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Before, Jin Muchen didn't pay much attention to the top of the jade pillar, because when he looked through the glass before, he could only see that the top of the jade pillar had a layer of soil-yellow jade skin. Jin Muchen thought it was specially reserved by the sculptor. Jade skin. Baidu search to force literature network

In addition, due to the dim light at the time and the reflection of the jade box, it was not clear whether there were carvings on the jade skin, so he paid more attention to the trunk of the jade column.

But now, after seeing the engraving of the seal under the jade pillar, he no longer thinks so.

Turning the jade pillar over, where the strong light flashlight irradiated the earthy yellow jade skin on the top of the jade column, I really saw the pattern carved on the jade skin.

On the khaki-yellow jade skin, there is the character "Qian" in the middle of the eight hangings, and on both sides are the double-chid dragon patterns that are homophonic with the character "Long".

Jin Muchen looked at the pattern carefully, and felt that it was basically correct. Then he brought the Yuzhu to his eyes and started to look at the trunk of the Yuzhu. Under the strong light of the flashlight, he saw a line of inscribed carvings on the trunk. verse.

"Since ancient times, the emperor of Yun Taishang, the emblem name Yi is inappropriate. That is to say, the six men are lucky, and they are ashamed by double texts. Ask yourself about your life and learn the virtues, and you will always say that you will continue to wish Pichang. ."

At the end of the verse, there is also the words "Self-titled Taishang Emperor's Treasure".

Seeing this, Jin Muchen has basically concluded that this is clearly recorded in the history of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong made the last jade seal for himself after he abdicated the throne and became the Supreme Emperor: the Taishang Emperor Seal!

Qianlong sixty years. The 85-year-old Emperor Qianlong summoned his sons, grandsons, and ministers to announce the establishment of the fifteenth son of the emperor, Prince Jia, as the crown prince. When he passed the throne the following year, he also passed down an edict: "After I return to power, I will use the first number of hi. Jade treasure, engraving the treasure of the Supreme Emperor. The seal engraving of the "Shiquan Old Man's Treasures" will be engraved as a book of the Supreme Emperor, using the Shengrui of the Zhangxi Dynasty."

Therefore, the "Treasure of the Supreme Emperor" was engraved with a piece of Hetian jade from the Western Regions that year, and the No. 1 jade treasure with the word "Hi" was engraved with a square of 22.5 cm. It was the largest emperor's imperial treasure in the Qing Dynasty and became the Qianlong Emperor at the same time. The last jade seal I made for myself.

And the poem inscribed on the theme of the jade pillar was inscribed on the emperor's treasure, and it was one month after Qianlong became the emperor. It is specially made for the newly made "Tai Shang Emperor" seal.

In particular, the last two lines of the poem reveal what Emperor Qianlong was thinking at that time. In the self-note of this poem, Qianlong also specifically mentioned that he became the Supreme Empress and abandoned the routine red tape with honorary titles. It's just that "Ming Zhuan Taishang Emperor's Treasure" serves as a commemoration of this important turning point in his life.

According to the book "Qianlong Treasures" kept in the Forbidden City in Beijing, before Emperor Qianlong abdicated, he had craftsmen in the inner government make more than 20 imperial treasures of the Emperor Taishang of different sizes from different materials.

And this "Tai Shang Huang Xi" is the most distinctive one. This square seal is carved with warm and pure white jade.

Moreover, this is the only jade seal with a circular seal in Qianlong's "Tai Shang Huang Xi". The four characters of Emperor Taishang are consciously carved into a cross-shaped layout.

This layout originated from another "Xintian Master" seal of Emperor Qianlong, and every major event since then, often imitated this and made one or two sides. Such as "the ancient emperor", "five blessings and five dynasties", "heaven's eighty-nine", etc., thus forming a series.

And this party "Tai Shang Emperor" round seal is the last party in this series.

As one of the important seals of Emperor Qianlong's reign, this square and round seal is often stamped on the paintings and calligraphy collected in the Neifu, such as the "Five Bulls" by Han Huang in the Tang Dynasty and the "Mid-Autumn Post" by Wang Xianzhi in the Jin Dynasty collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. This seal is printed on the scroll of Tang Yin's "Taste of Tea" in the Ming Dynasty collected by the Palace Museum on Baodao Island.

In addition, it can also be seen on some ancient artifacts in the palace. For example, the jade guilds from the Neolithic period to the Xia Dynasty in the Forbidden City on Baodao Island have inscriptions left by this jade ware.

So this round jade seal. It was definitely a treasure of the country back then, but it's a pity that he lost his last experience. It's also quite a pity.

In 1900, the Empress Dowager Cixi went crazy and declared war on the world, and then the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered the capital.

