I couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. Zhang Jingyi is really clever. Since the people in Shouling Village are guarding Liu Sheng's tomb, most of them are surnamed Liu. But before I could finish speaking, Bi Bufan's words overturned Zhang Jingyi's judgment.
Wrong, the ancestors of Shouling Village should have surnamed Dou
Bi Bufan took a sip of peach wine and began to tell us a long forgotten story.
After the discovery of the tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Sheng, in Mancheng in 1968, archaeologists have been pondering whether there should also be a queen's tomb next to it. As expected, after careful exploration, a large tomb was discovered 100 meters away from the tomb of Prince Jing. According to research, the owner of this tomb is Dou Wan, the consort of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Sheng.
The story of Bi Bufan began with Dou Wan.
Dou Wan has a nephew named Dou Ke. Due to Dou Wan's connections, Dou Ke became a small leader of the royal guard at Zhongshan Junior High School, with over a hundred people under his command. After Liu Sheng and Dou Wan died, they were buried in Lingshan. Dou Ke was ordered by the second generation King of Zhongshan to station his subordinates at the foot of Lingshan for a long time and became the guardian of the tomb.
After Liu Sheng's death, his twenty sons were ennobled as marquises by Emperor Wu of Han, and the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom was divided. A small fiefdom with an area of only a few hundred square kilometers was divided into twenty independent vassal territories, and Zhongshan Kingdom was considered to exist in name only. Among these twenty marquises, eleven of them were stripped of their titles for falsifying the gold presented to the ancestral temple for ancestor worship. After three generations, these royal families surnamed Liu have become no different from ordinary people and no longer hold the revered position they once held.
Although the state of Zhongshan has fallen, Dou Ke, who guarded the tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, and his descendants remained loyal and devoted, still guarding a rocky mountain and never leaving. Over a thousand years have passed, and this place has been plagued by wars. The descendants of Dou Ke have thrived on this land, and the camp where the army was stationed has also become a village with thousands of people guarding the tomb.
With the passage of time and the change of dynasties, the world is no longer dominated by people surnamed Liu. The people in Shouling Village have gradually forgotten their origins. They only know that this village is called Shouling Village, and the small hill in front of the village is called Ling Mountain. As for the secrets during this period, they have long been lost with the wind.
But others have forgotten, but Dou Ke's direct descendants have not forgotten. Before each generation of the Dou family's clan leader dies, they pass on a brocade box to the next generation and provide a detailed account of the origins of Lingshan and Shouling Village. This tradition continued until the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, when a senior worker surnamed Chen came to the Dou family and abruptly stopped.
Bi Bufan took another sip of wine and said slowly, "This long-term worker is called Chen Dayi. He has beautiful features and a good command of documents. Due to his poor family background, he voluntarily sold himself as a slave and became a long-term worker at the Dou family
Could it be that the brocade box was passed on to Chen Dayi? "Zhang Jingyi stood tired, finally ignoring the mess, and sat cross legged on the kang, leaning on my shoulder and saying," Isn't he a thief
The wine in the wine gourd was almost finished, and Bi Bufan was a little tipsy. He shook his head and said, "Chen Dayi is not a thief, but Dou Ling, the youngest daughter of the Dou family, is a thief. The Dou family is the largest family in Shouling Village, and there were a total of thirteen siblings in Dou Ling's generation. Dou Ling is the youngest, and people are accustomed to calling her Dou Thirteen, who is the legitimate heir. Dou Ling is intelligent and clever, deeply loved by her parents, so she has developed a stubborn temperament since childhood. When Chen Dayi came, Dou Ling was only 28 years old, which was the beginning of her love story. Chen Dayi's job in Dou Mansion was to lift the sedan chair for Dou Ling, and the two young people lived together day and night. Soon after, We have a good impression of each other and have privately booked for life
I laughed, it's a clich é d story. If a wealthy woman falls in love with a poor man, she will definitely encounter numerous obstacles. The rumored scenes of elopement, whether joyful or sorrowful, were staged under such circumstances.
As expected, Bi Bufan continued, "Dou Ling and Chen Dayi knew that their relationship would never be accepted by Dou Ling's parents, so they thought of eloping. Before leaving, Dou Ling secretly sneaked into her father's room and took something out of the brocade box passed down from generation to generation
I told you, the treasure must have reached their hands, "Zhang Jingyi said proudly as her guess was confirmed.
What is it? "I felt very nervous. I know, the key issue is that what Dou Ling took away could very well be the soul pendant.
That thing is called the Resurrection Altar
I was greatly disappointed: "Isn't it a soul pendant
Young man, do you know what ancient kings were most afraid of? "Bi Bufan changed the topic and asked a question that was completely unrelated to the previous one.
Although I really want to know if there is a connection between the Resurrection Altar and the Soul Pendant, I still thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid of death
Everyone is afraid of death, especially those high-ranking kings who live a luxurious life with lots of beautiful women. One more day of life is one more day of enjoyment. Therefore, compared to ordinary people, kings are more afraid of death. Throughout history, kings have spared no expense in terms of financial and material resources in order to live longer. The fact that Emperor Qin Shi Huang even sent three thousand boys and girls into the sea in search of immortal medicine is evidence.
You're wrong. What they fear the most is not death, but the inability to resurrect
Resurrection, how can a person be resurrected after death? Those ancient people were really foolish, they must have been deceived by the alchemists, "Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but express her opinion once again.
If it were in the past, I wouldn't believe that people can be resurrected after they die. But after experiencing the ghost incident, my perspective changed. Since the soul can exist independently from the body, it is possible for the soul to use another body to achieve the goal of resurrection. If a person can be continuously resurrected through some means after death, then they have already achieved immortality.
Next to every king's tomb, there are tomb guards. Do you know why? "Bi Bufan asked another question.
Dike tomb robbers, "Zhang Jingyi answered ahead of time.
This is just one of them. The most important responsibility of a tomb keeper is not to prevent theft, but to wait and await the return of the tomb owner. "Bi Bufan looked at the bracelet in my hand and raised his voice slightly." And to successfully resurrect, there is something essential, and that is the Resurrection Altar