After the salted fish is married

Finding the Truth in the Imperial Mausoleum

The carriage moved westward slowly, and the wheels made a dull sound on the mountain road.The interior of the car was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could not be heard, and the air was so dull that it was hard to breathe.

Yan Xining didn't know how to comfort Ji Song and Ye Linfeng, the scars from the past were torn open, and relatives became enemies... Who can bear it?

In the dead silence, Ji Song slowly raised his head.It was as if a big stone was pressed against his chest, which was cold, hard and heavy, making him unable to breathe.Ji Songdao: "When I was young, I wanted to find out the cause of the death of my mother and concubine, but no matter how I searched, I couldn't find any clues about the fire in Pinmei Garden. Uncle, you are right, the father's ascension to the throne depends not only on Luck. Not just the father, any prince who can ascend to the throne has done some shameful things. I just want to know why the father watched the mother and concubine burn to death with his own eyes. What is he thinking?"

Ye Linfeng hesitated and said: "I know, it is hard for you to accept Ji Duo's true face suddenly. I have observed you for so many years, no matter Ji Duo is sincere or out of guilt, he is really good to you. But You have to believe uncle, Ji Duo's mother and son have a certain relationship with Hongmei's death and the destruction of Shence Sect."

Pain flashed in Ji Song's eyes, and he said firmly, "I must find out what happened more than 20 years ago."

Ye Linfeng sneered: "What else could be the matter? The queen mother was born with a tuberculosis and wanted Hongmei to help recuperate her body. Hongmei was unlucky and the tuberculosis died. The queen mother hated Hongmei. Mei was in confinement, and the Queen Mother killed Hongmei. Not only did Ji Duo not take action to stop her, she even acted as an accomplice. I knew Ji Duo had too many secrets, so he took the opportunity to get rid of me and Shence Gate, so that his secrets would be revealed Buried forever underground no one knows."

Ye Linfeng glanced at Ji Song with complicated eyes: "The reason why you are kept is because you have Ji Duo's blood in you, and you were still a little baby who didn't know anything at that time."

Ji Song said sternly: "These are just speculations based on what we know. I need real evidence."

Ye Linfeng sighed regretfully: "Do you think I don't want to find evidence? I also want to prove that I was wrong, but Ji Duo did not leave anyone alive. Back then he was a prince and he was very safe in doing things. Now he has become a Emperor, there are more people who can use it."

Ji Song was not discouraged, he analyzed: "I think if we want to solve this matter, we still need to start from the empress dowager's hatred for my mother and concubine. I was born in the royal family for so many years, and I have never heard that the empress dowager has another one." Son, there must be something strange here."

Even if the prince unfortunately died in infancy, he would be sent to the imperial mausoleum for a proper burial.And when he went to the emperor's mausoleum to pay homage to him these years, he never noticed that he had a little emperor's uncle.

After Qingxia told him about this last time, he wanted to send someone to investigate.However, the manpower in his hands was scattered, he had to keep an eye on Ji Yu, he had to deal with the chaos in central Beijing, and he had to choose a fief... All kinds of things piled up, and Ji Song was able to breathe at this moment.

Ji Song looked at Yan Xining seriously: "A-Ning, I want to visit the Imperial Tomb."

Go and take a look at the coffin of Little Huangshu, and start to investigate from the cause of his death.He is not a person who listens to the wind and the rain. What is going on must be based on the facts.It just so happened that they were going to Liangzhou, and it was human nature to go to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage to them before they set off. Taking this opportunity to go to the imperial mausoleum would not attract anyone's attention.

The imperial mausoleum is located fifty miles southwest of the capital of the Chu and Liao kingdoms. If you want to go to the imperial mausoleum now, you need to take a detour to the south.Ji Song let the large army stay in the town ahead, while he, Yan Xining and Ye Linfeng took a few guards and rushed towards the Wangling.

When going to the Royal Tomb in previous years, Ji Song only had to ride a horse for an hour, but now he can only take a carriage, so the speed is greatly reduced.When they came near the royal tomb, it was already getting late.

The mountain range where the royal tomb is located is called Yongning Mountain, and the mountains are rolling like a soaring dragon.The mountain where the dragon head is located buried the Taizu of Chu and Liao. After that, every generation of emperors would dig and build tombs in the mountain, and the mountains near the royal tomb were basically hollowed out.

