imprinted you in my heart

A team of one hundred people, including both internal and external imperial guards, escorted three expensive and not flashy carriages to the imperial mausoleum area, but did not stop in front of any completed imperial mausoleum gates, and kept walking inside. The terrain was getting higher and higher, and it didn't stop until the gate prescription at the foot of the mountain.

In fact, the highest mountain is just a low, thick and pointed hill, which is higher than the hills, and it is completely incomparable with famous mountains and rivers.

I'm afraid that this name will only be used among the people in the future, because this place has been selected as the imperial mausoleum and is about to be completed, and there will be special mausoleum guards and troops stationed in the near future.

The three carriages walked for a long time until they stopped outside the Hall of Dedication. Shi Min, who was dressed in casual clothes, a cloak and a warm hat, got out of the carriage first, and Lu Guanchu and Lu Yan who were sitting in the carriage behind were already a step ahead. Get out of the car and wait on the side.

If it wasn't for the fear of being recognized, Shi Min would actually prefer to ride a horse, but Bu Qianxue was still not proficient in riding due to her intermission, sex, and teaching, and it was cold today, so she simply took the carriage together.

Without letting Lu Guanchu and Lu Yan who rushed forward, Shi Min personally helped Bu Qianxue down. Due to the sudden drop in temperature recently, Bu Qianxue was also dressed warmly like her. After the two stood still, Lu Guanchu The two hurriedly handed over the newly prepared hand stove, and each of them hugged it, only to feel that the chill had dissipated a lot.

Sitting in the other carriage was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Mu Changqing, who was also wearing casual clothes. Since she became the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, she often had no holidays, and she was used to it.Because he was sitting in the last carriage, he was a step behind Lu Guanchu and the others, so he came to the front and bowed to Shi Min and the others.

Today was the day they had planned in advance to visit the Emperor's Mausoleum, and it was also Shi Min's holiday, so the two got up early, finished their breakfast and set off.

I didn’t feel it in the palace, but it was really cold when I came to the outskirts, especially when the temperature inside the carriage was relatively high, the experience was even more obvious when I got down, and I felt instantly invaded by the cold, and it was even colder when the wind blew. But after seeing the three officials who came to greet him, it seemed that it wasn't so cold anymore.

The three officials were all dressed in official uniforms. They looked a little bloated on the outside, but they had worn a lot on the inside. At first glance, they looked normal, as if they were not cold at all, but a closer look at their purple lips revealed their true feelings. , may have already been waiting here.

Shi Min spared Mu Changqing and the three of them from the ceremony, and the Imperial Guard opened the way ahead, and the two of them followed to the dedication hall, followed by the four officials, especially the one who was mainly responsible for the construction. while explaining.

Shi Min walked and observed, this was not the first time she came here, but seeing this imperial mausoleum like "Sleeping Beauty" again, she still couldn't help feeling a little bit, such a place with such good geomantic omens facing the water and mountains, Unexpectedly, no emperor would like it.

It may be that the emperor's tombs have been built on the plains since ancient times. Although they are also surrounded by mountains and rivers, they are all rammed earth mounds in the shape of a bucket, so it has formed a custom. It is cheaper for her. How nice it is to be surrounded by mountains and rivers , overlooking the world.

The newly built imperial mausoleum is majestic and majestic in scale. The mausoleum covers an area of ​​"[-] miles a week" and is surrounded by a city wall. It mainly adopts the new construction method of "making the mausoleum because of the mountain". Anyway, everything in Fanducheng is available here.

In addition to the main tomb, there are also seven small accompanying tombs designed to bury other royal family members and great heroes. This is also custom-made. Those who are buried with the emperor's tomb after death are those who are particularly loved by the emperor or empress, or who have made great contributions to the country. honor.

The situation like the late emperor Mu Zong was quite special. Because of his short reign and many confidants and treacherous ministers, most of the reserved tombs were empty, and only one was used. Her beloved daughter, Shi Zhu, was buried. It can be said that being buried next to her has the same meaning.

Because the Royal Road and Sima Road are too long, the carriage enters directly from the Zhongnan Gate, passes through the Lower Palace, the Tower, the stone statues of thirty courtiers and five pairs of stone horses, and stops directly in front of the Xiandian Hall inside the Dacheng Gate. down.

The name of the gate is not wrong. The emperor's mausoleum was built in imitation of the complex capital, not just talking about it, but copying it directly, without changing the name, especially the landmark buildings such as the four gates.

Shi Min and Bu Qianxue inspected the Hall of Dedication, the Underground Palace and the Main Mausoleum successively. The Hall of Dedication and the Lower Palace are above-ground buildings, mainly used for offering sacrifices and providing temporary accommodation for future emperors to worship, and they are also places for the activities and work of the mausoleum guards.

The underground palace is an underground building, which is composed of tomb passages, passages, patios, corridors, front, middle and rear tomb chambers and ear chambers.The bottoms of the emperor's and empress' coffins were made of moisture-proof and anti-corrosion materials, and mercury channels were set up according to Shi Yan's requirements, and the sealed mercury can only be filled after the burial.

Most of the various "rooms" where funerary objects are placed are still empty now, because the funerary objects were moved in orderly after the death of the emperor, and there are relevant regulations.

Once the imperial mausoleum is completed, someone will start to guard it and repair it regularly, so as to ensure that the imperial mausoleum will look like new when the emperor is buried, instead of temporary repairs or overgrown weeds, because many emperors in this dynasty were built in the imperial mausoleum It was not buried until decades later.

