Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1645 Taimiao Celebration
Yanping six years, uh, it can’t be called Yanping six years now, because Han Emperor Liu Xie is going to change the year name.

Anyway, the matter of the year name was also pioneered by the Han family.The original year number was only used to calculate the number of years the new king would reign, and it was generally used for a lifetime, and it was basically not changed.

In the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the emperor's old man went out hunting and caught a unicorn Bailin (false). The officials thought it was an auspicious fetish and was worth commemorating. Yuanshou", that year was called the first year of Yuanshou.However, six years later, another three-legged tripod (imitation) was obtained in Fenyang, Shanxi. The ministers thought it was an auspicious fetish, and suggested that it be used to record the year, so the year name was changed to "Yuan Ding". ", called that year the first year of Yuan Ding.

Since then, it has become a habit for emperors to change their reign names. When they meet some auspicious things, good things happen, or just on a whim, they will change them. For example, Wu Zetian, who has been in power for 21 years, even changed 18 reign names...

This time, Liu Xie felt that "Yan Ping" was not equal, so the year name was not good, and another foreign country came to the court, which was worth commemorating and celebrating, so he chose "Tai Xing"...

The meaning, that's the thing, anyway, the meaning is good, just like making a birthday wish every year, the wish is the wish, whether it can be fulfilled is another matter.

In the first year of Taixing, the first day of May.

The whole celebration officially started.

The first is to worship the ancestors.

In front of the Taimiao, Liu Xie was wearing a heavy sacrificial attire, a jade pendant around his waist, and a crown on his head. Looking from a distance, he looked quite majestic and luxurious.

However, only the Huangmen who followed Liu Xie could see the sweat dripping from Liu Xie's temples...

Although the sacrificial clothing in Chapter Twelve is luxurious and dazzling, it is not breathable. Even in the early morning, after wearing it for a long time, it is still unavoidably stuffy.

Behind Liu Xie, a group of high-ranking officials of two thousand stones wearing seven-chapter sacrificial attire, with purple or green ribbons around their waists, lined up in sequence, and Yang Xiu and Marcus were also in the queue.

Yang Xiu was already accustomed to such scenes, but this time, he was still a little nervous, not because he was nervous, but because he had to stare at Marcus all the time...

"Don't tear your robe..." Yang Xiu pushed Marcus with the jade in his hand, and warned in a low voice, "Like me, hold it with both hands..."

"Happy..." Marcus withdrew his hand that was pulling his robe and fanning the wind, and then imitated Yang Xiu and pinched his hands on the jade jade. Although his hand didn't move, he raised his arm and wiped his hair with his sleeve After sweating, he still muttered, "Le Si Le..."

Yang Xiu resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and scolded in a low voice: "Shut up! Hold on! Don't move! If you don't move, you won't be hot!"

At the front of the queue, the ritual officer was already in place, his eyes were firmly fixed on the water leak beside him, watching the water drop drop by drop, and then overflowed the scale of water filling every moment of the day leak.

"clang……"

The bronze bell was struck, announcing the official start of the ceremony.

With a special tone, the ceremony officer shouted: "Li...begin..."

The big drum rumbled along with it, and the little yellow gate bent extremely deeply, almost like a guide dog crawling quickly on the ground, leading the team of officials to move forward along the designated route, until they reached the Stand on the position of Taimiao.

All stand still.

Drumming three links is the end.

Only then did Liu Xie slowly raise his head, facing the lofty ancestral tablet.

The ceremony official shouted loudly: "Go up... sacrifice..."

The drums are played nine times, and the golden rings are played nine times. Then the musicians on both sides of the main hall play music in unison. A group of maikos walks in after hearing the drums.

Liu Xie knelt down towards the ancestral tablet and saluted.

The two Qianshi senior officials in the front row knelt down together, and Yang Xiu stabbed Marcus with Yugui again, urging in a low voice: "Kneel down..."

"Ah? What?" Marcus looked around awkwardly, and saw that he was standing out of the crowd, and everyone else knelt down. He smacked his mouth, and then he also knelt down unwillingly. , "...the mud door is really flying four...Four more than the general..."

"Shut up!" Yang Xiu shouted, the sweat was rolling off his head after all.

However, Liu Xie didn't care about this little episode that happened later, or in other words, Liu Xie still has some tolerance for people from friendly countries...