In the setting sun, the tall Yongning Mountain looks like a hovering monster, and the huge shadow covers the ground, giving people a solemn and solemn feeling.The royal mausoleum is divided into two parts, one part is on the mountain, which is used by the princes and grandchildren.More are hidden in the mountains, where the emperors and their concubines are buried.

Few people come to the Wangling, although there are people on duty, but Ji Song and the others entered the Wangling for a long time, and did not see the guards.

Ji Song led everyone straight to the underground palace, and as soon as they entered the underground palace, the cool breath came towards them and dissipated the heat from everyone's body.After entering the underground palace, Yan Xining always felt that his words and deeds were being watched by others, as worthy of the royal tomb, it was indeed solemn and solemn.

The tombs of the emperors of each dynasty and generation in the imperial mausoleum are different. If someone who is not familiar with the road conditions enters, it is very likely that they will get lost in it.Ji Song once followed Emperor Pingyuan to sweep the sacrifice of the late emperor, so after entering the underground palace, he found the tomb where the late emperor was located.Next to the late emperor's tomb, he found the coffins of his uncles and uncles.But there is indeed no coffin of the little emperor's uncle.

Seeing this result, while everyone was discouraged, they were even more puzzled.What did the little emperor do wrong?Why was his existence completely obliterated?

Just as Ji Song and the others looked serious, footsteps came from the corridor outside.Yan Ke walked quickly to the door, and saw an old servant coming from a side alley, with a lamp in his left hand and a barrel of sesame oil in his right.Maybe because there were no people coming and going in the imperial tomb, he didn't pay attention to his image, his hair was disheveled and his clothes were covered with oil stains.

The old servant added sesame oil to the long burning lamp in front of the coffin one by one. While adding oil, he complained: "A bunch of bastards, they only know how to be lazy."

Yan Ke stepped forward quickly, and he patted the servant's shoulder: "Are you the guard of the spirit?"

The servant's body froze, and a terrifying scream came out from his roar: "Ghost!!"

Not to mention that Yan Ke who was close was taken aback, even Yan Xining who was a little further away was so frightened by the scream that his heart skipped a beat.The servant was frightened, and the sesame oil in his hand fell to the ground. Fortunately, Yan Ke reacted quickly so that the sesame oil did not flow all over the floor.

The servant scrambled and shrank to the corner of the wall. He closed his eyes and waved his hands again and again: "Forgive me! Forgive me, Lord Ghost! The villain will never dare to cheat again! Never dare to talk nonsense again!"

Ji Song cleared his throat, and he steered the wheelchair to the servant: "We are not ghosts, you get up and talk."

Then the servant tremblingly opened his eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief after he saw Ji Song clearly: "I scared the villain to death. Who are you? How dare you enter the imperial tomb without permission?"

Ji Song looked serious: "I am King Rong. Where is the guard on duty?"

The old slave's face froze when he heard the words, and after a while, large beads of sweat oozed from his head.Guarding the imperial tomb is the easiest of all errands. After the guards arrive at the imperial tomb, they only need to add sesame oil on time.Few people come to the imperial mausoleum at ordinary times, as long as the princes and grandchildren make preparations for the funeral.

The guards who had just arrived at the Imperial Mausoleum might still be a little aggressive, but as time went on, there would be more thieves and tricksters.For example, at this moment, the guards guarding the imperial mausoleum have already gone to drink in the nearest town.If the prince finds out about this, none of these guards will think about it.

The old slave stammered: "They, they..."

Yan Ke suddenly raised his voice: "Your lord is asking questions, but you are hesitating!"

The old slave's body shook violently, and he kowtowed again and again: "My lord, please forgive me. They went to the town to drink. Your lord, please forgive me!"

Ji Song nodded slightly, and he said calmly, "It's okay for me to forgive you, but I want to ask you a few questions, and you have to answer them truthfully. If you lie to me, you will be at your own risk."

The moment he saw this old slave, Ji Song had an idea in his heart.Those who are most familiar with the imperial tomb are not their princes and grandchildren, but the guards who are on duty in the imperial tomb day and night. Maybe he can ask some secrets from this old slave.

The old slave kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, ask me, the villain must know everything and say everything."

Ji Song said slowly: "What is your name? How long have you been guarding the Imperial Tomb?"

