Chapter 16 Descendants
Just passed the day of March, Zijin Mountain in the northwest of Shouying returned to its former tranquility. There was no longer the crowded carriages and horses, nor were there men and women all over the mountains. Only woodcutters and hunters who entered the mountains to chop wood occasionally found some relics of good deeds among the trees. An era without the concept of chastity, the first day of March in March is a blind date for young men and women. It is very common for love at first sight. Didn’t Confucius be born in the wild?
The birds are singing more secluded, and the green forests are singing. The woodcutter who chops woodcuts carry the dead wood as usual and walks hard. Suddenly, a tiger roar rises from the depths of the dense forest, "Ao--!"
The tiger roared in the valley, and the roar seemed to make the entire Purple Mountain shaking. Before the woodcutter could react in consciousness, his loyal body had already thrown away the burden on his shoulders. After staying for a while, he realized what was going on. He immediately said a big word and fell to the ground.
"Ao--!" Another roar was heard, and the tiger seemed to be right beside him, with yellow spots appearing among the leaves and grass. The woodcutter rolled and crawled to escape from this place, but his legs were weak and cramped, and he couldn't get up.
"Ao--!" The tiger really jumped out of the forest. What was strange was that when he saw the woodcutter lying on the ground, he did not pounce on him, but said: "Prince is fierce, the ancient sage king, he is appointed as King Chu Bichang."
Since ancient times, I have to say important things three times. The tiger also said this sentence three times. Finally, he said it to the woodcutter "Ao--!" for a moment, and then slowly walked into the dense forest and disappeared.
"Ah! Ah! Ah..." The woodcutter regained his mind for a long time, and fear had completely disappeared from him, and replaced by an indescribable excitement. "The prince is fierce, the ancient sage king, and he is appointed as the king of Chu Bichang." The woodcutter used all his strength to repeat it, and then ran away. He wanted to enter Yingdu immediately to report this matter to the king, and the king must be rewarded.
The woodcutter rushed out of the city. A strange incident was happening above the Jingmen of Shouying. A line of black words suddenly appeared on the blue-gray stone: "Big son is brave, Chu Bichang."
No one knows when and who wrote the black letters, but it appears strangely there, so that there are people kneeling under the city gate. They are not like woodcutters, they are all city people who have seen the world. Everyone knows clearly what the meaning of "Big Son, Jing Chuchang" means.
"If you have important matters, please see the king." In the bedroom, the King of Chu and Feng Guanzi had a great time talking to each other. But outside the bedroom, the sweaty city Guanyou hurriedly told the emperor Cai Bao, and after saying that, "This matter concerns the country of Chu, it's urgent!"
"The king has something to say, don't bother you today. Please come again tomorrow." Cai Bao bowed to Guan You, and he knew who Guan You was.
"I'm anxious!" Guan You wished to rush into the main hall. "I..., King! King! King!!" Guan You shouted loudly, and Cai Bao couldn't stop him until the armored palace guards surrounded him, and Guan You was still shouting.
In ancient times, there were three dynasties, which were outside and governed, and internal. The court outside was outside the thatched gate of the royal palace. The outside court not only summoned noble officials, but also gathered to speak. The governing court was the main court. Every morning, the place where the monarch and ministers met, but most of them met and announced the orders. After the officials came back to the office office to work. For example, the court meeting last time that the crown prince was chosen, it was actually not common. The place that really decided on national affairs was the inner court, that is, the Yan Dynasty. Whenever the ruling meeting ended, the king retreated to his main bedroom, and those who had important matters could come to the store to meet the king. Of course, this nobleman who was only limited to doctors and above, the scholars could not enter the house, so they could only stand at the steps to listen. After the Yan Dynasty, the king could get off work. Generally, he went to the small bed, took off his Xuanduan and put on deep clothes, or rested, or left the palace from the back door of the palace, and went to the market to drink a few taels of wine.
Cai Bao stood outside the bedroom, and naturally the King of Chu was still in the Yan Dynasty, so Guan You shouted loudly. His shouting was really heard by the King of Chu. Before Guan You was blocked by the palace guards, the King of Chu asked Xiang Changjiang: "Who is calling me outside the bedroom?"
"Report to the king, it's Guan You." The master's ears were of course effective. Even if they didn't, there would be reports from the temple.
"Guan You..." Guan You was the Shouying City Yin appointed by the King of Chu himself. The King of Chu asked again: "What's wrong with him?"
"He..." Chang Jiang wanted to speak but stopped and said, "I don't know."
"Ask and report it to you." The King of Chu said, and the emperor of the Tangcheng shouted loudly outside the bedroom. There must be something urgent.
Chang Jiang, who was ordered, left hurriedly and came back soon. Seeing that he was coming, the King of Chu had to suspend the discussion with Feng Guanzi and said, "What's the matter?"
"Guan You said that the Jingmen Taiyi Shen showed his appearance." Chang Jiang held it in for a while and finally told him this.
"Expressed?!" Not only King Chu, but also shocked.
"Guan Youyan, a few big words suddenly appeared on the Jingmen Gate: 'Big son, Jing Chuchang'..."
"Ah!" Before Chang Jiang finished speaking, the King of Chu and the King of Chu and Guanzi gasped. Both sides looked at each other and saw the suspicion and shock in each other's eyes - how could it be so coincidental? Here is a discussion on how to make Prince Jing the crown prince, but there is too much spirit to show off. What does it mean to say, "The eldest son is fierce, Jing Chuchang" must be someone pretending to be a ghost.
