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016 Imperial Jade Seal

The jade seal passed down to the country is carved with He's Bi. He's Bi is a famous jade in history. During the hundreds of years it has been circulated, it has been regarded as "priceless" and "a treasure passed down all over the world"! About this

Fang Baoyu has countless interesting stories circulating in the world.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Bian He, a native of Chu, was in Chu Mountain. He said that he saw a phoenix perched on a bluestone in Jingshan Mountain. According to the saying that "the phoenix never falls in a place where there is no treasure", he believed that there was a treasure on the mountain. After careful search, he found it.

Finally I found a piece of jade in the mountains.

Bian He presented this Pu to King Li of Chu. However, after being identified by jade workers, the Pu was judged to be a stone. King Li thought that Bian He was deceiving the king, so he ordered Bian He's left foot to be cut off and he was expelled from the capital.

When King Wu came to the throne, Bian He presented the jade again, but the jade workers still thought it was a stone. Unfortunately, Bian He had his right foot chopped off for the crime of deceiving the king.

When King Wen of Chu came to the throne, Bian He cried bitterly for three days and three nights at the foot of Chu Mountain with the jade in his arms, until his eyes were filled with blood. King Wen was very surprised and sent someone to ask him: "There are many people in the world who have their feet cut off. Why are you the only one who is so sad?" Bian He said.

He sighed: "I am not sad because my feet were cut off, but because gems are regarded as stones, and loyal people are regarded as deceivers. It is a reversal of right and wrong that makes me sad!" This time King Wen directly ordered people to dissect Pu Pu.

, and the result was a flawless piece of beautiful jade.

In order to reward Bian He's loyalty, the beautiful jade was named "He's Bi", which became the legendary He's Bi in later generations.

When the King of Chu got this beautiful jade, he cherished it very much and was reluctant to carve it into a vessel, so he kept it as a treasure. More than 400 years later, King Wei of Chu, in order to commend his meritorious and loyal ministers, specially gave the Heshi Bi to the Prime Minister Zhaoyang. Zhaoyang led his guests

When visiting Chishan, he put out a jade jade for people to admire. Unexpectedly, after everyone dispersed, He's jade disappeared.

More than 50 years later, Miao Xian, a native of Zhao, bought a piece of jade at the market for five hundred gold. What was unexpected was that after identification by a jade worker, the jade was the Heshi Bi that had been missing for many years. King Zhao Huiwen heard that

Heshibi appeared in Zhao State and took it as his own.

After King Zhao of Qin learned about this, he wrote to King Zhao saying that he was willing to exchange fifteen cities of Qin for the jade. King Zhao was frightened by the power of Qin and sent Lin Xiangru as an envoy to Qin with the jade. Lin Xiangru, who was extremely resourceful, fulfilled his mission and fulfilled his mission.

Plan to retrieve the jade and send it back to Zhao State.

In 228 BC, Qin destroyed Zhao, and He's Bi eventually fell into the hands of Qin. Unfortunately, He's Bi disappeared from historical records. Legend has it that after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, He's Bi was made into

The jade seal passed down to the country.

Since the appearance of the Imperial Seal, it has had a legendary experience. Legend has it that in 219 BC, when Qin Shihuang was patrolling south to Dongting Lake, a storm suddenly arose and the boat he was riding was about to be destroyed. The First Emperor threw the Imperial Seal into the lake.

In the middle, he worshiped the gods and calmed the waves, so that he could cross the lake safely. Eight years later, when he traveled to Pingshu Road in Huayin, someone stood in the road holding a jade seal and said to the First Emperor's attendants: "Please return this seal to Zulong (

Qin Shihuang)." After saying this, he disappeared without a trace. The imperial seal was returned to Qin.

During the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang led his troops into Xianyang first. The prince Ying of the Qin Dynasty dedicated the "Emperor's Seal" to Liu Bang. After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty and ascended the throne, he wore this jade seal passed down from the Han Dynasty, known as the "Han Chuan Guo Seal". Since then, the jade seal has been treasured in Changle Palace.

It became a symbol of imperial power. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power. Emperor Liu Ying was only two years old, and the Jade Seal was in charge of the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan. Wang Mang ordered Anyang Marquis Wang Shun to force the Queen Mother to hand over the Jade Seal, but she was angrily reprimanded by the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother threw the Jade Seal to the ground in anger, the Jade Seal was thrown

A corner fell off and was later repaired with gold, leaving a flaw from then on.

After Wang Mang's defeat, the jade seal changed hands several times, and finally fell into the hands of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu, and was passed on to the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shi Changshi made a rebellion, and the young emperor fled in a hurry. He had no time to take the jade seal away. After returning to the palace, he found that the jade seal was missing.

