In the midsummer year of Emperor Qin 495, half a month before Hu Hai's fifteenth birthday, Zhao Gao, on the orders of Emperor Qin, took Hu Hai back to Xianyang Palace to prepare for the crowning ceremony.
Emperor Qin looked at Hu Hai, who was about to become an adult, standing in front of him. He was deeply touched, and finally he sighed, as if he was remembering something.
After a long time, Emperor Qin frowned slightly and said: "Fourth level martial arts, your cultivation is still a little bit behind. In the past few days, you can stay with me to practice. I will find a way to make you fast without leaving any hidden dangers."
Breakthrough to the fifth level of martial arts."
When Hu Hai heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "My dear father, thank you very much for your help."
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As early as a month ago, Lin Ze held a crowning ceremony for himself at the Lin Mansion to show that he had reached adulthood.
In order to celebrate Lin Ze's "coming-of-age ceremony", Hu Hai even held a banquet in Lin's mansion to entertain his important disciples.
At this time, Zhang Han and Li Xin were no longer in Chang'an and were sent to Shangqiu County with orders to "protect" the Wei family.
Yu Rou and Lu Zhi performed another "confession" at Lin Ze's "coming-of-age ceremony" banquet, which gave Lin Ze a headache.
At the critical moment, Hu Hai stepped forward and announced to everyone: Lin Zezhi is committed to martial arts and has no intention of starting a family in the short term. You don't need to introduce a suitable marriage partner.
Only then did the two women stop arguing.
Seeing this, Lin Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "If you kill me, you won't even think about starting a family in a short time. If someone like Gongsun Qi or Wang Jian is not as good as Gongsun Qi, how could he give up resistance and wait to be killed if it weren't for the descendants of his family?"
When you are away from your family, you will develop weaknesses. If you are not able to fully protect yourself, you will naturally not do such self-defeating things."
What is unexpected is that the two women had been arguing for a long time, and suddenly they liked each other, and finally became a pair of "sisters" with a very good relationship. No one except them could figure out what happened.
As the date of Hu Hai's "Crown Ceremony" was getting closer, Lin Ze accelerated his penetration into Shu. A large number of Hu Hai's retainers were sent to Shu in a steady stream as preliminary personnel.
Lin Ze even mobilized the manpower left behind in Chang'an to the maximum extent, just to capture Shuzhong as soon as possible.
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In the 495th year of Emperor Qin's reign, in the summer of Ji Xia, Hu Hai's "Crown Ceremony" was held in the ancestral temple on the left side of Xianyang Palace.
On that day, Hu Hai, who was wearing a black robe and a formal crown, led by Zong Zheng, offered sacrifices to the ancestral temple and announced the official start of the crown ceremony.
According to the decree of Emperor Qin, Prime Minister Li Si, along with a group of important officials, watched the ceremony in front of the ancestral temple. Of course, Fusu was not there. He was still investigating the case in Chu.
When the whole crowning ceremony was progressing to the later stage, Emperor Qin suddenly appeared. He first spoke a few words of encouragement to Hu Hai, hoping that he would do something good and not lose the face of the Qin royal family.
Hu Hai responded confidently, saying he would rather die than embarrass the Ying family.
Then Emperor Qin issued an edict in front of all the ministers: "I have my youngest son, named Hu Hai, who is of good character. When he served as the right prisoner of the Tingwei Mansion, he worked diligently and in his weak years, he broke through to the fifth level of martial arts.
, it is truly a blessing for the poor and a blessing for the empire.”
The ministers looked closely and saw that they couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air. Although Hu Hai's aura was still a little unstable, the aura he was emitting was a genuine fifth-grade one.
The fifteen-year-old fifth grade was enough to shock all the ministers.
Emperor Qin continued: "As the saying goes, when an eagle takes off, it must go through wind, rain and hardships before it can fly higher and farther. So I decided to appoint Hu Hai as the governor of Sichuan and choose a day to take office. I hope that my dear friends will mention it more in the future.
Click on him."
Li Si immediately took the lead and said: "I will obey your Majesty's order."
