One Step to The End

"Wow~"

Zhao Guanren ripped off the chains of the gate of the East Palace and pushed open the two courtyard doors. It was a mess. The roofs of the inner and outer buildings were all lifted off, and the doors and windows were also removed. Even the floor tiles were all lifted and burned. The smell afterwards came over.

"Master! The accident was 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 all followed. Lv Datou hurriedly distributed anti-epidemic masks and sheepskin gloves. Two deputy commanders of the Dragon Guard also followed. A group of people wrapped themselves Just like a surgeon.

"What did you burn here? Where did the corpse capital go..."

Zhao Guanren walked into the backyard and found a large pit. Many bluestone slabs were laid in the scorched pit, and sand and ashes were mixed together.

"All the suspicious items were burned here, and then the ashes were stripped away and exposed to the present..."

Luo Tan stepped forward and replied: "The corpses were transported to the north of Wengcheng. The underground is impervious sanhe soil. We built a purification pond to burn the corpses and strictly followed the epidemic prevention procedures. A drop of corpse oil did not dare to leak out. 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 poison powder mixed in it..."

Luo Tan said: "Ye Ruoqing had two boxes of the same rouge, and they were sent to the palace along with other gifts. We tortured the female guards who arranged the items. They did not admit to poisoning and only said that the gifts were accidentally dropped on the way. Lieutenant Admiral put the rouge into the gift box!"

"Is Ye Zimei's body burned too?"

Zhao Guanren glanced at Lu Datou noncommitantly. Lu Datou was depressed and speechless. The rouge box he lost for a long time was actually taken away by Emperor Renfu, and he entered the palace by mistake. It's the Ye Family of Heaven's Death.

"No! The new emperor and the king of Qin insisted not to be burned, saying that the whole body should be kept..."

Luo Tan said: "However, we stabbed a big hole in the back of his head with a sword, and put it into 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. It's a big sarcophagus, and there will never be any corpse oil leaking!"

"I won't leak a fart, he is already a corpse..."

Zhao Guanren said angrily: "I always thought that Ye Yunchen was doing a ghost. I didn't expect you to get the corpse out. No matter where Ye Zimei was buried, take me to dig him out. If he blows up the grave, everyone will die. !"

"impossible!"

Apocalyptic Emperor Ye Guanhai ran in suddenly, and King Qin, who had been captured alive by Zhao Guanren, and Emperor Renfu also followed.

"Uncle! It's impossible for my father to cheat the corpse..."

The little emperor said anxiously: "His brain is flowing out like tofu. I watched it with my own eyes. I really couldn't bear to leave him with a whole body. Moreover, the copper coffin and sarcophagus will not leak. It must be something else. If someone cheated on the corpse, don't disturb him to rest!"

"I know you love your father..."

Zhao Guanren pressed his shoulder 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. I will ask the Bodhisattva to give him an extra time so that he will be reborn as soon as possible. Is it good to be a human?"

"But the underground palace can't be opened, it has been sealed..."

The little emperor said anxiously: "The first emperor’s mausoleum has not been built, and it happened that the grandfather’s mausoleum was not closed, so he and his son were buried together. The entrance to the underground palace was locked by two large gates. If you don't come, outsiders can't get in either!"

"Take a thief and go in and see if you don't. The vault can also carve it..."

Zhao Guanren's attitude was very firm, but King Qin came over and said, "King Zhao! The mausoleum is made up of three layers of bluestone, and it is covered by a waterproof layer and three-layer soil. Not to mention a thief hole, it is difficult to enter the whole opening, and Digging an ancestral grave is a big taboo!"

"Yun Xuan!"

Diji Renfu also said anxiously: "My brother can't get out even a corpse. The underground palace is really solid, and our family's ancestral tomb has been dug up. How can we explain it to the people?"

"Okay! Let's take a look first, and then talk about it after reading..."

Zhao Guanren walked out thoughtfully. The little emperor didn’t want to go to court. He hurriedly changed into simple clothes and rode with Zhao Guanren to the imperial tomb. Ye Ruoqing and others naturally followed suit, for fear that Zhao Guanren would take their home. The ancestral grave has been planed.

Ji Chongling Mausoleum is far away in the mountains in the countryside, and everyone ran non-stop until the afternoon to arrive. With Ji's financial resources, it will definitely be extravagant and wasteful.

The bluestone slabs are spread all the way into the deep mountains. On both sides are various large stone sculptures of beasts. Several large mountains have been dug into mausoleums, and the palace built on the top of the mountain can be seen from a distance.

In addition to the magnificent palaces in the mountain, there are also many temples, city walls and towers. A whole battalion is stationed here, and there is also a yamen that specializes in managing the imperial tombs, just to guard the eight emperors who rest here.

"The emperor is here!"

The mausoleum official suddenly saw a large number of dragon guards riding, and the fool knew that the emperor had arrived, and hurried to kneel to greet him in front of the archway, but Zhao Guanren jumped out of the horse and asked, "Get up and talk. No lightning strikes the imperial tomb?"

"There was one time at the beginning of the year, but the mountain fire has been extinguished by us, and it did not affect the imperial tomb..."

The officials got up from the ground one after another. Zhao Guanren immediately let them lead the way on horseback. The scale of the imperial tomb is larger than the palace and it is divided into two valleys on the left and right. Just ran out.

"Wang Zhao is here! King Zhao is here..."

