Chapter 116: Zhang Xianzhong's Stone Drum

Is this Chengdu?

As soon as Wu Tianyuan got off the plane, he felt the leisureliness of the land of abundance, and he had always wanted to come to this holy place, which was known as the most suitable place for life.

The leisurely pace of life and countless delicious scenery make many people forget to return?

"According to the clues of Niu Feng's research, Zhang Xianzhong's treasure should be roughly near Phoenix Mountain, where he died, and it is most likely that a group of treasures will be left."

This time, Wu Tianyuan is looking for treasure while traveling, and the last one under the mountain is in Hong Kong, so it's not too late to have the opportunity to go again. Niu Feng's treasure hunt manual recorded a lot of clues, and he decided to come to Chengdu for two days first, and then go to Phoenix Mountain to go around and use his abilities to hunt for treasure.

According to historical records, after Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang, he stuffed the king of Chu in the Ming Dynasty into a bamboo sedan chair and threw it into the lake to drown, and he "took millions of gold and silver in the palace and carried hundreds of cars". Some people also said that Zhang Xianzhong plundered money from wealthy merchants in various prefectures and counties in Sichuan, ranging from thousands of taels of gold to tens of thousands, and that he would kill people after getting the money. He also strictly controlled the property obtained from looting, and set down rules: if his subordinates secretly hid one tael of gold and silver, they would behead the whole family; Hide ten taels, peel the skin myself, and behead the whole family. In this way, the wealth of the entire Sichuan belongs to Zhang Xianzhong alone.

Some experts put forward such a statement: Emperor Chongzhen can only be regarded as a "small household" compared with Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong once held a treasure fighting meeting in Chengdu, proudly showing off his wealth -- 24 rooms full of rare treasures, gold and silver ingots, dizzying and jaw-dropping.

Some historians roughly estimated that Zhang Xianzhong had at least 10 million taels of silver. According to the calculation of one tael of silver at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to 300 yuan in purchasing power today, in that era, he had a wealth equivalent to 3 billion yuan now.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Emperor did not do it for long, and in 1646, Prince Su Haoge and Wu Sangui led the Qing army from southern Shaanxi into Sichuan and attacked Zhang Xianzhong. In November of the same year, the Great Western Army was surrounded by Qing troops. Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly went out of the city to meet the battle, and was shot to death by the Qing general Yabran in Phoenix Mountain.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, his rebel army was later exterminated by the Qing Dynasty. But the treasures that Zhang Xianzhong amassed, the Qing court didn't seem to have received much. This naturally leaves a mystery: where did all those treasures go?

Out of nowhere, such a ballad came out: "The stone ox is against the stone drum, and the silver is ten thousand and five." Someone recognized it and bought all the Chengdu Mansion. It was believed that this was the "secret curse" to crack the place where Zhang Xianzhong hid his treasure, and it has since spread in Chengdu.

This time Wu Tianyuan is based on Niu Feng's research, although the "Jiangkou Shenyin Site" in Pengshan a few years ago is one of the central areas of Zhang Xianzhong's Shenyin, but Phoenix Mountain is also a suspicious location where there must be treasures.

"Zhang Xianzhong finally died in Phoenix Mountain, a large number of treasures are missing, and it is very likely to be scattered there according to common sense!"

Wu Tianyuan found a hotel to stay, came out to Chunxi Road to eat delicious food, and chatted with the little shovel while walking.

"According to the ideas of the ancients, the treasure is the safest only if it is buried in the ground, even if it dies, it can be taken down to the underworld, and it can be spent in the future. That's why there are thousands of years of burial system, and even the emperor is no exception. ”

"So Zhang Xianzhong must have left something behind in Phoenix Mountain, he knows that he will be defeated, will he give the treasure to the Qing Dynasty cheaply? Tomorrow I will go to the antique city stall to see if there are any clues? ”

This time there is no treasure map to guide it, and the small shovel is useless, Wu Tianyuan can only rely on luck, if he can find a batch of antiques at that time, there will be clues.

"Dashun Tongbao?"

