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The third day of the fifth month of the thirty-first year of the first emperor.

After nearly two months, the procession of the First Emperor finally stopped and reached Langya County in the East China Sea.

The East China Sea in May is in the middle of summer, the climate here is completely different from Xianyang, suddenly the weather is clear, suddenly the rain and wind, the sea is sometimes calm, sometimes the waves are rolling, especially the rainstorm is coming, the sea sets off several zhang high waves, layer upon layer like a dull thunder to shake the earth, and between the ebb and flow, the coast of the East China Sea also shows a completely different scenery from the inland of the Central Plains.

Fishermen by the sea have long been accustomed to the cloudy and sunny changes of the sea in summer, avoiding storms and waves, leaving early and returning late to fish and collect shellfish to make a living, and live a life of poverty for decades.

After arriving in Langya County, the First Emperor once again met with local officials and celebrities on the Langya Mountain, and then led the accompanying civil and military officials to climb the Langya Terrace on the top of Langya Mountain, and several important ministers took turns holding binoculars to look at the vast sea with thousands of miles of blue water.

"Your Majesty, with this clairvoyant mirror presented by the Marquis of Qinghe, my vision is indeed much broader, and the islands in the sea can be seen clearly!" Wang Ben held the telescope and looked around, and then handed the telescope back to the First Emperor.

"Father, if this clairvoyant mirror can really see through thousands of miles, maybe you can see the overseas sacred mountain and even the immortals above!" Hu Hai said excitedly next to him.

It was the first time for him to come to the sea, and he was naturally very surprised by the blue sea and blue sky that he had never seen before.

Qin Shi Huang raised his binoculars and looked around at the sea again, then put it down, frowned slightly, turned around and asked a few officials of Langya County around him, "Where is Hou Sheng Lu Sheng now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, in the past three years, we have raised giant trees and craftsmen have built more than ten big ships, and the boys and girls who have collected and the food and clothing that have been prepared for three years have been handed over to Hou Gong and Lu Sheng and others, they have gone to sea several times a year, but they have all returned in vain, when they returned in the autumn of last year, they said that there were giant Jiao in the sea to stop them from traveling, and in February this year, they went to sea again, but they have never returned, I don't know where they are now!" The Langya County Guard hurriedly replied.

"Spread my edict, spread all the county governors of Langya County and Qi County, check all the fishermen and Fang Dao warlocks living near the East China Sea, and find out the news of Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng and others, if you see it, bring me quickly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" A group of accompanying officials all bowed down to receive the order.

Five hundred miles away from the northeast of Langya Mountain, it is another place where the warlocks who believe in the fairy road gather, called Penglai Town, although this place has the name of Penglai, but there is no Penglai Sacred Mountain, but it is said that someone has seen the shadow of the overseas sacred mountain here, so it is also the same as Langya generally gathered a large number of Fangjia warlocks to practice and study here all the year round.

Two days after the First Emperor arrived in Langya County, the news that the soldiers sent by local officials to search for Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng and others also reached Penglai, which immediately caused a huge sensation among these warlocks who cultivated the true Tao.

However, the soldiers' inquiries did not get the desired results, there was no news of Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng and others, and the soldiers dispersed a day later, and the next morning, several fishing boats sailed out to the depths of the sea.

There is a small island full of reefs dozens of miles away from Penglai Town, there are a large number of low shrubs and vines on the island, a large number of seabirds inhabit and nest here, there is a calm bay in the northwest of the island, in which two large sea boats are docked, tied to the reef on the shore with thick cables, and there is a natural cave on the mountainside not far from the harbor, a group of monks wearing Taoist robes and buns are gathering in the cave, among them there is an old man with a blank hair and a white head and a wooden hairpin is sitting cross-legged on the rock at the entrance of the cave and looking at the bay, The face was very ugly, and some of the others sighed and didn't know what to do.

These people are the Hou Gong, Lu Sheng and Han Zhong who visited Qin Shi Huang in Langya three years ago and presented a book to go to sea to find the fairy grass of the sacred mountain.

"Hou Gong, the three-year period agreed with the emperor is almost up, and now it is May, but we have repeatedly gone to sea in vain, if we can't find the overseas sacred mountain, the emperor will definitely kill all of us!" A warlock in his forties said very uneasily.

"Hou Gong, we must think of a way, otherwise we can only hide on these desolate islands overseas for the rest of our lives, and we will never be able to return to the Central Plains!" Another middle-aged warlock also said with an anxious face.

"What is there to think about now, but to hide here and wait for the emperor to leave before thinking of a way?" Hou Gong sighed after being silent for a long time, but just as he withdrew his eyes, he suddenly stood up and strode out of the cave.

"Hey, someone's coming!" The others also stood up, and with sharp eyes they could already see several small fishing boats coming from the middle of the sea towards the bay.

