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On the Langya platform, the emperor will stand every day and observe the sea for a long time.

Sometimes it's an hour, sometimes it's two hours, sometimes it's almost a whole day.

As the soldiers from all over the country who inquired about Hou Gong and others continued to come to report it, he felt that an irrepressible anger was growing rapidly.

This time I came to the East China Sea, I am afraid that I will have to go in vain.

And on the beautiful sea, there is a mirage of time and shadow, and he is unwilling to let go.

Regardless of whether Chen Xu was right about the situation beyond the sea, he needed to get a definite message from Hou Gong and the others.

He even took out the bag that Chen Xu gave him several times and looked at it hesitantly, but he never had the courage to open it.

On the evening of the fifth day, with dozens of fast horses galloping to the top of Langya Mountain, the forbidden army led by jumped off the horse and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report, Your Majesty, Hou Gong Lu Sheng and other scholars came from Laoshan Mountain, and asked to see him outside the country and said that there is something to present to His Majesty!" ”

There was a commotion among the officials who accompanied Qin Shi Huang on the mountain, and Qin Shi Huang was stunned for a moment, and then his big sleeves waved his face with a touch of relief: "Xuan! ”

"喏~"

The forbidden army turned and left, and two moments later took three exhausted alchemists to the top of the mountain again and came to Qin Shi Huang.

"I'm waiting to meet the First Emperor!"

Hou Gong and Lu Sheng and Han Zhong trembled together and saluted the first emperor.

"Hou Gong, the three-year period I agreed with you has arrived, have you ever found the overseas sacred mountain?" Qin Shi Huang looked at the three Hou Gong with his hands in his hands, his face was cold, and there was murderous intent in his eyes.

Judging from various circumstances, there must be no news from the overseas sacred mountain, because if Hou Gong and the others found any news of the overseas sacred mountain outside the East China Sea, they would inevitably go to Xianyang to ask for merit as soon as possible, but he did not get any news in the past three years.

"Your Majesty forgives me, I have been to sea many times in the past three years, but there are strong winds and waves in the sea, and even Haijiao blocks the way, and I have never been able to leave Langya too far, and the overseas sacred mountain has not been found, but I was chased by Haijiao and wandered on a floating island, and obtained an ancient catalogue from the island, which contains a proverb, although we have not completed Your Majesty's trust, but this proverb is related to the safety of Daqin Sheji, so we have learned that Your Majesty has arrived in the East China Sea, and we also hurried over to dedicate this catalogue to Your Majesty!" Lu Sheng bowed his head and said.

"You are waiting for a quick death, intending to make up a chaotic heart, come to someone, and throw Hou Gong and other monks into the wok!" The First Emperor was furious.

"喏~"

A group of Xuanwu guards rushed up, choked and drew their big swords, pressed the three Hou Gong to the ground, and dragged them to the Yu Emperor Temple in the center of Langya Terrace, lifted them up and threw them directly into the burning Dading.

"Your Majesty ~ Your Majesty spares my life, I didn't lie, the material of this catalogue is strange, and the floating island disappeared in the fog after I got the book, and I was also involved in several sea ships and I didn't know where to go, I waited in the fog for more than a month to finally get out of trouble......"

"Your Majesty, our statement is true, if there is deception, we will not die well!"

"The book is here, please take a look at Your Majesty, don't let me wait for a vain death!"

In the big ding, the three Hou Gong were scalded by the hot water and struggled desperately to climb out, but there was a circle of Xuanwu guards holding big swords outside, especially the edge of the copper tripod was even hotter, and they could only cry desperately in horror in the hot water, the voice spread along the mountain wind, and the entire Langya Mountain was almost heard clearly, looking at this terrifying situation, the hundreds of officials accompanying them were all frightened and bowed their heads and couldn't bear to watch, and some of the captured monks were even more trembling and kneeling on the ground, frightened to the point of being scattered, Even the Xuanwu guards around them and the forbidden soldiers holding the banner Changge were pale, and some of their bodies were trembling slightly.

