Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 605 Acacia Dragon and Phoenix Coffin

No, it can't be said that it is for peace of mind, but for fear of being retaliated.

Although he is a wise emperor through the ages, who in that position has no blood in his hands?
In particular, he stepped on the bones of his brother, even if it was a life-and-death situation, it was a brother's flesh and blood after all.

It is said that when a person is about to die, he can always see some unusual things. Maybe he is also worried that he will be disturbed by these ghosts after death.

"Is this the coffin you often talk about?" Captain Lin asked, pointing to the huge sarcophagus in the center.

It is better to say it is a stone bed than a sarcophagus, because the sarcophagus is too big, and it occupies about a quarter of the already empty tomb.

Lao Yan nodded: "Yes, the coffin."

"Yes, the coffin?"

When the blunt Chinese came, I turned my head and saw William took a few steps forward excitedly.

Originally, he was wearing a cane, and his right foot was a little lame, but because he couldn't walk fast and there were many people guarding him, it didn't look particularly obvious.But when he was so excited, it became obvious immediately.

He limped close to the sarcophagus, threw the walking stick aside, touched the patterns on it with trembling hands, and then said excitedly again: "Lan, Lanting, Jixu?"

Firstly, William's Chinese is not good, and secondly, his body is trembling with excitement. If I don't know what the purpose of this time is, I'm afraid I can't understand what he said at all.

Master Bai nodded: "Yes."

William became even more excited, and slowly closed his eyes with his hands scrubbing the pattern, as if an addict-gentleman saw the opium and was enjoying the quality of distinguishing the opium.

Then he opened his eyes suddenly, turned his head to look at us, and said, "Open!"

His tone was blunt, and it sounded uncomfortable to the ears, but it didn't affect my understanding of what he meant.

I turned my head to look at Lao Yan, who was frowning and staring at the coffin with a somewhat uncertain expression.

"Anything unusual?" I asked.

He shook his head and said no.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and said that since there was nothing abnormal, I would open it, but Lao Yan stopped him and motioned me to help him approach the coffin.

I followed his will and helped him pass, standing on the side not far from William.

Lao Yan also touched the pattern on the coffin with his hands, moved his lips, but did not speak, then habitually touched a cigarette and lit it, and put it in his mouth, indicating that I don't need to support him, and then half leaned on the coffin, using two He touched the pattern on it inch by inch with his fingers.

"Paper and pen!" He kept moving without turning his head.

I directly took out a pen and paper from my bag and handed it to him, without daring to ask any more questions. Usually, he is very focused at this time. If he interrupts his train of thought by speaking casually, he will be very irritable.

At the same time, I also signaled other people to try not to make any noise, so as not to disturb Lao Yan.

William was about to say something anxiously, but Master Bai grabbed him. I heard them talking in a low voice, and then William gently left the coffin, standing aside and waiting.

William seems to trust Master Bai very much?
In addition to mercenaries, William also brought a few subordinates this time, but these subordinates had no sense of presence. They had been following William to protect him, and did nothing else, but I found that if anything happened, William always I listened to Master Bai.

How much influence did Master Bai have on him?
The gopher heard my doubts, snorted coldly, and lowered his voice: "Who knows whether the news about the "Preface to Lanting Collection" was passed on to William by Lord Bai."

"Is there such a thing?" I asked in surprise.

Originally, I thought that the relationship between William and Master Bai was because William was going to Zhaoling to collect the "Preface to the Lanting Collection", so he found Master Bai, a feng shui master.But according to the meaning of the gopher, could it be that Bai Ye found William first and passed the news to him so that he could bring him to China?

The gopher nodded and said that everything is possible. Master Bai is familiar with the operating procedures of 701. It is not difficult to inquire about some things through some means. The task of "Preface to Lanting Collection" was sent by the superior department. explain the problem?

I was confused and didn't understand what was going on at all, so the gopher groaned, "Who do you think was the first to know about this news between Master Bai and the higher-ups?"

He reminded me that if I still don't understand, then I'm out of my mind.

The news of "Preface to the Lanting Collection" should be in the hands of the higher authorities, but I don't know how Bai Ye got the news, and then sold it to William.Seeing that they were about to leave, the higher authorities became anxious, so they ordered us to leave immediately.

I don't understand, since the higher authorities have this news, why didn't they tell us from the beginning?If we got it back sooner, nothing would happen to William.

The gopher shook his head again: "You don't understand, the higher-ups usually follow two principles when they ask me to go on missions."

"What principle?" I asked back.

