Both of them were shocked by the scene in front of them. The middle of the stone house was sunk five or six feet downward, and underneath it was a transparent ice sculpture that was nine feet long and six feet wide.
Liu Chan and Zhang Yang were standing on the edge at the moment. They could see the scene below clearly. There was a person lying flat in the middle of the ice sculpture.
Zhang Yuan——
That's right, it's Zhang Yuan, the first empress of the Han Dynasty, lying flat inside the ice sculpture at this moment.
This shocked Liu Chan and Zhang Yang, especially Liu Chan.
When Zhang Yuan died of illness, the imperial court had not yet built the imperial mausoleum. In order to protect Zhang Yuan's body, Liu Chan placed Zhang Yuan's body on ice.
But——
He did not say that after the burial, he would still use ice to protect him.
"What's going on?" Liu Chan asked in horror.
Zhang Shao was stunned at first. Judging from his expression, the emperor should know about this, but now it seems that the emperor is completely unaware.
"Back to Your Majesty!" Zhang Shao said: "When Queen Jingxian was buried, this imperial mausoleum had just been built. After several years of construction, Queen Jingxian was buried here."
"Huh???" Liu Chan was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know about this.
Zhang Shao continued: "The Prime Minister said that Queen Jingxian lived a life of courtesy, filial piety and kindness. If she did not take special protection, her body might have decayed by the time the imperial mausoleum was built, so he ordered people to replace the ice cubes every day to keep Queen Jingxian safe.
His body does not rot."
Hearing this, Liu Chan burst into tears of gratitude. He should have done this. After all, Zhang Yuan was his wife. But that year, the Han Dynasty suffered a great epidemic, and then the queen died of illness. The old general Zhao Yunxian passed away. At the same time, there were
Powerful enemies surround you.
So after Zhang Yuan was buried, he didn't pay too much attention to these things.
But now he knows that the prime minister has done a lot of things for him.
"So what is this now?" Liu Chan continued to ask.
"Oh!" Zhang Shao responded and said with a smile: "Ten years ago, the Prime Minister ordered people to find a thousand-year-old ice stone in Kunlun Mountain. Its temperature was even lower than ice cubes, so the Prime Minister ordered people to create three pieces of ice.
Coffin."
"Three mouths?" Liu Chan was suddenly surprised.
The ice sculpture below turned out to be an ice coffin. No wonder Zhang Yuan is still well preserved after more than ten years, as if he is sleeping in an ice coffin.
But——
How come there are three people?
"Return to your majesty!" Zhang Shao saluted and said: "The remaining two, the prime minister said, are for..." When he said this, Zhang Shao did not say it directly, but also glanced at his sister, the current queen Zhang Yang.
"Leave it for me and Yang'er?" Liu Chan said what Zhang Shao didn't dare to say.
Of course Zhang Shao did not dare to say that the remaining two ice coffins were for Your Majesty and the Queen for future use. If he dared to say so, he would be committing a crime of great disrespect.
Although he has followed Liu Chan for many years and knows that Liu Chan is not the kind of unreasonable monarch, he only dares to stop there.
Zhang Shao didn't say anything, but Liu Chan said with a smile: "My father-in-law is very thoughtful. He has even thought about what happened between me and Yang'er."
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Shaoke couldn't listen anymore. He felt that this was a bit unlucky.
"It doesn't matter!" Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "Everyone will die, even if I am the emperor, I am not exempt from the commonality."
Zhang Yang on the side nodded slightly, but kept looking at his sister in the ice coffin.
"How great would it be if my sister could survive?" she said in a low voice.
"It's okay Yuan'er..." Liu Chan said calmly: "Yuan'er is waiting for us here. After a hundred years, we can be with Yuan'er, together forever."
After saying that, Liu Chan felt a little heavy, so he smiled and said: "Zhang Shao, take us to see the other two ice coffins!"
"No!"
Zhang Yuan is not rotten, which is a good thing. You can come and see her if you miss her, but standing here all the time does feel a little sad. The pain that has been repaired is torn apart again.
After leaving Jiaofang Palace, Zhang Shao led Liu Chan and Zhang Yang to the Greenhouse Palace in the middle. The Greenhouse Palace in Chang'an was the palace where the emperor kept out the cold in winter.
The scale of the Greenhouse Hall seems to be much larger than that of the Jiaofang Hall, but there are no decorations in the hall yet, so it looks a bit empty.
The main hall is empty. Apart from a throne and some stone furniture, there is nothing else. However, one thing is the same as Jiaofang Hall, that is, there is a stone wall behind the main hall.
, there is a stone door in the middle, the stone door is closed now.
