Praying for the Mountain, Asking the Heaven Ceremony... . .
Under the attention of all the people, the Heaven Asking Ceremony was held as scheduled. The people in the capital fasted and bathed three days before the ceremony. On the morning of the ceremony, they left their homes when it was just dawn and went to the Prayers Hill in an orderly manner.
There were no loud voices on the road, but everyone was silent. In such a solemn day, it seemed that a loud noise was a blasphemy to the gods.
The official start time of the Heavenly Asking Ceremony is set at Chenshi. The ministers of the court and middle-level officials arrived at Qifu Mountain in the middle of Yin Shih, while the members of the royal family arrived at Qifu Mountain in the middle of Mou Shishi. Because the emperor was infected with a serious disease, he would not participate in this event in the future. The second ceremony, and the prince became the representative of the royal family.
After receiving the kneeling, the prince stepped forward and said a few words to the national teacher who looked unhealthy. It was nothing more than a symbolic inquiry about the specific matters of the ceremony and what the representatives of the royal family needed to do. After that, the national teacher explained. Some of the matters in the ceremony. The bell rang, and the ceremony officially began.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the people knelt down and worshipped. The national master walked up to the altar in Taoist clothes, with a peach wood sword in his hand, and he recited a spell.
Leng Yetong and Baili Liumo stood second from the left and third from the right respectively. In front of Leng Yetong were the queen and the crown princess. Only the queen mother was unable to participate because of her physical inconvenience. King Qi stood behind Baili Liumo. He inadvertently made eye contact with the national master on the altar. The two made a secret wink without anyone paying attention, and then looked away without causing any distraction. Doubt and attention of anyone.
The national teacher stood on the altar and continued the ritual of the grand ceremony. After the first spell was over, the prince stepped forward to offer incense, and cut his fingers and dripped blood into the silver vessel. After that, the members of the royal family stepped forward to repeat what the prince had done before. Although this step was the first time, everyone was only a drop of blood, so no one would ask to touch the mold.
Naturally, Leng Yetong was no exception. Although she didn't understand why she added this cumbersome and useless step, she obediently stepped forward to take the needle in Daotong's hand and prepared to drip blood. It's just that when her hand touched the needle, the needle seemed to have some strength, and she subconsciously pushed her away, caught off guard, and took a few steps back to stabilize her body.
Seeing this scene, people who don't know are at most confused, but the Taoists who know are incredulous, some kind of faintly showing fear, leaning back involuntarily and stepping away around her.
Seeing this scene, Leng Yetong also noticed something was wrong, frowned slightly, moved his lips, just wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by a sharp shout.
"The reincarnation of the demon star! The reincarnation of the demon star! This woman is the reincarnation of the demon star! Quickly kill her, kill her! Otherwise God will bring disaster to us, kill her quickly!" A sharp shout echoed in the prayer mountain. , Even though the people who were kneeling at the foot of the mountain could hear it clearly, all of them panicked in an instant, they no longer cared about being solemn, and whispered to each other, and some even had the idea of getting up to the mountain to see who was the reincarnation of the demon star.