Chapter 47: The Emperor's Tomb
I glanced at Mai Lao, he gestured to me gently, meaning let's wait and see, he hasn't spoken, and I don't know what he's thinking, since he arrived here, Mai Lao's words are getting less and less, he rarely speaks, and his eyes have become sharper,
It was only a few minutes at most, and Mantou slowly stood up and said, "I think about it, since it has happened, I have to face the reality, Lao Chang, how long can I live?" ”
"About a month, then your soul will break through the blood array and leave your body, I'm sorry steamed buns, I can only do so much, I can't save you." Chang Shan said apologetically.
Mantou suddenly laughed, "One month is enough, people will die sooner or later, I'm just one step ahead, forget it, this is my life, Mai Lao, let's go." ”
The calmness of the steamed bun stunned me, I really thought he would be angry or crazy, I didn't expect Jiao Ba's words to be so effective, it seems that Jiao Ba is using the agitation method, and he deliberately said so, no matter what, this matter is finally opened, and the hidden danger is solved.
The big man walked up to the steamed bun, grabbed him by the shoulder and said, "Brother, cherish this time." ”
"Damn, stupid big guy." Mantou laughed and punched him.
"Okay, let's go, the palace is in front." Mai Lao waved his hand, turned around and walked forward.
We picked up our backpacks and hurried to keep up, the journey was much easier, there was no heat, no sun, just cool wind, which was a pleasure compared to before.
About half an hour or so, we walked to the foot of this palace, but when we walked to the front of us, we saw that this did not seem to be a palace, it looked more like a huge mausoleum, standing at the gate, I could clearly see the mound inside, it was a mound like a mountain, at least dozens of meters high.
From the appearance, it is closer to the imperial tomb, not counting the Qing tomb, I have only been in contact with the tomb of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but this palace is not the same as the imperial tomb of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the gate at the entrance is very majestic, it is built by a row of arched bridge-shaped large stone gates, it is more than ten meters high, this architectural style is very close to the Ming Dynasty mausoleum, but the only difference is that the whole building here is yellow, and the yellow sand at the foot is a color, I don't know whether it is piled up with this yellow sand, or because of the age, the yellow sand has penetrated into it little by little.
"It doesn't look like a palace, it's a mausoleum?" Jenny looked up and said with some confusion.
"I look at it too, and at first glance it feels like a mausoleum." As I spoke, I glanced over at Jenny.
"It seems that we are not looking for the wrong place, this is the last stop we are looking for, the mausoleum, the mausoleum of Emperor Jianwen, yes, it must be." Jiao Ba said with some excitement.
"Why are you sure it's a mausoleum? I don't look like it, to Taishan Park, which looks like ours. The big man said with a smile.
"Don't say it, it's really like it, especially the mountain." Junko also grinned.
"It's not a mountain, presumably it should be the main tomb, let's go in, what it is, we'll know soon." Mai Lao picked up his gun and walked in first.
Jiao Ba sneered and said, "The mystery is finally about to be solved." His voice was so small that only I could hear him, and as he spoke, he looked at me intently, and I nodded softly to him.
We followed Mai Lao's footsteps and walked inside, and after walking through the stone gate like this arched bridge, what appeared in front of us was a straight road, this road was very wide, and there were stone statues of various animals on both sides, camels, elephants, unicorns, and some stone statues that I can't name, it seems that this road is Shinto, and the stone statues on both sides are stone statues.
And behind the stone statue, there are some strange big trees, I have never seen this kind of big tree, can be more than ten meters high, the leaves are the same as an open fan, very dense, as if it can block the whole sky, and these two rows of big trees are very scary, each big tree is thick and fatal, at least two adults hold hands, in order to hold this big tree, everything here, is so weird.
And these stone statues are very huge, several times larger than the stone statues in the general imperial tombs, each stone statue is like a monster, at least five or six meters high, the elephant is like the legendary giant beast, as if looking at us condescendingly, people dare not look at it directly, and each stone statue looks very angry, and the portrayal is also very strange.
If it were somewhere else, I would have thought it was a very beautiful picture, and I would even praise the creator of these stone statues, which was a small miracle, but in this case, I did not feel beautiful at all, except fear, or fear, and the more I looked at it, the more panicked I became, I was afraid that these stone statues would suddenly come back to life, and if that were the case, this elephant would have trampled me to pieces with one foot.
"This is Shinto and the gargoyle?" Jenny stopped and looked left and right, and said with some surprise.
