After eating the egg-baked cake, Jinhuan suggested to Master Xu that he go to the Prince of Shu's Mansion to have a look.

Grandpa Xu originally took Jinhuan out for shopping this afternoon. He originally thought that Jinhuan would like the bustling life of Chunxi Street and Yanshi Street.

But I didn't expect that Jin Huan was indifferent to the bustling places, and instead was interested in the dilapidated towers.

Grandpa Xu is very willing to satisfy all the requests for enjoyment.

The Palace of the Prince of Shu was originally the symbol of imperial power in Jincheng during the Ming Dynasty. It was called the Little Forbidden City by later archaeologists, and its construction history is longer than that of the Forbidden City.

Originally, the Palace of the Prince of Shu was built by Zhu Yuanzhang himself for Zhu Chun, the eleventh son of the emperor, while the Forbidden City was built by Zhu Di on the basis of the Palace of the Prince of Yan. There was a gap of more than 20 years.

Although it is classified as a royal palace, due to Zhu Yuanzhang's love for his eleventh son, the Shu palace was built to be majestic, magnificent and exquisite, even surpassing the imperial palace at that time.

During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, there were 62 princes who were granted the title of vassal kings, and 50 vassal palaces were built. These vassal palaces were distributed across the country. Only Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, who was canonized in Jincheng, was the only vassal vassal that existed within a province.

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That’s why there is a saying that “only the King of Shu is the richest among the sects and vassals in the world”.

The original Shu Prince's Mansion was jokingly called the Imperial City by the people of Jincheng, and the small square outside the city gate was even called the Imperial City Dam.

However, it is no longer possible to see the once magnificent appearance. After hundreds of years of history and several military disasters and wars, this most splendid vassal palace in the Ming Dynasty has become devastated and crumbling.

However, there are still many buildings preserved, the most magnificent of which are the triple-eaves Mingyuan Tower and Zhigong Hall, as well as the Gongyuan built in the Qing Dynasty.

Through the carved bricks and tiles of Mingyuan Tower and Zhigong Hall, you can still imagine what the Shu Palace once looked like with carved beams, painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions.

Gongyuan was built in the Qing Dynasty and was the place where the imperial examinations were held in Sichuan Province. Later, Sichuan University also ran schools here.

Later, the Gongyuan was converted into a market. Now, during the planned economy, speculation is not allowed, and grass has grown on the ground in the market.

Jinhuan climbed to the highest point of Mingyuan Tower with great enthusiasm. The height of the tower allowed her to easily overlook Renmin South Road and the entire South Gate area of ​​​​Jincheng.

However, the Mingyuan Building under our feet will be demolished frantically in the future and converted into a revolutionary science and technology museum.

Jin Huan felt it was a pity and lamentable, but what she could do was to take another look at the final appearance of this building and let it remain in her memory for a few more years.

After walking around the tower, Jinhuan walked around the square below. Although the gaps between the floor tiles were filled with grass, it did not affect Jinhuan's interest.

As Jinhuan walked, he observed the vaguely visible glazed tiles on the tower.

It is said that when the Shu Prince's Mansion was first built, a kiln was specially opened for firing glazed tiles. That kiln later became a glazed field in Jincheng today.

"Creak-dong" a shattering sound sounded.

Jinhuan had just been looking up at the glazed tiles, not paying attention to his feet. He looked down when he heard a sound. It turned out that the bricks under his feet had been trampled to pieces. The floor tiles were now broken in half, and half of them were buried in the ground.

That's not right! Even if the floor tile is broken into two parts, it will not be filled into the ground, unless the bottom of the brick is hollow, so it is easy to break.

The hollow underground is either a disaster or a treasure!

Jinhuan glanced around. Apart from herself, the only person in the square was Grandpa Xu, who was sitting under the tower and resting. She quickly took away the two broken bricks and saw that there was nothing but a pit underneath.

Could it be that I am overthinking it?

Jinhuan was about to fill the bricks back when the bricks rubbed against the mud of the floor tiles next to them, making a muffled sound.

Jinhuan pressed the piece of mud with his hand, and a piece of wood appeared. It looked like something was going to happen!

She used her fingers to move away a few loose bricks next to her, and gently brushed away a layer of mud on the ground. A box of ebony wood, forty to fifty centimeters square, appeared in front of her eyes.

Jin Huan first let go of his mental energy and quickly checked to see if there was anything else in the soil.

After discovering that there was none, I quickly dug some mud out of the ground in the space, filled in the empty holes, and then laid the floor tiles.

Grandpa Xu saw Jin Huan squatting there for a long time without moving, so he came over and asked her: "Xiao Yu'er, what are you doing here?"

"Shh~ Zuzu, I found a treasure, let's go home quickly!" Jinhuan stretched out his dirty hand and made a silent gesture.

