Chapter 853 0848 [BMW Enters Beijing]

Chapter 853 0848 [BMW Enters Beijing]

When Bai Sheng came to Shangbai Village, the body of the old Bai Yuan had not yet been buried.

The ancients had their own methods to prevent the body from decomposing, such as putting ice cubes aside to cool down, using spices such as peppercorns to prevent corrosion and odor, mixing glutinous rice with lime as a desiccant, using cloth to reduce contact with the air, and even using mercury to prevent embalming.

It seems that the longer the mortuary, the more beautiful the funeral.

In all dynasties, the imperial court advocated festive burials, but the people liked thick burials.

Song Qi, a scholar of Hanlin during the Song Renzong period, warned his son to bury himself, and the specific method was: three days after death, and three months after death. Don't care about yin and yang feng shui, just use miscellaneous wood for the coffin, and don't accompany the burial of valuables. The grave is only three feet high, and five cypress trees can be planted in the cemetery, and there are no statues of stone men and stone beasts.

It can be seen from the above that Song Qi really wants his son to bury himself.

But even if it is a thin burial, it will be suspended for three months, which is a strict observance of ancient rites!

Ordinary families, naturally, do not have the financial resources, and are generally buried within seven days. Even cremation became more and more popular, and the government repeatedly banned it - Mohists and Buddhism advocated cremation, which was inconsistent with Confucian concepts, so the imperial court was against cremation.

When the old white man was still alive, he had a cellar dug for himself, so that it would not be detrimental to the mortuary to die in the summer.

The cellar was paved with a lot of lime to prevent moisture, and the coffin was also mixed with lime and glutinous rice, and spices such as peppercorns were used to remove the taste. Every winter, he hid ice in the cellar, and when he died, he used it to cool down.

Bai Sheng said to the two filial sons: "Your Majesty asked me to pass on the news, the funeral of the old man, the thick funeral and the funeral can be done, but you can't accompany the funeral of gold, silver and bronze." In the future, even if someone from the royal family dies, they will not be buried with gold, silver and bronze. ”

Bai Sheng claimed that he still had a mission, and quietly ran to find the BMW with a dozen people.

Bai Chongyan said: "Virtuous people should be buried on the festival." ”

The Xixiang County Order and the main bookkeeper also heard the news and rushed to worship again.

The more popular the folk are for thick burials, the more Confucians and gentlemen advocate festival burials. The most typical is Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, who both asked for a thin burial after their deaths, and persuaded scholars and wealthy businessmen to also be buried thinly.

Those who advocate thick burials say that Zhang Qi buried his body with thick burial and Yan Shu buried his broken bones with thin burial, so as to conclude that thin burial is unfavorable to the deceased.

Zhang Qi's tomb was accompanied by a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and the tomb robbers only took the treasure, but did not destroy the bones and coffins.

Bai Dalang was already asking the potters to reburn the artifact, and the artifact of the fourth official could use Fang Xiang (a kind of deity that can ward off evil spirits). In addition, the tomb beast can also carve a few more.

Zhu Xi even said that it is best not to put a single mundane thing in the coffin.

The great Confucians naturally had their influence, and the two Song courts had "funeral orders". It is required that no gold, silver and jewelry be placed in the coffin, and that the tomb and coffin should not be built with stone slabs. The area of the cemetery, the height of the tomb, and the number of stone beasts and artifacts are all strictly regulated according to the rank of the official.

This memorial service was organized with the etiquette of a four-grade official.

Zhu Ming posthumously awarded the fourth-grade official to the old white officer, mainly to improve the specifications of the tomb.

This incident caused heated discussions in the society at that time, and there was a quarrel between advocating frugal burials and advocating thick burials.

But as long as it is a great Confucian, it is basically advocated for thin burial.

The brothers Bai Chongwen and Bai Chongyan built a shack next to the grave and took turns to mourn their deceased father every night.

Soon, the funeral ceremony was held - thirty days had already passed since the death of the old Bai Yuanwai, and Bai Sheng was delayed on the road for a long time.

……

There is a very famous story in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Yan Shu's funeral was very shabby, even the gold wrap was wooden, and the outside was just brushed with a layer of gold dust. The tomb robbers were so angry that they used their bones to vent their anger and split Yan Shu's bones to pieces.

Bai Sheng came to mourn on behalf of the royal family, and the brothers Bai Chongwen and Bai Chongyan rebuilt the mourning hall and carried the coffin out.

Yan Shu and Zhang Qi were buried not far away, and their graves were stolen one after another.

According to the memory, Bai Sheng came to the bottom of the cliff.

He was waiting here, and Zhu Ming only took Zhang Guangdao up the mountain to look for Tianwang Jia.

"A few of you, just stand here, taking turns waving the flag, and you can't stop for a moment." Bai Sheng commanded.

With that, he personally led a few soldiers and craftsmen along the cliff to look for a gentle slope farther away.

Climb up the gentle slope and walk in the direction.

Spend the night in the mountains and continue the search the next day. Every time he walked, Bai Sheng used a telescope to look down carefully.

Finally, he saw the flags that were dancing under the cliffs.

Along the way, it was full of all kinds of plants, and he kept chopping out of the passage with a knife, and Bai Sheng finally saw a strange thing.

The body of the BMW has been crawled with vines, even piled with fallen leaves, and weeds have grown everywhere in the car.

Bai Sheng said to the soldiers and craftsmen under his command: "You all listen, Your Majesty dreams at night, and the gods show the way. This is a gift from God! If anyone dares to reveal half a word, not only will their heads move, but the whole family will be buried together! ”

The crowd said yes one after another, and their hearts were terrified.

