This was the first time Lin Yi had heard of this term.
He also had the attitude of giving it a try and asked Qian Sheng to take a look. Unexpectedly, Qian Sheng actually knew him.
"How do you know this thing? What does it come from?"
"Master Lin, don't worry, let me calm down first."
As he said that, Qian Sheng held the glass bottle in one hand and looked at it carefully several times before carefully putting it back into Lin Yi's hand.
"When I was a kid, I had a lot of rare ancient books at home. One of them was a fragmented and thread-bound book called "Strange Stories". The year of the book is unknown, and the author is unknown, but the contents are all anecdotes, and they are all found elsewhere. Unseen stories.
The content about the "ice marrow" is recorded here. I remember that the original text probably said that in the Chinese territory, there are four thousand-year-old glaciers, distributed in southern Yunnan, northern Tibet, western Sichuan and southern Xinjiang.
Located in southern Xinjiang is the 'Kunlun Glacier'.
The core part of these glaciers will never melt over time, and this core is the ice marrow.
It contains the cold nature of a thousand-year-old glacier. It will not melt when exposed to water or melted when exposed to fire. It can spread the extremely cold air in any space it is placed in. The specific magical effects are not written in the book. I The author probably doesn't know it himself. "
After hearing what Qian Sheng said, Lin Yi finally understood.
This piece of "Kunlun Chalcedony" is neither a mineral nor a gem. No wonder the "Intelligent Eyes and Golden Eyes" cannot see its origin clearly.
Queen Jingjue must have recruited slaves to ensure that her body would remain immortal for thousands of years. The slaves dug into the glacier, took out the ice marrow, held it in her mouth, and brought it into the coffin.
"No wonder I felt the biting cold in Queen Jingjue's coffin. After I took out the ice marrow from her mouth, the body immediately turned into a mummy."
"That's right. Just as you speculated, the 'Kunlun Ice Marrow' has made the body look like new after thousands of years. If you take away the ice marrow, it is not equivalent to pulling out the latch of someone else's freezer. The contents inside But doesn’t it have to be bad?”
Qian Sheng's metaphor is quite apt, and the doubts in his heart are solved.
Lin Yi put the bottle containing the ice marrow back into his arms again and asked Qian Sheng:
"What's the value of this thing?"
"Priceless treasure! It is said that many of the corpse exorcists in western Hunan at that time had a piece of ice chalcedony in their hands, which was the chalcedony found in the glacial river. It could protect the body from decay for seventy-seven forty-nine days even if the face was covered with frost. not bad.
Later, one piece appeared at a Christie's auction and was sold for a sky-high price of more than 26 million.
If this thing of yours comes to the market, the starting price will be 200 million. "
"Two hundred million!" Lin Yi couldn't believe it.
"I've said too little about this. But then again, once this thing appears on the market, it will definitely cause an uproar in the antique world. Once this wave hits."
When Qian Sheng said this, he pointed at Lin Yi and himself.
"Not to mention that our brother can't handle it, even the auction company he took over doesn't dare to agree to this deal. So, I suggest you keep this thing for now."
What he said made sense and was indeed spoken from the bottom of his heart.
Once this kind of thing is circulated on the market, it is no joke.
This may be the only one in the world. "Everyone is not guilty of having a jade in his possession." I don't know how many troubles it will cause by then.
It seems that it is better to collect it yourself. As for what magical effects it has, you can slowly explore it yourself.
After seeing this piece of ice essence, Qian Sheng's addiction was aroused.
"I know you two won't come out empty-handed. Do you have any other treasures that you can open your eyes to?"
Lin Yi didn't hide anything and told the truth.
"Lao Wang still has a few things there, I don't know if he has them with him."
With that said, Lin Yi whistled and waved to Wang Qiang.
After calling him over and asking, he found out that he didn't have the pair of embroidered shoes or the sealing jade with him, but Qian Sheng could already estimate it at 70 to 80% based on their descriptions.
Their previous "exquisite exploration trip" has aroused all the enthusiasm for Western Region antiques in the entire market.
As a result, many sellers in the market are covering up their goods and speculating on them just won’t sell them.
The purpose is to raise the price and play the old trick of finding rare items to live in.
Even the antiques from small countries such as Loulan, Shanshan, Ruoqiang, etc. have risen sharply.
Qian Sheng suggested to hold on to these items first and not rush to sell them. When their "bulk goods" are almost covered, they can rush to ship them out at the same time.
If you get involved in this wave of trading of antiques from the Western Regions, you can not only sell them at a good price, but also ensure a safe landing.
After all, these buyers in the market have never seen what the ancient artifacts of Jingjue Country look like.
Even if the cultural relics of the Jingjue Kingdom are rediscovered in the future, the buyers who bought these things will definitely not make any noise.
This is the way of business. No one can understand it. Lin Yi and Wang Qiang alone will never figure it out in their lifetime.
Finally, Qian Sheng also specially told Wang Qiang:
"Master Wang, please listen to my brother's advice. As for the Feng Qiao Jade, if we can do it, don't touch it. Don't smell it, and don't put it in your mouth. Just remember it."
Wang Qiang said "Oh" and then asked:
"Hey, Shopkeeper Qian, I saw netizens in the live broadcast room saying that a drinking dice was dug out of the tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan. Is that true?"
Qian Sheng nodded.
"Yes, there is such an object. The official name is 'Han Tong Gold and Silver Inlaid Bronze Dice'. It is about 2 centimeters in diameter, has eighteen sides, is inlaid with gold and silver, and is inlaid with turquoise and red agate. It was used by Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan. The plaything that came to throw the wine order, with inscriptions on it, is now in the Jizhou Museum."
"Hey, is there really such a thing? I just made a bet with someone, saying that there is no such thing. Come on, I'm willing to admit defeat. I have to buy another souvenir for people."
After saying that, Wang Qiang turned around and left.
Lin Yi suddenly remembered the bronze cube that accidentally appeared in Wang Qiang's backpack.
"Shopkeeper Qian, take a look at this again."
With that said, Lin Yi took out the bronze cube from his pocket.
Qian Sheng looked at it again and again in the palm of his hand, and took out a magnifying glass to carefully study the lines on the object and the wear marks on the side.
Finally, he shook his head.
"I don't know, this thing is not the same as the copper color of King Jing of Zhongshan, nor is it the same as the seal of the Great Sima Dugu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
But one thing that is certain is that this thing is definitely old, no problem.
And it’s not just this one, it should be just a part of it. You can see that the patterns and textures around it are endless, and it feels like a puzzle piece. "
What he said coincided with what Lin Yi thought.
But now there is only this one, no matter how much you think about it, it will be in vain.
After visiting the ruins, the three of them found some authentic beef noodles, had a couple of bites before driving back to the city.
I also took the time to go to the local antique market and walked around. As Qian Sheng said, the ones sold were better than the ones bought, and there was nothing missing.
There were a lot of traps, and Tuoer's acting skills were really poor. Seeing this, Qian Sheng had no choice but to drag them out of the antique city.
(End of chapter)
