Lei Yue Longmen

"Sacrificing to the ancestors?"

Li Jingchen, who was waiting for the news at the west gate, was confused and alert when he received the decree. The sacrifices of these distant ancestors usually have a major sacrifice once every 50 years and a small sacrifice once every ten years, and preparations must be started at least one month in advance. Now Since it wasn't Shizu's [-]th birthday, and there were only two days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, why did sacrifices have to be made so hastily?

Lan Xi, the guard of the Eastern Palace who came to report the letter, didn’t know either. He passed the imperial decree delivered by Director Cai to the Eastern Palace late at night to Li Jingchen. Admiral Feng Huaji of the Nine Gates personally escorted them."

Li Jingchen became even more puzzled, thinking about what happened tonight, could it be that Li Jingchu went to the imperial tomb?If so, it would make sense for Li Pinghong to send her to the imperial mausoleum.

But she worried that the emperor had other plans.

The place of the Western Emperor Mausoleum is inaccessible and heavily guarded by the imperial court. Whether it is exile, detention or hunting, it is a natural and excellent place.And Feng Huaji is the emperor's confidant, so it is said that he is an escort, will it be? Will it be detention or detention?It's not clear yet.Although there are countless reasons restricting Li Pinghong from eradicating the East Palace, he does have the motivation to strike first and kill the grass.

Thinking of this, she went to a remote place, summoned Lan Xi, and ordered him to send a letter to Gu Mian and the eldest princess respectively.After that, he led the brigade to the West Emperor's Mausoleum.On the way, Feng Huaji's attitude towards him was quite respectful, and he also complied with her request to change the marching route out of vigilance, which more or less dispelled her doubts.

It was late at night when we arrived at Xiling Village. Around the fourth watch, Li Jingchen got out of the carriage and met the head of Xiling Village regardless of the bumpy road.Most of Xiling Village are the descendants of meritorious and criminal officials of the previous dynasties, who either voluntarily or were forced to come here to guard the tombs of the previous emperors, and also supply some standing sacrificial products.As soon as he heard that the empress dowager came here to offer sacrifices to the ancestors, the village chief went from door to door and called up the strong men in the village, preparing to sacrifice the three animals to be slaughtered on the day.

Li Jingxuan asked Feng Huaji to bring Li Jingxi's portrait and asked the villagers if they had seen this little girl. At least three villagers recognized her and said that they had seen the little girl carrying a parcel and carrying a lantern when it was dark , went in the direction of the imperial mausoleum.

really!

Knowing that Li Jingxuan had come to the imperial tomb, Li Jingchen was really relieved. He let a thousand infantry camp outside Xiling Village, and led a small number of guards to the imperial tomb overnight.

Yurui Imperial Mausoleum is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is located on a plain surrounded by mountains. It is adjacent to Tianfu Mountain in the east, Tianlu Mountain in the west and Tianshou Mountain in the north.To the south are two hills named Longshan and Fengshan.The two Longfeng Mountains are regarded as the gates of the imperial mausoleum, and the imperial road is opened in the middle, which is the gateway to the imperial mausoleum.

There is a river in the imperial mausoleum called Diling River. It winds down from the north of Tianlu Mountain from west to east, flows through the center of the imperial mausoleum, and forms a reservoir at the southern foot of Tianfu Mountain.It has created the excellent Fengshui pattern of Yurui Imperial Mausoleum "near mountains and rivers".

23 imperial mausoleums, including the current emperor Li Pinghong's Xiling Mausoleum, as well as the tombs of many concubines and princes are located among the beautiful mountains and rivers.

Even at night, the undulating silhouette of Tianshou Mountain gives people the aura of a tiger dominating a dragon.Do mortals feel daunted by the mountains?

Li Jingxuan set off from the north of Xiling Village on horseback, and arrived at the foot of Longfeng Mountain in a quarter of an hour.First pass a stone archway with five rooms on the eleventh floor, and then arrive at the main entrance of the imperial mausoleum area.The main entrance of the imperial mausoleum area is a gate tower similar to a palace gate, with three door openings, and on both sides there are steles of "officials dismount here".Li Jingxuan dismounted in front of the gate and read out Li Pinghong's sacred decree outside the gate. The gate guards immediately opened the gate and let them go.

