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Just when Chen Xu secretly arrived in Langya to save his wife, at the end of May, the First Emperor, who was traveling to the southeast, arrived in Kuaiji County, and then the legendary auspicious things were spread. The emperor naturally had to gather Jiang Heng, the governor of Kuaiji County, and a group of officials to inquire about it. The old and famous merchants from the gentry and village gathered from all directions naturally rushed to the emperor's headquarters like a tide to pay homage to the emperor's headquarters to petition, hoping that the emperor could worship the God of the Five Lakes to admire this unprecedented auspiciousness.

A huge lake clam is enshrined in the water temple under the Gusu platform and is kept in a huge pool.

And looking at this huge shell, the emperor was naturally extremely excited.

This tour is much more comfortable than the one three years ago.

In addition to a group of alchemists in Langya County who presented an inexplicable overseas catalog, the people everywhere were cheering and worshiping each other. Various memorials of praise were piled up with several large carts, and there were countless treasures worshipped by local wealthy officials.

But this is the first time Xiangrui has appeared.

"Your Majesty, this is the warrior who sneaked into the bottom of the lake and brought out auspiciousness. He is from Pei County, with his surname Zhou's name Bo!" County magistrate Jiang Heng and a group of local officials and merchants from Wuzhong surrounded Zhou Bo to pay homage to the emperor.

"Okay, okay, it's indeed a handsome warrior!" Emperor Shiniu happily held Zhou Bo with his hands, "This clam is indeed huge. It is said that it has grown in the lake for thousands of years and is a good thing. I'm curious how you discovered this thing?"

Zhou Bo was very excited, and his body trembled slightly and told the process of discovering this auspiciousness as Chen Xu told him.

"That day, Caomin and several friends rowed a boat to the lake. When they arrived at the center of the lake, they suddenly found that there were colorful lights at the bottom of the lake, as if there were peerless objects hidden under the lake. Because Caomin lived on the shore of the lake since childhood, he thought he was proficient in water, so he went down to the lake to explore and finally found this giant clam sandwiched between two huge rocks at the bottom of the lake dozens of feet deep. The clam shell slightly opened a gap, and the colorful lights were emitted from the clam shell. So Caomin sneaked into the bottom of the lake several times and finally dug the giant clam from the huge rocks..."

Since it is auspicious, you must blow it to death.

The colorful light appears in the world, which is an inevitable condition for the emergence of all auspicious auspiciousness since ancient times.

At the beginning, when he saw the giant clams coming out of the water, there was only one old shipwreck and a girl besides Chen Xu and others. However, with the auspiciousness coming out of the water, the old shipwreck had become a legend in the local fishermen's world. He had already started the charlatan mode without the guidance of Chen Xu and others. Before Chen Xu and others could return to Wuhu Garden with a big shell, the old shipwreck had already started bragging in the sky, saying that the light in the lake water was as bright as a colorful smoke. Zhou Bo was possessed by the Lake God, and he dived into the water for half an hour three times. After much trouble, he finally picked up a giant clam the size of a millstone. When the giant clam came out of the water, the lake water rolled and waves hit the shore, and thunder fell down to blow the deck of the fishing boat into a big pit.

Many people have also confirmed with their own eyes that the old shipman's bow did break a big hole, but in fact it was just a smashed by a giant clam.

But it doesn't matter how the boat broke, because the people who picked up shells on the shore had already begun to describe it with noses and eyes. At that time, they did hear thunder in the middle of the lake and huge waves pushing the shore. Some people claimed that they also saw colorful light flashing in the middle of the lake. This statement was not only confirmed by some in Wuzhong, but also in Wucheng, Yangxian and other counties on the other side of the lake.

Under various versions of legends, the more spread the things are, the more magical they are. In this era of extremely underdeveloped traffic information and extremely respect for ghosts and gods, Chen Xu and others need to deliberately spread and promote it. This auspiciousness has been accepted by millions of people near Wuzhong.

"Auspiciousness, this must be auspiciousness!"

After listening to Zhou Bo, a warrior who personally dug out auspiciousness from the lake, and with the overwhelming legend after arriving in Wuzhong, Qin Shihuang, who had always loved auspicious things very much, was in a great mood. He held Zhou Bo's hand and walked around the pool a few times, and then ordered local officials to prepare incense tables, incense candles and three young prisons, and to lead the tour officials and local officials, gentry and celebrities to worship this auspiciousness, and thank the God of the Five Lakes for their blessing.

Jiang Heng and the local officials in Wuzhong had already prepared everything, and the incense table, candles, and three animals were quickly prepared. The local witches and witches performed the sacrificial activities again with drums and drums. The First Emperor also took a bath, changed clothes, washed his face and cleaned his hands and led the civil and military officials on the tour to worship the Water Temple. Everything was solemn and serious.

"Your Majesty, since it is auspicious, there must be strange things in the world. The people of Wuzhong all said that there were colorful lights that day. I am afraid there must be treasures in this giant clam. Why not let someone open the giant clam to see?"

