To the north of Xianyang Palace, Yingzheng ordered people to build a Wangjia Horse Factory.
The grain requested by Dawan Kingdom has been delivered to Jingjue, and Dawan's sweat horses have also been inspected and accepted by Wuchan. The handover between the two parties has been officially completed.
Wu Chan also sent back news that the second wave of Jingjue people had escorted all the sweat horses to Da Qin, and Wu Chan hoped that Ying Zheng would train them all as ghost hands to help Ying Zheng refine the secret stones.
Looking at Wu Chan's handwriting, Ying Zheng's longing for him was particularly strong. He immediately picked up the pen and wrote back the letter.
There are only a few words in the letter about state affairs, and most of the space is spent talking about the pain of missing each other and talking about the love between children.
After writing the letter, Ying Zheng suddenly felt the urge to deliver the letter to Wu Chan personally.
But I can only think about it, he can't leave here, and Wu Chan can't get over because he has to build the tomb of King Jingjue.
After handing the letter to Zhao Gao, Ying Zheng took him to the newly renovated horse factory.
As the only owner here, the black fox is eating grass leisurely.
Ever since Maple Leaf was taken to the Kingdom of Zhao by Hu Yu, the black fox had no companion to accompany it, because other horses in the palace could not get into its eyes.
Ying Zheng ordered Zhao Gao to bring a bucket of water, and the two men began to comb the black fox's hair carefully.
"Your Majesty, tell me, if these bloody horses come to us, can they breed a new batch of foals?" Zhao Gao said while wiping the black fox's hind legs.
"It shouldn't be difficult," Ying Zheng smiled and said, "It's probably easier than hatching eggs."
Zhao Gao: "..."
"By the way, I haven't seen that sunset egg in a few days. Has it changed in any way?" Ying Zheng asked.
Zhao Gao replied: "There is no change in appearance, but if you put your ear against the eggshell at night, you will hear an extremely weak heartbeat."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng said with interest, "This is quite interesting. Did you find anything else?"
Zhao Gao shook his head: "If you want to observe the inside, you will have to make a hole in it, but you probably won't, Your Majesty."
"Of course not." Ying Zheng reminded, "Don't make any crooked ideas. Even if a mythical beast suddenly pops out and bites you, you have to endure it."
Zhao Gao stuck out the tip of his tongue: "I know this."
While the two were chatting, Meng Yi hurried over and handed over a secret letter: "Your Majesty, General Wang has returned the military information."
Ying Zheng opened the secret letter and read it carefully.
Seeing the joy on Ying Zheng's face, Zhao Gao knew that the news was good, so he said, "Did you win the battle ahead?"
"Well, we won the battle." Ying Zheng said cheerfully, "Their great Chan Yu Touman personally led the army here, but he was besieged in the Yinshan Mountains by the three-way coalition army and became a turtle in a urn."
"Great!" Meng Yi and Zhao Gao said in unison.
Ying Zheng continued: "However, Wang Jian did not kill him. Instead, he forced Touman to make concessions and made him promise not to invade the Central Plains again."
Meng Yi said: "Since we are all surrounded, we might as well kill them all."
Ying Zheng shook his head slightly and said: "Wang Jian made the right choice. If he kills Touman, his tribe will continue to come for revenge, which will delay our important event."
Zhao Gao also echoed: "If that's the case, it will be difficult to get rid of the Xiongnu's dog-skin plaster."
"However, Touman finally agreed, but the condition is that I let the widow go there and sign an alliance with him in person." Ying Zheng said.
"It doesn't matter." Meng Yi said, "We have the situation under control, and we are not afraid of what he might have up his sleeve."
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Zheng thought for a while and said: "I have an idea, which is to take advantage of this trip to inspect the terrain and make preparations for the construction of the Great Wall."
When Meng Yi heard that the Great Wall was going to be built, he immediately became interested: "Your Majesty, please take me with you this time."
Zhao Gao also said: "Your Majesty, I too..."
Halfway through the words, he swallowed it back because he suddenly realized that he had to stay and take care of Xi's red egg.
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Zhao Gao, just stay. If you want to go out with me, wait until next year. Meng Yi, tell your brother and let him go too. Oh, wait, let's go to Li Let’s go find him.”
Meng Tian has been accompanying the Ou family to make swords in Lishan Mountain during this period, and he should also ask Ji Fa's opinion about going to Yinshan Mountain.
Ying Zheng patted Black Fox's neck and whispered: "How about going out with me this time to enjoy the scenery?"
Because of cherishment, Ying Zheng rarely rides a black fox out on ordinary days, but this time when he went to see the Xiongnu Great Chanyu, he had to put on a show.
Meng Yi and Zhao Gao saddled the black fox and carefully led him out of the palace gate.
Ying Zheng got on the dark sweaty horse and took Meng Yi to Lishan Mountain.
After learning about Ying Zheng's intention, Ji Fa thought about it and said, "This time, I will accompany you."
Ying Zheng was slightly surprised: "Why, does Master have anything else to do this time?"
"Let's go to the forbidden area and talk while walking." Ji Fa said.
Ying Zheng agreed, changed to an ordinary horse, and accompanied Ji Fa to the forbidden area.
Before Ying Zheng could speak, he heard Ji Fa say: "Since we are going to Yinshan Mountain, I will take you to meet Prisoner Niu."
Ying Zheng was a little stunned. He knew that Prisoner Ox was the first of the nine guardian beasts, but he didn't know that its specific location was in Yinshan Mountain.
