Qin is a country with extremely strict laws and regulations, and Xianyang is the capital of Qin, so the management is even stricter, Xianyang is a night ban control, so in addition to the army that routinely patrols the streets at night, only a few high-ranking officials are qualified to travel at night, or there are urgent official documents and war reports to be transmitted. Although some restaurants are open for business, the doors and windows are closed, and people are not allowed to go out at will.

But generally speaking, high-ranking officials will not come out at night, and now there is no war in the Qin State, and there is no urgent report, so after the time of the night ban arrives, the street is already empty, only the soldiers on the night patrol are walking, the combat boots step on the road, making a crisp sound, and the capital of Qi Linzi is the kind of lanterns at the beginning of the day, the atmosphere of singing and dancing in the night, completely immovable, only in some restaurants in the female Lu made a silk bamboo pipe music, the sound of drinking and laughing, and the swaying lights reflected the figure on the window. It shows that nightlife in this megacity is not entirely set in stone.

Gao Yuan changed into a gray suit, and covered his head, face, nose and mouth with a cloth, only showing a pair of eyes, came out of his room, first hidden in the dark of the backlight, and after the home of the Mongolian Mansion Night Patrol was about to leave, Gao Yuan immediately jumped out of the shadows and flew straight towards the side of the courtyard wall. Then he jumped up on the ground, reached out and grabbed the wall, and as soon as his body fell, he climbed out of the courtyard wall and fell into the street outside.

Because during the day, the plateau had already surveyed the route and hiding place, so after turning out of the courtyard of the Meng family, he immediately unfolded his body and flew away in the direction of the Qin Palace.

At this time, there was already a crescent moon hanging high in the sky, and the silver smoke-like brilliance poured down to the ground, sprinkling a layer of silver and blue color, adding a bit of coolness to the cold night of early spring, and also illuminating the entire Xianyang City very clearly. However, most of the walking routes chosen by the plateau are in the shade of the backlight, and although they are occasionally exposed to the moonlight, they quickly disappear into the shadows.

About twenty minutes later, Gao Yuan evaded two Qin troops patrolling the night in a row and came to the vicinity of the main gate of the Qin Palace.

Although the Qin State had not yet unified the whole country at this time, the scale of the royal palace was still very large, not only accounting for most of the inner city, but also breaking through the inner city, and also accounting for a considerable part of the outer city, it is estimated that it covers an area of at least seven or eight square kilometers, in terms of scale, it has far exceeded the Forbidden City of the Forbidden City in later generations.

In fact, this is also a feature of the changes in ancient Chinese palaces, that is, the scale is shrinking day by day, the later the dynasty, the smaller the scale of the palace city, such as the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty covers an area of less than one square kilometer, and according to archaeological findings, the palaces of the Song and Tang dynasties are about three or four square kilometers, and the Changle Palace of the Han Dynasty is close to seven square kilometers, although the palace of the Qin Dynasty before the Han Dynasty has not been completely excavated, but from the historical records of the palace of the Qin Dynasty, The size of Miyagi should not be smaller than that of the Han Dynasty.

However, although the large scale can give people a sense of grandeur and magnificence, and increase the majesty of the monarch and the dynasty, the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, it disperses the troops guarding the palace city, and it is at night, and the soldiers guarding outside the palace can only walk back and forth to find patrols in order to protect the palace wall, so the plateau can find enough gaps to break through the soldiers' defense and approach the city wall.

The city wall of the Qin Palace's palace is more than five zhang high, and on both sides of the palace gate, there are arrow towers nearly eight zhang high at the corners, but the Qin army guarding the city wall is sparse and sparse, and the number is not large.

The tall palace wall, of course, could not block the plateau, so he found a backlit corner, threw out the rope with him, hung the city wall, and then grabbed the rope, climbed the city wall at speed, and landed quietly and silently, without alarming anyone.

The plateau put away the rope and looked at the palace of the Qin king from the city wall, and in the cold moonlight, the entire palace building seemed to be covered with a layer of silver light, standing in the cold night, the eaves, trees, stone steps, sculptures, gatehouses in the palace city, in the silver moonlight, showed a variety of different forms, which seemed to contain an ulterior secret.

The layout of the palace of the king of Qin, like the vast majority of buildings in ancient China, is a symmetrical layout structure of the central axis, and the longitudinal direction, it is divided into three layers, from the entrance of the royal city into the outer city, is a wide and vast square, the height of the plateau, at least five or six football fields in size, a flat and wide central avenue supplemented by bluestone, starting from the entrance of the royal city, through the middle palace gate, leading to the second floor of the Qin palace, where the main hall of the Qin palace is located, It is the place where the king of Qin gathers the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss military affairs, and the back of the main hall, through the harem door, enters the harem of the palace of the king of Qin, where the king of Qin and the harem concubines and daughters live.

