Linton soon returned to Yalan's side, and immediately explained what he had heard. Of course, after hearing what Linton said, Yalan here was also confused.
"Brother? That's impossible!" Yalan's first reaction was the same as Linton's. Of course, he didn't believe it was Damion. Linton was really too lazy to attend Damion's funeral before, that is, he showed up at the farewell ceremony. And Yalan watched Damian put into the coffin with his own eyes, so could another eldest prince come out?
"You don't think it's true, either? But Losos swears that he is right. I think what he said is a little credible. On the one hand, he is definitely not a fool, and he is not so easily deceived. On the other hand If he hadn't confirmed it again and again, he probably wouldn't have risked his life and his family's rebellion," Linton said.
It is true that Losos's brain will not have any problems if he can become the commander of the legion. Linton felt that the other party must have given enough evidence to prove his identity, and the two army chiefs of the First Army and the Second Army would follow him to rebel.
"But I just watched the elder brother's body being put into the coffin and then into the imperial tomb." Ya Lan said with certainty, "His body should still be in the imperial tomb now."
More popular in the empire is direct burial. There are different beliefs in different parts of the main world, and different burial ceremonies. Some places believe in gods like Vulcan. They think that after death, cremation can return to the kingdom of God, so cremation is used. But most of the believers in the empire believe in the Light God Sect, and it is obvious that burials are popular.
Logically speaking, Damion's body should still be in the imperial mausoleum. It has only been a short time, and it is estimated that it has not completely turned into bones yet. Because when the royal family is buried, certain treatments will be carried out, similar to the old-fashioned embalming method, and the corpse will eventually become like a mummy.
"Then...open the coffin and have a look?" Linton suggested directly when he heard this.
"Open the coffin?" Hearing this, Yalan hesitated a little. No matter what kind of culture, basically pay attention to burial. The world of life and the world of death should be separated, and they should not disturb each other. To put it simply, it is obviously not appropriate to open the coffin.
However, she didn't hesitate for too long, after all, the matter is quite serious now, and it is indeed necessary to verify the other party's identity as soon as possible. If Damion's body is still there, it is obvious that the other party is a fake, but if it is not there, this matter will become a bit strange again, and it is really necessary to prepare early.
I said before that Yalan still has some ideas about the throne now, after all, she wants to show her son the throne after giving birth. The current situation has already posed a certain threat to the throne, and it needs to be figured out.
There was nothing to wait for, Yalan immediately went to the imperial tomb with the royal guards. There is no need for any ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky here, after all... There has never been such a precedent so far, so there is no corresponding ceremony at all.
Obviously, the only person who can dig the imperial tomb is the emperor at that time. Who would dare to dig the imperial tomb except the emperor? But no one in the previous emperor would dig up his family's ancestral grave. What is this for? So what's happening now is really the first of its kind.
Yalan didn't say hello to any ministers or anything like that. On the one hand, they were definitely opposed, so they didn't bother to argue with them. On the one hand, my ancestral grave has a relationship with you for a dime? So he brought people directly to the imperial mausoleum.
The imperial mausoleum of the Holy Empire of Elan is still very large. The main body is a large air-raid shelter-like place, which can really be used as a temporary shelter.
This imperial mausoleum has been expanded many times. After all, when it was first built, it was not expected to be handed down for so many generations. As far as it is now, the scale can be used for another hundred years and several generations will not have no place to put people.
This place is not the dark and humid place in the impression. It can be said that the overall ventilation environment is quite good. After all, the corpse will become a mummy in the end. The ventilation system is quite awesome. It can be said that it is condensed. The product of the best of the world's architecture.
No kidding, this place can even be opened directly as a scenic spot, and it is estimated that it can charge a lot of entrance fees. Of course, in fact, no one is allowed to enter the imperial tomb, except the royal family.
Walking all the way in, most of the entire imperial mausoleum is filled with gorgeous sculptures and murals, engraved with the life of the royal family buried next to it. This beautiful place made Linton visit for a while, since it was indeed his first time here.
"It's here." Yalan led the team to Damian's coffin, and she had watched her brother's coffin being delivered here before.
Linton also looked at it. The coffin was inserted vertically into the wall. There were very few sculptures and murals around the coffin on Damion's side. After all, the other party had done nothing, and the man in his twenties was gone. On the contrary, the tomb of his old father-in-law Wigley next to him is very imposing at first glance.
