Chapter 113 Giant
Stopping his horse, Wu De raised his head and looked at the tall black building in the south of the imperial city.
People outside call it Black Ice Terrace.
The locals in Chang'an called him Zhaixinglou.
The building is thirty feet tall, and all the stones used are produced in a place called Abadan Lake in the west. All these stones must be salvaged and cut from the bottom of Lake Abadan, because they are black and cold to the touch. , was called black ice by people at that time, so it also had an alias, black ice platform.
The top floor of the Star-Zhaing Tower is exclusive to the emperor. Only the emperor is qualified to climb to the top floor and stand there overlooking the entire Chang'an City.
This is his world!
And the guards guarding the Black Ice Platform are all the emperor's confidants.
At that time, the guards of Black Ice Terrace were the emperor's way of rewarding his loyal warriors.
Being a bodyguard of the Black Ice Platform was the highest honor for a Qin warrior at that time.
But only the founding emperor could do this.
In the second generation, Black Ice Terrace began to change.
Their power grew larger and larger, and their tentacles stretched wider and wider, eventually forming the emperor's eagle dog to monitor the civil servants and generals.
If a knife is easy to use, the person who uses it will naturally not be willing to abandon it. Even if it is once despised by everyone, as long as the emperor thinks it is useful, it has the value of existence. .
However, flowers are not as red as a hundred days, and people are not as good as a thousand days.
The Black Ice Platform, which once dominated the world, also became sluggish with the decline of the Qin Dynasty.
Black Ice Platform's organization is still extremely large, and the power it possesses is still formidable. It's just a pity that their hands reaching out to various places are no longer the tentacles of the imperial court to monitor places.
Local forces have penetrated it like a sieve.
What they gave to the Changan headquarters was only what the local government wanted Changan to see.
It’s just that compared to outside the pass, the major forces inside the pass are still willing to give Changan some face, so they can still maintain basic dignity. Unlike Linghuye outside the pass, they directly turned the black ice platform outside the pass into killed his own minions.
That's why Wu De's trip outside the customs came about.
The centipede is dead but not stiff.
A huge organization that has been domineering for hundreds of years always has some trump cards that are unknown to outsiders.
You can spurn it, but you must not despise it.
Just like Wu De, there are very few people in the world who know his true identity.
If he hadn't needed to restart the black ice platform outside the customs, even if Zhiqiuyuan knew that he was suspicious, it would be impossible to find any flaws in him.
But Wu De looks miserable now.
The face is covered with chilblains, some of which have broken, and the wounds are open like a child's mouth. The hands holding the reins are wrapped with rolls of cloth, but those cloths are completely covered with There were purple-black bloody scabs, and it was obvious that his hands had been frozen.
After Wu De entered the pass, he left his subordinates and Luo Liang and Luo Ying. He took four horses alone and drove towards Chang'an almost day and night.
He could barely sustain such intensity, but Luo Liang, Luo Ying and several of his agents could not bear it.
He must bring the news back to Chang'an City as quickly as possible,
so that the court can have the most direct understanding and grasp of the latest situation outside the pass.
This is about the Qin State,
This is about the people of Li.
Even if his most beloved Cang Qingma ran away and died on the road, Wu De did not feel sad.
It took Wu De two months to go and only ten days to return.
He rode straight towards the huge black thing.
At the entrance of the gate, the vigilant guards shouted loudly and formed a spear formation, and even the crossbowmen drew their bows and arrows.
Crashing against the black ice platform in Chang'an is a new thing.
An officer standing in front was also confused.
Until the knight on the horse raised his hand to throw something from a distance, the officer raised his hand to grab it, his eyes just glanced, and his expression changed drastically.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, everyone, get out of the way!" The officer shouted the order.
Those who can be stationed on the Black Ice Platform are naturally elite divisions. The moment the order was given, these sergeants had already scattered to both sides with a crash, and the crossbows in the hands of the crossbowmen were hanging to the ground.
Wu De raised his horse and rushed straight over.
"Captain, what is this?" someone asked curiously.
The officer carefully stuffed the sign in his hand into his arms and glared at everyone: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask. Don't you think you live too long?"
Bypassing the towering black ice platform, Tata Tada The sound of horse hooves ran directly towards a group of bungalows behind.
Perhaps it’s because there are very few people here galloping around so wildly. Some heads poked out of the windows of many rooms, curiously looking at this dusty man.
But at this time, Wu De's face was also wrapped in cloth, making him look like a mummy.
Wu De naturally comes here often,
But every time he comes, he has a different appearance and a different identity.
No one will inquire about this here. The head in the window glanced at Wu De and then retracted.
Because Wu De drove his horse straight towards a black bungalow, everyone's curiosity was immediately extinguished by himself.
That is the official hall of He Bing, the second in command of Black Ice Platform.
Kou Zhong, the top leader of the Black Ice Platform, has ignored secular affairs for many years and only shows up during major festivals.
