Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 978 971. Silver Fragrance Ball

This ball is not big, about the size of a walnut.

It is made of metal all over, hollowed out, and has patterns on it.

But the color is black and it is hard to tell what material it is made of.

Mansur and the other two didn't recognize the book either, so they held it in their hands and looked at it over and over again for a long time.

Hold it up to the camera.

"This is a ball. It's hollow inside. It should be able to be opened." He turned to the side and said, "There is a small hook here."

It's really a small hook, just like a grain of rice stuck on a walnut. It must have been moved here, and a little bit of white was rubbed off.

The treasure appraiser's expression had become serious. He moved closer to the screen and instructed Qin Shubao coldly and slowly.

"Turn it around, slowly... Look at the top. There should be a small ring, right here. Sure enough, there is a ring. There should be a chain here, but it's gone now."

"Bottom, check if there is a ring at the bottom... No, the shape is quite old. If there is a ring at the bottom, a tassel will hang, which is very beautiful."

It seems that the treasure appraiser recognized this thing.

But he hasn't said it yet.

Because there are some strange things.

"What are the patterns on it, and the plants around it, do you recognize them?"

Qin Shubao actually recognized this pattern. "Linked beads are arranged in a belt-like pattern to form a diamond-shaped grid. It was very popular in ancient Persia. The plants are palm branches and leaves."

"Ancient Persia?" The treasure appraiser frowned and scratched his forehead. "That's not right. How can it be Persian patterns? Is it a replica?"

"Open the hook and look inside. Be very careful. This is made of silver and is relatively soft." The appraiser made another request.

It turns out to be silver. No wonder it turned black. It must have oxidized.

Qin Shubao gently used his fingernails to move the small hook, but it had been too long and the hook became stuck.

Qin Shubao used a little force to pry it open.

This one move scared the treasure appraiser so much that his face was pressed against the screen with his eyes wide open.

"Slowly, slowly, slowly, carefully, carefully, please...Okay, open it, open it and take a look."

There was no need for him to say anything, Qin Shubao had already pinched both sides of the ball with his hands and separated the ball in the middle.

This ball is made up of two hemispheres put together. The outer shell can be completely opened and is connected by a hinge opposite the hook.

And inside the ball, there is a complex structure.

The two concentric rings are connected by rivets, and there is a small semicircular bowl in the middle.

The walnut-sized ball is only five or six centimeters in diameter, but it actually has a three-layer structure inside.

This process is too complicated.

"Stand the shell upright, slowly, and pay attention to the small bowl inside, that's called an incense bowl."

Following the treasure appraiser's instructions, Qin Shubao changed the sphere from being flat to being vertical.

A magical scene happened. The small bowl in the ball actually remained level.

The treasure appraiser heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. "Turn left or right, turn around, it's all fine. Just move faster."

Then, an even more magical scene appeared.

No matter how Qin Shubao turned or swung the ball, even if it made a circle.

The two concentric circles in the ball followed the various rotations, in sync, but in different directions and angles, making for a dazzling sight.

However, the small bowl in the middle is always horizontal, and the bottom of the bowl is always vertically facing the ground.

The function of this structure is clear at a glance. If there is something in the small bowl, the contents will not spill out no matter how the ball spins.

It really turned, and the treasure appraiser shouted excitedly, "Now you understand, this is the principle of the gyroscope."

So this is the gyroscope. I just heard that it came from ancient Persia. Was Persia so powerful back then?
"What Persia? This is from the Tang Dynasty. It's called a scent ball or a sachet. It was popular between the Tang and Song dynasties and was still available in the Ming Dynasty. There is no space for tassels at the bottom, so it should be from the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi's poem, 'The light powder fluff brushes the chest, the small sachet warms the hands', is talking about this thing." It turned out to be a sachet, so magical.

[That's not right. Didn't you just say that the pattern is from ancient Persia?]

Seeing this comment, the treasure appraiser was also puzzled. "This is indeed a sachet from the Tang Dynasty. There are many unearthed cultural relics in China, and two were unearthed in the underground palace of Famen Temple. But most of them have flower and bird patterns, double bee flower patterns, dragon and phoenix patterns, grape flower and bird patterns, linked bead patterns and palm leaves. I have never seen this before."

Why does an ancient Chinese artifact have Persian patterns?
"What's in the box next to it? Maybe there is a clue." The appraiser thought of another long wooden box.

Qin Shubao put down the incense ball.

Open the long wooden box as instructed.

Inside was a rolled-up piece of leather.

Qin Shubao and Mansur carefully unfolded the leather.

It has become brittle due to age.

But he found that it was not leather, but parchment with a lot of words written on it.

And inside the parchment, there was a scroll.

This is very oriental, exactly like an ancient painting, but it is not made of paper. The material looks like brocade.

Qin Shubao and Mansur first showed the contents of the parchment.

The whole article is filled with winding lines and one or two dots.

Everyone in the live broadcast room, including the treasure appraiser, stared at each other in confusion, not knowing who he was.

"Well, I don't recognize it. What does it say?" the appraiser asked frankly.

Qin Shubao looked at Mansur.

After Mansur nodded, he said, "It is written in ancient Persian, which we don't understand, but when these things were sent over, there was a translation."

Qin Shubao then put down the parchment, took out the record, and flipped out a piece of paper that was sandwiched inside.

Open, uh, the A4 printed paper, unfold it and show it to the live broadcast room.

Another bunch of twists and turns.

But this time it looks familiar, I saw a lot of it today.

It's exactly the same as the labels on all the other items in this treasure house, in Arabic.

"This is a letter from Yazdegerd III of the Sassanid Empire to His Majesty the Emperor Tian Khan of the Tang Empire. In Chinese, it's called a congratulatory letter. This is a copy for the archives, brought back by the envoy."

His Majesty the Emperor Tian Khan, this name is so familiar. It is the Tang Empire, and there is only one person, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin.

The Sassanid Empire sent a congratulatory message to Emperor Taizong of Tang. The two sides were so far apart. What could two countries thousands of miles apart say to each other?

So curious.

"Wait, are you sure it's the Tang Empire? It was called Tang at that time?" The treasure appraiser suddenly asked this question.

The worry is fake.

Qin Shubao was very sure, "We know about Eastern affairs and Eastern dynasties. They were located at both ends of the Silk Road and knew each other very well. In ancient Persian, the Eastern Tang period was Tang. We also know the Wei in front. The word used after Tang here is Shahr, which means empire. The full name is the Tang Empire."

Wei? Wei? Cao Cao?
No, no, the time doesn’t fit. It should be the Northern Wei Dynasty.

They don't know Sui.

Also, Sui is too short.

"Moreover, this piece of paper has been authenticated to be from the seventh century, between 635 and 655 AD. The authentication done by the Royal Academy of Sciences of Dubai cannot be wrong," Qin Shubao added.

There's no doubt about it. The Royal Academy of Sciences belongs to them.

Is it really the letter from that year? This is really curious.

(End of this chapter)