As for how Linton recognized that this was Wigley's tomb, there is a life-sized sculpture in front of the coffin next to it, and the mural on the wall next to it should depict some kind of battlefield scene, obviously it should be some kind of battle led by the old father-in-law. It seems that my old father-in-law is indeed relatively good among the emperors of all dynasties.
At this time, Yalan had already ordered the royal guards to start digging the coffin, but Linton walked to the old father-in-law's pavilion and took a little look at the things placed on the altar-like platform under the sculpture.
"What's the matter?" Yalan walked over and asked, probably because he noticed Linton's strange behavior.
"Tell me, who sent these flowers?" Linton pointed to the flowers on the table and said. Although most of these flowers have dried up, and some of them don't even come out, they are still too fresh. As far as the ventilation environment of this place is concerned, it is estimated that the flowers will turn into dried flowers in a day if they are placed here, so although these flowers seem to be turning gray at present, Linton estimates that they were placed in the last month or so. .
Linton also saw it when he came in, and there was nothing like this on the altars in other cemeteries, so it is obviously impossible for the flowers to be placed by the guards of the imperial tomb maintained here. In other words, some people should pay homage to their old father-in-law recently.
But this is the imperial mausoleum, ordinary people can't enter it, only people from the royal family can come in to worship. Who could this be?
"Oh, I remembered." Yalan was also a little confused at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood, "Didn't I hear that Jorah came to the imperial tomb before, it should be her."
"Jorah?" Linton thought of it when he heard Yalan mention Jorah's name. I remember that Gassen said before that he was practicing at the holy level before and traveled for a period of time. After returning, he felt that his wife Jorah had changed. Linton even joked at the time whether she was cuckolded or something.
At that time, Linton and Yalan also investigated what Jorah was doing along the way, and then got the fact that the other party often went to the royal tomb during that time.
You said that one visit was a sacrifice, but Linton remembered that the other party had come four times in a short period of time. No matter how you look at it, this is no ordinary defeat.
At that time, Linton also wanted to continue to investigate to see what the other party was doing. But after that, Jorah never came to the imperial tomb again, and naturally it was impossible to know what she was doing in the imperial tomb.
Yalan didn't want to question Jora face to face, after all, they just felt that Jora's behavior was a bit strange, just in case he really missed his old father and went to pay homage a few more times. It's okay to suspect the other party in private, but if you say it out, it will hurt your feelings.
Linton now also knows from Yalan that Jorah has not been to the imperial tomb recently, so the previous things can only be said to be nothing. Yalan hasn't asked people to investigate Jorah recently. After all, this is her own sister, and she still doesn't want to doubt her emotionally.
Originally, this matter had been forgotten, and Linton didn't remember it, but this time when he came to the imperial tomb, this matter was brought up again.
"Tell me... if there is no body of your brother in this coffin..." Linton pointed to the coffin that had been carried out by the royal guards.
"..." Yalan naturally understood Linton's meaning immediately. If it is true that there is no body of his brother inside, it means that someone stole Damion's body. Then who do you think is the culprit?
Even though there is no one inside the imperial mausoleum, there is a whole circle of guards outside. The only people who can come in are obviously the royal family members, and the one who has come in recently is naturally his sister Jorah, who is the oldest. of suspects.
What's more, the timing of the other party's frequent entry and exit is also very suspicious. Although it took some time for the person who called himself Damion to appear over there, if you count the time to prepare for the rebellion, this is really right. After that, Jorah's behavior of never coming to the imperial tomb can naturally be explained. This goal has been achieved, so why is she still here.
In other words, if her purpose is only to worship, it is impossible to suddenly enter and exit the imperial mausoleum several times with high frequency, and then suddenly stop coming, which is really unreasonable. But if they guessed it, it would naturally make sense.
Yalan's face was a little ugly, which was not what she wanted to see. Obviously, she still didn't want to believe that these things had anything to do with Jorah, so her last hope was to look at the coffin next to her.
"Open the coffin." Yalan said after taking a breath. If Damion's body was still there after the coffin was opened, then everything would be easy to say. But if it is gone, things are going in a very bad direction.
Following the Queen's order, several royal guards worked hard together, and the coffin here opened in response.