Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 571
Feng Gang became a distinguished guest of the Wanyan Tribe, and this was the beginning. After three days of negotiations, Feng Gang and Wanyan Zuojue, the head of the Wanyan Tribe, finally bought three thousand sets of armor, three thousand long knives, one thousand hard bows, ten At the cost of Wanshi's food and long-term business contacts, the Wanyan tribe agreed to kill everyone in the Changbai Mountain Jurchen Grand Palace within seven days, rebelling and provoking Khitan's authority.

At the same time, Lian Jicheng sneaked into Khitan Shangjing with ten gold medal killers, and passed Ye Chen's order to Xiao Xiuming, the envoy of the Beifu. Qingyan stopped her.Then, under the overall auspices of Yu Daoxiang, the Huaxia Weifu Beifu led by Xiao Xiuming began to fully operate.

Soon, a plan to take advantage of the current situation in Khitan and prompt the internal strife in Khitan to take advantage of the fire and win the Yangri Jade Pendant from Zhang Wumeng, the Taiping teacher, quietly began to unfold.

Khitan, go to Beijing.

A month ago, Yu Qingyan used golden needles to forcefully extend the life of the Khitan Emperor for three months. Yu Daoxiang was entrusted by the Khitan Emperor and Empress Xiao, and used the magic secret method to make the Khitan Emperor look like a shining light within half a month, with a certain Mobility, the most important thing is being able to have sex, and in the end, Empress Xiao was forced to conceive an heir, continuing the blood of Khitan Emperor Yeluxian.

On March 17th, which is No. [-] days after Empress Xiao's pregnancy was found out, in order to celebrate that the empress was pregnant with a son of heaven, the whole Khitan celebrated together and organized a sacrifice to heaven.

On the Royal Street, all kinds of silk and colored flags are lined up on both sides of the long street, making the long street festive and solemn.

The belief in offering sacrifices to heaven originated from the ancient people's worship of pan-"heaven" objects, including all natural objects including the sun, moon, earth, mountains and rivers, and various abnormal phenomena produced by them.

In the early and early stages of the formation of any nation, when they are extremely backward in production and life, and their destiny cannot be controlled by themselves, they often rely on the power of heaven and earth. The spiritual master.The worship of natural phenomena such as heaven and earth also naturally forms the supreme belief that ranks at the head of all worship.

The Khitan nationality is a northern minority formed during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.The leader of the Khitan tribe, Yelu Abaoji, established the Liao Kingdom in the southwest of the northeast region.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although they were constantly impacted and influenced by the advanced feudal ideology and culture of the Han people in the Central Plains, as well as infiltrated by man-made religions such as Buddhism and Taoism, throughout the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan people's superstition and worship of natural objects such as heaven and earth , still above the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism.

In the course of its historical development, the Khitan ethnic group, in order to unite the centripetal force of the nation, created a ceremonial system with the characteristics of grassland ethnic groups, such as mountain sacrificing rituals, on the basis of the original shaman culture such as nature worship, ancestor worship, and totem worship.The phenomenon of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors developed from primitive shaman culture is extremely prominent in these ceremonies, and has become the core part of Khitan's important etiquette system.The continuous enrichment and improvement of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven has become a political means for the supreme ruler to highlight the imperial power granted by heaven, especially playing a very important role in strengthening the stability of the regime.

Therefore, the empress conceived the emperor's heir and held the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors. In fact, it meant that the heir in the empress' belly was bestowed by heaven. To a certain extent, the identity of the child in the empress' womb was recognized by heaven and earth.

There is a long straight street near the city wall in Zhongnan City of Shangjing City. The other streets are already bustling with people, but this royal street is still deserted and no one is allowed to enter. But at this time, a group of people are walking towards the city wall step by step from a distance. come.

"The king just got the news that the emperor and empress will appear on the sacrificial building at noon tomorrow, and after accepting the worship of military officials and noble relatives, the emperor and empress will go down the tower to participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. This is the most heavily guarded time, no one can get close.”

Some time ago, when he was sent to the Southern Tang Dynasty as an envoy, Yeluzhen's elder brother who cheated back more than 100 million taels of silver and some weapons and armor, and the half-brother of the current Khitan emperor - Yeluzhen walked steadily on the thick snow On the long street, riding boots creaked against the snow.He was wearing the traditional clothes of the Khitan people, with a fur hat and fur fur, two long strings of fox feather tassels hanging from both sides, and a treasured knife hanging from his waist. Fang Zhengzheng had a big face, thick eyebrows, beard, and an evil spirit hidden between his eyebrows and eyes. He was full of heroic qualities. Compared with the sickly Khitan Emperor Yeluxian, he looked much braver.

"Afterwards, the emperor and empress will return to the sacrificial building, singing and music will be played on both sides, and all the sacrifices will be lit, and then the royal family and nobles will put them into the altar and go to the royal street to pay homage to the emperor and empress in turn. This is the most defensive time. The time of slack is, of course, the most chaotic time.”

Yelujuan spoke in a sonorous and forceful tone, and several confidant guards followed closely beside him.

