Yan Zhenqing looked at the entrance of the town. Many disgraced civilians came in and out, and his brows immediately furrowed.
I didn’t expect that Du Hongjian would go so far in order to forge auspiciousness!
It is really crazy to conscript so many civilians!
Yan Zhenqing followed Du Hongjian and strode into the town.
Li Mi sighed and could only follow the two of them into the town.
When the group arrived at the excavation site, Yan Zhenqing saw the huge crane from a distance. His brows became more and more frowned. What on earth was Du Hongjian doing?
With such a large scale and such a large battle, it is difficult to defeat him. Is he really digging up dragon carcasses?
Yan Zhenqing thought, as the crowd in front gradually moved away, he finally saw the huge Diplodocus skeleton fossil.
What's this!
Yan Zhenqing was completely stunned!
With a body more than twenty meters long and a huge skeleton ten meters high, Yan Zhenqing's first reaction was shock!
There are such huge creatures in this world!
Is it really a dragon?
It’s no wonder that Yan Zhenqing suspected that this thing seemed different from the dragon recorded in ancient books, right?
But when I saw the fossil skull and the slender dinosaur body, it seemed like this thing was really a dragon.
Yan Zhenqing looked back at Li Mi, who looked even more shocked than him.
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It’s really a dragon skeleton!
Li Mi thought about countless possibilities along the way, but he never thought of the possibility of actually digging up the dragon's bones.
Du Hongjian really dug up the dragon carcass!
Li Mi walked towards the dinosaur fossils and heard a soldier yelling.
"Do you know the safety regulations? Wear a helmet!"
Immediately, a subordinate handed over a woven rattan hat, and Li Mi walked towards the dinosaur fossils.
The entire fossil is actually supported by several huge logs.
The bones are connected with wires and hooks.
Li Mi looked at the tightly connected tail vertebrae, and then touched the fossil with his hands. These were really petrified bones.
Then he looked up at the vertebrae, which were interconnected and finally formed the back ridge of the entire "giant dragon".
Li Mi looked at this huge dragon skeleton, it was really a dragon skeleton!
Only a giant dragon can have such a huge body, and the auspiciousness of Du Hongjian's dragon skeleton is actually real!
God bless the Tang Dynasty!
Compared with Li Mi who practiced cultivation, Yan Zhenqing was a traditional Confucian scholar-official.
He and Li Mi also checked the keel fossil and confirmed that it was indeed a petrified skeleton.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Zhenqing said to Du Hongjian:
"After Du Liu, who was in charge of digging up this dragon carcass?"
Du Hongjian immediately said: "This is Zhang Tianlun, the Kanyu master under King Jianning of Longyou."
Sure enough, it was King Jianning. Yan Zhenqing continued: "Are all the people in this town here to dig up dragon bones?"
Du Hongjian nodded and said: "The dragon bones are buried underground, and the scattered dragon bones have to be assembled one by one. Naturally, it requires a lot of manpower. I recruited the young men in the town and ordered the idle sergeants in Shuofang's army to come over and help.
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Yan Zhenqing nodded slightly, and his tone softened a lot.
He said to Du Hongjian: "After Du stayed, the court asked us to investigate the authenticity of the auspicious dragon bones. Please find me a room. I'm offended."
Du Hongjian raised his hands and said: "Yan Zhongcheng has the emperor's mandate, so Du will definitely cooperate!"
Next, Yan Zhenqing continued to visit, from the peddlers at the excavation site to Zhang Tianlun, who presided over the excavation. He talked to them one by one and signed their testimonies.
From the information collected, Yan Zhenqing finally confirmed that the dragon skeleton was really dug out of the soil.
Yan Zhenqing was the censor Zhongcheng and also served as a local official. Among the thousands of people at the excavation site, he randomly asked people to question.
The confessions of these people are consistent, and the development of the incident is also very clear.
Zhang Tianlun, the Kanyu master who came from Longyou, first found Du Hongjian, who was staying at the Jiedu envoy's residence, and told him that there was dragon energy in the east of Shuofang City.
Then Zhang Tianlun led a group of people to dig out the dragon's head. Du Hongjian immediately recruited civilians and sent soldiers to help him dig.
Every bone of this dragon skeleton was dug out from the ground.
People have lived in this town for generations, and Yan Zhenqing also found the genealogy of a large family to prove it.
Even if Du Hongjian was extremely capable, he would not be able to bury such a huge dragon carcass in the ground.
Here Yan Zhenqing collected evidence, while Li Mi hired a painter to draw the appearance of the dragon skeleton.
When Yan Zhenqing finished his work, Li Mi went to Yan Zhenqing and said:
"Yan Zhongcheng, you want me to see the evidence about the dragon carcass is conclusive. We should report good luck to His Majesty immediately!"
