The vanguard of the Thorn Army, Yu Mocheng, was almost wiped out, and the Weining Hou Ye Jiangke died in a foreign land. This news was not even possible that Jiujiang County could be heard.

Whether it is Shantang or Hetang, they failed to receive any tips as soon as possible. After all, most people are now focusing on Changbai Mountain.

What's more, the entire Jiujiang County is under the control of the Mo family. Without Mo Xun's nod, even if someone wants to hand over the information through various channels, it will take at least two days. By then, everything will be too late.

At this time, there was a bustling scene on Changbai Mountain. Although Emperor Jin's carriage had not arrived yet, the Ministry of Works began to prepare for the ceremony of worshiping the sky early.

The time is only three days and the task is heavy, so most craftsmen cannot close their eyes for two days and two nights.

Especially Zhu Yanting, the Minister of Works, now his eyes are covered with bloodshots, and his hair and beard are half white. In just two days, he seems to have been aged by dozens of years, but he can't even take a break for a moment.

From building temporary palaces, setting up altars, setting up simple defensive formations, to arranging seats for ceremonies, and choosing qualified vegetarian food, he needs to do it himself. If he hadn't had the spiritual general's cultivation base, he would have been exhausted long ago.

Especially the grandsons of the Ministry of Rites were picky and knew that they could only say that they were not in accordance with the rules and the etiquette here, which made Zhu Yanting angry.

Seeing that the prescribed time was getting closer, the emperor would arrive in Changbai Mountain tonight, and all preparations had not been completed, Zhu Yanting wanted to split himself into four petals to make it enough.

Now, it’s time to come. There is still a person who has no eyesight to report that he found a thatched hut on the top of the side peak. There is an elderly man living inside. He didn’t know what to do with it. He came to ask Lord Shangshu for his advice.

"Do you still need to ask me this? Just tear down the house and drive people down the mountain! On the day of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, no matter whether it is the main peak or the side peak, no matter whether it is the main peak or the side peak, no matter whether it is the person or the others, you will not be allowed to go up the mountain!"

"But...but..." The Minister of Works Department had a bitter face, as if there was something unspeakable.

Seeing this, Zhu Yanting's face became even more ugly: "But what?"

"But that old man seems to be a practitioner."

"Cultivator?" Zhu Yanting raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with the cultivator? Do he still want to oppose the court? Or do he want to raise the flag to rebel?"

The Minister of Works' Office was covered in cold sweat and replied submissively: "Yes, my subordinate understands."

After watching his subordinates leave, Zhu Yanting finally couldn't help but curse: "What a fucking group of waste!"

But no matter how much you scold, you still have to do it. Soon, another craftsman came to ask for instructions and said that the residence built for all the princes and ministers had been completed, but I didn’t know whether to paint red or yellow paint, so I asked him to go over and take a look.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yanting felt that he had raised a lot of straw bags and shouted angrily: "I don't even look at what time, but I still paint it? Can I do it after painting it today? If I can't do it, where will the Prime Minister and the others sleep? I told them to stop work. Since the residence is built, go to the altar to help!"

“Yes…yes…”

In this way, amid the repeated shouts and scolds, the preparations for the ceremony for sacrifice to the sky were finally coming to an end, but Zhu Yanting did not get any chance to breathe, because at the same time, guests had already come up the mountain.

This ceremony of worship for heaven was not like the Spring Festival or the small figures of a certain family, but also the giants who were famous in the Dajin Dynasty!

For example, the deans of the Imperial Academy and the Tianxing Academy, the leader of the Seventy-Two Alliance, and several sect leaders of the Presbyterian Church. Among the nine families, except for Ye Jiang and Qin Xiaohua, the rest of the family heads were also present. Qin Yan was sent by the Qin family, and the representative of the Ye family was also appointed by the Prime Minister.

In addition, there is an old man who is very eye-catching.

The old man has a long hair and a childish face, no crown on his head, long silver silk hair draped down from his shoulders, wearing a white star robe, holding a whisk in his hand, which has a fairy-like smell.

This person is naturally Taiwei Taoist from Zhanxingtai!

Since it is a ceremony for sacrifice to heaven, there is naturally no lack of Star Watching Platform, and even more so, Taiwei Taoist. What's more, everyone knows that the emperor trusts this Heavenly Master very much. Thinking that when Xia Sheng was granted the title of the Imperial Prince to offer sacrifices, it actually came from Taiwei Taoist's advice.

On the surface, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for this ceremony of worshiping the sky, but in fact, the person who actually presided over the ceremony was Taiwei Taoist. It can be said that he just needed to talk and easily took the credit for the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites has never had any good looks when it comes to Zhanxingtai, and he even called Taiweidao people "Old God".

However, no one dared to say this in person. After all, Taiwei Taoist is a big celebrity in front of His Majesty. If he annoys him, he only needs to say "Attack on the star sign at night, if a disaster occurs, and then point the finger at you, then the charge of a family of killing may not be able to escape.

Whether it is a fox and a tiger's power or a chicken feather as a command arrow, in short, this guy can get to his current status with a mortal's wealth, which is also his real ability. Even if others envy him, he will not be able to envy him.

It was around the time of Xu, and His Majesty's Golden Lunar New Year finally arrived, and Qin Xiaohua also appeared in front of everyone with a short black jade stick in her hand.

However, Emperor Yunyin and Yang Tianxiao did not follow Emperor Jin, but bypassed others and reached the top from the other side of the mountain alone.

For a dignified saint-level powerful man, such a small method is simply easy to use.

Everyone present was also hidden in the dark, and they could not realize that such heavyweight guests were present at tomorrow's ceremony.

After everyone saw the car, the emperor moved directly into the temporary palace. The commander of the imperial guard Cai Quan of the imperial guards was of course always withered by Emperor Jin. As for the people brought by Xu Qiuran and the people from the Judgment Office, they were all stationed at the foot of Changbai Mountain. It can be said that they were on guard all the time, and even a fly could not fly in again.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of people who came from afar and had already camped at the foot of Changbai Mountain.

After late at night, the Ministry of Rites and Works were still making final preparations to avoid any mistakes tomorrow. The VIPs who came from afar did not have much conversation and returned to their residences, not knowing whether they slept peacefully.

It was not until the first ray of sunshine broke through the sky and spread the warmth of dawn to the earth that Zhu Yanting, the Minister of Works, truly breathed a sigh of relief. He supported his extremely tired body and lay down under a cedar on the top of the mountain.

But he didn't notice that the Minister of Works, who had made him so angry before, seemed to never return once he left. Together with several officials of the Ministry of Works, he never saw anyone or body...
Chapter completed!