After listening to Liu Cong's words, Chen Ziyang nodded. The size of this Browning pistol is very small, and the bullet is not large, that is, the bullet fired is very powerful.

However, it is almost impossible for such a warhead to directly shatter the skull on one side of this person, unless it is only shot at a very close distance.

Liu Cong is not wrong, this person is indeed a suicide, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to achieve the effect of penetrating the skull with such a small caliber warhead, and only by shooting at an extremely close distance, so that a caliber bullet can penetrate a person's skull.

And this person was kneeling on the ground when he died, and there was no rope or anything like that to tie him, that is to say, this person knelt on the ground voluntarily, it seems that this person should have thought of something before he died, and felt sorry for someone, so he committed suicide, which can be regarded as having a motive for suicide.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang's heart didn't understand. This person can use such a good Browning pistol, and in that era, the person who could use such a pistol should be either rich or expensive, and the identity of the person who used this pistol was absolutely extraordinary, at least his life was a hundred times stronger than that of ordinary people.

Why would someone with such an identity commit suicide here? Although the door of the Dragon Vein Dungeon is tightly closed, maybe this person didn't go in, but it won't kill himself, he can still do it if he wants to leave here, but he just died here, which is too unbelievable.

"Liu Cong, search this person's body and see if there are any other findings." Just when Chen Ziyang was puzzled, Chen Benzhong issued such an order.

Although Chen Ziyang had already guessed before, he felt that this person was inextricably linked to Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and was assigned by Pu Yi to come here to inspect the situation of the Dragon Vein Underground Palace, but he was still very curious and wanted to verify his thoughts, and the best way to verify a person's identity was to check this person's relics.

Now Chen Benzhong is also very interested in the identity of this person, a person who can afford to use such an alternative pistol, his identity must not be ordinary, maybe in this person, he can really find some secrets that ordinary people can't touch.

There weren't many items on this person's body, except for the pistol that had been found by Liu Cong, this person only had a horse coat and a robe on his body, so it didn't take long for Liu Cong to send his men to search this person.

Several things were placed in front of Chen Benzhong, except for the Browning pistol with an ivory handle that this person used to commit suicide, there was not much left on this person's body.

Judging from the items found on this person's body, there is nothing that can indicate the identity of this person, but a special box that has attracted everyone's attention.

In this box, there are only two items, one is a pearl the size of an egg, and the other is a jade seal the size of a fist.

As soon as he saw these two items, Chen Ziyang instantly had a feeling of enlightenment, and he remembered a legend he had heard of, or a record of historical facts.

On August 11, 1945, four days before Japan announced its unconditional surrender, under the arrangement of Yoshioka Yasunao, Pu Yi took a large number of important ministers of the puppet Manchukuo State, family members and some palace maids and eunuchs to Dawalnut Town by train.

On August 12, 1949, the day after the Great Escape began, Pu Yi arrived in the town of Great Walnut. A few days later, just as he was pondering the way forward, the Japanese emperor suddenly heard the voice of the Emperor of Japan announcing his unconditional acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation and announcing his unconditional surrender.

This voice sounded in Pu Yi's heart like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, he knew that it was over, everything was over, the Qing Dynasty was over, the puppet Manchukuo was over, and even his biggest backer, Japan, was finished at this moment.

The next thing was what everyone didn't expect, Pu Yi announced his unconditional abdication under the arrangement of the Japanese side, and the puppet Manchukuo also began at this moment and completely collapsed.

At that time, when Pu Yi began to flee from Changchun, he carried 40 large boxes of various rare treasures, each of which is enough to cause a sensation and is worth a fortune. It's no wonder that what can be included in the treasury of the Qing Palace must be extraordinary, otherwise the emperors of the past dynasties would not be able to look at it.

And it was such a rare treasure, but it was stolen by those eunuchs, palace maids and ministers. At the time, something enough to be called a national treasure might have been exchanged for only half a pound of pancakes for belly wrapping, or a train ticket back to his hometown.

Value has different definitions in different eras, or in different periods, or in different contexts. No matter how valuable a treasure is, it can't fill its stomach, and it can't let people who want to go home fly to their homes.

A large number of treasures have been lost in the past few days, but there are still some things of extraordinary value that have been preserved, among which the Sanliantian Huangshi seal that Pu Yi contributed to the country and is still preserved in the Palace Museum is the most.

A few days later, Pu Yi and Yoshioka Yasunao arrived in Shenyang to fly to Japan on a special plane. Because of the rush of the trip and the limited load capacity of the plane, the treasures brought out by Pu Yi were left in Dahetao Town, Linhai City. And just as Pu Yi's special plane was about to take off, the Soviet Red Army rushed into the Shenyang airport and directly captured Pu Yi, the emperor of the puppet Manchukuo at that time.

Then, within a few days, a large number of troops began to search the territory of Linhai City, the purpose of which was to collect as many lost cultural and antiquities as possible and reduce the country's losses as much as possible.

But even so, a small half of the large number of treasures that Pu Yi carried when he escaped have disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

After three days of searching, only 28 boxes were found, and 12 boxes of treasures were scattered among the people, and there has been no news so far.

Among the lost treasures, there are two things that are the most precious and have the most different meanings. One is the night pearl inlaid in the crown of Emperor Yongzheng, and the other thing is the jade seal of Puyi, who was the last emperor of the puppet Manchukuo and even the last emperor of the entire Qing Dynasty.