Yan Zhenqing hesitated and said, "The skeleton was indeed dug out of the soil, but is this thing really a dragon?"
Yan Zhenqing's suspicion was correct. This thing seemed really different from the dragons painted in ancient books.
Li Mi said with a smile: "The dragon has nine sons, and the nine sons are different. The dragon's shape is ever-changing, but with such a huge body, what is it other than a dragon?"
Although Yan Zhenqing didn't like the auspicious theory, in the face of so much evidence, he could only admit that Li Mi's statement was correct.
Yan Zhenqing said: "Then I will get up and write a memorial to report to the court the results of this auspicious dragon carcass theory."
Li Mi smiled and said, "Then let's present the memorial together."
At this time, Fengxiang Mansion was already experiencing an undercurrent.
Prince Zhan Shi Yang Wan of the East Palace is reading the secret letter sent by King Guangping to the front line.
After burning the secret message, Yang Wan sighed.
He was originally from Zhongshu Sheren during the Emperor's reign, that is, he was a literary official around the Emperor.
Yang Wan was fond of reading and quick in thinking, and was deeply loved by the emperor.
After the rebels entered the capital, Yang Wan did not follow the emperor to Sichuan, but went north to Lingwu to help the emperor ascend the throne.
The emperor admired Yang Wan's talents and still ordered him to serve as Zhongshusheren, know how to make imperial edicts, and be responsible for drafting the emperor's edicts.
Originally, Yang Wan took the script of rising up through the ranks. Many prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty were promoted from close ministers of the emperor such as Zhongshu Sheren.
But the situation suddenly changed and Fang Guan, then prime minister, was defeated. As a good friend, Yang Wan wrote a letter to defend Fang Guan.
Although the emperor did not deal with Fang Guan in the end, he still asked him to go to Hexi to serve as Jiedushi.
However, the court ministers who wrote letters to defend Fang Guan were quietly dealt with by the emperor.
Yang Wan was also kicked out of the inner court. If King Guangping hadn't sent a letter asking for help, Yang Wan would have been exiled to other prefectures and counties.
Yang Wan came out of the inner court and was asked by the prince to serve as an official in the prince's palace in the East Palace.
Prince's Mansion Zhan Shi was the chief steward of the East Palace. Yang Wan also lived up to King Guangping's expectations and managed all the staff in the East Palace in an orderly manner.
It's just that Yang Wan was upright by nature and had the acrimony of a Confucian minister, so King Guangping only asked him to manage the officials of the Prince's Mansion.
But this time, Yang Wan couldn't stay out of it.
King Guangping sent another secret message, asking Yang Wan to write to the court again to strictly investigate the matter of Lingzhou Dragon Bones Xiangrui.
Moreover, King Guangping's letter directly stated that he requested that the auspicious matter of the dragon bones be tied to King Jianning of Longyou.
Yang Wan naturally understood what King Guangping meant. No sober minister in the court believed that the auspicious dragon bones were real.
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Obviously, this matter was tied to King Jianning in order to suppress King Jianning.
Since the last time King Jianning donated livestock and learned about the results of the Battle of Jinshan from the Uighur envoys, King Jianning's view of knowing the soldiers has spread in the court.
Some officials even wrote to King Jianning, saying that since King Jianning was so capable of fighting, he should be transferred back to preside over the war against the rebels.
No matter what, this is something the prince cannot tolerate.
In this auspicious incident, King Jianning must be dragged into it no matter what, and King Jianning must be suppressed through this incident.
Yang Wan instinctively resisted these conspiracies.
But Yang Wan was a traditional scholar-bureaucrat when it came to eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor.
He said to the guard at the door: "Go to Chongwen Hall and ask Dr. Dou to come over."
The East Palace in the Tang Dynasty was a small imperial court, and the Chongwen Pavilion was an institution within the East Palace, with a status similar to that of the Imperial Academy.
At this time, the Hanlin Academy was a consulting agency of the inner court. Its function was to help the emperor collect information and provide advice to the emperor.
The Chongwen Hall in the East Palace also has the same function, and this Dr. Dou is Dou Shen who once served under Fang Guan.
After Dou Shen resigned from Hexi, he joined the East Palace.
Yang Wan doesn't like villains like Dou Shen, but he is not good at such intrigues.
Dou Shen, a doctor from Chongwen Hall, was good at calculating, so Yang Wan invited him to discuss the matter together.
Dou Shen came to Prince Zhan Shi's house in an excited mood.
But at that time, Fang Guan had already fallen, and Dou Shen only contributed a few insignificant strategies, which were not reused and were only maintained by a doctor from the Chongwen Hall of the East Palace.
When Dou Shen heard that Zhan Shi from the Prince's Mansion had summoned him all night, Dou Shen was very nervous. This time I had a chance to show off!