The test jade should be burned for three days, and the material must be aged for seven years.

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time.

These few words could not be more appropriate to describe the scene that Zhao Yun saw at this moment, as well as the choices faced by his lord and his enemies. Although these poems have not yet been written, Zhao Yun does not know.

Because he was afraid of being contaminated with the epidemic, Zhao Yun specially asked the soldiers to pick a clean well that did not throw the palace maid into the well to draw water, so he waited for half an hour before the water came. The thing that had been fished out of the fire had cooled down a bit, and the molten gold had re-solidified, but it had only flowed to the ground beside it, and the horn was missing.

Waiting for this little bit of work to fetch water, Zhao Yun also pondered in his heart: gold can be melted and this thing is not broken, then it is estimated that it is either stone or jade. Ordinary stones are not treated with gold, so they can only be ......

The melting point of gold is not only much lower than that of iron, but even lower than that of pure copper, and it can be melted at temperatures of more than 1,000. Moreover, gold is the metal with the best thermal conductivity, and it is very easy to absorb the heat of the flame.

The so-called "real gold is not afraid of fire" does not mean that gold is not easy to melt, but that the chemical properties are stable, will not oxidize and blacken, and no chemical reaction will occur.

The "test jade should be burned for three days", which refers to the high specific heat capacity and poor thermal conductivity of the traditional jade (Hetian jade) before the Tang and Song dynasties, which is why there is an exaggerated legend that "cold jade is not warm for three days, and warm jade is not cold for three days".

Many modern people do not understand the physical characteristics of ancient jade, mainly because after the Ming and Qing dynasties, the popular jadeite, that is, Burmese jade, jadeite, jadeite specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity of jadeite are not so distinctive, which leads to later generations do not understand.

But before the Tang and Song dynasties, it was Hetian nephrite jade, taking the Han Dynasty as an example, tourists in the 21st century can also see the "Queen's Seal" in the Shaanxi History Museum, that is, a harem seal of the Western Han Dynasty, using Hetian mutton fat jade. And the pre-Qin He's Bi, the idea of process material selection should also be consistent with it.

Zhao Yun wiped it with a wet linen cloth, wiped away the ashes of the layers of wood and cloth burning, and sure enough, the color of mutton fat jade was revealed.

Zhao Yun knew that this must be an extremely valuable thing, but he didn't know the seal inscription, so after thinking about it, he still asked his soldiers to call Guan Yu to read it together.

Guan Yu came soon, his cultural level is still higher, after all, he has read a lot of ancient books and is very proficient in history? A little look? He bowed his head solemnly: "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity?" It should be the jade seal of the country, which is the same as the seal written by Li Si for the first emperor in the "Historical Records". ”

Guan Yu looked left and right vigilantly? What if he was a prince in essence today? This matter can be decided directly on how to deal with it.

But the problem is that he was just because Liu Bei was dissuaded by Huangfu Song and couldn't ask Dong in person? can only falsely claim to be the self-reliant Hanzhong Taishou, in essence, he still has to be loyal to Liu Bei. Liu Bei didn't come in person? How can such a big matter be decided directly?

Zhao Yun also realized why Guan Yu's silence was? After thinking for a few seconds, he persuaded:

"Although this thing is precious, it is also a source of chaos, so you should not be careful. In my opinion? Although here these pro-soldiers? They are all confidants who have been with Pao Ze for many years since they recruited Zhang Ju, so that no one will leak secrets, but they are still open-minded, and they have nothing to say to others, explain it to Zhu Gong? Then send it back to Hanzhong and ask Zhu Gong to decide. ”

Zhao Yun is very clear? Although the jade seal represents the mandate of heaven, it has never been able to get territory because of the jade seal? You have to have your own strength and the people of the world to that extent.

The so-called virtue is not matched, there will be disaster? The jade seal is only inhabited by the virtuous.

What if the private collection is discovered? Will there be a steady stream of infamy and attacks? Liu Bei's loyal performance will also be criticized.

This time, he came to Luoyang to fight the fire and save the remnants of the people of Yin in Henan, not for profit, but for the sake of "city righteousness", to show the whole world the feat of "Dong Zhuo harming the people, Liu Bei saving the people".

This deed has spread all over the world, and it doesn't matter if you don't get the benefits of the entity. In the future, Liu Bei will be obedient and rebellious, no matter where he hits, first of all, the foundation of the people's will will be much better, which is a hidden and invisible benefit.

Anyway, the military rations for Dong were all provided by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, so Liu Bei lost some troops and weapons, and the price was not great.

