Chapter 320: Fifteen Treasures

"The seventh exquisite jade Ruyi pair is the beloved thing of the Empress Dowager Cixi. "Xiang Yunsheng opened the seventh box, and there was a pair of blue-white jade Ruyi inside.

The surface of this pair of jade Ruyi should be made of the best Kunlun green jade, with fine workmanship, and pictures such as dragons and phoenixes are carved on it, which is lifelike.

Ruyi as arts and crafts in ancient times, with the Qing Dynasty as a many, the Ming Dynasty also has but rare. During the Kangxi period, Ruyi became the plaything of the emperor and the concubine in the palace, and Ruyi was placed next to the throne and in the dormitory to show auspiciousness and smoothness. Ruyi's category includes enamel

Ruyi, wood inlay Ruyi, natural wood Ruyi, gold Ruyi, jade Ruyi, agarwood Ruyi and so on. The emperors and empresses of the Qing Dynasty used Ruyi as a reward for princes and ministers; In the era of the Republic of China, wishful thinking became a valuable gift, and wealthy families gave each other wishes.

For Tang Dashao, this is a good thing, the object that opens the door symbolizes auspiciousness!

"The eighth collection of poems of Emperor Qianlong." Xiang Yunsheng opened the eighth box, revealing a thread-like ancient book inside.

Emperor Qianlong himself is a fanatical art lover, but also a great poet, in his later years, he once ordered someone to collect the poems he had done into a book, and then part of the more satisfactory poems personally transcribed, bound into a book, Emperor Qianlong wrote 41863 poems in his life, is the world's highest production of poets, although this book of poems contains not much, but he wrote it by his own hands, the historical value is extremely high, this book of poems, in the eyes of Tang Dashao, is not even worse than his "Nine Peaks Snow Ji Tu".

"The ninth pair of gold wire enamel plum bottles, fired for the Qianlong Emperor period, according to legend, when the Qianlong Emperor toured the south, he hung this pair of plum bottles in the sedan chair to appreciate." Xiang Yunsheng opened the ninth box, this box contained a pair of plum bottles, the front looked intact, but the side view of the mountain was only half......

This kind of hanging bottle, is also the first of the Qianlong Emperor, when he toured the south, the team was huge, but at that time after all, the road was not as smooth as it is now, the sedan chair was unstable from time to time, porcelain is a fragile thing, it will be broken if you are not careful, for this reason, he thought of a way, that is, to order a batch of hanging bottles, the front looks, is a complete porcelain, but the side view is only half, can be hung on the sedan chair, for him to enjoy.

"The tenth Qinglong inkstone, according to legend, is the inkstone used by Emperor Qianlong when he wrote." Xiang Yunsheng took out the tenth treasure.

Qinglong inkstone, legend has it that this is made of a green dragon, but a little sensible people know that this statement is not reliable, but it does not affect its status in the inkstone industry, in addition to the recognized world's first inkstone, the golden inkstone, the rest of the rankings are controversial, but this Qinglong inkstone ranks in the top ten is no problem, but with the world's first gold inkstone, Tang Dashao is not interested in this Qinglong inkstone......

"The eleventh, a statue of red coral, a birthday gift from the Governor of Liangguang to Cixi Lafayette." Xiang Yunsheng opened the eleventh treasure.

This red coral is blood-red all over, the shape is weird, it is the best in the coral at a glance, however, now that science and technology are developed, the coral is far less rare than in ancient times, when Lafayette celebrated his birthday, this thing can be counted in all the birthday gifts, but now, the value is not as good as before, and Tang Dashao is not much interested......

Two pieces in a row, so that Tang Dashao couldn't keep his spirits up, and couldn't help but look forward to the next one......

"The twelfth piece, a pipe made of pure gold, was given by Emperor Qianlong to the capable minister Ji Xiaolan." Xiang Yunsheng took out a golden cigarette stick......

Tang Dashao was speechless, isn't it, even the cigarette holder of the legendary Ji Da Tobacco Bag has it? But look at the smoke pot, Nima, it's almost the size of a baby's fist, and it's really Ji Da's tobacco pouch......

This thing is not bad for collection, Wang Jun seems to be very interested in this, and Harazi unconsciously kept it......

"The thirteenth, a soft hedgehog armor, this thing is the best life-saving thing in the era of cold weapons, it is said to be able to resist bullets, and it has the effect of body armor, but I haven't tried it." Xiang Yunsheng took out a set of armor, this armor is not very bulky and made of metal like the one you see on weekdays, but is composed of some kind of unknown line, with amazing defensive power, and can be worn as underwear.

"Soft Hedgehog Armor? Haha, brother, do you think this will be the one Huang Rong wears? Wang Jun said with a smile.

"Hehe, maybe there is snake venom on it, and there is also the lingering fragrance left by Huang Rong......" Tang Dashao pouted and said, this guy is really unreliable to speak, and he can still pull Huang Rong......

"Then wait for the future, brother, you put it on and try it, let's go shoot the target and see if we can really block the bullet." Wang Jun said with a smile.

"Come on, you, why don't you put it on, let me shoot the target......" Tang Dashao rolled his eyes, Nima, if this can't be stopped, isn't the buddy going to hang up......

