Chapter 11: The Quest for the Moon Lake (3)

I was in a small pool, which was supposed to be connected to the Moon Lake by a winding waterway, and the pool was very deep.

And where this deep pool is located, it is suddenly a deep and large cave, and on the edge of the pool is a piece of land, and there is a stone staircase in front of it leading to a deeper place.

Fang Ling was surprised, got out of the pool, and walked along the stone steps.

The light in the cave was very dim, and he could only grope his way forward, but Fang Ling could still tell that the stone steps were artificially excavated, and even the stone walls were polished smooth as mirrors, and there were many grooves, and torches were inserted on them, but these torches had already burned out, and it was impossible to use them for lighting.

The stone steps were still very winding and steep at first, but gradually they opened up, and when the two walls in front of them suddenly opened into the distance, Fang Ling had suddenly come to a huge stone path.

The two sides of the stone road are carved with different postures of the divine beasts, each head is five or six meters high, the expression is fierce and hideous, and on both sides of the stone road, there are also two stele pavilions, each of which erects a stele of more than ten meters of holy virtue and divine merit tablet.

Fang Ling took a closer look and was suddenly taken aback, what was recorded on this stele was actually the lifetime exploits of Emperor Xiaowu of the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, the inscription that records the emperor's merits can be seen in many places, but such a holy virtue monument can only be seen in the imperial mausoleum, and if it is planted here, could it be that this is actually the imperial tomb of Emperor Xiaowu of the Great Song Dynasty?

Yes, isn't this huge stone path the Imperial Tomb Shinto for the emperor's soul to enter and exit?

Fang Ling was familiar with history and knew a lot about the conquests of various countries. The Great Song Kingdom was a prosperous power three hundred years ago, and its territory included the present-day Chu State, the Cai State in the north, the Wu State in the east, and the Yue State in the south, and was one of the strongest countries on the land at that time.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were strong and strong, and there was originally a great hope of unifying the countries of the land, but the emperors of later generations were tyrannical and bloody and brutal, which made the people miserable and the national strength gradually declined.

Especially the last generation of Emperor Xiaowu, who advocated force and was brutal and unkind, and during the ten years of his rule, the princes everywhere rebelled. Ten years later, at the trail of his death, there were rebellions in various places, and at that time, an old minister surnamed Chu led troops to occupy the imperial city, which was the predecessor of the Chu State.

Whether it is the current Cai State, Wu State or Yue State, almost all of them have the shadow of the courtiers of the Great Song Kingdom in their bloodline, which shows how magnificent the Great Song Kingdom was at that time.

However, there is one of the most strange things in history, that is, when the old ministers captured the imperial city, they did not find the body of Emperor Xiaowu.

You must know that from the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne, the emperor will send people to build the imperial tomb, which usually takes more than ten or twenty years or even longer, and some are even repaired when they are about to die, and the same is true of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, Emperor Xiaowu was an exception, as it is said that he did not build an imperial tomb at all during his reign, and did not even know where to get the body after his death.

This matter eventually became an unsolved case, but Fang Ling didn't expect that he would actually reveal the secret.

Who would have thought that the mausoleum of Emperor Xiaowu was actually hidden under this Moon Lake.

Now think about it, that iron plate is the entrance to the imperial tomb, which is hidden under the silt at the bottom of the lake, I am afraid that it weighs hundreds of catties, if it is not for the power of the sun and fire, I am afraid it will not be able to open at all.