The queen bullies me every day

Chapter 454 Dragon Mother Sacrifice

On the 23rd day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Fengyuan, Wanqing, it is appropriate to hold a ceremony.

The much-anticipated first Dragon Mother Sacrifice was held today with great momentum, and the people in the streets and alleys were jubilant, and the excitement was even higher than that of the New Year's Day.

Because the two important festivals of New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival have just passed, the streets and alleys of Zhaodu are still festively decorated.

Bonus lanterns, colorful hangings, new spring pairs from door to door and lanterns hanging without money, decorate the city into a gorgeous picture.

In the early morning, more than a hundred soldiers and guards were in charge of transporting a huge stone statue to stand outside the Hall of the Three Emperors in the middle of Zhaodu.

The Three Emperors Hall was originally used to pay homage to Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong, the three gods of the ancestors of mankind, but in the eyes of the people of Jokhang, Dragon Mother seems to have more existence value than these illusory gods.

The huge stone statue stood outside the Hall of the Three Emperors, covered with azure cloth that symbolized the sea.

Everyone knows that the stone statue is the statue of Dragon Mother, and when the Dragon Mother Sacrifice begins, the emperor lifts up Zhabu. From now on, the Three Emperors Hall will become the largest Dragon Mother Temple in Jozhao, and Dragon Mother will become the largest temple of Dragon Mother. The most revered god in Jokhang.

The Meridian Gate and the Shunchang Gate of Emperor Garden City are opened at the same time. The civil and military officials who have completed the imperial court come out through the Meridian Gate. Go out at the front door.

Today's protagonists are not Xuanjue and Chu Jin. When their luan sedan chairs reached Zhaodu Long Street, the common people stopped to worship according to the etiquette system.

Xuan Jue looked out from the half-opened sedan chair curtain, so the Dragon Mother Festival did not limit the number of people participating, so the entire Zhaodu was almost empty for thousands of people.

They didn't go to watch the excitement empty-handed, and almost everyone carried a 'sacrifice' dedicated to the Dragon Mother.

As big as cattle and sheep live animals, as small as fragrant sandalwood candles, with smiles all over their faces.

It is said that Dragon Mother is effective. At first, it was only to bless the peace of Dazhao Sea. Later, I don’t know when the Xuan said that Dragon Mother will respond to any request.

Since then, Dragon Mother has become the representative of all gods.Whenever people ask for something, the first thing they think of is to go to the Dragon Mother Temple to worship.

When you leave your wealth, life, future and destiny to others to make decisions for you, your life has actually been ruined for the most part.

By the time of the Three Emperors Hall, there were at least tens of thousands of people around the hall.

Everyone stood devoutly towards the towering stone statue, staring eagerly at the azure blue Zhabu covering the stone statue, hoping to see the true appearance of the stone statue and express their wishes immediately.

Xuan Jue, Chu Jin, Empress Dowager Zhang, and many courtiers above the third rank of Dazhao stood upright at the front.

The ritual officer handed the sacrificial speech to Xuan Jue, who recited it aloud.

Most of the sacrificial verses are hypocritical words praising the Dragon Mother, and the words between the lines are praising the great kindness that the Dragon Mother has bestowed on the world.

It is ridiculous to think that Xuan Jue, who understands the truth, has to read out these false words that are inconsistent with the facts.

His own mother, the god that all the subjects of Dazhao worshiped devoutly, actually hated human beings to the bone.

The more Xuan Jue recited the sacrificial words, the more ironic he felt, and then he simply speeded up his speech and recited hastily.

Some superstitious courtiers changed their countenance in front of Xuan Jue, saying that his actions were disrespectful to Dragon Mother.

Xuan Jue retorted: "Respect is in your heart, never on your lips. I thought that it can be called respect if you devote yourself to worshiping the Dragon Mother without any intention, but Aiqing didn't ask for anything at the Dragon Mother's sacrifice today?"

Of course he had, so he was left speechless.

The Miaozhu of the Three Emperors Hall handed the gold-plated pick head to Xuan Jue with both hands, and said with a slow smile: "Your Majesty, pick up the 'Fu Kong' at the end of the Zhabu, and the Zhabu will slide down, and the dragon mother statue will also show its true face .”

According to what Miao Zhu said, Xuan Jue successfully lifted the 'hijab' of the statue of Dragon Mother.

The moment Zhabu slid down, there was a commotion from the crowd.

It was the sound of cloth rubbing against the ground, followed by the sound of kowtow.

Xuan Jue had never seen such a scene before, everyone knelt down in unison as if possessed by a demon, and kowtowed to the statue of Dragon Mother repeatedly, chanting words in their mouths, each with their own words.

He glanced at the statue of Dragon Mother, it was carved in the image of Avalokitesvara, the brows are full of kindness, like a god who saves all living beings should have an appearance.

Chu Jin leaned close to Xuan Jue's ear and smiled slightly: "Have you seen your mother, did she look like this?"

Xuan Jue smiled, "It's not very similar, but it's almost the same."

The sound of firecrackers resounding through the streets and alleys set off the beginning of the Dragon Mother Festival, and the smell of fireworks in the air was stronger than that in Diyuan City on the New Year's Day.

And it's not just the smell of fireworks.

Chu Jin shrugged her nose and asked Xuan Jue, "Did you ask about the smell of sea water?"

After she mentioned it, Xuan Jue realized that under the strong smell of fireworks, there was a faint salty smell of seawater hidden.

A faint stream came from nowhere.

Zhaodu is still tens of miles away from the East China Sea, and the nine waters surrounding the city are all fresh water from the inner lake, which is distinctly different from the smell of sea water.

As the air became more humid, the smell of sea water became more intense.

Xuan Jue didn't take this matter to heart, and the sacrificial ceremony continued. The dancers and musicians of the singing and dancing department danced in front of the Three Emperors Hall. own sacrifice.

Live animals and livestock are handed over to the temple monks of the Three Emperors Hall to lead them down, and incense candles are lined up in the Buddhist niche in front of the Dragon Mother statue to be burned.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and about an hour later, when the ceremony was coming to an end, Xuan Jue ordered to be driven back to the palace.

At this moment, a man shouted excitedly from the crowd, "The Dragon Mother Empress has appeared! The Dragon Mother Empress has appeared!"

The man stumbled and squeezed his way to the front of the crowd, with joy overflowing on his face, and he grinned happily, "The water on the coast of the East China Sea has receded for several miles, exposing the seabed, and there are many fish, shrimps and crabs stranded on the beach. , Many of them are rare species that can only be caught in the sea! There are also countless pearl-bearing mussels, and the people in the fishing village can’t pick them up! This is a gift from the Dragon Mother!"

He bowed to the statue of Dragon Mother, and then greeted everyone, saying: "The people in the fishing village said that there has never been such a thing. Since it is a gift from Dragon Mother, those fish, shrimps and crabs are probably gods. Eating them can prolong life and get rid of illnesses." Everyone, please thank Dragon Mother for your grace, let’s go to the shore of the East China Sea to accept Dragon Mother’s gift!"

A few words are enough to make those devout believers of Dragon Mother so excited that they lose their minds.

They only thought that their sincerity moved the heavens, and Mother Long was really moved by their piety.

So after two hasty obeisances, the crowd started to commotion, and people swarmed eastward like a swarm, leaving only the mess in front of the Three Emperors Hall.

(End of this chapter)