, Is there anyone who talks like that! "
"So what." Hua Tuo raised his eyes and said coldly, "What I'm saying is just the truth."
The two Hua family children began to pound the medicine quickly.
"Guo Fengxiao had 66 traumas all over his body, including many whip wounds. Eighteen were deep and 48 were shallow. One sword wound ran through the right abdomen, and it split open before healed, and urgently needed treatment; the other was injured by a wooden arrow. , The crossbow head hooked the internal organs, and the injury is serious. But this is not the most serious." He raised the crossbow bolt he had just taken out, raised his eyebrows, "there is a very poisonous crossbow arrow."
"—very poisonous?"
"Yes." Hua Tuo pointed to Guo Jia's wound and said, "I know the origin of this crossbow arrow. Since it is intended to kill you, there will be no room for it. The poison kills you. Do not leave any room within the controllable range, this is the real assassin——" Hua Tuo paused, and then laughed: "Although this 'assassin' is not human."
Cao Cao couldn't hear what Hua Tuo was teasing him, and his heart was in a mess.He thought for a long time with a livid face, then gritted his teeth and asked, "How do you say this poison?"
Having said this, Hua Tuo's face darkened a bit.He pursed his lips and looked at Guo Jia's wound again, and said, "This poison is terrible because... I don't know what it will do."
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, "I don't know?!"
"I don't know." Hua Tuo shook his head, "This poison was originally used to seal the throat with blood, but now I suppress it forcibly. Although he is still breathing for the time being, his pulse condition is terrible." He said and touched it. Touching Guo Jia's veins, his complexion became more and more unsightly. "Not only did it show no sign of going down, but—"
——Suddenly there was a low growl, and then Guo Jia straightened up from the couch!
Hua Tuo was startled, and quickly pinched the big hole on his neck, but his wrist was still bitten.Guo Jia's face was blue and purple, and his eyes were fierce, but his body was just twitching weakly, as if he couldn't control it.The two children quickly clasped his shoulders, and he roared like a wild animal. "Get out!" Hua Tuo snapped, "Everyone get out!"
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia who had lost consciousness, and felt a pang in his heart.Just about to open my mouth to say something.But Xun Yu grabbed him. "Prime Minister," he said with a pale face, "please get out quickly."
Cao Cao looked at him, his throat was so sore that he couldn't speak a word.
As soon as the door is closed behind him, the inside and outside become two worlds.
The screams inside were endless, but they couldn't go in.The two children kept coming out to pour and change the water. Cao Cao stood aside and watched, the water that was splashed out was a terrible purple-black color.
I don't know how long it took, but the voice inside tended to become smaller.Immediately a little boy came out and said coldly with no expression on his face, "Sir asked me to tell you that the patient's condition has improved."
Cao Cao's heart eased, and then he felt a lot lighter on his back.He breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, there is a reward."
"No need." The little boy still had the same expression, "Sir asked me to tell you to prepare the coffin."
"The coffin? Why?!" Cao Cao frowned: "Didn't it say that it has improved!"
"Getting better is getting better...healing is healing." The little boy had good concentration, but he was a little scared when he saw Cao Cao's anger. The knot in my heart can’t be cured with medicine, only the wound can heal itself.” He glanced at Cao Cao before saying softly: “Mr. You will definitely die. If you want to save your life, you must untie this knot in your heart, otherwise the inner body will be empty, and the toxin will take the opportunity to enter. And the person who can untie the poison most—”
The little boy raised his eyes to meet Cao Cao's, and said word by word:
"Sir, it's you."
fifteen.
When Hua Tuo came out, it was several hours later.He hurriedly took something from the imperial doctor's room next to it, and then hurried back.The two children ran around, their hands never idle.
Cao Cao stood there, always wanting to ask how the situation was, but they were so busy that they couldn't open their mouths.As the sky gradually darkened, he wandered outside with his hands behind his back, round and round.
Xun Yu stood aside without saying a word.
There were constant sounds of jars being broken inside, one after another.Cao Cao's face was green, his fists were clenched until his veins protruded.
"My lord, since Wen Ruo has told that this matter has nothing to do with Feng Xiao, why do you still speak hurtful words in prison?" Xun Yu's expression was calm, but the question he raised could not be avoided.Cao Cao's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he said slowly after a long while: "... After all, it was you who said it. I want to hear it from him."
After hearing this, Xun Yu stopped talking.The two were waiting outside.The moon rose, reflecting the heavy snow all over the ground.Cao Cao stood for too long, his lips turned blue from the cold, but he still waited outside.
The guards came one after another, and the ministers were also waiting outside when they heard the news, but they didn't dare to leave.They only said that Cao Cao was very angry, but they didn't know why he was angry.But facing Cao Cao's dead face, they didn't dare to ask, and each of them was so deadlocked.
At the end of the month, Hua Tuo finally came out.
His body was covered with purple-black blood spots, and he was in a state of embarrassment.Cao Cao was shocked immediately, stepped forward a few steps and said, "How is it?"
"...Barely." Hua Tuo was so tired that he closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, "I have to look again. There will be nothing for the time being, but it won't last long."
"..." Cao Cao looked sad when he heard this.Hua Tuo thought for a while and asked again: "Have you ever suspected that Feng Xiao wanted to assassinate you?"
Cao Cao's expression froze, and Shaoqing nodded.Hua Tuo laughed, "Nonsense." Then he picked up his medicine box and carried it on his shoulder: "How many people know about this?"
"You, me, Feng Xiao, Wen Ruo."
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Hua Tuo gave Xun Yu a strange look.
Xun Yu stood quietly with his head half down, as if he didn't see it.
Hua Tuo looked at it for a while, then turned his head to look at Cao Cao, and asked, "When you put him in prison."
"No." Cao Cao shook his head: "There are only two prison officers in prison. Just tell them to interrogate and ask who it is—but they don't know the reason."
"Oh?"
"The group they are in has been resolved." Cao Cao said with a cold face: "There will be absolutely no future troubles."
Hua Tuo raised his eyebrows.
"May I go in and have a look?" Cao Cao said, turning to the room where Guo Jia was sleeping, his eyes dark.
"... up to you." Hua Tuo waved his hand, smiled, and left with the two equally exhausted Hua family children.Xun Yu dismissed the gathered courtiers in an orderly manner, and then gently closed the door of that room.
When finally getting into the carriage, Hua Tuo turned around and gave another warning.He said that Guo Jia would sleep for a long time, and how well the poison was detoxified would depend on the effect after waking up.Waking up doesn't mean you're all right... You might die right away if you wake up.Anyway, you told him to keep the coffin ready anytime and anywhere.
Xun Yu said yes.After he finished speaking, Hua Tuo watched him for a long while before slowly leaving.
It was late at night, and the sound of the watch rang.After the crowd dispersed, Xun Yu rubbed his frozen knees, then staggered slightly back to the room where Guo Jia fell asleep, knelt and waited at a distance behind Cao Cao.
When Hua Tuo left, he only said that he would sleep for a long time and wake up, but he didn't say how long.
Cao Cao was beside his couch, guarding day and night.A few cases were brought in, whether three meals or memorials, all were settled here.The days passed like that, day by day.
— until a month later.
That morning, Cao Cao had just gotten up from a few cases, but suddenly met a pair of eyes.
Exactly the same as in memory.
He finally woke up.
At that time, the twelfth lunar month has passed, and the new year will begin.
——The New Year's Eve ceremony is just around the corner.
sixteen.
While Zhou Yu was dealing with official business in the palace, some voices came from outside.
At that time, Lu Su and Lu Meng were sitting beside each other, doing their own things.Lu Meng couldn't bear the atmosphere where no one was talking, so he asked a little nonchalantly: "Central Guardian Army, why are you offering sacrifices to the heavens this year?"
Zhou Yu put down the bamboo slip in his hand and picked up another one, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Why not?"
"Ah—that's okay. I think it's good." He scratched his head as he spoke, and then continued to ask: "But why isn't it the winter solstice?"
