The young guard was only in his teens. He was crying as he spoke, and he looked pitiful with snot bubbles coming out of his nose. In addition, this child had a young and tender face, with soft and tender skin, which made Ning Shu look disgusting, as if she had bullied him.
Ning Shu hurriedly said, "Don't cry, don't cry. No one said that you did it. Answer me a few questions first. You said that you just finished patrolling in the morning. Then did you find any signs of the bricks loosening? "
The young guard sniffled and said uncertainly, "No, no. The rain was too heavy that day, and I couldn't see the road clearly. When we patrolled, we were mainly looking for thieves who dared to sneak in. We really didn't notice that the bricks were loose. "
"Then a few days before the accident, did you find any thieves or other suspicious people wandering around?"
The young guard shook his head timidly, "No …"
Ning Shu frowned and thought to herself, "That's strange. Before I came here, I went to the Ministry of Works to borrow the books about the Emperor's mausoleum. It recorded that when the mausoleum was built, it took a total of 80,000 workers in 35 years. The Left and Right Assistant Ministers of the Ministry of Works supervised the construction personally. They selected the best craftsmen in the country and used the best bricks and wood. Now it has only been 20 years since the completion of the mausoleum. How could it collapse like this after a few rainstorms? Brother Hui Mo, please go and take a look at the exposed layer of soil where the stone tablet was dug out. Is it new or old? Is there any trace of it being dug out? "
Hui Mo's eyes lit up and he rubbed his palms, "Great! Digging up dirt and digging up corpses is my specialty. I just learned a new way to determine the age of the buried corpse from a book. Hehe, it's a good opportunity to try it."
Ning Shu also stood aside and observed the traces of the collapsed bricks.
Xiao Yunyi went forward in confusion, "Do you think it's man-made?"
Ning Shu didn't even think about it. Her clear eyes stared at the broken parts of the bricks and she knocked them one by one. "Of course, if there are ghosts in this world, then the late Emperor could have reprimanded the person who brought disaster to the country. Why would he use such a roundabout and troublesome trick? If the late Emperor really had the Eye of the Heavens and could sense what would happen after his death and make a prophecy twenty-five years in advance, then the current chaos in the palace wouldn't have happened. "
"But to transport such a large stone tablet into the Imperial Mausoleum without anyone noticing, dig three feet into the ground and bury it, and then make it collapse and expose at the right time, not only do we have to avoid hundreds of pairs of eyes inside and outside the mausoleum, we also have to talk about many traps and mechanisms. If we accidentally touch it, we will be pierced by thousands of arrows. I really don't believe that anyone in Nine Regions has such an ability." Xiao Yunyi furrowed his straight eyebrows, a small knot forming between his eyebrows. He was handsome to begin with, and now that he was deep in thought, the unfathomable shrewdness he had just now disappeared temporarily, showing a trace of pure kindness.
Unfortunately, the person he met was Ning Shu, whose heart was as firm as a rock. She didn't even turn her head and said, "There's always a way. It's just that we haven't thought of it yet. I don't believe in the so-called supernatural forces and gods. The most terrifying thing in the world is not the dead, but the human heart. At the same time, the most omnipotent thing is often the human heart. "
She turned over the bricks one by one, but didn't find any traces of gunpowder. She wasn't discouraged and clapped her hands as she stood up and said, "Where was the blood lotus letter and the child's broken finger found? Take me to see it."
The eunuch leading the way raised his finger and said, "It's over there! Noble ladies, please follow this servant to see it. "
"It was like this that day. After the Imperial Mausoleum collapsed, the Demon Stele appeared. This servant was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. He didn't even dare to touch it and hurriedly reported the news to the palace. His Majesty was furious and immediately sent the one hundred and eight monks of the Xiangguo Temple to the Imperial Mausoleum to expel the evil and seal the Demon Stele. That ceremony was extremely grand. Within three hundred steps of the Demon Stele, magical instruments were placed on every side. The eminent monks used their hands to form seals and set up arrays, chanting the exorcism incantation. The servants all watched from the side, and no one dared to make a sound. That ceremony went from day to night, and then to day again. It went on for an entire day and night. The sky was clear and bright, and the sun was shining brightly. Just as it was about to end, a bright yellow silk appeared in the sky. It was bright red, and it slowly floated towards the execution ground. Seeing this, the abbot of the Xiangguo Temple, Great Master Jue Ming, immediately reached out to grab the silk. After unfolding it, he recognized the blood lotus drawn on it, as well as the eight … treasonous words written in the center of the lotus. This happened right before our eyes. Everyone can testify. "
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