There are probably more than a hundred pieces of these gold and silverware in total. Li Mo and the others did not look at them one by one in detail. There are chiseled inscriptions on the gold and silverware. They will study their origins and identities in detail later.
Everyone continued to move forward without stopping. When they turned around, they saw nine more niches in a row on the wall.
"The niches are filled with aromatherapy devices, including seven incense burners of different styles and two sachets." Li Mo read from beginning to end, "These are clear evidence that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty used aromatherapy devices in the palace. "
"Professor Li, there seem to be two stone tablets in front of you."
Under the illumination of the flashlight, two tall stone tablets appeared in front of them, with words densely engraved on them.
One of the experts immediately stepped forward, touched the font with his hand and read: "The envoy who sent the real body should bring props with the real body from Chongzhen Temple, and gifts of gold and silver utensils, treasure letters, etc., and new gifts of gold, silver, treasures, clothing, etc. Seven items are about to arrive at Chongzhen Temple: three collars of the cassock, one waist of Empress Wu's embroidered skirt, one collar of a furrowed coat with gold and silver threads. One crystal coffin, and one iron record."
"After the real body arrived, he was presented with one hundred and twenty-two items: two silver and gold flower boxes, a tin staff, an incense burner, a pair of round incense burners without lids, and a Taiwan cover with a flower belt. An incense treasure. There are one gold alms bowl, three pairs of gold cassocks, each with five things. Two things of Buddha's robes. Porcelain secret color bowl with seven mouths, two mouths with silver ribs inside. Porcelain secret color plates, six plates in total... "
There were too many contents on one stone tablet, so the expert walked to the next stone tablet, touched the surface with his hand to identify it and read: "One silver and gold flower pot, two sachets, one cage, one turtle, one salt Second pair of tables, a knotted cage, a pair of tea trough grinders and tea spoons, six pieces as requested, and a crystal pillow. One seven-hole needle, a pair of dice, a pair of tuners, two edge functors, and colored glaze A bowl, a pair of glazed flower bowls with holders, eleven glazed plates. A silver-edge sandalwood fungus..."
Several people are now in front of the monument, pondering the meaning of the content above.
"Expert Xue, what do you think this is?"
Xue Zhifeng thought about it and said, "It should be the inscription on the treasure account in this underground palace."
Li Mo nodded slightly. After all, he was a veteran archaeological expert on Buddhist culture. Judging from the treasures that have been discovered, they are basically consistent with the contents recorded in the inscriptions.
In fact, the place they are staying in now is just the front room of the underground palace, and there are other secret rooms hidden in the back. It's just difficult to find in the dark, but analyzing the contents of the two inscriptions, these experts will soon realize that what they have seen so far is only a very small part of the treasures in the underground palace.
Xue Zhifeng took the flashlight from Li Mo's hand and looked around and said in a deep voice: "Professor Li, there must be other secret rooms in the Tang Dynasty underground palace that have not been discovered. I suggest that everyone exit first and clean up all the treasures that have been discovered here. , and then rearrange the circuits to conduct another survey of the underground palace.”
"Okay, let's do what Expert Xue wants."
After all, it’s inconvenient to explore with a flashlight, and you can’t always use your own special eyes. Except for the thirteen pieces of secret-color porcelain, which are relatively rare, the rest of the antiques found in the outer room are relatively common.
Of course, the two treasure tent stone tablets are special and provide the most powerful proof for the subsequent archaeological work of the underground palace.
Everyone slowly exited, and Xue Zhifeng also did his part and arranged for two people to enter the underground palace in an orderly manner as Li Mo's assistants.
Li Mo and Sima Haotian carefully packed the thirteen pieces of secret-color porcelain one by one, put them in the suitcase and sent them out.
“The glaze of secret color porcelain is smooth and bright, the glaze layer is uniform, and the glaze is moist, giving people an elegant, soft, clean and bright feeling. The most surprising thing is that under the light, the inside of the dish is clear and exquisite, like a dish. Hold a bowl of water. But how the secret color porcelain is fired is still a mystery, and it cannot be copied. Professor Li, you are an authority on porcelain. Do you have a way to copy and bake the secret color porcelain? "
"There is a lot of ancient wisdom that we cannot understand face to face. I don't have the ability to copy secret color porcelain. However, I know a few top forger masters in this area. The porcelain they have made before is enough to be fake. Maybe they have different opinions. .”
"Before?"
Li Mo smiled at Sima Haotian and said: "They have all been arrested and are being held inside. Speaking of this, they can be regarded as lost in my hands. I still have a scar on my shoulder, which was left by their assassination. of."
"I really want to meet them and ask them for advice if I have the chance."
"There will be a chance."
Thirteen pieces of secret-color porcelain were born first, and there was a burst of cheers outside.
Then there are twenty-four pieces of colored glazeware from the Tang Dynasty. If they hadn’t seen them one by one from the underground palace, probably no one would believe that these glassware are antique cultural relics that are more than a thousand years old.
"Professor Li, Professor Sima, you guys take a rest first, let's take over the next work."
The other two experts came down with their assistants, and behind them there was a master arranging the lights. There were still gold and silverware, aroma diffusers and two treasure tent stone tablets in the outer room that had not been sorted out. Li Mo was also hungry, so he handed over the work to them.
"Boss, let's go to the scenic area staff canteen to eat. The food is ready."
"You arrange for a few people to keep an eye on it here first, and strictly restrict people from entering the underground palace."
"clear."
The dishes prepared in the canteen are rich in color, flavor and taste.
"Professor Li, I don't know if these dishes suit your taste. Try them first. If there is anything you need to improve, just mention it and I'll ask the chef to adjust the menu."
Gu Fang filled a bowl of white rice and sat next to Li Mo. He had received instructions from his superiors that all costs incurred by the archaeological team's logistics services would be borne by the local government. So he also served them with delicious food and drinks, and never let any discordant sounds sound.
"It's not bad. It's more delicious than the food in our cafeteria at Beijing University."
"It's just oily."
Yu Ting muttered inappropriately.
"Hahaha, Director Gu mainly considers the taste of most people. Mr. Yu, meat is fat, so just eat some vegetables. This will save you from shouting about losing weight every day."
The brown bear smiled and picked up a piece of meat, which was quite delicious.
"You're not fat either. You need to be scientific to lose weight. It's not advisable to go on a diet to lose weight."
Li Mo glanced at her, then pushed the plate of braised chicken wings in front of him.
"Thank you, boss." Yu Ting gestured to the brown bear with her fist, and then smiled sweetly, "Boss, how many antiques are there in the underground palace?"
"There are two treasure tent stone tablets in the underground palace. If the number recorded on them is not very different, the number of treasures hidden in the entire underground palace may exceed 2,000. We just wandered around the outer room in the morning, there should be other secret rooms that we have not discovered."
When Li Mo said this, he suddenly looked at Gu Fang: "Director Gu, I would like to ask, is the finger bone relic of Sakyamuni Buddha enshrined in the relic pagoda real?"
Gu Fang nearly spat out a mouthful of rice, covered his mouth, turned his head and coughed violently. The brown bear reached out and patted his back, and Yu Ting also poured him a glass of water.
After a while, Gu Fang returned to normal, not daring to look at Li Mo, with a strange expression on his face.
Can't it be true?
Everyone was shocked when they saw his expression. The thousand-year-old temple that is famous all over the world dared to do this. No wonder that even if the stupa is open to the public, tourists are only allowed to take a glance at it from a distance and are not allowed to take photos with any equipment.
(End of chapter)
