Practice begins with the awakening of the possessed old devil

"They only need to give these children a little bit of charity, and then teach them to sing this broken song, and that's it. Are they warning us in advance?"

After leaving Chunhui Building, Ni Yi took Alatana Muqi and went straight to Honglu Temple.

Then, in the main hall of Honglu Temple, I was busy from morning to four or five in the afternoon, and I didn't even have time to drink tea.

Fortunately, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration, and the celebration and pilgrimage will start with the evening dinner and moon appreciation.

The imperial decree to appoint Ni Qi to assist the Eight Sage King Zhao Youting to temporarily manage all affairs of Honglu Temple arrived in the morning.

The leaderless group of Honglu Temple officials who had been running around like headless chickens all morning finally found their way, and hurriedly lined up to report various affairs.

Although Ni Qi has the minutes of Shaoqing Liu Yifei's affairs at hand, but after all, every line is like a mountain.

The protocol matters at Honglu Temple are complicated and related to the dignity of the monarchy, so there is no room for carelessness.

Therefore, I had to deal with it with all my energy. Fortunately, Ni Qi has always had a personality of facing difficulties.

Coupled with the assistance of many officials from Honglu Temple, they have all been in the court for many years, and have participated in many New Year celebrations of the court over the years, and they all have rich and experienced experience.

It is Ni Qi himself, the so-called "I have seen pigs run without eating pork".

Seeing these [-]- and [-]-year-old half-grown children are in high spirits, vigorously directing and swaying freely, it is both admirable and admirable.

When he first arrived at the main hall of Honglu Temple, although the officials waiting to be interviewed outside the hall had already lined up, Ni Qi still carefully observed the layout of the main hall with a lot of mood.

Although Honglu Temple was the most important foreign affairs institution of the imperial court, ordinary officials did not have the opportunity to come here at ordinary times, instead they were envoys of various Barbarians, Di Fanmans.

The first thing to do after arriving in the capital of Nanqing is to come to Honglu Temple to register and present the tribute.

However, it is unavoidable to be divided into different ranks everywhere, but only the envoys of great powers have the opportunity to be officially received by the Minister of Honglu Temple in the main hall.

And those envoys from unknown small countries or tribes were often sent directly to the post house by the officials in charge of regional affairs, so they could only look around outside this magnificent main hall.

Seeing that Ni Qi was entrusted by the Eight Sage Kings to preside over the Honglu Temple first, standing in front of the main hall and looking around leisurely. .

This is a black-faced strong man in his forties, but his actions are very gentle, which seems a little out of proportion to his appearance.

After Ni Qi saluted him back, he said with a smile: "Master Yuchi has been in Honglu Temple for many years, right? He is familiar with all the etiquette and rules in Honglu Temple."

"You have to be more tolerant. To be honest, I'm just a novice, and I shouldn't be entrusted by the Eight Sage Kings to preside over the affairs."

"Since I have been ordered temporarily, it is inconvenient to refuse, so I have to bite the bullet."

"Master Yuchi, use your familiar professional ability to assist this official in handling affairs. I have meritorious service, and Baobao will not treat you badly, understand?"

Yuchi Lingtian replied respectfully: "Master Ni, I will do my best to assist you in organizing this year's Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. Don't worry or be suspicious."

"I'm ashamed to be an official. I'm immoral and incompetent. I hope Mr. Ni will take more care of me."

Ni Qi shook his head with a smile and said: "Master Yuchi, Honglu Temple was destroyed overnight, Young Master, now this burden will fall on your head."

"With Mr. Ni here, this official will have the backbone. No matter what Mr. Ni tells you, this official will do his best."

"Well, there is no rush at this moment, Mr. Yuchi, I am a little interested in seeing that the layout of the main hall of Honglu Temple is very fresh. Can Mr. Yuchi introduce it to this pavilion?"

"Your official is very happy." Yuchi Lingtian took the lead, leading Ni Qi and Alatana Muqi to circle around the main hall of Honglu Temple.

In terms of layout, this main hall is no different from other imperial government offices.

What is special is the furnishings placed there, which can be described as strange and varied.

The most eye-catching is a dazzling Persian brocade carpet in the center of the main hall.

Yuchi Lingtian led Ni Qi and Alatanamuki to this carpet, and proudly introduced: "Master Ni, this carpet was paid as a tribute by the Persian Kingdom when the Daqing Dynasty was at its peak. I can’t find a second one in the whole of Daqing.”

"Its gorgeous color and style are second to none. The most amazing thing is that as people walk around and the light changes, the patterns and luster that can be seen are different."

Ni Qi watched it carefully, and as Yuchi Lingtian said, he couldn't help sighing: "This is really a rare treasure."

Yuchi Lingtian smiled and said: "Master Ni, there is more than one treasure in the main hall of our Honglu Temple."

"Oh? What else?" Ni Qi immediately became interested.

Yuchi Lingtian raised his hand, and said: "Lord Di, please look, this stone lotus is a gift from Brahmans;"

"This bronze lion head comes from Zhaowu Kang Kingdom;"

"This tapestry is a tribute from Tochara, and it is all woven with ostrich feathers;"

"This ivory came from Linyi as a tribute;"

"This jade-milled lady is like a congratulatory gift from Silla for my emperor's ascension to the throne;"

"And this pair of pure gold armor comes from Tubo..."

He still wanted to continue talking, Ni Qi smiled and said: "Okay, okay, Master Yuchi, I really saw the treasures of the Honglu Temple today."

"It's getting late. If you continue to introduce like this, the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration will be over."

Yuchi Lingtian also clapped his hands with a busy smile and said: "Master Ni, please forgive me, the lower officials saw that Master Ni was interested, so they couldn't help but also started talking."

"You know, each of these treasures is a testimony to the great power of Daqing in our previous dynasty, and it is really proud of us."

"Well," Ni Qi nodded and said, "My lord Yuchi feels the same way."

"However, after hearing this, I have a question."

"Master Ni, may I ask?" Yuchi Lingtian answered simply.

Ni Qi raised his hand and twitched his forehead lightly, and said, "As far as I know, the things that the Siyi have always paid tribute to the courts have been reported to the Sifang Pavilion for introduction."

"The rare and novel things were kept in the palace by the Holy Majesty, or rewarded to the ministers, and the rest were kept in the Sifang Pavilion. How come there are these tributes in the main hall of Honglu Temple?"

Yuchi Lingtian cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty Ni, you don't know that apart from the destinations of the Siyi tributes you mentioned, the emperor also set a special rule for Honglu Temple."

"That is, Honglu Temple can select several precious tributes from the Sifang Hall every year as the display in the main hall."

"In this way, all the barbarians who come to Daqing can see the majesty of my surrender to the world when they first step into Honglu Temple."

"Secondly, it can also give these worldly treasures a chance to be displayed in front of the world, so as not to be stored in the warehouse for many years without seeing the light of day."