Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 84 Two Peerless Treasures
Legend has it that the Qiankun Mirror is the treasure of Empress Nuwa. In order to maintain the country's long-term stability, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors specially asked Empress Nuwa to give the Mirror of Qiankun to the later monarchs.

The sky is round and the earth is right, so the two mirrors are round and the other is square. Whoever can wear these two mirrors at the same time can balance the good and evil in the world and win the world.

Of course, this is just a folklore. The so-called Nuwa Chuanbao does not exist at all, and the mirror Liu Yu is holding in his hand at this time is just a cheap one he bought in the system supermarket for ten yuan and five elements.

Although it is cheap, this square mirror, like the legendary Qiankun mirror, is something that has never appeared in this world. The square mirror can clearly illuminate everything. This alone is enough to prove that it is better than those Ordinary bronze mirrors are tens of millions of times more precious.

So at this moment, all the monarchs and ministers in the hall showed horror and greedy eyes.

"Muzhi, where did you get this precious mirror? It may prove that it is the treasure of Empress Nuwa?"

Dong Zhuo got down from his seat excitedly, and from the way he affectionately called Liu Yu, it could be heard how curious and fond he was of the mirror.

"Reporting to the grand master, I got this thing from a large tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty royal family. At that time, there was a broken bamboo slip next to the mirror, and the words Qiankun Baojing were vaguely written on it. When I checked it in detail, it turned into ashes in an instant."

Everyone was horrified again when they heard that, the Shang Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty were successive in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Could it be that this mirror is really one of the treasured mirrors of heaven and earth!
Wang Yun is very fond of antiques and treasures, and there are countless treasures in his home, but no matter which one is as magical as the square mirror in front of him.

The smoothest bronze mirror in the world can only cast blurred shadows, but the reflection in this square mirror is so real.

At this time, Wang Yun suddenly thought of the legend that the treasure mirror of heaven and earth can illuminate people's hearts, which may mean this!

All the officials in the main hall were greedily admiring the square mirror, but at this moment Liu Yu suddenly closed the mirror.

"Everyone thinks, if this treasure is used to trade food and grass with the big clan, can it be exchanged for [-] to [-] shi?"

Liu Yu's words brought all the monarchs and ministers in the hall back to reality.

After a while, Situ Wangyun stood up and expressed his views.

"This thing is an ancient treasure, priceless... The old man thinks it can be exchanged for fifty thousand stones of grain!"

"Is there any big family in the city who can afford fifty thousand shi of grain?"

"Don't worry King Zhongshan, I will leave the matter of contacting the great clan to the old man!"

Wang Yun took over the matter on the spot, but Liu Yu saw a hint of greed hidden in his actions.

And Wang Yun's acceptance of this matter also proved another thing, the big clans in Luoyang City may really have close ties with these important court officials.

It's just that Luoyang and even the imperial court are short of food. How did these so-called big clans escape the catastrophe?
Hearing that Wang Yun was willing to match up with Dong Zhuo, he showed reluctance. He wanted to take Fang Jing as his own, but when he thought about the serious food shortage in the army, he let go of his greed.

One treasure was exchanged for [-] shi of grain, but it was not enough, so Dong Zhuo asked Liu Yu if he had another round mirror.

In the Qiankun mirror, one circle and one side represent the universe, and it will be more valuable and meaningful if they can be paired together.

It is not difficult to go to the system supermarket to buy a round mirror, but Liu Yu is afraid that someone will use the auspiciousness of the country as an excuse to put the mirror into the national treasury.

And what he was more worried about was that if Dong Zhuo took the two mirrors as his own, it would be bad if he used the ancient legend to add a yellow robe to his body.

"I only got one side of this treasure mirror, and the other round mirror representing the sky may have been damaged long ago!"

Liu Yu explained that he had seen fragments of mirrors in the underground palace, and all the ministers sighed after hearing this.

Although there is no round mirror, Liu Yu knows that the second treasure he prepared can also shock these ministers.

Sure enough, when Liu Yu took out the second treasure, the whole hall fell into silence.

I saw Liu Yu holding a silver-white chain in his hand, and a round object was hanging below the chain.

In this silent hall, the sound of ticking, ticking, and ticking could still be heard coming from the circle.

This is a pocket watch, which Liu Yu bought from the system supermarket.

