Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"hiss--"

Taking a breath in a low voice, Liu Hong, who followed everyone on the stage, couldn't suppress the surprise in his heart, and inevitably let out a slight gasp.When Zhang Rang, who was standing beside Liu Hong, saw the other party's reaction, he naturally understood that this gift was very liked by Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong, and he also knew that he had not made a mistake in controlling the other party's preferences.

Going up to the top of the platform along the white marble steps that reach the sky, the first thing that catches everyone’s eyes is a huge stone disc carved from a whole piece of white marble, reclining at an angle set in advance. In front of everyone, it is about three feet in size.A total of twelve divisional scales for a week are depicted on the disc with the gold-plated method, and each scale is embellished with different types of gemstones inlaid on top.

With just one glance, everyone was stunned by the magnificent decoration on the sundial.Unlike the people who were staring at the dragon patterns drawn on the jewelry, gold and silver at this moment, the few local tyrants present, including Zhang Yan and Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, had the same question in their minds.

"This... the whole piece of marble is estimated to have sixty or seventy cubic meters, and I'm afraid it weighs more than 200 tons."

"In this era, there is no crane and there is no pulley block. How did Wei Xian move this 200-ton thing up?"

Zhang Yan really felt a little unacceptable.

Chapter 22 The Ritual Ceremony Finally Completed

"How did these guys do it?"

Scratching his head in confusion, Zhang Yan really couldn't understand how Wei Xian could transport such a heavy stone to a height of more than [-] meters without any help. on the platform.It's just that limited by the sacrifice being held now, it's not easy for him to ask Wei Xian too many questions, so he can only suppress the deep doubt in his heart first, and first proceed with the sacrifice process as required.

After cleaning up the dirty hands from worshiping the gods at the assistant, Zhang Yan took three wine bottles from Kuai Qi, who was in charge of the sacrifice, and then, with the assistance of Kuai Qi, arranged the three glasses of spirits in an arc shape He fell on the sacrificial table in front of him.

After three glasses of wine, the work of cleaning the table was completed. Zhang Yan knelt and sat motionless in front of the sacrificial table. Behind him, the people who were carrying various offerings and the sacrificial tripods began to place the food forward one by one. On the sacrificial table.

At the same time, Kuai Qi, who was in charge of the sacrificial ceremony, was not idle. From his mouth came a series of sacrificial blessings like singing poems, and the etiquette team below also started to play a rather solemn sacrificial ceremony at the right time. music.

After Zhang Yan's legs were numb from his knees, all the sacrifices including three animals, six animals, and whole grains were placed on the sacrificial table by everyone.After Kuai Qi signaled, Zhang Yan stood up tremblingly with the support of the people around him.

"Hiss—slow down, slow down."

Whispered to the people beside him, Zhang Yan's legs and feet were so numb that he couldn't stand up straight.But with the support of everyone, he still slowly took out a large wine bottle from Kuai Qi's hand, and began to offer wine to the altar.

Although the so-called four steps of receiving the title, cleaning the title, wiping the title, and entering the title may sound complicated, they are actually simply cleaning the wine glasses in your hand, then filling three glasses of wine and slowly pouring them into a specially prepared food bowl. altar.After Zhang Yan poured all three glasses of wine, a strong middle-aged man hummed a little tune and carried the food altar on his shoulders and placed it at the top of the altar.

"Phew, it's finally over."

He muttered secretly in his heart, Zhang Yan felt a little tired at this time.After all, just after returning to Luoyang, he went to the palace to report on his work non-stop, and then he was instructed by Hanling Emperor Liu Hong to be busy until now.

Don't look at Liu Hong standing aside watching happily at the moment, but Zhang Yan has been made a little tired by the complicated sacrificial steps.

"Phew, it's finally over."

On the other side, seeing that Zhang Yan had finished offering three glasses of wine, Kuai Qi also let out a deep breath.Although he didn't have any physical labor to do as the presiding priest, the long-term mental tension still made Kuai Qi feel a little tired.After the offering of spirits is over, there are only two final steps left to complete this grand sacrificial work.

