Apprentice of the Heavens

Chapter 117 Qianling Underground Palace
Qianling
Located on Liangshan Mountain in Shaanxi, it is the joint burial tomb of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.The Qianling Mausoleum was built in the first year of Guangzhai in Tang Dynasty, and it was added in the second year of Shenlong. It adopted the construction method of "because of the mountain as a mausoleum", and the mausoleum area imitated the construction system of Chang'an City, the capital of the capital.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao Rebellion occurred. Huangchao used a large army to steal Qianling, but he dug a 40-meter-deep ditch and failed to find the entrance to the tomb. He had to give up and left a deep ditch called "Huangchao". ditch".

Looking at the deep ditch in front of them, Li Ming and the others couldn't help but marvel at the firmness of Qianling Mausoleum. After watching for a while, they continued to walk, and after a while, they came to the gate of Suzaku
On the east and west sides of the Shinto outside the Suzaku Gate, there are two groups of stone statues.The statues of stone groups are neatly and respectfully arranged in front of the mausoleum, with 32 statues on the west side and 29 statues on the east side, a total of 61 statues.These stone figures were officials of ethnic minorities under the Tang Dynasty, neighboring princes and envoys. When Tang Gaozong was buried, they went to the funeral. Wu Zetian stood their statues in front of the mausoleum to show off the power of the Tang Dynasty, also known as 61 Fanchen picture.

These life-size stone figures are dressed in different styles, including robes with waists and purple sleeves with lapel collars.But they all stood side by side, with their hands arched forward, and their gestures were extremely humble, as if they were lining up here to welcome the arrival of the emperor.

Li Ming and the others looked at the 61 statues of Fan Chen in front of them, and lamented that after the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, all nations continued to move forward, and the city of Chang'an, which had been destroyed by the flames of war, seemed to reappear before their eyes.

After watching for a while, everyone came all the way to the wordless stele. The giant stele with a height of seven or eight meters stands in the middle, and the whole body is made of a complete boulder, giving people a dignified, thick and integrated aesthetic feeling.

The name of the stele is not inscribed on the forehead of the stele. There is a Chilong in the middle of the positive side of the forehead of the stele, and there are four on the left and right sides. There are nine Chilongs in total, so it is also called "Jiulong Monument".On both sides of the stele are pictures of rising dragons, each with a line engraved to form a dragon flying in the air, which is lifelike.

After Li Ming sized it up, he looked at Wen Tao. Wen Tao nodded to suppress the excitement in his heart, and carefully stroked the wordless stele in front of him.Professional matters were left to professionals, while Li Ming and others enjoyed the surrounding scenery.

What annoyed Li Ming was that Chi Meng, who was originally lively and active, seemed to have quieted down a lot these days for some unknown reason, but he was not used to it.

While a few people were admiring the scenery, Wen Tao's excited voice came

"found it!"

Several people rushed over, only to see Wen Tao stroking a place under the pedestal, a crack could be vaguely seen at a glance, and a square that seemed to be cut out after a closer look
Li Ming squinted his eyes for a while, and then looked at the jade pendant hanging around Li Xingyun's neck. At this time, the jade pendant exuded a faint light that attracted everyone's attention.

Wen Tao asked with a thoughtful expression, "Where did you get that thing on your neck?"

"This is what my father left me...you mean..."

"give me"

Li Xingyun hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, then took the jade pendant and handed it to Wen Tao.After Wen Tao took the jade pendant, he groped around the cracks in the wordless tablet pedestal. After a while, he fumbled for a while, and then inserted the jade pendant in his hand into a hidden hole.

As the jade pendant was inserted into the huge wordless stele, it began to tremble, and then slowly moved away, but a moment later, a dark hole appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone glanced at each other and carefully walked down the steps. After walking in the dark passage for a long time, they suddenly saw long burning lamps shining on the underground palace, and a huge diamond wall lay in front of everyone.

