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Jin Muchen hadn't paid much attention to the top of this jade pillar before, because he had looked through the glass before, but he could see that there was a layer of earthy yellow jade skin on the top of this jade pillar, and Jin Muchen thought it was a jade skin specially left by the carving master.

In addition, the light was dim at that time, and the reflection of the jade box was not clear, and he couldn't see whether there were carvings on the jade skin, so he paid more attention to the main part of the jade pillar at that time.

But now, when he saw the inscription on the seal under the jade pillar, he didn't think so.

Turning the jade pillar over, the strong light flashlight shone on the yellow jade skin at the top of the jade pillar, and sure enough, I saw the carved pattern on the jade skin.

I saw the word "dry" in the middle of the yang carving on this earthy yellow jade skin, and on both sides was the double dragon pattern with the same sound as the word "long".

Jin Muchen looked at the pattern carefully, and felt that it was basically right, and then took the jade pillar to his eyes, and began to look at the main trunk of the jade pillar.

"From ancient times, the emperor Yuntai was the emperor, and the emblem was called Yi. That is, Si Liuyuan is still happy, and he is ashamed of his double words. Ask yourself about Xi Lide's life, and Yongyan will follow Zhu Pichang. The window is bright and the west is bright, which is just right for loving the scenery at any time. ”

At the end of the poem, it is also signed with the words "The Treasure of the Emperor Taishang".

Seeing this, Jin Muchen has basically concluded that this is clearly recorded in the history of the Qing Dynasty, after Emperor Qianlong abdicated and became the emperor. The last jade seal I made for myself: the Imperial Seal!

Sixty years of Qianlong. The 85-year-old Qianlong Emperor summoned the princes, grandsons, princes and ministers. Announcing the establishment of the emperor's fifteenth son, Prince Jia, as the crown prince, the next year of the succession of the throne at the same time he also passed down the edict: "After I return to the government, I should use the No. 1 jade treasure of the word Xi, engrave the treasure of the emperor, and engrave the imperial "Treasure of the Ten Perfect Old Men" as the book of the emperor, and use the Shengrui of the Zhangxi Dynasty. ”

So with a piece of Hetian jade rough stone that flowed in from the Western Regions that year, the first jade treasure carved by the word "Taishang Emperor's Treasure" is 22.5 cm square, which is the largest imperial treasure of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, it also became the last jade seal that Emperor Qianlong made for himself.

And the self-titled imperial inscription poem of the treasure of the Taishang Emperor engraved on the theme of this jade pillar was specially composed for the newly made "Taishang Emperor" seal one month after Qianlong became the Taishang Emperor.

In particular, the last two sentences of the poem reveal what Emperor Qianlong thought at this time, and in the self-note of this poem, Qianlong also specifically mentioned that he became the Empress Taishang, abandoning the routine red tape with honorific titles, and just "the treasure of the Emperor Taishang" as a commemoration of this important turning point in his life.

According to the book "Qianlong Treasure" in the Forbidden City of Beijing, before the Qianlong Emperor abdicated, a total of more than 20 imperial treasures of different sizes were made by craftsmen in the inner palace with different materials.

And this "Taishang Emperor's Seal" is the most distinctive party. This square seal is carved with warm and pure white jade, and the whole is cylindrical. The upper part is made of earthy yellow, which looks simple and dignified.

And this is also the Qianlong "Taishang Emperor Seal" in the only round seal of the jade seal, this "Taishang Emperor Seal" seal with the seal body Yang carving "Taishang Emperor" four characters, the Taishang Emperor four characters are consciously carved into a cross-shaped layout.

This kind of layout began with another "Xintian master" seal of the Qianlong Emperor, and since then, whenever there is a heavy dà event, it is often imitated as one or two parties, such as "Ancient Rare Son of Heaven", "Five Blessings and Five Generations", "Heavenly Grace Eighty", etc., thus forming a series.

And this "Emperor Taishang" round seal is the last party in this series.

As one of the important treasure seals of the Qianlong Emperor Taishang period, this square seal is often printed on the calligraphy and paintings collected by the Inner Palace, such as the "Five Ox Pictures" of Han Rong in the Tang Dynasty collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing, the "Mid-Autumn Festival" of Wang Xianzhi of the Jin Dynasty, and the "Tea Tasting Map" shaft of Tang Yin of the Ming Dynasty collected by the Palace Museum of Baodao are all printed with this seal.

In addition, it can also be seen on some ancient artifacts in the palace, such as the jade gui from the Neolithic period to the Xia Dynasty in the treasure island Forbidden City, there are inscriptions left by this jade.

Therefore, this round jade seal was definitely the most important treasure of the country back then, but it is a pity that he lost it in the end, which is also quite a pity.

In 1900, the Empress Dowager Cixi went crazy and declared war on the whole world, and then the Eight-Nation Alliance entered the capital.

