Chapter 127: Admiral Dongchang
This is the person Lu Qiao has been worshipping respectfully, seeing that he is indeed dressed as a brocade guard, I turned my head in shock to look at the others behind me, their eyes roamed back and forth between the portrait and my face, it was obvious that they could see at a glance that I was too similar to the person in the portrait.
I got down from the dragon chair, slowly stepped back, and looked at the person in the portrait, and I felt that I was looking at myself, but I was very unfamiliar with why I was wearing the costume of the brocade guard, and I was still sitting on the dragon chair.
"It looks quite similar, it looks like it's indistinguishable, I was scared at the time, it's too much of a coincidence." Tian Ji said while repeatedly looking at me and the person in the portrait.
"Coincidence...... Gong Jue smiled coldly, looking at the portrait and said meaningfully. We have encountered so many things, which one is a coincidence, think about why we came to Gusu, this may not be a simple matter of coincidence. ”
"A pine bottle makes Hua Xishuang not hesitate to alarm Ye Jiuqing and Gusu Ling's family, this woman should know everything about people from all walks of life if she can gain a foothold in the circle, she should know the mustard between Ye Jiuqing and Ling Ran, not to mention Ling Xi's death day, even if the sky falls, Ye Jiuqing will not leave, so ......" I took a deep breath and looked at the portrait. Therefore, Ye Jiuqing will not come, and I am the only one left who can visit the tomb in the pawnshop in the four directions. ”
"So, from the beginning, Hua Xishuang knew that it would be you who took over this matter, but what was her purpose in doing this?" Tian Ji was puzzled.
"It's not a pine bottle!" The palace lord raised his hand and pointed to the portrait. "This is the real reason why Hua Xishuang asked us to come to Lu Qiao's tomb, this woman wants us to see this portrait."
"I have nothing to do with Hua Xishuang, this is the first time I have seen her, what is her intention in arranging all this?" I frowned and muttered to myself.
"Maybe she doesn't even know Hua Xishuang, I can see that Hua Xishuang seems to be only concerned about the pine bottle, she may not know what is in Lu Qiao's tomb, the person who brought us here should be the person in Hua Xishuang's mouth that none of us can afford to provoke." The palace lord looked grim.
"Lu Qiao is a eunuch, and he has been dead for hundreds of years, and he can't fight with me, how can there be a person who looks exactly like me in his tomb?" My brow furrowed even tighter. "And who wants us here?"
"Maybe the answer is in the dark room built by Lu Qiao." Gong Jue's eyes looked at the dark room that had been inadvertently opened by Tian Ji.
I picked up Ling Zhihan, Tian Ji and Gong Jue carefully walked into the dark room with torches, inside was a spacious stone room, and there was a towering turtle stele at the door, which was engraved with words in Wei script, and this was the first time we saw words in the tomb.
I put Ling Zhihan aside, took the torch in Tian Ji's hand and stood in front of the stele, and after reading a few lines, I found that this was Lu Qiao's life, which recorded Lu Qiao's events since he entered the palace, and the front was similar to what we knew, but seeing the content recorded on the stele behind, all of us were surprised.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the first emperor dragon returned to the sky, the eunuchs were ordered by the queen, and were buried in the tomb, fortunately the lord had mercy on the eunuchs' lives, and the grace of recreation was unforgettable, the temple was chaotic and the world was worried, and the lord was fair to determine the rebellion of Wei Eunuchs, and there was a great talent in the world, and the eunuchs were willing to take the lead in helping the lord to help the lord in the world, and the lord was not in the country, and the eunuchs followed with all their hearts.
In the third year of Chongzhen, the eunuch was ordered by the lord to enter the East Factory and serve as the eunuch of the official school of the Governor of the East Factory......
The stele at the back is mottled with age, and it is no longer possible to distinguish the words on it, but the content on it is enough to shock us.
"Literature and history record that Lu Qiao has been the eunuch of the palm print of the twenty-four yamen in the seal and ribbon eunuch, it seems that the record is wrong, in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Ming Xizong died, and the successor was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, Lu Qiao should have been buried with him, but someone saved him." The palace lord was stunned.
"Who is going to accompany the funeral, but the emperor nodded, not that the king has no jokes, and he can't go back on what he said, who has such great ability to save Lu Qiao?" Tian Ji was also surprised.
"Lord...... "I turned my head to look at the portrait outside the stone. The person who was called the lord by Lu Qiao should be the person enshrined in the portrait, and this person should be a brocade guard in terms of identity, and it stands to reason that he definitely does not have such a big right. ”
"Seven years after the Apocalypse, Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, and it didn't take long to wipe out Wei Zhongxian's forces, at that time, when it came to power, the biggest one was Wei Zhongxian, looking at Lu Qiao's records, this lord turned out to be the one who pacified Wei Zhongxian, but in the literature, this matter is counted on Chongzhen's head, and there is no record of this person." I frowned and couldn't figure it out.
"Among these few sentences, the most important thing is the middle sentence, this person who was respected by Lu Qiao as the lord originally had the opportunity to sit in the world, but he was not interested in the country." Gong Jue took a deep breath and his voice was puzzled. "I'm not interested, so what are you interested in?"