Half an hour later, Hou Gong and the others waited on the beach to the fishing boat that docked, several people dressed as fishermen got off the fishing boats, among them two young monks wearing buns but wearing fishermen's clothes hurriedly ran to Hou Gong and saluted and said: "Master, the First Emperor has already paraded to Langya, and now a large number of soldiers are being sent everywhere to look for Shizun and Lu Gong and Han Gong, and we have secretly come to report the news!" ”

"Huh?!" A group of warlocks around Hou Gong suddenly stirred in horror, and Hou Gong's face was even more distorted and ugly like a shoehorn.

"Has there ever been news of the Marquis of Qinghe!" Hou Gong asked with a trembling face.

"I heard that the Marquis of Qinghe did not parade with the emperor, and after Mount Tai, he broke up and disappeared!" The warlock who told the news hurriedly said.

Hou Gong's face changed for a long time, and then he let out a long breath and said, "It seems that I can't hide this time, pack up and go to see the emperor!" ”

"Hou Gong, I must not go back at this time!"

"Yes, going back is a dead end!"

A group of people all changed their faces to dissuade.

"No, we can't keep hiding, if the First Emperor can't see us, he will definitely order the counties near the East China Sea to inquire about our whereabouts at all times, once we show up, we will inevitably be arrested and sent to Xianyang, and then there will be no place to die!" A middle-aged warlock next to Hou Gong shook his head with a pale face.

"Is there any other way for Duke Lu to deceive the emperor, I have been searching in the sea for three years and have not seen the sacred mountain, let alone the so-called immortals and immortal grass, even if I go to see the emperor, how can I explain?" A warlock said tremblingly.

"Hmph, the search for the sacred mountain is just an excuse, you already know, why do you still mention this matter now!" Hou Gong frowned dissatisfiedly and snorted coldly.

"We are waiting for Huangshi Gong, those Mo family disciples have been deceiving us and others, if it weren't for Huangshi Gong saying that they have a map of overseas fairy islands, why should we take such risks, since the last time we encountered the wind and waves and were separated, Huangshi Gong and the fleet did not know where to go, we can only stay here and wait for death......"

"What's the use of talking about these now, the East China Sea is vast and boundless, the wind and waves are uncertain, it is already the height of summer, and the opportunity to go to sea has already been missed, Huangshi Gong must also be trapped on an island overseas, if we want to live, we must only be able to find that group of Mo disciples, and then continue to wait for the opportunity to go to sea to find a big island to settle on, and we may not be able to return to the Central Plains in this life!" Hou Gong shook his head.

"Does Hou Gong still remember the dry bones he saw on the island dozens of miles away from Laoshan Mountain?" Lu Sheng said suddenly.

"Naturally remember, what do you want to say?" Hou Gong looked back at Lu Sheng.

"At the beginning, we found some scattered bone slips in the cave where the dry bones were, and after a patchwork of restoration, it turned out to be a catalogue, and there were several ancient seals of the deceased Qin Hu, although we don't know what it means, but now we can use it, dedicate this catalogue to the emperor, and make it up as a book, pre-Qin is in trouble, and the emperor will inevitably give up holding us accountable for the time being......" Lu Sheng said slowly.

Hou Gong was silent for a long time before nodding slightly and saying: "Although this plan is dangerous, it is indeed a good way, let's go back and study the bone catalogue carefully, and then discuss a proper reason, so as not to show our feet when we get it!" ”

"Hou Gong is right, go quickly!" Under the urging of a group of warlocks, Hou Gong and the others returned to the cave again, Lu Sheng turned out a bundle of extremely old and yellowed bones from a pile of salutes, opened it, and then a group of people gathered around the entrance of the cave to watch and discuss.

Half an hour later, the crowd dispersed and began to pack up their salutes, board the two large ships, and tell the boatmen to unmole and set sail.

A few days later, after several storms, the two large ships finally came to the sea off Laoshan, and just as the two large ships were about to turn to Laoshan, seven or eight more tattered ships also came from the direction of a small island in the far distance.

"Hou Gong, isn't that the lost Huangshi Gong?" A priest standing at the bow of the ship couldn't help but exclaim.

"The old man didn't guess wrong, Huang Shigong must have been blocked by the wind and waves to stay in the nearby seas, so it's okay, if you want to die, you will die together, you can't cheapen this group of Mo family disciples in vain!" Hou Gong said with a gloomy face.

Soon the two fleets converged, and then sailed to a deserted island, and after the two groups disembarked, they exchanged and discussed on the beach for a long time, and then set off again, aiming at Laoshan Mountain.

Half a day later, the fleet arrived near Laoshan and dropped anchor in a sheltered harbor.

