Chapter 16: Qin Beiyang and the Little Prince (1)
The tenth year of the Republic of China, 1921, summer.
On Taibai Mountain, Qin Beiyang was responsible for rebuilding the burned Glory Hall, which was also the Far East Temple of the Assassin Alliance. In the Longxi Hall of Deshengmen in Beijing, he silently wrote down the hot sample of the imperial architect's style, and also studied architecture in Japan. From the forest halfway up the mountainside, everyone cut down the stout thousand-year-old sacred tree, and then transported it to the top of the mountain by the iron ring ropeway. Such a dangerous mountain road is difficult to cope with by human or animal power alone.
"Angel" Michael was seriously injured, but fortunately, he had a physical fitness beyond ordinary people, drinking mountain spring nectar day and night, plus Meng Po's healing herbs, and was out of danger. He often walked on crutches and bandages, sang Afro-American ditties and performed magic tricks...... There is also a person who is recuperating from his injuries is Xiaomu. Ah You ordered him to be imprisoned in the prison of the Heavenly and Earthly Palaceβto be able to be locked up in the forgeries of Qin Shi Huang's underground palace is also the supreme glory of tomb robbers.
After the Ahai rebellion, Taibai Mountain's vitality was greatly damaged, and there were only sixty or seventy survivors. When the people of Taibai Mountain were at their most prosperous, there were nearly 1,000 people, and the entire mountain cliff was full of caves, like a huge hermit monkhood. The head of the city changed the banner of the king, and everyone shouted long live to Ayoushan, and they almost held up a plaque of "Ze was born".
In China's 3,000-year-old recorded history, there is only one woman who has enjoyed such treatment, and that is Empress Wu Zetian.
Now, Qin Beiyang's last wish can only be fulfilled by this woman on Taibai Mountain.
"I want to see someone."
"Who?"
"The little prince of the Tang Dynasty."
Under the moonlight, Ah You held the candlestick and replied, "Brother, if I agree to your request, can you grant me another request?" β
"Just say."
"I'll talk about it when you've seen the coffin, but you must satisfy me unconditionally!"
"Okay, that's a deal."
Having said that, Qin Beiyang was worried in his heart, if Ah You ordered him to commit suicide, wouldn't he have to obey his fate? However, how could Ah You be willing to let him die?
Walk up to the top of the mountain, bypass the Great Master Sea, and come to the top of the peak on the west side, where the deep bushy wildflowers hide the entrance to the tomb. Ah You pressed a mechanism, similar to a modern combination lock, and Qin Beiyang kept it in his heart.
"Brother, I don't avoid you, you can come and go freely wherever I go."
Qin Beiyang took the nine colors and turned into the tunnel. The chest was much more comfortable, the cancer cells that had re-erupted withered and contracted, and only the air in the tomb was free.
"If I remember correctly, I'll soon see a stone hall."
Sure enough, the ground suddenly opened up, there were flowers and incense candles everywhere, a large hall carved of white marble, like a relief inlaid in the stone wall, only to see the three-hole tall arch door.
Qin Beiyang didn't dare to approach: "This is a tomb door?" β
"This is the holy land of Taibai Mountain."
"Who is the owner of the tomb?"
"Heavenly King."
Ah Yu spat out two words in a low voice,
"Hong Xiuquan?"
"Don't say the name of the king!"
"Didn't the history books say that the Qing soldiers dug up the remains of the Heavenly King in the Heavenly King's Mansion, and Zeng Guofan ordered it to be chopped into meat puree, put it into the muzzle of the cannon and fired, and the bones were broken and ashes were scattered......"
"Brother, remember, history is written by the victors."
In the silent heavenly palace, Qin Beiyang didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of frightening the heavenly people: "Could it be...... Scapegoat? β
"Right! The young king has a stand-in, and the old king of course has a stand-in. There is a stand-in when you are alive, and there is also a stand-in after ascending to heaven. Ah You faced the three arched doors of the white marble hall, knelt down and kowtowed, "There are loyal ministers who escort the coffin of the Heavenly King out of the city, how can it fall into the hands of the Qing demon?" The coffin was secretly transported to Taibai Mountain, and it joined the young king who escaped to build this tomb of the king. Twelve years ago, the Qing court attacked Taibai Mountain, but it did not discover this secret, perhaps because of the blessing of Heavenly Father. β
Ah You took his hot hand, walked through the Colosseum of the Tomb Beast, and came to the replica of Qin Shi Huang's underground palace.
Facing the sun, moon and stars circulating in the sky, Hetian's warm blood jade pendant was hot again, and Jiu Se became more and more excited, almost kowtowing every step he took.
Ah You's hand pointed to the center of the underground palace, on the stone steps - the yellow intestine of Qin Shi Huang was inscribed in a huge coffin.
