On the palace square, there were already many uniformed soldiers standing guard around the flag stand, holding dozens of flags of various colors that were slightly rolling in the morning breeze, making the entire square look full of solemnity and majesty.
breath.
Under this environment and momentum, the cheering crowds that swarmed in quickly became quiet, and the officers of the hunter team in charge of patrols quickly shouted loudly, so there was no chaos like last year. The crowd
Thirty meters away from the flag stand, it was blocked on both sides of the four royal city avenues.
"Tap tap tap tap..."
Amidst the sound of horse hooves, Xu Chen led a group of witches to the flag stand.
"Look, His Majesty the Witch King is coming!"
The crowd cheered enthusiastically again instantly, and countless people squatted down and shouted, His Majesty the Witch King.
Soon, Xu Chen and others arrived in front of the flag stand. Everyone dismounted and waited for the carriages and horses to leave before Xu Chen led the group of witches to the flag stand.
"Woo~wu~wu~~"
As the Forbidden Army blew the golden horn, the lively scene soon became quiet again.
"Today is the witchcraft conference and the first anniversary of the founding of Pakistan. In order to obtain the favor and protection of the gods, we will hold a grand National Day sacrificial ceremony in the Palace Square. In order to show our unity and bravery, what will happen next
There is a large-scale military parade. Please refrain from crowding and making noise, beat drums and sound trumpets, and invite all phalanxes to enter!"
Xu Chen stood on the stage and said a simple sentence. As the imperial army waved their flags, the drums and trumpets sounded again.
Soon, the hunter phalanx lined up on the Royal City Avenue outside the four gates of the palace blew their horns almost simultaneously. Accompanied by the officer's roar, groups of hunters marched in neat steps, beating thunderous drums and kicking.
Walk majestically and follow the four royal avenues into the Palace Square.
"Gonghuohuoqiaohuo, transcend yourself~"
"Yugong Yugong, success is imminent~"
"The Bau-Wu Alliance has endless fighting power~"
"With my skin tribe, we are invincible~"
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On the four royal avenues in the southeast, northwest and northwest, the phalanx formations of various ethnic groups marched in neat steps and shouted neat slogans.
The onlookers had never seen such a lively scene before. They immediately waved their fists and cheered. They even made the sound of howling ghosts and wolves when they saw their own tribal phalanx. Many people followed and shouted, trying to drown out the sounds of other phalanxes.
Suppress it.
Xu Chen stood on the flag stand with an uncontrollable smile on his face.
Although these slogans seem extremely informal, and even more out of place in a serious occasion like the National Day ceremony, it doesn't matter, they are just for fun.
In fact, most people do not understand these slogans at all, and they are only used to rhyme and highlight the strong momentum of the military parade.
The entrance of the hunter phalanx immediately pushed the National Day celebration and sacrificial activities to a climax.
Accompanied by neat footsteps and roars, the nine hunter team phalanxes finally gathered in the four directions of the flag stand, southeast, northwest, and all lined up in the guarded area of the Forbidden Army.
"Please bring the clan flag to the stage!"
As the commander-in-chief of the military parade, Feng raised the golden bronze sword in his hand and shouted.
The flag bearers at the front of each formation immediately climbed onto the flag stand holding the clan flags representing the ten great witches who were in charge, and inserted the clan flags into the sockets around them.
"Get ready to raise the flag!"
As the wind roared again, nine imperial guardsmen in uniforms and red cloaks, holding the king's flag, the green dragon flag and the nine-star snake flag of Pakistan, stepped onto the flag stand in neat steps, and quickly hung the three flags on the flagpole.
"Beat the drum, raise the flag, and salute!"
"Dongdongdongdong..."
As the drums sounded again, Xu Chen took the lead and squatted down, placed his right fist on his heart, and looked up at the flagpole.
A group of witches, the Forbidden Army around the flag stand, the hunter phalanx and the crowd of onlookers all followed and squatted down in groups.
Amidst the shocking drumbeats, the three flags slowly rose up into the sky along the flagpole, and then fluttered and rolled in the bright sun and autumn wind.
Although there was no national anthem, the entire scene was still very solemn and solemn. Apart from the sound of drums, there was almost no noise or noise.
"The ceremony is over!"
As the wind roared again, Xu Chen took the lead and stood up. The phalanx of witches, forbidden soldiers, and hunters also stood up, followed by the crowd of onlookers.
After everyone stood up, Xu Chen said: "The annual witchcraft conference is the most lively gathering, but while we enjoy this lively exchange, some bad things will always happen.
I won’t talk about what happened yesterday. In order to make up for our mistakes, this year’s witchcraft hunting competition will be cancelled. The teams that came to participate in the conference will later participate in the construction of river embankments and bridges..."
There was a slight commotion among the onlookers, and many hunters lowered their heads in shame.
There were many people involved in the fight yesterday, hundreds of them.
If Xu Chen hadn't arranged for the imperial army to arrive in time to deal with it, plus he had dealt with several group incidents over the years, promulgated laws, and established the Hall of Law and Politics, which had greatly deterred the various tribes, maybe hundreds of people would have been fooled.
Come on, riots will result in hundreds of deaths and injuries.
If this is really the case, this witchcraft festival will no longer be a festival, but will become a death anniversary filled with blood.
