Maoling is located in the northwest of Chang'an and the southwest of the Loess Plateau. From the perspective of the mountain trend or Feng Shui, it is the best burial place. Maoling is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, at the junction of Jingwei and Xianyang Plains.
The main gathering place for mausoleums. Eleven emperors built eleven mausoleums in the Western Han Dynasty, nine of which are located on the Xianyang Plain. The most important of them are the Five Mausoleums, namely Gaozu Changling, Huidi Anling, Jingdi Yangling, Wudi
Maoling and Zhaodi Pingling are the authentic ancestral tombs of the Liu family in the Western Han Dynasty.
Maoling is a tomb built by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, for himself. It lasted fifty-three years from the time when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the throne to the second year of Houyuan of Emperor Wu. It can be seen how large the scale of the building was at that time. One hundred thousand people, year after year, built the tomb.
It would be absolutely unimaginable for future generations to build a mausoleum by one person.
Wrapped in a tattered sheepskin coat and wearing a dog-skin hat that covered his ears, Ah Xun huddled in a drafty thatched hut, shivering with cold. He was one of the first batch of powerful men to be brought here, and he was counted among them when he was in Chang'an.
He was a master, well-clothed and well-fed, with no carriages, food or fish. With Su Ren's support, in just over a year, he had his own territory in Chang'an and hundreds of people under his command.
However, in the blink of an eye, it suddenly seemed like I was back to the time when I was in Wonsan. I had no freedom, no identity, no food, no warmth, and had to do endless hard work and watch other people's eyes. Back then, my subordinates,
He has become estranged from himself, and some of them even stepped on his head. If he met them and saw their faces, A Xun would like to punch them to death.
The child was considered the most loyal to Ah Xuan. Even in this situation, he did not leave him. He was holding a bowl of porridge with the bottom of the bowl visible and a small steamed bun in his other hand. He entered the door.
After that, he looked left and right and found Ah Xun in the crowd. Then he raised his legs and landed lightly on his feet, coming to Ah Xun's side through the gap in the crowd.
"Here! Take a sip to warm yourself up!" The child handed the bowl of gruel to Ah Xun, sat down, and began to carefully play with the small piece of steamed bread in his hand.
Ah Xun took the bowl carefully, not spilling anything. He knew that this bowl of porridge and that steamed bun would be the food for the two of them today. Ah Xun was very careful, for fear of spilling a drop of the contents in the bowl. The porridge was already cold.
, it was cool and cool, and the child's words to warm up the body were obviously just words. After taking a sip, his tongue almost froze off, and he turned to look at the child.
The kid didn't look at Ah Xun, he was focused on the steamed bun. He ate very carefully, bit by bit, even finding the scraps that fell on the ground and stuffing them into his mouth. Obviously, the kid didn't give Ah Xun half of the food.
I mean, just eat slowly by yourself.
Realizing that Ah Xun was looking at him, the little boy quickly put away the bag, put it in his arms and told what he had seen: "I just saw another one being carried out, it seems to be the horse-faced king's men. It's the third one today, and they are all
These guys, who came from Chang'an, let us do the hardest and most tiring work and treated us like civilian husbands!"
Ah Xun watched helplessly as the child picked up the steamed bun. He sighed in his heart and said nothing. He lowered his head and drank his porridge. After two big mouthfuls, his stomach felt like it was filled with ice cubes. It was freezing outside and there was also a cold wind in the house.
To the core, this thatched house is their dormitory. Not only is it ventilated from all sides, but the melted snow water drips from the roof and pours into the neck, which can freeze people to death.
The boy looked around and said to Ah Xun mysteriously: "I met Gouzi just now when I was cooking. This boy is pretty good now. I heard that he has a relationship with the supervisor. He promised to do a new job for the two of us. What's more? The boy has a conscience, so I didn’t give him the benefit in vain!”
"What did you give him?" Ah Xun became anxious and quickly searched the child: "Did you give that piece of jade to someone else?"
The child sighed: "What can I keep if I can't eat something that I can't use?"
"Oh! This is the amulet for us to go out. Go and get it back, hurry up!"
The boy was also anxious and snorted coldly: "You still want to go out? Look at what we are like now, who will come to save us? It's just half a piece of jade, is it worth it?"
The quarrel between the two did not attract anyone else's attention. We all came from Chang'an, and we knew exactly what we were doing in Chang'an. We had done all the good things we bought with money, and there were many people who gave up their lives rather than their wealth. Two is just one of them.
Ah Xun stuffed half a bowl of cold porridge into the child's arms, stood up and walked out the door. The child smiled contemptuously and was not polite. He picked up the bowl of porridge and ate and drank by himself. He didn't care whether Ah Xun could have it or not. When I come back, I don't have to worry that Boss Xun will be beaten up by that dog or find an opportunity to kill him.
It started to snow again. Ah Xun wrapped his clothes tighter and shrank his neck as much as possible to prevent the cold wind from getting in. The construction site naturally looked like a construction site, with mud and stones everywhere. At the front was the main tomb of Maoling. It is also the largest tomb. The huge mountain was almost hollowed out, and the soil was piled next to it, turning it into a mountain again.
Different people live in different places. The dog the boy talked about lives in a higher place. It is drier and leeward than below. It can even light a fire. Escaped from the howling northwest wind, it is getting closer and closer to the fire. Ah Xun I feel like the place where they live is like heaven and hell compared to this place.
