Chapter 1 The Horror of Qianling
Dozens of ancient Chinese emperors are buried among the mountains of Weibei in the hinterland of the 800-mile Qinchuan. These imperial tombs of various shapes have become a spectacular landscape between the mountains, rivers and plains.
Among them, the Qianling Mausoleum, which buried Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, is even more famous both at home and abroad.
This is a unique burial tomb of a two-dynasty emperor and a couple in China and even the world.
Therefore, the popularity of Qianling Mausoleum exceeds that of any other imperial tomb of the Tang Dynasty. Those who travel to Xi'an will basically visit Qianling Mausoleum.
Luo Ziling from Zhejiang is one of the many tourists who cannot escape the vulgarity.
Luo Ziling is the deputy chief physician of the internal medicine department at a provincial tertiary hospital in Zhejiang Province. He is good at the integrated treatment of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
Some time ago, he led a team to participate in the foreign medical assistance operation.
It was so hard for him to work during this period of medical aid. After returning, the hospital gave him a long leave.
He was interested in history and had not traveled for a long time. Taking advantage of the real spring, he went to Xi'an, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, to commemorate history alone.
He first went to famous attractions such as the ruins of the Daming Palace, the Stele Forest, Qujiang Pond, and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and then came to Qianling Mausoleum.
Luo Ziling, whose marriage was not very smooth, lives alone now, and lives alone a little lonely. He also feels like this when walking on the corridor of Qianling.
The sky was a little dark, as if it was going to rain, and there were fewer tourists all of a sudden, and the feeling of serenity and loneliness became even worse.
The long Sima Dao pointed to the northern peak of Liangshan where Qianling Mausoleum was located. There were many stone horses on both sides, Weng Zhong, and the mottled moss on it was full of ups and downs they had experienced. The stone statues of foreign kings and leaders who had no heads silently told people the helplessness of unknown people.
The prosperous Tang Dynasty has been more than a thousand years ago. The era that the Chinese people talk about has long disappeared from the dust of history, and the grand occasion of the coming of all nations has long been destroyed.
Luo Ziling yearned for that era very much.
"The palace is opened in the nine heavens, and the nations are dressed and worshipped by their crowns." Although the prosperity has passed, the remaining historical relics and written records stubbornly tell future generations that there was an era that was so powerful that the whole world was fascinated by.
Luo Ziling liked the Tang Dynasty during Li Shimin's Zhenguan period because the Tang Dynasty was invincible in foreign wars at that time, and fame was only taken from the horse. Such an era could make any man excited.
He also liked the Tang Dynasty when Li Zhi and Wu Zetian ruled, because women were rampant in this era. There were many women who coexisted with beauty and wisdom in history, including Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er, Princess Taiping, Queen Wei, Princess Anle, etc.
Women are men's favorites, and there is power in addition to it.
Women with power are even more of the objects that men like to conquer.
The Tang Dynasty was open and tolerant, and it can be seen from the clothes of women at that time - "the pink breasts are half covered like snow", "the auspicious snow lamps are slanted on the chest", "the slow-fitting silk skirts are half tied with breasts", the Tang Dynasty poets used elegant words to tell everyone what a true visual feast is.
What a wonderful era!
Before he knew it, Luo Ziling walked to the main peak of Liangshan.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and there is a feeling of roaring cold wind.
Luo Ziling has read many records that strange phenomena often appear in Qianling.
During the Five Dynasties, Wen Tao, who had dug many Tangling Mausoleums, also wanted to excavate the tombs of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. However, every time he encountered bad weather, either thunder, rain or storm. After Wen Tao took his people away, the weather immediately turned clear. When he came back, the weather was bad again, which scared him so much that he didn't dare to make the Qianling Mausoleum again.
Decades ago, a warlord surnamed Sun wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to excavate Qianling Mausoleum, but there were lightning and thunder again. The heavy rains continued and did not stop for several days. There were other strange phenomena, which scared away all the soldiers who were preparing to excavate.
Luo Ziling was very curious about this, and did not believe it very much - unless he felt it personally.
Will it get what you want today?
Luo Ziling was a little excited.
Many tourists could not stand the strong wind and the coldness, and hurried down the mountain. In just a while, there were few people on the main peak of Liangshan.
Luo Ziling climbed the main peak of Liangshan and stood in the wind, a pair of middle-aged tourists walking towards him spoke something that made them feel scared in Mandarin mixed with some local dialect: just when they were taking a photo, they vaguely heard the sound of women talking and music beside them, but they did not see anyone next to them. The man also said that he seemed to see a woman glaring at him...
Luo Ziling was even more excited after hearing this.
When I reached the top of the main peak of Liangshan, my entire vision was much empty.
The wind that was originally blowing very strong stopped for no reason, and the whole world seemed to suddenly become quiet.
As soon as he looked up, Luo Ziling unexpectedly saw a dark cloud coiling over Qianling Mausoleum, which was a bit mysterious.
A woman's face appeared faintly in the clouds. Luo Ziling stared at her carefully and could vaguely see her face and the ornaments on her head. Later, the woman's face became clear, as if she could still see her eyes, with resentment and blame in her eyes.
Luo Ziling couldn't help but chill, and turned to find that there was no one else on the entire mountain except him. Several sporadic tourists left at some point. The wind blew, and the trees on the mountain danced with the wind, and many sounds were made. The weather became darker, making people feel creepy.
He was also ready to go down the mountain. Faced with this kind of vision, his ability to bear pressure needs to be very strong, and Luo Ziling felt that he was still a little lacking.
But just as he was about to go down the mountain, the dark clouds in the sky actually dissipated, and the sun shone on the sky and the earth was refreshing, so pure that it made people feel unreal.
As he raised his eyes, Luo Ziling saw the scene that made him frightened again.
In the pure and clear skylight, a woman's face appeared in front of him. This time I saw it slightly clear. It was a young and beautiful little girl wearing ancient ornaments on her head. The smile on the girl's face was a bit playful and proud.
After Luo Ziling rubbed his eyes hard, the strange scene disappeared.
Maybe it’s a mirage landscape that appears under the abnormal sky!
Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures.
Under the sunlight, Luo Ziling felt a ray of light nearby.
Looking at the light, there was a jade-shaped thing in the grass under a steep slope, shining with mysterious light under the sunlight.
Luo Ziling hurriedly ran over and found that it was a piece of jade of very good texture. It seemed to have been artificially carved, and it was transparent and shining with a strange luster.
This piece of jade should have fallen in a deep ditch, and the strong wind just now blew away all the debris covered.
Luo Ziling carefully picked up the jade and found that there were patterns of dragons and phoenixes carved on it, which was very cold to touch, and the temperature inside the body seemed to be pulled away by it.
When he picked up the jade, the originally clear weather was covered with dark clouds, and a loud thunder broke down in Luo Ziling's absence from any defense.
When the thunder came, the jade in Luo Ziling's palm suddenly emitted a ray of lightning, and the shady feeling became heavier, hitting Luo Ziling's heart.
Then another thunder came, and the lightning that struck the air hit the jade in Luo Ziling's hand.
A wide light appeared in front of Luo Ziling's eyes, and followed by several swaying and dancing figures of women, each with a gloomy smile on his face.
Chapter completed!