The old slave wiped the cold sweat from his brow: "Reporting to Prince Rong, the villain's name is Shi Daudao, and he has been guarding the imperial mausoleum for 43 years."

Ji Song's fingers tapped slowly on the handrail: "Then you should know every tomb in the imperial tomb. Let me ask you, this king has a little uncle named Ji Feng, where is his coffin?"

Shi Dadar was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, it seemed that Ji Song's question stopped him.After a while, he finally remembered: "Return to Prince Rong, if the villain remembers correctly, the coffin of the former emperor should be in another tomb."

The corners of Ji Song's lips twitched slightly: "Take us to see."

The tomb room that Shi boldly wanted to go through had to go through a long corridor. The lamps in the corridor had long been extinguished due to lack of sesame oil. There was thick dust on the steps, and thick spider webs hung on the walls.Walking in it, the cold wind blew, and the hairs on Yan Xining's back stood up. He asked Ji Song softly, "Where are we going? Why is it so desolate?"

The corridor was very long, and after two full cups of tea, Shi Boldly stopped.At this moment, the surroundings were pitch black, Shi Boldly poured sesame oil into the surrounding lamps, Yan Xining and others could see the surroundings clearly.

The layout of the tomb here is different from the tomb they went to before. In the previous tomb, the coffins of the emperor and queen were placed in the middle, and the coffins of the concubines were placed around them.The coffins in this tomb are densely embedded in the mountain, and the size and style of the coffins are far inferior to those of the previous tombs.

After scanning around, Ji Song's eyes fell on a dusty memorial tablet, and he frowned slightly: "Shi Daudao, are you sure that Uncle Ji Feng's coffin is in this tomb?"

Shi Boldly knelt down again with a thud, and he kowtowed again and again, his forehead was covered with ashes: "My lord, even if I have ten guts, I wouldn't dare to deceive you!"

Yan Xining asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this tomb?"

Ji Song pursed his lips: "In every dynasty and generation of Chu Liao, there will be one or two princes and grandchildren who intend to rebel." Then they will be quickly suppressed, and the consequences of rebellion are very serious. It will also suffer.

Because these princes who did not die well were born in the royal family, the royal family would not let their corpses be exposed to the wilderness, so they would be buried according to the specifications they should have.The tomb in front of me was used to store the coffins of princes and grandchildren who had committed rebellion or committed serious crimes.

Ji Song pointed to the nearest tablet, which was engraved with the spiritual tablet of Ji Pingshan: "This is the spiritual tablet of Grandpa Yuniang."

Yan Xining was surprised: "Huh? Yuniang's grandfather?"

He remembered that Yuniang was the orphan of Dingguo Duke's mansion. Dingguo Duke Ji Pingshan rebelled more than 20 years ago, and was quickly suppressed by Emperor Pingyuan. The whole family killed only one Yuniang.I didn't expect him to see Ji Pingshan's coffin here, what a surprise.

Then the question arises, if this is the tomb where the coffins of princes and grandchildren who have committed serious crimes are stored, then why is Ji Feng, who is only eight years old, placed here?

At this moment, Shi boldly and tremblingly pointed to a coffin next to Ji Pingshan: "My lord, please take a look, this is the coffin of the little emperor uncle you are looking for."

Yan Ke went forward to wipe off the dust on the tablet in front of the coffin, only to see that the tablet said Ji Feng's position.On top of the word Ji Feng, the red and black paint covered the two characters, and the outline of the two characters "Aizi" could be vaguely seen.It seems that this tablet was set up by the late emperor for Ji Feng. I heard that not long after Ji Feng passed away, the late emperor passed away after a serious illness.

Ji Song glanced at Yan Ke, Yan Ke understood, he said to Shi Bold: "You wait outside the tomb." Two guards walked out from behind Yan Ke, and they followed Shi Bold out of the door.

After Shi Boldly went out, Ji Song cupped his hands against the coffin on the wall: "The ancestors are here, and Rong Chuan came here to verify. If there is any offense, please forgive me."

The corners of Ye Linfeng's lips twitched, and he "tsk": "It's pretty good."

The guards pulled Ji Feng's coffin out from the wall, a layer of dust was stirred up when the coffin fell to the ground, Yan Xining choked and took two steps back.Ji Song took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Yan Xining: "The museum will open later, why don't you go out first?"

