Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 81
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There is a thing in the world called "Chuan Guoyu Seal", which is the "Tianzi Seal" ordered by Qin Shihuang after the unification of China. It is the seal handed down by successive emperors since the Qin Dynasty.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang led his army to Bashang, Xianyang. Qin Prince Ying surrendered and dedicated the Jade Seal of Chuanguo to Liu Bang.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power and ordered his younger brother Anyang Hou Wang Shun to force Wang Zhengjun to hand over the jade seal. Wang Zhengjun cried and cursed and threw the jade seal on the ground, and a corner fell off. Later, Wang Mang ordered someone to fill up the missing corner with gold. The famous gold inlaid jade.

When the regime established by Wang Mang collapsed, the Chuanguo Yuxi was on Wang Mang's body. The rebel army snatched the Chuanguo Yuxi, and then dedicated it to Liu Xuan, the Gengshi Emperor who was supported by the Green Forest Rebel Army.

Liu Xuan was later defeated by the Red Eyebrow Army, and the Chuanguo Yuxi once became the jade seal of Liu Penzi, the little emperor supported by the Red Eyebrow Army.

Liu Penzi also failed later, surrendering to Liu Xiu who established the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Since then, the Chuanguo Yuxi has become the Yuxi of the Han Dynasty again.

Starting from Liu Xiu, the Chuanguo Yuxi has been handed down in the hands of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil. When He Jin, Yuan Shao and others armed and killed the ten servants, the eunuchs fled in a hurry with Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty, and it was too late to take away the jade seal. up!
More than ten years later, the princes of the Eighteen Routes attacked Dong Zhuo, and Luoyang once again suffered a bloody disaster.Dong Zhuo was defeated and fled westward, and set fire to the Luoyang court.Sun Jian's troops, who were the first to break into Luoyang, salvaged the body of a court lady in the well of Zhen Palace in the south of Luoyang City when they were fighting the fire.Under the palace maid's neck hangs the Jade Seal of Chuanguo impressively.

The official history says that Yuan Shao ordered people to arrest Sun Jian's wife to force Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal; the Romance of the Three Kingdoms says that Sun Jian took the jade seal back to Changsha, but was intercepted and killed by Liu Biao, who was with Yuan Shao on the way, and later the jade seal fell into Yuan Shu's hands.In any case, whether it was Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they were all defeated by Cao Cao who was under the banner of the Han Dynasty in the end, and the Chuanguo Yuxi returned to the hands of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

In 220 A.D., Cao Pi forced the Han emperor to give him the Zen throne and established Cao Wei.The Chuanguo Yuxi naturally became the symbol of Cao Wei's imperial power.Cao Pi added the superfluous, and sent someone to engrave the official character "Da Wei Shou Han Chuan Guoxie" on the shoulder of Chuanguo Yuxi.

The Three Kingdoms were unified in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the imperial jade seal was returned to the Jin Dynasty.

In the era of the Five Chaos and China, dynasties changed frequently and were turbulent. The Chuan Guo Yuxi began the most violent displacement. In short, after a big turn, the Chuan Guo Yuxi returned to the hands of the Jin Dynasty.

However, during this period, in the fourth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the later Zhao Shi strangled the former Zhao and won the jade seal. He also engraved "Tianming Shishi" on the right side, which means that being the emperor himself is the destiny of destiny.

The Chuanguo Yuxi has been handed down from generation to generation through the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty, Southern Qi Dynasty, and Nanliang Dynasty.

When they arrived in Nanliang, the Hou Jing Rebellion broke out.Hou Jing rebelled against Liang in Shouyang, and finally captured the capital and obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

After several twists and turns, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Chuanguo Yuxi was firmly in the hands of the royal family and was named the national treasure, without any legends.

After Zhu Wen usurped the throne at the end of the Tang Dynasty, history entered the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.Chuan Guo Yuxi once again encountered troubled times, with repeated bad luck.

At the end of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Congke climbed to the Xuanwu Tower with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in his arms and set himself on fire.

Since then, the whereabouts of Chuan Guo Yuxi are unknown.

