While Xu Yuan was recuperating in the hospital, Gao Bin and Huang Yanyan began to look for the old man who had worked with Xu Heping.

Among them is Xu Heping’s student Lu Zuo.

After learning the reason for their visit and hearing that the master's son was in hospital, Lu Zuo immediately expressed his intention to visit him in the hospital.

Helpless, Gao Bin had to take him to the hospital and let him meet Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan asked Lu Zuo on the spot about his father's investigation in Qishan. Lu Zuo told everyone that Xu Heping didn't find anything when he went to Qishan, but he had been to the Qishan Cultural Relics Museum.

And a few days before the accident, his worries turned into joy, and he also said that he would have fun in Qishan.

After hearing this, Gao Bin became suspicious of the cultural relics museum where Xu Heping went to get into trouble.

Later, they investigated that Xu Heping was originally on secondment in Xi'an, but later he took the initiative to work in Qishan. He was going to Qishan to do cultural relic appraisal.

Before Xu Heping's accident, he often liked to go hunting in the mountains in Qishan, but he often came back empty-handed.

There were no further clues for the time being, so after Xu Yuan was fine, they stayed at a hotel near the cultural relics museum.

"Brother Bin, we have to find a way to enter the warehouse of the cultural relics museum. Maybe we can find something."

The idea of ​​making a wish coincided with Gao Bin's, and he muttered:

"We don't have a letter of introduction, so we can easily be kicked out if we go in like this. How about this..."

After a day off, Gao Bin and Huang Yanyan pretended to be foreign business owners and secretaries, while Xu Yuan pretended to be staff of the foreign affairs department. After the three disguised themselves, they went to the cultural relics museum and asked to see the director by name.

When the staff saw such a big fight, they did not dare to neglect them and quickly reported to the superiors.

But the first-in-command happened to be away for something, so he had to ask the second-in-command to step in.

After asking about the purpose of his visit, he learned that Gao Bin was planning to collect some antiques and came here specifically to seek help from the cultural relics museum.

When the second-in-command heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he sent other staff away. He said to Gao Bin privately.

"To tell you the truth, there happens to be a batch of cultural relics that have not been reported for damage. If you are interested, you might as well give us a package price and take them away together. It can also save us trouble."

Gao Bin knew very well that the so-called damaged cultural relics were actually genuine and not damaged at all.

As long as it is sold and reported as damaged, it becomes an open case. If you just get a few fragments and fool them, the investigators sent by the superiors will not be able to find any clues at all, so they can only let it go.

Gao Bin sneered in his heart, but his smile was ambiguous on the outside, indicating that he understood.

Then asked:

"I wonder what cultural relics can be given to me? Can you let me choose by myself?"

"This..." The second-in-command is a little embarrassed. It's not easy to get a batch for you. You still want to be picky?

Before he could refuse, Huang Yanyan took out 1,000 yuan and stuffed it into the second-in-command's pocket.

Just this one action caused a 180-degree turn in the attitude of the second-in-command:

"Let me make some arrangements."

"No problem, we have plenty of time."

The two parties reached a tacit understanding, and just like that, Gao Bin and the others easily entered the warehouse of the cultural relics museum, and the staff inside had been taken away by the second-in-command.

Gao Bin took the second in command and chatted at the door, and asked Huang Yanyan and Xu Yuan to go in and 'pick' the cultural relics.

There are historical records in the warehouse, and they can easily find out which cultural relics Xu Heping participated in the investigation, but the problem is, all of these cultural relics are missing!

Was it sold by the cultural relics museum under various names?

Huang Yanyan randomly found one of them and asked the second-in-command:

"Excuse me, where did this cultural relic go? We didn't find it. I like it very much."

"Oh, this is one of the batch of problematic cultural relics that were identified that year. Everything has been disposed of."

Huang Yanyan nodded, and after receiving Gao Bin's look, she didn't dwell on the issue and continued to pick out cultural relics.

But the wish inside unexpectedly found a knife.

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In the hotel near the cultural relics museum, Gao Bin and the other three ignored a batch of exchanged cultural relics and instead stared at the knife on the bed.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the legendary Daxia Dragon Bird Sword!" Gao Bin pinched his chin and said.

He knew there was something wrong with the knife and there were important clues hidden in it, so he took it so seriously!

The owner of the Daxia Dragon Bird Sword was Helian Bobo, the leader of the Huns during the Five Husties and the Rebellion of China. This man, like other nomadic leaders at the same time, was cruel and inhumane.

In order to maintain his dominance, Helianbobo paid special attention to the quality of weapons and took many extreme measures.

Historical records record that whenever a batch of weapons was accepted, Helian Bobo would definitely kill a batch of craftsmen.

For example, when inspecting bows and arrows and armor, if the bow and arrow cannot penetrate the armor, the bowsmith will be killed; if it does, the armorsmith will be killed.

During his reign, thousands of craftsmen were killed.

But precisely because of such high pressure, the weapons produced under Helian Bobo's rule are all rare treasures in the world, the most famous of which is the Daxia Dragon Bird Sword.

Although not much picture information has been handed down about this famous sword at the time, through some written records and other cultural relics of the same period, we can still explore its appearance and speculate on its craftsmanship and performance.

