Chapter 11: The King of Blood
Amber wine, jasper, golden foot bottle, jade plate, food is picturesque, wine is like a spring, the guqin is rippling, and the bell is dingdong. The main hall is decorated with inverted bell-like flowers, the calyxes are white, the bone china is translucent, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed naturally. The vermilion lacquer gate, the soldiers standing solemnly on both sides, the long ge holding tightly, the frost-like blade shining with cold light, the cold light, but it could not shine into this golden palace. The eaves of the corners of the temple are like a brave bird ready to spread its wings and fly high, gilded copper tiles, and the beams and pillars are painted with gold, which is warning people that this is the palace of God. A slightly weak, slightly pale, wearing a crown of twenty-four curly beams, about one foot high, about one foot wide of the crown of Tongtian, the gauze robe with gold, the lining with red, collar, sleeves, placket, hem edge black edge, waist belt with gold and jade, golden bottoms, up and down are decorated with gold dragons, he is sitting on the dragon chair, carved with two lifelike golden dragons, soaring in the clouds, dragon claws are intertwined, the dragon's mouth has the carving of flowing clouds and flames, the maids on both sides of the body are holding two palm fans, the sun, the moon, and the stars in the twelve palm patterns are painted on the top, so as to show that the Son of Heaven is the god of all things, carrying the stars, shouldering the sun and the moon, will share life with the sun and the moon, and the cycle is not stopped。 He is none other than the emperor of the Qin Empire, Qin Wu, who has been on the throne for decades. The first emperor only favored him, the eldest son, in the eyes of the first emperor, the eldest son Qin Wu was humble and polite, a corporal of courtesy, and a god with a chic appearance. Whether it is external or internal, it is enough to bear the great responsibility of a country, so this supreme throne was passed to Qin Wu when he was twenty and five, and in the early years, Qin Wu also strictly followed the instructions left by the emperor, but it seems that God gave him some character shortcomings fairly, arrogant and suspicious. These are harmless for an ordinary person, but for the king of a country, these are fatal shortcomings, a few years ago in the Qin'an War, Qin Wu was young and frivolous, wanted to emulate the founding emperor, the royal drive to conquer, Jin Ge Iron Horse, thousands of miles like a tiger, this should be a good thing, their own king is fighting with themselves, the soldiers should be more and more powerful, but the fact did not come according to experience, at the beginning of the war, the soldiers of Qin because of the arrival of the emperor, one more heroic than the other, vowed to show themselves in front of the emperor, which led to the defeat of the An army, about to end, the young emperor could not hold back his inner impulse to fight on the battlefieldThe ministers next to him saw this scene, and immediately frightened the six gods, and they panicked, and watched the emperor follow the soldiers to rush to the defeated An army, when they came back to their senses, they found that the emperor ran too fast because of the horse he was riding, and rushed to the An army, and the fleeing An army saw a general in golden clothes rushing here, thinking that this must be a powerful person, they all ignored the escape, raised the simple knife in their hands and slashed at the people on the horse, where did the emperor who lived on the head of all living beings since childhood see this scene, and had to instinctively raise the sword in his hand full of gorgeous jewels to block, There are also some soldiers who are cultivators, and their strength is different from ordinary people, and although Qin Wu is proficient in poetry and songs, he can be called a great poet of the Qin State, but because he does not have a little soul in his body, he can only be an ordinary person, living in the palace where he is drunk and golden, and his physical strength is getting worse and worse. Just one blow, Qin Wu was shot off the horse, seeing that the emperor was about to die in the hands of an unknown soldier, among the Qin army, there was a general who roared and threw the big knife with soul power into the air, after penetrating several soldiers, the big knife was inserted into the soldier who was raising the sword in his hand, the soldier instantly exploded because of the soul power in his body, his blood, broken meat, scattered fell on Qin Wu's body, Qin Wu was immediately frightened and screamed, fainted and lay on the ground, and only woke up after a whole day of sleep, when he asked who the general who saved him under the knife was, Chu Li stood on the list of important ministers for the first time。 After this incident, even if there was a war, Qin Wu would no longer dare to do those things that were personally conquered, and this incident also became a heart disease for Qin Wu, causing him to suffer from a stubborn illness in the future.