As a staunch disciple of the Legal family, Li Si naturally disdained the saying of auspiciousness. In the past, the emperor raised a large group of Fang Taoist sorcerers in the palace, and each time he made strange auspiciousness to deceive the emperor. Li Si had a headache, but he had no way to persuade him. Later, it was not until Chen Xu appeared that the emperor drove the Fang Taoist sorcerers out of the palace. However, the alchemist left, and a larger liar came, who only fooled the emperor around and suppressed him so hard that he could not raise his head.

The legend of the people in Wuzhong is full of sensation, and he dare not touch this bad head to attack the emperor's enthusiasm, but he can still add some confusion to the auspiciousness.

After hearing Li Si's words, the emperor frowned slightly.

According to local officials such as Jiang Heng, this giant clam has lived in the lake for at least a thousand years, and it has been auspicious in terms of age. Immortality has always been his wish. This time, he toured the Southeast to the East China Sea to find a group of alchemists from the immortals, including Hou Sheng, with the purpose of continuing to explore the illusory fairy grass of the sacred mountain. Although he did not get the result he wanted, he encountered a auspicious thing given by the lake god in Wuzhong that was almost immortal, which seemed to be an excellent omen.

But according to Zhou Bo and the local people, there may be really rare treasures in the body of this giant clam.

But forcibly opening the lake clam must be killed, and killing auspicious one... This made the First Emperor very confused.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. This lake clam has lived at the bottom of the lake for thousands of years and must have been psychic. Opening the shell at the bottom of the lake will release the colorful light to indicate auspicious signs. If it is hurt, it is really unwise!" A weak and gray accompanying doctor quickly stood up to stop it.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. This clam is already auspicious. It is not done by a benevolent monarch!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

Many officials stood up one after another and bowed to dissuade them, their faces were very serious.

Some of these people believe that auspiciousness is true, while others do not believe it, but whether they believe it or not, Li Si's proposal is problematic. Once the giant clam is killed and opened, the ending is somewhat unpredictable. Not only will a grand sacrificial activity end in failure, but it may also cause the emperor's anger.

The officials accompanying him were a little frightened. Although the local people in Wuzhong were very fanatical about auspicious things, there were still calm people who knew the consequences of opening clams. Therefore, many celebrities and gentry knelt down and prayed to the emperor not to kill the lake clams, so as not to anger the water god to cause disaster to the people of Wuzhong.

But the county magistrate Jiang Heng looked calm and bowed to the First Emperor and bowed to Emperor Shin-chan and said, "What Li Xiang said is reasonable. This clam is auspiciousness given to the world by the water god. It indicates that our Qin Dynasty will usher in a prosperous era. Therefore, there must be rare treasures in our body. I have been transferred to Kuaiji as the county magistrate for more than two years. Wuzhong has been calm and peaceful. Just when Your Majesty arrived in Kuaiji, it is a good omen. I have a way to open the giant clam without hurting my life. I offer treasures and Your Majesty. At the same time, I hope that after taking the treasure, I can release the giant clam in the lake to show Your Majesty's benevolence and kindness!"

"Your dear said that you can take out the treasure without hurting the life of the giant clam?" Qin Shihuang was overjoyed.

"Yes, I do have a method that works very well!" Jiang Heng bowed respectfully.

"Haha, okay, my dear arrangements to open the giant clam quickly. I want to watch the strange treasure appear in my own eyes!" Qin Shihuang laughed happily.

Jiang Heng immediately arranged for someone to pick up the giant clam from the pool and put it in a wooden basin. The county magistrate and the county magistrate anxiously grabbed Jiang Heng's clothes and asked nervously, "Mr. Jiang, you can kill us!"

"Haha, you two don't need to be nervous. There are really rare treasures in the big clam, so you will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty!"

Jiang Heng comforted the county magistrate and the county magistrate and walked to the water basin, instructed his entourage to bring two bottles of mulberry wine, then opened it and poured it into the wooden basin.

Using wine to anesthetize the giant clams was a method that Chen Xu thought of when he saw the inspiration, and the method worked very well. After Chen Xu left, Jiang Heng verified it twice. Even if he poured the wine directly into the water, the giant clam would be drunk after a quarter of an hour and could gently open the clam shell.

Two bottles of wine fell down, and then hundreds of people stared at each other in full view, and the scene was quiet.

A moment passed quickly, Jiang Heng walked up and gently pried open the shells, and it was indeed easy to create a gap.

"Wow~~"

All the civil and military officials and the officials, gentry and celebrities in Wuzhong who were watching the scene were surprised and uproared.

"Your Majesty, please see, the giant clam helmet shell has been opened!" Jiang Heng smiled and opened all the scallop shells.

"Where are the treasures?" Qin Shihuang stood by the basin and stared at a three-foot-long gray-white tongue inside the clam shell, with a slightly disappointed expression.

"Your Majesty is worry-free. Zhenze has been rich in pearls since ancient times. This giant clam has lived for thousands of years. It is impossible for him to have no treasures in his body. It is just that it is not a shell that is opened on its own, so the treasure must be hidden under the flesh tongue... Zhou Bo comes over!"

