As Jiang Bai stepped into the tomb chamber, the oil lamps on both sides lit up automatically.
It can be described as an ancient version of a voice-activated light.
Compared to the stone chambers around the tomb where burial goods were stored, the main tomb chamber of the princess was small and simple.
It's only about a hundred square meters in size, and the walls are covered with reliefs.
The coffin was placed in the center, with a circular relief pattern below it.
After Jiang Bai entered the main burial chamber, the tomb door behind him closed automatically.
She came to the center of the tomb and looked at the coffin.
Behind the coffin was a stone platform carved with unidentified mythical beasts.
She approached the strange beast, her gaze falling on the stone held in its mouth, a dark glint flashing in her eyes.
Beside the stone platform, there was a booklet.
Jiang Bai picked it up, glanced at it, and a knowing look flashed in his eyes.
It turned out that the eldest princess's husband was not killed by that second prince to silence him, but rather that he had long ago devised a plan with the eldest princess to preserve a trace of the Yu family's bloodline.
Princess Chang and Emperor Taizu were indeed very close, but Emperor Taizu was frail from childhood. After becoming emperor, he devoted himself to handling state affairs and his health deteriorated to the point that he was barely over thirty.
Originally, Emperor Taizu and the eldest princess intended for the then crown prince to ascend the throne, but the second prince was ruthless and directly murdered the crown prince.
The other princes had not yet grown up.
Emperor Taizu then had a secret talk with the eldest princess, intending to abdicate in favor of her.
Therefore, the princess, who was already pregnant at the time, discussed it with her husband and staged a play.
The prince consort pretended to fall in love with a commoner's daughter, broke ties with the eldest princess, and then sought refuge with the second prince. He placed letters and tokens of treason into the eldest princess's study, and then left the capital under the pretense of eloping.
In reality, it was a covert transfer of assets from the Yu family and the Princess's residence.
To avoid arousing suspicion, the eldest princess did not send anyone to protect the prince consort.
Later, it was said that the prince consort was killed, but it was actually a clever escape plan. When the princess rebelled, it was the prince consort who ordered his men to take away his youngest son. It was also he who collected the princess's body after her defeat and buried him in Mangshan, the closest mountain to Luzhou.
After entrusting his youngest son to the Black-Clad Guards for upbringing, the prince consort never returned.
Besides recording the truth about the princess's rebellion, this booklet also contains a prophecy that is said to have been left by the princess before her death.
He died after eighty years in the Qianyuan era.
If you calculate carefully, next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Qian Yuan Dynasty.
Closing the booklet, Jiang Bai finally understood why Xuan Ye and the others had brought her here.
After taking one last look at the princess's coffin, Jiang Bai turned and left.
Xuan Ye and Xuan Yi lay on a stretcher, and the guards in black who had carried them in had already left.
The Xuanyi Guard was first established when the eldest princess seized power. The current batch of Xuanyi Guards are all descendants of those original Xuanyi Guards.
"You all go down and treat your injuries first. Send someone to take me to the village to have a look around."
Xuan Ye was right. This was just the training camp of the Xuan Yi Guards. Not far from here, there was a village full of descendants of the original Xuan Yi Guards.
"As you command, young master."
Seeing that Jiang Bai didn't cause them any more trouble, the two breathed a sigh of relief. They sent word to several guards in black robes to come in. One guard took Jiang Bai to the village, while the others carried the two of them out.
The village left behind by the Black-Clad Guards was enormous; they lived in seclusion and were trapped within the formation.
In addition to having fertile fields and water sources, the village would also have guards disguised as peddlers selling goods.
For decades, they have lived here. These officially registered Black-Clad Guards even built a town and a government office, disguising it as an official government. Unsuspecting people who come here think it is a normal town.
When Jiang Bai appeared here, the villagers looked at her with curiosity.
Jiang Bai walked around the village and saw many elderly people with gray hair. They looked ordinary, but in fact, they were all highly skilled in martial arts.
"Young master, shall we go to the yamen (government office)?"
The guards in black who were leading the way had long since changed out of their black clothes and were now wearing the most ordinary cloth clothes. Their faces were plain, the kind of people you wouldn't recognize if you put them in a crowd.
However, this was just a disguise.
"Let's not watch anymore, let's go!"
His disguise skills were far superior to Ji Yanwen's mask. Jiang Bai witnessed him take out a bunch of tools and apply them to his face, transforming himself from one person into another.
At her insistence, I rubbed and scrubbed my face repeatedly, but there was no sign of my makeup coming off.
According to him, the materials used for the disguise are all specially made, and without a special solution, they cannot be removed.
Jiang Bai did not stay in the village for long, and returned to the Xuanyi Guard camp after only half a day of wandering around.
With the gold from the Princess's mausoleum, Jiang Bai could now proceed with his plan.
She found Xuan Ye and asked him to choose two of the most skilled Xuan Yi Guards besides herself, then took the still unconscious Ming Yu and left Mangshan.
Xuan Ye chose two black-clad guards for her, one skilled in medicine and the other in disguise.
One of them was the one who led the way for her.
With the skilled medical guards in black robes present, Ming Yu's injuries could be treated.
Having been away for quite some time, Jiang Bai was worried about the safety of Jiang Lu and Jiang Songwen, so he simply took the unconscious Ming Yu back to Jiangjia Village.
When Mingyu woke up, it was already five days later.
Looking up, he saw gray tiles and sturdy beams, and he was still a little confused.
"woke up?"
Jiang Bai pushed open the door and entered, carrying a bowl of rice porridge in his hand.
Where is this?
Could this be the camp of the Black-Clad Guards?
His memory was still in Mangshan. As the only person besides Jiang Bai who had come into contact with the Xuanyi Guards at that time, his first reaction was that this was where the Xuanyi Guards were stationed.
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