Chapter 385 The Dragon Vein of the Tang Dynasty
This is indeed an ordinary world, without gods or monsters.
But there is metaphysics here.
In fact, metaphysics seems to exist everywhere. The difference is that some metaphysics have magical methods that ordinary people cannot understand.
To put it bluntly, Fubao's good fortune is also metaphysics.
And the good luck she brought to her family was even more mysterious.
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Beijing, mountains in the western suburbs.
As the western barrier of the capital, and also the resting place of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, it is usually stationed with four guards of troops. This part of the troops is generally called the Imperial Mausoleum Camp.
But at this moment, the four guards of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp, which were supposed to be stationed in the mountains, were deserted.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum had no guarding force.
The one who caused all this was Emperor Yongping.
After hearing the news that Xu Laoer had killed two princes of the Northern Barbarians in succession, Emperor Yongping once again thought of fighting a war to pacify the Northern Barbarians.
So, Emperor Yongping gave an order to inspect the two camps in the north and south.
Of course, the review is fake, and the real purpose is to take the opportunity to cause trouble.
After hearing from the Grand Princess and Eunuch Lan that the North and South Camps were no longer as strong as before, Emperor Yongping was planning to find an opportunity to reorganize the North and South Camps.
For this kind of thing, you must find a suitable opportunity.
The news that Xu Laoer had killed two little princes of the Northern Barbarians in succession was so exciting that Emperor Yongping felt that this was an opportunity.
They used this military parade to launch an uprising.
Therefore, the four guards of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp had no choice but to leave their garrisons in the face of the imperial edict.
But no one knew that not long after the troops and horses left the Imperial Mausoleum Camp, someone crossed the Imperial Mausoleum Camp's defense line and headed straight for the Tang Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum, heading towards the tomb of Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
The leader was none other than Du Qingruo, the Saint of Disaster.
Emperor Yongping did not personally lead the army, and the Jieyundao's plan failed. Just when the Jieyundao people thought they had lost the opportunity to attack the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Yongping actually organized a military parade.
It was a military parade, but Emperor Yongping didn't even spare the horses of the four guards of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp.
In order to prepare for this military parade, the Imperial Mausoleum Camp naturally relaxed its guard over the Tang Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum.
So, the opportunity that Jieyundao had been waiting for finally came again.
If they don't seize this godsend opportunity, who knows when they will find a second chance to escape?
In order to ensure the success of the matter, Jieyundao can be said to have sent out all its elite troops, and the Saint Du Qingruo personally led the team.
"Dig a hole quickly!"
Arriving at the tomb of Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Du Qingruo raised his hand and waved.
The disciples of the Jieyun Dao who came with her quickly identified the direction and found the entrance and exit of the tomb.
Although the Dragon-Breaking Stone for entering and exiting the tomb had been lowered after Emperor Taizu was buried, for the well-prepared Jieyundao, as long as they dug out the location of the Dragon-Breaking Stone, it would not be difficult to open the Dragon-Breaking Stone and enter the tomb.
"Saint, come and see!"
When the disciples of the Jieyun Dao found the location of the Dragon-Breaking Stone, they were all stunned.
There is a huge gap on the Broken Dragon Stone.
In other words, the tomb of Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty had been dug up before.
"Saint, shall we go in?"
"Enter!"
Du Qingruo pondered for a moment and responded coldly.
She had come this time to secure the Dragon Vein of the Tang Dynasty. If the Dragon Vein of the Tang Dynasty were severed, the Tang Dynasty would quickly fall apart. At that point, their Jieyun Dao would have the possibility of establishing a Dao State.
Once the Dao Kingdom is established, they, the Jieyun Dao, will be qualified to compete for the world and will no longer be controlled by anyone.
"Well, we have to wait until the foul air in the tomb is emptied, otherwise, we will die if we go in!"
"How long will it take?"
"That's hard to say!"
The Jieyun Daoist disciple who was in charge of digging up the tomb quickly responded.
"We can use a blower to blow air into the tomb, which will speed up the process!"
"What are you waiting for? Hurry!"
Although Du Qingruo is the Saint of the Way of Disaster, she is still very wary of the legendary tomb of Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty.
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When a group of people from Jieyundao were busy assembling a blower and preparing to blow air into the tomb, Emperor Yongping was once again taught a lesson.
The person who took action this time was an old relative of the Tang Dynasty royal family.
The old clan member did not have any prominent identity. He was just a descendant of a cousin in the clan of Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, one person's success brought prosperity to the whole family.
After Emperor Taizu passed away, his descendants became less and less concerned about these side branches of the clan.
After all, there are too many side branches, and if we pay too much attention to them, it will be a heavy burden on the country.
Over time, even the clan office forgot about the existence of these people.
