Chapter 278: The world is so big that there are no wonders
Why did Feng Yunzhan say the name of a Qinglou, and what was the purpose, Gao Hongyi didn't have the energy to think about it. Moreover, he thinks that he is not a stupid person, Feng Yunzhan is the Tang Dynasty Di Renjie, but he is also a human being, even if he is better than himself, as he said, understand the deep meaning of those eight words, and he can solve his dilemma in three steps, but do he really want to go to the Qinglou to experience it? Gao Hongyi shook his head when he thought about it!
There is no clue about other things for the time being, it is better to do something real, not to mention that this is what he has always wanted to do. Early the next morning, he took Tu Su out of the courtyard to search for his parents' bones.
Mei Rou found out and said that after the death row prisoners of the Jin Kingdom were killed, if no one collected the corpses, they would all be still in the mass grave outside the Lihua Gate in the west of the city.
In addition to the gate of the inner city, the gate of the inner city opened a little later, and the Lihua Gate, Gu Hua Gate, and Dazzle Gate of the other outer cities were opened as soon as the rooster crowed, and the sky was still gray at that time, not all bright, and the guards of the city gate were upright when the night and day shifts were changed, the check was very loose, Gao Hongyi and Tu Su were dressed as Dali merchants, and they easily passed the inspection of the city gate.
The mass grave is about five miles west of Lihuamen, and then about ten miles further south. Gao Hongyi and the others quickly arrived at the five miles that Mei Rou said, but there were two roads to the south, one seemed to be a straight road and the other was a detour.
"Master, which way shall we go?" Tu Su asked.
There is nothing to guide on both sides of the road, and there is no big difference between the two roads except for the bend and the straight, and Gao Hongyi will also have difficulties for a while. Because the roads near the middle capital are all forked, take the wrong one, you may go farther and farther, or you may go around and return to the original place, this is when the Jin people entered the middle capital, in order to prevent someone like them in the future can easily enter the middle capital, specially built to confuse outsiders, the purpose is to meet the danger, play a role in delay.
Tu Su proposed, choose any one, maybe you choose the right one. Gao Hongyi obviously disagreed, it's okay to choose the right one, if you choose the wrong one, you will have to run for nothing today. Because they have to rush back to the middle capital city before noon, if it is after noon, the gate of the middle capital city is very strictly inspected, if it is found that they have left the city without permission, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Coincidentally, at this time, the sky was a little bright, and a woodcutter chopping wood passed by them, and Gao Hongyi hurriedly stopped him, "Uncle, go slowly." β
The woodcutter had a gray beard, but his body was strong, and the autumn wind was very cold, but he was only dressed in single clothes, and there was sweat on his forehead. The old man only walked with his head down, and when he heard someone talking, he raised his head and saw Gao Hongyi, "Are you calling me?" β
"Exactly, the old man is well." Gao Hongyi got off the horse and walked to the woodcutter, very polite.
"Young man, what's wrong?"
"Uncle, do you know that the road here leads to a mass grave?"
"Mass graves?" The woodcutter looked at Gao Hongyi, who was dressed in Dali national costume, curiously, "What are you doing in that place?" β
"Let's go find someone, do you know how to go?" Tu Su said anxiously.
"Looking for someone in a mass grave?" The woodcutter is even stranger.
Gao Hongyi hurriedly explained, "Don't misunderstand, uncle, we were entrusted by someone to search for the remains of friends and relatives. β
"It's like a human saying." The woodcutter was about to show the way, but he hesitated again and asked, "Are your friend's relatives Jin or Dali?" β
"Well, what's the point here?" Gao Hongyi was puzzled.
"That's natural, people looking for gold take this straight road, and other foreigners take that detour. The straight road is naturally better, and the feng shui is also very good, where we all call it a mass grave, the Jin people don't call it that, they call that place is a hero field or a hero mound, and the old woodcutter can't remember clearly. The woodcutter explained.
