Liu Yong has been in Jiuzhi Mountain for more than ten years, and he is very interested in the changes in the capital, and he didn't say a few words about the emperor's tomb, but he also talked about the time of the lantern. Because it was on the mountain, the bright moon at night looked exceptionally big and bright, and after the meal, Liu Yong took Jiang Rin and the others around with the secret of longevity in a hundred steps.

Everyone stood at the suspension bridge of the mountain pass and looked at the entire imperial mausoleum, and sighed for the magnificent and vast mausoleum.

Liu stroked his clothes with his sleeves, put his arms behind his back, and said: "Some of the silver taels of the imperial court's offerings are specially used to build the emperor's tomb and purchase burial goods, but the scale of the mausoleum is getting larger, and the silver used is increasing, and the silver taels specially used for the mausoleum are often not enough, and they are often spent from the treasury. However, the emperor made great efforts to govern the country, and did not intend to excessively consume the expenditure of the treasury in this regard, and the expenditure was cut by nearly half compared with the previous emperor. ”

But even so, according to the regulations, the imperial tomb still occupies a vast area, just the government office, the official hall, the large and small yamen, the money bank, the prison cell, the academy, the shooting range, the imperial garden, the garden of ten thousand beasts and other facilities, there are three streets, eighteen lanes and thirty-six courtyards.

In addition to the main mausoleum, a large-scale building complex was also built around the mausoleum to serve as a burial tomb.

The emperor's concubines and princesses were buried near Lingshan, and most of the princesses, princes and ministers of civil and military affairs were buried in the plain below the mountain. Obviously, the burial companions near the mausoleum mountain have a revered status, while those who accompany the burial at the bottom of the mountain are secondary.

Liu Yong looked at the huge burial tomb and said in a strange tone: "The imperial tomb has room for the royal family, meritorious heroes, and generals to accompany the burial." And allow the descendants to be buried in Zhaoling from their fathers and ancestors, that is, the so-called 'their fathers and ancestors are buried together, and those who want to be buried by their children and grandchildren should also be allowed. 'The ministers of civil and military affairs and the relatives of the emperor were proud to accompany the burial of the emperor's mausoleum. ”

The splendid cornices and arches continue to the point where the eye can see. Even at night, you can still feel the grandeur of the building in front of you.

Jiang Rin heard that there was a vague meaning hidden in his tone, and said: "After death, mourn and glorify, and it is the descendants of the family who are honored." It doesn't really have much to do with the people lying here. ”

Liu Yong turned to look at him in surprise, and then smiled "haha". "What Master Jiang said is extremely true."

While several people were chatting here, Liang Chen had already found the palace maid named Huai'er and "blocked her in the corner".

Huai'er looked a little scared because of Bai Ri's questioning, and crampedly hugged her arm with her left hand, rubbing it slightly, looking cold, but actually subconsciously guarding against Liang Chen.

Liang Chen racked his brains to think about how to get the truth out of this girl's mouth, and suddenly thought that when the amorous prodigal son seduced the girl in the script, he usually called the other party "girl so-and-so".

He decided to give it a try, resisted the tingling sensation on his scalp, tried to control his voice very gently, and said, "Miss Huai'er, don't be afraid, I won't hurt your ......"

Huai'er raised her head in surprise, met Liang Chen's gaze, her lips opened slightly, and she said softly, "How do you know that my name is Huai'er?" ”

Liang Chen was overjoyed when he saw that this trick was really effective, and replied: "During the day, you are talking behind the rockery, and your companions call you so. ”

"Oh......" Huai'er relaxed a little and said, "Are you looking for me, do you still want to ask about the day?" I really don't know much more......"

Liang Chen's mind turned around and said, "I just want to know why Miss Huai'er suddenly stopped eating steamed buns?" When I came here just now, I heard a palace maid say that Huai'er used to like to eat crystal buns made by Aunt Lian the most, but after hearing that rumor, she refused to move again......

It was clearly just a very ordinary question, or even a topic that the palace people used to joke, but Huai'er's face changed suddenly, and she even retched a few times uncontrollably against the wall.

"Miss Huai'er, are you okay?" Liang Chen became more and more suspicious of what this Huai'er knew, if he just listened to the rumors, he might be a little resistant to the buns, just like himself, he might not be able to see the buns for ten days and a half months, but he wouldn't stop eating them all the time, because the impact of the rumors on people is limited, just like those palace maids, all of them regard "human meat buns" as a joke, but why is Huai'er afraid of abnormalities?

Huai'er held back the churning in her stomach, wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and turned around to escape, but was grabbed by Liang Chen's arm, "Miss Huai'er, did you see something?" ”

"Let go of me, I don't know anything!"

Liang Chen is a big man anyway, and a weak palace maid naturally can't break free from his restraint, "Miss Huai'er, if you struggle again, you will have to lure others over, do you want others to know that you are hiding secrets?" ”

Huai'er stiffened and looked at Liang Chen with wide eyes. "Please, let me go, I really don't know anything......"

Liang Chen slowly let go of her arm and whispered: "I came here to interrogate on the orders of Lord Jiang, I suspect that there is a problem with the few people who broke into the imperial tomb before, if you don't say it now, Lord Jiang will definitely be interrogated one by one, and then your situation will be more passive, it is better to say it now, we will definitely protect your safety, and we will not let people know that it was you who said." ”

Huai'er was full of hesitation, and when she saw that he didn't stop until he reached his goal, he gritted his teeth and said, "You come with me." She looked around carefully, took advantage of the darkness to a more remote corner, and opened a door and entered.