Chang Jiang also realized the suspicion of the two people and added: "The word "is above the lintel". Guan You said that Dan will not be seen, and then suddenly appears in Wu. The soldiers on the city and the merchants under the city can be proved, and no one can write it on it."
"King, now is the time to choose a son, and someone must pretend to be ghosts and gods to confuse the world." said Wu Guanzi. He had just convinced the King of Chu to agree to make Xiong Jing the crown prince, but how could he fail?
"King, Taipu Guanji is asking for a visit. Taipu said that there is something important about Chu's country and country's destiny." The city Yin Guanyou was taken down by the palace guards, but Guanyou left Taipu Guanji came again. This time Cai Bao did not dare to stop him anymore, so he came in and reported directly.
"What's the matter with the Grand Master?" The King of Chu glanced at Feng Guanzi and said to himself: "Is it because of this?"
Of course, Guan Ji was not a word for Jingmen. He was not alone. Except for the wizards accompanying him, several servants were panting and carrying a heavy box. "King, yesterday the fisherman caught a jade in the Huai River. Now he presented it to the King, please give it to the King."
The boxes were wrapped one by one, opened one by one in front of the King of Chu, and the last one opened and uncovered the brocade, and a piece of round jade as big as a palm was exposed. Although the jade was yellow, the jade was extremely clear. The most wonderful thing was that there were four crooked words in the jade: "Make a brave king!"
"This is Kunlun ancient jade!" At first, Feng Guanzi did not see the words in the jade, but was amazed that this was a Kunlun ancient jade.
"That's right." Guan Ji nodded, "Yu is born in nature, and the word "natural" means "natural". The meaning of this god is revealed in the world."
"King..." Xiangrui was right in front of him. Even the skull could not see any false signs in it. However, according to common sense, this must have been done by Chunshen Jun instructed his disciples, and the purpose was self-evident.
"Can you divinate?" The King of Chu also vaguely guessed this truth in his heart, but he hoped to divine once to distinguish the will of heaven.
"You can divine tomorrow." Large-scale divination requires careful preparation, and you cannot just divine it. "The king wants to sacrifice?"
"Sacrifice." Sacrifice to the Taimiao is not ready for a day, and auspicious days are required. The King of Chu would rather postpone the postponement than to make a more formal divination - the crown prince is not expected, which is to bear the risk of civil chaos in Chu; but Xiong Han, he did not show any slight elegance or signs of a wise king, and the king of Chu was very worried about giving it to him by the state.
The sacrifice was being prepared, and in the next few days, all kinds of auspiciousness could not be lost: some people say something about the tiger's mouth, some big fish floating on the water to speak, some people suddenly bloomed into words in the king's tomb... All these things are revealed, the reincarnation of the ancient sage king, and the state of Chu could prosper. For a time, public opinion in Yingdu was full of people, and everyone said that they should be made the prince of fierce.
Zengzi killed people, and the three of them became tigers. Even though he understood this principle, the King of Chu was still worried. He felt increasingly that this was not entirely a fake, because it was impossible. For example, he looked at the ancient jade with the new character carefully and asked Yu Yin to read it. Yu Yin also said that the character was natural and not someone made a fake. The reason why the divine signs appeared frequently was because he wanted to make Xiong Jing the eldest son, but the gods did not agree, so he appeared.
The Taimiao worship ceremony was extremely grand. The King of Chu, wearing a big fur, and the king of Chu, accompanied by hundreds of court officials, rose up and retreated again and again in the sound of bells and drums. The King of Chu was old and exhausted. When the last ceremony was completed, his legs were already weak and could no longer stop his body and fainted on the ground. The king fainted, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. Fortunately, the servant chief Jiang Ji was calm and directed the temple people to carry the King of Chu to the empty place, massaged and poured water. When the doctor came, the King of Chu had already woken up.
"The sacrifice has been completed, please ask the king to return to the palace." The emperor Huang Xie lay on the ground, his voice worried.
"No, I...you should know the results of divination." The King of Chu gasped, his eyes almost opened when he spoke.
"I..." Huang Xie looked at the Taipu Guanji who was lying on the ground, and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Go..." King Chu raised his arm, but fell down before he could lift it.
The tortoise shell finally burned in the fire, and the sound of the bones bursting became increasingly dense. The Taipu Guanji knelt in front of the fire, and moaned in a low voice. He didn't care who was the prince or the king of Chu, but he was extremely pious to the gods, and he devoted his life to God. Huang Xieyao looked at him, his heart was hanging in his throat. Although he gave Guanji a lot of money, this could only buy his personal support. Once there were other results in divination, he would act according to the will of the gods and ignore it.
The waiting time for divination was short and long. Like Huang Xie, Zuo Tuzhao, who was facing the spiritual throne of the former king in Taimiao, was also uneasy. One auspiciousness after another made him and the entire Jing party helpless. Taking advantage of ghosts and gods as a force was not only what they could not imagine, but also what they pedantic nobles would not do. The result of not doing it was that they completely lost power. Once the king died and Xiong Han was established, Chunshen Jun and his group of disciples would be another Wu Qi. What is reform? Isn’t the reform like killing the former king’s personal meritorious officials, collecting the property of acres of money, and then the whole country is poor, the people regard the guest officials as their teachers, and the country is the most valuable?
Chapter completed!