Battle of the Queen

"Zuo Zhuan" said: "The major events of the country are sacrificed to Rong."

This sentence is very reasonable. In ancient times, special emphasis was placed on sacrificial activities. Spring plowing required sacrifices, and harvests required sacrifices. At the end of the year, sacrificial activities were still held.

This is most evident in the "Book of Songs". In the "Ya" and "Song" parts of the "Book of Songs", most of them are sacrificial poems, which are sung during sacrifices and praises.

When Mingyi learned that "soil turns back to its house, water to its gully, insects don't grow, and vegetation to its lake." (Note), I thought it was just a work that simply described the law of survival and recovery of all things in nature, until the teacher After the explanation, I found out that this is actually an agricultural sacrificial song.

People in the old days were like this, thinking that God bestows all things on the people, so people must know how to be grateful to God, and know how to repay their kindness. Therefore, when people are free after a busy year, they have to prepare tribute and sacrifice to God.

The auspicious snow heralds a good year, and this year's snow is much bigger than previous years. The people of the country think it is a symbol of auspiciousness, so this year's sacrifice was brought forward by one month. Before the heavy snow melted, Ming Yi ushered in her first life. An ancient ritual...

The scene on the day of the sacrifice was very grand, and almost the whole city was mobilized.The location of the sacrificial offering was on a high platform in the center of the capital, and the surrounding area was wide and open, and it was already crowded with onlookers.

A sound of horns sounded, and the guard of honor was divided into two rows. Ming Yi, wearing a white wide-sleeved robe, sat on top of the crowd, and was carried by four burly female guards through the crowd. Xiyu led the officials to follow through crowd.

There are a few strangely dressed women in the audience, wearing a dark blue skirt, a black top with a narrow waist, and a few traces of red on the shoulders. The skirt is very wide, but the clothes on top are ridiculously small, which looks a bit Funny sense of small head and big feet.

They wrapped all their hair in black cloth towels, leaving more than half of the black cloth hanging down, and inserted silver ornaments and brightly colored fake flowers in the exposed gaps, deliberately smeared a lot of powder on their faces, lips The color is very red, it looks like a ghost.....

Seeing this look is also drunk, Ming Yi thought.

This time the sacrifice was mainly to sacrifice to the Snow God, so everyone was wearing white clothes and robes, except of course the women who performed the sacrifice dance.

Legend has it that the goddess in charge of frost and snow is Qingnv, so these women dressed up like Qingnv. First, the lord of the country stepped onto the sacrificial altar, knelt down and saluted, and then the witches danced and prayed for blessings.

Leaving aside whether the real blue goddess looks like this, the aesthetics of these maidens alone is worth pondering. Is such heavy makeup really the style of a goddess?Also, wearing such brightly colored clothes really doesn't match today's theme!

It is said that the queen personally came to dance in the past. Later, for some reason, the system was changed, and the queen was replaced by witches who were highly respected by the people, and these witches were very respected by the people. In the era when people were regarded as intractable diseases, if someone in the family was sick, they would invite a witch to dance around, and then give some inexplicable so-called medicine to the sick person. God doesn't bless her anymore.

Mingyi is very glad that this system has been abolished, otherwise it would be a disguised form of torture to ask herself to dance at such a high place with such strange clothes, and in full view of the public, maybe the reason why the previous queens abolished this system The reason is because the clothes and makeup are too unacceptable.

Mingyi was still supporting Xiyu's subordinates, and the official in charge of the sacrifice, that is, Yuan Mo, had already prepared the new wine brewed from the newly harvested grains and presented it to Mingyi respectfully in a wine vessel. After taking it, he recited the words he had memorized long ago in a decent manner, and then poured wine on the ground to feast on the wild gods in the audience.

After doing this, the next step is to go on stage. The stage here is not as simple as going on the catwalk. In Ming Yi's view, it is actually almost catching up with the guillotine. Why?Because you can't walk up step by step, you have to walk up step by step, without someone to help you, you have to kneel down and stand up by yourself, and there are a few dancing witches next to them. It is not easy for them to go on stage. Praise the sacrificial rites and pray for good weather in the coming year.

It is said that this is the only way to influence the gods and bless the common people. However, Mingyi looked up at the high sacrificial altar and suddenly felt a pain in her knees......

Xiyu stood behind her and looked at her worriedly, almost wanting to rush over to replace her, but Xiyu is not afraid of anything, the only thing she can't contend with is responsibility, Mingyi is the queen, it is her responsibility to pray for the people Fate and responsibility, no matter who it is, even Ming Yi can't change it, let alone her.

Although the snow on the steps has been cleared in advance, it is really not easy to kneel on the cold stone steps, but first of all, there are so many people watching, and besides, the previous queens are not always like this If you came here, it would be a little hypocritical to hesitate any longer, so Mingyi made up her mind to fight today, to see if she could break her physical limit.

Facts have proved that the radio gymnastics once a day is not for nothing. Mingyi felt that she was fine halfway up, but in fact it was not that uncomfortable, but her knees were almost numb.....

During the process of going on stage, Mingyi was always sober. There was no other way. The leading maiden had been staring at her like a tiger, because she had to keep her expression solemn, otherwise it would be regarded as a disrespect to the gods. However, surrounded by such a group of people, why do you want to keep serious Yes, it's really difficult!

They kept chanting, but Ming Yi couldn't quite hear what it was, and felt that there was a bit of dialect mixed in. Their movements were exaggerated, and they danced all the way, looking energetic and not tired at all. Mingyi looked like their actions were like epileptic seizures, they endured so hard that they almost laughed.

