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On October 17th of the [-]th year of Dachu Deqing, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the drum music of the imperial mausoleum in the western suburbs of the imperial city shook the sky, and the court honor guards and drum bands that spread for several miles played low and heavy ancient music.

The yellow mantle towers to the sky, and the figures of officials and Taoist priests of Qintianjian can be seen everywhere, and the descendants of dragons and grandchildren are mixed in it.

The figure of the dry prince naturally also appeared in it, but the dry prince that everyone saw seemed to have aged a lot in a short period of time, and looked very listless.

Originally, the prince made a ten-day appointment with the eldest princess to talk about it in the Golden Palace. Unfortunately, the news that the eldest princess has recently spread is that she is ill, and the illness is not serious. Not to mention the theory in the Golden Palace, even going out of the palace is a bit embarrassing. , so the dry prince was full of anger, and went in and out of the yamen of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple continuously, reprimanding them for not doing things well. In the end, it was nothing more than that.

People with ulterior motives are naturally full of joy when they see Lord Gan's old age, but most people see this issue with a kind of sympathy when seeing Lord Gan come to mourn his grandchildren.

The Temple of Heaven set up by the Imperial Mausoleum is full of Taoist priests, with a solemn expression, while Xuanyang Master He Tongyan, the Great Master of the Chu Kingdom, really looks like a fairy with a strong demeanor. Standing in front of the sacrificial tripod, his face is a little pale, Mixed with the white beard, white flowers, the top-notch Taoist robe has a novel style, which looks quite mysterious.

The officials stood respectfully and solemnly under the Temple of Heaven, waiting for their emperor to come to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

"The Emperor is here!"

A sharp cry tore through the tranquility of the Imperial Mausoleum and the Temple of Heaven. All the officials held their breath. Soon, they saw their emperor, the most powerful man on the continent, wearing a sacred yellow robe and a symbol of power. Under the guidance of the eunuch and Qin Tianjian Jianhou, he walked slowly towards the Temple of Heaven majestically.

There are many and dense bead curtains on the crown, covering the face of this Ninth Five-Year Venerable, the faintly revealed serious and gloomy face.

The princes, the relatives of the emperor, the prominent officials in Kyoto, and the Taoist guards present all shouted "Long live" and knelt down on the ground, expressing the highest respect to this man and their emperor.

Although Emperor Deqing was incomparably majestic, his steps were a bit vain, accepting the worship of his subjects, and slowly climbed up to the Temple of Heaven.

Master Xuanyang led the Taoist priests in the Temple of Heaven to salute, and said in a low and solemn voice that was not full of energy: "The sacrifice to heaven begins!"

When the imperial mausoleum was offering sacrifices, in the depths of the imperial palace, in a very old-looking palace, a man with a long shawl was standing in front of the palace, looking at the sun in the sky with almost malicious eyes.

This is the Wuyan Palace, and it is also the most deserted place in the Great Chu Palace.

There are almost no eunuchs here, let alone court ladies, everything looks very old-fashioned.

Many people privately call this place the "Eaves Palace", the place where people who are lingering under the eaves live.

This place seems to have been completely forgotten. There are no visitors or visitors. There is only endless loneliness and desolation. The only fair thing is that you can also enjoy the sunshine here, or the moisture of the rain.

The long man stretched out his hands, facing the sky as if praying, the muscles on his ugly face twisted, and he cursed viciously in his mouth: "You will all die, no one will be left, you will all die, no one will be left...! "

He cursed the weird words over and over again.

In the dark corner behind him, a pair of ghostly eyes looked at him, watching him curse, watching him gradually collapse to the ground, watching him let out a burst of almost cruel laughter.

"You said, will they die?" After a burst of hysterical venting, the long man slumped on the ground, his voice suddenly became extremely calm, like a scheming person discussing a very important matter with his subordinates. important things.

The owner of those ghostly eyes suddenly appeared from the corner of the room. He was dressed in black and black trousers, with a bamboo hat on his head, and a black veil hanging down to cover his blurred face. He was like a ghost who came out of hell.

"Everyone will die!" The man in the bamboo hat not only looks like a ghost, but even his voice seems to come from hell, slow and hoarse.

