Lei Yue Longmen

But he said that Cen Zhu escorted Gu Qing out of the imperial mausoleum, and asked her on the way if she felt something happened? It was too sudden, and she was not mentally prepared yet?

"If this is the case, I can talk to my wife and ask her to delay for a few days. How about we come to treat you when you think about it?"

Gu Qing knew that she was doing it for her own good, so she sighed and said in sign language: "No, since it's already been agreed, it's always inappropriate to delay. You don't have to worry about me anymore, don't worry, I will make up my own mind .”

Cen Zhu blinked, then smiled, "Okay then. I'll take you back first, and you can think about it yourself. By the way, have you eaten yet?" After finishing speaking, he felt that the words were redundant, and it was already past noon Yes, she sent people here early in the morning, so she hasn't eaten anything, "Come on, let's go to Xiling Village to have a meal first, to fill our stomachs and then go on the road."

Cen Zhu himself was also hungry, so he urged Gu Qing to move forward.After crossing the Diling River and going south for hundreds of steps, you will arrive at Longfengmen.After passing the Dragon and Phoenix Gate, Gu Qing's eyes were suddenly attracted by the stone men and beasts on both sides of the road.When they came, they walked in a hurry, and they had no time to pay attention to others, and they didn't observe carefully? They.Seeing it now, Fang felt that every stone statue was carved lifelike.

Seeing that she seemed to be interested in these things, Cen Zhu introduced them one by one, "This is the stone statue on the main shrine, and it is the guard of honor after the emperor's death. In Yurui, we pay attention to death as life. After death, there is still some pomp. Look at these stone figures, there are twenty or ten pairs in total, and no pair looks the same. I heard that they were all carved by stonemasons according to the facial makeup of twenty founding heroes. Unique? There are twelve pairs of stone beasts in front of them, namely lion, xiezhi, unicorn, horse, camel, and elephant, each of which has a pair standing up and a pair lying down."

Gu Qing leaned closer to the statue of the elegant Wen Chen, who was headed by him, and saw that he was wearing a beamed crown, holding a court wat, thin face and long beard, and his expression was composed, with a strategizing air and calmness.

Cen Zhu said: "The prototype of this first civil servant is Lu Sanmao, the number one counselor under Tai|Zu's command when he conquered the world. According to folklore, he is a strange man. Communicate face-to-face with ghosts and gods. It is said that he bribed the local mountain gods and land spirits to buy the Fengshui treasure land of the imperial mausoleum. Bargain with the gods."

Gu Qing was surprised, and asked in sign language: "Is this true?"

"I don't know, but? I guess most of them were fabricated by later generations. There are too many such things. Do you know that there is a high official named Cen Zhi in our dynasty?"

Gu Qing shook his head, Cen Zhu said with a smile: "He was the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate more than 20 years ago. Because he was an upright person during his lifetime, someone fabricated that he entered the underworld after death and became the lord of the underworld, that is, King Yama. His family members, such as his wife, daughter, etc., have all become underworld officials in the lower realm." After she finished speaking, she laughed herself, Gu Qing was puzzled and looked at her suspiciously.

Cen Zhu didn't mention his life experience to her, so he took it hastily and changed the subject: "Look at the one next to him, with a big beard, he is the second counselor under Tai|zu's seat. His surname is Gu." , called Gu Ziming, Gu Ziming who said, "Wave your hand and go, Xiao Xiao's team is singing." Didn't you say that your ancestors had a high official? Maybe it's this one!"

When Gu Qing heard this, he quickly looked at the statue twice, and saw that half of his face was hidden under his beard, and his expression was very solemn.I was a little excited in my heart, but I was not sure if it was true, so I bowed to the statue.

When the two walked to the end of the royal road, they saw a two or three-story stele pavilion standing in the middle of the royal road.The stele pavilion is square, with double eaves hanging on the top of the mountain, and a red square city below.There are coupon holes on all sides of Fangcheng for pedestrians.In the center of the cave stands a huge stone tablet, like a giant, blocking two-thirds of the way.

"That's the stele pavilion, and there is a stele of the emperor Yurui Taizu's holy merits and virtues. There are more than 3000 characters engraved on it, recording the achievements of Emperor Taizu's founding and entrepreneurship. Everyone who enters the imperial mausoleum must pass through ?, to pay homage to the merits of Emperor Tai|Zu."

Cen Zhu was about to lead Gu Qing in to have a look, but unexpectedly a group of people came from the other side of the stele.

"Let's walk around?" Cen Zhu didn't want to meet them face to face, so he dragged Gu Qing around to the west of the pavilion.I saw from Xiquan cave that the group entered the stele pavilion, surrounded the tortoise seat, and looked up at the inscriptions on the stele.People under the stele are as insignificant as a child?

