Chapter 357 New Year's Sacrifice
At the same time, on another arrow, Jin Shaobin, deputy commander of the Sanjiang Second Corps, led the other two divisions to a very smooth journey. He was used to a comfortable life in a state of peace for a long time. The Wansong Pass defenders of the Kaki Kingdom were unprepared and collapsed after being suddenly attacked by two divisions. In addition, with the cooperation of the Lin family's special service personnel who had been ambushed there, it took less than three hours to control the Wansong Pass of Xiongjun's Wansong Pass completely in the hands of the Lin family. (800)
On January 5, 18th year of the Apocalypse, Jin Shaobin, who occupied Wansong Pass, left only one unit of soldiers stationed in Wansong Pass and took prisoners. The remaining 50,000 people advanced to Kika City, the capital of the Principality of Kaki.
In the afternoon, the attack on Kika City officially started. The Kika defenders, with less than 8,000 people, were forced to surrender after four hours of persistence. The Grand Duke of Kaki led some of his confidants to the neighboring Peacock City before the fall of the capital, and fled from Peacock City to the Nanyang Alliance. However, just twelve hours later, the lord of Peacock City Earl Okto also announced his surrender to the army led by Jin Shaobin, who was at the city.
On the night of January 4, 18th year of Taiqi, although Emperor Tianqi was delayed until midnight, he slept very comfortably in the second half of the night. His satisfaction with the plan of the Minister of Military Affairs allowed him to let go of everything and sleep peacefully. It was not until the closest servant had to interrupt his good dream and woke him up because of time that he woke up that time was about to come. Today is the festival for the Spring Festival, and he was going to lead all his ministers to hold a grand and grand worship ceremony at the Temple of Heaven.
He wanted to scold his servant, but then he thought, he must have seen that he had not had such a stable sleep for a long time, otherwise they would not dare to delay this time on such a day. They hurriedly put on their clothes and finished washing, and after breakfast, they came to the Temple of Heaven sacrifice located in the north of the palace. All the ministers had already been waiting there.
The Temple of Heaven is located in the north of the Imperial Palace, facing east, and the royal garden is unfolding on the back of it, and the west side of it. This is a magnificent building combining the art of Eastern and Western architectural style. The geometric grid-like road has a central axis of two kilometers, leading the overall situation, and a secondary axis-like layout is formed in the local area.
Close to the west wall of the palace is a garden, with a pair of pools on the central platform. It reflects the magnificence of the palace. The patterned planting altars are arranged in the north and south of the pool. Outside the planting altar on the north side is a fountain path under the dense shade, leading to Swan Lake, with a deep and quiet scenery. The 100-step steps more than 20 meters wide outside the planting altar on the south side are flower beds dominated by orange trees, and on the outside is a green and green lake with beautiful scenery. The scenery is open, which makes people think of smoke and waves, which is in a strong contrast with the closed north side.
From the west side of the pool platform, there is an oval large pool. In the center is a bronze statue of Zhao Gao, the founding emperor of the Qin Empire, riding a horse and swinging his sword. The fountains around the pool sprayed a column of water up to ten meters high, and the water droplets scattered in the air, forming scenes of water mist, which fluttered with the wind, making the riding statue in the middle appear sacred and inviolable, making people think of worshiping.
Qin Mu silently stared at the statue in front of him. He felt infinite emotion in his heart. Looking back more than a thousand years ago, the founder of the Great Qin Empire rose from a small eunuch, and after countless wars and conspiracies, he finally established the most powerful empire on the Laya continent at that time. How heroic the history of his life was. Look at the current empire. Thinking of this, looking at the rising sun from the east, Qin Mu felt like he was declining.
The Temple of Heaven is a round dome-shaped architectural structure. The magnificent carvings and magnificent shapes, the cone top with its head raised to the sky, bathing in the sun. All the ministers present are dazzling and intoxicated.
The following ceremony of sacrifice to heaven was quite complicated, lengthy and boring. The royal family members took turns to appear on stage. The princes with different ideas all showed solemn and solemn appearances in front of their fathers and ministers. Just when Qin Mu was bored, the etiquette officer who came to the altar to announce the end of the ceremony completely attracted his attention.
The high-rise court bun doesn't look dull at all. Instead, it has a little more noble, and the picturesque face contains a cold charm like frost. Especially the high nose bridge makes people know that this is a woman with extremely strong will. The eyes like deep eyebrows like a distant mountain are full of charm. The wide court dress makes everyone, including the ministers, feel very regretful, just because the robe is too wide, it is impossible to see the true figure of this peerless and charming figure that is above.
When Qin Mu asked about the identity of this woman, Liao Qichang, the head of Jiangnan County of the Empire next to him, looked Qin Mu up and down three times as if he had seen a rare object. When Qin Mu was extremely embarrassed, he told Qin Mu that she was Zhu Zimei, the granddaughter of the empress dowager's court etiquette officer, and one of the three famous empires who were as famous as Li Shishi and Zhao Zirou.
Qin Mu suddenly realized that no wonder he could fall in love with all living beings. How could he be so beautiful? It turned out to be her. Although she already has one of the three famous flowers in the imperial capital.
All his spirits were placed on the etiquette officer who was more than ten meters away. Qin Mu finally found the main purpose of coming today. In the eyes of everyone, it was indeed a rare beauty to admire this beautiful woman with a relaxed and indulgent attitude.
The crisp and pleasant voice trembled in the air, which aroused the endless desires of many normal men below. Unfortunately, the frost and cold eyes on her face dispelled all those who had fantasies. Even Qin Mu was no exception. He could only smack his lips with regret and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
After the etiquette officials announced the celebrations that the imperial capital would hold for half a month, Qin Mu seemed absent-minded and sleepwalking. It was not until the first chief of Jiangnan County next to him gently touched him that he woke him up from his fantasy state of ice and snow beauty on the stage.
Liao Qi was less than five feet tall and was fat and bloated. He was wearing a luxurious pure purple official uniform and looked vulgar. His obese face was always flickering. His two beards not only did not add a hint of official spirit to him, but instead gave people a funny feeling.
However, this is just a superficial phenomenon. Qin Mu knew very well that if he could sit in Jiangnan County, the most famous fat man in the entire empire for more than ten years, he could imagine how difficult it was to get this guy's method. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!