In this case, the key is not whether to take it or not, but not to do something that is "exposed by someone after hiding it".

Take it generously and frankly.

In fact, Sun Jian in the official history was not attacked because of the jade seal, he took the initiative to attack Liu Biao and was killed on the order of Yuan Shu, not Liu Biao intercepted him for the jade seal as in the romance. There is no face-turning negotiation in the official history of "Yuan Shao asked Sun Jian to leave the jade seal at the leader of the alliance", because they were originally two people.

It's just that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have temporarily joined forces with Zhu Jun and Sun Jian to come up with these diplomatic details.

Guan Yu thought for a while and asked cautiously: "Did Boya say a plan for 'what to do if you get the jade seal'?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled dumbly: "How can this be mentioned, the military advisor is not a god, he can think of how to prevent Dong Zhuo's arson and prevent a major epidemic after the catastrophe, which is already the limit of human intelligence." It has been nearly two years since the heirloom jade seal was lost in the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, who would have thought that Dong Zhuo had scraped the ground so many times and never got it.

Maybe it's providence too. Who made the lord and the military advisor benevolent, and would think of preventing the epidemic of plague after the catastrophe, and collecting all the dead for cremation, so as to have this harvest. Those beasts who only seek to plunder the people for their possessions, and kill but do not bury them, are not worthy of this.

The Son of Heaven is still in the hands of Dong thieves, and it is only natural that he will not return the imperial court held hostage by Dong thieves in this name for the time being, and will return it to the imperial court when the Son of Heaven is welcomed. The only thing that can be discussed is whether to stay in the hands of Zhu Gong, Henan Yin, or to temporarily stay in the hands of the lord. ”

After such an analysis, Guan Yu felt that the matter of righteousness was indeed cleared, so he stroked his hair and nodded: "In this case, please discuss with Gong Zhu." ”

Sun Jian doesn't need to be invited, first, Sun Jian's troops have suffered great losses, originally more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, were ambushed and killed by Hu Zhen and Lu Bu in Yuyuan Road for half a day, and the former army was extremely heavy in casualties and escaped, and many Tun and even Qu fled into Songshan in a systematic manner. After the war, there were only about 10,000 people left who still had combat effectiveness, and most of them were the rear army led by Huang Gai.

Therefore, even if Sun Jian uses force with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun now, he will definitely not be able to defeat him. What's more, Cheng Pu lost one arm, Han Dang was seriously injured and was lying down to recuperate, and Sun Jian now dared to object, so he could only go into battle in person.

In terms of righteousness, Sun Jian is only too guarded in the outer town, and he came to Luoyang later than Guan Yu, and he didn't save the fire, and he didn't find the things, so he didn't need to inform him no matter how he looked at it.

But Zhu Jun is different, first of all, he is Sun Jian's old boss, the same generation as Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi, and he is the three heroes of Kuang Fu Han, and he is the Henan Yin who has set things right, and he has the merit of receiving the princes' coalition army Shangluo. Zhu Jun has natural control over the Luoyang area, and the things excavated in this place, even if they are not kept by him, they have to say it, so that they can be frank and unrestrained.

Zhu Jun was soon invited, and Guan Yu was at the first scene, directly having a showdown with Zhu Jun:

"Zhu Gong, our army covered up the corpses of the palace people and prevented the epidemic, and obtained this thing, which seems to be a jade seal of the country. If today's son is covered with dust, this artifact must not want to fall into the hands of the Ten Standing Servants and Dong Zhuo, so it has been hidden by Providence for two years. Even if it is the will of heaven, it is inconvenient to return it to the imperial court immediately, and it should be returned after the Dong thief is expelled, does Zhu Gong think so? ”

Zhu Jun's eyes widened suddenly: "The jade seal of the country? You can't go wrong, right? Let me see. ”

Zhao Yun carefully untied it and showed it to him for a while, Zhu Jun thought about it, there should be no problem, and replied sincerely: "This is indeed the reason, this thing should be returned to the court after the Dong thief is expelled." ”

Guan Yu arched his hand: "Even so, we can't hide it." Although Guan Mou raised troops to help Yuan Highway and Sun Wentai in the name of Hanzhong Taishou and tried to fight against Dong, he was actually ordered by my brother to conquer the west, which Zhu Gong should also see.

