Chapter 67: Meeting the Qin Emperor
The news that Xu Fu came back was very clear: he broke the Qiankun Quenching Furnace, which was tantamount to asking for the life of Qin Shi Huang, if he wanted to escape death, the only way was to lie that his senior brother was a heavenly immortal, and he would come to the emperor in a few days to offer the method of immortality. Although Qin Shi Huang was skeptical, he could only let Xu Fu go for the time being, waiting for this opportunity to "believe it rather than believe it".
Of course, if there has been no immortal brother coming to see him, then it is tantamount to the crime of bullying the king, and the front and back accounts are counted together, and Xu Fu's body must be broken.
Lights out and Dao felt embarrassed: "Oh, my junior brother, it's not good to make up nonsense, but I just said that I am a god and a god, and I have to give advice to the emperor Lao'er, how can I do this." β
The little black urn said angrily: "I said that you are so confused, although you are not an immortal, don't we have a real immortal here?" β
Zhao Liang was taken aback when he heard this, and was about to speak, only to hear the lights go out and suddenly realized: "Yes, why is Poor Dao so confused? It's time to fight, it's time to fight! Saying that, he bowed to Zhao Liang deeply: "Immortal Chief, it seems that all this is the will of heaven in the dark." The younger brother was in a hurry, and mentioned to the emperor that the gods were in the mortal, and God let Xiaodao meet you in Sifang Mountain, no matter how you look at it, it is fate. I also beg you to come to my rescue. β
Zhao Liang had a black line in his head, and once again regretted the boring nonsense he had made up, and stammered: "I...... I...... I can't do it......"
"Quasi-guaranteed can do it!" Xiao Hei is full of confidence in this: "You are always an Aquarius sign, and there is nothing that you can't do." β
Changqing also fell to his knees with a thud, hit his head on the ground with his head, and cried: "I beg the Immortal Elder to save my master, Changqing begs you!" β
Zhao Liang looked at the lights out with an eager expression, and then at Xiao Hei with a confident face, and sighed in his heart: It's over, it's over, this time I'm going to see Qin Shi Huang!
Early the next morning, the hard-working Zhao Liang was escorted by the lights out Dao Chief, Xiao Hei and a group of disciples to the Xianyang Grand Palace.
When everyone came to the palace gate, Changqing stepped forward and reported his identity to the guards standing guard at the gate and explained his intentions. As soon as they heard the other party say that "there are immortals descending to earth to present the recipe for immortality for His Majesty", the guards did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran into the palace.
The effort was not great, and an old eunuch, accompanied by several Yulin generals, trotted all the way to the palace gate, and asked, "I don't know which immortal is coming?" β
Changqing hurriedly introduced Zhao Liang: "This is my uncle, the Aquarius Star Official came to the world, and I am here to give advice to Your Majesty." β
Hearing this, the old eunuch looked at Zhao Liang carefully, and then gave a deep salute: "Please also ask the immortal chief to be strange." We are all ordinary people, and it is often difficult to distinguish the true from the false for a while, and we can't help but neglect and respect. Can the immortal chief move to face the saint and display his supernatural skills in front of the emperor, so that His Majesty can be sacred. β
His words were very polite and measured, but in fact, they meant: You say that you are an immortal, but no one knows whether it is true or not, and we can't see it. You'd better have to prove it to your majesty before it counts. Until then, don't blame us for not being able to treat you as a god.
Zhao Liangxin said: Anyway, I came here, and there is no reason to escape halfway. Speaking of which, Xu Fu can also be regarded as his own uncle, ancestor and ancestor, if he can save it, it is better to save it as much as possible.
So he bowed slightly to the old eunuch: "Don't talk nonsense - lead the way in front of your head!" β
Under the guidance of the old eunuch, the group passed through several palace gates and went straight to the main hall of Qin Shi Huang's imperial affairs. At this time, there was already a loud shout from the inner attendant: "Your Majesty has a decree to announce the entry of a group of monks into the palaceββ"
With this summons, the old eunuch hurriedly led everyone into the palace. As soon as they entered, Zhao Liang and the others found that the early dynasty had just ended at this time, and all the civil and military officials were still gathered here. I saw more than 100 brocade-clad and high-crowned ministers standing on the right, and on the left were all majestic generals with helmets and armor, and more than 200 pairs of eyes were staring at them in unison.
After all, Zhao Liang was a person who had been a general of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and he was not very frightened when he came to this kind of occasion. But the disciples such as the Lights Out Dao Chief, Xiao Hei, and Changqing were different. Not to mention the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, just the warriors in front of the palace guarding the door made them tremble.
The old eunuch reminded everyone to stay where they were and knelt down, and only let Zhao Liang and the lights go to the front to pay homage to the emperor.
Zhao Liang led the slightly cloudy lights-out, passed through the queue of courtiers, and came to the steps of the throne before he knelt down and shouted long live.
I heard a majestic voice from above the imperial steps: "Oh? I didn't expect this idle cloud wild man to know how to be polite, so let's be flat. β
Hearing this, Zhao Liang stood up straight, raised his eyes to look, and saw that on the high seat not far in front of him, a middle-aged man in a black dragon robe and a colorful crown on his head was looking at himself with blazing eyes.
My God, is this the famous Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng? Hey, I'll go, I've watched movies and TV series before, and I've seen all kinds of versions of Qin Shi Huang, but today it's a living person!
