Chapter 17: Wow! I was so angry that I vomited blood! (1 / 2)
【The eldest son of the Wen family is the Tai Zi She Ren (a court position), the second is a Censor, and the third… Oh, the third was once a bandit, but later joined the Summer Army. During the war, he claimed to be protecting the tombs of the former dynasty, but in reality, he dug them up and sold the valuables.】
【I remember the tombs that were desecrated were…】
The Minister of Rites was particularly concerned about the tombs being looted.
— It was because of the third son of the Wen family that he later worked hard to get into the Ministry of Rites.
Hearing this again, the Minister’s face showed an expression of grief and anger. In a low voice, in sync with the thoughts, he muttered: “The tomb of Emperor Zhou Shizu, the tomb of Zhou Gaozong, the tomb of King Zhou Yuan and his wife, Nine Aunt.”
The Minister of Personnel, usually timid, also joined the discussion, his face turning an angry orange-red under the morning sunlight.
“Five hundred years ago, the Chu royal family was weak, living in the southern part of the river. Foreign tribes took control of the central plains, the Five Barbarians wreaked havoc in China, and the western tribes stole the Nine Provinces. The chaos lasted for three hundred years, a dark and turbulent time. It was Zhou Shizu who rose up in the small towns, drove the invaders away, and restored China. Wen Xingyi desecrated the Tai Tomb, this is truly detestable!”
“And Nine Aunt,” the Minister of Rites added sadly, “She was an extraordinary woman. In the last days of the Zhou dynasty, when the country was unstable and robbers were rampant, she persuaded King Yuan to form a militia to protect the people. When robbers were about to invade the city, she wielded an iron staff to fight the enemy, scattering the bandits. Later, she died defending the city, leaving only the words ‘Do not harm the people.’ Her body was recovered by the citizens, and later, the occupying rebels, in an attempt to win the people’s favor, repaired her tomb and added some sacrifices. Even so, it could not escape the greedy eyes of that beast.”
【Surprised, right? The only son of Wen Xingyi, his beloved son, was furious with his father’s actions. He abandoned his bright future and traveled all over to repair various tombs, willingly becoming a tomb guardian.】