Zhao Guanren ripped off the chain of the East Palace gate and pushed open the two courtyard doors. What he saw was a mess. The roofs of several buildings inside and outside were all torn off, the doors and windows were removed, and even the floor tiles were torn away. There was a burning The smell afterward hit my face.
"Master! The accident happened in the backyard, the house where Yongning lives alone..."
Luo Tan and Qiu Ning followed him into the East Palace, Shen Qingwen and Ouyang Jin also followed. Lu Datou hurriedly distributed anti-epidemic masks and sheepskin gloves, and the two deputy commanders of the Dragon Guard also followed behind. A group of people moved themselves It's wrapped like a surgeon.
"What did you burn here? Where did the corpses go..."
Zhao Guanren walked into the backyard and found a large pit. The charred pit was paved with many bluestone slabs, and sand and ashes were also mixed together.
"All the suspicious items were burned here, and then the ashes were removed and exposed to the sun until now..."
Luo Tan stepped forward and replied: "The corpse was transported to Wengcheng in the north. The ground there is impermeable triple soil. We built a purification tank specifically for burning the corpse. We strictly followed the epidemic prevention procedures. Not a drop of corpse oil dared to leak out. The person who burned the corpse was there. Wengcheng slept all night before leaving!"
Zhao Guanren asked: "Why did the corpse poison enter Yongning's room? Did Ye Ruoqing bring back a rouge box?"
"Yes! We found an overturned rouge box and found poisonous powder mixed in it..."
Luo Tan said: "Ye Ruoqing had two boxes of the same rouge, which were sent to the palace along with other gifts. We tortured the female guards who sorted the items. They did not admit poisoning. They only said that the gifts were accidentally dropped on the way. Lieutenant General Rouge was put into the gift box!"
“Did Zimei’s body also burn?”
Zhao Guanren glanced at Lu Datou noncommittally. Lu Datou was so depressed that he could not speak. After working for a long time, the rouge box he had lost was actually taken away by Emperor Renfu. As a result, he entered the palace again by mistake. It is the Ye family that is dead.
"No! The new emperor and the King of Qin insisted not to burn it and said they wanted to keep the whole body..."
Luo Tan spread his hands and said: "But we poked a big hole in the back of his head with a sword and put it in the coffin after nine days of exposure. The specially made coffin is divided into three layers, the inner layer is made of golden nanmu, the middle layer is made of bronze, and the outer layer is It’s a large sarcophagus, there will never be any leakage of corpse oil!”
"I won't let it slip, he has become a corpse demon..."
Zhao Guanren said angrily: "I always thought it was Ye Yunchen who was up to something, but I didn't expect it was you who brought out the corpse. No matter where Ye Zimei is buried, take me over and dig him out. Once he blows up the grave, everyone will die." !”
"impossible!"
Tianqi Emperor Ye Guanhai suddenly ran in, and King Qin, who had been captured alive by Zhao Guanren, and Renfu Emperor Ji all followed him.
"Uncle! There is no way my father could have faked his corpse..."
The little emperor said anxiously: "His brains are leaking out like tofu. I watched it with my own eyes. I really couldn't bear it and wanted to leave his whole body. Moreover, the copper coffin plus the stone coffin will not make mistakes. It must be something else." Someone stole the corpse, so don't disturb his rest!"
"I know you feel sorry for your father..."
Zhao Guanren held his shoulders and said: "Your father should be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Let's open the tomb and take a look. As long as there is no problem with the coffin, I will not open the coffin. Then I will ask the Bodhisattva to give him a salvation so that he can be reborn as soon as possible. Are you a good person?"
"But the underground palace cannot be opened, it has been sealed..."
The little emperor said anxiously: "The late emperor's mausoleum has not been built yet, and my grandfather's mausoleum has not been closed, so he and his son were buried together. The entrance to the underground palace was locked by two thousand-jin gates. Even if the great master was locked inside, he could not come out."
If you don’t come, outsiders can’t get in either!”
"Why don't we dig a burglary hole and go in to take a look?
Okay, the treasury can also be opened for it..."