Yuezhong asked the guard guarding the gate, "Did you see this little girl enter the imperial tomb yesterday evening?" He showed him the portrait of Li Jingxi, and the guard scratched his head, apparently having no impression of this person.

"Here...the people who enter and leave the imperial tomb every day include the pilgrimage class, the sweeping class, the food delivery class, as well as the maids and courtiers who guard the spirit. Everyone has a deacon badge issued by the Ministry of Rites. They must be checked when entering and leaving the imperial tomb. Haven't you seen this girl before?"

"Forget it, if she wants to enter the Imperial Mausoleum, she can always think of her own way." Li Jingxuan understood Li Jingxuan's temperament very well.And no matter what method she uses, there must be only one destination, and that is Xiling.The coffin of Queen Hai is parked in Xiling Underground Palace, and Prince Li Jingzhi is also buried nearby.She must have come crying to her mother and elder brother.As long as you go to Xiling and wait, you will definitely be able to wait for her.

After Li Jingchen led the crowd into the imperial mausoleum, they quickly rushed to Xiling along the main Shinto path.He signaled everyone to keep their footsteps as light as possible, so as not to disturb the heroic spirits of the late emperors.

The main Shinto road is the main road in the imperial mausoleum area, with a total length of more than [-] miles. It passes successively through the Tai | Ancestor's meritorious monument, the stone statue, the Dragon and Phoenix Gate, and the Diling Bridge.Across the north and south, directly to Tai | Yuan Mausoleum at the foot of Tianshou Mountain.All the passages of the imperial tombs are separated from this.

When planning the imperial mausoleum at the beginning, Tai | Zu took the god? Dao as the central axis, arranged his Yuan mausoleum in the middle, facing south from north, and stipulated that future generations should build mausoleums in the order of left Zhao and right Mu.When the Tianshou Mountain in the north is fully built, it will be built on the Tianfu and Tianlu Mountains on both sides.Today's (23rd Shimu) Xiling Mausoleum was built at the foot of Tianlu Mountain in the west, adjacent to the Pingling Mausoleum of Qingzong Li Zuojun (21st Mu).The secret tomb of the late emperor Li Taiyue (22nd Shizhao) was buried at the foot of Tianfu Mountain, facing his father and son on the opposite side.

Li Jingchen walked on the Shinto, didn't he? He felt a sense of solemnity, especially in the dark night, when there were dark shadows around him.With the sound of the wind blowing past my ears, it seemed that there were countless pairs of eyes quietly looking at me.Normally, she would definitely stop and express her apology to these fairies for disturbing them late at night, but now, she doesn't care much about it now, and the idea of ​​looking for Li Jingxi is more than anything.

An hour later, they finally arrived at Xiling.Looking at the two closed doors in the middle, Li Jing's calf trembled slightly.But she still insisted on stepping up the steps and knocked hard on the side door.

After waiting for a long time, I heard two people's footsteps coming from inside the door, and the side door opened with a creak, and an elderly palace official poked his head out vigilantly, and saw Li Jingchen in the firelight , was stunned for a moment, the mouth with missing teeth immediately opened, and said joyfully, "Your Highness, why are you here? Hurry up, come in. Rumei, Your Highness the Empress Dowager has come down. Hurry up and help Your Highness hold the lantern."

Afterwards, the double doors opened wide, and a middle-aged woman who was nearly fifty years old walked out quickly, and when she saw Li Jingxuan, she cried out excitedly.After Empress Hai died of illness, her personal maid Rumei and palace servant Liangyue voluntarily went to Xiling to be the guardians of the queen's tomb, and later took care of the prince.The two watched the queen's three children grow up, and they had a natural love for Li Jingxuan.Li Jingchen also always regarded them as family members in his heart.

"Look at you, your highness is here, what are you crying for?"

"I haven't seen you for half a year, I...I'm so excited!"

Li Jingchen didn't respond in a hurry, and asked anxiously: "Aunt Mei, Eunuch Liang, have you seen Jingxi?"

"Second princess? No." Liangyue and Rumei looked at her flustered expression, but couldn't help but get nervous, "I've been waiting? I haven't left Xiling for a moment, could it be that the second princess is also here?"

