Chapter Twenty-Three: Storming the Ming Palace

No matter how insistent the others were, Qin Wangdang insisted on going to the Yiyang front line to comfort the army. He took his personal guard troops and drove towards Yiyang. Many ministers don't understand, it's just to go to the front line to reward the army, why bother to make such a statement? Seeing the king leave, the eyes of the people who held the military and political power in Xianyang were full of helplessness. Only he understood that King Qin's destination was not Yiyang.

Sure enough, on the second day after King Qin arrived at the Yiyang camp, he couldn't wait to ask Gan Mao to send troops to enter Chengzhou Luoyi with him, meet Zhou Tianzi, and admire Jiuding by the way. Gan Mao smiled bitterly and didn't know how to deal with it, to be honest, the reason why he belittled Zhou Tianzi before was to create an excuse for attacking South Korea's Sanchuan, and now that Sanchuan has been defeated, he has the status and wealth he wants to get, and he still wants to provoke Zhou Tianzi and make the world unhappy?

However, Gan Mao quickly changed his mind, and in Zhao Yong's words, Gan Mao was a pragmatist, and in his eyes, as long as it was beneficial to himself, he could give it a try. Now, he is at a disadvantage in the struggle against the disease, and the rejection of outsiders such as himself by the clan forces of the Qin State requires him to rely on the King of Qin to consolidate his position.

"What's more, when you arrive in Zhou Wangji, there may not be an accident." Gan Mao muttered to himself. So there was no objection, Gan Mao ordered Bai Qi to temporarily replace himself in the Yiyang camp, and he accompanied Qin Wangdang and rushed to Luoyi.

Eight years ago, Zhou Tianzi Ji Ding died, and the crown prince Ji Yan succeeded him. If this Son of Heaven says that his father is a person who seeks perfection, then Ji Yan has more ambition of Zhou Tianzi in this compromise, and he does not want to revitalize the prestige of the Son of Heaven all the time and reproduce the prosperity of all nations.

Ideal and plump, the reality is skinny. As the world gradually collapsed, the position of Zhou Tianzi became more and more embarrassing, in addition to being able to command thirty or forty cities near Zhou Wangji, more than 30,000 people, few princes would listen to the order, just like that, it was also divided into two parts, the Eastern Zhou Kingdom and the Western Zhou Kingdom, so that only some small princes surnamed Ji would respect it as the master, like Qin, Qi and other big countries, generally do not take it seriously. This also caused Ji Yantu to be ambitious, but he couldn't stretch his ambition, and he slowly faded this thought.

I never thought that Ji Yan didn't go to the trouble of other vassal states himself, but the trouble found him.

"Great King, the King of Qin has come to report that he hopes that the army of Qin will enter Wangji and meet the Son of Heaven." Yan Shu looked at Ji Yan and said worriedly: "The minister thinks that the King of Qin is here, and the plan is not small, and the king still needs to consider it." ”

Yan Rate is one of the few ministers of Ji Yan, and it is also due to the fact that he successfully stopped King Qin's attempt to obtain Jiuding, so Ji Yan also has more respect for Yan Rate.

"How can the widow not know?" Ji Yan smiled bitterly, "With the elite of Han and Zhao, they can't resist the tiger of the Qin army, and now I am in Wangji, but there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses, facing the Qin army, what can I do?" ”

Yan Rate also sighed, not knowing how to advise. Previously, he had used the strength of the Qi State to deceive the princes once, and only then did he save Jiuding. This matter can not be done again, even if he wants to do it again, I am afraid that no one is willing to risk offending the Qin State and stand up for Zhou Tianzi. Back then, the king of Zhou divided the princes of the world with the feudal Ping Zhou, and finally the tail was not lost.

"In the final analysis, it's Jiuding's fault." Yan Shu sighed: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." ”

How did Ji Yan not know that whether it was the Qin State or other princes, even if they trespassed again, they would definitely not depose themselves, but this did not prevent these people from contemptuous of themselves, just like the disaster of Jiuding, who was not greedy?

"Even so, the widow categorically can't give Jiuding to others!" Ji Yan said heroically, it seems that there are thousands of troops under him. "The widow doesn't believe it, isn't there any prince in the world who is willing to help the widow?"

