Creating a Sandbox World

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After passing through the tall city gates and entering the capital amidst the crowds of vehicles and horses, Lin Tuo put aside the episode just now and observed the world with great interest.

This is his first time entering the Dachi dynasty, and everything he sees is fresh.

Fortunately, many imperial subjects who came to Kyoto for the first time in their lives would have a similar look. In addition, before entering the city, Lin Tuo managed to get a local robe, which was not very eye-catching.

especially……

For the citizens of Kyoto, Lin Tuo seemed inconspicuous due to the large number of people from outside the capital due to the upcoming celebration in the past few days.

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"This is Chiguo." Walking in the streets, Lin Tuo admired the shops and buildings on both sides. At this moment, the sun has risen, and the whole city is alive.

There are more and more people on the street.

The voices of people talking provided him with a lot of useful information.

Among them, the word that appears most frequently is "sacrifice to the gods".

"I'm so lucky? The first time I came in, I caught up with the festival?" After confirming the meaning of the so-called celebration, Lin Tuo couldn't help being dumbfounded, and then became very interested.

And realized that, perhaps, this could be an opportunity for him to act next.

Yes.

Lin Tuo didn't intend to break into the palace directly. Although he was sure of this, it was unnecessary.

Just like what he said to the city guard officer, his trip is just to see the world.

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"Look! The imperial chariot is coming!" When Lin Tuo walked aimlessly to the banks of the Taochuan River that traverses the capital, he saw countless peach blossoms on both sides of the river and the painted boats on the water.

Then, he saw figures on the boat pouring out, pointing towards the bridge in the distance.

The national style of the Chi Empire is open-minded, as are the people's customs. It is Kyoto, although the law is solemn, it is not strict. Therefore, it is only natural that this scene happened.

"Royal car?" Lin Tuo looked over immediately, and saw a string of gorgeous cars coming slowly, surrounded by a group of palace guards, with music floating around.

It turned out to be a carriage guard of honor.

There was no one in the leading car, only a flag was erected. The flag was bright yellow, with the ancient totem of the Chi Empire painted on it, fluttering slowly in the spring wind.

"This is part of the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods. The imperial chariots will travel all over the city with their flags flying, and then they will go to Xiyuan. His Majesty the Emperor and the officials are there. There is still waiting. The ceremony is about to start, and it will be the afternoon."

There were many people beside Lin Tuo.

At this moment, everyone heard the prestige and looked at it, and immediately a native of Kyoto explained it, with a tone of arrogance.

"Isn't His Majesty in this team?"

Someone asked while standing on tiptoe and looking out among the crowd.

The native of Kyoto sneered, shook his head and said with a smile:

"How is it possible? How many hours will this car take to drive around? If the monarch has been following along, where will he get the energy to sacrifice to the gods in the afternoon?

This is a lot of work, and besides, driving through the whole city, there are too many people, what should I do if something happens? "

"It's true..."

"It's a pity, I still want to take a look at the current Holy Majesty."

"Go to Xiyuan to see it in the afternoon, but there are so many people at that time, you can't see it."

On the banks of the Taochuan River, there were many discussions.

Lin Tuo was in the middle of it, his eyes lost focus for a short while, and he switched his consciousness back to his body, looking down from a height, overlooking the whole city, he found the location of Xiyuan.

"Well, this forest garden should be there, right?" Lin Tuo stood beside the sand table in the old martial arts hall, leaned over to look towards the west of Kyoto, and saw that there were already many human beings gathered there.

"The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods...perhaps, it's really a good opportunity."

Lin Tuo got up, looked at the wisps of clouds above the sand table, and fell into thought.

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Since the time flow rate inside and outside the sandbox is adjusted to 1:1,

Therefore, if Lin Tuo wants to observe the ceremony, he needs to wait patiently until the afternoon.

He was not in a hurry, and just took advantage of this time to observe the city.

In a sense, the capital of a country can reflect the style and social conditions of the country.

In Lin Tuo's eyes, this is probably an era analogous to the Han and Tang Dynasties.

In the 500 years since the founding of Dachi, there have been many wars in history, but most of them belonged to the infighting among the descendants of the royal family. Therefore, no matter who wins, the name of the dynasty has not changed.

The current monarch has been in power for several years, and he is quite like his ancestors. He has a great decree to eliminate evils, has a good government and harmonious people, and has changed the atmosphere of the empire.

The reputation among the people is quite good, it seems that he is an enterprising emperor.

This made Lin Tuo very satisfied.

It's a pity that many problems cannot be substantially changed due to the inefficient productivity of the current society. Therefore, the so-called "progressiveness" is only tinkering.

"It is good to have the idea of ​​reform, otherwise, I think the promotion of this empire will inevitably have to be delayed for decades."

On the bank of Taochuan River, Lin Tuo leaned over and picked up a river lantern from the river, his eyes flickering.

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At noon, I switched to the main body and ordered takeaway. In a blink of an eye, it was afternoon.

When Lin Tuo switched his consciousness to the avatar again and opened his eyes, he saw pedestrians walking westward in groups on the street.

Obviously to participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods.

Some people are dressed in ordinary clothes, some are dusty, and some singers and dancers in the crowd are dressed in bright red, light pink, or light yellow classical costumes, and their faces are also painted with heavy makeup, dotted in the sea of ​​people, like peach blossoms.

No, not "if".

In fact, Lin Tuo noticed that almost half of the people in Kyoto, no matter how they dressed, were holding a branch full of peach blossoms in their hands.

