Chapter 96 Imperial Tomb Jinjing

Yang Ling read Li Juren's reply, and was really a little ashamed of Miss Gao, thinking that if he said it to her at this time, he was afraid that it would be even more sad, so he had to put this matter aside first, and then be confused and vague. He was also embarrassed to go to the back house again, so he stayed in the study for the night, and went to Tailing early the next morning.

Gao Wen's heart is like a mirror, in fact, he has already figured out such an ending. Her father is a local and a palace physician, and he has a great reputation in the countryside. Imperial Doctor Gao was on an errand in the palace, and there were villagers in the countryside who had incurable diseases to come to the door, and the eldest lady always showed up to treat people regardless of her identity, and her reputation also broke out.

There are many people in contact, and Miss Gao has also heard of the Xianggong who she has never met, and knows that the Li Mansion Shili heirloom and the scholarly disciples of the generations, and she also understands the behavior of this Xianggong's family.

Since she has entered the Workshop Division, it doesn't matter whether she is innocent or not, the important thing is that no one has a way to declare her innocence to the world. The Li family is a local gentry with status, how can they marry a new daughter-in-law to make people gossip? Besides, she is still a slave, and the Li family will not surrender her identity for her.

Yang Ling was embarrassed to go back to the back house to see her, which made her feel a little unhappy. Now Gao Wenxin doesn't dare to have any extravagant hopes for his future, although Han Youniang takes good care of her and treats her with courtesy, Gao Wenxin still stubbornly wears her maid clothes and gives her maid courtesy, and regards herself as a slave.

Tailing in the northwest of Changling Beacon Mountain, Yang Ling has just received the order has been to twice, this time again, see the radius of nearly 200 zhang Luo Cheng has begun to see the scale, the cemetery planning incense hall, wings, the god kitchen worship and so on have not yet been built, but Jinjing Baoshan City has been built.

Jinjing is the most central location of the underground palace and the most important place in the entire imperial tomb. Although he was only responsible for the construction and construction of the house, there would be no delay, Yang Ling still sent the soldiers and horses of the left sentry under his direct command to be responsible for the construction of the emperor's mausoleum. In charge of the project in the mausoleum is Feng Tang, the new capital secretary of the third division, this person is calm and down-to-earth, and he has also endured hardships.

Not far from the cemetery, a row of houses were built on the mountain, which was the place where the officials of the Qin Tianjian, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Shenji Battalion often worked.

As soon as Peng Jizu saw Yang Ling, he smiled and said: "My lord, you can come over and take a look every other month, and our brothers are also watching the rabbit cubs work from above, how can this mausoleum be built with other yamen hearts, there is nothing to do."

Yang Ling said: "Well, it's hard work for the generals, but the emperor issued this mission, and the officials of all ministries are guarding the mausoleum, if I don't come, I will inevitably be criticized." In fact, the official also thinks that our people are just coolies, as long as the officers and soldiers are not lazy, what can we soldiers say about the construction of the mausoleum? ”

Feng Tang frowned slightly, looking like he wanted to stop talking, and after listening to Yang Ling's words, he finally couldn't help but say: "My lord, a few days ago, at lunch, a brother reported that the golden well of the underground palace was leaking, and the lower officials have not reported this matter to the adults."

Lian Delu touched the pockmarks on his face, and said disapprerovingly: "I said Lao Feng, you are too cautious, the underground palace is dug so deeply, it is a loss that this is on the mountain, otherwise dozens of wells have also been dug out, what is so strange about water seepage?" ”

These generals are not literate, and they don't know much about feng shui, and they don't realize how powerful they are. Not long after Feng Tang was promoted, he was sarcastically ridiculed by Lian Dusi, and he couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly defended: "

The last general heard about it and didn't think it was anything remarkable, but the strange thing is that Lord Ni, the Qintian Eunuch, and the attendant of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly rushed to the scene when they heard the news, looking like they were facing a great enemy, and the last general saw the strange and wanted to follow up the mausoleum to take a look, but they stopped him, and Lord Ni drove out the seven or eight brothers who were guarding it under the pretext of surveying the geography to measure the good fortune and evil, and it took more than an hour before we were allowed to return to the underground palace."