"I see, thank you, uncle." Gao Hongyi thanked the woodcutter and rode his horse to the detour.
The detour road is worthy of this name, along the way twists and turns, Gao Hongyi and the two of them can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest if they can't go far, they walk and walk, there are a lot of ownerless tombs on the side of the road, big mounds all over the mountains, and small dirt slopes, it seems that they are mass graves.
Gao Hongyi took a closer look, this mass grave is equivalent to a large dirt slope, surrounded by soil, when the wind blows, the dust is flying all over the sky, and the eyes of people who are confused can't open it. Finally, when the wind subsided a little, Gao Hongyi could completely see the whole picture of this place. In addition to dozens of small mounds near the roadside, there are wooden signs in front of the grave, and a little further inside, there is a large flat land, occasionally a little undulating, he was dumbfounded all of a sudden.
"What kind of mass grave is this? It's a big dirt slope! Tu Su glanced at it and couldn't help but say.
"Don't talk nonsense, get off the horse and take a look." Gao Hongyi was bent on finding the bones of his parents, and he didn't have the heart to think about anything else.
The two of them dismounted and looked, there are dozens of wooden plaques here, most of the wooden plaques are engraved with the surname Duan, and they also have the surname Li, the surname Cun, or the surname Shi, and a few seem to be Mongolian names.
"My lord, these seem to be the surnames of some Dali, Xixia or Mongolians! Looking at the surname, none of them are from our Song Dynasty, this is not right, was the woodcutter lying to us just now? Tu Su said.
Gao Hongyi naturally discovered this, there are indeed no tombs of the Song people here, but the old man did not lie to himself, there are indeed some foreigners here.
What the hell went wrong there? They walked forward, crossed the small dirt slope, there were people in front of them, all of them were dressed as villagers, as if they were worshipping, Gao Hongyi walked over and asked, to see if they knew why there were no Song people here.
"You are looking for the lonely souls and wild ghosts of the Song people, why did you come to this place? Here are the remains of Dali, Western Xia and Mongols, not the Song people. β
"Since it's no longer here, you know it's there?"
"It depends on whether you are looking for the remnants of the Song people, or the death row prisoners of the Song Kingdom. No one collected the corpses of the remnants of the Song people, and they were all burned after they died. Most of the death row prisoners in the Song State were also burned, and only some high-ranking officials and relatives of the emperor were not burned. β
"Uh, it's burned, why?" Gao Hongyi was very puzzled, but his heart became nervous.
"I've only heard of what unclaimed corpses are too many and burned clean, and I don't know the rest." The man said, obviously not wanting to stay here for a long time, and hurried away.
A person next to him had been listening, and after seeing the man leave, he whispered: "That's a Western Xia barbarian, he knows a fart." If this son wants to know the remains of the Song people, I will tell you. β
"Well, thank you Brother Tai, what do you call Brother Tai." Gao Hongyi thought that he had met a good person, so he hurriedly said politely.
"Childe is too polite, just call me Liu Er. However, if Childe wants to know, he still needs to... The man said and gave Gao Hongyi a look, smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Huh?" Gao Hongyi paused for a moment, and didn't understand for a while, but Tu Su saw it clearly, and hurriedly took out some copper plates and handed them over.
It turned out to be asking for money, Gao Hongyi realized it, and secretly scolded himself for being too naΓ―ve. However, he didn't see such a simple thing, obviously because there were too many troubles in recent days, and his brain was messed up.
Liuer took it with a smile and said, "Jin Song knew about the war some time ago, right? During that time, the Jin people were killed and injured a lot, and the Jin people in Zhongdu were angry when they saw the Song people, but they couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, so they could only take the dead out of anger, so they leveled the mass graves of the Song people. After that, the Song people who died, whether anyone collected the corpses or not, were all sent here to be burned. Liu Er's sharp-beaked monkey cheeks pointed to a gray place in the distance and said, "That's it." β
"What about the royal relatives who died in Zhongdu before the Song Kingdom, and they are all flat?" Gao Hongyi asked eagerly.
