0632 Digging up the grave
Wow~"
Zhao Guanren tore off the chains of the gate of the East Palace, and pushed open the two courtyard doors with force, and it was a mess in front of his eyes, all the roofs inside and outside were torn off, the doors and windows were removed, and even the floor tiles were all lifted, and a burning smell came to his face.
"Master, the accident is in the backyard, the house where Yongning lives alone......"
Luo Tan and Qiu Ning followed him into the East Palace, Shen Qingwen and Ouyang Jin also followed, Lu Datou hurriedly distributed epidemic prevention masks and sheepskin gloves, and the two deputy commanders of the Dragon Praetorian Guard also followed, and a group of people wrapped themselves like surgeons.
"What did you burn here, and where did the corpses go......
When Zhao Guanren walked into the backyard, he found a large pit, and the blackened pit was covered with a lot of bluestone slabs, and the sand and ashes were also mixed together.
"All the suspicious items were burned here, and then the ashes were peeled off and exposed to the sun until now......"
Luo Tan stepped forward and replied: "The corpse was transported to the north of the urn city, the underground is impervious to the three-layer soil, we built a purification pool to burn the corpse, in strict accordance with the epidemic prevention process, not a drop of corpse oil dared to leak out, the burner slept in the urn city all night before leaving!"
Zhao Guanren asked, "Why did the corpse poison enter Yongning's room, did Ye Ruoqing bring back a rouge box?"
"Yes, we found an overturned rouge box and found poison powder mixed in it......"
Luo Tan said: "Ye Ruoqing has two boxes of the same rouge, which were sent into the palace along with other gifts, and we tortured the female guards who sorted out the items, they did not admit to poisoning, only said that the gifts were accidentally dropped on the way, and the rouge was inadvertently put into the gift box!"
"Did Ye Zimei's body burn too?"
Zhao Guanren glanced at Lu Datou noncommittally, Lu Datou was depressed and speechless, the rouge box he lost for a long time was actually taken away by Emperor Renfu, and he entered the palace by mistake, it was really the Ye family.
"No, the new emperor and the king of Qin insisted on not letting it be burned, saying that they would keep the whole corpse ......"
Luo Tan spread his hands and said: "But we stabbed a big hole in the back of his head with a sword, and put it in the coffin after nine days of exposure, the special coffin is divided into three layers, the inner layer is golden silk nanmu, the middle layer is bronze, and the outer layer is a large sarcophagus, and there will never be corpse oil leakage!"
"He won't leak a fart, he's already a corpse......"
Zhao Guanren said angrily: "I always thought that Ye Yunchen was playing ghosts, but I didn't expect that you guys got the corpse out, no matter where Ye Zimei is buried, quickly take me over to dig him out, once he blows up the grave, everyone will die!"
"Impossible!"
Emperor Ye Guanhai of the Apocalypse suddenly ran in, and King Qin, who had been captured alive by Zhao Guanren, and Emperor Renfu also followed.
"Uncle, my father can't cheat the corpse......"
The little emperor hurriedly said: "His brain is flowing out like tofu, I watched it with my own eyes, I really can't bear to leave him with a whole corpse, and the copper coffin and sarcophagus will not go wrong, it must be someone else who cheated the corpse, don't disturb him to rest!"
"I know you feel sorry for your father......"
Zhao Guanren pressed his shoulder and said: "Your father should be buried in the imperial mausoleum, let's open the tomb and take a look, as long as there is no problem with the coffin, I will not open the coffin, and then ask the Bodhisattva to give him a super time, so that he can be reincarnated as soon as possible and become a new man?"
"But the underground palace can't be opened, it's already sealed......"
The little emperor said anxiously: "The mausoleum of the first emperor has not yet been built, and it happens that the mausoleum of my grandfather has not been closed, so he buried his father and son together, and the entrance of the underground palace is locked by two jack gates, even if the great master is locked inside, he can't get out, and outsiders can't get in!"
