However, what Xiao Xue wants to refine is something like an elixir, and it is definitely not possible to use an ordinary medicine tripod.

Fang Ling said solemnly: "Imperial Doctor Lin, there are no more treasures in this palace than outside, there must be this hundred-year-old medicine tripod somewhere, you think about it." ”

Lin Mowen didn't dare to slack off when he saw Fang Ling's serious appearance, he quickly frowned and thought deeply, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't have a clue, and said to himself: "This medicine tripod is all ceramic, if it is made of copper......"

At this, he slapped his head with a look of delight.

"Thought of it?" Fang Ling couldn't help but be secretly happy, he originally planned for Lin Mowen to go to Chen Mou without a clue here, but seeing his abrupt look, he hurriedly asked.

Lin Mowen smiled and said, "I just remembered that a hundred years ago, our Chu State had the matter of refining copper medicine tripods. ”

"The copper one is not easy to break, so is it still preserved now?" Fang Ling said happily.

"Of course, it's just below the Moon Lake. Lin Mowen said with a smile.

"What, under the Moon Lake?" Fang Ling was a little confused, that Moon Lake was the big lake under the North Mountain, this medicine tripod should be in the palace of course, how could it be under the Moon Lake.

Lin Mowen explained: "A hundred years ago, the Queen Mother at that time had a strange disease and had been seeking medical treatment to no avail. At that time, there was a minister who got a prescription that was said to be able to treat from nowhere, but this prescription was made in a special way, and it needed to be refined with a special copper medicine tripod, so the Chu Emperor specially ordered the craftsman to cast a medicine tripod in copper, but the pill was not completed, and the queen mother had returned to the heavens, so this medicine tripod was sunk under the moon lake as a sacrifice. ”

When Fang Ling heard him say this, he remembered that he had indeed read this historical fact a hundred years ago, so he asked, "Speaking of which, the medicine tripod should still be in the Moon Lake?"

Lin Mowen replied with a smile: "This is natural, that thing is not valuable, I'm afraid no one will fish for it, and the Moon Lake seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, the lake is quite deep, and the bottom is turbulent, even people with good water characteristics dare not set foot easily." ”

Fang Ling smiled, it is true that there are very few people around the Imperial City who have good water nature, but he is indeed an exception.

As early as when he was six or seven years old, Dong Canghai let him often practice in the pool in the back garden in order to train his apnea, this apnea has not yet been learned, until he learned to swim, but after the age of 13, he can come out of the pool as soon as he stops, and Fang Ling has not swam at that time.

However, now that he can close the qi of half the pillar of incense time, coupled with the water nature he has practiced before, there should be no problem at the bottom of this Moon Exploration Lake.

Early the next morning, Fang Ling came to Moon Lake.

Lake Moon is very vast, and there are a large number of peach trees planted along the lake's edge, and it is said that every year when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, there is a crowd of people here.

However, the danger of the Moon Lake is also well known, and the old people in the city all know that there are several undercurrents under the Moon Lake, turbulent and turbulent, and no matter how good the water is, people will accidentally lose their lives.

Therefore, people who have lived in the imperial city for a long time only appreciate the beauty of Moon Lake, and no one dares to use this place as a place for swimming.

Fang Ling stopped under a forest next to the Moon Lake, took off his coat and jumped into the lake.

Now it was winter, the lake water was freezing to the bone, but fortunately, Fang Ling had the power of the sun in his body, as soon as he entered the cold water, the fire energy was immediately stimulated, and the heat energy spread all over the body, but he didn't feel anything about this cold water.

The lake is as deep as rumored, more than ten meters, although there is plenty of sunlight during the day, but after diving to the bottom, the vision is still a little blurry.

However, Fang Ling was not discouraged by this, he made up his mind to find the medicine tripod here, so he searched carefully while swimming.

The bottom of the lake is vast, and long aquatic plants grow in many places, and fish swim past from time to time.

Fang Ling's hand fished on the mud at the bottom, and found that the mud was very thick, and when he reached out, half of his arm couldn't reach the bottom.

When he felt that he was about to hold his breath, Fang Ling surfaced and took a breath, and then dived down again.

From the lake to the center of the lake, from one end to the other, Fang Ling was determined to find the medicine tripod, over and over again, again and again, and not letting go of every place.

The hard work paid off, and when it was almost noon, Fang Ling finally found the traces of the medicine tripod in a place where water and weeds were entangled.

This place is located in the corner of the bottom of the lake, there are a lot of gravel piled up around, and it is also a water and grass area, which is easy to ignore, but fortunately, Fang Ling's eyes are sharp, and he can see half of the Ding ear exposed by the medicine tripod.

This medicine tripod is actually not big, it is buried in the silt, and it is surrounded by aquatic plants, Fang Ling was overjoyed, and grabbed the edge of the tripod with one hand and pulled it hard.

Who knew that this medicine tripod seemed to be stuck on something, but it didn't move at all, Fang Ling pulled it with all his strength, and the medicine tripod also didn't move.

