Chapter 368: One tael of Tian Huang and one tael of gold
Chapter 368 ‘One ounce of field yellow and one ounce of gold’
...Although there is only one oil lamp in the room, it is quite bright for reading under the lamp.＊,,
But before reading, Liu Dong first took out the white jade Shanzi that he bought for 50,000 yuan when he was in Shahe.
The base of this white jade Shanzi is made of mahogany, which is pretty good, but the quality of the jade is too poor.
After taking Yu Shanzi away from the base, Liu Dong turned the jade over, then turned over the bottom side, then took out a sharp carving knife from the mustard space, and then pointed at a place and slowly
Cut it up.
Soon a thin piece of jade with a thickness of about half a centimeter was cut off by Liu Dong. Then he picked up Yushanzi and sipped it lightly in his hand. Then he saw a piece of jade that was fifteen centimeters long, both wide and high.
At about eight centimeters, the slightly bumpy Tianhuang stone appeared in Liu Dong's hands.
Looking at this piece of Tianhuang stone, Liu Dong held it in his hand with joy, and then carefully looked up and down with the light. The material of this piece of Tianhuang stone was not the top-grade frozen bottom Tianhuang, but the same precious 'silver-covered gold'
, silver wrapped in gold and yellow like a fresh egg with the shell removed, with a light white skin on the outside, bright luster, very valuable.
After holding this precious silver-coated gold field yellow stone in his hand and gently bumping it, Liu Dong estimated that it weighed at least five kilograms, that is, more than 2,500 grams. Although everyone knows that "one ounce of gold field yellow stone"
', But that is the most common Tianhuang stone. One gram of the real top-grade Tianhuang stone is hundreds of times that of gold. And the piece in Liu Dong's hands is worth tens of millions according to the current market price.
The true value does not have to be as low as the price of a third-dynasty imperial kiln of the Qing Dynasty.
However, Liu Dong was not prepared to sell this thing. Such a large piece of silver-coated gold field yellow stone is really a supreme treasure for making seal stones. Liu Dong does not have his own seal yet. And this top-quality field yellow stone is the best material.
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"However, such a good thing must be carved by the best printing master!" Liu Dong thought to himself.
To be honest, he can engrave by himself, but he has a specialization in the art. Although his jade carving skills are at the pinnacle among the younger generation, few can match him. But he is still at the level of a craftsman, not a true master. If he is allowed to
If you carve it yourself, I'm afraid you'll be wasting such a good material.
However, we will discuss the printing matter later. The most important thing now is to find Prince Zhuang's treasure that Uncle Li has hidden. Moreover, if possible, Liu Dong also wants to take a look at the condition of Prince Zhuang's tomb.
After sorting out his chaotic thoughts and putting the Yushanzi and Tianhuangshi in his hands into the mustard space, Liu Dong took out the German textbook that he had not finished reading before.
Afterwards, the whole room became quiet. In addition to the frequent sound of turning pages of books, the faint light of the oil lamp was always swaying with Liu Dong's figure.
Liu Dong read until midnight, then lay down on the bed to rest. Then he opened his eyes at five o'clock in the morning on time, and then came to the yard, practiced standing postures, and then inhaled and vomited.
I don't know if it's because this place is far away from the world, the air is fresh, and the spiritual energy in the mountains is strong. In short, after Liu Dong felt that he had reached the peak of dark energy, he made no progress and showed signs of going further. It did make him feel
unexpected surprise.
"Liu Dong, are you practicing martial arts?" Looking at Liu Dong sitting cross-legged in the yard, Mr. Liu, who happened to be out for exercise, couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"Haha, yes, Mr. Liu! This is a breathing method that I learned from the monks in the temple when I was a child. It is used to strengthen the body. Why, is this also exercise for you?" At this time, Liu Dong looked at Liu Dong.
After the old man was wearing a short sword and holding a sword in his hand, Liu Dong couldn't help but said in surprise.
Noticing Liu Dong's eyes, the old man smiled and said, "Yes, I have been practicing for a lifetime!"
Then, I saw the old man come to the yard, draw his sword out of its sheath, his whole expression became solemn, and then he slowly began to exercise in the yard.
"Tai Chi Sword!" Liu Dong thought to himself. Of course, compared to Liu Dong's Bajiquan and Mantis Fist, which are used in actual combat, as well as the internal strength for Qi training, Liu Lao's set of Tai Chi Sword is just a routine and for training.
After the old man finished practicing his sword, Liu Fang happened to come over and quickly prepared breakfast for the two of them, including noodle nests, bean curds, and porridge. This kind of breakfast is different from Shandong and has an original flavor from Hubei.
, which made Liu Dong enjoy the food.
After breakfast, Liu Dong carried his drawing board and easel out the door.
In the first few days, Liu Dong did not plan to go all over the mountains and plains to find the treasure of King Zhuang that Uncle Li had stolen. Instead, he really started painting in the village with his easel on his back.
