247 Ten Miles of Red Clouds over Xianyang

Yu Ji was given the title of King with a different surname and took charge of the nine counties of Chu. This incident caused more intense repercussions in the government and the public than Tang Hao imagined. Even though Qin Shihuang and his ministers talked for a long time, the voices of opposition still continued.

Of course, this is not surprising. It would be fine if there was just a king with a different surname and no real power. However, the nine counties of Chu were not big at all, but they were definitely not small at all. And then they were given away by Qin Shihuang for no reason. An unknown man named Yu, anyone with a clear mind would probably think that the emperor's brain was filled with water.

Although they watched the entire conferment process in the end, the impact of this incident did not end there. After leaving the court that day, many people left in groups, and there were many discussions on the way. It was obvious that Prepare to discuss countermeasures and try to get the emperor to take back his life.

If this is a historical drama, then the next step will undoubtedly be a confrontation at the political level, a tussle between the emperor and the ministers, and the first wave of battles between Yu Ji and the government. However... this is not a historical drama!

This is a story about saving humanity.

So, when the ministers had just gathered in the court early the next morning, and before the memorial they had prepared overnight was presented to Qin Shihuang, a red cloud flying from the sky covered the sky above Xianyang Palace. The red clouds were like Like a blood mist, it enveloped most of Xianyang Palace, blocking out the sky and the sun, impacting everyone's eyes, hearts and nerves, sending an ominous aura.

When the red clouds flew over, Qin Shihuang didn't even hold the court meeting. He rushed out of the palace and came outside. Looking at the dense red clouds, his whole face sank.

"presumptuous!"

Qin Shihuang Long Yan was furious, shouting like thunder, and the domineering and divine power he unleashed invisibly made all the civil and military officials kneel down involuntarily. Even the twelve golden figures made thunderous tremblings, but this momentum was not at all Unable to affect the red cloud in mid-air, it stood there quietly but horribly like a disaster.

At this moment, no one in the civil and military officials of the dynasty dared to mention the matter of Yu Ji. Even if someone had an idea and wanted to use the ominous sign of the red cloud to tell Qin Shihuang that his decision yesterday was wrong, he was immediately dismissed. The colleagues around him were pulled back.

After all, Qin Shihuang is still Qin Shihuang. If you want to bring bad luck to him at this time, it is no different from seeking death, and you may even get killed.

Moreover, this terrifying red cloud really made them worry about Yu Ji's affairs.

"Where is the doctor?"

Qin Shihuang asked in a deep voice, but no one answered.

"Where is the doctor?"

After a while, Qin Shihuang asked again, but still no one answered.

Finally, an elderly scholar-official couldn't stand it anymore. He knelt down on the ground and pulled Tang Hao's sleeves, reminding him: "Mr. Zhongling, His Majesty is calling you."

"ah?"

Tang Hao lowered his head blankly, not knowing why for a moment.

This is Tang Hao's second time to go to court. He actually has no interest in this kind of thing, but after all, it is related to his wife's throne. Qin Shihuang also informed him yesterday, hoping that he would use the wisdom of future people to suppress this matter. He criticized the pedantic ministers, so he rushed to the morning court today.

But before the court meeting began, a red cloud suddenly appeared, completely disrupting his plans. He was also the first to rush out of the palace. He looked at the red cloud in the sky in surprise. Although he also heard Qin Shihuang's shouting, he didn't. care.

"His Majesty is calling you!"

The white-haired scholar-bureaucrat was not bad-hearted. He winked at Tang Hao and reminded him again.

"Ah...oh!"

Tang Hao finally came to his senses and remembered that he still had the official position of Lang Zhongling.

"The doctor is here!" Tang Hao responded loudly, showing his presence. At the same time, he trotted over and came to Qin Shihuang. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the doctor is here."

What does it mean that Lang Zhongling is here? He sounds like a doctor!

"You are so playful and smiling, you have nothing to show for it!" Qin Shihuang glared at him, finally feeling that it was a wrong decision to appoint him as an official. Even Yu Ji was much more presentable than him, at least Yu Ji could keep a straight face. Pretending to be sophisticated, as for this guy... he was shameless and skinny, just like a gangster in the market.