The third in command, Zhang Quanyi, is in charge of field operations and rarely stays in Chang'an for long periods of time.
And Wu De has just been promoted to fourth child.
Turning over and dismounting, Wu De saw He Bing who was already standing at the door with a worried look on his face.
"Is Linghuye going to rebel?" He Bing asked in a deep voice.
Seeing Wu De in such a state of embarrassment, obviously rushing back day and night, something big must have happened. And now outside the pass, apart from Linghuye's rebellion, what other big things could happen?
"It's a good thing." Wu De bowed his hands deeply: "Deputy Yin, this is a great thing."
"Come in and talk!" He Bing was slightly moved. Wu De's character is You know, what is it about a mature man who is indistinguishable from emotion to anger and has a deep inner city that can make Wu De lose his composure and run all the way back at the risk of exposing his identity, and then go straight to the Black Ice Platform when he comes back? Not too small.
You have to know how many people in Chang'an are staring at the Black Ice Platform.
In the words of Heibingtai's own people, the houses and shops around them, except Heibingtai's own, the rest are all for looking at Heibingtai.
Some people even joked that if everyone who passed by Heibingtai every day was arrested and interrogated, there would be six or seven out of ten people with unusual identities.
But what can we do even if we know these people?
If people dare to do this, they will naturally have the confidence to do so.
Rather than being caught and released in despair, it would be better to pretend not to know so that everyone can be more dignified.
The current Black Ice Terrace is no longer the Black Ice Terrace of the past.
"What did you say?" He Bing pressed his hands on the table and stood up suddenly. With a crash, the table in front of him fell apart, and pens, inks, papers, and inkstones were scattered all over the floor.
He Bing is a master at the pinnacle of the ninth level of Xuanyuan. He has already grasped the true energy meticulously, but at this time, the true energy unexpectedly lost control and directly smashed a solid wood table apart.
The reason why He Bing lost his composure was just Wu De's words.
"The cavalry general Xiao Changche teamed up with the horse bandit Li Dachui to destroy Yan Sheng and take Aquarius State as their own!"
Who is He Bing? With just this sentence, he has already It reminded him of many things.
Over the years, the imperial court has been trying to separate Linghuye and Xiao Changche, but with little effect.
And now, everything seems so simple again.
"Let's go with me to see Dayin!" He Bing grabbed Wu De and his face flushed with excitement: "It is indeed a great thing. If Xiao Changche can stand, then the outside of the pass will be stable. ! The sharpest knife that threatens Da Qin's country will no longer be a threat. "
"Meet Dayin?" Wu De was stunned.
"Naturally, I cannot make the decision on such a big matter, and only Dayin can discuss this matter on an equal footing with the Prime Minister. I am not qualified." As they spoke, the two men The person had already stepped out of the room, and He Bing was not afraid of shocking the world. Dragging Wu De, the two of them rushed towards the black ice platform ahead like a strong wind.
Down, down again, there are five floors above ground and five floors underground on the Black Ice Platform.
Kou Zhong, the top leader of Heibingtai, has lived in seclusion on the fifth underground floor of Heibingtai for many years.
A place that will never see the light of day.
Wu De only met Kou Zhong under the leadership of He Bing when he was promoted to the fourth position.
That was a guy who looked haggard, like a skeleton, with only a few hairs on his head. In Wu De’s opinion, Dayin looking like this would definitely make a lively scene. The streets were cleared instantly.
Wu De asked He Bing about this.
He Bing just said that Dayin met a powerful enemy decades ago. In a fierce fight, although he defeated his opponent, he was also seriously injured. Over the years, he could only live in seclusion. At the bottom of the black ice platform, he used the cold air of the black ice platform to suppress the fire poison in his body.
Dayin is definitely an innate master!
Wu De confirmed this matter the last time they met.
After half a year, Wu De met Dayin again.
Even though it was their second meeting, Wu De still couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
The cold underground also made him a little intolerable.
After all, he was still at the top of the eighth rank, unlike He Bing, who sat next to him and acted as if nothing had happened.
While practicing his martial arts to resist the ubiquitous cold air, he told Dayin in detail about this trip outside the customs.
Unlike summarizing in one sentence when reporting to He Bing, at this time, Wu De reported what he saw and heard outside the customs in detail to the two Heibingtai bosses in front of him.
"We know that the army outside the pass is fierce. After all, we have to compete with Bei Yuan. But it's just that it's as strong as you said, which is beyond our expectation!" He Bing glanced at the half-lying body lying on the ground. Kou Zhong said on top of the black stone.
Wu De nodded and said: "Yes, when I first saw them fighting the savages, my heart went cold. Such powerful soldiers and horses were not one thousand or two thousand, but a hundred thousand. , No, maybe more than that, Linghuye must have ambushed him!"
"Now it seems, It is true that God does not want to destroy our country!" He Bing said with a smile: "Xiao Changche came out of nowhere, and the horse bandit Li Dachui was also an amazing person! I will have a headache in the future.”
(End of this chapter)