Opening the coffin of 104

  Crabs here wish all book friends a Mid-Autumn reunion, and a happy family. May people in the world live long, and relatives from thousands of miles away share the beauty of the full moon together.

  "Alas, as the saying goes, 'the Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country, and the king dies for the altar.' The king who is supported and revered by the people every day, when faced with foreign invaders, does not fight but abandons the city and runs away. What a great reputation! No wonder you can make the fortune of the Great Qin decline so severely. It's better this way, it saves me from having to waste my energy calculating you. You little brat, spend the rest of your days in fear!"

  In the north of Xianyang City, Lin Xu set up an array to gather yin souls on Huangtugang. As he gazed at the endless stream of yin souls drifting from the direction of Xianyang City, he still had time to mock Qin's 85th generation's actions.

  Whether it was the Tie Le people as invaders or the Qin people as victims, they would all be gathered here by this trap-like formation on Huang Tu Gang after their death. It can be said that from the moment this formation started to operate automatically, Lin Xu's work had been completed, and what remained was nothing more than collecting yin souls for the underworld while taking advantage of his power to select some high-quality yin souls to transform into yin soldiers.

  Lin Xu sighed, because the moment before, Qin eighty-five generations abandoned the city and fled to Luoyang, swirling and flying in the sky above Xianyang, presenting a deep purple dragon-shaped heavenly aura, an unusual change appeared.

  That majestic purple dragon, which had been flying and soaring through the air, seemed to have been cut into a thousand pieces by countless sharp blades falling from the sky in the blink of an eye. In just a moment, the powerful and majestic aura of the Son of Heaven, which even Lin Xu would have to fear three parts of, transformed from the original divine and powerful flying dragon into a pitiful appearance with broken scales and claws, its body completely battered. The height at which the dragon's aura was flying also dropped by more than two-thirds. This was what had become of the Son of Heaven's majestic dragon aura - it didn't look like a flying dragon in the sky at all, but rather like a small mudfish that had been left to wither away under the scorching sun.

  It's no wonder that Lin Xu would speak so sarcastically and mock Qin Ba Shi Wu, he really is too incompetent. Even if he had put up some resistance, the resentment from the people wouldn't have been so intense. No matter what you say, it can't change the fact that he brought this upon himself!

  Located between the Guanzhong Plain and the Sanjiang County, the narrow pass of Hangu Pass has been known as "one man guards the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it" since ancient times.

  In the Spring and Autumn Periods and Warring States Period, there was a saying "the hundred-second pass of Qin", describing the strategic importance of Hangu Pass, where 20,000 defenders could resist an enemy force of one million.

  In the Spring and Autumn period, the Central Plains overlord Jin State relied on the natural barrier of Hangu Pass to prevent the fierce Qin State from making any progress. It wasn't until after the division of Jin into Zhao, Wei, and Han that the Qin people also underwent the reforms of Shang Yang, and then used all their strength to seize the land west of the Yellow River and Hangu Pass from the state of Wei, thus embarking on a path to unify the whole country.

  Although the Huns had abandoned their old homes in Guanzhong and Longxi, and even neglected to pay respects to their ancestors' tombs and temples, when Qin's 85th Emperor and his officials rushed to Luoyang, they still ordered the commander of the Hangu Pass to strengthen its defenses.

  The eastern capital of Luoyang is also a heroic city, with the Tiger Pass to the east and the Hangu Pass to the west, bordering the river to the north and leaning against Mount Song to the south. Relying on these strategic passes and natural barriers, neither the Tiele people who had just captured Guanzhong nor the Xiongnu cavalry that were rampaging across the northern plains could do anything about the court of the Qin Empire hiding in Luoyang, and this precarious situation was temporarily stabilized.

  As the emperor fled east to Luoyang, Shun also took the eastern part of Liaodong, west to Longyou, and south to the banks of the Yellow River. The vast and beautiful mountains and rivers stretching for thousands of miles, as well as the billions of people living on it, were all lost to the horse-riding and whip-wielding barbarian tribes.

  As a result, the Great Qin Empire lost one-third of its territory, and the Hexi Corridor was also lost. The Western Regions Protectorate, which was isolated outside, was also lost.

  This earth-shaking change undoubtedly shook the foundation of imperial rule. Before, all the righteous armies that rose up in various places could not last long, because the heroes thought that the court's power was still strong, and engaging in rebellion had no future. This time, the Great Qin Empire was pierced by the Hu cavalry from the south, revealing its true face as a paper tiger. The heroes of the four sides who were unwilling to be lonely began to stir. Local officials even recalled the decline of the royal family and the struggle for hegemony among the vassals in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

  Between continuing to be a local official who listens to others and becoming an independent feudal lord, for many potential careerists, this is not a difficult choice.

  Within ten days, the news of Xianyang's fall spread to all directions. The local governors and inspectors secretly organized their own private armies, planning to take action at any moment. The Great Qin Empire, which seemed to possess half of the rivers and mountains, had actually become a heap of dry hay, waiting for a small spark to set off an unstoppable prairie fire.

  As for becoming king or overlord, Ye Fei didn't have time to consider such things at the moment; his eyes only had one thing in mind: revenge.

  After the remaining small groups of Qin troops in Xianyang were slaughtered, social order was slightly restored. The streets, which had seemed like a ghost town with no one in sight, now only had the charred remains of fires and pools of blood that shocked people.

