On August 15th, the weather was unfavorable. Before the sun came out, the sky became gloomy. When it finally dawned, a purple thunder stirred up the rain, and raindrops the size of rice grains fell from the sky.
The long street became wet, the doors of various mansions opened, and groups of people poured out.
All the civil and military officials of the empire, as well as the princes and vassals from all over the world, will rush to the Purple Gold Altar today to participate in today's king-conferring ceremony.
At this time, Cheng Dalei and Xu Shenji also went out together. Xu Shenji led a thin horse and held an oil-paper umbrella. Cheng Dalei was riding on the horse, with a sallow face and a wilted appearance, as if he had not woken up.
As they walked forward, they bumped into other vassal kings. They were all dressed in silk fabrics, tall and tall, and had at least a dozen retinues accompanying them. Cheng Dalei mingled among them, standing out particularly conspicuously.
It's conspicuous because it's special. Nowadays, no one in the world knows Master Cheng. It can even be said that today's king-conferring ceremony was originally started because of him.
He was the one who drove Song Bokang out of Liangzhou. Without him to eliminate the influence of the Prime Minister in Liangzhou, Li Letian would not have been able to take risks. Today in the ceremony to crown the king, it is Song Bokang who will be killed and Cheng Dalei who will be crowned.
If there was any, everyone kept a certain distance from him. Cheng Dalei was a bandit, and he was once a wanted criminal in the empire. He was not even as good as a commoner. But it happened that he, a toad in the mud ditch, had his day. In the blink of an eye,
A toad turns into an elephant.
Even Li Xingzai didn't come over to get close to him. He was the complete opposite of Cheng Dalei, with a serious background. If he got too close to Cheng Dalei in front of others, it would be easy for others to talk about him.
On the surface, he had a straight face, but when no one was paying attention, Chong Cheng Dalei blinked.
Cheng Dalei ignored him at all.
Li Xingzai frowned and looked at Cheng Dalei carefully: Why is there something wrong with Cheng Dalei today?
A crowd of people poured into the Purple Gold Altar and sat down according to their seats. As luck would have it, Li Xingzai's seat was right next to Cheng Dalei's, only separated by a chair.
There was military music playing in unison, and the formation dance performed by the palace dancers was surging, passionate, generous and touching.
There was a vassal king who came from a remote place, his eyes were motionless, and he couldn't bear to look away. It was not easy for them to come to Chang'an, and they had seen the world today.
For Li Xingzai, these were things he had been accustomed to seeing since he was a child, and they did not interest him. His attention still fell on Cheng Dalei, who was so close to him, and from beginning to end, he did not say a single word.
He didn't even give himself a look.
This is a bit weird. Cheng Dalei is not a person who can sit still at all.
Xu Shenji, on the other hand, kept looking at him, with a wretched smile on his face, and he did not have the temperament of a first-class military strategist.
Li Xingzai was about to take the lead in breaking the deadlock. He straightened his clothes and said, "Master Cheng, we have come all the way from Liangzhou. Is the road still peaceful?"
Cheng Dalei still didn't speak.
Li Xingzai frowned even more and looked at Xu Shenji in confusion.
"My lord suffered from the cold yesterday and is unable to speak. Please forgive me, King Xiaoyao."
Wind and cold... Li Xingzai breathed a sigh of relief. This was a good excuse. He could push it out to block the gun at any time.
His heart suddenly stirred, and he was blessed to realize something unbelievable.
The person in front of me is not Cheng Dalei at all.
His heart suddenly rose to his throat. After having this thought, he looked at "Cheng Dalei" carefully and confirmed this.
What kind of temperament does Cheng Dalei have? As long as he is present, you can't see anyone within ten steps, and you can't just ignore him. But today he is sitting here, shrinking and not wanting to be noticed, and has disappeared from everyone.
Then, he confirmed who was pretending to be Cheng Dalei, it was Liu Facai who was beside Cheng Dalei.
Liu Facai's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Cheng Dalei, and he also has the hidden attribute to confuse people. When he was traveling in the world, he made a living by impersonating Cheng Dalei. As long as he dresses up a little, there is absolutely no problem in fooling strangers.
But appearance can be faked, but the confidence and temperament that Cheng Dalei brought out from fighting on the battlefield are difficult to fake.
After realizing this, Li Xingzai's heart pounded and he broke into cold sweat.
Li Xingzai was sweating, Xu Shenji was sweating, and Liu Facai, who was pretending to be Cheng Dalei, was sweating.
What kind of occasion is today? The princes of the empire have gathered together, the emperor is present in person, and there are less than a hundred people who are qualified to occupy a seat.
Li Xingzai felt a little headache: What on earth did Cheng Dalei do?
…
It rained in Jade Emperor Temple.
The rainwater fell on the mountain along the branches, and then went down the rocks, forming small streams, breaking out of the tree roots and washing away the rotten leaves.
In the back mountain where it was raining, a man wearing a raincoat was plowing the fields in front of him.
The Jade Emperor Temple was supported by the Emperor and was located in Chang'an, the capital of the empire. Many dignitaries offered incense and money. It did not require Taoist farming. However, the Taoist priests at the Yuhuang Temple occasionally farmed the land.
Firstly, it shows that the Taoist priests of the Jade Emperor Temple do not admire glory. Secondly, it also shows that everything they say and do is related to the Tao, and everyone can realize the Tao.
Judging from the Taoist's actions, he turned out to be an experienced expert. He picked up the clods of soil with his hoe and then smashed them into pieces. The rain soaked his clothes and his feet were covered with mud, but he didn't care.
From outside the mountain to the back mountain, someone holding a black umbrella slowly approached and stopped at the edge of the farmland.
The Taoist stopped the hoe in his hand and saw a handsome face under his cloak. He wiped the rain off his face and looked at the visitor with a smile.
"Master Cheng, you are here."
Cheng Dalei's real body is here. He wants to kill people today, collect seals, and leave, but what he wants is time. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the so-called clone technique, so he can only ask Liu Facai to pretend to be himself and come over to kill people himself.
Zhang Tianci did not panic when he saw him, and his rain-covered face was not annoying. On the contrary, even men were willing to be friends with him.
"You knew I was coming?"
Cheng Dalei held a black umbrella, and they were thirty steps apart.
"Last time Mr. Cheng asked for a divination, Xiaodao didn't dare to show his disgrace. This morning, on a whim, I made a divination for myself."
"Very good, but what can you calculate?"
"The hexagrams are difficult to predict by oneself. The hexagrams are confusing, the will of God is mysterious and unpredictable, and Xiaodao can't tell anything." Zhang Tianci said: "So Xiaodao made another divination for Mr. Cheng."
"What do you think of me?"
Zhang Tianci shook his head: "It's even harder, and it's strange to say that Xiaodao used seven algorithms. As long as the matter of divination is related to Master Cheng, the secret is unpredictable and watertight. Come to think of it, Master Cheng's fate is too great, so Xiaodao speculated on his own.
God’s will, I’m afraid I will be repaid.”
Cheng Dalei nodded: "What you say about ghosts and gods, I don't say anything. Outside the Liuhe, leave it alone and ignore it. People have the final say in their affairs, so don't go to the trouble."
"I can't say that. I can calculate something more or less." Zhang Tianci said.