Chapter 13 From Beiping to Tanglin (3)
Ah Hai introduced Xiao Mu and the old eunuch He Changzai to Sun Dianying, and praised Xiao Mu as a genius in the tomb robbery world, and there is no tomb in the world that he can't open. Xiao Mu was modest and said that Wu Zetian's Qianling Mausoleum and Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum were something he would never dare to think about in his life. Ah Hai pressed his cheek and said: "In front of Sun Dashuai, you can do it boldly and boldly, dig up the mausoleum of the Empress Dowager Cixi, you are the greatest tomb robbery hero in ancient and modern China and abroad, and the disciples and grandchildren of the tomb robbery world will take you as their ancestor in the future." ”
Sun Dianying rewarded Xiao Mu with 200 oceans on the spot, and said that he would reward him with two big girls at night, but Xiao Mu refused with a red face.
Ah Hai dragged the old eunuch He Changzai and said: "This father-in-law He has personally experienced the whole process of Cixi's burial, only he knows where the tomb entrance is, and only he knows how many treasures are hidden in the underground palace." ”
Sun Dianying rewarded the old eunuch with two hundred oceans as usual, and then remembered that there was no one under the old guy, so he omitted the process of rewarding the eldest girl.
He Changzai was already paralyzed on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic. He did not kowtow to the living in front of him, but to the mausoleum and the dead next door.
Sun Dianying took Ah Hai's hand and walked out of the Longen Palace: "Brother Ah Hai, you see that you have a scar on your face, and my face is full of pockmarks, we are really a natural pair, and we are destined to work together to do great things." ”
Out of the three-hole stone bridge at the entrance of the Ci'an Mausoleum, next door is the Cixi Mausoleum, and there is also a three-hole stone bridge. In the stele tower, there is a big king's eight like a stump, and the four corners of the base stone are carved with crabs, turtles, prawns and fish respectively. The tortoise shell holds a large stone tablet, engraved with the name of the Empress Dowager Cixi in both Manchu and Chinese characters-
"Filial piety, Cixi, Duanyou, Kang, Yizhao, Yuzhuang, Chengshou, Gongqin, Chongxi, with Tianxing, Shengxian Empress"
The length of this nickname is the longest among the queens of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately it has only been on for three years, and the Qing Dynasty is over. The old eunuch He Chang knelt down and kowtowed, but Ah Hai spat thick phlegm on the head of the squirrel.
Passing through the Longen Gate, you will find the magnificent Longen Palace. The old eunuch kowtowed all the way, and when he met the phoenix in the upper dragon and the lower Danqi stone, he knocked even harder, as if Lafayette was still sitting in the Longen Palace. In front of the palace, there are gilded copper cranes and copper deer, which means "deer and crane are in the same spring". Ah Hai and Sun Dianying walked into the Longen Palace, their eyes were full of gold and splendor, and the soldiers were all drooling.
"The mausoleum of the old Buddha is more luxurious than the Forbidden City, and it can be described as gold, wood and stone. Let's talk about this 'gold' first, the leaf gold used in the Longen Hall and the East and West Matching Palace, there are more than 4,500 taels, more than 2,400 golden dragons are painted, and 64 pillars are bronze gilt coil dragons. Although Dingdong Mausoleum is not an emperor's mausoleum, the cost exceeds all the imperial mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty, and all the raw materials are the best, such as the white marble of Fangshan in western Beijing, the marble of Dali in Yunnan, the cement bricks of Linqing in Shandong, and the tung oil gold bricks of Suzhou...... "The old eunuch's sharp voice said, "Let's talk about the wood - the beams and fangs of the entire hall are all made of yellow rosewood from Hainan Island, which can be described as an inch of gold." ”
"This is a rosewood hall?"
Sun Dianying is not completely illiterate, he knows the value of Huanghuali, and looks up at the tall beams and pillars, which is really extravagant.
The old eunuch said: "The last is the stone - the best white marble is used in the Lafayette mausoleum, and the stone carvings are even better." You look at those stone pillars, there is a phoenix carved on them, and there is a flying dragon inside and outside the pillar body, which is unique in the Qing Dynasty. This means, that is, Lafayette pressed the two emperors, Tongzhi Ye and Guangxu Ye. On behalf of Galeries Lafayette, I came to supervise the mausoleum project, and I saw a royal craftsman surnamed Qin carving these ingenious white marbles. ”
Ah Hai's brows jumped slightly: "Father-in-law He, the craftsman you said surnamed Qin is not the hereditary craftsman Qin Customs of the Internal Affairs Bureau?" ”
He Changzai only promised: "I don't remember the name, I only know that his job is to build a tomb beast for Lafayette, and it took five years to build it in the underground palace of Dingdongling." ”
"Tomb Beast?" Sun Dianying was gloomy: "Brother Ahai, I heard that most of the emperors' tombs hide a kind of tomb guarding vessel. All the tomb robbers who have seen this treasure have been killed by it......"
Ah Hai turned around and asked, "Father-in-law He, do you know what the tomb beast made by Qin Customs looks like?" ”
"It's a royal secret, known only to the craftsman himself and the overseer of the mausoleum. On the day of Lafayette's burial, although I had also gone to the underground palace, I had never seen the tomb beast. ”
Sun Dianying touched the golden dragon on the pillar and said, "Brother Ahai, have you ever seen such a treasure?" ”
"Well, not only have I seen it, but there is also some fate!" Ah Hai grabbed Xiao Mu's hand again, "And you!" ”
Ah Hai forcibly broke out his left hand, revealing the half-cut finger that was bitten off by the young Qilin Town Tomb Beast Nine Colors in the Tang Dynasty Necropolis Palace in Bailuyuan more than ten years ago.
An adjutant hurriedly climbed the steps and whispered in Sun Dianying's ear: "General, representatives of the National Revolutionary Army have arrived from Beiping. ”
Sun Dianying twisted his eyebrows, tapped the stone railing of white marble with his finger knuckles, and the two division commanders beside him asked: "Big brother, the one who came is not good, do you see it or not?" ”
"See you!" Sun Dianying pulled out his gloves and twitched his thighs.
"Where can I see it? Isn't that right here? ”
"See you here! Empress Dowager Cixi's Jinluan Palace! Sun Dianying has the domineering spirit of a hero, "If it is hidden, there are no three hundred taels of silver here, and people will suspect us, it is better to be above board." Remember, we are not bandits, nor are we Beiyang warlords, but the upright National Revolutionary Army! ”
Ah Hai whispered: "Sun Dashuai, if a guest comes to visit, why don't I retreat?" ”
Sun Dianying nodded and said, "It's okay, if you don't have to cause trouble, then you can wronged Brother Ahai." ”
Ah Hai and Nakayama hide behind the screen of the Long En Hall. Xiao Mu and the old eunuch He Chang were there, and they were imprisoned in the East and West Side Palaces respectively. Especially He Changzai, he had to stuff rags into his mouth, so as not to make a ghost shout and ghost scream, reminding the underground Empress Dowager Cixi.
A young officer stepped into the Longen Palace, quite tall, with broad shoulders and a straight chest, dressed in a simple Northern Expedition uniform. Under the big cap of the blue sky and white sun badge, there was a pair of cold eyes, and he was immediately shocked by the extravagant yellow rosewood hall.
But he quickly regained his composure, looked at Sun Dianying on the throne calmly, gave a standard military salute, and bowed slightly: "I, Qi Yuanshan, a special commissioner of the National Government, came from Beiping on the order of Mr. Chang, and I specially discussed the reduction of troops with His Excellency the military commander. ”