251, The Ancient Sword Rusts and the Green Mountains Age

Investigating the mystery of Zhao Yunniang's burial in Fengxi Country.

It is not an easy task.

From the early days of the founding of the country to the fifth year of Xiaochang, nearly two hundred years have passed. There have been eight emperors of the Xu family alone. The sacred artifact of the country was passed from Emperor Kaiming Xu Zhang to the hands of the current Emperor Xiaochang.

Regarding the secrets of the founding period, it is not certain that many people in the Xu royal family know.

After all, it is not good for future generations to pass down such things.

There is no need to understand.

There are so many mortals involved, and they are his descendants. It is definitely a stupid method to use soul-searching techniques one by one.

Therefore, he quickly made up his mind to lend the matter of face reading to King Zhou, to confuse the people and force the dignitaries of Fengxi Country to find out the truth of the year.

At the same time, it can also be used to select the real talents in the Xu royal family.

It is difficult for him to take away nearly 10,000 royal family members one by one under the eyes of Feiyu Fairy Palace, and he can only take away a part of them.

"What?"

"The Taizu and his wife Empress Xiaozhang are cenotaphs? Fengling is a cenotaph? How is this possible?"

After hearing these words, King Zhou's face changed slightly, a little bit unbelievable.

Fengling is the imperial tomb of the founding Taizu, and is worshipped by the emperor and officials every year.

And they have worshipped for so many years, but there are no bones of Taizu and Queen Mother Zhao in Fengling, which is simply a fantasy.

"Impossible"

"Such a major event must be recorded in the national history. I have read hundreds of books since I was a child, and I have never seen any history book mention this point."

King Zhou calmed down and shook his head.

If you don't know history, it's hard to know the rise and fall of the countries.

The court governs the country with loyalty and filial piety. As a prince and grandson, when he goes to the Taimiao to pay homage to the ancestors of the emperors of all dynasties, he must not be confused about the achievements of each emperor and what he did during his tenure.

As a descendant of the descendants, he must remember the history of the founding Taizu.

At this moment, he flipped through the memories in his mind and did not find any anecdotes that Fengling was a "cenote".

"Is the decline of national fortune true or false?"

"Your Highness already has the answer in his mind, why deceive yourself. If the world already knew that Fengling was a cenotaph, how could it be my turn to come to the palace today to confuse the public?"

Seeing the suspicious eyes of King Zhou, Xu Xing was not in a hurry. He was calm and looked back at King Zhou. After clearing his throat, he smiled slightly and replied.

With the experience of nightmares, the early death of Emperor Guangwen, and the many illnesses of Emperor Xiaochang, Xu Xing was not afraid that King Zhou would not believe his words.

There is no powerful person who is not afraid of death.

After seeking medical treatment and medicine, the "bewitching words" of ghosts and gods, even if they do not believe in their hearts, they will choose to try.

"I will go to the palace and ask the Queen Mother and the Zongzheng."

As Xu Xing expected, when it comes to his own life and safety, King Zhou dare not be careless at all. After giving Xu Xing a few verbal rewards, he said these words with a slightly anxious look.

Queen Mother Li has been in charge of the government of Emperor Guangwen and Emperor Xiaochang for more than ten years, and is now the most powerful person in the court.

She is also his biological mother.

For such royal secrets, it is most appropriate to ask Queen Mother Li, his biological mother.

Secondly, the Zongzheng of the Zongrenfu is in charge of the affairs of the royal family. If there is such a secret, the Zongzheng may have a secret file.

"There is no need for a little reward. I don't care about the vulgar things of gold and silver."

"I came here today because I practiced Taoism in my early years and received help from the royal family."

Xu Xing bowed to King Zhou and said.

After he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and turned into a wisp of green smoke. In a flash, he came from the house to the stone pavilion in the courtyard, brewed tea on the stone table, and looked easy-going.

He was like a hermit.

Seeing this scene, any doubts in King Zhou's heart immediately disappeared without a trace.

He ordered the officials to serve Xu Xing, then hurriedly washed and dressed,

and took a carriage to the Shenjing Palace, not daring to neglect it for a moment.

The fifth year of Xiaochang, autumn.

Ziwei Hall, side hall.

The middle-aged Queen Mother Li had just finished a bowl of pear porridge to relieve heat, and saw her youngest son rushing to the hall to pay her respects as if his butt was on fire.

"Yu'er, what's wrong?"

"Which prince offended you and asked me to help you decide? Or is the expenditure of the mansion less, and the court has deducted it?"

Queen Mother Li raised her sleeves and waved to let the palace maids around her withdraw, leaving only a few confidants to serve her.

After the maid left the side hall, she completely withdrew her dignity, looked at her youngest son, and smiled. The royal family loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son.

However, compared with the previous two princes, her favorite was the youngest son, Prince Zhou.

"Mother, I have had nightmares since I came here. A few days ago, I heard that there is a fortune teller in Shenjing who is very accurate in fortune telling, so I invited him into the palace."