The reason why my brother did not personally ask Dong was because when he left Chencang in the north, he was admonished by the chariot general Huangfu Gong and asked him to pay attention to the identity of the Han clan, so as not to be misunderstood that entering the king of Jingqin was a matter of the Seven Kingdoms. Only then did he think of the best of both worlds of 'doing good deeds without leaving a name' under the advice of Li Boya, the envoy Zhonglang.

But today, after obtaining the jade seal, Guan Mou can't be independent, and he has to bring it back to Hanzhong to discuss with his brother how to survive. If Zhu Gong wants to keep it on behalf of the imperial court as Henan Yin, please go to Hanzhong to discuss - it is not too far to go south to Nanyang and return to Hanzhong on the Yong Road. ”

Zhu Jun thought about it carefully: "Although I am Henan Yin, many days after the Dong thief left, I never found this thing, it must be the will of heaven." Moreover, the division is broken, the remnants of the people are only two or three hundred thousand, and the remaining soldiers under my command are no more than thousands.

If Dong Thief knows that this treasure is reborn, how can I keep it. It is still handed over to General Zhengxi for temporary safekeeping, and taking advantage of the dangerous distance of Shu Road will definitely make Dong Zhuo dare not try in vain. What's more, General Zhengxi once served as Zongzheng, and it was kept in the era when the clan was weak, which was a law of the imperial court. ”

Zhao Yun was careful, and suggested beside him: "In this case, it is easy to do, but I also ask Zhu Gong to set up an altar with us to swear." On behalf of my lord, Brother Yun can swear an oath on behalf of my family: when the Son of Heaven is not held hostage by thieves, he will return this seal to the imperial court.

And handing over the jade seal to General Zhengxi for safekeeping should also be Shangluo's discussion between the princes of Dong and the Duke of Henan Yin who set things right-this is also for the good of Duke Zhu, only in this way set up an altar oath, Dong thief knows that the jade seal is not in your place, so he will not send troops to the east to kill Si Li. ”

This is the best of both worlds, and it is also good to help Zhu Jun, who is still in Sili, avoid disaster.

Zhu Jun thought about it and drew inferences: "Youzhou Mu Liu Yu also served as Zongzheng, and he was the longest and most prestigious, but unfortunately it was too far. Liu Yan also served as Zongzheng, but he actually took care of Guoen in vain, so he couldn't die well, so he didn't mention him. There is also Liu Biao, who is close to Xiangyang, but he can quickly send him to the north, participate in the public meeting, and seconded the proposal to support the general Zhengxi to temporarily keep the jade seal. ”

Guan Yu and Zhao Yunyi combined, and felt that it was no problem, anyway, it would only take five or six days to go back and forth quickly.

Liu Biao is now firmly seated in the two counties of Xiangyang and Nanjun, and is still negotiating conditions with Jiangxia Huangzu, basically the three counties of Jingbei have been won, but Huangzu's dependence is relatively low, and there is a tendency to be a little self-reliant. Liu Biao is still in great need of foreign aid, and he is completely unqualified to take the jade seal, so let him send Yi to make a statement and give him the spoils of hundreds of war horses, which is enough.

A few days ago, in the battle of backstabbing against Hu Zhen and Lu Bu, Zhao Yun finally captured two or three thousand Xiliang war horses, and Sun Jian also captured more than 1,000, as well as a large number of weapons.

Dividing 500 or even 1,000 horses to Liu Biao, buying him to make a statement, it also seems that "letting Liu Bei, who was once Zongzheng, take care of the jade seal" is the result of being listed as the "former Zongzheng" public recommendation, not Liu Bei's own words.

Cleaning up the ruins here, reassuring the people and cleaning up the aftermath, and building an altar in the palace to swear an oath, it was originally necessary to prepare time and could afford to wait.

Six days later, everything was ready, Liu Biao's envoy Yi Ji also traveled hundreds of miles a day, and rushed to come, and finally Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhu Jun, Sun Jian, and Yi Ji swore an oath in Ruoyang in public, and invited tens of thousands of Henan Yin people to visit.

There are only a few thousand people left in the city, and seventy or eighty percent of the tens of thousands of people are from neighboring counties such as Yanshi, Wushi, and Heyin to watch and worship.

Liu Bei accepted the custody of the jade seal frankly.

The only loss in this may be that Yuan Shu will not be able to quickly become the public enemy of the world in the future, but Liu Bei himself has not suffered the slightest damage, and it is purely beneficial and harmless.

But who let there be no traverser here, as long as Li Su can't speak, no one will do anything to frame Yuan Shu, this matter is indeed beyond Li Su's remote control range. He could only wait quietly in Chengdu and plan how to maximize the use of this jade seal in the future.