As the first person in the public gate to come into contact with this tomb robbery case, Tao Pu, the head catcher in Jimo County, has to act as a small leader of a sentry post on the periphery, responsible for guarding the perimeter.

The follow-up development of this matter far exceeded his imagination, and at the same time, it also exceeded the imagination of his immediate boss, Wu Qiubei.

First of all, Li Zhi, the No. 3 person in Shandong Province, led a team of people from Qingzhou in a hurry, and surrounded the entire tomb site.

Before the Jimo people could react, an even greater shock followed.

The big names of the imperial court arrived in Jimo.

Li Anmin, the secretary of the military department, Xia He, the secretary of the household department, Zhang Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Xunqi, the governor of Shandong Province, arrived in Jimo. Any one of these people can make Jimo earthquake, not to mention so many at once?

If it's just these officials, it's just that, and some other people make Wu Qiubei and Tao Pu can't find the north at all.

Concubine Tao, the widow of the former king of Wude County, also came with her son, daughter and son-in-law.

And the more important characters are Li Xiang's son and daughter who came with Xia He.

Needless to say, the preciousness of these people's identities is unspeakable.

Wu Qiubei immediately transformed into a miscellaneous worker.

Tao Pu, on the other hand, can only guard the sentry post on the periphery, and the entire security work of Jimo is completely taken over by the army and internal guards from Wuyi.

Sitting under the straw shed, Tao Pu watched his subordinates carefully check the pedestrians, this is a road to Jimo, there are endless merchants, and now it is just after the autumn harvest, the people have some surplus money in their hands, and the people who come to the city to catch up with the market are endless, and the merchants from all walks of life naturally know that it is a rare time of the year to make money, that is, it is a little worse than before the New Year.

Wu Qiubei originally wanted to block the entire county, but this proposal not only did not get the consent of Zhang Xun, the governor of Shandong, but even those big people from Wuyi were unwilling to let the lives of the common people be affected for this matter, so except for Taojiazhuang, where the tomb is located, everything is as usual.

This has greatly increased the workload of Taupe and others.

The big guys gathered in Jimo, and God knows if there will be some ill-intentioned people who also sneak over, and any of these big guys rub off a little oily skin, and Tao Pu feels that he is going to be unlucky.

As one of the first people to come into contact with this case, he more or less knew some inside stories.

On the road, dozens of ox carts came to his feet, and Taupp stood up and walked to the middle of the road.

"Liu Santong?" Seeing the person in front, Tao Pu unexpectedly saw an acquaintance: "Why are you here?" ”

Liu Santong, the former general of Pinglu and an ordinary farmer now, smiled and pointed to the ox cart behind him, and said: "The grain purchased by the supply and marketing cooperative in our Jiaowan Township will be sent to the county seat for storage, so let me lead the team on this trip." What about the cost of two silver dollars! Now that the mountains and rivers are clear, there are no people who are not long-sighted, so if you walk like this, you can get some living money, but naturally it is disrespectful. ”

Tao Pu waved his hand and asked his subordinates to go up to inspect it, since it was a supply and marketing cooperative, the official documents and other documents should naturally be complete, but there was nothing to worry about. Of course, the examination must not be relaxed, especially at this time.

"You guys divide two silver dollars together, how much can you get?" Tao Pu flattened his mouth, "You've just earned dozens of silver dollars." ”

Liu Santong laughed: "No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are also meat, and now I am pregnant again, earn a little more, but it's not at all!" By the way, the last time I took the money, I said I was going to invite you to drink, but you pushed it because you were busy with official business, how is it today? ”

"Do you look like I'm free now?" Tao Pu said angrily: "Brother Liu, don't be stingy, pick me to treat me when I'm busy." Now that Jimo is full of big shots, haven't you heard of it? At this time, I dare to drink, but I am afraid that I will lose my official son when I turn back! ”

"I've heard of it!" Liu Santong nodded: "Or was it caused by the tomb robbery case?" ”

Seeing that his subordinates were inspecting one car after another, Tao Pu pointed to the grass shed: "If you don't invite me to drink, I still want to invite you to a cup of tea." ”

The two walked into the grass shed and sat down, Liu Santong lowered his voice and said, "I heard that even Li Bing's department, Xia Hu's department, and Li Xiang's family have come over?" Could this cemetery be related to Li Xiang's family? ”

"That's probably how it should be!" Taupp nodded.

"Didn't you tell me at the time that this tomb was related to the Li Tang royal family, what kind of family cemetery was Mohou?" Liu Santong was surprised: "Why is it related to Li Xiang again?" ”

Tao Pu looked left and right, and said, "I'll tell you about this, your brother Liu is not an ordinary person, not a big mouth, and he won't spread it around." Looking at it like this, I'm afraid that this is Mo Hou, the ancestor of Li Xiang. ”

Liu Santong was really shocked.

