Thief Emperor

Chapter 664: Sooner or later, we will settle the score!

God is very kind and it is a sunny day today.

As the sun rose, light from the sky spread down, illuminating the high altar golden.

Normally, at this time, officials from the Imperial Observatory should have calculated the time and determined an auspicious day and time, and officials from the Ministry of Rites would have presided over the ceremony. However, Li Yun's small court did not have these personnel, so calculating the time could only be done by the Taoist priests of the Chaotian Palace on a part-time basis.

As for the ceremonial officer who would preside over the ceremony, the great scholar Tao Wenyuan from the capital was invited to take the position.

The whole process is quite complicated and cumbersome.

But there is no other way, you have to do it bit by bit and meticulously, this thing is quite serious.

The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.

Sometimes, such etiquette is even more important than war.

While Du Qian and others were busy preparing for various ceremonies, Li Yun was changing clothes in a newly built house nearby.

He changed out of his casual clothes and put on a black and red robe.

This kind of clothes, layer upon layer, weighs several kilograms and is quite cumbersome to put on.

Moreover, because it uses ancient style, this dress has been in production since last year. Tao Wenyuan, who was in charge of this matter, consulted countless ancient books, visited some elderly people, found more than a dozen tailors, and spent several months to make this one.

Because he was going to establish a new dynasty, Li Yun's royal robes would definitely not be exactly the same as Wu Zhou's, and there might even be mistakes in some places. But regardless of whether there were mistakes or not, Li's royal robes would definitely be based on this one in the future.

It was very troublesome to put on the imperial robe. Fortunately, Xue Yun'er, Liu Su, and Lu Huan all came together. With the help of the three ladies, it took less than half an hour to put on the imperial robe.

Li Yun was tall and strong, which suited him perfectly to wear this kind of formal dress. After putting on the formal dress, he stood up straight with his hands slightly behind his back, which made the three ladies a little dazed.

Especially Liu Su, who was stunned for a long time before she whispered: "My husband is so majestic, so majestic..."

This kind of gaze still made men enjoy it. Even Li Yun was very happy. After smiling, he turned around in front of the bronze mirror and said, "It looks good, but it's too troublesome to put on."

"Fortunately, I only wear this once."

As he spoke, he took the nine-pearl crown from Xue Yun'er and put it on his head.

Nine crown pendants hang down.

This is the configuration of the princes. If it is the emperor, he will have twelve crowns.

Xue Yun'er fiddled with the crown in front of Li Yun and said with a smile, "Can my husband still see what's in front of him?"

Just as Li Yun was about to speak, Su Zhan's voice came from the door: "Go up, Mr. Du said it's almost time."

Li Yun responded.

"I'll go right away."

Xue Yun'er smiled softly and said, "My husband, from now on, you should call yourself a lonely man."

"That's not necessary."

Li Yun took a look at himself in the mirror and said helplessly, "I feel like I'm a little too pretentious when I'm dressed like this."

He took a deep breath, calmed down the tension and slight embarrassment in his heart, and said slowly: "After today, there are still many things to do. I will go and take care of the sacrifice to the heaven first."

After saying that, he strode out.

As soon as he arrived at the door, there were already many officials waiting there. After seeing Li Yun's attire, many of them were stunned.

If Li Yun was not tall and strong, he would look out of place in this outfit, like a monkey in a human form, and would be laughed at.

However, his height crushed those Jiangdong officials, and he had been conquering many places in recent years and held a high position, so he had already developed some majesty.

At this moment, with this set of clothes, everyone knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to Li Yun: "Please come up to the stage and offer sacrifices to the heavens."

Li Yun took a deep breath, raised his hand and said, "Stand up."

After saying this, Li Yun turned around and looked at Xue Yun'er who was not far behind him.

After he offered sacrifice to the heaven, Xue Yun'er also followed him onto the stage.

Li Yun's sacrifice to heaven was the first offering, while Xue Yun'er, the Queen of Jiangdong, was to make the second offering.

At this moment, Xue Yun'er was already changing her clothes.

Beside the altar, the master of ceremonies, Tao Wenyuan, coughed and said, "Please come up to the stage and report to the heavens."

At this time, the musicians played music, and around the altar, almost all the people who came to participate in this ceremony shouted in unison: "Please come up to the stage and offer sacrifices to the heavens."

Li Yun no longer hesitated and slowly stepped onto the altar.

Behind him, Du Qian, Yao Zhong, Xu Ang, Zhuo Guangrui and others stood on his left and right and followed him onto the stage.

These people were going to kneel behind him and offer sacrifices to the heavens together.

Li Yun stepped onto the altar, and the musicians' music also became solemn.

At this time, on the altar, Tao Wenyuan stood on the right side of Li Yun, and King Wu Yuanyou of Chu, dressed in a royal robe, stood on his left.

Tao Wenyuan said solemnly: "Offer incense."

