In previous years, the blessing ceremony would invite the Taoist monks to preside over and explain the scriptures in advance, but this year, because the emperor wanted to support the national teacher, there was naturally no need for monks and Buddhas to come forward, so many cumbersome steps were omitted.The emperor ascended to the high platform and accepted the people to bow down, so that the people of the world could pay homage to the holy face of the Son of Heaven.The ceremony lasted for half an hour, and in the midst of all the attention, the emperor ordered that the master of the country be invited to preside over today's blessing ceremony.Qian Jiuze got out of the carriage, and under the awe-inspiring gaze of tens of thousands of people, he walked on the gorgeous red carpet leading to the high platform of blessing, walking slowly step by step - he was enjoying it.Enjoy this feeling of awe and worship by thousands of people.A fluttering sensation slowly flowed through his body, becoming clearer and clearer as the blood flowed, making his eyes glow and shine.The prayer platform is getting closer.Ten zhang, eight zhang, five zhang......
Approaching the high platform, step by step up the steps, the royal forest army surrounded the solemn prayer platform impenetrable, and Qian Jiuze seemed to feel the blood boiling and burning in his body.At this moment, he felt a kind of vigor that he had never felt before.As long as today's ceremony is over, no one in Nanqin will no longer know the national teacher, and he will have a lofty status worthy of the Son of Heaven in the territory of Nanqin, and will inherit the mandate of heaven and become the belief and spiritual symbol in the hearts of all people in Nanqin.With these identities and statuses, his hegemony will not be far away.Thinking of this, Qian Jiuze's eyes revealed a fanatical color, and he stepped up to the high platform step by step, and his eyes were staring at the altar that symbolized the sacred position.There seemed to be a lot of steps, and Qian Jiuze was a little tired from walking, and he was slightly impatient in his heart.Why are there such long steps, as if you can't finish no matter how you walk?
There was silence between heaven and earth, only the Son of Heaven standing on the high platform, and the national teacher who was walking step by step towards the high platform.Thousands of steps, so that Qian Jiuze walked a little weak, and there was a little hot sweat on his forehead, he tried his best to control himself without showing fatigue, but he thought coldly in his heart, if the little emperor really wanted to be unfavorable to him, even if he was tired, he could still pull him, the noble son of heaven, on his back.Rumble!
It was as if the ground shook suddenly, making Qian Jiuze's feet weak, and he almost couldn't support it and fell to the ground."
Danger!""
Protect the Emperor!""
What's going on?!"
Suddenly in a panic, the highly skilled guards flew up to the high platform in the fastest time and surrounded the little emperor.Rumble!
Boom - bang!
Boom!
Boom!
There was a sharp tremor under his feet, which made Qian Jiuze stand unsteadily, tremble under his feet, and finally lay on the stone steps in embarrassment."
What sound?""
Earthquake?""
Get down, everybody!"
The civil and military officials, all the people, fell into a burst of chaos, all of them with frightened faces and panicked.Bang bang!
Boom!
Bang bang bang!
Thundered!
Boom - like firecrackers, one after another, but more terrifying than the sound of firecrackers, constantly echoing in the sky, hundreds of thousands of people under the high platform are bloodless, trembling, subconsciously running wildly, looking for a safe place."
Don't panic, everyone!"
A deep voice seemed to have penetrating power, and suddenly resounded in the heavens and the earth, the voice was high-pitched, and everyone could hear it clearly, "There is no danger here, and there is no earthquake, everyone calm down, there is an accident on the side of the imperial city!"
”Something happened to the Imperial City?
Running northeast and west, the panicked and helpless people were stunned, and countless royal guards reacted extremely quickly to surround the people who had lost their cool to prevent the scene from getting out of control.Something happened to the Imperial City?
With a bang, Qian Jiuze, who was lying on the ground, a string in his brain seemed to break instantly, and his thoughts appeared blank for a short time, and he couldn't think about anything, only the roaring explosion in his ears that seemed to come from far away and seemed to be close at hand, constantly stimulating his eardrums.Where did such a cracking explosion come from?
When this question slowly took shape in his mind, a strong sense of foreboding made his whole body almost collapse to the ground, and for a moment his face turned pale with shock, and his expression was crazy.Within the Imperial City, within the Imperial City.Why did such a sharp explosion happen in the Imperial City?
How could there be such a terrible explosion in the Imperial City?
Such a scene, he had imagined it before, and imagined it countless times in his mind, but it should never happen at this time, let alone in the Southern Qin Imperial City, but in Phoenix Mountain-Qian Jiuze turned his head and looked at the direction of the Imperial City with a dull gaze.The earth-shattering sound of explosions can be clearly felt even here hundreds of miles away, and you can imagine what a tragic picture it was in the imperial city at this time.The only thing that could cause such a huge explosion was the pool of sulfur liquid that he had prepared in the underground palace of the National Teacher's Mansion.He understood.In an instant, he figured everything out.Why did the emperor let all the people participate in the prayer meeting, leaving only an empty city?
Because such a sharp explosion will affect the lives of countless people, only by emptying this city can the safety of the people be guaranteed.But why?
Why......
The emperor has never entered the National Teacher's Mansion, and only Ye Xiaoxiao has been to the underground palace of the National Teacher's Mansion......
Only Ye Xiaoxiao has been there......
Is all this Ye Xiaoxiao's strategy?
Qian Jiuze's eyes looked wild, a dark air flow surged, and there was a hideous murderous aura in his gray expression."
Calm down, calm down, everyone!"
On the high platform originally used to pray for blessings, there were countless masters of the Great Interior, as well as Shangguan Feng, a general who held the power of 200,000 troops in Southern Qin, "His Majesty the Emperor has a will, and disasters come from heaven, it is the behavior of the Son of Heaven that is contrary to the way of heaven and has nothing to do with the people, the emperor personally ascended the altar and confessed his sins to the sky!"
”The sound that seemed to be able to penetrate the sky sounded in the crowd, and when they heard His Majesty's decree, everyone had slowly calmed down, and after hearing the last falling sound, the audience was already deadly silent.Disaster from above?
Is the Son of Heaven acting against the way of Heaven?
What does that mean?
The sound of explosions in the imperial city is a punishment from heaven?
The emperor wants to confess his guilt to the sky in person?
Isn't there a national teacher who is presiding over the blessing ceremony today?
This thought flashed in the hearts of countless people, and their hearts were messy, uneasy, doubtful, and anxious, which made these people who were used to living a stable life at the feet of the Son of Heaven feel confused."
I hereby repent to the heavens and to the people."
The young Son of Heaven stood on the high platform, and his immature but solemn voice slowly sounded, making the hundreds of thousands of people below more and more quiet, and they didn't dare to make a sound, "Praying for blessings is to pray for God to give blessings to Nanqin, so that Nanqin can be smooth in the wind and rain, and the country and the people will be safe, this is the duty of the Son of Heaven, and I should not fake my hands to others." ”