Lu Fei came to the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase Bank in New York.
After completing the formalities and paying the sky-high deposit, Pierce led us through several rounds to Area A of the underground vault.
Arriving in front of No. A2-15 and A2-16, Pierce smiled and said politely.
"Mr. Lu Fei, please put this walkie-talkie away. I'll wait outside."
"If you need it or if you finish the operation, just call me and I will open the door for you right away."
"Thank you, Mr. Pierce."
Two explosion-proof trolley cases were left behind, and Pierce left.
Boom!
The heavy alloy iron door was closed, and Lu Fei was the only one left in the huge space.
Looking at the safe in front of him, Lu Fei was already extremely excited before he even opened the box.
"Lao Lutou, I paid more than 700,000 dollars in management fees. I hope you won't let me down."
Taking out the matching key, Lu Fei opened the safe No. A2-15 above with ease.
A single safe is sixty centimeters high, one meter long, and the top edge is over one and a half meters high. Lu Fei had to stand on tiptoes to see clearly.
Not to mention how laborious it is.
However, Lu Fei had a way to put the explosion-proof trolley case flat on the ground and stand on the trolley case.
Hey!
Just right.
This safe has quite a lot of space.
Looking inside, there are four brocade boxes of different sizes placed inside.
Seeing something, Lu Fei's anxious heart finally relaxed.
According to Lu Fei's habit, he would of course check them one by one from small to large, so that it would be exciting enough.
The smallest one inside is a solid wood brocade box made of golden nanmu.
The brocade box is square in shape, with a side length of 18 centimeters. The exterior is thickly patinated and densely covered with gold threads.
This is top-grade golden nan wood, and its quality is extraordinary.
This box alone is worth more than 50,000 yuan. r> There is no lock on the box. As usual, open the mouth of the box outwards.
After making sure there was no danger, I turned back to watch.
When he saw clearly what was inside, Lu Fei was so surprised that he almost let go.
"Water Dragon Ball?"
"Fuck!"
"How could it be?"
"This, this, this is incredible!"
Lu Fei was so surprised that he jumped down from the top and sat on the trolley case to look at it carefully.
This is a natural luminous pearl, round and ten centimeters in diameter.
The luminous pearl is a rare gemstone that can naturally emit light on its own.
In ancient times, it was called "Suizhu", "Xuanzhu", "Hanging Thorn", "Mingyue Pearl", etc.
Luminescent pearls are formed from some luminous substances in the earth that were accumulated in ores from the initial magma eruption and later geological movements.
Stones containing these luminous rare elements, after processing, are what people call luminous pearls.
However, its distribution on the earth is extremely rare and its mining is difficult, so it is particularly precious.
The "Night Pearl" is the most mysterious, rare and precious treasure in the five thousand years of civilization in China, and is privately owned by the imperial power.
It has a very profound historical heritage and cultural connotation.
According to historical records, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the "Night Pearl" has been regarded as a "famous artifact in the world", and its precious value is on par with the "He's Wall" and is extremely valuable.
At that time, only Tao Laigong (Fan He), a high-ranking official, and Zidun (a great businessman during the Warring States Period) could afford it.
The Jin Dynasty once used the "wall of hanging thorns" as a bait to "false heads and Yu Yidai".
Husbands in Qin, Chu, Wei and other countries used the night pearl to symbolize philosophy and discuss national affairs.
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The emperor died and was buried with the Night Pearl, "waiting for the anointed candle" in the mausoleum.
Guo Kuang, the younger brother of Empress Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, "hangs pearls on all four sides, looking like stars during the day and like the moon at night" to show off his wealth.
Night pearls usually come in yellow-green, light blue, orange-red and other colors.
Among them, green is the most expensive.
Because the halo emitted by green luminous pearls is close to white, softer and more natural, the light perception is also the strongest.
Green night pearl, also known as emerald night pearl.
This kind of luminous pearl is divided into grades according to the brightness and purity of its light.
There are three cases of luminous pearls recognized as having the highest value in Chinese history.
The first one on the list is the luminous pearl in the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi.
At that time, the value of that luminous pearl was as high as 10 million taels of silver, equivalent to more than 800 million modern Chinese coins, and weighed nearly 800 carats.
The luminous pearl has two petals, which are transparent when separated. Together they emit gleaming white light, which can illuminate a person's hair within a hundred feet.
Sun Dianying exploded the Dongling Tomb, snatched the night-light pearl from Lafayette's mouth and gave it to the First Lady Soong Meiling.
Legend has it that Song Meiling divided the luminous pearl into two petals and inlaid it on her two embroidered shoes, which was a truly luxurious piece.
Unfortunately, the luminous pearl disappeared in the end.
Ranked third are the nine luminous pearls on Cixi’s phoenix crown.
According to Li Yingfa's "Literary and Historical Interests": "In June 1900 AD, an invading army composed of Britain, Germany, Russia, France, the United States, Japan, Italy and Austria invaded Tiandu City.
Empress Dowager Cixi did not allow the people to fight back against the invaders, but instead engaged in treasonous activities. She took four night-bright pearls from the phoenix crown and gave them to foreigners, begging them to withdraw from Tiandu City.
The chief eunuch Li Lianying who was handling the matter was not around at the time, so he asked a palace maid named Wang to take him to the Ximen Hotel and hand him over to someone sent by Li Hongzhang."
Li Hongzhang is in charge of negotiating with foreigners about withdrawing troops. The palace maid was only seventeen years old at the time, and the Empress Dowager Cixi warned her to be careful along the way. If she lost something, her head would fall to the ground.
However, the palace maid did not obey the order, not because she was greedy, but because she did not want the national treasure to be taken advantage of by foreigners in vain.
So, the palace maid hid the four luminous pearls.
In the 1960s, these four luminous pearls were discovered in a worker's family living in Baishulin, Xi'an.
The family's surname is Wu, and the couple are both workers in a chemical factory.
Once during a cleaning trip, a child took apart a dirty and oily little pillow to clean, and found a red cloth bag inside. When he opened the red cloth, there was another layer of yellow cloth.
A layer of oil paper, and a layer of tissue paper inside the oil paper, wrapped in four longan-sized, shining night pearls.
At this point, these four luminous pearls were able to see the light again.
The material of these four luminous pearls is emerald luminous pearls. Based on the current market price, the value of each one will not be less than 600 million Shenzhou coins.
The first and third ones are the treasures of Cixi Lafayette.
Ranked in the middle is also the Legend of the Emperor.
In the first year of Tianshou, Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor.
The Lion Country, now Sri Lanka, paid tribute to an emerald night pearl.
This luminous pearl is round and big enough.
The only flaw is that there is a crooked white ribbon in it.
But it is this flaw that makes this luminous pearl legendary.
In the darkness, this luminous pearl shines with emerald green brilliance.
The brilliance gradually enlarges, and the inner color band appears as a white light and shadow in the brilliance.
It's like a stream in the green forest.
And the shape of this light and shadow is infinitely close to the Chinese totem "dragon."
Wu Zetian was overjoyed when he saw this, and Jinkou named the luminous pearl "Water Dragon Pearl."