The carved dragon and phoenix on the wall are lifelike, and a sunken place coincides with the Longquan sword. Li Xingyun, who had an experience in the Bingying Tomb, pulled out the Longquan sword without hesitation and cut through his palm, and then the dragon that was emitting red light The Longquan sword is inlaid with grooves.

In an instant, with the insertion of the Longquan sword, the entire stone gate emitted bursts of red light, and after a while, accompanied by a loud bang, the diamond wall rose slowly for about one meter.

"Everyone follow me closely, don't touch anything, it will be troublesome if you touch the mechanism in the tomb."

Everyone nodded at Wen Tao's reminder, and then followed Wen Tao to bend down and enter the Vajra Wall. Li Ming looked at the Vajra Wall, which was estimated to be three feet thick, and couldn't help but marvel at the firmness of the underground palace. Then he stretched out his hand to grab the little hand that was nervously clutching at the corner of his clothes, and the cat leaned forward and cautiously entered the Vajra Wall.

Chi Meng was a little stunned at first, but then her pretty face flushed, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help but a sweet smile, the empress rolled her eyes and smiled silly, so Chi Meng couldn't help rolling her eyes.

Several people walked for a while before they passed the Vajra Wall, but they saw rows of stone dog statues squatting, as if they were guarding something, and the entire corridor was illuminated by ever-burning lamps.

Some professionals, Wen Tao, led the way to a magnificent palace without any danger. The statues of officials outside the palace were lifelike, as if they were worshiping the owner of the palace.

Just when everyone stepped on the steps and was about to enter the palace, Li Ming frowned and stopped everyone, and then there was a sound of rustling among the few people who were puzzled.

"Ah, what is this?" Lu Linxuan exclaimed in surprise and hugged Zhang Zifan tightly. Everyone saw the densely packed corpses covering the ground, and the gray floor tiles seemed to be stained black.

"Let's all come here" Li Ming looked at the densely packed corpses and greeted everyone, and several people hurried to Li Ming's side. After everyone gathered, Li Ming circulated his true essence and slapped the ground with his palm, and the ground flames spread instantly. But for a moment, the densely packed corpses had already been reduced to ashes.

Li Ming didn't stop until he saw that there were no more dead turtles: "Let's go."

Pushing open the gate of the palace and looking up, the lights are as bright as day, the palace is full of boxes, and there is an exquisite box on the case in front of the dragon chair, which is the Longquan treasure box.

The golden light in Li Ming's eyes was shining as he looked at the brightly lit hall. He moved his feet to the box on display, and slowly opened the box.
"Empty?" A few people came together to look at the empty boxes and were surprised. Li Ming opened several boxes one after another, but they were all empty. Although they were not greedy for money, they were also disappointed.

Li Ming looked at the empty box thoughtfully, then turned to the box on the other side and opened it again, and what came into view were books
"So it is." Looking at the book in front of him, Li Ming's mouth curled up. He had guessed just now, but now it has been confirmed. Presumably, the rare treasures in the underground palace have been transferred to the Longquan treasure by his cheap father. Now, all that remains are books.

Li Ming opened all the boxes one after another, but there were more than a dozen boxes of books. He flipped through the books casually, but his eyes lighted up. Suppressing the joy in his heart, he opened the books one by one, but he was not disappointed. Most of the books in the boxes were Buddhist scriptures. Taolue, as well as various collections of prose and poetry, Daojing is rare, and there is only one Qijing in martial arts secret books.

After Li Ming put away the Qi Sutra, he closed the box, but everyone was not interested in books, they all gathered around the Longquan treasure box on the copybook, but no one dared to touch it.

Li Ming put away the Qi Jing and looked at the way everyone looked at each other in dismay. After smiling, he took the jade pendant around Li Xingyun's neck and inserted it into the mechanism under the desk, then twisted it, and then there was a slight mechanism sound.

It is a pity that such a crafty work has been ruined.

"Let's go." Li Ming picked up the Longquan treasure box, got up and walked out, and everyone followed after looking at each other.

(End of this chapter)