novelraw Chapter 203 Snake Eyebrow Copper Fish!
Chapter 203 Snake Eyebrow Copper Fish!
Chapter 203 Snake Eyebrow Copper Fish!
Wu Qilong shook his head, having a different opinion.
"No, no, I don't think so. Think about it, there's no need to put the treasure in a box. I think it's more likely to be a treasure map!"
"Perhaps King Lu Shang hid the treasures he robbed from the tomb!"
Regarding the views of the two, everyone felt that they were reasonable, so they were divided into two factions, and neither of them accepted the other.
After arguing for a long time, there was still no answer. Finally, everyone couldn't help but look at Xiao Mo, motioning him to tell the answer quickly.
"Brother Mo, tell me quickly, what is in the Zijin box?"
"That's right, Xiao Mo, tell me, which one of us is right!"
"Don't be a fool, just say it!"
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Xiao Mo smiled, and then continued:
"The lid of the box opened slowly and automatically, and inside there was only a space the size of a little finger, which was padded by Bai Juan, and a gold-plated bronze fish was placed in the middle of Bai Juan.
The workmanship of this copper fish is very fine, each scale is polished with edges and corners, and on the eyebrows of the fish, there is a sea snake coiled on each side, which is lifelike and lifelike.
I looked at this fish up and down, and felt a little puzzled. Gold plated antiques are my specialty, but I have no idea about this fish, but the craftsmanship of this fish is only in the upper middle class. , it shouldn't be considered a very precious thing at that time, compared to the purple gold box used to hold it, it is much more expensive.
Historically, bargains in expensive boxes have only happened under some special conditions, such as the fish having a special symbolic value.
But I can't figure out what this thing is for?Soldiers?Impossible, it's too small, without any grandeur; a token?Impossible, there is no text on it, and it is too easy to forge.Looking at the shape and size of this thing, the only reasonable use is to decorate musical instruments and weapons, but there are no holes or rope marks on it.
I couldn't figure it out, and remembering that my third uncle was also very obsessed with this aspect, I decided to ask him for advice.Although he may not know more than I do, but with his experience, he may deduce something.
Determined to pay attention, I took the copper fish and knocked on the door of the third uncle's room. The third uncle saw me sneaking around and let me in with a suspicious face.
After I sat down, without talking nonsense, I just told the story of opening the maze box just now.
The third uncle heard me tell the story, and looked carefully at the copper fish in my hand, and was amazed again and again. When I saw that there was a door, I hurriedly asked what it was?What is it for?
The third uncle said: "You came to ask me, I really asked. There are no more than a hundred people in China who know about this thing, and among the hundred who have actually seen it, only about a dozen. It can be said that it is an absolute piece of art." A rarity."
When my third uncle said this, I was really elated. I thought that I could eat a gold ring out of cow dung. I didn't expect the things in that broken box to be so valuable, so I asked him about how much it could sell for.
The third uncle shook his head and said to me: "To say that this fish is a rare treasure does not mean that the fish is valuable, but that it has high archaeological value. This fish is very similar to the cultural relics unearthed in an archaeological expedition 20 years ago. , there may be some kind of connection, if it is handed over to the archaeological team at that time, it can almost be said to be a priceless treasure, but if you want to make a fortune from it, it is better to die."
I thought to myself that this is not in vain, we don’t do archaeology, what’s the use of having archaeological value, I can’t take this thing to the cultural relics management office to sell it.
I saw that Uncle San's expression changed, and I felt that there might be some hidden secret behind it, so I asked what happened back then. This thing was brought out of the Lu Palace. Could it be that what happened back then had something to do with the Lu Palace?
The third uncle shook his head and refused to say, "I don't want to mention the things that have happened for so many years. In short, I am very responsible to tell you that the appearance of this fish in Lu Palace should be just a coincidence, and it has nothing to do with Lu Shang. At that time The information has been destroyed by a fire, and these are all predestined."
I was depressed when I heard this, it’s fine if you don’t tell me what happened when I came to ask you, and you still make such a bunch of seductive words, don’t I want to know more?So he resorted to the means of cheating, and insisted that he tell me.
The third uncle was annoyed by my questioning, so he had to reveal a little bit to me:
Uncle San was the leader of the archaeological team for a period of time in the early years. He is an expert in field archaeology and is good at handling those strange ancient tombs that do not conform to the burial habits.
Tombs have been a unique humanistic activity since humans recognized death. Its history is as long as human history. Tombs in various periods contain a lot of information about human life at that time, including all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation. It is the law of burials that the ancients have passed down to the present.
However, for a long time, not every dynasty used the burial habits of their dynasties in the same way. There are many feudal ruling classes, and their tombs are very special. It is impossible to infer from our daily experience. They built tombs The technology is also the ultimate secret, and only a very small number of royal craftsmen have been qualified to learn it for thousands of years.
What we know now is the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is an example. These tombs have considerable records and have been passed down to the world, but no one has cracked the structure inside. Some people say that the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is 500 meters deep, and the underground palace is hidden deep in Mount Li. In fact, I have guessed that if you don’t go inside the real structure of the mausoleum, even if you are given a floor plan, you will not be able to understand it. The third uncle’s favorite thing in his life is to enter these ancient tombs that no one knows, but in history, there are large-scale construction projects. There are not many specialized emperors, and this kind of tomb is hard to come by. Even if some information is found, the location of the tomb cannot be found, and there has never been a chance for him to show his talents.
Until [-], archaeologists discovered a rare underwater tomb in XSQD. Neither the age nor the identity of the owner of the tomb can be verified. It was a mess, there were more than a dozen blasting sites, the seal of the tomb was almost completely destroyed, and the outer tomb wall was dented in several places, but the tomb robbers never found a way to enter this ancient tomb.
Judging from the huge stone anchors found around the cemetery, this tomb should have been built on a large ship first, and then the bottom of the ship was cut through to sink the ship tomb into the seabed. The owner of the tomb should be a very prominent person back then, but because the tomb could not be entered, the specific identity could not be verified. At that time, the relationship with Vietnam was tense and construction could not be carried out there, so the archaeological team had to look for hidden entrances from other places.
The cleaning work has been going on, and the outer collapsed tomb wall has been cleaned up. The scene inside the tomb wall shows the special structure of this ancient tomb. Behind the collapsed tomb wall, archaeologists found a second road sealed with plaster. The dead waterproof wall, the conclusion deduced from this shocked the world-the inside of this ancient tomb was actually sealed.
There is air in the ancient tomb, which no one thought beforehand. Even an expert like my grandfather has never seen a hollow ancient tomb isolated under water. All work was forced to stop, and everyone entered cautiously. In the gap between the outer wall and the inner wall, I found a one-foot-wide water inlet on the inner wall, which was just enough for a person to crawl in. After entering more than ten meters deep, I still didn't see the end. Instead, I found a man lying in the corner of the tomb. A copper box with a four-cornered lion head, when opened, there is another thing wrapped in silk cloth, which is a copper fish with snake eyebrows. The copper fish is covered with gold, and there are two coiled sea snakes on the eyebrows. The craftsmanship is meticulous and lifelike. "
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(End of this chapter)