Chapter 4

"Set out for Outside Xianyanggong and force the Emperor to abdicate!"

His eyes gleamed as he walked toward the gate of the residence.

Behind him, Li Yuanba, renowned for his unmatched strength, followed closely!

With one hundred percent loyalty to Facing Ying Su, he also scanned the surroundings vigilantly, guarding against any mishap!

Outside Xianyanggong.

In a few more hours, it would be time for the First Emperor's eastern tour army to depart.

Therefore, the area outside Outside Xianyanggong was currently under extremely strict guard.

Moreover, troops were continuously gathering there.

Since the First Emperor was about to tour, they needed to wait in advance!

Officials in charge of rituals and music also needed to arrange and wait in advance!

Thus, Outside Xianyanggong was now more heavily guarded than at any other time!

The number of troops was the highest in recent years.

The original garrison army plus the army about to tour east, together totaling nearly fifty thousand men!

However... just as everyone was on high alert, suddenly, a fine steed appeared less than a hundred paces from Outside Xianyanggong!

And upon that steed, a man with a withered frame, a face like a sick ghost, and a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks appeared before everyone.

And he simply walked toward Outside Xianyanggong!

Due to the darkness, by the time the crowd spotted him, he was already nearly fifty paces from Outside Xianyanggong.

In that instant, the garrison troops on Chenglou were shocked and immediately began shouting angrily:

"Who is below the city? This is the forbidden ground of the Qin Wang's Wang Gong; outsiders halt!"

He shouted in anger.

At the same time, the Qin Army on the wall had already drawn their bows and nocked arrows to issue a warning.

However, facing this display, Li Yuanba remained expressionless.

In fact, he even squeezed the horse's belly.

Instantly, Wanli Yanyunzhao, feeling the pain, began to gallop wildly!

Charging straight toward the direction of the Qin Wang's Wang Gong!

"Unauthorized entry into the Wang Gong's forbidden ground without the Wang's command!"

"According to our Qin laws, treat this as an enemy attack!"

"Release the arrows!"

"Shoot to kill!"

In that moment, crossbow bolts rained down with a swoosh!

However, Li Yuanba, still on the horseback, immediately performed a legendary scene!

He leaned his body downward, and the two heavy hammers in his left and right hands spun like electric fans with a whoosh!

Creating a defense so tight not even water could get through!

This was the legendary scene!

If not even water could get through, how much less so crossbow bolts?

Over a distance of fifty paces, not only was he unharmed, but even Wanli Yanyunzhao beneath him suffered not the slightest injury!

In the blink of an eye, he arrived beneath the gates of the Qin Wang's Wang Gong!

Next came another legendary scene!

Three hammer strikes break the city gate!

Boom, boom, boom!

The strength of the Four Symbols is equivalent to forty thousand jin of divine power!

In that moment, forty thousand jin of divine power erupted!

With three hammer strikes, the gates of the Qin Wang's Wang Gong shattered!

Then, before the eyes of tens of thousands of troops, he walked into the Qin Wang's Wang Gong as if entering an empty realm!

004. Fierce! Too fierce!

The third watch of the night!

Inside the sleeping quarters of Seeing Ying Zheng at the Qin Wang's Wang Gong!

Tomorrow marks the start of the fifth eastern tour, and tonight the First Emperor slept exceptionally early.

At this moment, Seeing Ying Zheng was fast asleep.

Outside the sleeping quarters, Zhao Gao stood at the door.

As the First Emperor's personal eunuch, no one in this world was closer to the First Emperor than he.

And toward the First Emperor, he was absolutely loyal, at least for now!

Not only did he attend to the First Emperor's daily meals and life around the clock, but even which concubine the First Emperor spent the night with was arranged by Zhao Gao, who would escort her to the dragon bed!

Now, even after the First Emperor had fallen asleep, he stood at the door, waiting quietly, ready for the First Emperor's summons at any moment.

And over the years, he had long developed the habit of sleeping while standing!

Now, with half-closed eyes, leaning against neither wall nor pillar, he simply closed his eyes and entered a light sleep!

Yet at this moment, suddenly, distant shouts woke him!

The instant he opened his eyes, Zhao Gao was completely stunned.

But after reacting, he immediately listened through the door toward the First Emperor's inner chamber; finding no movement, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

Then, walking on cat's paws with soundless steps, he went very, very far away before summoning a eunuch nearby and shouting angrily at him: "What is all this noise and fuss?"

"Do you think you can bear the responsibility for disturbing His Majesty the First Emperor?"

He was utterly furious!

Indeed, His Majesty the First Emperor has had a hard life!

Born, he was sent to Zhao Guo as a hostage in place of King Zhuangxiang.

From childhood, he suffered endless torment at the hands of the people of Zhao.

Later, even after returning to Qin and becoming Qin Wang, he was oppressed by Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji, enduring a decade of unbearable misery!

Still later, though he swept through the six states, unified the world, and became the First Emperor, the focus of all eyes.

Yet even so, his days were never peaceful!

From the unification of the six states by Qin to now, it has been a mere eleven years!

And in these eleven years, he has toured the realm four times!

Four times he traversed every corner of Qin, enduring hardships.

Now, the fifth tour is about to begin; even he cannot help but feel heartache for this First Emperor!

Yet even this First Emperor, who toils so, is reviled by many, accused of touring the mountains and rivers while neglecting court affairs!

Worse still, some call him cruel and unrighteous; but Zhao Gao truly wishes to scold these people—what do they know!

How could they possibly understand how much this First Emperor has sacrificed for the Jiangshan of Great Qin?

How could that group of fools comprehend the First Emperor's lofty ambitions?

Though Zhao Gao was angry, in these matters he felt utterly powerless!

Tonight, he only hoped to sleep soundly on the eve of the tour, to cope with the jolting journey eastward ahead!

But now, with such a clamor, how could anyone sleep peacefully?

He asked in an angry voice.

The eunuch trembled: "My lord, the Prefect, this servant... this servant does not know what has happened; only the sound of shouting and killing, shaking the heavens, is heard from the direction of the palace gate!"

"From the direction of the palace gate?"

Zhao Gao grew puzzled, ordered the eunuch to guard nearby, and went himself toward the palace gate.

He must see what exactly had happened!

Soon, he arrived at the palace gate!

By the moonlight, Zhao Gao peered over in that direction.

Yet, with just one glance, Zhao Gao was stunned!

This... this is a battle?