Chapter 227: Centennial Treasure Chest
If the appearance of the Qianlong Wanshou Bowl surprised the members of the expert group and ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, then the appearance of the Ye family's treasure chest was a blockbuster **, which completely exploded in the crowd.
It can be described as amazing, from the expert group on the stage, to the host Cao Dagang, to the audience in the audience, all of them are looking forward to earning enough eyeballs.
Everyone seems to have forgotten that this is the scene of a turnover competition, in their eyes, when the Ye family heirloom appeared, everything was floating clouds, and the competition between Xuan Bao Zhai and Shen's antique shop had no suspense.
With the strength of the Ye family's heirlooms, it is enough to crush Shen Qiu!
"Wait!"
Shen Qiu's face didn't have too much exclamation, and he didn't even look at it while everyone was looking at the treasure chest: "Teacher Cao, can I say a few words before the treasure chest is opened!"
Cao Dagang nodded again and again: "Yes, of course, Master Shen, what do you personally think of this treasure chest, you have read countless treasures, what kind of treasure do you think the Empress Dowager Cixi will put in this treasure chest?"
"Teacher Cao, I really have a say in this, I probably already know what kind of treasure is in this treasure chest?"
Shen Qiu either didn't speak, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked, which directly made Cao Dagang and Shen Jin on the stage dumbfounded.
"Shen Qiu, what nonsense are you talking about! Do you know what this treasure chest contains?" Shen Jin held the long key in his hand and asked in disbelief: "You have to use your brain before you speak, in front of so many people!" Do you dare to say it again?"
"I said I probably know what's in this treasure chest?"
"Do you know? You say you know?" Shen Jin's expression was exaggerated, and he pointed to the treasure chest and said: "Nonsense! Don't say you don't know! Even the heirs of the Ye family don't know what it is! What qualifications do you have to say that you know! Do you know the chest of the Imperial Golden Gate? It can only be opened once! No one has opened this treasure chest for more than a hundred years!"
Shen Jin's emotions were extremely excited, as if he had been poked in the pain point: "Can you think before you brag? It is no exaggeration to say that only the Empress Dowager Cixi knows what is in it in the whole world! Do you know? Are you the reincarnation of Cixi?" "If you knew what was in the box, I would have swallowed the box!"
Shen Qiu nodded unhurriedly: "I'm not the reincarnation of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but I also know what this treasure chest contains!"
"Wow!"
The audience was boiling again, this time not only the audience exploded, but even the expert team exploded, and everyone looked at Shen Qiu with surprised eyes.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! This is a special box made by the Imperial Golden Gate, this lock can only be opened once, that is to say, no one will ever open this treasure chest in more than a hundred years, not to mention that this treasure chest has been placed in the pawn shop in Lin'an, and it has not passed through Shen Qiu's hand at all, how can he know what is inside? Could it be that this Shen Qiu has a perspective eye?"
"Shen Qiu, tell me what is in it! If you can say it, I will obey you!"
The people at the scene were talking, and the host Cao Dagang stabilized his position: "It's not Master Shen, are you sure you really know what is in the treasure chest? If you know, then tell everyone in front of the big guy and in front of the camera?"
"No problem!" Shen Qiu happily agreed: "It's not a secret, when I got the Qianlong Wanshou Bowl, I specially went to check the relevant historical materials, and I read about ten historical books in one day, and I really found some clues!"
Shen Qiu got up and took a handbag from his back, which contained more than a dozen historical materials he had found, and first took out an ancient book with a brown cover, and a few big characters were printed on the cover: Memory of the Imperial Golden Gate.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I found this ancient book from the Jiangcheng Museum, the author of this book is named Hu Haizhou, who is Hu Haizhou? A craftsman of the Imperial Golden Gate, in his later years, he recalled all the handicrafts of the Imperial Golden Gate that he handled, and recorded in this ancient book, such as the well-known wood carvings of the Buddha head of the Imperial Golden Gate, and the sandalwood ornaments of the Royal Golden Gate, which we are familiar with, can be found in this ancient book, including the treasure chest in front of us has also been partially recorded in this booklet!"
Shen Qiu opened the ancient book, and one of the pages did describe the production of the treasure chest: "Roughly the same, in July of the 38th year of Guangxu, Lafayette ordered to build a wooden box, carved dragons and phoenixes, and in accordance with the highest royal standards to make it, carefully carved out the outline of "Red Cliff Fu", "Spring Night", "Riding Horses", and "Words of Jiangcheng after the Snow". ”
Indeed, the four sides of this treasure chest are indeed carved with a summary of these poems, and it can be seen that these famous poems are the representative works of the great poet of the Song Dynasty and Su Shi.
"So what? Shen Qiu? Could it be that this ancient book says what the box contains? What does this have to do with the Empress Dowager Cixi's beloved collection?" Shen Jin asked, holding the black key tightly and pointing at Shen Qiu.
"Don't worry! Listen to my analysis slowly!" Shen Qiu took out a yellowish book from a pile of ancient books, this was not an ancient book, but a pirated book "Memoirs of Li Lianying".
Although I have a pirated book in my hand, there is indeed a book like this, which describes in detail some of Li Lianying's memories of the Empress Dowager Cixi! Among them, it is also written that the Empress Dowager Cixi's favorite is the "Red Cliff Fu" of the great poet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, and when the Guangxu Emperor was eight years old, he asked him to copy a copy of Su Shi's "Red Cliff Fu". Cixi couldn't put down this poem copied by her son, and regarded it as a treasure, and she had to take it out and read it several times a day!"
"So in this way, many details are all corresponding, the Imperial Golden Gate is a treasure chest created in July of the 38th year of Guangxu, and the treasure chest is used to place Cixi's favorite treasure, Su Shi's "Red Cliff Fu", and Emperor Guangxu copied it?"
"It happened to be on July 16 of the 38th year of Guangxu, a historic event occurred, and the Guangxu Emperor died suddenly! All of these are rooted in the death of the Guangxu Emperor in series, so it is not difficult to guess what kind of treasure is contained in this treasure chest, if I guess correctly, this treasure chest contains the "Red Cliff Fu" copied by the Guangxu Emperor back then!"
Chibi Fu!
Shen Qiu specified the treasures in the treasure chest in one breath, and his aura was full of astonishment, which instantly stunned people.
"Impossible! How could the box contain a book of poems and songs? Shen Qiu, you are talking nonsense! I don't believe it!" Shen Jin also reddened his eyes and gritted his teeth.
If this much-anticipated treasure chest only contains a copy of "Red Cliff Fu", then Shen Jin's fate can only be described as miserable, the Empress Dowager Cixi's beloved treasures are not worth it to Shen Jin, and its own value is not even as valuable as the treasure chest of the Imperial Golden Gate.
"You don't believe it? Come on! In front of everyone! Open it yourself! I bet with you, this is Guangxu's "Red Cliff Fu"!"
"Okay! I'll open it for you today! How can the heirloom of 300 million be just a pile of waste paper!" Shen Jin stepped forward and held the treasure chest, and the black key was inserted into the special lock hole of the Royal Golden Gate.
Click!
With a sudden crisp sound, time seemed to stand still, and even a needle could be heard when it fell to the ground, and everyone's eyes were focused on the brilliant treasure chest.
In the end, is it a priceless treasure, or is it as Shen Qiu said, the copy of "Red Cliff Fu" copied by Emperor Guangxu?
The chest of the treasure chest was finally opened, the lid of the box was lifted, and a trace of dust first floated out of the crack, more than a hundred years apart.
The mystery of more than 100 years has finally revealed its true face at this moment......