"Wow~"
Zhao Guanren tore off the chains on the gate of the East Palace, and pushed open the two courtyard doors. What he saw was a mess. The roofs of the inner and outer buildings were all torn off, and the doors and windows were also removed. The last smell hits the face.
"Master! The incident happened in the backyard, the house where Yongning lives alone..."
Luo Tan and Qiu Ning followed him into the East Palace, Shen Qingwen and Ouyang Jin also followed in, Lu Datou hurriedly distributed anti-epidemic masks and sheepskin gloves, and the two deputy commanders of the Dragon Guard followed behind, a group of people wrapped themselves in Like a surgeon.
"What did you burn here, where did the corpse go..."
When Zhao Guanren walked into the backyard, he found a large pit. There were many bluestone slabs in the scorched pit, and sand and ashes were also mixed together.
"All the suspicious items were burned here, and then the ashes were removed and exposed to the sun until now..."
Luo Tan stepped forward and replied: "The corpse was transported to the north of Urn City. The underground is impermeable three-component soil. We built a purification pool to burn the corpse. We strictly followed the epidemic prevention procedures. We didn't dare to leak a drop of corpse oil. Wengcheng slept all night before leaving!"
Zhao Guanren asked: "Why did the corpse poison enter Yongning's room? Did Ye Ruoqing bring back a rouge box?"
"Yes! We found an overturned rouge box and found poisonous powder in it..."
Luo Tan said: "Ye Ruoqing had two boxes of the same rouge, which were brought into the palace along with other gifts. We tortured the female guards who sorted out the items, and they refused to admit poisoning, only saying that the gifts were accidentally dropped on the way, and they were unintentional." Put the rouge in the gift box!"
"Is Ye Zimei's body burned too?"
Zhao Guanren glanced at Lu Datou noncommittally. Lu Datou was so depressed that he couldn't speak. After a long time, the rouge box he had lost was taken away by Emperor Ji Renfu, and finally entered the palace by accident. It's Tiande Ye's family.
"No! The new emperor and the king of Qin insisted not to allow the burning, saying that they would keep the whole body..."
Luo Tan spread his hands and said: "However, we stabbed a big hole in the back of his head with a sword, and put it in the coffin after nine days of exposure to the sun. The special coffin is divided into three layers, the inner layer is made of golden nanmu, the middle layer is made of bronze, and the outer layer It’s a big sarcophagus, no corpse oil will leak out!”
"I won't give away my fart, he's already a corpse..."
Zhao Guanren said angrily: "I always thought Ye Yunchen was playing tricks, but I didn't expect you guys to get out the corpse. No matter where Ye Zimei is buried, take me there and dig him out. Once he blows up the grave, everyone will die. !"
"impossible!"
Tianqi Emperor Ye Guanhai suddenly ran in, and Qin Wang, who had been captured alive by Zhao Guanren, and Renfu Emperor Ji also followed.
"Uncle! My father will definitely not be able to cheat the corpse..."
The little emperor said anxiously: "His brains flowed out like tofu. I watched with my own eyes. I couldn't bear to leave him with a whole body. Besides, the copper coffin and the sarcophagus will not go wrong. It must be something else." Someone cheated the corpse, so don't disturb his rest!"
"I know you love your father..."
Zhao Guanren pressed his shoulders and said: "Your father should be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Let's open the tomb and have a look. I won't open the coffin as long as there is nothing wrong with it. I will ask the Bodhisattva to save him once more so that he can be reborn as soon as possible and reborn." How are you doing?"
"But the underground palace can't be opened, it's been sealed..."
The little emperor said anxiously: "The mausoleum of the late emperor has not yet been built, and it happens that the mausoleum of grandfather has not been closed, so he buried his father and son together. The entrance of the underground palace is locked by two heavy gates, even if the grand master is locked inside, he can't come out." If you don’t come, outsiders won’t be able to enter either!”
