Chu Chen searched all the places within a radius of five or six hundred square meters, and found that in addition to mud and stones, there were only some shrubs and weeds, roots, and some beetles and the like, not to mention treasures, not even a mouse.

"Could it be that you were fooled by Zhang Huoni?"

For this result, Chu Chen was disappointed or disappointed in his heart, if there were other things in the treasure, he would not be like this, but Zhang Huoni said that the treasure was hidden in the heirloom jade seal, so he couldn't care less. But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and he felt unwilling to think about it.

"Is it true that the key information is in a few words that I don't recognize?"

Chu Chen thought about it as he walked towards the camp, but in the end he felt that it was unlikely, because these words were intermittent, and it was impossible to combine them into useful information under normal circumstances, of course, it was also possible that Zhang Huoni did this on purpose, but the possibility was very small.

Since it is not a matter of the treasure map, there are only two possibilities, one is that Zhang Huoclay only put a few gold and silver ingots here, and as for the jade seal of the country, he made it up. Another possibility is that the treasure map still has key information that he hasn't found.

Based on Chu Chen's understanding of Zhang Huoni, it can be said that these two possibilities are very large, since this is the case, Chu Chen must have considered the second situation first, what clues have not been found by him.

"That's right! I almost forgot about those three things! ”

Chu Chen clapped his hands, and he suddenly remembered that he still had two landscape figure bottles and a pen holder in his hands, and Zhang Huoni said that these three things can play a key role in the process of finding treasures.

But previously he was on these three things. I have also studied it carefully, and I mainly studied what the finger of the character on the pattern of three things is. But I don't know if there are any key clues missing. Or did he not find the right way, so far. He hadn't seen a reason yet.

Originally, because the remaining treasure map had already marked the location of the treasure, Chu Chen did not study these bottles and jars, but now that he thinks about it, the clues to the real treasure may still fall on this.

But the difficulty came again, unless he could find the right way, or find other clues, it would still be no way. Fortunately, when he came this time, he also brought these three pieces of porcelain. Now he is in the safe of the Zài Hotel, otherwise he will feel a little depressed when he returns to Beijing like this.

"Well, let's dig out those gold and silver ingots first, it's hard to come here, and you can't go back empty-handed."

Thinking so, Chu Chen walked back to the camp, and at this time Zuo Shan had already packed up the tent and other camping things. After eating a simple and nutritious breakfast, the two took out their tools and began to work.

Zuo Shan asked, "Brother Zuo." Where do we start digging? ”

Chu Chen pretended to observe for a while, and then pointed to a little off, but it would not affect the location of the treasure digging, and said, "Let's start digging from here." If we can't dig it up later, we'll go back. ”

Zuo Shan nodded, thinking deeply: "Yes." I think the air is humid today, and there is a possibility that it will rain. It's better for us to move quickly, otherwise there will still be some danger here. ”

"Really?"

Chu Chen was stunned when he heard this. There have been mudslides here, and if it does rain, and the rainfall is relatively heavy, it is indeed quite dangerous, and even if there is no mudslide, it is a mountainous area, and it is very inconvenient to walk in the rain.

"It's very likely." Zuoshan said.

Zuo Shan is a soldier king who is familiar with the mountain and forest environment, he said that the possibility is very high, which means that the possibility of not raining is very small, so Chu Chen hurriedly waved his hand: "Then what are you waiting for, dig it!" ”

Next, the two of them were digging almost frantically, Zuo Shan needless to say, he was no stranger to digging pits and other work, because he had skillful skills and was very efficient. And Chu Chen has been used to doing farm work since he was a child, plus his strength is much greater than Zuo Shan's, if he hadn't controlled the speed, he would have been able to have the speed of the two of them combined.

In this way, the two dug a large pit with a diameter of more than two meters and a depth of about three meters at a speed that ordinary people thought was incredible, but they did not even find the shadow of the treasure.

Generally speaking, the number of people who buried the treasure is certainly not large, and it is unlikely that the treasure will be buried to a depth of five or six meters, which is two stories high, even if the person who buried the treasure does not consider the amount of work when burying it, but also the amount of work when taking out the treasure, right?

Besides, in case of a geological disaster such as a flowstone flow, it is buried so deeply, is it difficult that you are not ready to take it out?

Zuo Shan looked at the excavated soil, and did not find that it had been affected by geological disasters such as mudslides, so he planned to say what he thought, but right here, he only heard a "bump", and Chu Chen's shovel seemed to have hit something.

"There's something!"

Chu Chen showed a surprised expression just right, and then hurriedly used a digger to remove the soil around the thing he had just touched, and Zuo Shan also came over to help.

