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    Early this morning, Li Min and Wen Xin got into the carriage, taking their children Li Mian and You Lan with them. The convoy first went to Song Guogong's Mansion, and picked up Wen Xin's mother, Mrs. Zhou, on the carriage, and then followed the carriage.  Broad streets come to the western suburbs of Chang'an City.

    Chang'an City in the twenty-eighth year of Zhenguan was already very different from the Chang'an City more than ten years ago. The most significant change was that the boundaries of Chang'an City had become blurred. In the past, Chang'an City was bounded by a city wall.  It is a big, square city, but with the development over the years, a large number of factories have been opened in Chang'an. These factories generally need to occupy a considerable area. The land in the city is simply not enough, so more and more factories have moved to the city.  Outside, there are industrial areas one after another.

    It is precisely because of the existence of these industrial areas that the scope of Chang'an City is no longer limited to the city walls. Some areas outside the city walls have also spontaneously formed some residential areas or commercial areas. Coupled with those bustling industrial areas, so  A new city appeared outside Chang'an City. These places were collectively called Chang'an Xinfang by the people of Chang'an.

    The western suburbs of Chang'an were no exception. When Li Min's carriage left the Yanping Gate, he found that there didn't seem to be much difference between the inside and outside of the city wall. They were also wide streets with shops on both sides and the same density of pedestrians. Except for the one at the city gate,  Buildings are not allowed within a few hundred meters, so except for a section of open space, other places are covered with densely packed houses.

    Listening to the lively sounds outside, Wen Xin and her mother, Mrs. Zhou, were sitting together and talking in a low voice. Among them, Li Mian and Youlan were nestling in Mrs. Zhou's arms, calling "grandma" sweetly from time to time.  Mrs. Zhou kept calling her "heart and treasure", with a look of doting on her face.

    More than ten years have passed, and Mrs. Zhou is no longer the beautiful mature woman she once was. She now has many wrinkles on her face.  Her hair is also mixed with black and white. Although her youthful style can still be vaguely seen between her eyebrows, time is not forgiving after all. Mrs. Zhou's current appearance is more like an old woman entering her twilight years.

    "Mom, my husband wants to move his father's tomb, but my daughter doesn't dare to make the decision, so I want to ask your opinion?" At this time, Wen Xin asked about the matter of moving the tomb.  She couldn't make up her mind either, so she wanted to ask her mother what she thought.

    After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou glanced at Li Min with a smile, and then said: "Liu Lang has taken the trouble to move the tomb, even if you don't talk about it today, Wen Xin. I will take the initiative to bring it up, and the same goes for your father's tomb."  Time has moved on.¡±

    Hearing Mrs. Zhou¡¯s words, Wen Xin and Li Min were puzzled. They didn¡¯t understand why she said it was time to move Xiao Mian¡¯s tomb?

    When Mrs. Zhou saw the two of them, she did not rush to explain. Instead, she spoke again: "This matter is a bit complicated to explain. You will understand when we get there!"

    Hearing what Mrs. Zhou said, Li Min and Wen Xin did not dare to ask any more questions. Mrs. Zhou also put all her body and mind into her grandson and granddaughter in her arms, and kept talking to them.  She also asked some questions about Li Mian and Youlan's living conditions in Taiwan, and the two children's answers made Mrs. Zhou very satisfied.

    When Xiao Mian was executed by Li Yuan, his body was collected by Xiao Yu and buried in a cemetery in the western suburbs of Chang'an.  Because he was worried about the court's reaction, Xiao Yu did not dare to give him a grand burial.  An ordinary tomb was simply built.

    But later, after Li Min learned about Wen Xin's life experience, he thought of his father-in-law whom he had never met.  He first said hello to Li Shimin, and then spent a large amount of money to rebuild Xiao Mian's tomb in the name of Xiao Yu, and everything was built according to the specifications of the imperial mausoleum, which caused a lot of trouble.  Helped the court officials to impeach Xiao Yu, saying that he had evil intentions. Fortunately, Li Shimin was on top to suppress him, so no big trouble was caused.

    Li Min¡¯s carriage passed through Xinfang outside Yanping Gate, and soon arrived in front of a hill in the western suburbs of Chang¡¯an, where Xiao Xian¡¯s mausoleum is located.  Originally, this hill had no name. Later, because Xiao Mian was buried here, it was called Lianghuang Mountain. It is worth mentioning that five or six miles west of Lianghuang Mountain are the Datang Military Academy and Datang Medical College.  location.

    However, when Li Min's carriage arrived at Lianghuang Mountain, he and Wen Xin were stunned.  When they returned to Chang'an from Dengzhou, they had come to worship Xiao Xian, and they remembered the environment of Lianghuang Mountain quite clearly. However, what they never expected was that when they came back more than ten years later, Lianghuang Mountain had already  It is no longer the desolate hill it was before.

    I saw a large-scale town at the foot of Lianghuang Mountain. There was a lot of traffic on the edge of the town, and people shouted and horses neighed one after another. Although Li Min and his carriage were still some distance away from the town, they also felt that this emerging city was  The bustle of the town.