The punishment of Ding Wok began in the Warring States Period, used to punish the crime of bullying the king, but this kind of punishment is indeed too cruel, and it has never been used in Daqin, the most used death penalty is to cut off the head and waist to abandon the city, and then the heavier is the car split, and the punishment of boiling people alive with Ding is even the heaviest punishment Shang Yang feels very cruel.

But after waiting for a few days in a row, the patience of the first emperor began to disappear, and then he asked people to cook the big ding in front of the temple of Emperor Yu every day.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, since Hou Gong and others have come to present the book, whether it is true or not, you can see it at a glance, and the death penalty is not in a hurry!" The accompanying imperial physician Cheng Xu Fu finally couldn't bear to stand up and bow down.

"Your Majesty, although the Fang Dao Warlock is demagoguery, Hou Gong and the others are world-famous immortal schools, even if they really have the crime of bullying the king, they will not want to die of Ding Cooking, this will only make the disciples of the hundred schools chill!" Meng Yi couldn't help but persuade.

"Your Majesty, what the Imperial Physician Cheng and the Imperial Doctor said is reasonable, the three Hou Gong have not escaped and avoided it, and it is not too late to punish Your Majesty after reading the book!" A group of officials all prayed to the emperor at the same time.

Qin Shi Huang was silent for a moment and then waved his hand: "Release it!" ”

"喏~"

A group of Xuanwu guards dragged Hou Gong and the three of them out of the big ding and threw them to the ground, and the three of them were steaming like chickens in soup, lying on the ground and shaking like mud.

"What kind of prophecy? Take a look! Although the murderous aura in Qin Shi Huang's eyes was still strong, the coldness on his face had subsided a lot.

"Your Majesty, the ...... The book is here! Lu Sheng buried his head in the ground, held a scroll of bone pieces high in his hands, and a Xuanwu guard sent the bone book to Qin Shi Huang.

Qin Shi Huang slowly unfolded the bone book, and what came into his eyes was a strange patchwork pattern, and in the center of the pattern was engraved with several crude handwriting of 'Hu Ye, the Dead Qin Man'.

Qin Shi Huang's eyes shrank suddenly, staring directly at these words.

The sea breeze is blowing, and the flags around are hula and rolling.

Thousands of people on the entire Langya platform all looked at the First Emperor, and the scene was silent, and no one made any sound.

"Li Xiang, come and see this catalog!" After being silent for half a moment, Qin Shi Huang handed the bone book in his hand to Li Si, who was standing beside him.

Li Si took the catalogue that was still slightly hot, and when his eyes fell on the words in the center, his eyes were also tight, and then he turned over the bone scroll and looked at it carefully before handing it to Wang Ben, "How about Tongwu Hou?" ”

Wang Ben took it and watched it for a long time, and then handed it to Meng Yi with a solemn face.

After several important ministers read it one after another, the bone book returned to the emperor's hands again.

"Have you seen anything from a few Aiqing?" Qin Shi Huang asked in a deep voice after carefully reading the bone book again.

"Your Majesty, the catalogue is strange and I have never seen it, and these five words do not refer to anything, I think it is just a coincidence!" Meng Yi arched his hand and said.

"It is very rare to use bones as a simplification, and these bone slips are indeed very old, the minister thinks that Hou Gong and others have not lied, this book must have something to say!"

"The minister thinks that the Marquis of Tongwu is reasonable!"

"This catalogue is weird, if you want to discern whether it really means something, you also need someone who is proficient in easy reasoning to deduce it in detail!"

"Hu Ye, the Dead Qin...... What exactly does this nonsense refer to? ”

A group of officials talked about their speculations and opinions, and the murderous aura in the emperor's eyes slowly subsided, and finally looked at the three Hou Gong lying on the ground and said, "Where did you get this catalogue?" Let's talk to me in detail! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The three Hou Gong, who were almost distracted, trembled and slowly got up, and then told the excuses they had discussed on the island one by one.