The next morning, Wu Tianyuan took a taxi to the antique city and began to look for clues, the collection atmosphere here is not too strong, so there are not many shops and stalls, but he still found clues in an ancient coin shop.

"I just received Dashun Tongbao from my fellow villagers last year, there are more than a dozen, all of which are money left by Zhang Xianzhong."

Wu Tianyuan seemed to pick up one casually and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"Well, he just said that he was working in the field, and a hoe dug out a small jar with a few pieces of gold in it, and these copper coins, and you should give it to you cheaply."

Wu Tianyuan selected a few pieces and asked, "That's all?" Is there a small lithograph of Dashun? ”

"No, that's very rare, I'll keep it if I have it!" The boss smiled: "But there is another strange thing!" ”

"It's a stone?"

Wu Tianyuan took the small thing that the boss took out from under the counter, his heart was shocked, and he asked calmly.

"I don't know, the one that I received together seems to be a small pier? It's not even jade, it's stone, you have to buy a few more for you to play with! ”

Wu Tianyuan nodded, paid the money, hurriedly found a place where no one was, and began to interrogate Xiao Dunzi.

"I'm not a small dunzi, I'm a stone drum! I really don't know the goods! ”

"Are you the treasure map left by Zhang Xianzhong?"

"What treasure map? That guy is still playing tricks when he is dying! A large number of gold and silver treasures sank into the river, and a batch he took to Phoenix Mountain, and then the army was defeated and robbed by the Qing army. Even if there is anything left, it will be divided and fled by his subordinates, what else? ”

Wu Tianyuan was deflated for a while, and asked, "There are so many treasures that there are not any left?" ”

"I remember that there was a war at that time, and it seemed that a general buried the treasure chest in the ground, but do you not know it now?"

Wu Tianyuan hurriedly checked out and left, and went directly to Phoenix Mountain, even if there was a little hope, he had to go and see.

"This is it, I remember it very well."

The next day, Shi Gu took Wu Tianyuan to a place in the wilderness of Phoenix Mountain, and began to dig, just a few times to dig a treasure chest!

"This is Wang Yuanqi's album of six views of West Lake?"

Wu Tianyuan saw the top landscape album at first sight, the authentic works of the four kings of the Qing Dynasty, and the ten views of the West Lake, but it was not a handscroll, it was an album.

"It's a pity that there are only six scenes, and I don't know where the remaining four are?"

"This is the white marble dragon and phoenix sword?"

He picked up a short sword more than a foot long, a white jade dragon pattern sword, at least from the Han Dynasty.

"The rest are all copper coins, and there are more than a dozen gold ingots!"

Wu Tianyuan was a little disappointed, he was used to seeing the imperial treasure, and this time the thing was really shabby. It's easy to have ten views of West Lake, but it's still an incomplete album, and there's nothing valuable.

"I have long said that it was buried when the soldiers were fleeing for their lives, and it would be good to have these!"

Wu Tianyuan admitted that he was unlucky, and finally did not return empty-handed, climbed the mountain for a long time, and rested for a while.

"Huh? This is the five generations of Dashu Tongbao! ”

He was bored sorting out the copper coins scattered in the box, and suddenly became excited, and found a fifth-generation Dashu Tongbao in a pile of Dashun Tongbao!

"This is a rare surviving treasure, as if it has not been discovered in China, and there is one in Singapore."

Wu Tianyuan was excited, this is his second ancient coin treasure, Kuping one or two is recognized as a unique product, and Dashu Tongbao is made by the five dynasties of war, and there are very few surviving pieces, only on the rubbings that have been handed down.

Wu Tianyuan hurriedly and carefully inspected the other ancient coins, most of which were Dashun Tongbao, that is, the money made by Zhang Xianzhong. Several gold ingots are Onishi's rewards, which are specially used to reward soldiers.

"Anyway, there is a five-generation Dashu Tongbao, which is also a treasure, and it is not in vain!"

Wu Tianyuan began to interrogate the newcomer, to see if there were any other clues, there should be more than one treasure chest here.