"This Laojun Temple was built during the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty... Regarding the news about the troop transportation road, I believe that Mr. has also seen it from the state chronicles. Since he has seen it, then he should know that after Wude five years, from the state chronicles, There is no more news about this road.”
Li Qiong led everyone forward. He didn't know how many miles he had already explored. Compared with the Han road he took Wang De to before, this Tang road was wider and had a higher roof. It was enough for seven or eight people. Walking side by side, some places are even divided into two levels, allowing people to pass both above and below.
"The students have not done anything else in the past few years in Bozhou. I have visited all the mountains and rivers here. To be honest, I have stepped on every inch of mud in Bozhou City."
"Later, when Li Jingxuan, the prime minister of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, who was Li Shen's great-grandfather, ruled this place, he opened this new road next to the Wei Wu road. Although students don't know why he built this road, but by borrowing To use the reason for building Laojun Temple to secretly plot against Chen Cang, I guess he must have other thoughts... In the past, older people always said that the bottom of Bozhou City was empty, and this statement is indeed true."
Bozhou has always been known as the Key to the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty. Its status is evident. The more Xin Zan got distracted, the more he became worried. He asked Wang Yaksha several times to quickly capture Li Qiong, but Wang De vetoed it. .
Because Li Qiong said: "Yaksha, give me some more time."
With just such a word, Wang Yaksha responded without distinction of importance or right from wrong. Not only that, he also followed a few people down to the troop transportation road.
Although the sound of the iron armor colliding with the floor became gradually audible, and everyone knew that it was the soldiers from the Song Dynasty who were coming, the underground was already quiet, and no one knew how long it would take for them to arrive.
Now that he has walked for most of the incense stick, Li Qiong does not show any signs of strangeness.
And if there is no difference at all, it is already the biggest difference!
Finally, Li Qiong, who was taking the lead, stopped. He patted the wall next to him, then turned the lampstand on the wall, and a cat-ear hole appeared in front of everyone.
Xin Zan had walked here countless times, otherwise he wouldn't have written down every mechanism in such detail. But only then did he realize that Li Qiong knew more than he did. Much, much more.
At least this cat ear piercing is not in his picture.
After passing through the cat's ear hole, there was a huge room. When Li Qiong lit the lamp on the wall, Xin Zan was the first to exclaim:
"This, here is..."
Li Qiong patted the dust on his hands. Everyone who came in just now was not very clean. As he patted the dust, he replied:
"It's the command room inside Han Road."
Xin Zan was still a little unbelievable: "Are these two roads connected?!"
Li Qiong just smiled and did not answer his question. She acquiesced and greeted several people:
"I'm afraid it's ten miles from outside the city to here. Let's take a rest first and talk about Zhao Guan's family later."
Unlike Wang De's silence and Xin Zan's surprise, Liu Zhan acted as if he was content with what he had come and sat down first.
With him taking the lead, no matter how many emotions the others had, they were all suppressed at this time.
Li Qiong really admired this layman Yingning. He had a great reputation as a guest, but based on his vision alone, he was not comparable to ordinary people.
He then turned to Wang Shizhong and Jin Daizui:
"Both of you know this. You can't hear anything new here, so just make us some tea."
The two looked at each other, then clasped their fists and walked out. Wang Qi was afraid that the two of them would tell the news and bring the soldiers in the city, so she followed them out.
Now there are only four people in the command room: Li Qiong, Wang De, Xin Zan and Liu Zhan.
"Continuing on from what I just said, there is something that students have always been puzzled about. That is, Li Jingxuan, who was the companion of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty when he was the crown prince, so he later became the prime minister. However, he did not know military affairs and led his troops to a great defeat against Tubo. Later, he was demoted because of this matter."
"Why would a person who doesn't know anything about military work go to great lengths to build such a tunnel underground?"
"If it is said to be used for military purposes, you have all seen the Wei-Wuhan Road. The Han Road is already enough for Bozhou City. This Tang Road was not repaired and reinforced, but a new one was opened. The trend is exactly the same as the Han Road. Isn't this unnecessary?"