And Cixi, the old @@ son, fled in a hurry with Guangxu Xiaoer, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered the capital, burned and looted everywhere, and finally even the palace was not let go, not to mention scraping the ground, and even the ancestral tomb of the Aixin Jueluo family was pouted, and this jade seal was obtained by means of robbing the tomb through guò.

Captain of the French Navy at the time, Pierre. Lottie, in his diary, wrote about these Qianlong imperial seals: "Tuesday, October 23, 1900, in the capital,...... In the compartment of the chest, in that hidden double bottom, there were hundreds of royal seals, made of whole agate, jade or gold. These heavy seals were required for any circumstance of his life and for any decree of his reign, and these priceless jade seals, which no one touched again after the emperor's burial, had slept here for two hundred years......"

The round seal of the "Emperor Taishang" was in this, and was later used by the French general De, who was only 28 years old at the time. Jesse snatched away.

At that time, a group of sailors obtained the box specially for the Qianlong jade seal, and the young general unceremoniously took several imperial seals from it.

Later, the record of this seal was interrupted, and some people said that it was virtuous. Jesse took the seals back to France and kept them in his home.

It is also said that these seals disappeared later in World War II because the Germans occupied France and looted it.

Anyway, no one has seen the seals since.

Jin Muchen didn't expect that today he would find such a seal again in the ghost market in the United States.

If this is a ghost market in China, Jin Muchen may wonder if the jade seal in his hand is fake, but this is the United States, but no American has the leisure to forge the jade seal of the Chinese emperor, and besides, this jade seal, the strong yellow light shining all over the body, can not hide Jin Muchen's eyes.

These yellow lights seem to be constantly reminding Jin Muchen that this seal is real.

"Dude, how do you sell this thing?"

Jin Muchenqiang pressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked the man in black, this guy has black jeans on his lower body, a black jumper on his upper body, and a black scarf on his mouth, which is definitely the standard for a typical man in black.

"Half a million dollars!"

The man opened his mouth to say a price, but the accent was a little strange, and it sounded like English was not his native language.

Jin Muchen glanced up at the man, and then stretched out his hand: "Deal!" ”

The man looked at his hand, but he didn't mean to shake hands with him, Jin Muchen smiled slightly embarrassedly, and then withdrew his hand.

Then he dragged the suitcase with a combination lock behind him: "How to pay the bill?" Here, or somewhere else? ”

The man walked out of the shadow of the big tent next to him, then turned his head around and said to Jin Muchen in a low voice, "You come with me." ”

After finishing speaking, as soon as he collected the stalls on the ground, he retreated into the darkness behind him, 500,000 US dollars, all cash transactions, this is not a small amount, and in such a crowded place, as long as the brain is not broken, it will definitely not be traded in this place.

Jin Muchen was not afraid, relying on his own ability, he had a gun in his arms, so he carried a suitcase and followed closely behind the man, who was very familiar with the situation here, and turned a few corners in front, avoided the crowd, came to a black pickup truck, and then opened the door.

Jin Muchen followed and got into the car, the man put down the things in his hand, and then took out the jade seal that Jin Muchen had just seen, handed it to him, and signaled that he was checking it, indicating that he had not dropped the bag.

This guy was quite authentic when he arrived, Jin Muchen smiled secretly in his heart, but he still took the jade seal in his hand according to the rules, checked it until he was sure that it was not bad, carefully put it away, and then opened his suitcase.

Looking at the pile of green tickets inside, the black-clothed man's pupils suddenly dilated, and his breathing gradually became short, and it took a long time to recover, it seemed that it was the first time for him to do such a large-scale business.

Jin Muchen motioned to the man in black to find a bag to come out, and the guy casually pulled a large travel bag from the front passenger seat, and Jin Muchen counted 500,000 yuan directly from his suitcase and threw it into the person's travel bag.

The man took out the money detector and began to count the money, and when he finished checking and confirming that there were no counterfeit banknotes or anything, the transaction was completed.

Jin Muchen was relaxed, reached out and took it into his arms, but he didn't expect the guy sitting opposite him to jump up from the seat of the car as if he had been pricked by a needle in his buttocks, took out a gun from his arms, pointed at Jin Muchen and shouted, "What do you want to do?" I advise you not to play tricks? ”

Jin Muchen's face was strange: "Man, don't be nervous, I just want to smoke a cigarette and celebrate." ”

As he spoke, he slowly took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, and when the man saw the cigarettes that Jin Muchen took out, he breathed a sigh of relief and put down the gun.

Jin Muchen took out one and lit it for himself, and then threw another one to the man, this time the person was not polite, took off the face towel, and then used the fire handed over by Jin Muchen and lit the cigarette.

At this time, Jin Muchen saw this guy's appearance clearly for the first time, black hair, square chin, huge hooked nose, at first glance, it was a typical French appearance, according to his accent, Jin Muchen had probably guessed his origin in his heart.

"From Quebec?"

Jin Muchen asked tentatively, the man was stunned at first when he heard him ask, and his blue eyes swept back and forth on his body several times, and then he nodded slowly.

"Bonjour! (To be continued......)