"Brave men, can you take the sack from my head, I am panicking."

The view in front of him was obscured by the sack, but the fading light, as well as the hard masonry under his feet, told Xu Shi that they were probably in a dungeon.

I don't know how many times Xu Shi has begged for it, he remembers that he was hijacked on the way to the pier "Langya Terrace" in Langya County.

The group of attackers were heavily armed, but they were quick and ruthless, and they killed Xu Shi's men without hesitation, sparing only his life. He also poured a drug into his mouth that he couldn't stop sleeping after drinking, and made him sleep day and night in a small space, and when he woke up, he didn't know what time it was.

In any case, Xu Shi understands that he is destined to not catch up with the covenant of Chengshanjiao.

Xu Shi Zifu, Langya people, from his father Xu Ping's generation, their family is a magician. The circle of the warlock is actually very small, Xu Ping has worked with Zhao Pingyuanjun, Chang'an Jun and others, and Lu Ao is Xu Ping's disciple and taught Xu Shi.

However, Xu Shi is different from ordinary magicians, he really begs for a living on the sea, and his ability to look at the stars and distinguish positions is no less than the most experienced fisherman in Qidi. After all, it is impossible to always rely on the shore to find immortals, and once you leave the shore, the judgment of the other party's position has to rely on a star gazer like him.

This is also the reason why Lu Ao tried his best to recommend him to Qin Shi Huang, and the magicians also prepared a routine for Xu Shi to appear like designing An Qisheng's appearance: Chengshan Jiaomiao is in the sea, but Xu Shi led people to drive a small boat, riding the wind and waves, and after landing on the shore, he fluttered and bowed in front of the king......

What a wonderful start, but Lu Sheng didn't expect that Xu Shi would be cut off before he even got on the boat!

At the beginning, Xu Shi scolded him as a guest of Langya County, and then tried it with the usual black language of the rivers and lakes, and finally turned into a begging to pay a ransom.

But the group of his captors did not say a word, and were silent like a cold sword, but pushed him and walked into this prison, and made him sit on a pile of straw with his hands still shackled.

Knowing Suosuo's voice, a figure stood in front of Xu Shi, patted him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, I am offended." ”

"Who are you?" Xu Shi raised his head and asked.

"Who?"

The middle-aged man laughed: "Naturally, it's Haikou!" Canghai Jun, Yongmen Sima, Tian Du, haven't you heard of killing Qi people like you who surrendered to Qin? ”

"Haikou?"

Xu Shi also smiled, the leaders of the above "Haikou", but what about his old acquaintances, this time the warlock entered the Qin Shi Emperor, what kind of overseas immortal seeking, and it is also inseparable from Canghaijun and others.

But these secrets can't be said, Xu Shi can only say his own minimum judgment......

"In Langya, in Jiaodong, how can there be a Haikou who speaks with a Nanjun accent? If you guess correctly, you should be the doormen of Jiaodong County! ”

After a moment of silence, Gong Aohaha, who had been identified through his identity, laughed.

"Mr. Xu is really powerful, and now that he is not afraid of you, my county guard has been eyeing you half a year ago (see chapter 498), so people can watch carefully. Your every move, the county guard cares! And now he has sent me to get you. ”

"With the status of the county guard of Jiaodong, let his subordinates pretend to be officials who do things, and there are naturally charms in and out, and Guan Liang will not block the search, if I guess correctly, I am now in Jiaodong, right? Is it in Jimo? ”

Xu Shi shook his head as he spoke: "No, it won't be so fast, and it's not worth the risk to take me to Jimo, I heard that Jiaodong County is guarding the middle of Langya and Jimo, and wants to build a fishing port, I was probably brought here, right?" ”

"Mr. Xu is really smart."

Gong Ao applauded, and took down the sack sleeve on Xu Shi's head, allowing him to breathe heavily, but in this dim dungeon, Gong Ao's face still couldn't be seen clearly.

This is the only mercy of Gongao, the heavy cell door was closed, Xu Shi struggled to remember, but only heard the sound of Gongao gradually moving away, coming from the crack in the door:

"It's noon, but you can't go anywhere today!"

