016 The jade seal of the country

The heirloom jade seal is engraved with He's Bi as the material, and He's Bi is a famous jade in history, and in its hundreds of years, it has been regarded as a "priceless" "treasure of the world"! There are countless stories about this treasure jade in the world.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu people Bian He was in Chu Mountain, a saying that Jing Mountain saw a phoenix perched on the bluestone slab in the mountain, according to the saying of "the phoenix does not fall into the land of no treasure", he believed that there was a treasure on the mountain, and after careful searching, he finally found a piece of jade in the mountain.

Bian He dedicated this pu to King Chu Li. However, after being identified by the jade workers, Pu was judged to be a stone, and King Li thought that Bian He was a bully, so he ordered Bian and his left foot to be cut off and expelled from the national capital.

King Wu ascended the throne, Bian He offered the jade again, the jade worker still thought it was a stone, and poor Bian He was cut off his right foot for the crime of bullying the king.

and King Wen of Chu ascended the throne, Bian He cried bitterly for three days and three nights under the Chu Mountain, so that his eyes were full of blood. King Wen was very strange and sent someone to ask him: "There are many people in the world who have been cut off, why are you the only one who is so sad?" Bian He sighed: "I am not sad because my feet were cut, but because gems are regarded as stones, and loyal people are regarded as ministers who deceive the king, and I am sad that right and wrong are reversed!" "This time, King Wen directly ordered someone to dissect it, and as a result, he got a piece of flawless jade.

In order to reward Bian He's loyalty, Meiyu was named "He's Bi", which is the legendary He's Bi in later generations.

The king of Chu got this beautiful jade, and cherished it very much, and he was reluctant to carve it into a vessel, so he treasured it as a treasure. After more than 400 years, in order to commend the meritorious and loyal ministers, King Chuwei gave the Heshi Bi to Xiangguo Zhaoyang. When Zhaoyang led the guests to visit the Red Mountain, the jade bi was out for people to watch, but after everyone dispersed, he disappeared.

More than 50 years later, Miao Xian, a native of Zhao, bought a piece of jade at the market for 500 gold. Unexpectedly, after the identification of jade workers, this jade is the Heshi Bi that has been missing for many years. King Huiwen of Zhao heard that He's Bi appeared in Zhao State, so he took it for himself.

When King Qin Zhao learned of this, he sent a letter to King Zhao saying that he was willing to exchange the fifteen cities of Qin for jade. King Zhao was intimidated by the power of Qin and sent Lin Xiangru Fengbi as an envoy to Qin. The witty Lin Xiangru did not disgrace his mission, designed to retrieve the jade bi, and sent it back to Zhao Guo.

In 228 BC, Qin destroyed Zhao, and He's Bi eventually fell into the hands of Qin, but unfortunately, He's Bi disappeared from historical records. Legend has it that after Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, he made the Heshi bi into a jade seal.

Since its inception, the Legend of the Seal has had a legendary experience. Legend has it that in 219 B.C., when Qin Shi Huang was touring south to Dongting Lake, the wind and waves rose suddenly, and the boat he was riding was about to be destroyed. The first emperor threw the jade seal of the country in the lake, worshiped the gods and towns, and crossed the lake safely. Eight years later, when he traveled to Pingshu Road in Huayin, someone stood in the middle of the road with a jade seal and said to the First Emperor's attendants: "Please return this seal to Zulong (Qin Shi Huang)." "I can't see anything. The jade seal of the country was restored to Qin.

At the end of the Qin war, Liu Bang led his troops into Xianyang first. The gentleman of the fallen country of Qin dedicated the "Seal of the Son of Heaven" to Liu Bang. Liu Bangjian ascended the throne and wore this jade seal, known as the "Han Seal". Since then, the jade seal has been treasured in Changle Palace and has become a symbol of imperial power. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power, Emperor Liu Ying was only two years old, and the jade seal was controlled by the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan. Wang Mang ordered Wang Shun, Marquis of Anyang, to force the Queen Mother to hand over the jade seal, but the Queen Mother angrily reprimanded. When the queen mother threw the jade seal to the ground in anger, the jade seal was thrown off a corner, and then made up for it with gold, leaving a flaw from then on.