"Hey......

"Hmph, what do you know? The soft hedgehog armor that Jin Yong wrote in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is inspired by this treasure armor, and it is now the fourteenth, the fifth volume of "Kangxi's Southern Tour". Xiang Yunsheng ignored the frolicking of Tang Dashao and Wang Jun, and introduced the fourteenth piece......

"What? "Kangxi's Southern Tour"? Really? Tang Dashao and Wang Jun glanced at each other, and then lost their voices.

"Kangxi Southern Tour Map" on silk, reset color, a total of 12 volumes, each volume 678 cm long, 1555 ~ 26125 cm wide. Painted in 1691 and lasted 3 years. Emperor Kangxi's second southern tour (1689) shows Kangxi in each volume, from leaving Beijing to passing through mountains, rivers, cities, places of interest, etc. With bright colors and neat techniques, the works truly and meticulously express the customs and prosperity of agriculture and commerce in the places they pass through, and have precious historical and artistic value. The painting was originally in the Qing Palace, and later dispersed, and now the 1st, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th volumes are in the Palace Museum, and the rest are in museums or private hands in the United States, France, Canada and other countries.

This "Kangxi Southern Tour" is too precious, absolute national treasure of course, now this piece is just one of the volumes, not as good as the real national treasure, can only be said to be a part of the national treasure, the fifth volume has been missing, I didn't expect it to be collected by the Xiang family, it seems that the lost volumes of these twelve volumes are probably not destroyed in the war, maybe in the hands of a collector......

"The fifteenth, eight "Forty-two Chapters", there are many legends about the "Forty-two Chapters", with the secret of the rise of the Qing Dynasty, Mr. Jin Yong, the martial arts master of Xiangjiang, is based on the legend of these eight "Forty-two Chapters", wrote the book "Lu Ding Ji". Xiang Yunsheng took out a box again, which contained eight yellowed thread-bound ancient books, and the top one had a few red tapes written on it.

Tang Dashao and Wang Jun glanced at each other again, they didn't know what to say, anyone who has watched "The Legend of Deer and Ding" is not only envious that the protagonist Wei Xiaobao has seven beautiful wives, but the most curious thing is probably this "Forty-two Chapters".

It can even be said that Wei Xiaobao's collection of "Forty-two Chapters" is a main line in "The Legend of Deer and Ding......

The "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" in the "Lu Ding Ji" is an ordinary Buddhist scripture on the surface, but it is actually about the dragon vein of the Qing Dynasty - when the Manchus entered the customs, they hid a lot of treasures outside the customs, and in this scripture, there is a treasure map. The cover of the 42 chapters of the Sutra contains a small sheepskin, and it is necessary to collect eight copies in order to produce a complete map.

At the beginning of the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" in the Lu Ding Ji, everyone competed, pretending to be the Queen Mother, Hai Gonggong and others had their own means, but the article said that if you get eight copies of the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra", you can find eight maps, and together you can get a treasure map to reach the land of Longxing of the Qing Dynasty, and the Heaven and Earth Society will also find this place to break its dragon veins......

However, now that the real "Forty-two Chapters of the Sutra" is placed in front of Tang Dashao and Wang Jun, are there really treasures hidden in these eight scriptures? Still saying that this is just made up by Master Jin Yong?

The two of them don't know, including the people of the Xiang family, this is a mystery to be solved.

"How? There are a total of fifteen treasures, compared with the nine dragon swords, the nine dragon jade cups, and the three treasures of Emperor Qianlong's 'Ten Perfect Old Man Seals', it shouldn't be bad. Xiang Yunsheng said with a dark face.

Back then, when the old man of their family came out of Beijing, he escaped, and could only wait for some of the fine products to go, and most of the treasures and antiques collected were lost in Beijing, and now these eighteen treasures have been all brought out by the old man......

At this time, Tang Dashao and Wang Jun's eyes were already a little demented, fifteen pieces, a total of fifteen treasures, neatly placed on the gambling table, and the saliva of both of them was a little overflowing......

Not only the two of them, but also many people in the audience who were interested in antiques also stiffened their heads and wanted to come up to see them, including Old Man Zheng, Wang Jun, Father Qi and others......

"Win, win, win." Wang Limin's eyes were red, and he hated to replace him, but he didn't want to think about it, sitting opposite was Gu Yun, the gambling king of Southeast Asia......

Tang Long didn't know what to say anymore, everything on the table had a Nuoda origin, either used by the emperor or used by the queen, and the most important thing was the legendary powerful man, Ji Da's cigarette pouch smoke pot......

How much can such a table of treasures be worth?

"Well, it's okay, bet against my three treasures, so-so." Tang Dashao pretended to say casually.

In fact, these things on the opposite side, the origin of the heel is amazing, if it is on the auction, I am afraid that each piece can drop tens of millions, several of them, such as the fifth volume of "Kangxi Southern Tour", the Qianlong Emperor's autographed poems, Qinglong inkstone, jade Guanyin, Panlong jade pendant, etc., if you meet someone you really like, I am afraid it will be auctioned at a sky-high price......

[Author's digression]: Not much to say, these fifteen treasures have consumed most of my brain...... It took hours just to find information and think about things...... Ask for a subscription......