No one would have thought that they could get Suihou Zhu here, and it was indeed an unexpected joy to be able to invite such a national treasure back.

The charm of Suihou Zhu lies in its whiteness, as well as its soft light, if you put it in your home, you don't need to arrange lighting effects at all.

Of course, no one is qualified to put Suihou Zhu at home, and there is only one place for it, the Forbidden City.

It is conceivable that with Xu Fu's search for Xianshan, Qin Xuebing's overseas expedition, and Suihou Zhu's historical low, the Palace Museum will attract countless tourists and usher in another peak.

While Hou Zhu has not yet entered the warehouse, everyone takes turns to play, and when he returns to China, this thing will be sent to the Forbidden City, and it is almost impossible to play with it in his hands.

"What is Suihou Zhu made of?" When it was Ouyang Xiaomei's turn, the little girl muttered.

Everyone looked at Qin Xuebing, and here he knew the most about antiques. Of course, they didn't know that Qin Xuebing's understanding of antiques was not as good as Ye Zijing's, and the reason why he was able to pick up leaks again and again was because Yuan Qi was unique, able to sense old gas, and had a jade pen to help identify it.

Qin Xuebing took the Suihou bead in his hand and carefully distinguished, this bead has always been a mystery, including its origin, material, and whereabouts.

In recent years, there have been four theories about its material:

One: Pearl said. Historical Records? There is a record of "the pearl of the bright moon, out of the river and the sea, hidden in the mussel", and it is believed that the pearl is a pearl. There are two doubts about this statement, one is that freshwater pearls cannot be so huge; Second, the composition of pearls is calcium carbonate, which is easy to decompose and difficult to spread for more than 100 years.

Second: material beads said. More than 100 beads were unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Marquis B in Suizhou. The largest one has a diameter of 2.3 centimeters, and some people believe that it is a bead. In fact, it is a volcanic glass produced naturally.

"Glass" is not the earliest name for glass seen in ancient documents. In front of it, glass had a more ancient name, which was "Suihou Zhu" and "five-color jade". In the "Frankness" chapter of Wang Chong's "On Balance" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a saying: "It is also the pearl of fish and mussels." and "Yu Gong" "Lin", are true jade beads, but with the Hou medicine as beads, the essence is as true; It is clearly mentioned that the Sui Kingdom during the Warring States period was already good at firing glass beads.

In recent years, glass beads from the Warring States period have been unearthed in the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, and some experts believe that it is the famous "Suihou beads" mentioned in the literature. A total of 173 glass beads were unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, and the surface was covered with circle patterns. It is commonly known as "dragonfly eye" glass beads.

Third: Diamond said. The main basis for believing that the beads are diamonds is diamond crystals, which are mostly bead-like, colorless and transparent, and have a strong luster, but these evidences are insufficient. However, the diamond is exposed to sunlight and can be seen in the darkroom with different colors of phosphorescence. As for more than an inch, diamond is that big.

Fourth: Fluorite said. This is the generally accepted statement in the world at present. First of all, there is fluorite production in the northern part of Suizhou. Secondly. Fluorite is indeed a luminescent mineral.

Qin Xuebing observed for a while and found that these four statements were unreliable, and this bead was obviously not made of these categories.

The material of Suihou Zhu is unique, and it is as warm as jade in the hand, but it is not jade. It is not possible for jade to produce this kind of luster.

"Pearl!" Qin Xuebing overturned the four theories, but after thinking about it carefully, he accepted the pearl statement.

"Impossible!" Everyone shook their heads, and the pearls didn't shine at all. Moreover, the internal moisture of the pearl will be lost, and it will be the same as sallow yellow for a hundred years, without any beauty.

"It's a special kind of pearl that comes from psychic." Qin Xuebing thought of a possibility, once the animal was psychic, it could absorb the vitality of the cultivation, and in this case, it was possible to mutate the pearl.

Everyone couldn't help but think of Xiaolong who had found a river mussel in the sea before, and there was a black pearl inside, with larger particles and a more rounded luster. And the reason for this effect is that the river mussel is in a place of vitality.

It is conceivable that if a mussel is psychic, absorbs vitality, and accumulates over time, it is very likely that the pearl will mutate.

This explanation is not difficult to accept, because there are many things like species mutations caused by Genki, and if you look at Mystical Island, almost all five of them have mutations of one magnitude or lesser due to Genki.

"So, folklore is not without logic." The beautiful snake remembered the legend about how the spirit snake gave Suihou beads to Suihou.

Folklore, when the Hou was on a boat, he suddenly encountered wind and waves, and a big snake was offered with a large pearl in the water.

The serpent kills the mussel in the water and returns the favor. In this way, Qin Xuebing's speculation can be explained, Suihou Zhu is indeed a pearl.

