Chapter 213: Opening the Coffin
It is rare to have a rain in the hot and humid weather, and the green willow swaying in the wind, and the raindrops are slowly sprinkled like silk threads. Heaven and earth were as hazy as a layer of mist.
It was something to be happy about, but it made it difficult to book to see Hua Xuanji's mother's coffin.
Due to the fact that Hua Xuanji's mother was not favored, the tomb was also particularly remote, in a small ravine far away from the city.
Because it was a secret trip, the prophet didn't bring many people with him, except for two secret guards dressed as coachmen and Jade Wufang, there was no other entourage.
As a result, on the way to the road, because of the mud, the carriage got stuck in the mud several times, and then there was really no way, and the four of them were worth leaving the carriage and walking on foot.
When they arrived at the location, the shoes and socks of the four of them had been stained with mud.
"This is it?" When he saw the small dirt bag in front of him, which was less than half a man tall and just a mess of dirt, the prophet asked incredulously to an entourage who knew the exact location.
"Back to the emperor, there is nothing wrong with it, this is it."
The clenched fingers were trembling, the knuckles were white, and the prophet muttered as if no one was there, his voice was extremely soft, like a dream: "She loves beauty so much, she loves cleanliness so much, how, can, how can she ......"
Because of the rain, the other two guards didn't hear it too clearly, but Jade Wufang, who was standing behind the prophet and had been holding an umbrella for him, heard all the words in his ears word for word.
Putting the slender man to his lips and coughing lightly, Jade Flawless patted the prophet's shoulder comfortingly, looked at the light rain in the sky, and asked:
"Father, I don't know if we will open it now, or wait for the rain to stop in ......"
"Wait for the rain to stop." The prophet replied without hesitation. "If she were, I wouldn't want to get dirty."
"Back to the emperor." Another secret guard, who had been silent, spoke: "The little one has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”
"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it." The prophet replied casually.
"Your Majesty, you see, the sun is about to set now, and there is no sign of this rain stopping, it is said that the rain is over three days, and this rain is in the afternoon, and it may fall for a few days. The country can't be without a king for a day, if the emperor opens the museum now, maybe he can catch up with tomorrow's early dynasty, you see......"
"Father, what he said does make sense. Originally, our trip was a secret trip, and those ministers are very unstable now, if you don't go to the early court, I'm afraid you will have to fall into the handle, isn't it more difficult to deal with. ”
"That's it." The Prophet took a deep breath, motioned for them to stop talking, and turned to one of the guards and commanded, "You can start digging, you go and get a large oil-paper umbrella." ”
"Yes." The guard hurriedly responded, took out all the tools from the carriage as he hurried back, and took a huge oil-paper umbrella and handed it to the prophet.
"Your Majesty, it's dirty here, otherwise, you better go back." One of the guards wiped the rain from his face with his hand and said vaguely.
"It's fine." The prophet replied without thinking. "My little sister is most afraid of getting dirty, so I can help him cover up some rain, right?" As he spoke, a peaceful smile appeared on his face.
Jade Wufang gestured behind the prophet to the two guards to stop talking, then turned around and took a shovel to help dig it.
"Lord Wang, you are a noble body, how can you do such a rough job?" A dark guard saw Yu Wufang coming over, and hurriedly said with some horror.
In the smoke and rain, Yu Wufang's black hair was all flat on his face, probably because of the cold, that face looked fairer, a pair of green eyes looked hazy, and smiled peacefully at the dark guard: "Let's finish it early and finish it early, there are only four people here, if I don't go up, do I want the emperor to go up?" ”
Seeing that the secret guard was about to interject, Yu Wufang lowered his eyebrows: "Okay, don't say more, this is an order." As he spoke, he continued to work hard.
The two secret guards had never been treated like this at all, and their eyes were full of mixed feelings when they looked at the jade, their eyes were slightly red, and they worked even harder.
That's it, people like them, once they enter the palace, they will be for a lifetime, and when they are old and can't do it, they will be ruthlessly sent out with some silver.
For ordinary princes and emperors, they are lowly subordinates who can't be lowly, if you look at them as a huge reward for them, let alone work with them.
In their hearts, the new prince and the emperor have been included in the ranks of good people.
The raindrops mixed with the soil became less and less, and the faces of the three people could no longer tell whether it was rain or sweat, and the place where the emperor was holding an umbrella was really not wet at all.
Time began to pass bit by bit.
Sure enough, as the secret guard said, the rain became heavier and heavier, and in the end, several people couldn't even open their eyes, so they had to dig out little by little with their consciousness.
