Chapter Forty-Six: The Treasure of the Ages I
The space under the passage was very narrow, and when I was the last to go down, I found that there was no place to stand, and my hand accidentally touched the side, and the greasy feeling was put in front of my nose and smelled whale oil.
There is no light hole in the mountain that is not here, it is deep and dark, and the light of the flashlight shines out, and it is projected on the opposite mountain wall, and the distance is very far away.
I took out the lighter and lit the whale oil next to it, and the burning flame gradually extended forward, writhing like a revived fire dragon, and then turned into two, three, five......
In the end, I couldn't count how many fire troughs were burning underneath, but the more places the fire lit up, the bigger everyone's mouths opened.
This place is not small!
We were just standing on the platform at the entrance, and I couldn't think of a suitable word to describe what was in front of me.
Mountain!
If you have to choose an appropriate adjective, these four words are not an exaggeration here.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually hollowed out the entire mountain, and looked out from the place where he stood, even if it had been silent for hundreds of years, the thick dust still could not block the dazzling golden light, if there was really a mountain of gold in the world, it must be here.
The legendary Ming Fourteen Tombs slept quietly below, waiting for the next king to open her.
The entire treasure was stacked in a neat and regular manner, and almost all of them were now sluggish, and few of the normal people could still remain calm when they saw this mountain full of gold and jewelry.
Everyone walked down the white marble steps in a daze, the neatly stacked boxes in front of Xiao Lianshan were five stories high, and they opened the nearest box in front of them casually, and suddenly Xiao Lianshan felt that his eyes were shaking and couldn't open them, and he subconsciously used his hands to cover them, and from the gaps in his fingers, huge gold bars were placed all over the box.
This is just one of them, Xiao Lianshan slowly raised his head, he was slow to react, and tried to calculate how many gold nuggets were put in the five-story box, and only later did he suddenly realize that he only needed one piece, even if he broke his hands and feet, he would not worry about food and clothing.
The box on the other side was opened by Gu Anqi, huge gems, various jewels and many beads that I didn't even know the name of, round stuffed with a box, when I was in Hong Kong, I visited the world-famous Tsar's Golden Crown, which had 800 diamonds and 72 rubies, and was called the king of the crown.
But in this randomly stacked box, I don't know how many times larger than the gem in the golden crown when I pick up a random one.
Many wooden boxes have rotted because of their age, and all kinds of orbs are scattered all over the place, looking like a glittering cobblestone road, but this is probably the most expensive road in the world, but Gu Anqi didn't feel it at all when she stepped on it, as if her feet were just ordinary stones, because there were so many boxes like this that she couldn't count them.
As for the huge size of the golden horse, the golden dragon and other jaw-dropping gold ornaments, completely according to the real proportions made, not only exquisite workmanship and with the hand struck, there is no echo, these are all solid gold jewelry, due to the large size of the random pile in the corner.
The 14th Tombs of the Ming Dynasty poured the power of the whole country of the Ming Dynasty, after a full 270 years of continuous expansion and growth, Zhu Yuanzhang really did it, just like he envisioned the construction of the Ming Fourteenth Tombs, here is really the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, if Chongzhen opened this treasure, maybe the history of future generations will be changed.
I'm afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang never dreamed that the country that he had single-handedly defeated would be defeated in the hands of Chongzhen, and the main reason for the death of the country was the emptiness of the treasury, and the emperor who sat on this magnificent treasure finally lost to money, which may be the biggest joke that history played on Chongzhen.
I stood in the 14th Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, and suddenly found that I was too small, and I could easily be overwhelmed by this mountain of gold, silver and jewelry, and put down the gold bricks in my hand and suddenly found that there was no one around.
"Wild goose back! Wild goose back! Yue Qianling's trembling voice came from far away. Come to me, quick! ”
I wandered around the 14th Ming Tombs like a labyrinth for a long time before I found Yue Qianling, who looked a little trance-like, she was sitting on a platform made of pure gold, pointing to her body and saying unconvincedly.
"You help me see what's behind it, I'm not very clear right now."
The platform where Yue Qianling sits is specially designed, the base of pure gold, stacked layer by layer like a step, surrounded by fist-sized luminous beads, when the firelight illuminates the mountain, these night pearls absorb the firelight, and reflect it, and the entire platform is illuminated.
I walked onto the platform, on which were lined up with nine bronze tripods.
These nine bronze tripods are of different shapes and sizes, and the engraved names of the rivers and mountains, the places of beauty, and the rare birds and beasts, I have seen the nine bronze tripods one by one, and muttered to myself in shock.
"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister......"
Yue Qianling hurriedly turned around, looked at me extremely nervously, and stammered and asked.
