Chapter 143: Rewarding

However, the Xiangwang seal in front of him obviously does not belong to these few.

Xiangwang Zhu Yiming, his father is Xiangjing King Zhu Zaiyao, both belong to the Ming Dynasty grandmaster.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang, a scholar, was the superintendent, crusading against Zhang Xianzhong, taking Xiangyang as the military government, and storing five provinces of gold and bows, knives and firearms.

Subsequently, Zhang Xianzhong made a slight trick and obtained the token of the enemy general Yang Sichang.

With this treasure, Zhang Xianzhong selected 28 soldiers with strong martial arts to pretend to be officers and soldiers, and swaggered into Xiangyang City.

That night, these 28 soldiers set fire to Xiangyang's grain and grass factory and ** warehouse, causing a riot in the Ming army, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the situation to lead the army to break into Xiangyang City, and directly terminated Yang Sichang's logistics supply base.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, the guard general Ma Xianglin and others were defenseless, defeated, and committed suicide in shame, and Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, and his family were captured by Zhang Xianzhong, and finally ended up beheaded.

Unexpectedly, after the change of the times, Zhu Yiming's Wang Yin fell into Zheng Shaoqiu's hands.

Zheng Shaoqiu looked at it twice, then casually guarded it on the ground, and then groped for a while, and took out a boxy thing.

It's heavy to start with, and this thing is a bit heavy.

Through the faint light of the miner's lamp, I was surprised to find that this was a yellow jade seal.

is similar to the gallant sun and moon, and it is also a dragon on the Yinniu, but there is a difference in momentum.

The dragon in front of him, the dragon's head was slightly raised, and he glared angrily, which should have been imposing, but because the eyelids were slightly rolled down, it looked dull and depressed.

And the dragon claws, there is not the slightest sense of sharpness, and the dragon scales look a little messy.

On the whole, this dragon is more like a dull old dragon, or a sick dragon, without the momentum of looking down on the world at all, and even less domineering.

Zheng Shaoqiu turned it slightly, and found that the overall proportions of this seal were also a little incongruous, and it looked a little weird.

Turning to the printing surface, there are six small characters engraved with small seals.

After glancing at it, Zheng Shaoqiu's originally casual demeanor suddenly changed greatly, and his pupils suddenly constricted: "The Seal of the Great West Emperor!"

After being silent for a long time, a hideous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and a treacherous look flashed in his eyes.

No wonder this seal as a whole gives people a weird feeling, it turns out to be Zhang Xianzhong's thing.

Since the beginning of the dynasties, the dragon has played an irreplaceable role in Chinese civilization and has absolute symbolic significance.

In thousands of years of civilization, there has always been its shadow, representing power, nobility, and honor.

The reason why the dragon has this cultural symbolism is that it has a lot to do with the incomparable supernatural power of the dragon in legends and myths to soar through the clouds and fog in the sky, chase the waves when it goes down to the sea, and call for wind and rain in the world.

But more importantly, because the dragon has often been the exclusive patent of ancient slaves and the supreme rulers of feudal societies for thousands of years, and is synonymous with imperial power.

Therefore, the emperor compares himself to the 'true dragon son of heaven', his body is called 'dragon body', the clothes he wears are called 'dragon robes', the chair he sits on is called 'dragon chair', and the cars and boats he rides are called 'chariots', 'dragon boats', and so on.

In short, everything related to their daily life is named "dragon" to show the privilege of being high.

In addition to this, there is another phenomenon that is incomprehensible.

The first founding emperor of all dynasties, the dragon seals they personally ordered to cast have a kind of domineering charm, not only the form is powerful and domineering, but even the momentum is also self-defeating.

With the change of dynasties, the symbols of the dragon have also become diverse, and the dragons on those utensils are also different, or gentle, or ferocious, or ruthless, or decadent......

And what is even more incredible is that in the later period of this dynasty, the cast utensils, the form of the dragon symbolized on them no longer have the domineering of the founding period, but have become weird, twilight, and dying.

Of course, there is also an unwritten saying in this, in the top circles, those masters speculate that the form of the dragon above it is inseparable from the rise and fall of a dynasty, and the succession.

Chaoxing, then Longsheng!

If the dynasty is defeated, the dragon will decline!

Those people call this phenomenon luck.

The luck of a dynasty.

And at present, the seal of Emperor Onishi also condenses Onishi's short-term national fortunes.

Zheng Shaoqiu retracted his thoughts, looked at the seal for a moment, and verified the guess in his heart, only then did he find out where the incongruity of this dragon was.

The dragon's tail looks a little short, and although the dragon's head is slightly high, it seems to be suppressed by an invisible force, and it has to bow its head, and there is no energy at all.

Although the dragon claws are depicted, they give people a feeling of powerlessness, the dragon body is even more weird, and the carving of dragon scales is also very rude.

The overall portrayal not only does not give people a feeling of self-sacrifice, but is somewhat evil, some cruel, obviously lacking stamina, and the decline is irretrievable.

This dragon, from the moment it was cast, was destined to be a latent dragon and could not ascend to heaven.

Zheng Shaoqiu carefully experienced the feeling that this seal brought him, and then he was silent for a long time, shook his head, and put it directly on the ground.

The rest of the package are some small objects, some gold bracelets, earrings and other utensils, each of which is very exquisitely made, symbolizing the highest level of this era.

But......

It is a pity that these gold objects did not come from the court, and they were basically folk objects.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also a few coins, which are the reward money of the king of Nasi, and there are not only silver coins, but also gold coins.

The gold itself is easier to preserve, and even though it is a little older, the gold coins are still in very good condition, especially the strong and powerful characters, which are extraordinary.

That's a great thing.

According to Zheng Shaoqiu's understanding, it seems that there is only a big money of the West King in the museum of the Demon Capital, and it has not been found in other places.

And this time he harvested three at once, which is enough to be proud.

He let out a long breath, carefully put the objects away, and then sat down on the threshold, lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

The white smoke meandered like a swimming dragon.

Zheng Shaoqiu's thoughts gradually drifted away.

Speaking of which, you still have to hurry up and buy a house, or change the safe.

The bold sun and moon and the three-reed watch are priceless treasures, and it is a little unreliable to put them in this yard after all.

There are also all kinds of items that have been collected, and they can also be sold for a good price.

Time passed imperceptibly slowly, and the night was sinking and silent, except for a few frog barks in the shallow puddles of grass and the faint sound of dogs barking in the distance.