Yue Guanchao and the others pretended to be salesmen walking down the street and followed the crowd with their heads forward. When they reached the Longjun Temple, some country warriors in black coats and leggings immediately stopped in front of them: "Hey, we can't go any further. Let’s go, this is where the squires and dignitaries rest.”
Seeing the arrogance of these villagers, Yue Guanchao said angrily: "Brother, all the noble people here today. I see you have been standing here all morning. It's already noon, why don't you see anyone coming?"
Xiang Yong pushed the pedestrians and said, "You have nothing to do with this. How can these noble people be like us? I heard that there are Commissioner Zhao and his wife sent by the Provincial City Political Yuan, and Governor Lou and his wife from the Yueyang Political Yuan. The rest are local squires and sages in Yueyang. How can I remember these people? I will only tell you one thing. When people arrive, don’t push forward. Those guards are not as kind as me. In case you go there. If you squeeze in, if you don't say hello well, you'll get shot."
"Hey, okay, okay."
While they were talking, there was a loud bang in the distance, and the sound of sirens and horns could be heard in the distance. Yue Guanchao looked back and saw a line of guards driving people forward, forcing a way through the crowded crowd. A car roared over and stopped in front of the white-curtained viewing booth.
Before the car door opened, the clan elder of Junshan Town had strode to the car with his arm on his arm. When the car door opened, he immediately bowed down, smiled apologetically at the people who got out of the car, and said: "Commissioner, Governor, thank you for your leadership. My wife is here for the Dragon King Festival. Junshan Town has prepared an elegant viewing platform for the surrounding area. It’s been a tiring journey, so please go in and rest first.”
These special commissioners, governors and dignitaries were also considered to be prominent figures in Hunan Province. When facing the elders of the Junshan Town clan, their attitude could not be called enthusiastic. They had a routine attitude and nodded to them indifferently.
Compared with the official business of the government, the squires and sages in Yueyang City are much more enthusiastic. After all, they are locals in Yueyang City, and they all know each other. When they came to the meeting, they were full of joy, shouted and drank, and brought gifts and chatted enthusiastically with the clan elders. , just like an old friend reunited after a long absence.
Welcoming and sending off, socializing and showing off, until noon, the clan elders of Junshan Town finally welcomed all the dignitaries, squires and wise men into the viewing platform, occupying the white curtained shed to the full.
At this time, everyone who should come and those who should not come have already arrived. All the people are waiting for this moment. They all concentrate and squeeze forward with all their strength. Even Yue Guanchao and the others are forced to move forward. .
"This won't work. The team was dispersed after a while. Let's go behind the Longjun Temple. I see there is an open space there."
Yue Guanchao led them through the crowd of people and walked outside Longjun Temple until they reached the temple teahouse at the foot of the mountain before stopping completely.
After getting to the teahouse, they stood at the window and looked carefully. The Longjun Temple was not far from the teahouse, and they could see the grand temple fair from there. In fact, because they stood high up, they could overlook the temple fair and the memorial stage.
With the honking of horns, the Bainuo Dragon King Festival officially began. Surrounded by clan elders, Commissioner Zhao, Governor Lou and other dignitaries from Yueyang City took turns to go up and deliver speeches.
These people have been in the political yuan for a long time, and they know very well what to say and what not to say in this kind of speech occasion. The speeches are mostly the same. They are nothing more than summarizing the past, looking forward to the future, cherishing the present, and then praising the simplicity and kindness of the local people. Finally, praise your colleagues and squires.
In this way, all the dignitaries gave speeches in turn, and the people around them had begun to doze off. They were used to this kind of thing. Since they couldn't avoid it, they could only respond passively. Anyway, there were policies and countermeasures.
After waiting for another hour, the Junshan Town Clan finally saw that the matter was over, so they walked to the stage, and along with the honking of horns, they called out the words that the people like to hear the most: "Members of the Political Council, ladies and gentlemen, Gentlemen and elders, thanks to your generous support, money and effort, the Longjun Temple in Yueyang Dongting Lake has been officially opened to the public since this spring. From now on, I hope the incense of Longjun will continue and the people of Yueyang will be in peace forever."
At the end of the words, the dignitaries clapped their hands to celebrate. Amid the cheers of the people, the warriors in front of the Longjun Temple set off firecrackers. The crackling sound resounded in the square. For a moment, the sulfur smoke spread like floating clouds, covering the sky and the sun, and spread outwards, along with the Longjun Temple. They are all like a fairyland, immersed in the atmosphere of joy among all people.
Moments ago, there were already eighteen bearers carrying the empty sedan into the front of the Dragon Lord Temple. They each held up the handle of the sedan and shouted: "In the April Grain Rain, please invite the Dragon King. The rain from heaven and earth falls, please invite the Dragon King!!!" !!Please ask the Dragon King!!!!!!”
These bearers were all extremely powerful, wide and fat, and they were holding sticks and roaring loudly. Within a moment, people in the temple were seen carrying the statues of Dragon Lord and Dragon Lord Queen slowly out of the temple.
"The Dragon Prince and the Dragon Lady are coming out, hurry up, kneel down quickly."
For three years, the Dragon Lord Temple has only accepted official meals. These common people have only seen their statues outside the temple. Seeing the Dragon Lord statue being carried out, the surrounding people cheered and squatted and knelt down.
Yue Guanchao stood far enough away to see at a glance what the Dragon King and the Dragon King Queen looked like. Their statues were completely different from ordinary Dragon Kings. Ordinary Dragon Kings mostly wore crowns, crowns, and imperial attires. They were nothing more than representations of human emperors. The dragon robe was put on the Dragon King.
Right now, the Dragon King is dressed completely differently, closer to a wide robe. Purple and gold patterns cover the clothes, and the waist can be seen with wide sleeves and a skirt that touches the floor. If paired with the outer wide-sleeved clothes and the vertical lotus crown on the head, He is closer to an old Taoist priest with a dragon head than a human emperor.
I saw that the old dragon king was eight feet tall, with a plump body, and a majestic body. The head was replaced with a blue dragon head. The scales were real, the ears and eyes were majestic, the dragon horns were ferocious, the beard was floating like an immortal, and his eyes were particularly expressive. It seems to contain thunder and lightning, and is placed on the throne in the posture of holding a hut.
As for the Longjun Empress beside him, she only changed the calm dark patterns of the wide-sleeved dress into gorgeous and elegant, and modified it to fit the woman's figure. She also covered it with gold gauze to act as a golden jade garment. The white dragon's head was extremely Delicate, like the ancient mythical beast White Kirin, she looks gorgeous and graceful. Even her dress is also Kundao, but the lotus crown she wears has red silk ribbons on both sides, hanging directly to her waist, which adds a lot of weight. Smart and gorgeous atmosphere.
Not long after the statues of the Dragon King and Dragon Queen were carried out, they were immediately invited into the sacred sedan. The eighteen bearers roared, lifted the huge sacred sedan out of the air, and began to parade around Junshan Island.
Seeing this scene, the dragon sacrificial warrior took out a ten-meter-long dragon lantern made in the posture of a dragon from the temple. One green and one hundred followed the sacred sedan and danced at will. They were like real dragons, swallowing clouds and puffing in the thick fog of firecrackers.
Some people died, but not completely...
