Retired Life of Demon Sect Leader
Chapter 127
Saint''s Day is a major festival celebrated by the 36 countries of the western region under the leadership of Loulan country in recent years, and even become a major festival celebrated by the whole Western Region Alliance countries.
On this day, most shops will be closed, civil servants will be given a national holiday, and markets will stop spontaneously. The people of the western regions bathed and changed in the morning, did not drink or eat meat at noon, fasted to show piety and reverence, and meditated and prayed attentively, so as to mourn and reflect on the misfortunes and mistakes of the past year; In the afternoon, it became a hilarious activity. We toasted each other, ate meat and wished a better tomorrow together.
Before the arrival of this day, people everywhere have begun to prepare livestock and food materials for the festival. If it is in the village, the people of the whole village will make some dishes. They will pray piously at home at noon in the morning and gather all kinds of dishes to eat and drink together in the afternoon.
In villages where conditions permit, villagers will be mobilized to rehearse some song and dance programs in advance and perform before dinner. Some even hold dinners for three days and three nights. In major cities, celebrations are even hotter.
In short, this festival is the most important day of the year in the western regions.
The day came so quietly.
Before the festival, everyone was waiting for it. The night before, many children were too happy to sleep because they didn''t have to do farm work or go to private schools the next day. But after this day really came, from the morning, all parts of the western regions were silent, like a dead city, in sharp contrast to everyone''s expectation and excitement last night.
Everyone is very serious about fasting and prayer before noon. No matter how much they look forward to the celebration, people here know that people should treat morning prayers with introspection. Therefore, this morning was the most depressed and silent moment in the western region.
Niya City, the economic and political center of the thirty-six countries in the western regions, also fell into silence at this time.
Except for a few guards standing on the wall, praying and patrolling with their eyes closed, no one could be seen everywhere.
In the palace, a large room was foggy, and a slim and dazzling figure came out of it.
Her figure is slightly slender. Her boneless shoulders are out of proportion to the towering arches below. Her soft waist is like a water snake, and every step drives it to twist out a charming range.
She immediately walked out of the two maidens and wrapped them in snow-white cloth to cover their graceful, green and ripe bodies. As she walked outside, she picked up the wrapped cloth and wiped her wet hair. This lifting led to the round snow-white dazzling under the wrapped cloth, and the wet water droplets on the smooth belly were like diamonds embedded in the snow, reflecting the proud white shadow.
On the aisle outside the bathroom door stood several forbidden guards, all women in light armor. Rao is so. Seeing the dazzling and charming carcass, these women''s forbidden guards boldly let off the spring light, and their cheeks were slightly red. They were afraid that they would be distracted.
Every time she walked past a pair of guard guards, the guard automatically followed her. Not far away, she was followed by five pairs of Loulan Guard soldiers, holding waist knives and walking in neat steps.
Finally, the pair of slender white lotus stopped at a door, opened the door and went in. The unparalleled guard turned back and guarded the door.
Outside the door, there was a balcony. The sunrise rising on the side shone on her blond hair, which had just been wiped dry. It spread behind her like gold flowing. Under the sun, her exquisite jade like beauty should be angry and sigh. She knelt down slowly and looked at the direction outside the balcony, which was the place of the imperial mausoleum of their Loulan royal family.
"Your Majesty, the representatives of the western regions who arrived in advance have arranged their accommodation. They all said that they can pray in the room without arranging another place. As for the representatives of other countries who did not arrive, they will enter the imperial city after lunch."
Behind the woman, a woman dressed as an internal minister bowed her head and reported to the kneeling woman. The woman kneeling down was the Loulan queen who let hudu Jiba see one side that day and think about her dream. If hudu Jiba saw her delicate and beautiful posture with her crisp chest and half exposed legs, I''m afraid she would go crazy immediately.
"HMM. how about the troops and horses sent by the kingdom of Wusun to help?"
"The preparations for entering the city were completed last night, and the guards of nya city were basically handed over to them. There were 3000 forbidden guards in the imperial city. According to the report of the spies, there was no move of troops from all countries, and the guards led by representatives of all countries were no more than 20."
"I see. Go down."
"Yes, your majesty."
Queen Loulan closed her eyes, put her hands together, put them on her elastic and tender lips, and put aside her thoughts. Today is the holy day. At this time, she doesn''t want to think about anything. She just wants to meditate and mourn and pay tribute to her ancestors.