"I didn't tell you the specific locations of the nine mythical beasts before. I originally wanted to wait until you unified China before taking you to visit them one by one." Ji Fa said, "But since we have the opportunity now, it is better to meet earlier. "
Ying Zheng was very curious and asked quickly: "Senior Prison Niu, what does it look like? Is it very fierce?"
"Haha, it looks a bit fierce. It can be said that it is the most like a real dragon among the nine mythical beasts." Ji Fa said, "But it is also the one with the best temperament and the wisest one."
Ying Zheng imagined the appearance of the prisoner cow based on Yasu's appearance, and then asked: "Then the place it is guarding should be the most critical position, right?"
Ji Fa nodded and said, "That's right. You should have heard Li Si say that we have three dragon veins in China, and the first three of the nine guardian beasts guard the core positions of these three dragon veins."
"Yinshan Mountain is the core of the North Dragon Vein, and Qiu Niu is guarding it. Lishan Mountain is the core of the Middle Dragon Vein, so Yazhen is guarding it. And the southern one, with its core in Huangshan Mountain, is guarded by the third of them, Chaofeng. .”
"So that's it." Ying Zheng said thoughtfully, "Then Yinshan Mountain is on the dividing line between the grassland and the Central Plains. The eye of fire there is also the core area that controls the natural source of power out of control, right?"
"Exactly." Ji Fa said, "In the ancient civilization era, the Dragon Clan in Jiuyou used the "Book of Mountains and Seas" at that time to change the energy of natural sources, causing the mountains and seas to shift, and earth disasters to occur."
"The civilization in the West was drowned by the great flood, while the East was swallowed up by countless volcanoes. Kuafu took the Ark to rescue the Eastern civilization, and let Fuxi take on the important task of rebuilding civilization, and taught him to cast the Jiuding and Tianmu to stabilize and reshape the civilization. Shape the power of nature.”
"It was at that time that the mission of the Heavenly Carrier began. As the last Heavenly Carrier, you must place the Jiuding and the corresponding Heavenly Eyes in each guardian.
Near the fire eye guarded by the guardian beast, and then use the energy of the five elements to completely eradicate hidden dangers, so that the entire world will no longer have the threat of disaster. "
Ying Zhengke had heard about the mission and responsibilities of the Heavenly Carrier more than once, but every time he heard Ji Fa's words, the sense of mission in his bones made his blood boil.
"Well, I will definitely establish a good relationship with these nine divine beasts and let them fully cooperate with me." Ying Zheng said, "But I still don't know, what does Senior Qi Niu like?"
Ji Fa said: "Ou Ping and the others made a new fish-gut sword. Take that with you. Also, make an alloy musical instrument with the totem of the prisoner ox."
"Is this... too late?" Ying Zheng asked doubtfully.
"Three days are enough." Ji Fa said, "I'll set off first. Your bloody horse is fast, so I should be able to catch him."
Ying Zheng: "..."
As the two of them talked, they arrived at the entrance of Yajue's cave.
Yaizhen was much more energetic than before. After learning that they were going to Yinshan Mountain, he seemed a little disappointed, so he gave Yingzheng a piece of scale armor and asked him to pass it to Qiu Niu.
The world of mythical beasts is really hard to understand.
Before leaving, Yaizhen specifically told him not to tell Qianniu about Xi.
After Ying Zheng agreed, he said goodbye and returned to the camp.
Ou Ping and Jing Fan were called, and Ying Zheng asked them to cooperate and build an alloy musical instrument within three days.
The two of them took the order bravely, but neither of them had any confidence.
Ying Zheng put away the new fish intestine sword and returned to Xianyang to make early preparations. Ji Fa set off first with a team of guards and rushed to Yinshan.
In the underground secret room of Sima Mansion, which was originally Lu Buwei's Treasure Pavilion, Ying Zheng inspected the Jiuding.
As long as he was in Xianyang, he would come and take a look every month. Although he knew it was safe here, out of curiosity, he still checked it regularly and cleaned it on the way.
After cleaning up, Ying Zheng looked at Jiuding blankly.
These nine partners who have always been together will eventually separate, each with his own destiny and his own mission.
The people only knew that they were symbols of royal power, but they did not know that they also shouldered the important task of saving the world.
If they were alive, I wonder if they would accept their fate.
Perhaps, the moment when Jiuding is truly united with his Third Eye is when he is happiest and most relaxed.
But after that, they will remain silent forever, or even cease to exist.
Every time the dragon veins are repaired, the original Jiuding will remain in Huoyan, and the new Heavenly Inheritor will rebuild the Jiuding to replace the former.
As for Ying Zheng, it saves trouble to not have to build a new Jiuding, but it does not lack a unique experience.
Moreover, that also means that the Jiuding, which symbolizes China's thousands of years of civilization, will no longer exist.
At that time, what will the people of future generations think?
Do you think that Jiuding only exists in recorded legends, or are just a few useless big tripods with symbolic significance?
Ying Zheng saw Jiuding's sorrow and understood his future.
He, like Jiuding, after doing everything he can, will be regarded by future generations as a tyrant, a murderous emperor who only deserves to have a short-lived dynasty.
But what does it matter?
Looking at the Jiuding in front of him, the entanglement that had always existed in Ying Zheng's heart finally disappeared completely.
Whether it is handed over to the country or reviled by the world, it is just fame and fortune.
Do your own thing well and don’t care about fame or fortune!
