It was not until dusk that the team finally arrived at the imperial tomb. At this time, it was obvious that the physical gap between these ministers had arrived. The old and weak had already staggered and panted. If there were no one around to support him, they would have fallen head-on.

Even those young and strong people look slow at this time, especially when they go up the mountain, they have to be careful. Maybe they are weak and they will roll down the mountain.

However, the new emperor, who is the most valuable, is walking on flat ground all the way. Not only does it not require anyone to support him, but he can even take care of Wang Han beside him. After all, in terms of skills and physical strength, there are really few people in the officials in the court who can compare with him.

Of course, Li Ling had his own interests. After experiencing so many years of storms and running around the northern border many times, this path was no longer a problem for him, so he could also steadily be at the forefront of the team and help Wen Ming and Wei Liang from time to time. The ministers followed him up the mountain and could no longer maintain the same queue as when they left the palace. Naturally, the people who were close friends were working together.

"Wen Zhong is different from me scholars. If it weren't for you, we would be fooled by others." After Wei Liang was supported by him again, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

"The teacher is so serious, I'm just younger." Li Ling said modestly and pressed Wen Ming beside him so that he could cross the high stairs.

"By the way, Wen Zhong, there is something I've always been curious about. How did you come back?" Wen Ming asked in a low voice when he saw that no one else was coming to this side. And his question was exactly what Wei Liang was concerned about: "Yes, what's going on? When I found you before, I couldn't believe it anymore and didn't have the chance to ask."

Li Ling looked at Sun Bi who was crying with the spirit in front of him again. Knowing that the team was about to stop for a while, he simply lowered his voice and explained: "This time is indeed very dangerous. If it weren't for luck, we would have really lost to the hands of those assassins."

Speaking of this, he remembered again when he was approaching Luoyang, but he felt that the crisis was getting closer-

After experiencing that strange assassination, Li Ling kept a knot in his heart, always feeling that there was something wrong, and that he had ignored it. It was not until he was about to come to Xiyou Town that he finally had a strange guess: "The purpose of that arrow is probably not to hurt Your Majesty, but to confirm one thing, that is, where we are."

"What do you mean?" Sun Bi was also excited when he heard this and asked hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, what will the guards beside us react after that arrow? They ran around our car as fast as possible, laying down layers of defense to deal with the enemy's next assassination. But in fact, this is just a feint attack, a move to strike the mountain and shake the tiger and the snake, to confirm that we are indeed in the team and where we are, that is, this carriage."

Sun Bi, who is quite skilled in military tactics, also understood at this time: "So this time the cold arrow is just to find out where we are, and their real killer move is still behind?"

"And it's very likely right in front of you. After all, as long as they pass the Xiyou Town ahead, they will have no chance."

"Then what arrangements will they make?" "It's hard to say, but I feel it's necessary to change one thing. Since they confirmed that we are in this car, they will definitely put all the attack points on this car. We can't stay here anymore, but should switch to other cars."

After thinking about this, Sun Bi agreed. Although this car is stronger and more defensive than other carriages, it has indeed become the biggest flaw when targeted. Therefore, changing the car is the wisest choice.

"So, did you change the car before entering the town?" Wei Liang said, and suddenly came to understand, "I said I followed the previous clues to Lijiagou but found you. It turned out that the frightened carriage that suddenly rushed out of the town was you... Did you arrange this on purpose?"

"We did change the carriage before entering the town and moved to the front of the team. It is precisely because of this that we were spared when the stone bridge suddenly exploded. But those guards and many brothers from Youyun Village, but because of this..." Li Ling sighed sadly.

Even though several days had passed, he still remembered it fresh. The sudden explosion made his ears lose hearing, and the man hit the wall of the carriage because of the sudden rushing forward of the carriage. If Sun Bi hadn't reacted quickly enough at that time and took the rescue, Li Ling would have to throw it out of the carriage directly. It would be hard to say what the consequences would be.

But the carriage was not because they deliberately rushed out of the town, but because the two horses were so frightened that they completely lost control and ran forward on their own, so they led everyone out of Xiyou Town. The guards also maintained a certain degree of calmness in the face of heavy casualties, followed closely, and continued to protect the carriage forward.