A group of depressed Fang Shi and a group of Mo disciples who also looked ugly all packed up their belongings and began to disembark, and at the same time, hundreds of teenage boys and girls came out of the cabin, but all of them were pale and ragged, like a group of beggar boys, and they all trembled and disembarked under the reprimand of the boatmen.

"Huangshi Gong, since the emperor is in Langya, why do you want us to go to Laoshan?" Although Hou Gong felt that Huang Shi Gong was in charge, but at the moment, the two groups of people were grasshoppers tied to a rope, so they could only compromise with each other and discuss how to deceive the emperor first, but they were also full of doubts about Huang Shi Gong wanting to dock the ship in Laoshan.

Huang Shigong, who was dressed in a gray coat and beard, stood on the shore and looked at the vast sea and couldn't help but sigh, originally wanted to use this group of immortal family monks to deceive the emperor to build a big ship to go to sea, so that he could lead the disciples of the Mo family to leave the Central Plains and go overseas to find the so-called Yingzhou to settle down, intending to avoid a catastrophe in the Central Plains, but he never thought that going to sea several times in three years would be repeatedly frustrated, losing several big ships, and hundreds of disciples under his disciples were also killed in the sea, and the accompanying boatmen, fishermen and children also died two or three hundred. But they have been circling the sea, if they continue to wander on the sea like this, not only will the food and clothes be exhausted, but the consequences will also be predictable, and they will definitely all be buried in the sea, so without being sure, they can only return to Langya County again to replenish clothes and food to repair ships, but they just happened to meet the lost Hou Gong Lu Sheng and others.

The emperor is coming, and this is bad news.

But if they avoid it, then the next time they go ashore to greet them, they will definitely be greeted by the strong bows and crossbows of the Great Qin soldiers, even if they are not shot to death, they will not be able to dock for the rest of their lives, and they will really become homeless ghosts and wild ghosts on the sea.

But the good news is that after listening to the plans of Hou Gong, Lu Sheng and others, Huang Shigong also felt that this was a very good excuse.

Hu the Dead Qin.

Although I don't know who left this broken catalogue and I don't know where it came from, as long as it has the word Qin on it, the emperor will inevitably believe it when confused by the words of the book.

As for what this Hu refers to, it doesn't matter, and they don't need to worry about explaining, the emperor will naturally summon people to decipher, even if the emperor kills all the people surnamed Hu in the world, they only care about their own lives and future.

"Now that the emperor is in Langya, if we go directly to Langya, we will inevitably be robbed of the sea boat, and we can only let it fish and meat at that time, but if we leave the boat here, even if the emperor is suspicious, we still have a way out, and when the East China Sea goes to the South China Sea, we can still go to the South China Sea, and if we can't find Yingzhou, we can also find other islands to stay temporarily, as long as the people are still there, there are still some opportunities!" Huang Shigong shook his head cheekily and said.

"You're right, what should we arrange now, should we go to Langya to see the emperor together or act separately?" Hou Gong asked.

"At the beginning, it was you and a few others who presented the book, we can't show up, but the old man will arrange some disciples to escort you to Langya, as long as the emperor believes in this catalogue, you will use the excuse of Haijiao to block, let the emperor continue to recruit craftsmen to build sea ships to prepare boys and girls and food and clothing, the old man has been observing the celestial phenomena on the island for several months, and has determined the location of Yingzhou, as long as he is well prepared, he will definitely be able to find Yingzhou next time he goes to sea, and he will no longer have to be afraid!"

"You didn't cheat on me this time?" Hou Gong didn't believe Huang Shigong's words.

"Although I, Huang Tingjing, have never explored that trace of heavenly opportunity, but the map about Yingzhou in my hand was taught by Guiguzi himself, why lie to you, Yingzhou is really outside the East China Sea, Qiong'er come here!" Huang Shigong beckoned to a middle-aged man in Taoist attire in his forties.

"What does my father command?" The middle-aged man saluted respectfully.

"You take some people to secretly escort Hou Gong and the others to Langya to meet the First Emperor!"

"Yes!" After the middle-aged man saluted, he beckoned more than a dozen disciples of the Mo family to come over, and after Hou Gong and the others cleaned up, they slowly climbed up Laoshan Mountain along the steep reef on the shore and disappeared.

The rest of the people hid in a reef near the beach and began to prepare their meals, and hundreds of people lay on the ground and began to sleep after eating like Hanako.

"Juzi, the man and woman I caught last time have been locked up on the boat for several months, do you want to bring them down, it's better to be locked up like this than to kill them with a knife!" An ink disciple walked up to Huang Shigong and whispered.

"Go and bring it down first, and then make plans when the Hou Gong and the others come back after seeing the emperor!" Huang Shigong shook his head.