Liu Xie prayed silently, muttering in a low voice:

"The ancestors and the ancestors are above, bless the common people in the world, bless the world with peace, and bless the great man to revive..."

"Father..."

"The child is very hard... But the big man is still not overthrown, and Han Zuo is not cut off, and Fanbang is offering, come to congratulate...Father, have you seen... the big man will not fall, Han Zuo will not Will break... never will..."

Liu Xie couldn't help thinking of what he had experienced in these years, the hardships he had suffered, and the humiliation he had suffered. For a moment, his eyes were red and he almost shed tears...

"Support... offer..."

The ceremonial officer's loud shout woke Liu Xie up from his memory. He stood up slowly, took the lacquer plate full of grains from the hand of the eunuch beside him, and offered it to the ancestors.

Then there is another offering of three animals, and finally the offering of fresh fruit, water and wine is considered to be the end of the three offerings.

"Enter... 胙..."

The rhythm of the music became a little short and fast, which seemed to express joy.

Liu Xie first drank a small glass of wine, and then ate a small piece of meat presented by the official Fu Xun, and then began to share the cold meat...

Marcus naturally took a small piece, squeezed it with his fingers, and looked at Yang Xiu sideways.

Yang Xiu cursed secretly in his heart, how many times he taught him, but he still forgot at the end of the day!Yang Xiu had no choice but to signal, and put the piece of meat he got into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Marcus also hurriedly stuffed the meat into his mouth, but quickly frowned, "Uh...no salt..."

Gizzard meat is just boiled meat, where did the seasoning come from?

real!Boil!

And it's not necessarily guaranteed to be cooked, after all, the emperor's piece is of course cooked, so many officials share it, it looks like it's cooked...

Yang Xiu ignored Marcus, praying for the end of this session as soon as possible.

"Back...food..."

The part of the cold meat was finally over, and it was the most critical moment.

"Boom boom boom..." Drumming three links.The sound of the music changed again, becoming more majestic and exciting, magnificent and magnificent, this is the song of "Da Wu".

The eyes of Liu Xie and other officials could not help but focus on Marcus...

Without knowing it, Marcus rubbed his fingers and felt greasy, so he wiped them on his sleeves, thinking that no one would notice his small movements...

On the Jongmyo Square, the music and dance gradually reached a climax. "King Yu Huangwu! Wujing Weilie. King Yunwen, conquer the descendants. Heir Wu accepts it, defeats Yin and suppresses Liu, Qi Dingergong..."

The dancers sang the poems praising the two generations of Zhou Wenwu, father and son, which is naturally very suitable as a memorial service. The whole dance segment is divided into six sections, which respectively show the great achievements of Zhou Gong in those years, and simulate some battle scenes. Some mighty momentum, majestic posture.

Just as the dance of Dawu was almost over and was about to leave, these dancers suddenly gathered into a square formation, then raised their wooden swords, spears and shields high, and shouted in unison:
"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying! Vega and the sea are coming back to the hometown! And the warriors are guarding the four directions!"

Suddenly, the bells and drums rang together, shaking the world.

Liu Xie's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the ceremony official, only to find that the ceremony official should have stretched his neck like a rooster standing on a branch in the early morning, ready to crow at any time, but now he shrank his head, Like a hen suffering from plague, quietly, obediently, and plagued.

Originally there was no big wind song in the session...

The next step should be that Marcus stepped forward to present the gift on behalf of Fanbang, and then Liu Xie accepted it, and then gave Fanbang the gift in return, and then talked about how the world is and how the people are, and it can be a perfect end.

But what happened to this sudden addition of Dafengge?

Liu Xie is naturally no stranger to this big wind song, and it doesn't mean that Liu Bang's big wind song is not good, but the problem is that after Guangwu, it was gradually not used in celebrations or sacrifices. The wind sings.After all, Liu Xiu and Liu Bang can be said to be two completely different branches of Liu. They even built another Taimiao, so how could they use Liu Bang's great wind song when paying homage to Liu Xiu's bloodline?

This is like a Mercedes-Benz car with a BMW logo on it. As a basic common sense of the memorial ceremony, how could the ceremony officer in charge of this celebration not understand it?

Since it is impossible to understand, then it is intentional...

Liu Xie gritted his teeth, and asked Li Guan in the middle of the loud triad of Da Feng Ge on the square: "What do you mean!?"

The ritual officer buried his head deeply under his neck, maybe he was still muttering in his heart, you can't see you can't see you, so he didn't dare to respond to Liu Xie.

