102, the old man in Ge Yi

"Haha, Lord Yan misunderstood, at first, Dugu Huan and I were the same as adults, thinking that the residents in the valley were the troops sent by An Lushan to garrison the wilderness here, but in fact they were not, they were survivors of the barbarian war disaster hundreds of years ago. ”

"Are there survivors in the valley? Didn't the people who escaped say that the rebels burned it down?"

"Well, the barbarians did burn a fire here, and I heard this little brother say that the fire burned for two months. ”

Guo Yu pointed to the shepherd boy, and the little brother in his mouth was referring to him.

The war disaster and the fire are in line with the legend in the mouth of the old hunter, but in this very closed basin, it is unbelievable that it can survive a fire that has been burning for more than two months.

Yan Zhenqing looked suspicious: "Not only did they avoid the military disaster, but they also escaped the fire that burned the entire Taoyuan Valley to ashes?"

"Yes.

Guo Hua smiled kindly at the shepherd boy, his smile was very contagious, as if he was asking the shepherd boy's opinion on whether he could tell the old man in front of him the secret of their clan.

The shepherd boy shook his little head, grimaced at Yan Zhenqing, and said with a smile: "This old man is so funny, hehe, we are the guardians here, we are familiar with this place, of course we can avoid those barbarians and fires." ”

"Guardian?" Yan Zhenqing listened, and the second monk was even more confused, and asked: "Guarding this valley?"

"Oh, grandpa, you have too many questions, Mr. said, people with too many problems are not good people, hmph, ignore you. ”

The boy twisted his face and no longer paid attention to Yan Zhenqing, his clear eyes flashed with the cunning unique to children.

"Don't talk to the old man like this, be good, listen to the big brother. Guo Hua laughed and flicked a brain crash on the boy's head, making the shepherd boy giggle. His profligate temperament is quite pleasing to children.

Guo Hua teased the child, pointed to a hill in the middle of the front, and motioned for Yan Zhenqing to take a look.

The basin is surrounded by plains, and the appearance of this hill stands out from the surrounding landscape.

The important thing is that around that hill, there are also nine tall stone platforms, Yan Zhenqing has counted them carefully, and they are indeed nine, and they are guarding the middle hill at almost the same distance.

"It's—"

Yan Zhenqing's words stopped at his lips, and judging from his expression, he had already guessed what that hill was.

"I'll go over and take a look in a moment, and the enemy's base camp is on the opposite side, just along the way. ”

Guo Hua pointed to a very wide avenue that was also extremely incongruous with the surrounding environment, leading to the strange hill.

On the other side of the hill, at the end of the valley, there is a high ground connected to the mountain, with lush vegetation and a vast palace complex looming, and in front of it is a terrace that rises high into the sky, much higher than the hill in the middle. Looking at the style of the building, it should be made by An Lushan and her mother.

There were people dotted on the terrace, and several legion phalanxes in front of the terrace were waiting for them.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the rest was over. ** and the Night Wolf Legion followed the main road of Fangcai and began to march towards the ultimate goal.

When I came to the front, I found that this mound is really very magnificent, with a radius of more than 1,000 steps, more than 100 steps high, and the whole is consistent with the direction of the avenue, showing a regular oval.

The traces of artificiality are also very obvious, the bottom is made of boulders, the shape and size of the stone are irregular, the big one is like a square table, the small one also has a hug, the wonderful thing is that the splicing is unusually fitted, and the widest part of the gap is only a finger.

There was a layer of fine moss growing in the caulking, Yan Zhenqing stepped forward, his face was almost on the stone, it was not enough, and he gently scraped a small piece of moss with the nail of his index finger. It can be seen that the filler in the gap is very fine and hard, and there are fine stones as fine as rice mixed in between.

After looking carefully, Yan Zhenqing straightened up, rubbing his hand on the surface of the boulder, feeling the thick layer of natural skin shell that was eroded by wind and rain.

There are also obvious traces of smoke and fire on it, which looks like it has been carefully cleaned, but the fire was too big at that time, and it was completely wiped away without roots.

He looked a little excited, his face was full of excitement and joy, and he couldn't stop nodding his head in approval.

The boy on the side saw Yan Zhenqing's strange behavior, got off the back of the cow, stared at his face, and asked innocently: "Grandpa, grandpa, what are you looking at?"

Yan Zhenqing didn't rush to answer him, and it took a long time to take his hand away from the stone wall and rub the boy's warm cheeks.

"Grandpa is looking at how this huge project was done, these stones have been built here for more than a thousand years, but they have survived wind and rain and fire, but they are not bad, the wisdom of the ancients is really impressive. ”

"Hehe, your old grandfather is full of knowledge, much better than the teaching gentlemen who came in to take refuge before, but the old man still said less, this big-big-big mound is almost 3,000 years old. ”

Hahahaha, comparing Yan Zhenqing with those gentlemen in rural private schools, it made Guo Huan happy, even Dugu Huan couldn't help laughing, stepped forward and said, "Our lord is much better than those teaching gentlemen you have seen, hahahaha." ”

"Hahahaha, they're all readers, they're all readers," Yan Zhenqing also laughed at herself, "But, what did you want to say just now?"

