Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

The imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty are gathered in Gongxian County, which is a family-style tomb group, surrounded by the mausoleums of Taizu, Taizong and Zhenzong who have been buried here, dotted around.

Ah, there is also the tomb of Taejo and Taejong's own father Sunjo Cho Hongyin.

Although this man has never been an emperor, his tomb is also the imperial mausoleum.

Although Zhao Yiyi came to pay homage to his ancestors, in principle, he did not need to kowtow in front of the ancestor's tombstone with melons and fruits as tribute to the graves of later generations.

After all, there are a lot of ancestors, kowtowing one by one seems to lose his face.

There are temples in the imperial mausoleum, and he only needs to cooperate with the officials guarding the imperial mausoleum to perform a ceremony in the temple, offer some tribute, express his grief, and show off his achievements in the past few years since he succeeded to the throne. Ancestral mausoleum.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestral mausoleum, you can go back home.

As the emperor is the representative of the will of the country, it is always not a thing to leave Beijing. It makes people feel uneasy. It is better to go back as soon as possible.

During the whole process, he and the officials who followed him had no chance to touch the real "mausoleum" part.

This can't be done.

Without access to the "mausoleum", how did you find out that the "imperial tomb was stolen"?

How can Kou Zhun be blamed for the "stolen imperial tomb" if he doesn't find out?

Therefore, Zhao Yiyi arranged the collective burial of clan relatives to be held together with the sacrificial ceremony.

Weddings and funerals of the imperial clan in the Song Dynasty were arranged by the state finance. In order to save money, the officials of the household department often saved a certain amount and then dragged them to Gong County for burial together, which is called saving money for the country.

The last collective funeral of the clans was several years ago. This year, seven or eight clans have been gathered and waited to be buried in the earth. In addition to the King Xiangyang who died in Yingtian last year, the scene was quite spectacular.

Zhao Yiyi also specially prepared a boat to house the remains of the clan, and brought them to Gong County together.

On his side, he worshiped his ancestors in the temple, and on the other side, the Dazongzheng Temple began to break ground to build graves for these clans.

The tombs of ordinary clans are built around the imperial tomb, and there is also a noble prince here. Although his death is unknown, he has to choose a tomb close to the imperial tomb according to his status.

Zhao Yiyi specially instructed that he should choose a place close to the mausoleum of the first emperor to place King Xiangyang.

The construction site is close to the mausoleum of the first emperor, and it is convenient to find something wrong.

Anyway, the tomb was stolen by the king of Xiangyang. Zhao Yiyi didn't feel any pain in his heart when he used the king of Xiangyang to expose this matter.

Zhao Yiyi took his clan and ministers to disembark at the Gongxian Wharf, and lived in a nearby palace and post station.

They arrived at Gong County at noon that day, and settled down in the evening. After resting for a day and a night, they could go to the temple to hold a sacrificial ceremony on the third day.

After all, the exhaustion of boats and cars is not a joke. Even though he was riding on the most luxurious dragon boat on the surface, Zhao Yiyi felt as if he was about to be tossed and tossed to pieces.

When Xia Yuqi can quickly get out both the steam engine and the internal combustion engine, he must build a comfortable steamboat to sit on.

Thinking that he would have to go through this kind of tossing again when he went back, Zhao Yiyi felt even more hopeless in his life.

Lying expressionlessly on the bed in the palace, Zhao Yiyi said, "Has everything been arranged?"

Liu Endao: "The arrangement has been made at Zongzheng Temple."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said, "Okay. It's time to give Duke Lai a surprise."

As the Grand Tutor and Duke of the State, Kou Zhun naturally followed him to Gongxian County to participate in offering sacrifices to the ancestral mausoleum, and lived in the post station.

The emperor and officials have the right to rest, but the staff of Dazongzhengji Temple do not.

As soon as he got off the boat at noon, Sizheng took people to survey the land near the imperial mausoleum and plan the tomb.

After all, there is still a prince's remains to be buried here, this is the emperor's own uncle, and the emperor himself ordered that the bones of King Xiangyang be buried near the tomb of the first emperor, which shows that he attaches great importance to this uncle.

The temple is the son of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's cousin. Although his surname is Zhao, he is not too far from the current emperor, but he is not from the same line as Taizong's father. Strictly speaking, he is not a "clan" , It's just that Tai Zu was close to the same clan, which also allowed him to be honored by the royal family and be able to serve as an official.

Because of this, he did not dare to neglect the emperor's errand.

After the emperor got off the boat, he went to rest in the palace, and he immediately dragged the officials of Qin Tianjian who were in charge of Fengshui to the imperial mausoleum to start working.

The first step in building a tomb is to choose the land, especially for the royal tomb. It is necessary to choose a land with good geomantic omen in the limited royal cemetery, but also not to occupy the land with too good geomantic omen—after all, emperors also want to be buried. Here, if the prince takes the best feng shui, where will the emperor be buried?

Moreover, the emperor made a request this time to bury King Xiangyang near the tomb of the first emperor.

The options are greatly reduced.

The temple is pulling the officials of the Qin Tianjian to the cemetery: "Master Liu, you must be cautious about this matter. This King of Xiangyang is not an ordinary person. The officials are concerned. There is a mistake, but we are responsible for it." related."