He is not a half-bucket of water like Tao Pu, but he knows who Jimo Hou is.

After a long time, he muttered: "Could it be that Li Xiang is the descendant of King Qin back then?" ”

"Who is the King of Qin?" Taupp was puzzled.

Liu Santong thought for a while, then suddenly laughed, stood up and patted Tao Pu's shoulder: "Brother Tao, this matter, you don't need to hide it, there are so many merchants coming and going here, you, you might as well tell those merchants about this strange thing." Li Xiang is the descendant of King Qin, this thing is really unexpected! ”

"You want me to die!" Tao Pu was taken aback: "This kind of thing can be said nonsense by people of our status, that is, knowing that your brother Liu is not an ordinary person, I will talk to you." ”

"Believe me, if you make a big deal about this matter, you will only have merit, not success." Liu Santong said with a smile. "Li Xiang is the descendant of King Qin back then, which is a great thing, well, it is indeed a great thing."

Seeing that all the vehicles and people on the road had been checked, Liu San said: "Tao Zhutou, then I will leave, when you are free, I will definitely invite you to drink." ”

The two said goodbye, Liu Santong escorted dozens of ox carts into the city in turn, thinking about what Tao Pu said just now, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head, this Li Tang world, it seems that he is indeed going to be replaced.

As long as it is confirmed that Li Xiang is the descendant of King Qin, Li Ze ascends to the throne, and it can be said that there will be no more obstacles.

Not bad, though.

At least Li Ze became the emperor, which is more reliable than the current nominal emperor. Now I have a very good life, there are more than 100 acres of fertile land at home, a wife and a concubine have given birth to seven children for themselves, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, which is an extraordinarily peaceful life for myself who has been a horse for half a life. In addition to the pastoral life, with his own ability, he also has a lot of other income, such as being hired by the government this time.

After experiencing life and death on the battlefield, the current Liu Santong especially cherishes a peaceful life, Li Ze is in power, and the life of the common people is very good, and now, isn't he just a common man?

In Taojiazhuang, it is a different scene at the moment.

Three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, a large number of troops and internal guards completely blocked Taojiazhuang from the outside world, and all the people were warned to stay at home, of course, as compensation, each family in the county was issued a silver dollar.

The lush hill was even enclosed with green man, and at this moment, countless experts from Wuyi were carefully digging.

Not far from the hill, several quite large military tents were erected, and Li Anmin, Xia He, Zhang Xun, Zhang Hui and others were all waiting anxiously in the military tents.

The only happy ones are Li Tang and a few other little guys, under the leadership and supervision of Jin Buchang and his wife, a few little guys are full of interest in catching crickets in the wheat field that has just been harvested.

Aunt Tao is now becoming more and more rich and noble, and she is accompanied by Li Anmin's wife Wang. In the past, the Wang family naturally didn't pay much attention to Aunt Tao, but now it's different.

Li Ze is destined to be the emperor.

Once Li Ze ascends the throne, he will inevitably posthumously crown his father Li Anguo, and Aunt Tao, as Li Anguo's side concubine, will not be able to run away when the time comes.

At that time, the identity was very different. Moreover, now that she has a son by her side and a son-in-law who is rich enough to rival the country, any identity is enough for her to be respected.

"Sister, you say, is the prince really the descendant of King Qin?" Aunt Tao asked worriedly.

"I'm afraid it's ** not far from ten." Wang whispered.

The two of them were whispering, and in the middle of the green man, a thin old man hurried out and went straight to the camp where Li Anmin and the others were.

After a while, Li Anmin, Xia He and the others rushed out and followed the old man into the green man.

The appearance of the hill has changed dramatically.

The trees were cut down and the thorns were emptied. The person in charge of the excavation was obviously a great expert in this way, and no other tombs had been excavated, but the overturned tombstones had been cleared out, and some of the broken or complete stone archways, Weng Zhong, and the carvings of birds and beasts were being carefully cleaned out.

And the most important thing is that the main monument of the big tomb of Jimo Hou under the sealed soil has finally revealed its true face.

Li Anmin's body trembled slightly, and the dignified military general, at this moment, actually walked in front of those stone tablets with the support of his own soldiers, and the excavated tombstones had been placed together in chronological order.

One by one, they all matched.

Li Jinglong, the great-grandfather of the Li family, was the last person of the Li family to be buried in this family cemetery.

Li Anmin knelt down with a thud, touched the ground with his forehead, and cried loudly.

Xia He knelt down silently.

After a while, Aunt Tao, Wang, Li Tang, Li Ning, Li Xin, and others were all called over, and then under the orders of the elders, they also knelt on the ground in a daze.

"I will go to Luoyang to meet Li Xiang in person!" Zhang Hui glanced at his son beside him, Zhang Xun, the governor of Shandong, and said.