In the Han Dynasty, sundials were used to measure the sun's shadow. The sundial was composed of an indicator that casts the sun's shadow and a sundial surface.

The dial surface is the projection surface, on which the scale is represented by the heavenly stems and earthly branches. When the sun rises and the shadow shines on a certain scale, it represents what time it is at the moment.

One hour is two hours.

It's just that sundials are generally very large, and it is impossible to carry them with you, and at night, without the sun, the timing function will be lost.

After Liu Yu briefly introduced the functions of the pocket watch, all the officials in the hall gasped.

No one has seen such a delicate and small object, let alone heard of it.

"This pocket watch... can you really check the time anytime and anywhere?"

For checking the time, Xun Shuang was even more surprised that the hands on the pocket watch could automatically tick away.

This phenomenon that seems to move without any external force is generally called a fetish by the world!

"Master Xun, if you don't believe me, you can ask Tai Shiling to check the time with me at the sundial outside the hall!"

Liu Yu looked at his pocket watch and found that it will be ten o'clock in the morning in five minutes, which is the time corresponding to the twelve earthly branches.

"At this time, it should be the second quarter of the time! Yuzhong."

As soon as Liu Yu's voice fell, Xun Shuang asked Dong Zhuo to send someone to watch the time outside the hall, so as to verify whether the pocket watch in Liu Yu's hand really had the function of timing.

Dong Zhuo had never seen such an exquisite object, so he agreed to ask Tai Shiling to look at the sundial outside the hall.

A moment later, Tai Shiling ran in from outside the hall in a panic.

"The sundial outside is pointing to... it's two quarters!"

The Taishiling of the Eastern Han Dynasty was in charge of the astronomical and ephemeral calendars, so no one would suspect fraud if he personally checked the time of the sundial.

And the officials in the hall were completely shocked after hearing that the time said by Tai Shiling was consistent with the time Liu Yu saw from his pocket watch.

"It's really eye-opening for such a delicate thing to be able to check the time!"

Dong Zhuo's words are also the voice of the officials, especially when Liu Yu said that the pocket watch can not only keep time when it is cloudy and rainy, but also clearly indicate the various hours at night.

The sundial relies entirely on the shadow of the sun to keep time, and it will lose its effect on cloudy days, rain and night, so Liu Yu's pocket watch is even more precious when compared.

It's just that such a delicate and precious fetish, where did Liu Yu get it?
With the previous experience, Liu Yu naturally still infers that this object was obtained from the underground palace, but this time it is not Zhou's tomb, but an unknown small tomb. Where did pocket watches come from.

After hearing this, everyone obviously didn't believe it. How could it be such a coincidence that Liu Yu found two treasures that had never been seen before.

The ancients paid great attention to the location of underground palaces, so the matter of tomb robbery is not so simple!

In order to convince the officials of his excuse, Liu Yu asked Li Jue and Xu Rong to come out to testify for him. Both of them had asked Liu Yu to help them see the underground palace.

And when Dong Zhuo heard that Liu Yu turned out to be a master of geomancy, his eyes lit up, and he became more interested in Liu Yu immediately.

"My lords have all watched the pocket watch. I wonder if any lord can set a price for this pocket watch?" Liu Yu asked confidently while shaking the pocket watch in his hand.

At this time, Sikong Xun Shuang said firmly: "This thing is so exquisite that it has never been seen in the world. I think it can be exchanged for [-] stones of grain just like the Qiankun Mirror!"

Then Xun Shuang patted his chest to promise that he would be able to find the big family who bought the item for the court.

In this way, the imperial court originally wanted to exchange treasures for the food of the rich family, but after Liu Yu offered the treasures, the buyer and seller were switched.

Similarly, after Xun Shuang took over the matter of contacting the big family, Liu Yu also saw greed in his eyes, while Wang Yun and others beside him showed a touch of loss and pity.

Everyone knew that Xun Shuang was behind Xun Shuang, a big family in Yingchuan, and the Xun family was not short of food, so the pocket watch was in Sikong Xun Shuang's pocket if nothing happened.

Although the generals of the Xiliang faction standing on the other side wanted to share a piece of the pie, Dong Zhuo didn't say anything, so none of them dared to stand up.

There is no way to fight for the treasure, but at least it can open your eyes, so General Zuo Li Jue urged Liu Yu to quickly take out the third treasure to watch.

(End of this chapter)