Although these twelve golden men are made of gold, in terms of their true value, the value of these twelve golden men is definitely far greater than the value of these twenty tons of gold.

Yang Jing would not be stupid enough to melt down these twelve golden men and sell the gold.

How much does twenty tons of gold cost? Only $700 million. However, the value of these twelve golden men is definitely not comparable to $700 million. Even $7 billion probably cannot buy these twelve golden men imitated by Wu Zetian.

Similarly, Yang Jing knew very well that these twelve golden men, like the imperial seal and the imitation Nine Cauldrons, were not something he could own. Even if these twelve golden men were imitations made by Wu Zetian, they could be explained according to Chinese culture, and they could also suppress the existence of the state.

The state will never allow private individuals to control such a truly important national weapon.

Therefore, whether it was the imperial seal, the imitation of the Nine Cauldrons of Yu the Great, or the twelve golden men, Yang Jing had already decided to hand them all over to the country when the time was right.

These things cannot be kept in my hands, even if I found them myself. But if I still want to live a good life in China, I must hand them over.

These three items are different from national treasures like "Preface to the Lanting Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" and "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Although "Preface to the Lanting Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" and "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" are national treasures, there is no problem in private ownership of them. Even if it is the half set of "Yongle Encyclopedia", it is not impossible for Yang Jing to keep it if he wants to.

But Yang Jing absolutely dared not keep these three things in his hands. Although these three things were invaluable, they were too sensitive. Keeping them in his hands would be a waste of his own eyes.

Yang Jing hasn’t lived enough!

However, with these three national treasures in exchange, the country will probably not take action against the remaining items in its hands. After all, these items are stored in museums in China and will never leave the country. Using these three national treasures to exchange for the ownership of other treasures, the country should probably agree.

Sometimes, people are helpless in the world. If you want to survive in this environment, you must know how to make choices. It is not okay to just take things for yourself and eat alone.

In some cases, there must be a trade-off.

After shaking his head slightly and making up his mind, Yang Jing stood up. After making sure that no burial objects were left behind in the tomb, he turned around and walked out of the tomb.

These four tombs were only used by Wu Ze to store the burial objects. But it is obvious that Wu Ze did not have time to put all the burial objects in these four tombs, otherwise Yue Chengzi would not have placed the inscriptions he collected in one of the tombs.

In other words, Wu Zetian probably did not expect that she would die so soon. Only a part of the burial objects she prepared were brought in. Before she could arrange the rest of the burial objects, she went to find her husband Li Zhi.

This was confirmed after Yang Jing opened the main tomb chamber of the mausoleum.

Wu Ze placed the main tomb chamber under this huge hall, and the entrance was on the stone platform where Yuechengzi sat and passed away.

The stone platform where Yue Chengzi passed away was actually a No. 1 Dragon-Breaking Stone, but this Dragon-Breaking Stone had not been completely blocked. With the help of his perspective skill, Yang Jing quickly found the mechanism that controlled the stone platform.

This mechanism also used the water flow of the underground river surrounding the hall as power to control the stone platform. When Yang Jing pressed the mechanism, the stone platform slowly moved away with a "boom" sound, revealing the dark main tomb chamber below.

However, the main tomb chamber was empty and contained nothing. Even the four chambers in the four corners of the main tomb chamber, which were used to store burial objects, were also empty.

This made Yang Jing a little disappointed.

This is the mausoleum that Wu Zetian built for herself. The burial objects inside are definitely extremely precious treasures. If she could die a few months later, those precious treasures would probably fill up all the tombs, and she could get more treasures to enrich the collection of her museum.

Despite his disappointment, Yang Jing was soon amused by his own greed.

In fact, this trip was already very good. Even if we only found the legendary imperial seal, it would be enough to make this trip worthwhile. In addition to the imperial seal, we also found the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu and the Twelve Golden Men imitated by Wu Zetian, and we also obtained the original copy of "Lanting Xu" and the original paintings and calligraphy of other famous artists from the Sui and Tang dynasties, as well as those precious inscriptions. These are all extremely remarkable gains.

Compared to these treasures, the gilded bronze Buddha statues, hand-copied Buddhist scriptures, and gold and silver jewelry were nothing. Although any of these items could be the finale of an auction, compared to the treasures with words, these items were really not that important in Yang Jing's eyes.

Those inscriptions and calligraphy and paintings with text are the important heritage of Chinese civilization. Moreover, the discovery of these things is enough to fill in some gaps in archaeology during that period.

No matter what, the gains from this treasure hunt were definitely far beyond what I had expected at the beginning. If I still feel a little unsatisfied, then I am too greedy...

Shaking his head with a wry smile and despising himself in his heart, Yang Jing then walked out of the main tomb chamber.

Yang Jing had hardly touched anything here except the burial objects. Because of the imperial seal, the replica of the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu, and the Twelve Golden Cauldrons, the existence of this mausoleum must be known to the higher-ups.

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