Chapter Twenty-Seven: Cave Palace Spiritual Mountain

The seventh master and the pig's head took a plane to Hangzhou, and from Hangzhou directly to Qingyuan County, when we arrived at the hotel at eleven o'clock in the evening, the seventh master and the pig's head were already waiting for us.

After resting for one night, early the next morning, we chatted while having breakfast in the seventh master's room.

"The place we went to this time is a primeval forest in the Baishanzu Mountain Domain." Liang Ruoyi spread out a homemade map on the table: "There is a legend in this place, known as the 'Death Jungle', because most of the people who enter it can't get out. A small number of people who came out said that it was like a labyrinth, going around and around, always unable to find the exit, if they couldn't get out, they would starve to death inside, and there was also a point that there would be some fierce beasts inside, Baishanzu This place, it is said that there is also the existence of clouded leopards, of course, no one has seen it for many years. ”

"Is there a rough roadmap?"

The pig's head looked worried, and I was worried about him......

"Nope." The ice beauty replied very simply: "Because there is no road inside at all, and we don't know the specific location of the target, so, as soon as we enter it, the specific direction control and direction arrangement will depend on the seventh master and the pig's head." ”

The pig's head looked unconfident, turned his head to look at the seventh master, grabbed the fried ham and fried egg with both hands and stuffed it into his mouth vigorously - I can't help but think, this large amount of food, although we have one less person, but it is estimated that the amount of food will still be doubled!

"By the way, Seventh Master, I've been thinking, why is this Li Yu's tomb in Baishan Ancestor?" I asked as I drank soy milk.

"Well, this has to start with Li Yu's father, that is, Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty." The seventh master said: "The three emperors of the Li clan of the Southern Tang Dynasty are all good emperors in many ways. Li Jing ascended the throne in 943, and after ascending the throne, he raised troops to destroy the Chu and Fujian states, and the years of his reign were the largest years in the Southern Tang Dynasty. But after pacifying the periphery, Li Jing began to be extravagant, and politics began to corrupt. It was also during his reign that he was threatened by the Northern Zhou Dynasty at that time, cut off the emperor's title, and proclaimed himself the lord of the country, which was not the first thing that most people thought was done by Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

"Nantang, the emperor I can name is only Li Yu." I nodded: "I didn't expect there to be only three emperors in total......"

"In the later period of Li Jing, although the national strength declined, the political situation was still stable, and the domestic people could be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment." The Seventh Master continued: "It was at this time that Li Jing accidentally got the Han Jia. At that time, after Li Jing got the Han Jia, he was happy and afraid, happy that he got the Han Jia, and after the funeral, he could let his Li family's Jiangshan Sheji be passed on for thousands of generations; What I am afraid of is that at that time, Hou Zhou was eyeing the tiger, and once a big attack came one day, it would be difficult for him to protect himself. So after thinking about it for a long time, Li Jing decided to move the capital, and under the opposition of most ministers, he forcibly moved the capital to Nanchang, but within a few years of moving to Nanchang, Li Jing fell ill and died. ”

"Nanchang?" Liang Ruoyi interjected: "I stayed in Nanchang for a few years, but I didn't know that Nanchang was once the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

"At that time, it was called Nandu." The seventh master smiled: "After Li Jing's death, Li Yu still returned to Jinling, which is now Nanjing. In the eyes of most people, this Li Yu is a person who only knows poetry and poetry and does not know anything about the political country, and some people say that he was born in the wrong place, if he is a full-time literati, then his achievements will definitely be higher. ”

"Isn't it?" I drank the last sip of soy milk and looked at the seventh master with interest: "That's what is also written in the history books. Anyway, in my impression, Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is a king who has lost the country, and he is a good hand at poetry and songs, but he is a mediocre talent in governing the country, and he is almost useless. ”

"That's wrong." The seventh master waved his hand: "Li Yu has been in power for fourteen years, do you think that a mediocre lord can sit on the country for fourteen years when tigers and wolves are everywhere?" ”

I smiled bitterly and shook my head, listening to the seventh master continue.

