Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 185
In the 36th year of the Qin Dynasty, the star Yinghuo moved eastward to the heart of Canglong in the 28th constellation, and the celestial phenomenon of Yinghuo Shouxin, which was rare in a century, appeared.

The crimson twin stars twinkled in the dark night, against the backdrop of the dazzling radiance, Canglong's heart was slightly dimmed.

At this time, there was an abnormality in the sky——Yinghuo Shouxin!
Yinghuo, also Mars, often confuses people because of its complex and changeable operation, named Yinghuo, and forms five stars with Taibai (Venus), Suixing (Jupiter), Chenxing (Mercury), and Filling Star (Saturn).

The five stars, together with the 28 constellations of Sanyuan, constitute the basic framework of astrology in ancient astrology.

[Note: Sanyuan is Ziweiyuan, Taiweiyuan, and Tianshiyuan, which are the three major star regions. 28 constellations are 28 relatively static star regions in the sky, including the Eastern Qinglong, the Western White Tiger, the Southern Suzaku, and the Northern Xuanwu. Each has seven constellations]

Among the five stars, Yinghuo is a law-enforcing star and a disaster star, which symbolizes the world's rebellion, disability and thieves, disease and death, famine and military disasters and other scourges.

Generally speaking, Yinghuo is constantly moving in the sky, where it appears, it means that the heaven will punish its lower divisions, and disasters will appear in the areas corresponding to its astrological divisions.

Of course, the extent of the disaster depends on Yingzhuo's various states.

According to the astrology of the Warring States Period, Xinsu should be the Han, Wei, and Northern Chu countries; if it is divided according to the prefecture and county system of the Qin Dynasty, it should be Sanchuan County, Yingchuan County, Nanyang County, Chen County, Hedong County and other Central Plains areas.

Yinghuo stays in the heart house and does not leave. Of course, the place where the heart house divides is not a good thing.

But in the Warring States period, Xinsu was called the "Mingtang" in the sky, that is, the palace where the emperor declared his government. If you guard your heart, it means that the temple is in crisis.

More importantly, in the Qin, Han and Warring States periods, the common people were extremely sensitive to astronomy, far exceeding the ignorance and insensitivity of later generations under the Confucian education.

Therefore, as soon as the star of Yinghuo Shouxin appeared, various statements from the Yin and Yang family spread like wildfire, and rumors spread throughout the world: There will be a huge disaster in the Central Plains.

Many Confucian scholars obstructed this, saying that it was heaven that enforced the law, and warned the emperor to kill Confucian scholars and burn the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought, which foreshadowed a disaster that would befall the Qin Dynasty.

Upon hearing the news, Qin Wangzheng's face gradually turned serious, and he said with cold eyes: "It is indeed a disaster to be cautious, but what does it have to do with Confucian scholars?"

Li Sijin, a representative of the Legalists who had always been at odds with Confucianism, said, "Your Majesty, Confucianism is purely slandering, and it must have something to do with the burning of books a few years ago!"

When Qin Wangzheng patted the big bronze case, the bronze lord on the case trembled slightly and almost fell to the ground.

Immediately, Qin Wangzheng did the opposite and issued a royal edict: The image of Yinghuo and guarding one's heart is God's warning to Confucian scholars not to confront Qin.

For a while, the focus of public opinion turned to Confucian scholars, and the people even forced Confucian scholars to take the initiative to apologize to Qin Wangzheng.

This scene was exactly what Qin Wangzheng wanted to see the most, and he desperately wanted Confucian scholars to apologize and surrender to Qin.

But Confucianism has a bad temper, a tough attitude, and is unwilling to give in to authority. Although he is silent on the surface, he scolds Qin Wangzheng's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart.

After the public opinion subsided, Qin Wangzheng ignored the attitude of the Confucian scholars, but turned his head to observe the training results of the 20 troops of the Blue Sky Camp.

