Soon Linton returned to Yalan, and immediately explained what he had learned. Of course, after hearing what Linton said, Yalan here was also confused.
"Brother? This is impossible!" Yalan's first reaction was the same as Linton's. Of course, he didn't believe it was really Damian. Linton was really too lazy to attend the previous funeral of Damian.
In other words, he showed up at the farewell ceremony. And Yalan watched Damian being put into the coffin with his own eyes. How could another eldest prince appear from this?
"You don't think it's true either? But Losos swore that he was right. I think what he said is somewhat credible. On the one hand, he is definitely not a fool and is not easily deceived. On the other hand, he is certainly not a fool.
If it hadn't been confirmed again and again, he probably wouldn't have risked his life and his family to commit rebellion," Linton said.
If Losos can indeed become the commander of the army, there will obviously be no problem with his mind. Linton feels that the other party must have given enough evidence to prove his identity. The two members of the First Army and the Second Army
Only the legion commander would follow him in rebellion.
"But I just watched my eldest brother's body being put into the coffin and then into the imperial mausoleum." Yalan here also said with great certainty, "His body should still be in the imperial mausoleum now."
The more popular method in the empire is direct burial. Different places in this world have different beliefs and burial rituals. Some places believe in gods like the God of Fire. They believe that people can return to the Kingdom of God after death, so
Cremation is used. But most of the people in the empire believe in the Illuminati religion, so burial is obviously popular.
Logically speaking, Damion's body should still be lying in the imperial mausoleum. It has only been a short time, and it is probably not completely turned into bones yet. Because the royal family will undergo certain processing when they are buried, similar to old-fashioned embalming.
Method, in the end the corpse will look like a mummy.
"Then...open the coffin and take a look?" Linton directly suggested after hearing this.
"Open the coffin?" Yalan hesitated a little after hearing this. No matter what kind of culture, they basically pay attention to the burial. The world of living and the world of death should be separated and should not disturb each other. It is simple.
It is obviously not appropriate to open the coffin.
However, she did not hesitate for too long. After all, the situation was now more serious. It was indeed necessary to verify the identity of the other party as soon as possible. If Damian's body was still there, it was obvious that the other party was fake, but
If he wasn't there, this would become a bit strange again, and we really need to prepare in advance.
As I said before, Yalan still has some thoughts about the throne. After all, after giving birth to a baby, she wants to show her son the throne. The current situation has already posed a certain threat to the throne, and she needs to figure it out.
There was nothing to wait for. Yalan immediately led the royal guards to the imperial mausoleum. There was no need for any heaven-sacrifice ceremony here. After all... there was no precedent for this until now, so
There is no corresponding ceremony at all.
Obviously, the only person who can dig up imperial tombs is the emperor at that time. Who dares to dig up imperial tombs except the emperor? But no one of the previous emperors would dig up their own ancestral tombs. What is the purpose of this? So the current situation
It's really an unprecedented first time.
Yalan didn't say hello to any ministers or the like. On the one hand, these people must be opposed, so she didn't bother to argue with them. On the other hand, her ancestral tomb has a ten-cent relationship with you? So she came directly with her people.
Arrive at the Imperial Tomb.
The Imperial Tomb of the Holy Empire of Yilan is quite large. The main body is a large air-raid shelter-like place, which can really be used as a temporary shelter.
This imperial mausoleum has been built many times. After all, when it was first built, I didn't expect it to be passed down to so many generations. Now it is large enough to last for another hundred years and several generations, and there will be no room for people to put it.
This place is not the dark and humid place in my impression. It can be said that the overall ventilation environment is quite good. After all, the corpse will turn into a mummy in the end. This ventilation system is quite awesome and can be said to be condensed.
It is the quintessence of architecture in this world.
No kidding, this place can even be opened directly as an attraction, and it can probably charge a lot of admission fees. Of course, in fact, no one is allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum, except for members of the royal family.
Walking all the way in, most of the entire imperial mausoleum is filled with gorgeous sculptures and murals, engraved with the life of the royal family buried next to it. Linton also visited this beautiful place for a while, after all, he was indeed
First time here.
"This is it." Yalan led the team to Damian's coffin. She had watched her brother's coffin being brought here before.
Linton also took a look, and saw that the coffin was inserted vertically into the wall. There were very few sculptures, murals, etc. around the coffin on Damian's side. After all, the other party didn't do anything. There were no people in their twenties.