And Cixi, the old ****, fled with Guangxu's child in a hurry. The Eight-Power Allied Forces entered the capital, burning, killing and looting everywhere. In the end, even the palace was not spared. The ancestral tomb of the Jue Luo family was also protruded. At that time, this jade seal was obtained by means of tomb robbing.

Pierre Lotti, the French navy captain at the time, recorded the situation of these Qianlong imperial seals in his diary: "Tuesday, October 23, 1900, the capital, ... in the box inside the box. , in that secret double bottom, encased the royal seals of hundreds of kings, made of a single piece of agate, jade or gold. These weights were required for any situation in his life and for any decree of his reign. The seal of the emperor, these priceless jade seals, after the emperor's burial, no one has touched them again, and they have been sleeping here for two hundred years..."

The round seal of the "Emperor Supreme" was here, and was later taken away by the 28-year-old French general De Jesse.

At that time, a group of sailors obtained the box specially used to hold the Qianlong jade seal, and the young general rudely took several royal seals from it.

Later, the record of this seal was discontinued, and some people said that the virtue. Jesse took the seals back to France and kept them hidden in his home.

Others say that these seals disappeared in the later World War II because of the German occupation of France and wanton looting.

Anyway, since then, no one has seen these seals again.

Jin Muchen didn't expect that he would find such a seal again in the ghost market in the United States today.

If this were a ghost market in China, Jin Muchen might wonder if the jade seal in his hand was fake, but this is the United States, and no American has the leisure to forge the jade seal of the Chinese emperor, let alone this jade seal, The intense yellow light shining from the whole body could not hide from Jin Muchen's eyes.

These yellow lights seem to be constantly reminding Jin Muchen that this seal is real.

"Man, how do you sell this stuff?"

Jin Muchen suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked the man in black, this guy is wearing black jeans, a black jumper, and a black scarf on his mouth.

"Five hundred thousand dollars!"

The man opened his mouth and said a price, but with a strange accent, it sounded that English should not be his native language.

Jin Muchen looked up at the man, then stretched out his hand: "Deal!"

The man looked at his hand and didn't mean to shake his hand. Jin Muchen smiled a little embarrassedly, and then withdrew his hand.

Then he dragged the suitcase with the combination lock behind him: "How to pay the bill? Here, or find another place?"

The man walked out from the shadow of the big tent next to him, then turned his head to look around, and said to Jin Muchen in a low voice, "Come with me."

After finishing talking, I closed the booth on the ground and retreated into the darkness behind me. Half a million dollars, all cash transactions, this is not a small amount. In such a crowded place, as long as the brain is not broken, it will definitely not be. will trade here.

Jin Muchen wasn't afraid. Relying on his supernatural abilities and a gun in his arms, he carried the suitcase and followed behind the man. After turning a corner, he avoided the swarming crowd, came to a black minivan, and opened the door.

Jin Muchen followed and got into the car, the man put down the things in his hand, then took out the jade seal that Jin Muchen had just seen, and handed it to him, indicating that he was checking it again, indicating that he had not lost the bag.

This guy was quite authentic at that time, Jin Muchen laughed secretly in his heart, but he still took the jade seal in his hand according to the rules, and after checking it again, after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he carefully put it away, and then opened his suitcase.

Looking at the piles of green bills inside, the pupils of the man in black suddenly dilated, and his breathing gradually became rapid.

Jin Muchen motioned the man in black to find a bag, and the guy grabbed a large travel bag from the front passenger seat. Jin Muchen counted 500,000 from his suitcase and threw it into the man's in travel bag.

The man took out the banknote detector and started counting and checking the banknotes. After he checked and confirmed that there were no counterfeit banknotes, the transaction would be considered complete.

Jin Muchen was relaxed, and reached out and took it out of his arms~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Unexpectedly, the guy sitting opposite him jumped up from the seat as if his buttocks were pierced by a needle, and took out from his arms. A gun pointed at Jin Muchen and shouted loudly, "What do you want to do? I advise you not to play tricks?"

Jin Muchen looked weird: "Man, don't be nervous, I just want to have a cigarette and celebrate."

After speaking, he slowly took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms. The man was relieved when he saw the cigarettes Jin Muchen took out, and put down the gun.

Jin Muchen took out one and lit it for himself, and then threw another to the other person. This time the person was not polite when he arrived. He took off the face towel, and then used the fire handed over by Jin Muchen to light the cigarette.

At this time, Jin Muchen saw the guy's appearance for the first time. He had black hair, a square chin, and a huge hooked nose. At first glance, he looked like a typical French person. Based on his accent, Jin Muchen had probably already guessed his appearance. backing.

"From Quebec?"

Jin Muchen asked tentatively, and the man was stunned when he heard his question, and his blue eyes swept back and forth over him several times before slowly nodding his head.

"!My friend!" (To be continued)