The Festival of Shangyuan.

The city was busy holding a lantern festival a few days ago, and today there is not only a lantern riddle poetry show, but also a vaudeville theater performing new songs during the day and night.

There are all kinds of food vendors along the street, and there are even more stalls selling groceries, which start to set up before dawn.

On New Year’s Eve, people gather together to watch the New Year’s Eve, and the Lantern Festival is the most lively day at the beginning of the year.

The stars have not yet set, but the bright moon is high.

There is still more than an hour before dawn, and the imperial city is already filled with palace lanterns.

The ministers got up early, rode in sedans and carriages to the foot of the imperial city, and waited outside the palace gate with lanterns.

The weather was cold, and the ministers rubbed their hands while talking about today's events.

"Have you heard?" someone asked cautiously.

"Everyone has heard about it." A group of people immediately gathered around and responded.

"I have been fasting and bathing for the past two days. Last night I copied the Tao Te Ching all night before coming here." Although everyone was silent and did not dare to talk about the actual content, they tacitly understood it.

The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was nearly half a century old when he came to the throne last year, and he was already considered an old man in this era.

The emperor had white hair on his temples, and a group of adult princes stood beside him. There was also a princess beside him who hung her shoulders thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, is it really possible to see Taoist Lord Kongchen show his holiness today on the Lantern Festival?" The concubine watched the eunuch put on the imperial robes and crown jade for the emperor, and while serving, she cautiously inquired. There have been many rumors inside and outside recently.

"Father, the emperor has been practicing in Zixia Temple recently. I heard from the brothers in the temple that Taoist Lord Kongchen will reopen the Kunlun God Realm..." There are many Taoist temples in Shenjing, and Zixia Temple is one of the most famous ones.

In this place, there have always been many princes and princesses who did not participate in the struggle for the throne, practicing there.

"Prisoner Lingxu is speaking, how can he be lying?" Another prince immediately responded and stood up for the prisoner.

Si Tian Jian Zheng was different from ordinary ministers. Although they did not interfere in ordinary political affairs, they had real influence and intervened in the succession of the Zhou throne. Even the emperor had to pay attention to their ideas and tendencies.

However, the emperor did not say a word. He spread his arms solemnly and solemnly. It seemed that he was extremely cautious and meticulous about the upcoming Lantern Festival sacrifice to heaven.

Seeing this, the noisy sounds around him immediately calmed down.

And Sitian Supervisor Zheng Lingxu is outside the palace gate at this moment.

The old Taoist in official uniform looked like he would not let strangers approach him. If anyone approached him, he would just return the favor without saying a word.

Unusually aloof.

He had been having a bad time these past few days. He found that he had casually dealt with the emperor and asked him to sacrifice Dao Lord Kongchen during the Lantern Festival to calm his mind, which once again aroused all kinds of speculations and rumors.

Moreover, they are changing their methods and spreading them throughout the world.

What's more important is that all the countries in the Central Plains believe it.

Now he is speechless and has troubles to complain about.

This time he finally knew that some things should not be said carelessly. Even if they were not bragging or lies, as long as they were spread to the right people at the right time, it would be enough to get him involved in the whirlpool and unable to escape.

If the Taoist Lord knew about this, the old Taoist priest could not imagine that kind of scene.

So he didn't want to say a word these days, he could only cry in his heart.

"The whole world is persecuting me, the old Taoist!"

At dawn, the officials entered the imperial city to pay homage to the emperor.

Then the emperor and his ministers went to Wuji Palace to worship Taoist Lord Kongchen and all the gods and Taoist gods under him.

All the ceremonial regulations had been discussed and settled in advance, and the emperor entered the high platform in his royal robes and recited the sacrificial inscriptions handwritten by the prime minister of the day.

I report to Kongchen Daojun about the disasters, people's livelihood, and the country's affairs during the Great Zhou Dynasty last year.

I pray that Daojun Kongchen will bless you with good weather and good weather in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the peace and prosperity of the country and the people.

Outside of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are now capitals of Wei, Yu, Shu, and Chen.

It is also a scene that is no different from that of the Divine Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The emperor prays to heaven and earth and offers sacrifices to Lord Kongchen.

Especially the latter three kingdoms.

The countries of Yu, Shu, and Chen had just escaped from the control of demons with the help of the Taoist sect.

Later, he witnessed with his own eyes the army of ghosts and gods from the Yin Division coming across Yin and Yang, killing all the demonic sects and driving them into the wilderness and overseas.

This time, I worshiped the heavens wholeheartedly on the Lantern Festival, for fear that if there was any inferiority or inferiority to other countries, Taoist Master Kongchen would mistakenly think that they were indifferent and contemptuous.

