Chapter 12 From Beijing to Peking (4)
The old palace maid's face was extremely difficult to look at, and the little county king stopped her just in case.
Ye Ke could not remove the wooden box, and there was a copper lock on it. He asked the old palace maid to get the key, but naturally he didn't get an answer.
Qin Beiyang came up to carefully ponder the copper lock, a few years ago he also taught himself the locksmith's craft, and got the wire three times five divided by two to open the lock.
The wooden box was opened, and inside it was a ledger, covered with a thick layer of dust, like the ashes of a dead man.
Anna frowned, Qin Beiyang carefully took out the account book and opened it, filled with dense fly-headed letters, among which there were many circles and dots scribbled and painted, the handwriting was blurred and shaped like a dog crawling, which was obviously copied by a eunuch with a low level of education.
Flipping to a page, Qin Beiyang read it softly
"When the queen mother did not enter the coffin, she first spread a layer of gold filigree mattress at the bottom of the coffin, and then spread a layer of beads on the mattress, and the beads were covered with a thin mattress embroidered with Buddha beads. The head is placed in front of the emerald lotus leaf, and the foot is placed in a tourmaline lotus. After release, the Queen Mother was carried in. After the two feet on the lotus, the head of the lotus leaf. Dressed in a gold silk beaded color embroidered dress, the cover is embroidered and beaded hanging, and the beads are used to wrap around the back of the body, and 18 statues of the clam Buddha are placed on the back arm. The treasures placed above are private filial piety, and are not listed in public accounts. After everyone put it behind, Fang will cover the back of the Dhara gold. After wearing a bead crown, it is placed next to 108 statues such as golden Buddha, emerald Buddha, jade Buddha, etc. A watermelon, two melons, and 200 treasures such as peaches, plums, apricots, and dates are placed on the left and right sides of the hind feet. There is a jade lotus root on the left side of the body, and a coral tree branch on the right side of the body such as lotus leaves and lotus flowers. Its empty place, then sprinkled with beads and stones, etc., after filling, the upper cover of the net beads is 1. Just as I was about to put on the sub-cover, the eldest princess came. The bead net was opened, and a copy of the eight jade horses and the eighteen jade arhats were taken out in the box, and they were placed next to the hands of the back, and the square was covered, so far the funeral ceremony has been completed. ”
Qin Beiyang read unhurriedly, and the old palace maid was already pale, as if the coffin of the Empress Dowager Cixi had been laid out in front of her. The eyes of the little county king and Ye Kenan were solemn, and even the nine colors of the town's tomb beasts squatted majestically on the ground, as if they had returned to the Tang Dynasty cemetery palace in Bailuyuan. Anna was the only one who was puzzled and asked, "Why are there so many watermelons, melons, peaches, plums, apricots, and dates in the coffin?" The dead can't eat it, aren't you afraid that it will rot and stink soon? ”
"This is not a melon fruit, but a rare jade and jade carving." "The Empress Dowager Cixi rewarded my father with a piece of jade watermelon, green jade skin and purple jade, cut in the middle, and the melon seeds are all black, ingenious, worth more than 100,000 taels of silver." ”
"What the hell is this book?"
Li Longsheng took out the dagger again, and this time Qin Beiyang and the others did not stop him.
The old palace maid was so frightened that she could only confess: "Before Lafayette was buried, the great eunuch Li Lianying transcribed a list of funeral goods, and our Lao He secretly copied a copy by hand, which is this account book. I said that this would cause murder, and advised him to burn it early, but why didn't he listen, and hid the account book on the beams of the house, hey......"
