The struggle of the eight blessings of rebirth

Chapter 64 What a big rule

On the tenth day after Yinhu was injured, he could finally no longer need bandages. There was a pink scratch on the original perfect skin. Yinhu himself didn't care about it, but Minzhi always looked at the scar intentionally or unintentionally. , I felt a little proud: I finally saw that you have a scar, and my mind is balanced. In fact, she doesn't know what kind of mentality she is, and she will look at the scar unconsciously, which makes Yinhu very upset: "No You see, I know it exists, so you don't have to read it."

After confirming that Yinhu's injury was completely healed, Kangxi ordered to go to Tai'an. The "sick" prince stayed in the Dezhou palace, and the three of Yinzhen, Yinhu and Yinxiang rode horses. Minzhi and Sifujin still rode in a car, and the large army camped at the foot of Mount Tai.The local officials have long been ready for the battle, with bright yellow military tents, all kinds of sacrificial flags and props are available, and all the accompanying soldiers are dressed in sacrificial attire similar to Hanfu, which makes Minzhi think that it has gone back hundreds of years.

As soon as Kangxi's large army arrived, Minzhi and others were taken into the tent. Bathing supplies had already been prepared in the tent, and a maid came up to serve her a bath with fragrant soup. The red wide side, the waist and abdomen are triple-wrapped repeatedly, and the bright red belt is tied into a bow in the center, and the long streamer hangs down to the feet.There is also a piece of white jade with long white tassels hanging on the waist, Minzhi is still very strange, doesn't it mean that Yinxiang will only go up the mountain when the sun rises tomorrow?Even Yinzhen and Yinhu didn't go up, so why was she dressed so grandly as a female family member?
Looking at the maid beside her, Qiu Ju, she was also wearing a black Hanfu, but she was wearing a skirt without a belt or accessories, only a multi-branched red coral in her hair.Just about to ask them why they dressed themselves up like this, a woman who wore the same dress as Minzhi came in but wore a high bun and a golden hairpin. She came gracefully and made a formal bow to Minzhi The salutation hurt Minzhi at a loss, stretching out her hand to help her might not be the rule, so she simply put on airs, put her hands into her sleeves, and looked ahead.After she finished the salute, she found that she was lying on the ground motionless and stupid again. At this time, Qiu Ju whispered in her ear: "Fu Jin, you can just say "get up". Minzhi was sweating coldly and spoke slowly : "Get up. "

Then the man got up: "Fujin, the servant is a ceremonial official, and the servant will guide Fujin to pray for the Qing Dynasty." Minzhi was stunned: "Pray for blessings?" "Yes, Fujin has already bathed in fragrant soup, and next is to burn incense and clean his hands. Fast, and then pray until the sun rises tomorrow." Minzhi's eyes widened: "Want to fast overnight?" "Yes, Fujin." Minzhi took a step back: "I see... "The ceremonial officer bowed: "Then, invite Fujin to come with your slaves..."

Opening a curtain, Minzhi saw a low table in the middle, with an incense burner and a red lacquer box on it.There is also a rectangular mat in front of the short table.The ceremony officer stepped forward to open the lid of the box, took out a torch and shook it: "Please ask Fujin to kneel on the long seat and light the first incense burner with his own hands."

The corner of Minzhi's mouth twitched, and he knelt down as he said, reached out to take the fire pocket and pinched a piece of incense wood, lit it and blew it out, watched the red sparks and green smoke coming out of it, then put it into the incense burner, sprinkled it with a Put the incense foam, cover the lid, and the cigarette will spray out from the small hole, curling straight up.The etiquette officer was very satisfied with Minzhi's gestures, and a smile appeared on his face.Minzhi picked up the white silk beside her and wiped the incense ashes on her hands carefully, but she was glad that she learned the method of burning incense from the young novice monk of Guanghua Temple, and the abbot asked her to recite more frequently in front of the Buddha. She didn't listen to the scriptures, but she learned this skill and showed it off today.

When the incense was lit, the ritual officer took out a black cloth scroll from his sleeve, untied the rope buckle, and unfolded the cloth scroll. Minzhi was stunned. The thing was half a meter long and filled with densely written words.The etiquette officer spread it out on the table: "Please read it to Fujin first." Minzhi was taken aback: What if we encounter illiterate or Mongolian Fujin?She found out afterwards that she and Si Fujin were the only female members who accompanied them to participate in the sacrifice, and no woman had ever participated in the sacrifice before.This set of etiquette is tailor-made for the two of them.

Minzhi knelt on the ground to read the sacrificial text. Fortunately, she didn’t encounter any unrecognizable characters. She was able to confuse some unfamiliar characters by relying on the difference in pronunciation and the same characters. After reading the entire sacrificial text, her neck stiffened from thirst.Only then did she realize that the female ceremony officer kneeling behind her on the right remained motionless in a kneeling posture with her head held high, her ears listening to Minzhi's reading, her eyes staring at the censer emitting white smoke, her face expressionless.It wasn't until Minzhi finished reading that she whispered: "The maid beside Fujin can go outside to get water now..." Qiu Ju got up quickly after receiving the order, and wanted to run out, but seeing the disapproving eyes of the courtesy officer, she had no choice but to go out. Twisting her body and walking quickly, Minzhi still kept her hands in her sleeves, and looked down at the prayers on the table. It’s been a long time since I saw the eulogy. This article is genuine, although the content is a bit boring, but This style still makes Minzhi a little excited, modern people, who can control this style?

