Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 254 Slate
Chapter 254 Slate
Zhang Yunji's rare elegance was also disturbed.

He was displeased, but he still held back his breath and asked, "What's going on? What is it like to be in such a panic?"

The official didn't care about being reprimanded by the adults, and said with a blue face: "Yes, it's a stone man! When the canal was being repaired, someone dug out the stone man!"

"what?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yunji's expression changed drastically.

It's not a good thing to dig out some stone figures these days!

If one is not done well, it will turn into a nursery rhyme and spread throughout the Tang Dynasty!
And this incident happened in Youzhou, so Zhang Yunji had to make conspiracy theories!
Could it be that someone wants to flatter and kill the king after failing to make a plan?

It's not impossible!

Generally speaking, emperors are afraid of such things!

After all, which founding emperor didn't have many miracles?
And uprisings in troubled times often start with stone figures and the like!
why?
Because the people will believe it!
As nursery rhymes spread, false can become true!

As soon as Zhang Yunji thought of this, he became very anxious, and immediately asked someone to take him to the ditch where the stone man was dug out.

The ditch where the stone man was dug out is not very big, just a ditch a few meters wide, not even the main ditch!

Due to the lack of rainfall before, the canal accumulated a lot of silt, and some places even dried up.

If you don't dig deep and repair it, when you wait for the water, the water will overflow from here!

If there is no way for the rainwater to be diverted from here when the heavy rain comes, it will even cause damage to the nearby fertile fields!

The effect of the canal is to divert water in when there is a drought and to divert water when it is flooded. It can play a great role!

Just this morning, a group of workers was called in to clean the canal.

As a result, someone was digging and found a big rock hidden underneath!

According to the regulations, it is necessary to continue to dig half a meter deep, so this stone needs to be lifted out, so as not to delay the project!
That's why the stone man was dug out!
"Sir! The excavated stone man is right there!" The official who went to report pointed to a stone man of the same height not far away and said.

Zhang Yunji walked over and walked around the stone man.

"My lord, should we continue to dig the canal? In case something is dug out again..."

The officer next to him asked a little worriedly.

Zhang Yunji sighed, all the digging came out, if he didn't continue digging, could it be assumed that this matter never happened?

He waved his hand and said, "Keep digging!"

"Yes!"

"Wash this stone man clean!"

Seeing that the stone man was covered with silt, Zhang Yunji ordered people to wash off the silt.

Buckets of water were poured on it, and someone wiped it with something.

After about a stick of incense, the stone talent changed from being covered with mud to looking clean.

Zhang Yunji took a closer look, and immediately gasped!
This is really...

"how come?"

"Master Zhang, do you know what this stone man looks like?" A familiar voice sounded beside him.

As soon as Zhang Yunji turned his head, he saw the king's face with slightly raised eyebrows.

He hurriedly lowered his voice and replied: "Your Majesty, I look at the appearance of this stone man, which is exactly like King Yan."

"King Yan?"

Could it be referring to the King Yan who was directly overthrown by Li Shimin many years ago?

He looked at the stone man carefully, and found that the man not only looked heroic and tall, but also the costume carved on his body...

Tsk!It's actually a dragon robe?
Ordinary migrant workers or petty officials might not be able to see anything special about the colorless clothes on the stone man, but both Zhang Yunji and Qin Yang recognized it at a glance.

After all, this kind of clothes are too familiar to them!
They had seen it with Li Shimin countless times!

Good guy!
Qin Yang sighed in his heart: King Yan was overthrown by Li Shimin at the beginning, there is no injustice at all!
Maybe the historical records are wrong, but he entered this place by mistake and became a Tang man. As far as he knows, it has not even passed ten years since this time, so he can naturally find out a lot of truth!

Because of King Yan's rebellion, the development of Youzhou lagged behind, and it became the most desolate place in the entire Tang Dynasty!
Now that a stone man with the same appearance as King Yan has been found, it is hard for anyone to say what this means.

In general, where one such stone man is found, there is a good chance that something else is also found!

Qin Yang heard that Zhang Yunji ordered people to continue digging deep in this canal, but he didn't stop him.

He even had people set up tables and chairs in the open space next to him, using a big umbrella to block the sun.

He and Zhang Yunji sat on the side and waited!

"Master Zhang, don't worry, since the stone man looks the same as King Yan, it has nothing to do with us."

"No matter what is dug out later, it is the work of the predecessors. It has nothing to do with you and me. We just wait."

Zhang Yunji smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, that's what you said, but if there is really a problem, how can other people treat us separately from King Yan?"

"Right now, this Youzhou is a lower official who is the governor, and you are the king of Youzhou!"

Yes, as long as something happens here, even if it is related to King Yan, can those in the court treat Youzhou separately?
impossible!

So Zhang Yunji is now looking forward to digging out some treasures.

Didn't everyone say that King Yan buried a batch of treasures in order to rebel?

That's all follow-up military expenses!

Although this is just a rumor, there is no such thing as a storm, and if such a rumor spreads, it means that this matter may really be true.

But after King Yan and his confidants died, no one could find these treasures!

When Zhang Yunji came to Youzhou to take up his post, Li Shimin hinted that he would continue to search for the secret of the treasure after he came to Youzhou.

But because he had been searched for for several years but could not be found, so he ignored it later.

He treats the treasure thing as nonsense!

But right now, digging a canal has unearthed a life-sized stone statue of King Yan!
Still a stone statue in a dragon robe!
Will the treasure that he couldn't find before be discovered?
Zhang Yunji was thinking wildly, and he also knew that this kind of thinking was actually more like a dream!
What a coincidence!
Found the stone man, and then found the treasure?

If the treasure is really so easy to find, there won't be so many forces, including the Cui family, who can't find it everywhere!

Just when Zhang Yunji was thinking this way, he suddenly heard someone screaming: "There is something underneath!"

how?

Did you dig something again?

Zhang Yunji stood up immediately, and looked not far away.

Qin Yang was more conscientious than him, so he got up and walked over.

Seeing that the king had already passed by, Zhang Yunji followed suit.

When they passed by, several migrant workers worked together, and with a few roars, a large stone slab was lifted up!

slate?

What was dug out this time was not a stone man, but a stone slab?
Can't tell whether it was disappointment or curiosity, Zhang Yunji had the slate washed clean again.

He and Qin Yang stood aside and watched.

As buckets of water were poured down, the slate gradually became clean, and the things engraved on it gradually became clearer.

Zhang Yunji's expression changed after only one glance!
(End of this chapter)