The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is generally held on the winter solstice.However, if there is any temporary disaster or war, it will also be held temporarily.Zhou Yu smiled slightly after hearing this: "Why must it be the winter solstice?"
"Have you forgotten what the little emperor was doing during the winter solstice?" Lu Su said, "Do you think it's okay for us to stay with the little emperor?"
Lu Meng looked at Lu Su, and just said "oh", Zhou Yu answered, "That's a good point, but the winter solstice is not acceptable."
"why?"
Zhou Yu smiled: "The time is not ripe."
"It's only a few days from the winter solstice to the day after tomorrow, so it's mature?" Lu Meng raised his eyebrows, "Isn't this ripe too quickly?"
"..." Zhou Yu looked at Lu Meng and laughed, then tapped his head with the bamboo slip in his hand and said, "You, you."
Lu Meng smiled embarrassedly, and then the voice outside the door became louder.Just as Lu Su wanted to ask what was going on, he was stopped by Lu Meng with a snow-white face.
"Zijing," Lu Meng looked at him tremblingly and said, "Let's... let's go first."
"Ah?" Lu Su raised his eyebrows, wondering why I had to leave early when I was with the Central Guard Army, and then replied bluntly, "Go? Why do you want to go? I won't go."
"Zijing, don't dawdle, let's go!" Lu Meng said a little anxiously, then pulled Lu Su and said, "I'll explain to you later!"
"Hey--"
"call out--!"
Suddenly a long gun passed by, Lu Su was startled, and a lock of hair was cut off.The long spear hit the ground with a "chuckle", more than three inches.
Lu Meng's face turned pale all of a sudden, and then he looked back abruptly.
That person was already in front of him.
"Lu—zi—ming—" the man stretched out a long voice, then flicked his forehead and said: "I caught——"
The man was dressed in military uniform, but the voice was clearly that of a woman.
Her face is clear and beautiful, but she doesn't have the softness and weakness of a woman, which adds a bit of heroism.His long hair was tied up neatly. If it wasn't for this voice and his figure, he would really have the demeanor of a major general.
——If she adds a little makeup, she will be a stunning beauty.
It is Sun Shangxiang, the sister of the lord.
Lu Meng looked at her dumbfounded, and stepped back a few steps: "Princess, please forgive me..."
"I've spared you for several days." She pulled out the spear on the ground and held it in her hand, pointing out the window and said, "Look how nice the weather is outside, this big sun——how suitable for horse training—"
"The weather is fine—" Lu Meng smiled wryly and was about to pull her hand away, but found that she was a woman, and she was even more respected as a princess, so she couldn't be touched at all.After such a stalemate for a long time, Lu Meng had no choice but to ask Lu Su for help, but found that he pretended not to see it.Lu Meng gritted his teeth, and said bravely: "Princess, look... I'm busy..."
"Busy?" Shang Xiang became impatient when he heard this: "Brother Gongjin said he was busy, so I came to see you; you also said you were busy—well, you are all busy—"
"No, princess, I'm really busy..."
"Really busy?" Shang Xiang raised her eyebrows and asked in a raised voice, "What are you busy with? Could it be that you are busy with Mr. Lu Su—"
"Ah, no, no—" Lu Meng's private face turned red from being poked, and he quickly waved his hands: "No, it's not—"
"Oh—isn't—?"
"It's not—"
"What about the reckless man—what does it have to do with Zijing?" Lu Su resisted and said: "...I'm afraid he just got lazy—"
"You're lazy?" Shang Xiang gave a sneaky smile when he heard it: "I saw it the other day—you were on the street——"
"Hey, princess, princess!" Lu Meng quickly waved his hands in front of her face and said with a blushing face: "Training horses, training horses, let's go, princess, what a beautiful weather! Look, then Big sun--"
"Hey, Lord Lu," Shang Xiang completely ignored Lu Meng's sophistry, pulled his arms away and poked his head out, "You're blushing——"
"I—" Lu Su was startled, and quickly turned his head to cover his face with his hands, a little embarrassed: "I'm hot, can't I?"
"Ouch," Shang Xiang pretended to be fine and patted the snow on the hem of his clothes: "Big winter—"
...Big winter.
Lu Su's face became more and more red, but he kept his head down and refused to lift it up.Lu Meng was afraid that he would become angry and get angry at him again, so he quickly said to Monk Xiang, "Hurry up and train the horse", so as not to cause trouble.Just after saying that, an unexpected visitor suddenly came.
Lu Meng wanted to cry at that time.
"Jie, jie, jie, jie, what are you doing," a casually dressed man came in with his hairy head turned upside down, his hairy face sloppy, a grass stick in his mouth, and an accent full of clues.As soon as he saw Lu Meng, he was shocked and said: "Jie, Jie, Jie, Jie is not Su, what about Lu Dayin, what are you doing, what are you doing?" The man glanced at Zhou Yu, then frowned and said: "Central, Central Guards, What about the officer—I don’t know how big, big, big, blocking, blocking the central guard, bright, bright—”
I don't know who "puchi" laughed out.
"Damn it..." Lu Meng gritted his teeth in hatred, "I—"
"Big cousin!" Shang Xiang rushed over to him and laughed when she saw him: "I miss you so much——"
The man smirked several times, "Hey, how is the princess?"
"...not good." Shang Xiang pouted: "A certain person won't accompany me to train horses."
Lu Meng's face turned pale.
"Oh——" the big cousin understood, "So, so, so——"
Lu Meng had no choice but to look back at Zhou Yu with a mournful face.The truth asked Zhou Yu to save his life, but no one saw him drinking tea calmly.
"Someone," Zhou Yu snapped the lid of the tea, then squinted and said, "The Princess of Jiangdong needs you."
Shang Xiang and the eldest cousin immediately succeeded and smiled wickedly.
"Shang Xiang, train your horse well." Zhou Yu narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I'm counting on you."
As Lu Meng was taken away by Shang Xiang with a sad face, Zhou Yu turned to Lu Su and said, "Zijing, help me to see how the altar is getting ready, will it work?"
Lu Su was being swollen by the incident about Lu Mengna, so he quickly agreed after hearing this, and then argued to Zhou Yu: "Central Guardian Army—don't get me wrong—"
"Misunderstanding?" Zhou Yu squinted and smiled: "What is the misunderstanding?"
Hearing what Zhou Yu said, Lu Su quickly said "nothing", then saluted and left.
Immediately, only Zhou Yu and his eldest cousin were left in the room.
Looking at the "big cousin" with his head tilted, his hairy face and his dirty face holding a grass stick and smiling meanly, Zhou Yu laughed very well: "Gong Jin finally understands how powerful you are."
"Big Cousin" didn't speak.The smile on his face gradually faded away, leaving an expressionless face.
Not cold, just expressionless.
He was a different person from the cheap smile just now, and his momentum rose instantly.The temperament is also three points more elegant.
"Unfortunately—there is still a loophole." Zhou Yu said, pointing to his face: "The 'dirty' soil on the face was not evenly wiped; probably wiped it too hastily when going out, right? I saw through it." .”
After the words fell, "Big Cousin" turned his head to look at Zhou Yu, and after confirming that there was no one around, he pressed his voice and said in a calm voice: "He asked how sure you are."
"[-]%." Zhou Yu smiled: "I'm [-]% sure."
"Big Cousin" didn't reply.
"After the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, I'm [-]% sure—" Zhou Yu looked into his eyes and said, "The 'two things' I said will come true one by one."
seventeen.
The eldest cousin looked at him with his chest folded, and looked away for a while. "That's all right. I'll tell him so."
"—Yes." Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If any of these two things are not fulfilled after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, I will come to see you."
"...No need." The eldest cousin looked at him blankly, and then left.As soon as he turned around, he confronted Lu Su who was walking up the steps.
The eldest cousin immediately put on a mean smile and said: "Oh, yo——Jie, Jie, Jie, Jie, didn't you go to see—the sacrifice, altar, Lu Da, Da Yin?"
When Lu Su saw him, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he smiled and said hello: "General Sun." Then he turned to Zhou Yu and said seriously: "Central Guardian Army, there are some things to discuss."
