Chapter One Thousand Two Hundred and Nine: Divination for the expedition: Lei Huo Feng Gua, good luck for the expedition!
"The Lord God bless you! The number obtained from the divination is six! The Kan hexagram corresponds to water!"
"Come here! Water torture, throw into the lake, sacrifice to the Lord God!..."
"The divination result is the seventh, Gen hexagram, which corresponds to the mountain!"
“Stone to death, stoned to death, sacrificed to God!…”
“The divination result is Qian Gua, which corresponds to the sky!…”
The sky was clear, and the February sunshine was full of sunshine. On the two-meter-high altar, Xiulote held the only sunflower grass and showed it to hundreds of Mexican nobles. There was a burst of surprise around him.
and excited whispers. After experiencing several divination judgments, everyone already knew that this was the only one among the eight judgments of the Lord God that the life blessed by the Sun God was acquitted!
On the higher altar, God King Avit still had a calm expression. He nodded slightly, and faced the fourth lucky person, a young noble from the mountain city in the southeast, and declared calmly.
"The sun is watching from the sky, the Lord God has shown mercy and forgives your sins! Come on, let him go!..."
"Ah! The Lord God bless you! The Lord God bless you!..."
The young city-state nobleman was incoherent and could not say anything because he was so excited. He just kept talking about the Lord God, knelt down and kowtowed to the God King and His Highness who was doing the divination, his eyes were full of gratitude. Soon, two cut-haired guards appeared.
He took him back to the crowd and asked the next nobleman who was waiting for the divination to come forward.
"The Lord God bless you! The divination shows that the number is four! Zhen Gua!"
"Come here! I'll punish you with thunder!"
"Boom!!..."
After the sound of the cannon, the nobles became quiet again. They stared at Shulot's divination, as if they were watching some exciting and silent sacrifice. In fact, this was nothing like a sacrifice.
Second, in addition to the newly added punishments of thunder and wind, the four punishments and sacrifices of water, fire, stone, and earth are all traditional sacrificial items familiar to Mexica people.
"The divination result is five, the Sunda hexagram, which corresponds to wind!"
"Been punished by wind, shot to death with random arrows, and sacrificed to God!..."
“Whoosh whoosh!…”
"Ah! Uh... ho ho..."
"The divination result is eight, Kun hexagram, which corresponds to earth!"
"Been sentenced to earth punishment, dug a pit and buried alive, the soul will return to the kingdom of God, and the body will return to the earth!..."
"Oh no!!…"
"The divination result is two, and the hexagram corresponds to water and blood!..."
A series of divination and sacrifices soon came to the last person. Shulot held two sunflowers and showed them to the people around him. Many nobles looked at the Bagua flag, and after finding the corresponding swamp and blood marks, they all gathered together.
He looked at God King Avitt.
One stem is the sky, which is the vitality given by the main god. The second is the blood, which is the decision of the main god to devolve the king or priest, and it also has a glimmer of life. Among the eight types of main god trials, the result of "dui" is the only one that is decided by the judge.
The "blood punishment", or "blood sacrifice". According to the traditional blood sacrifice rules of the alliance, it can be a "big sacrifice" that takes out the heart and lungs, or it can be a "small sacrifice" that cuts off the fingers... As for now, it all depends on the God King.
decision!
"Well... six nobles were sacrificed in a row, and the military morale was almost shocked!..."
God King Avit looked around and saw the generals showing no resentment and awe, and nodded secretly in his heart. Shulot was said to have been inspired by the "Western gods and men" and created this set of divination and hexagrams.
Not only is it fully in line with the divination and sacrificial tradition respected by the Mexicans, but it is also obviously more convincing and reliable than the traditional "madness" divination of burning oracle bones, smoking sacred smoke, gathering mushrooms, eating black feather jade, and asking gods to get pregnant.
Controlling one’s nature can even convince knowledgeable nobles!…
Avitt pondered for a moment, still expressionless, and declared like a god.
"The Lord God has shown mercy. As the supreme King of Gods, I will also give you a chance to fight in battle! Cut off your little finger and perform meritorious deeds for the Lord God's southern expedition. I will continue to attack Yunshan City for the army and lead the team to fight to the end!..."
"Ah! Yes! Yes!...The God King is above! I will definitely lead the team and fight to the death in the city for the Lord God!..."
The royal nobles who had escaped the disaster looked excited, knelt down and saluted, and were then dragged away by the guards. Soon, a suppressed low cry came faintly, but it was "a small punishment but a big commandment", and only the little finger was cut off.
of blood sacrifice.
"Priest of the Xiulote Sect, the army is about to set out! Please ask the chief god again, is the omen of this southward journey good or bad?..."
"I obey you, God King!"
Shulot lowered his head slightly, and the bright Chagar feathers on his crown were fluttering in the wind. His expression was always solemn, and his movements were precise, as if following a special rhythm. Then, he prayed three times and took out one
He gave sunflower grass to God, divided two piles of sunflower grass into heaven and earth, and then took out a sunflower grass from the pile to become a person. This time, he performed a complete yarrow divination, and he had to divine six lines before and after!
"Four roots, four roots, four roots...one becomes five...two becomes four...three becomes four!..."
Shulot sorted out the sunflower hay pile in his right hand in groups of four until the last four or less were left, and then dealt with the sunflower hay pile in his left hand in the same way to find the remaining amount. The sum of the two remaining amounts was
The one on the little finger of the left hand is combined to get "five". Then, these five are taken out, and the remaining ones are divided into piles, and one is drawn. Then find the remaining number of four consecutive draws, and the two remaining numbers are combined with the one on the little finger.
After pulling out these four roots, it remains the same for the third time, and another "four" is obtained.
"Five, four, four, three times a few are Lao Yang. One line is 'Yang'!..."
