A knife in love

Chapter 659

Li Qiufeng listened to Sun Guangming's eloquent talk, but he didn't take it seriously.I thought to myself that these things were absurd, and they were all illusory stories about ghosts and gods.I don't know which notebook Sun Guangming read these legendary texts from, and he regarded them as treasures, and even spent endless efforts to get the so-called Zhuge Legacy Array.Therefore, although he heard Sun Guangming's words becoming more and more strange, not only did he not believe it, but he found it even more funny.

Sun Guangming went on to say: "It's just that Wu Zetian's hiding of the map was only known to her close female official. When Wu Zetian was kicked out of the throne, the female official escaped from the palace and lived in the rivers and lakes. The notebook I saw, It was handed down by her descendants. It’s just that the text in it is absurd. People who read this note will only regard it as a wild history novel, which is no different from legendary novels such as "Journey to the West" and "Legend of the Pagoda". No one believed it. However, I have been investigating this matter for many years, and the clues I have collected show that, in addition to the array map handed down by Wu Zetian, Cao Bin must have also obtained a copy in Shu. In addition, according to the tomb of a monk in Luoyang I suspect that Khitan also hid a map back then."

Li Qiufeng was stunned, and said: "This is quite strange, why are monks mixed with Khitan people?"

Sun Guangming laughed and said: "If you mention this monk, you will inevitably have to talk about another past. Let's make a long story short. This matter is related to Yelubei, a royal family of Khitan. Hero Li, have you ever heard of this person's name?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "I'm ashamed, Li has never heard of this person's name."

Sun Guangming nodded, and said: "If I hadn't happened to steal a tomb in Mangshan and found the words recording Yelubei's deeds in the tomb, I would never have known that there was such a person in Khitan back then." A great person. Yelubei is the eldest son of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji. He helped Yelu Abaoji conquer the Bohai Kingdom and was canonized by Yelu Abaoji as the "Human Emperor" with his military exploits. Yelubei was already the crown prince of Khitan at that time. Abaoji's own honorific title is "Emperor of Heaven", and Empress Shuluping is "Queen of Earth", thus establishing Yelubei's status as "under two people, above ten thousand people".

"It's just that the good times didn't last long. Yelu Abaoji wanted to conquer the Central Plains, but failed many times. Soon he died of a sudden illness on the way back to Khitan. Yelubei, who was out, received the news of Yelu Abaoji's death, and immediately set off to return to Khitan. But he Shuluping’s mother, Shuluping, has returned to the west of Zigong, and his younger brother Yelu Deguang has rushed to the coffin of Yelu Abaoji after hearing the news from Shuluping. The two brothers rushed to the funeral, not because they did anything to their father Nostalgic love. Both of them knew that whoever rushed to the body of Yelu Abaoji first would win the opportunity in the battle for the throne.

"Although Yelubei is a Khitan, he admires my great man's clothes and manners, and there are many Han people in his advisers, so he respects Confucius and Confucianism, and has always advocated that Khitan should learn from the Central Plains and use Confucianism as the art of governing the country. But his old mother, Shuluping, was a Khitan nobleman through and through, and her temper was extremely tough. She was somewhat similar to the later Khitan Empress Xiao Yanyan. Then, she made up her mind to abolish Yelubei's position as crown prince and make her younger brother Yelu Deguang the new king of Khitan.

"As soon as Yelu Abaoji died, Shuluping called the Khitan nobles and ministers into her big tent, and she said to everyone: 'My two sons are both excellent, and they are both suitable to be emperors. Whoever is the emperor, now I entrust you with the power to choose the emperor, and whoever you think is suitable to be the emperor can hold the saddle and bridle.” At that time, all the guards outside the big tent were Shuluping’s personal guards. , led the troops and horses of the headquarters to surround them. These nobles and officials knew Shuluping’s intentions, and saw Yelu Deguang staring at him outside the tent. They knew that the situation was compelling. Fearing that they would be cut to pieces on the spot. As soon as Shuluping finished speaking, they scrambled to grab Yelu Deguang's saddle and bridle, and cheered, "May the Emperor Deguang be served."

Speaking of this, Sun Guangming sighed, and said: "Since ancient times, it is not a good thing for a rooster to sit in the morning. This girl Shuluping is so reckless that Khitan fell into a civil strife. Crown Prince Yelubei rushed to the big tent. At that time, everything was settled. If he was even slightly dissatisfied, he would be killed by his mother and younger brother on the spot. In desperation, Yelubei had no choice but to lead his officials to plead with Shuluping, and offered to give up the throne to Shuluping. Lupin's favorite son, Yelu Deguang. With the help of his wife, Yelu Deguang took the throne as Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty.

"Since ancient times, the deposed emperor has never had a good end, and Yelube is no exception. Although Yelu Deguang came to the throne as he wished, he is not at ease with his elder brother Yelube. Obtained the strength of the Dongdan Kingdom. For this reason, the conflict between the brothers became more and more serious. Yelvbei had to find a way out to avoid the murderous hands of his younger brother.

"It was at this time that Emperor Li Siyuan of the Later Tang learned about Yelubei's situation. At that time, the relationship between the Later Tang Dynasty and the Khitan was already in conflict, so Li Siyuan sent people to find Yelubei, claiming that the Later Tang Dynasty was willing to accept Yelubei. At that time, Yelubei was already in panic. Li Siyuan's proposal hit the mark. Under the persuasion of the envoys of the Later Tang Dynasty, Yelubei took his favorite concubine and treasured books to the Later Tang Dynasty from Liaodong across the sea, comparing himself to "Wu Taibo". , full of grief and indignation, set up a small wooden sign by the sea, engraved with "Sea Poetry" saying: "The small mountain crushes the mountain, and the mountain is powerless. I am ashamed to see the people in my hometown, and I will vote for a foreign country from now on." Although this poem is ordinary, it contains incomparable His grief and indignation are on a par with Cao Zhi's "Seven Step Poems".

