Song Siyuan's guess is the most reasonable inference. Otherwise, it cannot explain why Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, would surrender and be buried with the soldiers of Beifu.
"So, where is the other half of the Yin Fish Pendant?" Since it is a clue about the Yin and Yang Fish Pendant, it is almost impossible to only mention the Yang Fish Pendant.
Song Siyuan said: "The whereabouts of the Yinyu Pendant are also unknown, but it is even related to mythology."
"Myth?" Yue Guanchao became curious.
"Yes, as mentioned above, the Yinyu pendant was probably taken by the northern ethnic minorities, and it has been living in various places since then. The Northern and Southern Dynasties were originally very chaotic and dark, and the nomadic peoples in the north established regimes as numerous as stars. The Yinyu The whereabouts of the Pei are basically unknown, and when news of the Yinyu Pei reappeared, it was already the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty."
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty stayed in the palace in Jiangdu and was hanged with a bowstring by the northern generals. Empress Xiao fled to the northwest desert with her royal family members and joined the Turkic camp.
After the Tang Dynasty was stabilized, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Sui Dynasty insisted on inviting Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty, who was over 50 years old, to take care of Chang'an. It was just a statement. Empress Xiao could live to be in her 70s and 80s and die in good health entirely because she provided extremely useful information to the Tang royal family.
At that time, Empress Xiao joined the Turkic camp, and Luo Khan of the Eastern Turks saw that the Sui Dynasty royal family came to her, and he had a better plan in mind.
In his opinion, if he could support the restoration of the Sui Dynasty, he would be the savior of the Sui Dynasty. After the restoration was successful, he could ask the Sui Emperor to treat them preferentially and even cede some fertile lands and cities.
Since it was a sure-profit business, of course he was willing to cheer for the "Sui Dynasty". In order to gain long-term war benefits, he decided to support Empress Xiao's grandson Yang Zhengdao to restore the country. He first respected him as the Sui King, and then All the officials and people of the Central Plains who he had plundered from the Han Dynasty were returned to Yang Zhengdao, and he was also rewarded with gold, silver and property for his use.
With these officials from the Central Plains, Yang Zhengdao quickly restored the "Great Sui" regime and made his grandmother, Queen Xiao, the empress dowager. According to the original organizational system of the Sui Dynasty, he appointed hundreds of officials, built palaces, and became the new ruler of the Sui Dynasty.
However, since the former Sui Dynasty was destroyed, the so-called New Sui Dynasty was of course short-lived. The Eastern Turks were destroyed, and the backing of the New Sui Dynasty was completely gone.
Empress Xiao knew that the Eastern Turks were gone, and they had no chance to escape. If they could keep the whole family safe, they had to find something real - the whereabouts of the other half of the Yinyu Pei.
When Empress Xiao was the empress dowager of the new Sui Dynasty, she had frequent contacts with the Khans of the Eastern Turks and had heard some legends about the northwest desert.
Rumor has it that there is an extremely legendary Shanshan Kingdom near Tianshan Mountain!
This is the transfer station of the Silk Road and the end point of the Hexi Corridor. Because it is close to the main Silk Road trade line extending from the Central Plains, it has developed very prosperously and prosperously relying on trade and the flow of goods.
The Shanshan royal family is completely different from other royal families. Most other small countries have male succession, but the Shanshan Kingdom does the opposite. It can only be ruled by female monarchs, that is, only women can inherit the throne, regardless of whether the monarch has male descendants. , only women can inherit the throne. m.
They are willing to rule the country with a female monarch simply because the Shanshan King family has a jade pendant passed down from generation to generation. Wearing it can comprehend all things, calculate all the disasters and wonders that have happened in the world, and even make the desert appear out of thin air. It becomes an oasis and the main road becomes a river.
However, although such a jade pendant is magical, it has a huge disadvantage, that is, it can only be controlled by a woman. Otherwise, it is no different from an ordinary stone. If the king cannot use this jade pendant, it will be impossible to win the favor of the people. Respect, let alone being able to lead the people to resist the various infringements and disasters in the desert, even if he reluctantly sits on the throne, he will be pushed down by the people.
Over time, the position of king of the country will all be inherited by women, so as to ensure that the power of the jade pendant will always be in the hands of the king.
From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the early Tang Dynasty, during nearly two hundred years, the Shanshan Kingdom produced nearly twenty-five Shanshan queens. Because the queen was in power, the lineage of female monarchs became clearer and more continuous. About a hundred years after the founding of the country, the Shanshan queens began to The human king evolves into the god king.
People began to regard Queen Shanshan as the patron saint of the desert and the god of heaven in Shanshan Kingdom. After that, Queen Shanshan's name was gradually eliminated, and only the title Queen Shanshan or Queen Shanshan was retained to show the queen's status as a divine king. At the same time, It also makes the image of the queen mysterious and becomes even more invisible.
This Shanshan Kingdom eventually became a dynasty that ruled most of the desert territory, and existed during the Northern and Southern Dynasties until the early Tang Dynasty.
Empress Xiao told this story to Li Shimin, which made Li Shimin realize that what Shanshan Kingdom had in his hands might be the other half of the Yinyu Pei.
He wanted to get the Yinyu Pendant, but he was unable to do so!
Because the Tang Dynasty had just been founded at that time, its national power was not strong, and the Turks sometimes harassed the border. Moreover, Shanshan State and the Tang Dynasty were not bordering each other. They were separated by other small countries such as Turks and Tuyuhun. Due to various factors, , Li Shimin had no way to verify the authenticity of the legend.
The opportunity has finally arrived!
In the same year that Li Shimin died, the Tang Dynasty eliminated Tuyuhun and at the same time wiped out the Turks. After the Hexi Corridor became unblocked, it was put on the agenda to conquer the Western Regions.
About the 23rd year of Zhenguan, the old Li Shimin ordered Ashina Sheer to organize the Kunqiu Road March, with him as the commander, and worshiped him as the general manager of the march. He was asked to take charge of the military and enter the Western Regions along the Hexi Corridor.
In this year, Kunqiu Dao's army marched through the Western Regions. The kingdoms of Qiuci, Khotan, Loulan, and Gaochang near the Tianshan Mountains were all wiped out by the imperial cavalry. The cities were all put under the management of the Anxi Protectorate. Of course, the Shanshan Kingdom was also The Tang Dynasty's imperial army was destroyed and disappeared into the long river of history.
When Shanshan Kingdom was destroyed, the last generation of Queen Shanshan disappeared without a trace. Even King Shanshan's royal city disappeared without a trace, and no one could find any trace of the city's existence.
At this time, Li Shimin was already in his later years. Since Queen Shanshan disappeared, Yin Yupei would of course be missed, and he could only die with regret.
"Since the Queen of Shanshan can predict future blessings and disasters, doesn't she know that the Shanshan Kingdom perished in the early Tang Dynasty?"
Yue Guanchao asked.
Song Siyuan guessed: "Probably, Queen Shanshan had already calculated that the Shanshan Congress would be destroyed, and then used certain methods to completely disappear the royal city in the desert."
"Think about it, maybe from Queen Shanshan's point of view, forcibly opposing a prosperous and powerful dynasty will only harm Shanshan. It is better to let Shanshan disappear completely. Maybe it can continue to exist in some places in the desert. "
Some people died, but not completely...
