golden ear

Chapter 126 Emperor Suit
"Mr. Wu, you are already a VIP customer of our Jiade, and you can start auctions in advance in the future, and there are various parties..."

5000 million made Wu Tianyuan a senior member of Jiade, enjoying all the benefits, and now he is also a person who can enter and leave Jiade Baoli's warehouse!

It was not in vain, even if he was against Chen Dongsheng, but Wang Yuanqi's Ten Scenes of West Lake were still collected, officially becoming Wu Tianyuan's fourth series of Ten Scenes of West Lake.

Two days later, Wu Tianyuan appeared at the stall on Mawang Road in Changsha. Zhongzheng and Tianyuan were on the right track, and he finally had the opportunity to come out to hunt for treasure.Hands are clean, always ready for the next special auction.

"According to Niu Feng's research, the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may be in Changsha!"

In 1853, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its capital in Tianjing, which is now Nanjing.The kingdom of heaven promulgated the "sacred treasury" system.This system requires that soldiers and civilians are not allowed to hide property privately, and all personal or seized property must be turned over to the holy treasury. The "sacred treasury" is equivalent to the current state treasury.In order to enable this system to be implemented well, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom formulated very strict disciplines.Anyone who hides more than five taels of silver will be punished and even sentenced to death.

So how much treasure is hidden in the holy library?Regarding its amount, Zhang Jigeng, a spy of the Qing army who had sneaked into Tianjing City, said in a letter to Xiang Rong, the commander of the Jiangnan camp of the Qing army, that when the Taiping army occupied Nanjing, they transported a large amount of silver and hid it in the "holy treasury". More than [-] million taels, roughly located in Lantern Lane of Shuiximen.

In 1864, Tianjing, which had been besieged by the Hunan Army for many years, finally fell, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom perished.Zeng Guoquan led the Hunan army to kill, loot and loot street by street like wolves and tigers in Tianjing. The key targets of his search were the Tianwang Mansion and hundreds of palaces and other official residences scattered throughout the city.

However, although the Hunan army used various methods to exploit all the floating wealth on the ground in Nanjing, they never found the so-called "sacred treasury" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the legendary hidden treasures of the Heavenly King's Mansion.The frenzied Hunan army demolished houses, dug holes, and dug ponds everywhere in the city, digging three feet to search for the "treasury" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Zeng Guoquan also ordered to set fire to Hong Xiuquan's Palace of the Heavenly King.

In order to find out the exact location of the hidden treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guoquan once severely interrogated Li Xiucheng, the loyal king who knew the inside information of the Heavenly Kingdom, but Li Xiucheng replied indifferently that "there is no silver rice in the treasury" and "there is no gold and silver in the family".Reluctantly, Zeng Guofan finally had to report to the court that, except for the discovery of two "false jade seals" and one "golden seal", Hong Xiuquan found nothing in the gold cellar of the royal palace.The so-called hidden treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that have been circulating in China and abroad are just rumors.

However, things don't seem to be that simple.According to folklore, this cunning Zeng Guoquan may have obtained a large amount of treasure in Hong Xiuquan's cellar when he played the report, but he just kept it secret and wanted to keep it for himself.For example, the "Shanghai New News" at the time reported that when Zeng Guofan's wife returned from Nanjing to her hometown of Changsha, Hunan, she used more than 200 ships to transport her luggage.This can not but make people wonder whether the gold and silver treasures that the Zeng brothers looted from Tianjing are hidden in this batch of luggage.

"Emperor Tongzhi was concerned about the Zeng brothers, so he didn't track down the whereabouts of the treasure even if he was suspicious. According to Niu Feng's clues, Changsha is Zeng Guofan's old nest, at least he left many clues."

Wu Tianyuan didn't go to Nanjing, and he didn't find anything there for so many years, and it might not be useful to go there.On the contrary, it is possible in Changsha. After all, thieves never go empty-handed, not to mention that Zeng Guofan's Hunan army has worked hard for a long time. Is there any benefit?

So when he arrived in Changsha, he went straight to the most famous antique city and street stalls to see if there were any clues left at that time.

Changsha is the place where Mawangdui was unearthed, and it can be considered an ancient city, but there are many shops and street stalls here.Wu Tianyuan turned and listened, to see if he was lucky?
"Is this Zeng Guofan's letter from home?"

