Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 926 Treasure
What appeared in front of Joan was the largest warehouse among all the warehouses I have seen so far, about the size of one and a half basketball courts.What is shocking is that the warehouse is full, and there are piles of boxes covered with plastic sheets everywhere.

These boxes are so densely packed that even a slightly fatter person can't squeeze in through the gaps between the piles of boxes. From this, it can be seen how many things are in the warehouse.

"Here is the ledger." After Liang En stood at the door of the warehouse and looked around, he quickly found two bound books placed on a box, and he realized this immediately after opening the book. what is it.

"That's right, that's right, the bronze palace we were looking for is indeed here, and besides the dismantled palace, there are also a series of other cultural relics from China stored in the warehouse."

This book was obviously intended to be left by the major to his heir, so it was written very clearly. Apart from a detailed list of the items in this warehouse, there was also the ins and outs of the whole matter.

According to the content of this record, the major found a batch of Japanese treasures during his service in Korea and Japan, and then used his strength to transport those things back to the United States.

Of course, judging from the major's tone, his method of inquiring information from the Japanese is definitely not very humanitarian, but that's what those devils deserve.

According to the records, the major encountered problems after obtaining a large number of treasures, because most of those treasures were historically important, so there was no way to sell them.

This is not to say that these European and American countries are so benevolent and just that they want to return these things to their owners, but that they will directly snatch these things from the major and take them as their own.

So for the next few decades, the major hid these things and waited for time to smooth it all out, and now it seems that his plan should be very good.

Because with the passage of time, most of the cultural relics looted in World War II have been washed, which means that various values ​​can be regenerated.

It's a pity that the major is too old to use the money, so he decided to leave all these things to his nephew who is the heir.

Therefore, he made a series of preparations, such as moving most of the things here a few years in advance and gradually abandoning the base, and finally left the generator and these books for his heirs to receive.

Of course, the landslide marks left by the blasting at the door were also left by the major. He thought that after the blasting, some curious adventurers could be prevented from finding what he left behind.

"In this way everything can be explained clearly. It's just that what he didn't expect was that he died so fast that he didn't tell his heir the most critical part."

After reading the contents recorded in the notebook, Liang En finally figured out what happened. As he had guessed before, there really was a treasure hidden by that American.

In addition to the famous Zongjing Pavilion, there are also a group of artworks made of copper, stone, ceramics or wood, including exquisite statues and stone carvings full of words, most of which are related to religion, but a few are not. .

For example, Liang En found a square epitaph and a pair of very exquisite brick carvings painted with gold leaf on it. Although he didn't know the specific conditions of these things, he could tell from the text that these things were not ordinary. .

It can also be seen from this point that the devil's plunder is indeed extremely organized, because under normal circumstances, when plundering, ordinary invaders tend to choose valuable and convenient things like banknotes or precious metals to take away.

"Look, these should be the boxes containing the building parts of Zongjing Pavilion." Just as Liang En was checking the writing on the stele with the help of the flashlight, Joan of Arc suddenly stood up and waved to him.

At her feet was a wooden box that had just been opened, inside which were oil paper packages one after another, one of which was opened and placed on top of the other oil packages, and inside was a palm-sized bronze piece .

After careful inspection, Liang En discovered that this thing was a piece of bronze tile. This copper tile was in the shape of a triangle, and a picture of a dragon and a cloud was cast inside.

I saw a Xiang soaring into the sky, surrounded by auspicious clouds and orbs, with a mighty momentum, a heroic posture, and extremely vigorous.Exquisite workmanship and meticulous attention to detail.

The dragon scales are clear and the whole body is visible, and the beard and hair pins are visible, which is a typical Qing Qianlong court craftsmanship.The back is engraved with "upper rear left second", which should be the position placed during assembly.

The most important thing is that this copper tile is surprisingly similar to the Baoyun Pavilion copper tile in terms of decoration and shape, which also allowed Liang En to successfully confirm that this thing is indeed the copper tile of Zongjing Pavilion.

After opening the other boxes one by one, he found that the pile of boxes occupying most of the entire warehouse was filled with various bronze building components.

"Good news, it seems we didn't find the wrong place." Liang En nodded with satisfaction after feeling the card reminder appear in his mind, because it meant that his search work this time was a great success.

But if you really want to talk about value, the real treasures are in the few constant temperature and humidity safes in the innermost part of the warehouse: the entire safe is stuffed full, all of which are ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting works.

After flipping through it briefly, Liang En confirmed that the contents here were all high-quality goods, including the works of a series of famous calligraphy and painting masters such as Liang Kai, Li Di, and Huang Tingjian.

The things in the other box are even more precious, because there are more than a dozen bronze wares in it, although due to various reasons, I am not very familiar with bronze wares.

But based on the overall condition of these bronzes, especially the degree of rust and the exquisiteness of the various patterns on them, he judged that these things should most likely be some real top-notch items.

In the identification of bronze ware, the more exquisite the pattern of the contemporary bronze ware, the higher the value, because the manufacturing of exquisite bronze ware is more difficult, and at the same time, the level of the maker and the energy consumed by the maker are very high.

For example, those ritual vessels used for sacrifices in ancient times were very exquisite, even today they are amazing, but some tools or weapons are obviously much rougher.

As for the degree of rusting of bronze ware, it is related to metal smelting. The higher the level of smelting, the more scientific the proportion of bronze, the less impurities, and the less likely to rust, while the rough bronze ware is just the opposite.

The reason why Liang En judged that the bronze wares in front of him were all top-notch goods was based on this theory, because these bronze wares were not only beautifully made, but also did not have much rust, so they were obviously the real high-quality goods.

From a certain point of view, those Japanese are indeed good students of the Chinese people. For example, the Japanese have the highest level of appreciation among the non-Chinese people for such things with a strong ethnic style.

So if you want to find such things, it is very likely to find them in Europe and the United States, but it is basically impossible in Japan.And this American major was very lucky to wipe out all the cultural relics that those devils looted from China.

(End of this chapter)