prosperous power pet

Chapter 17 Sacrificial Ceremony

At Chenshi the next day, return to the market place.

The air in the morning was cool and humid, and the golden sunlight broke through the clouds and sprinkled on the towering high platform.

The Guixu platform is three feet high and is made of huge bluestone bricks. The bricks are stacked on top of each other without leaving any gaps. There are stone steps winding down on both sides.The body of the platform is like a bucket, and in the middle of it stands a stone gui made of bluestone, which goes straight into the sky, weighs the ruler of the sky, observes the shadow of the sun during the day, and observes the pole stars at night, so as to set the day and night.

Guixu Terrace is located in the southeast corner of the imperial city, where witches offer sacrifices to divination, and is an important place in the imperial city.

At this moment, there are already many figures on the Guixu stage, all of them are women in black clothes and red clothes. The skirts and cuffs are embroidered with star patterns with silver thread, and their long hair is tied behind their heads with silver ribbons.

There were eleven maidens on the stage, and nine of them formed a circle, standing awe-inspiring, with serious expressions on their faces.Among them, there is a huge double-eared bronze tripod. The legs of the tripod are in the shape of animal hooves.

Outside the circle, in the upper right corner of the high platform, there was another big drum, and the remaining two witches stood beside them, all holding their breaths with a solemn expression.

Not far away, there was a solemn Habayashi army in full dress, and they surrounded the Guixu Terrace tightly, and no one else was allowed to enter.After a while, the Habayashi army became agitated and hurriedly retreated to both sides.

As the crowd parted, walking out was Emperor Yu in a bright yellow dragon robe, followed by Zhong Huai and Chong Jin in a splendid attire.Chongjin was wearing the common attire of a witch yesterday, but today she changed into a more dignified and majestic sacrificial attire with fluttering sleeves, and her eyes are as cold as frost, as if everything around her cannot be seen.

When Emperor Yu walked up to the stone steps, the other court ladies and servants stopped automatically behind him, only Zhong Huai and Chong Jin followed behind him, climbing up the steps step by step.

Walking to the Guixu Terrace, Zhong Huai bowed his head respectfully and stayed aside, while Emperor Yu, together with Chong Jin, entered the circle formed by the witches.

The nine maidens clasped their hands in front of each other, bowed to Emperor Yu and Chongjin, and then stepped back.A maiden standing beside the drum just now held incense, handed it respectfully to Emperor Yu and Chongjin, and retreated again.

Emperor Yu and Chongjin each held three sticks, stood behind the tripod, held the incense high above their heads, and worshiped the sky.

"Boom!"

Only a deafening drum sounded, resounding throughout the palace city.

Just now another priestess next to the big drum started beating quickly with a mallet in her hand.The thunderous drumbeats sounded quickly, and the nine witches also danced lightly to the drumbeat.

Chong Jin's eyes were closed tightly, his expression was solemn, and he was muttering something.

"Heaven makes a high mountain, and the king desolates it. If you do it, the king will make it. If you do it, Qi has a barbarian trip, and your descendants will protect it. Haotian has a destiny, and the second queen will accept it. Secret. Yu Jixi, Shanjue heart, want to calm it. I will enjoy it, Wei Yang Wei Niu, Wei Tian on the right. The ceremony of the punishment of the king, the Japanese peace of the Quartet. Yigu, my king, is on the right side. I am the one Suye, fearing the power of the sky, protects it at the right time..."

As the voice of her chanting became louder, the drum beat became more and more urgent.I saw the witch dancing, her black sleeves fluttering like billowing clouds, it was truly spectacular.

The whole process lasted about half an hour, during which Emperor Yu stood beside Chongjin, with a solemn expression and frowned eyes.

Finally, the sound of the drums gradually died down, and the sound of Chongjin's chanting also gradually stopped.After the drumbeat stopped, the dancing maiden returned to her original position.

Chongjin's complexion was already pale at this time, she inserted the incense into the cauldron, turned to Emperor Yu who was at the side, and saluted, "The sacrificial ceremony has been completed, and the emperor's birthday banquet tomorrow will definitely go smoothly." After a pause, she said, "Please The emperor sits down and waits for the minister to make another divination."

"Thank you, Aiqing." Emperor Yu nodded, walked to the dragon chair in the upper left corner and sat down.

At the same time, the priestesses had already lifted the ebony long table that had been put aside to the center of the high platform, on which were placed tortoise shells, engraved knives, candlesticks and other things.

Chong Jin cleaned his hands at the side, went to the long table and sat on the ground.

She closed her eyes slightly, and calmed down for a moment, then picked up the chisel and carved it on the tortoise shell, chanting words.The divination method she uses today is called burning tortoise omens, first engraving on the tortoise shell or animal bone, and then burning it with fire to see the cracks to determine good or bad.

Fragrant mist lingered in the bronze tripod behind him, and his solemn eyebrows and eyes were also somewhat immortal.

The witches all stood with their heads down, holding their breath, and didn't hear a word.

About halfway through the burning of the incense, Chongjin put down the carving knife, picked up the tortoise shell, and put it on the lit candlestick to burn it.

Soon, the lines on the tortoise shell began to crack in all directions.

Chongjin glanced at the last lines formed on the tortoise shell, his eyes moved slightly, and he quickly lowered his lids to cover up the strange color in his eyes.

She picked up the tortoise shell, got up and bowed forward, and walked towards Emperor Yu.

"Your Majesty, God's will is clear." Chongjin said, passing the tortoise shell over.

"This is...?" Emperor Yu looked at the cracks spreading everywhere on the tortoise shell, and frowned, a little confused.

The cracks on the tortoise shell are called omens, and only Wu Si can understand the art of reading omens.

She turned the tortoise shell to face Emperor Yu, and stroked the cracks on the tortoise shell with her pale fingers, her voice was as gentle as a stream in the forest, "Please look here, Your Majesty, do you think what this pattern looks like?"

Emperor Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a while, then said hesitantly, "Look at it, it seems... a bit like a bird."

As soon as his words fell, Chong Jin suddenly knelt down, raised the tortoise shell above his head, and said in a deep voice, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have seen God's will!"

Emperor Yu was startled, staring blankly at the sign pattern on the tortoise shell, as if he didn't react for a while.

Suddenly, his face changed, and he hesitated, "You mean...?"

"What the emperor sees is the will of God. The humble minister is only responsible for conveying it." Chong Jin's expression was cold and unchanged, with a completely business-like attitude, without any expression of joy or anger.

The more she was like this, the more convinced Emperor Yu was of the divination results, and his face darkened.

I didn't expect that the result of divination would be her!

He pondered for a moment, then glanced at Chong Jin, "Ai Qing, get up first, I know it well."

"No." Chongjin got up and handed the tortoise shell to the witch behind him for safekeeping.

"The ceremony is complete, the emperor can go back to the palace first, and I will leave it to the humble minister here."

"Okay." Emperor Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, he got up and looked at Zhong Huai, "Let's drive back to the palace."

"No." Zhong Huai bowed in response, and sang loudly, "Get up—drive—back—to the palace—" As he spoke, he respectfully led the way ahead, and walked down the Guixu platform with Emperor Yu, and drove back to the palace. Xuanshi hall.

Watching Emperor Yu walk away, the Habayashi Army guarding around also began to retreat in an orderly manner.Chongjin withdrew his gaze, glanced at the two priestesses closest to him, and whispered, "Go."

The two witches agreed and left quietly.

(End of this chapter)