Zhao Guanren's attitude was very resolute, but King Qin came over and said: "King Zhao! The mausoleum is made of three layers of bluestones, with a waterproof layer and three-layer soil wrapping on the outside. Not to mention digging a hole, it is difficult to enter even if it is dug open, and
Digging ancestral graves is a huge taboo!"
"Yunxuan!"
Emperor Renfu also said anxiously: "My brother can't get out even if he fakes his corpse. That underground palace is really impregnable. Moreover, our family's ancestral graves were dug up. How can we explain to our clan members?"
"Okay! Let's take a look first, and then we'll talk..."
Zhao Guanren walked out thoughtfully. The little emperor had no intention of going to court anymore. He quickly changed into simple clothes and rode with Zhao Guanren to the imperial mausoleum. Ye Ruoqing and others naturally followed closely behind, for fear that Zhao Guanren would take their family home.
The ancestral graves were dug up.
Ji Chongling Mausoleum is far away in the mountains in the countryside, and everyone rushed non-stop to get there in the afternoon. Given Ji's financial resources, it would definitely be a waste of money.
Bluestone slabs are paved all the way into the mountains, with various large-scale stone sculptures of mythical animals on both sides. Several mountains have been dug into mausoleums, and palaces built on the tops of the mountains can be seen from a distance.
In addition to the magnificent palaces when you enter the mountain, there are also many temples, city walls and towers. An entire battalion of troops is stationed here, and there is also a yamen that specializes in managing the imperial mausoleums, just to protect the eight emperors who are buried here.
"The Emperor is here!"
The officials guarding the mausoleum suddenly saw a large number of dragon guards riding in. Even the fool knew that it was the emperor who had arrived, so he hurriedly ran to the archway and knelt down to greet him. However, Zhao Guanren jumped off his horse first and asked: "Get up and speak, what will happen this year?"
Didn’t lightning strike the imperial mausoleum?”
"There was one incident at the beginning of the year, but we have extinguished the mountain fire and it has not affected the imperial mausoleum..."
The officials got up from the ground one after another, and Zhao Guanren immediately asked them to lead the way on horseback. The imperial mausoleum was larger than the imperial palace, and was divided into two valleys on the left and right. However, as soon as they entered the imperial city on the ground, a large number of concubines guarded the mausoleum.
Just ran out.
"The King of Zhao is here! The King of Zhao is here..."
The concubines seemed to have seen a savior. Everyone among the concubines of the two emperors recognized him. They knew that none of the concubines who had slept with him had become a monk or a mausoleum guard. They all lived a carefree life outside the palace, and they were a group of people guarding here.
The living dead.
"Let's talk later, I have something urgent to do..."
Zhao Guanren quickly rode his horse and ran deeper, and soon came to the foot of a large mountain. The mountain peak had obviously been struck by thunder and fire. Although a lot of vegetation had grown, there were several dead trees lying across the mountain forest.
"Is there a mausoleum under this mountain..."
Zhao Guanren jumped off his horse and looked around. The mausoleum official also jumped down and said: "No! The imperial mausoleum faces south, and the tombs are arranged on the east and west sides. In recent years, this mountain has been struck by lightning once, and last year there was a lightning strike and mountain fire.
, far away from the imperial mausoleum!"
"Take me to Zimei's mausoleum to see..."
Zhao Guanren followed Ling Guan to Dongshan, but the graves of Ye Zimei and his son were not in the mountain. Instead, they built a very large courtyard. There was an underworld palace in the courtyard. Behind the palace was a huge tomb bag. The entrance to the underground palace had long been filled in.
Got up.
"Yunxuan! No corpse can be deceived in a place like this..."
Ye Ruoqing followed him to the tomb. Zhao Guanren walked around the tomb and found nothing suspicious, so he walked back and asked, "Have you confirmed that the body entered the coffin and that it was not transferred by anyone along the way?"
If you don’t burn it, it might be poisonous!”
"Master! I was present during the burial, and the Dragon Guards also guarded the entire process..."
