Tutu Chengxuan was obviously impatient, and found an excuse to drive him off the city tower, and said to Xilingyue: "This official will go to a few burial tombs to see, the surname Fu will definitely accompany you, you take the opportunity to stay and do your business." ”

"So fast?" Xi Lingyue looked at the sky outside the window, "But it's not dark yet!" ”

"The time of the month and the time of the sea was the weakest time for the defense of Qianling, and the guards were mostly slack off when they ate and changed shifts. Tomb robbers are prone to appear in the future, and the defense is tight. ”

I see! Xilingyue silently wrote it down and asked, "What should I do if someone finds out?" ”

"Then someone will report to Your Majesty early tomorrow morning that there are tomb robbers in the Qianling Tomb."

What does this mean...... He's going to abandon himself? Xiling Yue was very anxious: "Lieutenant Tutu ......"

Tutu Chengguang interrupted her with a wave of his hand: "You only have an hour and a half." It's the middle of the day, and if you don't come out by the end of the day, the official will return to Chang'an on his own. After saying this, he straightened up and walked out, and finally added, "County Lord, this official has done his duty." ”

After Tutu Chengguang left, Xilingyue stood on the city tower and looked at it for a while, until he saw that he and Fu Lang would board the carriage and go to the direction of the burial tomb, and then hurriedly walked down the city tower and entered the main tomb to look for the wordless monument.

Qianling is the joint burial cemetery of Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu, it was built in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the treasury is full, the national strength is strong, the scale is grand and unique. In addition, Taizong created the burial system of "relying on the mountain as the mausoleum", the Qianling Park was built on the mountain of Longpan and Fengzhu, the whole cemetery imitated the Chang'an City system, there are city gates in the east, west, north and south, the mausoleum area is full of stone carvings, sculptures, strange flowers and plants, it looks magnificent and elegant.

Xiling Yue had no time to watch the magnificent pavilions such as the Offering Palace, and went straight to the main road. She had never been to Qianling, but before leaving, she had heard Li Chengxuan say that the main road has more than 500 steps, which is relatively steep, and after walking is the wide and open Sima Shendao. The wordless monument is erected on the east side of Shinto, the north is close to the gate, the south is based on the statue of Weng Zhong, and the west is opposite to the Shusheng Ji monument, which is not difficult to find.

She did as she was told, and climbed the stairs with all her might, counting in her heart that there were five hundred and thirty-seven steps. After climbing the main road, she finally came to Sima Shendao, she was already tired and sweating, panting, and was stopped by a patrol of guards for questioning.

Xilingyue lied that she was ordered by Tutu Chengxuan to come to worship Empress Gaozong. The guards saw that she was wearing the armor of the Shence Army, and her face was delicate and looked like a eunuch, but they rushed to greet her, and they all signed up for their surnames, wanting to climb up to Tutu Chengguang's relationship through her.

She responded perfunctorily, and finally sent the guards away, and continued to walk along the Sima Shinto Road, and after walking for too long, she found a stele pavilion in the east of the Shinto, in which there was a huge inscription. The inscription is built with a whole boulder, the head of the stele is carved with eight dragons, and there are also dragons on both sides, and ten dragons are winding and coiling, lifelike. There are indeed no words on the stele, but they are engraved with dense squares, as if they were originally meant to be engraved.

Xilingyue couldn't be sure whether this was a wordless stele, so she ran to the opposite side to check another stele pavilion, and saw that the inscription inside was shining with gold paint, which was the content of singing praises for Gaozong Li Zhi, and there were three big characters at the head of the stele. She determined that this piece was the Shusheng Ji tablet erected by Empress Wu for Gaozong.

Then there is no doubt that there is no word monument on the opposite side.

At this time, night fell, and only a little red halo lingered on the horizon. Xilingyue polished a fire fold, climbed the stele pedestal under the stele, and looked up at this legendary wordless stele. Because there was no inscription on the stele, she couldn't find any clues, so she had to observe the carvings everywhere, and found that the dragon pattern stone carving on the head of the stele was very familiar, and if you thought about it, it was the same as a red carving on the cane.

This further confirmed Li Chengxuan's speculation, it seems that the Tongtian cane and the wordless monument are indeed related.

Xilingyue remembered the clues that Yuan Zhi had found in the Pavilion of King Teng, and began to look around the wordless monument for hints about the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" or the Seven Houses in the South. However, there is no hint on this stele other than the lion and horse figure and the flower and grass ornamentation, let alone the mechanism.

She had a faint hunch that the carvings and line carvings on the wordless tablet should be related to the complicated lines on the Tongtian cane. But this stele is so high that even if she steps on the pedestal, she is only halfway up to its waist, and she can't see the pattern of the upper part at all.

Just when she was at a loss, a figure suddenly appeared on the stone tablet in front of her, ethereal yīn sen, walking behind her from a distance. She was horrified, but she didn't dare to show it, so she had to pretend to continue to observe the stele, and quietly reached into her bosom with one hand to take the dagger.

The shadow drew closer and closer to her, and gradually raised a hand that seemed to slash at the back of her neck. She tried to keep her composure, staring at the dark shadow motionlessly, and just as the wind of his palm was about to brush the back of her neck, she jerked around, raised her dagger and stabbed the man!

"Yue'er!" The visitor quickly raised his elbow and took three steps back, and his sleeve had been gently cut open.

"Brother Yi, why are you?!" Xiling Yue was surprised, hurriedly put down the dagger in his hand, and stepped forward to care, "I didn't hurt you, did I?" ”

Xiao Yi wore a dark blue dress of the mausoleum guard, and it was still difficult to hide his outstanding demeanor. He looked down at the rip in his sleeve and replied, "Fortunately, I was dressed thickly, so it was okay." ”

"That's good." Xiling Yue breathed a long sigh of relief, and then remembered to ask him, "Aren't you leaving?" How did it end up here? ”

Xiao Yi was silent for a moment and replied, "There was a curfew last night, and I wanted to leave again this morning, but I saw you slip out through the back door...... I didn't feel at ease, so I kept following. ”

"You've been following me?" Xiling Yue was even more surprised, "Qianling is well guarded, how did you get in?" ”

Xiao Yi was about to answer, when he suddenly saw a faint fire in the south, and there were bursts of footsteps from the Shinto, which seemed to be another patrol of guards. Xilingyue was worried that Xiao Yi would reveal a flaw, so she hurriedly pulled him to hide behind the huge wordless monument.

It took a moment for the guards to walk slowly and uniformly past the wordless monument and continue their patrol north along the Shinto.

The two carefully walked out from behind the wordless monument, and Xiao Yi asked her, "What are you doing here?" ”

Now that it has been broken, Xilingyue simply no longer concealed it, and replied truthfully: "I'm here to find clues, about the Preface to King Teng's Pavilion." ”

"Will there be clues in Qianling?"

"I don't know, it's the prince who analyzed it." When Xiling Yue came to this point, she suddenly remembered Fang Cai's distress, and couldn't help but come to her senses, "Brother Yi, you came at the right time!" This stele is too tall for me to see clearly, can you help me climb up and take a look? ”

(End of chapter)