Until the third year of Song Zhezong Shaosheng, there was a man named Duan Yi in Xianyang. He claimed that when he was repairing the house, he dug out the jade seal "green as blue, warm and lustrous" and "five plates with buttons on the back" from the ground. The Jade Seal of Chuanguo, which had been missing for a long time, was dedicated to the imperial court.

The imperial court attached great importance to it, and sent thirteen officials including Cai Jing, a Hanlin scholar, to conduct careful research, and determined that this was the "true Qin system handed down the national seal".

The whole thing was grand and sensational.But whether this Jade Seal of Chuanguo is really the No. [-] Treasure of Chuanguo made by Qin Shihuang with Heshibi, no one knows.

Now, the unknown authenticity of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo is in Li Yan's hands.

Taking out the Chuan Guo Yuxi from the pastry box and looking at it for a while, Li Yanqian swallowed, and then asked Chen Liqing: "You took this out from the palace?"

Chen Liqing inserted the long sword into her waist and asked, "Is there such a thing nearby?"

Li Yan said: "Do you know what this is?"

Chen Liqing stroked the long sword at her waist and said, "If I don't know, can I bring it out alone, and hide it in a pastry box?"

Li Yan couldn't help but said: "Since you know what it is, why did you give it to me?"

Chen Liqing turned her head to one side, and said: "I want it to be useless, just use it to repay your favor."

Li Yan was speechless, and said: "Can a sword compare with it?"

Chen Liqing said: "In my eyes...do you know what kind of sword this is?"

Li Yan asked: "What sword?"

Chen Liqing replied, "Mo Xie."

Li Yan asked in surprise, "What did you say?"

Chen Liqing said: "I said that the sword in my hand is Mo Xie, and the sword in your waist is probably a general."

Li Yan didn't believe it: "How is it possible!"

Chen Liqing pointed to the two ancient seal characters on the hilt of the long sword at her waist, and said, "Look, it's written on it, Mo Xie."

Li Yan didn't know ancient seal characters, how could he know if these two characters were "Mo Xie"?
Li Yan untied the long sword from his waist, then pointed to the two ancient seal characters on the hilt and asked Chen Liqing: "These two characters are 'General'?"

Chen Liqing poked her head over to look at it for a while, and said, "Yes."

Li Yan looked at the Moxie sword on Chen Liqing's waist for a while, then looked at the Ganjiang sword in his hand, and said, "These two are really Ganjiang sword and Moxie sword made by Ganjiang?"

Chen Liqing was not sure: "It may also be imitated by later generations."

Li Yan felt that this was possible. After all, people have been doing imitation of famous swords since ancient times.

But then again, even if these two swords are imitations, they are definitely the top swords. Otherwise, Zhao Ji, the king of a country who loves literature and dislikes martial arts, would not be able to store them in his study.

Li Yan caressed the Ganjiang sword, and said to himself: "It's a pity, I can't let you show off your majesty in a short time!"——Once outsiders know the details of these two swords, it is possible that the Chuanguo Yuxi will fall into Li Yan's hands It will be leaked out, and if this matter is leaked out, then Li Yanke will not be able to develop with peace of mind.

Li Yan discussed with Chen Liqing: "Liqing... can you use your Mo Xie sword first?"

Chen Liqing said: "Why not?"

Li Yanzhao explained: "Once it is recognized as the Mo Xie sword lost by the palace, others will know that you have taken the Chuanguo Yuxie. When this happens, we will have to face the imperial court's encirclement and suppression, and our destruction will be imminent."

Chen Liqing thought for a while, and said: "I wrapped the hilt of the sword, who knew that the sword in my hand was the Mo Xie sword lost by Zhao Guan's family?"

Hearing what Chen Liqing said, Li Yan felt the same way, "There are so many precious swords in the world. I can't see the ancient seal characters on the hilt. Who can associate these two swords with Ganjiang Sword and Moxie Sword? At worst, I try not to use Ganjiang Sword At that time, only one Moxie female sword will come out, who knows what kind of sword it is?"

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(End of this chapter)