Thousands of miles west of Xianyang, there are towering mountains with a series of palaces on the top of the mountains.
After night falls, the stars echo with the lights in the palace, creating a wonderful scene.
At this moment, in the Moon Worship Tower, the highest building in the palace, a charming woman in a green skirt was holding a poisonous snake with yellow and green lines in her hand.
There is also a colorful strange bird with a long neck like a snake vaguely appearing between his eyebrows.
What's weird is that the strange bird actually stuck out its sharp beak from between the woman's eyebrows, poked the poisonous snake in her hand, and breathed out, refining and swallowing the poisonous snake.
Satisfied with the meal, the strange bird stretched out its sharp beak and poked at a small bronze mirror that the woman had just taken out.
The mirror surface was poked by the bird's beak, rippling out a picture like water waves, but it was the original mountain gate of Qiqing Road.
At this moment, the mountain gate area has become scorched earth, the Hengjiang Hall has collapsed, and some of the ruins have fallen into the river below, and are in dilapidated condition.
"The inheritance of Qiqing Dao has been destroyed like this, but Li Ji, are you secretly intervening?" Another old voice appeared.
A man wearing a dark green robe suddenly appeared in the Moon Worship Tower following the voice.
His body is tall and slender, and his sleeves flutter when the wind blows.
His voice is old, but his face is only middle-aged. His eyes are as cold as ice, his nose is high, his lips are thin, and his cheeks are long and thin.
"So what? Your Majesty, do you want to punish me?" The woman named Li Ji had a soft voice.
"Why did you secretly help Qi Chu and destroy Qi Qing Dao?" the man asked.
"I just deceived a little bit of Qi, so that Qiqing Taoist leader and Sui Yu could not sense the danger in advance. The victory or defeat is their own business. Qiqing Taoist skills are not as good as others, who can blame them?" Li Ji said with a smile.
The man muttered: "You not only deceived Qi Ji, but also spread demonic power. You secretly affected Shi Jinxu's emotional changes, increased his resentment towards Zhao Huaizhong, and indirectly caused him to steal the Seven Emotions Code into Qin, accelerating the Seven Emotions."
The downfall of the Tao.”
Li Ji smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really powerful. You are right. I want to choose the forces among the three sects and nine sects in the family and destroy them.
In this way, everyone in the other countries will be in danger, secretly form alliances, and change their fortunes, causing the world to fall apart and fall into chaos as soon as possible.
Last time the black bird was born and came to Qin, the Great Master said that the world is not in chaos yet, so it is not a good opportunity for us to be born, so let it become chaotic as soon as possible, causing natural and man-made disasters. Only then can our clan be born again and raise the common people in captivity."
The man known as the Great Master carries it with one hand and looks toward the east.
In his eyes, he could see a beam of light that was so brilliant that it reached the sky and the earth. That was the direction of Da Qin.
"The Qin people's fortunes are increasing day by day. This is the trend of the world. Even if there is chaos for decades and the world is full of disputes, so what? Everything will eventually return to peace and the human race will be in control. It is irreversible!"
The Great Master said in a low voice: "This human matter is not something that we as a clan can intervene in and decide."
Li Ji retorted: "How can you know the result if you don't try?"
"Since the people of Qin have a prosperous country, let's use their hands to do things and use them as swords and axes for my own use."
The Great Master narrowed his eyes: "Do you want to imitate the demon lord Daji and send the charming spirit of the Fox Clan into Xianyang to charm the people of Qin, disrupt their government, and precipitate military disasters?"
"No, the charming spirit is too obvious. I want to choose a cauldron and secretly nourish it with evil spirit, making it become more and more violent, killing at every turn, and finally disrupting the government."
"The person who is nourished by you with evil spirit can live for at least twenty or thirty years. Your target is Zhuang Xiang, the Lord of Qin, or Zhao Huaizhong, the Prince of Qin." The Great Master said in a deep voice.
Li Ji did not respond. At this time, the image on the surface of the mirror in her hand changed, and Xianyang City actually appeared.
But then the shadow of a seal flashed in the mirror. The seal emitted a dazzling light, like thousands of sharp arrows, and instantly destroyed the image of the ancient mirror in Li Ji's hand.
The Great Master glanced at his face and said: "The Qin people's national destiny is booming, and it cannot be changed by you with a little planning.
I guess the person you want to plot against is Qin Chu, but he has the luck of the Qin Dynasty, and his momentum is already established, so your plot will not succeed."
He added, "The place where the Demon Lord sleeps has been experiencing abnormal fluctuations recently. Maybe she will wake up in the next few years, and then it will be an opportunity to make plans."
Li Ji raised the corners of her lips: "So what if the luck of the Qin Dynasty is added to it? It's just a human being. Let's wait and see again."
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Xianyang, early January.
It's cold and it's snowing.
On the street just after noon, Zhao Huaizhong sat in the carriage and looked at the snow powder outside the carriage.
After the snow fell, the wheels rolled over it, making a creaking sound.
Thick cloth has been added to the chariot to protect it from the wind. The interior of the chariot is spacious and covered with the furs of exotic animals. There is a mezzanine at the bottom, and a brazier is placed in the mezzanine, which creates the geothermal heat of this era and provides a warm atmosphere.