The concubines seemed to have seen a savior. The concubines of the two emperors recognized him. They knew that none of the concubines who slept with him had a monk or a mausoleum. They all lived outside the palace in a chic, and they stayed here. The living dead.

"Looking back, I have something urgent to do..."

Zhao Guanren swiftly beat his horse and ran into the depths, and soon came to the foot of a large mountain. The peak was obviously struck by thunder fire. Although a lot of vegetation had grown, there were several dead trees lying in the forest.

"Is there a mausoleum under this mountain..."

Zhao Guanren jumped off the horse to look around. The mausoleum also jumped down and said, "No! The mausoleum sits north and south, and the mausoleums 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. , Far beyond the imperial tomb!"

"Take me to Ye Zimei's mausoleum to see..."

Zhao Guanren followed the mausoleum to Dongshan, but the tombs of Ye Zimei and his sons were not in the mountains. Instead, they built a very large courtyard. There was a dark hall in the courtyard, and behind the hall was a huge tomb bag. The entrance to the underground palace was already buried. Up.

"Yun Xuan! No corpse can be deceived in this kind of place..."

Ye Ruoqing followed him to the tomb bag. Zhao Guanren walked around the tomb bag. He did not find anything suspicious, so he walked back and asked: "Are you sure that the corpse entered the coffin, did you not be transferred in the middle, the corpse? It may be poisonous if it is not burned!"

"Master! I was there during the burial, and the Dragon Guardian also guarded the whole process..."

Qiu Ning stepped forward and said, "I watched the corpse being put into the coffin. The Dragon Guard was locked with chains, and all the seals were attached to the upper and lower sides. The outer copper coffin was sealed by iron brazing, and was finally carried into the sarcophagus in the underground palace. Moreover, it is placed in the ear chamber independently, and the tomb is sealed by the Qianjin Gate!"

"That's weird..."

Zhao Guanren squatted in front of the grave bag in confusion, but Lu Datou suddenly asked, "Have you checked the corpses? Have you checked the number of dead? Will any corpse run away or hide somewhere in the palace? "

"Checked!"

Qiu Ning nodded and said: "We counted the number of people in the entire palace, and no one is bad. We have searched the secret rooms under the East Palace to make sure there is nothing wrong!"

"Let me ask..."

Zhao Guanren got up and walked outside the compound. Hundreds of concubines and concubines from the mausoleum were gathered outside, and there were even many gray-haired old concubines. He stepped forward and asked: "Ladies! You should all be there during the burial, right? Have there been any abnormalities?"

"..."

The concubines shook their heads blankly, and an old concubine said: "Sometimes I can see the emperor and take the queen or concubine out for a stroll, but it's not scary. We are used to living here, anyway. Go down and accompany the emperor!"

"King Zhao! To say the blame is the mausoleum monster here..."

A former concubine stepped forward and said, "The mausoleums don’t pay more than a hundred taels of silver a year, but their wives wear gold and silver, and some have paid for several concubines, but the imperial mausoleum is not a place for oil and water. , So we suspect that their guards have stolen and someone stole funeral goods!"

"Guardian stealing?"

Zhao Guanren said in surprise: "But how can you steal the tombs if they are sealed? If you have evidence, I can take you away!"

"Although we have no evidence, there must be a demon if something goes wrong..."

The side concubine hurriedly said: "It stands to reason that we should live here and accompany the first emperor for seven to forty-nine days, but they let us stay in the central palace for a month on the grounds that the Ming Palace has fallen into disrepair, and some people heard it in the middle of the night. Donkeys call, there can be no donkeys in the imperial tomb!"

"Thank you!"

Zhao Guanren rushed into the compound immediately and grabbed the mausoleum and shouted: "Wow! You dog thieves dare to guard and steal. No wonder there are funeral objects on the market and say! Where did you punch the hole? Don't tell the truth, copy everything!"

"No such thing! No such thing..."

Ling Guan waved his hands in fright, but two of his subordinates were paralyzed by fright. Ouyang Jin quickly rushed forward and stepped on one, pulled out a steel knife to support the other's neck, and the goods immediately cried and said, "No. My business, Master Xu forced us to do it!"

"Frankly explain! Where did the thief hit..."

Ouyang Jinjiao yelled, and the other party said in horror: "No, it's not a thief. The tomb repairers are afraid of being buried alive. There is a secret road left in each underground palace. You can enter by digging the soil outside. It’s a century-old rule, every mausoleum has done this!"

"Bastard! You **** who cost a thousand dollars..."

The little emperor was so furious that he picked up a knife and was about to cut the mausoleum official, but Zhao Guanren blocked him and asked, "Say! Have you ever entered the Yongji emperor's tomb? Has his coffin been opened?"

"No no! Absolutely no..."

The mausoleum knelt down and weeped: "The first emperor used a three-layer coffin and cursed the copper coffin to suppress the corpse. We expected that the first emperor must be a corpse. We only took the gold, silver and jade in the sarcophagus, and the copper coffin even touched it. I dare not touch it!"

"Fuck! You dare to steal the tomb if you know the corpse is cheated, take us to the secret road..."

Zhao Guanren kicked the opponent hard, the little emperor was already crying out of anger, and Ye Ruoqing said with a pale face: "It's over! My eldest brother must be a real corpse, and the father is in the same mausoleum with him. , How can this be good?"