Chapter 370 Moving the Coffin

It was mid-to-late April, and it was a bit muggy at noon.

Li Xiu was led out of the imperial city by a group of officials. He first ate two bowls of mutton noodle soup and six biscuits at a stall in Xingdaofang. He knew that if he went to Zhenzhou, he would die on the way.

No matter how rare it is to have such a full meal, I won't get up until my stomach can't hold anything more.

In the past, he was not used to eating these street foods. He saw Xue Bai eating them a few times, and even taught Xue Bai that as a courtier, he should eat more delicately, but today he felt that they were extremely delicious.

Chen Xilie and others actually sat patiently and watched him eat slowly, with some sympathy in their eyes.

Li Xiu didn't want to be sympathized with by him, so he wiped his mouth and sneered: "The Prime Minister of the Left has been in a high position for nearly ten years because of my grandfather's recommendation. In the end, he relied on Yang Guozhong and killed the Li family. I feel ashamed."

"I'm so ashamed." Chen Xilie stroked his beard and sighed, "But Li Linfu is treasonous and disobeys the government, and I can't do anything about it."

An official next to him added: "That is to say, Li Linfu died early and the big mistake has not yet been made. Otherwise, it would be more than just exile. Just be content."

Li Xiu frowned when he heard this, and when he was about to retort, a government servant kicked him behind him and said, "Leave when you're full."

"Let's go."

They went all the way south, exited Mingde Gate, and rode for more than ten miles.

Li Xiu was greatly puzzled that Chen Xilie was still seeing him off, so he looked at the plain ahead, feeling uneasy in his heart.

As they moved forward, the uneasy thing in his heart finally happened - they reached the plateau.

Li Xiu paused and was pushed forward. Behind him was an unfinished stone carving. The carving was of a foreign chief, mighty and fierce, guarding the place.

Not far ahead is the tomb of Li Linfu. He brought a large number of Hu people to the border town, so he used the statue of the Fanbang chief as the ceremonial guard of the tomb.

"That's where the Ziwu Road should be!" Li Xiu raised his finger and pointed to the official road to the east, reminding him loudly.

Chen Xilie stopped, turned around, and glanced at him. Countless contents were hidden in these old eyes, telling him in an instant. Li Xiu stiffened, and finally understood the reason for the compassion, and his fingers were numb with fear.

, trembling uncontrollably.

"No." He murmured.

"Let's go see your grandpa." Chen Xilie replied slowly.

After that, the left prime minister stepped forward, facing the wind in the countryside, and walked to the entrance of the underground palace, where he stood between a stone tiger and a stone sheep.

The entire plateau is actually Li Linfu's mausoleum, and the underground palace is inside the plateau.

When Chen Xilie came last time, the three sticks of incense strings that he inserted by himself were still stuck on the ground in front of him. The incense was broken, so it was not burned to the end.

He stood there and watched for a while, then quietly raised his foot, stepped on the end of the incense string, and gave an order.

"Dig it up."

The accompanying government servants and entourage pulled a donkey cart and took out shovels from it.

"don't want!"

Li Xiu yelled and struggled, trying to stop him, but he was held down tightly. He could only stare wide-eyed and keep shouting.

He had seen this scene many times. In the past ten years, the Youxiang Mansion had caused countless major cases, and the families of the officials who had been executed and exiled would also make such angry and powerless shouts every time.

"Stop digging! Please stop digging! The deceased is the greatest, don't do this to him...Really don't do this to him..."

Chen Xilie walked up to Li Xiu, stretched out his hand, held his face, and said: "Shiro, you have thought of this day for a long time, haven't you? One drink and one peck, could it be a predetermined decision? This is what you deserve."

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Li Xiu burst into tears and touched Chen Xilie's hands. His lips were trembling, and he was helpless in the face of the powerful fate.

"You are a filial son." Chen Xilie wiped his hands, pointed to the thin coffin they brought, and said, "Today, bury your grandfather properly."

There was a "ding" sound from the shovel hitting the stone in front, and someone shouted: "We dug it!"

Everyone changed their tools, dug up the soil on the stone door, pushed it open, took a breath, and went down the stone steps. They saw extremely bright murals on both sides, depicting Li Linfu's life achievements.

In the painting at the front, an immortal is caressing the head of a young man with knotted hair, trying to lead him to immortality. In the second painting, the young man's eyes are looking towards the imperial city of Chang'an, showing that he cares about the world.

common people.

Go to the end and push open the second erected stone door. In front of you is a huge stone coffin.