After Wang Mang's defeat, the jade seal changed hands several times, and finally fell into the hands of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and passed on to the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ten permanent servants were in turmoil, and the young emperor fled in a hurry, and it was too late to take the jade seal, and after returning to the palace, he found that the jade seal was missing. "The princes of the Eighteenth Road begged Dong Zhuo", Sun Jian's subordinates salvaged the body of a palace maid in a big well in Luoyang City, and found the "heirloom jade seal" from the bag under her neck, Sun Jian put away the jade seal privately and did not take it out. Unexpectedly, someone in Sun Jian's army informed Yuan Shao of this matter, and when Yuan Shao heard about it, he immediately detained Sun Jian's wife and forced Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal. Later, the Yuan Shao brothers were defeated and died, and the "jade seal of the country" returned to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

After that, the jade seal of the country has been passed down for nearly a thousand years by the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tang and Song dynasties, and has become the spokesperson of the emperor's identity, until the first year of Song Jingkang (1126 AD), the Jin soldiers broke Bianliang, the two emperors of Huiqin were plundered, and the "national seal" was plundered by the Dajin State, and then disappeared.

If you follow the trend of history, the jade seal of the country will naturally be obtained by Sun Jian, but Wen Yuan, as a traverser, is such a priceless treasure, now that he has access to it, how can he stand by and watch? However, as a modern person, Wen Yuan doesn't think that with this jade seal, there is a mandate of heaven, Sun Quan got the jade seal, and it didn't take long for the army to fall in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu got the jade seal, but he fell into a group to attack, vomit blood and fight to death, even later Emperor Han Xian got the jade seal, and he failed to continue the Han family's social ji. If Wen Yuan can get this treasure, he will naturally find a suitable opportunity to give full play to the role of the jade seal.

It's just that Wen Yuan really can't figure out where this well is, he only knows that it is a famous well, and it will take a lot of effort to find the heirloom jade seal.

Wen Yuan found a fairly clean courtyard to rest, and ordered everyone to sit around, eating dry food while allocating areas to everyone.

There are tens of thousands of large and small wells in Luoyang, but if it is a relatively large well that has been buried in the soil and cannot draw water, it is also easier to find, Wen Yuan divided the ten guards into five groups, each brought rope tools to their respective areas, and he and Zhang Yu and Wang Li dispersed and supervised, after all, the jade seal of the country is a priceless treasure, and most people can't resist the temptation of treasure, he doesn't want to be like Sun Jian who just got the jade seal and was informed by Yuan Shao.

There are not many wells that can be used in Luoyang City at this time, most of them have been closed by debris and soil, but there are not many famous wells, Wenyuan recruited a few surviving locals, just a few dry food cakes, these hungry people who were already hungry and skinny led the guards to find it.

Wen Yuan was separated from Wang Li and Zhang Yu to supervise the progress of everyone's excavation.

Wen Yuan came to a well that was being dug, and a guard had already gone down to the well, dug out the earth stone with an iron shovel, put it into a bag, and then the guard above lifted it with a rope hook and pulled it out. Wen Yuan stood anxious and had nothing to do, and would step forward to help from time to time.

After a while, the earth and rocks around the well were piled up as high as a hill, and there were many valuable things such as gold, silver and jade.

Wen Yuanzhi was not here, and seeing that his subordinates were digging really hard, he simply asked Zhang Yu to order all the gold and silver excavated to be rewarded to the pro-soldiers, and the pro-soldiers were overjoyed and more motivated!

After a day of busy work, they dug seven or eight wells, and just when Wen Yuan thought that the historical records were wrong, Wang Li suddenly ran to Wen Yuan's side in a hurry, and he didn't dare to raise his voice, and said with a happy face: "Lord! Looks like I found it! ”

"Really!?" Wen Yuan's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but grab Wang Lidao, but at this time, he was anxious, how to listen, and he pulled Wang Li up and left.

The two came to a big well called Zhen Guanjing, and saw that the two guards had scooped up a corpse from the dry well, although it had been soaked in water for a long time, the body did not rot, and the outfit should be a palace maid, and from head to toe were gold, silver and jewelry, the two guards were full of joy, discussing how to spend the money.

Wen Yuan stepped forward to inspect the corpse, only to see that there was a bag hanging under the corpse. When he took it open and looked at it, there was a small vermilion box inside, locked with a gold lock, Wen Yuan was overjoyed, he glanced left and right, and did not open it to view, but directly included it in his arms, and said: "This is it!" Inform the others, pack up, and get back to camp immediately! ”

After getting Wenyuan's order, it took a while for the pro-soldiers to gather, only this day's work, and the treasures dug up had a few big burdens, no wonder these pro-soldiers were reluctant to give up one by one.

However, since the jade seal has been obtained, this is still Dong Zhuo's territory, Wen Yuan didn't dare to stay for a long time, and beckoned everyone out of the city!

Everyone went north the same way, thinking that they could enter the Beibi Mountains smoothly, but they didn't want to be less than twenty miles out of the city, but they ran into a team of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses!