Outside the main palace of Xianyang, a huge dragon carved from white jade surrounds the three-zhang long circular spring pool, motionless for thousands of years, however, when people look directly at its engraved pupils, they always feel that it is alive.

Perhaps, it is this thousand-year-old waiting that gives it a special life. The spring pool surrounded by the stone dragon is actually only half a finger deep, and it is full of clear, crystalline, and life-breathing spring water, and the water surface has been pulsating with a shallow slight wave, but there has never been a drop of water flowing out of the spring pool.

This is Qin Chu's Origin Spiritual Land. Panlong enclosed the pool, the spring water rippled slightly, and suddenly a mysterious cyan light bloomed in the spring pool, and between the flow of light, Liu Bang's figure appeared in the origin of the spiritual land. Feeling the fluctuation of the origin spiritual land, Ying Zheng walked out of the main palace. He stood outside the palace gate, and the eyes of the dragon stared at the man who had just stepped out of the spring pool, his expression gradually changing.

Liu Bang raised his head and stared at Yingzheng outside the palace from a distance, with a solemn expression, and walked forward step by step. The wind in Xianyang blew at the right time, blowing the light purple hair on Liu Bang's forehead, and also blowing up the countless dust covered by the years.

"Liu Bang, the Han King who protects the country, see Your Majesty." After Liu Bang took nine steps, he stopped, stood quietly on the ground, and greeted Yingzheng who was high on the one hundred and twenty steps, but his body did not make any saluting movements. "Rare guest, the King of Han, who guards the border city and has a heavy duty, how can he have time to return to the palace today to greet me?" The corners of Ying Zheng's mouth curled slightly, but a string broke in his heart, and his eyes were always watching Liu Bang's every move.

Liu Bang stared at Ying Zheng directly, and did not answer his question, but said: "It has been ten days since Bai Qi left from Yingshan Gorge, and it has been at least eight days since he returned to Xianyang Palace—eight days—you have been waiting for me for a long time." Ying Zheng's eyes widened, the corners of his mouth gradually flattened, and then he said, "Yes, I have been waiting for you for a long time—but it is a bit surprising that you are so direct." ”

"Because there's no room for tactfulness—the truth as far as my eyes can see doesn't leave me any room for tactfulness." Liu Bang said in a deep voice, expressionless. "There's no room for tactfulness—as for it?" Ying Zheng's voice turned, but his eyes examined Liu Bang carefully, and repeatedly confirmed that he was not carrying a weapon, "The real image as far as the eye can see—do you see anything again?" ”

"I've been to the country to see it in person......" Liu Bang stared at Ying Zheng and said slowly, his voice was very calm, "Three years of hegemony, the abolition of hundreds of officials, thousands of miles of empty cities, and the scars of thousands of paths - is this still a country?" "First appoint me and Xiang Yu as the protector of the king, order the border towns to guard the borders, and then block information and communications, on the one hand, write political documents to stabilize us, on the other hand, make every effort to implement hegemony over the country, depose the civil and military officials, forcibly requisition people, if any city resists, it will be punished as treason, directly raise troops to attack the city, and destroy all dissidents by force—but all you have done is to build a huge palace that stretches for three hundred miles——"

Liu Bang said, but his calm voice suddenly became low: "Your Majesty the Emperor, as the protector of Qin and Chu, out of respect for the supreme ruler of the country, I have come to the Hajj to meet you, and I hope you can give a reasonable explanation!" Ying Zheng stared at Liu Bang's expression, but he was silent and couldn't say a word, yes, he couldn't speak, and he couldn't explain Liu Bang's questioning.