The coffin of more than 20 years was opened, and the inside must not look good. Ji Song was afraid that he would scare Ah Ning.Who knew that Yan Xining shook her head: "No, I'll just stay here and guard."

Ye Linfeng pulled a gauze to cover his mouth and nose, and as the two guards lifted the nails on the little prince's coffin, the coffin that had been dusty for more than 20 years was finally opened.After a rotten smell dissipated, Ye Linfeng bent down to look at the corpse in the coffin. After more than 20 years, Ji Feng's body has turned into a skeleton.

Ye Linfeng lifted the clothes on the skeleton and saw that the bones in Ji Feng's waist and abdomen were black in color.Ji Feng obviously died of poisoning, not of weakness at all!

Ye Linfeng's expression froze, he took out the silver knife and scraped off some bone powder on the blackened skeleton.Not long after the bone meal was soaked in the bottles and jars that he carried with him, Ye Linfeng's expression became very ugly: "It's a ten-day drunk."

Ten-day drunkenness is a poison formulated by Ye Linfeng. People who take this medicine will become weak and die quietly.Ji Song had two uncles who died of ten-day drunkenness, but Ye Linfeng only gave ten-day drunkenness to Ji Duo.Ye Linfeng always thought that only two princes died under the ten-day drunkenness, but he didn't expect that there was a third victim now.

Ye Linfeng smiled uglier than crying: "Hongmei has been wronged. The person who killed the little prince is clearly Ji Duo, and she has taken the blame."

Before coming to the Imperial Mausoleum, Ji Song had already made preparations, no matter what he found today, he would not be excited.At this time, the question was still lingering in his mind: "What did the little prince do? Why did the father poison him and put him in this tomb."

Ye Linfeng searched through the little prince's remains carefully, but no matter how much he searched, the conclusion he reached remained the same.Ji Song was in a gloomy mood. The trip to the imperial tomb did not solve his doubts, but made his doubts deeper.

Yan Ke and the others reset the coffin and stuffed it back into the mountain. Everyone's complexions were not very good, and it feels uncomfortable to return without success after working so hard.Ji Song's eyes were dim, and he tapped on the armrest leisurely between his lips and fingers.

Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound in the tomb, and Duke Ding's tablet fell to the ground.The guard who accidentally knocked down Ding Guogong's tablet saluted Ding Guogong's coffin: "Sorry." Then he picked up the tablet on the ground and carefully placed it in front of the coffin.

At this time, the guard saw something on Duke Ding's coffin lid with sharp eyes, and he reached out his hand to touch the coffin lid: "It's strange..."

Ji Song raised his head: "What's so strange?"

The guard gestured: "There is such a big nail on the coffin lid of Duke Ding."

Ji Song didn't want to be troublesome at first, the nails on Duke Dingguo's coffin had nothing to do with his trip.However, Yan Xining sighed at this time: "It would be great if Ding Guogong didn't rebel at the time. Then Yu Niang is now a princess, so she doesn't have to work so hard. What kind of life did Yu Niang live for more than 20 years..."

A flash of light flashed in Ji Song's mind, and he suddenly thought of something: "When did Duke Ding rebel...?"

How can there be such a coincidence in the world that in the year of his birth, his mother and concubine were burned to death, the little prince was poisoned to death, the late emperor died of illness, and Duke Ding was sentenced to be executed for treason... The time span was less than half a year. Is there a connection here?

After thinking for a while, Ji Song said to Yan Ke and the others: "Take down the coffin of Duke Dingguo and have a look." It's all here, so what if you take a look?

Ji Pingshan’s coffin lid was nailed with seven big and thick iron nails according to the position of the Big Dipper. The iron nails were painted with red paint. After so many years, the color of the iron nails is still clearly visible through the thick dust.

Ye Linfeng frowned: "What a hatred..."

Chu Liao's coffin lids generally do not use nails. After a person dies in the coffin, relatives will tie the coffin lid and coffin with ropes.If there are nails on someone's coffin lid, it will not be good for the descendants, and it will also affect the reincarnation of the deceased.The seven nails were nailed, no doubt in the hope that Duke Ding would not be reborn forever.

Duke Dingguo's coffin was extremely difficult to open. In addition to the seven nails on the coffin lid, there were dozens of long nails on the edge of the coffin to firmly nail the coffin lid and the coffin together.It took Yan Ke and the others a lot of effort to open the coffin lid. Once the coffin lid was opened, it took a long time for the filthy atmosphere inside to dissipate.