Yang Ling's expression moved, leaned forward, looked at him attentively, and said, "Keep talking, what happened later?" ”

Lian and Peng saw that his expression was a little dignified, and they didn't dare to laugh nonsense, but just looked at Feng Tang, Feng Tang said: "After the lower officials went back, they found that there was no spring overflowing at the mouth of the well. When Dai's father-in-law heard this, he was furious, and even snatched the whip and scolded him, not allowing anyone to spread rumors again. The last general saw that they were so cautious, and then he became suspicious."

Yang Ling paced slowly a few steps in the room, and muttered: "The underground palace is the place where the coffin of the first emperor is placed, if the underground palace seeps water, it is indeed a big deal. However, digging so deep in the underground palace, I have never seen any impermeability.

Isn't there also three waterproof walls up to 12 meters thick around the underground palace made of loess, plaster mud, and stones? The last time I came, I also saw Li Shilang personally holding an arrow to shoot the rammed earth layer to test whether the rammed earth is strong, which shows that water seepage is a common thing when digging the underground palace, why is Jinjing water seepage so nervous? ”

He thought about it for a long time and couldn't help but glance at Yang Yiqing inquiringly, Yang Yiqing also shook his head, and said: "My lord, all of you are generals who lead troops to fight, and we don't know these things about Feng Shui, but the Qin Tianjian and the squire of the Ministry of Rites must know, why not ask them?" ”

Lian Delu sneered: "Xiao Yang, don't you see that those adults don't look down on us leading troops?" They don't even pay much attention to the generals, if you want to hide it, you can ask? ”

Yang Yiqing smiled slightly, just looking at Yang Ling, Yang Ling smiled knowingly: "Don't say it?" Let's go and see it ourselves, go, as soon as we clear the people and bring the incense case, the official will sacrifice the tomb, and then go inside to take a look."

Yang Ling arrived at Tailing, solemnly and solemnly placed the Xiangjing Mausoleum, worshiped with great fanfare, and then ordered the soldiers in the underground palace to withdraw, and then led the three officials into the underground palace to investigate.

The so-called underground palace golden well, also known as the cave, is where the dragon's lair of the imperial tomb is located, so once it is dug, it is not something that anyone can touch at will. This golden well is actually only a hole with a diameter of half a foot and a depth of about one meter.

Moreover, the soil taken out when digging the cave is called auspicious soil, which should be presented to the emperor's imperial review, and then kept in the hall of the Ministry of Rites, and after the emperor is buried, it will be backfilled with rare treasures to seek the town tomb and rest the soil, which shows its importance.

Therefore, this golden well, theoretically, only five ministers who have been ordered are qualified to reach out and visit it. Yang Ling incense, clean hands, then came to the underground palace, the underground palace has been covered with the top, but has not yet sealed the soil, the huge palace pillars in the underground palace, the stone platform has been arranged seventy percent, placed in the center of the coffin of the stone platform, is the hook through yin and yang, exchange vitality of the golden well.

Yang Ling came to the Jinjing and stretched out his hand to probe the wall of the well, although there was some cool tide, but it didn't seem to have been soaked in water, he couldn't help but be stunned, Feng Tang hurriedly said: "My lord, the last general once asked the chief, but he insisted that he had indeed seen the water gushing from the Jinjing with his own eyes, and several brothers in the underground palace at that time also said so, it can't be a mistake together, right?" ”。

Yang Ling thought about it, leaned on the stone and probed most of his body into it, and groped at the bottom of the cave for a while, the bottom of the cave felt very dry, but the center of the golden well should be a cabochon clod, but at this time, it was faintly concave, and there was some grinding hands, as if something had been pestled.

Yang Ling groped for a while, stood up and watched under the lamp, the dust on his hands was very dry, but the dust was powdery, not like the original soil that was compacted at the bottom of the cave, and he was suspicious in his heart.

Yang Ling returned to his residence with great doubts, and just as he sat down, Ni Qian, the Qintian Eunuch, and Li Duo, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, hurried over. As soon as he entered the door, Ni Qian smiled unnaturally and said, "Lord Yang just came back and went to the underground palace to inspect it?" Lord Yang came from Beijing, but did the emperor have any will for the construction of the imperial mausoleum? ”。

Yang Ling got up and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Lord Ni and Lord Li, please take a seat." The emperor was very concerned about the emperor's mausoleum, and was worried that the officers and soldiers would slack off and delay the project, so he asked the official to go back to the mausoleum to urge the officers and soldiers.

