Capital Datang

Early this morning, Li Yin and Wen Xin got into the carriage, and at the same time took their sons and daughters Li Mian and You Lan. Broad streets come to the western suburbs of Chang'an City.

Chang'an City in the 28th year of Zhenguan is already very different from Chang'an City more than ten years ago. The most significant change is that the boundaries of Chang'an City have become blurred. The previous Chang'an City was bounded by city walls. It is a big and square city, but with the development of these years, a large number of factories have been opened in Chang'an City. These factories generally need to occupy a considerable area. The land in the city is simply not enough, so more and more factories have moved outside the city. Slices of industrial areas are formed one after another.

It is precisely because of the existence of these industrial areas that the scope of Chang'an City is no longer limited within the city walls, and some areas outside the city walls have spontaneously formed some residential areas or commercial areas, coupled with those prosperous industrial areas, so A new city appeared outside Chang'an City, and these places were collectively called Chang'an Xinfang by the people of Chang'an.

The western suburbs of Chang’an were no exception. When Li Min’s carriage left the Yanping Gate, he found that there was not much difference between the inside and outside of the city wall. It was also a wide street with many shops on both sides of the street and dense pedestrians. Because construction is not allowed within a few hundred meters, a section of open space is left, and densely packed houses are built in other places.

Listening to the lively sounds outside, Wen Xin was sitting with his mother, Mrs. Zhou, talking in a low voice. Among them, Li Mian and You Lan nestled in Mrs. Zhou's arms, sweetly calling out "grandmother" from time to time, causing trouble. Mrs. Zhou kept screaming 'heart, baby', her face was full of doting. [

More than ten years have passed, and Mrs. Zhou is no longer the glamorous mature woman she was back then, and there are many wrinkles on her face now.Her hair is also black and white. Although she can still vaguely see her youthful demeanor from her eyebrows, after all, time is not forgiving. Mrs. Zhou's current appearance is more like an old woman in her twilight years.

"Mother, my husband wants to move the tomb for my father, but my daughter dare not make the decision, so I want to ask your opinion?" Wen Xin asked at this time, regarding the matter of moving the tomb.She couldn't make up her mind, so she wanted to ask her mother what she thought?

Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Yin with a smile after hearing this, and then said: "Liu Lang is bothering you. Regarding the matter of moving the tomb, even if it is Wen Xin, you don't talk about it today. I have to take the initiative to bring it up. Your father's tomb is also the same." The time has moved."

Hearing Mrs. Zhou's words, both Wen Xin and Li Min were puzzled. They didn't understand why she said it was time to move Xiao Xian's tomb?

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Mrs. Zhou did not rush to explain, but said again: "This matter is a bit complicated to explain, wait until you get there. You will understand!"

Hearing what Mrs. Zhou said, Li Yin and Wen Xin didn't dare to ask any more, and Mrs. Zhou also put all her body and mind on the grandson and granddaughter in her arms, talking to them non-stop.He also asked about Li Mian and You Lan's living conditions in Taiwan, and Mrs. Zhou was very satisfied with the two children's answers.

At the beginning Xiao Xian was executed by Li Yuan, his body was collected by Xiao Yu, and then buried in a cemetery in the western suburbs of Chang'an.Xiao Yu didn't dare to bury him generously because he was concerned about the court's reaction.Just simply built an ordinary tomb.

But later, after Li Yin knew Wen Xin's life experience, he thought of his old father-in-law whom he had never met.He first greeted Li Shimin, and then in the name of Xiao Yu, he took out a considerable amount of money to rebuild Xiao Mian's tomb, and everything was built according to the specifications of the emperor's tomb, which caused a lot of trouble Helping the courtiers to impeach Xiao Yu, saying that he was plotting wrongdoing, but fortunately Li Shimin was on top of him, so no big trouble happened.

Li Min's carriage passed through Xinfang outside Yanping Gate, and soon came to a hill in the west suburb of Chang'an, where Xiao Xian's mausoleum was located.Originally, this hill had no name, but later because Xiao Xian was buried here, it was called Lianghuang Mountain. It is worth mentioning that five or six miles to the west of Lianghuang Mountain are the Datang Military Academy and Datang Medical College. location.

But when Li Yin's carriage arrived at Lianghuang Mountain, he and Wen Xin were stunned.When they returned to Chang'an from Dengzhou, they had come to pay homage to Xiao Xian, and they remembered the environment of Lianghuang Mountain quite clearly, but what they never expected was that when they came back more than ten years later, Lianghuang Mountain had already been destroyed. It's not the desolate hill it was before.

I saw a small town appearing at the foot of Lianghuang Mountain. There was a lot of traffic on the edge of the town, and people shouted and neighed one after another. Although Li Yin and his carriage were still some distance away from the town, they also felt that this emerging city Lively scene of the town.

