Wentang

Chapter 105
"I don't know why Chang is looking for me?"

"I heard that my Taoist school has produced another young hero. I wanted to visit him a long time ago, but I couldn't make the trip because of the mundane affairs. I was lucky to meet you here today, and I came here to see you. I hope you will forgive me for the abruptness." Li Chunfeng smiled lightly. road.

"I don't dare to be a hero. I was just lucky enough to be taught by the teacher, but I was not included in the door wall. I dare not call myself a doorman." Yue Shan shook his head.

Hearing what Li Chunfeng said about "a Taoist hero", Yue Shan immediately confirmed his guess.He came to test his position, or to win him over on behalf of the Taoist sect.

Infiltrating Taoism and Confucianism was originally his plan, and he naturally had 1 wishes in his heart.But he knew very well what it means to sell for a price, and how could he let go so easily when he didn't get enough benefits for himself.

Sure enough, hearing the alienation implied in his words, Li Chunfeng seriously flashed a glimmer of gloom.But there is still a sincere smile on his face:
"Viscount Yue, don't underestimate yourself, but all the immortals in the world only find you, which is the most recognition of you. Although you don't have the name of master and apprentice, you have the reality of master and apprentice."

"Perhaps they no longer have a sect view in their hearts, so they didn't include you in the gate wall."

"Hehe... I hope so, thank you Daoist for your relief, I feel much more comfortable in my heart." Yue Shan said with a wry smile.

"Viscount Yue, you are being polite. It is right for the Taoists to help each other. I..." Li Chunfeng wanted to continue, but was interrupted by a loud cry:
"It's time, open the palace gate."

Then I saw the crowd rushing towards the door with a 'crash'.Well, it's not appropriate to say that it's crowded, everyone is a scene person and there is a bit of order.

The one in purple clothes walked in the front, and the ones in green and cyan clothes consciously stood behind.

Yue Shanzheng didn't know how to deal with Li Chunfeng, so he immediately accepted this opportunity and separated from him.

He was wearing light crimson clothes, which happened to be in the middle.Li Chunfeng, who was wearing a green robe, dared not go here no matter how courageous he was.

In fact, he didn't chase after him, how could he not see Yue Shan's intention to avoid him so clearly.

Yes, Yue Shan was avoiding him.

His plan is to join the ranks of Confucianism and Taoism, but for now he is too light to be taken seriously.

The best way is to greet the other party even if you want to refuse, it doesn't take too long, just wait for Li Shimin to take over.

At that time, he was the adopted brother of the Empress Empress, and his status was quite different.If the Taoists wanted to win him over, they had to offer more benefits.

After entering the imperial city and arriving at the square outside the Daxing Palace, the officials from the Ministry of Rituals will guide everyone to stand in the corresponding positions.

Because of his age and size, Yue Shan in the light scarlet robe got into the fake front row.A large group of officials in scarlet robes did not discriminate against him, on the contrary they all smiled at him kindly.

This also eased his nervousness a little.

Then I went to wait for a long time. At about seven o'clock in the morning, a piece of orange appeared in the eastern sky, and Li Yuan came down to the front of the main hall surrounded by a large group of people.

For the first time, Yue Shan saw the grandeur and grandeur of the Winter Solstice Ceremony.

As the head of the national sacrifice, the etiquette of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is complex and complete.The main process includes welcoming the gods, saluting, entering the Zu, the first offering, the second offering, and the final offering.

First, the officials of Taichang Temple led the deacons to prepare the sacrifices, and placed the jade, silk, statues, 罍, and Zhuban used in the sacrifices neatly, and the dancers, deacons, accompanying priests, and distribution officials took their positions.

Seven quarters before sunrise, the Taihe bell rang in the fasting palace, and the guide officer guided the emperor to the imperial throne at the Circular Mound Altar. The drums and music started, and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven officially began.

