When Sulla was bloodbathing the city of Rome, dozens of strange people wearing white robes and holding silver scepters left the city of Juyan and headed deep into the northern grasslands.
Wuya, the heroine of Juyanze, stood on the tower of Juyan City, watching these men in white robes and silver staffs heading north. He held a book in his hand. The book had an empty cover but no name, but now her There is a jade pendant as fat as cream on the jade neck.
"Are the crowns and scepters ready?" Wu Yacai said quietly to the maid beside him after all the people with silver scepters and white robes disappeared from sight.
Wu Ya is already like the queen of the Juyan tribe. Her internal ministers and servants are all women. However, Wu Ya's method of controlling the Huns is not to rely on blood or power, but to rule these Huns with beliefs that have not yet fully emerged.
The more ignorant a civilization is, the deeper its worship of nature and the stronger its faith. The Huns are a nation that worships nature and heaven and earth. Every year they worship heaven and earth in Dragon City. However, in the Xiongnu, belief was still just a form and had not yet been formed into the ruling system.
In the Juyan tribe, Wuya did not rule the Huns remnants with her Shanyu bloodline, but entirely with faith. Today, the Juyan tribe can be said to have formed a tribe with similar religious rule, which is what later generations call the ** **.
Since Wuya took over the Juyan tribe, under Huo Guang's instructions, the Juyan tribe began to evolve into a sole worship, and the object of worship was the moon god. This originally represented the belief of war and attack in the Xiongnu worship.
And Wuya is the representative of the Moon God in the human world, or Wuya is the clone of the Moon God. The evolution of this kind of worship and the shaping of beliefs was originally a very long process, but fortunately there were only a few people in the Juyan tribe, and Wuya really brought about earth-shaking changes in the Juyan tribe. In this case, Wuya is Yue The belief in God was easily ingrained in the hearts of the Huns of Juyan tribe.
There is another best situation for the spread of faith, that is, when the heart has nothing to rely on and it is difficult to be self-sufficient in food and clothing. In such difficult situations, people tend to place their hope in faith. Since the Xiongnu War in Mobei, the grassroots Xiongnu herdsmen have actually lived such a life. Later, under the continuous penetration of Wuya, first some weak Huns tribes close to Juyan began to believe in the moon god, and then slowly developed to some medium-sized tribes. Now that Wuya has gone south, the life of the Huns women and children staying in Mobei has become increasingly difficult. , some large tribes also began to have the belief in the moon god, and even the belief in the moon god appeared in the royal court of Shanyu Wangting and the royal court of King Youxian.
What Huo Guang and Wu Ya did was to use their faith step by step to seize the rule of the Xiongnu. When the Uwei tribe invaded the south, it was actually the best time for Uya to spread their faith and seize the power of the Huns. And when everything is ready, she still needs the best opportunity, just like when a new emperor ascends the throne or a dynasty changes, she needs a vision from the sky and a true manifestation of the power of the king.
Those people with silver staffs and white robes are the confidants Wu Ya has carefully cultivated over the past few years. They have a very religious name, white-robed priests!
In the teachings of the Moon God, priests in white are clergy who can directly communicate with the Moon God. They are loyal servants of the Moon God's avatar in the human world. Their words and deeds represent the Moon God's will. They are the bridge between humans and God and the spread of God. Messenger of purpose.
With the development of several years, this moon god believed by the Huns has indeed formed a sect, a sect with a strict hierarchical system and doctrines. The highest being in the religion is naturally the Moon God who lives in the nine heavens and looks down on the world. The Moon God is not the leader of the religion. The leader is the avatar of the Moon God in the world. Her representative is Princess Wuya, who is the leader of the Juyan Tribe and has a noble bloodline. . Beneath them are the servants of God, the priests in white. After that, there are the priests of each tribe. This kind of priests called high priests are like the leaders of each tribe. Their status is only under the white-clothed priests, and they directly obey the orders of the Moon God's human avatar, their leader Wu. elegant.
August fourteenth, an ordinary day. Even in the eyes of the Huns, there was no such specific day at all. However, all the priests in white remember this day in their hearts, and there is also an hour called Haishi.
