Chapter 500: Longmen Seeks Relatives

Luoyang and Chang'an were built very early, but in the former Sui Dynasty, because the old cities of Chang'an and Luoyang were too dilapidated, so new cities were established successively, and all of them came from the hands of Yu Wenkai, the master of the former Sui Dynasty, that is, the husband of Qi Niang in Li Xiu's family, and the brother of Yu Wenyi, which also led to the city construction of Chang'an and Luoyang being very similar, and they were all very neat square city structures. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Luoyang City also has a palace, because Yang Guang once moved the capital from Chang'an to Luoyang, but the palace in Luoyang is located in the northwest corner of the city, while the palace in Chang'an is located in the middle of the north of the city. After Li Xiu and his party entered Luoyang City, they lived directly in the palace of Luoyang City, which was also specially explained by Li Shimin before they came, after all, whether it is the eldest princess of Tong'an or the princess of Pingyang, they are all qualified to live in the palace, of course, the most core palaces in the palace must not be able to live.

As soon as she lived in the palace, the eldest princess of Tong'an immediately summoned the old servant who said that she had seen her daughter before, and this loyal old servant has stayed in Luoyang since she found out about this and did not return to her hometown, but asked around about the whereabouts of the eldest princess of Tong'an's daughter, so as soon as the eldest princess arrived, she immediately summoned the other party.

The eldest princess of Tong'an has been separated from her daughter for many years, and this time is almost her last hope, so the old lady is also very excited, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang are also accompanying her, after a while, I saw an old servant with the same white hair walking in quickly, and then saluted the eldest princess of Tong'an and said: "The old slave greets Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" ”

"No need to be polite, can you find out the whereabouts of the county lord during this time?" The eldest princess of Tong'an said very eagerly at this time, the title of county lord is generally a princess, or a title that can only be obtained by the daughter of a few princes, but the eldest princess of Tong'an is Li Yuan's only sister, and she has no son, and her daughter has also helped Li Yuan speak many times, which can be regarded as a credit to the Tang Dynasty, so even if she is missing, Li Yuan still posthumously named her the county lord of Guanghua to show kindness.

"The eldest princess, the old slave is fortunate not to be dishonored, and finally found out the whereabouts of the county lord!" I saw this old slave report to the eldest princess of Tong'an with an excited expression.

As soon as she heard the good news, the eldest princess of Tong'an immediately stood up excitedly, but then her body shook a few times, her right hand was also covered in her chest, she opened her mouth and gasped for breath a few times, and her face was a little pale, which made Princess Pingyang next to her also startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her and said, "Auntie, don't be too excited, don't hurt your body!" ”

Li Xiu was also a little worried at this time, after all, the eldest princess of Tong'an was already an old man of almost sixty, and if she really got a heart attack, cerebral thrombosis or something like that because of her emotions, it would be terrible.

Fortunately, the eldest princess of Tong'an finally calmed down, stared at the old servant below at the moment, and asked word by word: "Tell me quickly, where is Huining?" ”

Hui Ning is the name of Princess Pingyang's cousin, and her name "Xiuning" is only one word different, in fact, these two names were originally discussed with Princess An and Li Yuan's wife, the Lonely Family, so their cousins' names are so similar.

"The eldest princess, the old slave found out that the woman who looked very similar to the county lord was actually a female crown, and she lived in a Taoist temple in the south of Luoyang City. I saw this old servant report again.

Hearing that the other party hadn't yet determined whether the female crown was her daughter, this made the eldest princess of Tong'an couldn't help but show a little disappointed expression, but then she cheered up, and immediately commanded with a resolute face: "Prepare the car, take me to that Taoist temple!" ”

The old servant below immediately agreed when he heard this, in fact, he had found the Taoist temple for several days, but he had never dared to go in, mainly because he was afraid that there would be some accidents, which would cause him to be unable to bear this responsibility, so he only sent people to guard outside the Taoist temple in the past few days, while waiting for the arrival of the eldest princess of Tong'an.

Seeing her aunt's excited appearance, Princess Pingyang was also relieved to let her go alone, so after handing over the child to the nurse to take care of, she personally helped the eldest princess of Tong'an to get into the carriage, Li Xiu was actually very tired, after all, after walking for such a long time, he also wanted to take a bath and rest, but he was also not worried about the eldest princess of Tong'an, so he also got into the carriage together.

At this time, it was already in the afternoon, seeing that the sun had set in the west, and it might be time for dinner in a while, but Li Xiu and the others in the carriage did not have this mind, and the front was opened by the guards, and the carriage also galloped all the way, out of the city gate and went straight to the south of the city.

Luoyang is named after Luoshui, but in addition to Luoshui, there is also a very important river, that is, Yishui, Yishui and Luoshui jointly support the Heluo culture, but on the mountain walls on both sides of Yishui, there is the famous Luoyang Longmen Grottoes in later generations.

