We extinguished the torch in our hands, after all, the Holy Palace was built by a generation of emperors, although it was not an imperial tomb, but even the passage was paved with silver, but Ye Jiuqing did not stand up, what surprised him was not the luxury here, he knelt on the ground and looked carefully for a long time, and then looked around.

"How weird?" Ye Jiuqing slowly raised his head, his face was very surprised.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It is understandable that Qing Taizu used silver to pave the road, but the ground paved with these silver is inlaid with treasure beads, and I have never seen such a luxurious passage." Ye Jiuqing frowned and replied suspiciously.

"Qing Taizu is also an emperor no matter how he says, and it is not surprising that he uses beads to pave the way." Tian Ji said disapprovingly next to him.

"Beads? You say lightweight, do you know what kind of beads it is? Ye Jiuqing said with a wry smile.

"Uncle Ye, you are a person who has seen the world, what treasures have you not seen, these are not night pearls, how precious can they be." Tian Ji said.

I saw that Ye Jiuqing was so shocked, knowing that these beads were extraordinary, I squatted on the ground and touched them for a moment, and I was immediately surprised: "Shangqing beads!" ”

Tian Ji was stunned for a moment, probably because he was so shocked to see me, and then he realized that the things on the ground were absolutely extraordinary, poked me and asked, "This thing is very expensive?" ”

I can't laugh or cry, where is this gold is not expensive can be described, the so-called rare is expensive, and now we see these Shangqing pearls in front of us are afraid that they are unique and unique.

"What is a supernatant pearl?" The palace lord asked curiously.

"This, this is really Shangqing Zhu?!" Turzhan half-knelt on the ground and looked at it for a long time, and the whole person was very excited. "Eye-opening! I didn't expect to see this baby again in my lifetime. ”

"You know the beads, too?" Xue Xinrou asked.

"There is no one who knows the Shangqing Pearl better than the Manchurians, and this is a treasure that the Manchurians are proud of." Shiro nodded beside him.

"Tell me, why is this bead so precious?" Ye Zhiqiu asked.

"In the Qing Dynasty, Shangqing pearls were used as a rare tribute, and only the emperor, the empress dowager and the empress could wear them, even if they were princes and princes, they were not allowed to use them."

Turzhan said with emotion that Shangqing Pearl has another familiar name, which is known as the treasure of the treasure and the rare Dongzhu, which is a kind of pearl taken out of the freshwater pearl mussels produced in the rivers of the Heilongjiang River Basin.

However, compared with ordinary pearls, because of the crystal clear, round and huge, and more noble king, because of the natural formation, it is not easy to obtain precious.

Because the Northeast is the birthplace of the Manchus, the East Pearl is loved and cherished from the Northeast Specialty East Pearl, and it is also the Qing Dynasty emperor to express his respect for his ancestors.

"Dad, although Dongzhu is precious, why are you so surprised?"

"Dongzhu is because of its rarity, so there are very strict rules for use, one is used for the emperor's pearls, as well as the crown of the queen mother and the queen, only one situation Dongzhu will be laid on the ground." Ye Jiuqing said.

"Under what circumstances?" The others asked in unison.

"Mausoleum of the Qing Emperor!" I blurted out.

"Huh?!" Ye Zhiqiu looked around and said in surprise. "This isn't an imperial mausoleum, is it?"

"That's why I'm strange, Qing Taizu built a holy palace here, he should be more aware of the Qing ancestral system, and he will never use Dongzhu to pave the ground casually." Ye Jiuqing nodded and said.

"Dad, the Qing Emperor's Mausoleum has been opened a lot now, but why haven't I heard the talk of paving the road with Dongzhu?"

"Of course the emperors of later generations want to shop, but they have to have it." I replied with a faint smile.

"Why?" Gong Jue asked.

"The Qing Dynasty has strict regulations on the harvesting of Dongzhu, from the beginning of the Shunzhi period, it was ordered to stop the clan from sending people to collect Dongzhu, only the emperor has the right to fish, but the harvesting of Dongzhu is very difficult, jumping into the icy river to catch pearl mussels in the warm and cold April, the biting cold can be imagined." Ye Jiuqing explained unhurriedly.

"In particular, it is more difficult to obtain the best East Pearl, and sometimes a good East Pearl can only be obtained in the hundreds or thousands of pearl mussels filled with ships, so there is a saying that it is difficult to get a treasure." I nodded.

"I remember hearing the ancestors of the old generation say that there were more than 500 people who died in the five years of pearl diving, and only 30 taels of Dongzhu were obtained. Turzhan touched Dongzhu on the ground and sighed. "It's long gone, and there's nowhere to find it."

"Among the Qing Emperor's mausoleums that are now opened, although there is no Dongzhu paving, it is because Dongzhu is no longer there, and Dongzhu paving is particular, you count how many Dongzhu there are along the way." I said to Ye Zhiqiu.

She buried her head on the ground and counted them, looked up and said, "No more, no less, just one hundred and eight." ”

Under the light of the fire, the east pearl on the ground shines with a dazzling light, which has been continuing with the passage, this ruins buried in the mountains for hundreds of years have not been opened, although they have seen the light of day again, but this strange passage and platform have added a bit of mystery to this holy palace.