"Cheer up, Kuai Qi, this is a job related to your future treatment!"

Secretly patted his cheek, Kuai Qiqiang cheered up and took three long incense sticks from the hands of the people behind him, lit them in the direction of the air outlet, and handed them to Zhang Yan.But just after these three long incense sticks entered Zhang Yan's hands, the gale that had calmed down just now rose again in an instant, and there was even a faint tendency to be more violent than before.

"coming!"

Feeling that the strong wind had already blown everyone tottering, Liu Hong, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty who had experience before, immediately lifted his spirits, knowing that after Zhang Yan burnt the incense, he would reproduce the warm foreign light he had when he was enthroned and offered sacrifices. .Seeing that Zhang Yan was already walking towards the altar with a long incense in his hand, Kuai Qi hurriedly signaled with his eyes all the irrelevant people present to retreat, leaving only himself, Zhang Yan, and Liu Hong who were still standing on the top of the sundial. on the platform.

The voice of singing Zhuwen sounded again. Although Zhang Yan didn’t know much about the pronunciation of ancient Chinese, Zhang Yan could barely understand what Kuai Qi was singing. You bring in some gifts."

And as he inserted the long incense in his hand into the incense burner, the content Kuai Qi sang changed from the previous content to "God of Shanchuan Sheji, is the wine and meat delicious? If it is delicious, please bless us next year. There is a disaster, otherwise we will have no food to sacrifice to you."

Secretly complaining about the content of the sacrificial speech, Zhang Yan gently inserted the long incense in his hand into the incense burner against the strong wind, that is, the moment Zhang Yan inserted it, a cyclone visible to the naked eye followed Zhang Yan's body Straight into the sky, connected with a cyclone in the sky.

"Boom—"

All of a sudden, those who didn't see the details in the audience only found that the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be activated by Zhang Yan's actions in an instant, and pressed down towards the sundial below.And just as the clouds rolled, there were countless blue-purple lightnings looming along with thunder.

"Woc, it won't be what I said, the construction of wonders is really going to go through the thunder disaster?!"

Looking at the tumbling black clouds above his head with some panic, Zhang Yan's expression became panicked.But before he could continue to make any moves, he saw Kuai Qi walking towards Zhang Yan against the strong wind.

"Marquis of the Kingdom of Wan, the three sticks of long incense are finished, and in a sense this sacrifice is over."

Looking in Zhang Yan's direction wearily, Kuai Qi's expression was a little drowsy at the moment, as if he had experienced some long-term exhaustion.But after considering the previous question, he still gritted his teeth and asked Zhang Yan while suppressing the tiredness in his heart:

"May I ask the Marquis of Wan, after you build this sundial, do you intend to keep it for your own use, or to present it to the current emperor Liu Hong?"

Without any taboo, Kuai Qi directly called the word "Liu Hong" in front of the other party.Seeing him winking at him constantly, Zhang Yan immediately read something from his gaze.

Is this sundial reserved for your own use or dedicated to the emperor?

Without even thinking about it, Zhang Yan had already made his choice.And Zhang Yan also knew that Kuai Qi had heard himself mention the construction purpose of this giant sundial before, so naturally he would not ask this question at this moment.

Since he asked, he must answer, and he answered it out loud.

"The reason why the Marquis sent people to build this giant equatorial sundial is precisely to present it to His Majesty Liu Hong, as a gift for His Majesty's birthday!"

Clenching his teeth and looking at the sky above his head, Zhang Yan has already seen thunder appearing frequently in the dark clouds of the sky, as if he couldn't suppress it.He didn't want his first successful building to be destroyed by lightning, so he naturally yelled these words loudly towards the altar.

