Chapter 966: The last thing before leaving
On the fifth day of July, the coronation ceremony was held as scheduled.
The ten thousand feet high Kuiguang hangs over the secret pavilion, and the nine layers of holy colors fill the Dragon Tower.
As the most grand ceremony in feudal society, Su Qi's coronation ceremony was naturally extremely solemn and dignified.
The most important thing is that with a series of careful arrangements, the ceremony successfully completed its entire process as planned.
There are no "traitors of the previous dynasty" causing trouble, nor are there "troublesome people" who are uncooperative.
Although compared to the time when Ning Yuke proclaimed himself king in Shuzhou, the expressions on the faces of everyone attending the ceremony today, whether they were court officials, soldiers, or civilians, were not as "sincere and heartfelt", at least no one did anything "inappropriate".
Thus, a ceremony which was not perfect but smooth was completed.
Since then, "Daqian" completely withdrew from the stage of history, and "Dahan" came on the stage.
As the founding emperor of the new dynasty, Su Qi also put on a brand new dragon robe, sat on the dragon throne at the moment of Shenshi, and accepted the worship of all officials for the first time.
When the shouts of "Long live the emperor" rang out one after another in the Golden Throne Hall, there was finally no trace of hesitation or guilt in his eyes.
The great waves of history rolled forward, and from that moment on, the fate of tens of millions of people living in this territory was completely changed.
Great Han, Great Chu, Xinfeng, Daning, and Great Shu.
After that, the five dynasties spanning tens of thousands of miles from east to west will form an extremely solid "strategic alliance" under the influence of someone, and then enter an unprecedented stage of rapid development.
Interoperable books, trade, marriages, and even political affairs.
In the next few years, Wei Changtian used his "absolute control" over the royal families of the five dynasties to establish a community of interests similar to a "federal system" among the five countries, and gradually became a political entity that could occupy a place in the world.
Later historical books generally refer to this political community as the "Five-Nation Alliance" or the more straightforward "Wei Alliance", and have conducted extremely detailed research on this form of alliance that was clearly different from previous forms of national alliances.
Of course, all of the above is a story for later.
At least for now, Wei Changtian not only has not thought about using the European Union's system in the previous life to reform the feudal monarchy, he didn't even show up at today's ceremony.
Not only him, but also Yang Liushi, Xu Quan, Li Zimu and others never showed up at the coronation ceremony or the subsequent state banquet.
As for what they were doing, countless pairs of eyes watched from day to night near the courtyard, until the end of the evening when they finally saw the tightly closed courtyard door slowly open.
Then, as if they had discussed it beforehand, the spies sent by various forces all disappeared into the night, turning into black shadows and shooting in the same direction.
Drive out the wolf and devour the tiger.
As mentioned before, this was the "open plot" set up against Wei Changtian by the mysterious man who leaked the information about the Son of Heaven.
He wanted Wei Changtian to be in a situation where he was walking on thin ice at all times, so that he would not dare to act rashly.
As far as the current situation is concerned, his approach has indeed effectively put Wei Changtian and all the forces in the world that intend to interfere with the destiny of heaven in opposition.
But he overlooked one thing.
That is, for a hungry wolf pack, as long as there is food, it doesn’t matter which tiger they swallow.
At the beginning of the hour of Hai, in the south of the city, at Dongli Tower.
As one of the largest inns in the city, Donglilou can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time when it is full. Even at night on weekdays, it is never too deserted and you can always hear the sound of guests drinking and having fun.
However, Dongli Tower seems a little quiet today.
Although there were still candlelights behind many wooden windows, there was rarely any noise, and the occasional noise could not even cover up the chirping of insects outside the house.
"Squeak~"
"Godfather, the child is back."
The door of the last guest room at the end of the second floor was gently pushed open, and Lin Zhi, dressed in night clothes, walked into the room and went straight to Guan Kong who was sitting at the table.
"The state banquet at the palace has not yet ended, but the Tengu troops have gradually withdrawn from the city."
"It seems that the rumors are correct. Wei Changtian should leave tomorrow."
"Godfather, in this case, should we leave tomorrow as well?"
“.”
As he spoke, he lightened the candle on the table.
After a while, Lin Zhi, who had not received a response, realized that something seemed to be wrong with Guan Kong.
"Godfather? What's wrong with you?"
".Did you notice anything unusual on your way back?"
Looking up at Lin Zhi who looked puzzled, Guan Kong finally asked slowly, "Is anyone following you?"
“The child never noticed.”
Lin Zhi's eyes froze, and his expression instantly became tense: "Godfather, do you think something is wrong?"
“.”
Without answering Lin Zhi's question immediately, Guan Kong just took a deep look at the scene outside the window, which was no different from usual, and then sighed softly:
"Nothing, maybe I'm overthinking it."
"What about Wei Changtian? What is he doing today?"
"Replying to godfather, Wei Changtian has not left the house all day today."
The strangeness in his eyes flashed away, and Lin Zhi did not delve into the question just now. He quickly answered truthfully:
"I think he might be explaining what to do after leaving Daqian."
"Um."
Guan Kong nodded slightly, but his expression still looked a little unnatural.
He didn't ask any more questions, nor did he decide whether to follow Wei Changtian and leave Daqian tomorrow.
He remained silent for a while, then took out a piece of mother-and-child jade from his arms, probably preparing to send a message to someone.
But before he could heat the jade, the sound of a carriage approaching from afar was heard outside the window.
"Gurgle"
The sound of the wheels rolling over the road was not loud, but it was particularly clear in the extremely quiet night.
Donglilou is an inn after all, and it is quite normal for travelers to return home by car late at night.
But the moment Guankong heard the sound of the carriage, the inexplicable uneasiness in his heart became stronger again, and even made him slowly stand up and walk to the window in a few steps.
"Godfather."
He frowned and called out softly. Lin Zhi didn't understand what was wrong with Guan Kong tonight, so he also went to the window and looked out.
Under the bright moonlight, a very ordinary black carriage stopped at the door of the inn, but no one got out of the carriage for a long time.
"this"
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on his palms, and Lin Zhi's eyes widened little by little.
Deep in his heart, the Son of Heaven's "omnipotent" sixth sense finally erupted at this moment, and an indescribable sense of crisis instantly enveloped his whole body.
At this moment, Lin Zhi only felt as if there was a voice that was both unreal and real repeating the same word in his ear at the top of his lungs.
"escape!"
"escape!!"
"escape!!!"
“.”
“Godfather!!”
Taking a half step back, Lin Zhi opened his mouth wide, wanting to speak out this warning from heaven.
But before he could utter even one more word, all the candlelit windows in Dongli Tower suddenly became dark. Even the moonlight and starlight above his head and the lights of thousands of homes in the distance mysteriously disappeared at the same time.
It was as if he had fallen into a chaotic abyss. All the lights around him were extinguished in the blink of an eye. Lin Zhi couldn't even see Guan Kong's expression for a moment.
He could only hear the latter's trembling voice in the endless darkness.
"Illusion, illusion array."
"But how did he do it?"
“That’s impossible.”
"No, it's impossible."
(It’s the first day after Yang Yang passed away. I’ll update one chapter first. I should be able to return to normal tomorrow!) (End of this chapter)
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