Chapter 17 Section five

King Qi heaved a sigh of relief, his expression became very relaxed, he turned to the man in black, waved to the guards, and said, "Let him go—do you think I will directly attack his side with the Shadow Sword?" Impenetrable lairs? I'm using them to attack the island!" The man in black said, "You...what did you say?" The smile on the corner of King Qi's mouth grew stronger: "Three shadow swords cannot destroy an island, but the volcanic island is an exception." There was another series of muffled noises like rolling thunder, and Ji Jiang turned his gaze to the sea.

The facial muscles of the man in black began to contort horribly, and he said, "You...you..." King Qi said: "I never like to fight head-to-head. It is my hobby to rely on external forces. The power of heaven and earth is the most powerful. Once stimulated, it can destroy everything, whether it is a person or a god." With a roar, the man in black pounced like a crazy beast, and slapped King Qi's face with a palm.King Qi staggered from his beating, and took a few steps back, with a trace of blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.The guards were taken aback, and hurriedly rushed up to restrain the man in black.The man in black struggled and shouted: "You are not human! You are a beast! You are a devil! You ungrateful thing, you will be punished!"

King Qi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said calmly: "Sorry, I ruined your home. But I am sorry enough to drag you to Linzi and prevent you from returning to the island to perish with it." The man in black said: "Nonsense! Nonsense..." King Qi sighed, and said: "Have you been following it for so many years, and you really didn't notice anything? Well, let me ask you, have you ever seen it whitewashed in the past thousand or eight hundred years?" The true form under the robe?" The man in black said: "That's none of your business! I know he was born with different phases! He is a god, of course he is different from us..."

King Qi said: "No, it is not a god. It is a kind of alien that is completely different from us and much stronger than us. Have you noticed that when it walks..." The man in black said: "Nonsense! Nonsense! You lunatic! You think you are smart..." Ji Jiang suddenly screamed, "Stop making noise!" The two were startled, and both looked at her. Ji Jiang tremblingly said: "You...have you smelled it?" King Qi asked in surprise, "What did you smell?" Ji Jiang hurriedly said: "The smell of the sea! The smell of the sea" As soon as she reminded them, everyone immediately noticed that the sea breeze blowing from the sea began to be filled with a strong salty smell of sea water, and there seemed to be a faint smell of sulfur mixed in.

Ji Jiang looked at the sea, a look of fear gradually appeared on his face. The sea is still calm—it seems too calm. The seabirds that were flying and singing just now have disappeared, and the sea is strangely empty.Where the sea and the sky meet in the distance, a thin white line appeared. The white line gradually became closer and thicker, and the man in black's face changed slightly. He said, "What's going on? Why is it so tide now?" Ji Jiang murmured: "It's not the tide, it's not the tide..." Suddenly he yelled, "Tsunami! It's a tsunami!"

Now everyone can see that the white line is getting thicker and thicker. It is obvious that a wave wall is advancing rapidly, and they can't help but become shocked.The man in black and King Qi also forgot about their quarrel. Suddenly, someone shouted: "Quick! Run!" Several people rushed towards the horse immediately. Ji Jiang screamed: "No! We can't outrun the roaring waves! Go up the mountain! Go up Zhifu Mountain!" This word reminded everyone, and they hurriedly rushed up Zhifu Mountain. The Zhifu Mountain in this area is extremely steep, everyone discarded all the cumbersome things, but they were still out of breath. Due to the effort and panic, everyone's heart was beating wildly, but they didn't say a word.The smell of the sea brought by the wind is stronger, making people shudder.

Gradually, there was a faint roaring sound in the sea breeze, as if the spirits in the deep sea were beating countless cowhide drums together, and the sound made people even more flustered.Someone looked back and exclaimed.I saw that the white line just now has turned into a long wave wall that can be seen from a distance, with no end in sight on both sides, like a long snake across the sea. King Qi said in a deep voice: "Don't look, hurry up!" Ji Jiang slowly fell behind, but gritted his teeth and said nothing, still climbing up with his hands and feet.Suddenly, a piece of weathered rock she was stepping on shattered, and she stepped on the ground and screamed. King Qi grabbed her wrist and pulled her up, and the shattered rock fell down the cliff with a rustle. King Qi didn't even look at it, he pulled Ji Jiang in front of him without saying a word, and pushed her up.