Gouzi is just a half-year-old child. He talks sweetly and knows how to get things done. He catches up with the soldiers who are guarding them from the same hometown, so he can naturally receive some care. Gouzi is brave and has a load of steam coming from both ends. He wants to give it to him. Those soldiers on the top of the mountain deliver food. This is the job of the dog.
Ah Xun stopped Gouzi and stretched out his hand: "Take it out!"
"What?"
"What the kid gave you!"
Gouzi glanced at A Xun: "What did he give me?"
"Don't be pretentious! Take it out, otherwise..."
Gouzi sneered twice: "What else? This is Maoling, not Chang'an. Do you think you are Boss Xun?"
He kicked the dog in the chest, and the dog fell to the ground with the burden. The hot porridge in the burden was scattered all over the ground, and in an instant a piece of the snow melted, revealing the loess underneath. Ah Xun was not polite and stepped forward. Stepping on Gouzi's chest, staring at Gouzi with both eyes, he put his hand into Gouzi's arms, touched twice and found what he wanted.
The shouting alerted the soldiers on the top of the mountain. Who were the people living on this construction site? The soldiers knew that there were constant fights on weekdays. Normally, they would not take care of it unless it was too violent. But today it was really serious. I was bored, and three or two patrolmen came over to see the excitement. They found that their food was scattered on the floor, and they immediately became angry.
A stick hit Ah Xun on the back. In the past, Ah Xun would have ignored it, but after so many days of eating less and doing much more, the burly Ah Xun was almost a man. After receiving this stick,
It felt like his whole internal organs were shaking. He knocked Ah Xun to the ground with three sticks, and the leading soldier spat: "I thought you were in Chang'an? This is Maoling!"
Gouzi struggled to get up from the ground, took out the half piece of jade from A Xun's arms, held it in front of the soldier with both hands: "Brother Niu, this is a good thing, very valuable!"
Brother Niu reached out and took it and touched it: "Isn't it just a piece of jade? How much is it worth?"
Gouzi said flatteringly: "This guy gave away everything except this one. It is very valuable. I heard that it was brought from Shu and it is an heirloom of his family!"
"Oh?" Brother Niu looked at it carefully again, but still didn't think it was anything good, but since it is a family heirloom, he will keep it for now.
Before Brother Niu could stuff the half piece of jade into his arms, Dongfang Shuo appeared out of nowhere, glanced at Brother Niu, and then at the half piece of jade in Brother Niu's hand: "What's going on?"
"Mr. Su, save me!" Ah Xun said in a daze. Dongfang Shuo immediately thought about it, looked at Brother Niu and said, "Send this man and this half piece of jade to me. Such a good jade
It’s definitely not owned by ordinary people, these guys may have stolen it from somewhere, we must find out!”
Dongfang Shuo was the supervisor sent by the emperor. Brother Niu regretted not stuffing the jade into his arms earlier. Now that Dongfang Shuo saw it, he had no choice but to follow Dongfang Shuo's instructions and send Ah Xun and half the jade to Dongfang Shuo's house.
The place where Dongfang Shuo lived was spacious and warm. The smell of food lured Ah Xun to wake up. He looked around and sat up from the ground. He happened to see the half piece of jade in Dongfang Shuo's hand, and after thinking about it, he decided not to force it.
"Tell me about it? What's going on with this half piece of jade?" Dongfang Shuo asked.
Ah Xun didn't say anything, Dongfang Shuo smiled: "I've seen the exact same other half at Su Ren's place!"
"Do you know Mr. Su?" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Ah Xun regretted it. He was Su Ren's secret son. Not many people around Su Ren knew about his existence, let alone Dongfang Shuo.
Dongfang Shuo laughed loudly: "As expected! Tell me, what is your relationship with Su Ren?"
Ah Xun was no longer fooled this time and looked at Dongfang Shuo: "If you give this half piece of jade to Mr. Su, you will naturally know!"
"It turns out that you are Su Ren who stayed in Chang'an. You came to Chang'an from Shu County two years ago and became famous in a short time. I was surprised when you came. Today I finally understand that Su Ren is still a person.
It's really watertight. It started laying out in Chang'an several years ago. No wonder we are in today's situation." After sighing, Dongfang Shuo continued: "Don't worry, since you are Su Ren's person, I won't embarrass you and make Su Ren owe you a debt.
It's not easy to be kind."
Ah Xun shook his head: "I didn't do things well, and Mr. Su no longer wants me!"
"Oh? Because of the confrontation between Dongxin Street and the Royal Forest Army?"
Ah Xun stopped talking. He lowered his head and didn't know what to think. After a long time, he stood up and knelt down in front of Dongfang Shuo and kowtowed to Dongfang Shuo: "Mr. Dongfang, it's me, Ah Xun, who is sorry for Mr. Su. Now I have such retribution."
I have no complaints, I just ask Mr. Dongfang to return this piece of jade to Mr. Su, and I will repay Mr. Xun like a cow or a horse!"
Dongfang Shuo looked at Ah Xun, weighing the half of the jade pendant in his hand, pulled up Ah Xun and pushed the snacks on the table in front of Ah Xun: "Eat, we'll talk after eating. Since it's related to Su Ren, don't worry, I'll put the jade pendant away