At this moment, Lao Yan suddenly snorted. Just as the gopher was about to explain, he was snorted back, and immediately stopped talking. I scratched my head in a hurry, but he was fine.

But after Lao Yan snorted, he didn't have anything else to do, he just continued to touch the patterns, and kept writing and drawing on the paper.

"Senior, please tell me." I urged.

The gopher took a look at Lao Yan and saw that he didn't respond, so he said: "First, the information must be accurate, and second, the task is necessary."

I rolled my eyes, isn't this a joke?

Since I entered 701, the missions I have carried out are few times accurate, because many times we don’t know whether we can find the national treasure in this trip. What is the standard of accuracy?
The second reason is that the task is necessary—it doesn’t even matter whether the news is accurate or not, so how can we judge whether the task is necessary?
The gopher also knew what I was thinking. He smiled and said that there was no way to do it. Unlike our front-running executive departments, the higher-level departments have to coordinate and manage many departments like ours, and the news is messy. There are also many tasks.They have to make a screening. As for what is necessary and what is accurate, it depends only on their research.

I still can't let go of it after hearing this, does this mean that we are going to do whatever task is based on their mood?

"Chang'an, you are so young after all." The gopher patted me on the shoulder: "Believe it or not, the higher authorities have already done the best within their capabilities! Come on, don't go so far, Let’s talk about our task first. Firstly, the news must not be finalized. Secondly, if William hadn’t stepped in, this task is really unnecessary. The Zhaoling Mausoleum is already being excavated, even though the excavation of Tang Taizong’s tomb is very difficult , but it is not impossible to do it step by step, and there is really no need for us to take action."

I nodded, and it really made sense according to what he said.

wrong!

I grabbed the gopher's arm, he was taken aback by my grip, and asked me what's wrong?
"Did you just say that there is a high possibility that Master Bai will pass the news to William, and then 701 will be dispatched only after William gets involved?" I cleared my mind.

The gopher nodded. To be honest, this possibility is very high.

I looked at Bai Ye who was standing next to William calmly, and said softly: "Is it possible that Bai Ye is just trying to lure us out?"

Let's not mention the grievances between Master Bai and Lao Yan for now, let's just say that he, as a leader in 701, was even trained as a future team leader, was expelled from 701 due to personal reasons.Then I don't know what happened, he aged so fast, doesn't he hate 701?

The gopher was also taken aback by my thoughts. He looked at Master Bai in disbelief, thought for a while, and then said that it doesn't make sense. If he lured us out for revenge, we met in the house. It's time to complete the revenge plan.

At that time, we were able to run because I introduced the mercenaries from William's side to the house, and the reason why I was able to succeed was also the help of Master Bai.

So what is he for?
I'm baffled.

"Don't think about it, just pay more attention to him." The gopher didn't care too much, saying that he had already reached the final step anyway, and everyone here would reveal what they were thinking.

I looked back and had to admit that the gopher was right, mainly because I couldn't figure out why even if I thought about it.

"Dragon and Phoenix Coffin! It's Dragon and Phoenix Coffin!"

Suddenly, Lao Yan let out a loud roar, which scared me into a fright, and several mercenaries even raised their guns.

If Master Bai hadn't reacted quickly and yelled at them, Lao Yan would probably have been shot to death.

But no one blamed Lao Yan, because the three words he yelled made us feel like we were struck by lightning.

Dragon and Phoenix Coffin?
I just thought there was something wrong with my ears. If this is the dragon and phoenix coffin, then why does the Mausoleum of Empress Changsun above exist?
"But there is no body of Empress Changsun in there." Professor Xu murmured.

I slapped my head and couldn't believe it. Could it be that Tang Taizong thought of such a method because of the resistance to the joint burial?
Building the mausoleum of Empress Changsun outside to confuse everyone, but actually let her cronies bury her in his own mausoleum?

"Eighty percent of the time." Professor Xu agreed with me.

I looked at the huge coffin and found it incredible. How much love did an ancient emperor have to do to do such a thing?
Before the Tang Dynasty, joint burial was a matter of etiquette and law. When it came to Li Shimin, the situation between him and Empress Changsun was different from that of ordinary empresses.They hit it off when Li Shimin was still the King of Qin, and after Li Shimin became queen, their love for her increased instead of diminished, hence the theory of joint burial.

But after all, it involves the ancestral system. Even if he is an emperor, it is difficult to compete with the entire court. I thought it was rare that the tomb of Empress Changsun and Li Shimin's tomb are so close. I didn't expect this emperor to do even crazier things. !

(End of this chapter)