From the Juyan tribe to the north, whether it is a small tribe or a large tribe, a high platform has been built a few miles away from the tribal gathering place. Some small tribes built high platforms with great fanfare, and all the tribesmen gathered under the high platforms, directly led by their tribal leaders to kneel at the feet of the white-robed priests. The leaders of some of these small tribes are even the high priests of the tribe themselves.
As for some medium-sized tribes, most of the people gathered on the high platform. There were ordinary tribesmen and some tribal nobles. However, they didn't make too much of a fuss, especially those tribes whose leaders didn't show up. It felt a bit sneaky.
When it comes to those larger tribes, evenIn places such as the Royal Court, altars were built further away, and those participating in the sacrifices sneaked out of the tribe after dark, fearing that they would be discovered by the tribe's nobles and leaders.
When the moon reaches its zenith, every Xiongnu tribe member who believes in the Moon God has prostrated himself devoutly under the altar.
The Xiongnu reached the west. This was a large Xiongnu tribe, subordinate to the king of Shanyu. The size of their tribe has reached more than 30,000 people, which is considered the largest tribe among the entire Huns. Their tribal leader also serves as the head of the Huns. There are more than 13,000 people accompanying Uwe on this expedition.
Now the leader of Daxi is the son of Dadanghu. He had already fallen asleep, but when he was deeply asleep, a close guard walked into the yurt and woke up the son of Dadanghu who was sleeping.
"Prince, most of the people in the clan have gathered five miles away. They seem to be worshiping something. Please make a decision quickly" The guard's voice was a little urgent. Originally, he was deliberately avoided by these Luna Cult members, but he went out because he was in urgent need of urination and accidentally discovered the actions of these people. Then he followed them and discovered the secret sacrificial activities of the Luna Cult.
Sacrifice is also a major event in the Xiongnu. It is not presided over by tribal leaders or chanyus. Ordinary Xiongnu people have no right to worship privately. Nowadays, someone is setting up a private sacrifice. This is tantamount to a coup. Naturally, the son of a powerful family does not dare to take it lightly. He immediately got up and summoned the guards to rush to the altar.
Because the main young men of the Xiongnu went south with Uwei, there were not many warriors left. The son of Da Danghu only took a dozen people and left in a hurry.
When he arrived at the altar, he found a man in white robes standing on top of the altar. The man stretched out his arms, held a silver scepter high in his hand, and chanted strange sacrificial inscriptions loudly. But the people of his own tribe prostrated themselves on the ground devoutly and chanted in low voices.
"What are you doing? Arrest this weird person for me." The son of Dadang household estimated that this must be some conspirator with ulterior motives, who is deceiving the people with evil cults. This kind of thing has not happened before in the Huns, but before Never before on such a large scale.
The priest in white ignored the shouts and questions from the son of the powerful family. He continued to sing, and at the same time, he slightly raised his head and glanced at the full moon hanging high in the sky.
The moon was particularly round and bright tonight. When the priest in white looked up, he felt that it was very close to the time they remembered.
Suddenly, the priest in white discovered that the originally full moon seemed to be missing a corner, and then the gap became wider and wider. At this moment, not only did he not panic at all, but he was so excited that he sang even louder.
Under the altar, there were either believers of the Moon God Cult prostrate, or people brought by the sons of Da Dang households. None of them paid attention to the sky, and no one had noticed anything unusual about the moon tonight.
"The Moon God has a purpose, and her divine thoughts are about to come to the world Those stupid mortals who blasphemed the Moon God will surely be punished by the great Moon God" Suddenly the white-clothed priest stopped singing, Instead, he recited it loudly.
The voice of the white-clothed priest attracted everyone's attention. The believers looked at the white-clothed priest blankly, but the son of Dangdang was already furious. He took steps to lead people to the altar. He was determined to commit suicide himself. This pretender.
"You are pretending to be gods, and I will burn you alive." The son of the big family looked at the priest in white cruelly. In his opinion, these people are just good at pretending to be gods, but they have no weapons, and they cannot achieve great things without warriors.
"Those who blaspheme the Moon God will surely be punished The divine punishment will come" The white-clothed priest did not panic, and suddenly lowered his raised arm, and pointed the silver staff in his hand heavily at Dadang. The son of the household.
