Almighty Appraiser

Chapter 180

Although Zhu Ming Dynasty lived in the country for 270 years, during this period, the important ministers who could sit in the rank of first-rank officials were like crucian carp crossing the river, but if we investigate one by one, we can still find some clues.

Shen Yunfeng firmly believed in the old man's words.

Seeing Shen Yunfeng refilling his teacup, the old man nodded slightly, licked his lips and continued: "Before the matter is clear, the four archaeologists decided to start with the nameplate that was discovered, because it is so old, the writing on it It was indeed vague, and with the help of various means, they finally determined that the last two characters on the nameplate were the word 'King'."

"king?"

Shen Yunfeng scratched his hair, looked up at the old man, "In my impression, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't bestow that piece of land to any vassal?"

"If you only understand from the words on the nameplate, it seems that the two ancient corpses should be the vassal king and wife of the Ming Dynasty," the old man nodded. Under such circumstances, they had no other choice, so they had to look up the "History of the Ming Dynasty" again, but the final result disappointed everyone, because all the information showed that there was indeed no vassal king buried in the history of the Ming Dynasty. It's in the area of ​​Tunzi Village."

"Then if this happens, the research focus of archaeologists will have to adjust their direction?" Shen Yunfeng asked curiously.

"Who says it's not?" The old man sighed disappointedly, looking at a porcelain vase on the antique rack beside him and said, "Since they couldn't find anything from the antiques in the open, the experts began to remove the curtains around the corpse. It’s really a bit of a bright future.”

Shen Yunfeng noticed that there was a gleam of light in the old man's eyes.

"The archaeological team opened the curtain and found a wooden board. After careful identification, it was found that there were ten characters written on the wooden board, 'Taiweiyi and the Third Secretary of the King of Qi', and on the back of the wooden board, there were three other characters written—" One room'."

"House one?" Shen Yunfeng said with a smile after confirming these three words with the old man, "I probably know a little about this, this is the house coupon that is often found in ancient coffins."

The old man nodded in agreement.

"Modern people buy a house. Only when they get the real estate certificate will they think that the house really belongs to them. In the thinking of the ancients, it is actually the same." Shen Yunfeng sipped his tea and continued, "The ancients thought that the coffin It is the real estate in the underworld after death, and the real estate certificate is the real estate certificate."

"So." Shen Yunfeng pondered for a while, and said, "I think this 'Taiweiyitong Sansishiwang' should be the true identity of the owner of the tomb."

"Who said it wasn't?" The old man nodded emphatically, "With this discovery, the truth should not be far away. The four experts began to deliberate step by step, and finally realized that they had confused the age of the ancient corpse from the very beginning. Wrong, the owner of the tomb is not from the Ming Dynasty, but from what the villagers call the Tartars, that is, from the Kingdom of Jin."

"It's just that this gold is not that gold, and the villagers confuse the two Jurchen concepts, and generally confuse the two dynasties with a difference of nearly 500 years."

The old man laughed and said, "The dynasty where the male corpse was buried was the Jin Dynasty established by Wanyan Aguda in the Huining Mansion in Shangjing in 111, not the Dajin regime established by Nurhaci in 1616."

Recalling this level, the old man seemed to have no worries anymore, so he opened his heart and said: "Experts believe that the owner of the tomb should be a first-rank Taiwei when he was alive, and he should be in charge of the army of the whole country. He was entrusted with the title of king of Qi."

"In this way, it is easy to identify, because in the history of Huaguo, only during the Jin Dynasty, there was a record of such a high-ranking official being buried in Tunzi Village."

"It's just that if you really want to unravel the mystery of the masked female corpse, it's not enough just to know it."

Shen Yunfeng nodded as if realizing something.

The old man smiled, and was very satisfied with Shen Yunfeng's studious attitude, so he continued: "Experts started to look through the "History of Jin" again, and found that four people were named kings of Qi before and after the entire Jin Kingdom, and two of them were kings. Died in their 40s and 70s."

"The experts tried their best to find instruments, and by measuring the teeth and bones of the male corpse, they quickly determined that the time of his death was probably when he was 60 years old."

"In this case, we will exclude the 40-year-old and the 70-year-old." Shen Yunfeng said, "Then, there are still two who have been enfeoffed as King Qi."

"The key clue to determine the identity of the tomb owner has always been in the clothes worn by the female corpse." The old man interrupted Shen Yunfeng, "This is finally determined by studying the clothes worn by the female corpse."

Shen Yunfeng rubbed his bare chin, lost in thought.

This is not because of his pretentious posture, but because Shen Yunfeng really doesn't understand these ancient sites.

Because, when the ancient book told him about the origin of the plank, Shen Yunfeng consciously shut up the ancient book. He wanted to learn about the plank and the story behind it through the old man and what he had learned.

The old man explained: "Although the clothes worn by the female corpse are not thick, there are quite a lot of them. The archaeological experts were very careful when taking off their clothes. Every piece is luxurious and fashionable."

"At this time, careful experts discovered that there were two inconspicuous words on the inside of the female corpse's trousers."

The old man lightly dipped his fingers in the tea, and wrote the word "introspection" on the table.

"Inside 'nei' and save 'xing'?" Shen Yunfeng read out softly, and murmured to himself in doubt, "Self-inner censorship?"

"Young students, I'm wrong," the old man said kindly, "Province is a polyphonic character, here it should be pronounced as province, and the two characters together are pronounced as introspection."

"In ancient times, there were strict regulations on what kind of clothes people of any status should wear. In that era, only the east side of the emperor and queen's seats in the palace hall was called introspection."

"So, the trousers embroidered with introspection on the female corpse must have come from the court."

Shen Yunfeng nodded again and again, indicating that he has been taught.

The old man stroked his beard and smiled: "Experts who have insight into the history of gold soon determined that the owner of the tomb should be Wan Yanyan and his wife."

"Why can't it be another person from the Jin Kingdom who was named the King of Qi?" Shen Yunfeng was a little puzzled.

"Because the year name of the first year of Zhenyuan was determined by Emperor Wanyanliang in 1122, according to historical records, the other king of Qi you mentioned died before the first year of Zhenyuan."

"Then..." Shen Yunfeng still didn't understand.

"Because the introspection was set up by Jin people in the first year of Zhenyuan, it is easy to rule out the suspicion of King Qi." The old man smiled and explained again as if he had read Shen Yunfeng's mind.

Shen Yunfeng sweated profusely, and suddenly felt that his knowledge was far from enough. If he didn't rely on the power of ancient books, he would simply be a novice in the antique world.

"The archaeological experts didn't stop there, because the record of Wanyanyan's wife and concubine in the relevant historical materials is just as impossible to find as his date of birth." The old man saw Shen Yunfeng's embarrassment and continued, "The archaeological experts just thought about it." Let's start with the female corpse, take off the face covering, and see her true face."

"However, after removing the face covering, the experts who wanted to see the real face of the female corpse were disappointed, because"

The old man suddenly stopped talking, but looked out of the window.

(End of this chapter)