Just when Mingyi couldn't help but want to laugh out loud, finally, they reached the top of the stage......

A few court officials were waiting on it early, Ming Yi straightened her wrinkled skirt, washed her hands with the water brought to her by the court officials, and then took the towel to dry her hands.

The water for washing hands is melted from snow in the farmland, implying a good harvest in the coming year. The water is icy cold, so you can’t just wash your hands twice indiscriminately. You must wash your hands carefully, which means washing away the lead.

After gritting her teeth and washing her hands, one of the priestesses lit the dried wormwood and walked around Mingyi. After the wormwood was lit, the smoke was very strong. I don't know what was added to it, and the smell was particularly strange and choking. De Mingyi wanted to cough.

Then, the priest led Mingyi to the sacrificial altar, lit the three pillars of big incense and handed it to her. On the altar were all the sacrifices of pigs, sheep and livestock, with a big incense burner in the middle.

Mingyi took the incense, held it up to the center of her eyebrows, first bowed three times towards the altar, to worship God, then bowed three times to the east, to worship ancestors, then inserted the incense into the incense burner herself, and then Kneel down and kowtow to pray for the good weather and the people's well-being in the coming year. Finally, stand up and stand on the right side of the altar, and wait for the witches to dance the blessing dance, and then read the prepared eulogy.

If the dance steps of the maidens were the normal version when they climbed the steps, then this version is now an enhanced version, the movements are more nervous and exaggerated!

Mingyi had to maintain a uniform tone, but at the same time she had to hold back her laughter, because there were records from the historian following her, and she didn't want to be written about a certain year, month, and day in the history book. The queen couldn't help it. Laugh out loud and so on, this will be cast aside to death...

The eulogy that Mingyi recited was similar to some chapters in "The Book of Songs", which should have been written by Mingyi herself, but Mingyi definitely couldn't write it, so she paid a heavy price and hired Xiyu, a gunman, to replace it. She wrote an article. Of course, as for the price, it's not convenient to say, anyway, Ming Yi vowed that she would never do such a loss-making business in the future.

Mingyi lowered her head and tried to remind herself not to look at the dancing witches, but there were some people who liked to make trouble. There was a tall and thin witch who always sneaked under Mingyi's eyes. The feather fan was drawn directly to Ming Yi's skirt, Ming Yi thought it was because she was too careless, so she took a few steps back and continued to read...

As a result, the witch continued to move forward, but Ming Yi was unaffected, and continued to retreat a little, as a result...

The witch kept pushing towards Mingyi's body, this time it was almost on Mingyi's body, Mingyi couldn't move away, so she had to pause and look at her, the witch suddenly moved closer to Mingyi's face, and grinned at her A smile, a very happy look…………..

With heavy makeup and blood red lips, it is really hard to make this smile look good!

Mingyi: "........."

What's wrong with this man?Why do you seem to know me very well?

But after thinking about it, this person might be excited to see her for the first time, so Ming Yi also smiled at her, and quickly connected the eulogy, she could already feel the priest's eyes of condemnation...

With this episode, Ming Yi became more serious, and the witch who smiled at her didn't lean on her anymore, so everyone lived in peace and ended the sacrifice happily.

When she came down, there was still no one to support her. Everyone followed Mingyi. Mingyi's skirt was too long, and it was not convenient for her to walk. She almost fell down after taking two steps, so two female officers helped her carry the skirt behind her. , the priest looked at her as if she was about to eat people, and with her weird makeup, Ming Yi felt a chill down his back, and quickly shrank himself back.

It's really scary!

Xiyu was waiting impatiently below, but she couldn't go up to have a look. She was afraid that she would be too cold and anxious to death, so she had to pace back and forth. Yuan Mo laughed at her: "Do you have sores on the soles of your feet? Why are you walking around like this?" Walking around, how many people are watching, you can't see it!"

Xiyu ignored her cynicism and stopped walking back and forth after hearing the words, but just stood there with her arms folded, her expression not relaxed.

Yuan Mo looked at her strangely, and was just about to open his mouth to tease a few more words, when suddenly the female officer came to report: "My lord is down!"

The two looked up, and sure enough they saw Mingyi coming down from the top, and waited patiently for a while, Mingyi finally stepped on the ground below, Xiyu couldn't hold back anymore, rushed up and wanted to grab her hand , Mingyi sensed her intentions, and hurriedly put his hands into his sleeves, Xiyu was in vain, and heaved a sigh of relief after seeing her expression as usual, so he didn't care about her small movements.

The crowd of onlookers started cheering the moment Ming Yi came down, and a group of people surrounded Ming Yi and sat on the imperial seat, and started to drive back to the palace.

Surrounded by enthusiastic women and girls, Ming Yi sat on the table and waved to them. A feeling of being a star emerged spontaneously. Suddenly, Ming Yi glanced in one direction of the crowd. For some reason, the teacher Feeling a line of sight passing through the crowd and shooting straight at myself...

"What's the matter? What are you looking at?" Xi Yu was walking beside the driver, and asked when he saw Ming Yi kept looking there.

"En? Oh nothing~" Mingyi shook her head and smiled, "I misread..."

Maybe it's because I think too much, so many people here are looking at me, maybe, I'm just too sensitive......

The author has something to say: Note: "Wax (zha) Ci"

Guess who that weirdo is~~~~~~ Spoiler alert, there are still two chapters before her thick line again

By the way, please comment, let’s share with you guys~~ I don’t know what you’re thinking until I know what you’re thinking, so I can continue writing ┗|｀O′|┛哩~~

I'm already crying in the toilet~~~~~~TAT

And I can't update on the 28th and 29th, and the update will resume on the 30th =3=