Song Tingwan was stunned. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this bag?"

"Girl," Li Jinxiang said in a trembling voice, "Can I take a closer look at this purse?"

"As you please." Song Tingwan handed the purse over. She had wanted to show him the coins, so why was he interested in the purse? Could it be that the purse was something more precious? Otherwise, why was he so excited?

Li Jinxiang took out the gold-rimmed magnifying glass again, and looked at the fabric, then at the gold beads embedded at the end of the purse's drawstring, and even did not miss the embroidery stitches.

Seeing that he was looking carefully, Song Tingwan didn't dare to disturb him, so she casually looked at the decoration inside the store.

I've been here twice, but I haven't paid much attention to the store's furnishings.

The entire store is decorated in a very Chinese style, which is in perfect harmony with Li Jinxiang, who always likes to wear Tang suits. There are two tea tables in the store for receiving guests.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see a huge antique shelf with many porcelains on it. There is also an antique shelf on the right. This one is more stylish and contains some rare and precious items. Song Tingwan doesn't recognize them.

The left wall is just opposite Song Tingwan, and you can see it as soon as you look up. There is a huge horizontal landscape painting hanging on it, which is very classical.

"Girl."

"Hey, Grandpa Li." Song Tingwan looked away. The painting was beautiful, but she couldn't understand it.

"Girl, do you know what material this purse is made of?"

Song Tingwan shook his head, "I don't know."

"Haha." Li Jinxiang smiled and stroked his beard. "If I remember correctly, this is Yuehua brocade. This material is extremely precious. In ancient times, only the extremely wealthy could afford it."

"Let's talk about the embroidery here." Li Jinxiang brought the purse closer to his eyes and examined it carefully. "It's embroidered with gold thread, but it's different from ordinary gold thread embroidery."

"Gold thread embroidery is a technique that uses metal thread for embroidery. Since pure gold is too soft and requires too high a craftsmanship, silver, copper and other metals are often used to wrap the embroidery thread."

Li Jinxiang looked at Song Tingwan excitedly, his face flushed. "But the embroidery thread on this purse is pure gold! And this embroidery method and stitches, I saw it at a friend's place before. This is her specialty."

"According to her, this embroidery technique has long been lost, and the use of pure gold thread in this technique is extremely rare. It is extremely difficult and very precious, and is exclusively reserved for the royal family."

"Royal family?" Song Tingwan raised an eyebrow. Could it be that she guessed wrongly, and Xiao Yunze was not a county magistrate, but a member of the royal family?

"Ah, it's been too long." Li Jinxiang shook his head regretfully, "I'm old and my memory is not good. I can't remember which dynasty it was produced in."

Song Tingwan thought about it and said, "What if this purse is from the same dynasty as the ones from yesterday?"

"Hiss—" Li Jinxiang's eyes widened. "Girl, do you have anything else you can show me?"

Song Tingwan: "There are a few copper coins in the bag. They should be from the same dynasty as these things... right?"

"I'm not sure either, you take a look." Song Tingwan added uncertainly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jinxiang took out the copper coin, put on his glasses, picked up the magnifying glass at hand and began to study it.

After just a short while, Li Jinxiang raised his head and stared at Song Tingwan closely. The excitement in his wrinkled eyes was about to overflow, and he said "right" three times!

Song Tingwan was a little confused by his shouting.

Li Jinxiang sat down, put his glasses back on his chest, and thought for a moment before speaking, "Girl, did you know that two thousand years ago, there was a dynasty called Daqing?"

Daqing?

"Daqing" spoken by Li Jinxiang!

Song Tingwan opened his eyes wide, his heart filled with shock beyond words. It turned out this dynasty actually existed! Someone even knew about it!

"Grandpa Li...Grandpa Li, was there really such a dynasty in the past?"

"Ah." Li Jinxiang sighed, "In the past..."

On the way back, Song Tingwan had complicated thoughts.

According to Li Jinxiang, there was a Daqing Dynasty two thousand years ago. The country was rich, the people lived in peace, and they were good at making all kinds of exquisite objects. However, a plague swept the entire country. Since then, there have been droughts in summer and cold winters, and the people have been living in dire straits. Countless people died of illness, freezing, and starvation. The people even had to exchange their own children for food due to lack of food, which eventually led to the collapse of the dynasty.

plague......

Could it be the plague that Xiao Yunze and the others are experiencing?

Although ancient medical technology was very backward, could influenza really cause such a tragic event?

Song Tingwan couldn't wait to open his mobile phone and search for "Daqing" online, but he couldn't find anything. There was no relevant record at all.

Song Tingwan did not give up. Perhaps it was because the existence was too short and therefore it was not recorded. If there really was no "Daqing" in history, how did Li Jinxiang know about it?

Finally, after her persistent search, she found some clues about "Daqing" from a blogger.

This blogger is interested in popular science, and his homepage talks about the unofficial history of past dynasties.

Song Tingwan read the post about "Daqing" carefully, and gradually, his heart was moved.

The content of the post is similar to what Li Jinxiang said, but it is more detailed.

In his narrative, when the people of Daqing were living in dire straits, they were attacked by neighboring countries on three sides. At this time, the crown prince of the dynasty suddenly appeared with his army, and they were unstoppable, retaking three cities in succession and becoming a hero of Daqing for a time.

Ultimately, plague and a shortage of food led to the complete annihilation of the army, and Daqing was destroyed. The Daqing hero was captured alive by the enemy, tortured for 49 days, and finally his head was cut off and hung outside the imperial city.

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