On the other hand, the grave of my old father-in-law Wigley is very impressive at first glance.
How did Linton recognize that this was Wigley's tomb? There was a life-size sculpture in front of the coffin next to it, and the mural on the wall next to it should depict some kind of battlefield scene. It was obviously some battle led by his old father-in-law.
It seems that my old father-in-law is indeed one of the better emperors in the past.
At this time, Yalan had ordered the royal guards to start digging the coffin. Linton walked to his father-in-law's pavilion and took a brief look at the things placed on the altar-like platform under the sculpture.
"What's wrong?" Yalan came over and asked, probably noticing something strange about Linton.
"Tell me, who sent these flowers?" Linton pointed to the flowers on the table and said. Although most of these flowers have dried, and some people don't even come out, they are obviously still a little too fresh. That's it.
Due to the ventilation environment of the place, the flowers will probably turn into dried flowers within a day if left here. Therefore, although these flowers seem to be turning to gray now, Linton estimates that they were put there in the past few months.
Linton also saw it when he came in. There was nothing like this on the altars in other tomb areas, so it was obviously impossible for this flower to be placed by the caretakers of the imperial mausoleum maintained here. In other words, someone must have paid homage to the tomb recently.
I sacrificed my old father-in-law.
But this is an imperial mausoleum, and ordinary people cannot enter. Only members of the royal family can come in to worship. Who could this be?
"Oh, I remembered." Yalan was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it for a while, she understood, "Didn't I hear that Jorah came to the Imperial Tomb before? It must be her."
"Jorah?" Linton heard Yalan mention Jorah's name, and he actually remembered it. He seemed to remember that Garsain had said before that he had been practicing saint-level training before and traveled for a while. After he came back, he felt
His wife Jorah had some changes, and Linton even joked that she had been cuckolded or something.
At that time, Linton and Yalan also investigated what Jorah was doing, and then found out that the other party often went to the royal tomb during that time.
You said that you went once to pay homage, but Linton remembered that the other party came four times in a short period of time. This was definitely not an ordinary defeat.
At that time, Linton also wanted to continue to investigate and see what the other party was doing. But after that, Qiao La did not come to the Imperial Tomb again, so naturally it was impossible to know what she was doing in the Imperial Tomb.
Yalan didn't want to question Jorah face to face. After all, they just felt that Jorah's behavior was a bit strange, just in case he really missed his old father and went to worship him a few more times. They secretly suspected that the other party could,
But if you say it, it will hurt your feelings.
Linton now also knows from Yalan that Jorah has not been to the imperial mausoleum recently, so the previous matter can only be said to be settled. Yalan has not continued to investigate Jorah recently. After all, this is
Her sister, she still doesn't want to doubt the other person emotionally.
Originally, this matter had been forgotten, and Linton did not even remember it. But this time when he came to the imperial mausoleum, the matter was mentioned again.
"You said...if your brother's body is not in this coffin..." Linton pointed to the coffin next to him that had been carried out by the royal guards.
"..." Yalan naturally understood what Linton meant immediately. If it is true that there is no body of her brother inside, it means that someone stole Damian's body. Then who do you think the culprit is?
Although there is no one in the imperial mausoleum now, there is a whole circle of guards outside. The only people who can come in are obviously the royal people, and the one who has come in recently is naturally his sister Jorah, the oldest.
of suspects.
What's more, the timing of the other party's frequent comings and goings is also very suspicious. Although it took some time for the man claiming to be Damian to appear over there, if you include the time to prepare for the rebellion, this is really correct. And then Jorah again
The behavior of not coming to the imperial mausoleum can naturally be explained. The purpose has been achieved, why is she still here?
In other words, if her purpose was just to worship, it would be impossible for her to suddenly come in and out of the imperial mausoleum several times with high frequency, and then suddenly stop coming again. It really doesn't make sense. But if this is their guess, it certainly makes sense.
Yalan's face looked a little ugly. This was not what she wanted to see. Obviously she still didn't want to believe that these things had something to do with Jorah, so as her last hope, she looked at the coffin next to her.
"Open the coffin." Yalan took a breath and said. If Damian's body is still there after the coffin is opened, then everything will be easy. But if it is missing, things will develop in a very bad direction.
Following the Queen's order, several royal guards worked together, and the coffin here opened in response.