to celebrate with the people, so naturally he must send a group of soldiers to maintain order. Beware of people with ulterior motives taking advantage of the situation, the patrol team has also greatly increased.

On the square in front of the Temple of Heaven, there are already banners and flags waving, the Pixiu flag, the six-barge flag, and the golden dragon flag are fluttering in the wind. On the grand square, eight tall platforms have been built.

The orientation of these eight platforms is also very particular, they are built according to the orientation of the gossip, and the eight platforms, four black and four white, are very conspicuous.

When Chu Huan came to the Tiangong with the Peacock Terrace, he was already amazed in his heart. Although he knew that every brick and tile of the Tiangong contained the blood and tears of the people all over the world, but the uncanny craftsmanship, apart from other things, only talked about it. The methods of those craftsmen are really amazing.

The art troupe in Wuping Mansion, under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites of Hexi, set off from Wuping Mansion to Tiangong before dawn.

This time, for the birthday ceremony, the management of affairs mainly fell on the Hexi Ministry of Rites. As for Beijing officials like Xue Huai'an, they could not intervene in all matters, and could only offer some constructive suggestions.

And the protagonist who presides over this birthday ceremony is the Xuanzhen Daozong, the head of the Tao of Longevity.

In addition to the eight most conspicuous large platforms on the square, a row of wooden houses were temporarily built near the palace wall. Although they were only temporary, they were very elegant and orderly.

There are wooden signs above the doors of this row of wooden houses. At the beginning, many officials and gentry present couldn't figure out what it was, but when the art troupe arrived, everyone understood that it was A temporary dress-up house specially set up for the art troupe, offering sacrifices to heaven and celebrating birthdays, mainly for celebrations. Naturally, art troupe performances are indispensable. There are a total of 36 art troupes, large and small, in Hetian Palace. The 36 houses built have the name of the art troupe on the door. Before the performance, these art troupes can change clothes and rest in it, and before the performance, there will be a special person to summon them. If they are not summoned, they can leave the house without authorization. , will be severely punished.

Although these art troupes are all well-known, in the eyes of the world, they are only low-level figures. The performance of this festival is already a great grace of the emperor, but such a group of people are of course not qualified to go around in Tiangong except for performing skills. hang around.

The temporary house of Peacock Terrace is the last one. Compared with the dozens of houses in front, the last two houses are obviously much larger. Except for Peacock Terrace, the other one is the Zhen Bandit next door. wind.

In Nuoda's room, only five people from the Peacock Terrace came, and when they passed the sentry post, they also passed strict inspections.

Chu Huan was currently studying the Lotus Terrace in the front room.

Although it is a temporary house, the interior of the house is divided into front and back rooms by wooden boards, apparently for the convenience of men and women from various art troupes not mixing together.

As the name suggests, the lotus flower stand is a lotus-shaped prop, like two lotus flowers interlocking at the bottom, with one side facing down and the other side facing up. In fact, the lotus flower stand is not very big. The lotus flower stand is obviously made of wood, but it is obviously not ordinary. The wood is beautiful in shape and exquisite, and the eight lotus petals are blooming brightly, and the lotus stamens are also exquisitely crafted. Chu Huan walked around the lotus platform, and the hairy horse beside him smiled and said softly: "Bamboo hero, this thing It looks big, but it doesn’t have much weight, even with a girl, it’s very easy to lift it up.”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "I'm not worried that I won't be able to lift it up, but this lotus platform is quite narrow. With such a small space, can the girl show her dancing skills on it?"

"Don't worry, Bamboo Hero, this is the girl's special skill. If someone else is performing on the lotus platform, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand firmly." Mao Renju said softly: "The Bamboo Warrior will know the girl's skill Dance skills. But look at the situation, we have to wait for a long time, and we won't be able to get our turn in a while. The officials of the Ministry of Rituals said that we will postpone it. When it is our turn, at least it will take several hours, Bamboo University Xia Da can take a rest first...!"

Chu Huan had already moved to the window, looked through the window lattice, and saw people coming and going on the square, most of them were officials and gentry in fine clothes, and there were also eunuchs and maids walking back and forth. The art troupe came out, went to the eight stages, and began to perform skills. Chu Huan knew that there were so many art troupes in today’s event, and it was impossible for the emperor to watch all the performances. Most of the art troupes would still perform for others to watch after all. He Zhenkoufeng's treatment is much better than other art troupes, so it is very likely that the last performance the emperor watched was these two art troupes.

Chu Huan's eyes were like lightning, and he scanned every figure in his eyes, but found that although there were people coming and going, he did not see soldiers patrolling, not to mention soldiers, even the people with weapons were missing.

Now that I think about it, before entering the Heavenly Palace, they are inspected, and the inspection on weapons is the strictest. No matter who enters the Heavenly Palace, no matter who they are, they are not allowed to carry weapons.

"Huh...!" Chu Huan glanced around, his eyes suddenly fixed, Mao Renju saw it from the side, and following Chu Huan's gaze, he saw a general in silver armor slowly heading towards the Temple of Heaven on the square. Walking past the gate of the palace, not to mention that this person is very conspicuous in silver armor, but in terms of size, he is also very conspicuous, not because of how tall this person is, on the contrary, this person is extremely short in stature, he must be like an ordinary person, Also shorter than half a head.

This person did not wear a weapon. Obviously, this birthday ceremony is equal to everyone. No matter who it is, no one can carry a weapon into the Heavenly Palace. Although this silver armor general is not tall, when he walks past others, he looks better. If there is a tall person next to someone's neck, it may even only reach the other person's chest.

Chu Huan's eyebrows were furrowed, and his expression had become serious. Mao Renju watched from the side. Seeing Chu Huan's expression, he asked in a low voice, "Hero Bamboo, who is that man? You seem to know him."

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, but we should be able to guess it."

"Oh?"

"The standard of his armor can only be worn by governor-level feudal officials." Chu Huan said softly: "It is said that there are three governors who came to participate in the birthday ceremony, Governor Hujing, The Governor of Anyi and the Governor of Liaodong, this person is one of these three most likely."

Although Chu Huan said so, he was already certain in his heart that if nothing else happened, this short silver-armored general would most likely be Chi Liandian, the governor of Liaodong.

He is short in stature, but full of imposing manner, and exudes a cold and stern aura from all over his body. When walking, every step he takes is a pure soldier's demeanor.

Chu Huan knew Yuan Chongshang, and Yuan Chongshang was also a military commander, but since the person in front of him was not Yuan Chongshang, he could only be Chi Liandian. Chu Huan was still wondering whether Chi Liandian would really come to participate in the sacrifice. Birthday, after all, the land of Hexi is not a good place. Looking at Chiliandian at this moment, it is obvious that he has no fear of Hexi.

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