But soon Liu Xie knew the reason, because the people watching the ceremony were as if the water was separated by the bow, revealing the battleship inside, er, people and horses came out...

A large flag was flying high, and the word "Cao" on it hurt Liu Xie's eyes.

"Cao Cao!" Liu Xie gritted his teeth and popped out two words.

Cao Cao strode forward with great strides. Although his body was short, he showed a sense of majesty.The surrounding officials, big and small, bowed deeply to salute when Cao Cao passed by. Even if Cao Cao passed by, they did not dare to raise their heads immediately. It broke Cao Cao's momentum.

Before reaching the steps, Cao Cao stood still, raised his head and met Liu Xie's eyes.

At this moment, neither of them spoke.

The dancers did not know when they had all retreated, even the musicians stopped one after another, the drummer pressed his hand on the drumhead, and there was no sound in the huge scene for a while, only Liu Xie left and said "Han" The banner of Chinese characters twisted and rolled in the wind, making a sound similar to "That's all"...

Liu Xie's cheeks twitched, staring at Cao Cao viciously.

On the contrary, Cao Cao had a flat face, looking at Liu Xie like this, just like looking at his own cat or dog.

It seems that after a long time, it seems that only a moment later, Cao Cao's raised head moved slightly, then lowered down, slightly bent over and cupped his hands, "I have seen Your Majesty..."

"Cao Sikong..." Liu Xie said slowly, "What do you want to do? Do you want to spoil my ceremony?"

The corner of Cao Cao's left eye trembled, but his face was still calm, and he said with a slight smile, "Your Majesty...don't dare...to hear about His Majesty's celebration. If you are not talented, you can win against bandits and bandits. I offer the captives in front of the red rank, and I congratulate you... ...It is the icing on the cake for His Majesty, how can it be called a broken ceremony?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Liu Xie's feedback, he yelled at the courtesy officer at the side: "The auspicious time is about to pass, what are you doing?!"

The ceremony officer was startled, he stretched out his neck immediately, and shouted loudly: "Dedicated... captive..."

The sound of armor clanging came, and a group of soldiers pressed dozens of tied captives to the square in front of the Taimiao.Those who escorted the captives were all veterans of the battlefield, and they carried a breath-taking aura. The scars and cracks on their faces and body armor also fully displayed the ferocious aura on the battlefield. Baiguan couldn't help but took a slight step back. I don't know if they subconsciously gave up more space for these soldiers to move forward, or they were too timid to confront them...

"Puff, puff..."

The prisoners of war were pushed to the ground, wailing, crying, silent, grabbing the ground with their heads, all kinds of things, all in a mess.

After the soldiers lined up, they quietly stood with their knives and guns, standing silently.There is a cold light shining on the sword and gun. This kind of light is completely different from the light painted on the wooden knife and wooden gun held by the dancer before. Although this kind of light is not very dazzling, it makes people feel cold and their hands and feet tremble when they see it. , getting closer, and even faintly smell a bloody smell...

Liu Xie's breathing was a little disordered, and he regained his composure after taking a deep breath, staring at the prisoners in front of him without saying a word.

Yang Xiu, who was standing among the crowd watching the play, raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth curled up, and then quickly returned to his serious look, standing motionless like a wooden sculpture, as if he didn't see or hear anything...

On the side, Marcus's eyes were shining, he stood on tiptoe without any concealment, stretched his neck, glanced at Cao Cao for a while, and Liu Xie for a while. Melon seeds and so on must be like the masses of later generations.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order..."

Cao Cao bent down slightly and bowed his hands to Liu Xie.

"Please! Your Majesty orders!"

The soldiers escorting the prisoners of war shouted in a deep voice, and the buzzing echoed over the Taimiao.

"...Put it down...deal with the law..." Liu Xie was helpless, although he was unwilling to cooperate with Cao Cao deep in his heart, but he had no choice but to speak under such a situation.

The soldiers took the order, and stepped forward to pull up the prisoners of war and put them back down again.

Yang Xiu watched, couldn't help breathing out from his nasal cavity, but saw that Guo Jia in front seemed to have heard something, turned his head to look, and quickly pretended to be nonchalant and whispered to Marcus next to him: "Don't look, it's your turn... Do you remember the rituals? Uh... Forget it, let's count as much as you can remember... Anyway, you are not the point now..."

(End of this chapter)