Well of Mystery

The bus quickly passed through the dark tunnel, and the bright sunlight re-illuminated the tourists in the carriage.I don't know who made the first exclamation, Su Zi knocked on the car window to signal Bai Xiuqi to look out of the window——

The tunnel is connected to a section of descending mountain road. The left side of the road is the gable, and the lower right side is an unusually open and flat river valley.Brilliant sunlight spreads in the white snow, revealing pieces of golden glazed tile roofs, gray squares and corridors, red columns and palace walls...

Just like the Fairyland Shrine in the myths and legends, the Zhangling Scenic Spot after the snow appeared in front of Bai Xiuqi's eyes, and took all his attention in an instant.

According to Su Zi's next introduction, the entire Zhangling Scenic Area has a vast territory, but only a very small part is open to the public.Today everyone mainly visits Tailing Mausoleum in the north, so you will bypass the main Shinto and get off at the parking lot on the left side of Tailing Mausoleum.

After entering the mausoleum area, there are three main things to do: visit Tailing Museum, visit several important burial tombs and chariot pits, and finally look at Tailing.

Finally, Su Zi reminded everyone to take good care of their finances.Because there are two kinds of people in the mausoleum area who never need to buy a ticket, the first is the tour guide, and the other is the pickpocket.

In a blink of an eye, the shuttle bus had stopped at the parking lot on the right side of Tailing Mausoleum.

Although it is the off-season, the "occupancy rate" of the parking lot remains at around [-]%.The temperature in the mountains was several degrees lower than that in the county town. After leaving the warm carriage, almost without exception, the group members stomped on the spot.At this time, bursts of food aromas floated over on the hot wind.

Bai Xiuqi, who hadn't eaten breakfast, noticed that the northwest sides of the parking lot were all shopping streets.Su Zi was going to the gate to apply for a group ticket, and asked everyone to stroll on the shopping street for 10 minutes. He just ran over to buy a corn and two tea eggs.After paying the money to see how much time is left, I simply want to find out if there are any books about Tailing for sale.

I didn't find the book, but the various tourist souvenirs are really eye-opening.

Hanging paintings, scarves, pottery... Paper fans, bracelets, everything that has appeared in other scenic spots can be bought here-of course, all of them are unique patterns and shapes of Tailing.Among them, Bai Xiuqi also noticed two unusual things.

One is a kind of necklace that hangs at the door of many shops, although the style is not the same.But basically there is a pattern to follow - basically a big string of beads.There is a white jade sign made of glass or plastic in the middle.According to the product information, this necklace is called "Jingdi Ruyi Brand", and the beads are golden for wealth and blue for exams.The green one is for safe traffic, and the red one is for love and success. There are also white, pink, purple and other variants, and the prices are also different.

Bai Xiuqi took a closer look, this so-called Ruyi card...isn't it the jade pendant hanging on the waist of the purple-clothed youth in the murals of the Tailing Mausoleum?

Su Zi lives here every day.He must have seen it a long time ago, and I don't know what he thinks in his heart—Bai Xiuqi tried to imagine that his watch would be used as a tool of blessing by future people 1000 years later.Immediately couldn't help laughing.

Beside Jingdi Ruyi card, there is another strange thing.

Generally speaking, this is a very common auspicious decoration during the Spring Festival: a large string of red fake firecrackers is hung under the jade paper figurines bowing to each other, which are often bought back and hung on both sides of the gate.But in this version of Tailing.The image of the golden boy and girl Yu was replaced by a q-version villain in purple clothes. This villain bent over with his hands folded, and the famous "Jingdi Ruyi card" was tied around his waist.

"..." Bai Xiuqi really couldn't hold back now.Laughed under his breath.

"Oh, you saw this."

After buying the tickets, Su Zi suddenly appeared behind him.He explained lightly: "That was five years ago. The Tailing Branch held a big solicitation for the mascot global cartoon image 'Taitai'. Someone drew a little man with the image on the mural and won the bid. A set of miniature sheets came out, and I took two sets myself."

"Tai Tai? What the hell kind of name is that?"

Bai Xiuqi laughed enough, and asked him instead: "Then did they pay you for the endorsement fee?"

"Tch, it's good that I wasn't kicked out of the family compound. But the more people buy, the more offerings I get. This is indeed a good thing for ghosts and immortals."

After saying this, Su Zi yelled on his wireless walkie-talkie again. It didn't take long for the group members to return one after another. After counting the number of people, they went inside through the ticket gate and took the electric sightseeing car to the first one. Visit the site, burial tombs and pits for chariots and horses.

Taking advantage of the time on the way, Su Zi began to explain Tailing's past and present.

As he mentioned on the bus just now: more than [-] years ago, this was the border area between Qian State and Zhang State—that is to say, before Emperor Zhang Jing completed his great cause, the ancestors of the Zhang Dynasty were It is absolutely impossible to be buried here.