Fang Ling was taken aback, grabbed the edge of the ding with both hands, and urged the sun to fire, and the power of the fire power suddenly poured into his arms, turning into a strong domineering force.

With a sharp pull, the medicine tripod was finally pulled out, and at the same time, the aquatic plants wrapped around the bottom foot of the medicine tripod also showed its true body, which turned out to be a thick chain.

When Fang Ling was a little strange, the chain had already pulled a square iron plate at the bottom of the lake, and once the iron plate was opened, a secluded hole was revealed, and the water rushed towards it, forming an extremely fast vortex.

Fang Ling's secret path was not good, he never expected such a situation, and he was about to swim away quickly, but this water flow was too fierce, and the entrance of the cave was like an open blood basin mouth, with great suction, and it sucked him in at once.

After Fang Ling and a lot of gravel and sediment were sucked in, the iron plate was covered again, and the surrounding mud and gravel piled up with the water flow, and there was no trace of it.

The water was turbulent, Fang Ling did not have any strength to resist at all, the only thing he could do was to try his best to keep his composure, he found that he seemed to have entered an underwater passage, and the water flow fell down the passage all the way down, bottomless.

After a while, the passage finally came to an end, but there was an endless stream of water, but it did not move, like a pool of stagnant water.

Fang Ling's breath holding had almost reached the limit at this time, and he instinctively swam quickly upward, and when he couldn't support it anymore, he suddenly appeared out of the water.

He breathed greedily, as if he had escaped the catastrophe of life and death, and when he discovered the situation around him, he couldn't help but be curious.

I was in a small pool, which was supposed to be connected to the Moon Lake by a winding waterway, and the pool was very deep.

And where this deep pool is located, it is suddenly a deep and large cave, and on the edge of the pool is a piece of land, and there is a stone staircase in front of it leading to a deeper place.

Fang Ling was surprised, got out of the pool, and walked along the stone steps.

The light in the cave was very dim, and he could only grope his way forward, but Fang Ling could still tell that the stone steps were artificially excavated, and even the stone walls were polished smooth as mirrors, and there were many grooves, and torches were inserted on them, but these torches had already burned out, and it was impossible to use them for lighting.

The stone steps were still very winding and steep at first, but gradually they opened up, and when the two walls in front of them suddenly opened into the distance, Fang Ling had suddenly come to a huge stone path.

The two sides of the stone road are carved with different postures of the divine beasts, each head is five or six meters high, the expression is fierce and hideous, and on both sides of the stone road, there are also two stele pavilions, each of which erects a stele of more than ten meters of holy virtue and divine merit tablet.

Fang Ling took a closer look and was suddenly taken aback, what was recorded on this stele was actually the lifetime exploits of Emperor Xiaowu of the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, the inscription that records the emperor's merits can be seen in many places, but such a holy virtue monument can only be seen in the imperial mausoleum, and if it is planted here, could it be that this is actually the imperial tomb of Emperor Xiaowu of the Great Song Dynasty?

Yes, isn't this huge stone path the Imperial Tomb Shinto for the emperor's soul to enter and exit?

Fang Ling was familiar with history and knew a lot about the conquests of various countries. The Great Song Kingdom was a prosperous power three hundred years ago, and its territory included the present-day Chu State, the Cai State in the north, the Wu State in the east, and the Yue State in the south, and was one of the strongest countries on the land at that time.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were strong and strong, and there was originally a great hope of unifying the countries of the land, but the emperors of later generations were tyrannical and bloody and brutal, which made the people miserable and the national strength gradually declined.

Especially the last generation of Emperor Xiaowu, who advocated force and was brutal and unkind, and during the ten years of his rule, the princes everywhere rebelled. Ten years later, at the trail of his death, there were rebellions in various places, and at that time, an old minister surnamed Chu led troops to occupy the imperial city, which was the predecessor of the Chu State.

Whether it is the current Cai State, Wu State or Yue State, almost all of them have the shadow of the courtiers of the Great Song Kingdom in their bloodline, which shows how magnificent the Great Song Kingdom was at that time.

However, there is one of the most strange things in history, that is, when the old ministers captured the imperial city, they did not find the body of Emperor Xiaowu.

You must know that from the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne, the emperor will send people to build the imperial tomb, which usually takes more than ten or twenty years or even longer, and some are even repaired when they are about to die, and the same is true of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, Emperor Xiaowu was an exception, as it is said that he did not build an imperial tomb at all during his reign, and did not even know where to get the body after his death.

This matter eventually became an unsolved case, but Fang Ling didn't expect that he would actually reveal the secret.

Who would have thought that the mausoleum of Emperor Xiaowu was actually hidden under this Moon Lake.

Now think about it, that iron plate is the entrance to the imperial tomb, which is hidden under the silt at the bottom of the lake, I am afraid that it weighs hundreds of catties, if it is not for the power of the sun and fire, I am afraid it will not be able to open at all.