Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve Entering the Palace

Okawa accidentally knocked over the mineral water bottle, and the water splashed on the table, washing away the floating soil and revealing its original texture.This table is actually the stone table in the thatched cottage two thousand years ago! Gao Lan was splashed by the water, and complained to Da Chuan: "Are you a Butter Finger, you can't catch anything!" Professor Yi suddenly found some writing on the water-soaked stone table, and he poured water on the table while removing the floating soil.Slowly, words and patterns appeared on the entire desktop. Gao Lan and Da Chuan wanted to remove the teacup carved in stone to take a closer look, but found that the teacup had taken root on the table and could only be moved back and forth instead of being picked up.Yi's mother, who is proficient in mechanisms, concluded that there must be mechanisms on this stone table.

After Professor Yi's identification, the text on the desktop is still Yan Xiaozhuan.He translated the general meaning of the text: "The text on it says that the four of us are required to sit on four stone benches and use teacups as chess pieces. After playing this game of chess, the door to the strange book will naturally be opened." Mother Yi also saw the clues: "This chessboard is designed according to the two appearances, four images and eight trigrams, and the heavenly stems and earthly branches are marked around the board, corresponding to the ecliptic and the equator."

Professor Yi was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that this is the legendary chessboard created by Emperor Pangu in ancient times?" Yi's mother looked up at Professor Yi and said, "For so many years, at least one time you thought the same as me. This kind of chess is called 'Luchao', which means that every move can surpass everything in the world. It's a pity that it has It has been lost for thousands of years, and no one knows even the rules.” Gao Lan originally thought that they would find important clues right away, but unexpectedly encountered another question: "Then what should we do, or else, we'll just mess around and try our luck?"

Da Chuanguchi counted: "Yiyi, Sixiang, Bagua, ten heavenly stems, twelve earthly branches, plus the ecliptic equator, multiplied by four cups, and then calculate the possible moving routes and moving sequences..." Gao Lan tapped her head in despair: "I beg you, Dachuan, stop torturing me with numbers, just tell me 'impossible'!" "I just want to be more precise..." Okawa muttered. "Lanlan, don't worry. Although the rules have been lost, this shoe is derived from the two appearances, four phenomena and eight trigrams. I have a way to untie it. Come on, let's sit down as it says."

Everyone sat around the stone table, and Mother Yi commanded everyone to move the "chess pieces" while calculating. At the entrance of the alley, the silver Hummer stopped quietly. Ye Feng and Wu Tianwu got out of the car, but stood respectfully beside the car, as if waiting for their superiors to get off.Sure enough, a woman got out of the car unhurriedly, she turned out to be Laura! Following the guidance of the miniature bug in Okawa's teeth, they came to the gate of the courtyard.Luo La signaled that after Okawa and the others opened the mechanism, they would start picking the fruits of victory.

In the courtyard, Mother Yi finally managed to direct everyone to move the four cups to Zhengdong, Zhengxi, Zhengnan and Zhengbei in sequence.Suddenly there was a "bang", the ground collapsed, and the four of them fell into the cave together! In the cave, Gao Lan endured the pain, turned on the flashlight, and shouted, "Uncle, Auntie, Dachuan, how are you doing?" As soon as Gao Lan finished shouting, Da Chuan's voice came from under her feet: "You just step on me!" "Why are you here?" Gao Lan hurriedly jumped off, reaching out to help Da Chuan up.

On the other side of the burrow, Professor Yi stood up, and found that Yi's mother beside her was sitting on the ground with a painful expression, and couldn't help asking with concern: "What's wrong with you?" "I hurt my calf and can't stand up." "I'll help you!" Professor Yi stretched out his hand, and Mother Yi hesitated for a moment, then handed it to him, and Professor Yi helped Mother Yi up. The four of them got together again, but luckily they were all right, and everyone groped along the tunnel together.Soon they came to a stone house.In the stone house stands a statue of a layman, which is exactly the same as the one dug out by Ma Ge and the others, but it holds a long and flat box in its hands.

Before Okawa went to pick up the box, a strange laugh came.The annoying "Journey to the West" trio reappeared! "Zhu Bajie" and "Monk Sha" brandished daggers to block Okawa and the others, "Monkey King" rushed straight to the stone statue, grabbed the treasure box, and opened it impatiently. In an instant, smoke billowed out of the box, and "Monkey King" was smoked to the ground on the spot. The box fell to the ground, and everyone had difficulty breathing.Gao Lan took the opportunity to kick Wu Tian and Wu Di down, and led everyone to retreat.In a panic, Okawa saw an ancient book in the opened box, grabbed it and ran away.

