Canghuan Seven Palaces

Holding the chess bowl in one hand, the other hand quickly smashed the chess pieces towards the violently shaking and spinning chessboard.

When they hit each other with force, although the chessboard was crooked and stable in the air for a while, the chess game was in a mess, and many chess pieces fell down.It's just that the two chess players didn't seem to intend to give in, the speed in their hands was fast, and the chess pieces were galloping like rain.

With a bang, as more than a dozen chess pieces on both sides flew towards each other and collided at the same time, the jade chessboard finally couldn't bear the strength of both sides, and instantly burst into countless pieces. fly away.

With a movement of Si Cangqing's feet, his figure teleported to the front of the onlookers, and with a wave of palm air in his hand, he knocked down the flying chess pieces, only the sound of slamming them was heard.

The sudden change stunned the others.After seeing Si Cangqing make a move, the two instigators stopped all their movements, each holding a chess bowl in their hands.

"cough!"

After a long while, Si Cang Juetian coughed to break the silence. He walked slowly to Si Cangqing, frowned and glanced at the few people, and said in a deep voice: "You children, how can you be so aggressive? Have the slightest royal dignity?!"

It was rare for the Taihuang to show his power, and all the young people lowered their heads, as if obeying the rules.

Seeing that the few people had settled down, Si Cang Juetian turned around and glanced at Si Cangqing, and was angry with his son for the first time: "Qinger, you too, you should control those who should be restrained, and you can't do anything without rules. Let people laugh at me for not being royal at all!"

After finishing speaking, Si Cang Juetian left in a flick of his sleeves; Liu Ziwen smiled at a few people, and then left.

Watching Si Cang Juetian's leaving back gradually disappear in the corridor, Si Cangqing looked at the few people standing silently in front of him.

When his eyes fell on Cheng Tianyang, he saw this man smile softly, and he asked softly: "Your Majesty, are you done with your work today?"

Hearing this, Si Cangqing turned his eyes and looked at Qi Shuangran silently, who raised his eyebrows, looked arrogantly, and stared at him sideways.Then he glanced at Qiu Pingtian who had been watching, and the other party smiled slowly: "Brother Qing, this ruined chessboard was made of raw jade from Nansan, so rare... This loss should be charged to your account! "

Without responding to the man's words, after scanning around, Si Cangqing stooped to pick up the dropped book as if nothing had happened, patted the dust, and said calmly: "I'll go to the imperial study to approve the memorial."

Seeing Si Cangqing leaving without hesitation, the gazes of several people collided with each other, and they put aside tacitly, and then turned around and walked in different directions.Only Yu Fenglan stood there in astonishment, staring at the scattered chess pieces in a daze.

"Hehe," Si Cang Juetian couldn't help laughing after returning to his palace, "These children really... Qing'er has a headache!"

After pouring a cup of tea and handing it to the other party, Liu Ziwen chuckled, "Qing'er is too cold-tempered, it's a good thing to let these children make a fuss!"

Canglong Palace.

Si Cangqing sat high on the dragon chair, looking indifferently at the few people who walked into the hall with slightly arched bodies and bowed heads. They were all dressed in alien races, covered with dark gray robes, ribbons around their waists, and their legs were tightly bound. Loose trousers.

Walking into the hall, two rows of people threw their bodies to the ground, knelt on the ground, bowed their heads, and the leader said: "Su Dao of Luoyuan Kingdom and the twelve officials pay homage to the Holy Dynasty Emperor, long live my emperor!"

"Free gift!"

Everyone kowtowed three more times, then got up and stood respectfully.

Looking at Su Dao, Si Cangqing asked coldly: "Why did Qing Su come to Beijing?" Su Dao is the son of King Luoyuan, the head of the five princes and kings. Three days ago, he brought the twelve officials of King Luoyuan as a mission , and asked to pay homage to the emperor with many rare treasures.

"Return to the emperor," Su Daolang said: "The king of Luoyuan sent his ministers to face the lord on behalf of the Lord. One of them was to enshrine the rare treasures of the five places to show his submission and admiration; It will be held in the capital, and King Luoyuan will use Luoyuan Heaven and Earth Spring, Autumn, Summer and Winter, and the North, South, East, West, and Zhongzong twelve official salutes to implore my emperor to move to the capital and bless the people of my five places!"

Anyone who knows a little about Luoyuan Kingdom knows its twelve officials. They worship the gods of the north, south, east, west and Zhongzong with the ceremony of governing the world, spring, autumn, summer and winter, and pray for the local people.Although it was inappropriate for the emperor to move to the vassal states to participate in the pilgrimage ceremony, King Luoyuan sent his eldest son to invite Si Cangqing with the twelve official faces. .

Seeing this situation, the courtiers were all agitated slightly.

At this moment again, Su Dao raised his voice, "I implore my emperor Rong Weichen to offer a tribute." As he said, the servants dressed in colorful gauze and green clothes were either holding exquisite boxes, or wooden boxes, and even carrying Dressed in golden cages with animals, they walked into the hall one by one.

After a while, the open space of the main hall was filled with tribute gifts.

After sweeping around, Si Cangqing said indifferently: "Liu Yi, you are here to receive the Luoyuan Kingdom mission," then looked at Su Dao, "The matter of the pilgrimage ceremony will be discussed in the future, and you will leave the court!"