"There is no greater good than knowing that mistakes can be corrected. As long as we are really determined to correct our mistakes, I believe that the gods will forgive us. Therefore, I hope that in the next task of building river embankments and bridges, all tribes and everyone will give their best."
Work hard and don’t be lazy..."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty the Witch King, we will definitely not be lazy. Anyone who dares to be lazy will be beaten to death!" A hunter in the audience raised his spear and shouted.
"Yes, whoever dares to be lazy, let's beat him up together!" Countless hunters yelled, and even countless men, women, and children who were watching waved their fists and shouted.
Xu Chen's face twitched.
A group of savages with no sense of the rule of law will only beat people violently.
It seems that the task of popularizing the law still has a long way to go.
But judging from how excited everyone was, it seemed like no one would dare to be lazy.
"Beating people will not solve any problems. What we need is forgiveness from the gods..."
Xu Chen glanced at the noisy crowd, waited until his voice became quieter, and then said loudly: "Everyone needs to know, when we were fighting for these salts, did we ever think about the origin of these salts? This was found for us by the Yu Gong clan.
, in order to find this new salt mine so that all of us can eat cheap and good salt, the Yugong family paid a huge price for this. It took three years to search, and more than ten people were killed or injured, and there was still no road.
Every grain of salt quarried for hundreds of miles in a wild beast-infested forest and brought to the royal city is extremely precious, but we didn't cherish it at all. This is a huge mistake."
"I have personally been to the salt mine. There is nothing there, just a group of barbarians. There is no house, no food, and no fire. You have to dig out the salt in a place like that and then carry it to the royal city in a backpack. You can imagine what it must be like.
How difficult it is, and you don’t know any of this. You only know that salt appears in the royal city and the price is very cheap, but you don’t know the efforts made by the Yugong family and the difficulties involved."
"Although I gave this batch of salt to all the tribes, I hope that everyone will not thank me, but thank the Yu Gong clan and the Yu Gong Wu. It was under her guidance that we were able to find this new salt mine. Today
Only then can we have such good and cheap salt.”
"In order to thank Yu Gong Wu for his great contribution to the country of Ba, the high priest and I decided to grant Yu Gong Wu the title of Grand Wizard in Blue. In addition, in order to thank the Yu Gong clan for their efforts in finding salt mines, I will
Build a big ship for the Yu Gong clan, and also issue rewards to all Yu Gong clan hunters who participate in the search for salt mines..."
"Wuga~~"
Before Xu Chen finished speaking, the phalanx of men, women, old and young and hunters from the Yu Gong Clan Alliance in the square instantly burst into warm cheers.
The witch of the Yu Gong Clan was so excited that she couldn't help herself. She fell prostrated in front of Xu Chen and choked out: "If it weren't for the guidance of His Majesty the Witch King, we wouldn't have been able to find the salt mine. This is all the result of His Majesty the Witch King. The Yu Gong Clan
Don’t dare to be greedy for credit!”
Xu Chen stepped forward and lifted up Witch Yu with both hands and said with a smile: "We are all doing things according to the guidance of the gods, and the purpose is for the development of the entire country of Ba. The credit that is yours is yours, and no one can take it away.
, today I grant you the title of Great Witch in Blue. The high priest and I both hope that you can do better in the future, not only to lead the development of the Yu Gong clan, but also to assist the high priest Zuo and me to govern the country of Ba better, so that the gods
Only then will they care more about and protect us."
"Yes, please rest assured, His Majesty the Witch King and the Great Witch. From now on, everyone in the Yu Gong clan and I will do our best for the development of the kingdom. We will never be lazy or selfish!" The witch of the Yu Gong clan shed tears of gratitude on her face.
ensure.
"That's good, the high priest and I believe that you can do your best!" Xu Chen nodded, then turned to look up at everyone in the audience, and said in the loudest voice: "Now, I would like to ask the high priest to be Yu Gong
The witch holds a promotion ceremony for the great witch in blue!"
Next, Xu Chen stepped aside, and the little witch led a group of witches around the Yugong clan witches to hold a witch blessing ceremony. The singing and dancing echoed the ancient witch blessing songs.
Although they had been together for seven or eight years and held countless shamanic blessing ceremonies, there was no written inheritance of these shamanistic rituals. There were only various obscure and weird notes and rhythmic witchcraft language. Xu Chen had always listened to it as an alien language.
I still can't understand a word of it.
Moreover, Xu Chen believed that these witches themselves might not be able to understand.
Because the pronunciation of these witchcraft blessings is actually imitating the sounds of birdsong, beast roars, wind blowing, water flow, falling leaves, or mixed with complex sounds and movements such as branches breaking, rocks collapsing, thunder and lightning, and flames rising into the sky.
Therefore, although this kind of song and dance that seems to be full of wild atmosphere is simple, it requires great talent and wisdom to imitate. In Xu Chen's eyes, it is like a group of witches dancing and swaying, with extremely exaggerated body movements, clapping, kicking and twisting.
With his head in his mouth, he uttered various onomatopoeic words such as "cuckoo, creak, creak, patcha". It looked very noisy, but there was also a primitive beauty in this noisiness, which was similar to the later generations of dancing in response to musical instruments.
The enchanting movements are completely different, the movements are extremely tough and concise.
These movements are actually similar to gymnastics rather than dance.