Chapter 57: The Tomb Keeper

Early the next morning, we set off to Yijin Horo, and when we left, Gu Anqi kept telling Xiao Lianshan to take care of herself, and finally she pulled me aside and said worriedly that the future is unpredictable, and she must be careful, I nodded to reassure her and Gu Liancheng.

In fact, we all know that this trip is dangerous, but Gu Xiaoxiao is still heartless and excited, pulling the prince along the way and talking non-stop, presumably it is the first time she has grown up to meet something that interests her, Yun Duruo is getting weaker and weaker I looked at her who was leaning on my shoulder worriedly, and I felt that she had no strength at all and didn't even want to speak.

Three days after we arrived in Ijin Horo, far away on the steppe we saw a majestic yurt-style palace, and Xiao Lianshan told us that it was the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, the famous Tianjiao.

This mausoleum is composed of three Mongolian-style halls and the corridor houses connected with them, the building is majestic, with a strong Mongolian national style, the building is divided into six parts: the main hall, the east hall, the west hall, the east corridor and the west corridor.

The main body of Genghis Khan's mausoleum is composed of three yurt-style palaces lined up. The three halls are connected by corridors, and on the domes of the three yurt-style palaces, the golden glazed tiles glitter in the bright sunlight.

The main hall in the middle is octagonal, the top of the heavy eaves yurt type dome, covered with yellow glazed tiles, the eaves are blue glazed tiles, the east and west halls are unequal octagonal single eaves yurt type dome top, also covered with yellow glazed tiles, the whole cemetery is like an eagle with wings ready to fly.

"This is Genghis Khan's tomb?" Han Yu bent down and touched the steps, and said to us in surprise. "Look at the age of these buildings, it shouldn't be too old."

Xiao Lianshan turned back to us and said, what we see now are all buildings that were built later, the original site of Genghis Khan's real tomb is not here, Genghis Khan's mausoleum is also called the Eight White Palace, but it is not the palace we see, but it is established in the form of palace tents, in fact, the so-called Taimiao is enshrined in the spiritual position.

Later, due to repeated wars, he finally moved back here, built a palace for sacrifices, and placed Genghis Khan's coffin in the mausoleum.

After listening to Xiao Lianshan's explanation, we climbed the stairs and walked into the palace, the statue of Genghis Khan was placed in the middle of the main hall, wearing armor and robes, wearing a sword at the waist and looking heroic, sitting in the center of the main hall, the arc background behind the statue is the map of the territory of the four khanates, marking the outstanding achievements of Genghis Khan leading the army south into the Central Plains and westward into Central Asia and Europe.

The apse is the sleeping palace, and four yellow satin covered spirit bags are placed, which are dedicated to the souls of Genghis Khan and his three ladies, and there is a large offering table in front of the spirit bag, on which incense burners and butter lamps are placed, and precious cultural relics such as the saddle used by Genghis Khan during his lifetime are also placed here.

The east hall is placed in the coffin of Genghis Khan's fourth son Tuo Lei and his wife, since Wogedai and his eldest son, the Mongolian emperors are the descendants of Tuolei, so its status is extremely prominent.

The west hall is dedicated to the nine flags and Sulu ingots that symbolize the nine generals, and there are large murals in the east and west corridors of the main hall, which mainly depict the magnificent life of Genghis Khan.

"That's not right, Genghis Khan's tomb has not been found for hundreds of years, so it can be seen that he doesn't want others to find out the location of his imperial tomb, even if he leaves clues based on Genghis Khan's majesty, he should have expected that the clues may die out over time." Nangong Yi stopped and said puzzledly. "But the clothes and mounds here are not principled, and the other is not the original appearance, and it is absolutely impossible for any clues related to Genghis Khan to appear here."

"Yes, could it be that the human skin tattoo is indeed marked by Ijin Holo, but it doesn't mean here." Yun Duruo also nodded in agreement with Nangong Yi's thoughts.

"Genghis Khan believed in shamanism at that time, believing that everything in the world has gods, believing that the soul is immortal after death, they worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors, sacrifice immortals, and sacrifice ancestors." Xiao Lianshan turned back to us and said. "After the death of Genghis Khan, a white palace tent was established at that time, and the coffin portrait and relics symbolizing the soul of Genghis Khan were placed in the palace tent and enshrined, and this form of sacrifice was passed down from generation to generation by the descendants of Genghis Khan and the Ordos tribe who guarded the spirit, and has continued to this day."

"That means that although this place is not the original site, the things enshrined here are all relics of Genghis Khan?" Gu Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

"Not all of them are relics, only the holy lamp that has been lit for nearly 800 years has been passed down, and it is said that the three spirit bags in the west hall are dedicated to the bow, arrow, saddle, big milk bucket, loud horn and other holy relics used by Genghis Khan." Xiao Lianshan said.

"These relics have been relocated many times, and even if they are all stored here now, I think they will be lost somewhat, and if Genghis Khan really left clues, it should definitely not be among these relics." The prince said calmly.

