Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 795 The Secret of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor

In the evening, everyone came to a ruined temple to rest.

Lu Jitong lit a bonfire, hunted some wild game, and roasted it on the fire.

"Cang Hai, so where is this going?" Di Qing asked while warming herself by the fire.

"Yes, sir, where is this elixir of life hidden? Are we just looking for it aimlessly?" Li Yu said, wrapping the ermine cloak around his body.

Li Canghai took out the map found among the three artifacts from his bosom, and said, "If I guess correctly, the elixir of life is probably stored in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. As long as we find Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, it is possible Find the elixir of life."

"For thousands of years, I don't know how many people have gone to look for the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, but no one knows where it is. Does Mr. know the location of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor?" Li Yu asked in surprise.

Li Canghai nodded, pointed to the map and said, "This map has hinted that the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located on Mount Li surrounded by the Wei River. And the dragon head on this map should be the entrance of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor."

"However, Mount Li is so big, with just a few of us, where should we find it?" Li Yu scratched his head and said.

Li Canghai rubbed his brows, and said: "The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is extremely hidden, and it is indeed difficult to find it. But we have this map in our hands, at least we will not search blindly. The Holy Majesty gave me a month to find the elixir of life. It was delayed for five days, and I can't delay any longer. Before I came, I went to the Ministry of Industry to check the county annals of various places, and I can roughly infer the location of the imperial mausoleum, which should be at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain. But is it as I guessed, I still need to go to the field to have a look. It’s getting late today, everyone should rest early after eating, I’m afraid we’ll be running all the way again tomorrow.”

The other three nodded, and after eating some wild game, they put on their clothes and went to sleep.

Leaning on the altar, Li Canghai carefully recalled all the news about Emperor Qin's Mausoleum in his previous life.

In the previous life, Qinhuang's Mausoleum had already been found.

But Li Canghai never went to see it, only heard some related news.

As far as he knew, the location of Emperor Qin's Mausoleum was at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, but he didn't know exactly where it was.

What's more, there is a span of nearly a thousand years between the past life and the present life, and the geographical environment will inevitably change.

Even if he found the imperial tomb, after entering the imperial tomb, whether he would be able to come out alive was something he was worried about.

Thinking about it, Li Canghai gradually fell into a deep sleep.

After dawn, several people packed their bags and continued on the road.

This time, it took them three days to finally arrive at the village at the foot of the northern foot of Lishan Mountain.

Li Canghai led the horse and took a few people to the village to spend the night.

The village is not big, and most of the houses have been emptied.

Several people walked through several houses before finding a house with bright lights.

Li Canghai knocked on the door, and after a while, an old voice came.

"Who is it? It's so late, and you still knock on the door, telling the old man to sleep!"

With a burst of complaints, the dilapidated wooden door creaked open.

An old man over half a century old walked out with a cane.

"Who are you?" The old man looked at several people and asked.

Li Canghai clasped his fists and said, "Old man, we are merchants. It has been snowing heavily recently, and we lost our way, so we came here without knowing it. It's getting late now, and I want to stay at the old man's house for a night." , I don’t know if my husband would like it?”

"Oh, lost your way? If that's the case, then come in." Saying that, the old man opened the door.

Several people tied the horses in the courtyard and followed the old man to the house.

"You should be hungry too, you guys are waiting here, the old man still has some steamed buns at home, I'll get them to satisfy your hunger." The old man said.

"Old man, you are welcome. I will bring my own dry food, so I don't need to bother you." Li Canghai said.

Lu Jitong took out some sesame seed cakes and dried meat from the package, put them on the table, and took out a jug of wine.

Seeing the old man staring at the food on the table, Li Canghai kept swallowing his saliva, and said, "I guess the old man didn't eat, right? Why don't we eat together!"

"No...no need, the old man has already eaten..." The old man waved his hands repeatedly.

Li Canghai smiled and said, "Old man, don't be too polite. Please hurry up!"

Seeing that Li Canghai was so sincere, the old man hesitated for a moment, then sat down.

Seeing this, Di Qing hurriedly picked up a piece of sesame seed cake and handed it to the old man.

"Thank you, miss, thank you, miss!" The old man tremblingly took the biscuits, held them in his hand and ate them carefully.

"Old man, just eat." Li Canghai said gently.

The old man looked at the biscuits in his hand, and suddenly two lines of hot tears rolled out of his eyes.

Di Qing panicked when she saw this, and quickly asked, "Old man, why are you crying? Is this sesame seed cake not tasty?"

The old man shook his head vigorously and said: "What is the girl saying, this sesame seed cake is the most delicious food the old man has ever had..."

"Then why are you crying?" Di Qing asked.

"Old man... the old man hasn't eaten noodles for a long time, and he lost his composure for a while. I hope the guest officials will forgive me." The old man wiped away his tears and said.

"Haven't eaten pasta for a long time? Then what do you eat?" Li Yu asked puzzled.

Li Canghai stood up, walked to the stove beside him, picked up a porcelain bowl on the stove, sighed, walked back, and put the porcelain bowl in front of Li Yu.

Li Yu looked down and saw a few pieces of yellowed wild vegetable cakes in the porcelain bowl, and was stunned for a moment.

"This... is this food edible?" Li Yu asked in disbelief.

Li Canghai looked solemn, and sighed: "The wine and meat of the Zhumen smell bad, and the road is frozen to death. This statement is not false at all. These few pieces of wild vegetable cakes are my father's rations for a few days, right?"

"Old man, you can eat all these things! If it's not enough, I'll ask someone to buy it." Li Yu stared at those wild vegetable cakes, and suddenly his eyes turned red.

"This... this can't be done! The old man has already received a great gift by eating this piece of sesame seed cake, how dare the old man ask for anything more?" The old man said hastily.

Li Canghai sighed, and said, "Don't be too polite, old man. These are not delicacies. They should be used as my accommodation expenses."

Hearing the words, the old man hurriedly knelt down in front of several people, and kowtowed non-stop: "The old man really met a living Bodhisattva today! The old man kowtowed to several Bodhisattvas!"

Di Qing and Li Yu hurried forward to help the old man up.

"I don't know what to call the old man?" Li Canghai asked.

"The old man's surname is Zhang, so you can call me old man Zhang."

Li Canghai smiled and said, "Presumably your village is called Zhangjia Village?"

While eating sesame seed cakes, old man Zhang replied, "Master, you are wrong, this village is called Shouling Village."

"Shouling Village?" Li Canghai and Li Yu looked at each other.

Li Canghai said calmly, "Before entering the village, I have never seen any tombs nearby. Why is it called Shouling Village?"

The old man Zhang sighed, and said, "Young Master, I don't know. Our village has lasted for thousands of years, and our only mission is to protect the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang."

(End of this chapter)