But now, when Emperor Yongping mobilized all the guards of the North and South Camps, even the horses of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp were mobilized, an old clan member broke into the Qiantian Hall with the enthronement document that Emperor Taizu had given to his family.
In front of all the civil and military officials in the court, he scolded Emperor Yongping harshly.
"Unfilial, extremely unfilial!"
"When the country is not in danger, the imperial tomb is left unguarded!"
"Your Majesty, you are presumptuous to claim to be the bloodline of our great ancestor!"
Emperor Yongping was quite confused after being scolded by this old relative from the side branch. He looked up at Xu Yan, the Duke of Changle, who was standing next to him.
"Duke Changle, please tell me why the imperial mausoleum is now unguarded."
"Your Majesty, your order is to transfer the thirty-six guards from the North and South camps. The four guards stationed at the Imperial Mausoleum will all be assigned to the North Camp!"
Duke Changle Xu Yan responded respectfully, "I once wrote to you to inquire whether it was true that the four guards of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp should be mobilized, but you did not reply. Seeing that the military review is approaching, I will mobilize the four guards of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp!"
"I haven't seen the memorial from Duke Changle!"
Emperor Yongping was dumbfounded.
Although he was not a wise and capable ruler, he was always conscientious after he ascended the throne. He would read every memorial even if it took him all night long.
Such an important memorial, especially one submitted by the Duke of the current dynasty, it was impossible for him not to read it.
"Your Majesty, I will submit this memorial to the memorial office to thank Eunuch!"
"Xie Wen?!"
Upon hearing what Duke Changle said, Emperor Yongping immediately sent someone to summon the eunuch on duty at the Communication Office.
However, the eunuch quickly reported back.
Xie Wen has died of poisoning.
Upon hearing the news, all the civil and military officials in the court understood that something had happened!
"Pass on my order. Immediately, surround the imperial mausoleum!"
“Quick, quick, quick!”
The troops guarding the imperial mausoleum were mobilized, but the memorial about mobilizing the troops was blocked by a eunuch in the palace, who then committed suicide by taking poison.
At this moment, unless one was an idiot, everyone knew that someone wanted to tamper with the imperial mausoleum.
Perhaps others don’t know, but Emperor Yongping, as the emperor, knows that under the imperial mausoleum is the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Taizu left a will that as long as the dragon vein remains unmoved, the Tang Dynasty will be stable forever.
But now, some people are planning to take over the dragon veins.
If the dragon vein is damaged, he will be a sinner of the Tang Dynasty, and he will have no face to face the ancestors of the Li family even after his death.
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The location of the Western Hills Imperial Tombs.
Du Qingruo has been looking towards the capital. If there is any unusual movement there, there will definitely be fireworks to convey the news.
"God of Dao, with the blessing of the Three Pure Ones, please don't let anything happen!"
"God, bless me!"
The Saint of Disaster, who has been doing evil and unjust things, is now praying for God's blessing. It has to be said that this is a huge irony.
And as if in response to her prayer, a column of smoke slowly rose from the direction of the capital.
Fireworks message!
The representative had only one piece of news, which was that the troops of the Imperial Mausoleum Camp were returning to defend.
But now, it was not the end of the fireworks, and soon several more columns of smoke rose into the sky from different locations.
What does this mean? There was no previous agreement.
But Du Qingruo understood that something more urgent must have happened than the Imperial Mausoleum Camp's return for support.
"How much longer?"
Du Qingruo turned her head and looked at the Jieyun Daoist who was constantly blowing air into the tomb.
The blower stopped and someone brought a lighted candle into the corner of the tomb.
The candle burned for a short while before slowly going out.
"It will take at least another hour to get back to the Saint!"
At this point, the man gave an answer.
"One hour!"
“Speed up!”
"Everyone else follow me!"
Du Qingruo immediately waved his hand and led the disciples of Jieyundao who were guarding nearby, quickly away from Taizu's mausoleum, and ran quickly towards the mountain road leading to the imperial mausoleum.
If you march quickly from the capital to the imperial mausoleum, it will only take an hour on horseback.
Therefore, they had to find a way to delay the Imperial Mausoleum Camp's return to defend the city. The only way to do this was to block the road.
"Cut down the trees, blocking the road!"
"You, go up and pry the rocks above!"
“Quick, quick, quick!”
Du Qingruo brought the disciples of Jieyundao here to frantically create obstacles.
On the official road from the capital to the imperial mausoleum, war horses were galloping.
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an led the army, with a large group of cavalry, and rushed towards the imperial mausoleum at lightning speed.
Emperor Yongping did not leave the palace and remained in the Qiantian Hall.
No one knows where the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty originates from, but a part of it passes through the imperial tomb, and the dragon head lands in this palace.
