Henan was the birthplace of the Shang Dynasty. Since ancient times, people were outstanding and powerful. After the Song Tai and ancestor Zhao Kuangyin chose Kaifeng as the capital, Henan has become the center of the world. It was unique for a while. All the seven emperors and eight tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty were buried here.

However, as the Song Dynasty moved south, Henan gradually lost its former status. After the Jin people invaded, it was the Mongolian cavalry that was the turn of the Mongolian cavalry to slant the Central Plains. The wheel of history rolled forward, and the people of the Central Plains encountered wars again and again. By the time this dynasty and ancestors won the world, it was more than a hundred years later.

When Emperor Taizu passed through Gongxian, which had just been pacified by war, he found that the originally majestic and solemn Emperor Song had already suffered devastating damage, almost all the ground buildings were destroyed, and the barren fields were covered with broken and messy stone carvings, which could not be identified. Among them, the tombs of Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Xiaozong, and Emperor Huiqin of the Northern Song Dynasty were excavated and destroyed under the acquiescence of the former Yuan court. They were all exposed and devastated, and were tragic.

It is said that several emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty even had their bones dug out and burned them, and countless treasures were presented to Emperor Kublai Khan, who were used to decorate the temple.

Inspired by this, Emperor Taizu ordered the imperial tombs that had been dug out and repaired, and prohibited the people from picking. He also ordered the local government to arrange for civil servants to guard them and reduce taxes from the people guarding the tombs as appropriate, which curbed the trend of digging.

However, this is already an old thing when the Ming Dynasty was founded. After all, the imperial tombs were placed there. There will always be sluts who take risks to get rich overnight. Even the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, which does not know where the specific location is, will have people to make a decision, let alone the Song Emperor's Mausoleum with a clear location.

It should be noted that the imperial tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty is slightly different from the previous dynasty.

Before the Tang Dynasty, many imperial tombs did not erect monuments, and buried the tombs underground by burying them deeply. The most typical example is the Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum.

After the Han Dynasty, tombs gradually became popular, "because the mountains are tombs, and the mountains are tombs are dug into hiding." This method officially formed a system in the Tang Dynasty. Emperors of the Tang Dynasty basically dug out their own tombs in the mountain tombs and hid the tombs in the deep mountains. On the one hand, they seemed bold, and on the other hand, they could also minimize the visit of tomb robbers. Of course, human methods are endless, and the latter function is basically invalid.

When we arrived at the Northern Song Dynasty, for the feng shui considerations of the geography at that time, the imperial tomb did not dig deep into the mountains like the imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty, but chose to be on the hill opposite Mount Song. It was leaning against the Luoshui in the north, and the Yellow River was not far ahead.

In addition, the tombs of the seven emperors before the Song Dynasty moved south were all here, not far from each other, so it is quite convenient for those with malicious intentions to steal.

Therefore, even if there are civil servants guarding each other nearby, tomb robbery incidents in the Song Emperor’s tomb still occur sporadically.

In addition to the Yuan Dynasty, the courts that have won the world in the past dynasties paid more attention to protecting the tombs of the emperors of the previous dynasty, and this dynasty was no exception. The court clearly prohibited theft of tombs, but it has not been banned repeatedly and has not formed any scale in the past. Therefore, the local government arrested people after discovering it, and it did not make a big deal out of control.

However, just recently, something very strange and horrifying happened in Gong County, where the Northern Song Dynasty’s imperial tomb is located.

It is said that from a year ago, every late at night, nearby people would always hear strange sounds from Yonghouling and Yongzhaoling. At first, they thought it was the sound of wind, but after listening carefully, they found that it seemed to be crying.

Yonghou Mausoleum is the tomb of Emperor Yingzong of Song Dynasty Zhao Shu, and Yongzhao Mausoleum is the tomb of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Shu was Zhao Zhen's successor, but he was not Zhao Zhen's biological son. Because Zhao Zhen's biological sons died at that time, he had to adopt Zhao Shu from the royal family.

But none of these matters. The question is, how could there be crying in the imperial tomb in the middle of the night?

The emperors of the Song Dynasty have been dead for many years, and they have no filial sons and virtuous grandsons. Even if there are, how could they choose to run there in the middle of the night to cry?