The two entered the house, and Huai'er looked around before saying, "I saw ......."

Liang Chen frowned: "What do you see?" Human meat buns? ”

Huai'er tugged on the placket of her chest tightly, forcibly suppressed the nausea in her stomach, and nodded, "Yes...... I see it...... Aunt Lian was chopping meat in the kitchen in the middle of the night, and I saw a finger ......"

"What are you doing in the kitchen so late?"

"That day, I was punished by Aunt Lian for dinner, and I was so hungry in the middle of the night that I wanted to go to the big kitchen to find something to eat, but I didn't expect it...... Seeing something you shouldn't see...... I was so frightened that I quickly turned around and went back to my accommodation, and the next morning I woke up thinking I had a nightmare, but in the afternoon, I heard that someone had eaten fingernails in a bun......"

"She's chopping meat in the kitchen, won't anyone hear her?"

"The big kitchen is far from where we live, so it's usually inaudible, but the guards at night should be able to hear it when they're on patrol, but I don't know why they didn't find out."

If you say you don't know, you can know if you don't want to.

"I'm afraid it's not that the guards didn't find out, it's that they knew about it in the first place? At least the guards on that day were aware. ”

Huai'er didn't respond when she heard this, and hung her head slightly.

Liang Chen thought thoughtfully, the guards were under the control of Liu Yong, since there was a problem with the guards, what about Liu Yong? "Is that Aunt Lian close to Lord Liu?"

"They are all mausoleum guards, and they are naturally familiar with how many years they have been here. However, Lord Liu has a family, and he doesn't often interact with us palace maids. ”

"Lord Liu has a family? We didn't see it when we came. ”

"Lord Liu's wife and daughter are all in charge of the stables at the bottom of the mountain, and they don't stay with us."

"I see." Liang Chen thought for a while and asked, "You said that you were punished by Aunt Lian that night, so you didn't have dinner, but she, a cook, can still manage you palace maids?" ”

"Aunt Lian is actually the aunt in charge of our palace maids, but she likes to cook, so she often helps the cook cook in the big kitchen." Huai'er pursed her lips, "I told you everything I know, can I go?" ”

"Miss Huai'er seems to be very afraid of that Aunt Lian?"

"Aunt Lian came out of the palace, the rules are very strict, unlike us, in fact, it is just an ordinary family from a mausoleum, and she has not been taught for a few days, Aunt Lian often looks at us unpleasantly, saying that we have no rules...... Moreover, I know that she makes human meat buns, and of course she will be scared ......"

Speaking of which, Liang Chen should have asked about the same, and for the rest of the things, he just needs to go back and confirm with his son, "Thank you, Miss Huai'er." ”

Huai'er glanced at him, bowed slightly, and quickly turned around and walked out of the room. Liang Chen watched her figure flash from the window lattice, and then opened the door and walked out.

Back at the accommodation arranged for them by Liu Yong, Jiang Rin had already returned, Xiong Yishan immediately grabbed him, showed his aunt smile, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "I heard that you went to find a girl named Huai'er?" ”

Liang Chen slapped him on the head, glared fiercely, and turned his head to look at Jiang Rin, "Childe." ”

"Hmm." Jiang Rin looked at him and asked, "But what's wrong?" ”

When Xiong Yishan heard this, he immediately rubbed his red head and leaned over to listen.

Liang Chen said what Huai'er said word for word, and guessed: "There must be something wrong with those 'tomb robbers' of unknown origin, but I don't know how much Lord Liu knows and what he is hiding." ”

"Find an opportunity to inquire about the origin of that Aunt Lian, and who the guards who patrolled the night that day were."

"Yes, Childe."

As the master and servant were saying this, a long sound suddenly came to mind outside, like a drama hanging their throats.

"Huh? What's moving? Xiong Yishan immediately jumped up.

Jiang Rin frowned and got up and walked outside, the voice became clear and more permeable, and if you listened carefully, it was the woman's sharp and long laughter, cold and miserable, as if it came from the depths of the earth, and then echoed in this empty mountain, the sound was infinitely amplified and echoed, and it was terrifying to hear.

The doors and windows of the palace people's residence were tightly closed, but there were still a few brave people who came out to see what the situation was, wondering what this Lord Jiang would say.

Liu Yong also appeared in their courtyard at this time and said, "Can Master Jiang hear me?" ”

Jiang Rin let out a faint "um" and said, "It's a woman's laughter." After a pause, he said, "People say that they are not afraid of ghosts crying, but they are afraid of ghosts laughing." ”

Lord Liu looked at Jiang Rin in surprise, "Lord Jiang still understands this?" ”

Jiang Rin looked at the flickering blue light where the mausoleum of the Imperial Concubine was located, and said, "I heard the old man talk about it when I was a child. It is said that people have words, and ghosts have ghosts. Humans and ghosts can't communicate. If a ghost cries at you, it means that it can't harm people, but it is unwilling to die. But if the ghost smiles at you, it means that he is deeply resentful and has become a powerful ghost, but he is the worst of the worst. ”

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