"No, they're not here anymore."
"Where are they?"
Liu Er didn't speak, and stretched out his hand again.
This time, Gao Hongyi understood it and said, "Didn't you give it just now?" β
"That's what happened, my eldest son."
Gao Hongyi was a little unhappy, but he still took out the silver and handed it over, he didn't want to waste time with such people, but he still said: "Don't lie to me!" β
Liu Eryi saw that it was silver, his face was full of smiles, and he said excitedly: "How dare you be small." What the little one said is absolutely true, don't worry! β
"Less nonsense, talk faster."
"After those imperial relatives of the Song Kingdom died, they were all buried on the hill outside the gate of the city!" After Liu Er finished speaking, he looked at Gao Hongyi, "If the son is in a hurry, the little one will take you over." After saying that, he stretched out his hand again.
"You want more silver, don't you?"
"Childe is smart, and it's not easy to find that place."
Gao Hongyi saw that his hand was a little disgusting, hesitated and said, "This son asked you to lead the way, but not today, tomorrow?" Although he was a little disgusted with Liu Er, no matter whether what Liu Er said was true or not, he could only believe him, after all, this place was not clear to him. However, it was close to noon at this moment, and it would take time for them to rush back, and they would not be able to go to the city gate today, so they could only wait for tomorrow.
Liu Er smiled and said, "Good tomorrow, tomorrow the little one will wait for the son at the city gate." β
Gao Hongyi nodded, and was about to get on the horse and leave, Liu Er hurriedly stopped him and said, "Son, don't worry, you have to give a deposit." β
"Deposit?" Gao Hongyi was completely impatient.
"yes, if you don't go tomorrow, I can't run for nothing!" Liu Er said seriously.
"Fix your M's head, get out of my way!" Gao Hong was resolute, so he got on his horse and left. He was already very upset, and today was not a very smooth day, and he met such a guy who saw money and opened his eyes, which completely made him angry.
"If you don't give, you won't give? What are you angry about? Liu Er was very aggrieved.
Tu Su didn't chase Gao Hongyi, but asked Liu Er curiously, "What are you doing?" You won't be in this mass grave all day! β
"It's a help!" Liu Er said and pointed to the group of Xixia people who had just left and said, "See, if I hadn't brought them here, their ancestors would have become lonely ghosts in this life." β
"I see, it's a good errand to help the living find the dead, and to help people find relatives! Accumulate virtue! β
Liu Er smiled and said: "Son, don't say cool things, and don't look down on Liu Er, Liu Er is not so virtuous, and he doesn't have any great ability, so he will get some scattered silver and two envoys." Well, you're going back tomorrow? β
"Go" It's windy here again, Tu Su didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he hurriedly chased Gao Hongyi.
The next day, Liu Ertian arrived at the gate of the city before dawn, and after waiting for a long time, Gao Hongyi and Tu Su really went. This time, Gao Hongyi didn't talk nonsense, and when he saw Liu Er, he directly gave Liu Er a few taels of silver, it seems that yesterday because he was upset, he scolded Liu Er angrily, and made amends to Liu Er, which made Liu Er a little embarrassed.
Liu Er took them around and around and went up the mountain, if Liu Er hadn't led the way, they would never have been able to find this place. This is on a hillside, because they came early, after arriving here, the dew is still hanging, through layers of weeds, and finally saw the first tomb, or a stone tablet, on the book: "The tomb of Zhao of the Song Dynasty Erpin"
"Childe, I didn't lie to you!" Liu Er said seriously, "However, this is only a few years ago, and the last few years have been burned, over there." β
Gao Hongyi looked at the place pointed by Liu Er, it was like an altar, and the surroundings were the same as the ones he saw yesterday, the ground was full of ash and smoke.
"Someone!" Two men in black suddenly appeared from behind the altar.