"This ...... That's really ...... Jiuding? ”
I didn't know what to say, nodded silently, Yue Qianling couldn't help screaming excitedly, and she got carried away and hugged me, dancing like a child.
Xiao Lianshan heard a shout here, thought something was wrong, and hurriedly looked for the sound, and saw Yue Qianling holding me, and the gold nugget in her arms fell to the ground.
"What...... What's going on? ”
I smiled wryly and said lightly.
"Qianling has found the baby."
Xiao Lianshan tilted his head to look behind me, pointed to the nine bronze tripods and said in surprise.
"I thought it was a rare thing, look at the two of you excited, just take one of them and sell it in this mountain, and I can cast dozens of them for you."
Gu Anqi was holding a large number of various gems, the smallest one was the size of a pigeon's egg, and he was still engrossed in looking for a bigger one to replace the one in his arms, he just walked in front of Xiao Lianshan, and before he could speak, his eyes fell on the nine bronze tripods, and then he was stunned, and all the gems in his arms were scattered to the ground, and he slowly raised his hand and said in a daze.
"Isn't that ...... It can't be Kyushu Ding, right?! ”
I nodded, Xiao Lianshan was so shocked by the nine inconspicuous bronze tripods, and went up to touch them and asked curiously.
"Where did this come from?"
"After the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, Dayu used the bronze of the world's nine pastures to cast Jiuding, symbolizing Kyushu." I pointed to the bronze tripod and said. "They are five Yang Ding, four Yin Ding, five should be Yang, four like Yin number, in order to show that Xia Wang Dayu became the lord of Kyushu, the world has been unified since then, indicating the destiny of heaven, Jiuding then became the place of the mandate of heaven, is the supremacy of royal power, the symbol of national unity and prosperity, since then, Jiuding has become the most important ritual of the country."
"Huaxia is also known as Kyushu, and the value of this Kyushu tripod has exceeded the scope of money that can be measured." Gu Anqi said to Xiao Lianshan dumbfounded. "This mountain of gold piled together may not be as valuable as these nine bronze tripods."
Yue Qianling cautiously touched the largest Yuzhou Ding in the middle, and said in a trembling voice.
"In the second year after Qin destroyed the Zhou, the Jiuding of the Zhou royal family moved west to Xianyang, but when Qin Shi Huang destroyed the six countries and unified the world, Jiuding did not know its whereabouts, counting the five thousand years of Chinese civilization and passing down many rare treasures, but in terms of historical value, none of them can compare with the Jiuding of the Xia Dynasty."
I smiled faintly, sighed and said meaningfully.
"In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, is not aggrieved, although he did not find the jade seal of the country, but there is this Jiuding, which is far more valuable than the jade seal of the country, no wonder he is at ease when he is the emperor, and he can be regarded as the destiny of heaven when he gets this Kyushu Ding!"
Xiao Lianshan heard that this Kyushu tripod was so valuable, and it could reach this mountain full of gold, so he stepped forward to hug it without thinking about it, but with the strength of nine cows and two tigers, he found that the bronze tripod did not move at all.
Yue Qianling glanced at him and asked with a wry smile.
"Are you still thinking about carrying this Jiuding out by someone?"
"Nonsense, this one tripod is enough to fill the mountain with gold, if you carry all these nine tripods home......" Xiao Lianshan said with a grin. I don't even know what to do with it. ”
"After the Dingzhu was completed, it was not easy to move from Jingshan to Xiayi, the national capital, and it took hundreds of thousands of people three or four months to move there." Yue Qianling laughed, sat next to her and said disapprerovingly. "What, today, you Lian Shan brother is going to come and make a show for us?"
"Lianshan, this gold can still be sold if it is taken out, this Kyushu Ding is taken out, do you dare to sell it and anyone dare to buy it?" I also asked happily. "What's more, who bought these nine tripods, the essence of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization is all on these nine tripods."
Xiao Lianshan smiled innocently, walked off the platform with his mouth closed, picked up the gold nugget that had just fallen and said.
"It's like saying it in vain, it's expensive and can't be eaten as food, it's better to be gold, I would have carried a few more bags if I knew it."
I smiled faintly, Yue Qianling stayed in front of Kyushu Ding and refused to leave, as a milestone at the entrance of the Chinese civilization era, it has been lost for more than two thousand years, and now it appears in front of it, for any archaeological scholar can not let go.
Bypassing the bronze tripod of the pure gold platform, I found that after walking for so long, I only walked through the labyrinth-like treasure of the 14th Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, and I was less than one-fifth of the way.
I'm not curious about what else is in front of me, the only thing that excites him now is that the resonance of the Eight Dragons Holding Bead on his chest is getting clearer and clearer.
I know very well that I am one step closer to the Nine Heavens Hidden Dragon Decision.