"What's wrong? This is a rare and fine coffin board."
Xue Pan said, shaking his head.
"Speaking of which, this coffin board has a great origin. It is said that at that time, an expert gave instructions to old Prince Yi Zhong about the auspicious site, and said that if he wanted to build a cauldron in the future, he must prepare a pair of wooden planks for longevity. Pictured
It’s a good slogan that’ll last forever.”
Not bad for ten thousand years?
Isn’t that just——Long live!
It seems that old Prince Yi Zhong really thought that he would become the emperor.
When Jia Lian had a drink with the noble children a few days ago, he had generally heard that the old prince Yizhong had the word "老" because he was the eldest son and grandson of the founding emperor Taizu.
Unfortunately, the eldest son of Emperor Taizu was short-lived. After his death, he was posthumously named Prince Zhaoyun, and the throne was passed on to his second son, who became Emperor Taizong.
According to legend, Emperor Taizong once swore in front of Emperor Taizu that after his funeral, he would pass the throne to his brother Prince Zhaoyun’s son, the old Prince Yi Zhong.
But people's hearts can change. Later, Emperor Taizong changed his mind and passed it on to his son, who is now the Supreme Emperor.
It is also said that the current Supreme Emperor, who was called Emperor Yuanhe when he was in power, also promised old Prince Yizhong that he would pass on the throne to him. Since Emperor Yuanhe was older than Prince Yizhong, he could be considered a brother.
Brother and sister.
Old Prince Yi Zhong believed this and waited for more than ten years. Finally, Emperor Yuan He announced his abdication and gave the throne to his son, and he himself retired as the Supreme Emperor.
As for what the old Prince Yi Zhong did after being fooled twice, everyone kept it secret. All they knew was that the Supreme Emperor was furious and wrote an edict in his own hand, saying bitterly that he "thought he was of the blood of his legitimate son in the past, and had different aspirations, and his intentions were beyond question."
"Especially the subordinates, seeing that I was so kind to the king, and everyone flocked to follow me, they often disobeyed me." In the end, the decree was issued to abolish the old Prince Yi Zhong's family and make them common people.
I wonder if he was so moved by the sentence in the decree: "Although I don't miss the emperor, I would rather not miss the emperor?" The old prince Yi Zhong and his two sons immediately became sick from shame, even though the emperor and the current emperor were anxious to order the emperor.
The hospital "must treat them", but these three people were so lucky that they all died in just ten days.
Sure enough, "the most ruthless emperor's family".
Sure enough, "honest people will not end well."
Sure enough, "Rebellion is the same as becoming famous, it must be done early."
Ever since the old Prince Yi Zhong broke into trouble, all officials in the court, big and small, have tried to avoid him, and many have even counterattacked and taken a counter-attack.
The family of King Zhongshun, who went to court to report the old Prince Yi Zhong, has since won the hearts of two emperors, and their life has been smooth and smooth.
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Jia Lian stared blankly at the beaming Xue Pan, completely unable to tell whether he was really stupid or just pretending.
Xue Pan thought that Jia Lian was shocked by his knowledge, and he became more and more excited to talk:
"Oh, Second Brother Lian, if it weren't for my sister... Well, her girl is shy and won't let me talk. Anyway, it's just a sentence. We are all good relatives of relatives. If it were someone else, don't
I said I wanted this precious ten thousand year plate, but I won’t give it even if I just want to take a look at it.”
At this moment, I heard the voice of the little maid outside the door:
"Uncle, my wife asked Mr. Lian to come to the main room to talk."
Xue Pan took Jia Lian and walked out:
"Let's go! My mother has always wanted to see you. She has wine grain goosefoot brought from the south, which is perfect for drinking. Today we brothers will also have two glasses."
Regardless of whether Jia Lian was willing or not, Xue Pan, who was in high spirits, pulled Jia Lian into the main room. As soon as he entered the room, regardless of whether Jia Lian wanted to meet Aunt Xue, he said loudly:
"Mom, I just told Brother Lian that he was going to rebel against Prince Zhong, and he was dumbfounded."
He turned back to Jia Lian and continued;
"Second brother Lian, I'm not boasting. This is our Xue family. We have been royal merchants for many years. When my grandfather was alive, he had to go to Prince Yizhong's palace five or six times in a year if he had nothing to do.
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Aunt Xue is a middle-aged woman with a gentle appearance. Her face, eyebrows and eyes are about 60 or 70% similar to Mrs. Wang, but the corners of her mouth are slightly upturned. Therefore, her face is a bit more friendly than Mrs. Wang, who has a sullen face all day long.
and joy.
At this time, Aunt Xue came up with Baochai and said with a smile:
"My family members are informal and come here. Sit down quickly.
Pan'er doesn't know how to entertain people. I know that when he gets happy, he only remembers to joke and doesn't remember to invite you to drink tea. I have prepared everything here. Wouldn't it be nice for you to sit and drink tea and talk?"
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As she spoke, she moved Jia Lian to the table, pulled Jia Lian to sit down, and the maid immediately poured tea.
Aunt Xue pointed to the snack box on the table and kept asking Jia Lian to eat this and that, as if Jia Lian was still a child, making Jia Lian almost overwhelmed.
Xue Pan, on the other hand, was still interested and continued:
"Second brother Lian, I'm afraid no one will believe me. No one except our Xue family can handle the matter of old Prince Yi Zhong.
Regarding his coffin board, no one could trust the old Prince Yi Zhong. In the end, it was the old man who personally entrusted his father to take care of it."
Jia Lian had also heard about the Xue family's royal merchant background, but he didn't know that his family had such a deep relationship with the old Prince Yizhong. He wanted to hear more about the old stories and praised him repeatedly.
When Aunt Xue heard Xue Pan mentioning old things, she sighed:
"Why are you talking about this? It's all old millet and rotten sesame seeds."
Baochai on the side smiled gently:
"My brother is right. Speaking of that coffin board, it really took a lot of trouble.
For the old prince's thousand-year-old plank, my late father almost personally visited the entire Tienwang Mountain before he found a thousand-year-old ash tree in the depths of the mountain.
The wood of this tree is extremely dense by nature, and it can only grow a few cents or less than half an inch in ten years. What is even more bizarre is that the tree has shrunk like decay after being left in the soil for only half a day, making it unusable.
If you want to make a coffin, you have to saw the wood into boards locally, seal them with kerosene lacquer within half a day, dry them in the shade for one day, then paint them twice, and then dry them in the shade again.
In eleven days, apply the third coat of paint. Until the ninth coat of paint is applied, and then dry in the shade for ninety-nine and eighty-one days, it will last forever.
In order to finish felling, sawing, planing, and oiling the trees within half a day, my father hired hundreds of carpenters and built a huge shed. The group of people lived deep in the Iron Wall Mountain.
Next to the thousand-year-old wood.
It took almost three years to get this precious coffin. Counting the labor, materials and freight, it cost at least more than three thousand taels of silver."
When Xue Pan heard this, he immediately opened his eyes:
"Oops! Brother Zhen asked me today, and I said, 'If you bring me a thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid there's nowhere to buy it.' It seems that I said less.
Who cares? No matter who you are now, even if you have ready-made money in your hand, you have nowhere to buy it. This is called ‘rare’.”