The long man suddenly became extremely elegant, took out a white silk from his arms, wiped his mouth lightly, and said calmly: "You are right, everyone will die, you will too, I will too, of course they will too meeting."

The man in the bamboo hat didn't speak, just stood in the corner like a lonely ghost.

"You are a lonely ghost, and so am I." The long man showed a cruel smile: "It has been 21 years, while they worshiped their ancestors like dogs, but I have to endure the biting heartache here. "

The man in the bamboo hat is listening.

"In the dead of night, I often ask myself, since they have abandoned me, why do I put myself with them with a stern face, why do I feel distressed because of these things that I can't enjoy." The long man's voice is cold Ru Hanbing: "Now I may understand why I feel so distressed, because I cherish the gang of despicable and shameless guys passed down by my ancestors. Only I am the one chosen by the ancestors, so seeing It breaks my heart to have wise ancestors desecrated by these filthy bastards."

The voice of the man in the bamboo hat was hoarse: "People's hearts are endless, and dust is not clean!"

"Yes, those filthy guys, only if their hearts are silenced and their hearts are buried in the ground to rot, there will be no dust in the world." The long man gritted his teeth: "That's why my ancestors let me live in this world, Just to let me sweep the dust, do you understand? Do you understand?"

"I understand." The bamboo hat man said slowly: "So I will help you sweep up the dust."

The long man slowly got up from the ground, turned around, his shoulders heaved up and down, his right leg was bent in an arc, and he walked towards the bamboo hat man in a deformed posture.

He turned out to be a lame man!

Walking to a dark corner, the tall man stood in front of the man in the bamboo hat, looking at the man in the bamboo hat as if looking at a beautiful woman, and as affectionate as looking at his own lover, stretched out his left hand into the black veil of the man in the bamboo hat , gently stroking the face of the man in the bamboo hat, and said softly: "In this world, only you really understand me, and only you are really good to me."

The bamboo hat man stood firmly like a stone sculpture, motionless, letting the ugly long man caress his face.

I don't know how long it took before the tall man withdrew his left hand. If you look closely, you will find that this man's left hand has six fingers.

The tall man sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid my mother is already waiting."

His right leg was bent in an arc, and he walked backwards in a deformed posture, and the man in the bamboo hat followed him like a shadow.

Walking through the corridor, I came to a small courtyard. A tall man pushed the door and entered. In the entire Wuyan Palace, this place may be the cleanest place. The few flowers and plants in the courtyard also made the lifeless Wuyan Palace slightly calm. A trace of anger.

The face of the tall man, who had always been crazy and cold, immediately became gentle after stepping on the bluestone slab in the yard, like a progressive young man full of vitality.

He walked slowly to the hut in the yard, gently opened the door, and a sandalwood scent came out from inside.

The room is very simple, without too many cumbersome things. There is only a mourning hall, where three animals and five animals are enshrined, and the sandalwood in the sandalwood burner permeates the whole room.

In the middle of the mourning hall, there is a spiritual tablet.

"Great Chu Xiaoxian Concubine Lan!"

The tall man walked slowly to the coffin, knelt down on the futon in front of the coffin, gazed affectionately at the writing on the coffin, and said softly, "Mother, my son is here to see you."

The man in the bamboo hat lit incense and offered it to the tall man, who rubbed the incense on the incense burner, and the green smoke floated up.

"Mother, my son is still alive, so you don't have to worry, I will let all those dirty beasts who owe you go to the ground to apologize to you." The long man murmured: "Mother has always believed in her son, and my son has never let you down." .”

He respectfully kowtowed nine times to the spiritual tablet, his forehead was swollen, but he seemed very satisfied, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said softly: "Those filthy bastards who blasphemed their ancestors, today, I will let them Put on a good show, I'm going to make the old bastard very angry, the old bastard always made you angry when you were alive, so on a day like today, I'm going to make him angry, make him angry, make him angry in front of his ancestors Shame."

The tall man turned out to be a prince!

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens in the imperial mausoleum went smoothly. The national teacher said those clichés of praise and praise, promoting the great achievements of the great Chu emperors. From the words of the national teacher, it seemed that every generation of great Chu emperors were heroes who descended from heaven to help mankind.