"Break a hole and go in to see if it's
Alright, the treasury can also be opened for it... "
Zhao Guanren's attitude was very firm, but King Qin came over and said, "King Zhao! The mausoleum is made of three layers of bluestone, and is covered with a waterproof layer and compound soil. Let alone a robbery hole, it is difficult to get in through the whole plan. Digging up ancestral graves is a huge taboo!"
"Yunxuan!"
Emperor Renfu also said anxiously: "Even if my brother cheats the corpse, he won't be able to get out. That underground palace is really impenetrable, and our family's ancestral grave has been dug up. How can we explain it to our clansmen?"
"Okay! Let's take a look first, and then we'll talk..."
Zhao Guanren walked out thoughtfully, the little emperor was not in the mood to go to court, so he hurriedly changed into simple clothes, and rode with Zhao Guanren to the imperial mausoleum. The ancestral graves were dug up.
Ji Chongling is far away in the mountains in the countryside, and everyone rushed to arrive in the afternoon without stopping. With the financial resources of the Ji Kingdom, it will definitely be extravagant and wasteful.
The bluestone slabs were paved all the way into the deep mountains, with various large stone carvings of mythical animals on both sides. Several mountains were dug into mausoleums, and the palaces built on the top of the mountains could be seen from a distance.
In addition to the magnificent palace, there are also many temples, city walls and towers. A whole battalion of soldiers is stationed here, and there is also a yamen for the management of the imperial tombs, just to protect the eight emperors who have been buried here.
"The emperor is here!"
The mausoleum guard officials suddenly saw a large number of dragon guards coming on horseback. The fool also knew that the emperor had arrived, so he hurriedly ran to the archway and knelt down to greet him, but Zhao Guanren jumped off the horse first and asked, "Get up and talk, what are you doing this year?" Didn't lightning strike the imperial mausoleum?"
"There was a time at the beginning of the year, but the mountain fire has been extinguished by us, and it has not affected the imperial mausoleum..."
The officials got up from the ground one after another, and Zhao Guanren immediately asked them to lead the way on horseback. The scale of the imperial tomb was larger than the imperial palace, and it was divided into two valleys on the left and right. However, a large number of concubines guarding the tomb had just entered the imperial city Just ran out.
"The king of Zhao is here! The king of Zhao is here..."
The concubines seem to have seen a savior. The concubines of the two emperors all recognize him. They know that none of the concubines who have slept with him have become monks or guarded the mausoleum. the living dead.
"Let's talk about it later, I have something urgent to do..."
Zhao Guanren quickly rode his horse and ran deep, and soon came to the foot of a big mountain. The mountain had obviously been struck by thunder and fire. Although a lot of vegetation had grown, there were several dead trees lying in the forest.
"Is there a mausoleum under this mountain..."
Zhao Guanren jumped off his horse to look around, and the mausoleum official also jumped down and said, "Nothing! The imperial mausoleum faces south, and the mausoleums are arranged on the east and west sides. In recent years, this mountain has been struck by lightning once, and last year there was another mountain fire. , far outside the imperial tomb!"
"Take me to Ye Zimei's mausoleum..."
Zhao Guanren followed the mausoleum official to Dongshan Mountain, but the graves of Ye Zimei and his son were not in the mountain, but a very large courtyard was built. There was a Hades Hall in the courtyard, and behind the hall was a huge tomb. The entrance to the underground palace had long been filled. up.
"Yunxuan! No corpse can deceive you in this kind of place..."
Ye Ruoqing followed him to the tomb, Zhao Guanren walked around the tomb, did not find anything suspicious, then went back and asked: "Are you sure that the corpse entered the coffin and was not transferred halfway, the corpse It might be poisonous if you don’t burn it!”
"Master! I was present at the burial, and the Dragon Guards also guarded the whole process..."
