Chapter 687: Double Dragon Plays with Pearls and Jade Pendants

Jiang Jun asked: "Is Brother Cheng's blue-maned horse called Qingyan? How can it have such a strange name? Also, how much is the difference between Brother Cheng's green-maned horse and that useless wind and fire?"

It's useless, it's that Wu use.

Zhou You replied one by one: "The mane of the blue-maned horse runs like a cyan flame, so it is named Qingyan's." As for the gap with the wind and fire, it is said that it is not very large, but the slightest gap on the racetrack can be infinitely magnified. ”

Jiang Jun smiled bitterly: "You mean that Qingyan is still not atmospheric?"

Wang Hao muttered: "What kind of secret weapon is this!"

Zhou You was also quite helpless, and said: "The only way for me now is to pin my hope on the golden arrows invited by Brother Cheng and Brother Ming, as well as the foreign aid from the He family and the Wan family." As long as Qingyan is lucky, I hope that in the last month, Qingyan can have an explosive growth. ”

"Khan!"

Wang Hao and Jiang Jun both looked a little helpless.

"Don't talk about that. ”

Traveling around is really just a matter of luck.

He asked Cheng Feihu to send Qingyan over, in order to strengthen Qingyan in the shortest possible time. It's a pity that the current time is too short, if you can give Zhou You half a year, even if it's three months, Zhou You will definitely be able to improve Qingyan's physical fitness by a notch.

Originally, Zhou You also planned to delay it indefinitely, but in order to avoid long nights and dreams, the other party actually gave a strict deadline, and said that if you don't want to gamble, you can end it. Therefore, in order to fulfill their promises and recover the plundered national treasures, they can only kill them head-on, even if they will eventually lose the enemy.

It's just that the more I talk about it now, the more angry I become, and I can only stare dryly, so it's better not to talk about it and talk about the happier things. I saw Zhou You pointing to the rare ancient ornament in the middle of the table and said, "Okay, you should tell me, how did you get this phoenix crown?"

Yes, this rare ancient ornament is an ancient phoenix crown, and it is also a rare gold artifact.

Zhou You asked: "If I remember correctly, there are only two golden crowns found in the country, one is the golden crown unearthed during the excavation of the tomb of the Wanli Emperor, which is now in the National History Museum, and the Forbidden City does not even have a golden crown or a golden phoenix crown." ”

Jiang Jun joked: "Your information is too old, I guess you don't know, Li Zicheng's relics have been excavated, this is an unprecedented major discovery of Ming Dynasty historical materials in 360 years, and it has very important historical value for the study of Ming history, especially the history of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties." ”

"No, it won't!"

Zhou You really didn't know about this.

In the 42 days after Li Zicheng invaded the city of Beijing, he carried out a policy of torture and plunder, and as spoils of war, he transported many precious cultural relics from the Beijing court to Xi'an in a large cart for a day without stopping. It's just that the final whereabouts of the wealth he robbed in Beijing have always become a major historical unsolved case.

Now the rebirth, as Jiang Jun said, will be a major discovery of Ming Dynasty historical materials in the past 360 years.

Zhou You thought for a moment and asked, "Give me the details of this incident." ”

Wang Hao had already prepared, and replied while handing over the information: "It is said that those precious historical relics were found in the deep mountains and old forests at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi. Li Zicheng's Yu Gao Yigong, Li Guo, his wife Gao Guiying, etc. had been active in that area, and later Gao Guiying, Niu Jinxing, etc. lived in seclusion, and their descendants carefully preserved these precious cultural relics, and in the past ten years, they have been collected by Tongcheng collectors one after another. It's just that for some reason, the information is well kept secret, and it's only circulated in a very small circle, and we've only heard about it recently. ”

Zhou You can understand why he wants to keep it secret, if it is him, if he has such an opportunity, he will keep it secret first.

Jiang Jun added: "Originally, the outside world thought it was just a rumor, but after more and more experts explored, this news was finally confirmed, and we also used a lot of special channels to finally collect this item." ”

Zhou You took a cursory look at it and asked: "This thing is indeed exquisite, it can be described as a condensation of an era, enough to show off at the international jewelry exchange." It's just that we have to work out its historical background in order to be more convincing. ”

After a pause, he said: "In fact, I have a question, in the "Daming Huidian" of the Ming Dynasty, which recorded the code system, there was no record of the golden crown and the golden phoenix crown, and the emperor wore the Yishan crown when he went to court. The Ming Dynasty Wangqi's "Sancai Tuhui" recorded the Ming Dynasty's regulations, systems, and etiquette systems, and drew drawings as evidence, but there was no record of the golden crown and the golden phoenix crown. In the Ming history "Yufu Zhi", which was written in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there is no record of the emperor wearing a golden crown. Now the sudden appearance of a golden phoenix crown cannot but arouse my suspicions. ”

"It's true, but it's not from the early Ming Dynasty. ”

Wang Hao was the first to express his judgment.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the economy was very poor, and making five ordinary crowns was a waste in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion. After Wanli, the economy prospered, the ruling class became more and more extravagant, and the golden crown can be regarded as a product and symbol of the Ming Dynasty, which is naturally easy to attract the attention of some princes and nobles.