During the "Eighteen Routes of Princes Against Dong Zhuo", Sun Jian's men salvaged the body of a palace maid from a large well in Luoyang City, and found the "Jade Seal of the Kingdom" from the brocade pouch under her neck. Sun Jian kept the jade seal privately and did not take it out.

Unexpectedly, someone in Sun Jian's army informed Yuan Shao of this matter. When Yuan Shao heard about it, he immediately detained Sun Jian's wife and forced Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal. Later, Yuan Shao's brothers were defeated and died, and the "Jade Seal of the State" was returned to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

Since then, the jade seal passed down through the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tang, and Song Dynasties and has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. It has become an endorsement of the emperor's identity. Until the first year of Jingkang of the Song Dynasty (1126 AD), the Jin soldiers defeated Bianliang and the two emperors of Huiqin were plundered.

, "The Imperial Seal" was robbed by the Kingdom of Jin, and then disappeared.

If we follow the trend of history, the Imperial Seal will naturally be acquired by Sun Jian. However, as a time traveler, Wen Yuan, now that Jin Hui has obtained such a priceless treasure, how can he stand by and watch? However, as a modern person, Wen Yuan

I don’t think that having this square jade seal means that you have destiny. Sun Quan got the jade seal and was defeated in Jingzhou not long after. Yuan Shu got the jade seal, but he was attacked by a group of people. He vomited blood and died in a fight. Later, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty

Even if he obtained the jade seal, he could not continue the Han Dynasty. If Wen Yuan could obtain this treasure, he would naturally find a suitable opportunity to maximize the role of the jade seal.

It's just that Wen Yuan really can't figure out where this well is. He only knows that it is a famous well. It will take a lot of effort to find the imperial seal.

Wen Yuan found a relatively clean courtyard to rest, and asked everyone to sit around, eating dry food, and assigning areas to everyone.

There are tens of thousands of large and small wells in Luoyang, but larger wells that have been buried in the soil and cannot draw water are easier to find. Wenyuan divided the ten guards into five groups, each carrying rope tools and heading to their respective areas.

, he and Zhang Yu and Wang Li dispersed supervision. After all, the imperial seal is a priceless treasure, and most people cannot resist the temptation of treasure. He does not want to be like Sun Jian who just got the imperial seal and Yuan Shao got the news.

There were not many usable wells in Luoyang City at this time, and most of them had been closed by debris and mud. However, there were not many famous wells. Wenyuan recruited a few surviving locals, who only had a few dry food pancakes. These were already as thin as bones from hunger.

The hungry people led the guards to search for it.

Wen Yuan separated from Wang Li and Zhang Yu to supervise the progress of the excavation.

Wen Yuan came to an excavated well. A guard had already gone down into the well, dug out the earth and rocks with a shovel, put them into a bag, and then the guard above used a rope hook to lift them out. Wen Yuan stood there anxiously.

Whenever something happens, I will step forward to help from time to time.

After a while, the earth and rocks beside the well were piled up as high as a hill, and there were also many valuable items such as gold, silver, jade, etc.

Wen Yuanzhi was not here, and seeing that his men were digging really hard, he simply asked Zhang Yu to order all the gold and silver excavated to be rewarded to the soldiers. The soldiers were delighted and even more motivated!

Everyone had been busy for a day and dug seven or eight wells. Just when Wen Yuan thought that the historical records were wrong, Wang Li suddenly ran to Wen Yuan in a hurry, not daring to raise his voice and looking happy.

Said: "Lord! It seems that I have found it!"

"Seriously!?" Wen Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but grab Wang Li. However, he was anxious at this moment. How could he continue to listen? He grabbed Wang Li and left.

The two came to a large well called Zhenguan Well, and saw that two personal guards had picked up a corpse from the dry well. Although it had been soaked in the water for a long time, the body did not rot. Judging from the attire, it should be that of a palace maid, and

They were covered in gold, silver and jewelry from head to toe, and the two guards were beaming with joy as they discussed how to spend the money.

Wen Yuan stepped forward to inspect the body, and saw a brocade bag hanging under the body. When he opened it, he found a small vermilion box inside, locked with a gold lock. Wen Yuan felt happy and glanced around, but did not open it to check.

He put it directly into his arms and said: "This is it! Notify others to pack it up and return to camp immediately!"

After receiving Wenyuan's order, it took a while for the soldiers to gather together. In just one day, the treasures dug out were quite a lot. No wonder these soldiers were reluctant to part with them.

However, now that the jade seal has been obtained, this is still Dong Zhuo's territory. Wen Yuan did not dare to stay for a long time and asked everyone to leave the city!

Everyone headed north along the original route, hoping to enter Beimang Mountain smoothly. However, less than twenty miles out of the city, they ran into a group of Dong Zhuo's troops!


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