Grandpa Xu saw Jin Huan's happy face, touched her head, and took him back with her.

As soon as he got home, Jinhuan took Master Xu directly to the backyard and took out the box he had just dug out as if he were offering a treasure.

The lock on the box was rotten, so Jinhuan pulled it off with a little effort, "Why does this lock rot faster than wood? Isn't the quality good enough?"

"Gua Wa'er, you didn't know! This box is made of ebony, so it must not perish easily!" Grandpa Xu picked up the box and looked at it carefully.

"If you have a box of jewelry at home, it's not as good as half a square of ebony. Xiao Yuer, no matter what's in the box, you'll make a fortune just from this ebony box!"

Ebony, isn't it the legendary gloomy wood? It is known as the oriental sacred tree and plant mummy.

And because ebony has been buried underground for thousands of years and does not rot, it is considered spiritual and can ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune. It has always been a favorite among art lovers.

Thirty years later, an ebony bracelet will easily sell for a six-figure sum.

After knowing that the box was made of ebony, Jinhuan opened the box more carefully, but it was probably because it had been buried underground for a long time, and the pressure was generated inside the box, making it difficult to open it easily.

I was reluctant to use a sharp object like a knife to pry it open. After struggling for a long time, Jin Huan suddenly had an idea.

Jinhuan turned his spiritual power into tiny needles, got into the gaps in the box, and exerted force together.

The gap was wide open, Jin Huan pulled it, and the box opened.

The first thing that caught my eye was a bunch of crumpled oil paper. Jinhuan took out a paper package and opened it to take a look.

It turned out to be a pair of gold bracelets set with rubies and sapphires. The gems and gold wires were intact, but the color was a bit dull.

This gorgeous style of gold and silk, inlaid with gems and jade, and auspicious and luxurious patterns is a characteristic of the Ming Dynasty at first glance.

As for why the jewelry style of the Ming Dynasty changed from the fresh and elegant style of the Song and Yuan Dynasties to luxurious and magnificent?

Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background and eventually became an emperor with more than ten thousand people. But taste is not something that can be formed in a day or two.

When a poor man suddenly becomes rich, he is not allowed to wear gold, silver, and foreign goods for a while?

The colorful gemstones inlaid in the jewelry were imported goods at that time, and they also benefited from Zheng He's voyages to the West. (Zheng He is the oldest purchasing agent)

Then I opened the oil-paper package below, which included earrings, rings, necklaces and a complete set of hairpins. There were seventeen or eight hairpins, large and small, all made of silk inlaid with gems and woven into auspicious patterns.

Among them, the hairpin has the shape of a phoenix and bird, so it must have been produced by the palace.

After all, the Ming Dynasty's hierarchical system was still very strict, and those who were not members of the royal family could not use the phoenix bird pattern.

Rank women generally use Zhai (a kind of pheasant), which looks similar at first glance, but the shape of the tail is very different.

After taking apart the jewelry one by one, Jinhuan unexpectedly found two strings of white jade forbidden steps at the bottom of the box.

It was not wrapped with oil paper, it was tangled up in a mess, lying at the bottom, and the silk threads were also somewhat rotten.

The so-called forbidden steps are strings of gold and jade beads in the style of tassels tied on both sides of the waist. If the steps are too large and too fast, the gold and jade beads on them will hit each other and make a sound, which is a warning to walk in a proper manner and maintain a steady manner.

These two strings of forbidden steps are made of jade inlaid with cat's eye stones as the main body, and the lotus leaf-shaped white jade is used as the head. The top of the head is embossed with the shape of a phoenix. The layers of white jade and cat's eyes are arranged one after another, which is very exquisite.

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As for why they gather together casually, it is probably because the people who hide the treasure are ignorant of the goods and think that jade is not as easy to cash in as gold.

At first glance, these jewelry were wrapped in oil paper in a hurry, and they were hurriedly opened up the floor tiles, dug a hole and buried it in the ground.

Historically, when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Jincheng with artillery fire, the last king of Shu threw himself into a well with his concubines and maids.

These jewelry were probably stolen and buried by the eunuchs or guards in the palace, and they were going to pick them up after the situation was settled.

As for why the person who finally buried the treasure didn’t come back to retrieve it? It’s probably because he didn’t escape Zhang Xianzhong’s massacre.

This box of jewelry had been buried underground for hundreds of years, but now it was discovered by Jean Jinhuan.

There are already a lot of antique jewelry in Jinhuan Space, and today this box of Ming Dynasty palace-style jewelry gave her a big surprise.

After all, who cares about having too much money?

Besides, if Jinhuan dug it up, when the Mingyuan Building is violently demolished in a few years, it will not be easy for those people who talk about slogans and are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.
Chapter completed!