Tang Hao smiled awkwardly. Of course, he also knew that he was not an official. If someone like him were to travel through time in a serious historical drama, he would probably not survive three episodes before being taken to the market entrance to be beheaded.

"I think you should just be a commoner. You don't look like a prince if you put on a dragon robe."

"I'm just a commoner."

"snort!"

In just a few words of conversation, Qin Shihuang seemed to be very angry, but the ministers kneeling behind saw it and listened in their hearts, but they were extremely envious. In their view, the conversation between Qin Shihuang and Tang Hao was not like an exchange between a monarch and his ministers at all. They were full of laughter and curses, but more like a pair of friends who had been together for many years. Such a relationship between a monarch and his ministers was something they could not even dream of. I never thought that Qin Shihuang actually had such a side.

Speaking of which, this doctor seems to have appeared out of nowhere. Could he be His Majesty's illegitimate son?

Some ministers were so imaginative that they couldn't help but speculate.

Qin Shihuang and Tang Hao naturally did not know what these ministers were thinking, and even if they knew it, they would not pay attention to it. Looking at the red cloud in the sky, Qin Shihuang frowned and asked: "You were running the fastest just now, do you know where it came from? ?”

Tang Hao immediately straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Meijia Village."

"Meijia Village?" Qin Shihuang turned around and whispered, "You mean... the Demonic Pillar?"

"It's not impossible."

Tang Hao nodded. Last time, relying on the liberation of Yu Ji and the golden men brought by Qin Shihuang, although they successfully killed the two demon pillars of Baal and Lime, they did not feel defeated before they died. Instead, they said bluntly It would not end. At that time, he thought that these two demon pillars might just be the vanguard, and there might be other demon pillars coming to attack.

It might even be Goetia himself!

Therefore, after that, Meijia Village was closely monitored by Qin Shihuang's troops, and not even a bird could fly into the entire village. In addition, Qin Shihuang also specially summoned a group of magicians to investigate and control the entire Meijia Village. Every day, people would report the activities in the village.

Just yesterday, there was nothing unusual in Meijia Village, but today such a large red cloud flew out inexplicably. Could it be that the Qin army and the warlocks who stayed in Meijia Village had been completely wiped out?

Thinking of this, even Qin Shihuang couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Then, Qin Shihuang turned to face the ministers who were still running on the ground, "You all, please disperse... Lang Zhong ordered, follow me to set off!"

"yes!"

Qin Shihuang strode forward without any soldiers, and only Tang Hao was beside him.

As for the ministers at the rear, they had already stood up and just stood there looking at each other. Most of them looked at each other, as if they didn't know what to do for a while. Many of them were educated people, including people like Li Si who were capable of governing the world. Sir, however, they have no clue when faced with such a strange and unpredictable thing.

Tang Hao and Qin Shihuang had not gone far when suddenly a beautiful figure ran up not far away. Tang Hao raised his eyes and saw that it was Yu Ji with long black hair and red skirt. At this time, she was again Changed back to her original attire.

Obviously, Yu Ji also discovered the red clouds covering Xianyang Palace, so she hurried over.

"What is that thing in the sky?" Yu Ji asked as soon as she got closer.

Tang Hao shook his head, "I don't know either, we are going to Meijia Village to investigate."

After hearing this, Yu Ji said nothing, just nodded and followed silently.

A moment later, the three of them sat in the carriage. As the carriage moved, Tang Hao suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty, Xu Fu should know about this."

The red clouds in the sky are probably related to the Demon God Pillar. If all the soldiers stationed in Meijia Village are really wiped out, then even bringing the imperial army from Xianyang Palace will not make much sense. Things like the Demon God Pillar are not something that ordinary humans can deal with. , but Xu Fu is different. He can detect the existence of the Demonic Pillar. He is indispensable to investigate Meijia Village.

Qin Shihuang said: "I have already asked Alchemist Xu to set up magic spells in Meijia Village. If there is anything abnormal in Meijia Village, I am afraid that he is already on his way here."