Zhang Shao ordered people to push open the stone door. The space inside was larger than Zhang Yuan's. This should be the so-called coffin room. Standing in this coffin room, Liu Chan felt a little uncomfortable because he knew that one day, he would
Sleep here forever.
There are many dragon sculptures carved around the coffin chamber, and in Zhang Yuan's coffin chamber, there are Luan and Phoenix sculptures.
In the middle of the ground, there is a space with a length and width of nine feet. Under it, there is also a square ice coffin. This ice coffin is now open. The lid of the coffin is divided into two parts from the middle. At this moment, it is vertical.
It stands on both sides, and there is a sunken part below, which should be where he will lie down in the future.
"Okay!"
"Okay!"
"Very good!"
Liu Chan seemed very satisfied, but said in his heart, I hope my imperial mausoleum will never be opened, otherwise in a few years, I will become a cultural relic in the eyes of tourists and let the world watch it.
Millennium Ice Corpse.
Ten Thousand Years Ice Corpse.
After seeing the Emperor's Coffin Room in the Xuanshi Hall, they went to the Yuanyang Hall on the right. The Yuanyang Hall was slightly smaller than the Jiaofang Hall, perhaps because Zhang Yuan was the original queen and Zhang Yang was the successor queen.
In this era, there are differences in treatment between those who are in front and those who are behind.
The main hall is the same as the greenhouse hall. The hall is empty, with some simple stone tables and chairs. The back hall is the coffin room. The ice coffin is still rectangular, nine feet long and six feet wide. This is the same as Zhang Yuan's, except for the coffin room.
Slightly smaller.
Wait... Coming out of Yuanyang Palace, Liu Chan had a doubt.
According to ancient rituals, isn’t the only queen who can be buried with the emperor the first wife?
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But why did the Prime Minister also set up an ice coffin room in Yuanyang Hall?
Looking at these settings, the Prime Minister means that Zhang Yang will also be buried in this imperial mausoleum in the future. Does the Prime Minister have foresight, or is he really able to calculate?
Liu Chan was a little curious, but Zhang Yang was always in a low mood.
"Yang'er, when are you not happy?" Liu Chan finally asked while touring the imperial gardens, lakes and other palaces in the harem.
"No!" Zhang Yang said lightly.
"Really not?"
"Really not..." Zhang Yang repeated, but after looking around the surrounding environment, he sighed and said: "Your Majesty, this is the first time I entered this imperial mausoleum, and I suddenly felt that we humans are really...
It’s too small.”
"Oh!" Liu Chan was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you say it?"
As an ancient man, he was a little surprised to have such knowledge.
"Your Majesty is the Emperor..." Zhang Yang sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion and said, "All the subjects are shouting long live, but can your Majesty really live for ten thousand years?"
As soon as Zhang Yang said these words, Zhang Shao, who was waiting at the side, tensed up in shock.
My dear sister, don’t say this nonsense.
"Yang'er and sister are both mothers of the country!" She ignored her brother and continued to say calmly: "However, apart from our unusual identities, we are no different from ordinary people."
"Well said!" Liu Chan smiled when he heard this: "I am really happy that Yang'er can have such an opinion. In this world, no one can live forever, not even the emperor."
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"Emperor!" Liu Chan said, and also sighed: "It seems that you have supreme power, but in fact you are the most tiring person in this world. If you do well, the world will say that you are a wise king and a sage.
If you do a little poorly, or if you encounter some natural or man-made disasters, others will say that it is because you, the emperor, did not do a good job, and it is a punishment from God."
"Alas!" After saying that, Liu Chan looked at the officials accompanying him and said with a smile: "If there is an afterlife, I would like to be an ordinary commoner in the next life and live a carefree life."
"Your Majesty!"
Several officials couldn't help but bow and salute.
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way!" Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "I am also in the imperial mausoleum, and I just express my feelings."
"Second brother!" Zhang Yang suddenly looked at Zhang Shao and asked, "Didn't you say that it has been raining continuously in the past few days and the water seepage in the imperial mausoleum is serious? You have not seen any water seepage there along the way?"
After walking around for a long time, Liu Chan had forgotten about this matter, because he did not see any sign of water seepage. Fortunately, even if Zhang Yang reminded him, he would still look at Zhang Shao.
Hearing this, Zhang Shao immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Madam, the place where the water is seeping is in Beicheng. There is water seeping in some houses!"
"Oh???"
Liu Chan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately stood up and said: "Let's go, take me to see you!"
"No!" Zhang Shao responded, and then led Liu Chan and Zhang Yang out of the Xiao Weiyang Palace and headed towards the North City.
The buildings in the North City are similar to those in the South City, and they also imitate the residential buildings in Chang'an City.
