The Melancholy of the National Teacher

After a few hours.

Dusk is the most important moment of the Winter Festival, and it is also the penultimate step of the Winter Festival.

In the eyes of Zhonglu people, that is not the penultimate step, but for Qinglu people, after the evening sacrifice is over, they can eat, drink and play as much as they want. The sun rises from Donghanhai on the second day, followed by the new year.

This year's Winter Festival was held solemnly and grandly. It may be that the matter of worshiping the sun has alerted the Lord of Yunping City, or Ah Rishan. In his hand, he gave the women sackcloth. Although both of them were of poor quality, they were enough to show the attitude of the big witch's tent owner.

It was just before dusk.

The sky was gloomy and the north wind was howling. Fortunately, there was no rain or snow, and people gathered in front of the real altar in Cloud Screen City—this was not the cheap thing made of wood by the small river a few days ago, but It is made of pure white marble, enough for 100 people to dance on it.Sacrificial offerings were piled up around the altar. Cattle or sheep, as well as wolves who were enemies with the Qinglu people, were all neatly cut through the blood vessels in the neck by the warriors, and bright red blood was sprayed on the snow-white altar.

The colorful flags were blown up, and the thunderous drums had already sounded three times. People were waiting for Ah Rishan to ascend the altar, but the owner of the big witch's tent was delaying for some reason.

"Haven't Your Highness and Da'an's Majesty arrived yet?" A Rishan rested behind the altar, stroking his face with his palm anxiously.

Before the shaman who held the scepter for him spoke, the lord of Yunping City, who was also behind the altar, lazily turned over on the carpet. He lay on Zhulan's lap, enjoying the softness that the girl brought to him. and temperature.

He sighed, "Don't worry, they won't leave."

The city lord is right, the emperor of Daan rushed back first, he smelled of alcohol mixed with some kind of vomit, making people wonder if he fell into a latrine on the way here, he said his poor nephew had typhoid fever It got worse and he couldn't participate, and after waiting for a while, Helian Yu hurried over with Wu Lun.

The big witch looks very tired. The chin exposed under the bird's skull is gray and white. He is short of breath, which may be caused by walking too fast on the road, because he delayed everyone's time. The first thing he did after arriving was to express his apology .

"Let's go to the table first, Your Highness." The city lord stood up with support, "Let's complete the last step before the celebration."

The last step before the Winter Festival celebration is liquidation.

Cleaning up the sins of the past year allows us to look to the future.

Behind the altar, there was a seat set up for the city lord. The city lord and his guests, who were more like skeletons after putting on brocade clothes, sat down one by one. Helianyu's seat was arranged next to the city lord. For the respect of Helian's surname, Helianyu is the emperor next to him, and then there is Ulun who doesn't know what he is doing here.

Uren was terrified.

He carefully moved the stool to the right by a slap distance, because the oppressive feeling of the tall man on his right was like a mountain piercing into the sky, and it was a mountain that might topple down at any time.

Generally speaking, Wu Lun doesn't need to be so worried about whether he will be killed by the emperor. After all, he is a protected person belonging to the Da'an National Division, but his past experience has given him a keen sense. There seems to be a strange change in the relationship with his uncle.

The most obvious anomaly was that after the Dawu arrived, he didn't say a second word to Emperor Da'an except to say hello.

Of these two people, one face was covered by a huge bird skull, and the expression could not be seen clearly, and the other was smiling very happily, a very happy kind, showing twelve snow-white teeth and red gums.

...I always feel that the two of them are going to fight in the next moment, Uren thought silently.

Obviously he wasn't the only one who thought this way, most people on the stage felt that the stool under their buttocks had become a hedgehog.

It may also be due to this consideration, or it may be because of wasting time before, Ah Rishan spoke very fast on the altar, and if the sinner dragged to the altar is not proven innocent, he will be beheaded.The executioner's knife is sharp and sharp, and cutting off a head is not much slower than cutting off a lock of hair. The speed at which the warriors lifted the corpse was already very fast, but the corpses piled up on the altar still completely wiped out the altar. Dyed bright red.

A slave who steals from his master's house...a warrior who derelict his duty...a husband who strangles his wife...

A Rishan threw another piece of wood with crimes written on it into the brazier, and looked down at the new wooden sign. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw several slim figures being pressed up by the warriors.

The last batch of sinners, the witches of the Sun Salutation Church.

There was no physical or personal evidence, and the Emperor Da'an who sent them to the prison had already admitted that he was talking nonsense. A Rishan took a look at these poor little birds, and judging from the bruises on their arms, they were in prison. It's not a good time here.

"Swear to Fusang," Ah Rishan said, "Did you poison the people of Cloud Screen City, kill them, or do other bad things?"

"No!" "We didn't!"

The witches scrambled to say.

A Rishan threw the wooden sign into the brazier, and the fire in the brazier did not change. Under the witchcraft of an old witch, if the name written on the wooden sign had indeed committed a crime, the fire would temporarily become miserable. Green, and spit out the wooden sign.

