Chapter 311: Langya Mirage
Langya Mountain, near the East China Sea.
From the top of the mountain, you can see the vast blue sea.
Because of the stunning scenery and the appearance of mirages from time to time, a large number of Fang family warlocks who asked for immortals gathered here.
The legend that there are gods overseas is not a day or two, but has been handed down since ancient times, which also makes the local people worship the gods and goddesses.
Langya Mountain on the temple is lined up, the earliest can be traced back to the time when Jiang Ziya sealed Qi, when eight gods were founded, the main shrine of four of the gods is on Langya Mountain, and then the successive generations of Qi kings have to come to Langya Mountain to worship, Yue Wang Goujian destroyed Wu and then dominated China, built a high platform in Langya Mountain to meet the princes, called Langya Tai, so Langya Mountain to the Qin Dynasty has been very famous.
When Qin Shi Huang arrived in Langya, he naturally had to take the stage to watch, and the warlocks who gathered in Langya naturally also heard the wind, and hundreds of people poured into Langya Mountain to meet Qin Shi Huang, and Qin Shi Huang was also very patient to receive these warlocks who were very famous in the local area and even in the country.
Among them, there are three people who are the most famous among the warlocks, one is called Han Zhong, one is called Hou Gong, and the other is called Lu Sheng.
At the time of Qin Shi Huang's reception, these three people jointly wrote a letter, declaring with great certainty that there are three sacred mountains overseas, and also said that when the wind and sun are beautiful, you can often see mirages in the sea on the seaside, and there must be a fairy practice.
For mirage, the ancient people did not understand, so they can only be explained by the theory of immortals.
However, Qin Shi Huang's cruise, all the way bumpy boats and cars, along the way several times encountered bad weather such as storms and storms, hundreds of deaths in his entourage, countless losses of carriages and horses, and the wind and sleep in the open at night, and at the same time repeatedly thought of what Chen Xu said, so the idea of this cruise in the East China Sea to find overseas sacred mountains has weakened a lot.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's not that he doesn't believe it, but he doesn't dare anymore, it seems that it is really like what Chen Xu said, he is a mortal emperor, and his practice of praying for immortality has angered the gods in the sky, and they are constantly warning themselves with storms and storms.
"It's not that Your Majesty can't, but since the ancient war of the gods, the path of immortals has long been cut off, no one in the world can live forever, Your Majesty can't, Chen Xu can't, no mortal in the world can't, this is the number of days has long been doomed, no one can go against the sky!"
Chen Xu's words once again sounded in Qin Shi Huang's mind.
"The Great War of the Ancient Gods...... What exactly is the War of the Ancient Gods? Who is telling the truth? Qin Shi Huang finished reading the few volumes of the Fang family warlock in his hand, his mind kept buzzing, and he waved his hand to let the Fang family warlock retreat first.
A group of warlocks who came to take advantage of the excitement retreated to the Langya platform and looked at each other one by one.
"Hou Gong, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, what should I do?" A middle-aged warlock with a knot whispered to an old man beside him with snow-white hair and fluttering sleeves, and a bit of fairy demeanor.
"Don't be nervous, the First Emperor is only here for one thing on his tour of the East China Sea, and there will definitely not be too many twists and turns in going to sea!" The old man shook his head slightly.
"A few months ago, when the emperor paraded to Wancheng, Taiyi Immortal Venerable suddenly descended the divine thunder decree, I heard that His Majesty saw the disciples of the Immortal Family in Wancheng that time, and I don't know if it is true or not?" Another middle-aged Fang Shi said.
"I went to Wancheng in April to see, the power of the thunder is indeed amazing, a house was completely blown into a big pit, the houses within a radius of nearly 100 zhang were destroyed, I heard people, I saw a thunder fire falling in the sky at that time, and then it was like a thunder explosion, the whole Wancheng was shaking violently, this matter must be sure of no doubt, and I also went in to see the Taiyi Divine Monument, there are traces left by the thunder and fire on it, no one can fake such a terrifying situation!" A warlock next to him answered.
"What you said is already a few months ago, the matter of Wancheng has already spread all over the world, and now countless Taoists have gathered in Nanyang Wancheng, the place where the divine thunder descends has been built into a Taiyi Temple, dedicated to the god monument, people from the south to the north must go to worship through Wancheng, the smell of incense surrounds the entire Wancheng, and there is a fairy atmosphere from a distance!" Others followed.
