Chapter 52: The Sixteenth Lieutenant
A large river flows out of Zhongnan Mountain, rolling and surging into Weishui, which is one of the nine streams of Bashui in the Great Qin Pass. At the confluence of Bashui and Weishui, the forest covers the wilderness, stretching for dozens of miles, forming a large primeval forest.
The catkins are flying all over the sky, as if the snow is falling from the sky to the green forest, and the strange realm makes people intoxicated and do not know the heavens. Under the guidance of a weak man, Zhang Han suddenly folded into the dense forest from a hidden forest path.
The carriage walked on the dense forest path for only a dozen breaths, and a straight and wide avenue suddenly appeared in the lush primeval forest.
Along the avenue, the carriage gradually descended into the depths of the great forest. Through the window of the carriage, Hu Hai found that among the towering ancient trees, there were short, straight gray and white roofs looming from time to time, which was quite mysterious in the wilderness.
Walking on the dense forest avenue, Hu Hai sat in the carriage and always felt that someone was staring at his pedestrians in the depths of the dense forest, as if he was looking at his prey. But when he looked around, he couldn't see anyone. Delusion?
After a short journey, the carriage saw a castle made of white stone rising in the high woods in the distance, and the tall gray-white walls and protruding towers stood out against the endless green of the surroundings.
Zhang Han was very surprised to see the castle appearing on the high ground in the forest, he had never known that there was such a hidden huge castle at such a close distance near Xianyang.
The carriage gradually approached the high ground. There is a white stone city wall with small city towers and small battlements, which is thick and heavy, and majestic and abnormal. In front of the high slope, there is a stone pillar more than a foot high, and two big red characters are engraved on it - Ba Palace.
"This is the Ba Palace?"
Hu Hai jumped out of the carriage and looked curiously at the seemingly simple and rugged castle in front of him.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is the Ba Palace."
Don Liang also got out of the carriage and replied while standing beside Hu Hai.
"And the Black Ice Platform is here?"
"This ...... Back to Your Majesty, the old minister didn't know if the black ice sky was here. He hesitated for a moment.
"Didn't you say that I, Daqin, are the only ones who know where the Black Ice Platform is? Why don't you know when you come to this palace now? ”
Hu Hai was surprised when he heard Dun Qiao's words, and Zhang Han was even more shocked, and hurriedly blocked in front of Hu Hai, grabbed Dun Liang and scolded,
"You old thing, what is your intention in attracting Your Majesty to such a secret place!"
"Zhang Han, stop!"
Hu Hai was taken aback by Zhang Han's sudden movements, and hurriedly shouted.
Hu Hai knew that it was impossible for Dun Liang to design harm himself in advance, because he also decided to come to the Black Ice Platform temporarily, and before coming to the Black Ice Platform, he had been following him, and he had no chance to arrange any traps, and Zhang Han was also concerned about it.
"What does Lord Lang Zhongling mean by this? How dare the weak have the heart to murder His Majesty? ”
Dun Xiao, who has always been neither dead nor alive or in a hurry, was a little anxious when he heard Zhang Han's words.
When Zhang Han heard Hu Hai shouting, he let go of his weak hand and said, "Since you have no other heart, why did you bring Your Majesty to such an inaccessible place?" ”
"This is what His Majesty the First Emperor told the old ministers. If Your Majesty is virtuous and can govern this Great Qin World, you will bring Your Majesty to this Ba Palace, and Your Majesty will naturally know where the Black Ice Platform is located when you enter the Ba Palace. "Suddenly weak and aggrieved.
"Zhang Aiqing also quickly apologized to Old Aiqing." Hu Hai scolded.
Zhang Han also knew that he was reckless at this time, so he hurriedly bowed down to apologize to Don Weak, but he was generous, waved his hand and walked behind an ancient tree with thick branches, and pushed down a cobblestone the size of a person hugging him.
