Chapter 21: Burning Tortoises
"Back to the king, the tortoise shell has not been completely burned, so I am waiting for you to continue divination." Taifu said.
"Go quickly, go quickly." Ziying couldn't wait any longer. He didn't believe in these things, but at this moment he needed divination to make a choice for him.
If the Qin Dynasty was destined to be doomed, Ziying would immediately write a letter of surrender to Liu Bang.
If there is still a glimmer of hope in Da Qin, then by fighting for this glimmer of hope, it will be considered worthy of the original Ziying, worthy of Yang Duan and the old officials who are still struggling to support him.
Taibu lit the wattle sticks and burned the turtle shell again. Half of the shell was already cracked.
Ziying watched Taibu's pious techniques in silence, not even daring to breathe for fear of making any mistakes.
When the cracks covered the tortoise shell, the fortune teller slowly stood up and said, "The Book of Changes says: If you complain for the first time, if you blaspheme again and again, you will not report the blasphemy. It is disrespectful to the ghosts and gods to interrupt the divination. If it is because the king comes, I can continue
Divination.”
"What's the result?" Ziying couldn't wait any longer.
Taibu observed the cracks on the turtle shell and shook his head.
For some reason, Ziying felt a little relieved, "I understand, the fate of the Qin Dynasty has been restored. It seems that Qin is going to be destroyed."
Taibu continued to shake his head, "The veins of this tortoise shell are truly unprecedented. I have just been half-burned, and the fate of the Qin Dynasty is already dead. When the king comes forward, after half-burning, it appears to be coming back to life. It's really strange."
Ziying secretly laughed, it was obviously because the two burning methods were different, so there were such different cracks. The ancients were still too superstitious after all.
Suddenly, Ziying thought about something, her mind shook, and she turned to look at the tortoise shell.
The result of this divination indeed hints at the fate of the Qin Dynasty!
The Qin Dynasty came to an end, with Ziying becoming the king and dying at Xiang Yu's death. This was the original fate of the Qin Dynasty. It happened to be in line with the first half of the tortoise shell.
Ziying accidentally disrupted the divination, and there was another turning point in the second half of the Qin Dynasty. Could it be that it coincided with Ziying's arrival?
No way?
"My dear, can you explain it in detail for me?" Ziying asked.
"Back to the king, in the first half of the process, the fire burned the armor, and the internal lines collapsed, which seemed to mean that the Qin Dynasty was defeated due to its rigidity, and the internal chaos was in chaos. In the second half of the process, the collapsed lines gradually returned to a line, but there were still scattered side branches, which seemed to be
It is said that the Qin Dynasty is gradually getting better, but the future will still be full of difficulties." Taibu looked at the tortoise shell and said.
"How can I solve these difficulties?" Ziying asked. He urgently needed to know these methods, and he leaned against Taifu for fear of missing a word.
Taibu was silent for a long time, "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the state, and the secrets can only reveal so much. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Ziying almost choked to death because of Taibu's words. What he was waiting for was the next words. Just say that the secret should not be leaked?
"My dear, just tell me, I will reward you with a thousand gold coins, no, ten thousand gold coins!" Ziying said anxiously.
Although the situation in the Qin Dynasty was very critical, there was still money in the treasury, otherwise Xiang Yu would not have returned fully loaded from Xianyang.
"The secret of heaven cannot be driven by money, and the king cannot force it." Taibu insisted.
Ziying was anxious and angry. This old man was really tough. "My dear, don't try to deceive me. Jin Jinggong had a dream about evil ghosts asking for his life. The fortune teller bluntly said that Jinggong couldn't eat new wheat, so Jinggong forced himself to eat new wheat."
If he falls into defecation and urination and dies, does this count as revealing the secret of heaven?"
"Of course it counts." Taibu replied, "The fortune teller was killed for leaking the secret. Even if Jinggong knew the secret, it would not be helpful, so it is better for the king not to know."
"This..." Ziying was speechless.
No, as a student of history, the person who persuaded the Mohist giant Ling Fen must not be given the upper hand by divination.
Ziying thought for a while, "Have the divination records of the past dynasties been recorded? I would like to know what the texture of the second half of the tortoise shell is similar to. This is not a secret, right?"
Taibu hesitated for a long time, frowned, and slowly uttered five words, "King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou."
"What?!" Ziying yelled subconsciously.
King Wu conquered Zhou? How could this be inconsistent with the current situation?
If we are serious, Ziying is now King Zhou, and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are King Wu of Zhou.
"Your Majesty, the divination has passed and I have withdrawn." The fortune teller stood up and hurriedly left the ancestral hall, leaving behind a confused Ziying.
"Old liar." Ziying rolled his sleeves and cursed, "Even if I am King Wu, you still have to give me Jiang Ziya, right?"
Yang Duanhe's strength is only above average. He was not as good as Wang Jian back then, and definitely not Jiang Ziya.
"Well, Wang Jian is one of the four generals of the Warring States Period. Where can I go to find those people?" Ziying was dejected.
Suddenly, there were sonorous and powerful footsteps outside the door. Ziying looked carefully and saw the guard kneeling outside the door with a letter in his hand.
"What's the matter?" Ziying asked angrily.
"The remnants of the Chu Kingdom are delivering a letter to the king outside the palace." the guard replied.
"The remnants of the Chu Kingdom?" Ziying was confused. The hometowns of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were both Chu lands, not necessarily which side they belonged to.
Ziying took the bamboo slip and opened it to see that it was "bird seal script".
When the First Emperor destroyed the six kingdoms, he unified the script into Xiaozhuan. Birdshuan was the script of the Chu State at that time. Using Birdshuan instead of Xiaozhuan shows his arrogance.
If Ziying hadn't done some special research, he might not even know what was written in the letter.
Ziying read silently, "Although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die. King Zhang Han has surrendered to King Huai, and Qin's situation is over. I hope King Qin will not struggle. Fan Zeng?!"
When the guard heard such a treasonous statement, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Don't be upset, Your Majesty. I will go and kill the envoy right now."
Ziying didn't care about any treason, but he was interested in Fan Zeng.
Fan Zeng was Xiang Yu's counselor and was called his second father by Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was headstrong and did not adopt Fan Zeng's advice, and finally allowed Liu Bang to conquer the world.
If Xiang Yu had listened to Fan Zeng, Liu Bang would have been dead at the Hongmen Banquet.
"Forget it, let the messenger come in. I have something to say to him," Ziying said.
Fan Zeng would definitely not come in person, but Ziying wanted to see how arrogant Xiang Yu's subordinate was.
Half an hour later, a short, fat man in a black cloak appeared in the main hall with great pride.
"Who is your Majesty? Why don't you kneel down when you see me?" Ziying asked.
The man didn't even take off his cloak and sneered, "Ying Ziying, you are just the king of a subjugated country. You are like a grasshopper in autumn. You don't have a few days to live. If you surrender early, how can you find the courage to let me kneel down?
Chapter completed!