Hundreds of Fang family warlocks who were snubbed by Qin Shi Huang stayed under the Langya platform and whispered earnestly, waiting anxiously for nearly half an hour before the emperor's edict came out, and all the warlocks left Langya Mountain for the time being to wait for the summons.
But the wait was three days.
Qin Shi Huang stood on the Langya platform every day and looked at the sea, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but three days later, suddenly a group of forbidden troops rushed into the place where the warlocks gathered, and captured Han Zhong, Hou Gong and Lu Sheng, the three monks who presented the book, and the remaining hundreds of Fang family warlocks were suddenly frightened like birds and beasts, and they hid in the mountains and wilderness and never dared to rise again.
"Say, what are your intentions for waiting for demagoguery and me?" In the middle of the journey, Qin Shi Huang looked at the three warlocks who were trembling and kneeling in front of him, and shouted sharply.
"I really don't dare to deceive and bewitch Your Majesty, the overseas sacred mountain has been rumored for a long time, not we are plainly fabricated, the mountains and seas have their own records, many sages have also written books to explain that the sacred mountain does exist, I live in the East China Sea all the year round, often see the mirage of the sacred mountain, there is a fairy music in the ethereal ethereal, and there are immortals dancing and feasting on it......"
The three warlocks lay on the ground and hurriedly explained.
"It's nonsense, I watched it on the top of Langya Mountain for three days, how could I have seen the mirage of the sacred mountain you said?" Qin Shi Huang was furious.
"Your Majesty spares your life, the mirage of the sacred mountain is not common, but it may only appear when the weather is fine, the wind is good, and the sun is beautiful, if Your Majesty waits patiently for half a moon, you will definitely be able to see it!"
In order to survive, the three warlocks could only explain in this way, because the mirages near the East China Sea usually appear in May and June in summer, and although it is now the end of June, as long as the time and weather are right, it is not impossible to see.
Mirage is a legendary thing related to the gods, there are many records in ancient books, Qin Shi Huang has naturally heard of it, in order to verify the authenticity of what Hou Gong and others said, he simply stayed in Langya temporarily, waited on the top of the mountain every day, and sure enough, after seven days, above the beautiful sea, faintly saw a verdant and verdant steep mountain looming between the blue waves.
"Your Majesty, the mirage of the sacred mountain has appeared, and we are not lying!" Han Zhong, Hou Gong and Lu Sheng were excited and tearful, and they knelt together in front of Qin Shi Huang and cried with joy.
The mirage looming in the sea disappeared in a few minutes, and the calm sea was still blue.
"Your Majesty, the mirage appeared, it can be seen that Hou Gong and the others are not wrong, there may indeed be a sacred mountain overseas!" The servant Zhao Gao stepped forward and spoke.
"Your Majesty, the fairy saying has always been nonsense, this sea is boundless, the mirage legend is a kind of demon beast living in the sea exhalation condensation, not some fairy spell, just to confuse the fool, once someone drives a boat to pursue into the deep sea, it will inevitably be the wind and waves capsized and fell into the sea to become a demon beast mouth!" The CRRC government ordered Jiang Heng to stand up and refute.
Historically, Qin Shi Huang toured the southeast without the character of Jiang Heng.
All the accompanying ministers, such as Li Si, Zhao Gao, Mengyi, Wang Ben and others, are consistent with the historical data, and even Xu Fu, who did not have a tribute book, accompanied him, but only Jiang Heng was an accident, and his appearance was because of a variable that was forcibly inserted after Chen Xu appeared.
And in history, when Qin Shi Huang toured the East China Sea, all the ministers knew that Qin Shi Huang came to find immortals, so they would never open their mouths to persuade Qin Shi Huang that there was no sacred mountain overseas.
But Jiang Heng is different, he believes in Confucianism, and Confucianism is the proposer of the strange power of the child.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes rose to the throne and fell aside, and the princes often used the name of ghosts and gods to do a lot of strange things in order to enhance their fame and hegemony.
Of course, Li Si was also deeply influenced by Confucianism, and he was full of depression and helplessness about the emperor's search for immortals and the elixir of immortality, but he would not directly persuade the emperor like Jiang Heng.