When it comes to the Longmen Grottoes, many people think that this grotto is carved in the Tang Dynasty, the reason why there is such a thought, because in the Longmen Grottoes, there are sixty percent of the carvings of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, in the Northern Wei Dynasty before the Tang Dynasty, the Longmen Grottoes have begun to be built, but the scale of the grottoes at this time is not large, probably only about two or three percent of the later generations, so the fame of the Longmen Grottoes is not very large, but the mountains and rivers of Longmen are very beautiful, so the Longmen Mountains have always been one of the famous local landscapes in Luoyang.

It is precisely because of the fame of Longmen Mountain, so in addition to Buddhism, Taoism is also eyeing here, so in the mountains and rivers of Yishui, there are also some Taoist temples, of course, except for a few famous incense temples for people to worship, most of the remaining small Taoist temples are some practice views, and are not open to outsiders.

The carriage took Li Xiu and them to a hill on the bank of the Yishui River, the area of the hill is not large, it is not very steep, it is estimated that it is only about a few hundred meters, the mountain is full of bamboo, even in winter, it is still green, it looks very delicate.

"The eldest princess of Qiqi, the Taoist temple is on this hill, but there is no road on this mountain, and the carriage can't go up at all, so we can only go up!" At this time, I saw that the old servant who led the way stepped forward again and spoke.

"Up the hill!" The eldest princess of Tong'an thought about her daughter, not to mention a small mountain, even if the Yellow River was in front of her, she had to find a way to fly over.

Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang can also understand the eldest princess of Tong'an, when one person supported the old lady, the three of them took the lead on the path up the mountain, this mountain is obviously not a famous mountain, and there are usually few people here, so the road up the mountain is actually a rugged path, many places have been covered by dark yellow weeds, but some shallow footprints can be seen on some roads, indicating that someone has walked here.

At this time, it was not early, and the mountain road was not easy to walk, but the eldest princess of Tong'an did not complain about being tired at all, and finally at dusk, the group finally climbed to the top of this hill. Compared with the rugged mountain road, the top of the mountain seems relatively flat, although the area is not large, but there is a very lush bamboo forest, and among the bamboo forest, a corner of the eaves quietly stretches out, a few wisps of white smoke also rise from the bamboo forest, it looks very quiet and peaceful.

Li Xiu and his wife supported the eldest princess of Tong'an, through the stone path between the bamboo forests, and immediately saw a small Taoist temple hidden in the bamboo forest, saying that it was a Taoist temple, but in fact it was more like a family hidden in the mountains.

The only sign that represents the Taoist temple is a mottled plaque on the gate, because it is late, the light in the bamboo forest is relatively dark, and the handwriting on the plaque is also blurred, so Li Xiu recognized it for a long time, and then he barely recognized the three words "Yishui View" written on it.

Looking at the simple little Taoist temple in front of her, the eldest princess of Tong'an became excited again, no, to be precise, it should be fear, and even her whole body began to tremble slightly, because she was afraid that if the female crown in it was not her daughter, then she would even have her last hope to be dashed, and at her age, I am afraid that she would never want to see her daughter again in this life.

Feeling the fear coming from her aunt, Princess Pingyang gently patted the hand of the eldest princess of Tong'an, and a reassuring smile appeared on her face, and then she stepped forward in person and patted the door knocker gently, and the hollow knock sounded in the mountains and forests, startling a few birds perched in the bamboo forest.

With the sound of knocking on the door, there was soon a sound of light footsteps in the Taoist temple, and then the door opened, a middle-aged woman with an ordinary appearance and wearing a Taoist robe opened the door, and when she saw so many people standing outside the door, she couldn't help but be startled, and immediately said very vigilantly: "Who are you looking for, what do you mean here?" ”

Seeing this middle-aged woman who opened the door, Li Xiu immediately judged that the other party was definitely not the daughter of the eldest princess of Tong'an, after all, the other party was a concubine for Yang Guang, in addition to her background, her appearance was also very important, and the other party was too ordinary, it was definitely impossible to be the one who was the imperial concubine!

"Excuse me, do you have anyone else here?" Sure enough, when the eldest princess of Tong'an saw the other party, she was puzzled at first, and then asked.

The middle-aged female Taoist priest may have seen that the eldest princess of Tong'an was kind-looking, and there were female dependents around her, and she was definitely not a robber, so she was relieved and replied: "There are indeed other people in our view, but I don't know who you want to find, old lady?" ”

"Senior sister, who is here?" Just as the middle-aged female Taoist priest's words fell, she suddenly heard a crisp voice coming from the courtyard again, and then a thirty-year-old and graceful female Taoist priest walked out, and when she saw the eldest princess of Tong'an in front of the door, her footsteps stopped suddenly!