    Seeing the lively town in front of them, Li Min and Wen Xin both looked at each other and smiled bitterly.  The cemetery is the resting place of the dead. Xiao Mian¡¯s tomb is in LianghuangThe halfway point of the mountain is not far from the foot of the mountain. Now that such a lively town appears at the foot of the mountain, it will obviously disrupt the peace of the cemetery. No wonder Mrs. Zhou would think of moving the tomb.

    While Li Min was looking at the town in front of him in a daze, he heard Mrs. Zhou in the car say: "This small town slowly developed after you went to Taiwan, because it is very close to the military academy and medical school.  , every holiday, students from the two schools would go out for activities, plus the daily needs of the two colleges, so this town slowly developed."

    When Mrs. Zhou said this, she glanced at Li Min with a meaningful look.  Both the military academy and the medical school have a deep relationship with Li Min. When the site was selected and the two colleges were built, Li Min was also responsible for it. Therefore, in a sense, it was Li Min who directly caused Xiao Xian's death.  There is no peace in the cemetery.

    Li Min also realized the meaning conveyed in Mrs. Zhou's eyes, and couldn't help but show a bit of a wry smile on his face. How could he have imagined that a military academy and a medical school would actually lead to the development of a town, and this town happened to be located in his father-in-law's hometown?  The cemetery is not far away.

    Wen Xin, who was ice-snowy and smart, also understood the meaning of her mother's gaze at this time, but she did not blame Li Min. Instead, she smiled and held her husband's hand, and then came to his rescue and said: "Mother, let's go up the mountain quickly to worship.  After I visit my father, let¡¯s discuss how to move his tomb?¡±

    Mrs. Zhou is also a sensible person. She smiled and nodded when she heard this. Li Min ordered the convoy to pass through the town and stopped at the foot of the mountain. Then Li Min and Wen Xin supported Mrs. Zhou.  Xiao, tightly holding the corner of Mrs. Zhou's clothes, Li Mian followed Li Min, and some maids followed behind holding incense, candles and other sacrificial items.

    "Father, isn't my grandfather the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty? And I saw him two days ago, why do I have to come to worship my grandfather today?" In the past, Li Mian and You Lan were relatively young, so Wen Xin did not  He told his two children about his life experience. It was not until he got on the carriage that Li Mian heard some information from the conversation between his father and his grandmother.

    In response to their son's question, Li Min and Wen Xin looked at each other, and then saw him reaching out and touching Li Mian's head and saying: "Mian'er, you are not young anymore. It's time for you to know something. In fact,  Your mother's life experience is not as simple as it seems"

    As Li Min spoke, he recounted the deeds of Li Mian's grandfather, Xiao Xian. In addition, in order to protect Wen Xin, Mrs. Zhou had to hide her life experience and enter the life of the Duke of Song Dynasty. In order not to attract attention, she even pretended to be Xiao Cuo's wife.  He also told his son everything about his concubine, and Li Mian was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect that his mother's life experience was so bizarre. In addition, he finally understood why brothers Lu Hong and Lu Qing, and Hu  General Li and General Zhou Long were both very friendly to him. It turned out that they were both his grandfather's old troops.

    Compared to Li Mian's shock, Youlan, who was still young, only understood one thing, that is, the grandfather who was an official in the Tang Dynasty was not his real grandfather, and his grandfather passed away many years ago.  However, in her young heart, she still felt that the living grandfather was more kind. The last time her grandfather saw her, he gave her many gifts.

    The Li family climbed up the steps to the mountainside of Lianghuang Mountain. Here is a large open space. A large-scale mausoleum stands here. Although the scale cannot be compared with Li Yuan's mausoleum, it is still larger than the prince's tomb.  The scale of the mausoleum is larger, and there are dedicated mausoleum guards outside the mausoleum who are responsible for cleaning and organizing the mausoleum. However, standing in front of Xiao Mian's mausoleum, you can still hear the noise of the town below.

    Seeing her father's mausoleum in front of her, Wen Xin burst into tears. She followed Li Min and didn't return for more than ten years. Whenever Xiao Xian's memorial day came, she could only offer sacrifices to the memorial tablet and could not visit her father's grave in person.  Therefore, she felt very guilty. Now that she saw her father's tomb right in front of her, she couldn't control her emotions immediately.

    Mrs. Zhou, on the other hand, seemed very calm. Looking at her husband's tomb, she just sighed softly.  As far as Li Min knows, since Wen Xin left Chang'an with him, Mrs. Zhou has been coming here almost every month. After all, without her daughter's company, she can only express some things in her heart to her deceased husband.  .

    Mrs. Zhou and Wen Xin walked in front, and Li Min held the hands of the two children and walked behind. Then the five of them slowly entered the cemetery. When they walked along the straight mausoleum road to Xiao Mian's tombstone,  , but several people were all stunned. They saw some sacrifices placed in front of Xiao Mian's tomb, and there were unburned incense candles and paper money next to them. Moreover, the fruits and other items in the sacrifices were still very fresh. They would definitely not  More than three days, in other words, in the past few days, some people came to pay homage to Xiao Xian.

    "Grandma, look, there are a lot of flowers over there!" At this moment, YoulanRan pointed at a distance and shouted loudly.  (To be continued)
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