"As a result, we ran to Lijiagou several miles away. At that time, even Gu Fei and others were affected by the explosion and were seriously injured. Moreover, we didn't even know if we were found in our whereabouts, and we didn't know if there were similar assassinations on the road ahead, so we could only hide in that village temporarily..." Li Ling said at the end.

In fact, when that happened, everyone was scared. Even Sun Bi had never experienced such a tragic scene. She was still shocked, but she didn't know what to do. So she thought of hiding it first and waiting for two days before sending someone to the capital to convey the message.

As a result, before they had time to send people, Wei Liang had already brought people to come. Then the two sides met and decided to take Sun Bi and Li Ling back to Beijing secretly. This was the reason why King Yong sent a lot of people to intercept and search at Luoyang City Gate but failed to intercept Sun Bi. Who would have thought that the two followers who were ordered to go out and rushed back to attend the ceremony were the ones that King Yong wanted to take?

The last moment of inspiration, coupled with a little luck, finally led to Sun Bi's turnaround. If Sun Lin really knew that this was the case, he would probably be even more angry and his condition would have been even worse.

However, even so, King Yong still came to the imperial tomb. Sun Bi issued an order to bring him over. Although he was talking about fulfilling filial piety as a son, in the eyes of many people, this was clearly the new emperor who was establishing authority on the ministers, especially for those former King Yong Party members, seeing his master's appearance in this way, it would be a big blow to them.

Of course, Li Ling and the others would not care too much about this, and they even wanted Sun Lin to suffer more. After listening to his story, the two of them felt a little more emotion and said that His Majesty is the destiny of heaven, and after all, it is not something that the mere calculations of those villains can harm.

The three of them talked for a while and it was almost dark before they could hear the order from above, asking the ministers above the fourth rank to go to the imperial tomb, while the others were offering sacrifices on the spot, but finally came to the last step to send the coffin of the late emperor into the tomb.

Li Ling and the others did not dare to be negligent, so they quickly went up and soon met with a group of high-ranking officials. Seeing Sun Bi personally helping the spirits, sending them all the way into the deep palace road, with sorrow and joy rising on both sides. The palace eunuchs and ministers at all levels also knelt down one after another, crying mournfully. Even Li Ling also shed a few tears in the middle.

Compared to those officials who looked sad and crying, Li Ling might be the one who was truly the saddest. Seeing the vermilion coffin completely disappear, he knew that the life of the selfish king who would inevitably leave many controversies and even infamous in later generations had come to an end. It can be completely concluded.

How will we evaluate such a selfish but capable king in the future history books? Is it a mixed merit or a traitor? Li Ling didn't know, so he could only sigh with a sigh. Sun Yong's era finally ended. Next, it was Sun Bi's era. What will he do to make the world correct and make the world live a better life?

Next were many sacrifices and red tape. Li Ling, who was among the ministers, also copied the movements like a puppet. He also got up when others got up, and he also knelt when others got up. Several Hanlin and Rite officials came out one after another and read the sacrificial texts to the late emperor in public.

This kind of sacrificial text with beautiful words and empty words is like chanting scriptures in Li Ling's ears, and there is no word at all.

It was not until the emperor led his ministers to kneel and kowtow to the sealed tomb three times and cry for a while that today's funeral ceremony came to an end. However, Sun Bi did not rush down the mountain and proposed that he would accompany him in front of the imperial tomb and would return to the city three days later. As for the officials in the court, he could consider whether to accompany him.

In this regard, many ministers naturally hoped to take this opportunity to please the emperor and the new emperor. However, there are too many things to be dealt with in the court now. Whether it is the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall or the officials of the six ministries, they all have their responsibilities and cannot stay here forever. Therefore, after some discussion, only a few people were left to accompany the emperor, while others returned at night.

Among these people who were left behind, naturally included Li Ling, the first important minister in front of Emperor and his brothers.

The emperor stayed here temporarily, of course it was impossible for him to stay in the barren mountains. There were also palaces in this area of ​​Dayue Royal Tomb, which was where the emperors lived when they came here to worship their ancestors. At present, they also went straight to the palace there, and Li Ling was also assigned to a relatively spacious courtyard, with servants serving him.
Chapter completed!