Xin Zan has thought about this matter for a long time, but he can find countless possibilities for this problem himself, such as worrying about Han Road being flooded, such as the cunning rabbit's three burrows, such as Li Jingxuan's disobedience after being demoted. He waited patiently, but now that Li Qiong mentioned it, he finally thought about this issue carefully for the first time.
Liu Zhan did not waste his efforts: "Since you asked that, you must know something, so don't sell it. After all, Zhao Guan's soldiers will arrive soon, and you will be killed directly. You are not asking me to wait for a lifetime." Are you all being kept in the dark?”
At this point, he suddenly showed a surprised expression: "Oh, is this what you are planning to do? You want us all to be like ants in our minds for the rest of our lives, thinking about this matter while eating and sleeping?"
Li Qiong smiled and said: "The layman's words are serious. The student does know, but he only found out not long ago."
"Before Mr. Xin came to Bozhou, the students already knew about these two Taoist paths. Later, Mr. Xin used the Han Tao as a discovery and gave it to me, but hid the Tang Tao. At that time, the students thought that Mr. Xin had also realized something. , then he hid his words, and now it seems that Mr. I’m afraid he didn’t care about that.”
"The Soldier Transport Road was indeed built by Wei Wu. At that time, there was no Laojun Temple at the entrance of this road."
"Later, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty granted Laojun Li the title of Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor. At that time, there was a temple here and a statue of Laojun. And he himself even came to Bozhou to pay homage to Laojun."
Liu Zhan interjected: "Lao Dao is a native of Bozhou. If he is an emperor, Emperor Zhenzong of our dynasty also came to Bozhou, and he was also granted the title of Emperor Hunyuan Shangde by Laojun. Emperor Zhenzong and Emperor Huizong both came here. Paying homage to Laojun... is nothing new."
"Sir, you are really talented. In fact, I also wanted to come to Taizu. When Bianjing was digging the Zhaowang River, Taizu heard that the canal was open, so he took a boat to patrol the south. However, when he arrived at the Guohe River, he left a sentence of "Long" If you don't enter the vortex, you will perish if you do,' so I turned around and went back."
As a native of Bozhou, Liu Zhan said at this time: "The Whirlpool River is the river where Mr. Li came to enlightenment. The four words 'the best is like water' come from this river. If you enter the whirlpool, you will perish. I really can't stand it." Consider."
Li Qiong nodded and continued: "So the students have been thinking about why Li Jingxuan built this road and why he erased it from the book... Don't laugh at the students, after all, there is no such thing in Bozhou For other things, just spend time studying this."
"But what a coincidence, the students actually found the reason for this."
Including Wang De, the three people had already listened. At this time, the restlessness in their hearts gradually subsided, and they all calmed down to see what Li Qiong was selling.
"Actually, in addition to emperors, generals and ministers, Bozhou also has many celebrities and elegant scholars. Lay people should know this better than students."
Liu Zhan nodded, somewhat proudly: "That's natural."
"And there is one person here, the Patriarch Hua who is proficient in Qihuang."
"What does this have to do with Huazu?"
"They were both from Bozhou, and Wei Wu imprisoned them and tortured them to death..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Zhan interrupted: "Cao Mengde suffered from a head disease, so he called Patriarch Hua to treat him. Patriarch Hua knew that the disease could not be cured in a short time, so he made up an excuse, saying that his wife at home was suffering from the disease. The illness returned to Bozhou from Xuchang. Later, Cao Mengde invited Huazu several times but refused to go. Only then was Cao Mengde arrested for the crime of deceiving the emperor and disobeying the conquest, and he died unjustly in prison."
"Actually, there are other reasons."
"What other reason?"
Li Qiong paused and said softly: "Because of the medicine."
"medicine?"
"Yes, because of the medicine. Both Cao Hua and Cao Hua came from Bozhou. Although they had no close friendship, the two families knew each other. In addition, Hua Zu had good medical skills and developed a medicine. Wei Wu asked for this medicine but could not get it. , just now caused Hua Zu to die."
"What medicine?"
The ventilation in this troop transport tunnel was excellent. A gust of wind blew out several lights, hiding Li Qiong's entire body in darkness, leaving only an outline.
"Longevity."
None of the three could see his expression clearly.
(End of chapter)