Tang Hao was stunned, and then asked, "Then... why didn't your majesty bring the golden man with you? It would be a bit risky for your majesty to go alone."

When Demon God Zhu Baer and Lime used Meijiacun as a bow to shoot at Xianyang Palace, Qin Shihuang was also their important target. He came to this era to change history, and the Demonic Pillar was to stop him. If Qin Shihuang died at this moment, then his existence would be meaningless.

Qin Shihuang waved his hand, "The red clouds are overwhelming the sky, and I am not here. It will definitely make people in Xianyang Palace panic. The twelve golden people cannot stay away. If they are there, even if the red clouds are overwhelming, they can still resist for a while. As for my safety , you don’t have to worry, I have even been to the fairyland, a mere Meijia Village will not be my burial place.”

Since he said so, Tang Hao stopped trying to persuade him.

The speed of Xianyu's carriage was very fast. From Xianyang Palace to Meijia Village, even with Tang Hao's pace, it would have taken two or three hours. However, at this moment, it only took less than half an hour. The home village is just around the corner.

After getting off the carriage, Qin Shihuang's face didn't look very good.

Because...the defenders are not here!

In order to avoid accidents and facilitate communication, Qin Shihuang specially ordered a troop of dozens of people to be stationed outside Meijia Village to prevent the entire garrison from being wiped out if something happened in Meijia Village. However, this troop can no longer be seen. Meijia Village looked the same as usual, except that there was a faint layer of dark red blood in the sky.

The three of them were about to go in to find out what was going on, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps behind them.

Looking back, it was Xu Fu arriving in a dusty state.

Tang Hao was a little surprised, "Doctor Xu, you are so fast. You live farther than our Xianyang Palace, and there is no Xianyu carriage yet, but you arrived almost at the same time as us."

Xu Fu shook his head, "I already learned that the spell arranged in Meijia Village was broken an hour ago. I originally wanted to report it to His Majesty first, but I thought it would be a waste of time to do it again and again, and if anything happens in Meijia Village, You will definitely get the news, so you will rush here directly..."

As he said this, he bowed to Qin Shihuang and said, "I have made my own decision. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Qin Shihuang waved his hand, "In urgent matters, common etiquette can be dispensed with. You have done a good job, Mr. Xu. In addition, I am just like you now. I am just an investigator, so there is no need to be formal."

"Yes." After hearing what Qin Shi said, Xu Fu couldn't help but reveal a relaxed smile on his tired face, and then said, "Your Majesty, let's not enter the village for the time being. Let the old Taoist calculate it first."

Qin Shihuang nodded: "That's right."

Xu Fu immediately ran to the front of the crowd, looking towards Meijia Village with a deep look in his eyes, while his fingers kept moving like an abacus.

Tang Hao didn't know exactly how the Taoist priests calculated fortunes, but he suddenly thought that he had similar abilities, so he took out a pen and paper from his favorites and started drawing talismans.

After his divine power was activated, it became easier to draw talismans. He quickly drew more than a dozen and handed half of them to Qin Shihuang and Yu Ji. "This talisman has the function of protection and warning. Although it may It can’t stop the Demon God Pillar, but it can be effective against ordinary evil spirits and foreign objects, so remember to bring it with you.”

Qin Shihuang had been looking at Meijia Village and did not pay attention to Tang Hao. Now he took it in his hand and frowned slightly, "Did you draw this talisman?"

"Exactly."

"That's really ugly."

"..."

Tang Hao was speechless, why do you care about being ugly? Just be practical!

After a while, Xu Fu finished his calculation, turned around and said to everyone: "Your Majesty, it's ready, let's go in."

"What did you figure out?"

"Nothing has been calculated." Xu Fu shook his head. Tang Hao was about to spray him in the face, but he heard him continue, "The ominous atmosphere in Meijia Village is stronger than last time. The ministers are shallow and cannot make calculations for the time being. , what we just considered is good or bad, when we enter the village, there is at least a 70% chance that we can leave safely."

"Seventy percent...that's not low." Qin Shihuang nodded, without the slightest fear on his face.