"After the fortune teller finished reading my son's face, he said that the reason why the late emperor died young was because of his elder brother."

After bowing, Prince Zhou stood up and sat on the side seat. After a slight hesitation, he told everything that Xu Xing had just said to him.

The late Emperor Guangwen was the eldest son of Empress Dowager Li and one of her elder brothers.

However, for the sake of distinction, he called Emperor Guangwen, and generally called him the late emperor.

"Is this true?"

Empress Dowager Li's eyes narrowed slightly. She pondered for a moment and said, "Yu'er, since you said that this fortune teller has extraordinary skills, can fly in the air and break gold with one finger, then I think he is not a swindler."

There are immortals in the world. This is not a rumor between the court and the public, but a true story.

The royal family has the common sense of the immortal world and several immortal cultivation techniques passed down by Emperor Tiande.

The later Kaiming Emperor also sent warlocks to the South China Sea many times to search for the legendary Immortal Palace in order to seek immortality.

It is only because of the separation between immortals and mortals that ordinary people do not know that there are immortals in the world and only think that they are myths and legends.

Ever since she listened to politics behind the curtain and took control of the central government, she gradually learned these secrets from Zong Zheng.

"It is said that Emperor Tiande was an immortal who came to the world, so he received the destiny to overthrow the tyranny of the previous dynasty. At that time, there was a severe drought in Kansai Road for several years. Taizu went to the altar to pray for rain. Under the order, the Rain God did not dare to disobey and rained down. , alleviate the disaster”

Empress Dowager Li searched her memory. After hesitating for a while, she told King Zhou some secrets about the royal family that did not exist in historical records.

Having said this, she shook her head, "Taizu is an immortal god, so it is impossible to leave a real corpse in Fengling. However, Empress Xiaozhang is buried in a tomb, which is a bit unexpected."

Empress Xiaozhang, Zhao Yuniang, was the first virtuous empress of the Han Dynasty to listen to politics behind the curtain. She was unanimously praised by officials from both the government and the public. She, the Empress Dowager, naturally wanted to imitate the sages and regard the words and deeds of Empress Xiaozhang as a model to ensure that she "won the throne." Justified.

(The name of Fengxi Kingdom is Han.)

Therefore, she knew the deeds of Queen Xiaozhang very well.

"Even Queen Mother, you don't know the inside story?"

King Zhou said in surprise.

"Then who in the whole country knows what happened back then?"

"This is related to the lives of the emperor's brother and his sons, as well as the fate of our country."

He was a young man after all, and he was anxious, fearing that Queen Mother Li would not pay attention to this matter, so he said anxiously.

"Preaching Zongzheng"

Empress Dowager Li did not answer King Zhou's words. She frowned slightly, looked at the female officer beside her, and said with a solemn expression. Less than half an hour passed.

The gray-haired Zong Zheng walked into the palace and greeted Empress Dowager Li politely.

"I wonder why the Queen Mother invited ministers to the palace?"

Zongzheng glanced at King Zhou who was sitting in the side hall, and saw that Emperor Xiaochang was not in the hall. He raised his eyebrows slightly and felt a little uneasy.

Zong Zheng, an official, is neither too big nor too small.

Although he is one of the nine ministers, he is only an affairs officer in charge of the royal family and relatives. In terms of actual power, he does not involve military and political power.

However, when the emperor changed, he, Zong Zheng, who was in charge of the thin list of royal family names and distinguished the royal family's blood relatives, concubines, large sects and small sects, played a very important role.

There are rumors that Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Xiaochang have long been inseparable. She prefers her younger son, so it is not impossible to depose the emperor and choose another one.

"Uncle, please take a seat."

"Winter is about to begin. Among the tributes are fine fur coats from Yanbei Road. I will bring a few pieces to my uncle later."

Empress Dowager Li did not dare to neglect Zong Zheng. She smiled and greeted him as usual.

Zong Zheng is held by the royal family and is the representative of the Xu royal family. With her power, she does not dare to offend rashly.

After saying the polite words, Empress Dowager Li got down to the topic and talked about Fengling. "There was a fortune teller in the Zhou Palace, who was suspected to be a monk. He said that the reason why our dynasty's national fortunes were declining was related to Fengling being a tomb. Taizu and Empress Xiaozhang’s body is neither dragon nor phoenix.”

Hear this.

Zong Zheng breathed a sigh of relief at first, as long as he didn't depose the emperor, but soon he looked startled and his face was full of worry.

Compared with deposing the emperor, the loss of the Han Dynasty's national destiny was obviously a more major event.

"In the eighteenth year of the Kaiming Dynasty, Empress Xiaozhang was buried in heaven. After Taizong investigated, he asked craftsmen to seal the coffin and bury it in the ground."

"The tomb cannot be a tomb. At that time, Empress Xiaozhang left an edict stating that she would be buried together with Taizu in Fenling."

