On March 3, Li Li led the 500 Guards to Loudiyuan to worship the Eastern Expedition Cemetery.

At this time, it was one month since the end of the Battle of Loudiyuan.

Loudiyuan, which had just emerged from green buds, is now a green patch of green, with the height of thatch and Artemisia anise are green, and the surrounding mountains and forests are covered with shade, giving birth to a vibrant scene.

At the end of the war, Li Li Zeng ordered Jia Xu to be responsible for the construction of the former fallen soldiers in Loudi, which was planned to be completed within one month.

Therefore, Jia Xu immediately started to build a cemetery after the war, and successively dispatched 60,000 soldiers to mobilize more than 100,000 young and strong men to build a cemetery in a stepped shape, and then buried all the more than 200,000 soldiers who died in battle on Loudi.

The difference between the cemeteries of the two armies is that the burial soldiers of the Allied Army is relatively simple to bury, and the cemetery is buried in a straw mat, and the cemetery also appears relatively simple.

In contrast, the fallen soldiers of the Xiliang army were buried in the west, that is, near Hangu Pass. All were buried with white hemp and buried in the coffin. The cemetery was relatively well-built. Six or eight small pine and cypress trees were transplanted on the edge of each cemetery. Every fifty tombs there is a bluestone stele, with their names and brief life engraved on both sides. Each person was only a cross, but it made people know where they came from and make it easier for descendants to come to worship.

Even so, this was a very huge project. In order to complete the mission delivered by Li Li, Jia Xu joined forces with the prefect of Hongnong, the prefect of Zuo Fengling, the general of Tongguan, and the Minister of Shangling Li Xuan, and temporarily recruited tens of thousands of stonework carvings from Chang'an, Zuo Fengling and the surrounding areas of Tongguan. After more than half a month and day and night, it was only after carving out seals. During this period, thousands of county officials were also drawn to help, identifying and comparing the fallen soldiers with the list of dead soldiers provided by the army one by one to avoid mistakes. In addition, some stonework carvings were not fully literate, and they did not recognize many rare Chinese characters, so they had to write them out for them to carve them as they were.

In addition to these relatively complex processes, the rest was full of effort. A bluestone altar was built at the foot of the North Mountain, and eighteen pavilions were built on the east and west sides of the bottom of the altar. More than 200 pine and cypress trees were transplanted with two people, and the entire cemetery was decorated with solemn and quiet.

These tedious matters are done according to Li Li's instructions. Otherwise, even if you are as smart as Jia Xu, you don't know how to build such a simple but not simple cemetery. If you supervise the construction of the royal cemetery, Jia Xu is completely capable, because since ancient times, a complete set of royal cemetery has been formed. There are rules to follow, and many officials can supervise it according to the ancient system. However, this time, the construction of a cemetery for the fallen soldiers is the first case, and it can be said to be the first of all the precedents in history and has a profound impact. Before this, all the soldiers who died on the battlefield would be buried in a high position, while ordinary soldiers would be buried in a burial manner; a large pit could bury hundreds or thousands of fallen soldiers, and even many soldiers died in battle without collecting their bodies after they died. As a result, the abandoned corpse wilderness became a feast for wild dogs and jackals.

Within just one month, with more than 100,000 people busy day and night, Jia Xu lived up to Li Li's entrustedness and finally completed three days ago, and the original cemetery of Loudi was completed.

On this day, the weather is beautiful, the sky is clear and the warm sun is warm.

The breeze blows by, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flower buds. It makes people feel comfortable and refreshing.

A group of more than 500 cavalry ran out of Hangu Pass and headed straight to Loudi. Jia Xu, who was rushing here a day in advance, had already lined up with his subordinates to greet him. In addition, there were hundreds of temporary palace musicians on both sides of the altar. They were equipped with drums, zithers, flutes, carpenters, music and silks, and sacrifices of the three animals had already been prepared.

When Li Li and his party arrived at the stone steps of the cemetery, the palace musicians began to play on the siege. The low and solemn music drifted into the distance with the wind, wandering and stirring on the vast Loudi Plain, with long echoes and endless sounds.

"I will meet the lord!"

As Li Li flew off the throne of the Golden Beast, Jia Xu led his subordinates to bow to worship, but the musicians were not disturbed and continued to beat the unknown sorrow and music. This unknown sorrow and music was only unknown to Li Li. In fact, he had heard this sorrow and joy many times. He had heard this sorrow and joy at the funeral of Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun. However, he lacked interest in such sorrow and joy, and felt that the sorrow and joy that was knocked out was really not very good, with a long tone and could not hear the rhythm at all.