The wooden sign was completely turned into fuel for the flames.

Ah Rishan frowned. He felt that there were too many doubts in this case, and that the Emperor Da'an and the National Teacher were also involved, but the people under the altar were already cheering and celebrating the innocence of the Sun Worshipers, so he could only use his scepter to beat The blood-stained ground made people quiet.

...Forget it, it's just a few women, Ah Rishan thought.

"Not guilty!"

Helian Yu and Le Dao sitting on the stage watched the witch with the coat of arms tattooed on her chest throw herself into the arms of a man under the altar, just like any couple in the world, they embraced and kissed to celebrate the rest of their life after the catastrophe. Meaning, the man was wearing the clothes of a jailer, and at the same time his happy expression was lurking with anxiety.

"It's really touching," Le Dao said suddenly, "Those who see it are jubilant, those who hear it are delighted, a pair of true lovers are willing to do anything for each other, my great witch, do you think what I said is right? "

The emperor's voice was so low that no one else heard it except the big witch sitting on his left.

He Lianyu turned his head slightly, Le Dao, like everyone else, could only see his chin.It seems to be thinner, the emperor thought, and at the same time he picked out a strand of black hair that had slipped into the collar of Helian Yu, and combed it to the back for the big witch.

The atmosphere under the altar was very chaotic, many people looked beyond the altar, and they stared at Helian Yu who was sitting on the altar with a bird skull on his head.His intimate behavior with the people around him caused a commotion in the crowd, and the black crowd took a step forward.

The witches on the altar felt something was wrong.

The emperor and the national teacher sitting on the stage still acted as if no one else was around. He Lianyu turned his head sideways and approached Le Dao, which was obviously an intimate gesture. At the same time, the wind spirit poured into the space between the two of them was icy cold wind, and they arched their backs slightly. , jaw to jaw, and if it weren't for the beak that runs across the two, this pose would look like a kiss.

"No," Helian Yu replied, "Love and impulsiveness are not excuses, and there are right and wrong behaviors. For example, the jailer who was bewitched by the witch changed the name of the witch on the wooden sign he handed in."

After speaking, the big witch looked away, straightened his back and sat up straight.

The crowd below is attacking the altar.

A few days ago, an accident at the sun worship ceremony by the river caused hundreds of casualties. The grievances of the relatives and friends of the deceased had nowhere to go, and rumors rippled through the city like ripples on the water.In the past few years, the people in the city have come into contact with the witches of the Sun Worship Church. They are beautiful and reliable. Children can ask for food from the Worship Worshipers of the Sun Worship Church, and the sick can also receive healing and medicinal herbs. Committing such a crime is completely contrary to their past behavior and is almost impossible.

Although everyone knows how dirty the root of the white lotus is in the mud, but no one does not think that the white lotus is innocent.

Not to mention that the people of Yunping City don't know the true face of the Sun Salutation Church at all. Just now, Ari Shanwu also expressed the innocence of the Sun Salutation Church's witches.

If the monster wasn't made by the Sun Salutation, who would it be?Only Helian Yu, the black witch who was with demons, returned to Yunping and attacked his hometown.

Da'an Guoshi was wronged very much. He has always been with dead monsters.But people don't believe it, just as they believe that since they hated the outcast traitor, the traitor must also hate them.

"Kill him!" Countless people picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the platform.

The people in front of the altar changed from civilians to mobs.

The lord of Yunping City reacted very quickly, although he could never have imagined how the matter of inviting the national teacher to participate in the winter festival and letting the national teacher see that this is his hometown, and to say a few words to the emperor, would develop into this.He cursed in his heart, Zhulan and another maid supported him to sit down on the stage, and brought Emperor Da'an, the national teacher, and the disciple of the national teacher who didn't know why, and wanted to rush into the secret passage under the stage.

But it was too late, the crowd rushed over the altar, stepping on the river of blood and the corpses that had not been carried away, brandishing big knives, iron forks, wooden sticks or shepherd's whips, with a clear goal, they rushed towards Helian Yu.

Almost in an instant, Da Wu was forced to separate from the others.

With his hand still holding on to the bird's skull, Feng Ling spread out his light blue wings and uttered a cry that only wizards could hear. It wandered around and threw a group of people away angrily, but more people came around , the pain and blood made these people more emotional, and Helian Yu saw their red eyes.

Like a demon.

People who are about to become half-demons also have such eyes.

The big witch stroked the bone in the sleeve pocket, and released the soul of a jellyfish monster. It floated unsteadily above Helianyu's head, its tentacles unfolded like the petals of a daisy, and the toxin paralyzed those who approached. The supporting soul can be seen by people, and the irrational mob is not afraid of the invisible power, but afraid of the real monster, so the jellyfish easily opened up an open space around Helian Yu.

They were retreating, and someone was squeezing in between them, trying to move forward.

He Lianyu saw Zhulan waving her arms.

"Your Highness, this way! Come this way!"