People, houses, and mountains and trees in the distance are realistically and artistically presented on the drawing paper with Liu Dong's pencils.
For three days in a row, Liu Dong drew no less than ten sketches around the entire village. At this time, people's enthusiasm for watching him draw gradually faded. Only the children who were still coveting the candies and snacks in his pockets were still surrounding him.
Around Liu Dong.
During these three days, Liu Dong took the opportunity to chat with people and get a clear picture of the situation in the village.
The reason why this village is called Guan Jiachong is because more than 80% of the villagers here are good at Guan. They consider themselves to be the descendants of Guan Yu, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms. As for the location of the tomb of King Zhuang, Liu Dong did not get the slightest clue.
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However, the villagers here basically have an impression of Uncle Li and others, and there is also a man named Guan Liu in this village who is connected with Uncle Li and others.
From the villagers' mouths, Liu Dong learned that this man named Guan Liu was a rogue from Guanjia Village who was stealing and stealing all day long. However, just over three years ago, Guan Liu's whereabouts suddenly became secretive.
Many strangers also appeared around Guanliu's home. For fear of causing trouble, the villagers rarely bothered them, but were always vigilant.
However, after more than three years, and nothing unusual happened in the village, people have basically become accustomed to these outsiders who often visit Guanliujia.
Until three months ago, when Guan Liu disappeared mysteriously and all the strangers in his family disappeared, the villagers still discussed it for a while, but now no one cares about it.
Once, Liu Dong took the opportunity of painting to inspect Guan Liu's home with the relic Yuanguang, and he noticed something abnormal at first glance.
Because at his home, Liu Dong saw a tool often used in tomb robbing and archaeological excavations - a Luoyang shovel. There were also some wire ropes and even a walking tractor placed in the yard, but it looked like the tractor had been severely worn.
tires, you know they were overused, damaged and left here.
Moreover, Liu Dong also found a large number of empty wine bottles at Guan Liu's home, and five severely decomposed corpses were buried two to three meters underground in the yard. Obviously they should have belonged to Uncle Li's tomb robbers.
Gang, but after being killed for unknown reasons, the body was buried underground in the yard.
Apart from these clues, Liu Dong didn't find anything else, but it was pretty good to have these. At least it proved that he was not looking for the wrong place. This was indeed the place where Uncle Li and the others robbed tombs and hid treasures.
Moreover, the reign of King Chuzhuang was during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the bronzes, especially the tripods, were all weighing tens or even hundreds of kilograms. They wanted to successfully control the village without being seen.
All the rich funerary objects in the king's tomb were stolen, so the place where they hid the things must not be too far from the tomb.
Moreover, judging from the situation where Liu Dong obtained the 'Chao Kingdom Ding' and 'Zong Guo Ding', Uncle Li and the others did not choose to steal small, easy-to-take away gold, silver, and jade items like the tomb robbers in the past.
and smaller bronzes, and smashed the larger bells, tripods, etc. to sell the copper, but chose to rob all the bronzes in the tombs. For this result, Uncle Li and the others did not hesitate to spend three years here.
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"But where are the things?" With this question, Liu Dong began to walk out of the village on the fourth day and started searching on the surrounding low mountains.
From the bronzes he had already obtained, Liu Dong could understand that the bronze funerary objects, jades, lacquered wood wares, gold and silver wares, bone wares, teeth, horn wares, etc. in Prince Zhuang's tomb must be extremely rich and cannot be accommodated in a small place.
If there isn't one in the village, then there certainly won't be one in the surrounding cultivated farmland, otherwise it would have been discovered long ago.
Then there is only one possible place left - a cave!
Only in these naturally existing spaces could they hide the treasures in the tomb that King Chuzhuang spent 23 years building.
So Liu Dong's goal is very certain.
However, even if the target of the cave is clear, it is not easy to actually find it. There are really many caves near Guanjiachong, and it is even more difficult to find them one by one.
"It would be great if we could find the tomb of King Zhuang first!" Liu Dong stood on a hillside and looked into the distance, thinking to himself.
Liu Dong has learned a lot about the tomb forms of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Generally, the tombs of princes in this period have earth-enclosed tombs. The most typical representative is the First Emperor's Mausoleum. The earth-enclosed tomb is as high as 120 meters. Really
It's like a hill. However, after more than two thousand years of erosion, many of the seals have been washed away by water and cannot be seen anymore. For example, Liu Dong doesn't know what the condition of the seals on King Chuzhuang's tomb is now, so he wants to find it.
The mausoleum is really difficult.
Fortunately, the tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were not the type of tombs carved into mountains during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Otherwise, he would have been completely blind. There really aren't too many hills here.
After carefully analyzing the possible location of Prince Zhuang's Mausoleum and the place where Uncle Li and the others hid their treasures, Liu Dong also had a target and began to wander around the surrounding fields and mountains with his drawing board on his back. (Unfinished)
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