When climbing to one-third of the distance from the top of the mountain, the roar of the waves is already rumbling in my ears, which is frightening.Someone couldn't help but looked back again, only to see that the wave wall seemed to be more than ten feet high, but because the speed of advancement was too fast, the wave head kept leaning forward slightly and did not fall down. The wall of waves increased foot by foot, advancing toward the coast mile by mile. Seventy miles, sixty miles, fifty miles... twenty miles, ten miles, five miles... Finally, when the wave was only about three or four miles away from the shore, all the people had climbed to the top of the mountain, breathed a sigh of relief, sat or stood, and looked at the sea exhausted.

At this time, the sea has become an extremely strange scene: the arched wall of waves has reached tens of feet high, as if an incomparably huge bird is spreading its wings and swooping towards the shore come over.And the roar of the waves was already deafening, and that sound surpassed the sound made by thousands of troops and horses galloping in the largest battle. With a loud "boom", the terrifying giant bird covered everything along the coast and rushed to the tall Zhifu Mountain... After a long, long time, the tsunami subsided a little bit, and everyone's ears were still ringing, and for a moment they couldn't tell whether it was tinnitus or the real sound.At the foot of the mountain, there is already a vast ocean.

"I've never seen such a terrible tsunami," Ji Jiang sat on the ground and muttered, "Fortunately, Zhifu Mountain is still high enough." King Qi walked over, knelt down, grabbed her little hand, patted it lightly, and said with a smile: "Good Ji Jiang, you are very smart, you saved us all." Ji Jiang suddenly threw himself on his shoulder and burst into tears, saying, "Your Majesty, what happened? What's going on?" The man in black looked at the sea in despair, and murmured: "Look what you have done? What have you done..." King Qi patted Ji Jiang on the back, stood up, and said, "I just did what I had to do—it's too dangerous."