Under the pointing of the white-robed priest, the son of the powerful family also subconsciously stopped. After being stunned for a moment, he was about to laugh, but he felt something was wrong. He felt that the originally bright moonlight was quickly dimming, and then he was surprised to find that the people next to him and the people under the altar had expressions on their faces. Looking at the sky in astonishment.
The son of Dadang household also raised his head subconsciously, and then an unbelievable scene appeared. He saw that the full moon, which was originally as round as a silver plate, was only half now, and it was getting smaller and smaller, and was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Missing, just when he was stunned, the whole world suddenly turned dark, and there was no trace of moonlight between heaven and earth!
"God has issued a decree, and the great Moon Goddess has descended into the world. She will be the great queen of our Great Huns This blasphemous person, his body and soul, will no longer be able to exist in this world " The white-clothed priest continued in the darkness, his voice sounded like it came from the Nine Nether Hell, but it was so convincing.
"Burn him to deathburn him to deathburn to death this person who blasphemed the moon god" A Hun aunt who was closest to the son of Danghu suddenly stood up, excited and excited. Yelled feverishly.
"Burn him to deathburn him to death" As the Huns shouted fanatically, more believers joined in, and the entire altar was filled with a fanatical atmosphere.
When these fanatical believers chanted that they would burn the sons of Dadanghu to death, the priest in white recited again at the right time: "The kind Moon God will not let her people endure the darknessLight is coming." Return to the world again"
It was not just a coincidence or it was really controlled by gods. As the white-clothed priest chanted, a glimmer of light appeared again in the dark sky and earth. A wisp of moonlight slowly appeared in the middle of the sky, and then expanded little by little, and then reflected the sky and earth. The full moon appears again.
This sudden change made the already fanatical believers even more fanatical. They roared crazily and sang praises to the Moon God. At the same time, he was even more resentful towards this son of a wealthy family who had blasphemed the Moon God.
It was still the burly Hun aunt. She rushed to the altar without caring about others, and used her thick and powerful arms to lift the once aloof prince. The son of the big family was held under the arm of the Hun aunt like a little lamb and dragged to the altar. In front of a wooden stake in the center of the altar.
"Burn him to deathBurn him to death" Fanatic shouts rang out from under the altar, and more people rushed to the altar. They tore the clothes of the son of Danghu frantically, and then tied him up. On the wooden pile, another believer soon found firewood. They were about to burn their former master to death.
The guards brought by the sons of powerful families were still completely confused at this moment, and they were also shocked by the fanatical atmosphere here. Of course, what really made them forget their duties was the sudden disappearance and reappearance of the moon just now. They believed it, or even believed it deeply, that this was really the will of the moon god.
"You can't you can't do this" The son of Dang household was completely panicked. Even he somewhat believed that he had really blasphemed the moon god, but he really didn't want to die .
No one paid attention to his wailing, and the torch mercilessly lit the firewood at his feet. After a while, there was only a blazing fire left on the altar, as well as people screaming crazily in the fire, and the fanatical Hun believers surrounding the fire
Such a scene not only appeared in Daxi, but in some places there was no such crazy burning ceremony and the whole ceremony was very peaceful. In other places, such burning torture also occurred, and there were even wars between believers and former nobles in some tribes. .
This is destined to be a night of great epochal significance in the history of the Huns, and it is also the craziest and bloody night on the grassland.
Along with this madness and bloodshed, another Hun leader soon appeared. This Hun woman, who was called Queen by fanatical believers, wore her crown and a unique golden scepter. The royal court of the Xiongnu chanyu.
The Queen of the Huns appeared in history for the first time, and this was while the Chanyu of the Huns was still alive. When Wu Ya ascended the throne of the Xiongnu like a king, her once aloof brother, the Chanyu who penetrated the farthest into the Han Dynasty in the history of the Xiongnu, was still fighting anxiously with Shangguan Jie outside Fushi City.
The changes on the grassland did not reach Uwe quickly, but her sister Wuya quickly integrated the forces on the grassland.
When Uwe received news of the great changes in the grassland half a month later outside Fushi City, the land behind him had changed its owner. It was no longer the original Xiongnu, but had become a **** country. Her sister was She is the leader of the Moon Worship Cult and the supreme queen of the Huns.