"Just dig a thief hole and go in and see
Okay, the vault can be chiseled open for it......"
Zhao Guanren's attitude was very resolute, but King Qin came over and said: "King Zhao! The mausoleum is made of three layers of bluestone, with a waterproof layer and a three-layer soil wrap.
"Yun Xuan!"
Emperor Renfu also said urgently: "My brother can't get out even if he cheats the corpse, that underground palace is really impregnable, and our family's ancestral grave has been dug up, how can we explain to the clansmen?"
"Okay, let's take a look first, and then we'll talk about ...... when we're done."
Zhao Guanren walked out thoughtfully, and the little emperor didn't have the heart to go to court, so he hurriedly changed into a simple dress, and rode to the imperial tomb with Zhao Guanren, Ye Ruoqing and others naturally followed, for fear that Zhao Guanren would dig up their ancestral grave.
Ji Chongling is far away in a group of mountains in the countryside, and everyone does not arrive until the afternoon without stopping, and the financial resources of Ji Guo will definitely be extravagant and wasteful.
The bluestone slabs are paved all the way into the deep mountains, and there are various large stone carvings of mythical beasts on both sides, and several mountains have been dug into mausoleums, and you can see the palace built on the top of the mountain from a distance.
In addition to the magnificent palace, there are also many temples, city walls and towers, and a whole battalion of troops is stationed here, as well as a yamen dedicated to managing the imperial tombs, just to protect the eight emperors who sleep here.
"The emperor is here!"
The officials guarding the tomb suddenly saw a large number of dragon guards riding over, and the fool also knew that the emperor had arrived, so he hurriedly ran to the archway and knelt down to greet him, but Zhao Guanren jumped off the horse first and asked: "Get up and speak, has there been thunder and lightning in the imperial tomb this year?"
"There was one at the beginning of the year, but the wildfire has been extinguished by us and has not affected the imperial mausoleum......"
The officials got up from the ground one after another, and Zhao Guanren immediately let them ride horses to lead the way, the scale of this imperial tomb is larger than the imperial palace, and it is divided into two valleys on the left and right, but as soon as they entered the imperial city on the ground, a large number of concubines guarding the tomb ran out.
"King Zhao is here! King Zhao is here......"
The concubines seemed to see a savior, and none of the concubines of the two emperors knew him, and knew that none of the concubines who slept with him were monks or guarded the tomb, and they all lived outside the palace in a chic manner, and they were a group of living dead people who stayed here.
"Looking back, I have something urgent to do......
Zhao Guanren quickly beat his horse and ran into the depths, and soon came to the foot of a large mountain, the peak of which had obviously been attacked by thunder and fire, although a lot of grass and trees had grown, but there were several dead trees in the mountain forest.
"Is there a mausoleum under this mountain......
Zhao Guanren jumped off the horse and looked around, and the mausoleum official also jumped down and said: "No! The imperial mausoleum sits in the north and faces south, and the mausoleums are arranged on the east and west sides.
"Take me to Ye Zimei's mausoleum to see ......"
Zhao Guanren followed the mausoleum official to the east mountain, but the tomb of Ye Zimei's father and son was not in the mountain, but a very large courtyard was built, there was a dark hall in the courtyard, and behind the hall was a huge tomb, and the entrance to the underground palace had already been filled.
"Yun Xuan! you can't cheat any corpse in this kind of place......"
Ye Ruoqing followed him to the front of the grave, Zhao Guanren walked around the grave, and indeed did not find anything suspicious, so he walked back and asked: "Are you sure that the body has entered the coffin, and it has not been transferred halfway, the corpse may still be poisonous if it is not burned!"
"Master, I was present at the time of the burial, and the dragon guards also guarded ...... throughout the whole process."