Tang Hao made a calculation in his mind, and then looked at Xu Fu worriedly, "Director Xu, you are in danger."

Xu Fu was stunned, "What do you mean by this, sir?"

Tang Hao said: "If you calculate a 70% probability of survival, that means there is a 30% probability of death, and there are four of us in total. One quarter is 25%. In other words, one of us will die. Your Majesty's destiny Of course, if you join me, you won't die easily. Yu Ji is an immortal elf and will not die. And I have the aura of the protagonist, so I am even less likely to die. So by calculation, you are the most likely to die... Could it be Isn’t this dangerous enough?”

Xu Fu suddenly smiled bitterly, "Sir, the probability is not what you calculated..."

Not only him, but also Qin Shihuang and Yu Ji rolled their eyes.

Qin Shihuang even said: "Who taught you arithmetic? To teach a disciple like you, either you are ignorant and incompetent, or your teacher is too stupid. Master Xu, you should ignore him."

After that, Qin Shihuang took the lead and walked straight ahead.

As expected, Xu Fu ignored Tang Hao and quickly followed him.

Tang Hao took the initiative to come up and took out the remaining half of the talisman and handed it to Xu Fu, "Taoist Master Xu, take this talisman. Infused with immortal power, it may give you two more hopes of survival."

Xu Fu looked over and over again, a little disgusted, "This talisman is really ugly."

Why are your focuses so strange?

Tang Hao was furious, "Don't pay me back!"

Xu Fu smiled and quickly stuffed it into his arms, "It's a bit ugly, but it's still usable. I'll thank you for it."

You are also a shameless old man!

The originally heavy atmosphere seemed a lot more relaxed after being teased by Tang Hao. Of course, the alert level was not relaxed at all. After entering the village, everyone carefully observed the surrounding environment, especially the diffuse The somewhat strong smell in the air... the talisman did not react, which at least meant that the smell would not cause harm to them.

only

"Strange." Suddenly, Tang Hao frowned, "Have you noticed that there seems to be something wrong in Meijia Village?"

"What's wrong?" Qin Shihuang asked.

"I also discovered it!" Yu Ji's eyes lit up, "The layout of the houses here is different from the last time we lived there."

As she said that, she pointed to a small courtyard not far away, "Look, Tang Hao, is that the courtyard we lived in last time?"

"The appearance looks quite similar." Tang Hao nodded, walked forward quickly, took a deep breath, gently pushed the closed door open, and then he saw a budding plum in the courtyard. Tree.

"Really!" Yu Ji's eyes showed surprise, "But... why is it here? It should be near the center of the village!"

Did Qin Shihuang order people to renovate Meijia Village?

Tang Hao thought subconsciously, but when he saw the expression on Qin Shihuang's face, he knew that was not the case, and... even if it was renovated, it was impossible to renovate an identical courtyard, let alone the same courtyard. The courtyard in the center of the village was moved to the entrance of the village. This makes no sense at all!

Then looking at the surrounding houses that were completely inconsistent with his memory, a word suddenly popped into Tang Hao's mind.

Space is messed up!

The space of Meijia Village was completely disrupted.

"Go over and have a look again." Qin Shihuang said solemnly.

Afterwards, a group of four people continued to move forward. They did not enter the house, but walked around the village like tourists. Gradually, they came to the center of the village. It was originally an open space, but at this moment, there were more A high platform.

"Is this an altar?"

Xu Fu watched intently, instinctively wanting to step forward to investigate.

"Wait!"

At this moment, Qin Shi Huang suddenly spoke out.

The three people quickly looked back and found that Qin Shihuang's face was terrifyingly gloomy.

Xu Fu asked carefully: "Your Majesty...what did you discover?"

"Ha!" Qin Shihuang stared at the high platform carefully for a while, then looked at the dark red aura hanging over Meijia Village, and suddenly sneered, "I understand, I see. No wonder I feel that here The layout looks so familiar, no wonder Xianyang Palace was suddenly covered by red clouds, it is exactly the same... The terrain and architecture of this village are imitated after the layout of Xianyang Palace!"