The last time the flames of the sacrificial altar rose, it was when Prince Pei grabbed Wen Li to sacrifice.
Now that there were rebels in the palace, the flames of the sacrificial altar were lit again, and Wen Li had a bad feeling in his heart.
When they shouted, Yin Sa, who was inside the door, also rushed out of the hall with others. When he saw the flames lit on the sacrificial platform in the distance, he almost lost his balance.
"Where was my grandfather when you came to Mingju Palace?" Wen Li grabbed Yin Sa and asked.
When asked this question, Yin Sa suddenly turned pale and said, "It must be my father."
Nowadays, there is no one else but Hatas who is qualified to light the flame of the altar. It must be Hatas.
"not good!"
Yin Sa turned around and told Dong Qing, "Arrange for someone to take care of the eldest princess's body. No one is allowed to touch it. Wait for my return!"
Immediately, a group of people hurried from the Mingju Palace to the sacrificial platform. Gu Ningxi, who was following Wen Li, looked at him strangely.
Why did Sister Wen Li suddenly become so nervous
Is it related to the memory she read from Hebrew's mind
In the Mingju Palace, only the bodies of the Hebrew couple were left in the main hall. According to Yin Sa's instructions, Dong Qing dispatched heavy troops to guard and surrounded the entire Mingju Palace.
The four soldiers held white cloths in their hands and covered the couple's bodies with solemn expressions.
When the people in the palace bowed and knelt down, a flash of white light flashed, and the soldier who was still in high spirits suddenly closed his eyes and fell to the ground.
A strong wind completely lifted off the white cloth that had not been completely covered, flew out of the palace door and landed on the steps.
The man who suddenly appeared lowered his eyebrows and looked at the two corpses on the ground. He moved his fingertips slightly, and Jia Tong's body fell to the ground.
Hebrew's body flew up into the air. Looking at the dagger on his chest, the man chuckled.
"Life here is really fragile to the extreme. It's so useless to be killed by such a simple thing. But you are still of great use to me now, but you can't just die like this."
The man raised his hand as he spoke, and the white cloth that came from the air wrapped the body tightly.
The corpse slowly disappeared into the air. When the man turned around and wanted to leave, a sharp blade made of purple light struck with air-piercing energy.
He turned sideways to avoid the attack, and looked up to see the woman standing on the wall.
"Little girl, I don't have time to play with you now."
The black object thrown in Si Zhao's hand attracted his attention.
"How did you get it!!!"
Si Zhao weighed the things in his hands and chuckled, "You don't have to worry about this."
"Now that the person is dead, if you go to such trouble to bring the body back, it doesn't mean you still have feelings for him, right?"
"Little girl, which family do you come from?" The man stared at her.
This woman is not simple.
Si Zhao sneered, "You don't need to know, and you don't need to know."
A huge sound came from the Mingju Palace, like the sound of something breaking apart after a collision in the air, which spread throughout the palace.
Lu Min followed Wen Li's instructions and led his troops to eliminate the rebels in the palace. After all, where was the power of Hebrews
Even if he dies, the people he brings will not be easy to deal with.
After hearing the noise, he led the people and rushed forward, and saw two twinkling lights in the air fifteen meters away from the Mingju Palace.
The professionally trained agents behind him were all startled. Lu Min was considered a man who had seen the world, so he led them to stop.
"Don't go there yet."
This situation is beyond their control.
…
Wen Li and Yin Sa led people to the sacrificial altar, but were blocked by Yun Mu who was blocking the door.
Looking at the sacrificial altar surrounded by personal guards further confirmed what Yin Sa was thinking, Yun Mu had not been seen in the palace for such a long time due to the rebellion.
It turns out that it was placed in this place in advance.
"Yun Mu, what do you mean?" Yin Sa looked at the man in front of him who refused to give in at all.
The King's Guards personally guarded the area, which further confirmed their ideas.
"Your Majesty, no one is allowed to enter or leave here. Your Highness, Yin Sa, please come back." Yun Mu stood at the front door and nodded.
"Get out of the way, I have to go in now." Yin Sa took a step forward.
Yun Mu had no intention of getting out of the way. Instead, he took a step forward and said, "Your Highness, this is His Majesty's order. Please obey it."
The King's Guards always only obeyed the King's orders and regarded them as death orders. Even if he was facing the future King, Yun Mu did not show any fear or concession.
