A large river flows out from Zhongnan Mountain and pours into the Wei River. This is the Ba River, one of the nine streams in the Great Qin Pass. At the intersection of the Ba River and the Wei River, lush forests cover the wilderness and stretch for dozens of miles, forming a large area.
Primeval forest.
Catkins were flying all over the sky, just like snow falling from the sky and scattering into the green forest. The strange scene made people feel intoxicated and didn't know the heaven and the earth. Under the guidance of Dun Ruo, Zhang Han suddenly turned from a hidden forest path into the dense forest.
The carriage only walked along the dense forest path for more than ten seconds, when a straight and wide avenue suddenly appeared in the lush virgin forest.
Along the road, the carriage gradually entered the depths of the forest. Through the window of the carriage, Hu Hai found that short and straight gray and white roofs loomed from time to time among the towering ancient trees, which seemed a bit mysterious in the wilderness.
Walking on the dense forest road, Hu Hai, sitting in the carriage, always felt that someone was staring at him and his group in the depths of the dense forest, as if looking at prey. But when he looked around, he couldn't see anyone. Is it an illusion?
Not long after the carriage had traveled, we saw a white stone castle standing on a high ground in the forest in the distance. The tall gray-white walls and protruding towers were particularly conspicuous against the endless green surroundings.
Zhang Han was surprised to see the castle appearing on the high ground in the forest. He had never known that there was such a hidden and huge castle at such a close distance near Xianyang.
The carriage gradually approached the high ground. There was a ring of white stone city walls with small towers and crenellations. It was simple, thick and majestic. In front of the high ground slope stood a stone pillar more than ten feet high, with two big red characters engraved on it - Ba Palace.
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"Is this Ba Palace?"
Hu Hai jumped off the carriage and looked curiously at the simple and rough-looking castle in front of him.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is Ba Palace."
Dunrui also got off the carriage and stood beside Hu Hai and replied.
"Then the black ice platform is here?"
"Um... Your Majesty, I don't know if Hei Bingtian is here." Dunruo hesitated for a moment and said.
"Didn't you say that you are the only one in Great Qin who knows where the Black Ice Platform is? Why don't you know it now that you are here in Ba Palace?"
Hu Hai said in surprise when he heard Dun Rui's words, and Zhang Han was even more frightened. He quickly stood in front of Hu Hai, grabbed Dun Rui and cursed,
"You old man, what are your intentions in bringing His Majesty to such a secret place!"
"Zhang Han, stop!"
Hu Hai was startled by Zhang Han's sudden movement and shouted quickly.
Hu Hai knew that Dunruo could not have planned to harm him in advance, because he also decided to come to Heibingtai on the spur of the moment, and Dunruo had been with him before coming to Heibingtai, so he had no chance to arrange any traps. Zhang Han was also concerned about the chaos.
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"What do you mean, Sir Lang Zhongling? How dare you, a weakling, have the intention to murder your Majesty?"
Dunruo, who had been refusing to live or die, became a little anxious when he heard Zhang Han's words.
When Zhang Han heard Hu Hai shouting, he angrily let go of Dun's weak hand and said, "If you have no other intentions, why did you bring your majesty to such an inaccessible place?"
"This is what His Majesty the First Emperor told the old minister. If His Majesty is virtuous and capable of governing the Qin Dynasty, he will be brought to Ba Palace. When Your Majesty enters Ba Palace, you will naturally know where the Black Ice Platform is." Dunwei felt extremely aggrieved.
"Zhang Aiqing should quickly apologize to Dun Aiqing." Hu Hai scolded.
At this time, Zhang Han also knew that he had been reckless, and he quickly bowed down to apologize to Dun Rui. Dun Rui was generous, waved his hands, walked to an ancient tree with branches, and pushed down a person.
A round stone the size of a hug.
Just when Hu Hai and Zhang Han were wondering what the old man was doing by pushing out a stone, they heard the deep rumbling sound of mines, and the huge and thick stone gate of the castle rolled open.