"Hmph, what's big, big mound, didn't I say it just now, and I came to ask the east and the west. The boy pouted and said unceremoniously.

"It's okay, if you don't say it, the old man won't embarrass you. ”

After speaking, Yan Zhenqing walked up the stairs for a while, and the top was bare, all of which were covered with pebbles the size of fist eggs, to be precise, embedded in the mud layer at the bottom, the pebbles were smooth, and there were only fine moss in the filler.

At regular intervals, a large amount of bluestone is embedded in the surface of the mound, and it is clear that these bluestones correspond to the tall "stone platforms" arranged around it.

Yan Zhenqing carefully stepped on a piece of bluestone, and could see that there were traces of carving and chiseling on the bluestone, but the age was too old, and the weathering and erosion had long been unable to distinguish what pattern was carved, leaving only a vague mottled trace of a rough style.

Although the big war was imminent, Yan Zhenqing still couldn't suppress the urge to find out in his heart, and hurried to a "stone platform".

After inspecting the three stone tripods in a row, Yan Zhenqing felt a little disappointed, these stone tripods do have ancient carved totems, but they are also blurry and difficult to distinguish because of their age.

Looking at the appearance of these stone tripods, as well as the weathering situation, the boy's three-thousand-year-old theory is generally credible.

If this is the case, the owner of this tomb should be him.

The first person to cast Jiuding.

Yan Zhenqing returned to the wide avenue, which should be the place where the ceremony was held.

I saw Yan Zhenqing carefully tidy up his clothes, knelt down deeply in the direction of the mound, and made a big salute of three kneels and nine bows. He had already decided in his heart who the owner of this tomb was.

On the side, Ma Xiangru and others were shocked by Yan Zhenqing's actions.

Yan Zhenqing is an official of the imperial court, and in addition to the emperor, only the gods when sacrificing heaven and earth will be eligible to use these three kneels and nine bows.

Of course, Ma Xiangru and Li Hu knew that their adults were virtuous and ancient, and they had always liked the inscriptions of the golden tripod carved on the cliff stone, but it was the first time they had seen such a grotesque bow to a mound like today.

Moreover, Lord Yan's move is beyond the etiquette system, if the matter is spread and the court knows about it, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be impeached by the imperial history and punished by the court.

Ma Xiangru immediately instructed his subordinates that no one was allowed to talk about today's events, as if they hadn't seen anything.

The shepherd boy, who had always had reservations about Yan Zhenqing, saw this situation, his eyes were a little wet, and he hurriedly came over to help him up.

"Grandpa, please get up, where the boy spoke rudely before, please don't be surprised. ”

"How can it be, doll, you are very sensible," Yan Zhenqing held the child's shoulder and said, "You can know how to keep secrets at a young age, you are not simple." ”

"My lord—" Ma Xiangru and Li Hu stepped forward and looked at Yan Zhenqing in surprise.

"Haha, you must be wondering why I made this big salute to this hill, right?"

"Yes—"

"Haha, what do you think these stones are?"

"My lord, it's the Nine Stone Dings. Ma Xiangru was still surprised.

"Jiuding is out, Shenzhou is fixed, and the world is unified, this is a good sign, the traitor can be removed, and the Tang Dynasty is in sight. ”

"Uh-oh, so that's the case, it's a good omen, so even if the emperor knows, he won't blame it. ”

"Hahahaha, no, no. ”

Yan Zhenqing didn't make it clear, Ma Xiangru and Li Hu didn't seem to understand it, but since the adults said it was okay, it was okay.

"Doll, let me ask you, what's going on with those people over there?" Yan Zhenqing took the boy's hand, pointed to the palace complex in the distance, and said, "You and them?"

"My lord, let the old man answer your question!"

Before the shepherd boy could open his mouth or say anything, he heard an old voice come from him.

An old man with a white beard slowly walked out from the side of the mound. The old man was dressed in kudzu clothes, and his demeanor was detached.

When the shepherd boy saw the old man, he ran over excitedly, "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa-"

The old man smiled kindly, took the boy by the shoulder, and walked towards the crowd.

But just behind the old man, a team of strong-armed scimitars came out one after another, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

This team has men, women, old and young, a water of shorts and shirts, clean and heroic posture, a total of more than 600 people, according to the scimitar, crossbow, spear of the arms divided into three phalanx, just when the old man in Ge Yi slowly walked in front of Yan Zhenqing and others, the three phalanxes have already been in the shape of a zigzag and quickly surrounded the old man.

Seeing that everyone's faces have been exposed to the sun and frost, they should be the peasants in the village, but their military appearance is strict and their actions are swift, and their strength cannot be underestimated.

"The old gentleman is?" Yan Zhenqing asked in surprise.