Chapter 116 The Song of Blood and Fire is the background of Great Qin
Ying Chengyu looked around and confirmed that this was the path to the left of Yong Shou's bed, and then looked at the hundreds of guards following Sun Xi , smiled and nodded: "Yonggong Palace is worthy of being our Forbidden City for the three hundred years of the Qin Dynasty. It has many secrets."
"No, I dug out a secret passage in just a few clicks."< br>
"Since Sun Zuoge is now in charge of the defense of the Lama Temple, does he know who dug this secret passage?"
Sun Xi pretended to be surprised: "What? This is a secret passage that has existed for a long time. ?”
"I thought it was excavated by your Majesty."
"This, this, this! I know nothing about this secret passage!"
Ying Chengjian Shenqiu Breaking the oily skin on Sun Xi's neck, he asked in a cold voice: "Sun Zuoge really doesn't know?"
Sun Xi looked at Ying Chengyu firmly: "I really don't know!"
"I am in Yong Palace. I have only been in office for more than a month, and I am not very familiar with the various palaces on the outside of Yonggong. I really haven’t had time to investigate the secret passages inside Yonggong.”
Ying Chengying looked at Sun Xi intently for a few seconds before he laughed loudly: "It seems that Sun Zuoge's work is not done well."
"The Yong Palace has been vacant for too long, and it is inevitable that there are bad people. Make a rebellion."
"I think some rat who is worse than a beast may have dug a secret tunnel in Yong Palace with the intention of harming the king!"
"Sun Zuoge still needs to be more careful to kill this Yong Palace! All the secret passages in the palace have been explored, so that we can be worthy of the king's kindness!"
Sun Xi bowed his hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chang'an, for your understanding."
"I will definitely check it out!"
Ying Chengyu nodded slightly: "Then there is Laosun Zuoge."
"I saw that Sun Zuoge seemed to be rushing to sleep in Yongshou, Does Sun Zuoge have anything else to do?"
Sun Xi pointed back: "I am here to give you a gift."
"Originally, I thought that your Majesty was too worried. But as soon as the secret secret was revealed, my subordinates knew it. Your Majesty is still thoughtful!”
Seeing that the guards behind Sun Xi were indeed holding three swords in their hands, Ying Chengyu finally returned the sword to its sheath and nodded lightly: "Thank you."
"Bafu, take it."
Let the soldiers take the copper and go back to Yongshou to sleep along the tunnel. Ying Chenglong also jumped into the tunnel.
"I will give Sun Zuoge five days to investigate who dared to dig the secret passage in Yong Palace."
"If I don't get a result after five days, Don’t blame me for telling the king!”
Sun Xi hurriedly said: "Chang'an..."
However, before Sun Xi could finish speaking, Ying Chengyu had already covered the tunnel entrance with wooden planks again!
Sun Xi's face turned red instantly, and all the blood that surged into the blood vessels on his face was angry.
This is the third time!
Three times!
Can't you give me a chance to speak privately?
Maybe you will find that I have always been loyal to the Queen Mother Xia, but now I am just committing myself to the enemy!
After hesitating for a long time, Sun Xi finally stopped asking for trouble, turned around and shouted: "Go back!"
Listening to the footsteps going away, Ying Chengyu also walked through the secret passage and returned. Go to Yongshou to sleep.
Xiong Mao reached out and pulled Ying Chengyu out, and asked in a deep voice: "Did you see someone at the other end of the secret passage?"
Ying Chengyu patted the dust on his body and nodded: "I met Sun Xi."
"The exit of this secret passage is on the path to the left of Yong Meng's bed."
" When I came out of the secret passage, Sun Xi happened to bring the guards to give us the money."
Xiong Mao frowned: "This is unreasonable."
"If this secret passage is really true. How could the exit be opened on the road if it was dug to harm me?”
"It should be opened in the palace next door!"
While confused, several more soldiers reported back.
"Your Majesty, tung oil was found in the wall of the palace."
"Your Majesty, a tunnel was found in the side hall."
"Your Majesty..."
Xiong Mao shouted angrily: "This is the Lama Temple!"
"How dare these rats turn the underground of the Lama Temple into a rat nest?!"
Aren't they afraid of the punishment of their ancestors? ”
Obviously, Lao Ai and others are not afraid.
