Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 578 Secret
After careful inventory, Liang En and the others could confirm that these items were basically personal items, such as buttons on clothes or metal reinforcements originally used for clothing, such as ribbons woven with gold threads.

The most striking thing among them is a scimitar used by cavalrymen. Because of too long time, all the organic matter has disappeared, leaving only the rusty blade and the precious metal-plated equipment on it.

What is more special is that there is a medal inlaid on the top of the outfit. This medal is a white cross with enamel on it, and the base metal is gold.

In the center of the medal is also a picture in enamel, with an ancient warrior on a horse on one side and Cyrillic letters on the other.

"Second Class Order of St. George——" After a closer look, Liang En recognized what it was. This was the Order of St. George of Tsarist Russia, and it was also one of the higher-ranking military medals of Tsarist Russia.

This kind of medal was first established by Empress Catherine II in 1769. It has four levels (first and second level with stars) and is marked with the words "service and bravery". It will only be awarded to military officers.

Until 1807, Russia established this military medal to award soldiers and officers who fought bravely.It is also a European tradition to inlay medals on sidearms, so it is completely reasonable to have your own medals inlaid on sabers here.

At the same time, according to this medal, it can also be judged that the deceased who appeared and was buried here should be a Tsarist Russian general. Although it is impossible to see what the other party is like now, it is not too difficult to find the other party's identity.

The reason for such confidence is that even in the era of Tsarist Russia, there were not many generals who could obtain such high-level medals. Therefore, in this Internet era with search directions, it is natural to want to find specific clues about the identity of the other party. It's much simpler than expected.

Especially because of the gold plating of those equipment, the part engraved with the initials of the user's name is completely preserved, providing them with an obvious point.

Because this place is close to tourist attractions, the Internet is pretty good, so after searching the Internet for more than ten minutes, they found the general on a website introducing World War I in Russia.

This general is a Central Asian. At the end of World War I, he became a major general of the cavalry, and was awarded the second-class St. George Medal for his brave performance and great results in the Brusilov Offensive.

It's just that in the subsequent civil war, he joined the civil war as a side of the White Army, and then he was driven to flee eastward step by step, until he disappeared after being defeated for the last time in today's Kazakhstan.

Judging from the present, the general should have died accidentally on the way to escape when the army was defeated, and then he was buried under this land until he was dug out today.

"So this cup probably belonged to him originally, or it was a treasure obtained from somewhere in the chaos." Liang En said after reading the information he found.

"However, in this way, it is not so simple to find clues about this cup, because there are so many possible origins that it is difficult to distinguish them one by one."

The existing information made people feel a bit confused, but after a few brief discussions, they decided to carefully examine everything dug up to see if there were any valuable clues.

Because under normal circumstances, if a person flees with a lot of important things in an emergency, he may have a lot of things with him, and there is a high probability that there will be some things that can be used by others as clues.

In that extreme panic situation, most people are unlikely to notice whether the various items they carry can perfectly hide their identities.

Especially for a general, there is a high probability that he doesn't pack his belongings very often, and he naturally doesn't pay attention to this when choosing items.

Of course, this definitely does not mean that the other party is an idiot. At least judging from the remains of the lighter, knife, pistol and thick fur coat, the other party should have made some preparations for this escape.

It's just that the other party didn't think that the mountains in Central Asia would be so cold. Unfortunately, he froze to death on the snow-capped mountains until he was discovered by a shepherd.

"This is—" After carefully putting the ruined tools of the remains into the body bag prepared in advance, Liang En found a rusty copper coin at the bottom of the remains.

The size of this copper coin is just enough to be embedded in the side of the copper-plated silver-plated cigarette case dug out earlier, which also proves that this lighter should be the favorite thing of this officer during his lifetime.

It is not a strange thing to inlay currency on something, but the problem is that after inspection, Liang En discovered that the currency inlaid on the lighter was actually a Kaiyuan Tongbao coin made of pure gold.

Kaiyuan Tongbao is a currency minted in the Tang Dynasty. In the fourth year of Tang Gaozu Wude (AD 621), in order to rectify the chaotic currency system, Sui money was abolished. Following the strict norms of the five baht in the Western Han Dynasty, "Kaiyuan Tongbao" was cast to replace the social currency. The remaining five baht.

This kind of currency is also one of the most important currencies in the Tang Dynasty. It was minted from the early years of the Tang Dynasty to the early years of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the amount of this kind of money circulating now is very large, and it is not considered precious.

But this kind of gold Kaiyuan Tongbao is another matter. The Tang Dynasty also cast gold and silver Kaiyuan Tongbao. These two precious metal coins were cast in imitation of copper Kaiyuan Tongbao.

In the Tang Dynasty, gold Kaiyuan and silver Kaiyuan were not used as currency in circulation. They were mainly used by the royal family for games and victory, or when the emperor rewarded his subjects.

Even before, everyone thought that this was just an illusory record. It was not until 1970 that 30 such gold coins were found in the gold and silverware hoarded in Hejia Village proved the existence of this currency.

But what attracts Liang En now is not the value of the coin itself, but the gold coin and the previous jade cup can confirm that this person has indeed found an ancient Chinese relic that should be from the Tang Dynasty.

On the other side of the lighter, there is an army number engraved, which seems to be the old army that this general once served.

Through inquiries, Liang En and the others learned that this unit was originally a small local garrison unit stationed by Tsarist Russia in the west of Kyrgyzstan.

After graduating from the military academy, the general was assigned to this remote garrison, and then climbed up step by step from that place. He was first transferred to the Russian Army Staff in St. Petersburg, and then transferred to the Western Front.

"There's something wrong with this situation. It doesn't conform to the tradition of Tsarist Russia's promotion of officers at all." After looking at the general's resume, Liang En found something wrong.

Because this general is just the youngest son of a landlord, although he has a little money, it is nothing in the whole of Russia, so he was sent to such a remote place in the first place.

Therefore, it is very strange that the other party's energy is directly mobilized to St. Petersburg, because this mobilization is completely irregular, and such irregular places often hide some secrets. .

(End of this chapter)