On the left and right sides of the central avenue, there are also palace buildings with different heights and bottoms, which are connected by flying bridges or connected by corridors, with ups and downs, turning left and right, winding and dismantling. On the left and right sides of the royal city, there are other palaces and pavilions, gardens and gardens, which are places for the King of Qin and the harem concubines and princesses to play usually.

The purpose of exploring the palace of the king of Qin at night on the plateau was of course not to go to the middle palace or the harem, but to the temple of the Qin State, so he also recognized the direction and flew towards the southwest direction where the temple was located.

Although the palace is very empty, but the area is too vast, there are not many bunkers that can be used to cover the figure, and from time to time there are troops guarding the palace, as well as waiters, palace maids pass by, the plateau must be careful to avoid these people, so after almost half an hour, the plateau passed through the square of the outer city, and climbed over the palace wall, into the scope of the temple.

The temple of the Qin State is actually an independent palace building, but the scale is much smaller than the royal city, the surrounding four sides are a circle of tall city walls, there are attics on the city gate, there are towers at the four corners, and in the middle of the city wall, there is a palace building built on a high platform, which is the temple of the Qin State, the main hall of the temple has only one floor, there is a three-storey tower behind the main hall, a bluestone avenue leads directly to the main gate of the temple from the city gate, and on both sides of the bluestone avenue, there are also various sculptures, lampposts, towering trees. The flickering lights bring a touch of warmth to the cold moonlit night.

It's just that the entire Jongmyo Castle is as empty as a wilderness, silent, there are no soldiers or chamberlains, as if no one exists, and only through the doors and windows of the Jongmyo Temple, it can be seen that there are faint lights flickering inside.

Of course, Gao Yuan didn't know what to do, because Qin Wangzheng was afraid of disturbing Chi Songzi, so he agreed to Chi Songzi's request and withdrew all the soldiers guarding the Zongmiao three hundred steps away, and actually withdrew from the walls of the Zongmiao, so in the entire range of the Zongmiao, except for the two people of Chi Songzi and Hehua, there were no soldiers, chamberlains, and palace maids.

Therefore, Gao Yuan still did not dare to be careless, and cautiously sneaked towards the temple. After more than ten minutes, Gao Yuan came to the door of the temple, looked left and right, and saw that there was still no one around, there was no sound, only the occasional wind blowing the trees, but it was even more quiet, although Gao Yuan felt a little surprised, but it was still certain that there was no one here. So Gao Yuan reached out to push the gate of the temple.

"Squeak", although the sound of the door opening is not loud, but in the quiet of the night, it is very clear. After the gate was opened, I saw dozens of red oil candles lit in the temple, illuminating the entire interior of the temple, and the plateau was flawless, and I saw at a glance that in the middle of the temple, there were eight bronze tripods placed in front of the high platform that enshrined dozens of spiritual positions.

About the legend of Jiuding, Gao Yuan also learned a little, and he also knew that "Ding" in Chinese history, occupies a very special position, its symbolism is far greater than its actual function, so seeing these eight big Ding, Gao Yuan can't help but feel that the heart beats faster, a sense of historical vicissitudes, in the heart is still born.

Gao Yuan took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and then stepped into the main hall of the Jongmyo and closed the door casually.

Closing the door of the temple, Gao Yuan just turned around, only to feel that the talisman hanging around his neck immediately warmed up, and several cyan rays of light radiated from Gao Yuan's chest through several layers of clothing, and more and more, brighter and brighter.

And almost at the same time, the eight big tripods placed in the center of the main hall also emitted a dazzling cyan light, and the lights in the hall were suppressed by the blue light emitted by the eight big tripods, turning into a blue color. And there was a "buzzing" sound, filling the entire hall.

However, Gao Yuan had already been mentally prepared for such a vision, and he didn't feel any surprise, but he had already felt that the same power as his own talisman was emanating from the eight big tripods, so he could also be sure that his talisman and these eight bronze tripods must have some kind of connection, so Gao Yuan calmed down for a while, and then walked towards the eight big tripods in the center of the main hall.

At this time, the eight bronze tripods were already shining all over, just like eight huge light sources, almost illuminating people's eyes, and on the chest of the plateau, countless blue lights shot out, shrouding the entire person of the plateau in light. At the same time, the wind in the temple was loud, full of huge and surging force, squeezing over the plateau from all directions.

The eight bronze tripods suddenly shook violently, and left the offering platform where they were placed, and slowly rose, forming a circle in the air, and it was so bright that even the bronze tripods had become a ball of light.

When Gao Yuan was surprised, he only heard the sound of "Peng", the placket on his chest was torn, and the talisman that had turned into a ball of light broke free from the rope hanging around his neck, and also flew out, until he flew to the middle of the circle surrounded by eight bronze tripods, and the shape of the light cluster was constantly expanding, and finally the size of the light cluster formed by the other eight bronze tripods was similar. And these nine huge clusters of light floated in the air of the main hall of the Jongmyo Temple.