White Bone Monkey King

Yin Shi.

At the turn of dawn between heaven and earth, a brother who was on duty at night from the Criminal Inspectorate came to Jin'an with the eunuchs from the palace.

An oral edict came from the eunuch palace, announcing that Marquis Wu of Shen, the Commander of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Supervisor of the Third Department, would come to see the Holy One early this morning and discuss many details of the ancestor worship ceremony with all the officials.

This time it was an oral message, not an imperial edict, which saved Fatty Li the process of receiving the imperial edict on Jin'an's behalf.

Jin An raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a slightly surprised expression: "I went to the officials this morning to discuss the ancestor worship ceremony, but the time for the ancestor worship ceremony has already been determined?"

The old eunuch with no beard at the corner of his mouth smiled and nodded: "As expected of Shenwuhou, who is a god in resolving cases. He has always been highly valued by the Holy One. Shenwuhou is right, the time for the ancestor worship ceremony has been determined."

"As soon as the Imperial Master returned to the capital, he worked hard to select an auspicious day for the ancestor worship ceremony. The Holy Master sympathized with the Imperial Master and stayed up all night with the Imperial Master. As soon as the time was determined, we immediately left the palace and informed all the officials in the capital."

Jin An asked: "Which auspicious day should I choose?"

The eunuch replied: "The ninth day of the second lunar month."

"Marquis Shenwu, remember to put on your official attire and go to court in the morning. The day of the ancestor worship ceremony is related to the safety of the Holy One. It requires the cooperation of the three departments to solve the problems for the Holy One. Marquis Shenwu should bear this in mind."

The old eunuch had other civil and military officials to inform, so he did not stay much longer and left in a hurry after reading the oral instructions.

…

As soon as the eunuch left, the Five Zang Taoist Temple quickly returned to peace again.

The ninth day of February is exactly the seventh day after the Spring Equinox. Counting from today, there is only one month left before that day, so preparations are very hasty.

The one-month schedule was very tight, which was enough to show that Emperor Kang Zhao wanted to enter the Ancestral Temple and could not wait to be famous in history.

After the eunuch left the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, Jin An and the old Taoist priest had different reactions.

Jin An showed such an expression as expected. He had guessed a long time ago that Emperor Kang Zhao couldn't wait to hold the ancestor worship ceremony and wanted to enter the royal ancestral temple. The new imperial master would definitely be summoned by Emperor Kang Zhao as soon as he returned to Beijing, and the ancestor worship ceremony would be confirmed as soon as possible. time.

The hurried ancestor worship ceremony held in the world in one month was completely in line with Jin'an's assessment of Emperor Kang Zhao.

The old Taoist priest's first reaction was to immediately use his fingers to calculate the auspicious date of the zodiac, then suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "Wonderful."

Seven and nine have many unique meanings in Taoism, Bagua, and Feng Shui. They mean auspiciousness, wealth, prosperity, complete merit, the supreme nine-five, and the perfection of nine-nine.

And the ninth day of February is also an auspicious day suitable for worship and consecration.

The vernal equinox is an important node in the transition between spring and summer. Just after the rainy spring, the world is transformed, the temperature warms up, and the daytime lengthens, which has the auspicious meaning of prosperity and the recovery of all things. They also rushed before Guyu and staggered the rainiest time so as not to affect the normal holding of the ancestor worship ceremony.

Taking into account all the above advantages, if we deduce it for three or four months in the future, we will not be able to find a better auspicious day than this day.

If Emperor Kang Zhao really wanted to have his golden body enshrined in the Ancestral Temple in a hurry, the ninth day of February would be Emperor Kang Zhao's only choice in the near future.

Once you miss it, you have to wait another half a year.

"The Royal Ancestor Worship Ceremony is a big event. It is a grand event for the whole country. The new Imperial Master has just returned to Beijing and has determined the time for the ancestor worship ceremony overnight... Coupled with the current troubled times, I always feel uneasy and uneasy. I hope it’s no longer necessary for me to worry.”