The first item of the ceremony is to welcome the gods. Fireworks are lit in the burnt wood stove, which expresses the meaning of passing on the meaning of respecting heaven from the world to heaven.The owner of the Haotian God card will kneel and worship, and then burn incense and kowtow before the ancestors.After returning to the seat of worship, kneel down three times and bow nine times to the gods.

The first step is to respect heaven and earth and ancestors.

After welcoming the gods, lay jade and silk, that is, offer jade and silk to the gods and ancestors.When saluting, Tai Changqing guided the emperor to perform the three incense offerings before the god after washing, and the deacon presented the jade silk to the emperor.

Li Yuan came to Haotian God and the ancestral tablet to pay respects, bowed and paid homage and returned to the tablet.

The third step is to enter the Zu. After the internal praise is played and ascended to the altar, the emperor, accompanied by the guide officer, goes to the main seat, coordinates the advance Zu, and the emperor resets after entering the Zu.

Next is the first offering.The emperor first went to the lord baptism position to accept the lord, wash the lord, remove the lord, and enter the lord, and then ascended to the altar to the wine hall, and the lord officer entered the emperor with the lord. Si Zhu knelt down to read Zhu Wen, the music stopped for a while, and the music started after reading.

After the first offering, the sub-offering and the final offering, except that the Zhu Wen is not read out, the procedure is basically the same as that of the first offering.After the final offering, the officials of Guanglu Temple drank the blessing wine and received the ceremony, and the emperor bowed and returned to the throne after saluting.

After drinking blessings and accepting, I wrote to send off to the gods.The officials who read the blessings hold the blessings, the officials who enter the silks hold the silks, and the officials who hold the sacrificial offerings hold the writings, all of which are sent to the burner for burning. The emperor goes to the Wang Liao seat to watch the burning sacrifices.

Originally, Yue Shan thought it was very boring, but it was not until the real ceremony began that he realized that it was not the case at all.

Not to mention the novelty. On such a solemn occasion, people's emotions will be infected unconsciously.

There are only emotions such as excitement, pride, etc. left in my heart, so I don't feel boring.

During this period, several things happened that interested Yue Shan.

One was the prime minister's presenting ceremony, and it was actually Pei Ju who played, not Pei Ji, the former minister of Conglong.

Anyone who wasn't blind could see the smile on Pei Ji's face at that time, and he didn't know what Li Yuan was thinking.

However, he didn't know that this had some direct relationship with him.Or in other words, with his two sentences, "Gonggai divides the Turks, and the name becomes the Western Array Map."

Even people in the Immortal Dao know him and give such a high evaluation, if he is not allowed to offer a gift, who will give it?
Pei Ji?The credit is great, and the qualifications are very old.But it's nothing compared to immortal gods.

However, Yue Shan at this time didn't know about this, and was enjoying watching the excitement among the crowd.

Another thing is the part of the crown prince presenting a gift. This time nothing happened. Li Jiancheng, who was the crown prince at the time, came up to present a gift.

It's just that for some reason, Qin Wang Li Shimin, who was supposed to be standing in the crowd, got on the altar and stood on Li Yuan's left hand side.That scene... don't mention it.

The best is yet to come.

The end of the ceremony is around 11:30 noon, just in time for lunch.

The emperor feasted his officials, all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas that are rarely seen in ordinary times will be served.Some even these rich and powerful people are rare to see, and they are made by top chefs, so they are naturally highly anticipated.

However, when everyone arrived at the place to eat, they were all stunned. The unique aroma and dishes they had never seen before...

Those who knew the inside story showed meaningful smiles, including Yue Shan.

No wonder Li Jiancheng's face was so ugly. Li Shimin prepared all the food for the Winter Solstice Festival Ceremony, so hell would he be happy.

But soon he didn't have the heart to care about the battle between the two kings—these dishes were so delicious that he, the "creator" of the stir-fried dishes, was intoxicated.

(End of this chapter)