This is really strange.

The people in nearby villages were already responsible for part-time guarding the tombs, so after hearing crying for several nights, several villagers went to Yonghouling to check.

As a result, I never came back after going there.

The village chief realized that it was inappropriate. While mobilizing villagers to find the missing person, he reported to the Gong County government. The government sent people down and searched for a while, but he couldn't find the missing person. The imperial tomb was built by the Luo River. The government guessed that these people might have accidentally fallen into the river when they were walking at night.

Once the conclusion is made, the matter will be left alone.

For a long time after that, the crying did not sound again, and the village seemed to have returned to tranquility. Except for the villagers whose relatives died, everyone had gradually forgotten about this.

But half a year ago, the creepy crying sounded again, and it was louder than before, accompanied by thunder. The village chief did not dare to be careless and hurriedly reported to the government again. Because of the last incident, the magistrate of Gong County felt that the village chief was making a big deal and disagreed. However, because of the imperial tomb, he still asked the county constable to take a few people to the village to check the situation.

This investigation revealed two or three robbery holes near Yonghouling and Yongzhaoling. It seemed that another tomb robber had taken a fancy to the tombs of these two emperors and came to visit them.

The magistrate of Gong County did not dare to be careless, so he ordered several constables and six young and strong villagers in the village to squat near the imperial tomb, hoping to catch the group of tomb robbers.

Although the village chief is old, as the head of a village, he is also among them.

The first day passed, and the moonlight was as quiet as water near the imperial tomb. Next to it was the sound of the Luo River flowing by. Apart from that, there was nothing, everything was very calm.

The next day passed, and the same was true.

On the third day, something happened.

Three constables, six villagers, and the village chief, there were ten people when they went there.

But in the end, only two came back.

One is a constable and the other is a village chief.

One is crazy and the other is stupid.

The crazy one was the constable. He and the village chief ran back from near the imperial tomb one after another. They were confused and beat whoever they saw, let alone say something clearly and clearly. The village chief looked frightened and covered in blood. He was almost ready to go with the constable.

After the doctor's diagnosis, the constable was too scared and lost. It was probably the case in his life and could not be cured. Although the village chief was old and weak, he had experienced more things after all, so he was more patient than young people. After a while of rest, his spirit gradually recovered.

But as soon as the village chief mentioned that night, he kept silent and refused to say more. It was not until the magistrate of Gong County came to ask questions in person that he tossed and said, "Hehe" and "There are monsters" and so on. If he asked too much, he couldn't tell the reason.

The county magistrate had no choice but to think that the matter was very strange and had to report it all the way to the capital.

"Hell? Monster?"

In the courtyard, Tang Fan pondered these two words and asked: "Are the tomb robbers pretending to be a ghost?"

Suizhou shook his head: "I just received this case. It is difficult to make the right decision based on the county magistrate's one-sided statement. I have to go and see it in person before I can see it. This matter is under the jurisdiction of Henan, and it is estimated that the Cabinet will investigate the Ministry of Justice. At that time, it may still fall on the head of the Qing Lishu Department of Henan."

Tang Fan smiled bitterly: "This seems almost inevitable."

He stretched again: "Okay, anyway, I am a person born with a bad bone and can't be idle. I'm tired of sitting in the yamen every day. If I have the chance, I would rather go down and walk!"

Suizhou pondered: "I plan to go there myself, too."

Tang Fan was flattered and said, "Is it because the Sui governor wants to fight side by side with me? That is a great honor for the subordinates!"

Although Suizhou is only a thousand households, it is actually the leader of the entire Beizhen Fushi Department. Along the way is Yuan Bin. In the officialdom, everyone is used to calling him high, so he has already started to shout "Sui Zhenfu Envoy" and "Sui Zhenfu Envoy".

Of course, when Tang Fan's words came to his mouth, they all had a bit of teasing.

Suizhou leaned against the back of the chair, took the buckwheat tea handed to A Dong, and said leisurely: "It is not necessarily true that fighting side by side. Since you are the policing envoy, you naturally have to polite all directions. You, a fifth-rank official, have to obey my commands at that time."

Of course, this is also a joke.