Ni Qian asked Gonggong Dai to hold the Ministry of Engineering to calculate the cost of the project, and stumbled on Li Shilang of the Ministry of Engineering, and he hurried over, just wondering if Yang Ling knew the news of the overflow in the first two days of the underground palace, and said with a smile: "The project is progressing smoothly, there is nothing wrong, Lord Yang doesn't have to worry." ”

Yang Ling smiled faintly and said: "This official is only responsible for the safety of the imperial mausoleum and supervising the construction of the officers and soldiers in discipline, so there is nothing to worry about, and besides, I am a layman who is worried and can't see anything." But why did the official hear that the first two days of the underground palace golden well came out of the water? ”

Ni Qian's body trembled, and he said with a dry smile: "That's just a rumor that a chief secretly ate and got drunk and was dazzled, and other officers and soldiers also spread false rumors, which is really not credible!" ”

"Really?" Yang Ling stared at him and said, "I heard that several adults have already gone to inspect it, and I didn't believe his words, but this official just went to take a look in person, and the bottom of the well was really very wet, and the ash was muddy, as if there was some water seepage."

Li Duo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, changed his face when he heard this, and said in his heart: "The spring has been plugged with wooden cuttings, and it has been rammed with three ash soil to make it strong, how can it seep water again, and we have to find an opportunity to block it again." But Yang Ling is one of the five ministers specified in the holy decree, and he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, although my official rank is higher than him, I am afraid that I can't support him, with him here, how can I move my hand? ”

Ni Qian was also frightened in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The ground is dark and damp, and it is normal for the dust and mud to be muddy, I have carefully inspected it, and there is no water seepage", he said that it was difficult to suppress his fear, and his voice couldn't help but tremble.

Yang Ling smiled and said: "It's okay if there's nothing to do, but there are rumors, this matter can not be sloppy, this official wants to report this matter to the emperor, and ask the emperor to send a master who is proficient in geography to see what is going on, and when they see it well, if there is anything else in the future, we will not have anything to do with it."

Ni Qian and the two said in unison: "Never!" Ni Qian stepped forward and grabbed Yang Ling's arm and said hurriedly: "The major event of building the mausoleum, how can it alarm the Son of Heaven because of speculation and rumors, Lord Yang should not be reckless."

Seeing their panicked looks, Yang Ling was already sure in his heart, and he couldn't help sneering and said: "Two adults, Yang has investigated the matter of the water coming out of the golden well clearly, and I have human and material evidence, how long will the two of you hide it from me?" ”

Ni Qian and the others were suddenly shocked, cold sweat oozed from Li Jie's forehead, and his face was yellow, which was extremely ugly. Qin Tianjian Ni Qian's knees trembled, he trembled for a long time and suddenly fell to the ground, and said in a panic: "Lord Yang, we are also forced to do this and have to make this decision, begging Lord Yang to save me!" ”

Yang Ling glanced at Yang Yiqing, and Yang Yiqing retreated knowingly and quietly closed the door. Yang Ling stepped forward to help Ni Qian up, and said with a smile: "Why do you have to be like this, but what are the details inside, I hope that the adults will listen to me, and Yang must listen carefully and understand before he can decide to act!" ”

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Wang Jinglong sat in Yang Ling's study, holding a teacup in his hand, like an old monk in his mind.

This was originally the study of the imperial physician Gao Tinghe, with no words or paintings on the wall, and the bookshelves were full of medical books, and there was nothing to entertain at all.

He has been to Yang's Mansion four times in the past seven days, except for the first time, Mrs. Yang asked the maid to help her out to meet him and his wife Zhang, and after a few words, he returned to the inner house.

Wang Jinglong also talked to him politely at the beginning, and asked about Yang Ling's situation, but unfortunately this old housekeeper didn't know as much about Lord Yang as he did, and he couldn't get anything useful from this old servant's mouth at all.

Sometimes Wang Jinglong was bored and wanted to walk around the living room, and the old housekeeper also kept moving every step of the way, making him at a loss, and he couldn't find a chance to start planting dirt.

However, his wife Zhang was frail and sick and bedridden for many years, so he contracted the disease under the belt, and it was inconvenient to ask Lang Zhong for a detailed diagnosis, so it was more and more serious, since he came to Yang Mansion to ask Miss Gao for diagnosis and treatment, he actually saw great results, which was also a lost corner, and the mulberry elm was harvested, Wang Jinglong failed to use the plan, and the right to bring his wife to consult and treat the disease.