Zhao Huaizhong said to Wu Jia and Xin Wudi, who were standing on either side of the carriage, "You two should sit down too, there's no need to be so formal."
Among the guards around him, Jiang Si had recently gained experience in spiritual practice and had begun to prepare for a breakthrough to a new level, but did not follow him.
Zhao Huaizhong is on his way to Xuangu Academy. Today a famous scholar will give lectures on classics.
These days are relatively leisurely, so he is more diligent when he comes to the academy.
At this time, he no longer went to be in the same room with everyone, but was listening to the lectures in an independent study room in the academy. If Wang Ben and others were invited, they could also come in and listen to the lectures with him.
All the students in the academy felt extremely honored to receive the invitation from Zhao Huaizhong and be in the same class with the Crown Prince in the past few days.
Many students secretly competed for this purpose and worked hard to study various economic and historical strategies, fearing that if they were invited by Zhao Huaizhong, they would miss the opportunity.
Zhao Huaizhong also discovered several names that had shone brightly in ancient Chinese history in the academy. He secretly compared and observed them and gained quite a lot.
In the afternoon, he finished listening to the scriptures at the Academy and planned to go to the Flower and Grass Residence after class.
"Crown Prince!"
Wei Yang, a retainer of the Prime Minister's Mansion, caught up from behind.
Wei Yang wore a black robe, held a bamboo slip in his hand, and had a beard under his chin.
He was quite talented and read all kinds of classics and biographies. Lu Buwei was busy with affairs, so Wei Yang came to the academy to give lectures on his behalf, so he often met Zhao Huaizhong.
To a certain extent, Wei Yang is also the bridge of communication between Zhao Huaizhong and Lu Buwei.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Huaizhong asked.
"The Koreans entered Xianyang the day before yesterday. What do you think of their visit?"
Wei Yang's direct inquiry sent a message to Zhao Huaizhong that the content of his inquiry was asked on behalf of Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei was communicating through Wei Yang and Zhao Huaizhong in order to unify the views of the Korean people.
Zhao Huaizhong took his time and said: "Mr. Wei went back and told Prime Minister Lu that everything the Koreans did was aimed at mitigating the threat to our country, the Qin Dynasty.
However, if there are some things that are beneficial to our country, Da Qin, we might as well do it and go with the flow."
Wei Yang was stunned for a moment. He had seen the prince's transparency more than once.
What Zhao Huaizhong said just now was also said by Lu Buwei, and it was almost exactly the same.
Wei Yang's role as a megaphone had no sense of achievement, and both sides seemed to be able to guess what the other was thinking.
Zhao Huaizhong suddenly asked: "What is Lao Ai doing recently?"
Wei Yang couldn't keep up with Zhao Huaizhong's thinking span. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "Lao Ai has been following the rules recently and hasn't caused any trouble."
After thinking for a while, he added: "One thing is a little weird. I saw him when I just came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and talked with him. When I learned that I came to the Academy to meet the Crown Prince, Lao Ai actually heard the Crown Prince's name.
But his expression changed and he quickly said goodbye and left."
Zhao Huaizhong burst into laughter, thinking that Lao Ai had probably figured out what happened when Xiying and Qi Ren came to Qin last time, and there were traces of Ye Yufu's intervention behind it. He felt that he and Qi Ren were secretly negotiating, and maybe I knew about it.
, now that something is in my hands, I'm extremely worried.
Thoughts passed through his mind, Zhao Huaizhong said goodbye to Wei Yang, and walked into the Flower and Grass Residence surrounded by guards.
The flower and grass residence shrouded by the formation has no wind or rain, no falling snow, and lush vegetation.
Mu Yangjing was wearing a lead-blue dress, standing gracefully under a fruit tree, raising her slender neck to look at it intently.
When Zhao Huaizhong came in, she turned back and said, "Look at this fruit tree, it bloomed in the cold winter, and it will probably bear fruit in spring.
The technique of grafting to increase production that you mentioned has been confirmed to be feasible and can increase production by one season within a year."
Zhao Huaizhong smiled.
Mu Yangjing's steps were light and she walked side by side with him into the house: "There was a huge commotion outside the city the day before yesterday, was it you?" After saying that, he glanced at the big moon Ge that was used as a hairpin on his head.
The news of releasing Dayue Ge obviously could not be concealed from the influence of Mu Yangjing, Lu Buwei and others.
Zhao Huaizhong admitted frankly, raised his hand, and Da Yue Ge flew down, became seven or eight inches long, and landed in Mu Yangjing's hand, which was as white and delicate as fine porcelain.
Mu Yangjing looked at it for a moment, and her expression became more solemn: "Your Chang Ge seems to be very similar to a certain weapon described in ancient books?"
"Be confident and get rid of the impression." Zhao Huaizhong walked into the flower house first.
Mu Yangjing was born in the Shennong clan, and it is normal that there are descriptions of ancient weapons like the Dayue Ge in the inherited classics.
Zhao Huaizhong stayed in the flower house until dark, then took a car back to the Crown Prince's Mansion in the south of the city.
As soon as he returned, Liu Qi came in and announced: "The Korean envoy Zheng Guo has come to visit and has been waiting outside the house for a long time."