The old eunuch He Chang knelt down and said, "This jade watermelon is not Burmese jade, but the tourmaline that the commander of the Western American commander paid tribute to God Lafayette. The manufacturer is called Tiffany..."

"Empress Dowager Cixi likes Tiffany?" Ah Hai had heard of this brand, "Eunuch He, you have a good memory."

"It was said that the commander of the Great American commander paid tribute and filial piety. In fact, they were all purchased with vague money." He Changzai rubbed his eyes. "At that time, the Great American business bribed me, Mr. He, a small tourmaline watermelon. In order to make the tourmaline of the Great American at a good price, I don't know how much silver from the Qing treasury was emptied."

There were four jade watermelons in the coffin, two white-skinned and yellow seeds and powdered pulp, and two green-skinned and yellow seeds. Later, jewelry experts identified it as the tourmaline mined in California. From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, most of the tourmaline mined in California crossed the ocean to the Forbidden City, and the price increased many times. The reason was that the Empress Dowager liked it. When Empress Dowager Cixi entered the grave, the Qing Dynasty was overturned by the Xinhai Revolution, and the order was immediately cut off. The tourmaline in California was unsold and the mines were forced to close. A hundred years later, the Chinese market raised the price of tourmaline again, and the tourmaline mine in California was redeveloped.

I touched everything I could in the coffin, revealing the golden silk orb brocade mattress at the bottom of the coffin, inlaid with tens of thousands of pearls, hundreds of white jade, dozens of red and sapphires, two emeralds, magnificent and shining...

Xiaomu held his breath and slowly lifted the body of Empress Dowager Cixi. The soldiers used bayonets to lift the brocade mattress. Only then did the sea of ​​gold and silver in the coffin be plundered? The fiscal revenue of the Qing Empire over the past few years was here.

After evacuating the treasure equivalent to the entire national treasury, Xiaomu was very tired and leaned against the coffin to breathe. However, the soldiers were still not over, so they simply took off Empress Dowager Cixi's robe and looted all the close-fitting jewelry.

Ahai bit Xiaomu's ear and asked, "Is there something in his mouth?"

Xiaomu deliberately opened her mouth wide: "I don't have any treasures in my private place."

"I'm talking about her mouth..."

This is impossible to hide. Xiaomu wanted to keep the night pearl in Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth. When she had the chance to steal it, she could only nod: "It's probably good."

Ahai took out the ivory-handled dagger, cut open the corner of Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth, penetrated her hand deep into the rotten mouth, and took out a dazzling blue night pearl.

When the old eunuch saw Ye Mingzhu rolling out, he cried on the spot, so he was dragged aside by the soldiers. There was a gap in the middle of Ye Mingzhu, and a green light shone. Xiaomu had never seen Ye Mingzhu, but many corpses of imperial tombs were found, but because the remains were rotten and broken, the Ye Mingzhu was often scattered in the corners of the coffin, or pressed between broken bones and textiles. The night pearls that were taken out directly from his mouth were extremely rare. Moreover, the brightness and color of this Night Pearl exceeded all the jewelry he had seen in his life.

The so-called "night pearl" is not a natural substance. Any jewelry that can shine in the dark can be roughly called it. The biggest function is that it is in the tomb, which is said to protect the body from rotting for thousands of years. The best night pearl is the volcanic magma deep in the earth that has been tempered for hundreds of millions of years. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were jewelry such as "Hunting Li" and "Hanging Thorn Bi", which only Tao Zhu Gong Fan Li could afford, probably to embellish the beauty of Xi Shi. Legend has it that Qin Shihuang had night pearls buried with him. Guo Kuang, the brother-in-law of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, showed off his wealth, "Hanging Ming pearls and four hangings, looking like stars in the day, and looking like the moon in the night". Some people in the Ming Dynasty also used rubies and emeralds as night pearls, and the palace even sent people to purchase gems from the Ceylon Kingdom.

Sun Dianying, Ah Hai, and Zhongshan were all illuminated so hard that they could not open their eyes. Xiaomu was the first to adapt to it and realized that the night pearl was made of two semicircular jewelry, and when they closed it, it was a ball. Sun Dianying ordered the soldiers to temporarily extinguish the torches and lanterns. The brilliant jewelry in the coffin had been hidden in the wooden box. The underground palace was in the darkness before it opened, but the night pearl was filled with light, illuminating the entire tomb like day. Even the deepest corner was sunken, it could still be illuminated clearly.

"I have never lived in vain in my life!" Sun Dianying ordered someone to light the light again, so as not to make any noise in the coffin under the green light. He pulled the old eunuch and asked, "Eunuch He, stop crying, tell us what is the origin of this night pearl?"

He Chang wiped away tears and snot: "Reply to the words of the Grand Marshal, "The Literature of Zhou·Diguan·Sheren" says, "The emperor contains pearls, princes use jade, officials use jade, scholars use shells, and common people use grains. There were rules in the Qing Dynasty: the emperor and the queen can be buried with pearls, officials above the second rank and above the seventh rank can only use gold and wood chips, scholars use gold and silver chips, and common people use silver chips."

Sun Dianying slapped the old eunuch on the spot: "Mom, I'm asking about this bead!"

"Oh... This night pearl of the Empress Dowager, I heard from the eunuch Li Lianying that it belonged to the Indian emperor earlier. His favorite concubine was a beauty from Persia, named Taj. This pearl was named after the emperor and was given to the beauty. Taj died due to childbirth. The Indian emperor built an unparalleled tomb for her, which is said to be more beautiful than all the tombs in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in China. Later, the Afghanistan broke the Indian kingdom and robbed the night pearl that was originally buried in the Taj mausoleum. Lord Qianlong

After a expat back to Xinjiang, the Afghan chief was in danger of tribute, and presented this night pearl, and then sent it to the Forbidden City. A hundred years later, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, accidentally discovered this treasure from the warehouse, and decided to bury him. This night pearl was originally intended to be buried by Taj, the number one beauty in Persia. The Empress Dowager is the number one beauty in our Qing Dynasty. In the world, except for Taj, only the Empress Dowager is worthy of this night pearl. The beauty is matched with a pearl, and under the underworld, it will never be immortal..."

The old eunuch covered his face and said in the end, and he became very literary. He must be missing the appearance of the Empress Dowager Lafayette back then?

Xiaomu didn't know what Taj he took out a small scale from his bag. It was not originally a family inherited by the tomb robbers. Just like the Luoyang shovel, it was also a new trick he had come up with in the past two years to weigh the treasures in the tomb, making it easier to calculate the value. After all, sometimes there are too many treasures that cannot be achieved at the same time, and some burdens must be abandoned. Xiaomu placed the night pearl on a small scale plate and accurately calculated that its weight was three taels, one cent and four cents.

Ah Hai immediately whispered to Sun Dianying: "This night pearl of weight is probably worth more than 10 million taels of silver."

"Ten million taels? Silver?" Sun Damazi almost fell down. "How many Maxim and Czech machine guns can this be exchanged for? More than three equipment divisions are available."

Ah Hai clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations to the Grand Marshal, you can win the world with this treasure."

"No wonder, the old people said that the traitors in ancient times had to dig the tombs of the emperors of the previous dynasty. Only by obtaining such treasures can we conquer the world and sit in the dragon court."

Sun Dianying took the night pearl from Xiaomu and put it in his pocket, as if he was holding the country and the country in his chest.

He remembered something again, walked to the coffin, looked at the rotting Empress Dowager Cixi and asked, "What should she do?"
Chapter completed!