Chapter 544: The Living in the Tomb
Cheng Haofeng looked at the bottom of the stone cave again, and there was nothing abnormal. He wouldn't let curiosity disrupt his steps, and once again making sure that the weird laughter wouldn't interfere with what he was doing so far, he led Hu Xianxian out of the cave.
Once again, when he arrived at the fork of the three caves, he took Hu Xianxian into the tomb. Scratch paw prints can be seen on the murals on both sides of the tomb from time to time, and Hu Xianxian speculated that they were left by those demon beasts when the insects were infested.
I think that when the old prince first buried the dragon skull in the tomb, he had the heart to let the heir ascend to the throne. But he didn't expect that the dragon dragon bone would not attract the golden dragon rui qi first, but all kinds of insects and beasts. If it weren't for Cheng Haofeng's precautions, not only would the corpses of the mausoleum here be destroyed and the graves collapsed, but also the monsters of the Central Plains might run rampant.
Hu Xianxian suddenly thought of something, King Chengjun seemed to know something about the dragon head under the tomb, why didn't he destroy it when Han Zexi had not officially ascended the throne?
"Did King Chengjun have the idea of fighting this mausoleum before?"
Cheng Haofeng casually agreed: "Why not?" It's just that few of his staff know magic, and they can't do anything to destroy if they want to. ”
"King Chengjun is arrogant and domineering, he never hides his ambition, and these things have been planned so secretly lately, it doesn't seem like his own style. You say, who's helping him? ”
Hu Xianxian's question was also Cheng Haofeng's, and he said that he and she also considered this, "Well, I also suspect that he has recruited powerful people, but we can't find out who the person who secretly helped him is for a while." ”
She sighed twice and said, "Mao Riwu, Ghost King, Duan Mengrou and others can't be used by King Chengjun, even if it's Fa Luo, it is impossible for him to buy them into the account." The brains behind King Chengjun are really mysterious...... Hey? ”
They walked through the corridors, the pits of beasts, the utensils room, and other places, and went outside the tomb of the winner. Hu Xianxian saw that the sealing stone had been broken, and couldn't help but let out a low sigh.
"Back then, the insect infestation was broken by me and the sixth senior brother and the monk in a fight, and it has not been repaired since. And in this way, it can make it easy for the tomb beasts to enter and exit, and it can also intimidate tomb robbers thousands of years later. ”
Hu Xianxian didn't believe his words very much, winked at Cheng Haofeng, and said in his heart: Are you making excuses for your laziness? The outside tomb is just a formal decoration, and behind this door stone is the real main tomb, and as soon as the main tomb is opened, you will see the coffin of the old prince! If this door stone is not sealed, it is equivalent to exposing the old prince's coffin, does Han Zexi know about this? Back then, I stepped on the tombstone when the situation was critical, but it made him very unhappy.
However, Cheng Haofeng ignored her small actions, and she quickly figured out the real reason why she didn't repair the sealing stone.
The stone door of the main burial chamber soon opened, and she saw at a glance that the coffin on the jade coffin bed was leaning on the left, and the right side was vacant. That is the position reserved for the old princess, and now that the old princess is still alive, the sealing stone will wait for the joint burial to be completed and then completely repaired.
As soon as the main burial chamber opened, and they were about to enter, a man with a disheveled hair rushed out, and they were so frightened that they took a few steps back.
The people who came had a distinctly living atmosphere, and they retreated not because they were afraid, but because they were too unexpected and were shocked. Some of the demon beasts in this tomb have already turned on their spiritual intelligence, and they will not be so surprised when a demon beast suddenly pops out to attack them.
But the person who came was a person, a living mortal, how could he be in the main burial chamber, and how could he survive? When they retreated to the door, the man was still "giggling", singing and dancing!
"My son is going to be emperor! Lalala...... My son wants to be an emperor, an emperor...... Ha, I'm going to die on the dragon's head, I'm going to die on the dragon's head, and my son will be the emperor...... When the emperor ......"
The man's thin cotton robe was rolled down and hung loosely from his belt; The beige shirt inside was covered with black and gray stains; There are a lot of tears and holes in the purple brown pants.
He was not surprised or afraid when he saw the two of them, but brushed his hair, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly to them: "Are you here to send me into a dragon immortal?" Great, finally waiting for you! ”
When he brushed his hair with both hands, Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian both stared at his face, and then looked at each other in surprise. They all recognized this person, this is Bian Cai!
He's here, and the old princess should still be in the tomb? Seeing him so crazy, I don't know what the old princess is like? Since he can enter the tomb, it is possible that he knows how to open the stone door, but after he enters the main tomb, he locks himself inside, what does he want to do?
They went to the main tomb to cleanse some of the anger that invaded the body of the old prince with spiritual power, and Zang Xuanjiao's consciousness invaded the consciousness of the dragon, of course, it would affect the dragon vein, and if they did not purify the anger, it would affect the national fortune of the French Dynasty.
In the face of the emergency, Cheng Haofeng did not rush to drive away Bian Caiban, but gave Hu Xianxian a look, and the two hid next to the niche in the corner of the tomb to observe what Bian Caiban was going to do first.
Seeing that they didn't pay attention to themselves at all, or even that they didn't see themselves at all, Bian Caiban tilted his head in confusion.
Then, he rushed to them again and continued to talk about helping him turn into a dragon and bury him here, so that his son could become emperor.
They let Bian Caifu talk nonsense and watched his breath carefully. His breath was chaotic, the kind of chaos that went crazy after being greatly stimulated, and there was nothing evil attached to him.
Bian Cai's situation made them unable to figure it out, what stimulated him to go crazy, and he only had the obsession of letting his son be the emperor?