And Liu Bang's gaze always fell on Ying Zheng, and the atmosphere was like this for a few minutes, and then Ying Zheng finally said, "A thousand years, the farthest time that the written history of this world can be traced back to is a thousand years, but in the thousand years since the beginning of this history, this world has been in an absolute split-"

"The Henggu River left a thousand years ago divided the world into three parts, and the three kingdoms of Qin Chu, Jin Yuan, and Tang Cao were bounded by the river, confronting each other, and sealing the internal governance. But in the past 1,000 years, the division of this world has not changed in the slightest! "Isn't that ridiculous and pathetic? This is a world, not Qin Chu, Jin Yuan and Tang Cao! Do you understand? In the face of the extreme division of this world, thousands of mediocre people in the world can ignore it, but in the face of all this, I must undertake this mission......" Ying Zheng looked at Liu Bang with a solemn expression, and the dragon's pupils flashed with a scorching light, "Liu Bang, since I have said this, I am not afraid to tell you - I want to unify this world!" ”

"Unifying the Three Realms – is that what you think is a reasonable explanation?" Liu Bang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he reprimanded sharply, "Your Majesty! As the protector of the king and as a member of the Qin and Chu countries, I don't care how much of an emperor's heart you have, but with everything you have done to Qin Chu now, you are denying your qualifications as a king, and what are you still talking about unifying the world, will unifying the world become a reason for you to go against humanity and insist on going your own way? "I can only tell you that I know what I'm doing...... "Ying Zheng took a deep breath and said quietly.

"You know what? Emperor. I haven't finished my words yet......" Liu Bang's pupils narrowed slightly, looked directly into Ying Zheng's eyes and said, "Your Majesty has the courage to ask Your Majesty, where is Mi Yue, the equalizer now?" Liu Bang's question, without accident, stopped Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng's eyes flashed for a moment, and then said slowly: "The queen mother is now in the palace of Mi Huang, she is very good." ”

"Really?" Liu Bang's eyebrows gradually relaxed, and he said softly, "Your Majesty has not been to Xianyang Palace for a long time, and I dare to ask Your Majesty to let your ministers meet the Empress Dowager." "Empress Dowager Xuan has been unwell recently...... You don't have to see it. Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Then what if the minister insists on seeing it?" Liu Bang and Shen Yingzheng were obviously silent, but they didn't expect that they even knew about Miyue's situation - attacking the people with equal power is equivalent to hurting the monarch, which is a big crime of the nine clans, and even this matter has been exposed, it seems that they have to tear their faces.

“…… Okay, now that you know everything so clearly – what are you going to do? Ying Zheng's brows stretched, as if he had unloaded something, and since he had reached the last step, he was relieved.

"Ying Zheng...... To be honest, even a second before I knew about the changes in the inner country for three years, I still believed that you were the most suitable emperor for Qin Chu whose fate had revealed......" Liu Bang sank his breath and suddenly said quietly, "Because your eyes - the eyes of the dragon that meet once in a thousand years!" The face of the emperor revealed by fate. ”

"Huh...... I thought that no one in the world knew the 'Emperor's Appearance' anymore. "But I know—so even three years ago, you sacrificed 100,000 troops in exchange for a chance to destroy Xu Fu, which made Xiang Yu's attitude towards you change greatly, but it didn't make me disgusted with you. Even when I later suspected that you were involved in the death of the emperor, I did not oppose your accession to the emperor in the national reconsideration, but only chose to abstain from the vote - because I believe that you are the one who should be the emperor! ”

"But Yingzheng! You have failed the call of fate! You have also lived up to the expectations of thousands of people! Although you have embodied all the qualities that a king should have, you have lost the most fundamental principle of a king - the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of the country! ”

"In your pedantic opinion, you only have one sentence that is not wrong, I am the king chosen by heaven and earth, and the king who will eventually unify the world!" Ying Zheng's eyes were deep, and he was angry, "King? Whose king are you? There is no country without a people, and there is no country without a king! You can even push your country to death for the sake of your own heart, are you still a king? Liu Bang asked sharply, his momentum was high-pitched, "A king like you, whether it is Xiang Yu or me, I will not admit it anymore!" "Heh—finally got to the point, huh?" Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and sneered, "You and Xiang Yu have already decided to rebel against my regime." ”