Even though the officials were already used to this kind of cliché, none of them dared to show a trace of boredom or impatience, as if they were listening to the melody of fairy music, and seemed to be intoxicated by it.

Emperor Deqing sat quietly in front of the giant tripod in the Temple of Heaven, calm and serene.

The wish of the national teacher went well, and the instructions of the heavens, the national fortune of the Great Chu Kingdom is prosperous, and the blessings of Tianzuo are here, so the country is as solid as a mountain and the people are as safe as a mirror.

Those tedious and complicated procedures were going on in an orderly manner, and under the rays of the sun, everything seemed beautiful.

To the east of the Temple of Heaven, the three princes of the Great Chu Kingdom knelt quietly on the ground. No one could see through their thoughts, only seeing the gorgeous appearance of the three princes.

In the center is the second prince Liu Ziyin, on the left is the fourth prince Liu Zifu, and on the right is the third prince Liu Zizheng in full armor.

Liu Zizheng is the Dragon Wing General of the Beizhen Army. Apart from the Tianwei General of the Great Chu Kingdom, he is the most powerful figure guarding the northern border. hurry back.

The most powerful army in the Great Chu Kingdom is naturally the Yongzhou Northwest Army and the Beizhen Army guarding the northern line.

The army of the Northern Township is the largest in the Great Chu Kingdom. It is deployed along the Great Wall, from the northeast to clamp down on the North Khitan, all the way south to the Yanmen Fortress to defend against the most powerful enemy of the Great Chu, Beihu, and to the northwest end, the battle line is extremely long , the large number of people is also the heaviest burden of the Great Chu Kingdom.

However, since more than ten years ago, Northern Khitan has become the resource and mineral nest of Great Chu, and many resource problems have been solved nearby. Therefore, the national power of Great Chu has always been prosperous, there are no major worries inside and outside, and the internal armament of Great Chu is seriously slack.

The commander-in-chief of the Beizhen Army is of course General Tianwei. In addition, there are six generals with the character of Long. In addition to Liu Zizheng, who is the Dragon Wing General in the first section of Mobei, there are also Long Teng, Long Xiang, Long Qin, and Long Meng. , the five generals of Longya, who are in charge of each section, are also rare generals in the Great Chu Kingdom.

Although General Longyi has the same rank as the other five generals with dragon characters, Liu Zizheng is the prince after all, and his power is naturally greater than that of the other five generals with dragon characters. Undoubtedly, he is the most powerful figure in the Beizhen Army, and also the most powerful figure in the military among the princes.

Although Liu Zizheng is only 26 years old, his martial arts cultivation is already a six-door warrior, he is even more talented in commanding troops, and he is extremely brave. He has always been loved by Emperor Deqing.

Today, Liu Zizheng offered sacrifices to heaven and worshiped his ancestors. He was dressed in a military uniform and looked majestic, which was quite different from the cold and cautious appearance of the second and fourth princes.

Liu Zizheng's skin is very dark and rough, his body is strong and burly, he looks like a warrior, his appearance is very masculine, with a thick beard, at first glance, he seems to be several times older than the second prince Liu Ziyin However, his eyes are sharp and resolute. People who see his eyes will be intimidated by the power in their bones. At the same time, they also believe that in this world, there may be nothing that can defeat this prince general.

In the place closest to the Temple of Heaven, there is a person kneeling alone, wearing a beaded crown and a jade robe, his body trembling slightly.

Of course, it is the current crown prince of the Great Chu Kingdom, the possible emperor in the future, and His Royal Highness the prince of the princes.

The prince seemed very restless, his body was always moving restlessly, and he even looked back at his three brothers from time to time. In his view, the three brothers behind him were like three sharp knives. When it was time to pierce his heart from behind.

Such as the awn in the back, such as the throat in the throat!

The cumbersome ceremony has reached the final stage, and many ministers' legs are a little aching. Finally, Master Xuanyang waved his whisk and said loudly: "The prince worships the ancestors, and presents the offering!"

In the etiquette of the Great Chu Kingdom, the royal family worshiped the heavens and ancestors, and the princes had to present their own carefully prepared sacrifices to express their respect for their ancestors.

