Chapter 139: The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix
Changling, also known as Changshan, is located in the north of Sanyi Village, Yaodian Town, about 40 miles east of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Yong Province. It is the mausoleum of Gaozu, and there is a mausoleum of Gaozu and Empress Lu in different caves not far away.
By now, the ground buildings have long been destroyed, but the walls of the cemetery and the mausoleum are well preserved, and there are still 63 burial mounds to be found in the burial tombs.
Unlike the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, the Mausoleum lacks a sense of mystery. Even, the entire mausoleum is open to the public.
Wang Chengfeng disguised himself as a passenger and wandered around the mausoleum for a long time, but found nothing except the remaining city walls and palaces.
He always felt that the Vermilion Bird Essence Blood would not be here, so he asked Taichu: "Taichu, will there be Vermilion Bird Essence Blood in this place?"
"The old man shouldn't be here. "Taichu Dao.
"Then let's go to Emperor Wu's mausoleum. Wang Chengfeng was a little disappointed, but he knew that if the essence blood of the Vermilion Bird was so easy to find, he was afraid that it would have appeared in the world a long time ago.
The mausoleum of Emperor Wu is Maoling, which is located in Maoling Village, northeast and south of Xingping County, 80 miles northwest of Xian'an. It is the largest, longest and most abundant burial goods among the imperial tombs of the Han Dynasty, and is known as the "pyramid of China".
Its scale is huge, and only the Mausoleum of the First Emperor can compare with it throughout Chinese history, and it is said that it is full of a large number of rare treasures.
With the same fate as Changling, Maoling has always been patronized by tomb robbers, and the largest ones are the Red Mei Army, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, and the Huangchao Peasant Uprising.
Today, Maoling has also lost its scale, and only many imitation Han buildings remain, becoming a tourist attraction.
Wang Chengfeng wandered around and searched here for three whole days, but still couldn't find any clues.
"No, apart from here, the Vermilion Bird Essence Blood won't be anywhere else!" Wang Chengfeng wondered.
"There is also a possibility that the Vermilion Bird essence blood has been stolen. Tai Chu said with a solemn expression.
"What would happen if an ordinary person stumbled upon a small vial containing the blood of the Vermilion Bird?" Wang Chengfeng wondered.
"That drop of essence blood will be scattered in the sky, looking for the reincarnated Suzaku to merge with him!" said this, Taichu's expression became more and more solemn.
"In other words, it is very likely that the Vermilion Bird essence blood has fused with the reincarnated Vermilion Bird?" Wang Chengfeng said in disappointment.
"Not necessarily, maybe the tomb robbers who stole the blood of the Suzaku couldn't even open the seal? Maybe they took it as an ornament? There is also a possibility that the essence blood was taken by the monk and temporarily resided in the monk's body. ”
"Alas!" Wang Chengfeng sighed and left Maoling.
In the next few days, Wang Chengfeng went to the Zhaoling Tomb, the largest in the Tang Dynasty, to inspect again.
Zhaoling, is the joint burial mausoleum of Taizong and Empress Wende, located in the northwest of Liquan County, Shaanxi Yong Province, more than 40 miles northwest of Jiuzhi Mountain.
It is based on the peak of Jiuzhi Mountain, digging the mountain to build a mausoleum, trying to take advantage of the magnificent situation of the mountain to prevent theft and digging.
However, Jiuzhi Mountain is limestone, which has been eroded by high-altitude wind and rain for a long time, and the mountain flood has washed away, not only the mountain buildings do not exist, but even the original mountain shape has changed a lot.
Coupled with the patronage of tomb robbers, Zhaoling has long since lost its former glory.
Wang Chengfeng searched here for a few days, but except for some ruins, there was still no result.
So far, for Wang Chengfeng, the last valuable imperial tomb left near Xian'an is Qianling.
Qianling is located in the north of Qianxian County, Xianyang City, a few kilometers north of the Liang Mountain, for the joint burial of Gaozong and the empress.
It cannot be compared with the Mausoleum of the First Emperor in terms of scale or fame, but the mystery of the mausoleum is comparable to that of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor.
According to legend, due to the lack of military funds, Huang Chao used 400,000 soldiers to dig and steal the Qianling Tomb, but failed to find the tomb entrance.
Later, five generations of Wen Tao came to dig again, but they retreated due to the wind and rain;
During the Republic of China, Sun Lianzhong led his troops to bomb many places with real guns and cannons, but he also failed to find the tomb entrance. Then when the soldiers dug blindly, there was a thunderstorm, which did not stop for several days, and Sun Lianzhong was frightened to leave overnight.
Even in modern times, the Qianling Tomb has not been excavated.
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Others can't find the entrance, but it can't be difficult for a monk like Hao Le. Long before Hao Le left, he found the entrance to this place for Wang Chengfeng, and Wang Chengfeng also explored in the Qianling, but he didn't find anything except absorbing some dragon qi.
This time, Wang Chengfeng came to Qianling again with the heart of trying it out.
"It seems that the famous Qianling is all in the Vermilion Bird Gate, could it be that the blood of the Vermilion Bird is hidden in the Qianling?" Speaking of the Qianling, Wang Chengfeng suddenly thought.
"It's possible, but it's also possible that Suzaku is a female. Taichu said.
"Mother's?" Wang Chengfeng wondered for a while, "Is it a phoenix?"
"No one can say what the relationship between Suzaku and Phoenix is, and the old man is the same. Taichu sighed.
"Could it be that the Vermilion Bird has transformed into a phoenix?" Wang Chengfeng wondered.
"You'll know when the time comes. Taichu didn't seem to want to say more, so he only said a perfunctory sentence to Wang Chengfeng.
"Cut, I'll know if I don't say it. Wang Chengfeng muttered casually.
Considering that he could not enter the interior of the Qianling Tomb openly, Wang Chengfeng waited until the evening.
In the evening, he came to the corner of the east and west sides of the Shinto outside the Suzaku Gate, where two groups of life-size stone figures were scattered, dressed in different ways, some with robes and waists, and some with purple sleeves with lapels.
The strangest thing is that none of these stone figures have heads.
And the position they stand in is also very regular, as if they are demonstrating a certain formation.
When he arrived here, Wang Chengfeng couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he found the heads of these stone figures and put them untouched.
In addition to the stone figures, there is also a world-famous wordless monument on the east side of Sima Road outside the Suzaku Gate. Its monument is more than seven meters high, about two meters wide, and more than one meter thick.
And the entrance of the Qianling Tomb just forms a regular triangle with the stone man and the wordless stele.
Wang Chengfeng was familiar with the road and was also a master of art and boldness, and only took a flashlight and a shovel and entered the Qianling.
Much the same, the interior of the Qianling Tomb is also built in imitation of the pattern of the Tang capital, which is divided into the imperial city, the palace city and the outer Guo city. If you look at it from above, you can see that it is roughly in the shape of a square.
There are all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and various cultural relics. Because of the lack of money, Wang Chengfeng thought about taking some gold and silver treasures from the mausoleum to exchange for some money, but in the end he still did not do so.
He passed through the outer Guo City and the palace city, and came to the Daming Palace in the imperial city to search carefully.
"En?" Wang Chengfeng frowned, and found that this place seemed to be different from when he came before, but he couldn't tell what was different.
Looking at the dragon chair in the middle of the palace, Wang Chengfeng sat down with curiosity.
As a result, the entire palace shook at the moment when Wang Chengfeng sat up, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran outside the palace.
When I looked at it again, three big characters appeared in the sky above Daming Palace - Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, and then disappeared.