Qin Shi Huang sat on the dragon chair and looked at Zhao Liang and the others in the audience: "Who are you warlocks, why did you come to see me?" β
Zhao Liang calmed down and said loudly: "Your Majesty, we are Xu Fu's senior brother, his name is Lights Out, and my name is Zhao Liang." β
"Lights out? Illuminate? Qin Shi Huang smiled dumbly: "Hehe, the names of the two of you are really a good match." I heard the report from the inner attendant, saying that some of you are descending from the stars, but what is the matter? β
Zhao Liang replied stubbornly: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, I am Aquarius Star." β
Qin Shi Huang frowned slightly when he heard this, and before he could speak, he heard one person in the audience sneer: "What nonsense!" Your Majesty, don't be deceived by this demon. β
Zhao Liang followed the prestige and found that the tall old man who spoke was about the same size as the lights out, but he was a little more burly. The man had white hair and was wearing a gorgeous robe, looking quite like a fairy.
When Qin Shi Huang heard this, he asked, "Oh? Why did the national teacher say this? β
National teacher? Zhao Liang's heart moved: Could it be that he is a real person from Beichen?
I only heard Beichen reply: "Qiankun Genxun belongs to Mu Township, and Yin Shen Sihai is the god of water." Methylheptene is fire, and ethyl is injured. There are 28 constellations in the four directions of the heavenly realm, whether it is horns, hyper, di, fang, heart, tail, kei, or fighting, bull, female, void, danger, room, wall, I have never heard of any 'Aquarius star'! This person is clearly talking nonsense and deceiving the saint! β
After hearing Beichen's words, Qin Shi Huang's brows furrowed even tighter, and he asked Zhao Liang in a deep voice: "What do you have to say?" β
Zhao Liang said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty Mingjian, all the adults present can also comment on the theory. Whenever we look up at the starry sky at night, are we only counting those twenty-eight? Joke! Just the Milky Way Jade Belt, there are countless stars twinkling! Beichen doesn't know my Aquarius, which can only mean that he is shallow and lonely. β
These words were plausible, but reasonable, and the straightforward Beichen Zhenren was a little speechless, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.
Qin Shi Huang groaned slightly, and couldn't help nodding lightly: "Well, it's true, but ...... How do you prove that you are a descending star? β
Zhao Liang was about to speak, but he didn't expect Beichen to rush again: "Your Majesty, the demon is crazy to confuse the public, but in fact, it harbors evil intentions. Wei Chen was just about to report to you, just the night before yesterday, it was the demon road next to him that called out the lights out, killed and injured hundreds of disciples of Qi Xingzi and Wei Chen, and destroyed the Lingxiao Palace Dojo! In this matter, I have to ask Your Majesty to make the decision for the ministers. β
As soon as Beichen said this, everyone, including Qin Shi Huang, was taken aback, and a slight sound of discussion immediately sounded in the entire court.
"It's so rampant?!" Qin Shi Huang's face was not good, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhao Liang, turn off the lights, is what the national teacher said true?" β
Zhao Liang felt that Qin Shi Huang's body exuded an invisible murderous aura, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, but he was still calm and calm on the surface: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. But it's no wonder that my brother turned off the lights. As I said just now, Beichen is shallow, and he is really a deceptive and famous! Your Majesty, think about it, when you put out the lights alone, you singled out the entire Sifang Mountain Lingxiao Palace, and Qixingzi plus more than a hundred apprentices couldn't beat him, who has the real ability, isn't it clear at a glance? β
He didn't wait for Beichen to refute, and continued: "We are waiting for Taoist monks and warlocks to serve Your Majesty, not by virtue of sharp teeth, but by true skills and true cultivation, so that we can live up to Your Majesty's trust and achieve the great cause of immortality as soon as possible." Beichen, you don't want to reflect on your inferior skills, but like a bullied little girl, you have to cry and shout and beg Your Majesty to call the shots for you, don't you feel ashamed?! β
Zhao Liang was so angry that Beichen Zhenren trembled, if he wasn't in the court now, he would almost pounce on him desperately. But unexpectedly, Qin Shi Huang listened very well. You must know that Qin Shi Huang did not love the magicians, but the method of immortality. For him, whoever can make himself immortal has the final say. Therefore, the more capable people are, the more valuable they are. Other than that, he didn't bother to pay attention to the merits and the grudge between the warlock.
At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang was very dissatisfied because he turned off the lights and provoked his most respected national teacher, but after listening to Zhao Liang's words, he suddenly realized: That's right! These two men are also warlocks. Since they can defeat a hundred with one, doesn't it mean that they have real kung fu and real skills? If this happened in the army, and one person cut down hundreds of people, how could he be held accountable? Then you must immediately worship as a general and be reused.
Zhao Liang grasped this kind of imperial psychology of "the heroes of the world are used by me, only looking at ability, not asking right and wrong", and he succeeded in hitting the blow. In the final analysis, I have watched too many palace fighting dramas, so I have accumulated thousands of years of experience more than the ancients.
I only heard Qin Shi Huang bow his head and say: "Well, what you say sounds like ...... There is some truth to it. Beichen Zhenren almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood on the spot, and looked at the emperor dumbfounded, completely unaware of what was going on.
Qin Shi Huang continued: "I have heard people say before that there are often fights between you warlocks, and the danger is no less than that of a contest in the army. Today, it seems that this is true. Since they are all dedicated to serving me, they are not allowed to be so rude in the future, do you hear? β
Zhao Liang hurriedly agreed: "The grass people obey the order, and they will be gentle in the future." β
Beichen Zhenren's white beard almost floated up angrily: What's the matter? Kill hundreds of my disciples, just "punish three glasses of wine, pay attention next time" and forget it?! This is really "bearable or unbearable, uncle can bear it, aunt can't bear it"!
He was about to open his mouth to protest, when suddenly someone in the ranks of the ministers said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have something to do." β