At the end, the old Taoist priest murmured in a low voice: "In such a hurry to set the time for the ancestor worship ceremony, I don't know whether Emperor Kang Zhao can't wait or the new Imperial Master can't wait..."

Jin An's eyes flashed, thoughtfully.

…

…

When Jin An finished his morning court and returned to the Criminal Investigation Department in a Biwan carriage, it was already almost six o'clock, and half of the morning had passed.

He had not handled any official business in the Criminal Investigation Department for half a morning. He only listened to the civil servants with sparse white hair and few good teeth, arguing endlessly about the complicated etiquette of the ancestor worship ceremony.

There was no result in the quarrel today, and tomorrow he would continue to attend the morning session to listen to the quarrels of these old civil servants.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, how was the result of today's morning court? I see that you and the other court ministers only came out recently. Have you been discussing the ancestor worship ceremony until now?" Fatty Li couldn't help but ask curiously while driving.

How could Fatty Li miss such a big event like the ancestor worship ceremony? He volunteered to be a part-time coachman for Jin An again today.

After listening to the verbal quarrels between the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty all morning, Jin An felt that it was more difficult than the days and nights he spent besieging the Bulao Mountain. He was exhausted both physically and mentally. Sitting in the carriage, he casually responded to Fatty Li's curiosity with a few words.

Fatty Li continued to ask curiously: "While I was waiting for Taoist Master Jin'an to come out, I also saw the familiar carriages of Yujing Golden Tower and Zhenguo Temple. In addition to the civil and military officials who were discussing this morning, Yujing Golden Tower, Zhenguo Temple, Are the Tianshi Mansion also present?"

"Yeah." Jin An hummed slightly tiredly.

Fatty Li, who was very curious, did not pay attention to these details and continued to talk enthusiastically: "Such a grand scene has never happened before. It seems that the scale of this ancestor worship ceremony may become the largest in a century, and it is destined to be..." His name has gone down in history.”

Jin'an heard the implication of Fatty Li's words. The most important thing in a hundred years was a ceremony to worship ancestors and enter the Ancestral Temple. It was a grand event in the royal family. Many emperors who had been in power longer than Emperor Kang Zhao felt that their achievements were mediocre and they were not worthy of being admitted. Ancestral Temple.

Emperor Kang Heng reigned longer than Emperor Kang Zhao, and was the first emperor of martial arts, humans, and immortals. He had pioneered precedents and was worthy enough to be admitted to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. However, even Emperor Kang Heng did not erect a golden statue in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

"I looked around in the ministers' carriages outside the palace, but I couldn't find the carriage of Prince Zunyi's mansion. Taoist Jin'an, did Prince Zunyi go to the palace for the morning court today?" Fatty Li kept chattering along the way.

It can be seen that Fatty Li is looking forward to the royal ancestral worship ceremony in a month, and Fatty Li's mentality is exactly the mentality of the people under the emperor's feet. The ancestral worship ceremony in a month will surely become a place where hundreds of millions of eyes will be focused and the world will gather.

Fatty Li chattered all the way until he arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department, and finally let Jin'an's ears quiet.

Jin'an inspected the Criminal Investigation Department, and on the way he pointed out the cultivation of the three brothers of Zhang Weishan, and after discussing some experiences of walking in the underworld, he left the lead and mercury holy fetus clone to review the files all over the country and handle official business for the main body, and then the main body returned to the Wuzang Taoist Temple for retreat and practice.

There is only one month left before the ancestral worship ceremony. There will be a lot of trivial matters in this month, and there is not much time left for him to prepare, so he must race against time to practice, hoping to pass the last step as soon as possible and enter the late stage of the fourth realm.

Yesterday's crisis at the Wuzang Taoist Temple, the return of the new national master to Beijing, and the unpredictable corpse fairy Yuan Yiban, all of these are urging him to break through his cultivation as soon as possible to deal with the next crisis.

As the old Taoist said, now is a time of trouble. The corpse fairy Yuan Yiban suddenly became the new national master of Kangding State this time. The real purpose is unknown. The ancestral worship ceremony may not be peaceful.