It's just that every time he comes, it's as boring as zazen, and he hasn't seen those two stunning beautiful maids who are tempting. In his mind, those two women were just maids in the Yang Mansion, and they were usually the servants in the house, and he always had a chance to see them when he sat here, but he couldn't see anyone a few times, and he couldn't help but miss the bewitching faces and Fengliu figures of the two beautiful maids more and more, which made the third prince seem to have lovesickness, and every time he was in the study, his heart had already drilled into the back garden of others.

Wang Jinglong put down the teacup and saw that it was time for Mrs. Shi Chen to finish acupuncture, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, feeling disappointed, and suddenly there was a sound of broken footsteps, and then the old housekeeper at the door said respectfully: "Why did the two girls come to the front yard?" ”

I only heard a crisp and pleasant girl's voice: "Sister Wenxin needs to use a plum blossom needle today, this needle is in the needle box in the study, I will take it for her."

With the voice, two plain and delicate girls in Tsing Yi appeared at the door of the study, Wang Jinglong saw that these two delicate girls were the pair of beauties he had been thinking about for a long time, and couldn't help but stand up with surprise and joy, and said happily: "It turns out that the two girls have arrived."

Since Miss Gao came back, no one up and down has treated her as a slave, but this Miss Gao has always treated the young lady with courtesy, Yutangchun and the two of them are so obedient, they will immediately learn from each other, but this plain dress will only be more eye-catching for a beautiful girl of twenty-eight years, and Wang Jinglong is reluctant to look away for a while.

Yutangchun originally thought that this prince was golden and jade, but when she saw that he personally accompanied his sick wife to seek medical treatment, she felt that although this scholar's surname was flashy and untrue, he was really infatuated with his wife, and her opinion of him couldn't help but change greatly.

She remembered that the last time she saw Wang Gongzi as a maidservant, she saw Wang Jinglong get up to greet her, hurriedly bowed sideways, and said with a smile: "Wang Gongzi, the little maid is a slave, but she can't afford to be a noble person like you." Today, Sister Wenxin wants to give Mrs. Zun another plum blossom needle, I will take the needle and go, son, please wait a while."

Yutang Chun's appearance is especially better than Xuelimei's three points, Tsing Yi snow skin, lined with beautiful jade, this smile is even more brilliant like a spring flower, Wang Jinglong's heart is itchy and hard to scratch, and he unconsciously followed her to the bookshelf Qianying turned around and said: "Okay, good, there is Miss Lao, thank you girl, Miss Lan Xinhui, elegant temperament, how dare Wang treat each other as a maidservant, this gift is deserved."

Yutangchun walked to the bookcase, stood on tiptoe and took the needle box placed in the upper grid, heard Wang Jinglong praise her for not being like a maidservant, her heart was happy, and she couldn't help but say: "Hehe, Wang Gongzi has outstanding character and talent, and he is a great talent who is famous in Beijing. ”。

Xue Limei stood behind the two, listening to the two of them praising each other, and couldn't help but make a grimace at Yutangchun, and made a retching expression, Yutangchun saw Xuelimei's movements, and couldn't help but laugh "card", and then felt that he was rude, and couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly flashed over to him and said: "Son, sit down, little maid goes."

Wang Jinglong blushed when he saw Yutangchun smiling at him, and then floated away like a cloud, and when the girl was attracted by her own graceful appearance, she unconsciously felt a wave in her heart, and looked at the door where the two disappeared for a long time, as if her wafting and outdated fragrance was still lingering on the tip of her nose.

Xue Limei took Yutangchun's hand and ran to the promenade in the back garden, only to stop and smile: "It's so meaty, I haven't seen you use tricks for a long time, look at the fascinated appearance of the prince, I don't see you praise the master so much."

Yutang Chun sneered, glanced at her and said, "Do we still need to boast about it?" If I could praise him as a god, I would be so hopeful, alas! Adults are officials in the court, it is better to have more friends than to build an opponent, Wang Shangshu's family is very powerful, I am not for our master? ”

Xue Limei smiled: "Don't be cheeky, the master doesn't need you to hurt now, do you want the master to slap you affectionately when he comes back from the mausoleum?" Saying that, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he suddenly slapped Su San's buttocks, and Gege ran away with a smile.

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