Zhou You said: "The scale and mode of this golden phoenix crown are typical phoenix crowns, not ordinary women can wear them, even the wives of big officials are not qualified." However, I heard that a golden phoenix crown was unearthed in the tomb of a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty in Lanzhou, which was the funeral goods of his wife Yipin, which completely broke through the constraints of the ritual system and can be said to be a very typical witness. ”

The situation of the golden phoenix crown is more complicated, according to etiquette, it should be the queen mother, concubines, and princesses who can wear it, and other people, even the wives of the first-class officials of the dynasty, and even the relatives of the emperor are not qualified.

Jiang Jun asked, "You mean you're afraid that this golden phoenix crown is just something made up by some people?"

Zhou You nodded.

Authentic royal production and private forgery are completely different things, its artistic value and image are ridiculously different, and they are completely two different levels of existence. If the golden phoenix crown is forged in private and taken to the international jewelry exchange meeting to participate in the exchange, I don't know how much of a joke it will make.

Jiang Jun comforted: "Zhou You, you can rest assured, when we bought it, we went through repeated research and exploration, and we also started to follow up on the items that came out of the same batch of Jin Fengguan, I believe that there will be definite evidence soon." You won't be disgraced. ”

"Thank you for your hard work. ”

What else can you say?

The records of the queen mothers, concubines and princesses of the ancient court are difficult to search, and it is even more difficult to obtain comprehensive and detailed information, not to mention their daily utensils and decorations. It is not easy for Wang Hao and Jiang Jun to study this golden phoenix crown to this point.

Wang Hao replied: "Compared to your affairs, what we have done is really not worth mentioning." ”

Zhou You responded with a shake of his head.

Jiang Jun reminded: "Traveling around, even if this golden phoenix crown is really the artifact of a distinguished person, but at the international level, it is really difficult to reach the point of attracting attention." I don't know if you have any plans? I'm very worried about your trip to the United States. ”

"Don't worry, I've got a second plan. ”

"Wait a minute. ”

Zhou You smiled proudly, got up leisurely, went to the underground vault and took out a piece of jadeite before coming up.

Wang Hao and Jiang Jun were a little puzzled, and they didn't know why Zhou You took out this piece of Shuanglong out of the water jade.

This piece of double dragon play pearl jade is the root cause of the original swallow Wen broken family, this texture is only white background green, but its value is not in the Spring and Autumn period of the four dragons Fangzun and the late Shang period bronze owl pattern square, if it is taken to auction, it is possible to sell for 100 million yuan.

It is such a piece of double dragon pearl jadeite, which was entrusted with a heavy task by Zhou You, and actually wanted to take it to the top jewelry circle in the world to show off his might.

Wang Hao was more optimistic about the jade of Shuanglong playing with pearls, and asked: "Is the jade good, but it must also be made into jewelry! If it is a work of art, people will not agree to it." ”

"It's been planned for a long time!"

Without saying a word, Zhou You put out the pattern designed by Mr. Zheng Ping, and said: "I was reminded by Zheng Minglang before, so I secretly discussed with Mr. Zheng Ping to see if this piece of jadeite could be carved into jade buckle-type jewelry. But Mr. Zheng Ping suggested that I carve it into a jade pendant, after all, the double dragon play pearl jade is not very small, and it is a bit nondescript to make it into a safe buckle, so it will change into the form of jade pendant and jade bi. ”

"Jade pendant!

Wang Hao's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he couldn't wait to take possession of it.

Although it is a design sketch, this jade pendant vividly depicts the fantasy color of the double dragon playing with pearls, and anyone who sees it can't help but admire.

To be honest, if this piece of double dragon opera pearl jade pendant is carved out and taken on the body to go shopping, the return rate is definitely not inferior to those movie stars.

Jiang Jun analyzed this piece of double dragon opera pearl jade pendant more deeply: "The modern jade pendant craft generally uses the images of people, animals, flowers and birds, utensils and some auspicious characters and other traditional patterns, with folk proverbs, auspicious words and god stories as the theme, through metaphors, analogies, puns, symbols and homophony and other expressions, constituting an artistic expression of a pattern in a sentence of auspicious language." If China's unique jade culture and art are brought to the Western world, it can indeed play a role in surprise. ”

Wang Hao laughed: "Since ancient times, it is very common for the dragon to be engraved on utensils as an auspicious pattern by our Rui beasts. Moreover, this piece of double dragon opera pearl jade pendant is no longer an ordinary work of art, but also has a certain symbolic meaning, and it is estimated that it is enough as an heirloom of your Zhou family. ”

After speaking, Wang Hao deliberately glanced at Xu Man, who was taking care of Daqing outside the villa.

Zhou You smiled and nodded.

It is true that there are too many things that can be passed on to children and grandchildren during travel, but there are too few items such as Shuanglong Opera and Jade Pendant that include economy, culture, meaning, carrying, and so on.

Jiang Jun laughed even more: "If the children and grandchildren after traveling are all treasures of this level, then there will be a headache for him." ”

After speaking, Jiang Jun deliberately glanced at Fluttershy, who was sorting out the information on the side, and the meaning was obvious.

Wang Hao couldn't help but nod his head, while Zhou You smiled bitterly.

Wang Hao and Jiang Jun are telling the truth.

The atmosphere was also enlivened by these two half-jokes.