"Where's the coffin? Since this is Genghis Khan's tomb, there should be a coffin, even if the relics are lost, the coffin should not have been replaced. "I thought about it and said it seriously." Is it possible that the clue is in the coffin? ”

"If that's the case, then it's troublesome." Xiao Lianshan wanted to speak and stopped.

"Why?" Han Yu asked suspiciously.

Xiao Lianshan told us that this is the holy place of all Mongolians, and that Genghis Khan's coffin has a supreme position in the hearts of the Mongols.

"And if the clues can be found very simply, I'm afraid that Genghis Khan's Mausoleum has been discovered a long time ago, and no one knows the exact location of Genghis Khan's Mausoleum for hundreds of years." Xiao Lianshan looked up at the palace in front of us and said worriedly. "Either because the clues have died out over time, or it should have something to do with what the eighteen red wolves left behind."

Genghis Khan should be a thoughtful person when he kills the Quartet, since he has the intention to leave the clues of the emperor's tomb, he will definitely take these factors into account, that is, the clues he left will not be interrupted with time and external factors, as for the things left by the eighteen red wolves, there is nothing else except the human skin tattoos and those numbers in our hands, but there is no other information revealed to us on these things at all.

"We are very unfamiliar with the history of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, and I think the only people who really know and know these are the mausoleum keepers."

Nangong Yi meant that we should go together to meet the hereditary mausoleum keepers, and perhaps we could ask some useful clues from their mouths, and Xiao Lianshan reminded us that we can't tell the purpose of our visit anyway, and exploring Genghis Khan's mausoleum in this place is the greatest blasphemy.

When we entered the main hall of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, we saw an old man in a blue Mongolian robe, standing in front of the incense-filled offering table, skillfully placing the offerings, and when the guests arrived, he presented a blue hata and read the sacrifice aloud in Mongolian.

We talked to the old man as a tourist and learned that his name was Rubatu, a Dalhut, and a man who had guarded the tomb of Genghis Khan for generations, and that Rubatu was a pious old man who told us that he had been worshipping the Holy Lord here all his life, and that he had mastered the knowledge and rules of sacrifice that had been passed down from generation to generation.

"When you get old, who will be the guardian of the mausoleum?" Gu Xiaoxiao asked obediently.

"My son, when he is old, will be his son, and it will be passed on from generation to generation, and this is the mission of our Dalhuts." The old man replied in a hard voice.

"Can't someone else keep the watch?" Nangong Yi asked curiously.

"Of course not, this is the duty handed down by the ancestors, it must be traced back to the death of the Holy Lord, and at the same time as the secret burial of the body, according to his last words, he transported his clothes and tents and other relics to the Yijin Horo Banner on the Ordos Plateau for burial, and selected five hundred households from the palace guards to guard the mausoleum, and these mausoleum guards are called Dalhuts." The old man Rubatu said to us proudly. "Our ancestors were able to keep a vigil for the Holy Lord because they were all descendants of meritorious heroes, and in the past few hundred years, the only duty of the Dalhuts was to hold a vigil and sacrifice for the Holy Lord, and thus they were given the privilege of not paying taxes or servitude, and even going to the grasslands to collect cattle and sheep."

"We heard that this is only Genghis Khan's burial place, not a place where his golden body is buried, so why do we still have a vigil here?" Gu Xiaoxiao is more affinity than us, and such questions come out of our mouths with purpose, but she asks them like innocent children.

"Outsiders don't know that this Genghis Khan Mausoleum is very important, and it is not just the tomb of the ancestor Genghis Khan, there are many secrets in Genghis Khan's coffin, but they can't tell outsiders." The old man Lubatu obviously did not have the slightest defense against Gu Xiaoxiao, and said with a hearty smile.

"Ah, there is a secret in the coffin?" We could only pretend to be very interested and listen, and Gu Xiaoxiao asked with a grin. "So you've seen Genghis Khan's coffin too?"

"Of course I haven't seen it, the Holy Lord's coffin has been opened once in the past few hundred years." The old man Rubatu shook his head and replied.

"Ever turned on?" Han Yu asked in surprise. "Since Genghis Khan has already been enshrined here, why should he open the coffin?"

"Of course not now, in the past, the relics of Genghis Khan's Mausoleum and the Holy Lord were relocated many times during the war, and in order to prevent the relics in the Holy Lord's spiritual coffin from being lost, they were opened once, but no one knows what is inside." Rubatu said.

"Aren't you the Guardians, don't you even know?" Gu Xiaoxiao asked.

"According to the ancestors, when the holy lord died, he took a white male camel's mane and put it on Genghis Khan's mouth and nose, and waited until he stopped panting, indicating that the soul had been attached to this white camel hair, and the body could be disposed of, and this camel hair was kept in the coffin for future generations to pay tribute." Rubatu carefully guarded the holy lamp and talked to us. "All Mongolians believe that the coffin still holds the heroic spirit of the Holy Lord."