Chapter 745: Stone Statue of the Holy Palace

Everyone looked around, the reason why Qing Taizu called this place the Holy Palace, I think the main reason is that Qing Taizu left the hope of rebirth and immortality here, to build such a place in Qiyun Mountain, but also to avoid being known by Bai Gu, this is an extremely huge project in itself.

"Qing Taizu will definitely leave clues here." Gong Jue said as he took a few steps forward. "Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many traps."

"Speaking of which, the scale here is not large, from the opening of the Holy Palace to the present, there is no special place found, if you have to talk about the harvest, it is estimated that there are only the remains of Qing Taizu and the golden book he left behind......" Ye Zhiqiu turned around and looked at it, walked to my side and lowered his voice. And you, who would have thought that Qing Taizu actually died in your hands, but unfortunately I can't make this history public. ”

Ye Jiuqing probably saw the jade coffin, it was completely professional itching, and he touched it all over in the coffin, except for the golden book, Qing Taizu did not leave anything, Ye Jiuqing was still unwilling, let us help push the jade coffin away, and there was no golden well below.

"What are you looking for?" I asked.

"Since he wants to leave a clue to the Dragon Vein Temple, there must be something." Ye Jiuqing looked at the Qing Taizu in the jade coffin. "The golden book only records the beginning and end of his encounter with Bai Gu and what happened later, but there is no mention of the Dragon Vein Temple."

"Zhiqiu, you are the most proficient in literature and history, Dolgon and Duoduo arrived here in the second year of Shunzhi, what happened later?" Tian Ji looked at Ye Zhiqiu seriously and asked. "According to the records of Dolgon in the literature, what did he do after the second year of Shunzhi?"

Ye Zhiqiu thought about it for a while, and said to us in great detail: "It's strange here, after Dolgon secretly returned to Shengjing, he didn't stay here for too long. ”

"So where did Dolgon go after he left Shengjing?" I asked.

Ye Zhiqiu replied without thinking, there are very detailed records in literature and history about Dolgon's entry into the customs, Dolgon at the end of the second year of Shunzhi, sent Haoge as the general of Jingyuan in Beiping, and led the troops to Sichuan to suppress Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army.

And in the first month of the third year of Shunzhi, he sent Duoduo to lead the Southern Route Army to defeat the Dashun Army at Tongguan. In February, he sent King Azig to lead the Northern Route Army to pass all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and he joined forces with Duoduo in Xi'an.

"In the whole three years of Shunzhi, Dolgon was only doing one thing, that is, to send troops to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng, until the Shun army was annihilated on May 17, and Li Zicheng's whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown, and the Dashun regime has perished." Ye Zhiqiu said.

"That doesn't make sense, since Dolgon came here and knew the secret of the Dragon Vein Temple, why didn't he follow the order of Qing Taizu to find the Dragon Vein Temple, but instead went to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng?" Tian Ji scratched his head and said.

"It is estimated that the Qing Dynasty had just moved into the Central Plains at that time, and the situation was still unstable, and Dolgon wanted to calm the world first and then take a long-term view." Bai Jin said.

"It's not like that, in fact, since the fourth year of Shunzhi, the overall situation of the world has been decided, and the Qing Dynasty has sat firmly on this country, but in the records of literature and history, Dolgon did not leave Beiping until he died unexpectedly." Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said.

"If that's the case, then there's only one possibility." I said with a deep breath.

"What is possible?" Gong Jue asked.

I walked around the holy palace and said thoughtfully, Qing Taizu chose to let Dolgon inherit the Dragon Vein Temple, which shows his respect and trust in Dolgon, Dolgon obviously has the opportunity and strength to ascend the throne and become emperor, but he chose to assist Shunzhi.

Based on this alone, it is enough to see that Qing Taizu's choice is correct, for the sake of the Khan edict left by Qing Taizu, Dolgon can willingly give up the throne, which shows that in Dolgon's heart, obeying Qing Taizu's will is more important than being an emperor.

You must know that no one else knows about this will, and even if Dolgon does not obey and insists on ascending the throne, there will be no obstacle at all for Dolgon to be dominant at that time.

"I think so too, but why did Dolgon return to Beiping to deal with government affairs even though he had already found it, and didn't continue to track down the Dragon Vein Temple according to the Qing Taizu's last orders?" Ye Zhiqiu asked.

"Because Dolgon is afraid that he didn't understand the true purpose of Qing Taizu's construction of the Holy Palace." I say.

"Why?" Gong Jue asked.

"Dolgon, like us, should have read the contents of the golden book, but it does not mention the location and whereabouts of the Dragon Vein Temple, but I believe that Dolgon should also be able to guess the Qing Taizu's method of exploring the Dragon Vein Temple." I say.

"You mean the Book of Sunnah." Xue Xinrou looked at me.

"Qing Taizu used the time it takes for people to go back and forth in and out of Hetuara recorded on the Sunnah Record to determine the approximate location of the Dragon Vein Temple, although this method is very clumsy, but it is also a helpless move, but for five years, the record on the Sunnah Record is enough to delineate the area where the Dragon Vein Temple is located, Dolgon's martial arts are a generation of heroes, it is impossible not to know this, as long as you can get the Sunnah Record, you can roughly determine the location of the Dragon Vein Temple."