Zhou Yu nodded slightly, the elder cousin understood the situation, and said with a ruffian face while holding the straw stick in his mouth: "You guys, blah, blah, blah, I'm not interested, I'm not interested," and then put on the dirty clothes Clothes said with a look of disdain: "Old, old, I—let's go—"
Zhou Yu put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and said in a long voice: "'Big Cousin' is not a gift—"
The eldest cousin looked back at him with a strange expression, and then left with a cheap smile on his face.
Lu Su watched him leave, and then saluted Zhou Yu: "Over the altar, everything is calculated."
"Very good," Zhou Yu's lips curled up, looking a little playful: "Thanks for your hard work."
Lu Su looked at him, and continued for a long time: "But Master Changshi asked, are the [Six Jade] for sacrifices ready?"
"Hey——I can't handle this matter." Zhou Yu said it's a big deal, and said, "It's up to the jade craftsman to decide."
Lu Su wondered: "This——"
"Anyway, it won't be too late." Zhou Yu waved his hand and then reached his waist, picking up the jade pendant tied around his waist.
It was actually the priceless pair of black and white jade that Lu Su and Lu Meng had brought from an alley in the city earlier.
Now he wears the black one around his waist.
The black was as thick as ink, and even the words engraved on it could not be read clearly.The red tassels hang down, which is extremely elegant and beautiful.
"...Then why did the old man ask for it?" He said with a self-deprecating smile: "This pair of jade pendants, from Bofu—"
When he said this, he stopped suddenly.
Lu Su was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head away too.
This jade pendant, from when Bofu was alive, has been done after Bofu's death.
For this pair of black and white jade, one is engraved with [Jin Yu], and the other is engraved with [Fu Ce], thus becoming a [pair]
Now Yu is still a pair, but there is one less person.
——If one is missing, how can there be [paired] or [unpaired].
Zhou Yu's lips parted into a forced smile, with long eyelashes drooping.The atmosphere that was fine just now suddenly became extremely cold, and the gleam in his eyes faded by three points. Lu Su froze there, with his mouth open but he didn't know what to say.
... He also understood that he should not say anything at this time, so he knelt silently and sat beside Zhou Yu.
The two of them just remained silent, without saying a word.
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and gently stroked the piece of black jade on his waist.
It wasn't him who was engraved on the black jade.Not 【Jin】, nor 【Yu】.
When Bofu was still there, this Moyu belonged to him.He said that he usually doesn't care much about it, so he wants a darker color.Let it be for the beautiful Xiaojin in vain.
Now he is gone, leaving only this jade.
Zhou Yu held the jade in his hand, and then slowly closed his eyes.His raised sword eyebrows, always smiling eyes, restless fingers, and that extremely poor mouth.
Riding his horse, he smiled freely.In the peach blossoms of Shucheng, he held him in his arms, and when they grew old together, it was a very beautiful and beautiful story.Comb his long hair for him, tidy up his clothes, and then sit on the world, sing songs in the bamboo forest, walk together in life, and return together in death.
That's what he said back then.
But now he is the only one left.
Only this night-like ink jade was left, engraved with his name.It's like his name on the tombstone without temperature.
Zhou Yu is not a person who is often sad.Even if it is sad, it is only for a moment, and it is only one person.
Moreover, there is absolutely no room for him to be sad now.
——When there is only one day left before the New Year's Day Ceremony, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all busy.Zhou Yu's long history, Zhang Zhao, checked all the items used for Suidan one by one, from the altar to the utensils.
Sun Quan was in the room, trying on the gown for offering sacrifices to heaven.
"After a stick of incense, call all the groups together with the West Hall." Zhou Yu said to Lu Su while rushing through the corridor, "One last inventory."
Lu Su nodded, and Zhou Yu supported his forehead and said, "This time—absolutely no mistakes."
After a stick of incense, I arrived at the West Hall, and Zhou Yu asked the ministers in charge of each place one by one.After checking everything up and down, he sat down and rested for a while.
As dusk approached, the entire government and the public were plunged into a delicate atmosphere.
The red lanterns are kept on all night, and 48 positions are always guarded. 21 teams took turns to patrol, and 36 prayer lights were slowly raised.
In the seventh year of Jian'an, the Suidan Hall is about to begin.
eighteen.
Eight quarters before dawn.West Hills.
The night wind hunted, sweeping across the empty sacrificial field.Accompanied by Lu Su, Zhou Yu began the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven in a quarter of an hour.After putting on a thick shirt, he rushed to the altar.
No one was there, not even a slight sound.Originally, he wanted to call Sun Quan out, but there was no one in the fasting palace where Sun Quan fasted.
When they arrived at the Tiantai, they found that Sun Quan had already stood there.
He was facing away from them, standing upright.
Sun Quan is dressed in black satin with golden fretwork and a jade tiger belt.The short hair is combed meticulously, and the beads hang down.And he was looking up at the vast sky.
Black night sky, few stars.Thick clouds are accumulating, and there is a group of Cang Liao.
There was a sword hanging by his waist, and the long tassels fluttered with the night wind, and the clothes flapped up, whistling.
There are no courtiers, no servants.In the deep night, on the empty sacrificial platform, he was the only one.There is only one back.
But just this back view is enough to make people surrender.
The waiter who followed Zhou Yu looked at him, and suddenly fell down.
Zhou Yu looked at the straight Sun Quan with deep eyes.
A king obeys the crowd without punishment, and prestiges himself without anger.
——Without the people by his side, he is also a king.
Zhou Yu gestured back to Lu Su, and then walked over alone with a large bowl of wine.The pace is not hurried or slow, but very powerful.Hearing this, Sun Quan tilted his head slightly, and the hair on his forehead was blown up.
"Gongjin." He called out, "—you are here."
——He didn't call him Brother Gongjin, nor did he call him the Central Guard Army.
Instead, he yelled out every word in a very ordinary way, Gong Jin.
Between the opening and closing of the lips and teeth, the majesty rises spontaneously, and the tension suddenly arises.
"Zhongmou," Zhou Yu handed over the wine in his hand, blowing his long hair and making a noise in his red clothes, "have a drink."
Sun Quan looked back at the wine, then turned around, flicked his sleeves, took it and drank it down.
"The ceremony will be in a moment." Zhou Yu stood with him in the wind, and said slowly, "Are you afraid?"
Sun Quan threw the bowl outside the altar and wiped his mouth.
——Standing on this dignified white marble altar, it always makes people feel like they are in no man's land.There are three layers of circular mounds, layers of nine stone steps, stone railings and watchtowers, all in multiples of nine.This altar is huge, with the help of the mountains soaring into the clouds, you can reach out and touch the sky to talk to the gods, and you can step on the world with your feet, and you are in the center of Kyushu.The night wind swept by, and a vigorous majesty rushed towards him, making it difficult to stand still.
But Sun Quan stood upright.
He was standing next to the Tianxin Stone in the center of the mound, the place closest to the sky in the legend.Holding up the sacrificial long sword in his hand, he said word by word: "Don't be afraid."
Zhou Yu understood.
"As a king, there is no reason to back down." The long sword and tassel swept across his cheeks, and his words resounded loudly: "King, you can only move forward, not retreat."
When the night wind picked up, the pearls and jade on his crown fluttered, and the black satin whistled.The surrounding trees shook and the lights flickered, but those eyes were unwavering.
It was getting closer and closer to the start of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, and the work behind him started to get busy.There are more and more people, but no one is talking.
"when--"
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance, Zhou Yu turned his head to look, and then clenched his teeth.
it has started.
Suddenly Zhou Yu turned around, and said loudly to the busy people behind him: "Everyone is ready——!
The people below were slightly shocked.
"The Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony—is about to begin!"
As soon as the voice fell, the following began to act regularly.Sun Quan arrived at Nanzhaomen, where he entered, and waited for the next bell to announce the official start.
People are busy and everyone is doing something.But there was no sound.
No one can speak in such an atmosphere.
There is nothing in my heart but solemnity and respect.
Zhou Yu came down from the sacrificial platform, and then all the subordinates next to him were holding azure satin gods, and all kinds of fresh best products were placed on the corresponding positions.