Yan Shu looked at Ji Yan's slightly excited expression and smiled bitterly.

The current princes are all working on their own, if they help Zhou Tianzi, their identity as kings will become very embarrassing, and they finally become kings, who wants to have more bosses?

What's more, who can fight with the Qin State now?

"With the likes of Zhao and Chu, they may not dare to fight with Qin, but..."

"Just what?" Ji Yan asked.

"King, let's deal with the dilemma in front of us first, and then do other methods." Yan Rate hesitated for a long time, but still didn't make up his mind to say it.

"What else can be done?" Ji Yan said dejectedly: "Order, order someone to represent the widow and welcome the king of Qin into the city." ”

"Ugh." Yan Shu sighed.

However, King Qin's mood, I'm afraid everyone didn't guess it, this side had just met with the officials sent by the Son of Heaven to welcome him, and he hurried to the palace over there. The officials in the suburbs looked at the excited eyes on King Qin's face, and the appearance of the Qin army behind him, and their hearts became more and more nervous, could it be that today, King Qin wants to depose Zhou Tianzi.

"Please go this way, the Son of Heaven will wait in the main hall to see you."

After hearing this, Qin Wangdang frowned and stopped. Everyone was puzzled and looked at him one after another, even the officials in the suburbs missed a beat in their hearts, could it be that they just said the wrong thing?

"Let's go to the Ming Palace first."

When the suburban officials heard this, they were startled, everyone knew that the Ming Palace was a place to worship the spiritual seat of the Son of Zhou Tianzi in the past dynasties, and to meet the Son of Heaven, they still had to go to the main hall. How can there be a saying that you will first visit the Ming Palace and then meet the Son of Heaven?

"It's... I'm afraid it doesn't match the courtesy...", the official said cautiously, "Let's meet the Son of Heaven first." ”

"Lonely all the way, meet the Son of Heaven, I'm afraid it's rude, let's go to the Ming Palace first." Said a little impatiently, "Lead the way." ”

"This..."Obviously, King Qin's request made him very embarrassed, and he hesitated for a while. Suddenly, he felt a tightness in his wrist, and there was a sharp pain, only to see a strong man behind King Qin walk out, grab his wrist, and say with a threatening face: "Didn't you listen to the words of my king?" Go to the Ming Palace first, and lead the way quickly! As he spoke, he deepened some strength in his hand.

"Meng Ben, don't be presumptuous!" Gan Mao saw that Meng Ben was threatening, and quickly stopped it. After all, this is Zhou Tianzi's palace, and if you do something out of the ordinary, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block the mouth of the world.

Meng Ben glanced at the official hatefully, pinched him again, and then let go of his wrist, and the official was immediately overjoyed as if he had escaped. But he didn't dare to say anything more about meeting the Son of Heaven, so he could only take everyone to the Ming Palace. and took advantage of the fact that everyone did not find out, and signaled his subordinates to hurry up and report to the Son of Heaven with his hands behind his back.

As I said before, the so-called Ming Palace is the palace that worships the Son of Heaven in the past dynasties. On every sacrificial day, Zhou Tianzi has to lead hundreds of officials to worship his ancestors again. And the princes from all walks of life also want to come to pay respects. It is in this place, which can be described as a critical place. Of course, more importantly, it is also enshrined here that represents the nine tripods of the world's Kyushu.

No matter how stupid the suburban officials are, they also know that King Qin came here in a hurry, not to express his sacrificial feelings to Zhou Tianzi in the past dynasties, but for the legendary Jiuding. Even the action of opening the door was trembling.

