No matter how much he wanted to save the unfortunate wizard, Mei Liangchen had to take Yelu Qingge's face into consideration. He watched helplessly as he was dragged away by several strong companions, but he was still unable to do anything.
"Cough...cough..." He kept coughing heavily, but his expression was still stiff. When he passed by, he seemed to have raised his black hat and glanced at her, those black eyes
The look in her eyes made her heart palpitate inexplicably. After waiting for a long time, she suddenly noticed drops of dark red blood stains extending along the stone steps to the place where he disappeared.
"Why are you afraid of that sinister old man? He doesn't understand mercy. How can he be a wizard who prays for blessings and cures diseases?" Mei Liangchen said angrily.
Yelu Qingge smiled, "It's not fear, it's tact!" He tapped the tip of her nose with his finger, "If I stir up trouble like this, the elder will naturally not dare to do anything to that person!"
"real?"
Seeing him nod, her heart relaxed.
He touched her little face that was blown cold by the cold wind, frowned and said: "Sugu Na, take Mayne back to Shanhe Zhai to rest first."
"Yes, sir." Su Guna responded.
"I'm not going back! We want to go back together!" This man left her at Shanhe Zhai early in the morning but ran away without knowing where he was, making her frightened and restless. This time, he wanted to leave her behind again?
No, absolutely not!
There was a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth. Suddenly, he pulled her to his chest and pressed her tightly. He leaned close to her ear and said, "Why, do you miss me? Be obedient. I will tell you something and I will go back to accompany you soon!"
Su Guna was close and heard everything clearly. She and Mei Liangchen ducked away at the same time, with red clouds rising from their cheeks. The difference was that Su Guna's expression was awkward and unnatural, while Mei Liangchen was shy.
Embarrassing...
"Okay, okay... then I'm leaving!" She didn't want to stay here waiting to be teased by him! Pulling Su Guna up, the two of them ran away like frightened little rabbits.
Yelu Qingge watched her leave, put away his smile, waved his iron palm back, and a dozen guards followed the two slender figures and escaped into the darkness...
"La Surong."
"I'm here, old slave." Rasu Rong bowed respectfully.
"Go find the elder deacon among the wizards!"
"Yes." Rasu Rong quickly brought back a thin wizard.
"General, I am Suha, the deacon elder of Qishan Wizard Village." He bowed and saluted.
"Suha, tell me what happened just now from beginning to end. No omissions are allowed. Do you understand?" There was awe-inspiring majesty in his seemingly indifferent tone. Suha didn't dare.
He raised his head and only dared to lower his head and said, "Yes, General."
The winter solstice in the twenty-seventh year of Min and Liao Tianyun Jiashen.
When the dim sun was completely obscured by the sudden dark clouds, the cold wind howled and heavy snow flew in the North City. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the entire city was covered in silver and a vast expanse of white.
The annual sacrificial ceremony of the Northland Palace began under such bad weather.
The main activities of sacrifices include offering sacrifices to heaven, offering sacrifices to ancestors, offering sacrifices to the horse god, praying for blessings, etc. There are many types of sacrifices, including morning sacrifices, evening sacrifices, evening sacrifices with lamps and offerings to heaven the next day, that is to say, the entire sacrifice
The activity will continue until the early morning of the next day. Emperor Tianyun is seriously ill this year, and the situation is different from previous years. The sacrificial ceremony is simple, and only the morning sacrifice is mentioned.
Since Yelu Qingge's parents died young and most of his relatives were in Beijing, most of the people invited to participate in the sacrifice were important generals of the cavalry army and dignitaries of Beidi City. Although the number of people was not large, half of the magnificent temple was still occupied.
place.
The sacrificial ceremony was co-hosted by the wizard elders and the palace manager Rasu Rong.
After hearing Rasu Rong's loud shout, the extremely complex ritual procedures of displaying the shrine, placing offerings, bringing in animals, lighting incense, shaman singing and dancing, worshiping the host, etc. began step by step.
Due to lack of sleep, Mei Liangchen's eyelids started fighting when she came to the boring temple. Su Guna pinched her waist from time to time and reminded: "Girl, you must not sleep!"
She tried her best to open her eyelids, but unexpectedly she saw a pair of majestic black eyes.
He's angry, isn't he?
Mei Liangchen couldn't help but feel excited and tried to look very serious while listening to Lasu Rong chanting sutras in front of the altar.
He stared at her for a long time before slowly turning his head.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes couldn't help but glance at that person.
Because it was a sacrificial ceremony, Yelu Qingge wore the military attache's court uniform that he wore when he entered the palace to meet Emperor Tianyun. The scarlet python uniform made his face more resolute and handsome, and his tall body stood in front of the altar, like snow.
The green pine trees in his body were tall and tough. Except when his deep eyes showed a hint of warmth when facing her, the rest of the time, they were completely cold and temperatureless, making people want to run away.
"Unload the magic pole! Raise the pig bones! Slaughter the living animals!" Lasu Rong read loudly and step by step.
I saw Yelu Qingge standing astride the line and taking the lead to walk out of the temple. The heavy snow was silent and instantly enveloped his figure, making it difficult to see clearly. Su Guna pulled Mei Liangchen and praised in a very low voice: "General, you are so brave.
! Girl, look, you saw blood with just one knife!" The one who was slaughtered and sacrificed was the miserable Hei Ye. Yesterday, they were held in the pigpen like nobles, but now, they were sacrificed with a single knife.
On the table!
Soon, after slaughtering the cattle, sheep and pigs, Yelu Qingge took the blood of three livestock and poured it into the golden basin.
He smeared the sticky blood on the tip of the sacred pole and inserted it back into the groove of the pole.
In order to save the trouble of cooking meat, Rasu Rong cooked it in advance and cut it into finger-width shreds, covered it with rice, and placed it on the altar table.
"All our descendants will bow to their ancestors without their hats!" Lasu Rong shouted.
Yelu Qingge returned from outside the palace, his body covered with crystal clear snow flakes. He walked straight to the center of the altar, took off his crown, but did not kneel down in a hurry. His eyes were directed towards the figure in the corner, and he shouted calmly: