Siheyuan: If I marry Qin Huairu, I will become stronger by showing off.

Chapter 337 Buried with a country, the best in the world, treasure hunt!
Wu Youde was familiar with what Niu Longtai was talking about, which was the bombing of the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi.

In May 1928, Sun Dianying's troops were severely defeated by Feng Yuxiang's troops.

He had to retreat to northern Hebei and stationed near Malanyu. Malanyu is the location of the Qing Tombs.

In order to make up for the losses of the war and to obtain "capital" for future expansion of the army, Sun Dianying turned his attention to the Qing Dong Tombs near his station!
This person was born in the green forest and was a "domestic slave with several surnames". He had no fixed "master" and basically just followed whoever had the upper hand to become the boss.

This shows that his character is low and his morality has no lower limit.

Be bold and do what you say!
In July of the same year,

Sun Dianying launched a tomb robbing operation in the name of "military exercise".

But since this was a spur-of-the-moment move rather than a long-planned move, he was not prepared at all. Moreover, he was not a professional at 'touching gold', and he didn't know how to touch spots first and then drill holes.

So, he adopted the most direct, simplest, and crudest method.

Using explosives, they blasted open the Yuling Tomb of Emperor Qianlong and the Putuoyu Dingdong Tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi, and robbed all the buried treasures inside...

If you use explosives to rob a tomb, you can imagine how much damage it will cause to the tomb!

In addition, the people responsible for the explosives and tomb robbery were a group of soldiers. Those who rushed into the tomb saw mountains of gold, silver and jewelry...

Not crazy yet?

Qianlong's tomb is not that important, the main one is Cixi's.

This woman who ruled the Qing Dynasty for more than half a century, the scale of the funeral after her death and the amount of wealth buried with her were beyond the reach of even the 12 emperors of the Qing Dynasty.

According to Li Chengwu (Li Lianying's nephew)'s "Notes on Aiyuexuan", the total value of Cixi's funeral objects was more than 2500 million taels of silver, which was more than the Qing court's annual income.

The total value of one person's burial objects is actually more than the total annual tax revenue of an empire with tens of millions of square kilometers and hundreds of millions of people! !
This is simply a miracle! !

Before the body of Empress Dowager Cixi was placed in the coffin, the coffin was covered with three layers of gold silk beaded and embroidered mattresses.

The bottom layer is a gold silk mattress inlaid with jewels, about 7 inches thick.

It is decorated with 10500 rice beads, 1200 six-centimeter beads, 500 one-cent beads, 304 three-cent beads, 100 eight-cent beads, 203 tourmalines and white jade, 85 rubies and sapphires, and 2 emeralds.

On top of the gold brocade mattress, there is a layer of embroidered silk mattress, and on the silk mattress there is a layer of five-fifth-weight ball beads, inlaid with 2400 pearls.

On top of the double-round pearls, a layer of mattress embroidered with Buddha beads is laid, and 1320 two-part beads are embellished on the mattress.

The two-layer mattress is inlaid with tens of thousands of pearls, and hundreds of pieces of white jade and precious stones!

In the coffin, an "Emerald Lotus Leaf" is placed on Cixi's head and a pink "Jasper Lotus" is placed at her feet.

Cixi in the coffin wears a phoenix crown with a large pearl as a tribute from foreign countries. There are 27 golden Buddhas, emerald Buddhas, ruby ​​Buddhas and white jade Buddhas around her. Each Buddha weighs 175 to 400 grams.

Also placed at Cixi's feet were two "emerald watermelons", two "jasper melons", ten "emerald peaches", a hundred "yellow plums", 40 "ruby jujubes", and 60 "yellow jujubes". Gem Apricot”.

On her body, there were still two "Emerald White Tea" stones: green leaves with white hearts, a "Green Jade Grasshopper" lying on the cabbage heart, and two "Topaz Wasps" falling on the cabbage leaves.

On the left side of Cixi's body, there is a branch of "Jade Lotus". On the three segments of "White Jade Lotus Root", there is natural gray mud. Green lotus leaves grow at the nodes, and pink lotus blooms.

In addition,

On the right side of the Queen Mother's body, there is a branch of "jade-carved red coral tree", a branch of flat peach with green leaves and red fruits, and an emerald bird falling on the branch. They are all made of natural colors and exquisitely carved.

At last,
The officials who held Cixi's funeral brought out four liters of pearls and 2200 gems, all of which were filled into the coffin.

Later, eight "jade golden horses" and 18 "jade arhats" were added.

