Chapter 410: The Millennium Treasure Sword

………… Looking at the curious eyes of the three of them, Liu Dong smiled, and still said the panacea-like explanation: "Intuition!"

"Cut, just forget it!" This explanation obviously could not satisfy Miss Jiang. Similarly, Li Yuncong and Zhuang Wen were also deeply skeptical of Liu Dong's answer.

"I didn't lie to you!" Liu Dong then stopped talking, in the case that he couldn't say the relics Yuanguang no matter what, this question was an unsolvable answer. The more you talk about it, the more suspicious it is, but it's better to leave others with a sense of mystery after a shallow taste.

As Liu Dong immersed himself in work, the thick layer of raw lacquer that was originally attached to the knife body was brushed off little by little. The shiny blade has been fully revealed.

"It's so beautiful!" Zhuang Wen couldn't help but admire as she looked at the lower half of the blade that had been completely cleaned.

And Jiang Tingting, who was with her, also nodded vigorously, at this moment Liu Dong held a knife nearly fifty centimeters wide and about two feet long, the body was as smooth as new, without the slightest rust, and the blade was shining with cold light, very sharp. And the entire body of the knife is covered with plum blossom-like patterns, and under the sunlight, it shoots out a dazzling white smooth, like the skin of a white deer.

"Xiaodong, this should be patterned steel, right?" Compared with Zhuang Wen and Jiang Tingting, who were purely lively and knew a little about collection and appraisal knowledge, Li Yuncong asked after taking a closer look.

"Well, this is indeed patterned steel!"

Patterned steel is a kind of iron-carbon alloy forged by ancient Chinese craftsmen with a special process that can display patterns. However, it has been lost in China (only a very small number of authentic traditional craftsmen have been able to reproduce their craftsmanship).

The pattern blade (sword) has the ability to cut through the iron, cut the gold and break the jade, and the other blades (swords) come into contact with it, and there are few that are not cut or damaged. This is not an imagination in martial arts novels. It's reality. The Chinese had already cast bronze patterned blades at least 2,400 years ago. And there have been many famous blades in the past dynasties, such as Ganjiang, Mo Ye, Long Yuan, Tai'a, Zhan Lu, Yu Gu, Juque, etc.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the two swords "Ganjiang" and "Mo Evil" cast by the famous sword master of Wu Guozhu, the former sword body is covered with cracks, and the latter sword body is covered with water ripples. This kind of cracked water ripple, laymen often think that it is a pattern engraved on the knife, but in fact it is a natural pattern formed after a hundred refinements. This patterned blade has an extremely tough and sharp blade, and the edge is secretly serrate. Moreover, due to the different combinations of steel and raw wrought iron, it has the characteristics of rigidity and softness, and other types of swords rarely suffer continuous damage when they collide with it, which is the main reason why the pattern blade is superior to the general sword.

However, it is the same patterned blade, and the process is different due to the different quality of the metal. The unearthed sword of Goujian of the Yue Dynasty uses tin and copper smelting and casting technology, and the pattern is formed by copper sulfide and contains a small amount of aluminum and nickel, while the steel knife cast in the Han Dynasty. Due to the use of frying and quenching techniques, the structure is more fine. The blade is strong and sharp.

And the pattern steel is often the sword casting master after hundreds of forging, will appear this natural pattern, the process is complicated, extremely time-consuming, each pattern sword is the appearance of a concentration of a country's financial resources, it takes several years to build success. Therefore, for thousands of years, this famous sword and sword made of patterned steel was exclusive to emperors.

"Brush quickly, brush quickly, and see if this knife is one of those famous treasures in history!" After listening to Liu Dong's words, Li Yuncong was completely excited.

To be honest, as men, the violent factor hidden in their blood makes them naturally full of strong interest in swords and guns that can kill people.

From the emperor's Xuanyuan sword to the Qianlong Emperor's Nine Dragon Sword, almost every generation of emperors will create their own peerless swords and swords, and from ancient times to the present, from generals to the people, everyone regards having a sword and sword as the supreme glory.

Although in modern times, hot weapons such as guns have replaced cold weapons such as swords, but the fascination with them has not been reduced due to the changes of the times.

Therefore, Liu Dong, who is also a man, understands the excitement in Li Yuncong's heart at the moment.

However, Jiang Tingting and Zhuang Wen are different, after the initial freshness, they immediately couldn't bear the choking smell of gasoline and hid in the distance.

With Liu Dong's rapid brushing, the blade of the knife, which was about three feet and one inch long, was soon completely cleaned out.

"Xiaodong, these two words are Xiao Seal, right?" Pointing to the blade of the knife close to the hilt, the size of the two spectacle lenses was wrong in gold characters, Li Yuncong pondered for a long time, and only after he couldn't understand it did he ask.

"Yes, this is Xiao Seal!"

"What do those two words mean?" asked Li Yuncong after that.