"Dangerous?" The man in black did not get angry, but said in an infinitely tired voice: "Who is dangerous? You killed him. Before using you, the master hesitated. He said, you are too smart It’s too smart to be dangerous. If you can use it, try not to use it as much as possible. But the first two are... well, God’s will, God’s will.” King Qi said: "The first two? You mean the first two? Before me, your master chose two people? Who are they?" The man in black said: "The first one is Ying Zheng, and the second is Zhang Liang. They are also very good, and they are not as smart as you, which makes people worry. But the general government is too greedy and ambitious, and keeps fighting with my master. Bargaining, if you have Qin, you want the world, and if you win the world, you want longevity. The project has become a bargaining chip for him. The master can't bear it any longer, so he asked me to go to Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang has superb talent, pure character, everything is so suitable My master's request, but he has a face as weak as a woman, which makes it impossible for him to become an awe-inspiring iron-handed monarch. In this way, my master has no choice but to choose you." King Qi suddenly remembered something, and said: "So, when you went to see Qin Shihuang under the pseudonym Donghai Jun, you actually went to negotiate with him?" The man in black said: "Yes. But his mind is not on engineering at all, he only wants to figure out the mystery of my longevity. He is already greedy beyond redemption, wasting decades of painstaking efforts of my master, alas..." Qi Wangdao; "Decades? You have had contact with him a long time ago?" The man in black said: "Yes." King Qi said: "How early?" The man in black looked into the distance, sighed, and said, "To be exact, it started when he was a child. At that time, he and his father were hostages in the State of Zhao. Every time he played games with the children of the State of Zhao, it was always very strange. It’s impossible to be a great king, even if you don’t hesitate to fight and get bruised all over your body... Alas, the master has invested the most money in him. Otherwise, with his father’s unfavorable status and his own ambiguous life experience, how could he possibly inherit? The throne? The clan of the Qin State is prosperous, and there are many princes and grandsons who are superior to him. If there is no master, he will never even be able to touch the throne in his life." King Qi suddenly realized, and said: "No wonder after the world was unified, he disregarded the dissuasion of his officials like a demon, went to the coast many times to cruise, and even sent people to the sea to look for you. It turns out that he already knew about your existence." The man in black said, "I don't understand." King Qi said: "You really don't understand. You should understand that you should have understood in the past thousand and eight hundred years. You are content to be a blind servant of God and dare not doubt anything. This, This is exactly the reason why he chose you to be his messenger in the world. And I am exactly the opposite of you, which is why people did not choose me until the last moment." The man in black said: "Don't play tricks on me!" King Qi said: "I'm not trying to be mysterious, but I really can't explain it to you in detail. Let me ask you, can you accept 'Xuan Ye said'?" The man in black was stunned, and said: "No, I believe in the 'Gai Tian theory'. The sky is like a cover, how could it be an invisible void? This is too absurd." King Qi sighed, and said: "In that case, you probably don't understand the star map floating in the sky, do you?" The man in black said: "Then... is that a star map? I... I don't know." King Qi sighed: "Look, you can't even understand the most basic things, how can I explain to you the biggest mystery before the universe was formed? How can I explain to you the terrible conspiracy hidden in this mystery by your master? It's me, After talking with your master for a day, it took half a month to go back and think about it before I fully understood. Let me tell you, you will never know the truth of this matter. The meaningless long life has made your heart too silent. After a long time, you will no longer think about too profound problems." The man in black was stunned for a long time, before he said: "What mystery? What conspiracy? What does this have to do with astronomy and astrology? You speak incoherently and don't understand. I think you are crazy, you must be crazy!" He turned around and staggered. He staggered away, and murmured as he walked, "Crazy... crazy... You Che is right, you are really crazy... Haha, how ridiculous! The master was placed by a lunatic. damn..." In the tenth month, the king of Qi dispatched troops and generals to go south to join the king of Han and other feudal lords to attack Xiang Yu.Under Qi Wang's command and attack, Xiang Yu was outstretched, and his sphere of influence shrank and narrowed. In November, King Qi tightened his siege, and Xiang Yu and his 100,000 troops were trapped in Gaixia. In February, the war began. Ji Jiang in the palace of Qi in Linzi couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to rush to Dingtao to wait for King Qi at that wartime frontier base, that is, to meet the triumphant King Qi as soon as possible. When I arrived in Dingtao, I heard good news: the coalition forces have won!Xiang Yu was defeated in Gaixia and died in Wujiang River. All the soldiers and horses either wiped out the remaining bandits, or returned home triumphantly. Dingtao was the common base of several armies, and all the armies returned one after another at this time.It was very lively, and the whole Dingtao City was full of joy. Ji Jiang was very happy, and asked the way to the Qi army camp.The Qi army has neat appearance and distinctive armor, which is obviously much more majestic than other groups of troops.With the letter amulet from King Qi Palace, she entered the palace and inquired about Qi Wu's whereabouts.Several generals recognized her and knew that she was very favored in front of King Qi, so they enthusiastically led her to the king's tent and said: "Qi Wu has something to go out, you