Soon, several ink disciples brought down a man and a woman from a sea boat.

The man's face is simple and his beard is messy, his arms are thick, he looks like a powerful man, his clothes are shabby, although his face is decadent, his eyes are still light and introverted, although he is surrounded by a few ink disciples, he still has no timidity.

The woman's twenty or so posture is beautiful and slender, but her dress is also torn with a few big holes, her hair is messy, and her face is also bleak.

If Chen Xu was here, he would definitely be able to recognize these two people immediately, one was the world-famous swordsman Gai Nie, and the other was the grandson Beiyan, who claimed to be the princess of Wei.

But at the moment, the two of them look very bad.

"Huang Shigong, what is the reason why you have imprisoned me and Princess Wei for several months, and you will not kill or let go?" Gai Nie stood two feet away from Huang Shigong, his hand pressed tightly on the hilt of the sword at his waist, although his voice was flat, but the exposed green tendons on his arms and the slightly trembling fingers could see that he was very nervous and excited.

"Hehe, Princess Wei!?"

Huang Shigong let out a few very disdainful laughs, looked at Gai Nie lightly and said: "Your Zhi clan is the former Great Jin royal family, although Luo Tuo will not be mixed with this kind of woman and be a slave, not to mention that you are still a disciple of Guigu, I don't kill you naturally because of your identity, respect for the only bloodline of the Great Jin royal family, but you have always shirked and are unwilling to join my Mo family, once you let you leave and let the Guigu faction know, wouldn't it cause me a big trouble?" ”

"Hmph, don't worry, although I have the inheritance of the Guigu faction, I have nothing to do with the Guigu faction, and who I assist even if I am willing to be a slave has nothing to do with the people of the world, if you let the two of me leave, I will never reveal any news about you!" Gai Nie looked at Huang Shigong coldly.

"You and I are naturally relieved, but this woman from the Gongsun clan can't let go, if you want to go at will, you can leave now, the old man will definitely not stop you?" Huang Shigong pointed to a trail leading to Laoshan Mountain.

"So you're not going to let the two of us go?" Gai Nie's hand pressed the tension of the big sword slightly, and with a click, the big sword popped out half an inch.

"Haha, you think you're the old man's opponent? Don't say it's you, even if Guiguzi comes in person, the old man can get out of the way, so don't do more fearless resistance, this woman is still of great use to me, naturally she can't let go, if you refuse to go, then it's better to stay! Guiguzi stood up from the stone and waved his hand to leave.

"Uncle Nie, don't, you ...... You can't beat him! Gai Nie was about to draw his sword, but Gongsun Beiyan hugged his arm, and looked at Gai Nie with a frightened face and shook his head slightly.

"Alas~" Gai Nie Yangtian sighed and finally inserted the big sword back into the scabbard, silently with his rough big hands, Gongsun Beiyan's messy hair, and his eyes revealed infinite desolation.

"Haha, that's right, Gai Nie, those who know the times are Junjie, and good birds choose trees to perch, as long as you obey the old man, when my Mo family makes a comeback in the Central Plains in the future, it will be the time when Huaxia changes hands, and then you can support the Gongsun clan to restore the Great Wei and get everything she wants!" Huang Shigong laughed and turned to leave.

"Uncle Nie, your injuries have not recovered yet, don't clash with them again, it seems that they will not go to sea in the near future, you can take the opportunity to recuperate, not to mention that they deceived the First Emperor, once the Emperor sends a large army to arrest these people, we will also have a chance to escape!" Gongsun Beiyan had a miserable face and held Gai Nie to hide from the harsh sun under a reef.

"Those who know the times are handsome, and good birds choose trees to perch on......" Gai Nie sat cross-legged on the sand, his lips moving slightly.

Three years ago, someone said exactly the same thing to him.

But time has changed, and although the two of them were down, they were far from falling to such a desolate and helpless state.

"Beiyan, if you have the slightest chance, I will protect you to escape!" Gai Nie looked in the direction of Huang Shigong's meditation and said.

"Don't!" Gongsun Beiyan hugged Gai Nie's arm tightly and shook his head, two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks, "The sky and the earth are big, and there is no place for my Gongsun Beiyan to stand in the Central Plains, if there is no Uncle Nie, I ...... I'm dead! ”

"No, after you escape, go to Qinghehou, he won't die without help!" Ganie said as he slowly closed his eyes.

"Qinghe Hou ......" Gongsun Beiyan's eyes lit up but dimmed in an instant, and he gently leaned on the reef and muttered, "He...... He won't save me, when I plundered my sister in Wancheng, I have no chance of reconciliation with him, and the biggest mistake I have done in my life is to miss him......"

Gai Nie's cheeks twitched violently and he began to breathe and breathe, and soon fell into a state of silence.

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