The sound of the flag was clearly audible.
After a stick of incense, the bell rang again.
This time it was longer and longer, distant and solemn.They all turned their heads and looked sideways when they smelled it, but they all kept silent.
Standing at Nanzhao Gate, Sun Quan raised his head slowly.
In the distance, the sky lanterns hang in Huanqiu, and the misty clouds are misty, which is awe-inspiring.
He looked back down the mountain.
With this glance, you can see all the rivers and mountains in the east of the river.
After the sound of the bell, he raised his right foot and took the first step.
"when--"
The bell began to ring regularly, one after another, the sound was deep and dignified.The sky was still half dark, but the civil and military officials all arrived at their respective positions in an orderly manner.The members of the Sun clan walked on the right, and the civil and military courtiers walked on the left. They were solemn and solemn, and there was no difference in the distance between them.
He walked up the 81 stone steps slowly step by step.There is no sound, but the strength can still be felt.
Every step is stepping on the rivers and mountains thousands of miles east of Jiangdong.
The long river Wuyi, seven mountains and six rivers.Every water and every soil is at Sun Quan's feet.
Slowly, Sun Quan walked up to the Circular Mound.The bell stopped suddenly, leaving only a slight lingering sound in the desolate world.
The leaves rustled and the lights dimmed.
On the east and west sides of the south steps of the Circular Mound Altar, [-] kinds of musical instruments, such as chime chime, chime bell, and iron bell, are neatly arranged.
All of a sudden, the music started loudly, and a total of more than [-] musical instruments played the Chapter of Beginning Ping at the same time, which was long, solemn, sacred and solemn.Amidst the music, all the officials went to their respective positions, and the huge sacrificial field was well organized without any clutter.Sun Quan walked up the round mound step by step, went up to worship the gods, worshiped one by one in front of all the gods, and then kowtowed nine times before the ancestors and offered incense.
Returning to the place of worship, he bowed three times and bowed nine times.
The world is boundless, and the new year begins.
The music of the beginning of the chapter gradually faded away, leaving only the sound.Suddenly the chimes sounded, and the chapter of Jingping was played.
——The round mound is like the heaven and the earth on earth, and precious jade is sacrificed in all directions.Bi, Cong, Gui, Zhang, Huang, and Hu, the Cangbi is used to worship the sky, and the yellow cong is used to worship the earth; the Qinggui is used to worship the east, and the red zhang is used to worship the south;The six kinds of precious jade are all carefully carved and placed around the mound.Sun Quan took the branches, soaked them with morning dew, and sprinkled them on all the jade discs.Each piece of jade is worn nine times, which symbolizes that the jade is dedicated to the God of Nine Heavens.
His movements are unhurried, graceful and dignified.
After the morning dew is sprinkled, the chapter of Jingping ends and the chapter of Xianping begins.
"The ancestors of the Sun family, across the battlefield, saved the Jiangdong and the barren, and relieved the people from the fire and water—"
As soon as the words were spoken, Sun Yi and Sun Kuang came to the side of the round hill and knelt down in front of the ancestral card.
"Building up the ancestral business, crossing the long river, prospering the king and conquering the barbarians, spilling blood on the fertile soil—"
Members of the Sun clan give three knocks.
"Zhongmou, a descendant of the Sun family, would like to abide by the will of his brother and father, use his strength alone, unite the hearts of all people, ride the horse on the loess, and become the hegemony of Jiangdong—"
Members of the Sun clan perform nine prostrations.
The audience was in awe.
Standing in the center of the altar, whispering alone will be amplified thousands of times.
These words, accompanied by the solemn music, moved everyone present.
"Here is Zhongmou—" Sun Quan pulled out his sword suddenly and cut the palm of his left hand. The blood flowed down and dripped on the white marble mound. !"
Everyone in the audience was shocked.This is a link that does not exist in the Great Hall of Sacrifice to Heaven, yet Sun Quan is here, swearing by dripping blood!
This is how... the size of a king!
"Musician—" Sun Quan said loudly after finishing speaking, "Playing 【The Chapter of Fengping】—"
The musicians on both sides heard the sound clearly, and played the chapter of Fengping along the rhythm.Immediately, more than a hundred dancers appeared around the Circular Mound.They were dressed in sacrificial dance clothes, masks, colorful cloth strips, and bells on their hands, ankles, and danced in, bouncing left and right.The bells jingled, and the altar was suddenly prosperous and mysterious.With a wave of his right hand, Sun Quan sternly said in the night wind: "Start [Dance of Relatives]—"
As soon as the words fell, there were constant "chi chi" sounds around the round mound, and then more than a hundred torches were lit, and the flames suddenly lit up, and the sacrificial hall was brightly lit!
Amidst the solemn music, more than a hundred dancers prayed to heaven for blessings in the coming year in the most primitive posture.The sound of bells rang rhythmically, and the distant sound of chimes and chimes made people feel numb.
The originally dark night was suddenly dyed red.
The music became louder and louder, Sun Quan stood among more than a hundred people, but there was no hesitation or hesitation.
Sun Quan always stood up straight.
Looking outside Nanzhao Gate, it was already full of people.
They came from far away places and from all directions in Jiangdong on winter nights.Just to witness their young lord and sacrifice to the sky before the morning light of this year's day shines on the fertile land of Jiangdong.
——Sacrificing to the heavens, praying for a good harvest and good weather in the coming year.
——Every industry is prosperous, and one year old is peaceful!
In the cold wind, the people of Jiangdong were lying there, and they didn't talk to anyone casually.
From the elderly in their eighties to the children of a few years old, they all just lay there.
——Everyone is not involved in the music that ignites the sky, in this dance, in this ceremony of worshiping heaven.
Suddenly a dancer jumped up, Zhou Yu glanced at it, understood that this was a message for himself, and then walked slowly up the hill.
——He is the priest of this sacrifice.The person who gave the speech.
Lifting the hem of his clothes, Zhou Yu knelt in front of Shenyu with a solemn expression.
Holding a piece of sacrificial round hole jade in his hand, he held it in front of him.
"Blessings to the heavens, dew to the wild—"
Zhou Yu began to recite the sacrificial speech sentence by sentence.
"Floods and droughts are not prosperous, and fires cannot be shaken—"
The voice is long and loud.
The sixteen lines of speech, the words are correct and round, and they are accompanied by music, which not only makes people feel awe, but also makes people feel excited.
Behind him, Sun Quan kowtowed three times and bowed nine times. His movements were slow but full of respect.
When Sun Quan got up, he could also recite Zhou Yu's sixteen sentences.When he retreated from the Circular Mound, Sun Quan waved his hand and said in a clear voice, "Play [The Chapter of Jiaping]—"
The musicians immediately played the chapter of Jiaping.
Immediately, Sun Quan raised his sword as a gesture, and said in a clear voice: "—start [Dance of Feathers]—"
More than a hundred dancers appeared behind Huanqiu. They wore red and black clothes. The men wore bells on their left hands and left feet, and the women wore bells on their right and right feet. During their jumps, they played exciting tunes and the sound of bells , endlessly in the music!
This time the music is even more magnificent and magnificent, making people resonate constantly in their hearts!In the sacred and solemn ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, the flames all over the sky, the jumping dancers, and the exciting music are all moving——
——This music reverberated in the sacrificial field, echoed in Xishan, echoed in the chests of all officials, and echoed in the hearts of every citizen outside Nanzhaomen!
The land of Jiangdong, the bloody and fertile soil, the seven mountains and six rivers, all echo this sacred music!
Between the vast sky and the earth, this flaming altar, like a cluster of fire seeds, instantly illuminates the land of Jiangdong along the rivers and mountains!
——This fire has boiled an era in which the situation is changing and the heroes are competing for the Central Plains!
It was early white, and dawn was breaking in the east.
The people outside the Nanzhao Gate kowtowed in unison to celebrate the New Year's Eve ceremony and Jiangdong's newborn——
On this vast land, one overlord, with his own blood, made an era remember his name, the name of his generals, and the names of his people.
