General Qin

There is a spirit of emperor in Si water!

This shocking news came all the way west and was presented to the emperor and his ministers who were vacationing on Zhifu Island.

The Son of Heaven is the title that subjects have given to the supreme being in the world since ancient times.

The so-called king, father, heaven and mother, earth, are the sons of heaven.

As we all know, there is only one emperor today, and that is Qin Shi Huang, who is waiting for the wonders of wonderland to appear on Zhifu Island.

But at this time, there was news that there was an emperor's spirit in Sishui County, which was originally part of Chu Di. Naturally, such a strange thing immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The martial arts lord Zhao Tuo was the most shocked. He exclaimed in his heart: "The emperor's qi in Sishui County...could it be Liu Bang! The art of looking at qi is so magical that even this guy who escaped can be found?"

When talking about Surabaya, Liu Bang would come to mind. This was Zhao Tuo's first reaction, but as the details of the matter were announced, he felt relieved.

It turns out that the so-called emperor's spirit in Si water does not refer to a person, but to a thing.

"The tripod is an instrument of etiquette. According to the law of etiquette: three tripods for scholars, five tripods for officials, seven tripods for princes, and nine tripods for emperors."

"In ancient times, Xia Yu successfully controlled floods and ascended to the throne of emperor. He collected the gold from Jiu Mu and cast a tripod at the foot of Jingshan Mountain to resemble Jiuzhou. It is the most precious treasure in the world."

"In the later Xia Dynasty, Jie was brutal and his virtuous government declined, so Ding moved to the Yin and Shang Dynasties. In the Shang Dynasty, when Zhou was immoral, the Ding moved to the Zhou Dynasty and was kept in Luoyi. When the Zhou Dynasty declined due to lack of virtue, I, the ancestor of Qin Dynasty, King Zhao, sent a large army to attack Luoyi. We took Jiuding and moved westward, but the son of King Nan of Zhou did not want to surrender..."

As the right prime minister Wei Xiang opened his mouth to tell the story, a dusty old story became known again because of the spirit of the Emperor of Surabaya.

"Good fellow, it turns out that of the nine tripods left by Xia Yu, did Qin only get the eight tripods?"

Zhao Tuo was greatly surprised. According to Wei Zhuang, it turned out that before the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, the son of King Nan of Zhou had a very strong character. Before the Qin army arrived, he united with the nobles of the Western Zhou Principality and secretly took the Yuzhou tripod, one of the nine tripods. He stole it and fled eastward.

However, it was the time when King Zhao of Qin was dominating the world, and the Qin people were so powerful that no one in the six eastern countries dared to accept this prince of the Zhou family.

In the end, Qin destroyed the Western Zhou principality and collected all the treasures of the Zhou Dynasty.

In helplessness and despair, the prince of Zhou Dynasty broke the boat carrying the tripod in the Sishui River near Pengcheng, carried the tripod into the water, and disappeared from sight.

At that time, because the Qin State had not yet conquered Wei and Chu, it was difficult for its forces to reach Pengcheng, let alone send people to salvage in the Si River, so it could only be put on hold for the time being. Time flies, and now more than thirty years have passed.

Because Jiuding is a symbol of the emperor, this matter is of great importance. After this incident happened, the people of Qin did not publicize it to the outside world.

Wei and Chu were frightened by the fierce power of King Qin Zhao, so they naturally did not dare to say anything. Not many people in the world knew about it. This is also the reason why Zhao Tuo, as a noble of the Zhao Kingdom, did not hear about it.

"There is a legend near Pengcheng that someone saw a treasure light coming out of Surabaya, and a nearby fisherman heard the sound of a ghost crying at night, calling it "Zhou Ding Zhou Ding, want to leave Surabaya and return home."

"Therefore, people in Surabaya all say that the treasure light is the emperor's energy from Zhou Ding. Today, the emperor is patrolling east, and the treasure has spirit and wants to return to the emperor and return to the old land of Guanzhong. This is a great auspicious sign!"

This is a document sent by the Sishui County Governor to the emperor, which is equivalent to defining the nature of this matter.

Although the First Emperor listened to Zhao Tuo's advice in Linzi and stopped doing auspicious things, the Qin officials in various counties in Qi heard the news and did not dare to offer auspicious things indiscriminately.

But this Nine Cauldron thing is different from those unicorns and divine turtles that look fake at first glance. This is a real thing. It is an important weapon of the emperor passed down from ancient times and should not be underestimated.

And it didn’t matter that the First Emperor didn’t care about Jiuding before. Now that he thought about it, there were only eight Jiuding he placed in Guanzhong. On the spot, he felt that his heart was filled with panic, as if a thorn had been pierced into his flesh. I feel uncomfortable no matter what.

"How can my Jiuding be missing one!"

The First Emperor took this very seriously. His original plan was to go to Chengshan to worship the Lord of the Sun after worshiping the Lord of Yang on Zhifu Island, and then turn south to go to Langya to worship the Lord of the Four Seasons, while also having fun at Langya's palace.

