Chapter 387: Tan Lang is a sinister and cunning person! I can't argue with him!
"Mars guards the heart."
The First Emperor frowned and talked to himself, his expression suddenly becoming serious.
He looked at his brother, who had just suddenly asked him to return to Xianyang and now had a very strange expression on his face, and thought he understood the reason.
"Ask Xu Fu to come in."
"only."
Not long after Zhang Han responded, the black opaque curtain was lifted from the outside.
A middle-aged man with a thin build, plain appearance, wearing a white robe, walked into the carriage and bowed slightly.
"Xu Fu pays respect to His Majesty."
"Look up."
Xu Fu was slightly stunned and a little at a loss.
This is because these words were not said by the First Emperor, but by Chang'an Jun Ying Chengjiao.
[Your Majesty, is there anyone who dares to respond? ]
Ying Chengjiao narrowed his eyes.
The doctors already had the power to discuss government affairs in the palace. In the entire Qin State, they were a group of people standing at the top of the power pyramid.
He knew that it was just bragging to say that he knew all the officials, big and small, in Xianyang, but there were only about a hundred people who could attend the court, and he knew the name and origin of each of them.
Today, there was a person he didn't know. Not only was he Xu Fu, the person he had been looking for for more than ten years, but he also came uninvited just in time when Guiguzi was reporting a great disaster to him.
[Coincidence? Calculation? Or... God's will! ]
"You are not clear about my identity, or you are pretending to be unusual to attract His Majesty's attention."
Xu Fu lowered his head slightly with a frown on his face. Ying Chengjiao could clearly see the word "Chuan" between his eyebrows.
"Hahaha! Interesting, there are still officials who dare to express their dissatisfaction with me in front of me?" Ying Chengjiao laughed three times, then suddenly stopped laughing and said in a cold voice: "Are you from Chu? When did you enter the Doctoral Office?"
[The last surname is Xu? ]
Xu Fu remained silent for a moment, and finally took action.
He stood up and raised his head. After his frown subsided, his skin became unusually smooth, like a baby's, and not even a trace of mark could be seen.
His face looked calm and peaceful, with thick eyebrows and eyes that were opened as wide as possible, looking like the angry eyes of a King Kong, and very majestic.
He bowed to the First Emperor again.
"Your Majesty is already tired and does not want to talk any more. Xu Fu will not bother you any more and will take his leave now."
He turned around and was about to get off the car, and did not respond to Ying Chengjiao from beginning to end.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go. Everyone in Xianyang City knows that I am a brat. If Dr. Xu gets serious with a brat, it will be a disgrace to Dr. Xu. I was just joking. Please tell me in detail what Mars is in the heart."
Ying Chengjiao held Xu Fu's hand tightly and smiled.
The unusually cold face that seemed ready to kill someone in the next second seemed like an illusion.
Xu Fu was dismissive.
Others flattered Chang'an Jun for something, and he also wanted something, but Chang'an Jun could not give him what he wanted.
The king must be given face, but the king's brother really has no face in front of Xu Fu.
He secretly gathered his inner strength, trying to throw the arrogant boy off. Most of these noble dandies were very weak, and he had seen too many of them in Xianyang.
One percent of internal strength, motionless.
【There is still some foundation. 】
Xu Fu thought to himself and summoned 30% of his internal strength.
Still motionless.
[No! This boy is not a fool! ]
Xu Fu was completely serious this time, using 70% of his internal strength. His goal was not to throw Ying Chengjiao, but to take a step forward.
However, the strong internal force that supported him to travel around the world alone is no longer effective today.
The internal force gathered in his palms was enough to break monuments and stones, but it could not move the smiling Chang'an Jun beside him, who had no image and called himself a boy.
[He is less than 30 years old and has such a great martial arts skill. Even if he is the top-notch martial arts master in the royal family , this is too exaggerated. This boy is extremely gifted in martial arts.]