Tang Fan laughed when he heard this: "Then I'm going to compete with you. You are now a fifth-rank military position, and I am a fifth-rank civil position. Since the orthodox Ming Dynasty, we have always been commanding military commanders. According to the principle that the fifth-rank civil officer can command fourth-rank military generals, even if you, Boss Yuan, come, I'm afraid you have to obey my command. Otherwise, I can't hold my hands and shoulders, what can I do if I go there? I can't go on the battlefield and catch thieves in person?"

He winked at Adong again: "You're right, girl?"

A Dong nodded: "Yes."

Tang Fan raised his legs and said proudly to Suizhou: "It's good to have a girl, look at how caring my Adong is!"

A Dong: "I mean Brother Sui is right."

Tang Fan was very dissatisfied: "Why are you turning your arms out!"

A Dong giggled: "Of course I have to turn out. Brother, your money is all in the hands of Brother Sui. If he is gone, we both have to drink the Northwest Wind!"

Tang Fan couldn't help but retort: ​​"What's all! I just gave him half of it. Isn't it okay to give you the money for buying vegetables every month?"

Suizhou: "Then tell me how much money do you have on hand now?"

Seeing the two and four pairs of eyes looking at him, Tang Fan said arrogantly: "Men's private money is a secret, and you can't ask casually!"

A Dong asked Suizhou again: "Brother Sui, how much money do you have now?"

Suizhou did not say "You can't ask casually", and said calmly: "I saved thirty taels for him last year, and even the 350 taels I had given me before, a total of 380 taels. I also had some savings before, totaling about 1,400 taels."

A Dong exclaimed repeatedly: "Brother Sui, you are so rich!"

Tang Fan couldn't help protesting: "I have a painting by Wang Ximeng in my room, which is much more valuable than his 1,400 taels!"

A Dong revealed the secret at first glance: "That was clearly left to you by my parents!"

Tang Fan yelled: "The weather is so good today. That crystal dish has been lonely for a long time. We are waiting for us to have a feast. We talk about money so vulgarly, and we are full of smell of money!"

A Dong covered her mouth and smiled: "I secretly hid the pen money under the pillow and didn't hand it over. I thought you could hide it for how long, but in the blink of an eye, I bought a bunch of idle books again!"

Tang Fan couldn't help but look at him: "What is a useless idle book? It's the "Zuo Zhuan Zhengyi of the Spring and Autumn Period". The Song version of the book that even money can't buy. I bought it for a long time before I found it!"

A Dong blinked: "There is obviously another book called "Spring Tide".

Sui Zhou frowned: "Why does the name sound a bit weird?"

Tang Fan was a little guilty: "That's a serious monster with a strange ambition, don't think about it in a wrong way!"

It would be fine if he didn't say it, but the more he drew it, the darker it became.

Suizhou: "Let me take it back and show it to me."

A Dong grimaced at Tang Fan: "I want to see too!"

Lord Tang felt heartbroken: "Last time, you took my manuscript of "The Warring States Period" and haven't returned it to me yet!"

Although Lord Tang had some time in his spare time and could also write free books for entertainment, he could also make some money by the way, but to say that he wrote all the Fengyue scripts, it was indeed wrong for him. For example, "The Warring States Period" is a historical legend he wrote based on the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period. Because the content is complicated and he often has no time, he has only completed two-thirds of the writing.

Suizhou said innocently: "I haven't finished watching it yet, I'll give it back to you after I finish watching it."

Tang Fan: "When did you finish reading it?"

Suizhou: "When you promise not to secretly hide the pen fee next time."

Lord Tang was so brave that he was brave and protested and dissatisfied with this unequal system: "Then you didn't give me the money!"

Suizhou ended all the controversy in one sentence: "But I have no problem spending money randomly."

Tang Fan: "..."

With a clang, his self-esteem was broken.

The bigger the official position these days, the lower the status at home, which will make people live!

He is going to run away from home...

Seeing that his ears seemed to droop, Sui Zhenfu Jung stroking his friend's dog head with a rare affectionate look: "I'm not greedy for your money, I just help you keep it. Whoever makes you happy when you see the book is so you can't even pile up the study room, so you have to restrain yourself."

Lord Tang burst into tears.
To be continued...