"It's not a rebellion, it's a revolution – it's salvation, and instead of obeying the emperor's rule, our fundamental responsibility should be to protect the peace and harmony of the whole kingdom!" Liu Bang is righteous in his words and resolute in his eyes. "It's really righteous and awe-inspiring...... Yingzheng's dragon eyes flickered, examining the resoluteness between Liu Bang's eyebrows, and then said coldly. Liu Bang, I transferred you and Xiang Yu to the border city three years ago because I was afraid of your strength, the military power in your hands, and the fact that you gathered heroes from all walks of life in Qin and Chu to confront me—but today, three years have passed! ”

"In the past three years that you have been holding the border, I have been preparing and accumulating strength - now, I have completely conquered the inner territory of Qin and Chu, even the Beiyi Ice Clan has surrendered to me, and the resources and strength of the entire country are in my hands, and you only have two border cities, even if there are as many as 300,000 defenders in the border cities, how can they compare with the strength of the entire country?" "Liu Bang, you can figure it out, now is not as good as in the past, don't think that after the situation is broken, it will be me who is not good - now you are like a lonely boat, in a dilemma!"

"Now you are trapped in two border cities, facing the power of the whole country - I advise you to be cautious about your 'rebellion or salvation' actions!" Ying Zheng stared at Liu Bang's pupils and finished the last sentence word by word. It was at this time that three cyan rays of light bloomed in the Origin Spiritual Land, and when the light flowed, it was Arthur, Zhong Wuyan, and Daji who returned to Xianyang Palace.

As soon as Arthur and the three of them crossed the dimensional space and returned to Xianyang Palace, they happened to see the confrontation between Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, and the authorities of the Qin Emperor, and their eyes were shocked, but they did not dare to speak out at will, breaking the silence of the confrontation between the two with an aura like a storm. "Yingzheng, you haven't figured it out yet...... Qin and Chu are one country, one hundred and twenty-seven cities, 65.8 million people, you have conquered all this, but you have lost the hearts and minds of the people of this country - you are no longer worthy of being a king! Liu Bang said in a calm voice, the resoluteness in his eyes did not diminish at all, "Although you have accumulated a lot of strength in the past three years and prepared a lot of means to deal with us, neither Xiang Yu nor I will retreat here!" ”

Long Zhishu's pupils faintly beat with a trace of flaw, at this moment, Ying Zheng knew that the battle with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang would be inevitable. Then Liu Bang said coldly: "Also, Yingzheng, although we don't know what you have prepared in the past three years, but let me ask you, do you really understand the strength of me and Xiang Yu?" ”

Ying Zheng frowned slightly, and his gaze at Liu Bang also became cold and sharp - that's right, as Liu Bang said, he really didn't know what Liu Bang Xiang Yu's real strength was, they had never shown their real strength in front of him, having said that, it could be seen that their strength was strong, and they were all relying on the sharpness of the dragon's pupils! Ying Zheng didn't even know whether Liu Bang was practicing the Demon Dao or the Martial Dao!

It seems that these two people are really the henchmen on their own imperial map! Ying Zheng secretly thought in his heart that even if he had painstakingly designed to deceive Liu Bang and Xiang Yu for three years, he would not have any advantage...... In this case, it seems that these two people must be eliminated first and then quickly! "Hmph...... Liu Bang, Liu Bang...... You are really a big trouble on the road of the Emperor's Map......" Ying Zheng smiled bitterly a few times, but a dark golden halo flowed invisibly in his hand.

"So it seems...... I really can't give you a chance......" As soon as the words fell, Ying Zheng's gaze became extremely cold, and with a spread of his palm, a dark golden lightsaber appeared out of thin air, and flew towards Liu Bang at a gallop. The lightsaber volleyed in the air without warning, but Liu Bang did not panic Liu Bang blocked the surging sharp killing intent, and calmly examined the mysterious man in front of him.