wait a while, he will come back in the afternoon." While leading the way, several people proudly told her about the fierceness of the battle. When they talked about the vigor, their eyebrows were beaming with pride, and Ji Jiang was also very excited when he heard it, and said: "Then what happened afterwards? Who killed it?" Xiang Yu, Overlord of Western Chu?" When the few people heard it, they looked at each other and were immediately discouraged, looking listless.One person said: "Don't mention it, this matter will make people angry." Ji Jiang was surprised: "What's the matter! What happened?" The man said angrily: "We worked so hard to set up ten ambushes, weakening them layer by layer, forcing Xiang Yu's last 26 riders to flee to the edge of the Wujiang River. Well, all the Han troops swarmed up! If you fight hard, you have the ability to kill a tiger." Another person said: "Our King Qi is really easy to talk, retreat three miles, and say: "Don't compete with the people of Hanwang". But this is not fighting for merit? It's fighting for breath." Another person said: "Forget it, isn't it just rewarding thousands of gold and sealing thousands of households? Let them fight and rob, and the eyes of the people of the world will be bright. Who doesn't know that it is our Qi army who defeated the Overlord of Western Chu?" The first person said: "I just can't swallow this breath! Why do we plant trees and they pick the fruit? Even the King of Han can really do it. He shrinks behind in the final battle and jumps out to pick up ready-made bargains faster than anyone else!" Another person said: "Exactly. What kind of virtue!" Ji Jiang rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "What do you think is a disadvantage? King Qi is taking care of you? The Han army is called a disadvantage." Several people were surprised, and one said: "Miss Ji Jiang, what are you kidding? The Han army has taken such a big advantage, and you think they are at a disadvantage?" Ji Jiangdao: Let me ask you: Do you want to get that gold, ten thousand households? " The man said: "I want to! Of course I want to!" Ji Jiang said: "What about you?" Those people said: "I want to, who doesn't want to?" Ji Jiangdao: "That's right, who wouldn't want to? Qi's army has 300,000 people, who wouldn't want to get this bounty and feudal city? But there is only one Overlord of Chu!" Several people were stunned, and someone seemed to realize something: "Ah! By the way, I heard that in order to grab Xiang Yu's body, hundreds of Han soldiers killed each other. , In the end, the corpse was torn into five pieces, and when they were put together to bury the corpse, it was a horrible sight, and then the bounty fiefdom was divided into five parts, one share for each person." Ji Jiang said: "That's right, so it's only two hundred gold, two thousand households in the city? What's the big deal? It's fine if you get it in the end. Those who didn't get the corpses and turned into corpses themselves are called injustices." No matter how good the gold fiefdom is, it is not as precious as your own life! Tell me, compared with the Han army, are you at a disadvantage or at an advantage?" A few people suddenly realized that they admired this unattractive girl, and they all thought: No wonder the king of Qi trusted her so much, she really has something extraordinary, and they all said: "Miss Ji Jiang is really quick-witted and admirable. I Waiting for a foolish warrior, he has not been able to understand the painstaking efforts of King Qi for such a long time." While speaking, they had reached the camp, and another person said: "But I think it is unreasonable for King Qi to throw away the mirror in Pengcheng. At that time, there was no one from King Han to snatch it. Everyone is willing to dedicate it to him wholeheartedly. Why do you do this?" ?” Ji Jiang heard it strangely and asked, "What magic mirror?" The man said: "After we invaded Pengcheng, a group of brothers found a square mirror in the palace of the Overlord of Western Chu. It's really amazing, that mirror can actually reflect people's internal organs! We all decided to take this The treasure is dedicated to the King of Qi. Who knows that the King of Qi will take a look at it——————Guess what? " Ji Jiang said: "What's the matter?" The man said: "King Qi ordered: immediately carry this mirror out of the city and throw it into Surabaya. Alas, King Qi's military order is strict, and no one dares to disobey it. What a treasure, just watch it thrown into the rolling water like this." Sishui River, what a pity." Ji Jiang was stunned for a while, then said, "King Qi... why did you do this?" The man said: "I just don't know, it's good to know." Ji Jiang thought for a while, but he couldn't get the point, and said: "King Qi must have his reasons. Okay, thank you all, you go back and rest first. I Let's take a break too, and wait here for King Qi." After those generals left, Ji Jiang flicked off his shoes, and lay down on King Qi's camp bed. The fatigue from day-to-day travel permeated his limbs, his whole body was sore and comfortable, and he fell asleep in a daze after a while. After closing his eyes, he faintly smelled the familiar smell of King Qi's hair on the pillow, felt happy and at ease for no reason, and soon fell asleep.Upon waking up, King Qi stood by the bed, looked at her with a smile, and said, "How is it? Have you had enough sleep?" When Ji Jiang saw King Qi, he was unspeakably happy, and said, "That's enough, Your Majesty, have you come early? Why didn't you call me?" King Qi said: "Can you sleep enough? Come, wipe your face." He said and handed Ji Jiang a twisted towel. Ji Jiang took it and wiped it, put down the towel and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you just defeated the famous Overlord of Western Chu, and you came to wait on my little girl to wash my face, I have to tell the little sisters in my hometown about this—— What a face!" King Qi gently pinched Ji Jiang's face, and said with a smile: "Okay, you have agreed, and I will serve you and wash your feet! I'm afraid people won't believe it." Ji Jiang said: "Do they believe it or not? If they dare not believe it, your majesty, tell the world that the widow has a disease, and