Chapter VIII The Holy Monument

We looked at this city full of years of precipitation and were silent for a long time.

The rule of Zhenguan, the rule of Yonghui, the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and the rebellion of Anshi......

The city in front of us seems to come to life, silently describing to us the changes of the Tang Dynasty in the past 200 years.

Chen Gong finally stopped greeting Niu Kelian, he found that we hadn't spoken for a long time, so he turned back to know what we had discovered, and when he turned back, his eyes were as intoxicated as we were.

But Niu Kelian was not as shocked as we were, he seemed to have expected all this, and quietly watched us from the sidelines without saying a word.

Seeing this, how did we not know that he knew everything here, so Qi Zhi hurriedly opened his mouth to ask him.

"Brother Niu, what kind of place is this!?"

Niu Kelian looked at the city in front of him, although his words were not shocked, but they were also full of emotion.

"Of course, this is the Vientiane Shrine, but it's not just a simple Vientiane Shrine."

Perhaps because he had a record of this lineage, he had a certain understanding of this place, and looked at me and slowly spoke.

"Chief, this is built by the fusion of Vientiane Shrine, Heaven, and Qianling, from where you fell all the way to the main gate of Vientiane Shrine, all of them are arranged according to the Qianling, and the Qianling has perfected the shape of Zhaoling, and its mausoleum is built according to the pattern of Chang'an City at that time, that is to say, we are the epitome of Chang'an City in front of us.

It is divided into Vientiane Shrine, Miyagi and Outer Guo City, there are two city walls, among which the inner city is placed with four gates, the east is called Qinglong Gate, the south is called Suzaku Gate, the west is called Baihu Gate, and the north is called Xuanwu Gate, only when you enter the inner city can you really enter the Vientiane Shrine, and we are actually only in the periphery now. ”

After listening to Niu Kelian's explanation, everyone suddenly realized.

No wonder we have such an illusion, because what is presented in front of us now is the most authentic, intoxicating and desirable Tang Dynasty style!

I have seen relevant records in ancient books before, it is said that Qianling is the only tomb with double walls in the imperial tomb of the Tang Dynasty, the inner city symbolizes the imperial city of Chang'an, the capital of Chang'an, and the outer city is equivalent to Guocheng where officials and natives live.

After Shen Lang heard Niu Kelian say that this was just the outer city, his eyes lit up, imagining how the inner city should be fascinating, so he looked at Niu Kelian and couldn't help but urge.

"Ke Lian, since you are so calm, you must know how we are going to get to the inner city, without further ado, let's hurry up!"

Niu Kelian shook his head, and it didn't seem that he had any intention of going directly to the inner city.

"Don't panic, we have to go to another place before we go to the inner city."

As he spoke, he smiled faintly, then turned his gaze to me, and talked about where he said we were going.

"Chief, you placed something in the Qianling Tomb back then, and one day you need to enter the Qianling Tomb and take it out, and the key to open the Qianling Tomb is in this outer city, and we are going to get this key now."

Hearing Niu Kelian's words, we suddenly realized.

He just said that although he was ordered to guard the Vientiane Shrine, he was actually guarding the key to open the Qianling Tomb and the statue of Jianwei that was related to the safety of Shenzhou, so he claimed to be the one who guarded the tomb, and if this key was in the outer city, we would definitely not take it away.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but rub the mountain and sea ring carried on my left hand with my right hand, and at the same time looked at Niu Kelian with curiosity.

"Where's the key?"

Niu Kelian looked around in place, as if he had identified the direction, and then spoke, and said to us in a definite tone.

"Everyone, please come with me, the only key to open the Qianling Tomb is in the holy monument, and there is no other place in the outer city that needs our attention."

With that, he began to move in the direction he had identified, and we hurriedly followed behind us to find out.

Ling Xuan's face was surprised when he heard what he said, and he muttered to himself as he walked.

"I never thought that there was a holy monument here, and the predecessors of Guanshan really moved the Qianling Tomb here!"