Cen Zhu observed that there were men and women in this group, all dressed in Chinese clothes, and there were three of them whose clothes were obviously different from those around them.The woman in the middle is wearing a blue dress, her hair hangs down to her waist, and she wears a blue crown like a rose on her head.The other two were bodyguards, both dressed in white, with round white hats on their heads? It was easy to tell that they were foreigners.

Cen Zhu guessed who they were, and pulled Gu Qing away quickly.Gu Qing didn't know why she was in such a hurry, and left here with doubts.

Wu Jingchai, who was bored in the pavilion, caught sight of a familiar figure by chance, and was overjoyed, wanting to chase after him.But when he touched Cen Zhu next to him, his joyful heart suddenly turned cold, like a stick in his throat.

King Cheng noticed Wu Jingchai's strange expression, and asked suspiciously, "Cousin, what are you looking at?"

Wu Xiaohou covered his wounded heart, turned his head, and said, "It's nothing? Why are you so quiet today, and you don't step forward to behave well? Could it be that you don't like this Crown Prince Lan Que?"

King Cheng looked a little embarrassed, it wasn't that he didn't want to go forward.On the contrary, he liked the distinctive vigor and look of this Lanque princess very much.but……

"Are you afraid?" Wu Jingchai despised him with great interest.

"I'm not afraid, it's just that the position of son-in-law belongs to the second brother, so I can't compete with him." Cheng Wang whispered.

Wu Jingchai shook his head, with an unteachable expression on his face, "That's already in the past tense. If this Lanque Crown Prince is still the original Lanque Crown Prince, and his status has been determined, then naturally You can't compete with him. But it's not the original one now. Lan Que also made it clear that the new crown prince will re-select a son-in-law, and the original marriage contract has long been voided. Since the emperor ordered you to accompany him, then you and King Dun are the same It is a relationship of fair competition. Whoever snatches the son-in-law will own it, how can there be any first-come-first-served?"

After Wu Jingchai finished speaking, he twisted his chin and motioned him to look at King Dun next to the stele, "See, if this son-in-law is determined to be your second brother's, he still needs to work so hard? You boy, sometimes It’s just the brain? You don’t have the brain! Hurry up, it’s really late to make people get ahead!”

"But I..." Cheng Wang still looked embarrassed.

Wu Jingchai looked at him like that, knew that he was still afraid, and felt a little contemptuous in his heart.This should be put in the past, seeing this kind of awkward appearance that he obviously likes, he has already kicked him without hesitation.But now, with the same fallen people in the world, who can despise whom?

"Well, brother sees that you are usually obedient, so why don't you go over and help me?"

Cheng Wang beamed with joy, "Thank you, cousin."

Wu Jingchai stepped forward pretendingly, and was about to speak, but saw the queen prince, with eyes raised higher than the top of his head, circling the stele with great interest.Then he pointed casually, "Hey, it's you, yes, tell me why there is a big turtle under this stone seat?"

The person she was pointing at was King Dun, and her tone was as if ordering a servant.What a proud and arrogant Lord Dun Wang is, his face immediately fell down.

However, he also knew that Princess Lan Que could not be offended, so he managed to squeeze out a smile that didn't look like a smile, and he said, "I think the princess is tired after walking such a long way, why don't you go to the side Take a break."

"Who said that the princess is tired? You have just walked a long way, and you call it tired. It's fine if you don't want to talk about it, I'll let someone else talk about it." Princess Lan Que looked at him with contempt, and King Dun's blood surged immediately.Seeing that he opened his mouth, Wu Jingchai seemed to be saying, "You are not tired, Lao Tzu? You are still thirsty!" He hurried over to stand in front of him and patted his chest, "Calm down, calm down! "Pull him aside.Turning around, he gave King Cheng a wink, the latter understood, mustered up the courage to step forward, and cupped his hands: "I can talk to the princess."

"Who are you here?"

"I am King Cheng, the third son of the current emperor." Although I have already introduced it once, but the memory of Princess Lanque seems to be very poor, and no one remembers it.Fortunately, King Cheng has a gentle temperament, and he took the trouble to introduce himself.

"Oh. Then tell me about it!"

King Dun was pushed to the entrance of the ticket hole and threw off his sleeves. "It's really deceiving. Who does she think she is! I've never seen such an arrogant and domineering girl."

Wu Jingchai persuaded from the side, "He is the prince of a different country, so he may have different customs. He was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, so understand a little bit, understand a little bit!"

King Dun was still puzzled, "Hmph, I think, if anyone marries her, it will really be bad luck for eight lifetimes."

Wu Jingchai actually wanted to laugh when he saw his distraught look, but he didn't say any sarcastic remarks on his face.

Behind him, King Cheng, like an old master, began to tell the story of the tortoise.The little princess Lan Que was about the same age as him, and listened to his story very carefully.King Cheng didn't dare to look directly at the other party, and kept looking up.

