While Zheng Gui was immersed in practicing calligraphy, the black wood cliffs more than a thousand miles southeast of Hengshan Mountain were decorated with lights and colorful decorations. Countless disciples of the Sun and Moon God Sect in black were busy using winches to transport wine, meat, silk, gold, silver and other property down the mountain.
Come up and send it to the warehouse.
Tomorrow is the great Dragon Boat Festival in May. Among the people in the mountains, on the Dragon Boat Festival, people drink realgar wine, burn mugwort to remove the five poisons, eat rice dumplings, row dragon boats, etc. There are customs everywhere, but for the Sun and Moon God Sect, the religion
The biggest festival every year in China is May Day.
The Sun and Moon God Cult worships the sun and the moon, and worships the blazing true fire of the sun.
Hundreds of years ago, it absorbed many teachings of Western Zoroastrianism and Mingjiao. The rest of the traditional festivals are not considered major festivals in the Sun and Moon Cult. Only the Dragon Boat Festival is the most important festival.
On this day, "the sun is in the center and in front and above", which is the time when the sun is at its center and highest in the year.
In order to wish the divine religion to be in the sky and the leader to be in the middle of the sky, a grand celebration and banquet will be held on Blackwood Cliff every year on this day. Altar leaders, elders, left and right envoys and the leader of the religion will all gather together happily.
In fact, the large gathering of the Sun Moon God Sect on the Dragon Boat Festival has a deeper meaning, which is to demonstrate the authority of the leader and improve his control over the high-ranking members of the sect.
Only then did he master the antidote, Sanzhi Naoshen Pill.
There is no abnormality at first after taking the Sanshi Naoshen Pill, but the pill contains three kinds of corpse worms. After the pill enters the body, the corpse worms will enter the body and lurk. However, at noon of the Dragon Boat Festival every year, if you do not take it in time, the corpse worms can be suppressed.
If you take the antidote, the corpse worms will escape and once they enter the brain, the person who takes this medicine will act like a ghost and even their parents and wives will bite them and eat them.
On the day of the annual Dragon Boat Festival, the leader will also give his subordinates the antidote of Sanshi Naoshen Pill. This happens once a year, making his subordinates more loyal and fearful, and the leader's majesty cannot be shaken.
An elegant man with a white face and a slight beard, dressed in rich clothes, walked out of the tallest and grandest hall on the top of the cliff. When he saw an old man staring at the disciples at work with burning eyes, he asked: "Brother Tong, everything has been arranged."
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The old man laughed and said: "Brother Dongfang, if you don't take charge of the overall situation, why do you come out to care about such trivial matters?"
The man in gorgeous clothes is Dongfang Sheng, the left ambassador of the Sun and Moon God Sect, and the old man is Tong Baixiong, the most senior and respected master of Fenglei Hall among the ten elders of the Demon Sect.
The closest sibling among them.
"Thank you for your help, Brother Tong, otherwise I, the left-wing ambassador of light, would not be able to sit safely."
Dongfang Sheng sighed and said: "Every big banquet is the most lively time on the cliff. Our leader likes to be clean. We must be careful with the fine wine and food at the banquet. As the left envoy of the light, I have to do everything, lest I
The leader couldn't answer the question."
As he spoke, Dongfang Sheng suddenly sighed softly and said: "Originally, there was a special person in charge of preparing the banquet, but Elder Qiu apostatized and died, and the envoy to the right has disappeared. I can only trouble Brother Tong, please worry about it.
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Tong Baixiong laughed and said: "Our brothers have a life-long friendship, how can I not help you? I'm afraid the leader is about to leave the seclusion, and the guys are waiting to give you medicine. The eldest lady must also take care of you, brother.
There are most things going on, it’s fine if I’m here to take care of them.”
Dongfang Sheng smiled and nodded, saying: "Then I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, Dongfang Sheng walked away. Tong Baixiong stretched out his hand to touch his stomach, blinked with a complicated expression, and then went straight to the kitchen to check the preparation status of the food and wine.