Since he couldn't leave anyway, Xu Fu relaxed his strength and turned around to look at Ying Chengjiao for the first time. Upon seeing him, his brows furrowed even more deeply than before, and he remained silent for a long time.
Xu Fu didn't say anything, and Ying Chengjiao didn't say anything either. He and Xu Fu stared at each other, as if whoever spoke first would lose.
The First Emperor was helpless. Once, Ying Chengjiao would pull him to a glaring contest, and whoever blinked first would lose. Sometimes his younger brother was even more childish than his sons and daughters.
"What did Dr. Xu see?"
The First Emperor spoke to break the silence.
One of Xu Fu's hands was held by Ying Chengjiao, and the other hand that was not held was silently retracted into his sleeve. He calculated frantically in his sleeve, and his five fingers were like blooming flowers.
He was calculating whether his life was in danger today, which would determine what he would say next.
Not long after, his tense body relaxed, and he closed his eyes and gently exhaled.
[You won’t die, so do whatever you want. 】
When he opened his eyes again, he was extremely fierce and used all his internal strength to pull his hand back suddenly.
Clang~
He fell backwards.
Wheels, wheels, wheels~
He was like a gourd that had rolled to the ground, tumbling down from the four-horse carriage, and rolling very fast.
"What are you doing!"
The First Emperor growled in a suppressed voice.
Ying Chengjiao looked innocent.
"What does this have to do with me? I thought he wouldn't use his energy if he didn't leave, but who knew he would suddenly use so much energy."
The First Emperor's forehead was full of black lines.
[With this guy's martial arts, he could have grabbed Xu Fu the moment he fell. He did it on purpose!]
Outside the carriage, just as Xu Fu was about to roll off the shaft and fall to the ground, Zhang Han grabbed the belt around his waist and stopped him from falling.
Xu Fu thanked him, rushed into the carriage angrily, and ran a few steps in place.
When he turned around, he saw Zhang Han holding his waist tightly with one hand and had pulled out half of the Qin sword with the other!
Anyone who trespasses into the royal chariot drawn by four horses will be killed!
"Mr. Zhang, His Majesty has just agreed to see me, and it was you who led me in."
Zhang Han nodded indifferently.
"But Dr. Xu has come out."
Xu Fu suppressed his anger.
"Please let Doctor Zhang know."
He could clearly sense the murderous aura and killing intent of the man in skeleton armor in front of him. This taciturn doctor was much more terrifying than the arrogant and domineering Chang'an Jun just now.
Although the divination Xu Fu calculated for himself showed that his life was not in danger, that was under the premise that he would not commit suicide on his own initiative.
It was the same process again. Xu Fu, who entered the royal carriage with four horses, did not greet him this time. Instead, he pointed at Ying Chengjiao and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, this person has the fate of Tan Lang! Mars is in his heart, and this person is the one who will cause the Qin Empire to fall!"
The First Emperor turned to observe Ying Chengjiao's expression.
Ying Chengjiao had been concentrating on listening to how the Yin-Yang master Xu Fu would explain the Mars guarding the heart. It was the same as what Guiguzi said - there were three surnames in Chu, and Chu would be the one to destroy Qin.
There are other opinions.
But he never expected that Xu Fu explained the Mars guarding the heart in this way...
"No, Dr. Xu. You fell down by yourself because of your own strength. Even if I am responsible for this, there is no need for to frame me like this. You are running for your life!"
Ying Chengjiao argued with reason.
Xu Fu, with a scratch on his face and blood oozing out, pointed at Ying Chengjiao and faced the First Emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have seen through Tan Lang's thoughts and he is getting anxious!"
Ying Chengjiao jumped up, knocked off Xu Fu's fingers, and spit in Xu Fu's face.
"Who are you referring to? Are you crazy? You said in front of His Majesty that Qin was destroyed by me. Who wouldn't be anxious if they said that?"