"This 'big tortoise' is actually Bixi, also known as Baxia, one of the nine sons of the dragon. It likes to bear weight and has great strength. It is different from the real tortoise. It has sharp teeth in its mouth. The armor on its back is also different from that of a tortoise, which can support three mountains and five mountains. So it is not a real turtle, but a dragon."

"Wait a minute! Let me take a look first!" Princess Lan Que ran to Baxia's head with an exploratory spirit, carefully observed its teeth, and touched it with her hands, "Really, its teeth are so sharp! "

When she smiled, she revealed two pointed canine teeth, and the two gem-like blue eyes inlaid on her fair face became brighter when she smiled, as bright and clear as the sky.Something hit King Cheng's heart suddenly, and he was stunned.

"You keep talking? Why did you stop?"

"Oh," King Cheng came back to his senses, and turned his eyes a little nervously, "it is said that when Dayu controlled the floods, it was Ba Xia who helped move mountains and fill seas. Later, Dayu asked him to publicize his achievements Carrying his own stele of merit and virtue, he traveled around in order to spread it all over the world. Later, when people erected the stele, they all let Ba come down to carry the stele."

The little girl nodded as she listened, King Cheng was very happy, and continued: "It is said that when the Tai|Zu of this dynasty swept Liuhe, Ba Xia also came to help Tai|Zu. He helped him defeat the invincible Enemy army. Later Tai|Zu established Yurui, and his meritorious deeds were completed, and he was about to return to the sea. But Tai|Zu thought of its kindness and could not bear to let him go. "

"and then?"

"Then, Lu Sanmao, the number one counselor under Tai | Zu's command, advised Tai | Zu, saying that he had a way to let Ba Xia stay and continue to guard Yurui. So he said to Ba Xia that as long as it can keep Tai | He picked up the stele of merit and virtue, put it down safely, and let it go. Ba Xia heard that it was too simple, it could even carry three mountains and five mountains, and a mere stone stele was nothing to worry about. The ancestor's monument of merit was loaded up, and he showed off triumphantly to Lu Sanmao. But when it was about to put it down, the monument suddenly became heavier than the three mountains and five mountains, and its legs were bent instantly. Pressed on the ground, unable to move, asked Lu Sanmao what spells he had cast? Lu Sanmao said that he did not do any spells, just because the merits of the Tai|Zu were immeasurable, and it was normal for it to be unable to lift. The bully continued unconvinced Using brute force to arch upwards, unexpectedly, the heavier the stele became, its four feet sank into the ground. In the end, Baxia gave up resistance and stayed, guarding Yurui wholeheartedly."

After hearing this legend, Princess Lan Que was completely indignant, fighting for Ba Xia? She felt injustice and said, "What is it called Mao? It's too despicable. He Ba Xia has helped you so much. If you want to succeed, you won't even be able to retire. ?. You also tricked me to come here and continue to help you guard Yurui. What happened to you? Poor Baxia, you didn’t get rewarded for your good deeds, and you lost your freedom, and you can’t even go home .Besides, Dayu's merit has not reached the limitless level, your family is too..."

Before she uttered the "crazy words", his subordinates hurriedly grabbed her sleeves and murmured something to her, and then Princess Lanque fell silent.But?, although she didn't say it, the meaning was all on her face.

The strange thing is that usually, if someone disrespects Tai | Zu, King Cheng will go up and refute it immediately, but this time he somehow feels that what she said has some truth?It is indeed difficult to force others to stay under the hegemony.However, it seems that something is wrong.

"Legends are just legends and cannot be taken as true." Wu Jingchai came out to smooth things over.This page is over.Later, they came out of the stele pavilion and visited the stone statue again.The princess was tired from walking, so she asked two guards to build a bridge with their wrists, sat on it by herself, wrapped her hands around the guard's neck, and walked forward without hesitation.

"Does she still have a sense of shame? It's really shameless to cuddle with people in public!" Dun Wang still held a grudge.

King Cheng was moved by her spontaneity and informality, and frowned upon hearing this: "Second Brother, how can you say that? Lan Que's customs are more open than Yu Rui's. It is common for men and women to hug and kiss each other when they meet and say goodbye. What's more, when people are tired from walking, what can they do if they let the guards lift them up? It's not intentional hugging, but just holding hands for fear of falling off."

King Cheng seldom contradicts King Dun, and the latter has already suppressed his stomach. At this moment, all of them rushed up, "Hehe, you are in a hurry to protect your shortcomings before you become a son-in-law? Don't think that people pay more attention to you." At first glance, you think you have entered the eyes of others. Even if you become the son-in-law of Lan Que and marry such a prodigal princess, you will suffer in the future."

"You!" Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Wu Jingchai stood in between them, "Don't dawdle, they are all gone, so hurry up and chase after them." He understood why the emperor's uncle sent him over. Now, without him, maybe the two brothers would fight?