Qiu Ning stepped forward and said, "I saw the corpse put into the coffin with my own eyes. The dragon guards locked it with chains, and sealed the upper and lower parts of the coffin. The outer copper coffin was sealed with iron brazing. Finally
The sarcophagus that was carried into the underground palace was placed independently in the ear chamber, and the tomb was sealed by a heavy gate! "
"This is weird..."
Zhao Guanren squatted in front of the grave bag in confusion, but Lu Datou suddenly asked: "Have you counted all the corpses, have you checked with the number of dead people, did some corpses run away, or hide somewhere in the palace? "
"Checked!"
Qiu Ning nodded and said: "We have counted the number of people in the entire palace, and no one is bad. We have even searched the secret room under the East Palace to make sure there is nothing wrong with it!"
"I'll go ask..."
Zhao Guanren got up and walked outside the compound. Hundreds of concubines guarding the mausoleum gathered outside the door, and there were even many old concubines with gray hair. Nothing unusual happened?"
"..."
The concubines shook their heads blankly, and an old concubine said: "Sometimes I can see the emperors, take the queen or concubine out for a stroll, but it's not scary, we are used to living here, anyway, sooner or later I have to go down to accompany the emperor!"
"King Zhao! If you want to say that the monster is the mausoleum monster here..."
A former side concubine stepped forward and said: "The mausoleum officials don't pay more than a hundred taels of silver a year, but their wives all wear gold and silver, and some people have several concubines, but the imperial mausoleum is not a place to earn money. , so we suspect that they are guarding themselves and stealing, and someone is stealing funerary objects!"
"Self-defense?"
Zhao Guanren was surprised and said: "But the tomb is sealed, so how can you steal it? If you have evidence, I can take you away!"
"Although we don't have evidence, there must be a demon if things go wrong..."
The side concubine hurriedly said: "It stands to reason that we should live here and stay with the first emperor for seventy-seven forty-nine days, but they let us live in the middle palace for a month on the grounds that the Hades Palace was in disrepair, and some people heard about it in the middle of the night. Donkeys are braying, there can be no donkeys in imperial mausoleums!"
"Thank you!"
Zhao Guanren immediately rushed into the compound, grabbed the mausoleum official and shouted: "Wow! You gang of thieves dare to guard and steal yourself. No wonder there are funerary objects on the market. Say! Where did you make the robbery hole? If you don't tell the truth, you will be executed everywhere!"
"Never mind! Absolutely nothing..."
The mausoleum officer waved his hands again and again in fright, but two of his subordinates were paralyzed in fright. Ouyang Jin quickly rushed forward and stepped on one, drew out a steel knife to brace the other's neck, and the guy immediately wailed, "No way!" My business, Master Xu forced us to do it!"
"Tell me honestly! Where is the robbery hole..."
Ouyang Jinjiao shouted, and the other party said in horror: "No, it's not a robbery. The craftsmen who repaired the mausoleum are afraid of being buried alive. There is a secret passage in every underground palace. You only need to dig the soil outside to enter. It's a century-old rule, and every mausoleum official does this!"
"Bastards! You bastards who pay thousands of dollars..."
The little emperor jumped into a rage, grabbed a knife and was about to cut down the mausoleum official, but Zhao Guanren stopped him and asked, "Say! Have you ever entered Emperor Yongji's tomb? Have you ever opened his coffin?"
"No no no! Absolutely no..."
The mausoleum official knelt down on the ground and wept in mourning: "The late emperor used a three-layer coffin, and even cast a spell on the copper coffin to suppress the corpse. We thought that the late emperor must have cheated the corpse, so we only took the gold, silver and jade objects in the sarcophagus. The copper coffin can't even be touched. I dare not touch it!"
"Damn it! You dare to rob the tomb even if you know the corpse is cheating, take us to the secret passage..."
Zhao Guanren kicked the opponent hard, the little emperor was already crying out of anger, Ye Ruoqing said with a pale face: "It's over! My elder brother must have really cheated, and the emperor is in the same mausoleum with him , how can this be good?"