Chapter Thirty-Six: The Book Has Its Own Golden House
"Ahh
"You can stay with us at night, okay, I'm still so scared!"
Under a villa in the Amber Garden Villa Area of Binhai City, Su Yao was like a large koala, dragging Jiang Xuan's arm and not letting him go.
"Squad leader, please respect yourself, I can't sleep with you just because your house is big!" Jiang Xuan looked at his watch, and he was anxious to death.
"I'm scared of who's going to sleep with you!
"That's even more impossible! Although I have principles, I am a real man, and I will never do such a thing as a beast!"
Jiang Xuan was so anxious that he couldn't wait to slap this long-winded chick unconscious, and flew home to see what kind of 'luggage' Jiang Xuan had.
As expected, the so-called outfit is the funeral goods.
At the bottom of the mass grave hill, there is an ancient tomb of the Ming Dynasty, where is Jiang Gan's 'home', after he woke up, he dug a hole and climbed out, and went out every day and night.
Jiang Xuan followed to the entrance of the cave to take a look, the hole was small and deep, and it was estimated that it would take a lot of time for him to drill in and out. Moreover, the work of going down to the tomb is more professional, and there may be poisonous gases in the tomb, which is dangerous.
Besides, Jiang forced down to pack up, which is called going home to get things, which is reasonable and legal;
What's the point of running down by yourself? That's called tomb robbing!
You can't do anything that violates the law, and you can't oppose the government with a system!
After such a delay, Su Yao was about to wake up not far away, Jiang Xuan decided to divide the troops into two ways, go back to appease and take away Su Yao, let Jiang go hard, pack up the previous belongings at home and take them away, and Chang Xiaotu took him home first to wait for him.
She woke up as soon as she carried Su Yao out of the mountain, and then called Li Muxue and Song Lulu to reunite outside the mountain, and the three women were frightened, and after muttering a few words, they decided to go home first.
Li Muxue and Song Lulu live in a community, the two of them are on the same road, Su Yao's house is relatively far away, and Jiang Xuan sends Su Yao alone.
Among these three people, Su Yao had the most 'contact' with zombies, and the other two were just scared, and then ran around and didn't see anything, it was relatively easy to fool, but Su Yao was difficult to do.
However, Jiang Xuan has his own way, not explaining, not making up stories.
There is such a thing as a lie, it costs ten circles to say one, and the more you say it, the more mistakes you make, so along the way, no matter what Su Yao says, Jiang Xuan is just pretending to be stupid, and she doesn't see anything in one bite, it's all their delusions.
"But ......" Su Yao stood at the gate of the villa and still refused to go in, everything she encountered today was too incredible, whether it was out of fear or a woman's natural desire to talk, she couldn't wait to communicate with Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan couldn't wait, there were still two monsters at home, and a bunch of funeral goods were waiting for him to go back for acceptance.
"The mass grave is so big, if there are really zombies, there will definitely be people who will encounter them in the future, right?"
"You're right...... Would you like to talk to me for a while, just for an hour!"
"Then if you give me a snap, I'll agree!" Jiang Xuan said with a raised face.
"Jiang Xuan, you are simply not human!"
"If you don't pull it down, it's not that I'm not angry. By the way, remember to reimburse me for the taxi fare tomorrow, and pick you up from the city is so expensive!
Seeing that Su Yao's nanny had opened the door, Jiang Xuan turned around and flashed, and took a taxi home at the gate of the community.
Along the way, the system has been jumping out of 'Jiang hard obedient value +1, +1' I don't know what these two children are doing at home.
It was late at night when I arrived home, the kitchen lights were on, and there was a burst of oil smoke and smell, and when I went in, there was a fire in the stove, and there were leftovers in the refrigerator on the table, and Chang Xiaotu was wearing a small apron to heat the dishes.
When he entered the door, Chang Xiaotu was pouring a pot of hot braised pork into a large enamel basin, and there were many dishes in it, like a hodgepodge.
Jiang Qiang lay on the edge of the basin, burying his head in the basin like a big wolf dog and snoring and eating.
"I said you feed the pigs, I don't know how to bring him a bowl. ”
"He eats so much and fast, and he still has to eat meat, it's too late. Chang Xiaotu said.
Seeing Jiang Xuan come in, Jiang Jian hurriedly stood up, wiped his grease mouth, and made a meticulous salute: "Shizun is back...... Belch...... Don't bother, I've never eaten so much good food in the mountains!"
"What do you eat in the mountains?"
"Mouse, snake, weasel, bird......" glanced at Chang Xiaotu, swallowed the word 'rabbit' back, and said, "Sometimes I can't find anything to eat for days, so I'm hungry." ”
Jiang Xuan was speechless, how can the monsters be worse than the other these days, you can buy it if you give some food and drink, Chang Xiaotu was like this at the beginning, and now Jiang Jian is also like this.
But if you think about it, you can understand that there were so many monstrous demons on the West Heaven Road in order to eat a bite of Tang monk meat, and their lives could be taken, and tens of thousands of years of Taoism were in vain.
It's no different from human beings fighting for money, power, and health.
"By the way, Master, I've brought all my luggage back, you can go and see what you can use. The rabbit demon said that life in the world is very difficult, and it costs money everywhere, and if there is one use, I am willing to dedicate it to the master. Jiang said respectfully.
"What a rabbit demon!
Chang Xiaotu flicked on his head, and with a bang, he made his fingers hurt, and the little zombie is still a tough guy after becoming a human!
"Okay, you take this pot with you, let's go and see. ”
Jiang Xuan's hard 'luggage' was all piled up in Jiang Xuan's room, wrapped in a dirty white cloth, which looked like a spirit flag that had been ripped off from a mass grave.