During the inspection period, Bu Qianxue listened more and talked less, and didn't express much personal opinion. It wasn't until she was about to leave that Bu Qianxue approached Shi Min and asked in a low voice, "Why is there a wall between me and your Zi Palace?".

Shi Min was surprised when she heard the words, how did she explain it clearly, she thought for a while before giving an example: "After Grandma Huang was buried in Wuzong Mausoleum, the wall was knocked down."

Bu Qianxue didn't know much about the emperor's tombs, so she was no doubt like Xiaobai, but Shi Min's example was very practical, and she had already cleared her doubts, and she also understood, "That's how it is".

The two were walking close to each other, and the accompanying people were separated by some distance, so they couldn't hear what they said clearly.

What Shi Min didn't say is that when people are excited, they tend to say that they live together and die together, but there are too few people who can really die together, unless they do it deliberately, so this wall is not only to separate Yin and Yang, but also to show that life and death are bound together. No, it is also to ensure the integrity of the mausoleum and to ensure that the burials will not be disturbed.

Being disturbed means that the two who were once partners are now meeting again, no difference between yin and yang, and they will sleep together forever.

When the two returned to the carriage and walked back, it was already dark, and there were only the two of them in the carriage, but the atmosphere was not as relaxed as when they came, but rather heavy.

If he was traveling with Bu Qianxue and took a carriage, Shi Min generally didn't like other people in the carriage, it would be nice for the two of them to be alone, and they could talk about whatever they wanted.

After inspecting the imperial mausoleum, Shi Min felt a little heavy. It wasn't that she was afraid of death. She had already recognized the fact that she would die sooner or later. She was just afraid that she would die later than her lover, or her lover would leave later than herself. In the end, only one person would be left alone. Live alone in this world.

But Bu Qianxue was shocked, because she was still young, she had never thought about death, this was the first time she faced "death" so bluntly and so closely, and she was very flustered.

Shi Min also noticed her abnormality, and gently held the other person's hand to comfort him: "Don't be afraid, I will always be by your side, and you have seen it, even death can't separate us."

Bu Qianxue finally came to her senses and saw the tenderness and firmness in Shi Min's eyes, yes, even death can't separate them, so what is there to be afraid of?It was just the first time she was so close to death and she was a little scared.

She felt safe only when she was by Shi Min's side. With this thought in her mind, her body also approached Shi Min honestly.

Shi Min felt her uneasiness, hugged her in his arms and clapped her hands to comfort her, but the more she comforted her, the more Bu Qianxue's body trembled, and finally buried herself in her arms and cried silently, which made her panic , restrained again and again, and finally almost couldn't hold back.

Fortunately, Bu Qianxue quickly vented her emotions and calmed down. When she raised her head with tears in her eyes, she saw the red-eyed Shi Min, who had no imperial dignity at all, like a doormat who had been bullied, and she couldn't stop laughing.

Seeing her crying and laughing for a while, she was no different from a lunatic, Shi Min also turned from sadness to joy, and laughed out loud.

The entourage outside heard the laughter from inside the carriage, you look at me, I look at you, with a look of confusion, the original heavy atmosphere suddenly dissipated a lot.

Bu Qianxue had had enough crying and laughing enough, and in the end she lay in Shi Min's arms, refusing to let go. I will adjust my posture.

Seeing that her mood had completely stabilized, she spoke again: "Life and death are the laws of nature, which cannot be reversed or violated by manpower. However, if I can stay with you in this life, it is not so terrible for me to die."

"It's the same for me. It's just that I feel so close to death for the first time today, which makes me panic. But fortunately, I don't feel so scared because of you." Bu Qianxue said frankly.

"Well, I will always be with you." Shi Min promised again, and tentatively opened up the topic and asked: "If you can choose, how long do you want to live?"

Bu Qianxue said with a smile: "If you can choose, let's be ten years old. A long life of a hundred years is absolutely unrealistic, although it is not rare. What about you?"

"It coincides with you. After all, the examples of the emperor's grandmother and the late emperor are in front of me. I dare not expect to live a hundred years. Although the ministers respectfully call me long live every day, there has been an emperor who can live long live since ancient times. ?” Shi Min said with a mocking tone afterward.

Shi Min had the same thoughts as hers, and Qianxue was very happy about this concession, "You and I are indeed fellow travelers. Although we are only one year apart, we are not born in the same year. I only hope that I can die in the same year as you in this life."

Shi Min, who was very happy at first, suddenly darkened his face, looked at Bu Qianxue and said angrily: "No, if I go first in the future, I hope you can live a good life. If you have children in the future, treat them as children, and if you don't have children Just for me, with my share, live well together."

The emperor's grandmother and the emperor's grandmother were the emperor's grandmother who left first, and the late emperor and queen mother also left first. What Shi Min was most worried about was that she might follow in their footsteps, so she would never allow Bu Qianxue to have such thoughts!

Bu Qianxue was frightened by Shi Min's change, and after reacting, she left Shi Min's arms angrily, and deliberately sat on the other side of the carriage, her voice was also an octave lower, mourning: "The heart is dead, the body How can I survive!"

"Then force yourself to eat and sleep on time..." Shi Min wanted to say, "I'm sleepy, I don't want to hear it." But Bu Qianxue interrupted her loudly, and leaned on the carriage after speaking I closed my eyes.

Shi Min had no choice but to swallow his words, and carefully put the hand stove that Bu Qianxue put aside into Bu Qianxue's hands, and covered her with a big cloak, and closed her eyes to rest, she actually wanted to sleep, but But how can not sleep.

She didn't think it was wrong for her to want Bu Qianxue to live, and she would never give up on what was right. ?