Lu Guang took out the sacrificial clothes prepared for Tuoba Shen from the car, walked to Tuoba Shen's side, Tuoba Shen removed the gauze and put the sacrificial clothes on. This set of sacrificial clothes was originally on the right side, so yesterday I asked Mrs. Chen to help change it to the left side overnight. The clothes are small, and it is much easier to change, so I got them before dawn.

Zheng Daozhao and Liu Wenyuan also changed into sacrificial clothes, and then because Zhong led the rest of the men to take the prepared sacrifices and sacrificial vessels, wine, incense and candles, and the four people in front of them with knives to chop thorns and grass to open the way.

Originally, I was going to go in by car, but now that I see the scenery on this Shinto, I can only get out of the car and walk. Only two sergeants were left on the side of the road to guard the carriages and horses.

The Shinto of the Chu Ning Tomb is very far away, three or four miles, plus the road is overgrown with weeds, thorns all over the ground, and there are bumps and bumps along the way, so it takes a lot of time to reach the end of the Shinto of the Chu Ning Tomb. Here, there stands a Shinto tablet three zhang high and half a zhang wide, the front is engraved with nine words of "Emperor Gaozu Wu of Song Dynasty", and the back is engraved with eight words of "Emperor Gaozu Wu of Song Dynasty Chu Ning".

Just in the official road because of the distance is too far, only noticed the main part of the tomb of the Chu Ning Mausoleum, before and after the discovery, here is not only the main mausoleum part, there is a palace ruins in front of the tomb forty zhang, the left and right thirty zhang of the hall each have a slightly smaller than the area of the hall with the ruins. Enjoy the palace, naturally it was used by Emperor Liu Song to worship Liu Yu, and the two side halls were used to store sacrificial vessels, car clothes, ceremonial guards and some utensils used by Liu Yu during his lifetime.

It's just that these mausoleums are now only left with uneven abutments, which have obvious traces of fire, some remnants of bricks and tiles scattered everywhere, and some rammed earth walls have not completely collapsed, but they have reached the verge of collapse.

In addition to these three side halls, it is only said that there are two mausoleum gates and the remains of the mausoleum wall in the distance of about 50 zhang from the square of the Chuning Mausoleum to the Shinto, and the remains of the entire mausoleum area are very similar to a simplified "Hui" character in the remaining doors and wall remains. The inner and outer mausoleum gates and mausoleum walls also have traces of fire and obvious vandalism.

Tuoba Shen thought to himself, maybe this was secretly done by someone sent by the Southern Qi Imperial Court, otherwise it would be too clean, right? Not to mention the temple walls, even the rammed earth walls have been torn down. Perhaps some of the unburned wood and masonry were also moved home by the people nearby. The entire mausoleum area can be described by the phrase "razed to the ground".

Carefully passing through the two mausoleum gates, entering the Xiangdian Square, bypassing the ruined pedestal of the Xiangdian that has only left the remnants of the seven-foot-high Xiangdian, Tuoba Shen and others walked to the high slope in front of the tomb, and saw that there was only one large stone tripod that had only left the left side of the tripod ear, and there were some ashes left in the tripod, which had been tightly combined after so many years of wind and sun. In front of the stone tripod there is also a large altar polished with limestone.

Tuoba Shen looked up at Liu Yu's tomb on the slope, and saw that it was covered with trees and vines of different sizes, and the tomb was covered. Most of the bowls are thick, about three zhang high. But even so, if you want to chop and trim with a ring-headed knife, I don't know how long it will take.

"Liu Qing, I didn't think that the forest in front of the mausoleum was so luxuriant, if it was chopped with a knife, I was afraid that it would not be a day's work. It's better to take a short break today, just remove the weeds and vines, and if you have the heart, you can hire some people to clean up here tomorrow. "Tuoba Shen doesn't want to delay too much time here, it's almost time now, there is not so much time to waste, and this Chu Ning Mausoleum is so deserted, I'm afraid that the Changning Mausoleum is similar, can't it be pruned seriously?

He was able to accompany him here, although in addition to seeing Liu Chang's face, there was also a reason why he wanted to personally visit the mausoleums of Liu Yu and Liu Yilong's father and son. But this matter is a copy after all, so you can't waste two or three days, right? Besides, he is not Liu Yu's descendant!

