Chapter 1278: Ivory Wat Board

Because the tomb robbers dug up one of the tombs, which led to the discovery of the collection office, and then the discovery of the entire tomb complex, this is indeed a bit dramatic. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf it weren't for this gang of tomb robbers, I might not have found it for a while.

"It's not very far from Chang'an, and it's also in the Guanzhong area. It is not simple, and the preliminary discovery of five tombs, three of which have four patios and two have three patios. What was stolen was a tomb with four patios. However, further excavations are still underway, and no specific epitaph has been found for the time being, so the identity of the tomb owner has not yet been finalized. Jiang Yingnian gave a general introduction.

The number of patios in this tomb can indicate the status of the owner of the tomb.

In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor was generally the supreme number, with nine patios, the crown prince and princess had seven patios, and some queens and concubines and the like, that is, five patios. Therefore, the status of the tombs of the four patios is already very high, and it should be a high-ranking official or nobleman.

Jiang Yingnian said again, "This matter has to be kept secret for the time being, and I can't tell you too much, and when it is settled in the future, it is no problem if you want to see the unearthed cultural relics." ”

Tang Yi smiled, "I understand this, I just want to ask now, do I have to hand over this secret color porcelain in my hand?" ”

"This case will be carefully investigated, and I am sure that every single one will be implemented, and you really can't stay. It doesn't cost much, right? ”

"Not much. It's a lot, you have to pay it, after all, if this case is fully investigated, it can't be kept. How to pay? ”

"I'll have someone go find you. You don't have to worry about the rest. After Jiang Yingnian finished speaking, he suddenly said, "By the way, if you lack secret color porcelain, I have a business here!" ”

"Huh? When did Director Jiang also pull the fiber? ”

"I can't have friends in the antiques world? However, I did suddenly remember, because a while ago this friend said that there were a few pieces of secret color porcelain, and I asked him to help identify them, and he said that he could also sell them. Although the way is very correct, but my identity is indeed inconvenient to help him see, just right, if you are interested, when you arrive in Yanjing, you can see it. Jiang Yingnian explained.

"Okay, I'll talk about it then, but if it's not real, I don't want it."

"You! Okay, feel free to contact us about this. You give me the address, Sun Xiaowei is in Chang'an now, and I asked him to find you in the afternoon. ”

Tang Yi told Jiang Yingnian about the hotel room, hung up the phone, and then contacted Diao Qinsan to explain the situation.

Diao Qinsan didn't say anything, and soon sent the secret color porcelain water purification bottle.

"I'm sorry." Tang Yi said, "I'll find you a few pieces of secret color porcelain when I go back." ”

"What's this? I think it's better to know early than to find out when the time comes! Diao Qinsan put down his things, didn't say a few words, and left again, the new store was about to open, he was really busy enough, originally Tang Yi hadn't waited for Sun Xiaowei, he would have to go and see.

In the afternoon, Wen Jia made an appointment with someone from the Chang'an Feng Shui circle to meet, and Tang Yi waited for Sun Xiaowei in the room.

When Sun Xiaowei came, he was carrying a large suitcase in his hand, and when he saw Tang Yi, he seemed a little embarrassed, "Look at it, I haven't seen you for a long time, I came to ask for something." ”

"You're welcome a slingshot! How is Director Kuang? Tang Yi closed the door, threw Sun Xiaowei a cigarette, and then pointed to the brocade box on the table, which contained the secret color porcelain water purification bottle.

"He recently went to Yanjing to study, and he did some kind of closed training." Sun Xiaowei picked up the brocade box, opened the suitcase he brought, and put it in. However, he took out one thing from the suitcase, "I'm so sorry to take your things for nothing, I'll show you something!" ”

What Sun Xiaowei was holding in his hand was a long sealed bag. Tang Yi took it and took a closer look, and it turned out to be an ivory wat board! It's more than two feet long, so it's no wonder that such a large suitcase is used.

"From the grave?" Tang Yi took the sealed bag and looked at it while saying, "Director Jiang can't tell me too much, you actually showed me something?" ”

"I am embarrassed that the king's life will be disobeyed, and he will let me take your things with a word! We're a good person! Sun Xiaowei smoked and laughed.

The wat board, also known as the court board, is the thing that the minister holds in his hand when he goes to the palace to face the king. The main function of the wat board is to write letters, to record the king's orders, or to write on them what he is ready to say to the king.

The wat board is mainly made of jade, ivory, and bamboo. This ivory wat board is the standard of the Tang Dynasty, and the shape is clumsy and straight. Of course, it originally came out of the tomb of the Tang Dynasty!

In the Tang Dynasty, only officials above the fifth rank could use ivory, and officials of the sixth rank and below were made of bamboo. At the same time, only the wat board used by officials above the third grade is clumsy in front and straight in the back, and the range from the third grade to the fifth grade is clumsy in front and bent backward.

The history of the wat board is very long, according to some records of the "Book of Rites", the Shang and Zhou dynasties may have begun to use, to the Ming Dynasty regulations, officials above the fifth grade use ivory wat board, five grades below the wat board. In the Qing Dynasty, it was directly abandoned.

"You haven't decided whose tomb it is?" Tang Yi then asked.

"I haven't found an epitaph, so I can't be sure! It can only be inferred that it is a tomb of a high-ranking official, and it may be that there are multiple high-ranking officials in a clan, so a tomb group is formed. Sun Xiaowei said, "However, if you look at the handwriting on the wat board, although you can't deduce who it is, it is a little interesting!" ”

This ivory wat board may have been specially treated, and although there are many laugh lines, it is not broken. On it, there is indeed handwriting, it seems that the ink is very good, after so many years, although it has been diluted a lot, it can also be recognized.

However, the handwriting on it is not the policy of the court when he met the king, but seems to be some thoughts before his death. This is also very interesting, recorded on the wat board, and then the burial.

Tang Yi looked at the light and looked carefully.

"Senior Brother Yao defeated the Turks, and the Xiao family and Emperor Yang returned to their grandsons, and they actually won the treasure of Longyan Dayue・・・・・・"

At the beginning, these two sentences, Tang Yi looked at Sun Xiaowei, "The grade is not low, I actually directly called Wei Guogong as the senior brother of medicine!" ”

"Hey!" When Sun Xiaowei heard this, "You are indeed good, you will know who it is when you look at Senior Brother Yao." You say that this makes people who don't know enough to see it, and they can't think of Huang Yaoshi first? ”

The "Senior Brother Yao" in this, the "Duke of Weiguo" in Tang Yi's mouth, is naturally Li Jing in the Sui and Tang dynasties!

Li Jing, the word pharmacist, was later named the Duke of Weiguo by Li Shimin, so he was called Li Weigong. The name Li Jing is easy for many people to talk about with "Li Jing, the chief soldier of Chentangguan". Although there is a suspicion that later generations wrote novels to borrow the name of Li Jing, the mythical Li Jing was a figure in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, and Li Jing and Li Weigong were a generation of famous generals in history.