Afraid of falling off the cliff, they tied ropes around their waists and trees at the other end, and began to clear vines, fallen leaves, and weeds.

After tossing for a long time, I could barely see the original appearance of the BMW car.

"Sir, this thing grows out of the mountains!" A soldier shouted.

Bai Sheng cautiously touched it and found that the butt of the BMW car was embedded in the rock wall, and immediately ordered: "Chisel the stones, dig up the clods of soil!" ”

Two stonemasons stepped forward with ropes tied to them, and tossed and turned for an afternoon, but still did not completely chisel the rock.

On the third day, construction continues.

Chiseling and chiseling, Bai Sheng, who was standing on the roof of the car and commanding, suddenly felt that his feet were leaning.

Bai Sheng shouted: "Get out of the way, the treasure is about to fall!" ”

But it was the BMW that lost its anchorage, and the whole car was pressed against a branch. The branches grew a little crooked, and the body was about to slide off balance.

Bai Sheng jumped to the side with a rope, and the BMW slipped down the branch and hit the cliff wall below.

The car rolled several times in a row, and then broke a small tree, and then broke several branches, and the whole thing got stuck on the inside of the big tree between the cliffs.

In desperation, Bai Sheng could only take the soldiers and craftsmen and cut down the big trees that stood in the way.

After two more days of tossing, the BMW finally fell completely.

The windshield was completely smashed, the rearview mirror was knocked off one, and the body was hit with potholes everywhere.

The craftsmen tried to disassemble it, and as soon as they got started, they began to scratch the blind.

Let's put it this way, they don't even know how to remove the license plate......

Bai Sheng squatted there and struggled for a while, and said, "This kind of artifact is not something that ordinary craftsmen can dismantle. Drag it to the edge of the Han River with a rope and hoist it on a big ship and transport it back to Kaifeng! ”

It is definitely enough to take a few plank roads in Hanzhong, so you can only go down the Han River from the Han River, and then turn to the Yangtze River to take the canal.

The good news is that you can take a boat all the way.

Bai Sheng originally wanted to return to his hometown, stay in his hometown for a while, and then go to Xixiang County and Yang County to play.

But the BMW car can't be dismantled, and the longer you stay, the easier it is to leak secrets.

After he hoisted the BMW onto the ship, he didn't even dare to leave. Even when he said goodbye to Bai Chongyan, he sent someone to pass the word, saying that he had to return to Beijing immediately after a secret mission.

When he arrived in Xiangyang, Bai Sheng took the emperor's warrant and directly dispatched the Cao army and the Cao boat.

The BMW had been wrapped in layers of tarpaulins, and after changing to a bigger boat, he ate and drank with the car.

No way, Bai Sheng was scared!

He knew very well that the emperor's Heavenly King Armor was taken out of the car. And the whole BMW car was beyond Bai Sheng's understanding, he really thought it was a fetish.

Moreover, Bai Sheng faintly guessed that the Emperor Taishang and the emperor were most likely immortals!

After a big circle by water, Bai Sheng finally returned to Kaifeng, but found that the imperial court had moved the capital, so he could only continue to escort BMW to Luoyang.

Take the boat straight into Luoyang City and dock outside the left gate of the imperial city.

Bai Sheng said to the Cao soldiers who were escorting all the way: "Disperse the people here, no one is allowed within a hundred steps along the street." All the doors and windows of the shops on both sides of the street are closed, and no one is allowed to peek. ”

He also said to the forbidden soldiers beside him: "You go to Zuoye Gate to report and inform Your Majesty that the treasure has been retrieved and has not been dismantled." Your Majesty, where should I be sent to the palace? ”

For a time, chickens flew and dogs jumped.

All the people in the nearby streets were evicted, and all the houses along the streets were forced to close their doors and windows.

At the door of every house facing the street, there were Cao soldiers standing on guard, shouting at the people inside not to peek.

Not long after, Zhu Ming and Zhu Guoxiang came one after another.

Seeing this kind of battle, Zhu Ming couldn't cry or laugh, and said to Bai Sheng: "Drag it into the palace with a rope, and you can come with me." ”

Entering through the left-hand door, it is full of central offices.

Anyway, the BMW was wrapped in several layers of tarpaulin, and Zhu Ming did not continue to disperse the officials.

The officials of the yamen came to see the excitement, and Zhu Guoxiang scolded: "What are you looking at? Get back to work! ”

Soon, there was no one outside the yamen, and everyone returned to work.

What happened today was very strange, and many officials and people were quietly talking and speculating about what it was.

The people of later generations cannot find a single word in the history books.

But there are many literati notes, all of which record today's events. There were even individual officials who chatted with different friends and learned that the "treasures" were transported from Xixiang County, and there were Cao soldiers to escort them along the way. Bai Sheng personally escorted this thing, and he never got off the boat halfway.

The car pulled to a place in the harem, and the father and son gathered around and told everyone to leave.

"How?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming said: "Dig a basement first and get the car in. Then a group of craftsmen were selected and placed under residential surveillance for their families. Every once in a while, craftsmen are summoned to come in and disassemble and study. Those chips, circuit boards, etc., will definitely not be able to study any results. But some mechanical structures can inspire craftsmen. ”

Zhu Guoxiang nodded: "All the personnel involved in the transportation of the BMW will be rewarded and ordered not to talk nonsense." ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "It's best to keep it secret, but it's nothing, it's just a divine object." ”

"Chips, circuit boards and other things that are too ahead of the times, do you destroy them or leave them?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming shook his head: "I haven't figured it out yet." ”

(End of chapter)