Li Jing's nose was sore, he didn't know how to answer.If Li Jingxi hadn't come here, where would she have gone?Will it? What will happen?Or did he go somewhere else?But where would she go?

"Your Highness? Don't worry, maybe the second princess has gone to the place of His Highness the Crown Prince, I, I'll go there right away to have a look."

Liangyue saw her disappointment and sadness, and hurriedly comforted her, thinking that the child must have been wronged.Rumei also said: "Yes, maybe the second princess went wrong, there are so many forks here? Maybe? She went to another tomb. Let's go to other places to look for it. The second princess is auspicious, sure? No? Something will happen."

Li Jing's throat was choked up and she couldn't speak. She pursed her lips and looked at the lonely pine shadow on the top of the mountain, and suddenly felt that at this moment, like that lonely pine tree, there was only one person left in the vast world.

At the same time, two superimposed shadows were slowly walking towards Xiling along the Diling River.The river water made the sound of a hungry stomach.After walking about five hundred steps, I finally saw a bridge over the river.Cen Zhu hurried over, crossed the bridge, and continued to walk northwest.

"Have you learned the lesson now? Running away from home is not a fun thing. It can hurt your body at least, or your life at worst. This is because you are lucky, otherwise what I am carrying now is not You. It's your little corpse!"

Li Jing lay on her back listlessly, not saying a word.

"Do you? Do you know how much your sister? Worried about you? Let me tell you, I've never seen her so worried? Who, even I didn't get you? This treatment. Are you still away from me?" If you run away from home, you don’t know your blessings in the midst of blessings.”

Cen Zhu lifted her up, but still kept talking, "Again, what's the big deal! No? It's your grandma? Likes you, do you want to drive you away? What's the big deal? What's the matter? There are more grievances in the world than this? Well, if everyone was like you, who would run away from home when there was a trivial matter, then the world would be full of homeless people."

"Also, do you? Do you have any common sense of life? You? Are you running away from home? Do you still have the mind to go shopping? It's nothing more than shopping, and you spend all your money. Buying such things is useless. Can this thing help you? Take a taxi, or can it help you? Fill your stomach?"

Cen Zhu looked at the lantern in her hand, didn't she? Consciously began to teach? Did she really understand Li Jingxu's brain circuit? Eh? You? What on earth are you thinking? You? Why not? Turn over directly from Tianshou Mountain in the north?"

The person on the back didn't respond, and Cen Zhu said "Ai ai" several times, "You? Did you hear me?" He turned around on the spot again, but there was no response.She turned her head to look at it out of the corner of her eye, darling, this girl fell asleep on her shoulder.If you listen carefully, you can still hear the even and flexible nasal whistle, "Hurricane—hurricane—"

The corners of Cen Zhu's mouth twitched, and he really wanted to leave her behind. Isn't this girl really? She is a big-hearted person, and she was just talking about her feelings in vain.

Alas~ dry mouth, really tired!

She lowered her head, lifted him up again, and continued to walk slowly like an old cow.I don't know how long I have been walking, the sky has turned into a thin grayish blue, and the layers of lush forests can be vaguely discerned on the surrounding mountains, but it is still hazy, as if separated by a layer of smoke.

Cen Zhu staggered to the gate of Xiling, and when he saw the words "Xilingmen", he almost wanted to cry to his father and grandma.It's really "blowing all the yellow sand and starting to get gold"!finally reached!

But the pig was still fast asleep.

"Hey! Wake up, hey! You? No? Did you want to see your mother? We're here!" Cen Zhu trembled, trying to shake her awake.However,

"Hoo-hurricane-hu-hurricane-"

The nose whistle was louder than before.

"I..." Cen Zhu couldn't help but wanted to be rough, when the front door creaked.Cen Zhu raised her head subconsciously, her body was bowed at ninety degrees now, and she could only see the people on the steps clearly by raising her head desperately.

Huh?Thinking that his eyes were dazzled, he turned his body sideways like a big crab, tilted his head and looked at her sideways.That's right, it's her, it's confirmed.

Turning back, carrying the person on his back, he walked up with a patter, and when he came to him, he said out of breath, "You?...Hurry up, check the goods to see if it's your sister, isn't it? Yes, I'll throw her into the ditch never mind!"