September is full of flowers

The sacrificial officer walked through the middle of all the officials, holding the scorpion all the way to the sacrificial steps.The emperor is dressed in a golden cloak, embroidered with mountains and rivers, and wearing a uniform with heaven and earth painted on it.Holding Zhengui in his hand, which has the effect of exorcising evil spirits, he walked towards the altar step by step.

The gate supervisors of the Yinyang Prison were arranged in one place, and sat in front of the Taige tent.Zeng Yuanqing, supervisor of the Meteorological Gate, squinted his eyes at Zhengui in the hands of the emperor, frowned and said, "This is not an ordinary Zhengui. The pattern on the Gui is a wild animal, and it is used to suppress evil spirits. The emperor sacrificed to the sky, no This totem should be used."

Gu Yan, the Supervisor of the Suanmen at the side, stopped him with a wink, and said, "Don't make troubles, we gathered here to let the emperor give up on the idea of ​​marrying the gate supervisor, and take it back. As for other things, I can't take care of it for the time being gone."

Zeng Yuanqing nodded.

The other four supervisors also expressed their agreement with Gu Yan's statement with their eyes.

Twelve boys selected from among the nobles went up to the altar with sacrificial vessels.After putting down the sacrificial vessel, he stood around the altar and formed a square.Facing outward, he also holds a gui in his hand, but the totem on this gui is far less fierce than the evil spirit held in the emperor's hand. It is painted with phoenix, phoenix, unicorn, Duansheng and other divine beasts.

I also saw a few strong men carrying two tripods, one large and one small, on their shoulders with wood as thick as their waists.

In the tent, Ning Xiang came out and stood in front of the tent with a stern face. The crane hanging in front of his lapel was lifelike, and the crane seemed to be flapping its wings to fly.

When Shen Man saw the two tripods from a distance, he suddenly felt terrible, as if his heart was pressed by something, and his breathing became difficult.She pressed her heart, and felt her temples throbbing again.Those dead people whose eyes had been gouged out that I saw in the Kongtong Temple flashed before my eyes one by one.

Shen Man was in unbearable pain.

Yun Tiangang noticed her abnormality, and quickly took her hand to feel the pulse, and felt that the pulse was disordered, but extremely strong.It seems that there is a huge potential in her body, which is slowly being released through the pulse.But this release must not be too strong, otherwise, according to Shen Man's physique, he might be defeated by this potential.

Yun Tiangang seemed to realize something, and went to roll Shenman's eyelids, but the moment he touched it, his hand was suddenly shaken by something, and he was bounced away.Yun Tiangang fell to the ground in a panic, eyes full of fear.

Ning Tao came to help him, raised his head and asked Shen Man, "Why did you suddenly push down Dr. Yun? You don't know how to respect the old man..." Ning Tao paused, and asked Shen Man, "What's wrong with you, why are your eyes so red? "

Jiang Qiudi stared into her eyes, and sure enough Ning Tao was right, Shen Man's eyes were red, as bright as blood.The originally black and white pupils turned red at this moment, and the eye sockets were covered with bloodshot eyes, which looked very scary at first glance.

Such abnormalities are seen only in wild animals, and it is a sign of madness or some kind of plague.

Doctor Yun stood up with Ning Tao's hand, his voice trembling slightly, "I understand, this is the master's meaning... so the young master... the young master is..." He looked at the man who was carried up to the altar again. Zimu Ding said helplessly, "I think we have always been in someone else's plan."

At this moment, there was a low cry from the crowd.

A simple, elegant and clean woman was slowly walking up to the altar under everyone's attention.She dragged her long back hem, and her needlework was fine and precise. If you look carefully, you can see the pattern of a phoenix embroidered with dark thread on it.She wears a phoenix hairpin on her head, followed by twelve golden silk ribbons, which is luxurious and elegant.

She is not wearing a mask at this moment, showing everyone with her real face.The people below have never seen such an unimaginable face of a woman. Just looking at her back, they feel that everything in front of them is like an illusion, impossible to be real.

If it is true, how can you see a fairy?

But if it is nothingness, how can you hear the heartbeat and feel the spurt of blood?

This woman in white is the gate supervisor of the Grand Pavilion of the Dafeng Dynasty, who was rumored to have established the calendar, established official ranks, heard about the Tianli, and Xia Minqiu.This woman is the youngest and most talented onmyoji in history. At the same time, this woman is also a beautiful woman who makes the emperor's heart beat, disregarding the rules of the world and the rules of her ancestors.

So, the moment they saw Tang Jiuyue, many people finally understood why she could move an emperor.

In Shen Man's field of vision, everything was a blur of red.Every figure, every facial feature, she seemed to see Chen Zhou's skinned blood corpse.

After covering her eyes for a moment, she looked in one direction instinctively, and saw a touch of white.She stared in a daze for a while, and her sight became clear.She couldn't hear the voices of the people around her calling her, but felt that her ears were buzzing. Later, the voice became smaller and clearer.

"Young master?" Ning Tao pushed her shoulder, and there was even a trace of concern in his eyes, "Are you okay?"

Shen Man let out a "hmm" and asked in confusion, "Why does the gate supervisor dress like this to go to the altar?"

Seeing that she was fine, Ning Tao was relieved, and said, "Since ancient times, there must be sacrificial vessels and sacrificial corpses. The sacrificial vessels, those little guys have already brought them up, and the son-mother cauldron are all sacrificial vessels. As for the sacrificial corpses Well... as the name suggests, it needs a corpse to sacrifice."

