Theism

Ten days later, the winter solstice, the winter festival begins.

This priest was held in the ancestral temple, and the objects of the sacrifice were the twelve kings in ancient times, as well as the kings of the Wei Kingdom.

The altar has four floors, the first floor is a circular platform, where King Wei and the twelve witches stand, and the remaining three floors are the princes, nobles, meritorious officials and other ministers of civil and military affairs.

Indispensable to the sacrifice is the blessing dance of the twelve witches. The twelve witches form a circle around the round platform, and in the middle is a large incense burner with fine incense burning on it.

The Twelve Witches are all dressed in jet-black priestly robes, covered with silver ornaments, they will collide with each other with a crisp sound whenever they take a step, with strange graffiti masks on their faces, their hair loose and wrapped in exclusive silver jewelry.

The blessing began, twelve black figures danced, and the sound of the silver ornaments colliding reached everyone's ears. They danced barefoot incomprehensible to outsiders. As the dance unfolded, the originally clear sky suddenly became cloudy.

White clouds blocked the sun, and then in the sky, a little bit of white hail fell from the sky, like small snow seeds, because when the hail fell on top of their heads, they suddenly exploded and turned into beautiful pieces. The snowflakes are pure white, and as time goes by, the snow quickly spreads a layer of hoarfrost on the ground.

"Dingling bells." The sound of the silver jewelry colliding stopped, and at this time the snow in the sky had turned into a goose feather snow, auspicious snow heralds a prosperous year.

Everywhere in the city is also covered with snowflakes at this time, and the whole area is centered on the altar, spreading out, but the scope is only this city.

The twelve witches stepped aside, and it was time for Yang Chun to speak.

The words of offering sacrifices to heaven are nothing more than those, and after the chanting, there is incense, three sticks of incense.

By the time the entire process of offering sacrifices to heaven was over, it was already [-] o'clock in the evening, and when Yuan Kang returned to the mansion, it was already dark.The first thing he did when he went back was to have a meal. Although King Wei entertained guests during the sacrificial process, he was always hungry after eating.

Xie Yu was naturally waiting on the sidelines, serving her dishes, but Yuan Kang was too hungry and couldn't wait for his action, so he just picked up the food and ate it. When he came back, he kept stuffing it into his mouth without saying a word. .

"Eat slowly." Xie Yu said and poured her a cup of tea. The temperature of the tea was just right, and she could drink it directly.

When she was finally full, Yuan Kang realized that she was actually full and felt a little uncomfortable.

When her thoughts calmed down, she sat quietly for a while, stepping on the ground with her bare feet, feeling a little cold.

"I'm going to take a bath." Yuan Kang said and went out, and the mess here was naturally cleaned up.

There was still a lot of wind and snow outside. Although it was controlled by their spells, it didn't stop so quickly.

Just after the heat was washed, Yuan Kang rushed into the room quickly like an arrow leaving the string, and closed the door.

After a few strides, he rushed to the bed, and then stretched his hand to Xieyu's waist. He should have been lying down for a while, and the blanket was warm, so his body was naturally warm.

"Your Majesty, the Qi State envoy is coming to court, and the Queen Mother of Qi State will hold a [-]th birthday banquet in January." A pedestrian in charge of diplomatic relations reported from the court.

Yang Chen supported his head with one hand, tilted his head to listen, looked down at the person facing down, not very interested in what he said.

"Your Majesty, will you send an envoy to attend?" the man asked.

Yang Chun yawned, and said casually: "You can arrange this matter."

Yuan Kang listened from the side, his eyelashes twitched slightly, usually they were not in charge, and the twelve witches stood on both sides of the hall, acting as guards.

The court affairs were almost finished, and the ministers left. After the Twelve Witches were at the end, Yuan Kang simply walked around from here to the inner hall and went to his study room, but no one stopped her.

"What are you doing here?" Yang Chun said, looking at a bamboo slip in his hand.

"I'm going to be an envoy to Qi State." Yuan Kang directly stated his intention of coming.

"What are you going to do?" Yang Xuan put down the bamboo slips in his hand when he heard her words, and looked at her with his hands crossed, his eyes were sober.

"Looking for the secret technique of longevity." Yuan Kang said calmly, without feeling that there was anything wrong with this answer.

"Qi Guo, have you dealt with that person?" Yang Yu's ears felt callused when she heard about looking for the secret technique of longevity, but suddenly thought of something, and looked at her with a little surprise.

Yuan Kang didn't speak, it was a tacit agreement.

"What did you say, you didn't mean to help him win the throne?" Yang Yan guessed amusedly, but Yuan Kang's silence prevented him from laughing.

"I need your help." Yuan Kang looked up and looked at him very sincerely.

Yang Jin pressed his tongue against his cheek, curled his lips, and looked at Yuan Kang with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and Yuan Kang, as far as he guessed, seemed to have a pair of bright eyes full of determination.