Emperor Deqing of the Great Chu Kingdom sat in front of the huge cauldron, motionless, and not far behind him, the Taoist priests had already set up four desks made of black fine wood, which were where the princes worshiped.

The crown prince and the three princes held the gift boxes handed in by their subordinates in their hands, and walked to the table in an orderly manner. After the prince put down the sacrificial ceremony, the other three princes put the sacrificial ceremony on their respective desks together.

The three princes knelt down in front of their respective cases, bowed nine more times, and then retreated to the place where they knelt before.

Master Xuanyang, the national teacher, walked slowly to the desk, and said loudly: "Open the sacrificial ceremony, and honor the emperor!"

Four little Taoist priests filed out, carefully opened the sacrificial boxes of the four princes, and then stepped back lightly.

The national teacher shouted loudly from the left: "The second prince sacrificed, and the tribute rice is one liter, which means that our people will have food and the country will be safe!"

"The three princes sacrificed a saber, meaning to protect the land and the border, and the world is peaceful!"

"The sacrifice of the four princes is on the silk side, which means that the people have something to wear and prosperity!"

These ceremonies are nothing special for the four of them, they are just about Anji. The ministers all know that although these are very common ceremonies, they are the most suitable ones. The three princes handled them quite well and very properly. .

So everyone was looking forward to hearing what kind of sacrifice the prince would offer, after all, he was the crown prince of the country, so there was always something different.

The national teacher walked to the crown prince's desk, looked at the sacrificial box, and did not call out immediately, but looked at the prince in surprise, and the prince was also looking at the national teacher at this time, but seeing the national teacher frowned, his heart Suddenly, an ominous premonition swept through his body.

Under the suspicious eyes of all the ministers, the national teacher did not call out the prince's sacrifice, but walked quickly to Emperor Deqing and whispered a few words in his ear, so everyone saw Emperor Deqing stand up slowly.

The bead curtain of the Ninth Five-Year Lord obscured his expression, and his majestic body was slowly walking towards the prince's desk.

The ministers immediately had an ominous premonition, and the princelings were even more nervous, while many courtiers gloated at their misfortune.

The second prince Liu Ziyin and the fourth prince Liu Zifu prostrated themselves on the ground, slowly raised their heads, and saw Emperor Deqing standing quietly in front of the prince's desk with his hands behind his back, the dull power of the sky made the air in the entire imperial mausoleum suddenly cold down.

The second prince and the fourth prince looked at each other the same way, with weird smiles on the corners of their mouths, and this smile disappeared at the same time in the blink of an eye.

Emperor Deqing raised his head slowly, through the bead curtain, he cast his cold eyes on the prince, after a long time, he said coldly: "You did a good job!" Being kicked over, the sacrificial box on the table fell down, and the contents inside immediately spilled on the roof.

Nothing special, just bits of dirt and a piece of loosely chopped ginger.

This thing is so ordinary that ordinary people will never be able to see what kind of mystery is hidden in it, but the courtiers present are well aware that the faces of the princeling officials are already pale, with sweat dripping down their cheeks dc down.

Emperor Deqing stepped down from the Temple of Heaven with his hands behind his back, threw all the princes and ministers behind him, and left here. The eunuchs and Yulin guards hurriedly guarded the surroundings, and the ministers watched their emperor disappear into the sacrificial field .

The prince was limp on the ground, trembling all over, unable to utter a word, he stared straight at the dirt and ginger, and after an unknown amount of time, he saw an eunuch rushing over, shouting in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty! Order to call the Crown Prince, Second Prince, Third Prince, and Fourth Prince to the Imperial Mausoleum for an audience!"

The prince got up from the ground in embarrassment, looking at the three imperial brothers under the Temple of Heaven, a deep hatred flashed across his eyes, as if seeing his eternal enemy, with the killing intent in his bones.

The third prince Liu Zizheng got up quickly, and said in a deep voice: "Father called us, let's go quickly." Seeing that the prince's feet were soft, he ran over quickly, and said in a low voice, "Brother prince, are you alright?" He went to help the prince , but was pushed away fiercely by the prince, and said coldly: "Don't be a good person in front of me."

The third prince was taken aback, shook his head helplessly, and ignored it, the armor on his body slammed loudly, and he took big strides towards the Imperial Mausoleum not far away.

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