"Your Highness, you'd better go back first."
Yin Sa raised her hand, "Dong Qing!"
The soldier following behind raised the muzzle of his gun and pointed it at the person opposite, and his momentum suddenly became intense.
"stop!"
The sudden cry made Yin Sa stop preparing to break the door. He looked up and saw Harry walking out of the door.
"Uncle Harry."
Harry raised his hand to signal, and Yun Mu led the people back into the door and stood back inside.
"You all go back." Harry looked at the two children and said, "Your father and your grandfather don't want you to come over."
When Harry appeared, the doubts that had filled his mind for years suddenly became clear.
Back then, my father was able to send Le Jia away without anyone noticing, even hiding it from the people at the altar.
It wouldn't be possible to do it so seamlessly if there wasn't someone around who was familiar with everything and wouldn't arouse suspicion.
Therefore, this matter cannot be done by people close to you.
According to outside rumors, the relationship between Hatas and Harry is as powerful as fire and water. Harry's biological mother is someone who the old king cares about. The old king even thought about passing the throne to Harry in violation of his ancestral precepts.
In the end, he gave up amid a lot of opposition. After Hatas succeeded to the throne, Harry was made a prince and left the palace to go to the west.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the relationship between these half-brothers is indeed not good, and can even be said to be tense.
So even Prince Pei would not believe that Harry would help Hatas send Lejia away.
"Uncle, so you knew from the beginning about the sacrifice, Sister's matter, and what's happening now." Yin Sa was shocked.
Even when Uncle Harry came back from the west when he was a child, he was not very close to them. He only visited Hatas and then went back.
How could such an uncle do this
"Your father said this is his responsibility, not yours, so just wait here." Harry said.
Yin Sa shook his head, obviously not accepting this answer.
"How could this happen? It was clearly agreed that I should go..." Yin Sa suddenly fell weakly on the steps.
"Obviously he promised me to take good care of Wen Li from now on..."
Harry knew what he meant, and after letting out a long sigh, he sat down next to Yin Sa.
"This is your father's choice, and he does it for you."
Gu Ningxi stood next to Wen Li and whispered in Wen Li's ear, "Sister Wen Li, do you need me to take you in directly?" The entire sacrificial platform was covered by a huge energy shield. , although it takes some time, it is not completely insurmountable.
"Has the sacrifice begun?" Wen Li suddenly asked.
Gu Ningxi took a look and answered honestly, "There seems to be some kind of ritual going on here."
Although she couldn't tell, the energy gathered within the entire sacrificial altar was getting stronger and stronger.
Wen Li stared in the direction of the sacrificial altar, looking at the raging fire burning above, and spoke after a while.
"No need."
This was their choice and she had no right to interfere.
Harry and Yin Sa sat side by side on the steps, with the blazing fire burning at the altar behind them.
He suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he would take his brother with him wherever he went. No matter how slow or dull he walked, his brother would turn around and wait for him.
In the blink of an eye, half a century has passed, and now they have reached the age where they should have children and grandchildren, and the memories of their youth will always remain in their hearts.
"When your father was sixteen years old, he was selected as the crown prince and the candidate for the next king. It was also from that time that he learned about the need for sacrifices for generations of the royal family. The sacrifice of the bones and blood of the king's closest relatives can ensure peace for a hundred years. From that time He began to distance himself from me and behaved very hateful to me in front of outsiders, and I could naturally feel it."
He knew that his brother was trying to protect him, and the farther away from the king, the safer he would be.
Yin Sa looked at his uncle, and with just such a sentence, he could already explain what had happened over the years.
"So after my sister left, you were bedridden and recuperated for a long time before returning to the west from the palace. It was because..."
He knew what his only biological uncle was like.
Hearing this, Harry smiled bitterly, "I'm really scared."
He had been timid since he was a child, and was really taboo about things like ghosts and gods. By the time he went to the mass grave, he had already mustered up a lifetime of courage.
Harry looked at Wen Li with a warm smile, "But when I saw her, all the fears I had back then were cured."
No one can tell which is more important in this world: love or blood.
Gu Ningxi watched helplessly as the barrier faded away and the flames of the sacrificial altar were extinguished.
"Sister Wen Li, it seems to be over."
Several people took a step forward. The door of the far altar was opened from both sides, and Hatas walked out with his hands behind his back.
