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Chapter 707 Vernal Equinox Festival Day
Chapter 699 The Vernal Equinox Day

With the arrival of the vernal equinox, the entire land of China has completely entered the warmth of spring, even the most remote northern frontier, the ice and snow have all melted, green grass grows, branches sprout, grass grows and warblers fly, and seeds are planted The seeds are sown in the land one by one, and under the watering of the farmers' sweat, they take root and sprout, grow slowly, and finally the branches and leaves are luxuriant and the fruits are ripe.

On the vernal equinox, yin and yang are half and half, so day and night are equal and cold and heat are even.

After the vernal equinox, it means that the alternation of day and night begins to change. The days will become longer and the nights will be shorter and shorter.

This is the most important solar term in spring. It is not only the node of yin and yang, but also a major national event in all dynasties.

I don’t know which dynasty or generation, there has been a saying that "the spring equinox worships the sun, the autumnal equinox worships the moon, these are the great ceremonies of the country, and the scholars and the people are not allowed to worship." It was also from that time that the vernal equinox was artificially added with a mysterious color, and it was a natural human right. , only the emperor has the right to sacrifice on the day of the vernal equinox.

No, Lin Xiaoyao was pulled out of the bed just after the genius came out.

He really hates this kind of feudal superstitious activity. The vernal equinox is one of the 24 solar terms. It is such an important solar term. Why don't you get in bed and experience the most balanced day between day and night? Why do you have to go to the sun with dark circles under your eyes? Talk about gossip?I really don’t understand what the ancients thought.

But if you are angry, you still have to get up when you should get up. In any case, I have to give my brother face, and this is also the first time that I, as Lord Hou, appear in front of officials in a formal way, so that future plans can be implemented smoothly. , he had no choice but to endure strong sleepiness, and waved and cried goodbye to Duke Zhou.

Under the flurry of dressing up by the girls, Lin Xiaoyao put on the white python robe that revealed the identity of Lord Marquis again, took the chrysanthemum gun, and kissed the red lips of the girls lightly, accompanied by the shy voices of all the beauties , Lin Xiaoyao laughed and left the Lin Mansion.

After boarding Lord Hou's car, he rushed towards the palace.

The Spring Equinox Festival is one of the few solemn sacrifices in Great Xia. Ten days ago, the Supervisor of Heaven of the Ministry of Etiquette selected the place for worship through divination calculations, and then spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build the altar.

Five days ago, the Minister of Rites personally went to the sacrifice place to inspect the livestock prepared for slaughter during the sacrifice to heaven.The emperor began to fast for the first three days and did not eat any meat.Two days ago, the prayers for worshiping the sky were sent to the emperor for final review. The day before, the animals were slaughtered, the sacrifices were made, and the sacrificial vessels were arranged in the treasury. The emperor read the blessing edition, went to the imperial vault to burn incense, and went to the circular mound altar. To see the God's throne, go to the God's storehouse to view beans and the God's kitchen to view the animals, and then return to the Zhai Palace to fast.

On the eve of the sacrificial day, the minister of Taichang Temple led his subordinates to arrange the god tablets, offering vessels, and sacrifices;

After such complicated sacrificial preparations, the purpose is to wake up early today, come here to gossip and gossip with God, and ask him to show mercy so that this year's weather will be smooth.

Lin Xiaoyao was slandering while riding a steed, walking with Ye Xiao beside the Emperor Luanjia. He raised his head and looked at the blue sky, thinking in his heart that God was saving face. If it rains today, maybe he will become What a drowned chicken marquis.

Due to the presence of envoys from the Daliao Dynasty, this year's ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was even more solemn. The location chosen by Jian Tiansi was located on the top of a mountain about a hundred feet high on the east side of Bianliang City.

This should probably be considered the highest mountain near Bianliang, and it is difficult for Jian Tiansi, the compass, to go around and try his best to make the compass point to this high mountain. Usha will be in danger.

the reason?Lin Xiaoyao could think of it even with his eyes closed.

Lin Xiaoyao originally imagined that the road to the mountain would be very difficult, and everyone had to get off the sedan chair and dismount on foot, but when he found that the road was even flatter than the official road, Lin Xiaoyao, who was so good-tempered, couldn't help it. Just a swear word, the ancients were so fucking great, this is a miracle!
However, after careful questioning, Lin Xiaoyao found out that Daxia had made many sacrifices on this high mountain. Basically, whenever foreign envoys came to participate in the sacrifice, they would be on this high mountain, so this road was very early. It was repaired before, and it is said that nearly [-] civilians were used at that time, and it took a year to complete the construction. This was considered a very huge project at the time.

"Huge! It is indeed huge!"

After Lin Xiaoyao heard Ye Xiao's explanation, he couldn't help but nodded. Although 10 people sounds a little scary, but this is an ancient time where nothing was developed. It is really not easy to be wide and spread out evenly.

Lin Xiaoyao made a preliminary assessment. If there were no catastrophic natural disasters on this road, it would be a no-brainer for future generations to become a miraculous landscape like the Great Wall.

Just one day ago, Guluzan and Wanyan Qi left Daxia and hurried back to Daliao, because the agreement with Daxia had been reached, and the date of dispatching troops had also been decided. Report to the Khan of Daliao and prepare to send troops. As soon as the time comes, the two countries will march at the same time to expedition to Xixia!
Therefore, Yelu Wanyue is the only envoy left in Daliao.

Yelu Wanyue was also invited to go to the memorial day, but she had one request, that she must be accompanied by Lin Xiaoyao, which made Lin Xiaoyao really headache. However, the two countries are now in the early stage of peace. For the temporary alliance between the two countries, he also Can only sacrifice masculinity.

Lin Xiaoyao, who was riding on the horse, turned around and saw that Yelu Wanyue was sitting on the princess's chariot with Zhao Ximeng and Zhao Xuan'er. They were getting along very happily, and they kept looking at him, not knowing that they were there. Discussing something.

"Brother Lin, Princess Wanyue won't really like you, will she?"

Ye Xiao also found some abnormalities, so he couldn't help but joked.

Lin Xiaoyao smiled and gave Ye Xiao a headache, saying: "Children know what they like and don't like. You have to remember that what you see is not what you hear, and what you hear is not what you hear. Never believe what a woman says, especially a beautiful one." Women, because you'll never know what's really going on in their hearts."

"What about Sister Hongzhu and the others? Brother Lin can't figure out their thoughts?" Ye Xiao asked unconvinced.

"They..."

Lin Xiaoyao thought for a while, and then a gentle look appeared on his face, and said: "They are all silly girls, so silly, so silly girls..."

The crowd passed by, startling a group of birds soaring into the sky. After walking for nearly an hour, the crowd finally reached the top of the mountain, and the altar was already in sight...

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