Traveling to Xianwu

Chapter 427 Search
After thinking for a long time, Shen Chengping has no idea, but he also judged that the key point of Xu Fu's plan lies in Chu Lingwang, otherwise he would not pay special attention to Chu Lingwang. Shen Chengping has also heard of Zhang Huatai, Zhang Huatai. Taiwan, also known as Zhanghua Palace, is a detached palace built by King Ling of Chu in 535 BC.This grand building, which was "run by the whole country and completed in a few years", was known as "the first platform in the world" at that time.According to historical records, Zhanghua Terrace "is 10 feet high and 15 feet wide". It climbs up the curved railing and has to rest three times in the middle to reach the apex. Therefore, it is also called "Sanxiu Terrace", and because King Ling of Chu especially likes thin-waisted women in the palace. There are songs and dances inside, and many court ladies eat less food and endure hunger in order to flatter the king in order to have a thin waist, so it is also called "Slender Waist Palace".

But looking at the dialogue between Xu Fu and King Ling of Chu now, it seems that the establishment of Zhang Huatai is not purely for the enjoyment of King Ling of Chu, but also has other functions, so Xu Fu is very good at Zhang Huatai. Will be so concerned.

"Maybe I should go to Zhanghuatai to have a look!" Shen Chengping thought in his heart.

When leaving the palace, Shen Chengping also had more tokens given by King Ling of Chu in his hands, and a group of subordinates who obeyed his orders. It can be said that in terms of real power, Shen Chengping even surpassed the current Xiongju This can be seen from the fact that Xiong Ju's attitude towards Shen Chengping has changed from the arrogance when he entered the palace and regarded Shen Chengping as a servant, to the politeness he has become now.

After getting the errand, Shen Chengping just made a list and explained, saying that these are the items needed for wine making. In fact, they are some precious medicinal materials, which are some things Shen Chengping needs for his own cultivation. As for wine making, It just needs some ordinary wine and a set of distillation equipment, and the parts of the whole set of equipment have already been made separately.After listing these things, Shen Chengping came to the periphery of Zhang Huatai.

Zhanghua Terrace is an extremely tall high platform. There is even a saying that he needs to rest three times halfway to climb it, but it is not a single high platform, but a garden complex centered on Zhanghua Terrace itself. The platform also has another function, that is, it is used to worship the sky, which was also announced by King Ling of Chu.

Because Zhang Hua Terrace has not been completely built, people are not allowed to enter under normal circumstances, but Shen Chengping, who has just obtained the status of Chu Ling Wang's confidant, is obviously not among them. The station wandered around for more than half, but many of the most core places were blocked, even the supervisor was not allowed to enter, Shen Chengping did not force his way, but took advantage of the situation and returned to the house he had just been allocated.

"My lord!" Xiong Ju is still very trustworthy. The house and servants promised to Shen Chengping have already been prepared, and it is even bigger than Shen Chengping thought. He, the leader of which was a man who looked about 30 years old, he stepped forward and said to Shen Chengping: "The various medicinal materials and tools you told me to collect earlier have been completed, and now they are placed in the warehouse in the backyard." Among them, the special envoy of the king is still waiting in the lobby!"

"I didn't expect King Ling of Chu to be very impatient, anyway, I'll go see this special envoy first!" Shen Chengping thought, and came to the hall, and soon saw a person dressed as a servant.

There are also many servants around King Chu Ling, but this one is obviously different. He has seen this servant before when he met King Chu Ling. He is a close friend of King Chu Ling. King Chu Ling obviously trusts him very much, so Shen Chengping also knows He is not yet able to offend himself
"Master Shen really made me wait!" The servant said with a haughty expression. Although Shen Chengping gained the trust of King Chu Ling through offering wine, for this servant, he still looked down on Shen Chengping. In addition, he had been waiting here for quite a while, so his tone was unavoidable.

"My lord, please don't blame me. It's also my first time to come to Shangying. After seeing the prosperity here, I will inevitably be a little addicted, so that my lord has to wait for a long time!" Shen Chengping said.

"Hmph, the prosperity of Shangying is indeed not seen by ordinary people like you!" The servant showed a hint of disdain, and said, "I'm here to tell you that everything you asked for has already been delivered. Hurry up and make wine, if you only focus on watching the prosperity of Shangying and delay the important event that the king has entrusted, then you will have a good time!"

"What your lord said is because I am young and have little experience. Since I have all the tools, I will start working overnight, and I will definitely get out the fine wine within ten days!" After Shen Chengping finished speaking, he winked at the servant next to him. One of the servants brought up a tray, Shen Chengping continued: "This is five hundred gold, it should be considered as money for your hard work!"

Seeing the gold, the waiter's expression became much better, and said: "Well, judging by your performance, you are also a person who is loyal to the king's affairs. Your Majesty is very fond of the fine wine you offered earlier, as long as you brew the wine , naturally there will be countless benefits, then I will go back and report to the king, after ten days, you will offer fine wine!"

The waiter didn't care too much about the time. Now it takes about five to seven days to brew wine, but the time required to brew fine wine is longer, so he speculates that the time Shen Chengping said is not adulterated, but he doesn't know. It only takes one night for Shen Chengping to directly distill other alcoholic beverages. The reason why he said ten days is naturally because he has something to do.

Next, Shen Chengping announced that he would make wine behind closed doors, prepared enough food and water for ten days, sealed off the backyard, and ordered people not to approach, but after two hours, he who had finished making wine was Quickly disappeared and left Shangying.

This time, Shen Chengping's purpose was not to investigate Xu Fu. In fact, after watching Zhang Huatai, combined with Xu Fu's conversation with King Ling of Chu that day, he also had a rough guess about Xu Fu's plan. It was not wrong for him to leave. In order to track down Xu Fu who had already left Shangying to look for Fengming's fate woman, he wanted to meet Mei Jianchi, who Xu Fu said had a conflict with Chu Ling Wang's fate.

In fact, Shen Chengping has also inquired about it. Mei Jianchi's father, Gan Jiang, was killed by King Chu Ling shortly after he forged a sword for King Ling of Chu. Gan Jiang was a famous swordsmith. The king was worried that he would forge swords for others, so he killed the general.

Of course, there are still rumors that Gan Jiang himself forged a sword and hid it. This sword is in the hands of his son Mei Jianchi. It is for the sword of the general. As a cruel king, he will not allow others to have a sword that is even stronger than himself.

And at this time, based on these, Shen Chengping finally thought of a novel story written by Lu Xun that he had read in modern times. With the help of Zhi Ao, he died with the king of Chu.

Combined with why Xu Fu wanted Chu Lingwang to emphasize that Meijianchi was in conflict with Chu Lingwang's fate, most likely it was calculated through hexagrams that Meijianchi was extremely unfavorable to Chu Lingwang, and in Xu Fu's plan, he still needed to rely on Chu Lingwang Naturally, he would not watch King Ling of Chu die. Shen Chengping also had his own plan to find Mei Jianchi at this time.

(End of this chapter)