Ye Linfeng probed his head and was surprised: "This... Duke Ding was nailed into the coffin alive!"

After death, the body is stiff, and the body is straight after being placed in the coffin.However, Duke Dingguo's corpse appeared to be lying on his side. The sides of the coffin were covered with scratches, and dozens of hate characters were engraved on it.

Looking at Ding Guogong's right hand, there is a broken jade pendant in his boneless right hand, the words on the coffin board must have been engraved by this broken jade pendant.

Seeing such a tragic situation, the hairs of the people present stood on end, and their hearts felt cold.

Ji Song couldn't come back to his senses for a long time: "Why?" Didn't Ji Pingshan rebel?Wasn't he sentenced to be beheaded at Caishikou in the end?Why was he put into a coffin by a living piston?

At this time, Yan Xining noticed the coffin lid turned over to one side, and he tried his best to lift the coffin lid and turn it over.The back of the coffin lid is engraved with words, which should be left by Ding Guogong before his death.Yan Xining greeted Ji Song: "Look, Rong Chuan, there are words on the back of the coffin lid."

Chu Liao's official language was a bit obscure, and he couldn't understand it very well.But he saw that there seemed to be a letter on the coffin lid, because the four words at the beginning of the letter were: Suxin, my love.

Ji Song and Ye Linfeng hurriedly stood beside the coffin lid, and they carefully looked at the words on the coffin lid.Their faces were serious, for fear of missing a word.

After the two finished watching, Ji Song's pupils shook: "So that's the case." But Ye Linfeng seemed to have lost all his strength and couldn't stand still: "Hongmei is wronged..."

This is the suicide note left by Ding Guogong before his death, and it is the words he wrote to his beloved woman.Although Dingguo Gong Ji Pingshan is of the same generation as Emperor Pingyuan, he is more than ten years older than Emperor Pingyuan.He had a woman he loved so much who entered the palace and married the first emperor as his concubine. The woman he loved so much was none other than the current empress dowager.

The queen mother has been in the palace for many years and has been in contact with Ji Pingshan. She even gave birth to a child for Ji Pingshan.That's right, Ji Feng is the crystallization of their love.However, concubine Mei discovered the secret when she was taking care of Ji Feng's body, and told Emperor Pingyuan.

How could Emperor Pingyuan allow such a scandal to break out in the royal family?So he decisively poisoned the little prince, acquiesced in the queen mother's revenge on Concubine Mei, and forced Ji Pingshan to fall into the trap he had set up long ago.

Every word in Ji Pingshan's last words wept blood. He did not expect that Emperor Pingyuan had such vicious intentions to save his life on purpose, and nailed him alive in the coffin.He knew that he could not escape, so he left these words in the coffin, hoping that someone who came after him would know the cause of his death.

Seeing that Ji Song and Ye Linfeng were silent, Yan Xining was a little anxious: "Rong Chuan? What's written on it?"

Ji Song wanted to laugh, but after twitching the corners of his mouth, he couldn't even squeeze out a smile: "Suxin is the maiden name of the Empress Dowager, and Ji Feng is the child of the Empress Dowager and Duke Ding. Knowing this..."

Then there was the fire in Pinmeiyuan, the shence gate was slaughtered, and the Duke Dingguo's mansion was slaughtered.Emperor Pingyuan's moves were as fast as the wind and lightning, and he completed these few things seamlessly within half a year.If he hadn't been too ruthless, in order to revenge Ji Pingshan for nailing him into a coffin alive so that he had time to write these things, Ji Song would never know the truth of this matter in his entire life.

Ji Song's head seemed to have been hit hard by a heavy hammer, and his spirit flew out of his body.He seemed to be in the air, looking at the bones in the coffin, he just felt ridiculous.

His mother and concubine were so innocent, she was murdered by the queen mother and her pillow just because they discovered the evidence of the queen mother's adultery.

The image of Emperor Pingyuan as a loving father in his heart has completely collapsed. At this moment, Ji Song no longer wants to care about it.Regardless of whether Emperor Pingyuan really liked him or was kind to him out of guilt, all of these combined were not as important as the throne and royal majesty in Emperor Pingyuan's heart.

Ji Song's eyes gradually turned cold, this is Emperor Pingyuan's imperial mind.He could never learn such a trick in his life.