After breakfast, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took Xiaowu and Xiaosi out of the house. Xiaowu was still holding a basket in his mouth.

In the basket is a white-clawed tabby cat that has just become a mother, and her litter of five kittens. This cat is the last litter in the Meow Meow Building. The kittens have just eaten their fill, and now they are with

The mother cat is sleeping in a ball, with a blanket covering the basket.

Three people and one tiger walked to a market in the western suburbs and found a noodle shop based on the address on the note.

The noodle shop was opened by a couple. There was a ten-year-old daughter at home. She took the basket Zhan Zhao handed over and happily took it back to the yard to raise.

The shopkeeper was very clever and made a very elegant cat nest under a tree in the courtyard.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sat and drank a cup of tea. They had never been to Yuxin Mountain, so they just asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Oh...it is said that the ancient tomb of the princess of the previous dynasty was dug up in Yuxin Mountain. Is it true?"

"Princess of the previous dynasty?" Bai Yutang was curious, "Do you know which princess it is?"

Zhile, the shopkeeper, said, "Then I don't know. I just heard two young men chatting about Princess Yanguan while eating noodles at my place."

"Princess Yanguan?" Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi looked at each other holding cups - never heard of it! Which dynasty is it from?

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned, frowned and said to himself, "Isn't it?"

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao and Xiaosizi came to Bai Yutang's side, "Do you know who Princess Yanguan is?"

Master Wu looked at the two big-eyed monsters, one big and one small. After sighing once again how big and round the eyes were, he dipped his finger in some water and wrote two words on the table: "Salt Coffin"

"It's not Princess Yanguan, it's Princess Yancoffin."

Zhan Zhao stared at those two words and frowned, "Salt Coffin... doesn't sound like a very festive name."

The fourth son raised his chin and asked, "What is a salt coffin? Is it a coffin made of salt? Will it not melt?"

"That thing is not very auspicious. I heard my grandpa talk about it before." Bai Yutang said, looking around, especially at the door.

Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi looked at each other, confused... Could it be something that shouldn't be heard?

"Ahem." Fifth Master lowered his voice and said, "My ability to identify antiques still depends on my grandfather. If I rely on the teachings of my master..."

With that said, Fifth Master looked at the door again, and after confirming that Tianzun could not suddenly appear, he said, "That would be bad."

Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi couldn't help laughing. Sure enough, the Fifth Master was still afraid of people, so he had to speak ill of Master quietly.

…

"Ah... sneeze"

On a hillside of Yuxin Mountain in the west of the city, Tianzun suddenly sneezed.

Yin Hou, who was clasping his hands and yawning, glanced at Tianzun.

At this moment, they were sitting on a rock, and the Silver Demon King was sitting beside him, surrounded by a circle of boys and girls from the Imperial Academy. The Silver Demon King was telling them about the origin of Yuxin Mountain, and a group of children could not listen.

That's called immersion, looking at the Demon King like a group of chickens looking at an old hen.

Not far ahead, Gongsun was holding a compass and discussing directions and history with several Hanlin Academy bachelors and Taixue Confucius who were holding drawings.

A group of talented people didn't even think that there would be an ancient tomb here. The feng shui was too bad!

In a ravine at the foot of the hillside, some of Si Tianjian's soldiers were using fences to encircle a large area in front of the cave, and then using ropes to carefully divide the area into many equal-sized grids.

Si Tianjian's soldiers are not like the soldiers in the military camp. Most of them are literati, proficient in astronomy and geography. One or two carry brushes and feather dusters on their backs, and are tanned.

The head of Si Tianjian is Lu Lin, who is in his fifties. He is very knowledgeable and talented. He is also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and is proficient in metal, stone and water conservancy.

Lu Lin was currently at the foot of the hillside, observing several pottery fragments.

Tianzun looked at the clear sky after the snow, and was a little impatient, "Aren't you here to see the coffin?"

Yin Hou was helpless. Just now he and Tianzun wanted to go into the cave to take a look. Unexpectedly, several old masters stopped him and said they should be cautious. The geomantic omen of the dangerous place is not good. Don't disturb the ancients. You can't enter the tomb randomly.

Ah... there are a lot of them.

Yin Hou yawned again, suddenly raised his head and looked around.

Similar to Yin Hou's actions, Tianzun also looked around, seeming to sense some changes.

At this time, the Taixue students sitting together trembled unconsciously.

Anlehou tugged on his collar and asked Bao Yan in a low voice, "Hey, little steamed bun, do you feel so cold suddenly?"

Bao Yanzheng was listening in fascination. When Pang Yu reminded him, he also noticed that at some point, a thin layer of frost had appeared on the ground.

Several Taixue students rubbed their hands and subconsciously turned their faces to look at Tianzun... Is the old man tired of waiting and losing his temper?