……

"It's getting dark."

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting in the west, Qin Shi Huang got up with an angry face and looked at the warlocks who were panicking into a pot of porridge.

"Where is Xu Shi?"

"Your Majesty, Xu City ...... him"

Hou Sheng was sweating, according to the agreement, Xu Shi should have arrived near Chengshanjiao as early as yesterday, just waiting for noon to arrive, then the boat floated up, but left and right, but did not see half a figure!

Xushi capsized halfway? Xu Shi suddenly didn't want to come? No matter what reason the magicians found, it was useless, Qin Shi Huang was an extremely proud person, and in this world, others waited for him, and there was never a time when he waited for others.

Today, if it weren't for An Qisheng saying that "Xu City or halfway through the mirage and entered the Immortal Mountain", Qin Shi Huang would have waited a few more hours.

But do they know how precious the Emperor's time is? The stack of music sparse pulled behind the car is still waiting for His Majesty to pick up the lights and approve it!

The plan was ruined and the time was delayed, which in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang, the capital crime was not a pity!

The emperor didn't say a word with a gloomy face, and when Prime Minister Li Si saw this situation, he knew that Qin Shi Huang was extremely annoyed, and immediately sneered at the warlocks and said:

An Qisheng said that there is a mirage in the corner of the mountain, but today it is not seen, Lu Shengyan said that Xu City will come to pay homage at noon, but Xu City is nowhere to be seen. Ye Tingwei, according to the law, what kind of crime is this? ”

Ye Teng said unhurriedly: "Prime Minister, it is still a crime for the head of Qiantou to lose his service, not to mention that Xu Shi lost the period of the Son of Heaven!" He has committed the crime of deceit! Sins are unforgivable! As for Lu Sheng and others, they are also guilty of lying and dishonest, and they can be punished together. ”

The faces of the warlocks were pale, but Lu Sheng was still not giving up, still staring at the sea, and at this time he saw a flat boat rowing across the shore and approaching the wharf of Chengshan, so he said: "The boat is coming, it's Langya's boat, Your Majesty, this is Xu City!" ”

However, it was not Xu Shi on the boat, but someone sent by the Langya County Guard, who reported that Xu Shi was robbed on the way to Langya Wharf, and when the Langya government sent someone to the scene of the crime, he was nowhere to be found......

"Kidnapped?" Lu Ao immediately looked at the Jiaodong County Shou Heifu, who had nothing to do with him, but he didn't dare to point it out to his face.

Heifu was very indifferent, and analyzed: "This may be Haikou's doing." ”

"How so?" Lu Ao asked rhetorically.

"When the anti-thief Haikou heard that Xu Shi wanted to find an immortal island for His Majesty and seek immortality, he naturally wanted to kill him quickly, that Mr. Xu, I am afraid that there will be more and less luck now......" Heifu shook his head and said.

Lu Ao felt that eighty percent of it was not Haikou, but Heifu's doing, but he couldn't say what he was suffering about. Can it still be disclosed to their faces that they also have dealings with those "pirates"? can only break teeth and swallow blood, said:

"Your Majesty, this move is an enemy of Your Majesty's way of immortality, and you must order the government to chase after it, find the whereabouts of Xu City, and catch the culprit......"

"Enough!"

But Qin Shi Huang's mind is no longer in Xu City, or even in seeking immortals, he only feels that he is here today, and he has been a fool for a day!

Today's incident, although it is said that Xu City was hijacked, but on the whole, the magician who continuously disappointed him was three words: unreliable!

Is it really reliable to rely on these people to find the immortal mountain, seek and live forever?

The more Qin Shi Huang thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally ordered: "Order the government to find the whereabouts of Xu City, and see people alive and corpses when dead." In addition, I favored the other warlock too much, so that the other generation was pampered and arrogant, and repeatedly missed the deadline, took away the title previously given, and continued to do things as a commoner! ”

"Your Majesty! The ministers ......" Lu Sheng and Han Zhong were completely dumbfounded, and wanted to argue again, but Qin Shi Huang waved his hand impatiently:

"Let the magicians go down, I don't want to see you and others for the time being!"