Qi Zhi saw the excitement in Ling Xuan's expression and asked curiously.

"Brother Ling Xuan, what is the Shusheng Monument you are talking about, is it a stone tablet?"

I unconsciously took Qi Zhi's little hand, and while following Niu Kelian forward, I explained to Qi Zhi the Sacred Monument in Ling Xuan's mouth

"That's right, the Shusheng Monument is a stone tablet used for narrative, but unlike the destroyed Vientiane Shrine, the Shusheng Tablet still stands in the Qianling Tomb to this day."

The so-called Shusheng Monument still stands on the west side of Sima Road in Qianling, which is written by Wu Zetian himself, Zhongzong Li Xianshudan, and is a meritorious monument for Tang Gaozong to sing the praises of virtue.

The tomb of the emperor before the Qianling Tomb neither tree stele nor the epitaph is placed, the Qianling Tomb breaks through this convention, so the Holy Monument has special historical value.

I was enthusiastically introducing the details of the sacred monument to Qi Zhi, but I didn't notice that Niu Kelian in front of me had stopped, and as a result, I bumped straight into him, and I couldn't help but ask apologetically.

"Ke Lian, why did you stop?"

Niu Kelian stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and said lightly.

"Chief, we're here."

Only then did I raise my head and look in the direction of his finger, and the Sacred Monument was indeed in front of us.

We went up left and right to observe, found that this stele is square, seven meters high and about two meters wide, the top of the stele is a palace-style building, the eaves corner is carefully carved down by the craftsman four protectors, the eaves carving bucket arch is five sections of the stele body, by five complete pieces of bluestone mortise and tenon joints, the next is the stele base, the same is connected with the mortise and tenon joint, and the stele base is engraved with the pig pattern and the sea pomegranate pattern.

The whole stele is composed of seven parts, in which the head of the stele symbolizes the sun, the stele base symbolizes the moon, and the middle five sections symbolize the five elements respectively, because the ancients believed that everything is composed of the seven parts of the sun, moon, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, so the stele is called the stele of seven sections.

Among them, seven sections take the meaning of seven yao, these seven sections of the tablet imply that Emperor Gaozong's martial arts are like the sun, moon and stars, shining all over the world, illuminating thousands of years, and it is a typical merit tablet.

On the positive side of the stele, the inscription of the body is engraved, roughly estimated as many as several thousand words, all of them are regular scripts, the grooves of each word are filled with gold dust, the golden light is shining from afar, full of royal noble majesty.

However, Chun Ting seemed to think of another thing, he looked around in front of the holy monument, but he couldn't find what he was looking for for a long time.

I couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Chunting, what are you looking for?"

Chunting didn't gain anything, and his tone was puzzled.

"Since there is a holy monument here, how can there be no wordless monument?"

Although the reputation of the Shusheng Ji Tablet is not obvious, but the wordless tablet can be said to be known to everyone, Xue Nan heard Chunting's doubts, and asked curiously.

"Chunting, isn't the wordless tablet Wu Zetian's monument, how could it appear here?"

Chun Ting smiled faintly and looked at Xue Nan.

"Should this holy monument be here?"

When Xue Nan heard that this was indeed the case, she knew that she was at a loss and stopped speaking.

Niu Kelian heard Chunting's question, turned his gaze to the Holy Monument, and slowly spoke.

"Brother Chunting doesn't have to look for it anymore, there is indeed only a holy tablet here, and there is no wordless tablet."

Xue Nan has the same emotions for Chunting, but she has no duty to others, hearing Niu Kelian say this, she asked curiously.

"Why is that?"

Niu Kelian stretched out his hand and stroked the Holy Monument, as if he was feeling the thousand-year-old precipitation contained in it, and at the same time slowly spoke, and the content of his mouth shocked us greatly.

"Because the entrance to the Qianling Tomb is in the wordless monument!" Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Guanshan Chronicle Claw Book House" for free for the first time.