"When Zhao Kuangyin established the Northern Song Dynasty, it evolved peacefully, and the strong national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was completely preserved." The Seventh Master continued: "After Li Yu ascended the throne, he did not go to the Northern Song Dynasty at first, saying that he wanted to retain the title of the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, until the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, Li Yu hurriedly played, saying that he removed the Tang name and changed his name to 'Jiangnan Lord'. But Song Taizu said a famous saying, that is, 'On the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly'. So in December of 975, the Northern Song Dynasty broke through Jinling City, and Li Yu asked for surrender. The Southern Tang Dynasty perished. ”

"This, very much like appeasement......" I said, "Is Li Yu's policy a little conservative?" ”

"In this place of the Southern Tang Dynasty, since ancient times, few people have been able to achieve great things here." The Seventh Master waved his hand and said: "Although Jiangnan is rich, it is not suitable as the foundation of the country because of its geographical location. Li Yu is a diligent monarch who loves the people, and you didn't talk about this in your history books, right? He has been on the throne for more than ten years, cut taxes, attaches importance to talents, and gets along very well with his subjects and people, even if he is the least good at using troops, at least he did not let the Northern Song Dynasty drive straight in, but fought hard for several months to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, these alone are enough to show that Li Yu is a Ming monarch. ”

"So, what about Hanjia?" The pig's head, which stuffed its mouth full, asked.

"After Li Jing's death, Li Yu did not plan to build his mausoleum near Jinling." The seventh master clicked on the map: "Instead, I found a piece of feng shui treasure land in Zhejiang, which is this Hundred Mountain Ancestors." The Donggong Mountain Range to which the Hundred Mountain Ancestors belong, overlooking it from a high place, you will find that this mountain range is undulating, showing the southwest-northeast direction, there is Longquan River in the north, the East China Sea is expected in the east, the Wuyi Mountain Range is connected in the southwest, the four peaks are divided into four peaks, there are Wolong Yangyun, the four peaks take off, it is an excellent choice for the emperor's mausoleum. ”

"I really haven't heard of where Li Yu's tomb is......" I interjected: "I remember reading the history books that Song Taizong was very unhappy with Li Yu missing his homeland all day long, so later Song Taizong killed Li Yu. ”

"That's what you say." The seventh master nodded and said: "Song Taizong is very strange, he doesn't have much interest in Hanjia or gold, silver and jewelry, so he didn't force Li Yu to tell the location of Hanjia, and once, when talking to some old ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Song Taizong asked them what they thought of Li Yu and asked them if Li Yu was really a faint monarch?" Those old ministers whispered, if Li Yu is a faint king, can he guard the Southern Tang Dynasty for more than ten years? So Li Yu completely became a heart disease of Song Taizong, and finally Li Yu died of the drug. After Li Yu's death, the Northern Song Dynasty buried him in Beibi Mountain. ”

"Beibi Mountain, I know, there are many ancient tombs in this place." Liang Ruoyi said: "Li Yu's tomb is not clear. ”

"What happened after Li Yu's death is rarely recorded." The Seventh Master frowned, and glanced at the cloth bag monk who had been slightly closed his eyes and said nothing: "There are also many versions in the history books. What I believe is that after Li Yu's death, at the request of some old ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Song Taizong released the Southern Tang Empress Xiao Zhou and brought her body back to Jiangnan, and it is very likely that Xiao Zhou took Li Yu back to this Donggong Mountain Range, and soon after, Xiao Zhou also went with Li Yu to ......"

"Then according to what you say, the most likely thing is that Xiao Zhouhou and Li Yu were buried in the Donggong Mountain Range?" The pig's head asked with a burp after eating the last omelette.

"That's right." The seventh master nodded: "The tomb in Beibi Mountain, no one has proved that it is Li Yu's, of course, no one has proved that it is Li Yu's in the Donggong Mountain Range." We're just here to find the right target. ”

After everyone had breakfast, they counted their belongings, Liang Ruoyi didn't know that he got a car there, drove to the northeast, and went straight to the Baishan Ancestor of the Donggong Mountain Range.