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Just when Chen Xu secretly arrived in Langya to save his wife, at the end of May, the first emperor who traveled to the southeast arrived at Huiji County, and then the overwhelming legends were auspicious things, the emperor naturally wanted to gather Jiang Heng, the shou of Huiji County, and a group of officials to inquire in detail, and the old celebrity businessmen of Haoshen Township who gathered from all directions naturally flocked to the emperor like a tide to meet the petition, hoping that the emperor could worship the god of water in the five lakes and watch this unprecedented auspiciousness.

A huge lake mussel is enshrined in the water temple under the Gusu Terrace, raised in a huge pool.

And looking at this huge shell, the emperor was naturally extremely excited.

This cruise was much more comfortable than the one three years ago.

In addition to a group of monks in Langya County who presented an inexplicable overseas catalogue, the people everywhere they went were cheering and worshipping, all kinds of songs and praises had been piled up in several carts, and all kinds of treasures worshiped by local wealthy officials were also dazzling.

But this is the first time that Xiangrui has appeared.

"Your Majesty, this is the warrior who dived into the bottom of the lake for dozens of zhang to bring out the auspicious rui, a native of Pei County, surnamed Zhou, Mingbo!" Jiang Heng, the county guard, and a group of local officials and merchants in Wuzhong surrounded Zhou Bo to meet the emperor.

"Good, good, it's really a good-looking warrior!" The First Emperor happily personally held Zhou Bo with both hands, "This mussel is indeed huge, it is said that it has been growing in the lake for thousands of years, it is really an auspicious thing, I am very curious how you found this thing?" ”

Zhou Bo was excited, his body trembled slightly, and he told the process of discovering this auspicious rui according to Chen Xu's instructions.

"That day, the grass people and a few friends rowed around the lake, to the center of the lake suddenly found that the bottom of the lake has colorful brilliance revealed, as if there is a peerless strange thing hidden under the lake, because the grass people have lived on the shore of the lake since childhood, so they think that they are skilled in water, so they went down to the lake to explore, and finally found that the giant mussel was sandwiched between two boulders at the bottom of the lake dozens of zhang deep, the mussel shell opened a gap slightly, and the colorful brilliance was emanated from the mussel shell, so the grass people dived into the bottom of the lake several times, and finally dug out the giant mussel from the boulder......

Since it is auspicious, it must be blown to death.

Colorful brilliance is present, which is the inevitable condition for the emergence of all auspicious rays since ancient times.

At the beginning on the lake boat, in addition to Chen Xu and others, there was only one old man and a girl who saw the giant mussel out of the water, but with the auspicious out of the water, the old man has become a legend in the local fisherman world, and he has already opened the stick mode without Chen Xu and others teaching, and before Chen Xu and others returned to the Five Lakes Park with the big shell, the old man has already begun to brag about the sky, saying that the lake water was as bright as the colorful smoke, and Zhou Bo was possessed by the lake god, and dived into the water three times for half an hour. After much difficulty, a giant clam the size of a millstone was finally brought out, and when the giant clam came out of the water, the lake water rolled and the waves crashed on the shore, and at the same time, a thunderbolt fell, blowing up a large hole on the deck of the fishing boat.

And many people have also confirmed with their own eyes that the old man's bow did have a big hole, but in fact it was only smashed by a giant mussel.

But it doesn't matter how the boat is broken, because the people who pick up shellfish on the shore have also begun to have noses and eyes to describe that they did hear thunder in the middle of the lake, and there were huge waves pushing the shore, and some people claimed to have seen colorful lights flashing in the middle of the lake, this statement was not only confirmed by some people in Wuzhong, but also in Wucheng, Yangxian and other counties on the other side of the lake, and some people claimed to have seen and heard the same phenomenon.

Under a variety of different versions of the legend, the more widely spread the more and more magical, in this era of extremely underdeveloped traffic information and extreme reverence for ghosts and gods, there is almost no need for Chen Xu and others to deliberately spread and promote, this auspicious Rui has been accepted by millions of people near Wuzhong.

"Xiangrui, this must be auspicious!"

After listening to Zhou Bo, a warrior who personally dug out auspicious rui from the lake, and the overwhelming legend after arriving in Wuzhong, Qin Shi Huang, who has always been very fond of auspicious things, was in a good mood, took Zhou Bo's hand around the pool a few times, and then ordered the local officials to prepare incense cases and incense candles and three animal prisons, and personally led the parade of hundreds of officials and local gentry and celebrities to worship this auspicious rui, and thank the five lakes water god for his protection.

Jiang Heng and the local officials in Wuzhong had already prepared everything, the incense case, incense and candles, the three animals and melons and fruits were quickly prepared, the local witch Zhu also beat the gongs and drums to perform the sacrificial activities again, and the first emperor also bathed and changed clothes, washed his face and washed his hands, and then led the civil and military officials on the parade to worship the water temple, everything was grand and serious.

"Your Majesty, since it is auspicious, there must be strange things in the world, the people of Wuzhong all say that there is a colorful light in the world that day, I am afraid that there must be treasures in this giant mussel, why not let people open the giant mussel to see?"