"At that time, Xiao Bayong, Xiao Xiuming and others will be on the sacrificial building, accompanying the emperor and the empress. I tried my best to install six sharpshooters among those who lit the sacrificial offerings. They not only wanted to kill The emperor is dead, and he is also responsible for cutting off the three generals who command the emperor. They control the palace guards. If they don't die, even if the emperor dies, it will be difficult for us to control the capital! Hmph! It's all thanks to that trash Yeluxian Thanks to the fact that the Empress is in charge of the government and is known as the second sage, will she want to be Wu Zetian and surpass my Yelu royal family?"

Yeluyi took every step, the same pace, the same calm tone, and it was still as cold as winter in Beijing in March. Every step he took, he sprayed out a cloud of white mist, like a fierce beast with a long breath, breathing long and slow. You Li: "If the six sharpshooters fail, the king will personally lead the second wave of shots. When the time comes, there will be royal family members loyal to the king who will pay homage to the emperor and queen. Once the emperor's head is beheaded, the king will immediately hold the queen hostage." .”

"Regardless of success or failure, someone will bring a healthy horse to the imperial street and go to the sacrifice building to meet him. We must ride the horse and leave as soon as possible. At this time outside the city, my younger brother Yeluzhen has mobilized the tent army and started to besiege the city. By then, the emperor will be dead. With the empress in my hands, those who are loyal to the empress will lose their backbone, and it will be difficult to make a big deal out of it. We can easily control Shangjing, and this king will naturally sit on the throne of God."

"Fortunately, the Wanyan tribe of the Jurchen royal family suddenly rebelled at this time. The queen's right-hand man Yeluxiu led his troops to the northeast to deal with the Jurchens, but the Jurchens were also thunderous and rainy. When Yeluxiu led the army, he surrendered again. Therefore, Brother Yeluxiu is rushing back to Shangjing day and night. It is unknown whether he can arrive in time. This is the biggest variable. However, the king has already arranged an ambush on his way back to Shangjing. Although he cannot be wiped out, but There is no problem if it drags on for a few days, when Brother Yeluxiu returns to Shangjing, this king has already become the Khitan emperor, so I guess he will have no choice but to submit to this king."

"So, although Brother Yeluxiu is the biggest variable, there is no need to worry about it. It's just another variable that can only be resigned to fate - the bows and crossbows were wrapped with layers of oiled paper and hidden underground half a month in advance. Although those bows and crossbows are well-made , there is no guarantee that there will be no damp and deformed ones. If the bows and crossbows fail, you can’t cut off several leaders and emperors in one fell swoop, and you will definitely encounter resistance. You have to adapt to the situation, just in case.”

Already in front of the tower, Yeluyu stood still, looked at the majestic city wall, and said coldly: "You are the only ones that this king can bring into the sacrificial tower, but you are not qualified to go up to the sacrificial tower, you can only go downstairs. Waiting. If the king cannot kill the emperor on the spot, the guards will escort the emperor and flee back to the palace. There are no people from us in the palace. The mission is to guard the gate of the palace, as long as the emperor wants to escape into the palace, you must immediately stop it with all your might and take the emperor's life."

He let out a long breath, and said: "The guards above and below the city, this king has already calculated clearly that there is more than [-]% chance of success in this trip, but it is up to the person to plan, and many variables must be guarded against. Things will come true, you wait If you are all enfeoffed, you will live a lifetime of glory and wealth; if you fail, you will be like a shooting star in the sky, shining only once, do you understand?"

Since Xiao Xiuming was sent back to Khitan by Ye Chen and served as the envoy of the North Palace of the Huaxia Weifu, with the secret cooperation of the Huaxia Weifu, he found out a lot about the military intelligence of the northern camp of Song State, and made several great achievements. In addition, he joined the descendant family and was valued by the queen, so in just over a year, he was promoted to three ranks in a row, and was transferred to the palace guard army to become a commander with 1000 people under his command.

Today, he was offering sacrifices to the heavens, led by the commander of the palace guards, Xiao Bayong, and together with two other commanders, he was responsible for the safety around the altar.

Since more than ten years ago, the Khitan sacrifice to heaven has been presided over by Zhang Wumeng, Pope Zhang Wumeng, who has a close relationship with the Khitan royal family and has a somewhat detached status in the Khitan country. Therefore, today's altar ceremony, apart from the queen and emperor, Zhang Wumeng Also the main character.

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The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven went smoothly. After Zhang Wumeng stood on the altar and gave a very imposing and high-level performance, Empress Xiao and the emperor led the officials to worship the sky and the earth, and then went up to the sacrificial building. With Wumeng's order, all the sacrifices in the fire pool around the altar were ignited. Zhang Wumeng waved the magical weapon in his hand, and a silver light flashed. ash.

Although this scene would happen every time there was a sacrifice to heaven under the auspices of Zhang Wumeng, but this time, most of the audience couldn't help but exclaim.Zhang Wumeng saw it in his eyes, and felt a little proud in his heart.When offering sacrifices to heaven is the time to enhance your own prestige and the influence of the Taiping Sect.

(End of this chapter)