"What do you want me to help you with?" How could Yang Xuan fail to see that if she wanted to go, she would have gone directly to Pedestrian, so why would she come to him.

"Give me a copy of the national edict." Yuan Kang said, "There is also a blank imperial edict."

"What do you want a blank decree for?" Yang Jin frowned slightly, but he wasn't too surprised.

"Just in case." Yuan Kang did it just in case.

After hearing this, Yang Chun didn't say anything, but stood up, pushed the bamboo slips on the table aside, took a blank piece of silk from the side, dipped it in ink, and started writing on it. This is for her. pass order.

After finishing writing, he tore out a blank copy of the imperial decree, and stamped a chapter on the handbook and the end of the imperial decree.

After finishing, he went to a corner next to it, rummaged around, and took out something wrapped in cloth, about the length of his little finger and the width of two fingers.

"Take it." Yang Yu walked up to her and handed her the handwriting, the imperial decree and the ink stone. The ink stone is not very big, but it is enough.

"Have you been sick recently?" Yuan Kang took the things and asked casually.

"No more recently." Yang Yu returned to his position, and it can be seen that his current state is quite different from before.

"There is a very famous witch doctor in Qi State." Yuan Kang said without saying anything.

Yang Chun laughed without looking up: "I'm used to it."

Looking at him like this, Yuan Kang couldn't help but feel even more worried. In fact, Yang Yu is not always so irritable, but he can't control himself all the time. Once, when he had been sick for a relatively short time, he even tried to cover it up, but as the number of times increased, in order to cover up, he began to suppress his own nature and always showed his manic face.

Yuan Kang has been looking for medicine for him all these years, but there is no improvement. The witch doctor has also tried it. Maybe it is not good enough, so she has another important thing to do when she goes to Qi this time, which is to find that Ding Ding The famous witch doctor.

"Be careful on the road." Yang Yu said, he glanced at Yuan Kang, he didn't wake up much, but Yuan Kang didn't care to hide from him.

"I'll be back as soon as possible." Yuan Kang glanced at Yang Yu, "There won't be any movement from Zhao Guo for the time being. If there is, I don't think I can come back in time. You can let the high priest take the lead."

"Well, good." Yang Jue raised his head and gave her a smile, which was quite different from his usual appearance.

Yuan Kang took one look at him, turned around and left, there was no further delay.

Yuan Kang's leaving figure was getting farther and farther away, Yang Xuan stood up and looked at her back, not knowing what emotion it was.

The relationship between Yuan Kang, him and Xue Ge is very unusual. After all, it can be seen from their names that Yuan Kang was not called Yuan Kang at that time. She was picked up by Xue Ge to the palace when she was seven years old. After all, she left that family because she was qualified to inherit witchcraft, and separated herself from the relationship. She is an envoy wandering between heaven and earth.

Outside Yuanshi's mansion, a team of carriages had already been prepared. Although she was going to Qi State as an envoy, she might not necessarily go with the guard of honor, so this was the reason why she went to ask for the handbook.

"Master Yuan." Xie Yu stood outside the door, looking at her with a little worry.

"It's okay, let's go." Yuan Kang got into the carriage and put the things in the mezzanine of the carriage.

"Master Yuan, I really have to leave." Xie Yu had a reminding tone when he spoke.

"Well, I see." Yuan Kang looked at him and smiled, and then said to Nong Xiao outside, "Let's go."

"Yes." Nong Xiao got the order and naturally drove the horse forward.

They set off this trip pretending to be a caravan, because they received news of the Empress Dowager Qi's birthday banquet, and they were looking for opportunities to exchange goods with other countries.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not nervous at all." Yuan Kang pulled out a handkerchief thoughtfully, approached him, and wiped his sweat.

Xie Yu didn't know why, but she always felt a little flustered, and her forehead was also sweating.

"En." Xie Yu responded, took off Yuan Kang's hand that wiped his sweat, and held it in his own.

"Xie Yu, do you know the witch doctor Da Xi Yuan?" Yuan Kang asked suddenly.

"I've heard of it before, but I haven't seen it before." Xie Yu's mailbox was curious why she suddenly asked this, but he still explained to her, "He is naturally free and easy, and he doesn't like to be restrained. The royal family has recruited him many times and he didn't go."

"Why did you suddenly ask this? Is there something uncomfortable?" Xie Yu looked at Yuan Kang thinking about it. Her complexion was fair and rosy, and she seemed to be improving.

"No, I just heard that he is known as the number one witch doctor in the world. I'm a little curious and wonder if I can meet him." Yuan Kang said very calmly.

"I heard that he often lives in the Yuqing area. We have the same way. If you are interested, you can look for it." Xie Yu said what he knew.

"En." Yuan Kang replied, the journey is still far away, and no one knows what will happen.

The guard of honor of Weiguo set off on the third day after they set off, and the road map was in line with Yuan Kang's, but they always missed it.

The pedestrians on this mission didn't panic, because he knew that Yuan Kang was exploring the way ahead, which was what Yang Yu told him.