"Book of Jin" records:

(He Lian Bobo) made a hundred-level steel sword and made it into a large ring of dragon and bird. He named it "Dragon Bird of Great Xia" and inscribed on its back: "ancient sharp weapon, Wu, Chu Zhanlu. Dragon Bird of Great Xia, named Guan Shen"

Both can be ambitious and gentle. They are like wind-swept grass, commanding the nine districts. "This is a very precious thing in the world.

The Record of Ancient and Modern Swords, which was written in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties (may be a forgery, or was embellished by later generations) records:

Helian Bobo made five swords in the second year of Long Sheng's reign. There was a dragon bird ring on the back of the blade. It was also engraved with gold to make a dragon shape. It was three feet and nine inches long. The inscription said: "ancient sharp weapon, Wu Chu Zhan Lu. Da Xia Long"

The bird is famous as the capital of the gods. It can carry people far away, and it can be soft and close. It is like the wind and grass, commanding the nine districts." Liu Yu, the king of Song Dynasty, broke through Chang'an, got this sword, and later entered Liang Dynasty.

Judging from the records, the name of the Daxia Longque Sword is inseparable from the "Longque Dahuan", but there is another difference in the records of the ring between "Book of Jin" and "Records of Ancient and Modern Swords and Swords".

According to the "Book of Jin", the Daxia dragon bird ring should be the first sword with the dragon bird ring at the head and an inscription engraved on the back of the sword;

The "Ancient and Modern Swords and Swords" records that the Daxia dragon bird ring is similar to the large ring sword of later generations. There is a large ring on the back. The large ring and the "gold thread" form a dragon shape. It does not mention where the inscription is.
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However, in terms of credibility, "Book of Jin" is higher than "Records of Ancient and Modern Swords and Swords". Judging from the knives of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that have been discovered by archeology, including the Sui Dynasty, the Huanshou knife is still the mainstream knife type in this period.

No large-ring knife-shaped knives have yet been found.

However, the equipment of the Huanshou Dao in the Wei and Jin Dynasties is very different from that of the Han Dynasty. In particular, the sheathed Huanshou Dao in the north is the most representative, which is significantly different from the Huanshou Dao in the Han Dynasty.<

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The sheath-type ring-first knife is also called the sheath-type ring-first knife.

This kind of ring-headed knife has no tangs, and the scabbard is long and has a large opening. After the knife is put into the sheath, almost only the ring-head is exposed, and most of the handle and the blade are inserted into the scabbard, hence the name.

At that time, the ring-shou sword would have a hand rope tied to the ring and wrapped around the wrist. When drawing the sheath knife, the hand rope and ring head should be used to draw the sword.

The biggest improvement of this type of ring-shou knife is reflected in the way the knife is hung.

The traditional Huanshou Sword is worn in the same way as the Han Sword, that is, the belt is passed through the sword's ring and then pinned to the waist.

This wearing method is only suitable for walking, and is particularly inconvenient when riding a horse.

The sheath-type ring-head sword has two hanging ears. The hanging ears are connected to a belt or rope, allowing the sword to be hung at the waist. It is hung at two points, which is very suitable for cavalry. Therefore, it first became popular in the north and gradually became

Mainstream.

Until the last cavalry sword in history, the Type 65 saber, it still used this two-point suspension method.

As the representative of northern knives at that time, the Daxia Longque Sword most likely also adopted this sheath and hanging design.

The decorative "dragonque ring" that gets its name from the Daxia Longque Knife should be said to be its unique ring head.

At that time, there were three ways to decorate the ring head. One was to add a decoration inside the knife ring. Generally, the knife handle had an extension inside the knife ring. This extension had a specific shape, such as flowers, plants or animals;

One is that the sword ring itself has a special shape, carved into vegetation, vines or dragons and pythons; the other is that it has both.

The dragon bird here should not be a simple bird, but a dragon and a bird.

The ring of the Daxia Longque Knife should be in the shape of a dragon with a dragon bird inside the ring.

And in order to prevent the decoration inside the sword ring from affecting the wrapping of the hand rope and drawing the sword, Helianbobo's craftsmen may have deliberately enlarged the sword ring for convenience and practicality, so it is called a "big ring" in history books.

Similar sword ring decorations were unearthed in Goryeo and even Neon in the later period. It can be seen that the design of the Daxia Longque sword must be extremely beautiful and became an imitation sample of the precious swords from various East Asian countries at that time.

Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a habit of carving inscriptions on the backs of swords.

According to documentary records, the main text of the inscription on the back of the Daxia Longque Knife has a total of thirty-two characters. Please note that this is only the main text.

The inscription on the Huanshou knife often has a "preface" indicating the "manufacturing date" and material of the knife.

Calculated this way, the number of inscriptions on the Daxia Longque Sword should be close to fifty, preceded by "In the second year of Longsheng, on a certain day of a certain month, a hundred refined steels were refined" and so on.

However, there is no inscription on the knife in front of Gao Bin and others, but this does not mean that it is a fake.

As a nomadic leader, Helian Bobo should consider the portability of the sword on horseback and not be too long.

Judging from the length, it actually echoes people’s perception of the Daxia dragon bird.

As the number one sword at that time, the craftsmanship used in the Daxia Longque Knife must be unique.
To be continued...