"The Acts of Narom were recorded by the Tomb Keepers, and at the end of the year they were copied and submitted to the saints, when the Son of Heaven Shunzhi was young, and it was Dolgon who was really in charge of the government, and he must have read the Acts of Acts, but he did not know the importance of the Acts of Acts at that time, and he burned them after reading them as required, and when Dolgon realized the importance of the Acts of Acts, the five Acts had already been burned." Xue Xinrou suddenly realized.

"That's not right, the burned Sunnah is just a copy, and the original book is still in the custody of the mausoleum keeper, so Dolgon can ask the mausoleum keeper to consult the original book." Ye Zhiqiu said.

"Of course, Dolgon asked the mausoleum keeper for the original book, but there is a problem here." I turned my head to look at the Qing Taizu in the jade coffin, he asked the tomb keeper to record the people who traveled back and forth to Her Alla to transport wealth to the Dragon Vein Temple, which seemed simple, but in fact it hid quite cumbersome information.

There is a record of the weight of the goods, as well as the weather and the number of people and the length of stay in the Sunnah, which has been recorded for five consecutive years, and it is necessary to repeatedly speculate on the distance between the Dragon Vein Temple and Hetuara from these seemingly inconsequential things, which should consider the weather and the weight of the goods, as well as the number of people transported, etc., this is not a simple matter, I am afraid that only Qing Taizu can see the mystery in the Sunnah.

"Even if Dorgon had obtained the Sunnah, he would not be able to deduce the approximate location of the Dragon Vein Temple." I took a deep breath and pointed to the Holy Palace. "That's why Qing Taizu built here, and he left the secret of the Dragon Vein Temple that he discovered in the Holy Palace, but unfortunately Dolgon didn't understand Qing Taizu's intentions."

"Oh, I see." Tian Ji nodded and said. "Although Dolgon found this place, he did not find the secret hidden here, and it is estimated that he could not find any clues in the Book of Sunnah, so he returned to Beiping to plan for the long term, but as a result, Dolgon and Duoduo died before and after, resulting in the complete interruption of the secret of the Dragon Vein Temple."

"Qing Taizu built the Holy Palace to let Dolgon come here, and the purpose was to let him know the location of the Dragon Vein Temple, why not just leave the clues here." Ye Zhiqiu looked back and forth. "This is good, it is really not as good as the sky, Dolgon arrived at the Holy Palace but did not find the clues left by Qing Taizu, why bother, isn't it a snake."

"The Dragon Vein Temple is very important, Qing Taizu is cautious, it is estimated that he is worried that this place will be discovered by Bai Gu, and secondly, he is afraid that someone will find the Holy Palace by mistake, in case the secret of the Dragon Vein Temple falls into the hands of outsiders, it will not be more than worth the loss." Ye Jiuqing said.

"Split up!" I said to the others. "Qing Taizu definitely left a clue in the Holy Palace, and at that time, Dolgon did not comprehend Qing Taizu's intentions here, and must have ignored the most important place."

The scale of the holy palace is not large, there is nothing else except the jade coffin, the most noticeable thing is the stone statues built on the mountain around the holy palace, I looked up, there was an inexplicable majesty and shock.

These solemn and huge statues like gods, each of which is about 20 meters high, look at the costumes are all dressed in the armor of the Eight Banners, each sculpture is both god-like and lifelike, in a circular distribution Looking down at the stone room, angrily staring at the hands on the huge hilt of the sword, the tip of the sword erected on the ground majestically and silently watching us.

Tian Ji was going to climb up to take a look, but I pulled it back, Tian Ji pointed to the stone statue and said: "The holy palace is so big, the places that should be checked have been checked, and nothing wrong has been found, Dolgon is not stupid, it is estimated that he has also looked for it here, he should not be careless, it can only be said that Qing Taizu hid the clues too deep and couldn't find it, these stone statues are so tall and won't be carved casually, there must be a reason for their existence." ”

"Qing Taizu hopes that only Dolgon will come here, do you think he will let Dolgon climb to such a high stone statue, in case something goes wrong, wouldn't there be no one to inherit the secret of the Dragon Vein Temple." I shook my head with a calm face. "Besides, there is not only one statue here, there are thirteen in total, if Qing Taizu wants to leave clues on the stone statue, it will be too much."

"yes, why are there thirteen statues here?" The palace lord stood in place and spun around.

"These statues are all dressed up as Eight Banner soldiers." I looked back at Ye Jiuqing. "Have you ever been in contact with the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty, and you can see that there is such a pattern?"

"Most of the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty have been excavated, but there is no such stone statue style in the imperial tombs of the Qing emperors found so far." Ye Jiuqing shook his head and said.

"The stone statues of the emperor's tomb in the Qing Dynasty are all on both sides of the Shinto, but the pattern is dominated by symmetrical civil officials and military generals, as well as various auspicious animals, as for the interior of the emperor's tomb, archaeological research has not found any stone statues so far." Ye Zhiqiu also shook his head beside him.

"And there is another problem, the holy palace here is actually an imperial tomb, it should be very peaceful and peaceful, but these stone statues are all hideous, and they are holding swords, these are all murder weapons, and it is inappropriate to appear in the mausoleum." Xue Xinrou said.