The stone gate opened, and Hu Hai and the other three waited for a long time, thinking that someone would come out to greet them. However, after a while, the entire castle was still dead silent, like an empty ghost town.
The deep corridors of the city wall are like giant beasts with their mouths wide open, waiting to devour the food that enters their mouths.
"What's going on? Old love," Hu Hai pointed at the silent castle and asked.
"Your Majesty, I came here once with His Majesty the First Emperor. At that time, when the city gate opened, someone should have greeted Your Majesty, but I don't know why it is like this now."
It's equally aggrieved to be weak. The people in this castle are all devils living in the darkness and seducing people's lives. What can I do?
While Dun Rui was talking, Hu Hai saw with his own eyes a figure flashing past at the top of the city, as if he was observing his group. There must be someone in the castle! At this time, hearing what Dun Ruo said, Hu Hai probably knew something.
There are people in the castle, and they must have discovered that they and others have arrived. What's more, the gate of the castle has been opened by himself and others. So these people have not come out yet, either to give themselves, the new emperor, a showdown, or they don't know them.
By myself.
But he doesn’t know himself. This old man Dun Ruo has been here once, so he doesn’t know him either?
"When I first came to Heibingtai, wasn't there anyone alive to greet me? Or did you know it was me but deliberately didn't come to greet me?"
Hu Hai couldn't understand and didn't think about it anymore, so he decided to use the most direct method to force these people to come out. Didn't they say that these people were only loyal to the emperor? So now that the emperor is here, how dare these people not show up?
"Does the nobleman in the city have any tokens?"
A deep and rough voice suddenly appeared on the city wall, but only the voice could be heard, but no one could be seen.
Token? I definitely can’t bring the jade seal with me. What other tokens can I have?
After thinking about it, Hu Hai took off the beautiful jade seal that had been hanging on his waist, held it up and said, "Can this be considered a token?"
This seal was used by Hu Hai to stamp when issuing warrants, and he always carried it with him.
As for the jade seal, it is in charge of the special Fu Xi Ling, and now Zhang Han is in charge of this matter, as was Zhao Gao before. The Fu Xi Ling, and the officials in the Fu Xi Office are all his subordinates. Only the seal of the Emperor of Qin is stamped
The peculiarity is that every time an imperial edict or official document is affixed with a seal, it must be written in the emperor's hand.
In fact, there is something even more peculiar: no matter who is responsible for the seal order, the official who actually keeps the jade seal and seals it is always an old person from the royal family. There is no emperor's warrant, even if the seal order is issued by Zhao Gao or Zhang Han himself.
It's still not possible to come.
The purpose of formulating such laws was to ensure that the emperor's seal was actually in the hands of the emperor himself. This is why Zhao Gao had already drafted the edict during his eastern tour and asked Hu Hai to stamp it with the jade seal.
Of course, if it were still the predecessor Hu Hai, then when the eastern tour was over and he returned to Xianyang, Zhao Gao would definitely try his best to keep the jade seal in his own hands. This is what Zhao Gao did in history, killing the royal family members who kept the jade seal, and seizing it.
The jade seal.
History doesn’t have so many ifs!
Hu Hai didn't know how those people hiding in the dark could see clearly what he was holding. After a while, he heard a roar of voices in the castle: "Welcome Your Majesty!" There was still no trace in front of the castle.
, empty.
Oh! It really works. How did these people see and identify such a small thing in their hands? Hu Hai was puzzled.
"Can they go in with me?" Hu Hai took two steps and then stopped and asked.
"Welcome Your Majesty!"
After hearing this, Hu Hai waved his hand to ask Zhang Han and Dunruo to follow him.
A group of three people entered the castle and heard another thunderous sound,
"The Sixteenth Lieutenant of Black Ice Platform welcomes Your Majesty!"
(Thanks in the name of God, bettycpp, Fengxue Aiwujie for the reward.
Is it possible that there are so few recommendations for Monday today? I will try my best to do what the brothers who urged me to do the update yesterday asked me to do today! Please recommend me.)