Xie Linlang looked at the saint with some playfulness, guessing in her heart whether she was from her own clan.
I don't know if it was because her eyes were too strong or what, after the saint stepped down the steps of the palace, she even looked in her direction with a sense of awareness.
Her eyes swept away without stopping, and then, surrounded by the servants of the gods, walked over the carpet with perfect manners, and walked to the altar of prayer step by step.
Everyone's eyes moved with the saintess, no matter what the rumors say, whether it is true or not, but for so many years, the image of the saints has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not to mention, in order to prove their innocence, everyone in the palace has put on the palace sand.
Looking at the bright traces on the back of the Holy Maiden's hand, the people who were still suspicious gradually dispelled their doubts. Today is the birthday of the gods. Under the watchful eyes of the gods, they believe that no one can lie.
The backs of each servant of the gods are also lit with sand in the palace. They sprinkle holy water in front of the palace gate every day for baptism. The traces have never faded, so they are more credible.
The Holy Maiden felt a little proud when she saw that everyone's eyes on her had returned to their previous piety.
A fool is a fool, even if someone tells the truth, as long as she is under the halo of the goddess and a little bewitched in the name of God, they will respect her as before.
With this pride, she held the first two ceremonies of the prayer ceremony with a serious and dignified face.
Everything is going well, and it will be the time to sprinkle holy water soon. At that time, holy water will flow out from the middle of the prayer altar, and the holy water will flow down the stone channel at the foot of the goddess statue to the four corners on the edge of the altar. exit.
After the water runs down, the people will take turns to pick it up with silver utensils. During this process, the servants of the gods will kneel by the water channel on the altar, hold holy water in their hands, and sprinkle it on the crowd lined up below.
Being sprinkled with water is also a blessing, and in front of the gods, no one will jump in line, everyone walks past the altar with a very pious heart, receives holy water, and accepts the baptism of the servants of the gods.
This holy water is different from the holy water that is usually used in the palace. It is drawn from a well.
This well has a lot of background. It is said that hundreds of years ago, there was a plague in the marsh country, and many people died. The goddess saw that her people were suffering and was very sad, so she shed a tear.
That tear became a spring, and after people drank the spring water, they recovered their health and the plague ended.
The common people who saved their lives repaired the spring and turned it into a well, and built an altar around the well. On the altar, erected the largest statue of the forest goddess in Swamp Country, which has already stood. It's been hundreds of years.
This sacred well is usually closed, but only on the day of prayers to the gods.
It is in Swamp Country and represents life, health and gifts. Many people traveled long distances from other cities to come to the royal city, just to drink water from the holy well on the day of praying to the gods.
Because this is also the only place where the gods have appeared in Numokuni, the Royal City of Leaves City is also called the Holy City by believers.
Xie Linlang recalled the records she had seen in the Book of the Seven Nights before, and looked at the altar with interest.
But at this time, she noticed that there were a few people in the crowd who didn't look quite right. They described them as withered, but their eyes were hot and bright, much like what they would do after taking medicine.
Xie Linlang pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized that she might not be the only one who wanted to do things today.
But she was relieved soon, because she would start before everyone!
The saint looked at the people deployed in the crowd and smiled slightly.
She will do it after the holy water ceremony, because for believers, when the holy water is distributed, it is the time when her personal image is the most glorious. At this time, she will not destroy it, but it will be fine after that.
Soon, the well in the middle of the altar was opened, and in the chanting of the servants, a clear spring slowly surged up.
Because of the high terrain of the well, everyone can see the process of its spreading.
At this time, all the people stopped making noise, but listened to the chants quietly and looked at the saint with fiery eyes.
I saw the saint take off her gorgeous robe outside, revealing the plain white clothes inside, she walked up the seven steps, then knelt by the well, and baptized herself with the first hand of holy water.
Legend has it that this holy water can remove all evil in the world. Therefore, the saint who received the baptism of holy water is extremely noble and holy in the eyes of everyone at this moment.
Everyone's admiration for her also climbed to a new height at this time!
Soon, the water flowed down from all sides of the altar, and everyone took silverware to collect the water. At this time, no one spoke. The servants knelt and chanted while pouring water on everyone from the canal. Next to the holy well, every time the saint prayed, she took a handful of water and watered herself from the beginning.
Because the terrain in the middle is the highest, all the common people can see her piety, and see that she represents the people of the Marsh country under the heaven and prays to the goddess.
This was originally the most sacred moment in the hearts of all ordinary people, but I didn't expect that at such a pious and quiet time, someone suddenly shouted loudly!
"The Holy Maiden... The Holy Maiden's Shougongsha is gone!"
As soon as these words came out, all the people who were praying in their hearts and their minds were empty, all their eyes fell on the saint!
After the saintess heard the harsh voice, she froze for a moment and looked down at her hand.
Her fingers were white and flawless, but after turning it over, the "Shougongsha" originally symbolizing constancy in her left hand disappeared...
For a time, everyone was stunned! Immediately afterwards, a woman who received water looked at the servant of God who was baptizing herself on the stage, and shouted in shock.
"The Shougongsha on the back of the servant's hand is gone too!"
For a moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the servant of the gods again, and then they found that all the servants of the gods dipped in holy water, the sand on the hands of the guards had been washed off!
But usually, they also baptize everyone with the holy water of the palace, and this has never happened. What does this mean
This shows that the goddess has manifested! The goddess is using this method to expose the infidelity of the palace!
In the large square with tens of thousands of people, after a few seconds of eerie silence, the crowd erupted violently!
"The goddess has appeared! The people in the palace are unfaithful and betray the goddess, and their guarding sand is fake!"
With this cry, many angry people rushed to the altar, and the posture made all the servants scream in fright!
Xie Linlang witnessed this good show. Seeing that the guards from the palace were all coming this way, she turned to Xiaoxi and said.
"You go to the official messenger now and let the official family intervene in this matter. Wang Dian and Marsh King are the same raccoon dog. At this time, how can you be alone?"
Xiaoxi nodded, but asked again.
"Sir, what are you going to do?"
Xie Linlang looked at the rioting crowd and said in a soothing tone.
"There is no one in the palace at the moment. I'm going to sneak in and have a look. Maybe there will be surprises."