the widow is good at serving others. It is true that Ji Jiang's face washing is true! You don't think it is absurd." After he finished speaking, he started giggling, and King Qi laughed too. The two laughed, and Ji Jiang said again: "Your Majesty, I have heard that you fought this battle really well! Ambush from all sides, and played Xiang Yu around. I heard that you still asked people to sing Chu songs at night, right? Xiang Yu almost went crazy after singing, I don't know how much territory you have occupied him, he was singing, crying and making noise in the tent in the middle of the night, his whole body collapsed. King Qi sighed: "To be honest, I feel sorry for him. He is not bad, but that seat is not suitable for him. It is said that the world is in trouble, and he has no choice but to push him. If he can be more sober, A little bit of self-knowledge, and listening to Fan Zeng more when things happen, maybe I won’t fall to this point. However, how many people can stay awake when they are in this position? Not to mention that..." At this point, he suddenly stopped talking up. Ji Jiang said: "What's more?" Qi Wang said: "Forget it, don't mention it. Anyway, that thing can no longer harm the world." The more Ji Jiang listened, the more curious he became, and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? What is "harming the world"?" King Qi thought for a while and said: "Well, it's all over, it's okay to tell you, it's a mirror..." Ji Jiang said "ah", "Mirror?" Seeing Ji Jiang's complexion changed, King Qi said, "What did you hear?" Ji Jiang nodded, and said: "You tell me that when you invaded Pengcheng, you got a magic mirror that can see people's internal organs. I kindly dedicated it to you, but you ordered it to be thrown into Surabaya." King Qi said: "Yes, it's the mirror. Don't listen to it for fun, that thing is harmful. Although I don't understand the mechanism, I know that it will damage people's mind if it is exposed for a long time. Qin Shihuang and the overlord of Chu both It became surly and perverted after getting it. Do you think this thing can continue to stay in the world?" Hearing this, Ji Jiang was both surprised and dazzled. He was speechless for a long time, and suddenly his mind moved, and he said, "But Your Majesty, I don't think you need to throw it away. You can use it for another use." King Qi said: "What's the use?" Ji Jiang looked around, leaned closer to King Qi and said in a low voice, "Dedicate it to the King of Han." The color was swept away, replaced by a dull color.He sat down on the edge of the bed without saying a word, as if he was full of thoughts.Ji Jiang said: "My lord, what's the matter with you?" King Qi was silent for a while, and then said: "If my intelligence is correct, that Cang Hai Ke has now gone to the King of Han." Ji Jiang said: "It's that gloomy man in black? That's good. I've already seen that he is not a good person. He encouraged you to do those inexplicable things all day long. During that time, I was really worried about you! Now he is going to seduce the King of Han again? That would be the best!" King Qi said: "It's nothing to worry about Cang Hai Ke, I'm only worried... Alas!" Ji Jiang said: "Your Majesty, what are you worried about?" King Qi said: "I'm worried...it...it's not dead yet. Oh, I hope I guessed wrong..." He raised his head and looked up, frowning slightly: "How could it be? Such an earth-shattering tsunami... ...Could it be that its vitality is so strong that..." Ji Jiang held King Qi's hand and said, "Your Majesty, who is not dead? What are you talking about?" "That's right, he's not dead yet! Following these cold words, a man in black flashed into the camp tentatively, "A gnat may shake a tree, a mantis is a chariot.It's ridiculous that you actually think that mortals can really fight against gods! " Ji Jiang felt that the hand he was holding King Qi had turned cold all of a sudden, and was taken aback.Looking at King Qi again, he saw that his face was extremely pale, and he said with difficulty: "No...impossible, I asked someone to investigate, the volcanic ash on the island is several feet thick, and there is still steaming lava at the mountain pass!" The man in black said: "That's right, you destroyed the temple that he had worked so hard to manage for more than two thousand years, so many precious artifacts... But! How did you hurt him? He is a real god, I have been with him for a long time. You said, you don’t believe, you listen to you, you listen to you, you believe, you want to fight against him. Well, now you are waiting to be punished!” After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked away. King Qi said: "Wait." The man in black stopped and turned back, and said in a joking voice, "What? Regret it? Want to beg for mercy? Tell you, it's too late!" King Qi said: "How much of its abilities are left?" The man in black was startled: "What did you say?" King Qi said: "If my guess is correct, most of its supernatural powers come from those equipment. Now, it may not be as powerful as before, right?" The man in black stared at King Qi for a while, nodded, and said, "Even if it is, it is enough to deal with you!" King Qi said: "Yes, I know. Its wisdom is many times higher than mine. I didn't intend to win a big victory. I am very satisfied to be able to do this." The man in black smiled coldly and said, "Satisfied? Wait for death without a place to die!" King Qi smiled lightly, with a sense of desolation in his smile, and said: "When I shot those three Shadow Shadow Swords towards the sea, I was ready for this day. Let it take revenge, I'll wait." At night, the lights in the barracks are brightly lit, and everyone celebrates the victory of the war with feasts and feasts. In the tent of the Chinese army, King Qi set up a sumptuous celebration banquet, and toasted his generals one by one, expressing their hard work.Ji Jiang stood beside him, his arms were sore from pouring the wine, but he was very happy. Suddenly, there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance, and everyone was stunned. Who would dare to gallop in the camp of King Qi?The sound of horseshoes stopped outside the military tent. The king of Han rushed in with a group of people.