Jiang Heng waved to Zhou Bo, who was standing next to him, "You raised this clam from the bottom of the lake with your life. Please ask the warriors to do this matter of taking the pearls in person. If you get the pearls, you will give them to Your Majesty in person, and it will not be a waste of your hard work!"

"Yes, thank you, Lord Jung!" Zhou Bo was excited and slammed all over his body. He had already touched the pearl in the giant clam's body and knew the location. Therefore, he was familiar with the way and reached the pearl's position under the flesh tongue of the lake clam. Then he took a silver knife handed over by Jiang Heng next to him, carefully cut a small hole in the clam's flesh, and dug out a huge round item and took it out with his fingers.

As Zhou Bo's hands spread out in the bright sunlight, a black pearl as big as a goose egg flashed with colorful light like a bright gem.

"Wow~~~" A violent commotion and exclaiming noise echoed in the entire Water Temple in an instant.

Not to mention that such a big pearl has never been seen before, this black pearl is even rare in the world.

Since ancient times, the Five Lakes have produced pearls in abundance. They are colorful, but they are mostly white. Other colors are very rare and are vaguely expensive. Every time pearls of other colors appear, even the size of mung beans is valuable, which causes wealthy merchants to rush to buy them.

The black one is even more rare and rarely seen once in decades.

And such a large black pearl can only be described as an unprecedented one, and it is probably the first time I have seen it.

Therefore, not to mention the onlookers, all screaming, the emperor's face was even dull. Even Zhou Bo, who took out the pearl, looked at it blankly with the pearl. There was only a huge black pearl in his eyes that released dazzling light in the sun.

"It's indeed a peerless treasure..." Meng Yi's bearded eyebrows trembled.

"Black represents water virtue, which is a great omen for the great Qin Dynasty, which indicates that our great Qin Dynasty will flourish!"

"A strange treasure comes from a prosperous era, and the Qin Dynasty is about to flourish..."

"The appearance of a strange treasure is the world. This is the kindness of Your Majesty's actions that touched the gods. This is why you gave such a strange thing. I congratulate Your Majesty!" After half a minute passed, Jiang Heng, who came to his senses, knelt in front of the emperor with a great prayer.

"I am congratulating Your Majesty, and the God of Heaven will surely protect my great Qin for prosperity for generations!" All the civil and military officials and officials from Wuzhong who were accompanying us came to their senses and knelt all over the ground.

"The grass people offer this treasure to Your Majesty!" Zhou Bo knelt down with a swing, holding up the pearl with his hands.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for obtaining this extraordinary treasure~~"

The onlookers also knelt down to worship.

"Haha...hahaha..." Qin Shihuang was so excited that he grabbed the black pearl in Zhou Bo's hand with a smile, held it in front of him, looked carefully in front of him in the sunshine, and then waved his sleeves after watching for two or three minutes, "I am in charge of China on behalf of the Kingdom of Heaven and Shou, and I am happy to have this extraordinary treasure today... I am very happy. Zhou Bo takes the treasure from the lake and is brave and fearless. I want to reward him... Where is the Su Mansion Order?"

"I'm here!" The CRRC commander Su Yue quickly got up.

"I wrote an order to bring out auspiciousness in Zhenze, offer a rare treasure, and grant Zhou Bo the title of the lower minister, rewarding twenty hectares of grain, thirty acres of houses, thirty servants, twenty horses, ten kilograms of gold, and one hundred thousand dollars..."

As the emperor received a series of rewards, not only Zhou Bo shivered one after another, but many officials and gentry in Wuzhong were even exclaiming, and even the civil and military officials who accompanied him were shaking their beards and eyebrows.

This is indeed a heavy reward. Since ancient times, kings, princes, princes, ministers and nobles have been the top existences of the aristocratic class. Zhou Bo is just a civilian. He presented a pearl and then became the noble class. At present, only two people in the Qin Dynasty can do this kind of reward. One is the Marquis of Qinghe and the other is Li Shun. Qinghe is a disciple of the immortal family. It can be said that it is a life-saving grace. The emperor's reward is reasonable, but that time he was advised and dissuaded by almost all civil and military officials of the court, and finally he only ended up with the title of marquis. Li Shun followed the army to raid the Huns in Hebei, broke the royal court and beheaded Man, and won the title of Xia Qing with a stack of war reports. That was also exchanged for his life.

Zhou Bo's contribution is much weaker than that, and it is just a rare pearl in the world. However, this incident was accompanied by auspiciousness, which hits the emperor's preferences. The civil and military officials have no other thoughts except envy, jealousy and hatred. They can only sigh that Zhou Bo's luck is good.

In fact, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has always been a folk tradition to offer treasures and promotions to the emperor. When Feng Jie defected from Zhao State to Qin State, he also offered a piece of jade gui that was said to be worn by Huangdi and was named a general by the First Emperor. Therefore, it is reasonable for Zhou Bo to receive this heavy reward.
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