"In the third year of Chongzhen, Lu Qiao was transferred from the palm seal eunuch of the seal to the East Factory to serve as the eunuch of the official school of the Governor of the East Factory, which is the governor of the East Factory, and also the commander of the East Factory who holds the highest power of the East Factory. I rubbed my forehead and thought about it for a long time. "This lord is obviously a Jinyi Guard, and he will command the envoy when he breaks through the sky, but at that time, the power of the East Factory far exceeded that of the Jin Yi Guard, and even if he was the commander, it was impossible to mobilize the people of the East Factory, let alone assign the overseer of the East Factory."
"No matter what, this lord can't be the commander of the Jinyi Guard." Ling Zhihan suddenly said in a tactful voice behind us. "The Ling family has experienced hundreds of years, and the affairs of officialdom have been contacted more or less, and the power of Dongchang reached its peak at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
"In the entire inscription, only two words are mentioned for Chongzhen, that is, the queen, it can be seen that in Lu Qiao's heart, the emperor is far less respectful to the lord, and even has a sense of disdain, the emperor at that time is Chongzhen, if the order is Chongzhen, then why should the inscription be written to be ordered by the lord, it can be seen that it is not the emperor who issued the dispatch order." Gong Jue pointed to the stone tablet and said.
"At that time, the commander of the Jinyi Guard did not have such a big right, but what Ling Zhihan said was right, this lord should not be the commander, otherwise Lu Qiao would not be called the lord, obviously wanting to avoid it, and did not want others to know the origin of the lord." I walked back and forth a few steps and stopped in front of the stone monument. "Lu Qiao said that the lord has the talent in the world, it seems that what he said is true, think about it, an unidentified Jinyi guard can actually control the two most powerful institutions at that time, and can even transfer the Dongchang superintendent, it can be seen that although this person is not the emperor, his power may have surpassed that of the emperor."
"Lu Qiao said that this lord is not in the country, and the person who holds such a big power in his hands doesn't want the country, what is he trying to do?" The palace lord is still entangled in this incomprehensible question.
"And the record of Lu Qiao in the literature is also wrong, which shows that someone changed Lu Qiao's experience, just because they don't want others to know Lu Qiao's life." Ling Zhihan propped up her body. "It seems that this Lu Qiao has a lot of secrets hidden on him."
It's a pity that the stele is mutilated, and many important contents are out of control, we bypassed the stele and saw that there were many bamboo frames in the stone room, which were neatly stacked with documents, I hugged Ling Zhihan to the position against the wall, and turned around to check these documents, which were covered with a thick layer of dust, and these documents had not been read for hundreds of years.
It can be seen that Lu Qiao is a very strict person, all the bamboo frames are numbered, and these documents are classified and placed, from the very beginning of the bamboo frames, I found that all of them are records after Lu Qiao became the governor of Dongchang.
These documents are all briefings submitted by Dongchang Fanzi, which are all recorded in tracking down the progress of some people, I contacted and flipped through several books, and the results were the same, until I found the last bamboo frame, and the content of the documents recorded on it is still the same thing.
However, there was no mention of the name or identity of the person who was traced in the correspondence, but judging from the progress, I looked up in amazement at the thousands of documents in the entire stone chamber, and it seemed that they all recorded the same thing.
Lu Qiao served as the commander of the East Factory, and the high authority has been dealing with a seemingly ordinary trivial matter, judging from the instructions on the paperwork, Lu Qiao spared no effort and did not slack off in the slightest, and the dignified East Factory Commander actually spent all his energy on one thing, which made me very puzzled.
"This may be the reason why the lord sent Lu Qiao to serve as the commander of the East Factory, the East Factory has many eyeliners and great power, this lord wants Lu Qiao to help him track down one thing." The palace lord closed the documents in his hand and also found the clues.
"The country didn't look at it, using the East Factory, it is estimated that Jinyiwei should also be dispatched, the two most powerful institutions at that time obeyed this lord, which is equivalent to the power of the whole country, just to track down a few people, this is unreasonable." I took a deep breath and my face was full of anxiety.
"Ling Wuchen......" Tian Ji read out loud with a document in the bamboo frame, and then squatted in front of Ling Zhihan. Do you know Ling Wuchen? ”
"Of course I know, Ling Wuchen is one of the descendants of the Ling family." Ling Zhihan thought about it, pinched his fingers, and nodded affirmatively. "He happens to be the sect master of the Ling family in the year of the Apocalypse, what's wrong?"
"Come here, there is a record of the Ling family in this document." Tian Ji excitedly beckoned us over. The document said that Lu Qiao went to Suzhou to supervise and assigned Dongchang to take Ling Wuchen away from Ling's family...... After torture? ”
Tian Ji scratched his head and looked at Ling Zhihan and asked puzzledly: "It's not that your Ling family doesn't even dare to offend the emperor, how dare the people of Dongchang arrest your Ling family's people for torture?" ”
Gong Jue and I glanced at each other, and vaguely felt that this matter was strange, and it was actually related to the Ling family, so I hurriedly walked over.
"I'll see." Ling Zhihan snatched the paperwork from Tian Ji's hand in a panic.
"This tomb is still not normal." Tian Ji stood up and smiled bitterly speechlessly. "When will I meet a normal dead man's tomb, I am a tomb robber, not decrypted, this tomb thief, my head is big."
"There's nothing behind the paperwork." Ling Zhihan looked through it a few times, sat on the ground and handed us the paperwork.
When I took it and flipped through it, I found that the back page was incomplete, and it was obvious that someone had torn it off......