Collection of Gods

Chapter 286 National Treasure

"Drip!"

"Drip drip!"

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In front of Chang'an Street in Yanjing, Zhao Yu held up his mobile phone with a slightly dull expression. Even though the traffic light in front of him had already turned green, and even though the piercing whistles behind him kept ringing, Zhao Yu still seemed to have never heard it.

"Xiao Zhao?"

"Xiao Zhao?!"

Wang Yongning, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw that Zhao Yu was not in a good state. He quickly reached out his hand and gently pushed Zhao Yu's shoulder to wake him up from his dazed state.

"Ah?"

Zhao Yu turned around and looked at Wang Yongning with some confusion.

"Green light..."

Wang Yongning looked at Zhao Yu's absent-minded look, pointed to the traffic light not far away, and reminded him with a slightly helpless expression.

"Whoa whoa!"

After Zhao Yu heard this, he reacted belatedly, quickly changed gears, refueled, and sped away from the intersection.

"Why do you feel like you have lost your soul when you answer the phone?"

A large part of the reason why Zhao Yu was able to become the vice president of Yanjing Poly Auction House at a young age was because Zhao Yu's maternal grandfather was once the deputy director of the National Museum, which enabled her to have a close relationship with many experts in the National Museum. Origin.

Of course, Zhao Yu does work very hard, both in terms of EQ and IQ. With her position, she has always maintained a particularly good relationship between the two parties.

"Teacher Wang, Mr. Tang just called and said..."

"He found the 24 Ming Dynasty seals hidden by Li Zicheng for hundreds of years inside a certain stone tablet."

Zhao Yu slowly parked the car on the side of the road, then turned on the double flash. After sorting out his thoughts, he said to Wang Yongning with a slightly strange expression.

"what?"

"What did you say?"

When Wang Yongning heard this, he was completely confused. He even wondered if he was hearing hallucinations due to his old age.

Zhao Yu took a deep breath and said seriously: "Teacher Wang, just after we left, Mr. Tang felt that he had spent seven days and ended up buying back a bunch of garbage. He was very angry about this, so he picked up the The hammer smashed all those stone tablets."

"However, Mr. Tang never expected that he would actually smash out something else inside a certain stone tablet. At first he thought it was gold and silver jewelry, but it was only after he opened the oilcloth and iron box wrapped outside that he discovered There is actually a jade seal inside."

"There are 24 jade seals, all from the Ming Dynasty!"

Although Zhao Yu felt that this matter could be described as a fantasy, Zhao Yu did not feel that with Tang Yuan's identity, there was no need to make such a joke with her.

"Ding ding ding..."

As soon as Zhao Yu finished speaking, her cell phone started ringing one after another. When she picked up the phone and looked at it, she saw that Tang Yuan had sent her more than a dozen photos on WeChat.

There were photos of rubble on the ground, photos of people wrapped in oilcloth, photos of people after unpacking the oilcloth, and several close-up photos of jade seals. Zhao Yukuai's eyes widened every time he looked at one. At the end, Even his breathing became rapid.

"Teacher Wang, take a look..."

After Zhao Yu quickly flipped through the photos, he handed the phone to Wang Yongning.

At this moment, even Wang Yongning, who felt that the matter was too bizarre, had to be serious. He took out his reading glasses and put them on, and then began to look through the photos seriously.Compared with Zhao Yu, Wang Yongning browses very slowly. Although his areas of expertise are ancient steles, stone carvings and stone carvings, he has worked in the National Museum for decades and has accumulated considerable experience in cultural relics in other fields. Good appreciation ability.

It took Wang Yongning a full 15 minutes to look through all these photos carefully.

"How about it?"

"Teacher Wang, are these jade seals really the 24 seals of the Ming Dynasty?"

After Zhao Yu saw Wang Yongning put down his mobile phone, he couldn't help but asked quickly.

"It's hard to be sure just by looking at the pictures." Wang Yongning's answer was more rigorous: "But just looking at the pictures, so far, I have not seen any traces of forgery."

"What did he mean by calling you?"

After Wang Yongning finished answering, he asked Zhao Yu.

"He wanted me to help contact an expert who is good at identifying jade seals. I remember Mr. Yang Jianmin from the National Museum is an expert in this field. I don't know if he is in the museum today." Zhao Yu responded truthfully.

When Wang Yongning heard this, he waved his hand directly: "Yang Jianmin and Huang Houshun from our National Museum are both experts in seals. I will help you contact them. It involves the 24 seals of the Ming Dynasty. Even they are out of town. When they heard this news, I'm afraid We have to fly back overnight.”

"Besides this, I suggest you contact Director Dong. He is a historian and has extensive research on the history of the Ming Dynasty. If these are really the 24 seals of the Ming Dynasty, then this set of jade seals can definitely be called a national treasure. Many subsequent things will require his intervention.”

"Director Dong?"

"Now that we can't confirm the authenticity, we contact Director Dong directly. Isn't it a bit too rash?"

Zhao Yu showed some hesitation, because the Director Dong mentioned by Wang Yongning was none other than Dong Wenhui, the current director of the National Museum.

"Girl, that is the 24th Seal of the Ming Dynasty. Even if there is a [-]% chance that it is true, it is a big deal."

"You are in the auction industry. You should know very well how valuable these 24 seals will be if they are all authentic, right?"

Wang Yongning glanced at Zhao Yu and said a little helplessly.

"If all 24 seals are authentic..."

Zhao Yu murmured twice, and then his pupils shrank slightly: "If these 24 seals are all authentic and they are packaged and auctioned, I am afraid that the highest transaction price in the history of the auction will be born, and the total value will exceed [-] billion. .”

So far, most of the seals circulating in the market are from the Qing Dynasty. This is because there are too many seals from the Qing Dynasty. But even so, the jade seals from the Qing Dynasty are still very valuable, and the jade seals in good condition will Whenever it appears in the auction market, it will still attract countless people to compete for it, and it is common for the transaction price to exceed [-] million.

However, seals before the Qing Dynasty are very rare, and jade seals that symbolize imperial power are even more unique. Basically all of them are displayed in major museums around the world, or are in the collections of some super bosses.

It is conceivable that if the jade seals of the Ming Dynasty were lost in the auction market, it would cause a huge storm. The value of any jade seal would probably be over [-] million, and it would still be priceless but unmarketable.

"Okay, let's stop thinking here and contact someone quickly to see if those jade seals are real. If they are real, it's not too late to consider other things."

Seeing that Zhao Yu was slightly distracted, Wang Yongning shook his head gently and reminded him.

"exactly."

"Then Teacher Wang, please contact Teacher Yang Jianmin and Teacher Huang Houshun."

"I will contact Director Dong immediately and explain the situation to him to see what his opinion is and whether he wants to come with us."

Zhao Yu came to his senses, quickly picked up the phone, called Dong Wenhui, and said to Wang Yongning.

"it is good……"

(End of this chapter)