Nine Heavens

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the market in Qingshi Villa, the location of Jinghuatang is extraordinarily quiet. The majestic and magnificent Jinghuatang is bathed in the thin morning mist, solemn and solemn, showing its irreplaceable position in the hearts of people in Qingshi Villa.

Outside Jinghua Hall, on both sides of the gate, stood two long lines of guards of the villa, each tall and straight, with horns around their waists, in a heroic posture. At about eight o'clock, Jinghua Hall heard a "gift!" from afar, followed by the beeping of horns.

The noisy crowd immediately became silent, and after just a cup of tea, everyone returned to their positions and stood up. The four groups of people saw it clearly immediately, and then hundreds of guests congratulated Qingshi Villa with gifts. Naturally, the gift was not light, and won rounds of applause from the crowd.

The two elders Liu Yeqing and Yu Wu stood respectfully on the left and the right, bowing to express their gratitude to every guest who presented gifts, and at the same time, the subordinates immediately returned a respectful flower to express their gratitude.

Some people in the crowd were really surprised, why this year the Flower Festival was presided over by two elders, feeling a bit deserted, they couldn't help whispering. But amidst the blasts of horns and cheers, the desertion was only for a while, and the serious crowd finally couldn't stand the shock of those exquisite gifts, and rejoiced.

On the bank of the Qingtian River, in front of the Qingtian cypress stands a high platform made of wood with a radius of about three feet. Tianhe Bank.

There is also a similar step in the other direction facing the Qingtian River Bridge. There is a huge drum in the middle of the high platform, with a diameter of two or three meters, surrounded by five drummers in red, beating from time to time. Behind the big drum is a taller platform with rows of seats arranged neatly behind it.

Liu Juan and Cheng Yuanfang just came in a hurry because they were looking for their fun-loving sister Shifeng. The two of them held the naughty ghost in their hands and looked at the bank of Qingtian River from a distance.

The crowd has not yet chosen their position, those carrying baskets, carrying baskets, carrying boxes, holding flowers, empty-handed, coming and going, bustling. Under the sun, the most pleasing thing is the baskets of flowers in the crowd, which are shining with dewdrops, and they are freshly picked. There are as many flowers as there are people, and the crowd is even more the sea of ​​flowers.

Although there are many people and flowers are blooming, they are so careful when passing by each other, for fear that their own flowers will be damaged a little.

The two were looking around when they suddenly heard: "Daddy! Daddy! Dad! Mother! Hehe, hehe." The sister Shifeng in her hand had already entered the crowd like a gust of wind, followed by the tiger-striped cat. Liu Juan looked along the route that Shifeng ran, and she really saw her parents and Uncle Cheng's family, and she smiled at Cheng Yuanfang, "Let him go, anyway, he can't lose it."

Cheng Yuanfang nodded, neither of them liked to be lively, so they didn't squeeze into the crowd, they found a slightly higher rock and sat down, chatting.

Around ten o'clock, the noisy crowd found their seats and gradually quieted down, staring at the road leading to Qingshi Villa from the Qingtian River Bridge.

Finally, with the melodious sound of the trumpet, a group of figures in red costumes appeared at the corner at the foot of the mountain, and the guard of gongs and drums that had been prepared by the bank of the Qingtian River immediately remembered the thunderous sound of gongs and drums.

Hulala, everyone on the bank of Qingtian River stood up in an instant, held their breath, and stretched their necks to look from afar. The trombone wailed, and the group of figures got closer and closer. After the figures in red clothes turned out five beautiful sedan chairs with lotus flowers at the foot of the mountain, each sedan chair was carried by eight people. .

The pink sedan chair is just like Tingting Lihe.

Liu Juan stared at the five lotus sedan chairs, her delicate face was covered with a layer of cold frost, and there was a trace of hatred and pain at the corners of her mouth. He stared at the two elders Liu Yeqing and Yu Wu in front of the sedan chair with hatred, his lips were trembling and his heart was trembling.

Behind the five sedan chairs is a long guard team, and behind them are the guests of Tianya Xiaozhu who came to watch the excitement, and they also stand in a well-behaved manner automatically, as if they are part of a guard of honor. In fact, outsiders are not allowed to participate in the first two days of the Jinghua Festival in Qingshi Villa. These two days are all sacrificial activities, but if you want to watch the excitement, you don't object.

When they came close, the two elders slowly walked up the high platform along the bamboo steps leading to the Qingtianhe Bridge, turned around, Liu Yeqing raised it up and pressed lightly, the noisy gongs and drums stopped abruptly, followed by a long period of silence .

The guard of honor that came together was neatly separated on both sides of the high platform, and five sedan chairs lined up at the bottom of the steps facing the bank of the Qingtian River on the high platform. The guests of Tianya Xiaozhu took the initiative to stand a bit more, each found a suitable position and stood silently.

After patrolling the people in the village on the bank of the river, Liu Yeqing straightened her body and bowed deeply, and announced loudly: "The 3,000th Qingshi Mountain Villa's 3000th Jinghua Conference and River Sacrifice Ceremony begins now!" With applause and cheers, Liu Yeqing pressed his hand again, and Liu Yeqing continued: "The first item, pray three times!" As the words fell, the sound of horns immediately echoed in the valleys of Wanfeng in Longyun Mountain.

