Chapter 85: The Secret of Heavenly Ghost City
The guide looked at the stunned Shen Yuan and the two with interest. Shen Yuan adjusted the flashlight to the state of wide-angle lighting, and looked at the wooden boxes piled up like a hill in front of him.
The cave where the underground lake was located was surprisingly not due to the dampness that caused the wooden box to rot and pulverize, and Shen Yuan thought it might have something to do with the glowing algae bryophytes.
Shen Yuan looked at the guide, who smiled and didn't have any opinion. Shen Yuan walked over to an open wooden box, bent down and took out a few gray silver dollars.
The silver dollar is used to being called the big head of the ocean and the big head of Yuan, but the silver dollar occupies a very important position in the history of the world economy.
Under the silver standard*, silver was once a symbol of wealth. Almost all countries of that period issued huge quantities of silver coins. The goddess silver dollar of JPMorgan Chase in the United States, the Eagle Ocean of Mexico, the British colonies, the French colonies, and even the notorious East India Company have issued silver dollars, and many other silver dollars.
Huaxia was the last year of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and the Great Qing Longyang was also issued in accordance with the trend. The value is definitely not expensive now, until Yuan Datou issued by Beiyang later and Sun Xiaotou and so on.
Shen Yuan used to like early European silver dollars, first, they were in beautiful condition. Second, because Europe has plundered a huge amount of silver by military strength around the world, it has a huge amount of issuance and a relatively easy price to buy. In particular, the French Philippe and Hercules silver dollars are the most beautiful.
Shen Yuan played with a few Yuan Datou in his hand, and now the value of this thing is far from what the ninety percent of the silver in this silver dollar can represent.
Now, the market price of the most ordinary Yuan Datou should start at seven hundred, look at the hundred boxes in front of you. There is also the golden 'yellow croaker' mixed in with it, and Shen Yuan found that the wealth here may be an unimaginable astronomical amount!
There seemed to be a few one-eyed eyes in the guide's hair, and he slowly walked to Shen Yuan's side. He said, "These are the last sacrifices that the Ghost Cave Clan received more than eighty years ago. At that time, the Ghost Cave Clan had already declined, or else...... With these useless things, those people are not qualified to be led by us into the Heavenly Ghost Cave. ”
Shen Yuan asked curiously, "Who are those?" ”
The guide smiled: "Good people, bad people, greedy people." I don't know who they are, they are trying their best to get what they want in the Heavenly Ghost Cave. But...... No one has ever succeeded. ”
Shen Yuan pursed his lips: "What is in the Heavenly Ghost Cave?" It can make people pursue it for thousands of years! ”
The guide replied with great interest: "There is a secret...... There are wealth and rights! There is great power! There is a way to live forever! ”
"Has anyone ever gotten it?" Shen Yuan was dismissive.
The guide turned his head to look at Shen Yuan: "Yes!" ”
Shen Yuan didn't believe it, and looked at the guide suspiciously. The mockery in his eyes was not disguised......
The guide said, "Your ancestors are one of them!" ”
"What?" Shen Yuan was shocked.
The guide continued: "There are not a few people who have entered the Heavenly Ghost Cave, but there are only five people who have come out alive for thousands of years...... Among them is the generation of jade connoisseurs more than 100 years ago! ”
Shen Yuan stared blankly at the guide, gauging the credibility of these words. But the leader of the tribe and only one child remained, and there seemed to be no need to deceive himself.
The guide continued: "The jade connoisseurs of that generation and the masters of the six mountain gates seem to be going to do a big thing, and the seven people joined forces to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave after the sacrifice.
For three days, they were in for three days. My ancestors thought that they would not come out like those who disappeared into the Heavenly Ghost Cave, but on the night of the third day. Your ancestor walked out of the Heavenly Ghost Cave alone. ”
"And then?" Shen Yuan asked curiously and excitedly.
Then he tried his best to set up a magic circle outside the door of the Heavenly Ghost Cave! Seal the Heavenly Ghost Cave to death! Since then, the Celestial Ghost Cave has become a Jedi that can only enter but not leave. ”
Shen Yuan asked curiously, "Then you just watched him seal the Heavenly Ghost Cave where your people live?"
The guide laughed and said, "Do you know what it means to be able to come out of the Heavenly Ghost Cave alive?" That's an irresistible force! My people were trembling to send your ancestral gifts out of the desert at that time, and the one we feared the most was the one who could be recognized by the Heavenly Ghost Cave. For us, it is the gods who walk on earth......"
Shen Yuan closed his eyes and pondered...... More than a hundred years ago, that generation should have been grandfather's father's generation, and the letters left by grandfather Tai to himself almost did not mention any of these things. The old man Shen Siming didn't mention it, it seems that this is the lost history of his jade connoisseur.
The guide said softly: "No one knows what the jade connoisseur saw and gained in it. No one dared to dispose of the sacrifices he left behind, and they were all collected as tokens by the Ghost Cave Clan. ”
Shen Yuan's eyes flickered, and he quietly looked at the guide.
The guide walked over to the middle of several wooden boxes and flipped them over. He took out a black, heavy-looking box: "I only entered this Heavenly Ghost City once, and that time my father gave me this box. Inside, are five tokens left by five people who once came out of the Heavenly Ghost Cave alive. ”
Shen Yuan couldn't help but hesitate: "You want to ......"