Li Si, as a firm disciple of the Legalists, is naturally disdainful of Xiangrui's words, in the past, the emperor raised a large group of Fang Dao warlocks in the palace, and every time he made a strange Xiang Rui to bewitch the emperor, Li Si has been having a headache, but there is no way to persuade him, and then until Chen Xu appeared, the emperor drove the group of Fang Dao warlocks out of the palace, but Fang Shi left, but a bigger liar came, only the emperor flickered around, and by the way, he was also suppressed and couldn't raise his head.

At present, the legend of the people of this auspicious Wuzhong is boiling, and he does not dare to touch this moldy head to hit the enthusiasm of the emperor, but he can still add a little blockage to Xiangrui.

After listening to Li Si's words, the emperor frowned slightly.

According to Jiang Heng and other local officials, this giant clam has lived in the lake for at least a thousand years, and it is already an auspicious thing in terms of age, and immortality has always been his wish, this trip to the southeast deliberately went to the East China Sea to find Hou Sheng and a group of immortal monks, the purpose is also to continue to explore the ethereal fairy grass of the sacred mountain, although he did not get the result he wanted, but in this Wu he encountered an auspicious thing that was almost immortal given by the lake god, which seemed to be an excellent omen.

But according to Zhou Bo and the local people, there may really be a treasure in this giant mussel.

But forcibly opening the lake mussel must kill it, and kill an auspicious head...... This made the First Emperor very entangled.

"Your Majesty, please think twice, this lake mussel has lived at the bottom of the lake for thousands of years, and it must have been psychic, and the release of colorful brilliance at the bottom of the lake is a good omen, if it hurts it, it is really unwise!" A gray-haired accompanying doctor hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Your Majesty, please think twice, this mussel is already auspicious, and it is not the king of benevolence to hurt his life for the treasure!"

"The ministers seconded it!"

Many officials came forward one after another to dissuade them, and their faces were very serious.

Some of these people believe that Xiangrui is true, and some don't, but whether they believe it or not, Li Si's proposal is problematic, once the giant clam is killed, there is nothing in it, and the ending is somewhat unpredictable, not only a grand sacrifice will end without a problem, but it may also provoke the emperor's anger.

The accompanying officials were a little frightened, although the local people in Wuzhong were very fanatical about auspicious things, but there were still calm people who knew the consequences of opening the mussels, so many celebrities and gentry knelt down and prayed to the emperor not to kill the lake mussels, so as not to anger the water god and bring disaster to the people of Wuzhong.

But the county guard Jiang Heng's face was calm, and he bowed to the first emperor and said: "What Li Xiang said is reasonable, this mussel is an auspicious gift from the water god to the world, indicating that my Great Qin will usher in a prosperous omen, so there will be rare treasures in the body, the minister has been transferred to the Huiji as the county guard for more than two years, Wuzhong has been calm and peaceful, just when His Majesty arrived at the Huiji, it is such an auspicious omen, the minister has a way to open the giant clam without hurting his life, offering treasures and His Majesty, but also hope to release the giant clam into the lake after taking the treasure, To show your majesty's benevolent heart! ”

"Aiqing said that you can take out the treasure without hurting the life of the giant clam?" Qin Shi Huang was overjoyed.

"Yes, the minister does have a method that works very well!" Jiang Heng said respectfully.

"Haha, okay, Aiqing quickly arrange to open the giant mussel, I want to see the strange treasure appear with my own eyes!" Qin Shi Huang laughed heartily.

Jiang Heng immediately arranged for someone to scoop up the giant mussel from the pool and put it into a wooden basin, while the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant anxiously grabbed the hem of Jiang Heng's clothes and asked in a nervous whisper: "Lord Jiang, you can kill us!" ”

"Hehe, you don't need to be nervous, there are really rare treasures in the big mussels, and they will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty!"

Jiang Heng comforted the county lieutenant and the county gentleman and then walked to the basin, instructed his entourage to bring two bottles of mulberry wine, and then opened them and poured them into the wooden basin himself.

Using wine to anesthetize the giant mussel is the method that Chen Xu thought of in a flash of inspiration, and the method is very effective, after Chen Xu left, Jiang Heng verified it twice, even if he poured the wine directly into the water, the giant mussel would also be drunk after a quarter of an hour, and he could open the mussel shell lightly.

Two bottles of wine were poured down, followed by the gaze of hundreds of people, and the scene was silent.

A moment passed quickly, Jiang Heng walked up and gently broke open the shell, and sure enough, there was a gap easily.

"Wow~~"

The civil and military officials and Wuzhong officials and celebrities who were watching at the scene were all surprised and in an uproar.

"Your Majesty, please look, the shell of the giant clam has been opened!" Jiang Heng smiled and opened both shells.

"Where's the treasure?" Qin Shi Huang stood on the edge of the basin and stared at a large gray-white tongue three feet long inside the mussel shell, his face slightly disappointed.