If it was another time and space when Jiang Heng said this, it is estimated that Qin Shi Huang would be very unhappy, the mirage appeared just now was what he saw with his own eyes, and the warlocks of the Fang family were also convincing, plus the ancient books of overseas sacred mountains were also recorded, under the fanatical temptation of immortality, he would definitely not listen to it.
But now it's different, there is a disciple of the immortal family Chen Xu in front, all the way in his mind are Chen Xu's words that are neither humble nor arrogant, and all the way to experience the wind and waves, and Chen Xu said can correspond one by one, the so-called preconceived, Chen Xu used historical knowledge to predict in advance that all this would happen, and now it has been fulfilled one by one, so Qin Shi Huang had to take it very seriously.
And more importantly, Chen Xu's identity, Taiyi Immortal Zun taught the Book of Heaven, although Chen Xu claimed to be an ordinary man, but the identity of the immortal disciple was affirmed by him, the Taiyi Divine Thunder in Wancheng and the Taiyi Divine Monument that appeared out of thin air were enough to make Qin Shi Huang feel the power of the immortal family's means.
Qin Shi Huang stood on the Langya platform and was silent for a long time, but a trace of hope in his heart was not completely extinguished, and he instructed the officials of Langya County to arrange craftsmen to build a big ship, collect 500 boys and girls, prepare three years' worth of food, medicinal materials and clothing, and prepare a fleet for Hou Gong and others to lead to the sea.
"I will give you three years, and if you can't find the sacred mountain, you will kill it!" Qin Shi Huang looked at Lu Sheng and the three of them coldly.
"Your Majesty, we will definitely do our best to find the Divine Mountain and find the Immortal Grass!" Lu Sheng's frightened faces turned pale and fell to the ground.
According to historical records, Qin Shi Huang stayed in Langya for three months, recruited 30,000 prisoners and people to build Langya Terrace with a circumference of 20 miles around the top of Langya Mountain, all over the temples and temples, and also erected a stele on the top of the platform to publicize his great achievements and cultural martial arts in conquering the six countries and unifying China.
But this time, he only stayed in Langya for less than half a month, and without doing anything, he led his entourage to Mount Tai by carriage and horse under the protection of the forbidden army, and convened more than 70 Confucian doctors in Qilu and Qi to discuss the matter of sealing Mount Tai, preparing to follow the law of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and sacrifice the Tianle Stone on the top of Mount Tai to commend and publicize his great achievements, and at the same time prove to the people of the world that he is the orthodox emperor of the Mandate of Heaven.
But the Confucian scholars in Qilu and Qi are not like him.
Nowadays, the Great Qin respects the law and abandons the courtesy, worships punishment but has no virtue, so this group of Confucius's disciples and grandchildren do not agree with Qin Shi Huang's impolite and immoral emperor and the three emperors and five emperors side by side, under the endless quarrel, Qin Shi Huang was angry again, directly drove a group of Confucian scholars off Mount Tai, and then recruited the people to build an altar on the top of the mountain, and forcibly sealed Mount Tai and Zen Liang in accordance with the etiquette of the Qin State to worship God, and carved stones to praise the merits of himself and Great Qin.
The cruise was beautiful at first, but it didn't go well from the moment it started.
This was the result of this tour of Qin Shi Huang.
As a result, a stomach full of grievances cannot be vented, but they dare not vent.
Because according to Chen Xu, all this was caused by himself.
The mortal emperor's extravagant pursuit of immortality is putting the cart before the horse, it is a move against the sky, and the ups and downs he has experienced along the way are God's punishment for himself.
And after experiencing Mount Tai's sealing of Zen, he also felt very helpless and decadent.
He is the emperor of Great Qin, but these local famous Confucian scholars do not have a minimum of respect, many people bluntly said that the emperor should respect Zhou Li, abolish the harsh law, and give benevolence, so that he can be qualified to follow the example of the three emperors and five emperors to seal Zen Mount Tai, so that Great Qin can be recognized by heaven and earth, otherwise the world's Confucian scholars will not support the emperor to seal Zen Mount Tai, and naturally will not write good words to praise the emperor's sycophants.
Confucian scholars are all disciplined, never betray their beliefs, and have a face.
As a result, Qin Shi Huang hated a group of Confucian students, but he was helpless.