Li Yun stepped forward, burned three incense sticks, and then he and the civil officials behind him bowed three times to the tablet of the Emperor of Heaven on the altar in front of them.

After the ceremony, he stood up. His Royal Highness the King of Chu handed over the document. Li Yun took it with both hands and began to recite the sacrificial text.

"Your servant, Li Yun, prostrates himself on the ground and begs God to help me."

"The Zhou Dynasty has ruled the world for more than 200 years."

"Since the Xian De era, the country has been in turmoil, with bandits and thieves roaming everywhere."

"People's livelihood is no longer good, and social order is no longer there." "I have heard that the sacred artifacts of the state are held by those with virtue."

"I was born in Wu. I am of humble origin and have little virtue. I have never dared to peek at the sacred artifacts. But I was appointed by heaven to nurture the southeast..."

"........."

After a long written document, Li Yun bowed his head and worshipped the God of Heaven again.

"I now boldly report to God and take up the throne of King Wu and rule the southeast."

He said in a loud voice: "I will do my best to protect all living beings. If God blesses me, I will be able to grant you the divine weapon..."

At this point, Li Yun is going to talk about his future “goal” of competing for supremacy in the world.

However, before he could finish reading this sentence, five or six middle-aged men who looked like scholars among the crowd watching the ceremony suddenly crossed the crowd and rushed towards the altar. The Jinling Army had no time to stop them and were rushed in directly.

After these scholars rushed in, they shouted in unison.

"Li Mazi, Li Mazi, the great thief Li Mazi from Cangshan!"

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"There is a jackal in Qingyang Mountain, and a small bandit can also be called king!"

"Unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust!"

One scholar raised his neck, blushing, and shouted: "How dare you, a bandit, call yourself a king? Who made you the King of Wu?"

Li Yun stood on the altar, lowered his head expressionlessly, and looked at the scholars.

It was obvious that his old identity could no longer be concealed.

This is not surprising. After all, people in the court had already guessed most of the truth. There was a Lijia Village at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, and Li Yun did not kill all the people in Lijia Village. As long as there were some clues, it would not be surprising for the people in the Imperial City Bureau to find out his origins.

However, for Li Yun now, this kind of thing is no longer a big deal. At most it will affect his reputation.

It is hard to say whether it will affect his reputation.

Li Yun did not express his opinion, but Du Qian's expression changed.

The current Jinling prefect Zhuo Guangrui was so frightened that his face turned pale. He rolled and crawled down the altar, shouting in a trembling voice: "What are you standing there for? Arrest him, arrest him!"

Liu Bo, who was watching the ceremony, also had an unpleasant expression on his face. He turned his head and looked at Meng Hai who was following him. Meng Hai's voice was also trembling as he lowered his head and said, "Si Zheng, this matter, this matter..."

“There’s no way to prevent this.”

He smiled bitterly and said, "Those people are... all local scholars invited by the government."

Liu Bo took a deep breath and said, "Send some brothers to the mountain to work with the people from the government office to properly handle this matter."

Meng Hai quickly lowered his head and replied, "I obey your command."

After instructing Meng Hai, Liu Bo trotted all the way to Li Yun, lowered his head and said, "Second Brother..."

Li Yun shook his head slightly at him and said lightly: "It's okay."

He looked up at Tao Wenyuan and said with a smile, "Mr. Tao, please continue."

Tao Wenyuan took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes."

As the ceremony continued, Li Yun quickly finished reading the document. Tao Wenyuan looked around and said loudly, "Kneel down and pay homage to the King of Wu."

Hundreds of people around knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Yun.

"Greetings to the king!"

"Greetings to the king!"

Li Yun walked down the steps step by step with his hands behind his back. After stepping down from the altar, he looked at Xue Yuner, who was dressed in formal attire and preparing for the second offering.

Xue Yun'er's face didn't look good. She was obviously affected by what happened just now and was a little nervous.

Li Yun patted her arm and smiled softly, "It's okay, Madam, just go."

"I'll take care of these things."

Xue Yun'er took a deep breath and walked slowly to the altar.

At this time, Zhuo Guangrui trotted over, knelt directly in front of Li Yun, bowed his head and kowtowed, saying: "Your Highness..."

"There are five of them in total, all of them are great scholars from Jiangzuo..."

Mr. Li's face didn't look very good. After a moment of silence, he said calmly, "Keep them under surveillance. Don't let them die."

"I'll deal with them myself when I'm done."

Zhuo Guangrui bowed his head deeply: "Your Highness...I understand."

Li Yun thought for a moment and ordered, "There may be more trouble on Zhongshan Mountain today. I will ask Deng Yang to send more people up. You all should be careful."

"Yes."

Du Qian approached and lowered his head and said, "It's probably the work of the Imperial City Bureau."

Li Yun said calmly: "That's all they can do."

"The Guizhou donkey has no skills."

Mr. Li narrowed his eyes and groaned.

"We'll settle accounts with them sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)