And it was in a box carried by this corpse that the people found two things, one was a night pearl the size of an egg, and the other was a fist-sized jade seal side by side with this night pearl in the box.

This can't be just a coincidence, although he didn't go forward to check it in person, but Chen Ziyang knew that these two things were the pearl inlaid in Kangxi's crown and Puyi's jade seal.

When the box was opened, the people around made a surprised sound. This huge pearl is so conspicuous that even the surrounding darkness cannot hide the luster on the pearl.

It may be because of the special relationship of the environment here, coupled with the fact that the box is very well-made and very airtight, so the pearls and jade seals are so well preserved.

Seeing these two things, Chen Benzhong first turned his head to look at Chen Ziyang, with surprise in his eyes, and then turned his head away, picked up the pearl and looked at it carefully.

Seeing Chen Benzhong's eyes, Chen Ziyang knew that this hundred-year-old man should have thought of what he had thought of before.

Although this pearl is big, it is only a pearl, and after a few glances, Chen Benzhong put the pearl into the box, and picked up the jade seal casually.

Under the illumination of the flashlight, the original color of the jade seal is not very clear, but it can be seen that the jade carved with this jade seal is a good jade. Not interested in carefully inspecting the style and carving of the jade seal, Chen Benzhong shook his wrist violently, turned the jade seal over, and looked at the bottom of the jade seal.

"Huh?" After making a strange sound, Chen Benzhong's hand shook suddenly. Chen Ziyang, who was standing in the back, didn't understand what made Chen Benzhong so surprised, he also leaned over, and at a glance, his mind was full of exclamation marks and question marks.

Under the base of the jade seal, that is, where the seal should have been engraved, it turned out to be a flat surface! Not even a word on it!

"This ......" Chen Ziyang was also a little confused, "what the hell is going on?" ”

Then Chen Benzhong's hand kept moving, turning the jade seal over and over in his hand and changing the angle, looking at the rest of the jade seal. Judging by what he meant, he probably wanted to see if there was any inscription elsewhere, but he found nothing.

However, when looking at the jade seal, Chen Benzhong found a strange place. The shape of the four sides of the jade seal is very regular, and it is particularly smooth, and it is very well made, but the bottom of the jade seal is covered with scratches, and it looks a little uneven.

Under the irradiation of the flashlight beam, Chen Benzhong slowly tilted the jade seal, adjusting the angle between the bottom of the jade seal and the flashlight beam. After changing the angle, the unsmooth place at the bottom of the jade seal looked more obvious, and countless scratches intertwined with each other at the bottom of the jade seal, covering this plane.

"The bottom of the jade seal should have been carved with something, but it seems to have been deliberately worn off, otherwise it would not have left such traces, why is this?" Chen Benzhong muttered to himself, falling into deep thought.

"Deliberately grinded off? This really doesn't make sense, if you don't want others to know whose jade seal it is, you just need to destroy the jade seal, why bother so much effort to grind the words off? Liu Cong shook his head, unable to understand the reason.

The texture of jade is very hard, and it is not easy to wear off the original handwriting engraved on it. And the words under the jade seal were polished cleanly, and it was obvious that the person who had polished off the handwriting put in a lot of effort, and even spent a lot of time, to achieve this.

It seems that the person who has rubbed off the handwriting of the jade seal is very careful, and the other sides of the jade seal have not been touched, not even a little scratch. This person should want to keep this jade seal intact......"

While Chen Benzhong and Liu Cong were studying the jade seal, Chen Ziyang's attention was all focused on the pearl that might have been set in Kangxi's crown before.

"Why is this pearl here?" This is a question that seems to have no meaning, but it is extremely important.

The identity of this person, Chen Ziyang, has basically been determined, he should be the person sent by Pu Yi, and the purpose of coming here is to check the situation of the treasures in the Dragon Vein Underground Palace. But why did this man carry this pearl?

The person who can be sent by Pu Yi must be someone he trusts very much, it can be said that this person who committed suicide here is Pu Yi's right-hand man, and he must be extremely loyal to Pu Yi. This ruled out the possibility that the pearl was stolen by this person.

If this pearl was really stolen by this person, this person would not have died here, and he would definitely take the pearl and fly away. Judging by the identity of this person, it is unlikely that he will steal the pearl either.

There is also a possibility that this pearl was given to this person by Pu Yi, perhaps as a reward for this action, but if you think about it carefully, this possibility is not true.

Pu Yi brought 40 boxes of treasures, and whatever he gave him, the value may be greater than this pearl, and this pearl was inlaid in the crown of Kangxi back then, for the Qing Dynasty, for the descendants of Kangxi, this pearl has a very special significance, so such a thing cannot be given to others casually.

After eliminating these speculations, an idea suddenly popped into Chen Ziyang's mind. To exist is to be reasonable, and this pearl must have been brought here for a reason.

The jade seal was brought on this person's body, probably to facilitate this person's actions, so that he could get here smoothly. After all, under the general environment at that time, even Pu Yi would be tied up when he did something, so he asked the person who opened the treasure to carry the jade seal, hoping that with the help of the jade seal, he could go all the way and avoid some unnecessary troubles.

According to this line of thought, since this person has arrived here, he should open the door of the Dragon Vein Underground Palace, and then enter the underground palace to check the situation of the treasure.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang turned around and looked at the steel gate standing in the darkness in the distance.

"This pearl should be the key to opening the door."

(End of chapter)