Just walking not far from the North City, you can see obvious signs of water seepage on the streets. The further north you go, the more serious the water seepage is. Near the rows of houses near the North City Gate, you can even raise fish in the house.
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"Beicheng's terrain is low, and rainwater accumulates in this area." Zhang Shao pointed to the pond-like place in front of him and said.
At the gate of the city, there were more than ten workers carrying water with buckets, trying to remove all the water inside.
"Remove that city gate!" Liu Chan pointed to the city gate in front and said.
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Shao was stunned when he heard this.
"What I mean is!" Liu Chan rolled his eyes and said, "The city gate hole is slightly higher than the inner city. We can lower the ground and dig a ditch. Then the water in the city can flow out, right?"
"If you have two buckets for one person, you have to pick the year of the monkey, the horse and the moon?" Liu Chan looked a little angry.
Hearing this, Zhang Shao understood what Liu Chan meant, but he had thought about this before. However, the city gate had already been built, and it felt a little strange to dig a ditch there at this time.
"Isn't there a moat outside the city?" Liu Chan said: "When the construction of the imperial mausoleum is completed, the moat will have to be drained. Now God has rained so much rain, it will be introduced into the moat."
When he first came in, Liu Chan discovered that the moat was all dry, with not a drop of water in it. Can a river without water still be called a river?
It can only be called a ditch.
"No, Your Majesty!" Zhang Shao objected: "According to the Prime Minister's wishes, when the imperial mausoleum is finally closed, mercury will be poured into the moat to serve as river water."
"What?" Liu Chan was shocked when he heard this: "The moat was filled with mercury?"
"Yes!" Zhang Shao nodded.
"Absolutely not, absolutely not!" Liu Chan quickly waved his hands and said, mercury is highly toxic, which will affect the surrounding environment.
As a time traveler, of course he has heard of mercury. It is said that in the imperial mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, mercury was used as the water flow in rivers and seas.
Later generations of geological experts conducted tests and found that there was a large amount of mercury under the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, which shows that the historical records are accurate. There is a large amount of mercury in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum.
Now another Han emperor's mausoleum has been built, and a large amount of mercury is actually planned to be poured into it.
According to this half-day tour, there are three moats in this imperial mausoleum, and there are two lakes in the Xiao Weiyang Palace. They are both dry at this time. According to Zhang Shao's intention, these places that need water will be put in in the future.
Mercury.
Hiss——
Liu Chan was immediately shocked.
If this is really done, this is a poisonous pit. Even after thousands of years of evaporation, the surrounding environment will be implicated.
"I have no objection to the other construction of this imperial mausoleum. Anyway, all the money that should be spent has been spent, and it is too late to regret now." Liu Chan looked at Zhang Shao and said very seriously: "But in this imperial mausoleum, we will definitely
Do not use a drop of mercury. Where water is needed in the moats and lakes in the palace, all use water, real water."
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Shao said with a bit of embarrassment: "Liangshan Mountain is located on a plateau, and there are no rivers around it. Moreover, the use of mercury is to prevent some young people from trespassing on the imperial mausoleum in the future."
Haha——
It turns out that the Prime Minister knew that mercury was highly poisonous, and used mercury as water, firstly to replace the water flow, and more importantly, to prevent theft. If so much mercury was really put in this underground palace, even if it lasted thousands of years, I'm afraid
No matter how powerful the tomb robber is, he will always be in trouble.
"This is not possible!" Liu Chan affirmed: "I would rather be disturbed by others in the future than live in an imperial mausoleum filled with poisonous gas a hundred years later..." As he said this, he looked at Zhang Shao and said seriously
: "A large amount of mercury is put into the underground palace, which will affect the land on the ground, and this impact will last for thousands of years."
"You all think of a way to open a river, and then secretly introduce the river water into the underground palace, so that the water flow in the underground palace can form living water..." Liu Chan said with a smile: "In this way, the water flows into the underground palace from the outside, and then flows out of the underground palace.
Go outside."
After hearing this, Zhang Shao couldn't help but panic, thinking that if the water channel to the outside was opened, Your Majesty and the two queens would never be able to be quiet in the future.
In the future, after those tomb robbers know about this water flow, no matter how secretly it is set up, someone will be able to follow the river to find the entrance, and finally enter the underground palace directly from the river.
Perhaps seeing Zhang Shao's doubts, Liu Chan looked around and said with a smile: "I know what you are worried about. Isn't it just that you are worried about the young people entering the underground palace through the water flow?"
Zhang Shao didn't answer when he heard this, but he nodded slightly, but Liu Chan said with a smile: "I have a way to make this flow of water become living water, and also to prevent those young people from entering the underground palace."
"Your Majesty, are you serious about this?" Zhang Shao asked overjoyed.
"Of course!" Liu Chan nodded affirmatively.
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