Zongzheng pondered for a while, and then explained in detail the steps taken when Queen Xiaozhang died, as well as etiquette, rules, etc.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Queen Mother Li and said in a deep voice: "King Zhou is young and is easily deceived by women's evil deeds. Please ask the Queen Mother to order this fortune teller to be invited to the palace so that the old minister can speak to him in person."

"The king of Zhou has been smart since he was a child, and it is not difficult for him to know women and identify virtuous people. This fortune teller is superb in magic, and what he says is related to national affairs, so the king of Zhou is anxious to report it to the Ai family."

"Such things should not be deceived!"

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Zong Zheng with her phoenix eyes, not knowing what he was planning. With a few words, she easily resolved the future political crisis of King Zhou.

Then, she whispered a few words to the female officer. After the female officer left the Ziwei Palace, she glanced at Zong Zheng and said with a smile: "Uncle, this big country will not be ruined for a while. It is not necessary to go to war over trivial matters."

A quarter of an hour passed.

Xu Xing came to the palace and took the seat next to King Zhou.

"Are you a cultivator of immortality?"

After Zong Zheng waited for Xu Xing to sit down, he looked at Xu Xing carefully and saw that his expression was ethereal, his temperament was not ordinary, and there were several small yellow bags hanging around his waist, which was quite similar to the appearance of the monks left by the royal family, so he hesitated. After a while, he asked.

Mortal dignitaries are not as good as monks.

Invincible!

This is a precept left by the royal family long ago.

Even if what Xu Xing said were all deceptive words, considering that he was a monk, Zong Zheng had to persuade Empress Dowager Li not to beat or kill Xu Xing, so as not to cause unexpected dangers.

"Pindao is a loose cultivator in Guiyuan Mountain. He was favored by Emperor Zhaoshun of the previous dynasty. After his cultivation was successful, he came out of the mountain and saw that the fortune of the country was declining and there was danger of overthrow. Therefore, he was specially warned!"

Hearing this, Xu Xing smiled slightly and told these people the draft he had already prepared.

Although Emperor Zhaoshun created the Zhaoshun Zhongxing, historical records record that in his later years, Emperor Zhaoshun also visited famous mountains and rivers to seek immortality and Taoism.

The future will rest on Emperor Zhaoshun's head, and he will be able to withstand investigation, and he will not be afraid of the disbelief of Empress Dowager Li and others.

"This is the scene of Fenling mausoleum that Pindao saw when he cast a spell."

Xu Xing took out his photo beads and cast the scenes inside the tomb and auxiliary tombs one by one in the hall.

"There is such a wonderful way."

Queen Mother Li was dazzled when she saw the photo pearl. This pearl was comparable to that of the emperor.

Any treasure collected by the palace is much more glamorous.

Thousand-year-old pearls, luminous pearls, nothing can compare with them.

"The specifications of the tomb chamber are exactly the same as those of Fengling, as well as paintings, utensils, etc. It is indeed the style of the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China."

Seeing the projected scene of the tomb, Zong Zheng nodded and said.

Then, he told Xu Xing what he had just said to Queen Mother Li.

"It is said that the Taizu of our dynasty was also a monk, so there is no way he would have left any bones in Fenling Mausoleum, and Queen Xiaozhang may have hidden secrets."

"Now that the national destiny is less suppressed by Taizu, I wonder if Master can solve this crisis?"

Zong Zheng asked.

There is no need to worry about whether Fengling is buried in clothes. The key is how to save the national destiny of the Xu family.

"The poor Taoist has a red sun bead in his hand. He only needs to bury it in the coffin of Emperor Fenling to replace the bones of Emperor Tiande." "However, the yin and yang complement each other, and the bones of Empress Xiaozhang are missing."

Xu Xing took out an orb that braved the scorching sun from his sleeve, and after gesturing to Empress Dowager Li a few times, he said.

"Queen Xiaozhang is a mortal. If her body is not in Fenling, it may be buried elsewhere."

"Search through old records, look for the descendants of the female officials and palace maids who served Empress Xiaozhang at that time, ask about the reason for this incident, and find the phoenix corpse of Empress Xiaozhang!"

After hearing Xu Xing's words, Queen Mother Li no longer hesitated and immediately drafted an order.

With the help of the imperial court.

Find the household registration of the female officials and palace maids involved in this matter.

Soon, the secrets about the burial of Queen Xiaozhang were unearthed one by one.

And Xu Xing also knew the reason why Zhao Yunniang was not buried in Fenling.

It was not that he had the opportunity to cultivate immortality, but he chose another cemetery.

According to the palace maid's report, Yu Jian left Shenjing and came to Aoki County on Kansai Road.

[Therefore, the sword is rusty and the green hills grow old easily. I am a dancing girl and I have the favor of you. I am extremely lucky]

The ancestral home of the Xu family.

Xu Xing fell from the clouds and stood in the courtyard covered with bleak autumn leaves. He caressed an unnamed tombstone in the courtyard and read the last words hidden in the tomb.