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In an inn, suddenly dujiba pushed open the door on one side and shouted, "micolo, should we enter the palace?"
Micolo sat in his chair, closed his eyes and prayed. This year, he killed his brother and nephew, and did a lot of immoral things. He wanted to take advantage of this important day to mourn for his past sins, so as to reduce his guilt. All of a sudden, Jiba loudly interrupted him. As soon as he came in, the room was filled with the fragrance of wine and meat.
He is from Mongolia. Naturally, he doesn''t know whether it''s holy or not. Therefore, LAN Kou Lu also fell into meditation. When did they get used to this festival, which has been held for less than ten years, and are listed as a grand ceremony? You know, it''s strange that the people in Wusun are also spending this special day according to etiquette.
"You''re fasting too? It''s strange." sudu Jiba was surprised to see some vegetarian dishes on the table.
"It''s good to eat light occasionally. Since Prince Wang is worried, let''s go now." micolo squeezed out a coping smile, "I''ve asked people to release the border area. Your people should have come in and will be able to deal with the Yellow Dragon in five days. Have the strange soldiers in the southeast arranged by you arrived? Our 20000 Wusun people have taken control of nya City, but the queen Loulan in the imperial city doesn''t use our people."
"Don''t mention it. A few days ago, there was news that we should start at once, but we haven''t heard any news today. The people I sent to investigate are too late to come back and report the situation. Anyway, we can get things done without them. Even if there are 3000 guards in the palace, I''m not afraid. You get 20 guards who follow us into the palace, and I''ll give them some good things."
"What''s good?"
"A good thing that promises to make the party boil, ha ha..."
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After lunch, some people finally began to appear around nya city. Gradually, the whole city began to be lively.
How could Niya city not hold such a festive day for the 36 countries in the western regions? Many people from other countries in the western regions, even the Central Plains, came here to feel the strongest festival atmosphere in Niya city.
A small part of the square in the north of the palace is also open to the public today, allowing civilians to enter, which is limited to about 500 people.
Since yesterday, there has been a queue outside the gate of the Imperial City in the north, but the early queue was useless and was driven away by the forbidden guards. How disrespectful it is to queue up in advance to fast and pray at home the next morning. Every year, everyone is used to queuing up even if they know they will be driven away. It seems that this is also a ceremony before the festival In general, the guards are a little embarrassed.
The crowd gathered almost immediately after lunch. The people at the back of the queue didn''t know they were not within 500, but they didn''t intend to leave. Even if they couldn''t enter the city gate, it was worth doing on the holy day. One day, I''ll talk to my children and grandchildren about the holy day of that year, It is also a matter of showing off for a lifetime that you can almost enter the palace to celebrate the festival with the queen of Loulan and kings of various countries.
The north gate suddenly opened. A guard dressed as a general came out with two columns of guards, announced the start of identity registration and arranged for everyone to attend the meeting in the city.
People enter the Imperial City in an orderly way. No one dares to disturb the order here. Let alone the waist knife of the forbidden guards is not vegetarian, even ordinary people may give you a fat beating. The grand ceremony most respected by the people of the western regions can''t tolerate any chaos. It''s a crime that spoils their faith and is despised by them.
After entering the city gate, a fat man was panting. He was a rich businessman from whom he had earned almost all his money in his life. It was said that the holy Jiri day here was very busy. It was said that the queen Loulan was as beautiful as an immortal. She had no regrets in her life when she saw it, so she came to travel. Only by hiring several guards and helping him occupy the front position with a 100 meter sprint speed, could he line up to enter the building In the imperial city of the land.
However, he was so tired that he was panting, and the whole forehead was sweating.
"Take it." a man next to him handed a piece of long cloth. It looked like a common cheap scarf wrapped around his face to keep out wind and sand.
But the fat man didn''t dislike it. He took it and wiped the sweat off. Looking back, he wanted to say thanks, but he hesitated. Was there a tall man next to him when he just came in? And did he speak Chinese so smoothly?
"Yes, it''s such a busy holy day. I''m going to attend it for the first time! Hey, the sister of the forbidden guards, which area can watch belly dance close? Close to the distance where my belly is shaking in front of me!" the man went to the side of the crowd and only the sound disappeared.