Fortunately, the soil was dry in the middle, and the speed did not decrease at all.
A dark guard smirked: "Anyway, this soil is so loose, it's very labor-saving to dig up." ”
However, at that time, the smoke and rain were too big, and several people didn't hear it too clearly, and Yu Wuflawless heard it very vaguely, but he was busy digging the soil and didn't ask much.
"Jingle Bell." Digging and digging, Jade Flawless's shovel suddenly made a muffled sound, and Yu Flawless just thought that he had misheard, so he poked down vigorously, and sure enough, the muffled sound sounded again.
Wiped the rain from his face in surprise, and Yu Wufang said to the two secret guards with a hint of joy: "Work harder, my shovel has touched the coffin, everyone is working harder." ”
"Okay." The two secret guards said in unison, and several people worked together, but after a while, a coffin that was not too big slowly appeared in front of several people.
A secret guard who was familiar with this immediately took a white cloth from his arms, slowly wiped off a layer of floating soil on the coffin, and then raised his face to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, it's okay." Can you start now? ”
"Yes." The prophet replied slowly, his voice trembling with a hidden tremor, and his green eyes fixed on the coffin for a moment. The hand holding the big umbrella was trembling.
He was afraid, or expectant.
He didn't know what outcome he wanted, if his little junior sister hadn't died, he would actually be able to lighten the burden in his heart, but in the face of that note, he was in a dilemma.
The sound of clanging sounded in the empty valley with the sound of rushing rain, and the two guards gritted their teeth and cocked a little.
Yu Wufang didn't know anything about this, so he didn't stay there, but quickly ran back to the carriage, took a robe for the prophet, and gently draped it on the prophet: "Father, it's cold, be careful." ”
The prophet was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, nodded slightly towards Yu Wufang, and did not speak.
Yu Wufang understood that he must be uncomfortable in his heart at the moment.
The rain slowly subsided, and the opening of the coffin gradually came to an end, at this time, the sky was completely dark, and one or two wolf howls could occasionally be heard not far away, accompanied by the scene at this moment, which made people's backs chill.
"Alright." One of the guards snorted first and said to the other, "What about you?" ”
"It's pretty much the same." The Dark Guard said as he pried open a gap and said, "I'll shout one or two, and we'll work together." ”
The dark guard on the opposite side answered in a deep voice.
"Okay, one, two."
With two shouts of encouragement, the two of them used their strength in unison, and the entire coffin was slowly removed, and the scene inside the coffin was revealed to the prophet little by little.
Compared with the prophet, it was Yu Wufang who stood from the angle of the coffin and saw the scene inside the coffin more clearly.
Taking a cold breath, Yu Wufang only felt a chill in his back. He took a step forward and lifted the entire coffin lid with one force.
Fortunately, there was a sentence of white bones in that coffin, which was very terrifying. Moreover, the woman was still wearing a fiery red shirt.
The prophet pursed his lips, and a trace of loss crossed his eyes, but the hand that had been trembling still stopped, coughed lightly, and muttered to Yu Wufang: "Could it be that I have thought too much, and the person I met is really not her?" ”
"Your Majesty, it's not right!" A secret guard slowly lowered his head, stroked the red shirt and said, "Your Majesty, if the little one is not mistaken, this bone should have just been put in." ”
"Yes!" The little one thought so, and the other guard then said, "No wonder I said that I dug so easily just now, it seems that someone has moved!" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, give me a reason."
"Your Majesty, look!" A secret guard first took out a nail from the coffin, Your Majesty, the weather is hot and humid these days, you also understand, right, if it was a nail that was ground earlier, it would definitely rust due to the wind and rain, and the emperor, you look at this nail, it is obviously just chiseled into it" "And this dress, even if it is tightly sealed and buried for so many years, it must be immediately corrupted after opening, how can it be so complete? ”
"Father...... "Yu Wufang pursed his lips slightly, "What do you think?" ”
The emperor slowly took two steps back, instructed the two secret guards to close the coffin first, and whispered to Yu Wufang: "I thought, someone should have deliberately created an illusion for us to see, but she probably didn't expect us to find out." ”
Biting her lower lip slightly, Yu Wufang continued to guess according to the emperor's thoughts: "She wants us to panic and think that it is her soul, so we must obey her!" Could this be a traitor's trick? ”
"So." Taking a deep breath, the emperor threw the oil-paper umbrella in his hand to the ground and took a deep breath: "When you return to Beijing, you will order to go down, and the funeral will be held in three days!" ”