The emperor resides here to guard the dragon vein.
At this moment, how could Emperor Yongping still not understand? When the director of the Imperial Observatory said that destiny was with the Tang Dynasty and asked him to personally lead the expedition against the northern barbarians, it was obvious that he wanted to transfer him out of the capital so as to seize the opportunity to destroy the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty.
Now, he did not lead the army in person, and the old villain died in despair.
But these bastards actually had a backup plan and set their sights on the imperial tomb.
"The Road of Disaster!"
"Eunuch Lan, I hereby declare that from this day forward, any citizen of the Great Tang who reports and captures a member of the Jieyun Dao sect will be granted a title!"
"Also, tell the Grand Princess to come to the palace. I want to talk to her!"
Emperor Yongping knew very well that in the Tang Dynasty, if anyone was to be asked who was most deeply involved with the Way of Disaster, it would be none other than his aunt.
Once upon a time, Emperor Yongping could turn a blind eye.
But now, Jieyundao wants to cut off the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty, so he absolutely cannot ignore it anymore.
"yes!"
Lord Lan responded respectfully, then left the Gantian Palace and sent someone to summon the Grand Princess.
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At the same time, at Duke Dingguo’s Mansion.
The Grand Princess also received the news from outside.
Jieyundao set his sights on the imperial tomb.
"idiot!"
Upon receiving this news, the Grand Princess simply sneered, "What kind of person is the Emperor Taizu? How could he leave such an obvious flaw for idiots like you to exploit?"
"What is my sister talking about?"
Du Wan'er didn't see what was written on the note that the Grand Princess received, she only heard her mumbling.
The Grand Princess turned her head and glanced at Du Wan'er, then smiled slightly and said, "Nothing, just a bunch of clowns who think they have some tricks up their sleeves, but in fact they are just making a fool of themselves!"
"Come, sleep with me for a while!"
The eldest princess looked at Du Wan'er tenderly and hooked her finger.
Du Wan'er smiled shyly and soon rolled around with the Grand Princess.
"Your Highness, the Emperor summons you!"
Before the Grand Princess and Du Wan'er could do anything, the voice of the female guard leader Riyue was heard in the yard.
"Tell the messenger that I'm feeling unwell!"
"By the way, have the eunuch pass on a message to His Majesty. Don't bother yourself with trivial matters. Your clownish behavior will only make you a laughing stock!"
"yes!"
Riyue responded and then left the yard.
The eldest princess simply put her arm around Du Wan'er's waist and smiled evilly.
"Wan'er, tell me, if one day I become the emperor, will there be three palaces and six courtyards in the harem?"
"this……"
When Du Wan'er heard the Grand Princess ask this question, she was stunned for a moment. She had no idea how to answer this question.
Seeing this, the eldest princess burst into laughter.
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In the Imperial Palace, in the Gantian Hall.
When Emperor Yongping heard the Grand Princess's reply from the eunuch, he was stunned and didn't quite understand what the Grand Princess meant.
"Eunuch Lan, tell me, what exactly does my aunt mean?"
"I don't know!"
Eunuch Lan firmly implemented the rule of Emperor Taizu that eunuchs were not allowed to discuss state affairs.
"Eunuch Lan, didn't I ask you to send someone to bring Yan Jing back?"
"Why is it that after so long, we still haven't found it?"
"I've sent someone!"
Eunuch Lan's expression remained calm. "It's just that the north is vast. I don't know which road Scholar Yan took or which fortress he visited, as I'm not God's will."
Emperor Yongping was helpless in the face of Eunuch Lan's stubbornness.
He really wanted to get rid of Eunuch Lan, but when the Grand Princess entered the palace that day, Eunuch Lan's performance made it difficult for Emperor Yongping to drive him away. With a master like Eunuch Lan guarding him, Emperor Yongping still felt very safe.
Unfortunately, Eunuch Lan is too rigid!
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Yingshui River is a river in the central and southern part of the Tang Dynasty.
This is the ancestral home of Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
The previous emperor, having heard that the Ying River held the aura of a true dragon, sent all the people of the Ying River to the frontier as soldiers. Little did he know that Emperor Taizu would rise step by step from the frontier and eventually become the ruler of the world.
At this moment, on a not very high hill by the bank of Yingshui River, Uncle Lu, his two daughters and the young prince of Prince Yan had built a thatched hut on the top of the hill and had been living there for several days.
"Dad, those people, could it be that they don't even know where the dragon vein is?"
Lu Xian'er was getting a little impatient. Staying in this remote place all day was really tormenting for her given her personality.
"People from the robbery path are not so stupid!"
Uncle Lu was also quite confused.
According to the time, the person they are waiting for should be here.
But, let alone people, there is not even a single hair on the body.
(End of this chapter)
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