The ministers agreed one by one, and Emperor Qin, who had finished the matter, disappeared in an instant, leaving Zong Zheng to arrange the remaining matters.
After the crowning ceremony, Li Si and his ministers retreated. Only Zong Zheng and a group of people from Zong Zheng's mansion were busy.
For example, if a direct descendant of the royal family such as Hu Hai left Chang'an as an adult and went out to pursue his career, he would need to go through many formalities in Zongzheng Mansion.
Hu Hai was like a puppet, being held up by the strings by Zong Zheng and tossed for three days before he was put back into the Lin Mansion.
When Hu Hai returned to the Lin Mansion, he ran to Lin Ze and showed off as if he had been given a shot of blood: "Lin Ze, look at this young master. He has broken through to the fifth level of martial arts. He has caught up with you all of a sudden. Isn't that great?"
Lin Ze just smiled brightly, bowed in the direction of Xianyang Palace and said, "Your Majesty is indeed inscrutable. He was able to raise the young master to the fifth level of martial arts in such a short period of time. It is really admirable."
Hu Hai's face turned red and he whispered: "Did you see it?"
Lin Ze laughed loudly and said: "How much cultivation did the young master have before entering the palace? How fast did he cultivate? Is it possible that after entering the palace, the young master changed his cultivation method in a short period of time?"
Hu Hai quickly put aside the topic and said: "After receiving the royal decree from my father, I can leave to take office in Shuzhong at any time. Lin Ze, according to you, when should we leave and what things should we bring?"
Lin Ze smiled calmly and said: "Master, don't be anxious. I am afraid that when you take office this time, you will need to stay in Shu for a long time, so the more complete the preparations, the better."
"First of all, since you plan to accumulate family property in Shu, the first thing you have to do is to make sure you take those people with you."
After talking for half an hour, Lin Zecai explained clearly the matter of going to Shuzhong.
Then Hu Hai looked at him blankly, with a hint of sparkle at the corner of his mouth. It took him a long time to react and said: "Lin Ze, are you finished?"
Lin Ze nodded helplessly and said, "That's it."
Hu Hai immediately pretended to be excited and applauded: "Lin Ze, what you said is really good, so I will do as you said. I will go with you later."
Lin Ze...are you sure you are listening to me? But Lin Ze has long been used to this. After arranging the matters on his own, he will wait for the right time and prepare to set off.
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In the back hall of the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Qin woke up from his training and slowly opened his eyes. The spiritual power he had recently absorbed has been initially digested by him.
Then a black dragon appeared, and the bag on the dragon's belly had swelled big enough, even bigger than the dragon's claws.
Emperor Qin looked a little confused. Logically speaking, he had absorbed enough spiritual power, but he still couldn't advance smoothly for some reason. Could it be that the spiritual power he had absorbed was not enough? Or had he not digested it completely?
Soon Emperor Qin stopped thinking about it and clapped his hands, and Da Siming appeared in front of him.
Emperor Qin asked: "How is the cracking of the Tao Palace formation?"
Da Siming bowed and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it has not been completely solved yet."
Emperor Qin looked cold and said, "Why is this?"
Da Siming felt that the entire hall was a little colder, and hurriedly replied: "Although the formation map brought back by Lin Ze is real, it does not record other changes in the Dao Palace formation. It is still difficult to decipher, but please
Don’t worry, Your Majesty, in just one month it will be completely cracked.”
Qin Huang snorted coldly: "How did you find out the details of the Dao Palace?"
Da Siming replied: "According to Anzi's report, the Dao Palace still retains several Taoist secret treasures. Any one of them has the power of a semi-saint. They are all kept in the hands of the master of the Dao Palace, Shouzheng. Shouzheng is the master level.
A master, he can't steal it secretly."
Emperor Qin frowned when he heard this: "So, even if the Dao Palace formation is broken, I still can't do anything to the Dao Palace?"
Da Siming advised: "Your Majesty's safety is the most important thing, so you really shouldn't take risks."
There was nothing strange on Emperor Qin's face. He waved his hand for Da Siming to step down, but he sneered secretly in his heart: Semi-saint? I should already be one.