Chapter 493 - 493: An Abundance of Treasures! Even the Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl has Arrived! (1)
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“This is intriguing. I wonder if someone intentionally buried these artifacts here.”
“I share your suspicion! As for theories about time- travelers and such, they’re merely preposterous tales.”
“It seems implausible. Who would be so vexed as to purposely leave such valuable bronze artifacts here? Those inscriptions in oracle bone script alone are priceless, as we all know.”
“I am inclined to believe these items are nothing but forgeries!”
“Did Sima Yi bury oracle bones with his deceased?”
“A bronze Ding might be plausible, but oracle bones? That is far from scientific!”
“Enough with Sima Yi. We have not even confirmed whether this is a grave site yet!”
Ding.
[ You have unearthed oracle bone inscriptions. ] Ding!
[ You have unearthed oracle bone inscriptions. ]
In the span of two hours, Luo Feng amazingly excavated over seventy pieces of oracle bone script.
By heavens, if it were not for Luo Feng’s knowledge that something was amiss about this place, he would have taken it for a large-scale sacrificial site from the Shang Dynasty.
However, he dismissed these thoughts, given the clay-soil mixture he had found.
[ Ding, you have unearthed a bronze artifact from the Tang Dynasty, valued at 12 million yuan! ]
Astonishing! Yet another artifact from a different dynasty in this eerie place. There truly is a treasure trove here.
Truly miraculous.
Luo Feng continued to sift through the soil.
Soon, intricate patterns on the unearthed bronze artifact appeared before everyone’s eyes.
“What is this object?”
“I recognize it. It should be a bronze mirror!”
“Indeed, it is a bronze mirror from the Tang Dynasty!” Luo Feng asserted. “Astounding! How did another artifact from the Tang Dynasty appear?”
Luo Feng explained, “This is a Rui Beast Grape Bronze Mirror. You can find a similar piece online. The Forbidden City has a nearly identical one in its collection!”
Luo Feng examined the bronze mirror and continued, “Had it been anything else, I might have had to ponder, but I recognized this immediately. After all, the patterns depicted on it represent the confluence of Eurasian civilizations.” “I searched it up, and indeed, it is nearly identical!”
“So, artifacts from the Tang Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn period, and the
Shang and Xia periods have been found here? Three different dynasties?” “That’s absolutely baffling. How could artifacts from so many dynasties appear here?”
“Could this be a modern grave, filled with valuable artifacts from many eras as grave goods?”
Upon hearing this, Luo Feng did not refute it. Instead, his eyes lit up. That was indeed a possibility.
If it was a modern grave, then the clay-soil mixture could be explained, and it would not be unusual for artifacts from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, as well as from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods, to appear.
If the tomb owner had significant status and wealth, acquiring these artifacts would not pose a problem.
However, considering the owner’s status, how could their grave not be managed by their descendants?
Even if they had no children, they would have hired people to maintain it, would they not?
[ Ding, you have unearthed the Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl! ]
[ Value: 500 million yuan ]
This system prompt left Luo Feng somewhat dumbfounded.
What was this?
The Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl?
By heavens!
What was this place? Each unearthed artifact was more impressive than the last.
The Warring States Bronze artifacts, said to be worth several hundred million by the system, could likely fetch a billion at auction.
As for the bronze mirror, it could also fetch several tens of millions at its limit.
The large quantity of oracle bone scripts was also worth a fortune.
And now, the Night-shining Pearl of Empress Dowager, valued by the system at five hundred million, seemed undervalued to Luo Feng. In reality, it could likely fetch a hefty fifteen billion, easily finding a collector.
After all, Luo Feng was aware of the intrinsic value of this pearl. It was quite remarkable and famous; therefore, fetching a high price at auction was inevitable.
Soon, Luo Feng unearthed a small wooden box.
It was about fifteen centimeters in length.
Luo Feng squatted down and picked up the box.
He attempted to open it, but the box was tightly sealed without any gaps. Opening it proved a challenge.
However, Luo Feng was strong.
Much like opening a stubborn can, a small effort was insufficient, but with greater strength, it was a breeze.
Upon opening the box, a pearl, jade-like in color and about the size of a baby’s palm, lay peacefully on the box’s cushion.
“By Jove, is this a jade pearl?”
“Given the box, it must have been intentionally buried here!”
“How much could this jade be worth?”
“It does not quite look like jade, though its transparency is impressive!” “The color is somewhat strange, its green hue makes me uneasy!”
Luo Feng picked up the pearl, assessing its weight. To his delight, he discovered several crooked characters written under the box, ‘Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl’.
Seeing this made everyone’s scalp tingle.
“Heavens! Is this the Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl? Damn!” “Is it real? Could it be?”
“Wasn’t the Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl lost? How could it be here?”
“Whoever buried it here must have been an influential person!”
Obviously, since the Empress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl had appeared, no one was entertaining the idea of this being Sima Yi’s tomb any longer.
Only items from the Three Kingdoms period or earlier could suggest it was Sima Yi’s tomb.
This item indicated that the person who placed it here lived after the end of the Qing Dynasty.
“Well, determining the authenticity of this item is rather simple. Just weigh it with a balance scale! Manv should know that the weight of the Emoress Dowager’s Night-shining Pearl is documented to be four liang, two qian, and seven fen..”
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