As the sun rises higher and higher, the sun shines into Wuji Palace.

Old Taoist Lingxu, who was standing aside, finally let out a sigh of relief.

"As long as today passes, this calamity of the old Taoist will be considered over."

From now on, no one will mention this matter again, and it is considered to have been revealed.

What Lingxu didn't expect was that suddenly the Wuji Palace would be filled with light.

Beside the statue of Dao Lord, green light bloomed from the boy holding the sword, and a majestic shadow crossed the sky and traveled thousands of miles.

The Qinglong boy appeared as a saint and came to the sacred capital.

At this moment, the entire imperial city was shocked.

Everyone can see the light falling from the sky, the rays of light, and the shadows of gods and men standing on the Wuji Palace.

"What?" Taoist Lingxu never thought that Taojun would really respond to this Shangyuan Festival sacrifice to heaven.

"Coming, coming!" However, the others nodded, no surprise.

"It's finally here." Even the emperor smiled.

Except for Si Tianjian Zheng Lingxu, who looked shocked, everyone else present looked like they had finally arrived, as if they had expected this.

"Chen Xiang, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, together with his subjects, paid homage to the Lord Qinglong." The emperor hurriedly led his ministers to prostrate themselves, but Old Daoist Lingxu stood there blankly, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

The Qinglong Divine Sovereign had a solemn expression, and even without any unnecessary movements, he could still make the emperor and his ministers feel strong pressure, which was the pressure brought by the murderous attacks that killed countless demons.

Qinglong Shenjun directly threw a golden scroll across the sky of Wuji Palace and read out the Tao Lord's decree.

At this moment, his figure is not only in the Wuji Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also in the Wei, Shu, Yu, and Chen kingdoms.

On behalf of Kongchen Daojun, he blesses the people of the Central Plains countries, commends the clans and royal families of the countries, and bestows the Dragon Seal of National Destiny.

"The decree of Lord Dao bestows the Dragon Seal on the fortune of the Zhou Dynasty."

"This seal can suppress the dragon's luck, and it is also a tool to open the Netherworld Dragon Court."

"If you keep it, you can stabilize the country's destiny, but if you lose it, the dragon court will be in turmoil."

"I hope you and others will practice more good virtues and spread benevolent policies."

"Only in this way can we inherit the merits of destiny and the hearts of all people."

"Only in this way can we have a thousand-year national destiny and ten thousand-year Dragon Court."

After hearing this, Emperor Chen Xiang of the Great Zhou Dynasty suddenly felt agitated and his face turned red.

In the past, when I heard that Lord Dao was opening the underworld, Da Zhou was the first to respond hastily.

Although it is because of the stability brought by the way of ghosts and gods, and the abundant harvests and stability of the country brought by the mountain god and the earth god.

But for the emperor, the most important thing is for the Netherworld Dragon Court.

The Emperor of Zhou carefully and respectfully took over the Long Yun Emperor's Seal and shouted loudly.

"Dazhou is willing to be under the command of Daojun from generation to generation, and to protect the mountains and rivers and protect the people on behalf of Daojun."

At this point, the royal masters of the Central Plains countries were completely integrated into the Taoist sect and became part of the Shinto system created by the Taoist Lord.

No one has any thoughts,

Everything about them, life and death, honor and disgrace, rise and fall, all rested on the Taoist Lord Kongchen.

Daojun Kongchen has fulfilled his previous promise, giving the royal families of the Central Plains countries and the emperor the promise to create the Netherworld Dragon Court.

The Lord Qinglong left and immediately saw the emperor and the ministers looking towards Zheng Lingxu, the supervisor of Sitian who was now covered in sweat.

"Jian Zheng is indeed favored by Taoist Lord Kongchen. He has anticipated what will happen today!"

"Since Jian Zheng has been waiting for the secret information, then the fact that he is about to ascend to the upper realm and become a god must not be a lie?"

"That's for sure. We are here to congratulate Lingxu Prison on his correction."

Everyone looked at Si Tianjian Zheng Lingxu with brighter eyes, and some even congratulated him in advance.

Lingxu panicked immediately, this would cost him his life!

"There is no such thing as the old way! There is no such thing as the old way!"

"Don't talk nonsense."

The ministers and Taoist Si Tianjian present looked at Master Lingxu with expressions of understanding.

At this time, someone suddenly spoke.

"Just now, Lord Qinglong Shenjun announced the decree of Lord Dao, and at the end he looked at Lingxu Jianzheng meaningfully."

"Jian Zheng is indeed a popular person in front of Dao Lord. Even Lord Qinglong remembers Jian Zheng."
To be continued...