"Does this number have a specific meaning?" Gong Jue asked.

"This is on behalf of Tiangang and Earth, the so-called Tiangang is nine days and thirty-six Tiangang, these gods are all heavenly soldiers and fierce gods, and Earth Evil refers to seventy-two earthly soldiers and evil evil, these two are called god generals." Ye Jiuqing replied calmly.

"What do these gods do?" Tian Ji asked.

"Thirty-six Tiangang and seventy-two earthly demons are heavenly generals, that is, the gods of the heavenly palace, but the status of the heavenly generals is not high, they are only equivalent to the guards who guard the palace in the world, so they are mostly used to guard the emperor's tomb." Ye Jiuqing slowly stood up and said.

As a mausoleum keeper, Turzhan understands these natures better, and he took Ye Jiuqing's words and continued to say that in the burial system of the Qing Dynasty, Tiangang and Earth have a very important position.

There are thirty-six Tiangang above the nine heavens, and there are seventy-two earthly evils under the nine heavens, which together are one hundred and eight heavens and earths, and the east pearl picks and gives birth to the bright light of the sun, moon and stars of the nine heavens, the moistness of the wind and rain and dew, the Yinghua of the mountains and rivers on the earth, and the auspiciousness of the gods, souls and spirits are integrated into one.

"In addition to the rarity and rarity of Dongzhu's priceless value, what is more important is that Dongzhu has thirty-six colors, seventy-two glows and one hundred and eight lights, which is just one hundred and eight heavens and earth." Turzhan said in a calm voice. "This is also the reason why it is used to lay the imperial tomb, that is, in order to secretly protect the imperial tomb."

"Using Dongzhu to respond to the one hundred and eight heavens and earths of heaven and earth, such a luxurious act is impossible to appear in the mausoleum of the Qing Emperor in later generations, but in another way, I believe you should know." I said to Ye Zhiqiu.

"In what way?"

"In later generations, the imperial mausoleum of the Qing Emperor had one hundred and eight feet, that is, the steps to enter the underground palace, no more, no less, just one hundred and eight steps, in this way to symbolize the thirty-six Tiangang and the seventy-two earth demons, representing the universe of heaven and earth, symbolizing the emperor's domination of Sheji." I say.

"It seems that this holy palace is not simple." Ye Jiuqing looked at the end of the passage. "Going inside, I feel like there's something more unexpected in there."

We walked along the passage inlaid with the pearls, because all sides were decorated with silver, and the reflection of the fire was extraordinarily bright, and after walking for a while, the field chicken in front suddenly stopped, and I saw his hand touch the knife at his waist.

We were all taken aback by his movements, and Tian Ji's other hand motioned for us to stop, and he slowly moved forward a few steps with full concentration, and then we saw that there were many corpses lying on both sides of the passage.

"This is the Holy Palace, how can there be so many dead people?" Turzhan was taken aback.

"It's okay, come here, there's only a pile of bones left." Tian Ji's voice was a little more relaxed.

We walked behind Tian Ji, there were at least dozens of corpses here, Ye Zhiqiu squatted on the ground and inspected it and said, "These people are all wearing armor, they should be soldiers." ”

"This is the chain iron armor of the Eight Banners, and it is the armor of the pro-guard general." Turzhan was even more surprised when he saw it, and after looking for it with a flashlight, he saw a broken banner underneath a piece of armor. "This is the sign of the white flag, and these soldiers will be Dord's men."

"How could a soldier with a white flag die in the Holy Palace?!" Xue Xinrou was puzzled.

"Don't make a fuss, someone has already opened the Holy Palace before us."

I heard that Turzhan recognized the identity of the bones and calmed down, and Samaku said that Dorgon and Dordo had sealed the tomb and retired everyone, meditated on the merit tablet alone, and then disappeared.

Along with Dolgon and Duoduo, there was also Jiuding and the jade coffin brought to Yongling, such a heavy cargo, it was impossible for these two princes to carry it to the Holy Palace alone.

"These soldiers will be escorting the goods with them at that time." Ye Zhiqiu suddenly realized.

"Dolgon and Dodor didn't return until three days later, but only the two of them returned, and when Samaku talked about it, I was surprised at the time, but I didn't ask much, but now I understand that although the Holy Palace has been discovered, how can such an important secret be known to outsiders." I nodded.

"After Jiuding and the jade coffin were transported to the Holy Palace, these soldiers were wiped out here." The field chicken reacted.

"Not all of them have been killed." Gong Jue squatted beside one of the corpses, beckoning us to come over to see, Gong Jue pointed to the iron armor, there were dense holes on it, but only the size of a needle, Gong Jue carefully lifted the armor, we were stunned to find that the bones wrapped inside were densely inserted with steel needles as thin as cow hair.

To penetrate the protection of the iron armor and shoot into the body again, you can see how amazing the force of these steel needles is when they are shot.

Gong Jue checked the other corpses, and found such steel needles on many corpses, and Gong Jue suddenly looked solemn: "These soldiers should have accidentally triggered a mechanism somewhere in the Holy Palace, and they were shot at close range, where we passed before, I didn't find such a mechanism, and the road ahead is afraid that it is not very smooth." ”