To the left and right of the stone coffin are statues of warriors holding swords given by the saints. In front of the stone coffin, a stone turtle carries a Taoist stele.

"Zhongshu ordered the Duke of Jin State of Shangzhu State to present the Taiwei Li Gong, the Grand Governor of Yangzhou, with the Shinto inscription of Linfu."

Only when the light of the torch reached the stone monument, someone shouted: "Smash it!"

"Bang!"

The sledgehammer hit it, smashing the stone tablet into pieces.

The stones fell into pieces in the crypt, knocking down many of the surrounding burial objects. Following the loud noise, Li Xiu's legs softened and he fell to the ground. He watched helplessly as these people finished smashing the stone tablets and walked towards

Stone coffin.

"No, really don't..."

His begging was in vain, and soon there was another loud noise, and the stone slab above the stone coffin was pried open.

"One! Two! Get up!"

Everyone worked together, their spirits were high, and with a push, the stone coffin opened with a bang. There was also a wooden coffin inside, which was the secret weapon of the West Garden given by the saint.

"Demolished."

The two statues of warriors holding swords still stood silently, not guarding the owner of the tomb. They allowed them to open the coffin.

A stench hit their nostrils, and the smell of rotting corpses made them vomit.

Li Linfu's skin was completely rotten, but his flesh and blood were not completely rotten and were still adhering to his bones, which was extremely terrifying.

He held a luminous pearl in his mouth, held an elephant wat in his hand, and his purple and gold court clothes were wrapped in rotten flesh, but they were still bright and shiny.

"vomit!"

Li Xiu just wanted to struggle and get up, but couldn't hold it back and vomited out.

The two bowls of mutton noodle soup and six biscuits that he stuffed into his stomach were all sprinkled in front of his grandfather's body. A sour odor mixed with the body odor made his nose runny and tears flowing.

An old official opened his handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, stepped forward, leaned over and picked up the luminous pearl.

"Don't touch my grandpa!"

Li Xiu finally burst out with amazing strength, broke away from the person behind him, rushed forward, pushed the old official away, and protected the coffin with his body.

However, when his eyes fell on his grandpa, his stomach immediately felt joyful again. This time, there was nothing to vomit. Only the sour water made his stomach twitch, making him miserable.

"Get away! It's time for you to collect the corpse!"

Someone picked up Li Xiu, slapped him in the face, and pushed him to the ground.

The old official stood up holding the luminous pearl, put the luminous pearl into the box, picked up the elephant wat, and said: "Come two people and peel off the court clothes."

Li Xiu was unable to resist. She lay there foaming at the mouth and murmured: "Don't... don't..."

Suddenly, someone outside the crypt shouted loudly.

"who?!"

Chen Xilie seemed to have a premonition, turned around, and squinted at the brightly lit entrance.

After a while, a figure appeared in the light and walked down.

"Xue Lang? You're still here, but can you still reverse the case?"

Xue Bai shook his head and said: "One drink and one peck. Could it be that I have made a decision beforehand? It is true that the case cannot be overturned."

Chen Xilie smiled slightly and sighed: "Xue Lang and I have the same view. Li Linfu is solely responsible for it. No one can get involved in this case, right?"

Xue Bai took two steps forward, got closer, and said in a low voice: "Just withdraw the posthumous gift, and you won't take off the crown uniform, right? I brought a set, and the left minister can use it to make a report. I guess no one will check it carefully."

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"Why bother?"

"It is important for a person to die, so leave him some dignity."

Chen Xilie shook his head and said: "I'm asking, why does Xue Lang need to leave him such dignity?"

"A few days ago, I beat Yang Qixuan, but he still dares not come to the office." Xue Bai said, "The reason is that Yang Qixuan dared to compete with me for a woman."

"Have you forgotten how Li Linfu treated you when he was alive?"

"But I also remember how the Seventeenth Mother treated me."

Chen Xilie stroked his beard endlessly, his eyes flickered and hesitated.

Xue Bai added: "When I act, my kindness must be repaid and my debt must be repaid. Li Linfu has grudges with me, but he is also kind to me. Today I just want to save his last dignity, please forgive me. What's more, we have all had conflicts with Li Linfu

As an official in the same dynasty, how do you know that his today is not our tomorrow?"

Chen Xilie is a very cautious person who is often easily worried. Today when I opened the coffin and took off my clothes, I really felt like a rabbit had died and a fox had died.

Who knows that one day in the future Li Linfu's fate will not fall on him?

This is a small thing, but it is the last dignity for the Li family.
To be continued...