Since Liu Wenyuan entered the Chuning Mausoleum, he was also excited to see his great-grandfather's mausoleum so deserted, and then saw the ruins and broken walls everywhere, and his heart was dripping blood. He grew up in Jiangbei, and the name Liu Yu is very far away from him except for his great-grandfather, and he has never enjoyed the glory of the emperor and grandson, let alone experienced it. Today, I entered the Chuning Mausoleum, witnessed the glorious past of their Liu family, recalled the great achievements of my great-grandfather, and couldn't help but stir in my chest, and I couldn't calm down for a moment.

In this land of thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River, tens of millions of people, they should all belong to my Liu family! Liu Wenyuan clenched his fists and thought as he looked at his great-grandfather's mausoleum.

Interrupted by Tuoba Shen's voice, Liu Wenyuan thought for a moment and replied, "What Lang Jun said is very true. Today, it is a blessing for Delangjun to accompany the ancestors of the family, how dare he work harder. ”

Tuoba Shen was a little unnatural by Liu Wenyuan's words. Liu Yu is heroic and heroic, and he admired him very much when he read history books in his previous life. When he was in Pingcheng before, he thought that he could come to pay tribute to the famous generals and scholars of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties. Now that I can participate in the sweeping sacrifice of Liu Yu, it can be regarded as a fulfillment of my old wish, but I can't say anything about "heavenly luck".

"Liu Qing is overrated. Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty set an example, and there are few people in the world who can do it. Lonely also admires it. ”

After watching Liu Wenyuan and others mow the vine grass for a while, Tuoba Shen felt bored, so he looked around with Lu Guang and Zheng Daozhao. In the end, I found an arrow cluster engraved with "Pengcheng Liu" on the base of the Xiangdian platform, but unfortunately the outside was seriously rusted because of long-term sun and rain, but it should still be able to collect if it is grinded. And on the left, between the collapsed walls of the side hall, there is also a Tie Yu that has lost its wooden handle, and the words "Pengcheng Liu" are also engraved on it, which seems to be the agricultural tools used by Liu Yu when he was a commoner. For Tuoba Shen, this farm tool is more interesting and collectible than the arrow cluster.

After clearing the weeds and vines and a few newly discovered birds' nests, Tuoba Shen ordered the prepared sacrificial vessels to be placed in rows, and in addition to rice, wheat rice, beef, mutton, and several common vegetables, several kinds of dried fruits, preserved fruits, wine, and tea were also prepared.

Originally, the young prison ceremony allowed by Nanqi was decided not to be used after Liu Wenyuan thought about it carefully. Shaojiao belongs to the courtesy of the princes in the etiquette system, and uses the etiquette of the princes to sacrifice his great-grandfather and grandfather, Liu Wenyuan is reluctant and does not dare to do so. Therefore, after discussing with Tuoba Shen and others, it was decided to abandon the Shao Prison Ceremony and only sacrifice with family rites. It's not so grand, but it's also free from the difficulty of bowing.

Tuoba Shen and Zheng Daozhao stood solemnly on the side, Zheng Daozhao praised Liu Wenyuan, and Tuoba Shen recited the sacrificial text.

The sacrificial text was written by Li Biao and Zheng Daozhao, mainly to praise Liu Yu for eliminating Huan Xuan, suppressing Sun En, capturing the two kings of Yan and Qin, and leveling Jiangnan. These are all real achievements, and this dynasty also admits it, Tuoba Shen is not afraid that someone will attack him with this. As long as you avoid the things that happened back then, you can do it.

After staying here for half an hour, Tuoba Shen and others came out of the Chuning Mausoleum after giving Liu Yu a salute together. As for the two ancestral halls, they stood aside from beginning to end and watched and listened, without saying a word, and only bowed and left together at the end of the farewell, but Tuoba Shen and the others were Changyi, and they were simply bowing their hands. I think I also have the intention of avoiding suspicion.

Tuoba Shen watched the movements of the two and thought to himself, it seems that the Liu family still has a very high status in the hearts of Jiankang Shimin, even if Liu Song has been extinct for more than ten years, the legacy is still there. Although these two people only simply saluted, it was not easy. After all, they are now wearing the official clothes of Nanqi, and they can't be as casual as them.