After a while, a small box appeared in front of the two of them. This box is not large, 30, 20, and 20 centimeters in length, width and height, and the material should be camphor wood.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Shan said with some surprise: "Hey! What a treasure! But what can be put in such a big deal? ”

Chu Chen smiled, don't look at the small box, because it is a gold and silver ingot, and the weight is not light. Of course, this matter can't be told to Zuo Shan, he said: "If you want to know what's inside, just open it and take a look." ”

As he spoke, the eyes of the two of them fell on a small lock on the box, this is an iron lock, rusty, and it has been corroded, Chu Chen tried it with his gloved hand, and with a slight twist, the lock was twisted off.

Chu Chen frowned secretly, because it made him think about what would the real treasure be corroded into if it was buried in the ground like this? And that box is still a trap box, in case corrosion touches the self-destruct mechanism inside the trap box, it will be terrible.

However, no matter how worried Chu Chen was, the outcome would not change, so this thought just flashed through his mind, and then he opened the box with Zuo Shan's curious look, and the things inside were the gold and silver ingots he had seen earlier.

"Just a few ingots!" Zuo Shan's expression looked a little disappointed.

Although Chu Chen was also quite disappointed, but because he had already adjusted his mood, he didn't care much now, he said with a smile: "Then what do you think should be in the box?" ”

"Anyway, I have to put some jewelry or antiques!"

Zuo Shan muttered, but he thought about it and felt that this thing was quite normal, whether it was before or now, in the eyes of many people, gold and silver are symbols of wealth, and treasures are generally gold and silver jewelry, and it is normal to put a few gold and silver ingots in this small box.

The reason why Zuo Shan felt disappointed was that he felt that gold and silver were just icing on the cake for Chu Chen, who was a billionaire, and there was no jewelry or antiques at all.

Chu Chen smiled slightly, and looked at the gold and silver ingots in the box, but this time, his face showed a look of surprise.

Before, he was disappointed, so when he used the ability, he didn't pay too much attention to the gold and silver ingots in the box, but now he found out that these gold and silver ingots are actually ingot-type gold and silver collars, that is, gold and silver ingots-like objects.

These gold and silver collars are in perfect condition, and what surprised him even more was that, judging from the inscriptions, these were actually made in the Southern Song Dynasty.

You know, since ancient times, the gold currency, although the currency in the form of money, but rarely become the medium of commercial transactions, under normal circumstances, it must be exchanged for the market currency before the implementation of the transaction, is the most precious special type of gold in our country, of course, is now also used.

Since the Warring States Period, the Chu State began to fight for gold, and then the Han gold cake, horseshoe gold, Tang Dynasty gold cake, gold collar and other gold currency, that is, under the government. The government is strictly controlled and rewarded by the court, which is the embodiment of the supremacy of imperial power. As far as the fineness of gold currency is concerned, it reached its peak during the Southern Song Dynasty.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the management of the creation and trading of gold and silver was quite strict. According to records, at that time, the gold collar was mainly used for exchanging huàn banknotes, paying taxes, rewards, offerings, military expenses, state expenditures, etc., and was originally recruited by the government to recruit private craftsmen to smelt and cast in the Wensi Academy. Due to the low wages of the craftsmen at the Bunsi Academy, skilled craftsmen often refused to go and hire them.

Therefore, during the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the "common people craftsmen" or "gold and silver shopkeepers" in Lin'an contracted the construction of gold and silver, and stipulated that the gold and silver craftsmen who supported the official servants must have a certain amount of property and two gold and silver shop owners as guarantees to prevent cheating and be responsible for compensation.

During the Qingyuan period, it was also stipulated that in the future, the gold and silver tribute must be engraved with the name of the gold and silver shop, the name of the craftsman, the fineness, etc., which can not only ensure the quality, but also improve the credibility of the gold currency and stabilize the financial market. According to the records, in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, one tael of gold was equivalent to about 24,000 copper coins, which shows the high value.

There were not many gold collars in the box, only three, and all three gold collars were beautiful and brilliant, with calm handles. The middle of the collar obverse is stamped with inscriptions such as zuò and weight.

These three gold collars, one of them is fifteen taels, the other two are ten taels, the Song system is 640 grams of a city catty, and a city of catties is 16 taels, so a bright in the Song Dynasty is 40 grams today. A simple calculation will show the approximate weight of these three gold collars.

Although the gold of the Song Dynasty will definitely not reach the point of pure gold, such gold collars are relatively rare, and they are cultural relics, and in terms of market value, they must be more expensive than the current thousand-foot gold. And the value of the silver collar in the box is the same.

Chu Chen felt that this was an unexpected compensation for him. (To be continued......)