On the fifth day of July, the coronation ceremony was held as scheduled.
The Kui Guangxuan Secret Pavilion with ten thousand feet, and the Nine-level Holy Color Manlong Tower.
As the most solemn ceremony in feudal society, Su Qi's enthronement ceremony was naturally extremely solemn and solemn.
The most important thing is that under a series of strict arrangements, the ceremony successfully completed the entire process as planned.
There are no "traitors from the previous dynasty" who caused trouble, and there are no "uncooperative people" who are uncooperative.
Although compared to the time when Ning Yuke proclaimed himself king in Shuzhou, the expressions on the faces of everyone participating in the ceremony today, whether they were officials, soldiers, or ordinary people, were not so "sincere", but they were all. I didn't do anything "inappropriate".
Thus, a ceremony that was not so "perfect" but was nevertheless "smooth" was completed.
Since then, the "Da Qian" has completely withdrawn from the stage of history, and the "Da Han" has made its appearance.
As the founding emperor of the new dynasty, Su Qi also put on a brand-new dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair at Shenshi, and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials for the first time.
When the shouts of "Long live the Emperor" rang out one after another in the Jinluan Palace, there was finally no trace of hesitation or guilt in his eyes.
The huge waves of history are rolling forward. From this moment on, the fate of tens of millions of people living in this territory has been completely changed.
Dahan, Dachu, Xinfeng, Daning, Dashu.
From then on, the five dynasties spanning tens of thousands of miles from east to west will form an extremely strong "strategic alliance" under the influence of someone, and then enter a period of unprecedented rapid development.
Communication, business, marriage, and even politics.
In the next few years, Wei Changtian used his "absolute control" over the royal families of the five dynasties to establish a community of interests similar to "federalism" among the five countries, and then gradually became a world-wide A political entity that can occupy a place.
Later history books generally referred to this political community as the "Five-Nation Alliance", or the more straightforward "Wei Alliance", and conducted extremely detailed research on this alliance of countries, which was obviously different from previous forms of alliance.
Of course, all of the above are things for later.
At least for now, Wei Changtian not only has not thought about using the tools of the European Union in his previous life to transform the feudal monarchy, he did not even show up at today's ceremony.
Not only him, but also Yang Liushi, Xu Quan, Li Zimu and others never appeared at the enthronement ceremony or the subsequent state banquet.
And as for what they are doing...
Near the small courtyard, countless pairs of eyes stared from day to night, and it was not until the end of Xu that they finally saw the closed courtyard door slowly opening.
Then, as if they had already discussed it, the spies sent by various forces disappeared into the night, turning into black shadows and shooting away in the same direction.
Drive away wolves and devour tigers.
As mentioned before, this is the "clear plot" set by the mysterious man who leaked information about the Son of Heaven against Wei Changtian.
He wanted Wei Changtian to be in a situation where he was walking on thin ice at all times, so that he would not dare to act rashly.
As far as the current situation is concerned, his approach has indeed effectively put Wei Changtian and all the forces in the world who want to interfere with the fate of heaven on the opposite side.
But he ignored one thing.
That is, for a pack of hungry wolves, as long as there is something to eat, it doesn't actually matter which tiger they devour.
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At the beginning of the Haishi period, in the south of the city, there was the Dongli Tower.
As one of the largest inns in the city, Dongli Tower can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time when it is full. On weekdays, it is not too deserted even if it is late, and you can always hear the sounds of guests drinking and having fun.
But Dongli Tower seems a little quiet today.
Although there were many wooden windows with candle lights on behind them, little movement could be heard, and the occasional noise could not even cover up the chirping of insects outside the house.
"Squeak~"
"Father, the child is back."
In the last guest room at the end of the second floor, as the door was gently pushed open, Lin Zhi, dressed in night clothes, walked into the room and walked directly to Guan Kong who was sitting at the table.
"The state banquet at the palace is not over yet, but the Tengu army has gradually withdrawn from the city."
"It seems that the rumors are correct, Wei Changtian should leave tomorrow."
"Father, if this means we should leave tomorrow too..."
"..."
While talking, he lit up the candle lamp on the table a little brighter.
After a while, Lin Zhi, who had not received a response, realized that something was wrong with Guan Kong.
"Father? What's wrong with you?"
"...Did you notice anything strange on the way back?"
Looking up at Lin Zhi who looked confused, Guan Kong finally asked slowly: "Is anyone following you?"
"The child never noticed..."
Lin Zhi's eyes froze, and his expression suddenly became tense: "Father, do you think something is wrong?"
"..."
Guan Kong did not answer Lin Zhi's question immediately. He just took a deep look at the scene outside the window, which was no different from usual, and then sighed:
"It's nothing, maybe I'm overthinking."
"Where's Wei Changtian? What is he doing today?"
"Back to my foster father, Wei Changtian hasn't gone out all day today..."
A strange look flashed through his eyes. Lin Zhi did not delve into the question just now, but quickly answered truthfully:
"Haier thinks he might be explaining what happened after he left Daqian."
"Um."
Guan Kong nodded slightly, but his expression was still a little unnatural.
He didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't decide whether to follow Wei Changtian and leave Daqian tomorrow.
He was silent for a long time, and then took out a piece of mother-in-law jade from his arms, probably preparing to send a message to someone.
But before he could heat up the jade, the sound of a carriage approaching from far away sounded outside the window.
"Gululu..."
The sound of wheels hitting the road was not loud, but it was very clear in this extremely quiet night.
After all, Dongli Tower is an inn, and it is quite normal for travelers to take the bus back late at night.
But the moment Guan Kong heard the sound of the carriage, the inexplicable uneasiness in his heart became strong again, which even made him stand up slowly and walked to the window in a few steps.
"Father..."
Frowning and calling softly, Lin Zhi didn't understand what was wrong with Guan Kong tonight, so he also came to the window and looked out.
Under the bright white moonlight, a very ordinary black carriage stopped at the door of the inn, but no one was seen getting out of the carriage for a long time.
"this......"
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on his palms, and Lin Zhi's eyes widened little by little.
Deep in his heart, the "omnipotent" sixth sense of the Son of Heaven finally broke out at this moment, and an overwhelming sense of crisis instantly enveloped his whole body.
At this second, Lin Zhi felt as if there was a voice that was both illusory and real, repeating the same word hoarsely in his ears.
"escape!"
"escape!!"
"escape!!!"
"..."
"Yi, adoptive father!!"
Taking half a step back suddenly, Lin Zhi opened his mouth wide, wanting to speak out this warning from heaven.
But before he could say even one more word, all the candle-lit windows in Dongli Tower turned dark in an instant. Even the moonlight and starlight above his head, as well as the lights of thousands of houses in the distance, also looked strange at the same time.
Disappeared.
As if falling into an abyss of chaos, all the light around him was extinguished in the blink of an eye. Lin Zhi couldn't even clearly see Guan Kong's expression at this moment.
He could only hear the latter's trembling voice in the endless darkness.
"Illusion, illusion array..."
"But he, how did he do it..."
"This is impossible......"
"No, it's impossible..."
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(On the first day after Yang Yang, I will update one chapter first, and I should be back to normal tomorrow!)