"Your Majesty, although what Hou Sheng said is not known to be true or false, but this catalogue does not seem to have any possibility of falsification, the minister suggests that the catalogue be sent back to Xianyang to convene people who are proficient in easy reasoning to analyze, if it is really a book, Your Majesty must make arrangements as soon as possible to prevent trouble!" Li Si glanced at the three Hou Gong and then arched his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, there is a fog shrouded in that floating island, I'm afraid it is really an immortal manifestation, I hope Your Majesty will continue to build a big ship to make a giant crossbow, and I will go to sea again to chase the sea Jiao, maybe we can find the whereabouts of the sacred mountain!" Hou Gong and Lu Sheng and Han Zhong saw that the emperor's murderous intention had retreated at this time, and they hurriedly prayed again.

"What do you think?" Qin Shi Huang turned his head to look at the group of officials accompanying him.

"Your Majesty, the sea is vast, looking for the Divine Mountain Immortal Island is to chase the heavenly opportunity, since Hou Gong and the others are willing to continue to serve Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is okay!" A minister stepped forward and said.

"The ministers seconded it!" A large group of officials bowed together.

"Hou Gong, I will give you another chance, for a period of two years, if you still can't find any trace of the Divine Mountain, you don't have to return to the Central Plains!" Qin Shi Huang looked at the three Hou Gong with a sinking face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing you, the overseas sacred mountain must be in the direction of the sea Jiao blocking the mist, I will definitely find it this time!" The three of Hou Gong were like Meng Dahe, all of whom collapsed and were about to lose their footing.

"Deliver the decree that the great ships should be built again to collect the boatmen, boys and girls, as well as food and clothing, and at the same time build a giant crossbow to be placed on the ships......

Soon after, the three Hou Gong came down from Langya Mountain and fled to Laoshan under the escort of a group of Mo disciples.

On the Langya platform, the emperor carefully looked at the catalogue in his hand again for a long time, and then ordered the officials accompanying the Shaofu with a serious face: "Where is Shang Muling, prepare water to serve me and wash, and prepare the incense case......"

"Yes!" Although all the officials were confused, they quickly prepared the water, set up the incense table and incense burner, and lit a furnace of sandalwood.

After washing his hands, Qin Shi Huang knelt down in front of the incense case, placed the catalogue on top of the incense case, and then took out a bag from his bosom and slowly opened it, and took out a snow-white but empty white paper from it.

The emperor was stunned for a long time and then suddenly came to his senses, "Come on, prepare the brazier!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon a few chamberlains set up the brazier.

The flames rose, and Qin Shi Huang carefully and slowly brought the white paper in his hand close to the brazier, and soon several faint yellow handwriting appeared on the white paper.

"Hu Ye, the Dead Qin."

When he saw the words on it clearly, the First Emperor trembled slightly, but just as he was about to take a closer look again, a pale blue flame in the center of the white paper suddenly burst into flames.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Several chamberlains hurriedly rushed up to knock down the burning paper in the emperor's hand, and under the blowing of the sea breeze, the whole paper was instantly torn apart in the air and blown away by the wind into dust.

"Hu ...... the Dead Qin Hu ...... the Dead Qin Could it really be a book of prophecies, indicating that my Great Qin is in danger of collapsing soon......"

Looking at his empty hands, the First Emperor knelt on the ground with confused eyes, muttering to himself with a dull face.

Chen Xu left ahead of schedule to leave this secret book, which was given to him by Chen Xu personally, and no one would ever contact and know about it, but the content was exactly the same as the catalogue presented by Hou Gong Lu Sheng and others, who had been looking for immortal grass in the East China Sea.

This is definitely no coincidence.

The emperor did not have any doubts about Chen Xu's identity.

Chen Xu has always been in Xianyang, and he has never heard of him having contact with these immortal family monks, which means that this proverb must imply some kind of heavenly opportunity.

But what exactly does this sentence refer to?

Wildly...... What does Hu mean?

The emperor sat on his knees in a daze, his mind was in chaos, as if in an unknown place, there was an invisible big hand behind his back manipulating everything in the world, and he was just a doll that was manipulated but could not break free.