"After Yelubei arrived in the Central Plains, he was greeted grandly by Li Siyuan. Li Siyuan greeted him with the emperor Yiwei, and gave him the surname Dongdan and the name Muhua. Ruizhou was changed to Huaihua Army, and he worshiped Huaihua Army Jiedushi, Ruishen and other states to observe Envoy. Later, he was given the surname Li and the name Li Zanhua, moved the town to Huazhou, and led the envoy of Qianzhou Jiedu."

Hearing this, Li Qiufeng couldn't help praising: "Mr. Sun, you really deserve it. It's thanks to you that you can remember these long-winded and weird official titles so clearly."

Sun Guangming smiled and said, "Hero Li's words are absurd. I found some clues in the monk's tomb, and then I read the history books and found out about these things. Otherwise, you would have smashed my head, I'm afraid I don't know who Yelubei is, what official position he has held.

"Although Yelubei was in a foreign country, he often missed his hometown and relatives. Later, Li Siyuan died of illness, and his son Li Conghou took the throne less than half a year before he was killed by Li Siyuan's adopted son Li Congke, and the throne passed to Li Congke. Yelubei believed that this was an attack on the Later Tang Dynasty. At such an excellent time, he even sent someone to secretly report to Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, persuading him to take advantage of the civil strife in the Li family to attack the Later Tang Dynasty. Yelu Deguang really led the army to the south, but he was not invited by Yelubei, but by the traitor Shi Jingtang. Only then did the troops go south.

"Li Congke was besieged by Shi Jingtang and the Khitan coalition forces, and was trapped in an isolated city. Seeing that the city was about to fall, Li Congke did not want to be humiliated, so he wanted to set himself on fire. He summoned Yelubei to burn with him, but Yelubei refused, so Li Congke sent assassins back to Yelubei. Yelvbei was only 38 years old when he died. He believed in Buddhism and often communicated with a monk from Baima Temple in Luoyang. After Yelubei died, the monk collected Yelubei's body and temporarily buried On a barren hillside. Later, the Khitan and Shi Jingtang coalition forces destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan people transported Yelubei's body back to Liaodong for burial, and gave him the posthumous title of "Wenwu Yuanhuangwang". After nearly 20 years of wandering, the unlucky emperor, Finally returned to Khitan.

"Many years later, Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang died of illness on the way to the expedition. The Khitan nobles took the opportunity to support Yelubei's eldest son Yeluruan as emperor for Liao Shizong. This kid thought that his father's throne was taken away by his grandmother and uncle and died. In a foreign country, this anger can finally be vented. So he led troops to attack Shuluping and Yelu Deguang's son Yelu Lihu in Shangjing, and defeated his grandma and cousin. At that time, Yeluruan wanted to kill his grandma He and his cousin killed him, but the minister Yelu Wuzhi tried hard to dissuade them, and the two parties finally reconciled. Shuluping and Yelu Lihu recognized Yelu Ruan's status as emperor. After Yelu Ruan came to the throne, he posthumously named his father Yelu Bei as the "Emperor of the Kingdom", The mausoleum is called Xianling. During the Tonghe years of Liao Shengzong, the posthumous title was changed to "Wenwen". After Liao Xingzong ascended the throne, he added the posthumous title of Wenyi Emperor, the temple name of Yizong, and the posthumous title of the two queens as "Duanshun". , 'Rouzhen'."

Hearing that Sun Guangming brought the topic to Yeluruan again, Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "This Sun Guangming and Situ Qiao are talking at length without any point at all. From an artifact cassock to Master Xuanzang Going west to Tianzhu to seek Buddhist scriptures. Then he talked about Li Shimin fighting for the world, Wu Zetian usurping the throne, and Monk Huaiyi building Mingtang. Now the topic is brought up to Yelubei and his son. I regret that I asked a few words at random, which made him so angry Talk a lot. Oh."

Sun Guangming glanced at Li Qiufeng, seeing his indifferent expression, knowing that Li Qiufeng was tired of listening, he smiled and said: "I'll make a long story short. About five or six years ago, I robbed a tomb in Mangshan. The one buried in the middle turned out to be a monk from the early Northern Song Dynasty. In the coffin of this monk, there was a volume of silk script. In the silk script, the monk told the story of Yelvbei’s coming to the Central Plains, and mentioned that Yelvbei was good at reading Chinese. There are many rare books of Han. When he went south to the Central Plains, he took with him the rare books he had collected over the years. Among them was a map left by Zhuge Wuhou. It is said that it can drive ghosts and gods, and it is extremely powerful.

"After Yelvbei was killed by an assassin sent by Li Congke, the monk heard the news and took the risk to collect Yelubei's body. In fact, he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take away the formation map, so as not to fall into the wrong hands. But the assassin was on the street. After killing Yelubei, Li Congke sent troops to seal Yelubei's mansion, and the monk could not enter, so he had to temporarily bury Yelubei's body on a barren slope.

"Later the Khitan army and soldiers from Shijingtang attacked the city. The general of the Khitan army heard that the monk had buried Yelubei's body, but he found him and rewarded him with a lot of money. The bodies of the two concubines, together with all the books in Yelubei's mansion, were transported back to Khitan. Although the monk wanted to retrieve the map, he never had the chance to do so, and finally died in depression. He left this scroll, It is to tell the posterity that this map was taken away by the Khitans. It’s just that the Khitans are rude and ignorant, and they don’t know the power of this map. We must take this map back as soon as possible, otherwise the Khitans will know the power of this map. , I am afraid that there will be no more peace in the Central Plains."

(End of this chapter)