Qin Wu was happily looking at the letter in his hand at the moment, it was the letter sent by Yue Fan overnight, when he saw that Chu Li had successfully defeated the entire 300,000 An army, the pale Qin Wu's face also showed a red of excitement, and he hurriedly shouted, when Chu Li returned, he would be crowned king to reward this immortal general, but the more he looked down, the more pale his face became, and the situation of Chu Li's serious injury was recorded in it, and there was no mark on why he was seriously injured, Qin Wu began to be a little confused, but at this moment it was not the time for him to ask this, he knew very well that the general of Tiance would be for the entire Qin** How encouraging the team is, in the army, the majesty of the emperor is not comparable to him, Chu Shuai, Qin Wu frowns and ponders every time he thinks of this moment, time does not allow him to think, he must now ensure Chu Li's cultivation, he hurriedly wrote an edict, ordering the cultivators who are good at healing in the country to go to Tianlu quickly and treat Chu Li. When Yue Fan took the edict and went to the military department to be transferred, Qin Wu leaned back on the dragon chair, sank down in his heart, and slowly thought about a few questions in his mind, how did Chu Li know that there were spies in the Qin army, how did Chu Li defeat the An army that was several times his size, and why Chu Li was seriously injured. The more he thought about it, the more he didn't understand, the more he couldn't see through Chu Li, his suspicion played a huge role at this moment, and all kinds of reasons made Qin Wu even more puzzled. He turned his head and raised his hand to the shadow in the corner, the space slowly distorted, and a man in black appeared in the shadow, the man lowered his head and didn't look at Qin Wu, when Qin Wu raised his hand for the second time, the man in black appeared out of thin air, and instantly came to Qin Wu from the corner, still with his head down, so that people could not see his appearance, Qin Wu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, just looked at the letter in his hand, and commanded the man in black in front of him:" Langtian, you go to Tianlu City immediately, secretly observe Chu Li, investigate the course of this battle, and in three days, come and see me!" The man in black bowed down respectfully, and after a while, he stretched out his hand to dissolve a spatial crack and disappeared into the crack in the darkness. After Langtian left, Qin Wu seemed to be a different person, a slight smile appeared on his face, and the attendant shouted loudly, "Order the left and right prime ministers, Taishi Taifu, palace scholars and others to come and meet him quickly!"
Only three minutes after the guards conveyed the order, these people came one after another, and the people who came first lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the emperor on the stage, this is the imperial court, the closer you are to the center of power, it means that you are not far from death, and the king is like a tiger, this sentence is an iron law in all dynasties. A few minutes later, the people finally arrived, the left prime minister Yan Han, the right prime minister Yu Ze, Taishi Xiang Nan, Taifu Shenyu stood respectfully under the stage, Qin Wu opened his eyes, looked at the people standing below, and handed the letter in his hand to the attendant beside him, the attendant held the letter in both hands and handed it to them, the majesty of the imperial sense instantly enveloped them, the people under the stage, although they were Wenchen, but they also had practiced, and the left and right prime ministers had reached the gods, but they felt some shock under the imperial majesty of Qin Wu, the pride of the sky, Fang is the emperor!