When passing by an old bookstall, his heart moved, he squatted down calmly, looked through for a while, and found several old letters, one of which turned out to be Zeng Guofan's home letter.

"100 yuan a copy, choose whatever you want!"

The stall owner is also honest, they are all old books and newspapers collected from the waste station, one hundred can be chosen at will.Wu Tianyuan paid the money, found a place to sit down, and began to question him.

"Is there a treasure near Zeng Guofan's tomb in Changsha?"

"That's right. When he wrote about me, there were many brothers. One of them specially arranged for his confidant to hide the treasure. It should be there."

Wu Tianyuan hurriedly rented a car, brought tools, and went hunting for treasure.The tomb of Zeng Guofan is located on Fulong Mountain behind Tongxi Temple, Pingtang Street, Yuelu District, 15 kilometers southwest of Changsha City.The treasure is not here, but a more remote part of the ancient city wall, no one is around, and they start working.

"Sun, is this the rhythm of becoming an emperor?"

This time, he found the treasure chest without digging a few times. As soon as he opened it, Wu Tianyuan shivered in fright, and left here quickly.

"Are you Tianzi NO.16 Proton Knife?"

"Dizi No. [-] Tiger Armor Knife?"

"Herringbone No. [-] Warrior Knife?"

Back at the underground parking lot of the hotel, Wu Tianyuan first took out three Qianlong imperial swords and chatted carefully.

The Tianzihao waist knife is a waist knife cast by Emperor Qianlong in recognition of the respect of the ancestors. During his reign, a total of 90 pieces were cast, divided into heaven, earth, and people. There are [-] pieces in each series. Most of them are now hidden in the BJ Forbidden City. .

The knife has a white jade handle, and the body of the knife is engraved with the pattern of auspicious dragons flying. The steel knife has a pattern of alternate gold, silver and red copper wires near the handle. On one side are "Tianzi No. 17" and the name of the knife "Bao Teng".

The other side is the inscription of "Qianlong Year System", under which is a dragon flying among the auspicious clouds, which means the meaning of "baoteng" in the name of the knife.The scabbard is made of wood, covered with golden peach skin. In 2012, Tianzi NO.17 Baoteng Waist Knife was exhibited at Nanjing Jiade Autumn Auction, and finally sold for 4830 million yuan.

"Are you dragon robes?"

"I am the Qianlong blue silk flat gold and silver embroidered cloud and dragon pattern gown, which I usually wear in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"I am Lord Shunzhi's robe embroidered with colorful clouds and golden dragon patterns. I used to be enshrined in the Hall of Yihe, but was taken out of the palace later."

"And me, the twelve-chapter dragon robe inlaid with pearls and yellow satin made by Emperor Qianlong, which is a formal attire for going to court every day!"

Wu Tianyuan picked up the twelve-chapter dragon robe. He had an impression of this. There are only six pieces handed down in total, four of which are overseas. There is a similar one in the Forbidden City. This should be the second dragon robe inlaid with pearls and yellow satin in China!
"Look at the freshwater pearls on my body. They are carefully selected. They come from Songhua River and HLJ. Chaoguan and Dongzhu both use this. And these four pairs of five-clawed dragon figures are so domineering."

Wu Tianyuan took a simple look, but he didn't dare to open it. If this was discovered in ancient times, it would be a serious crime to exterminate the nine clans.

"There are a few of us, the imperial finger, for Shufangzhai, and the red sandalwood box. It says Lianzhong Sanyuan, I am Baiyu, he is Qingyu, and Huangyu."

Wu Tianyuan quickly wrapped the sword with the dragon robe, and ran back to the room from the stairs. Is this the emperor's suit?Dragon robe, sword and wrench!
Except that the dragon robe was somewhat dirty, the other treasures were as bright as new, especially the Three Treasures Knife, which was shining coldly and extremely sharp.

"Go back and find someone to clean the dragon robes, this time it's not in vain, it's just the rhythm of ascending the throne!
"When the museum is finished, I will also put on the dragon robe, put on my fingers, and pick up the treasured sword to experience the majesty of Lord Qianlong!"

Wu Tianyuan is looking forward to, in the future, in his own museum, he can play however he likes, cool!
(End of this chapter)