"Crack-"

A bright light flashed, and Zhang Yan only saw that a purple thunderbolt struck the huge stone sundial on the top of the platform before he finished speaking.And at the same moment when the thunder struck, a white air flow emerged from Liu Hong's side, facing the thunder and rushing towards the depths of the dark clouds in the sky.

"Ow—"

The high-pitched dragon chant sounded, and Zhang Yan had already scolded all the eighteen generations of the system's ancestors in the depths of his heart.And just when he thought that his spectacle was about to be destroyed, that thunder was swallowed by the breath the moment it came into contact with the white breath, and disappeared without a trace.

"I d you md, the system told me that there is no supernatural phenomenon?"

Seeing the airflow in the sky devouring the lightning and turning into a dragon in an instant, tearing up all the dark clouds in the sky, Zhang Yan finally couldn't help but yelled.

[Wonder mission completed]

[Current spectacle: the white marble giant equatorial sundial has been built]

[System score: 91 points (excellent)]

[Congratulations to the host for completing the task of building a spectacle]

[Current task rewards have been issued]

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[Congratulations to the host for completing the first normal-level wonder construction]

[Completion rewards have been issued]

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[Congratulations to the host for completing the ordinary spectacle with a score of 90 or above for the first time]

【More system functions have been unlocked】

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The sun shone on Zhang Yan's body, and a series of system prompts made him dizzy.

Chapter 23 Unsealable

【Megastructure Project: White Marble Giant Equatorial Sundial (Completed)】

【Rank: Ordinary】

[Score: 91 points (excellent)]

[Architectural functions: watching time, offering sacrifices]

[Building effect: The probability of future natural disasters in the state and county where the building is located is slightly reduced (already in effect)]

[Comment: Exquisite and gorgeous white marble giant equatorial sundial, the architectural style is a little rough but relying on a large amount of material input to maintain a high architectural level. 】

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The description interface about the spectacle suddenly popped up in front of Zhang Yan, and the current giant equatorial sundial has been successfully renamed as the white marble equatorial sundial, becoming one of the wonder buildings recognized by the system.Although it only belongs to the giant structure project with low difficulty in construction, Zhang Yan was plunged into long-term consternation by the vision of heaven and earth that was enough to shock the world at the moment when the sacrifice was completed.

Even if he didn't know why, he seemed to be the only one who saw the vision of the giant dragon soaring, but when he looked up at the beautiful weather where the clouds and mists had been cleared and the sun scattered, Zhang Yan knew that everything that happened just now was not an illusion of his own. , but what actually happened in this world.

"Congratulations, Marquis of Wan."

He greeted Zhang Yan with a discounted yawn. Although Kuai Qi's expression was a little sleepy, there was still a trace of suppressed deep envy in it.The cyclone on the top of the building dissipated just now, and a large amount of aura was scattered among the clan members in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty in an instant, using the dragon aura on Han Lingdi's body as an introduction.

Although the amount of "qi" that each clan member can get is not much, as the aura extracted from the earth veins of the imperial capital Luoyang, it must strengthen their bodies to some extent, and at the same time restore their physical functions. any questions.

As for Zhang Yan, who performed the main sacrificial act, although the benefits he obtained were not as obvious as that of Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, they were able to restore his physical function to the peak moment of a 22-year-old male.As for Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of Han who was stroking the sundial, the sick look on his face had long since faded, and at the same time, his spirit was much better than before.

"Hehe, we are happy together."

He responded to Kuai Qi with a smile, and Zhang Yan also saw that the other party's expression was very tired.Therefore, after inviting the other party to visit his home in a few days, Zhang Yan sent someone to send Kuai Qi back to the other party's residence in the General's Mansion, and at the same time sent someone to announce to all the onlookers below that The sundial has been officially put into use.

It is different from the huge pressure brought by the sundial on the top of the sundial when the clouds were overcast just now. Now that the cloudy clouds in the north of Luoyang City have dissipated, the bright sunshine fell on the white sundial at the last moment of the afternoon. It brings a sense of crystal clear luxury and nobility.