"So what." Hua Tuo raised his eyes and said coldly, "What I'm saying is just the truth."
The two Hua family children began to pound the medicine quickly.
"Guo Fengxiao had 66 traumas all over his body, including many whip wounds. Eighteen were deep and 48 were shallow. One sword wound ran through the right abdomen, and it split open before healed, and urgently needed treatment; the other was injured by a wooden arrow. , The crossbow head hooked the internal organs, and the injury is serious. But this is not the most serious." He raised the crossbow bolt he had just taken out, raised his eyebrows, "there is a very poisonous crossbow arrow."
"—very poisonous?"
"Yes." Hua Tuo pointed to Guo Jia's wound and said, "I know the origin of this crossbow arrow. Since it is intended to kill you, there will be no room for it. The poison kills you. Do not leave any room within the controllable range, this is the real assassin——" Hua Tuo paused, and then laughed: "Although this 'assassin' is not human."
Cao Cao couldn't hear what Hua Tuo was teasing him, and his heart was in a mess.He thought for a long time with a livid face, then gritted his teeth and asked, "How do you say this poison?"
Having said this, Hua Tuo's face darkened a bit.He pursed his lips and looked at Guo Jia's wound again, and said, "This poison is terrible because... I don't know what it will do."
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, "I don't know?!"
"I don't know." Hua Tuo shook his head, "This poison was originally used to seal the throat with blood, but now I suppress it forcibly. Although he is still breathing for the time being, his pulse condition is terrible." He said and touched it. Touching Guo Jia's veins, his complexion became more and more unsightly. "Not only did it show no sign of going down, but—"
——Suddenly there was a low growl, and then Guo Jia straightened up from the couch!
Hua Tuo was startled, and quickly pinched the big hole on his neck, but his wrist was still bitten.Guo Jia's face was blue and purple, and his eyes were fierce, but his body was just twitching weakly, as if he couldn't control it.The two children quickly clasped his shoulders, and he roared like a wild animal. "Get out!" Hua Tuo snapped, "Everyone get out!"
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia who had lost consciousness, and felt a pang in his heart.Just about to open my mouth to say something.But Xun Yu grabbed him. "Prime Minister," he said with a pale face, "please get out quickly."
Cao Cao looked at him, his throat was so sore that he couldn't speak a word.
As soon as the door is closed behind him, the inside and outside become two worlds.
The screams inside were endless, but they couldn't go in.The two children kept coming out to pour and change the water. Cao Cao stood aside and watched, the water that was splashed out was a terrible purple-black color.
I don't know how long it took, but the voice inside tended to become smaller.Immediately a little boy came out and said coldly with no expression on his face, "Sir asked me to tell you that the patient's condition has improved."
Cao Cao's heart eased, and then he felt a lot lighter on his back.He breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, there is a reward."
"No need." The little boy still had the same expression, "Sir asked me to tell you to prepare the coffin."
"The coffin? Why?!" Cao Cao frowned: "Didn't it say that it has improved!"
"Getting better is getting better...healing is healing." The little boy had good concentration, but he was a little scared when he saw Cao Cao's anger. The knot in my heart can’t be cured with medicine, only the wound can heal itself.” He glanced at Cao Cao before saying softly: “Mr. You will definitely die. If you want to save your life, you must untie this knot in your heart, otherwise the inner body will be empty, and the toxin will take the opportunity to enter. And the person who can untie the poison most—”
The little boy raised his eyes to meet Cao Cao's, and said word by word:
"Sir, it's you."
fifteen.
When Hua Tuo came out, it was several hours later.He hurriedly took something from the imperial doctor's room next to it, and then hurried back.The two children ran around, their hands never idle.
Cao Cao stood there, always wanting to ask how the situation was, but they were so busy that they couldn't open their mouths.As the sky gradually darkened, he wandered outside with his hands behind his back, round and round.
Xun Yu stood aside without saying a word.
There were constant sounds of jars being broken inside, one after another.Cao Cao's face was green, his fists were clenched until his veins protruded.
"My lord, since Wen Ruo has told that this matter has nothing to do with Feng Xiao, why do you still speak hurtful words in prison?" Xun Yu's expression was calm, but the question he raised could not be avoided.Cao Cao's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he said slowly after a long while: "... After all, it was you who said it. I want to hear it from him."
After hearing this, Xun Yu stopped talking.The two were waiting outside.The moon rose, reflecting the heavy snow all over the ground.Cao Cao stood for too long, his lips turned blue from the cold, but he still waited outside.
The guards came one after another, and the ministers were also waiting outside when they heard the news, but they didn't dare to leave.They only said that Cao Cao was very angry, but they didn't know why he was angry.But facing Cao Cao's dead face, they didn't dare to ask, and each of them was so deadlocked.
At the end of the month, Hua Tuo finally came out.
His body was covered with purple-black blood spots, and he was in a state of embarrassment.Cao Cao was shocked immediately, stepped forward a few steps and said, "How is it?"
"...Barely." Hua Tuo was so tired that he closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, "I have to look again. There will be nothing for the time being, but it won't last long."
"..." Cao Cao looked sad when he heard this.Hua Tuo thought for a while and asked again: "Have you ever suspected that Feng Xiao wanted to assassinate you?"
Cao Cao's expression froze, and Shaoqing nodded.Hua Tuo laughed, "Nonsense." Then he picked up his medicine box and carried it on his shoulder: "How many people know about this?"
"You, me, Feng Xiao, Wen Ruo."
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Hua Tuo gave Xun Yu a strange look.
Xun Yu stood quietly with his head half down, as if he didn't see it.
Hua Tuo looked at it for a while, then turned his head to look at Cao Cao, and asked, "When you put him in prison."
"No." Cao Cao shook his head: "There are only two prison officers in prison. Just tell them to interrogate and ask who it is—but they don't know the reason."
"Oh?"
"The group they are in has been resolved." Cao Cao said with a cold face: "There will be absolutely no future troubles."
Hua Tuo raised his eyebrows.
"May I go in and have a look?" Cao Cao said, turning to the room where Guo Jia was sleeping, his eyes dark.
"... up to you." Hua Tuo waved his hand, smiled, and left with the two equally exhausted Hua family children.Xun Yu dismissed the gathered courtiers in an orderly manner, and then gently closed the door of that room.
When finally getting into the carriage, Hua Tuo turned around and gave another warning.He said that Guo Jia would sleep for a long time, and how well the poison was detoxified would depend on the effect after waking up.Waking up doesn't mean you're all right... You might die right away if you wake up.Anyway, you told him to keep the coffin ready anytime and anywhere.
Xun Yu said yes.After he finished speaking, Hua Tuo watched him for a long while before slowly leaving.
It was late at night, and the sound of the watch rang.After the crowd dispersed, Xun Yu rubbed his frozen knees, then staggered slightly back to the room where Guo Jia fell asleep, knelt and waited at a distance behind Cao Cao.
When Hua Tuo left, he only said that he would sleep for a long time and wake up, but he didn't say how long.
Cao Cao was beside his couch, guarding day and night.A few cases were brought in, whether three meals or memorials, all were settled here.The days passed like that, day by day.
— until a month later.
That morning, Cao Cao had just gotten up from a few cases, but suddenly met a pair of eyes.
Exactly the same as in memory.
He finally woke up.
At that time, the twelfth lunar month has passed, and the new year will begin.
——The New Year's Eve ceremony is just around the corner.
sixteen.
While Zhou Yu was dealing with official business in the palace, some voices came from outside.
At that time, Lu Su and Lu Meng were sitting beside each other, doing their own things.Lu Meng couldn't bear the atmosphere where no one was talking, so he asked a little nonchalantly: "Central Guardian Army, why are you offering sacrifices to the heavens this year?"
Zhou Yu put down the bamboo slip in his hand and picked up another one, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Why not?"
"Ah—that's okay. I think it's good." He scratched his head as he spoke, and then continued to ask: "But why isn't it the winter solstice?"
The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is generally held on the winter solstice.However, if there is any temporary disaster or war, it will also be held temporarily.Zhou Yu smiled slightly after hearing this: "Why must it be the winter solstice?"