For such a long journey, the old man's steps were extremely light.
Prince Pei and the high priest stood by the door on the left and right, raising their eyes to watch him leave.
Sacrificing the king's life can close the seal again, but the only thing is that the contract with the fallen angel is completely ended.
After fifty years, the seal will naturally become ineffective.
Yin Sa stepped forward and reached out to support her father, but she touched the scar on his wrist that looked like a lotus mark.
"It's all over." Hatas looked at his son and patted his hand comfortingly.
"I'll take you back to rest." Yin Sa said, supporting Hatas' body.
Hatas shook his head, his eyes that had been silent for many years became brighter, "I want to go to the bamboo forest. You and Wen Li should accompany me."
The lush bamboo forest behind Teng Palace was where Hatas cooked bamboo rice for Wen Li on his birthday.
This bamboo forest has a history of hundreds of years, and its lush growth is indispensable to the careful care of the attendants.
"Father, what are you doing?" Yin Sa asked, looking at Hatas squatting on the ground and starting to dig the soil.
Hatas seemed to be in good spirits. He kept digging into the soil with a small shovel and quickly dug out something from the soil.
They are three boxes locked with locks. The boxes are the same size, but have different styles, and the condition of them is also different.
"You two come and sit down." Hatas sat on the bench and raised his hands.
Wen Li and Yin Sa looked at each other and sat on the left and right sides of the old man respectively.
Hatas reached out and carefully cleaned all the dirt on the boxes. He opened one of the boxes first.
Inside were a few photos and three small things.
Five photos, all with three children.
"This golden silk scroll was Yin Sa's favorite when she was a child, this snare drum belongs to Le Jia, and this tung flower belongs to Jia Tong."
When Yin Sa's eyes touched the three children in the photo, he felt as if he was in another world.
After dealing with Lejia that year, the palace manager was ordered to dispose of all Princess Lejia's photos and things close to her, and all the palaces were ransacked.
Now Yin Sa has no childhood photos in her hands.
"I'll leave this box to you for safekeeping." Hatas closed the box and placed it on Yin Sa's lap.
Hatas hugged the box in his hand tightly, "This will be buried with me in the future and stay with me."
"Father..." Yin Sa called.
Huge pain hit, and Yin Sa couldn't contain his emotions. He never thought that his father would eventually leave in this way.
"Don't worry about me, I'll see your mother soon, and Le Jia and Jia Tong, they will stay with me."
Yin Sa was stunned when she heard Jia Tong's name, "You...how...you...know."
He obviously hasn't said anything yet.
"I am the father."
Hatas stopped after saying just this.
In his life, the people he loved the most left one by one. He failed to keep his favorite wife and could not protect his favorite daughter.
He was unqualified both as a king and as a father.
"Wen Li, the girl next to you made a promise to me. She will strengthen the seal between the two realms. From then on, our royal family will not be troubled by sacrifices, and this continent will be peaceful for a while, but I know what will happen next. , but you can't help but intervene, you are very much like your mother, so grandpa hopes that you can live a happier life."
Hatas held Wen Li's hand, but his old and wrinkled hand was particularly strong.
"Don't worry, I understand." Wen Li lowered his head and held his hand behind his head.
"Good boy." He handed the last box to Yin Sa, "As for this, please give it to Harry for me."
Everything he cherished in this life is here. These boxes have locked up all his feelings. Now, they can be seen again.
Hatas had a heartfelt smile on his face. He had done everything he should and could do. How he would go in the future was a matter for future generations.
"After I leave, the funeral will not need to be too grand. From today on, you must remember that you are the king of K country, and you will have a heavy burden in the future. No matter what decision you make, you must put it in the country's name." The most important thing is to protect Wen Li and Ying Ran, and I will leave this country in your hands."
The road ahead is still up to them to move forward on their own.
Hatas leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes. The brand on his wrist suddenly lit up, and then gradually dissipated and disappeared into the air.
"Father!!" Yin Sa knelt on the ground, leaning on Hatas's knees and shouted.
Wen Li held the old man's hand tightly and called softly, "Grandpa."
Harry hurried in when he heard the noise, but his eyes were red when he saw Yin Sa and the old man who had lowered his head and became unconscious.
"elder brother… "
In the year 1765 of the intercontinental K country calendar, the eleventh monarch of K country passed away.
(End of chapter)