"This is the legendary Jiuding!" King Qin looked at the nine large tripods of different shapes placed on the top of the main hall of the Ming Palace, and his face was delighted, "It is really magnificent!" ”

Legend has it that year, after Yu ruled the water, succeeded Shun to become the co-lord of the world, then divided the world into Kyushu, to the state of the state to govern, and ordered the Kyushu state to collect the bronze of the world, cast into a large tripod representing the nine states, each of the big tripod not only different shapes, carved and painted above, are the geographical shape of each state, strange things, not only the structure is exquisite, but also magnificent and magnificent, the end is the treasure of the country. After the death of Xia Ji that year, King Wu of Zhou obtained this heavy weapon in Mingtang, so regardless of all hardships, it was transported to Wangji of Zhou and enshrined here. Later, the etiquette collapsed, and the princes from all walks of life arrogated to claim the king, and they no longer respected Zhou Tianzi as before, and this worship ceremony also became an ornament, and they forgot what this Jiuding looked like. This can be seen from Qin Wangdang's surprise when he saw Jiuding.

"King, look, this is the big ding that represents my Yongzhou." Meng Ben turned around in the hall and pointed to a square tripod engraved with the word "Yong" in the middle and said.

When everyone heard it, they rushed to the front of the big ding, not only the word "Yong" is eye-catching, the situation of the mountains and rivers depicted on it is also vivid, very exquisite, people can see it, they know that it is the map of Yongzhou.

"King, this is my Yongzhou Ding, when I Yongzhou is safekept, the minister is willing to help the king and bring this Ding back to Xianyang."

Everyone listened to Meng Ben's words and expressed their approval. The official in charge of the suburbs was frightened when he heard this, if he really let the people of Qin take Yongzhou Ding away, he would die a hundred deaths, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop it. But the people of the Qin State had already been excited, and they said that they would take this tripod away. Seeing that this could not be stopped, the official turned to the king of Qin for help.

Since Qin Wangdang entered this hall, he was unusually silent, as if he had changed to a different person. Even if he was instigated by everyone in front of Yongzhou Ding at this moment, he was silent. The official thought that it was the King of Qin and also felt that this move was inappropriate, so he begged bitterly.

"This ding... It's my Yongzhou Ding... Yongzhou Ding... It's my Daqin's... Take... Be sure to take it with you. ”

I don't know if he was muttering to himself or talking to everyone, but these intermittent words have already indicated King Qin's thoughts at this moment. So everyone didn't shirk it, and they had to carry Dading away.

Since Ren Con and Wu Huo came here with King Qin, they have been rarely performing, and Meng Ben has been very active, which makes the two very embarrassed. The two said in unison: "Come and try." ”

Everyone listened, yes, these two people are the world's first-class wrestlers, if they can carry it, there must be a lot less trouble, not to mention that this is the city of the Son of Heaven, trespassing on the Ming Palace, and taking away Baoding is already a big crime, if you entangle a group of soldiers to carry Dading, it will really become the target of everyone. So they all gave way to the passage and let the two perform.

The two excused themselves, and in the end, Ren Yan took the lead. He took off his armor and exposed his upper body, looking exceptionally strong. I moved my muscles, estimated my weight, grabbed my ears with both hands, and made a gesture. I didn't expect that the weight of the tripod was not light, and it didn't move at all. Ren frowned, moved his right hand down, grabbed a kick, and exerted force with both hands, only feeling that it was heavier than Qianjun, but Da Ding did not move at all, so he added strength, his face turned red, and Da Ding did not move a point. Suddenly, his hands went weak, and he suddenly felt that his strength was exhausted, and he fell to the ground.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, and they had seen the strength of Ren Contempt, but they didn't expect that when they were exhausted, they still couldn't move a single inch, which shows the weight of this tripod.

"Some-and-so." Seeing that Ren was defeated, Wu was shocked and sweated, but he had already released his arrogance, so how could he retreat? What's more, he was lucky, thinking that Ren Contempt was just in a bad state to lose, and he had the intention to show it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got started, he immediately complained bitterly, Ren Yan really didn't release the water, this tripod is really too heavy. He used all his strength, and like Ren Contempt, he didn't move a bit.

Seeing that the two Hercules were helpless, everyone was dumbfounded. I didn't expect this Dading to be so heavy, it seems that it is beyond the reach of manpower, do you really want to be presumptuous to the end and send troops to rob it?

And the officials who were worried about Baoding being robbed just now were suddenly overjoyed, and the two strong men couldn't move, presumably King Qin would die.

"Some-and-so." Meng Ben shouted.

(End of chapter)