"Zhu Bajie" and "Monk Sha" set up the unconscious "Monkey King", stumbled and fled behind. The Okawa four and the "Journey to the West" trio climbed out of the cave one after another. Just as the two sides were about to fight again, a siren suddenly sounded outside the door.It turned out that the loud noise of the cave collapse caused the neighbors to call the police! Luo La outside the door stomped secretly and whistled, and the trio of "Journey to the West" retreated. Da Chuan and the others also broke into the house without permission, and hurriedly jumped onto the horseman and ran in the opposite direction.

Gao Yao and Xiao Chuan sat on the side of the road in a daze, it seemed that they would not be able to return to modern times for a while, and the two of them lost their direction and motivation all of a sudden. Gao Yao suddenly cursed: "In this era when no one even knows about fish-flavored pork shreds, how can I survive for sixty years? Even if I survive, I will still be a hundred years old, and I will be buried soon! Why do I want to go back? What are you doing? What are you doing!" Gao Yao stamped his feet while jumping. "I can't go back anyway, and it's useless to complain. If you come here, you will be safe... From my point of view, no one here knows Yuxiang Pork Shredded. This is an opportunity for you! Think about it, who else in the country can cook well?" You?" Xiao Chuan comforted Gao Yao.

Gao Yao stopped his fuss and thought about it: "Yes, in the research institute, I am a cook; in the Great Qin Dynasty, with my skills, I must be the 'God of Cookery'! I want to open the largest restaurant in the entire Qin Dynasty." Xiao Chuan interrupted his fantasy: "Have you read the time-traveling novels? If you want to get along well, the most important thing is to know the future. Let's put together everything we know about the Qin Dynasty, maybe it will be useful in the future!" Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao each took a branch and began to write on the ground.Xiao Chuan wrote about Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, these are my sworn brothers, what else?I have seen some in TV series, Zhao Gao, Fu Su, Hu Hai... Xiao Chuan wrote down a string of names, but upon seeing Gao Yao, there were only three words written in front of him - "Qin Shi Huang". Xiao Chuan was dissatisfied: "You cut corners too much!" Gao Yao was sweating: "Don't worry, I still think of one..." He wrote down the words "Bing Ma Yong". Xiao Chuan shook his head: "I'm really convinced! The terracotta warriors can't even write!" Xiao Chuan smoothly corrected Gao Yao's typo. Gao Yao shrugged his shoulders: "You can't blame me, I didn't finish elementary school. He looked at Xiao Chuan's list, "I know this Xiang Yu, isn't the dish 'Farewell My Concubine' just about him?"Who is Liu Bang, are they all from the Qin Dynasty? " Xiao Chuan smiled wryly: "No way, I failed this history, so I will give you zero points for this history remedial lesson! Listen carefully: Fusu is the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, and Hu Hai is the youngest son. But in the future, Hu Hai will squeeze out Fusu and become Qin Shihuang. The second and last emperor of the dynasty; the great eunuch Zhao Gao was his accomplice. Zhao Gao later ruled the world, and his most famous thing is to change the imperial edict of Qin Shihuang and create the idiom of "referring to a deer as a horse." Gao Yao listened carefully, nodded continuously, and suddenly realized: "Then is what you said reliable?" "It's all from watching TV dramas, and I don't know if it's true or not. You can use it as a reference. As the saying goes: 'There are risks in the market, and you need to be cautious in investing'. You can judge for yourself." A pair of fellow sufferers walked forward while exchanging their experience of watching TV dramas. Liu Bang's head was about to explode, and two of the corvees brought this time escaped. This is the crime of beheading everyone!The handover is going to be tomorrow, what should I do!He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples vigorously. "Excuse me, how far is Xianyang?" A voice asked the way from outside.Liu Bang's eyes suddenly opened, he jumped up and rushed out of the posthouse, grabbed the passer-by, and it turned out to be Xiao Chuan, who did not die of the plague! Liu Bang was full of astonishment, while Xiao Chuan was overjoyed, and the two couldn't help booing and asking for warmth.When Gao Yao heard that this person was Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and Xiao Chuan's worship leader, he was so excited that he almost asked him for his autograph. At the reception banquet, Liu Bang sighed when he heard the news of Lu Su's death.Xiao Chuan fell in love with the scene, drank