She also holds a huge luminous pearl in her mouth, which is a priceless treasure! !
According to Sun Dianying's later recollection:
"She (Cixi) holds a luminous pearl in her mouth. It is divided into two pieces when closed. When closed, it becomes a round ball. It is transparent and dull when separated. When closed, a green cold light shines through. At night, the hair can be seen within a hundred steps.

It is said that this treasure can prevent the body from changing. No wonder that after Cixi's coffin was opened, Lafayette looked like he was sleeping, but his face turned black after being exposed to the wind, and his clothes were a little unkempt.

I asked Yunong to give the luminous pearl to Mrs. Chiang (Meiling) on ​​my behalf. "

Other than that,

Cixi's body was also covered with a woven gold "Dharani quilt".

The quilt is made of bright yellow satin and twisted gold, with 2.5 words of Dharani scriptures woven into it.

The quilt is also decorated with 820 pearls.

Unfortunately, Sun Dianying and his men Qiu Ba were ignorant of the goods. After removing the pearls, they abandoned this priceless piece of scripture on the ground. It was not discovered until 1979 when the underground palace was being cleaned.

On top of the sutra quilt, there is a quilt decorated with 6000 pearls, which is also a priceless treasure.

Dharani sutra quilt (not the real thing)

The value of Cixi alone, the treasure in the coffin, is immeasurable. She can be called "the best in the world" and "the best in the world"!
So, twenty years later.

On July 4, 1928, Sun Dianying sent people to blow up the Cixi Mausoleum.

Since he himself is the Green Forest Warlord, his subordinates are all a ragtag group of people, and what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers.

This group of soldiers rushed into the mausoleum and began to loot gold and silver treasures...

First, collect the large treasures surrounding Cixi’s body.
Such as emerald watermelon, grasshopper cabbage, jade lotus, coral tree, etc., and then remove all the jewels buried under Cixi's body.

Then they lifted Cixi's body onto the coffin lid, took off her dragon robe, tore off her underwear, took off her shoes and socks, and searched for all the jewelry on her body, inside and out.

The most explosive thing is,

In the end, only a pair of briefs and a sock were left, and they were buried in the tomb! !
This is true.

Cixi's mausoleum was stolen. When the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar!

More than forty days later, a member of the royal family named Aixinjueluo Baoxi came to Dongling to collect the body of Empress Dowager Cixi and rebury it.

Baoxi wrote in his diary: "The Queen Mother's jade body is still there, thrown in the corner of the tomb, face down, scattered, her face white, her eyes sunken like black holes.

All the clothes on his body were taken away, leaving only a pair of underwear and a sock on his lower body. "

There was also a soldier who found the luminous pearl in Cixi's mouth. Because he couldn't take it out for a while, he cut off Cixi's cheek and took away the luminous pearl...

In order to remove the gold, silver and jewelry from the tomb,
Sun Dianying used thirty trucks to pull these things away, not counting what the soldiers secretly hid in their pockets.

……

The treasure that Niu Longtai and the others saw,

It was a 'jade lotus root', only the size of a palm, carved from a whole piece of mutton-fat white jade.

They all thought it belonged to Cixi, or was stolen from Cixi's mausoleum.

Because they all heard the rumors about Lafayette from their elders in the family. They all knew that Lafayette had a beloved thing, which he played with all the time and put it next to his pillow when he slept.

This beloved thing is a 'jade lotus root'.

This matter may be a secret for ordinary people, but for them, the Eight Banners nobles, it is not the case at all. Their ancestors, such as the Eight Banners nobles, are all wealthy, and they hear a lot of secrets in the palace.

The clan member said that he looked carefully at the 'jade lotus root' in the boy's hand, and found that it was exactly the same as what his father told him back then, both in size and shape.

"There are three sections of jade lotus root on the left, with gray muddy spots on them. Green lotus leaves, pink lotus flowers, black water chestnuts and other branches grow on the lotus root."

Totally matchable.

Therefore, they concluded that the 'jade lotus root' in the boy's hand was the one in Cixi's hand.

As for the origin of this thing, it is easier to guess.

The elders in that boy's family were most likely one of the gangsters who participated in the bombing of Dongling Tomb.

Wu Youde feels that this speculation is very credible.

You can fully imagine how chaotic the scene was at that time. The underground was originally dark, and the inside of the mausoleum was full of twists and turns.

Seeing so many gold and silver jewels, who wouldn’t secretly grab a handful and hide them in his pocket?

Wu Youde was thinking, if he had been there at that time...

