Chapter 057 Blood for Blood
On the table on one side of the cauldron, there are also three animals used for worshiping heaven, namely, the head of an ox, the head of a sheep, and the head of a pig!
It is essential to offer sacrifices to heaven with three animals.
In addition, there is also a silk book!
After Qingji knelt down and worshiped God, he picked up the silk book and began to recite according to the sacrificial inscriptions on it: "Wei Taiyi is the God, the emperor is the emperor, the queen is the earth, and he is generous and virtuous."
"There is a king of Wu who dares to use auspicious jade and Xuanbi to make his clan wish Shao Buzhong, and report it to the Eastern Emperor..."
"In the time of our ancestors, we established the country Gou Wu, and we were in the land of Jingyue. We had tattoos on our hair, rice and fish, and we were surrounded by people from all directions. It was a smooth journey for Jingman..."
"Wu Qingji, alone, comes to Datong to serve as the twenty-fourth generation king of Wu... Fu Wei Shang Xian!"
After reading this memorial poem eloquently, Qingji finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, with a solemn look on his face, he knelt down to the bronze cauldron again, showing great piety!
After all the heaven-sacrifice rituals were completed, Qingji finally stood up, held up the silk book in his hand, and stood at the front of the altar domineeringly!
For a time, his figure grew infinitely taller in everyone's minds.
Dazai Jizha, who was responsible for presiding over the crowning ceremony, then shouted: "Get up——"
"My King for ten thousand years!"
The ministers and officials who had been standing under the altar for a long time, arranged in an orderly manner, immediately took the tooth wat in one hand and lifted their skirts in the other hand, quickly turned around in a circle, and started dancing.
"Ten thousand years!"
The ministers and officials circled again, jumped and paused.
"Ten thousand years!"
"Millions of years!"
After repeating this three times, the ministers immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Qing Ji, holding tooth wats in their hands.
This crowning ceremony has finally come to a successful conclusion!
This year is 513 BC, and it is also the first year of King Wu Qingji!
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony was held, Qingji, who was standing on the altar, suddenly turned pale. He pointed at Gan Dang and other Han people who were standing on the side of the altar, and said: "Come here, kill these Han barbarians."
Arrest me!"
Hearing this, the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom nearby, who were wearing armor and strong swords, immediately pounced on them and without any explanation, they captured all the soldiers of the Han Kingdom who had not yet reacted!
Gan Dang's reaction was quicker, he immediately drew his sword out of its sheath and started fighting with a group of Wu soldiers.
However, not long after, all the Han people, including King Qandang of Han, were captured by Wu soldiers. They were all pointed by Chang Ge and were unable to move!
This sudden change shocked everyone present.
Everyone didn't understand why Qingji suddenly became angry?
"King Wu! What do you mean?"
Surrounded and being pointed at by one bronze sword after another, Gan Dang could not help but shout and ask.
"I am the king of a country, so I will not avoid hardships and dangers, and I will go to Wu to offer you gifts and congratulations! But now you are repaying your favor and intending to capture and kill me!"
"If you spread the word, wouldn't it make the world laugh at you? Isn't the King of Wu afraid of the revenge of Han?"
Gan Dang was obviously driven to panic.
Although his bravery is extraordinary, it is difficult for him to defeat four hands with two fists. Now he is on the territory of Wu State. Qingji wants to kill Gan Dang. Isn't it just a matter of words?
At this moment, Qian Dang regretted entering Wu himself and provoking Wu Wang Qingji!
"Your Majesty..."
At this time, Dazai Jizha, who was on one side, couldn't help but stepped forward and wanted to dissuade Qingji.
However, Qingji waved his hand as if he had made up his mind.
He has his own opinion!
In any case, the Han Kingdom was one of the vassal states entrusted by the Emperor of Zhou, and Qandang was the king of the Han Kingdom.
Although the countries in the Central Plains have always regarded Han as a barbarian, Qingji imprisoned or killed Gan Dang without authorization during the crowning ceremony. After all, the impact was too bad!
At that time, the princes of the Central Plains, including the Zhou royal family, will inevitably treat Wu as a barbarian like Chu.
There were no righteous wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the wars in the Spring and Autumn Period were fought in name only, and the divisions still had to be famous!
Qingji glanced condescendingly at Gan Dang and said coldly: "King Han, I will neither kill you nor imprison you. You have humiliated me many times and ridiculed the state of Wu many times. This man can tolerate you."
"Of course, you should never, never hurt the common people of Wu Kingdom!"
Qing Ji waved his hand, looked at the people who had been whipped and bruised by King Han's followers before, and said loudly and righteously: "I would rather be humiliated a thousand times by others than hurt a commoner like me!"
As soon as he said this, Qingji immediately won a round of applause from everyone.
Including Shimimo, everyone who heard Qingji's words felt admiration and awe for him!
With such a king, why should Wu worry about not being able to prosper?
At this moment, the subjects of Wu State outside the venue could not help but burst into tears.
Want to know how noble the face of a king is?
But Qing Ji was able to condescend and put his own face at the risk of the people!
How benevolent this is!
How loving the people are!
"Qingji, what do you want?"
Qian Dang asked through gritted teeth.
After hearing that Qing Ji had no intention of imprisoning him, Gan Dang couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But he knew that what happened today would never be good!
But when Qing Ji said in a cold voice: "Just now, you and other Han people, whoever has whipped my fellow Wu people, please stand up!"
Faced with Qingji, who was raising an army to investigate, all the Han people, including Qiandang, could not help but feel frightened.
They looked at each other and remained silent, trying to escape Qing Ji's punishment!
"No one admits it?"
Qingji sneered and said, "That's good. In that case, don't blame me for killing a thousand by mistake rather than letting one go!"
"Except King Han, all Han people present cut off their left ears and dedicated them to the Taiyi God!"
"promise!"
Following Qingji's order, Wu's soldiers, who had already been prepared, immediately held down the fifty or sixty followers of Han King Gandang.
Then they tied their hands and forced them to kneel on the ground regardless of how they struggled. With one strike of the sword, a bloody ear immediately fell to the ground!
"Ahhhhh!"
The Han soldiers who had their ears cut off screamed in agony.
This scream sounded very harsh to Gandang!
But there was nothing he could do!
The situation is stronger than the people!
Losing an ear is better than losing your life, right?
"good!"
"color!"
Seeing this bloody scene, the people of Wu who were watching did not feel scared. Instead, they cheered loudly and cheered.
Relieve anger!
Really relieved!
Qing Ji's way of treating a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye is really satisfying.
The most cherished value among the Wu people is that it is ungentleman not to retaliate!
It’s never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years?
No, no!
The common people of Wu generally do not hold grudges.
Because of their grudges, Wu people often avenged them on the spot!
At this moment, Shimimo looked around, looking at the domineering Wu Wang Qingji on the altar, and then at the nearby Wu Guoli Shu who looked very excited, and he couldn't help but feel deeply moved in his heart.
Such Wu Jun and such Wu people, I really don’t know whether it is the luck of Jin State or the legacy of raising tigers?
At this moment, Qing Ji had people cut off Han soldiers who had harmed Wu's Li Shu, which undoubtedly made him instantly win the favor of the Wu people and greatly increase his prestige!
"My king will live for ten thousand years! My king will live for ten thousand years!"
The people of Wu State present all shouted loudly and supported Qingji as a king.
Including Shimimo, the envoys from Qi, Wei, Lu, Song and other countries all had uncertain expressions.
Because of the domineering spirit displayed by King Qingji of Wu, the rise of the Kingdom of Wu, I wonder if it will affect other countries in the Central Plains!
Chapter completed!