Seeing the bustling town in front of them, Li Yin and Wen Xin looked at each other and smiled wryly.The cemetery is the resting place of the dead. Xiao Xian's tomb is halfway up Lianghuang Mountain, not far from the foot of the mountain. Now that such a bustling town appears at the foot of the mountain, it will obviously disturb the peace of the cemetery. No wonder Mrs. Zhou would Think of moving the tomb.

When Li Yin was staring at the town in front of him in a daze, he heard Mrs. Zhou in the car say: "This small town developed slowly after you went to Taiwan, because it is very close to the military academy and the medical school. , During the holidays, the students from the two schools will come out for activities, plus the daily needs of the two academies, so this small town has slowly developed into a demon king."

When Mrs. Zhou said this, she glanced at Li Yin meaningfully.Whether it is the military academy or the medical school, they both have a deep relationship with Li Yin. When the site selection and construction of the two academies were first selected, Li Yin single-handedly arranged it. Therefore, in a sense, it was Li Yin who directly led to Xiao Mi's death. There is no peace in the cemetery.

Li Yin also understood the meaning conveyed by Mrs. Zhou's eyes, and couldn't help showing a bit of a wry smile on his face. How could he have imagined that the military academy and the medical school would actually drive the development of a town, and this town happened to be located in his father-in-law's The cemetery is not far away.

Bingxue's clever Wenxin also understood the meaning of her mother's eyes at this time, but she did not blame Li Yin, but smiled and held her husband's hand, and then helped him out: "Mom, let's go up the mountain quickly, and pay homage to Li Yin." After passing father, discuss how to move father's tomb?"

Mrs. Zhou is also a clear-cut person, and she nodded with a smile when she heard the words. Li Yin ordered the motorcade to pass through the town and stopped at the foot of the mountain. Then Li Yin and Wen Xin supported Mrs. Zhou. Little, holding on to Mrs. Zhou's clothes tightly, Li Mian followed behind Li Min, and some maids followed behind with incense candles and other sacrificial items.

"Father, isn't my grandfather the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty? And I saw him two days ago, why do I have to come to worship my grandfather today?" Li Mian and You Lan were relatively young before, so Wen Xin didn't He told his two children about his life experience, and it was not until he got into the carriage today that Li Mian heard some information from the conversation between his father and grandmother.

Regarding his son's question, Li Min and Wen Xin looked at each other, and then he reached out and touched the top of Li Mian's head and said, "Mian'er, you are not young anymore, it's time to let you know something, actually Your mother's life experience is not as simple as it seems..."[

As Li Yin said, he told the story of Li Mian's grandfather Xiao Mian. In addition, in order to protect Wen Xin, Mrs. Zhou had to hide her life experience and entered the Song Guogong's mansion to live. In order not to attract attention, she even pretended to be Xiao Cuo's He also told his son everything about the concubine, but Li Mian was stunned. He really didn't expect that his mother's life experience was so bizarre. In addition, he finally understood why Lu Hong, Lu Qing brothers, and Tiger Hu Both General Li and General Zhou Long were very friendly to him. It turned out that they were both his grandfather's old troops.

Compared to Li Mian's shock, the young You Lan only understood one thing, that is, the grandfather who was an official in the Tang Dynasty was not her real grandfather, and her grandfather passed away many years ago.But in her young heart, she still felt that the living grandfather was more kind. When the grandfather saw her last time, she gave her many gifts.

The Li family climbed up the steps to the hillside of Lianghuang Mountain. This is a large open space. A large-scale mausoleum stands here. The scale of the mausoleum is larger, and there are special mausoleum guards outside the mausoleum, who are responsible for cleaning and tidying up the mausoleum, but standing in front of Xiao Xian's mausoleum, you can still hear the noise of the town below the mountain.

Seeing her father's mausoleum in front of her, Wen Xin burst into tears. She hadn't come back with Li for more than ten years, and every time it came to Xiao Mian's memorial day, she could only offer sacrifices to the memorial tablet. She couldn't personally visit her father's tomb, so She was also very guilty in her heart. Now that her father's tomb was right in front of her eyes, she couldn't control her feelings immediately.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhou looked very calm, looking at her husband's tomb, but only sighed softly.As far as Li knew, since Wen Xin left Chang'an with her, Mrs. Zhou had to come here almost every month. After all, without her daughter's company, she had some things in her heart that she could only tell her deceased husband.

Mrs. Zhou and Wen Xin walked in front, Li walked behind holding the hands of the two children, and then the five of them slowly entered the cemetery, but when they walked along the straight path to Xiao Xian's tombstone, The few people were all stunned. They saw some sacrificial offerings placed in front of Xiao Mian's tomb, and besides there were unburned incense sticks and paper money. Moreover, the fruits and other items in the offerings were still very fresh, and they would certainly not exceed For three days, in other words, in the past few days, someone has come to worship Xiao Mian.

"Grandmother, look, there are a lot of flowers over there!" At this moment, Youlan suddenly pointed and shouted not far away.