While worshiping, Qiuju came in from the outside and brought a white porcelain water bowl, which looked a bit like a brush washer. Minzhi took it and saw that it was clear water. She took a sip and put it aside.At this time, the ceremony officer said again: "Please Fujin bow three times to the cigarette, with a heart like a mirror without any distractions." Minzhi stood up helplessly, took three steps back, knelt down, and imitated the ceremony officer's action just now, facing the cigarette. The incense burner bowed three times.

The ceremonial officer said again: "Please Fujin put his hands on the censer, smoke the sandalwood and clean his hands." Minzhi did so.Then the etiquette officer asked her to read it twice and put it on the table twice.Then he got up and saluted Minzhi: "Fujin is ready to eat now." Minzhi almost laughed out loud when she heard that, it was already ten o'clock in the evening when they arrived at the foot of Mount Tai. It's getting dark, she's just mentally prepared to be hungry all night today, isn't it an unexpected surprise when she first hears that she has dinner?

But seeing what was served, Minzhi had no idea again, is this Japanese rice ball? Looking at the white balls on the plate, all Minzhi could think of was the Japanese rice ball that she saw in the convenience store in her previous life.Take the chopsticks and poke it lightly, Minzhi has a black line: it is hard.Picking up one and trying to take a bite, she wept in her heart, is this the rice ball from the previous night?The glutinous rice on the outside is already hard, and the shortbread wrapped in sugar is no longer crispy.But there was no dissatisfaction on her face at all. Although this food is not delicious, it still has a very good effect on hunger, and it is actually quite meticulous. If you ignore that it is overnight, this food can be served on the table as a snack up.

After eating two rice balls, Minzhi went back to work and continued her prayers. Although she was a member of the Communist Party and an atheist in her previous life, didn't it mean that every year the head incense of famous temples is reserved for the leaders?So what she is doing now is actually nothing, right?

Time flowed slowly in the quiet night, and in the middle of the night, the etiquette officer asked her to just read silently. Sometimes Minzhi would get dazzled and wanted to fall down to sleep, but the two role models on the left and the right were kneeling well. Yes, she couldn't allow herself to be lazy, she tried her best to straighten her body, put on the appearance of an old monk in meditation, her eyes were looking at the prayer, and what she was thinking in her mind was, where is Yinhu tonight? Forced to burn incense to pray?What about Yinxiang?He is going to climb the so-called thousands of steps tomorrow, he must have rested early in the morning, let alone Kangxi, it is just a show, but Taishan Fengchan, what a big deal, Kangxi actually He casually found a bald elder brother to go, what was he trying to do, after Shisan came down this time, his worth has risen with the tide.This kid who is like a sheep, can't bear to be so favored by Kangxi, this kind of temper, put it on the table and fight with others, won't let people gnaw until there are no bones left?

Then he thought of Yinzhen, Yinxiang was favored, he was happy to see it succeed, right?Yinxiang has always listened to him, and behaved like a little follower, this child will have to suffer when he arrives...

Drowsily thinking about her thoughts, when the sky was bright, Qiu Ju woke up with her eyes narrowed, and found that her master had fallen asleep kneeling on the ground, she moved over and pulled her sleeve: "Master..." Minzhi woke up cleverly. Come: "Ah?" At this time, the voice from the ancient well next to him came again: "Please Fujin get up to take a bath and change clothes..." Qiuju and Minzhi couldn't stand up after kneeling all night, and they had their own servants Come in, put Qiuju in it to rest, and put Minzhi in the big wooden bucket outside, the four women washed her all over again, and then took out her drowsy body and dried her. A group of people came up and hurriedly helped her change into Belle Fujin's court clothes, and helped her out. You must know that the most unbearable thing for a person who has not slept all night is to take a hot bath. Once in the shower, completely relaxed and couldn't hold up anymore.

Minzhi is in this state now, after taking a bath, she is sleepwalking, and now it is estimated that someone put her in a sack and sold her, and she will not have any resistance.The servants put her in her place and stood up. She simply closed her eyes, no matter where she was, and continued to sleep standing up.In fact, she didn't know that Sifujin collapsed in the middle of the night because of lack of energy, and she was sleeping in the tent at the moment, but because she persisted all night, she finally became the only female member in this ceremony. Under the watchful eyes of a series of important government officials such as the senior officials of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and the Director of the Education Bureau, Minzhi stood so abruptly among the men, and those officials could only stand behind her.She was so dazed that she didn't know that at this time, everyone present was not looking at Yinxiang, but at her.

(End of this chapter)