Given that musicians were indispensable in such a solemn ceremony for the ceremonies, Li Li allowed Jia Xu to transfer the palace musicians and perform well, otherwise there would be a lack of solemn and solemn atmosphere. Although Li Li himself did not like sorrow and music, the surrounding people and relatives of the fallen soldiers who were standing in the distance to watch the ceremony could understand it, which was in line with the times and indispensable.

"Forget it, everyone, get up." Li Li, who flew off the horse, threw the whip to Li Zhi behind him, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to avoid the gift.

"I have worked hard this month, and the cemetery has been well repaired, exactly the same as what I thought before."

"Thank you for your praise. This is all due to the soldiers and many stone craftsmen in the army. I just moved my mouth to command and could not bear the praise of your praise." Jia Xu bowed and retreated behind Li Li, and said as he walked.

"Well, I won't mention this matter for now. I will care about whoever has the credit." Li Li nodded slightly, with a solemn expression, and there was no smile on his face, which was completely different from the sunny and handsome image in the past. It is true that he is here to worship the tomb today, and there are tens of thousands of people around him who come to worship relatives. How can he be rude in such a solemn and solemn occasion? Therefore, there were no smiles on everyone behind Li Li, including Jia Xu, who always smiled and welcomed others, and he was no longer as easy-going as before.

When Li Li stepped on the stone steps and climbed up to the altar step by step, he looked back and stood on the altar dozens of meters high and looked down at Loudiyuan, a trace of brightness flashed in his eyes. Because the scene that caught his eyes was quite strange, he saw that there was a blue and clear lake water not more than ten steps below the altar of the cemetery.

This is a small lake about four miles long at the east and west ends and about five hundred steps wide at the north and south ends. There is also a horizontal dike about four feet wide in the middle of the lake surface, which divides the lake surface into two. However, the horizontal dike continues to collapse under the impact of the left and right sides of the lake water, and now it has been completely submerged by the lake water, making the entire lake integrated into one, forming a lake located between the mountains. The towering trees in the surrounding mountains are reflected in the lake, adding green color to this calm little lake, like a pearl embedded in the mountains.

Looking down from a high point, you can see that the lake is not deep, about one meter or less than two meters. There is a stream in the north that connects with the stream in the west of Feiyundu, and a gap is rushing out to the south. The lake water flows along the ditch next to the official road to Feiyundu to the east. These are the two streams, making this small lake no longer a pool of stagnant water, but a small flowing lake.

If it hadn't been to the decisive battle of Loudi not long ago, Li Li, including Li Zhi and others who followed him, would have thought that there was such a clear and quiet little lake here. It was the tomb protection elves who protected the cemetery from God. However, only those who had experienced the bloody battle of Loudi knew that this small lake was not a masterpiece of nature, but a huge pit dug by man. In this big pit, in the fierce battle a month ago, it had swallowed the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers of the vassals and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army in one fell swoop.

Perhaps it was God's pity to the heroes who were buried in the pit. Not long ago, the upper reaches of the Yellow River caused floods due to the melting of ice and snow. The flood mixed with ice poured into Feiyundu, which had already dried up, and then rushed to the Loudiyuan. The pit that killed more than 100,000 soldiers of the army was transformed into a lake, and it was a flowing living water lake.

Since then, the people living near Hangu Pass have a natural lake. Perhaps soon after, the fish and shrimp produced in this lake can support the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. It seems that only in this way can it make up for the huge harm caused to the people on this land by the two armies' fierce battle for half a year.

This is the creation of nature. It is destroyed and better than this. It transforms killing into vitality and nurtures a place of life.

The moment he saw this lake, Li Li was stunned and lost his mind, as if he had a sudden enlightenment. His heart was cleansed, his mind sublimated, and his understanding of war and killing became more and more thorough.

Then, with the reminder of Jia Xu and several old ministers in the court, Li Li climbed to the altar to pay homage to the heroic spirits of the fallen soldiers.

The entire memorial ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner, without any mistakes in the middle, and everything went very smoothly.

However, when Li Li stood on the platform and read the tribute written by Jia Xu aloud, a sudden change broke out. The sun was still hanging in the sky and was cloudless, but at this moment, the sky suddenly changed, the whole sky suddenly became gloomy and the north wind blew.

“Huh Huh Huh??????”