"Your Majesty is worry-free, Zhenze has been rich in pearls since ancient times, this giant mussel has lived for thousands of years, it is impossible to have no treasures in the body, but at the moment it is not its own open shell, so the treasures must be hidden under the tongue of flesh...... Zhou Bo come here! ”

Jiang Heng beckoned Zhou Bo who was standing next to him to call over, "This mussel was lifted from the bottom of the lake with your life, and the warrior is invited to do this pearl in person. ”

"Yes, thank you, Lord Gunjo!" Zhou Bo was excited, he had already touched the pearl in the body of the giant clam and knew the location, so he was familiar with the road and reached under the tongue of the lake mussel to touch the position of the pearl, and then took a silver knife handed over by Jiang Heng next to him, carefully cut a small hole in the mussel meat, and dug out a huge round item with his fingers and took it out.

As Zhou Bo's hand spread out in the bright sunlight, a black pearl the size of a goose egg shimmered like a brilliant gem.

"Wow~~~" A violent commotion and exclamation instantly resounded in the entire water temple.

Don't say that no one has ever seen such a large pearl, and this black pearl is even rarer in the world.

Since ancient times, the five lakes are rich in pearls, colorful, but they are mostly white, other colors are very rare, and things are vaguely expensive, every time pearls of other colors appear, even if the size of mung beans is also valuable, causing rich businessmen to rush to buy.

And the black one is even rarer, rarely seen once in decades.

And such a large black pearl can only be described as unprecedented, and it is estimated that it is the first time I have seen it in the world.

Therefore, the onlookers all screamed in surprise, and the emperor was even more dull, and even Zhou Bo, who took out the pearl, held the pearl and looked at it blankly, and there was only a huge black pearl in his eyes that released a dazzling brilliance in the sun.

"Sure enough......, it's a peerless treasure," Meng Yi muttered as his beard and eyebrows trembled.

"Black represents water virtue, this is an auspicious omen, indicating that my Great Qin will be prosperous!"

"The prosperous era produces strange treasures, and the great Qin is prosperous......"

"A strange treasure is in the world, this is Your Majesty's benevolent act to move the gods, this is why such a strange thing is given, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Half a minute passed, and Jiang Heng, who came back to his senses, knelt down in front of the emperor with an emotional puff and bowed.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the gods will surely protect me and prosper for thousands of generations!" The accompanying civil and military officials and the big and small officials of Wuzhong also came back to their senses and knelt on the ground.

"The grass people dedicate this treasure to Your Majesty!" Zhou Bo knelt down with a pendulum, holding the pearl high with both hands.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on this treasure~~"

The onlookers also knelt down and bowed.

"Haha...... Hahahaha...... "Qin Shi Huang was inexplicably excited, laughed and grabbed the black pearl in Zhou Bo's hand, held it in front of his eyes to face the sun and watched it carefully, and looked at it for two or three minutes before waving his sleeves, "I am in charge of Huaxia on behalf of the Heavenly Guardian State, and I am blessed by the gods, and I am happy to have this magnificent treasure today...... I am very happy, Zhou Bo Lake is brave and fearless, I want to reward him heavily...... What is the Su Fu Order? ”

"The minister is here!" CRRC ordered Su Yue to get up quickly.

"Intended purpose, Zhou Bo Yu Zhenze to give auspicious rui, offer a treasure of the world, seal Zhou Bo as the next secretary, reward 20 acres of grain fields, 30 acres of houses, 30 slaves, 20 horses, 10 catties of gold, 100,000 ...... of money"

With a series of rewards from the emperor, not only Zhou Bo trembled one after another, but many officials and gentry in Wuzhong exclaimed continuously, and even the civil and military officials who accompanied the parade also trembled with their beards and eyebrows.

This is indeed a heavy reward, since ancient times the prince and the prince are the top existence of the aristocratic class, Zhou Bo is just a commoner, offering a pearl to the sky and becoming the secretary class, this kind of reward is only two people in Daqin at the moment can do it, one is the Marquis of Qinghe, the other is Li Shun, the Marquis of Qinghe is a disciple of the Xian family, three years ago twice to resolve the assassination of the emperor's misdeeds, it can be said to be a life-saving grace, the emperor rewarded in reason, but that time was almost dissuaded by the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military advances, and finally only ended up with the title of a marquis. Li Shun accompanied the army to raid the Xiongnu in Hebei, broke the royal court and beheaded Man, and sealed the Qing with a stack of battle reports, which was also exchanged for his life.

And Zhou Bo's merits are much weaker than others, after all, it is just a rare pearl in the world, but this matter is accompanied by the auspicious birth of the world, which is in the emperor's preference, and the civil and military officials have nothing to think of except envy, jealousy and hatred, and can only sigh Zhou Bo's good luck.

In fact, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han dynasties, it has always been a folk tradition to offer treasures to the emperor and promote officials to make a fortune.

The emperor toured Wuzhong, watched Xiangrui, and obtained a strange treasure, this matter quickly spread, and suddenly provoked the whole Wuzhong to be in a hurry, and everywhere was frantically discussing this magnificent treasure and Zhou Bo's promotion to make a fortune, and the gambling contract and conflict between Xu Gongzi and Xiang were soon forgotten.

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