The guide took the black box over and pushed it in front of Shen Yuan: "Now I want to give these things to you." ”
Shen Yuan was surprised: "Me? Are you sure? ”
The guide smiled, "Yes! I'm sure, but I'm going to mention that request anyway. I hope you can get Batuan out safe and secure and protect him well. ”
Shen Yuan looked at the yellow and godless eyes of the guide: "Well, as long as I'm alive." As long as there are still people alive in the Jade Connoisseur Sect, I will definitely protect Batu. Let him grow up well, if possible...... I will also let him inherit the property here quietly. ”
"No, no, no...... Don't let him know what's here, I don't want him to have anything to do with it anymore! Wealth here is hoodoo, leave it alone. If you can, do something useful with it and make some merit for Batu! ”
Shen Yuan took the box, but he still couldn't help but turn his head to look at the mountains of these "hoodoos", and he admired the attitude of the guide in the face of wealth.
Shen Yuan couldn't help but open the black wooden box, and the wooden box was heavy and he couldn't see the wood. There is no lock, but in the Heavenly Ghost City, this terrifying secret place lock should be considered a useless thing!
Flipping over the lid, the treasure light in the imagination of Shen Yuan and Dao Zai did not appear, and there were a few things in the box with a dirty face.
The moment the box was opened, Shen Yuan felt several thick mellow spiritual power fluctuations spread. Shen Yuan couldn't help but look at this black box again, it seemed that this box that could perfectly avoid his spiritual power perception was not simple.
There were indeed only five things in the box, and Shen Yuan was sure of it in an instant...... There are no artifacts in the chest! Inside, there are no unique fluctuations in the jade spiritual power......
A fiery red bead, shimmering with a thick scorching spiritual power. A book, dusty like a mortal thing. A bronze sword without a scabbard, made in one piece. The dark golden light flowed faintly, and it didn't look very sharp, but there was a kind of aura that seemed to be tragic and slightly revealed!
A jade cup is the most brilliant thing in the box. Shen Yuan subconsciously took out the cup carefully, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't this the Nine Dragons Cup?" ”
Dao Tsai was puzzled: "Brother Shen, do you know this cup?"
Shen Yuan frowned and replied: "The official history of the Kowloon Cup records that it is the beloved thing of Emperor Kangxi, and it is placed with Emperor Kangxi all year round together with that piece of bloodstone paperweight until he is buried in the Emperor's Mausoleum. Later, during the scuffle, it is said that he was poured out by a tomb robber who lived in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, and then was targeted by the public gate at that time.
The guy was desperate and turned himself in to save his life, and the things were supposedly taken away by the citizens. His whereabouts are unknown...... It's not the right time! Is it less than a hundred years since the Kowloon Cup came into existence?
Don't...... There are two Kowloon cups? Or is it just a fake that the guy handed over? Or is this just fake?"
Shen Yuan looked at the guide suspiciously, but found that the guide was sitting on top of a box and resting with his eyes closed. The short-haired woman who was controlled by the sandworm was standing quietly behind him like the puppet junior brother of Long Jiushi.
Shen Yuan blew away a shallow layer of dust on the jade cup, revealing the white jade flesh. Almost flawless, without a single defect, the nine jade dragons were carved and formed in one piece, which is the style of the early Qing Dynasty. Regular, natural, charming, clumsy, and not exaggerated in the late Qing Dynasty!
The cup body is large and small in the shape of a square mouth, and there is a jade dragon with its head raised inside and outside the four cup corners, and a jade dragon with a curled body to make a flying shape as a handle. It happened to be nine jade dragons...... Proper things for the emperor's royal use, in ancient times...... Whoever dares to hide this thing is definitely guilty of killing the head!
Shen Yuan was interested for a while, and slowly played with the jade cup with his hand. The smooth and creamy feeling and the more oily fat powder that becomes more and more oily with the play clearly show that this is the most authentic Hetian jade seed material carved out of the treasure! This level of material is now an astronomical amount!
Not to mention its age and carving, as well as the royal lineage of the office and the bonus of the beloved things of the famous emperor.
You must know that Emperor Kangxi's grandson, who boasted about why a gold-inlaid carved flower and bird gun that was exiled to the West by the first emperor through the ages, was chased to tens of millions of dollars in the Sufubi auction two years ago! Not to mention the value of this cup......
Shen Yuan couldn't help but be a little staggered, if this thing leaked out of the outside world, it would definitely set off a craze in the collection world! You must know that Emperor Kangxi is a topic emperor who often appears in film and television works, and his popularity among the people is extremely high.
Shen Yuanzai carefully looked at the handle of the cup and the fingers on the inside of the cup where he often pressed against the force, and found that it was indeed a little more oily than other parts. It seems that it is indeed something that was once loved by the owner and is often used.
Shen Yuan turned his head to Dao Zai with great interest and said, "Give me the kettle, and I'll see if this thing is as magical as the legend is!" ”
Daozi nodded and hurriedly handed the kettle to Shen Yuan, who took the kettle and gently poured the water into the jade cup.
I saw that under the light, the four jade dragons immersed in the water instantly seemed to come to life under the reflection of the water light! With the flash of water, it is like dancing with teeth and claws......
Daozi looked at this beautiful jade cup, and couldn't help but boast: "This is really a good thing!" ”
Shen Yuan said triumphantly: "It seems that my grandfather's father is very powerful, and such a good baby can be made from Tanglin...... He ......"
The guide's words suddenly came to mind clearly from the side: "That...... That was the sacrifice brought by another mysterious person, and the sacrifice brought by your ancestor was not the one. It's the wooden seal! ”
"What? Didn't my ancestors bring this jade? This piece of wood is?" Shen Yuan said with a loss of color.
"Well, yes. That piece of wood was brought by your ancestors. ”
Shen Yuan hurriedly grabbed the most inconspicuous wooden magic seal in the box, and as soon as he got his hands on Shen Yuan, he was almost sure. This thing is a magic weapon in the same vein as the Green Ox Seal! It is a token of the ancestral master of Qingcheng Mountain......
"Why are my ancestors eyeing those bulls...... How much grudge? How can you stare at other people's families to do things......?"