"Sister Ayou, you let the little prince of the Tang Dynasty enjoy the treatment of Qin Shi Huang?"
"Li Longqi, the king of Zhongnan County, he is the key to open the Qianling, the most important treasure in the world, naturally it must be stored in the replica of Qin Shihuang's coffin. Brother, do you want to enjoy this treatment too? β
Saying this, Qin Beiyang's vest was cold, and he hurriedly took the tomb beast Nine Colors and rushed to the coffin in the center of the underground palace.
Under the bright light of the merman, the head of each big tree can be clearly distinguished, which is the standard configuration of the emperor's tombs in the Qin and Han dynasties. Huge frame-shaped structure with a roof-like roof. The internal structure is complex, more like a labyrinthine box palace.
Ah You blew like an orchid behind Qin Beiyang: "This yellow intestine is a problem, and a total of 15,880 cypress fangs are used. β
"Tyrannical creatures! For the sake of this replica of the underground palace of Qin Shi Huang, you have to cut down thousands of ancient cypress trees? β
It is no wonder that it looks like a wooden fortress from a distance, and it is also a strong fortress when pulled to the ancient battlefield. In the pre-Qin period, the north was full of lush forests, the climate was humid, and various animals were infested. In order to build a mausoleum, the ancients cut down a large amount of timber and turned it into barren mountains and mountains, until today's wind and sand are everywhere, such as the Loess Plateau.
"Sister Ayou, are we pushing history, or are we letting history go backwards?"
Qin Beiyang couldn't help but gossip a few words, and came to the edge of the wooden coffin of "Yellow Intestine Question", the square cypress cross-section, like the bricks of the city wall stacked on top of each other. Walking around behind the wood, I saw a small door.
Ah You opened the door knocker for him and pointed to the dark space: "The person you want to see is inside." β
"Thank you!"
Carrying a horse lantern, Qin Beiyang and Jiuse carefully burrowed into the coffin that simulated Qin Shi Huang. Maybe someday in the future, they will also burrow into the coffin of the real Qin Shi Huang.
In addition to the yellow heart cypress wooden fangs on the four walls, you can also see many small compartments, I don't know what burial goods are placed inside? I don't know, what does Qin Shi Huang's tomb beast look like? Because more than 2,000 years ago, the construction of the underground palace of Qin Shi Huang made the tombsmith family have a great surname - Qin.
Like a tomb robbery or archaeological exercise, Qin Beiyang drilled into the core of the yellow intestine inscription, which was supposed to be the location of the coffin of the first emperor Yingzheng, and he saw a catalpa wooden coffin.
A coffin from the Tang Dynasty.
It looked like a large, compact wooden boat, with its ends raised high. The vermilion lacquer on the thousand-year-old catalpa wood is still bright, depicting rare birds and beasts, the sun, moon and stars, and the wind and clouds...... Twenty-one years ago, Qin Customs and his wife fell into the robbery hole of the Bailuyuan Tomb and fell on the coffin of the little prince of the Tang Dynasty.
This 1,200-year-old coffin is the birthplace of Qin Beiyang...... Qin Beiyang observed calmly, lowered his head and asked Jiuse: "Do you know that this is the Wangzi Palace of Zhongnan County?" β
The town tomb beast nodded slightly in confirmation, crouching and kneeling in front of the monarch. This is the coffin of the little prince of the Tang Dynasty, not a fake used by Ah You to fool people. This is the home that the nine colors swear to guard, and it is also the delivery room of Qin Beiyang.
Jiuse and Qin Beiyang went home.
At one end of the ship-shaped coffin, similar to the stern of the ship, there is a hole split by an axe, and two planks are attached to it to weakly protect the owner inside.
Qin Beiyang knelt down and prayed silently, begging for forgiveness from the little prince of the Tang Dynasty. The trip had no other purpose than to confirm the safety of the owner of the tomb.
"The king of Runan County of the Great Zhou Dynasty is above, and he offended Qin Beiyang in his late life!"
Back then, his mother gave birth to him on this coffin, and even the most taboo bloody disaster in the countryside, the tomb owner and the town tomb beast didn't care, so how could they care about the child going home?
Qin Beiyang opened two wooden planks and drilled into the coffin of the Tang Dynasty.
Cold.
Like a slaughterhouse freezer, goosebumps rose on every inch of skin, and smoke rose to his chest like dry ice. If you have a thermometer in your hand, it's definitely below freezing.
A pair of shoes shines out from the lantern.
Under the golden robe, two high-toed shoes rolled up from the tips of the shoes. Li Houzhu said that "Luo Ji is not tolerant of the five colds", in this Siberian ice cave-like environment, it is difficult for the little prince who died young. The original rich funerary goods were swept away by Xiaomu back then. He crawled forward along the edge of the coffin, trying not to press the body under Luo Shu...... Qin Beiyang saw him.