The Third Master nodded with satisfaction and said, "Xiao Jing, you did a great job on this matter. Otherwise, once this silk was oxidized and damaged, you would have lost an important clue."
"Yes, Third Master, it was because I saved this piece of silk that I was able to finally discover this imperial seal."
After a pause, Yang Jing continued, "After I got this silk, I started looking for a place with sixteen peaks and a river across the country. Fortunately, there is everything on the Internet now, and it took me a few days to narrow down the scope to a limited number of locations. Speaking of sixteen peaks, the most famous one is the Sixteen Peaks of Changbai Mountain, but it is obvious that the person who painted this silk at that time could not hide the things in the Sixteen Peaks of Changbai. So I continued to look, and finally locked my target on the Sixteen Peaks of Daimei in Xin'an, northwest of Luoyang."
"Sixteen Peaks of Dark Eyebrows?" Fourth Master Cai Yi muttered thoughtfully, "I've been there before, the scenery is very beautiful, and the Xiaolangdi Reservoir is at the foot of the mountain. However, this silk painting was obviously made a long time ago, and there must have been no Xiaolangdi Reservoir at that time, only the Yellow River. Xiaojing, your judgment makes sense, and you did a great job."
"Hehe, thank you for the compliment, Fourth Master." Yang Jing was happy. "So I took some time to go to Xiaolangdi. When I rented a speedboat and sailed on the Xiaolangdi Reservoir, I found the same sixteen peaks as the ones painted on the silk. So I determined the specific location of Yuecheng Temple. However, due to the construction of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir, the location of Yuecheng Temple has long been submerged by the reservoir, and it is about a hundred meters below the water surface..."
Yang Jing recounted the process of how he discovered Yuecheng Temple while diving and found the cave behind the stone tablet, which made everyone a little nervous.
"Old Yang, did you really dive down for about a hundred meters without any decompression and then went straight into the cave? Aren't you afraid of getting decompression sickness?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked worriedly.
"Haha, you also know that my master once taught me two kinds of skills. They are the authentic Taoist skills of our China, just like the internal skills in novels. So I have the skills to protect myself, so I am not afraid of decompression sickness."
"Hey, the two of you, stop digressing, Yang Jing, and tell us what happened after you entered the cave." Gege was unhappy and expressed serious protest.
"What else is there to do after entering the cave? I found Yuechengzi, oh, that is, a stele left by the Taoist who actually found the imperial seal. It clearly records how he came out of the mountain, and how he began to serve as the official of the Sitiantai of Li Congke's dynasty. In the end, Li Congke gave poisoned wine to all the ministers and set fire to his own grave with his wife and children. How Yuechengzi found the imperial seal in the fire and secretly brought it back to Yuecheng Temple. Look, I took a picture of the stele at that time, it's this."
As he spoke, Yang Jing found several photos taken from different angles and handed them to several masters.
Although the photo is not very clear due to the lighting, you can still see what is engraved on the stele.
"In the first year of Tianyou, he went to Shangqing Temple on Mount Wangwu and traveled around the world. At that time, the world was in chaos and turmoil. In the third year of Tiancheng, he accidentally discovered this cave and was amazed by its ingenious craftsmanship. He then built Yuecheng Temple outside and lived in seclusion here. In the fourth year of Tongguang, he met Li Congke, the commander of the Tangtu Cavalry..."
"......In the first year of Qingtai, I was invited by the Emperor to serve as the official in the Sitiantai in Luojing. In the third year of Qingtai, the traitor Shi Jingtang started a rebellion, and Luojing was in danger. In the crisis, the Emperor summoned me to see him and asked for advice on how to withdraw the troops. But I am just a Taoist, how can I pacify the world? The Emperor became increasingly anxious. In the intercalary eleventh month, Shi Jingtang's troops approached the city of Luojing. The Emperor wanted to end his life, but his persuasion was in vain.
When the emperor, along with the imperial seal, the empress dowager, the queen, and the crown prince, ascended the Xuanwu Tower, he gave poisoned wine to all the ministers, including me. Fortunately, I have been practicing medicine for many years and was prepared. I did not die immediately after drinking the poisoned wine, so I watched my emperor set himself on fire.
After the fire was extinguished, I took the imperial seal from the fire scene, quietly left the palace, and returned to the Taoist temple. However, the poison in the poisoned wine was so strong that the remaining poison had not yet been cleared. I knew that my life would not last long, so I built a mechanism outside the cave to seal it off...”
However, except Yang Jing, no one present could recognize the characters carved on the stele.
This is the stele inscribed by Yue Chengzi using the script of extermination. Even masters like the four masters do not recognize this script of extermination.
But Yang Jing knew it, and he began to translate the contents of the stele to the four masters one by one.
After Yang Jing translated all the words on the photo, the four masters became excited. They knew that if the content on the stele was true, then the authenticity of the imperial seal could be completely determined.
Whether it is the imperial seal or other old objects, in order to determine its true identity, one needs to study it based on its own characteristics. Another more important thing is that if there is a certificate of inheritance of this old object, then its true identity can be directly determined.
The Imperial Seal is essentially no different from other antiques, except that it is of greater significance. Therefore, in order to determine the authenticity of this Imperial Seal, the most rigorous research must be carried out.
But with this inscription, the effect is immediately different. As long as the authenticity of this inscription is proved, the authenticity of the imperial seal can be directly determined.
Now it seems that this stele is obviously real. That means this imperial seal is also real...
If the authenticity of this imperial seal can be proven, it will definitely be the most significant event in the history of archaeology in China!
PS: I bow to thank "First Kiss Was Given to the Hand" for the reward of 500 and "Very Lazy Fish" for the reward of 100.
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