In the imperial study room, Si Cangqing sat behind the table, staring at the news collected by Dongyinglou and Qiu Pingtian.The original Hongcheng five vassal states (Luoyuan, Zishang, Nancan, Miluo and Xifan) were located in the southwest basin area, surrounded by mountains on three sides, close to the sea on one side, and located in a hot forest zone, with a dangerous environment, so they communicated with the outside world. not much.

As early as the time of Hongcheng, the five princes and kings took King Luoyuan, the most prosperous and powerful central country, as their leader.Apart from paying tribute on a regular basis every year, the five countries rarely have contact with the imperial court.After Si Cangqing conquered Hongdu in the Southern Expedition, several vassal states that originally only fought in the south quickly turned against each other and surrendered to Canghuan.

"Your Majesty, it is really strange that King Luoyuan sent someone to invite you to participate in the local ceremony..." Liu Yi spoke first, frowning slightly, "The pilgrimage ceremony is held every ten years in the Five Kingdoms, and there was never an invitation back then. Past Emperor Hongcheng."

"No problem," Si Cangqing looked up at the crowd, and said in a low voice, "The grand ceremony will be held on the third day of November, and Liu Yi will accompany you. After I leave the court, the affairs of the court will be handled by Xihou Chengtianyang, assisted by Hong Hengwei." .”

"Master?" Feng Lan looked at Si Cangqing in surprise.

"You also come with me," Si Cangqing said to Feng Lan, then looked at the folder in his hand.

The five major vassal kingdoms existed as early as the first third of the world, but because the local people lived in groups of clans, superstitiously believed in religion, and extremely rejected outsiders, and the terrain was complicated, Hong Chengguo had no choice but to let it go.

Originally, he didn't want to deal with the Five Kingdoms so early, but after the Phoenix Temple incident, Si Cangqing changed his mind and refused to keep any hidden dangers, whether it was the Five Kingdoms or the three islands in the South China Sea.Moreover, the Qiang family is hiding in the South China Sea. If they want to attack, the Nancan Sea area is the best place to attack.

Putting away the secret folder, Si Cangqing fell into deep thought.

Qiu Pingtian's spies only penetrated into the major capitals of the Five Kingdoms, and the rest of the lands were closed tribes, making it difficult for outsiders to invade.However, in recent days, spies have received news from Didu, saying:

Two months ago, the Luoyuanxi Shui tribe migrated to Nanshen, where they were brutally killed by bandits in Guilin; one and a half months ago, the Zhu tribe in the north rebelled and fled to the north, and when they went to Zishang, they were killed by the Luoyuan army...

Now that King Luoyuan suddenly invites him to the pilgrimage ceremony once every ten years... Is all this a coincidence?

The first volume of the final volume: Inquiring about Love: The Supreme Emperor of the Seven Palaces inspects Luoyuan

At the end of the month, Si Cangqing, together with Feng Lan, Qi Shuangran and Liu Yi, arrived at the capital of Luoyuan Kingdom under the guard of [-] elite soldiers from the new military camp.

The five vassal kingdoms form a ring shape along the terrain, and the center is the slightly raised high slope in the central area of ​​the basin. This is the fiefdom of Luoyuan Kingdom. Because the surrounding terrain is low, islands on the flat ground are often formed on heavy rain days, so it is also called For Chaozhou Island.

It is close to the South China Sea area, with high temperature all the year round and occasional rain. The first day Si Cangqing and the others came, the ride was eroded by the rain and broke down on the road. Fortunately, King Luoyuan sent someone to pick him up early and took the local car instead. A unique means of transportation for nobles, the 'boat cart'.

Standing by the window, Feng Lan frowned slightly, looking at the crowd kneeling outside.

"Lan..." Si Cangqing put his arms around the man's waist from behind, and looked out the window, "What are you looking at?"

Sighing, Feng Lan said in a low voice: "They...they kneel in the rain and worship in such weather, what kind of beliefs do they have..."

"Everyone has their own way of life, as long as they feel good about themselves."

Si Cangqing replied indifferently, his eyes glued to the altar in front of the temple, chanting.Members of a clan in Xifan believe in the god of rain, so the harder it rains, the more rituals they have to perform.

From the moment they entered the Southwest Ring Mountains, they had witnessed many tribal worship ceremonies after passing through Miluo.Speaking of the Hajj, it does not mean that all the clans and tribes in the Five Kingdoms believe in the same god, but after all, in this closed society, they formed their own unique ways of coexistence or conflict.

I don't know how such a tradition was formed. Since a long time ago, the people here have gone to the capital every ten years to perform pilgrimage outside the temples they believe in.For this reason, the five kingdoms were divided into separate kingdoms, and the Luoyuan Kingdom was the most powerful because it was a holy place for pilgrimage. Therefore, Luoyuan King was called the Great Prince by the people.

The twelve officials of Luoyuan are in charge of the worship and sacrifice of the twelve gods. Most of these backward races and tribes believe in the most primitive god of nature.This is also why the tribes submit to the princes and kings. In their cognition, the princes and kings are the servants of the gods.

God is unattainable and illusory.The princes and kings are human beings, so the people of the five lands turn to respect the king.After all, in this backward and secluded world, it is the power of God that really rules them.

Today is the last day of October, and there are three days before the official Hajj ceremony.

"Master," Feng Lan turned around suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "I have an idea, I don't know..."

"Speak!"

"Master, look, this time Luoyuan Kingdom is offering the gift of the gods.