Chapter 15: The True Vientiane Shrine
After going around and around the bumpy road, we are finally about to enter this legendary Vientiane Shrine.
Since everyone has been waiting for too long, everyone is in the wind under their feet on this final journey, which causes us to move forward very quickly.
Soon, the palace gate of Vientiane Shrine appeared in front of our eyes.
We stood outside the Vientiane Shrine, carefully looking at the Vientiane Shrine, which had been quiet underground for thousands of years, stepping on the ground in front of the shrine, feeling the vicissitudes of life from the bluestone slab, and we couldn't help but sigh.
Starting from the clues left by Yebai at the beginning, after pursuing all the way, from Chen Qingzhi and Xiao Yan to Huang He, Yuan Tiangang, Li Shimin, and Wu Zetian......
With our perseverance, we finally discovered the hidden truth in the many clues, and found the palace that was hidden underground according to the guidance left by our predecessors.
The efforts along the way were not in vain, and after a lot of hardships, we finally reached the end of the trip, so everyone could not hide the excitement in their hearts, and their eyes were full of joy when they looked at each other.
However, after the excitement, we found that the Vientiane Shrine towering in front of us was a little different from what we saw in the records.
Chunting was the most knowledgeable and talented, he looked at the Vientiane Shrine in front of him seriously, and blurted out the record of the Vientiane Shrine in the Martial Queen's Chronicle.
"The Ming Hall is two hundred and ninety-four feet tall and three hundred feet square. Where the three floors ...... Kowloon Holds ...... On the iron phoenix, one zhang high, decorated with gold. There are ten giant trees around, up and down...... For the image of Biyong, it is called the Vientiane Shrine. ”
After finishing speaking, he looked at Niu Kelian, and the confusion in his eyes was obvious.
"Ke Lian, why is the record in the Martial Empress Benji quite different from the Vientiane Divine Palace in front of us?"
Niu Kelian didn't answer directly, but saw him walk to the palace gate, his demeanor was serious and respectful, and he bowed deeply in the direction of the main hall.
After the ceremony, he straightened up and stretched out his hands to the palace gate of the Vientiane Shrine, although he did not see how hard he worked, but the Vientiane Shrine, which had been sleeping for thousands of years, seemed to feel his arrival, and slowly unveiled the mysterious veil in front of us.
After pushing open the palace door, Niu Kelian turned around and returned to us, his eyes were full of clarity and he slowly spoke, and from his categorical tone, he could hear that he had already understood this.
"Because the Vientiane Divine Palace and the Ming Hall are not the same in the first place!"
Then, he ignored our surprise, but motioned for us to be at ease, and let us follow in his footsteps into the Vientiane Shrine, introducing us as we went.
In the spring of the third year of the vertical arch, Wu Zetian dismantled the public opinion, demolished the Qianyuan Palace, the main hall of Ziwei City, and built the Ming Hall on its place.
In December of the fourth year of the vertical arch, the Ming Hall was completed, 294 feet high, the people of the time praised the iron phoenix into the clouds and the golden dragon hidden mist, and went to see it from a distance of more than 100 miles, so that the people of the world gathered outside the Ziwei Palace, and called for a visit to the ......"
In my impression, Chunting has always looked like the sky is falling, but this time, perhaps because I really don't know what it is, we rarely see his impatient look.
I saw him wave his hand, interrupting Niu Kelian's continued unfinished words, and there was a faint impatience in his tone.
"Ke Lian, I know what you said, but what does it have to do with my questions?"
"Chunting, don't worry, I'll tell you what all this is because of it right away."
Niu Kelian was interrupted by Chunting but was not angry, he looked at Chunting's anxious appearance and smiled faintly, but he did not stop at all, and he told the story behind without any panic in his mouth.
"The Ming Hall built during the Wuhou Vertical Gong period was used to pay tribute to the ancestors of Li Tang, so the descendants called it Tang Ming Hall.
Because Tang Mingtang was magnificent, magnificent, and had the aura of swallowing the sky and spitting out everything, Empress Wu gave Mingtang an atmospheric and solemn name, that is, the Vientiane Shrine that he heard from Yuan Tiangang's mouth by chance. ”
Hearing that we still have nothing to gain now, seeing that Chunting was about to speak again to urge, Niu Kelian took the lead, he waved his hand to signal Chunting to be calm, and then talked about the real point.
"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and within a few years the Ming Hall was burned down by fire, because it was a symbol of the fate and imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, so the Empress Wu ordered to rebuild the Ming Hall, because the Ming Hall built later was different from the original Ming Hall, and it was not the Li clan but the Wu clan people, so the descendants called the Wu Zhou Ming Hall.
And here, it is the Guanshan Ministry of Industry under the requirements of the Empress Wu, combined with the essence of Tang Ming Hall and Wu Zhou Ming Hall to build, and at the same time combined with the unique architectural style of Guan Shan, which belongs to the resting place of Empress Wu and Gaozong, only here can be called the real Vientiane Shrine. ”
Hearing this, it dawned on everyone that it was no wonder that this place was different from the records we are familiar with.
Because in fact, the Vientiane Shrine and the Ming Hall are not the same place.
Mingtang refers to the place where Wu Zetian built the government twice, although it is also known as the Vientiane Divine Palace, but it is just a name that Wu Zetian heard by chance from Yuan Tiangang, in fact, it can only be called Mingtang.
And the real Vientiane Shrine is here, and only here is it worthy of this majestic and mysterious name, perhaps from the time it was built, we were among the first to visit for thousands of years.
What was recorded in the Martial Empress Benji in the mouth of the Spring Pavilion just now was Tang Mingtang, but what we are exploring now is the real Vientiane Divine Palace, no wonder it looks quite similar in general, but it is slightly different when you look closely.
Knowing the reason for the incident, we put our minds at ease and took a closer look inside the Vientiane Shrine, and found that this Vientiane Shrine is not as simple as a simple palace, but is divided into three floors from top to bottom, which is magnificent and can be freely climbed.
The position we are now at is the lowest level, this layer is square, symbolizing the four seasons, if someone looks down from above, this layer is dignified like a seal, square and stable, at the bottom of the arch guarding the Vientiane Shrine.
When we look up, the middle layer is very different from the bottom floor where we are, the middle layer is twelve-sided, intended to imitate the twelve hours, and there are nine dragons on the round cover, which is the origin of the so-called "golden dragon hidden mist" in the record.
And the top layer is more complicated and cumbersome, we counted it carefully, it is actually 24 sides, representing the 24 solar terms related to people's livelihood, there is a giant pillar of Babel in the center, the diameter is as thick as ten people hugging, the top of the pillar of Babel is as high as a zhang of golden phoenix, that is, the record of the "iron phoenix into the clouds".
Ling Xuan returned to his composure after the initial emotion, he looked at the Vientiane Divine Palace where we were now, and did not forget to put forward his own suggestions to Niu Kelian.
"Ke Lian, since we have arrived at the Vientiane Divine Palace, can we go directly to take the statue of Jairus?"
Ling Xuan's idea was very good, but Niu Kelian was stunned when he heard what he said, and then smiled bitterly.
He looked at Ling Xuan, and then at us on the side, his mouth full of apologies.
"I'm sorry guys, but I also want to take the statue with you and get out of here without a hitch.
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