"Have you forgotten what the little emperor was doing during the winter solstice?" Lu Su said, "Do you think it's okay for us to stay with the little emperor?"
Lu Meng looked at Lu Su, and just said "oh", Zhou Yu answered, "That's a good point, but the winter solstice is not acceptable."
"why?"
Zhou Yu smiled: "The time is not ripe."
"It's only a few days from the winter solstice to the day after tomorrow, so it's mature?" Lu Meng raised his eyebrows, "Isn't this ripe too quickly?"
"..." Zhou Yu looked at Lu Meng and laughed, then tapped his head with the bamboo slip in his hand and said, "You, you."
Lu Meng smiled embarrassedly, and then the voice outside the door became louder.Just as Lu Su wanted to ask what was going on, he was stopped by Lu Meng with a snow-white face.
"Zijing," Lu Meng looked at him tremblingly and said, "Let's... let's go first."
"Ah?" Lu Su raised his eyebrows, wondering why I had to leave early when I was with the Central Guard Army, and then replied bluntly, "Go? Why do you want to go? I won't go."
"Zijing, don't dawdle, let's go!" Lu Meng said a little anxiously, then pulled Lu Su and said, "I'll explain to you later!"
"Hey--"
"call out--!"
Suddenly a long gun passed by, Lu Su was startled, and a lock of hair was cut off.The long spear hit the ground with a "chuckle", more than three inches.
Lu Meng's face turned pale all of a sudden, and then he looked back abruptly.
That person was already in front of him.
"Lu—zi—ming—" the man stretched out a long voice, then flicked his forehead and said: "I caught——"
The man was dressed in military uniform, but the voice was clearly that of a woman.
Her face is clear and beautiful, but she doesn't have the softness and weakness of a woman, which adds a bit of heroism.His long hair was tied up neatly. If it wasn't for this voice and his figure, he would really have the demeanor of a major general.
——If she adds a little makeup, she will be a stunning beauty.
It is Sun Shangxiang, the sister of the lord.
Lu Meng looked at her dumbfounded, and stepped back a few steps: "Princess, please forgive me..."
"I've spared you for several days." She pulled out the spear on the ground and held it in her hand, pointing out the window and said, "Look how nice the weather is outside, this big sun——how suitable for horse training—"
"The weather is fine—" Lu Meng smiled wryly and was about to pull her hand away, but found that she was a woman, and she was even more respected as a princess, so she couldn't be touched at all.After such a stalemate for a long time, Lu Meng had no choice but to ask Lu Su for help, but found that he pretended not to see it.Lu Meng gritted his teeth, and said bravely: "Princess, look... I'm busy..."
"Busy?" Shang Xiang became impatient when he heard this: "Brother Gongjin said he was busy, so I came to see you; you also said you were busy—well, you are all busy—"
"No, princess, I'm really busy..."
"Really busy?" Shang Xiang raised her eyebrows and asked in a raised voice, "What are you busy with? Could it be that you are busy with Mr. Lu Su—"
"Ah, no, no—" Lu Meng's private face turned red from being poked, and he quickly waved his hands: "No, it's not—"
"Oh—isn't—?"
"It's not—"
"What about the reckless man—what does it have to do with Zijing?" Lu Su resisted and said: "...I'm afraid he just got lazy—"
"You're lazy?" Shang Xiang gave a sneaky smile when he heard it: "I saw it the other day—you were on the street——"
"Hey, princess, princess!" Lu Meng quickly waved his hands in front of her face and said with a blushing face: "Training horses, training horses, let's go, princess, what a beautiful weather! Look, then Big sun--"
"Hey, Lord Lu," Shang Xiang completely ignored Lu Meng's sophistry, pulled his arms away and poked his head out, "You're blushing——"
"I—" Lu Su was startled, and quickly turned his head to cover his face with his hands, a little embarrassed: "I'm hot, can't I?"
"Ouch," Shang Xiang pretended to be fine and patted the snow on the hem of his clothes: "Big winter—"
...Big winter.
Lu Su's face became more and more red, but he kept his head down and refused to lift it up.Lu Meng was afraid that he would become angry and get angry at him again, so he quickly said to Monk Xiang, "Hurry up and train the horse", so as not to cause trouble.Just after saying that, an unexpected visitor suddenly came.
Lu Meng wanted to cry at that time.
"Jie, jie, jie, jie, what are you doing," a casually dressed man came in with his hairy head turned upside down, his hairy face sloppy, a grass stick in his mouth, and an accent full of clues.As soon as he saw Lu Meng, he was shocked and said: "Jie, Jie, Jie, Jie is not Su, what about Lu Dayin, what are you doing, what are you doing?" The man glanced at Zhou Yu, then frowned and said: "Central, Central Guards, What about the officer—I don’t know how big, big, big, blocking, blocking the central guard, bright, bright—”
I don't know who "puchi" laughed out.
"Damn it..." Lu Meng gritted his teeth in hatred, "I—"
"Big cousin!" Shang Xiang rushed over to him and laughed when she saw him: "I miss you so much——"
The man smirked several times, "Hey, how is the princess?"
"...not good." Shang Xiang pouted: "A certain person won't accompany me to train horses."
Lu Meng's face turned pale.
"Oh——" the big cousin understood, "So, so, so——"
Lu Meng had no choice but to look back at Zhou Yu with a mournful face.The truth asked Zhou Yu to save his life, but no one saw him drinking tea calmly.
"Someone," Zhou Yu snapped the lid of the tea, then squinted and said, "The Princess of Jiangdong needs you."
Shang Xiang and the eldest cousin immediately succeeded and smiled wickedly.
"Shang Xiang, train your horse well." Zhou Yu narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I'm counting on you."
As Lu Meng was taken away by Shang Xiang with a sad face, Zhou Yu turned to Lu Su and said, "Zijing, help me to see how the altar is getting ready, will it work?"
Lu Su was being swollen by the incident about Lu Mengna, so he quickly agreed after hearing this, and then argued to Zhou Yu: "Central Guardian Army—don't get me wrong—"
"Misunderstanding?" Zhou Yu squinted and smiled: "What is the misunderstanding?"
Hearing what Zhou Yu said, Lu Su quickly said "nothing", then saluted and left.
Immediately, only Zhou Yu and his eldest cousin were left in the room.
Looking at the "big cousin" with his head tilted, his hairy face and his dirty face holding a grass stick and smiling meanly, Zhou Yu laughed very well: "Gong Jin finally understands how powerful you are."
"Big Cousin" didn't speak.The smile on his face gradually faded away, leaving an expressionless face.
Not cold, just expressionless.
He was a different person from the cheap smile just now, and his momentum rose instantly.The temperament is also three points more elegant.
"Unfortunately—there is still a loophole." Zhou Yu said, pointing to his face: "The 'dirty' soil on the face was not evenly wiped; probably wiped it too hastily when going out, right? I saw through it." .”
After the words fell, "Big Cousin" turned his head to look at Zhou Yu, and after confirming that there was no one around, he pressed his voice and said in a calm voice: "He asked how sure you are."
"[-]%." Zhou Yu smiled: "I'm [-]% sure."
"Big Cousin" didn't reply.
"After the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, I'm [-]% sure—" Zhou Yu looked into his eyes and said, "The 'two things' I said will come true one by one."
seventeen.
The eldest cousin looked at him with his chest folded, and looked away for a while. "That's all right. I'll tell him so."
"—Yes." Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If any of these two things are not fulfilled after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, I will come to see you."
"...No need." The eldest cousin looked at him blankly, and then left.As soon as he turned around, he confronted Lu Su who was walking up the steps.
The eldest cousin immediately put on a mean smile and said: "Oh, yo——Jie, Jie, Jie, Jie, didn't you go to see—the sacrifice, altar, Lu Da, Da Yin?"
When Lu Su saw him, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he smiled and said hello: "General Sun." Then he turned to Zhou Yu and said seriously: "Central Guardian Army, there are some things to discuss."