His finger hurt so much that Xu Fu put it in his sleeve and touched it. The pain doubled, and it became bigger and swollen. He hated Ying Chengjiao so much that he glared at him.
The First Emperor smiled knowingly and soon stopped talking.
It wasn't that he was afraid of being seen, but the heaviness in his heart made it impossible for him to maintain his smile.
"Xu Fu, what is Mars guarding the heart?"
Xu Fu's face straightened and he said in a deep voice:
"Mars represents chaos, cruelty, disease, death, famine, cold, and war, and it often appears outside the Heart Palace.
"There are three stars in the Heart Constellation. The Great Fire in the middle represents Your Majesty, who is immovable and sits in the center of the palace. The two assistant stars represent the ministers who assist in government affairs, the victorious generals, or the royal family.
"The Mars outside has moved to the life palace, and one of the two assistant stars is dim and difficult to distinguish. This is because the person closest to your majesty betrayed him and led Mars into the palace. The Qin Empire is in danger!"
Having said that, Xu Fu looked at Ying Chengjiao steadily, as if to say that it was you, the assistant star, who lured Mars into the inner world.
Yinghuo refers to Mars.
Ying Chengjiao sneered and pointed at the roof of the car above his head.
"This is just a celestial phenomenon. I know you don't know what celestial phenomena are. It's not important. Let me ask you, Mars is always there, either inside or outside the fate palace. As you said, Mars represents bad luck. When the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ruled the world, there was no dispute or riot, so Mars should have disappeared. Why has it never disappeared?"
Xu Fu did not seem to be panicked at all.
“Everything in the world has two sides, which are called yin and yang.
“Goodness is good because of the existence of evil. Without evil, goodness cannot stand out. The sky is the sky because of the earth. Without the earth underfoot, the sky cannot stand.
"When a sage king is in power, on the Yang side, the world is in great order and the fire cannot be looked at directly. On the Yin side, Mars is dim and without the moon, it is difficult to see its shape.
"But no matter how dim it is, Mars cannot disappear. Without Mars, the Great Fire would not exist. All things carry the Yin and embrace the Yang, and the collision of Qi makes them harmonious."
Ying Chengjiao smiled and said:
"There is no need to say more of this purely theoretical language."
Xu Fu's already cold face became even colder.
"Chang'an Jun is well-read, so I will tell you about the chaos that happened when Mars was in the heart, and you can just go and check it out.
"That year, King Fuchai of Wu and Yu Fuju defeated King Goujian of Yue.
"That year, Qin destroyed the Dali Kingdom, and Jin destroyed the Western Rong Dali.
"The Tian family replaced the Qi family. The year when King Lie Ji Xi died"
Ying Chengjiao laughed and interrupted.
"Don't say any more. I know everything you said. I don't know if you are pretending to be stupid or if you are really stupid, but it's pretty stupid anyway. Are you trying to make me laugh on purpose?
"Every year, great events happen in all parts of the country. Aren't these events caused by Mars in the Heart? If you record the events that happened in the year when Mars in the Heart was in the Heart, can you prove that Mars in the Heart is a disaster?
"I'll tell you something that won't cause any trouble."
"In the year when King Hui of Chu conquered Chen, Mars was in the Heart, and the Heart constellation is the division of Song. According to your words, something big should have happened in Song, right? But nothing big happened in Song for 20 consecutive years. How do you explain this?"
After hearing this, Xu Fu became even more certain of what he was thinking, that Mars should be on the prince in front of him!
He is a disciple of the Yin-Yang School, so he cares about these things and keeps them in mind.
Ying Chengjiao is not a disciple of the Yin-Yang School, but he can clearly remember every time Mars guards the heart. Who normal person would remember this?
Xu Fu originally suspected that Ying Chengjiao was making it up, but Ying Chengjiao took the initiative to bring up the year when King Hui of Chu destroyed Chen, which made Xu Fu completely believe that Ying Chengjiao really knew it.