However, at this time both Tianzun and Yin Hou were staring at the small woods not far away.

The Silver Demon King stopped talking, and for a moment... the surroundings became silent.

Gongsun and the others, who were concentrating on studying the compass and drawings, also subconsciously raised their heads and looked around.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Lan was a little scared, hugged Lin Yueyi's arm and asked softly.

Yiyi was also a little confused. She looked around and found no danger, so she shook her head and said, "There is no sound."

Lin Xiao, who was listening to the Demon King's lecture with his chin in his hands, seemed to understand something and said to himself, "Yes... why are you so quiet all of a sudden?"

At this time, everything in the small woods seemed to be still, even the sound of the wind had disappeared, it was inexplicably quiet, and the sun disappeared, giving off the suddenly cold and eerie feeling.

Yin Hou glanced at the thin frost on the ground, thoughtfully.

At this time, Lu Lin suddenly put down the pottery fragments in his hands and stood up, waving to his soldiers, "Come back, don't go near the entrance of the cave."

The soldiers immediately ran back. Gongsun was confused and asked Lu Lin in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Lu Lin frowned and looked at the hole opened by the quarry workers, frowned and said, "There's something weird..."

…

"A princess falls in love with a general, but can't they be together?"

In the noodle shop, the fourth child listened to Bai Yutang's story and curiously asked, "Aren't the princess and the general a perfect match? Why can't they be together?"

The fifth master spread his hands, "Because the princess already has a consort..."

Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "This is..."

The fourth son held his face in his hands and said, "Oh, what should we do? Do we want to make peace first?"

Zhan Zhao poked the fourth son, "Do you still know about Heli?"

The fourth boy nodded, "Yeah."

"What happened next?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"The problem is that the general doesn't like this princess at all. He likes another princess, this princess's sister."

The fourth child took a sip of tea and shook his head, "It's so complicated."

"So the princess first poisoned her consort, then her sister, and finally imprisoned the general and fed him poison, turning him into a fool."

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth wide, and the fourth child also puffed up his cheeks, "A princess in this style?"

"Later, the matter was revealed. The emperor sent people to arrest the princess and thoroughly searched her palace. As a result, dozens of such fools were found, and hundreds of corpses were hidden underground. They were all family members of her sweetheart who had been poisoned and stupid.

There were maids and servants whom she disliked, and their killing methods were very cruel. She filled the cellar with salt, and buried all the corpses in the salt, curing them into mummies." The Fifth Master continued, "What happened at that time

People were furious, and many people thought that the emperor should execute the princess. But the emperor had deep feelings for the princess, so he imprisoned her in a tower. The princess screamed and roared in the tower day and night.

, there was no peace in the entire palace, and the emperor woke up from nightmares every night, and a plague began to prevail in the palace, and many people died of the disease..."

"Wait a moment!"

Before the fifth master finished speaking, the fourth son suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao both stared at him.

The fourth son put down his cup, straightened his clothes, tugged on his collar, and put on the hat of his small cloak. Then he climbed onto Zhan Zhao's lap, sat down, grabbed Zhan Zhao's hands and hugged himself...

Zhan Zhao helplessly looked at the little fourth son in his arms. The little guy held his hand with both hands. After feeling safe, he nodded to Bai Yutang, which means - continue!

Bai Yutang raised his head and saw that all the waiters and shopkeepers in the restaurant were sitting at a table nearby. The proprietress hugged his daughter, and the girl hugged the cat. A group of people opened their eyes wide and waited for him to continue talking.

The Fifth Master had no choice but to continue, "One early morning, the eunuchs found the emperor dead on the bed, already a mummy. The floor of the palace was covered with a layer of salt, and the guards and maids all turned into salt and scattered all over the floor.

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"Ah……"

The noodle shop owner and his family gasped, and the cook who came to join in the fun reflected on whether he had put too much salt in his previous cooking...

"Later, an old minister invited an eminent monk. The eminent monk said that the princess had lived in a palace with mummies buried underneath all year round and was possessed by a resentful spirit. Only by killing her could the world be restored to peace." Bai Yutang added.

I poured myself a cup of tea. "The eminent monk led his men to tie up the princess and seal her whole body with clay to make a pillar. The pillar was engraved with spiritual spells to exorcise demons. Then the pillar was immersed in gold and sealed into a golden pillar.

The human pillar was then put into a coffin filled with salt and buried in the royal cemetery. In order to prevent future generations from finding out about this matter, the princess's name and credentials were erased from all history books.

Go, so this princess is called the Salt Coffin Princess."

After Bai Yutang finished speaking, the noodle shop was quiet, and everyone was staring at him.

After a long time, Zhan Zhao picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Maybe this is a lie. Where is the royal cemetery in the western suburbs?"
To be continued...