"The long sword hides the winter, the short sword autumn cliff ......" Liu Bang stared at the long knife and short sword in the man's hand at close range, and suddenly his pupils shrank, and the look of shock was overflowing, "You are the Fuso Sword Saint-" "In the lower Miyamoto Musashi." The man raised his eyes to look at Liu Bang, the slender sword mark on his left eye made his gaze look extremely sharp, and a low and somewhat hoarse voice sounded, like a knife wind, passing in Liu Bang's ears.

In a moment of speech, it seemed calm, but Liu Bang and Miyamoto, who were fighting each other, were constantly releasing the magic blue energy in their bodies, and the powerful power was like a silent wave, invisibly rushing madly.

"I really didn't expect that even the Fusang Sword Saint was gathered down by you-" Liu Bang frowned slightly, and there was no doubt that his words were pointing at Yingzheng. "There's a lot more you didn't expect!" Ying Zheng looked at Liu Bang, who was confronting Miyamoto's forces from a distance, and smiled coldly, "Liu Bang...... To tell you the truth, I admire you very much, but it's a pity that you're going to be an obstacle to my great empire—in that case, I can't give you a chance. Today, you will 'stay' in Xianyang Palace! ”

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Liu Bang glanced sideways slightly, and then realized that he was surrounded by Arthur, Zhong Wuyan, and Daji who had just returned to Xianyang Palace, plus Miyamoto Musashi in front of him - he was surrounded! From the moment Ying Zheng swung his lightsaber, they moved, and Miyamoto, who had been hiding in the hidden place of Xianyang Palace, suddenly killed and attacked him, and Arthur's people who were standing in the original spirit place also immediately rushed towards him, and in a moment, they surrounded him to death - Ying Zheng's sword was simply an order - an order to besiege Liu Bang.

Everything came by too coincidence, Liu Bang, who went to Xianyang Palace alone to meet Yingzheng, did not expect that Yingzheng would have a lurking strong man Miyamoto under Yingzheng, nor did he expect that he would meet Arthur and others to cross back to the palace so well. Now, he's surrounded by four of them—no, and Yingzheng—five! "Yingzheng, do you want to get rid of me here with the strength of the crowd?" Liu Bang frowned tightly and stared at Ying Zheng who was standing quietly on the one hundred and twenty steps.

"Don't you think you're arrogant? Knowing that Xianyang Palace is already a tiger's den in Longtan to you, you even dare to come alone to confront me in court. Ying Zhenglong's eyes froze, and he said coldly, "Liu Bang, are you too confident in your strength, you dare to enter the palace alone, and don't blame me for taking advantage of the situation in this palace to finish you off!" Liu Bangrin looked around and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Yingzheng, do you really think that you can destroy me in this way?" "Rampant! Liu Bang, you don't think you can beat the five of us! Ying Zheng stared slightly and reprimanded loudly. Then, Ying Zheng flicked his hand to seal, and a huge golden magic circle suddenly appeared at Liu Bang's feet. However, in the face of the magic circle that suddenly rose under his feet, Liu Bang didn't care at all, only to see that his left hand was horizontal, using the soft strength of the magic blue energy to shake away Miyamoto Musashi in front of him, and then turned around to face Ying Zheng.

"Since I dare to come, I am sure that I will leave with my whole body." Liu Bang said calmly, as if he didn't care at all that he was surrounded by the murderous aura of Miyamoto, Arthur, Zhong Wuyan, and Daji. Liu Bang just looked at him slightly, stretched out his right hand and sealed it with one hand, and the magic blue energy in his whole body surged in an instant, like an abyss undercurrent under the sea, hidden and huge. Immediately after, Liu Bang plunged the silver sword held in his left hand into the ground - it did not pierce the ground, but the moment the end of the sword touched the ground, the majestic magic blue energy refined into a large light purple halo, circulating around Liu Bang.

(End of chapter)