That year, Mars was indeed in the center of the heart.
How could he know that Ying Chengjiao knew about the time when Mars was in the heart of the Qin Dynasty, and before the Qin Dynasty, he only knew about the time when Mars was in the heart of the Qin Dynasty.
Sima Qian told him.
Xu Fu calmed down and said:
"Song, Mars is in the heart.
"King Jing of Song was worried, so he summoned Zi Wei and asked, 'What does it mean when Mars is in the heart?'
"Zi Wei said: 'Mars in the Heart indicates punishment from heaven. The Heart is the boundary of Song State, and the disaster is on the monarch. But you can pass it on to the prime minister.'
Duke Jing said: "The Prime Minister is the one I appointed to govern the country. I cannot pass the death on to him."
"Zi Wei said again: 'It can be passed on to the people.'
"The Duke replied: "If all the people die, who will I be the ruler of? I would rather die alone."
"Zi Wei suggested again: 'It can be passed on to the harvest.'
' Duke Jing replied: "How can the people survive when there is famine? If a monarch has to kill the people to survive, who would want to treat me as a monarch? It seems that my life has come to an end. Don't talk about it anymore."
"Zi Wei said, 'I would like to congratulate you, Your Majesty. Although the sky is very high, it can hear what is said on earth. If you have said three times that you are virtuous, Heaven will surely reward you three times. Mars will surely move three places tonight, and your life will be extended by twenty-one years. I beg you to lie down on the steps of the palace and observe. If Mars does not move, I beg you to be put to death.'
"That night, Mars moved, and Duke Jing of Song extended his life by twenty-one years.
"The fact that there was no disaster during the Mars-conjunct-heart period was because Duke Jing of Song had high moral standards and was rewarded by heaven."
Ying Chengjiao nodded frequently, and it seemed that he agreed with what Xu Fu said.
Xu Fu felt a little relieved, and then he saw the hateful Tan Lang in front of him pointing at the First Emperor, his voice full of curiosity.
"Song Jinggong's Mars in the Heart is fine because Song Jinggong is benevolent. Then your Majesty's Mars in the Heart is in trouble, it must be because your Majesty is cruel?"
Xu Fu: “…”
The First Emperor's gaze fell on him, and there was clearly no intent to kill him, but Xu Fu just felt a lot of pressure.
There was a strange stinging pain on his forehead, and the new beads of sweat seeped into the wound, making him feel a little uncomfortable, but the discomfort was far less than the mental pain.
He lowered his head and dared not look directly at the First Emperor.
He now began to doubt whether the fortune-telling he had just done was inaccurate, as he could not see his fingers when doing blind counting through his sleeves, and must have made a mistake.
"Haha, look how scared you are." Ying Chengjiao laughed and said, "I was just teasing you. You scare me, and I scare you too. We are even. By the way, are you from Chu?"
Plop~
Xu Fu knelt before the First Emperor.
"The star Tan Lang is the master of fortune and misfortune, and is the star of peach blossoms. It represents joy and debauchery.
"If this star enters the life palace of a person, the owner will be strong and powerful, and have a resourceful mind. He will act quickly but often make advances and retreats, and will not be able to stand still. If it is in a trapped position, he will be calculating, have a strong sense of love and hate, be inconsistent in good and evil, be slightly extreme, have mood swings, and be obsessed with colors.
"I just arrived in Xianyang last month and entered the Doctor's Office. I only read books in the Doctor's Office and did not interact with others. Your Majesty can check it at will.
"I am not familiar with Chang'an Jun, and I do not know his character and personality, but Your Majesty must know clearly. Xu Fu dares to ask Your Majesty to think about whether Chang'an Jun's behavior and nature are consistent with what I said!
"Tan Lang is a sinister and cunning person! I cannot convince him!
“However, Chang’an Jun said so many things, and they were all jokes.
"Xu Fu didn't say a single joke today !"