Qin Wu looked at the few people below, he was submissive in front of him, he didn't dare to move at all, and suddenly laughed a few times, "Several, there's no need to be so restrained, you are not my courtiers for a day or two, you all know me, come here, give me a seat." Qin Wu waved his hand, the palace maids hurriedly moved some stools, and the ministers wept and thanked the emperor one after another, Qin Wu nodded with satisfaction, and then straightened his voice and said: "This time I called the ministers to come to discuss how to reward Chu Li, Chu Li has repeatedly established military exploits on the front line, and the marshal can only be sealed in wartime, in peacetime, I want to give Chu Li another reward, so I don't chill the hearts of the soldiers who shed blood for the country in front, so I want to give the emperor's Tiance general the name of the king and enter the Tiance king!" I don't know what the opinions of the Qing family are?" As soon as the words fell, Prime Minister Zuo immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, it is good that Chu Li has repeatedly established military exploits, but the rules of the empire have long been stipulated, and people with foreign surnames cannot be crowned kings, and the monarch cannot violate this rule!" It seems that the left and right prime ministers will always be unable to coexist, and the right prime minister got up and raised objections: "The rules of the ancestors of the empire are used to govern the land of the ancestors, and now if it is not for Chu Li, the land of the ancestors will inevitably be lost in our hands, what face do we have to go to see the first emperor and the first emperor!" The left prime minister Yan Han was instantly ignored by what he said, so he had to blush, and pointed angrily at the right prime minister Yu Ze with his hand, Yu Ze stroked his gray beard and sat back in his position, but Yan Han did not hesitate to kneel down, clasped his hands, and pleaded with the emperor: "If you are not of my race, you must have different intentions, you should think about it." When Yu Ze heard him say this, his sitting body immediately stood up, and rushed to him angrily, if it weren't for the old minister's face, I was afraid that he would have already scuffled with Yu Ze, and the rest of the ministers just sat on the side and watched coldly, and the two palace scholars said one after another: "Doesn't this Zuo Prime Minister usually know how to be flexible?" Why did he become so pedantic this time, he prevented Chu Li from becoming the king so much, it didn't do him any good, and this right prime minister, hasn't he always taken Mingzhe as his life creed, how could he take the initiative to participate in this debate this time, how could they seem to be a different person?" The other person laughed coldly: "Do you really think they all took the initiative to say this? They quarreled like this, did you see the emperor send a sentence, conniving at the ministers to argue in the court, this influence, the emperor will not care?" I think if we support Chu Lifeng, I am afraid that we will be dragged out and executed by the guards outside the door, we do not support it, the ending is still like this, we still have to be a bystander, and those who are clear will clear themselves. ”
Qin Wu on the dragon chair quietly watched the argument between the two in the audience, everything was walking according to his plan, the bachelor's guess was not wrong, Qin Wu didn't want to give Chu Li too much military power, the only king of the Qin Empire, or his younger brother, Qin Yu, he was actually very repulsive to people with foreign surnames to be crowned kings, but after all, Chu Li had made such a huge military exploit, it was not okay not to give a reward, he knew in his heart that in the army, Chu Li compared with him, the prestige of the two soldiers, he was a high-ranking person, and it was impossible to be with them all the year round, and Chu Li was different, he cherished his soldiers even more than his own family, in some specific periods, The soldiers chose not to go back, but to drink with Chu Li, relative to him, Chu Li is their god, a king, and he can't allow this situation to happen. This is the role of him to demonstrate this scene, turning himself into a good person, but the black face is played by Prime Minister Zuo.
Qin Wu suddenly patted the dragon head lying under his hand and shouted: "Above the Holy Hall, Hugh has to make a time, give me quiet!" Seeing that the emperor was angry, the two people who were arguing suddenly quieted down, but they didn't tremble like the rest of the people, Qin Wu stood up and said sharply: " Nian you and others are important ministers in the court, but dare to be so presumptuous in the court, I don't want to lose the virtuous ministers, so I will be exempted from punishment and wait for half a year, on whether to give the king to Chu Li, I have already made a decision, for me to play the decree, in view of Chu Li's merits for the country, I think and merit, from now on Jin will be crowned as the king of Tiance, and the same column as the king!" Qin Wu looked at them who were silent, sat back in his seat, and the smile returned to his face, "When my King of Chu returns, I will personally greet you, and you will also go out of the city with me to greet you, in addition, the military department will prepare 1,000 prisoners who are about to die, and all the prisoners who will be escorted back in the future, and they will be imprisoned in the embers of the small city next to the Heavenly Mandate City, and I will cast my king with blood!"