Mr. Lu was the director of the Palace Museum in the 1990s, and he was also a master of the older generation, so he was naturally qualified to call Director Shan "Little Shan". Moreover, although Mr. Lu and several other masters of the older generation were old, their ability to appraise treasures was really getting better with age.
Dean Shan smiled and said, "Comrades, now that even the masters of the older generation such as Mr. Lu have agreed with the feeling of this jade seal, then the identity of this jade seal has almost been confirmed. In fact, I believe that it is not only Mr. Lu and Mr. Geng who have this feeling, I guess most of the comrades have this feeling too, right? Anyway, when I saw this jade seal last night, I had the same feeling. However, as cultural relics workers, we need more rigorous evidence to support this feeling."
The dean's words made everyone nod in agreement.
Dean Shan continued, "I met with Lao Liu and the other four last night. They brought me this jade seal, and also brought Xiao Yang, oh, that is, the apprentice that Lao Liu and the other four took in. I'm sure many of you know that young man."
Many people nodded. The fact that Lao Liu and his four friends took in a disciple two years ago was regarded as a good story in the circle, especially the disciple they took in at the end of the year before last brought back many precious Western antiques and artworks from overseas. Many cultural relics experts participated in the protection of those antiques and artworks at that time. Therefore, many masters in the circle envied Lao Liu and his four friends for taking in such a good disciple.
Now, that young man actually found the Heirloom Seal, that was even more incredible! With just this Heirloom Seal, this young man's status in the circle would immediately soar to an extremely high level.
Dean Shan looked at the expressions of the experts and masters below, smiled slightly and continued, "Last night, Lao Liu and the other four also told me how Xiao Yang found this imperial seal. It turned out that Xiao Yang got a map left by a Taoist priest more than a thousand years ago by chance. Then Xiao Yang followed the map and not only found the legendary imperial seal, but also discovered the mausoleum that Empress Wu Zetian built for herself during her lifetime!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd below suddenly became noisy, and the buzz of discussion sounded like an airplane flying across the sky.
Dean Shan tapped the microphone, and the discussion slowly subsided. "Comrades, Xiao Yang not only found the imperial seal there, but also found the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu and the Twelve Golden Men of Qin imitated by Wu Zetian! It's just that those national treasures are too heavy for him to take out by himself. In addition, Xiao Yang said that there are records of the disappearance of the imperial seal in the tomb of Wu Zetian, so I discussed it with the comrades in our team early this morning, and unanimously decided to carry out a protective excavation of the Wu Zetian Mausoleum!"
"Today, Lao Liu and the other four, as well as Xiao Yang, reported the whole story to the chief. Although the five of them are not here, Xiao Yang has clearly promised that he will go with him to the tomb of Wu Zetian. He has been into the tomb before, and with him here, the difficulty of excavating this tomb will be greatly reduced. So, taking this opportunity today, I will start to appoint the generals. Lao Wang and Lao Song, you two are recognized archaeologists in our institute, so this time the excavation of Wu Zetian's tomb will be handed over to you two to be responsible for, and Lao Liu and the other four, as well as Xiao Yang, will cooperate with your work. As for the others, the decision of the Party Committee is not to participate in this work for the time being. After all, it is summer vacation now, and the work in our institute is also very busy. Comrades should still focus on their own work. Of course, once the excavation work over there makes progress, I will inform the comrades as soon as possible."
The two experts who were selected were very happy, while the other experts and masters who were not selected were a little dissatisfied. But there was nothing they could do about it, as this was a decision made by the Party Committee of the Academy, and no one could refute it.
Another more important thing is that this imperial seal is now in front of everyone. Although excavating Wu Zetian's tomb is also a great thing, it is not as good as appreciating this imperial seal up close...
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