The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 105: Mountain and Sea View

There were only five or six people in the group. In addition to Bai Zhan, Zhou Tong and others, Zhao Ti also brought Zhu Chuyi.

According to the local annals, they went on horseback to look for it and arrived at a place near Zijin Mountain around noon.

The scenery here is a bit gloomy, with locust trees and willows growing together. The wild grass on the ground is slightly reddish, unlike the dark green in the mountains.

Although more than a hundred years have passed, there are still some ruins left, and the outline of Shanhaiguan can be vaguely seen.

It was supposed to be a huge piece of land, built against the mountain, like a manor.

At this time, we found the location of the temple gate and saw that the gate foundation was still there. The corner of a stone tablet half-buried in the soil vaguely revealed the shape of the Chinese character "山".

Zhao Ti nodded: "This is the place. Mr. Zhu, go and see how the Feng Shui is."

Zhu Chuyi went to observe, and then looked at the high slope for a while, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this place is extraordinary, there should be a dragon vein."

Zhao Ti narrowed his eyes slightly: "Dragon vein?"

Zhu Chuyi didn't know where this was, and the people accompanying him didn't know that this was the ruins of Shanhaiguan.

"It is the dragon vein." Zhu Chuyi hesitated and said, "But according to my subordinates, this dragon vein seems to have been cut off and damaged."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Ti asked.

"This vein comes from the northwest. It was originally a wandering dragon and was located here by a master. But later it was destroyed and cut off for some unknown reason. I guess... it was caused by war." Zhu Chuyi explained carefully.

"Oh?" Zhao Ti was not a big believer in Feng Shui. He brought Zhu Chuyi with him to see if there were any remaining formations. He just mentioned it casually, but now he became interested in it.

He said, "I don't know much about finding and fixing dragons. Since this dragon vein can be fixed, can it be continued if it is cut off?"

Zhu Chuyi shook his head and said, "My king, it's like building a tall building that takes a hundred years to rise, and then collapses in an instant. No one has the ability to continue it. We can only rely on the creation of heaven and earth to nourish and recover little by little. Maybe it will take thousands of years for it to recover, but it will only be a broken dragon, and it will be hard to last long."

Zhao Ti seemed to be thinking about what he said, and after a moment he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, please check if there are any remaining formations here, so as to avoid the danger of going in."

Zhu Chu nodded, then stepped over the two gates. After taking a few steps, he suddenly said, "My lord, it seems someone has been here."

"Has anyone been here?" Zhao Ti stepped forward and saw that the weeds on the ground showed signs of being fallen over, as if they had been trampled.

Zhu Chuyi lowered his head to observe: "The grass is swaying in an orderly manner. It should be the traces of people walking. The stubble is still fresh. It must have happened in the past one or two days."

Zhao Ti looked around. This place couldn't be said to be very remote. Although it was thirty miles away from Jiangning Prefecture and not close to the official road, it was not deep in the mountains but a place on the outskirts of the mountains.

He said, "Find a way and go in and take a look."

Zhu Chuyi said yes, and walked forward alone, until his figure was almost invisible. He made a circle and turned back from one side.

"Your Majesty, there are indeed traces of formations, and there are more than one, and there are also killing formations, but now they are very old and have been destroyed, so they are of no use."

Zhou Tong said, "Brother Zhu, you only looked at the places within your sight, but didn't go through the whole place. Could you have missed something?"

Zhu Chu nodded: "It is possible, but there is nothing wrong outside, you can go in and walk around. If you find anything wrong, I will tell you immediately."

Zhao Ti nodded: "This place was a holy place in Jianghu more than a hundred years ago. It was a huge Taoist temple."

Zhou Tong was surprised and asked, "My lord, could it be Shanhaiguan?" Zhao Ti looked at him and smiled, "Guangzu has thought of it."

After he said that, he asked Zhu Chuyi to lead the way, and then everyone walked in.

This place was gloomy, chilly, and eerie, as if it were a different world.

On top of the withered vines and old trees, three or five crows tilted their heads and glanced at the few people, their eyes strange like ghost stars. In the weeds, a hissing sound was heard, and an unknown creature was crawling by.

Su Da stepped on something, which made a crisp "crack" sound. He kicked it aside and saw that it was a leg bone.

Zhao Ti looked around and found that the traces of the great battle were still there. It was in tatters and many places could be seen to have been burned. Others also showed signs of human destruction.

At this time, half of a hall appeared in front of them. One wall collapsed, and half of the roof was exposed. Weeds grew on it. A small tree grew out of the broken tiles, and two shrikes were standing on the branches, singing ferociously.

"Let's take a look inside." Zhao Ti said.

Zhu Chuyi entered the hall first and only liked one hall. The Tianlong Temple in Dali could not be compared with it at all. Its area was not much smaller than the Great Hall of the Xiangguo Temple in Tokyo.

At the deepest part, there is a huge altar covered with thick black dust. Originally, there were three Taoist statues enshrined there, but two of them had long since fallen down and turned into pieces, and the other one was missing half of its body, making it impossible to tell which deity it belonged to.

"Your Majesty, someone has been here." Zhu Chuyi said softly.

A row of footprints appeared in the dust on the ground. They circled in front of the altar and seemed to go to the back.

Zhao Ti narrowed his eyes. If people from the city came to visit the mountains for an outing, they probably wouldn't walk so far. After all, this place looked gloomy and scary, not a good place. And there was only one person's footprints, so it wasn't an outing. It was rare for one person to go out for an outing, let alone come into the mountains, unless they had a special purpose.

After exiting the main hall from the broken wall at the back, you can see the ruins of several courtyard houses still standing in the distance.

Zhao Ti said: "Follow the direction of the footprints."

Several people responded and began to move forward following the footprints. A quarter of an hour later, they arrived at the door of a dilapidated temple and their footprints entered the temple.

This hall is more complete than the hall in front. The pillars and steps in front of the door are still there, but one of the doors is missing. There are marks of knives and guns on the pillars, and two arrows are stuck in the window frame. The white feathers have long been blown away by wind and rain, and the arrow shafts are bare as if they would break at the slightest blow.

Zhu Chuyi entered the hall first, and after a while he came out and said, "Your Majesty, there is something strange."

Zhao Ti said, "What's so strange?"

Zhu Chuyi said, "There are many tablets enshrined here. It seems to be a temple. Below... there are fresh tributes!"

"Fresh tribute?" Zhao Ti raised his eyebrows. At that time, Gao Taotao said that when Emperor Taizong attacked Shanhai Temple, he did not completely wipe out the entire army. Li Zhengyan, the youngest son of Li Zhongyu, the Crown Prince of Southern Tang, was in the temple and was rescued by a top master at the risk of his life.

As the crown prince, Li Zhongyu was taken to Tokyo with Li Yu after the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Taizu appointed him as the General of the Right Thousand Bull Guard. After Li Yu's death, he was in grief every day and died in August of the fifth year of Chunhua.

At that time, Taizong asked Li Yu and Li Zhongyu who the top master was, but both of them could not clearly state his identity. There were many masters in the temple, all of whom were members of the royal family of Southern Tang, so they could not confirm who it was.

Zhao Ti thought about it and walked into the hall. Sure enough, he saw many tablets placed on the niches inside. These tablets were of different colors. Some looked old, while others seemed to have only been there for a few years.

In front of the shrine there are offerings of fruits and snacks, meat, water, wine, and the ashes of incense and candles, which look no more than one or two days old.

He had a blank expression on his face and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)