The strong wind blew through my ears, Li Li's expression suddenly changed, and he was inexplicably surprised and said to himself: "Which demon wind is this? Why don't you come early or late? But when I read the sacrificial text, the world changed color and the wind was making a huge blow? Could it be that this is a punishment from heaven? Heaven knows that I have another intention to sacrifice to the tomb this time, and it is far-reaching. Could it be that a bolt from the blue will kill me directly?"

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li subconsciously paused and involuntarily lowered his head to look at the altar platform under his feet.

"Damn it, it's so tall! It's nine feet away from the altar, which is dozens of meters above the ground. Standing on such a high platform, if there is a sudden lightning and thunder, it's really possible to be struck by lightning!"

For a moment, Li Li was really scared, and was very nervous, wishing to go down immediately, and it would be better not to read the sacrificial text. However, just as he was hesitating, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Jia Xu's shocked expression and showed a hint of joy. At this moment, he was looking at himself excitedly, with his eyes still seemingly admiring.

Suddenly, Li Li remembered that he was paying homage to the heroic spirits, which was not a happy thing. At this moment, he happened to read a touching place. Unexpectedly, the sky suddenly changed. The white clouds were floating just now, but now it was covered with clouds. What does this mean? This shows that the sacrifice tombs is effective!

So, after a brief pause, Li Li continued to read the tribute aloud, his voice much louder than before, so that the crowd of people watching the ceremony could hear it.

"If there is a spirit in the sky, I will be sad with me; if there is a spirit in the earth, I will be crying with me; if there is a spirit in the sky, I will be blessed with the heroic spirits of my soldiers in the east. The sky is dark, the scorching earth, and the soldiers in the east will be immortal forever!"

With the last sentence of the sacrificial text read, Li Li did not hesitate for a moment and strided towards the high platform.

"Crack———Boom boom boom!"

Just as Li Li just walked off the platform and stood firm, a lightning bolt that captured the light of heaven and earth fell down, and then a rumbling thunder followed like a shadow, hitting the platform nine feet above the altar with a "boom". Immediately, the two stone steps at the top of the platform fell down, and the direction of the falling was where Li Li, who was standing firmly, stood. If it hit this point, Li Li would definitely be smashed to death and die on the spot.

"I am the destiny of heaven. Who dares to be arrogant!"

With a loud "click" sound behind him, Li Li immediately felt nervous. Without thinking, he pulled out the Emperor's Sword hanging around his waist and waved it hard to slash the black shadow above his head. While swinging the long sword, he did not forget to shout loudly, and for the first time he regarded himself as prime minister, calling himself an isolated person in public.

In an instant, the moment Li Li waved the sword of Emperor Slashing out with his backhand and collided with the stone steps, he threw it out by him, and he himself quickly took several steps forward and moved away from the high platform as soon as possible.

Accompanied by a loud "bang", the two stone steps that were knocked down by lightning exploded and exploded into powder in the air. The Emperor's Sword thrown by Li Li was inserted into the remaining stone steps, and there was still a white halo on the blade. The "sky" sounded, and then the sound gradually subsided, and wisps of hot air lingered on the sword's edge, as if it had just been fished out of the stove.

This scene was very conspicuous. Everyone, including Li Li, witnessed the whole process with their own eyes. The extremely strange white light and light yellow mist, as well as the bluestone steps that were hit by a sword and exploded into powder, all fell into the eyes of tens of thousands of people watching.

When the Emperor's Sword finally stopped moving, the Xiliang soldiers and tens of thousands of people around the altar looked at Li Li proudly standing on the altar inexplicably, and even Jia Xu, who had followed him for many years, was no exception.

At this time, it was drizzling in the sky, but there was no lightning or thunder. The situation that was strong and strong just now disappeared instantly, and followed by gentle drizzle. This is the second rain this spring, which fell just as Li Li sacrificed his tomb. It is a timely and indispensable situation.

Then, accompanied by Jia Xu and several civil servants, Li Li followed the pavilion corridor to inspect the cemetery, starting from the Xiliang Certificate of the Deadly Fighted Soldiers in the West, and then to the Allied Soldiers in the East. Along the way, he looked calm, as if nothing had happened, he seemed very calm and calm.

As the evening approached, Li Li and his group slowly went down the mountain. When they walked under the altar, Li Li waved his hand to signal Li Zhi to retrieve the Emperor's Sword that had been inserted on the stone steps on the high platform for an afternoon.

At this point, Li Li's trip to the Mausoleum ended successfully. That night, he brought his personal guards back to Tongguan, and Jia Xu walked with him.

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Chapter completed!