Zhou Yu nodded slightly, the elder cousin understood the situation, and said with a ruffian face while holding the straw stick in his mouth: "You guys, blah, blah, blah, I'm not interested, I'm not interested," and then put on the dirty clothes Clothes said with a look of disdain: "Old, old, I—let's go—"
Zhou Yu put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and said in a long voice: "'Big Cousin' is not a gift—"
The eldest cousin looked back at him with a strange expression, and then left with a cheap smile on his face.
Lu Su watched him leave, and then saluted Zhou Yu: "Over the altar, everything is calculated."
"Very good," Zhou Yu's lips curled up, looking a little playful: "Thanks for your hard work."
Lu Su looked at him, and continued for a long time: "But Master Changshi asked, are the [Six Jade] for sacrifices ready?"
"Hey——I can't handle this matter." Zhou Yu said it's a big deal, and said, "It's up to the jade craftsman to decide."
Lu Su wondered: "This——"
"Anyway, it won't be too late." Zhou Yu waved his hand and then reached his waist, picking up the jade pendant tied around his waist.
It was actually the priceless pair of black and white jade that Lu Su and Lu Meng had brought from an alley in the city earlier.
Now he wears the black one around his waist.
The black was as thick as ink, and even the words engraved on it could not be read clearly.The red tassels hang down, which is extremely elegant and beautiful.
"...Then why did the old man ask for it?" He said with a self-deprecating smile: "This pair of jade pendants, from Bofu—"
When he said this, he stopped suddenly.
Lu Su was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head away too.
This jade pendant, from when Bofu was alive, has been done after Bofu's death.
For this pair of black and white jade, one is engraved with [Jin Yu], and the other is engraved with [Fu Ce], thus becoming a [pair]
Now Yu is still a pair, but there is one less person.
——If one is missing, how can there be [paired] or [unpaired].
Zhou Yu's lips parted into a forced smile, with long eyelashes drooping.The atmosphere that was fine just now suddenly became extremely cold, and the gleam in his eyes faded by three points. Lu Su froze there, with his mouth open but he didn't know what to say.
... He also understood that he should not say anything at this time, so he knelt silently and sat beside Zhou Yu.
The two of them just remained silent, without saying a word.
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and gently stroked the piece of black jade on his waist.
It wasn't him who was engraved on the black jade.Not 【Jin】, nor 【Yu】.
When Bofu was still there, this Moyu belonged to him.He said that he usually doesn't care much about it, so he wants a darker color.Let it be for the beautiful Xiaojin in vain.
Now he is gone, leaving only this jade.
Zhou Yu held the jade in his hand, and then slowly closed his eyes.His raised sword eyebrows, always smiling eyes, restless fingers, and that extremely poor mouth.
Riding his horse, he smiled freely.In the peach blossoms of Shucheng, he held him in his arms, and when they grew old together, it was a very beautiful and beautiful story.Comb his long hair for him, tidy up his clothes, and then sit on the world, sing songs in the bamboo forest, walk together in life, and return together in death.
That's what he said back then.
But now he is the only one left.
Only this night-like ink jade was left, engraved with his name.It's like his name on the tombstone without temperature.
Zhou Yu is not a person who is often sad.Even if it is sad, it is only for a moment, and it is only one person.
Moreover, there is absolutely no room for him to be sad now.
——When there is only one day left before the New Year's Day Ceremony, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all busy.Zhou Yu's long history, Zhang Zhao, checked all the items used for Suidan one by one, from the altar to the utensils.
Sun Quan was in the room, trying on the gown for offering sacrifices to heaven.
"After a stick of incense, call all the groups together with the West Hall." Zhou Yu said to Lu Su while rushing through the corridor, "One last inventory."
Lu Su nodded, and Zhou Yu supported his forehead and said, "This time—absolutely no mistakes."
After a stick of incense, I arrived at the West Hall, and Zhou Yu asked the ministers in charge of each place one by one.After checking everything up and down, he sat down and rested for a while.
As dusk approached, the entire government and the public were plunged into a delicate atmosphere.
The red lanterns are kept on all night, and 48 positions are always guarded. 21 teams took turns to patrol, and 36 prayer lights were slowly raised.
In the seventh year of Jian'an, the Suidan Hall is about to begin.
eighteen.
Eight quarters before dawn.West Hills.
The night wind hunted, sweeping across the empty sacrificial field.Accompanied by Lu Su, Zhou Yu began the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven in a quarter of an hour.After putting on a thick shirt, he rushed to the altar.
No one was there, not even a slight sound.Originally, he wanted to call Sun Quan out, but there was no one in the fasting palace where Sun Quan fasted.
When they arrived at the Tiantai, they found that Sun Quan had already stood there.
He was facing away from them, standing upright.
Sun Quan is dressed in black satin with golden fretwork and a jade tiger belt.The short hair is combed meticulously, and the beads hang down.And he was looking up at the vast sky.
Black night sky, few stars.Thick clouds are accumulating, and there is a group of Cang Liao.
There was a sword hanging by his waist, and the long tassels fluttered with the night wind, and the clothes flapped up, whistling.
There are no courtiers, no servants.In the deep night, on the empty sacrificial platform, he was the only one.There is only one back.
But just this back view is enough to make people surrender.
The waiter who followed Zhou Yu looked at him, and suddenly fell down.
Zhou Yu looked at the straight Sun Quan with deep eyes.
A king obeys the crowd without punishment, and prestiges himself without anger.
——Without the people by his side, he is also a king.
Zhou Yu gestured back to Lu Su, and then walked over alone with a large bowl of wine.The pace is not hurried or slow, but very powerful.Hearing this, Sun Quan tilted his head slightly, and the hair on his forehead was blown up.
"Gongjin." He called out, "—you are here."
——He didn't call him Brother Gongjin, nor did he call him the Central Guard Army.
Instead, he yelled out every word in a very ordinary way, Gong Jin.
Between the opening and closing of the lips and teeth, the majesty rises spontaneously, and the tension suddenly arises.
"Zhongmou," Zhou Yu handed over the wine in his hand, blowing his long hair and making a noise in his red clothes, "have a drink."
Sun Quan looked back at the wine, then turned around, flicked his sleeves, took it and drank it down.
"The ceremony will be in a moment." Zhou Yu stood with him in the wind, and said slowly, "Are you afraid?"
Sun Quan threw the bowl outside the altar and wiped his mouth.
——Standing on this dignified white marble altar, it always makes people feel like they are in no man's land.There are three layers of circular mounds, layers of nine stone steps, stone railings and watchtowers, all in multiples of nine.This altar is huge, with the help of the mountains soaring into the clouds, you can reach out and touch the sky to talk to the gods, and you can step on the world with your feet, and you are in the center of Kyushu.The night wind swept by, and a vigorous majesty rushed towards him, making it difficult to stand still.
But Sun Quan stood upright.
He was standing next to the Tianxin Stone in the center of the mound, the place closest to the sky in the legend.Holding up the sacrificial long sword in his hand, he said word by word: "Don't be afraid."
Zhou Yu understood.
"As a king, there is no reason to back down." The long sword and tassel swept across his cheeks, and his words resounded loudly: "King, you can only move forward, not retreat."
When the night wind picked up, the pearls and jade on his crown fluttered, and the black satin whistled.The surrounding trees shook and the lights flickered, but those eyes were unwavering.
It was getting closer and closer to the start of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, and the work behind him started to get busy.There are more and more people, but no one is talking.
"when--"
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance, Zhou Yu turned his head to look, and then clenched his teeth.
it has started.
Suddenly Zhou Yu turned around, and said loudly to the busy people behind him: "Everyone is ready——!
The people below were slightly shocked.
"The Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony—is about to begin!"
As soon as the voice fell, the following began to act regularly.Sun Quan arrived at Nanzhaomen, where he entered, and waited for the next bell to announce the official start.
People are busy and everyone is doing something.But there was no sound.
No one can speak in such an atmosphere.
There is nothing in my heart but solemnity and respect.
Zhou Yu came down from the sacrificial platform, and then all the subordinates next to him were holding azure satin gods, and all kinds of fresh best products were placed on the corresponding positions.