  At this time, Ye Fei led a group of trusted dead soldiers to Xianyang Palace in a hurry, but unexpectedly, the group was blocked by Tie Le soldiers at the gate of the palace.

  Tie Le Khan Si Jue Duo occupied the imperial palace, monopolizing its treasures and beauties. The Tie Le generals who had entered the city earlier did not dare to slack off and arranged for a team of crack troops to block the chaotic soldiers from rushing into the palace to plunder and destroy.

  Just as he was about to achieve his goal of revenge, Ye Fei's anger suddenly reached its peak. Despite his extremely agitated mood, he realized that he couldn't afford to turn against the Iron Riders, so Lin Xu stopped his subordinates from drawing their swords and said with a cold face:

  "Get out of my way, all of you! The Great Khan has promised me that I will personally behead the Dog Emperor. Do you want to make the Great Khan lose face?"

  It must be said that Ye Fei, this high-ranking guide, indeed has some skills, repeatedly making outstanding contributions. If not for his Qin identity holding him back, these achievements would have been enough to make him a small Khan on the grasslands.

  These TieLe troops sent to guard the palace were mostly from the Khan's personal attendants and had probably heard about some of the Khan's promises to Ye Fei. At this time, seeing Ye Fei openly use the Khan's promise as a pretext for questioning, the guards couldn't help but hesitate. After a round of negotiations, these TieLe people could only nod in agreement to let Ye Fei and his party enter the palace, with the additional condition that they must be accompanied by their own people. As for this clause, Ye Fei didn't care at all, he immediately agreed, and the two groups of people walked towards the inner palace together.

  This time the Tielle people broke into the city too suddenly, and Qin 85 didn't even have time to bury his old father in the imperial mausoleum, but simply placed him temporarily in the palace.

  Now, the reed shed that was used to shelter the coffins from wind and rain has collapsed to the ground at some point, and the painted coffin with red and black patterns is exposed on the square in front of the Daming Palace, being scorched by the sun and washed by the rain.

  Taking a step forward to this massive coffin, Ye Fei Yan smiled and waved his hand, saying:

  "Come on! Immediately split open this old dog's coffin, I want to personally behead him and offer his dog head to the hundred vengeful spirits of my Ye family."

  The Chinese have a long-standing cultural tradition of lavish burials, with an emphasis on treating the dead as if they were still alive. Simply put, this set of rules dictates that the more luxurious one's life is, the same level of material comfort should be maintained after death.

  It's said that with the rich foundation of the Great Qin Empire, handling the emperor's funeral should not be a difficult task. However, due to the influence of last year's massive war reparations and suppression of the righteous army, the financial resources of the Great Qin court are far from what they used to be.

  Although so, the 85th generation of Qin for the purpose of showing filial piety to his father, no matter how tight his finances were, would not allow his old father to go on the road with empty hands. Inside this six-layered coffin from inside to outside, every corner was filled with all kinds of treasures and valuable burial objects. Only in the innermost layer of the inner coffin, the bottom where the body was placed was lined with a total thickness of about three inches, all of which were scattered pearls the size of peas, covered with a Buddhist scripture woven from extremely fine gold threads and peacock feathers.

  Around the corpse of the old emperor, gold, silver, pearls and jade, coral, agate, tortoiseshell and other colorful precious stones made treasures were densely placed, and the golden silk clothes that symbolized the emperor's identity were also indispensable items.

  When the Ye family's dead men wielded dozens of large axes and spent half a day's energy, they finally split open the outermost layer of the coffin made of fragrant wood. At that moment, everyone in the field heard a soft, crisp and pleasant sound, and countless pearls as big as beans and perfectly rounded white jade beads polished to the same size poured out from the broken coffin lid, like a clear spring water gushing out from the mountain cliff.

  At this scene, even Ye Fei, who had been expressionless from start to finish, was startled. Before this, the Great Qin imperial family had never mentioned what kind of luxurious burial objects the emperor would be buried with in order to eliminate the greed of grave robbers.

  At this scene, everyone present couldn't help but breathe hastily, it's really true that money can move people's hearts!

  Just then, a group of rough and boisterous men reeking of alcohol suddenly appeared, their hostility directed straight at Ye Fei.

  It had not been long since the great khan unified the various tribes, and his authority was far from being absolute. His orders were only effective within his line of sight. Therefore, when some tribal leaders of the Tie Le and Gao Che heard that someone had gone to open the coffin, they rushed over, ostensibly to help maintain order, but in reality with the intention of getting a share of the spoils. When they saw the pearls and jade pouring out like a fountain at close range, many people began to stir up trouble, intending to drive away Ye Fei and others and monopolize the rich inheritance for themselves.

  As for these troublemakers' small abacus, Lin Xu's heart was as clear as a mirror, and he only heard him coldly laugh and say:

  "What's all the commotion? I only want Qin Laodog's head, nothing else. Are you trying to stop me from fulfilling my promise to Da Han?"

  It's said that when a bachelor is beaten, he doesn't get a plus one. Since Ye Fei has clearly stated his position in front of everyone and even directly expressed that he won't take a single cent, whoever continues to make a fuss will not only be splitting the money but also intentionally making things difficult for him or trying to undermine the prestige of Da Hansi's degree. This hat is not easy to wear. Suddenly, the entire square became silent, those rough and illiterate Tie Le soldiers saw that their arrogant leaders were all shutting up, they too sensed that something was off and all followed suit in quieting down.