Qiu Ning stepped forward and said: "I watched with my own eyes that the corpse was put into the coffin, the dragon guards locked it with chains, and all the upper and lower seals were affixed, and the outer copper coffin was sealed with iron chisels, and finally
The sarcophagus that was carried into the dungeon was placed independently in the ear chamber, and the jack gate sealed the tomb!"
"That's weird......"
Zhao Guanren squatted in front of the grave bag in confusion, but Lu Datou suddenly asked: "Have you counted all the corpses, have you checked with the number of dead people, will there be any corpses running away, or hiding somewhere in the palace?"
"Checked!"
Qiu Ning nodded and said: "We have counted the number of people in the entire palace, no one is bad, we have even searched the secret room under the East Palace to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
"I'm going to ask ......"
Zhao Guanren got up and walked outside the compound, hundreds of concubines guarding the mausoleum were gathered outside the door, and there were even many gray-haired old concubines, he stepped forward and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, you should all be present when you are buried, has there been any abnormal situation in the mausoleum?"
“......”
The concubines shook their heads blankly, and an old lady said: "Sometimes you can see the emperor and take the queen or concubine out for a walk, but it's not scary, we are used to living here, anyway, sooner or later we have to go down to accompany the emperor!"
"King Zhao! If you want to say that the strange thing is the strange ...... the mausoleum officials here."
A former concubine stepped forward and said: "The mausoleum officials only pay more than 100 taels of silver a year, but their wives wear gold and silver, and some people take several concubines, but the imperial mausoleum is not a place to make oil and water, so we suspect that they are guarding and stealing, and someone steals the funeral goods!"
"Guarding and stealing?"
Zhao Guanren was surprised: "But how to steal the tomb when it is sealed, if you have evidence, I can take you away!"
"Although we have no evidence, there must be a demon when things go wrong......"
Concubine Fang hurriedly said: "It stands to reason that we should live here and accompany the emperor for 7749 days, but they let us live in the middle palace for a month on the grounds that the underworld hall is in disrepair, and some people hear the donkey barking in the middle of the night, it is impossible for the imperial tomb to have a donkey!"
"Thank you!"
Zhao Guanren immediately rushed into the compound, grabbed the mausoleum official and shouted: "Wow! You dog thieves dare to guard and steal by yourself, no wonder there are burial goods on the market, saying! Where are you hitting the thief hole, don't tell the truth and behead all over the house!"
"Never! Never......"
The mausoleum official waved his hand again and again in fright, but his subordinates were paralyzed by fright, Ouyang Jin quickly rushed forward and stepped on one, pulled out a steel knife to hold the other party's neck, and the thing immediately cried: "It's none of my business, Lord Xu forced us to do it!"
"Tell me honestly! Where is the thief hole......"
Ouyang Jinjiao snorted, and the other party said in horror: "No, it's not a cave thief, the craftsmen who repair the tomb are afraid of being buried alive, and there is a secret passage left in each underground palace, as long as the soil is dug up outside, you can enter, this is an old rule for hundreds of years, and every mausoleum official does this!"
"Bastards! you bastards with a thousand cuts......"
The little emperor was furious, and he picked up a knife and was about to cut down the mausoleum official, but Zhao Guanren stopped him and asked: "Say! Have you ever entered the tomb of Emperor Yongji, and have you ever opened his coffin?"
"No, no, no, absolutely no ......"
The mausoleum official knelt on the ground and cried and said: "The first emperor used a three-layer coffin, and also used a spell to suppress the corpse of the copper coffin, we expected that the first emperor must have cheated the corpse, and only took the gold, silver and jade in the sarcophagus, and the copper coffin didn't even dare to touch it!"
"Fuck! I know that I dare to rob the tomb of the corpse, take us to the secret passage......"
Zhao Guanren kicked the other party hard, the little emperor was already crying out angrily, and Ye Ruoqing said with a pale face: "It's over! My eldest brother must have really cheated the corpse, and his father is in the same mausoleum as him, how is this good?"