But now that the matter of Zhou Ding in Surabaya has arisen, he couldn't bear it anymore. He made a decision on the spot: "I ordered Surabaya County to recruit tens of thousands of troops and gather in Pengcheng. I will set off to Sishui County in six days to personally salvage the Zhou Ding from the water. .”

"only!"

The ministers took the order and retreated, starting to prepare for their departure six days later.

Zhao Tuo was speechless.

A treasure light appeared in the Si River, and the fisherman heard the sound of ghosts crying at night, and he could accurately tell what the sound was.

This was the same trick he played when he attacked Shouchun of Chu State. It was clear that someone was playing tricks behind his back and deliberately attracted the emperor with the incident of Zhou Ding in Si River.

"Is this the work of the Sishui County Governor? Zhao Guang told me before during the Northern Expedition that Sishui County Governor Zhang De is not a man of upright character. It is probably because he heard about Linzi County's Xianxiang Rui incident and thought Using Zhou Ding's incident to flatter the emperor, no wonder it was said in the document that this was a great auspicious event."

"Alas, those simple and upright Qin officials in the past were sent out to serve as officials, but they were corrupted one after another. It seems that the problem of official administration in Da Qin must also be taken seriously."

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the auspiciousness all over the ground carried out by the Linzi County Sheriff after the emperor's conferment, the formal projects carried out by the Jiaodong County Sheriff, and now the Nine Cauldrons performed by the Sishui County Sheriff.

However, Zhao Tuo thought about it and felt that this matter was not without benefit to him.

"Xiaxiang's residence is not far from Pengcheng and is located downstream of Surabaya. When the emperor finishes salvaging the Jiuding in Pengcheng, he can be persuaded to visit Xiangxiang in person to see what's going on with the Xiang family."

Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes when he thought of the documents about the Xiang family that Zhao Guang had sent back.

"Could it be that the butterfly effect really happened because of me, causing Xiang Yu to get sick and die?"

…

When the news came out that the First Emperor decided to go to Sishui County to salvage Jiuding, the faces of all the alchemists changed.

Although the emperor still decided to wait for the expiration of ten days before setting off for Surabaya County. He seemed to still care about the immortal affairs, but in fact his thoughts were all on the Yuzhou tripod in Surabaya.

Compared with the illusory pursuit of immortality, the Yuzhou tripod that fell in the Si River was a real existence, and the emperor naturally paid more attention to it.

"There are still six days left, celestial being, please let the emperor take a look at that magical wonderland!"

The plans of Xu Shi and others have been ruined by Zhao Tuo, and now a Yuzhou tripod suddenly emerges from the Si River. This makes it almost impossible for them to persuade the emperor. The only hope is probably the appearance of wonders in the wonderland.

Time passed slowly. Qin Shihuang and his ministers spent ten days on Zhifu Island. In the meantime, they took a boat out to sea twice and even encountered a group of huge sea fish on the way out to sea.

Zhao Tuo recognized that it was a whale and was not afraid. He even watched it with interest.

However, it was the first time for Hu Hai and other ministers in Guanzhong to see it. They couldn't help but screamed in fright. Even Tingwei Li Si looked pale and his beard kept trembling. They were afraid that those huge fish would destroy the boat. Overturned.

When the First Emperor saw the group of big fish, although he did not call out like everyone else, he clenched his fists tightly and looked serious.

Fortunately, the big fish ignored the group of little people sitting in the wood and swam straight into the depths of the sea.

Such a strange experience once again gave the alchemists confidence. Although they did not mention the elixir, they still used this group of big fish to brag about the mysteries in the sea in an attempt to arouse the emperor's interest.

It's a pity that they were allowed to talk eloquently until ten days passed.

The magical wonderland boasted by the alchemists did not appear after all.

"It seems that those immortals don't want to give me medicine."

The First Emperor stood on the island and looked at the depths of the sea, with a trace of regret on his face.

Without the elixir, it would be difficult for him to conquer the entire world.

Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let me tell you, this mirage is not so easy to see. If the emperor really sees it on Zhifu Island, then maybe there are gods and gods in this world."

The time has come, but the wonders of the fairyland have not appeared, and the Jiuding in Si water shows signs of being born.

The alchemists no longer had any reason to persuade the emperor to sponsor them to go to sea to find immortals, so they had no choice but to follow the First Emperor by boat from Zhifu Island back to the opposite Xianxian County.

After taking a short rest in Hexian County, the Qin flag moved in the sky and the wheels rolled forward.

The First Emperor's car officially set off towards Sishui County, where Pengcheng was located.

He was going there to retrieve the Yuzhou tripod that sank in the Si River.

"Historical Records of Justice": In the 19th year from Yin to King Nan of Zhou [5], King Zhao of Qin took nine tripods, one of which flew into Surabaya, and the remaining eight flew into Qin. "

"Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin": When the First Emperor returned, he passed through Pengcheng, fasted and prayed at the temple, and was about to leave Zhouding and Surabaya. Thousands of people were left without water and asked for it.

"Shui Jing Zhu·Sishui": The first emperor of Qin sometimes saw a tripod in the Sishui River. The first emperor was so happy that he united the three generations with virtue and made thousands of people beg for it without water.