Those who ride horses, not to mention pockets and shoes, even have to stuff a few in their anus!
There are so many treasures. If you just steal something, you can get a wife of seventy or eighty when you go home and live a comfortable life!

Anyway, there is no accurate number, there are two piles of them thrown away, no one knows, there is no way to verify them!
Furthermore,

Just searching, packing, and transporting those treasures is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job that can't be completed in a short while. Isn't this all an opportunity and room for manipulation?
If you don’t steal it, it’s just a big sesame seed cake! !

that's the truth.

According to the later investigation of the matter by the Nationalist Government, any soldier had more than forty orbs in his hand, worth about five to six thousand oceans.

……

I noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a little low,
Wu Youde also understood the mood of these down-and-out Eight Banners nobles. After all, they were their former masters.

The master's tomb was so trashed, the body was stripped naked and thrown to the ground...

He said aloud: "Brother Niu, apart from that jade lotus root, does the other party have anything else in his hand?"

Niu Longtai shook his head, "I don't know. I asked, but he didn't tell me. I guess there should be some. He may think that this jade lotus root is not very valuable, and it is not a precious treasure, so he took it out to see the market."

"Then how much money does he want?" Wu Youde asked.

He had already made up his mind that if that thing was real, he had to take it down.

This is a priceless treasure! Niu Longtai said: "Five thousand yuan."

Five thousand? ?
Wu Youde raised his eyebrows, no wonder they all came here so early in the morning, five thousand yuan is indeed not a small amount.

Five thousand yuan can buy a large yard with three entrances!

Possibly, there is still room to spare.

Seeing the surprise on Wu Youde's face, Niu Longtai said again: "Mr. Wu, the price can definitely be negotiated. If he can't say how much, let's just give him how much?
Besides, he didn't dare to say the origin of his thing, so it was passed down from his ancestors.

How could a jade ornament passed down from ancestors be worth so much? "

Wu Youde understood what he meant. The reason why 'jade lotus root' is precious is not only the rarity of the thing itself, but also the identity of its owner, who is the Empress Dowager Cixi.

After thinking about it,
Wu Youde said: "Let's go and have a look, and then bargain for him.

By the way, check to see if he has anything else. If so, buy them all. "

Niu Longtai nodded immediately and said with a smile: "Sure, then I'll listen to you."

"it is good."

Wu Youde stood up and looked around at everyone, "Everyone hasn't had breakfast, right? I haven't eaten either. Let's go, I'll treat everyone."

Everyone said yes, chatted and laughed and walked out.

Wu Youde went to the kitchen and told Qin Huairu and others that he was going out, and then led everyone out of the courtyard.

……

At half past ten in the morning,
Wu Youde, Niu Longtai and others rushed to Liulichang. At this time, there were many people here, coming and going in an endless stream.

Wu Youde turned around and stopped.

"There are too many of us here, don't scare them."

"Brother Niu, I think there should be a few less people. We won't need so many people. Let everyone be busy with their own business, right?"

Niu Longtai nodded and said yes.

In the end, only Tong Fu and his clan were called, plus him and Wu Youde, a total of four people headed towards the northwest corner of Liulichang.

……

Northwest corner of Liulichang,

This is the place where the most people set up street stalls and walk around. It is also the place with the most people from all three religions and nine schools in Liulichang. It is a mixed bag.

When they arrived here, Niu Longtai and the other three started looking for someone, and finally found the boy from yesterday under a big locust tree.

"Hey, he's still there, he hasn't even changed his place!" Tong Fu said.

Niu Longtai said: "I guess he is also afraid that we won't be able to find him when we come today."

"Huh, so he thinks he's determined to win over us? Does he think we will definitely buy it?" Zongren said.

Tong Fu sneered: "Isn't that all because of you? You wear a big braid, for fear that others will not know that you are an old man and a young man...

Maybe,

That boy already knows who the owner of that thing is, and he is just waiting for you, the old man and the young man, to redeem it and honor your ancestors! "

Wu Youde glanced at Tong Fu.

He found that this guy not only had a damaged mouth, but also had poisonous eyes. What he said made sense to Wu Youde.

But now it's too late to worry about it anymore. The clan has already met the other party, and even got a look at the 'Jade Lotus Root'.

……

The seller was a short, fat young man in his twenties with dark skin. When he saw Wu Youde and others coming over, he greeted them with a smile.

"Here you go, have you thought about it?"

"I really didn't lie to you, this thing is really a treasure, a priceless treasure, a priceless treasure, do you understand?"

"If my mother hadn't been sick and continued to use the money, no matter how much money I gave her, I wouldn't sell it. Even if you beat me to death, I still wouldn't sell it!"