Shulot showed it three times in a row and unfolded a piece of white cloth on the altar. A low-level priest had already held a jar of fresh blood and offered it on the altar. Obviously, the blood came from the previous six sacrifices, also from Mexico.
Increase the number of sacrifices that must be made before divination. Shulot recited the numbers silently in his mind, dipped his middle finger in blood, drew the Yang Yao of "—" at the bottom, and marked an old Yang Yao of "."
"Five, four, eight, two small numbers and one large number are Shaoyin. Two Yao are 'Yin'!..."
Soon, the second line of divination was also completed, which was the dark line of "--". All the nobles around him held their breath and concentrated, even Avitt on the high platform looked solemn, watching this series although he could not understand it, but it was obvious
The "divine revelation" that shocked them greatly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, Avitt has a very deep understanding of the "divination" of high-level priests and understands the twists and turns involved. Because in traditional divination, there is no "easy"
"This kind of doorway that is logically complete and can withstand scrutiny can only rely on the mouth of a high-ranking priest to deceive ordinary tribesmen, but it is not so easy to use for the truly knowledgeable royal family and glorious nobles.
Avitt has always used "divination" as a means of manipulating people's hearts and minds, and he doesn't mind it in his heart. It's just that now the method of divination has been upgraded from the "Shang Dynasty" to the "Zhou Dynasty", from the too simple "tortoise shell"
When it was upgraded to the "Book of Changes" that contained mysteries, and the divination priest was Shulot, who had always received "divine enlightenment"... Avitt was a little skeptical, and treated it with the most solemn attitude!
"Five, eight, eight, one as a minority, two as a majority, are Shaoyang. Three Yao are 'Yang'!..."
"Nine, four, eight, one as a minority and two as a majority, are Shaoyang. The four lines are 'Yang'!..."
"Five, eight, four, two small numbers and one large number are Shaoyin. Five Yao are 'Yin'!..."
"The majority of nine, eight, eight, and three is Lao Yin. Six Yao is 'Yin'!..."
Shulot dipped in blood ink, solemnly drew the last line, and marked the "x" of Lao Yin's change of lines. The process of this "yarrow divination" is very ornamental as a mysterious ritual, that is,
The "divinity" that the nobles are convinced of!
Later, Xiulote first interpreted the hexagrams of the lower three lines, "Yang Yin Yang" as the hexagram "Li", and then interpreted and drew a ball of fire. Then, he interpreted the hexagrams of the upper three lines, "Yang Yin Yang" as "Li".
"Zhen" hexagram, draw a thunder behind it.
"There is thunder above and fire below. The thunder and fire are Feng, so the original hexagram is the 'Feng' hexagram!... And after the change of Yi Yao and Six Yao, the upper fire is the lower Gen, and the hexagram changes to the 'Lv' hexagram?..."
Seeing the Lei Huo Feng hexagram in this hexagram, Xiulote was moved in his heart, and secretly speculated that the Volcano Brigade hexagram had changed, but he didn't draw it on the cloth. As a divination to boost morale before going on an expedition, it is enough to have this hexagram!
Of course, the more practical point is that Shulot doesn't know what the "Lv" hexagram actually means. As for these sixty-four hexagrams, he was actually only asked to memorize them by his grandfather when he was a child. Even "Feng"
He could only barely remember the meaning of the hexagram that it was a lucky hexagram. As for how to interpret it specifically, it still had to be solved by one's own subjective initiative!
"Priest of the Shulot Sect! What is the meaning of the omen given by the Lord God?!..."
Seeing the blood-red hexagrams on the white cloth, as well as the marked thunder and flames, God King Avit narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiulote's face, his expression extremely serious. The same was true for the surrounding Mexica nobles, their eyes flashed for a moment.
For a moment, he was immersed in the mysterious atmosphere of the divination ceremony. But Shulot's expression remained unchanged, he just bowed slightly, pointed solemnly at the white cloth, and read loudly.
"Dear God King, look! Thunder above and fire below, thunder from the sky and fire from the earth! This hexagram foreshadows that it is the Lord God who sends the thunder of destruction, and the army ignites the flames of destruction, completely destroying the Mixtec city-state and the earth.
Descendants of God!…”
"Blessed by the Lord God! This is a good omen for the expedition! The Yunshan City of the Mixtecs will surely fall in the thunder and fire, and will be captured by the alliance's invincible army!..."
"Ah! The chief priest of the Xiulote Sect has divined a good omen!"
"Thunder and fire above? The Lord God's thunder and fire will help us break through the strong Yunshan City!..."
"Praise the Lord God! In the next southern expedition, the army will surely win!..."
"Yes! Destroy Yunshan City, and then sacrifice the Mixtec descendants to please the blessed God of War!..."
"Haha! Okay, very good!"
After hearing Shulot's interpretation, God King Avitt's solemn face finally burst into a smile. He stretched out his hands, suppressed the chaotic and excited discussions of everyone, looked around at the fierce and happy faces, and shouted loudly
And declared decisively.
"The majestic Lord God has given a divine decree! Thunder and flames are auspicious omen for conquering Yunshan City!..."
"The generals will return to the camp immediately and inform the alliance warriors in each camp of the results of the divine divination to boost the morale of the warriors!..."
"Blessed by the Lord God! Tomorrow morning, the vanguard of five thousand people will go south! The army is setting off one after another. Before the rainy season in May comes, Yunshan City will definitely be broken!!..."
"Yes! God King!..."
Everyone knelt down and saluted the God King respectfully. Many nobles bowed obviously and bowed their heads in greeting to Shulot, who was in charge of divination. The generals quickly returned to each camp, and the crawling beast-like Mexica camp finally began.
It came alive! It let out a noisy roar, jumped to the south of the Yunzhong Valley, and began to hunt more ferociously!