his sorrows with wine, and soon passed out. Gao Yao had a chance to drink with the future emperor, but he forgot his surname long ago, and fell down on the couch after a long time. Liu Bang looked at the two people who were sleeping soundly, and clapped his hands. Immediately, the corvees rushed into the room and began to change their clothes hurriedly. Liu Bang suddenly pushed away the crowd, and knelt down in front of Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao: "My dear brother, I really have no other choice. For the sake of these brothers' lives, I can only be an unkind villain once!" After speaking, Liu Bang let out a loud voice Crying loudly, all the corvée came over to comfort him: "Pavilion Chief, what you did is righteous!" "Pavilion Chief, we will never forget you!" "Pavilion Chief..." It turns out that there is no good banquet, this is Liu Bang's plan: get two people drunk, and go to the gap to escape the corvee tomorrow.Originally, the corvee was grateful for his life-saving grace, but his performance like this made people feel that his righteousness was insignificant. Liu Bang wiped away his tears, glanced at Xiao Chuan, and thought to himself: Who told you to come at an untimely time. ... Xiaochuan woke up in a daze, and found himself lying on a carriage, looking around, surrounded by unknown people, Liu Bang was standing under the carriage, he sat up, but found that his feet were in shackles, and hurriedly asked: "Brother, what's going on?" Liu Bang looked sad: "Last night, you and Brother Gao were both drunk and stayed in the posthouse. Early this morning, the officials came to count the corvees. They insisted that we were missing two people and arrested you both to make up for it. How can I explain that they don't listen!" Xiao Chuan was surprised: "What about Gao Yao? Where is he?" Liu Bang pretended to be sorry and said: "Poor brother Gao, you were arrested and made an official slave. They wanted to arrest you too, but I have to say, they changed you into a civilian slave and sent you to the border to build the Great Wall! " With the sound of the horn, the huge militia team started. Liu Bang pretended to wipe away his tears, and chased after Xiao Chuan's carriage: "My dear brother, you must live well, and I will find a way to save you!" Xiao Chuan was moved: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely come back alive!" The carriage walked out of the city gate, Liu Bang waved him off, watched Xiao Chuan's carriage go away, he said to himself: "Xiao Chuan, your fate is too hard, I can't feel at ease if I don't watch you go with my own eyes." Snapped!The leather whip hit him on the shoulder, and Gao Yao, who was carrying the stone, hastily quickened his pace. In the official slave camp, his job was to carry stones. If he neglected for a moment, the supervisor would beat and scold him immediately.When eating, his food was always taken away by others, and when he was sleeping, he was always driven to the wet rotten straw mat.Gao Yao was powerless to resist, so he could only quietly wash his face with tears. On this day, he was really hungry, so he sneaked into the kitchen to steal some food. Just as he grabbed two steamed buns, the captain of the official slave camp and the medical officer walked in.He hurriedly hid in the woodpile, but the two steamed buns in his hand were steaming. He hurriedly stuffed them into his arms and pressed them against his chest. Unexpectedly, the steamed buns were so hot that Gao Yao's tears fell on the spot , he completely understood what it means to "warm the heart". The team leader and the medical officer discussed that the "above" wanted to find a cook who could cook. Gao Yao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to himself, the opportunity for a change of luck has come!He immediately jumped out, stood at attention, and reported to the captain: "Captain, the younger one is a professional cook who is proficient in hundreds of dishes from Sichuan, Guangdong, Shandong, and Anhui cuisines. I can cook any dish you can think of, even unexpected." The two steamed buns fell out of his arms in disappointment, Gao Yao was extremely embarrassed. The captain looked Gao Yao up and down, "Are you really willing to go?" Gao Yao nodded vigorously. The captain showed a strange smile: "Then we will fulfill you. Come and take it!" Two guards strode in, immediately blindfolded Gao Yao, tied him up and dragged him away. When the blindfold was opened, Gao Yao was shocked. His limbs were tied to the wooden frame, forming a "big" character.The medical officer came in with a basket, and Gao Yao cried out in fright: "Don't hit me! I won't dare again! Please..." The medical officer smiled and lifted the lid, Gao Yao stopped crying, there was a plate full of boiled egg