The whole night was spent in the busyness of thousands of disciples. The next day was the Dragon Boat Festival. In the early morning, ten elders and Guangming Left Envoy Dongfang Sheng and dozens of altar leaders from various provinces stood in order according to their positions.
A bell rang, and a tall, middle-aged man with black beard and hair walked in, dragging a little girl with snow-white skin and big bright eyes.
Dongfang Sheng led everyone to kneel down and bow their heads, saying: "I pay homage to the leader."
Ren Woxing picked up his daughter Ren Yingying and sat down on the pure gold dragon chair. He looked at the people kneeling down, waved his hands and said, "Everyone, please stand up and talk."
After fighting Zuo Lengchan a few years ago, I realized that the "Star Absorbing Technique" that I practiced still had many shortcomings. In the past five or six years, Ren Woxing has been in seclusion for a long time to make up for the shortcomings, and rarely put his mind on academic affairs.
Seeing that everyone in the hall was a familiar face, Ren Woxing had no intention of talking to everyone. He just wanted to deal with the Dragon Boat Festival banquet as soon as possible and then continue to retreat.
After casually encouraging everyone, Ren Woxing took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, handed it to Dongfang Sheng, and said: "Dongfang Zuo, please distribute the antidote to the brothers."
Dongfang Sheng took it with both hands, first praised Ren Woxing respectfully, and then personally gave the antidote to the new elders and altar masters one by one, and finally sent the empty bottle back to Ren Woxing.
Sanshi Naoshen Pill is one of the methods used by the leader to control his subordinates, but it is not a long-term method popularized by everyone. Senior elders such as the two envoys of Guangming and Tong Baixiong have long taken the antidote to eradicate the problem.
This is also a way for the leader to win over people's hearts. After all, after working hard for the cult for decades, how can one get to the top and be subjected to such small tricks again?
After taking the medicine, everyone thanked the leader. Ren Woxing glanced at everyone, but did not see the most familiar figure, so he asked: "Why don't you see Xiang Xiang?"
Dongfang Sheng said in a low voice: "The envoy to the right has gone to southern Yunnan for business. I dare not ask him. I will definitely come back in a few days."
Ren Woxing frowned slightly when he heard this and said: "When I was in seclusion, you were in charge of all affairs in the teaching. Why didn't he tell you when he went out?"
Dongfang Sheng smiled and said nothing, and everyone held their breath attentively, looking at their eyes, nose, and heart. The hall suddenly became silent, and it seemed that even the heartbeat could be heard clearly.
Just when the atmosphere was getting more and more depressing, a clear and sweet voice suddenly sounded: "Dad, Uncle Dongfang said that he would let me watch the fireworks after dinner. Let's eat quickly. Dad, didn't you say you would stay with me well today? You can give me some time later.
Shall I tell you a story?"
Ren Woxing's gloomy face suddenly melted like ice and snow after hearing the words of his precious daughter beside him, and he showed a kind smile and said: "Okay, if Yingying wants to eat, let's eat. If Yingying wants to watch the fireworks, we can watch enough tonight!"
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The father and daughter laughed loudly, and the tense atmosphere in the hall suddenly disappeared. Dongfang Sheng looked at Ren Yingying with a smile and said: "Master, the eldest lady is really getting more and more lovable. I think even the golden branches and jade leaves of the palace are better than
Our eldest lady, Ren, is well-behaved, sensible, pretty and lovely."
Ren Yingying puffed up her chest and said with a smile, "Of course."
Ren Woxing and Dongfang Sheng laughed, and the elders also laughed along with them.
After a while, tables and chairs of various sizes were placed in the main hall. On the tables were various delicacies from mountains and seas and fine wines from all over the world. Their exquisiteness and rareness were difficult to match even in the palace.
"Today is a family banquet. Don't be restrained. Let's all take a seat."
Ren Woxing hugged Ren Yingying and sat down. After speaking, he glanced at Dongfang Sheng. Dongfang Sheng said hurriedly: "The leader has spoken. Brother Tong, Elder Qu, Elder Mo... please take a seat."