Qiu Ning stepped forward and said, "I watched with my own eyes as the body was put into the coffin. The dragon guards locked it with chains, and sealed it all from top to bottom. The outer copper coffin was sealed with iron rods, and finally
The sarcophagus was carried into the underground palace and placed independently in the ear chamber. The tomb chamber was sealed with a thousand-jin gate!"
"This is strange..."
Zhao Guanren squatted in front of the grave bag in confusion, but Lu Datou suddenly asked: "Have you counted all the corpses? Have you checked with the number of dead people? Are there any corpses that have escaped or are hiding somewhere in the palace?
"
"Checked!"
Qiu Ning nodded and said: "We have counted the number of people in the entire palace, and there is not a single person missing. We have even searched the secret rooms under the East Palace to make sure nothing is missing!"
"I'll go ask..."
Zhao Guanren stood up and walked outside the courtyard. Hundreds of concubines and concubines guarding the mausoleum gathered outside the door. There were even many gray-haired old concubines. He stepped forward and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, you should all be present during the burial. Is there a place in the mausoleum?"
Nothing unusual happened?"
"..."
The concubines shook their heads in confusion, and an old concubine said: "Sometimes you can see the emperors taking the queen or concubines out for a walk, but it's not scary. We are used to living here. Anyway, morning and evening
You have to go down and accompany the emperor!"
"King Zhao! The monster is the Lingguan monster here..."
A former concubine came forward and said: "The mausoleum officials only have a salary of more than a hundred taels of silver a year, but their wives all wear gold and silver, and some have several concubines. But the imperial mausoleum is not a place to make money.
, so we suspect that they are hiding behind the scenes and someone is stealing the funerary objects!"
"Being a prisoner is stealing?"
Zhao Guanren said in surprise: "But how can you steal when the tomb is sealed? If you have evidence, I can take you away!"
"Although we have no evidence, there must be a monster when something goes wrong..."
The side concubine said hurriedly: "It stands to reason that we should live here and accompany the late emperor for seventy-seven forty-nine days, but they asked us to live in the middle palace for a month on the grounds that the Hades Palace was in disrepair, and some people heard it in the middle of the night.
The donkey is braying, there can't be a donkey in the imperial mausoleum!"
"Thank you!"
Zhao Guanren immediately rushed into the courtyard, grabbed the mausoleum official and shouted: "Wow! You gang of thieves dare to guard and steal. No wonder there are funerary objects on the market, say! Where did you dig the robbery hole?
If you don't tell the truth, everyone will be executed!"
"There is absolutely no such thing! There is absolutely no such thing..."
Official Ling waved his hands in fear, but two of his subordinates were paralyzed with fear. Ouyang Jin quickly rushed forward and stepped on one of them, pulled out a steel knife and put it on the other's neck. The guy immediately cried and howled: "It doesn't matter."
It’s my business, Mr. Xu forced us to do it!”
"Tell me the truth! Where did the burglary hole go..."
Ouyang Jinjiao shouted, and the other party said in horror: "No, it's not a robber cave. The craftsmen who built the mausoleum were afraid of being buried alive. There is a secret passage left in each underground palace. You only need to dig the soil outside to enter. This is the above
This is a century-old rule, every mausoleum official does this!"
"Assholes! You bastards who have suffered a thousand blows..."
The little emperor was so angry that he picked up a knife and was about to chop the mausoleum official, but Zhao Guanren stopped him and asked: "Tell me! Have you ever entered the tomb of Emperor Yongji? Have you ever opened his coffin?"
"No, no! Absolutely not..."
The mausoleum officer collapsed and knelt on the ground and cried: "The late emperor used a three-layer coffin and used a spell to suppress the corpse in the copper coffin. We expected that the late emperor must have faked the corpse and only took the gold, silver and jade in the stone coffin. The copper coffin could not even be touched."
I don’t dare to touch it!”
"Damn it! You know how to rob a corpse and you dare to rob a tomb. Take us to the secret passage..."
Zhao Guanren kicked the opponent hard, and the little emperor was so angry that he cried. Ye Ruoqing said with a pale face: "It's over! My eldest brother must have really faked the corpse, and his father is in the same tomb with him.