yolks!Gao Yao swallowed with greed.The medical officer personally fed him the egg yolk, and the starving Gao Yao gulped down the egg yolk. Soon the whole plate of egg yolks was finished, Gao Yao's mouth was dry and he wanted to drink water, but the officials refused to give it to him. Then, for seven consecutive days, he ate egg yolks every day. In the end, Gao Yao's lips were chapped, and he felt sick when he thought of egg yolks.On this day, the medical officer and the team leader came to see Gao Yao and asked, "Have you ever peed?" Gao Yao shook his head weakly and said, "I haven't peed in three days, please give me some water!" The medical officer nodded to the captain with satisfaction.As soon as the captain raised his hand, the wooden frame that fixed Gao Yao was laid flat on the ground, and Gao Yao was facing up to the sky.An official in white rolled up his sleeves and walked over with a dagger. Gao Yao screamed in fright: "What are you going to do? Please don't kill me! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" The captain smiled grimly: "Don't worry, you won't die! The chef selected this time will be sent to the palace, so you have to pass this test! Originally, no one was willing to sign up, but I didn't expect you to volunteer, then we will be the beauty of adults, Ha ha……" As he spoke, the captain tore off Gao Yao's pants, and the white-clothed official approached Gao Yao with a knife. Gao Yao's eyes widened, and he shouted in despair, "My lord, please, don't, don't! !……what!" As the medical officer raised the knife and dropped it, Gao Yao let out a scream and passed out... Gao Yao stood there with dull eyes, motionless, and didn't say a word.Until now, he did not believe that he was a eunuch.He should have lived a happy life with Gao Lan, but now, he has become a eunuch, eunuch, eunuch, eunuch, eunuch... Soon, he was taken away and placed in the imperial dining room.The other eunuchs deliberately bullied the newcomer, only letting him chop firewood, light the fire, and wash dishes, but never let him touch the cooking utensils, and often beat him, scolded him, and laughed at him.For all these, Gao Yao always only answers with silence. However, when no one was around, he would swing his ax to chop wood like crazy, and shouted: "I will kill you, let you bully me, I will kill you one day!" It is said that on this day, the head eunuch of Huhai Palace came to pick someone from the imperial dining room, and all the eunuchs were frightened, and they tried their best to give the head eunuch money, only to ask for failure.The manager was in a dilemma: "I can accept the money, but someone must come with me." Everyone thought of Gao Yao almost at the same time, and immediately brought the manager to the stove. Gao Yaozheng was burning the fire silently by himself, his face was blackened by smoke, the manager looked down on him, insisted on changing him, grabbed one and dragged him away, the man was so frightened that he lay on the ground begging for mercy, he was unwilling to go no matter what In Huhai Palace. Hearing the word Hu Hai, Gao Yao, who had been expressionless all this time, suddenly stood up and strode aggressively towards the manager.Everyone was startled, Gao Yao said to the kneeling eunuch, "Give me all the money you have on you, and I will go for you." The man hurriedly took out all the money and gave it to Gao Yao. Gao Yao washed himself up and followed the manager to the Hu Hai Palace. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a young eunuch hanging in the air and being whipped by Hu Hai.The manager told Gao Yao that Hu Hai was suspicious and cruel, and because he was dissatisfied with the original chef, he was whipped to death. Everyone knew about it, so they didn't want to come. Gao Yao, who had never smiled before, suddenly showed a coquettish smile, and gave all the money he wanted to the manager, flatteringly said: "Mr. Manager, I asked for this money for you. I hope you can take care of my little one when you grow old." of." The manager smiled from ear to ear: "They say you are a papaya, but I didn't expect you to be such a sensible child. Very good, very good." Gao Yao had a smile on his face, but he said viciously in his heart, when I get to the top, I will kill you one by one! In the kitchen, Gao Yao put up all his energy, flipped two large spoons up and down, and cooked a table of modern dishes with all his strength.Hu Hai had never seen such delicious food, and he was a drunk and lustful person, so he was very happy, and the manager kept saying good things for Gao Yao.Ever since, Hu Hai immediately remembered the name Gao Yao. From then on, Gao Yao was favored by Hu Hai, and relying on the second-rate skills of the third-level chef, he finally turned around in the Great Qin Dynasty!