"Here comes the distinguished guest. Hurry up and show him his seat."
Zhang put down her glasses and motioned for Yue Guanchao and Song Siyuan to take their seats. The old woman clapped her hands and moved another table and chairs to the side.
"The daughter of the Song family is worthy of being seated. As for you, my descendant, you are now a distinguished guest of my Tang family. Don't be restrained and take a seat."
Yue and Song looked at each other, sat down in high-backed chairs, and waited for the tea cup to be served. Zhang wiped the lid of the cup, took a small peck, and then spoke:
"Since I'm here to find you, I won't hide it anymore. You know Haidong Shenghuang."
"Haidong Shenghuang?"
When Yue Guanchao heard Zhang mention this word, his heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the old woman was so playful that she wanted to steal his tomb.
"Miss Song, since you all know about Haidong Shenghuang, why not do it for me and tell the story."
Song Siyuan looked at him with a slightly serious expression:
“During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Khitan, Xi, and Mohe, there was also a country called Bohai Kingdom. This country rose and declined with the Tang Dynasty. The country was close to three hundred years ago, and its politics, military, culture, etiquette, and The costumes are the same as those of the Tang Dynasty, and it was called the Little Tang Kingdom at that time, and other countries at that time called it the Haidong Sheng Kingdom."
"About 900 AD, the Khitan Kingdom coveted the territory of Haidong Sheng Kingdom, and Yelu Abaoji united with Dangxiang, Xi, Shiwei and other ethnic groups to attack the Bohai Kingdom."
"The last king, Da Yinzun, led his subjects to die for the country. His mausoleum has been guarded by Fengtian officials for generations, and no one has discovered it to this day. Later generations felt that he died with his country and posthumously awarded him the title of Emperor Shenghuang of Haidong."
"Old lady, according to your wishes, you want me to find Du Yinzun's tomb."
Yue Guanchao looked at the old witch and asked word by word.
"yes!"
Zhang put down the tea cup, and a trace of mystery appeared on her elegant face:
"I heard the legend of Haidong Shenghuang when I was in Jindazhai. Do you want to know who told us?"
"My second uncle!"
Yue Guanchao understood that someone who could find a place like Wu Coffin Town was no longer an ordinary bandit. His second uncle must have some skills in finding gold deposit holes.
Mrs. Zhang cast a look of approval:
"That's right, your second uncle pointed out many places to us back then, including the tombs of famous ministers, powerful generals, and kings and queens. Once these tombs are excavated, the wealth gained will be tens of thousands or billions."
"I came from an official background, and we are too lazy to search for the money and money from the poor people. Digging tombs and laying tombs can be said to be a business that will make a profit without losing any money. Why not do it."
"It's just that I didn't expect that the ancestral land of the witch coffin they dug would almost collapse all the people and horses in Jindazhai. Since then, the vitality of Jindazhai has been greatly damaged. I spent all my money to barely save the people and set up another silver camel. The stronghold is sheltered from the limelight.”
"Over the years, my brother, General Zhang, has often walked around in front of important people and made a lot of money. However, the territory of the Republic of China is now uneasy, and the emperor will change at some time. It is better to dig those tombs and accumulate more gold and silver to prepare for emergencies. need."
Just in case of emergencies... Yue Guanchao listened to the old witch for so long and finally heard the truth.
Everything is fake. In this chapter, the treasure that the general wants is real. The honor he bought must of course continue to be sacrificed to maintain the reputation. If the Tang family dares to disobey the order, the glory and pavilion will be immediately shattered and annihilated.
Well, it turns out it was a fox pretending to be a tiger. No wonder Mrs. Zhang forced him to go to the grave. How could he be so calm when he was feeding a tiger with his own body?
"Mrs. Zhang, are you sure that the tomb of Emperor Haidong Sheng is in Changbai Mountain? It happened nearly a thousand years ago. If you find the wrong tomb, it will be a waste of your time."
Although Song Siyuan knew the legend of Haidong Shenghuang, she didn't know that his tomb was in Changbai Mountain. Now that she heard this old woman mention it, she felt strange.
"Miss Song, you can't do things well if you don't have hair on your lips. You are already past the hot-blooded age. How can you let your hot-headedness make you lose money? Since I told you that the tomb of Emperor Haidong Sheng is in Changbai Mountain, I must have got a clue."
Bang bang!
The old lady clapped her hands gently, and the old housekeeper walked into the screen holding a black lacquer box.
Once opened, the box was filled with brocade, and a tortoiseshell lotus crown appeared in front of the eyes.
This crown is slightly smaller than a human head. The eight-petal lotus is carved from tortoiseshell, as clear and translucent as topaz and glass. The petals on the lotus base are inlaid with Buddha lotus patterns in ancient gold. There are gold leaves on both sides of the swaying steps, holding beads and strings, swaying gracefully, as if streamer.
The moment Song Siyuan saw the lotus crown, she suddenly stood up from her seat.
"What's wrong?"
Yue Guanchao noticed something strange in her eyes and asked anxiously.
"No...nothing!"
After Song Siyuan returned to her seat, she explained to him the origin of this antique.
During the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the royal family and noble families took advantage of their privileged status to acquire land and property, and a large amount of people's money was collected in the pockets of the upper class nobles.
In the upper class, having money is nothing more than buying land, slaves, property and shops.
This huge amount of money made the aristocratic life increasingly extravagant and extravagant, and women's clothing and jewelry became more gorgeous and elegant.
At that time, aristocratic women changed from the narrow and simple style of the early Tang Dynasty, and generally had wide sleeves and wide belts. In addition, they were decorated with gold hairpins and pearls on their hair. How could they be so rich?
