Chapter 394: The Golden Lion of Zhenguo, the Mountain of Light, and the Strange Third Treasure

Since Li Shimin said so, of course he understands the preciousness of this thing, but he is not wrong, this golden lion is indeed very precious - this is the treasure of Zhenguo of the Jieri Empire, the name is Zhenguo Golden Lion, which was found by Liu Hongji from the temple of the Jieri Empire, and when it was discovered, it was enshrined in the most honorable place in the entire temple, second only to the statue, which shows how precious this lion is in the eyes of the Jieri Empire.

It is said that this was originally inadvertently obtained by the King of the Ring of the Sun when he did not become the throne, and the King of the Ring of the Sun later became the king, and unified the Northern Tianzhu, achieving the supreme great cause. He firmly believes that it is with the blessing of the Golden Lion of Zhenguo that he has all this today. It is precisely because of this idea that even if he took Brahmanism as the state religion under the influence of the nobles, he did not give up his support for Buddhism, and even presided over the uncovered conference many times (Xuanzang experienced this back then, so this is a compliment, and he wanted to take the initiative to face the wall), even if Brahmanism has not enjoyed this kind of treatment - of course, people's status is higher than that of the king of the precepts, and it is estimated that this is not uncommon.

"Your Majesty......" Just as everyone gathered around to watch the Zhenguo Golden Lion, one of the disciples from Buddhism finally couldn't sit still: "May I ask Your Majesty, this Zhenguo Golden Lion is so precious, but I don't know what Your Majesty should do with it?" ”

"This ...... Aiqing doesn't have to worry about it. Li Shimin casually fooled him, and a hint of mockery flashed in Li Zhen's eyes when he saw this-this is too ugly, right? When you see the benefits, you want them, and that's how you go.

"This ......" The man wanted to say something more, but was pulled by the person next to him, and everyone could see Li Shimin's plan at this time - he obviously planned to put this treasure into the treasury, you want to rob him at this time, are you tired of being crooked?

Besides, why are you in a hurry? Where is the golden lion, are you afraid that you will lose it? When this news spreads, Buddhism will naturally not allow this treasure to fall into the hands of the royal family, and when the time comes, the entire Buddhism will put pressure on the emperor, don't you believe that he dares Li Shimin not to compromise?

"Sure enough, it's a baby, so let's put it here first." After everyone finished watching and put the golden lion in front of his table, Li Shimin was very happy, and looked at it for a while before raising his gaze and said: "It is really hard for several Aiqing to welcome back such a heavy treasure for the Tang Dynasty, what treasures are there, take them all out, I can't wait." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the remaining three treasures are no worse than the golden lion." Xue Wanche looked confident, these things had passed through their hands, they knew very well what kind of value these four treasures had, and even among all the treasures, this golden lion was not the best.

"Oh? Then I'll see. Li Shimin was even more excited, he said this not to say that he had not seen treasures, in fact, he really wanted to talk about treasures, of course, there were more in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the palace, there were countless of them, not to mention the heirloom of the jade seal, the dragon blood wrench is a family heirloom (the dragon blood wrench has been mastered by the Li family masters in the past dynasties, and it is more blessed than Li Yuan and Li Zhen, the two emperors, of course, it is also a treasure), let's just say that in Li Shimin's own inner library, there are many treasures that are not inferior to the edict of this town and country- For example, the Dingqin sword used by Qin Shi Huang, the golden jade clothes of the Han Dynasty, the bronze bell and tripod of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the golden runes and jade books of the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn countries (the status is equivalent to jade seals and holy decrees) and so on. Even Li Zhen knew that in the inner library, there was one of the nine tripods that was lost as early as the Warring States Period, and if you really want to count it, none of them is inferior to this golden lion, and it may be far exceeded.

But as the saying goes, the house flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers, foreign monks are good at chanting, the treasures of the Tang Dynasty are the treasures of the Tang Dynasty after all, close at hand, even if they are precious, they should have been tired of seeing them a long time ago, but this Tianzhu treasure is something that Li Shimin has never seen, people have a hunting mentality, at this time there is a chance to see, it is normal to lose a little bit of gaffe, not to mention that this is not a gaffe, at most it is just impatient.

"Yes." Liu Hongji took over the second person, and it was also the deputy of Xue Wanche in the conquest of Tianzhu, the right guard Zhonglang will Xu Zilin's box, this box is much smaller, only the size of two palms, but the value of the treasure has never been calculated in terms of volume, and it can be treated so carefully by Liu Hongji, obviously it is not a simple thing to contain.