Lord Liu smiled wryly: "The lower official understands, the lower official understands."

After staying in Qin Tianjian for so many years, doesn't he understand the taboos of choosing the tomb of the clan?It's nothing more than this one is more special than others, so pay a little more attention, it's no big deal.

When we arrived near the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Zongzheng Temple said to Liu Daren: "A royal tomb is going to be built near here. Let's have a rough look at it today, and we have a general plan in mind. We will bring more people tomorrow. Probe carefully."

Master Liu squatted down, picked up a piece of dirt on the ground, frowned and said, "This is not possible."

Si Zheng also squatted down: "Why not?"

Master Liu showed him the slightly damp soil in his hand: "The sun is so strong today, and the soil has not been dried yet, which means that the humidity here is too heavy. There must be water in the ground. Mausoleums cannot be built here, it will be..."

Sizheng interrupted him: "Let's look at another place."

Some things should not be said indiscriminately, and it is a taboo to say them.

This is near the mausoleum of the first emperor. Others don't know what happened in the mausoleum of the first emperor. Isn't it clear that he is the official of Zongzheng Temple?

Whether it is water or not, don't mention it.

After walking hundreds of steps, the soil under my feet was much drier than before.Looking up at the temple, it is not far from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor.

"Can you see it here?"

Master Liu squatted down and groped on the ground: "Well, it's backwards here, the soil is quite dry, and..."

He stopped suddenly.

Sizheng asked: "What's wrong?"

"what is this?"

Master Liu reached out and groped in the grass beside him: "Could it be that there are mice making holes around here?"

Sizheng helped him push the grass away: "When the emperor's mausoleum was built, all the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the vicinity should be driven away. If there are really mice, it will be later..."

The weeds at the entrance of the cave were quite luxuriant, and the two of them pulled it out for a long time before finally exposing the entire entrance of the cave.

After seeing the dark hole, the two of them were speechless.

Absolutely no mouse can make holes so neatly, so regularly, so...

Si Zheng fumbled for the entrance of the cave tremblingly: "What is this?"

Master Liu didn't speak, but trembled with him.

Zongzheng Temple is in charge of the weddings and funerals of the clan, and Qin Tianjian provides services for the royal family in terms of yin and yang calendars. Both of them actually know a lot about the tombs.

In other words, they all know a thing or two about the matter of touching gold and robbing tombs.

This hole is absolutely, absolutely, the hole made by the gang of tomb robbers in the rivers and lakes.

This place is the royal mausoleum, and the appearance of the robbery hole here can only mean...

The two looked up at the Mausoleum of the First Emperor not far away at the same time.

The Mausoleum of the First Emperor has been stolen!

The temple was lying limp on the ground, shaking like chaff: "This, this, I, I, "

He wanted to cry but had no tears: "I'm done!"

The Mausoleum of the First Emperor was stolen, someone must be held responsible.

Who will bear this responsibility?

Master Xia Songxia, who was in charge of the mausoleum repair, has long been demoted to another state. Can you call him back to the capital and demote him again?

Lord Xia can't take on this responsibility, and the other personnel who have participated in the mausoleum repair don't have the status and weight to take on this responsibility.

After all, isn't it just that he, the temple, is going to take the blame?

He is the principal of the Zongzheng Temple, logically speaking, he should be responsible for all weddings and funerals related to the royal family.

This position is high enough to be qualified to take the blame.He is also an insignificant person, not even a royal relative of Tai Zu and Taizong, even if he is abolished, no one will care.

no!He can't sit still!

Si Zheng gritted his teeth and grabbed Master Liu's trembling hand: "Master Liu, listen to me!"

Master Liu had just recovered from the shock that the Mausoleum of the First Emperor might have been stolen, when he saw Sizheng's eyes were red and his teeth were clenched: "Master Liu, listen to me!"

Mr. Liu said: "What do you want to say?"

Si was pointing at the robbery hole: "This matter is known by heaven and earth, you know and I know! No third person can know about it!"

As soon as he got off the boat, he brought Mr. Liu here to see the mausoleum. Both of their entourages were exhausted, and they were reluctant to follow.Sizheng looked down on these lazy people, and came to the cemetery in a hurry to check the situation, but he didn't bring a single entourage, only came out with Mr. Liu, and planned to punish those lazy things after returning tonight.

This can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, and there is no need to bother to seal the mouth of the followers.

Mr. Liu was about to say something when he suddenly heard a shout from afar: "Who is that over there?"

Si Zheng's face turned pale all of a sudden: "Oops!"

Looking back, there were more than ten people, the leader was a man in court clothes, about forty, with a face like a crown jade, and a magnificent bearing.

Seeing the leader clearly, Si Zheng's complexion improved a bit: "So it's him."

The person who came was the Eight Sage Kings, the biological father of the current emperor, who was the most benevolent and benevolent.

Sizheng hurriedly piled up the pulled grass next to the entrance of the cave, and pulled Mr. Liu to stand up: "My lord! It's us!"

As the clan, the Baxian King naturally recognized Zongzheng Sizheng. He saw him from a distance, and led the people to come here: "So it's you! What are you doing here?"