They are about to cut off the bloodline of the royal family with the surname Ying. Are they still afraid that the ancestors of the surname Ying will be punished?
Ying Chengyu thought thoughtfully: "With so many arrangements, are they afraid that I don't know that they are going to kill me in Yongshou's bed?"
Xiong Mao also suddenly realized something strange. .
The existence of tunnels is valuable, they can make Yong Shouxian's defense system collapse instantly.
But the existence of authenticity is meaningless.
If Lao Ai really wants to kill Ying Chenglong, she only needs to close the gate of Yonggong Temple and let the guards of Yonggong Temple fight Ying Chenglong, and Ying Chenglong will not be able to escape death.
The existence of the tunnel will make Ying Chengxuan alert in advance.
Xiong Mao said clearly: "They hope to use these arrangements to make you escape without fighting!"
Ying Chengqiao smiled and nodded: "I think so too."
"But this only exposes their weakness and powerlessness!"
Xiong Mao said solemnly: "While I was here, they may really just want to scare you away."
"But when I return to Xianyang, their fears may be much less."
Ying Chengyu nodded lightly: "I understand."
"But since they have something in their hearts If you are afraid, I will use my power!"
As he spoke, Ying Chengyu felt a little ridiculous.
Of all the people who stand at the pinnacle of power in Great Qin today, Ying Chengyu and Lao Ai are the ones who like to flip tables the most.
However, now the two of them are trapped in a complicated situation and have to sit on the table and make moves within the rules of the chess game.
Xiong Mao sighed worriedly: "Just know it yourself."
Ying Chengyu loudly ordered: "Keep digging!"
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The Qin Dynasty has always had sacrificial customs that are completely different from those of the Zhou Dynasty. The Eastern countries believed that the sacrifices of the Qin Dynasty were similar to those of Rong and Di, while the Qin people believed that the sacrifices of the Qin Dynasty were inherited from the Shang Dynasty.
One of the most critical pieces of evidence is that Great Qin worshiped multiple natural gods, but did not regard its ancestors as gods.
So it is different from the category of worshiping the emperors of the four directions and the gods of mountains, rivers and mountains. The Daqin Ancestral Temple is located in Yongcheng.
January 6, the ninth year of the reign of King Qin.
There was a distant sound of horns outside the gate of Yong Temple.
"Woooooooo~~~~~"
Accompanied by the sound of horns, the gate of Yonggong Palace opened, and thousands of guards galloped out from the palace gate on horseback with the flags of the Four Sacred Beasts on their backs, standing on both sides of the street. Block the flow of people on the side.
Dozens of flat cars carrying musicians slowly drove out of the palace gate.
After the musicians, Xiong Mao, dressed in sacrificial attire, stood on the cart driven by four horses and shouted loudly:
"Kai!"
The drums and harps sounded, and the war drums beat.
Ying Chengyu, wearing a helmet and carrying armor, rode his horse out of the palace gate.
On both sides of the street, all the Guizhou chiefs who came to join in the fun cheered excitedly:
"Great Qin! Ten thousand victories!"
Ying Chengyu had a solemn expression, but only gave a brief glance to the Guizhou chiefs. Nod.
Behind Ying Chengyu, Yang Hu and several other major generals, as well as more than a hundred Taizhu officials, filed out of the city and walked westward solemnly.
When the group of people arrived at the northwest corner of Yongcheng, a giant building covering an area of over 50,000 square meters appeared in front of everyone.
Surprisingly it is the Ying ancestral temple!
The ancestral temple itself is built on a rammed earth platform about one and a half feet (3.46 meters) high.
Outside the ancestral temple, there is also an outer wall with a base width of one foot (2.31 meters) and a height of three feet and six feet (8.31 meters).
Looking from afar, it looks magnificent and majestic!
Stepping onto the sixty-sixth flight of stairs and crossing the high threshold, you are faced with a piece of thousands of bronze plates, on which are engraved the old moon, five stars, twenty-eight constellations, the Beidou and other astronomical figures. God's Bronze Floor.
The lines connecting the stars are filled with a dark crimson color, and you can smell a fishy smell if you smell it carefully.
Across the bronze plate, in front is a hall with a black tone.
The tablets enshrined in the hall were vaguely visible, but a middle-aged man in rich clothes blocked everyone's way.