The sound of the flag was clearly audible.
After a stick of incense, the bell rang again.
This time it was longer and longer, distant and solemn.They all turned their heads and looked sideways when they smelled it, but they all kept silent.
Standing at Nanzhao Gate, Sun Quan raised his head slowly.
In the distance, the sky lanterns hang in Huanqiu, and the misty clouds are misty, which is awe-inspiring.
He looked back down the mountain.
With this glance, you can see all the rivers and mountains in the east of the river.
After the sound of the bell, he raised his right foot and took the first step.
"when--"
The bell began to ring regularly, one after another, the sound was deep and dignified.The sky was still half dark, but the civil and military officials all arrived at their respective positions in an orderly manner.The members of the Sun clan walked on the right, and the civil and military courtiers walked on the left. They were solemn and solemn, and there was no difference in the distance between them.
He walked up the 81 stone steps slowly step by step.There is no sound, but the strength can still be felt.
Every step is stepping on the rivers and mountains thousands of miles east of Jiangdong.
The long river Wuyi, seven mountains and six rivers.Every water and every soil is at Sun Quan's feet.
Slowly, Sun Quan walked up to the Circular Mound.The bell stopped suddenly, leaving only a slight lingering sound in the desolate world.
The leaves rustled and the lights dimmed.
On the east and west sides of the south steps of the Circular Mound Altar, [-] kinds of musical instruments, such as chime chime, chime bell, and iron bell, are neatly arranged.
All of a sudden, the music started loudly, and a total of more than [-] musical instruments played the Chapter of Beginning Ping at the same time, which was long, solemn, sacred and solemn.Amidst the music, all the officials went to their respective positions, and the huge sacrificial field was well organized without any clutter.Sun Quan walked up the round mound step by step, went up to worship the gods, worshiped one by one in front of all the gods, and then kowtowed nine times before the ancestors and offered incense.
Returning to the place of worship, he bowed three times and bowed nine times.
The world is boundless, and the new year begins.
The music of the beginning of the chapter gradually faded away, leaving only the sound.Suddenly the chimes sounded, and the chapter of Jingping was played.
——The round mound is like the heaven and the earth on earth, and precious jade is sacrificed in all directions.Bi, Cong, Gui, Zhang, Huang, and Hu, the Cangbi is used to worship the sky, and the yellow cong is used to worship the earth; the Qinggui is used to worship the east, and the red zhang is used to worship the south;The six kinds of precious jade are all carefully carved and placed around the mound.Sun Quan took the branches, soaked them with morning dew, and sprinkled them on all the jade discs.Each piece of jade is worn nine times, which symbolizes that the jade is dedicated to the God of Nine Heavens.
His movements are unhurried, graceful and dignified.
After the morning dew is sprinkled, the chapter of Jingping ends and the chapter of Xianping begins.
"The ancestors of the Sun family, across the battlefield, saved the Jiangdong and the barren, and relieved the people from the fire and water—"
As soon as the words were spoken, Sun Yi and Sun Kuang came to the side of the round hill and knelt down in front of the ancestral card.
"Building up the ancestral business, crossing the long river, prospering the king and conquering the barbarians, spilling blood on the fertile soil—"
Members of the Sun clan give three knocks.
"Zhongmou, a descendant of the Sun family, would like to abide by the will of his brother and father, use his strength alone, unite the hearts of all people, ride the horse on the loess, and become the hegemony of Jiangdong—"
Members of the Sun clan perform nine prostrations.
The audience was in awe.
Standing in the center of the altar, whispering alone will be amplified thousands of times.
These words, accompanied by the solemn music, moved everyone present.
"Here is Zhongmou—" Sun Quan pulled out his sword suddenly and cut the palm of his left hand. The blood flowed down and dripped on the white marble mound. !"
Everyone in the audience was shocked.This is a link that does not exist in the Great Hall of Sacrifice to Heaven, yet Sun Quan is here, swearing by dripping blood!
This is how... the size of a king!
"Musician—" Sun Quan said loudly after finishing speaking, "Playing 【The Chapter of Fengping】—"
The musicians on both sides heard the sound clearly, and played the chapter of Fengping along the rhythm.Immediately, more than a hundred dancers appeared around the Circular Mound.They were dressed in sacrificial dance clothes, masks, colorful cloth strips, and bells on their hands, ankles, and danced in, bouncing left and right.The bells jingled, and the altar was suddenly prosperous and mysterious.With a wave of his right hand, Sun Quan sternly said in the night wind: "Start [Dance of Relatives]—"
As soon as the words fell, there were constant "chi chi" sounds around the round mound, and then more than a hundred torches were lit, and the flames suddenly lit up, and the sacrificial hall was brightly lit!
Amidst the solemn music, more than a hundred dancers prayed to heaven for blessings in the coming year in the most primitive posture.The sound of bells rang rhythmically, and the distant sound of chimes and chimes made people feel numb.
The originally dark night was suddenly dyed red.
The music became louder and louder, Sun Quan stood among more than a hundred people, but there was no hesitation or hesitation.
Sun Quan always stood up straight.
Looking outside Nanzhao Gate, it was already full of people.
They came from far away places and from all directions in Jiangdong on winter nights.Just to witness their young lord and sacrifice to the sky before the morning light of this year's day shines on the fertile land of Jiangdong.
——Sacrificing to the heavens, praying for a good harvest and good weather in the coming year.
——Every industry is prosperous, and one year old is peaceful!
In the cold wind, the people of Jiangdong were lying there, and they didn't talk to anyone casually.
From the elderly in their eighties to the children of a few years old, they all just lay there.
——Everyone is not involved in the music that ignites the sky, in this dance, in this ceremony of worshiping heaven.
Suddenly a dancer jumped up, Zhou Yu glanced at it, understood that this was a message for himself, and then walked slowly up the hill.
——He is the priest of this sacrifice.The person who gave the speech.
Lifting the hem of his clothes, Zhou Yu knelt in front of Shenyu with a solemn expression.
Holding a piece of sacrificial round hole jade in his hand, he held it in front of him.
"Blessings to the heavens, dew to the wild—"
Zhou Yu began to recite the sacrificial speech sentence by sentence.
"Floods and droughts are not prosperous, and fires cannot be shaken—"
The voice is long and loud.
The sixteen lines of speech, the words are correct and round, and they are accompanied by music, which not only makes people feel awe, but also makes people feel excited.
Behind him, Sun Quan kowtowed three times and bowed nine times. His movements were slow but full of respect.
When Sun Quan got up, he could also recite Zhou Yu's sixteen sentences.When he retreated from the Circular Mound, Sun Quan waved his hand and said in a clear voice, "Play [The Chapter of Jiaping]—"
The musicians immediately played the chapter of Jiaping.
Immediately, Sun Quan raised his sword as a gesture, and said in a clear voice: "—start [Dance of Feathers]—"
More than a hundred dancers appeared behind Huanqiu. They wore red and black clothes. The men wore bells on their left hands and left feet, and the women wore bells on their right and right feet. During their jumps, they played exciting tunes and the sound of bells , endlessly in the music!
This time the music is even more magnificent and magnificent, making people resonate constantly in their hearts!In the sacred and solemn ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, the flames all over the sky, the jumping dancers, and the exciting music are all moving——
——This music reverberated in the sacrificial field, echoed in Xishan, echoed in the chests of all officials, and echoed in the hearts of every citizen outside Nanzhaomen!
The land of Jiangdong, the bloody and fertile soil, the seven mountains and six rivers, all echo this sacred music!
Between the vast sky and the earth, this flaming altar, like a cluster of fire seeds, instantly illuminates the land of Jiangdong along the rivers and mountains!
——This fire has boiled an era in which the situation is changing and the heroes are competing for the Central Plains!
It was early white, and dawn was breaking in the east.
The people outside the Nanzhao Gate kowtowed in unison to celebrate the New Year's Eve ceremony and Jiangdong's newborn——
On this vast land, one overlord, with his own blood, made an era remember his name, the name of his generals, and the names of his people.
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