"..."

Before Wu Youde and the others could speak, this boy started bragging. Wu Youde turned around and wanted to leave.

This is really too low-key...

It feels a bit like a charlatan.

However, he still believed in the judgment of Niu Longtai and others, so he winked at Niu Longtai. Niu Longtai understood and said, "Find a place to talk."

Niu Longtai knew the rules very well. He didn't say that he would find a place, which would arouse the other party's fear. What if he found a secluded place, beat him up and bought him by force?

Let the other party find a place, which can reassure the other party.

really,

As soon as he heard this, the other party stood up, patted his butt and said, "Okay, let's go over there."

We didn't go far, and there was a shabby yard about 200 meters away, surrounded by open space, and we stopped here.

"Let's talk.

Let me say yes first, five thousand yuan is my lowest price, I am already very sincere, if you want to buy it, buy it, if not..."

Tong Fu interrupted him and said rudely: "You are crazy about money. How dare you ask me for 5,000 yuan for just a piece of jade? It's not even worth 5,000 yuan if I sell you together. Do you know how much 5,000 yuan is?" ?”

"Poyu? Then why do you think it's Poyu? Why did you come back to me? What can I buy from Poyu?" The fat boy was not angry and asked with a smile.

"It's really normal, just a close eye. I came to see you today mainly to see if you sincerely want to sell it."

Niu Longtai took over the conversation and said calmly: "If you sincerely want to sell, let's talk. If you don't sincerely want to sell, let's just make friends.

Also, I would like to ask if you have any other heirlooms in your family...

If there is, and you sincerely want to sell it, we can have a good talk. "

Without waiting for the fat boy to speak,
The clan member continued: "Let me tell you, even if this treasure of yours is passed down from your ancestors, so what?

Who are your ancestors? How awesome is that?
No matter how arrogant he is, can he be better than Emperor Qianlong? No matter how arrogant you are, can you compare to Empress Dowager Cixi?

I'm not afraid to tell you that this man is a serious red belt. The year before last, I bought a few treasures from Galeries Lafayette, including those from Emperor Qianlong.

I only spent 600 yuan on a string of such big pearls, but that bracelet contained eighteen pearls.

There is also Lafayette's jade Ruyi, which is much larger than your jade lotus root. They are all made of jade, green and translucent, and the water quality is good!
Do you know how much I paid for it? "

The clan member stretched out a finger and said calmly: "It's only one thousand yuan!"

He glanced sideways at the fat young man and asked, "Can your ancestor's things be more valuable than Lafayette's?"

"..."

The three of them collaborated to make such an output, especially when the clan member directly revealed his identity and took things from Qianlong and Cixi as examples.

Although it was half true and half false, it still made the fat boy hesitate and his face changed slightly.

At this time, Niu Longtai said again: "Brother, I won't take advantage of you. It would be a pity to sell the things passed down by your ancestors at a low price. I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to do business for your family when you go back.

Well, for one thousand yuan, I want the jade lotus root.

This price is comparable to that of Cixi Lafayette, hahaha... What do you think?
If you can, give me the money now! "

A trace of hesitation flashed across the fat boy's face, he gritted his teeth secretly and said in a deep voice: "No, one thousand is too little, two thousand!
If you want two thousand, I'll give it to you! "

Niu Longtai looked at Wu Youde, and Wu Youde said, "Have you brought anything? I haven't seen it yet. Can you let me see it?"

The fat boy glanced at him, then said "wait a minute" and walked to the side with his back to a few people.

After a while, he came back with a white jade lotus root in his hand.

"Put it on the ground and look at it. Don't pick it up."

The fat boy put the jade lotus root on the ground, and Wu Youde squatted down and looked at it carefully...

This thing is all white and crystal clear, and its shape looks very unique, or unique, giving people a sense of novelty and stunningness!
He moved closer and carefully observed every detail of the jade lotus root.

I can see that its lines are smooth and well-proportioned, and every texture seems to be carved by nature. Under the illumination of the eyes, there seem to be traces of texture hidden inside the jade lotus root, like clouds and mist.

He couldn't help but reach out and gently touch the surface of the jade lotus root. The cold and smooth touch convinced him that it was a rare treasure.

Even if it doesn't belong to Cixi, it is definitely a treasure.

Now all that's left is to see if there is anything else in this guy's hand. If there is anything else, then this jade lotus root definitely belongs to Cixi.

Then the value can be doubled at least a hundred times!
Although she is an old witch, she is also a celebrity, and her name will last forever!
……

(End of this chapter)