"What? You said that the tomb built by Wu Zetian for herself was found in Xiaolangdi Reservoir? This jade seal was found in that tomb?" Master Liu asked in surprise, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

Although the other three masters did not ask, the expressions on their faces were similar. It was obvious that the process of finding the imperial seal that Yang Jing described sounded a bit unreliable to them.

In particular, it is well known that Wu Zetian and Li Zhi were buried together. Although Qianling Mausoleum is the most well-preserved of the 18 mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty and the only imperial mausoleum that has not been visited by tomb robbers, modern people have no definite evidence to prove whether Wu Zetian and Li Zhi were really buried together, but it is clear from the records in various historical books that Wu Zetian was indeed buried with Li Zhi after her death.

But if that’s the case, how come there’s a tomb of Wu Zetian here?

Therefore, the four masters certainly thought that Yang Jing’s statement was a bit unreliable.

Yang Jing smiled bitterly. He knew that if he didn't produce real evidence, not only would his four masters not be able to pass this test, let alone outsiders.

So Yang Jing rummaged through the alloy password box a few more times and took out a stack of plastic-wrapped things that looked like documents.

"Four masters, these are some photos I took when I was exploring Wu Zetian's Mausoleum alone some time ago. Here are also the clues I found on how I discovered Wu Zetian's Mausoleum."

In front of everyone are a few not very clear photos. Because of the light, these photos are not very clear, but you can still see what is photographed in them.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the Luban box that is divided into two parts.

Mr. Guo picked up the Luban box that was broken into two pieces, and a curious look appeared on his face. He played with it in his hands for a while before asking, "Xiao Jing, where did you get this Luban box?"

"Third Master, I got this Lu Ban box from two different places. This larger half Lu Ban box was found in Nicholas II's treasure when I went to Siberia two years ago."

Yang Jing seized the treasures of the last Tsar Nicholas II in Siberia. Although he always told the outside world that these treasures were found from a shipwreck, he did not hide the truth from his four masters. Therefore, the four masters all knew that this apprentice actually dug these treasures out from the Russians' territory.

Strictly speaking, Yang Jing's behavior is tomb robbing. But who cares?

Of course, the fact that the four masters knew about this did not mean that they would tell anyone about it, so outsiders believed that this treasure of Nicholas II was really discovered by Yang Jing from a shipwreck in the Sea of ​​Japan.

"At that time, this half of the Lu Ban box was mixed in with those treasures. I didn't pay attention to it at first, but later I found this half of the Lu Ban box and realized that it must contain something very important. Unfortunately, this kind of combined Lu Ban box cannot be safely cracked without the other half. If I crack it violently, I am afraid that the things inside will be destroyed, so this half of the Lu Ban box has been with me all the time."

"Xiao Jing is right." Third Master Guo nodded, obviously agreeing with Yang Jing's statement, "I have seen this type of combined Lu Ban box once before. If you don't have the correct opening method, if you use brute force to open the box, although you can open the box, it will destroy the things stored in the box. This type of combined Lu Ban box was usually used to hold some extremely important things in the past."

"I knew this, so I never dared to break open the half of the box. But when I went to the United States earlier this year, I accidentally found the other half of the Luban Box at an auction in San Francisco, so I took the opportunity to buy it..."

Of course, Yang Jing would not say that he traveled back in time to more than 30 years ago and bought the other half of the Luban Box at a charity auction organized by the Mellon family for $100 million. For this, he even confronted the people from the Boston Consortium head-on. As a result, those guys used underhanded tactics and wanted to kill him in a plane crash. So he turned around and formed Dark Shield, and used "Ghost" to kill those core figures of the Boston Consortium.

"At first I wasn't sure this was the other half of the Lu Ban box, but since I found it, there was absolutely no reason to let it go. Fortunately, this half of the box was not expensive. After I took a photo of it, I was sure that the two halves of the Lu Ban box were actually one piece. After opening it, I found this thing inside."

Yang Jing picked up a piece of plastic-wrapped silk. The silk was a little damaged, obviously due to oxidation, but because of the plastic wrap, the words on it could be clearly seen.

Master Liu took the plastic-wrapped silk, and the other three masters also came over to take a look.

Below the eight characters "Receive the Mandate from Heaven, Live Long and Prosperous" are sixteen mountain peaks. At the foot of the mountain there is a Taoist temple called "Yuecheng Temple" and a surging river.

Although there are no other words on the silk, anyone who sees it will understand that the place painted on it should be an important clue about the imperial seal.

The four masters are all real masters, especially the first master and the third master, who are both experts in cultural heritage protection. They can tell at a glance that the history of this silk is at least one thousand years old, because the effect of rapid oxidation cannot be faked.

"When I just took out the silk, the silk and the inner box of the Lu Ban box began to oxidize. Fortunately, I was prepared and immediately sealed the silk with oxygen-removing plastic, which saved the silk."

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