Close the door, untie the white cloth, and start dividing the spoils.
There's a whole bunch of mess in there.
"Hey, you can bring this kind of thing back too, it stinks to death!"
Most of them are the 'clothes' that have rotted into strips of rotten cloth, and the original style and color can no longer be seen, and the lumps are stinky and sticky, and some of them become powder with a slight blow of the hand.
When Jiang Qiang appeared, he was hung with this kind of rag, which looked like a funeral shroud.
It's worthless, wait for the next fire to burn, and buy new clothes for Jiang Gang to wear.
A rusty metal lump, made in the shape of an ingot, was heavy to carry.
After looking at it for a long time, I found that it should be a long-lived copper lock, with words on the front and back, but it has long been corroded to the point that it cannot be recognized, and it can only be barely recognized, and the front is a traditional 'longevity' word.
Jiang Xuan was a little embarrassed, this child died at the age of ten, where can he talk about 'longevity', he is also a poor baby.
The most eye-catching thing is the green bead the size of a thumb at the moment, like the 'night pearl' as mentioned on the Internet.
turned off the light, and sure enough, a faint green light was emitted in the night, illuminating Jiang Gang's little face miserably.
Legend has it that the Night Pearl can not only shine at night, but also keep the souls of the dead alive, which is priceless, but Jiang Xuan is not too excited.
From the perspective of modern science, the vast majority of night pearls in ancient times were actually fluorite, which was not worth much.
Of course, there are also those that are particularly valuable 'pearls of the night', but they are quite rare. Moreover, ordinary people, officials, and wealthy businessmen did not have the financial resources and were not qualified to use them for burials.
The point is that the 'provenance' of this night pearl is rather weird.
When Jiang Jian woke up, he jumped and jumped, and this thing fell from the back of his ass.
The ancients accompanied the funeral, and often put valuables in the mouth, or **......
So no matter whether it's worth it or not, this is something that Jiang Hard 'wears', and he can be reborn as a monster, which is probably related to this, so no matter how greedy Jiang Xuan is, he won't be able to fight this night pearl's idea, so he gave it back to him.
He certainly can't go back to his place now, wash it, and find a rope to hang around his neck later.
I didn't see any treasures for a long time, and in the end there was a black brick left.
"Why did you even bring back the bricks? Is this from the tomb wall?"
When I touched my hand, the brick actually cracked through it.
Only then did I realize that it was not a brick, but a book, page by page.
"Jiang Qiang, are you still reading in the ancient tomb?" Chang Xiaotu was a little admired, what a studious monster, no wonder there is a night pearl, which was originally used for lighting, but in that kind of place, how can it be illuminated?!
Jiang Jian didn't know what it was, but he remembered that this thing was also in his coffin.
Jiang Xuan carefully flipped through a few pages, not quite right, how could the paper be so hard? The pages of the book felt like the kind of cardboard that had been soaked in water and then sun-dried, and it felt very rough to the touch.
Besides, how can paper be preserved for hundreds or thousands of years? Even if it decays slowly in the closed environment of the ancient tomb, after the ancient tomb is taken out, it should be melted into the wind.
After thinking about it, he found a small knife and carefully scraped away the rust and dirt on the outside of the 'page'.
Sneer...... Under the light, the true face was revealed.
There were no words on the pages at all, they were all yellow.
"Gold Leaf?!"
In ancient times, currency exchange was mainly based on copper coins, silk and grain as settlement tools, but from the Song and Ming dynasties, capitalism began to sprout, the trade volume increased, the traditional settlement with copper coins and silk has been insufficient to meet the needs of large businessmen, it is impossible to drag tens of thousands of catties of copper money at every turn to do business, so precious metals gradually appeared in the circulation market, among which the more common ones are 'gold leaves', 'gold and silver fruits'.
After all, it should be called 'gold pages', not in the shape of leaves, but in the shape of pages, gold is soft, whether it is sandwiched in a book or hidden in the cracks of clothes, it is very easy to carry, and one or two pieces are enough to meet all kinds of needs when you go out, that is, it is safe and does not take up space, and it can also be folded and cut to facilitate change.
Unexpectedly, this seemingly inconspicuous thing turned out to be a golden book.
Sure enough, there is a golden house in the book!
Carefully opened and counted, there were 22 in total, except for the outermost leaves, which had been corroded and did not look good, most of the gold leaves could still maintain the shape of 'pages', and there were a few in the middle, and even the marks on them could be seen.
The leaf in the middle is the most complete, and the middle is branded with several traditional Chinese characters of 'Lin'an Mansion Treasury Officer'.
On the scale, 2.4 catties, more than 1,200 grams, remove the rust stains on it, it is estimated that there are about 1,000 grams.
In other words, even if you put aside the entire value of cultural relics, this is a whole two catties of gold!
"Master, is this very useful?" Jiang asked stiffly.
"Of course, it's gold!"
Chang Xiaotu knew gold, and when he went to Wanda and Yintai, he saw that this kind of golden thing was valuable, and shouted: "One piece can buy a cow! It's enough for you to eat meat every day!"
Jiang Xuan didn't answer, it's hard to say how much this thing is worth now.
There are more than 300 pure gold handicrafts on the market, and the recycling costs 278, but that refers to 1,000 pure gold.
Although the ancient metallurgical process was developed, it may not be able to refine a thousand pure gold, and the effect of currency, it is generally mixed with other metals, and the gold content of these two catties of gold book is not yet known.
In addition, this also involves antiques, Jiang Xuan is not an expert in this regard, and he has to find a knowledgeable appraisal.
Speaking of connoisseurs, Jiang Xuan still knows one.
"Let's go to bed first, and I'll find someone to value it tomorrow." ”