In fact, choosing the imperial mausoleum of the Zhang Dynasty in Baiguan County was originally the decision made by Emperor Jing.

Legend has it that one day, on a whim, Emperor Jing decided to retrace the escape route with his confidant general, Duke Protector Li Ranqiu.

When the majestic Yijia came to the nearby area, Emperor Jing found that there were mountains on three sides, supporting a plain in the center like a throne.There is a big river flowing slowly in front of the plain, and the water transportation is unimpeded. It is really a rare geomantic treasure.

What's more valuable is that, although this road back then was a road of escape, it was also the road of Emperor Jing's ascension from a proton to an emperor.

So, not long after returning to the court, Emperor Jing issued an edict and selected this place as the location of the royal mausoleum.But Li Ranqiu, the protector of the country, took the initiative to ask for the removal of military power, and wholeheartedly supervised the construction of the mausoleum for Emperor Jing—that is, the Tailing Mausoleum in the future.

Thirty years later, the majestic Tailing Mausoleum was finally built, and nearly 30 years later, Emperor Jing died and was buried in Tailing Mausoleum.Since then, all the emperors of the Zhang Dynasty have followed this ancestor and were buried here.

The electric tour bus finally stopped, and a huge sunken building appeared in front of it.Su Zi called everyone to get off the car and go to the left to line up to enter the funeral pit.

It is said to be a burial pit, but in fact it is still quite a distance from the hill where Emperor Jing was buried.

On this seemingly flat surface, you can see rectangular strips surrounded by white stones every few dozen steps.They look a bit like swimming lanes in a swimming pool, but you have to go down to the bottom to understand their true function.

"Every strip on the ground corresponds to a burial pit underground. Now we are going into the museum, it's a bit dark, please pay attention to your steps."

Bai Xiuqi followed behind Su Zi, and the group walked down twenty or so steps and quietly entered the exhibition hall below.Strange to say, the temperature here is actually higher than the ground, because there is no wind.So the human body feels extraordinarily comfortable.

Except there is no light.

Su Zi's "a little bit dark" just now is definitely avoiding the serious.In fact, the exhibition hall was completely pitch-black.Fortunately, there were luminous indicator arrows posted on the ground. When the group members walked to the "1" landmark, Su Zi stepped on the light switch hidden on the floor with a "snap".

A bunch of dim lights suddenly turned on.What illuminated was not the astonished expressions of the group members——Bai Xiuqi discovered that in front of the "1" landmark was a huge glass wall that towered above the sky. of deep pits.

"This is the burial pit in the southwest corner of the Tailing Mausoleum." Su Zi began to explain softly.

Bai Xiuqi stood by the glass wall and looked down.The huge and somewhat terrifying burial pit is divided by rammed earth trenches one by one, each of which corresponds to the "swimming lane" surrounded by the stones on the surface.In the pit, figurines made of clay were placed neatly or scatteredly.

2000 years of weathering and corrosion.The clothes and colors on the terracotta figurines have all disappeared, and there are still some lifelike body parts that should not be exposed.People can't help but think deeply why the craftsmen want to make the small figurines so lifelike.

"Emperor Zhang Jing and his three thousand light pig warriors." I don't know who said this.

It can be seen that the mausoleum area has spent a lot of thought on the exhibition and cultural relic protection.Not only the entire burial pit is completely protected in a huge glass cover, but also a glass corridor is set up.So that tourists can observe the ancient objects in the pit up close without affecting the tomb.The group members followed Su Zi around for a long time, and then went to the special exhibition hall to watch some representative cultural relics.

After admiring the last set of terracotta figurines of musicians, which are still relatively intact.The visit finally came to an end.Su Zi led the group members to rest temporarily on the bench in the souvenir circulation department.At this time, a female group member suddenly raised a constructive question——

"Looking around...why do I feel that the terracotta figurines seem to be all men?"

"It's so abstract. You can't tell if it's a woman." I don't know who replied.

The girl was obviously dissatisfied with the answer, and came to pester Su Zi again: "I heard that Emperor Jing himself has the habit of breaking Longyang's sleeves, is it true or not?"

Su Zi put down the water glass in her hand and looked at her with a smile: "Who did you listen to?"

"That's how it was played in the movie! Everyone said that he had an affair with that great general named Li Ranqiu, so he specially ordered the painter to paint Li Ranqiu's image when he was young on the wall of the Tailing Mausoleum... that is now Tae-tae, the mascot!"

Speaking of this, the girl's face showed intoxication, obviously indulging in the imaginary sweet love, unable to extricate herself.

"...Is that so?"

Su Zi worked very hard to suppress her laughter, made a face at Bai Xiuqi, and switched back to professional mode in a second.

"Since you are so curious, then I will take you to see Li Ranqiu's tomb next!"

ps: The main thing to say here is that everyone has guessed it.Where is the exact location of Tailing?Yes, they cannot share the same quilt in life, but they share the same acupuncture point after death...