Hu Hai and Zhang Han were surprised what the old man was doing when they heard the rumbling sound of a deep mine, and the huge and heavy stone gate of the castle rolled open.
The stone gate opened, and Hu Hai and the three of them waited for a long time, thinking that someone would come out to greet them, but after a while, the whole castle was still dead and silent, like an empty ghost town.
The deep corridors of the city wall are like giant beasts with their mouths open, waiting to devour the food that enters their mouths.
"What's going on? Lao Aiqing. Hu Hai asked, pointing to the silent castle.
"Your Majesty, the old minister came with His Majesty the First Emperor once, and at that time, someone should have greeted His Majesty when the city gate was opened, but now I don't know why the old minister is so much."
Weak and also aggrieved. The people in this castle are devils who live in darkness and deceive people, what can they do?
When he was talking weakly, Hu Hai saw a figure flashing by at the head of the city, as if he was observing his group. There's definitely someone in the castle! At this time, hearing what Dun Weak said, Hu Hai probably knew it in his heart.
There were people in the castle, and they must have found themselves waiting for someone to come. What's more, the gate of this castle has been opened by himself and others. So these people haven't come out yet, if they don't want to give their new emperor a dismount, they don't know themselves.
But if you don't know yourself, this old man can come once, don't you know him?
"When I first came to the Black Ice Terrace, didn't there be a living person to greet me? Or did you know it was me but deliberately didn't come to meet you? ”
Hu Hai didn't understand and didn't want to think about it, so he decided to use the most direct method to force these people out. Don't you say that these people are only loyal to the emperor? So now that the emperor is here, do these people dare not show up?
"Do the nobles in the city have tokens?"
A thick and rough voice suddenly appeared on the city wall, but only the sound could be heard, but no figure could be seen.
Token? It is definitely impossible for the jade seal to be carried on his body, what other tokens can he have?
After thinking about it, Hu Hai took off the jade seal that he had been hanging on his waist, held it up and said, "Can this thing be regarded as a token?" ”
This seal was stamped when Hu Hai issued the warrant, and he always carried it with him.
As for the jade seal, it is in charge of a special Fu Xi Ling, and now Zhang Han is in charge of this matter, and Zhao Gao was the same before. Fu Xi Ling, the officials of Fu Xi Office are his subordinates. It's just that the peculiarity of the seal of the Great Qin Emperor lies in the fact that every time the seal is stamped with an edict or an official document, it must be stamped with the emperor's handwritten order.
In fact, there is a more peculiar one: no matter who holds the Fu Xi Order, the seal official who actually keeps the jade seal and seals it has always been an old man of the imperial family, and without the emperor's warrant, even if the Fu Xi orders Zhao Gao or Zhang Han himself to come, it will not work.
The intention of this law was to ensure that the emperor's seal was actually in the hands of the emperor himself. This is also the reason why Zhao Gao had already prepared the edict during the eastern tour, and he had to find Hu Hai to stamp the jade seal.
Of course, if it is still the predecessor of Hu Hai, then when the Eastern Tour returns to Xianyang, Zhao Gao will definitely try his best to take the jade seal in his own hands, and Zhao Gao did this in history, killing the royal family who kept the jade seal and seizing the jade seal.
History doesn't have so many ifs!
Hu Hai didn't know how those people hiding in the shadows saw what they were doing, and after a while, he heard the people in the castle shouting: "Welcome Your Majesty!" "The front of the castle is still untraced, empty.
Yo ho! It really works, how do these people see and determine such a small thing in their hands? Hu Hai wondered.
"Can they go in with me?" Hu Hai took two steps and then stopped and asked.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Hu Hai listened, waved his hand to let Zhang Han and Dun weak follow him.
When the three of them entered the castle, they heard a thunderous roar,
"The Sixteenth Lieutenant of the Black Ice Platform greets Your Majesty!"
(Thank you for the tips of the three brothers in the name of God, bettycpp, and Fengxue Aiji.
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