As expected, Han Xin was a handsome man capable of recruiting and fighting. The army was in order, and the soldiers were gearing up. Qin Wangzheng couldn't help feeling: "As expected, Han Xin did not disappoint me!"

However, in late autumn, a meteor suddenly landed in broad daylight in Dongjun County of the Central Plains, and when it reached the ground, it turned into a huge rock with a strange shape.

It was no longer surprising for meteorites to reach the earth during the Warring States Period. People would not regard the landing of meteorites as a miracle.

The miraculous thing is that when the meteorite landed, it was still clean without a word. After one night, seven large characters were engraved on the meteorite: Emperor Shihuang died and the earth was divided!
The local officials were dumbfounded when they found out, and immediately reported it to the countryside, and even to Xianyang.

Qin Wangzheng got the report, knowing that it was either a conspiracy by the Confucian school or the nobles of the six countries, so he immediately sent Feng Jie and a group of censors to Dongjun County for investigation.

But after many days of investigation and interrogation, all the surrounding residents said that they saw nothing, and the person who carved the letter had no clues to investigate.

Feng Jie was furious, and according to Qin law, if he did not report the criminal, he would be guilty of the same crime, and immediately beheaded all the adults around the meteorite.

After that, Feng Jie called in a large number of iron smelting craftsmen to forcibly smelt the engraved meteorite into molten iron and forge the imperial ironware.

Qin Wangzheng listened to Feng Jie's report of the incident, pondered for a few days, and came up with a countermeasure. He ordered the common people to compose a poem, and taught musicians to sing it widely.

Within ten days, there was a ballad spread all over the world: "Yinghuo guards the heart, and the magic star shows up. It is dark and dark, and the fire is used to benefit the Yin. How are the counties and counties divided into heaven and earth? Only disasters and disasters are all in the world. .”

This was regarded as calming down the storm of the meteorite. The local people accepted the empire happily and no longer believed the rumors of the nobles of the six countries. They cursed the nobles of the six countries for harming the people. All counties and counties reported clues about the escaped nobles.

A few months later, Chenjun Juncheng rushed to Xianyang to report political affairs. When passing through the Pingshu Road post station in Guanzhongyin County at night, he met a man in a black cloak and black veil blocking the empty road.

Jun Cheng reined in his horse in astonishment, and the man in black handed over something with both hands, and only said in a low voice: "Zulong will die this year."

After finishing speaking, he handed a jade pendant to Chen Junjun Cheng, and Jun Cheng was about to dismount, but the man in black suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The county magistrate was very puzzled, and flew to Xianyang to meet Qin Wangzheng.

When Qin Wangzheng, who was sitting in the main hall, heard the news, his expression gradually became embarrassing.

When the county magistrate took out the jade pendant, Qin Wangzheng's face was full of surprise. When he was inspecting the Chu land many years ago, the jade pendant accidentally slipped into the river.

Qin Wangzheng did not pay attention to the remarks of the man in black, but ordered a large-scale search and arrest in Chu.

When the left and right prime ministers heard the rumors about Jiang Shen, their expressions immediately turned grim. They thought that the divination of the Yin Yang family was just a trick to deceive people, and they believed that these were nothing but fictitious. They both sighed with emotion and sternly ordered: in the future, if there are such rumors, the spreaders will be all Send Beihe hard labor!

But who knew that a few days later, King Qin Zheng was really seriously ill, and the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless.

Qin Wangzheng, who has always believed in the theory of Yin-Yang School, disregarded the dissuasion of the left and right prime ministers, and invited several fortune tellers to make a fortune teller.

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly. A few days later, the army of Longlong left the customs again, and Qin Wangzheng started the fifth grand parade.

At the beginning of the parade, Qin Wangzheng's condition worsened, and Xiao Zhinu's face was pale and feeble. Regardless of Qin Wangzheng's objection, he took the initiative to go to another world.
(End of this chapter)