"Tai Zhu Ying Qing, pay homage to the commander-in-chief Cheng Xi and Feng Chang Qi."
Ying Cheng Yu and Xiong Mao also raised their hands solemnly:
"I have met Tai Zhu Qing!"
Ying Qing asked in a deep voice: "Why are you here to pay homage to our ancestors?"
Ying Chengxuan responded seriously: "Young Master Chengxuan accepted the favor of the king and became the commander-in-chief of our Daqin. The army marched out from the east and destroyed Korea in one battle."
"I came here to report it to entertain our ancestors!"
Ying Qing said in a warm voice: "This great success deserves to be reported!"
"Kai!"< br>
The chastity rings the bell.
The musicians who came with him sat on the south side of the bronze plate, and the musicians who came from the ancestral temple sat on the north side of the bronze plate, playing the musical instruments in their hands together.
Ying Qing called again: "Sacrifice!"
The six witches ran briskly from the ancestral temple with bare feet and settled on the south side of the bronze stone slab.
The long sleeves fluttered, dancing like a brisk elf on the bronze plate to the sound of music.
When the footsteps of the witches turned from the south to the west, Xiong Mao shouted loudly: "Sacrifice!"
One hundred war horses, one hundred oxen, and one hundred lambs were covered with tortoise shells He tied it tightly and threw it to the place where the witches were dancing just now.
A group of subordinate officials held short and narrow hand knives. With the knife raised and lowered, they cut the throat artery of the three hundred prisoners.
With the scream of sacrifice, a large amount of blood spurted out and flowed around along the lines on the bronze plate.
The smooth soles of the witches' feet were stained with blood, but their dance steps in the sea of blood were still so light and cheerful!
Following the footsteps of the witch, Ying Qing shouted to her: "Purchase rice for sacrifice!"
Tai Zhu's official walked out of the ancestral temple holding seven tripods and six guis, and placed them on the bronze plate. superior.
The tripod is filled with grains, salt and various vegetables.
Xiong Mao shouted again: "Grant the food!"
The five hundred subordinate officials each held a bronze tripod in their arms and poured the full left ear of the tripod onto the bronze plate.
Ying Qing responded loudly: "Use dogs to control the poison!"
Thirty black dogs with shiny coats were carried to the fourth gate of the ancestral temple. Taizhu's subordinate officer grabbed the dog's mouth with one hand, The other hand held a dagger and quickly slashed across the black dog's throat.
Accompanied by mournful cries, the black dog's blood sprayed inside and outside the four gates of the ancestral temple.
The entire ancestral temple has turned into a sea of blood!
Xiong Mao raised his voice a few times and shouted loudly: "Teach people!"
Fifty Korean soldiers who were the most brave and unwilling to surrender in this battle were also pulled in On bronze plate.
In order to prevent them from struggling, the limbs of all the sacrifices had been cut off, two bronze chains were hung on the collarbones, and bronze nails were driven into the spine.
The ropes tied their limbs tightly to the wooden frame, not to worry about their paralyzed bodies escaping, but to support their bodies.
Ying Qing held a T-shaped copper knife and walked step by step to the strongest prisoner.
Like a doctor performing a surgical operation, he drilled and cut along the prisoner's head with focused eyes and even piety!
Behind Ying Qing, the forty-nine Taizhu officials moved in the same way as Ying Qing, skillfully and quickly completing this task that had been completed countless times.
Soon, the red and white brain was exposed to the cold, and the colon-like tissue was visibly shaking.
Xiong Mao religiously came forward with a bowl of tung oil and sprinkled some on each prisoner's brain.
Finally, the flame ignited the brain.
The sound of burning was covered by music, and fifty of the bravest warriors were sacrificed to the ancestors in a grand sacrificial event.
Blood and flames together create the background of Da Qin’s sacrifices!
Ying Qing turned around and bowed to the ancestral temple, loudly shouting:
"Young Master Cheng Xi, I will sacrifice three hundred prisoners, sixteen thousand seven hundred people, and fifty warriors to sacrifice my ancestors!"
Ying Cheng Xi finally took a step forward, raised his hands and shouted:
"The son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Master Qin Chengxi, led his army to destroy the country and returned in triumph."
"Now I return to my ancestral temple to worship my ancestors!"
(End of this chapter)