Perhaps this kind of luxury and nobility is not so obvious when Zhang Yan and others stand on the top of the platform and look closely.But to the people waiting tens of meters below the pedestal, the sundial looked like a whole piece of gorgeous gemstone, shining with dazzling brilliance, which attracted their eyes straight.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a sacrificial ceremony here before, as ordinary people, they were afraid to disturb Zhang Yan's business and hesitated to go forward. I am afraid that some people could not bear it at this moment, and walked along the crystal clear white marble like a ladder. Steps, climbed up to the top platform of the sundial.

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"Alright, alright, the sacrifice has been completed. People who want to go up to have a look can go up the stone steps, but be careful not to damage the sundial."

"As for the sacrificial offerings above, now that the sacrificial offering has been completed, everyone should share the food on the spot. Don't waste it."

On the platform at the top of the sundial, Zhang Yan also gave instructions to the waiter beside him at this time, and stepped forward to caress the pure white surface of the sundial with some emotion.Different from the shocked ordinary people below, Zhang Yan's expression was a little satisfied at this time, and at the same time he couldn't help but giggled out loud.

Perhaps this sundial is far inferior to the astonishing works of later generations such as the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, the Great Wall, and even the Chengtian Gate in Beijing. The white marble sundial built by Zhang Yan is far inferior in various aspects, but for him Zhang Yan It is said that this white marble sundial is the first marvelous building he successfully built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, so there is quite a memorable meaning in this building.

Now that his first wonder has been built, a large number of rewards have been issued following the system prompts, waiting for him to withdraw at any time.At the same time, in addition to the many rewards, it seems that because he built the first wonder that was evaluated as excellent by the system, there are new system functions that have been activated, waiting for the current Zhang Yan to go and explore carefully.

It's just a pity that at this moment, Zhang Yan hadn't had time to collect and check the rewards one by one, when he was attracted by the same laughing voice next to him.

"Wan Guohou, you did a good job, you did a good job!"

Laughing loudly, he patted Zhang Yan's shoulder. Hanling Emperor Liu Hong just saw the strange sight of the cloud suddenly dissipating between the sky and the earth.Although he had never paid attention to the giant white energy-veined dragon flying out of him like Zhang Yan did, but after the cloud cleared, that warm breath made him really feel it, and at the same time his whole body They are much more energetic than before.

If Liu Hong, the former Hanling Emperor, was compared to a low-level social animal who stayed up late for several years and was always on the verge of sudden death or no sudden death, then the current Liu Hong is as if this social animal finally had a chance to sleep. It's like getting a good night's sleep, and the whole person becomes radiant.

And even the damage caused to my body by "staying up late" before still exists in my "community animal" body, and it may erupt at any time... But at least for now, Liu Hong's various body The functions have been repaired a lot by that warm airflow, and at the same time, the whole person is no longer the previous sad appearance that may ascend to heaven in place at any time.

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"Marquis of the Kingdom of Wan, I am very happy with this congratulatory gift from you. I am so happy that I don't know what to reward you to calm my heart..."

He said something to Zhang Yan with a sigh, and Liu Hong's expression at this time was as warm and kind as seeing his own son.Involuntarily, he now once again had the idea and plan to reward Zhang Yan in front of him.

If it is said that Liu Hong’s series of rewards to Zhang Yan in the past were all because he wanted to win over and protect Zhang Yan, who was young and good at fighting, in his heart, then Liu Hong looked at Zhang Yan now. Zhang Yan's gaze is a kind of naked liking, a kind of liking and comfort that goes deep into the bones, as if treating his own relatives.

Although I don't know why, Zhang Yan seems to be able to make his dying body regenerate the energy and vitality that is almost the same as when he was young, but in the heart of Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, he felt that warmth. I, who was favored by Qiqiu, still have a faint feeling of gratitude and repayment to the young man in front of me.

At the same time, because of this, Liu Hong began to silently consider what kind of things he could reward Zhang Yan in front of him.

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