Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 36 Qin Changye in the barbaric era!

"If it is the second possibility, then Your Majesty, we must gather professionals to explore the ancient tomb."

"Check the various forks in the ancient tomb and find His Highness Xiao Sizi!"

This kind of thing cannot be delayed.

After all, His Highness is only a few years old and has a vague understanding of the world. The longer you delay, the greater the possibility of accidents.

So it has to be fast!
"Has Xuanling made any proper arrangements?"

Li Shimin asked.

Li Junxian nodded: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fang did not mention a solution at the time, but Your Majesty...I do have some ideas about the second possibility."

Saying,

Li Junxian paused and continued, "To explore ancient tombs, we need professionals, and no one in the world can be better than the descendants of the tomb raiders."

"Tomb Raider?" Li Shimin frowned slightly.

Li Junxian stepped forward and explained, "It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao, due to the shortage of military funds, formed a group of tomb raiders to steal the tombs of ancestors from all over the country."

"After Cao Cao's fall, they did not become extinct. In fact, they were passed down and became a craft."

Li Shimin seemed to be thinking: "So, you think it is most appropriate to let them explore the ancient tomb?"

Li Junxian nodded: "Your Majesty, this is exactly what I think! And on the way to you, I have already asked someone to find the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture and ask him to bring people to invite the descendants of the tomb-grabbing lieutenant to come over!"

Jingzhao Prefecture was responsible for all the miscellaneous matters in the capital, such as population registration.

The whereabouts of the tomb raider are always elusive, after all, he is doing shameful things.

But when the Tang Dynasty was just founded,
Everywhere there is a wasteland and poverty.

as a last resort,
The government also had to explore the relics left over from the Sui Dynasty to maintain the new country's expenses and infrastructure.

It was during that period that the Jingzhao Prefecture sought help from the descendants of the tomb-raiding lieutenant, who did indeed uncover many secret treasures of the Sui Dynasty.

The two sides thus established contact.

It can be said,
The descendants of this generation of tomb raiders have been recruited and are now living in Chang'an City.

Li Junxian made the arrangements without informing Li Shimin, as this was also his power as the head of the Jinwu Guard.

If in an emergency,
What if something happens in the imperial city... like the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and Li Shimin and the imperial family's Li family are under control?
The order could not be conveyed to the Imperial Guards in the first place.

How can this be good?

Because of this,
Li Shimin gave Li Junxian great power, allowing him to take over the command of the entire Jinwu Guard in an emergency.

And now,
Li Junxian thought it was an emergency moment.

Princess Changle is terminally ill, and His Royal Highness Xiao Sizi has disappeared...
This is definitely a huge blow to His Majesty, who is a daughter slave. It is an extremely urgent moment!
This is also why Li Junxian issued the order before Li Shimin.

The words fell,

Li Shimin did not scold Li Junxian, but praised him: "It's a good arrangement."

Li Junxian was neither sad nor happy when he heard this.

As the head of the Jinwu Guard who had followed Li Shimin for many years, he had long understood Li Shimin's character, and that was why he dared to give orders first.

"If it is the first possibility... it was the so-called immortal who took Xiao Sizi away."

"Li Junxian, what do you think...he wants to do?"

Li Shimin said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

When Li Junxian mentioned the immortal, fear and panic appeared in his eyes. This scene was once again seen by the perceptive Li Shimin. Li Shimin stared at him closely: "You seem... very afraid of him? Does he really exist?"

“Your Majesty, I...I...” Li Junxian seemed extremely fearful. His pupils shrank at this moment, and even the polite manners he had maintained collapsed.

Both hands are holding the head.

As if remembering something terrible.

"He really exists! And Your Majesty, I believe... that he is an absolutely taboo existence!"

Li Junxian's voice trembled.

This made Li Shimin even more curious. What kind of person could make the leader of the Jinwu Guard, who had followed him through hundreds of battles, so scared?

Li Junxian seemed to have lost sight of Li Shimin at this moment, holding his head and saying, "Your Majesty, whether it is the records of the descendants of the Meng family or everything that happened in the ancient tomb, they all represent that this immortal elder... must exist!"

"He was Zulong's teacher. He watched Zulong grow up. And according to the bamboo slips unearthed from the ancient tomb, he is much older than the Qin Dynasty. He... lived in the Shang Dynasty!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's pupils shrank instantly.

Li Junxian was still talking and thinking there.

"Moreover, I think he is not only from the Shang Dynasty. With that terrifying look in his eyes and that ancient aura...it is even possible that he lived even longer than the Shang Dynasty, in the era of the Three Sovereigns, or even... in the barbaric era!!"

boom!
After hearing this, Li Shimin could no longer sit still.

If he could remain calm before, he couldn't at this moment.

"What did you say, the barbaric era?"

Wilderness times.

It refers to an era earlier than the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

And that era,
There are no records of them in the Tang Dynasty, nor in previous dynasties.

That was an... extremely strange world!
Li Junxian couldn't help but nodded.

He stared blankly ahead. At this moment, it seemed that the person in front of him was no longer Li Shimin, but the illusion that had appeared in the ancient tomb, a black shadow with golden eyes.

What kind of eyes were those? Just half of them were revealed, but they seemed to carry endless murderous intent and indifference, making Li Junxian dare not continue looking.

After just a glance, Li Junxian lowered his head subconsciously.

"Your Majesty, I seem to have seen that old man in the ancient tomb. Maybe I am overthinking, or maybe he really exists. Anyway, in the illusion I saw, that old man has killed countless people!"

"His body seemed to be filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He was even more powerful and terrifying than the Ancestral Dragon."

"And if we count his entire life, even if we don't count the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the earlier dynasties, just based on the known information, he has lived for a thousand years."

"A thousand years~ That's a thousand years! He must have seen many empires rise and fall, and countless families torn apart. He won't die, so in his eyes, we who are mortal may just be a group of people caught in a countdown. There are no exceptions."

"He can treat us coldly, and he can also treat death extremely coldly. In his eyes or in his heart, death is nothing but a string of numbers!"

"He is a lonely history traveler, but also a numb one!"

"And... Your Majesty, do you know what makes this humble general feel the most panicked?"

Li Shimin was breathing rapidly at this moment, and asked solemnly: "What is it?"

Li Junxian almost collapsed, holding his head and said: "That old immortal senior, he...he knows Zhuge Liang!"

"Prime Minister Zhuge is a figure that we, the Tang Dynasty people, have been influenced by. The Han Dynasty left behind too many regrets, and so did Prime Minister Zhuge."

"We have all heard the story of Prime Minister Zhuge, but that old immortal, during the Qin Dynasty... he once mentioned Prime Minister Zhuge, and his son, Zhuge Zhan."

(End of this chapter)