"Your Majesty, this is the treasure that the ministers and others obtained from the treasury of Qu Zheluo, the Mountain of Light, and it is also the treasure of Qu Zheluo, known as the largest diamond in the world." The second treasure that Liu Hongji took out also attracted everyone's attention, this is a very large diamond, if it is changed to the unit of later generations, it is 5560 cubic centimeters, which is almost the size of two pieces of soap (a standard soap volume is 225 cubic centimeters).

"Such a big diamond, such a dazzling light, worthy of the title of the Mountain of Light, this name is really good." Li Shimin exclaimed, of course he has seen diamonds, but he has never seen such a big diamond, not to mention that the Mountain of Light is not only big, but also very dazzling, but maybe the craftsmen do not understand the optical effect, and do not perfectly show the best luster of this diamond, but even so, the entire hall that still shines is shining, and everyone is dazzled.

"Uh......" Liu Hongji was embarrassed, so he wouldn't tell Li Shimin that this diamond was not called this name before, and this name was only given after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw it last night.

"......" Liu Hongji presented the treasure Li Zhen has not spoken, but when he saw this diamond, he suddenly remembered the legend about it, the legend that the Mountain of Light was produced in the Kola Mine, which has a history of three thousand years (about the history of the Mountain of Light, there are many theories, and it is now generally believed that it should appear in the seventeenth century, but here it is counted according to three thousand years), the history is long, the inheritance can be said to be long, and the curse carried on the body causes everyone who wears it to rarely die well, It is no less legendary than another legendary diamond, 'Hope' (a diamond with a cursed attribute that will not die well for anyone who obtains it).

Of course, in fact, Li Zhen is not sure that this is the famous diamond in later generations, because he has not seen the original appearance of the Mountain of Light (today's Mountain of Light is actually the product of the later nineteenth-century English craftsmen after sharpening, and no one knows what it looked like, only that it is a rose-shaped diamond, but what it looks like should not be seen by a living person), and no one knows what it looked like before.

The reason why this diamond was given this name, in addition to the fact that the weight and shape of the two are similar (both are 800 carats), more importantly, the names of the two are also very similar, the Mountain of Light was originally called Kuinoor, and the diamond in front of him was originally called Kounola, Li Zhen thinks that the two should be related, it may be that there have been mistakes with the passage of time, and the reputation of the Mountain of Light in later generations is loud enough, so Li Zhen simply gave it such a name, anyway, even if it is not the original Mountain of Light, This diamond is certainly a remarkable treasure in history.

"Very well, I like this diamond too." put the Mountain of Light in front of him again, Li Shimin's attitude has explained everything - this diamond belongs to Lao Tzu, don't even think about it.

Regarding this diamond, those Buddhist disciples didn't say anything, although they also wanted to welcome this treasure back to the temple and inlay it on the Buddha's body to add brilliance, but seeing that Li Shimin even wanted to be greedy for the golden lion of the Buddha Treasure Town, this treasure that had nothing to do with Buddhism, he was even more unlikely to let it go, and this thing had nothing to do with Buddhism, and they really had no reason to ask for it.

In fact, what they didn't know was that this mountain of light was indeed inlaid on a Buddha statue at the beginning, and it was a Buddha statue cast in pure gold. It's a pity that hundreds of years ago, a Hun invaded Tianzhu and occupied the Buddha statue, they didn't believe in Buddhism, and when they saw such a big golden Buddha, they immediately melted the Buddha statue and snatched the Mountain of Light.

Later, the Xiongnu country was destroyed, and the diamond was lost, and finally it was obtained by the first king of Qu Zheluo, and it was sealed in the treasury until the Tang Dynasty came here and snatched the Mountain of Light again - fortunately, these people did not know the origin of the Mountain of Light, otherwise they would not have to throw away their face again and try to get the diamond back?

"Your Majesty, this third treasure...... In fact, the minister didn't know if it was a treasure of Tianzhu......" took out the third narrow box, and Liu Hongji suddenly became embarrassed: "But this is indeed a treasure, but it is not from Tianzhu, but it has existed in Tianzhu for thousands of years, so it is not particularly representative, and it does not seem to have any special significance-of course, it may not have a different meaning for you, Your Majesty." ”

"Oh? What is it? Li Shimin was more interested, Liu Hongji's words were very contradictory, but he understood the meaning, that is, this thing may be a treasure left here a long time ago, but although this thing is precious, it is something from another country after all, and it does not mean much to Tianzhu......

The only thing he didn't understand was, how did this thing have anything to do with him? He was very sure that he had never been to Tianzhu at all, and he had not even sent an envoy to Tianzhu, so how could he have anything to do with Tianzhu? And is it related to something that is more than 1,000 years old? It's simply impossible, right?

But Liu Hongji said it so solemnly, it didn't look like he was talking nonsense, which made Li Shimin very curious......

(End of chapter)