"Bow to heaven!" Yu Wu knelt down first, and then all the people in Qingshi Villa, regardless of gender, old or young, except Liu Yeqing and the horn blowers all knelt down. "Bai!" A loud cry broke through the blue clouds, and the black crowd raised their hands in unison to bow to the sky. "Get up!" With the password, people stood up again.

"Second worship to the sacred tree!" Everyone turned around and bowed reverently to Qingtianbai.

"Three worships to the Immortal River!" Kneeling down again, people looked at the surging river and bowed deeply!

Seeing the prostration at Qingshi Villa, the people who watched the scene outside Longyun Villa, Tianyan Gang, Wolong Bay and Longyun Mountain were all deeply moved by the piety, and some even worshiped accordingly. Those who did not bow down prayed secretly in their hearts.

"Second item, the families present flowers!" Next came the long flowers, each family presented the flowers they had already prepared in turn, first the direct line families of the five clans offered, and then the ordinary families. Although there are many people offering flowers, they are organized and orderly, not chaotic at all.

The representative of the family presenting flowers must be a virgin boy or a virgin, holding flowers in both hands and placing them under the high platform in turn, and a few members of the family will present a few baskets. Those who don't have virgins at home are not allowed to go up to the high stage, and they are handed over to a pair of virgins who have already prepared beautiful etiquette work on the stage.

Liu Juan straightened her clothes and sat down, with her arms around her knees, quietly looking at the five beautiful lotus sedan chairs, gritted her teeth aggrievedly, and made a crisp sound. Cheng Yuanfang saw it, and said softly: "Sister Juan, maybe this is the so-called fate! What can we do, we will suffer once every year. It is said that this rule has lasted for thousands of years."

"Let's end this year!" Liu Juan uttered these words between her teeth, twisted her body, and burrowed into the forest. Cheng Yuanfang looked towards the high platform in astonishment, but fortunately, no one paid attention to them, and turned around and went into the forest.

The mysterious actions of the two failed to escape the eyes of anyone. At the moment when the two entered the forest, one of Tan Tianying's four major guards, Shuang Wanglang, Yan Yingfei, and Qin Leng flashed into the forest with a more fierce figure. middle. Tan Tianying was not surprised at all when she saw Shuang Wang's actions. She looked at the real father-in-law, and found that the real father-in-law was also looking at herself. The member of the conference nodded slightly, and continued to look at the stage.

"The third item is to arrange the fairy boat!" The low-pitched horn sounded again, and then Liu Yeqing and Yu Wu stepped aside on the stage, and five young girls appeared in Taichung. . The five young girls bowed deeply to the two elders, and then bowed deeply to the elders of the Qingyun Villa below the stage.

Then he went to Qingtianbai and knelt down. After three bows, he took up a basket of flowers, stepped up the green bamboo steps facing the bank of Qingtian River, and walked step by step to the five lotus sedan chairs on the bank of the river amidst the sound of low-pitched horns. The five girls each walked to a sedan chair with flower baskets in their hands, bowed deeply, then slowly circled around the beautiful sedan chairs, and walked towards the river bank with flower baskets in hand.

Ling Yunfeng looked at all this through the veil, with tears streaming down her cheeks, she glanced left and right, and quietly tried a few tears. I can't bear to watch it anymore, because I don't know what happened next, how could she forget what happened on the same day sixteen years ago... She wanted to call out to the old host on the stage, Grandpa, However, this is impossible because she died in the river sacrifice sixteen years ago.

The five young girls repeated the process for a long time, and finally the last basket of flowers was placed on the boat. Ling Yunfeng still couldn't control it, she looked at the past with tears in her eyes, five bamboo dragon boats were moored in turn facing five bridal sedan chairs on the bank of Qingtian River, and the dragon boats were already filled with flowers presented by every household in Qingshi Villa, and the dragon boat turned into five flower dragons, Ripples on the Qingtian River.

Everyone on the river bank stood up solemnly, staring straight at the five beautiful sedan chairs and five flower boats, as if waiting for the death sentence.

"Xianniang get on the boat!" Liu Yeqing shouted word by word, her voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of bitterness. The sweet smiling face of my granddaughter Feng'er suddenly appeared in my heart, I was slightly shocked, and prayed secretly, children, don't blame the people for being cruel, this is the fate of our five surnames, and no one can change it! I hope you will reincarnate as soon as possible, open your eyes and look good, and don't cast yourself under the sect of Wuxing Xianhou again! "

As soon as Liu Yeqing yelled, the five flower-arranging girls gently set off the lotus sedan chair, and stretched out their hands to gently lead out a girl in white clothes. Then he turned around and helped onto the flower boat under everyone's gaze.

Under the sun, the five white-clothed girls had calm faces, and their gazes slowly looked around at the mountains and rivers of Longyun Mountain. Finally, they sat quietly on the flower boat, drank the poison offered by the five flower girls, and watched with smiles. In the direction of Qingshi Villa. Without a word, just sat so quietly. Countless eyes on the river bank stared at those ten eyes, also silent.

A painful voice came: "Fire the fairy ship, bless me forever!"

Looking at the raging fire on the Qingtian River, listening to the shouts coming from the bank: "Fire the fairy boat, bless me forever!" Looking around, Ling Yunfeng's black figure dwarfed, and disappeared into the forest behind her. middle.