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Chapter 264 Jade Worker King Sunshou

Tile-shaped buttons and tortoise-shaped buttons are common seal buttons from the Warring States period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, regardless of official seals or private seals.

Although the shapes of these two copper seals are different, they are about the same size, and the turtle-shaped button can be slightly larger.All are square bottomed.

At the same time, they are also mottled with patina, obviously unearthed.Based on a comprehensive judgment, the unearthed time will not be short or too long, which is about the same in the late Qing Dynasty.Combined with the fact that this is something from the Tan family, this seems to be correct.

The inscription on the copper seal is still legible.

Yu Yao first picked up the copper seal on the tile-shaped button, and looked at the printed text, there were three words:
Yugongshou.

It looks like an official seal.

Naturally, a jade craftsman is not an official position, but if he works for an official family or even the royal family, his status is still different from that of a commoner.Strictly speaking, such a copper seal is not an official seal, but it will not be used for private use. It should be used during the period of jade treatment, such as when using pen and ink to describe some situations of jade treatment, the seal is used for signing.

Judging from this copper seal, it was used by a jade craftsman named "Shou" in the Qin Dynasty.

Putting down the tile-shaped button copper seal, Yu Yao picked up the turtle-shaped button copper seal again.

There are four characters printed on it, Yu Yao couldn't help being surprised, because these four characters are:
Wang Sun and the public.

The word "Hezhong" in it is also on the small jade seal of the same material that Cai Pengxi showed him!
Yu Yao's judgment at the time was that it might be a private seal.

And that small jade seal, and this turtle-shaped button bronze seal, have the same year, and both belong to the Qin Dynasty!
Wang Sun is a surname.In the Zhou Dynasty, the grandsons of Zhou kings who were officials in the vassal states were nicknamed Wangsun. Slowly, some descendants took other names as surnames.This surname is extremely rare now, because after the Ming Dynasty, the Wangsun family generally changed their surnames to "Wang" or "Sun".

The "hezhong" following "wangsun" may be a name. At that time, the name and the character were not the same thing, maybe it was a name, maybe it was a character.

"These two seals belong to one person!" Seeing that Yu Yao had finished reading, Wu Chen said.

"Yu Gongshou is Wang Sunshou, Wang Sun and others?" Yu Yao understood.

"Wang Sunshou, Zi Hezhong, was the number one jade craftsman in Xianyang in the Qin Dynasty. According to various historical materials and archaeological discoveries, he has the greatest possibility of engraving the imperial jade seal!" Wu Chen introduced.

"He's too courageous!" Yu Yao secretly shouted in his heart!

Because he immediately thought that the small strip of jade used in the small jade seal was probably left by Wang Sunshou privately when he carved the Jade Seal of Chuanguo!

Not only did they stay, but they also engraved their own words "Hezhong".Although the full name was never left behind, it would be a head-scratcher to keep the leftovers of the Jade Seal of the Kingdom privately!
Wu Chen looked at Yu Yao, and seeing that Yu Yao hadn't spoken, he continued, "Wang Sunshou's tomb was discovered and robbed in the late Qing Dynasty. It is not near Xianyang, but in a county in the northwest of the Central Plains; of course, this place is also close to Xianyang." It’s not far away. We don’t have first-hand information about the specific situation of the tomb, but according to some collected statements, there were many gangs of robbers at the time, and there were conflicts because there were many Hetian jades in the tomb. And the two parties The copper seal is probably from the tomb."

Yu Yao thought to himself, Chang Huanxi also said that the little jade man was dug out somewhere in the northwest of the Central Plains Province, could it be that it was also in Wang Sunshou's tomb?Because of the chaotic fight at the time, the little jade man was lost and buried, and was not dug out until recently?
If this is the case, then the jade material that Wang Sunshou kept privately should be two small pieces, one of which was made into a small jade seal, and the other was made into a small jade figure.

At the same time, this little jade seal must have been dropped, and the missing corner was not lost.It's hard to judge when it fell, but the missing corner and the main body were finally obtained by different people. The final owners are Tan Rusu's father and Lang Xiankun.

"Now do you have any other jade artifacts in Wang Sunshou's tomb?" Yu Yao asked.

"Not a single one. It is said that among Wang Sunshou's hand bones, a jade article in each hand is the most rare, but we don't know the exact flow." Wu Chen continued, "This small jade piece may come from one of them. If this assumption is true, it means that Wang Sunshou has secretly hidden two small pieces of jade!"

Yu Yao thought for a moment, and decided to tell about Xiao Yuyin and Xiao Yuren.

When he spoke, Xiaoyuren was outspoken.But Cai Pengxi's little jade seal, he didn't point out whose it was, he only said that he knew such a thing, and other people's things couldn't be decided.

Both Yang Sihai and Wu Chen were taken aback.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Yang Sihai blurted out.

"Now, the rhythm is just right." Yu Yao said, and directly took out a small brocade box from his body.

Yang Sihai opened it immediately, and it turned out to be a little jade man with the same quality as jade!
"If this is the case, then we can match up!" Wu Chen said excitedly, "In Wang Sunshou's tomb, in the hands of the bones, there must be a small jade seal in one hand and a small jade figure in the other! The little jade figure was lost due to the robbery. Buried, only the small jade seal flowed out. Although the small jade seal was dropped, the missing corners were not lost! The Tan family did not get the main body of the jade seal, but got the missing corners! At the same time, there are a series of clues about the source of the national jade seals such as the bronze seal! "

Yu Yao nodded, but frowned and said, "Why do I feel a bit like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?"

Yang Sihai smiled, "You boy! Can we still grab your little beauty by force?!"

Yu Yao followed with a smile, "You said that, but I didn't say it clearly."

"You, a specially-appointed expert, really found the right one!" Yang Sihai said, "Don't worry, yours is still yours. However, it is best to requisition temporarily; in addition, can you tell the holder of the small jade seal, we will also Requisition it?"

"There is no problem with expropriation, otherwise I would not have taken it out. I can also ask the holder of the small jade seal. But there is one thing, when it is requisitioned, when will it be returned? I can't find the Jade Seal of Chuanguo and return it? This If we can’t find it in 50 years, wouldn’t it be ours?”

Cai Pengxi said long ago that relying on the Special Cultural Relics Investigation Bureau is the most likely way to figure out all the problems.Yu Yao knew that he would not object to the expropriation, even if he knew the reason, he would say it.It's just that he really didn't know how Lang Xiankun got it.

Looking at it now, the process of Lang Xiankun's acquisition is no longer important.

Yang Sihai responded, "In this way, after we collectively expropriate Xiaoyuyin and Xiaoyuren, we will return one after a week, but we must keep one. The time may be a little longer. It's hard to say how long it will be, but we have regulations. For two years, everyone can apply to be transferred back."

When Yu Yao heard this, he nodded and smiled, "Ju Yang, I am very satisfied with this answer. In addition, I have made the decision, the little jade man will be reserved for you for long-term requisition, and after a week, take back the little jade seal and the little jade block together!"

Xiaoyuren is his own thing, of course he can make the decision.The small jade seal is a relic of Lang Xiankun. If the missing corners are just filled and the Caipeng seal is kept together, Lang Xiankun knows that it should make up for a regret, and the incomplete small jade seal can be "broken and reunited".

(End of this chapter)