When Cheng Haofeng wanted to cast a spell to stabilize Bian Cai's breath and asked why he had become insane, Hu Xianxian shook his hand and pointed to the coffin bed in surprise for him to see.
"How come there are seven coffins?" When she first entered, she only noticed the largest coffin, and she didn't see that there were six smaller coffins.
The coffin bed is made of rice topaz, which is much worse than Beijing topaz, and it can't even be regarded as jade, but the coffin bed is about one zhang high and about two zhang wide.
She had only seen this jade coffin bed before, but she saw that the coffin bed had two layers, and there was a sandstone sarcophagus bed only three inches high on the lower side of the jade coffin bed.
This coffin bed really looks like a bed, the high jade coffin bed is like a brocade tent carved bed, and the low sarcophagus bed is like a bedside footrest.
It's just that the "footrest" is wider than the "bed", and there are six coffins side by side. From left, the first two coffins have gold lacquer carvings, while the last four coffins do not.
Seeing her so surprised, Cheng Haofeng stroked her head and smiled, "What's so strange about this?" The coffin on the next layer of coffin bed is buried by the side concubines and concubines around the old prince. Do you listen to folklore and think that putting seven coffins is the cloth 'Seven Stars Suspicious Coffin'? ”
Hu Xianxian smiled a little embarrassedly, she just thought so, I heard that there were several empty coffins in the tombs of rich and noble people, with built-in hidden weapons, and tomb robbers would be killed if they touched the empty coffins.
At this time, she guessed that the first two slightly gorgeous coffins on the lower coffin bed should be buried by side concubines, and the last four simple coffins should be buried by concubines.
Regardless of whether the suspicion of the coffin is true or not, she is currently paying full attention to the women who accompany the burial: "These concubines of the old prince happened to die earlier than him? ”
"It is a burial, and those who died earlier than him are buried elsewhere, and it is impossible that the owner of the tomb is not dead, and the person who is buried with him will enter the tomb. In all imperial tombs, most of the burial companions were buried at the same time. Cheng Haofeng's attention was always on Bian Caiban, staring at him and casually responding to Hu Xianxian's question.
"Then the old princess will still be buried in this tomb, right?" She felt very bad in her heart, and she was not worth it for the old princess. Alas, raising his son to become an adult, he suffered a lot of grievances for his son to sit firmly on the throne, and as a result, it was difficult to settle down quietly after death, and he had to see his husband with other women when he entered the tomb.
"Well, the old princess is willing to wait for the old princess to be buried in the tomb after a hundred years, which is to trust the old princess and be very affectionate." Cheng Haofeng didn't notice her little emotions, but praised the old prince.
Cheng Haofeng was talking about the funeral ceremony to Hu Xianxian, and at the same time he watched Bian Caiban running crazy in the tomb and smirking. Hu Xianxian almost forgot the existence of Bian Cai, so after thinking that the old princess was not worthless, he thought that these women were forced to die, and he was indignant about their burial.
"Do you mean that there were many women in the old prince's life, and they had to be buried elsewhere before he died, and when he died, he forced people who were living well to come and bury him? Hehe, why is the funeral of this emperor's family so inhumane? If you die longer than a man, you can't be in the same hole, and if you die later than a man, you should be buried alive?! ”
She said angrily, he looked at her suspiciously, and didn't understand why she was so emotional, but just explained flatly: "Of course, the woman who died before the old prince was buried elsewhere, because it is possible that the mausoleum had not been repaired at that time." Even if it is repaired, it can't be entered in the tomb before the old prince, otherwise this tomb is not considered the prince's tomb, how can the descendants worship?
The old prince was generous-hearted, and according to the usual system, all wives and concubines who failed to give birth to sons after his death should be buried, and he left a special last word that concubines who had daughters and concubines under the age of 20 could be exempted from martyrdom.
A year after the old prince's death, the old princess asked the young concubines to remarry. After the palace was changed to Qirui Palace, the old princess gave grace to let the concubines who had daughters be taken by their daughters to support the elderly.
The old princess and the emperor are the most kind to the side concubines, concubines, and girls left by the old prince during his lifetime, you don't have to be so indignant. ”
Hu Xianxian gritted his teeth and endured the anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "I also thought that the reason why the old prince only let these six women be martyred is that it happens to be the number of seven wives with three wives and four concubines, right?" Hmph, the old princess is the main concubine, and there are two side concubines, and four concubines, well, compared to the lewd sticks that all the women in the palace have to contaminate, the old princess is really not lustful. ”
The sarcastic meaning of these words was obvious, Cheng Haofeng took his eyes away from Bian Caiban, looked at her and said solemnly: "Immortal, don't be disrespectful to the dead!" ”
Hu Xianxian also felt that she seemed to be overly depressed, she also knew something about these funeral customs, why did she have so much resentment in her heart today?
Not long after, with Bian Cai's crazy laughter, there was crazy laughter outside the cemetery: "Haha, haha, I found it, I found it!" My son can be an emperor, he can be an emperor......" a gray-haired grandmother ran over.
Immediately afterwards, another strong man covered in mud ran over: "Your sons are in their thirties, so a guy who can only eat, drink, prostitute and gamble is a bullshit emperor!" My son is only twelve years old, smart and sensible, and that is what it takes to be an emperor. Hmph, only my son is worthy of being emperor......"
Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng glanced at each other, and they both guessed that these two people were the grandmother and one of the little maids who were following the old princess.
"I'll lure them away, and at the same time see if I can find the old princess, and you keep the main tomb." Cheng Haofeng pushed Bian to go out, and he himself went out, and then the stone gate was closed.
Hu Xianxian was the only one left in the main tomb, and she was not afraid, but the resentment and anger in her heart could no longer be suppressed.