Chapter 1188: Sacrifice to heaven, earth and mountains shake

Just when Qin Liuxi plunged into the library of the Jade Buddha Temple and immersed himself in the various Buddhist formations, the whole Dafeng was undercurrent. The people suddenly discovered that there seemed to be many more Taoist monks walking around in the market, although they felt a little weird. , but didn’t think deeply about it.

To the common people, both Buddhism and Taoism are Buddhism. They will go to burn incense and worship Buddha and ask questions. However, these monks move around in the secular world, either for alms or preaching, and do not think about the destruction of the world.

Ordinary people may still believe in evil spirits. After all, they have always believed in the existence of such things as evil spirits, but they do not dare to think or believe in such a fantasy as the destruction of the world.

Of course, even if the world is destroyed, they probably have no time to care about it, and they are already a little numb, because this year has been so sad.

Frequent natural disasters, no harvests, soaring prices, countless people died in various ways in the disasters, this tragedy has not yet passed, winter comes again one year, ushering in a cold wave and cold winter again, how can we not be numb, how can we not despair?

Some people probably thought that it would be okay if the end came, since they would not be able to escape death anyway.

So no one realizes why the Buddhists, Taoists and even some wizards are dispatched one after another. Just because the cold winter is coming, they want to live in another way.

On November 20th, Emperor Kangwu went to the altar to worship heaven and pray for the world.

The altar is located next to Yongyang Gate in the eastern suburbs of Shengjing. It is built along the Yushan moat. In order to have better access to the altar, the ladder leading to the altar has ninety-nine steps, with handrails on both sides. Dark iron chain links serve as handrails for climbers.

This time, for the sake of piety, half of the ministers who could move around in the court came, and some of the female relatives came to accompany him. Therefore, the momentum was so great that the troops from the West Beijing Camp were dispatched to **** him. and maintain order.

But apart from the saint, the nobles who came to accompany the driver had smiles on their faces, but they were scolding in their hearts. It was so cold that they could barely breathe, and they came to the altar to worship heaven. Isn't this nonsense? A toss?

The Dafeng flag was fluttering in the cold wind, swaying loudly. There were clouds overhead and the sky was dark. It didn't look like an auspicious day for worshiping the heaven.

Niu Guangpeng's eyelids twitched and he scolded in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? This is an auspicious day and an auspicious time for Qin Tianjian to come out. How could it be wrong? Don't be so talkative."

The hour is right and the auspicious time is coming.

The two of them saw each other clearly, and their faces turned dark when they looked at each other.

Ahhhh.

If you have this money, you might as well do something practical, such as preparing more rice, or charcoal for heating. Who doesn’t know that this year will be difficult, even the charcoal for heating is much more expensive than in previous years, because of the quantity few.

Look at the day, it’s very gray, and it’s about to snow heavily. It’s too cold.

He came to Niu Guangpeng, the minister of Honglu Temple, who was also co-organizing the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, and said, "Old Niu, it must be an auspicious day. Are you okay? My heart is beating so fast, something feels wrong."

The altar was already prepared, waiting for the royal chariot to arrive.

And the auspicious beast exuded an ominous black aura, which slowly spread.

How can there be crows in this cold weather? It is really unlucky to appear at the time when saints are offering sacrifices to heaven.

Emperor Kangwu appeared at the altar surrounded by nobles and two or three princes' sons. The Minister of Rites sang the lyrics, and the people watching at the foot of the mountain shouted long live.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a big crow landing on the stone beast chi on the roof of the Temple of Heaven's Great Sacrifice Hall, and squawked a few times.

The crow stood at the tail of the auspicious beast, looking carefully to confirm that the auspicious beast in front of him was the same as the one he had seen before. When the arrow was shot, it flapped its wings and flew away, its huge wings fanning out a small whirlwind. , disappeared quickly.

“Let someone scare it away with feather arrows.” Niu Guangpeng said with a dark face.

Yan Dingbang, Minister of Guanglu Temple, was sweating a little in the cold weather. He looked at the sky from time to time, feeling uneasy, as if something was about to happen.

Emperor Kangwu also showed displeasure. Everyone in the Qin Tian Jian clearly said that it was an auspicious day to offer sacrifices to the sky, but this dark cloud was gathering in the sky, and it was not considered an auspicious day in the zodiac. The Jian was about to step down.

After a tedious process, Emperor Kangwu personally recited the sacrificial inscriptions, offered incense to the gods, and knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times. Outside, the wind was raging.

Someone felt the ground shake slightly and couldn't help but be a little surprised. They asked the people around them: "Did you feel it?"

"What?"

“The ground seemed to be shaking.”

Suddenly, heavy goose-like snow fell from the dark sky. The people standing outside shivered from the cold, and the ground shook slightly.

This movement was much more obvious than before, and more than one person felt it.

Those with sharp eyes saw that the auspicious beast Chiki on the roof of the grand sacrificial hall seemed to come to life, shrouded in an ominous black mist, and opened its huge mouth in the shape of swallowing a ridge.

There was a loud click, and the roof broke, followed by a sudden tremor.

Everyone was stunned. When they realized what was happening, they screamed and ran away in all directions.

The ground is moving!

In the Great Sacrifice Hall, Emperor Kangwu had just put the incense on the altar when he was frightened by the sudden shaking and his heart skipped a beat.

I don’t know who called out for **** first, and those who were timid subconsciously ran out.

Emperor Kangwu was also surrounded by ministers and generals and walked out. However, the ground shook more and more intensely, and he staggered and almost fell down.

The Imperial Master suddenly appeared in his sight.

“National Preceptor, save me quickly.” Emperor Kangwu saw that he was slightly calm, although he had doubts about the Imperial Preceptor and did not trust him very much. He even listened to the words of the man in the nightmare and felt that the Imperial Preceptor had evil intentions.

But the Imperial Preceptor never harmed him, and now he suddenly appeared during the earthquake, which naturally moved him very much.

The imperial master was standing at the gate of the palace. Above his head, the Chi kiss swallowed the ridge of the roof, and the tiles and beams fell down, heading straight towards Emperor Kangwu.

King Zhao, who was closest to Emperor Kangwu, knew that the opportunity to make meritorious deeds had come, and shouted: "Father, be careful."

He rushed over with his hands open, intending to protect Emperor Kangwu, but when he came in front of Emperor Kangwu, he pushed him while everyone looked at him in shock and horror.

That’s right, I gave it a push.

When Emperor Kangwu fell to the ground, a white shadow flew over to protect his upper body, but the beam hit his lower body.

click.

Emperor Kangwu screamed.

 King Zhao: “!”

It seems familiar and was hit by a beam.

No, who is he, where is he, what did his hand just do?

He, in full view of everyone, pushed his father and made him lie under the beam, where he was knocked upside down.

Is he committing regicide?

Amid the violent shaking, King Zhao's eyesight went dark, and he was finished. (End of chapter)

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