"A list of the funeral goods of the Empress Dowager Cixi!" The little king's eyes straightened, "The records in these few pieces of broken paper are priceless." ”
Qin Beiyang's face did not change, he was a person who had seen five hundred tons of gold, no matter how much gold and silver treasures were piled up in front of him, they were like dung, not to mention the words on the paper? And he read it to himself
"The gold silk brocade quilt is worth 84,000 taels, and is inlaid with 100 eight-point beads, 304 three-point beads, 1,200 six-cent beads, 10,500 rice beads, and about 18 pieces of red sapphire, 67 pieces of small pieces, two pieces of grandmother green five, and a total of 203 pieces of tourmaline and white jade, and a slight estimate of the value of the pearls is 854,200 taels, and the value of precious stones is about 42,000 taels. The price of the embroidered Buddha beaded mattress is 22,000 taels, and 1,320 beads are used, which is estimated at about 22,200 taels. The jade lotus leaf on the top of the head weighs 2225 yuan and 4 cents, and the valuation is 850,000 taels. The foot of the tourmaline lotus flower weighs 36 taels and 8 coins, and the valuation is 750,000 taels. Later, he wore two beaded robes and gowns, embroidered at a price of 8,000 taels, shared 420 large beads, 1,000 medium beads, 4,500 small beads, and the size of the gem was 1,135 pieces, with an estimated value of 1,200,000 taels. After wearing three hanging pearls, two hanging beads, one hanging red stone, about two hundred and forty-five taels. After wearing eighteen bead mirrors, etc., a total of 800 grains, 35 gems, worth about 190,000 taels. The Dhara Sutra was paved with 820 beads, valued at 160,000 taels. The price of the pearl crown is 55,000 taels, and the price of the large beads is 10 million taels ......"
Speaking of this big bead worth 10 million taels of silver, the little king's jaw was about to fall: "My God! The world's largest diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, in the British crown, may not be worth 10 million taels of silver, right? ”
"Lafayette loves these things the most, what pearls, agate, tourmaline, jade, gold and silver utensils, ......" the old palace maid simply opened the conversation, "After Lafayette ascended to heaven, there were seven personal palace maids to bathe her, dress her in funeral clothes, cover her face towel, and the bathing utensils had to be buried afterwards, and I was one of the seven palace maids." Those jade watermelons and melons were all put on Lafayette by myself. ”
Qin Beiyang glared at her fiercely and read the last paragraph of the account book
"Since the completion of Tanglin to the closure of more than 30 years, tens of thousands of treasures have been placed in the underground palace. After the burial of the treasure, there are still pores in the coffin, and four liters of pearls were poured in, 500 eight-point beads, 2,200 three-point beads, 1,000 red sapphires and 2,200 grandmother emeralds, and the pearls and gems filled in the blanks were worth 2.23 million taels of silver......"
As he spoke, it seemed that the room was full of jewels, and the body of the Empress Dowager Cixi directly turned into a huge diamond, and the light blinded everyone's eyes.
After Qin Beiyang read all the treasures in the account book, he directly added the value of silver: 116 million 830,000 taels!
"Equivalent to a quarter of Gengzi's indemnity." Ye Kenan slammed his fist against the wall, remembering that when they were on the Dharma Mountain in the East China Sea, they rescued Gengzi from under the claws of the tomb beast in Evil Dragon Town and paid a million silver compensation, which was only a fraction of one percent compared to the treasures in the mausoleum of the Empress Dowager Cixi, "At that time, the whole of China had less than 70 million taels of silver in stock, and how many people starved to death on the streets because of one tael of silver." ”
"Several Beiyang fleets have been put into the coffin of the Empress Dowager Cixi! Giving this woman a burial is the national fortune of the whole of China! The Qing Dynasty has the reason to be immortal! ”
Qin Beiyang thought to himself, not including the value of the tomb beast that his father made for the Empress Dowager Cixi? But this is top secret, and not even a single item will be recorded in the account books.
The little prince said to the old palace maid again: "Auntie, don't be afraid, we are all sent by the regent Lord Zaifeng, the purpose is to protect the mausoleum of Lafayette, may I ask what kind of person was taken away by Grandpa He?" We're going to get him back. ”
The old palace maid slumped on the kang and said, "A man with a scar on his face." ”
"Ah Hai!"
Qin Beiyang smashed the table with a single punch.
Ye Kenan gave the old palace maid a few silver dollars as compensation, wrote her a receipt, and took away the account book of the Empress Dowager Cixi's funeral goods, explaining that he was not a robber, but this account book must be returned to the top-secret archives of the Republic of China government.
Everyone left Zhongguan Village and agreed to rush to Tanglin together early tomorrow morning.