Shen Manzheng was doubtful, but when he saw the corner of Ning Tao's mouth twitch, he knew that he was deliberately scaring him.Turning around, he was about to instruct Yun Tiangang to teach Ning Tao a lesson. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ning Tao immediately begged for mercy, and said truthfully, "Actually, this corpse sacrifice is not really a corpse sacrifice to heaven, the so-called corpse is just a symbol." , the representative of Tiantongda. If a beautiful woman like Tang Damenjian died, I don’t know how many people would be sad!"

Shen Man really wanted to find a chance to deal with this vicious guy.

Ning Tao smiled, "However, letting Supervisor Tang sit with Zhu Tou and Niu Tou, the scene is quite amazing."

"The way of heaven is eternal, and the three sacrifices as a gift can achieve the will of heaven." Jiang Qiudi chanted.

Ning Tao glanced at him, "Don't think we haven't read "Determinism". Huh? Why is she here?"

I saw that the altar was getting more and more lively, not only came the glamorous Tang gate supervisor, but also a concubine wearing a light yellow neon dress, this person was Duan, who had just entered the palace, whom I hadn't seen for a long time. Concubine - Wu Niannian.

Wu Niannian put on a gorgeous palace attire, a precious golden hair ornament on her head, makeup on the corners of her eyes was gently pulled up, and clouds entered her temples. Although her style was different from Tang Jiuyue's, she had a charming charm.

Shen Man always felt that Wu Niannian was good-looking, although not as good as Tang Jiuyue, she was superior to ordinary women.At this time, I feel that her demeanor cannot be buried.

Sure enough, everyone's breath-holding and staring eyes confirmed Shen Man's idea that Wu Niannian is indeed a rare beauty.

Yun Tiangang suddenly said, "Nian Nian was raised by the Five Elements Sect since she was a child, her fate and appearance are very similar to the young master. It's just that many people are afraid of you, young master, so Nian Nian has borne a lot of suffering for the young master. Later, when I learned that she existed for the young master, I felt resentful, and escaped from the Five Elements Gate and came out alone, but I didn't know that many people in the Five Elements Gate already regarded her as their own family. The door will not be mean to her."

Shen Man sighed, "I hope she can untie this knot with the Five Elements Gate one day."

Ning Tao pondered, "But why did she also come and go up to the altar? According to the usual practice, there is only one person on the altar to act as a sacrificial corpse. I thought that person would be Tang Daojian, but he came up again. A Wu Niannian... the son-mother cauldron, the twelve boys, Duanfei Wu Niannian, and a gate supervisor... What exactly does the emperor want?"

The priest burns incense, and the thin smoke curls up into the sky.This is a way to communicate with the gods in the sky, hoping to reach the heavens and let the gods hear the people's wishes for blessings.

After burning the incense, the priest brought up a tray covered with bright yellow cloth, bowed his head respectfully and handed it to the emperor.The emperor glanced at Tang Jiuyue, and then glanced at Wu Niannian.There was a trace of tension and panic in Wu Niannian's eyes, and she couldn't help looking at Tang Jiuyue. After seeing Tang Jiuyue, her mood seemed to be calmer.

The emperor uncovered the cloth on the tray. On the tray, it turned out to be a sharp and sharp dagger.He picked up the dagger, pushed the sheath away, walked up to Wu Niannian, slowly stretched out his hand, and said very gently, "Bring it here."

A trace of hesitation flashed in Wu Niannian's eyes, but in the end he handed over the hand as he said, and placed it in the hands of the emperor.

The emperor turned her wrist upside down and held it tightly, fearing that she might escape.Then he gently slashed between her wrists with a sharp dagger, a cut was opened on her fair and flawless wrist, the flesh was turned outward, and bright red blood gradually flowed out.

The emperor pulled Wu Niannian to the front of the tripod, and let the blood dripped between the tripods.

The twelve boys gathered in front of the mother cauldron, chanting words around the mother cauldron.

"What are they doing?" Shen Man asked, feeling that it was not like an ordinary ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven.

Ning Tao and Yun Tiangang looked at each other, and sneered, "It's ridiculous! Didn't he always follow the yin and yang way that the old fellow Zou Yan followed, but at this moment he is performing the ritual of the Five Elements Gate? It's really ridiculous!"

Yun Tiangang was silent for a while, and said earnestly, "This kind of sacrificial technique is also forbidden by the Five Elements Sect."

Shen Man asked, "Why?"

Yun Tiangang was worried, "Because this sacrificial technique is too bloody and tragic. Not only must a boy be sacrificed as a human sacrifice, but hundreds of thousands of lives must be sacrificed to fall into the mother cauldron. Someone with a special fate is needed to be sacrificed in the Ziding." With a blood sacrifice, the son-mother cauldron responds to each other, and it can become a thing that can prolong human life..."

A thought suddenly flashed across Shen Man's mind, and he asked excitedly, "Master Yun, has anyone tried this method?!"

Yun Tiangang was surprised, "Young master? How do you know? This method was tried ten years ago, but unfortunately it didn't work. Later, I tried it secretly again, but it still didn't work."

Shen Man said word by word, "One time was in the suburban city, Zhou Ting, the daughter of Shang Shuling, and Mr. Xie's son, Zhou Ting went crazy, Xie Fan died, the two failed to accomplish anything; the other time should be in Kongtong Temple, the innocent people gathered in the temple were the burials of that ceremony. The reason why their eyes were gouged out was that they would leak what they saw, but no one really leaked it... "

Yun Tiangang was stunned for a long time, "Young master, you...why do you know all about it?"

Shen Man shook his head silently.

It turns out that all of this is because of the ritual...

The son-mother tripod, so many lives.

She looked around, these innocent people who were still watching the ceremony, their faces were filled with excitement.There is also a mother who is holding a young child in her arms, happily holding the young child higher, so that he can see the rare grand occasion ahead...

Shen Man's heart sank, and his eyes closed in pain.

These people... will all be reduced to sacrifices.