"It's also possible that it was created in the snake's body." Qin Xuebing made another speculation that under normal circumstances, snakes will not produce pearls, but it is not excluded that exceptions are not excluded, if the snake bone hyperplasia or parasitism by something causes local skin swelling and hardening, there is also a certain possibility of producing pearls.

If this is the possibility, then the legend about Suihou Zhu is intriguing. Legend has it that Sui Hou saved the spirit snake, and the spirit snake repaid the favor, but if the Hou Zhu came from the snake body, wouldn't it mean that the spirit snake was killed and the pearl was obtained.

That is to say, the story of Sui Hou Zhu is all hyped up, and it is a story made up by Sui Hou in order to consolidate the imperial power.

It is not surprising that this kind of thing happened in ancient times, just like Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, drunk and beheaded the white snake, not just for hype.

It's just that Liu Bang is more clever, dominates the world, and creates the Han dynasty. It was more unlucky to wait for him, because he was wiped out with Hou Zhu.

"When I go back and do a test, I should be able to find out." The beautiful snake withdrew her gaze from Sui Hou Zhu, looked away, and couldn't help but exclaim.

In front of the wall on the left hung a set of chimes of various sizes, and if you count them carefully, there are as many as sixty-four of them.

"No, Xu Fu went to sea to move this thing out?" Everyone felt incredible, the chimes were made of copper, very heavy, this set of weaving weighed several tons, I really don't know how big a ship Xu Fu built at that time.

"A national treasure, a national treasure!" Ye Zijing couldn't help but exclaim.

Chimes are a kind of percussion instruments in ancient times, made of bronze, it is arranged by oblate round bells of different sizes in the order of pitch, hanging on a huge bell frame, with a T-shaped wooden hammer and a long rod to strike the bronze bells respectively, can produce different musical tones, because the tone of each bell is different, according to the music notation, you can play a beautiful music.

This instrument is not a small number of excavations, but not many of them, and each excavation attracts great attention. Because in ancient times, chimes were a special musical instrument for the upper class, a symbol of rank and power, which was of great help to investigate and understand ancient culture.

"This is a set of rare national treasures comparable to Zeng Yihou's chimes." Qin Xuebing remembered the most famous set of bells, which were also sixty-four pieces, (nineteen button bells and forty-five corner bells), which were hung on three tiers on a bronze and wood structure full of painted patterns, and the pillar on each floor was a bronze saber warrior.

There are more than 2,800 characters of wrong gold inscriptions on the bell of Marquis Yihou, which records the music theory of the pre-Qin period and the correspondence between the legal names and rank names of Zeng and the vassal states of Zhou, Chu, and Qi.

The beautiful snake walked over, looked at it for a while, and finally saw the text on a chime, and exclaimed again and again: "Xuebing, come and see, there are a few words, what do they mean." ”

Words are extremely important for chimes. Chimes occasionally appear on the black market, and after judging the age, they will be sold for millions of dollars by "words".

This is still a black market price, and if the bronzes can be traded freely, it is possible to sell for tens of millions of dollars in a single word.

Qin Xuebing counted carefully, a total of three thousand six hundred and seventy-three words, this discovery made everyone excited, the more words, the more precious.

The bell is the text of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Xuebing can understand it, from which it can be judged that this set of bells was not given to Xu Fu by the first emperor, but to be given to the immortals by the hand of Xu Fu to obtain the immortal elixir.

The things recorded in the inscription are not complicated, that is, the first emperor heard that there were immortal mountains overseas, and sent Xu Fu to the sea, offering various gifts, begging the gods to see that he was the emperor of the world, had the merit of unifying the world, and gave immortal elixir and the like.

There is also one thing recorded in this, that is, Suihou Zhu is also one of the gifts given to the gods. At this point, the inference about whether the bead is Sui Hou Zhu can also be conclusive.

"The First Emperor is really willing to sacrifice his blood in order to live forever." Qin Xuebing was amazed, Suihou Zhu was not an ordinary object, symbolizing imperial power.

"Xu Fu enjoyed it all the way." Ye Zijing could imagine that Xu Fu must have been playing with the treasure of the world along the way, listening to the chime music, and holding the cute little tiger cat in his arms.

As everyone continued to visit, there were many antiques left in the cave, most of them bronzes, each of which was priceless, and putting it on the antique market would definitely cause collectors to go crazy.

But it's a pity that these things are destined to only be sent to the Palace Museum.

"Let's go check out the other caves, and then bring someone over and bring things onto the boat." The beautiful snake is reluctant to give up, and she really wants to bring these things back directly. As for Sui Hou Zhu, she has already held it in her hand, for fear that this peerless treasure will disappear as soon as she lets go.

"It's not over yet!" Qin Xuebing grinned and looked at the wall where the chimes were placed. Although the Yuan Qi did not have an induction, he had already noticed that this wall was not simple, and he was afraid that there was something else.

As for what would be behind the wall, Qin Xuebing thought to himself that it might be what he wanted to see the most, magic weapons! Xu Fu's magic weapon! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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