"It seems to be, very similar to the buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties." I walked up to a unicorn statue, looked at this huge stone statue and said, I stood at the foot of it, it seemed extra small, the unicorn eyes, as if staring at me, I hurried away, I was really not used to this feeling.
"That's right, this is Shinto and the stone statue, so you can, this is the emperor's tomb, it seems that my inference is correct, we found Emperor Jianwen, this is the place where he is buried." Jiao Ba said with some excitement.
"I think it's also, the ultimate secret of this nautical chart, it went around in a big circle, and it turned out to be this Jianwen Emperor." Chang Shan looked up into the distance and said meaningfully.
"Don't you think it's strange? These statues are so big, I have walked through all the imperial tombs in China, but I have never seen such a big stone statue, which is a bit too weird. Li Xin walked up to an elephant and reached out to touch it.
"It's weird, these statues are several times larger than the statues of other emperors' tombs, and you haven't found them? The expressions of these stone statues are a little strange, and I can't tell what they are. Jenny said with a frown.
"That's called majesty." Martin chuckled.
"It's not majesty, these statues are all angry expressions, it's that kind of anger with resentment." I glanced at him and said, these stone statues give me the feeling that this is the case, as if they are telling something, and as if they are venting again.
"Animals get angry too?" The big man said dumbfounded.
Li Xin said helplessly, "Why don't animals get angry, I think this is Emperor Jianwen telling what happened to him, his emperor's throne was taken away by his uncle, can he not be angry?" Can you not be resentful? So these stone statues represent his inner world.
"And what does it mean that this stone statue is so huge?" The big man asked again.
Mai Lao said softly, "This should be a symbol of power, maybe Emperor Jianwen thinks that he himself is the supreme emperor." ”
"What qualifications does a defeated emperor have to say supreme when he runs away?" Li Xin said lukewarmly.
"Even if he is a runaway emperor, but he is an emperor after all, as long as he is an emperor, he will have this kind of thought, he has lost his country, so he simply regains his dignity in this deserted place."
I deliberately glanced at him and asked, "Old Mai, do you now admit that you are Emperor Jianwen?" Remember, you've been skeptical. ”
"That was before, if it wasn't for the emperor, he wouldn't be qualified to build these stone statues, plus the previous analysis, so I'm pretty sure now, this is the mausoleum of Emperor Jianwen, we solved the unsolved case for hundreds of years, it turned out that he was hiding on such a mysterious island, no wonder no one could find out for so many years, if we hadn't broken all the way here, this secret would have been buried forever." Mai Lao stood in the middle of Shinto, looked up at the sky and said.
"Yes, if we die halfway through, we still can't find here, this Emperor Jianwen will really go around in circles." Junko looked left and right, and said with a leisurely look.
"It's Zheng He who is going around in circles, the navigation chart was left by him, if it was Emperor Jianwen himself, how could he leave clues for future generations, he wished that no one would ever find him, but it can also be seen that Zheng He must have found Emperor Jianwen when he went to sea, but I don't know if Emperor Jianwen was still alive at that time, and this mausoleum is very likely to be built by Zheng He for him." Jiao Ba said calmly.
"Zheng He built him a mausoleum? It is absolutely impossible, this should have been built for him by Emperor Jianwen's own people, and when Zheng He found him, he must have been dying, otherwise with Zheng He being so sincere to Yongle, how could he not tell Yongle about this? Mai Lao turned around, looked at us and said.
"In that case, then why didn't he say it? A person who is loyal to his master should not hide anything, and there is nothing to do with Emperor Jianwen and Zheng He. I looked at Mai Lao and asked, I always felt that this old guy seemed to know something inside.
"A person who is about to die will no longer be a threat to the Emperor Yongle, and the Ming Dynasty has been stabilized, so why should he tell Yongle about this? Emperor Jianwen no longer has the ability to fight against Emperor Yongle, Zheng He simply wants to be a good man, and let him die here quietly, for Yongle and Emperor Jianwen, this is the best ending. After saying that, Mai Lao walked forward.
We hurried to keep up with him, for what he said, I still feel very reliable, Mai Lao seems to have changed a little, but where exactly has changed, I can't say, I always feel weird.
Li Xin walked up to Mai Lao at this time and asked, "Then why did Zheng He leave this nautical chart?" If he wanted to keep this secret, why should he keep it? ”
Mai Lao stopped, looked sideways at her and said, "I don't know, but since he can stay, he must have his intentions, we can find this all the way, it's our luck, let's go." ”