……

After the warlocks retreated, seeing that Qin Shi Huang's anger had not subsided, no one dared to mention this matter again, but Heifu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of going to sea to find immortals cannot be achieved overnight, so there is no ...... in Xu City."

Qin Shi Huang glared at him: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Everyone looked at Heifu, but they heard Heifu sincerely say to Qin Shi Huang: "When Your Majesty was in Longxi in the past, he said that he wanted to find the Western Queen Mother State, but he didn't plan to go to the desperate region with a group of people like King Zhou Mu, which was an irresponsible move to abandon the world. His Majesty said that he would never leave the territory of Great Qin for half a step! ”

"Now, if Your Majesty rashly enters the East China Sea by boat according to what the magician said, looking for the ethereal immortal mountain, what is the difference between this and King Zhou Mu abandoning the country and entering the Western Regions? You might as well follow what I said before, give the minister a year, first clear the coastal bandits, the evil waves of Jiaodong, and wait for this sea to become the inner lake of Daqin, and find out the waterway, Your Majesty will come to Jiaodong again, and it is not too late to send people to find immortals! ”

Qin Shi Huang was silent, and only after a long time did he say: "I heard Ye Tingwei say that your wife is pregnant again, and the name of this second son, Qing plans to take it as 'Fubo'?" ”

"Exactly." Hefton headed.

"The Huns were taken as the prisoners, and the Pinghai Kou was named Fubo...... What a dedication to duty. Qin Shi Huang sighed for a long time and helped Heifu up.

"Compared with the magicians who are difficult to do great things, Qing is the loyal soldier of Great Qin, and the pure minister who can achieve things!"

Hearing this, Heifu hurriedly thanked him, Li Si agreed, Zhao Gao and his younger brother Zhao Cheng glanced at each other, the meaning was unknown, Ye Teng smiled and stroked his beard, and Zhang Cang breathed a long sigh of relief.

Qin Shi Huang had made up his mind, and he looked at the stone tablet at the "end of the sky" in the corner of the mountain again: "Who erected this?" ”

Li Si was erudite and replied: "Your Majesty, it was established by King Qi Min when he toured the east, and King Qi Min thought that Chengshanjiao was the eastern boundary of Qi's territory, and it was also the end of known heaven and earth. ”

"Xiaoqi, the field is really stingy."

Qin Shi Huang called the name of King Min of Qi, shook his head and said: "According to the understanding of ordinary people, there is no land to the east of here, and it is indeed the eastern boundary of China." ”

"But they were wrong!"

Amid the sound of the waves, Qin Shi Huang swore an oath of sovereignty over the distant horizon: "In the Song of Qin, it is said that there is the East China Sea in the east, not the East China Sea in the east!" ”

He glanced at Li Si and ordered: "Prime Minister, let someone erase the words on this stone tablet and change it to Qin Seal." ”

Li Siyingnuo: "Your Majesty, what words should be engraved?" ”

"At the end of the day, just add one word."

Qin Shi Huang said proudly: "There is no end to the sky! ”

"Just like my territory, it will not be limited to the coast, the immortal island in the sea, and the other unknown Kyushu, must also be explored one by one and turn it into the territory of Qin! Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the heaven of Daqin is endless! ”

The ministers were full of praise, saying that although only one word was changed, the spirit pattern was one in the sky and one in the ground......

Heifu reminded him that when he said that he would open the Western Regions and look for the Western Queen Mother State, Qin Shi Huang said, call over!

It's the same in the east.

Penglai? Yingzhou? Abbot? If so......

"Hit it!"

"Your Majesty is bold!" No one dared to object, everyone was applauding, no matter whether it was unrealistic to open up the territory on the sea, everyone was flattering and flattering.

Only Heifu congratulated, but sighed in his heart.

"After going around for a long time, I still haven't been able to get out of this strange circle of 'fighting fires with salary'! The only difference is between me and the sorcerers, who will take the lead in this matter! ”