It seems to be some kind of festive etiquette.

While walking, the fragrant wind hits people.

"God bless Chi Country!"

When Lin Tuo also followed the crowd, he passed a street corner.

A dancer who didn't know whether it was arranged by the court or spontaneously took out a flower basket from the huge flower basket beside her and handed it to him with a gentle voice.

"Thank you." Lin Tuo was stunned for a moment, and took it. At this moment, he finally felt the festive atmosphere.

The ceremony of worshiping the gods has been held for hundreds of years, and it has already developed from a simple royal ceremony to a folk festival of the entire dynasty.

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When Lin Tuo finally came to Xiyuan with the flow of people, he saw that the place was already full of people.

The surrounding trees are rushing, and there are guards from the Royal Forest Army in front, blocking the crowd here.

Moving forward, you can see a huge ring-shaped altar that rises above the ground.

At this moment, flags had already been planted around the altar. The current emperor of Chi Kingdom led a group of ministers and was under the altar.

Submerged in the crowd, Lin Tuo was extremely inconspicuous, and he didn't try to squeeze forward. He only needed to switch his consciousness back to his body occasionally, so that he could look down on the city and overlook the whole city.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, someone was beating drums around the altar, and the sound of drums was bursting. Around the entire garden, tens of thousands of people in Kyoto were still discussing in low voices.

But as the drum sounded, he closed his mouth in a few breaths.

When those outsiders saw this, they also stopped talking. For a moment, tens of thousands of eyes all looked at the Xiyuan Altar.

"Shut up! Praise God! The ceremony is on!"

The sacrificial priest shouted, and immediately, the grand ceremony began to operate according to strict regulations.

First step, second step...

The ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner, while the imperial guards walked through the crowd to prevent riots from happening.

In the crowd, Lin Tuo looked at it for a while at first, and found it interesting, but gradually, he began to lose his mind.

After a morning of understanding, he already knew the procedure of the entire ceremony.

I know that when the previous steps are over, the emperor of Chi Kingdom will go up to the altar, show up to the heavens, count the merits and demerits of the past year, and then divination and pray for the decree of the gods.

Well... the latter part is basically the sacrificial officials saying according to the prepared lines. No one has ever seen the gods anyway, and what God said is all based on those officials' nonsense.

After learning about this, Lin Tuo had a plan.

He slowly raised his head and glanced at the sky.

Today is quite clear, with only a few wisps of thin clouds floating, and the scorching sun shining across the sky, many people who watched the ceremony breathed out their breaths, let alone the emperor and his officials.

"It's so thick, you can't sweat." A simple-looking citizen next to him murmured.

Lin Tuo glanced at him, let out a chuckle, and said in a low voice, "I think it might be cloudy later."

"How is this possible..."

Seeing that others didn't believe it, Lin Tuo didn't explain, but just continued to wait.

About half an hour later, with a burst of music, I saw a figure in a yellow robe stepping onto the altar under the eyes of everyone.

"The monarch is coming up!"

"Is that the emperor?"

"Come out, come out..."

Seeing this scene, the sun-drenched crowd suddenly became agitated again. Fortunately, there were guards from the Imperial Forest Army, and they soon calmed down again.

At this moment, almost everyone turned their eyes to the figure on the altar ahead.

No one noticed that the eyes of a certain young man in the crowd suddenly lost their brilliance, his expression was dull, and he stood there like a puppet.

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Lishan martial arts school, inside the old house.

Lin Tuo, who was sitting on the wicker chair, suddenly "woke up", got up slowly, and looked at Xiyuan in the sand table, with a smile on his face.

"It's finally here, you can make me wait."

After making some complaints softly, Lin Tuo suddenly raised his hand, leaned over slightly, put his arms into the sand table, and hugged the sky of Xiaobanchi country at high altitude.

Gather slowly!

So, at this moment, I saw the countless strands of clouds that were originally scattered and floating in the country, forcibly arrested by two invisible arms towards the capital!

While doing this action.

He even poked his head into the height below the clouds, and then coughed hard.

"cough!"

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At the same time, Ochi Dynasty, Kyoto Xiyuan, on the altar.

The sweaty Emperor Chi stood still slowly, and then looked at several bronze tripods placed on the altar in front of his eyes.

Inside the largest tripod in the center, a flagpole was erected, on which hung the totem that traveled around the city, but at this moment, words and sentences were written on it.

It was the letter of sacrifice to the gods written by the head of the civil servants before the ceremony began.

The content is also very simple.

The general meaning is to pray for the gods to give enlightenment and guide peace for the world.

It's not that I really want the gods to say something, it's just a tradition, nothing more.

And as Emperor Chi came to power and finished reading a set of sacrificial speeches, the courtiers next to him threw something into the cauldron, and immediately, a raging flame rose in the bronze cauldron.

Gradually ignited the entire totem.

This is the most important ceremony of the God Worship Ceremony.

The "letter" "sacrificed to the gods" is lit, and then special officials will "interpret" the decrees of the gods.

Everyone watched this scene calmly.

No one thought this time would be any different.

After all, similar processes have been carried out countless times.

However……

Just today, right now.

When the flames in the cauldron were blazing and tens of thousands of Kyoto citizens were staring quietly, suddenly, the fiery sun suddenly disappeared.

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in the crowd.

The man from Kyoto who had just complained silently was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at the sky which was still clear for a second.

Immediately, his face was stunned, and he exclaimed:

"This... the sky... the innocence is so cloudy!!!"