"Sizzle!" After taking a deep breath and suppressing the excitement in his heart a little, Liu Dong said in a trembling tone: "The meaning of these two small seals is 'White Deer'!"

"White deer, white deer knife! The 'white deer knife' mentioned in Tao Hongjing's "Ancient and Modern Sword Records"?"

Ancient and Modern Sword Records, is a treatise on ancient Chinese records to introduce swords, written by Tao Hongjing of the Southern Dynasty. The book records the number of swords and swords made in various dynasties from Xia Yu to Emperor Wu of Liang, and gives a detailed description of the name, size, casting process and inscription of each sword. It provides valuable historical materials for the study of ancient sword craft in China.

As for the 'White Deer Knife', it was cast by the Northern Wei Emperor Yuan Ke during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, because it was cast in Bailu Mountain, so after the knife was completed, it was called 'White Deer Knife'!

"Haha, if there are no two identical 'White Deer Knife' in history, then I think it is the White Deer Knife that Tao Hongjing said, nearly 1,400 years ago!" Thinking of the pride, Liu Dong couldn't help laughing.

"You guy, this time you picked up the treasure again!" Looking at the white deer knife in Liu Dong's hand, Li Yuncong's eyes turned red with envy.

You must know that although the White Deer Knife is not as good as a sword like Mo Xie in terms of reputation, it is also a rare treasure for the ages in terms of value! After all, it has been passed down for thousands of years, and most of the famous swords and swords recorded in the ancient and modern sword records have been lost in the long river of history.

"Look at the two of them excited, isn't it just a knife?" Jiang Tingting said.

"That's it!" Zhuang Wen replied, for these girls, no matter how good a sword is, no matter how attractive a piece of expensive cosmetics is.

"Wenwen, after just sitting for a while, I was sleepy. I'll go to Liu Dong's room to sleep for a while, and call me if there's something!" After being basked by the warm morning sun for a while, Jiang Tingting, who hadn't slept all night, really couldn't stand it. After yawning a few times, Mingming's big eyes had become confused.

"Ha!" As soon as she mentioned sleeping, Zhuang Wen immediately felt a strong sense of exhaustion rushing out of her heart, her eyelids were as heavy as a mountain, and she yawned a lot.

"No, Tingting, I'm sleepy too!I'll go with you!" With that, Zhuang Wen also stood up from the bench.

"Hey, Tingting, what's wrong with you?" I saw Jiang Tingting, who originally said that she was going to sleep, but when she was halfway there, she actually stopped. And his eyes stared directly at Liu Dong, the heavy sleepiness on his face disappeared without a trace, but his mouth opened slightly, and his expression was extremely excited.

Zhuang Wen, who had a strange feeling in her heart, couldn't help but follow Jiang Tingting's gaze, 'um', her eyes opened to the maximum in an instant, and like Jiang Tingting, the sleepiness on her face disappeared without a trace.

"Tingting, do you think it looks like a diamond?" Zhuang Wen asked in a trembling voice.

"I don't know, but it's really beautiful!"

After finishing speaking, the two glanced at each other and trotted towards Liu Dong in unison.

At this time, Liu Dong had completely cleaned out the White Deer Knife and was rinsing it with the clean water that Li Yuncong had already made.

"I didn't expect a white deer knife to be inlaid with so many gems, and the entire handle is gilded, it's really extravagant!" Looking at the cleaned up white deer knife, Li Yuncong was amazed.

Indeed, the beast face swallowing of this white deer knife is gilded, and it is very well preserved, and it is not damaged.

Moreover, in addition to the gilt accident, the handle is also wound with very fine gold wire, which increases the friction and highlights the preciousness of this white deer knife. What surprised Liu Dong the most was that at the end of this white deer knife was inlaid with a bright yellow diamond that exuded the same as fresh chicken fat, the color was bright and full, and the diamond was only a little smaller than a table tennis ball, although it was not weighed specifically, but more than 100 carats was definitely right.

You know, diamonds are generally more than 10 carats are very rare, and have a very high collection value, and more than 100 carats of large diamonds, now there are only 1,900 in the world, almost every one is famous. Of these 1,900, more than 90 percent are colorless diamonds, and even fewer are pure and intense, and they are more precious.

It can be said that in the case of any diamond with hundreds of carats and its own name is a national treasure, then a colored diamond with hundreds of carats is a national treasure among national treasures.

"Xiaodong, is this handle inlaid with diamonds?" After trotting over, Jiang Tingting hurriedly asked.

"Diamonds?" Li Yuncong was stunned for a moment, first glanced at the excited looks on the faces of Jiang Tingting and his wife, then turned his gaze to Liu Dong's body, and finally looked at the yellow ball that was finally embedded in the gold with the handle of the knife.

At the beginning, Li Yuncong also saw the yellow gem inlaid on the hilt, originally he thought it was yellow glass, after all, in ancient times, because of the complexity of the system, the glass was also very precious, especially the famous Yue Wang Goujian sword was inlaid with red glass and turquoise. (To be continued......)