Chapter 940

This imperial seal was not the milky-white imperial seal that people often heard about, but emerald green.

That is to say, this thing wasn't made of jade, but of jadeite.

As everyone knows, in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, imperial seals made of Hetian jade and Lantian jade were the mainstream of the royal family, but jadeite imperial seals were also used in many dynasties.

After Wang An observed carefully, he discovered that he actually didn't recognize the animal carved on this imperial seal.

It looked like a dragon, but it definitely wasn't a dragon, because dragons are very long, but it had four thick legs and a lion's tail.

It also looked a bit like a Qilin, but it definitely wasn't a Qilin, because Qilins have two horns on their heads, but it only had a single horn on its head.

If you don't look at this single horn, the head looks a bit like a sheep, but everyone knows sheep also have two horns.

Consequently, Wang An pointed to the animal on the imperial seal and asked Mu Xueqing:

"Wife, your family has so many books that you've read; do you know what this thing is?"

At this time, Mu Xueqing was obviously also pondering what this thing was. Hearing Wang An's question, Mu Xueqing shook her head and frowned slightly, saying:

"I don't know, this thing seems to be a Pixiu, but it shouldn't be; the book says Pixiu have wings and have a bead in their mouths."

Just when Wang An and Mu Xueqing were pondering what this animal was, Wang Dazhu and his wife, who heard Wang An and Mu Xueqing's conversation, leaned over. Seeing Liu Guilan looking at the imperial seal with curiosity, she asked:

"Is this an imperial seal? Is this thing something used by the emperors of the past?"

Wang An, upon hearing this, shook his head and said:

"Yeah, this thing is an imperial seal, but this imperial seal shouldn't be used by an emperor; if it were an imperial seal used by an emperor, there should be a dragon on top."

Wang Dazhu looked at the imperial seal and then said with a look of certainty:

"Isn't this a Di Ting? When I was working at the forestry farm, the forestry farm once invited a storyteller to tell Journey to the West, and that storyteller said Di Ting looked like this."

Wang An and Mu Xueqing, upon hearing this, subconsciously looked at this animal again. Immediately after, the two of them looked at each other and shook their heads.

It was very obvious that Wang An and Mu Xueqing didn't accept Wang Dazhu's statement.

Wang Dazhu, seeing that Wang An and the others didn't speak and shook their heads together, said a bit anxiously:

"Really, this is definitely a Di Ting, one horn, a head like a tiger and a dog, dog ears, lion tail."

Seeing Wang An and Mu Xueqing still not speaking, Wang Dazhu raised his voice:

"The storyteller said that Di Ting is 'nine-unlike,' like a dragon but not a dragon, like a tiger but not a tiger, like a lion but not a lion, like a Qilin but not a Qilin, like a dog but not a dog. Look, why don't you believe me? Can the storyteller be wrong?"

Immediately after, Wang Dazhu told a small part of the "True and False Monkey King" section from Journey to the West.

I have to admit, Wang Dazhu's memory is truly good; he could remember the storytelling he heard many years ago clearly.

Just when Wang Dazhu was popularizing the mythical beast "Di Ting" to the whole family, Wang An suddenly remembered that when he was carving in prison in his past life, he had once carved this thing.

I still remember a fellow prisoner who was older asking what the animal he carved was.

Consequently, Wang An blurted out:

"I know, this thing is a Xie Zhi; this imperial seal is something used by the ancient Ministry of Justice, or the Dali Temple or the Censorate."

It is said that this mythical beast, Xie Zhi, can distinguish right from wrong and recognize good from evil, and is the embodiment of ancient impartial law enforcement.

Wang An suspected that the reason Wei Cheng gave himself the nickname "Pixiu" was because he obtained this "Xie Zhi Imperial Seal."

It's just that Wei Cheng didn't know that "Pixiu" and "Xie Zhi" were two completely different mythical beasts.

"Pixiu" might protect him, but "Xie Zhi" specifically deals with great evil people, and given Wei Cheng's actions, "Xie Zhi" could definitely suppress him to death.

Therefore, the reason he was shot to death by a group of his subordinates, if explained from a metaphysical perspective, was because he put a "Xie Zhi" in front of himself.

Simply put, this "Xie Zhi Imperial Seal" suppressed Wei Cheng to death.

Of course, these are all theories Wang An imagined, and they definitely cannot be taken as truth.

Actually, for people who don't understand these things, "Pixiu" and "Xie Zhi" and the "Di Ting" Wang Dazhu mentioned actually look about the same.

Especially statues; there is no standard, so one person carves one style, or the same thing carved by one person looks different, which leads to the statues left in the world being strange and varied.

So not recognizing what it is is completely normal.

Upon hearing Wang An say that this thing was just something used by legal officials, and not something used by ancient emperors or princes, Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan immediately lost interest in this imperial seal.

Only hearing Wang Dazhu say in a tone full of disappointment:

"It's just a Xie Zhi, then how much money can this imperial seal be worth?"

Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"This piece of jadeite is not bad; if this imperial seal is real, it should be worth a thousand or eight hundred yuan."

At this time, because of certain previous reasons, the antique industry was in a very depressed state, and imperial seals belonged to feudal remnants, so this thing really wasn't worth much money now.

And Liu Guilan, upon hearing Wang An's words, looked at the large-denomination bills on the coffee table, then looked at the imperial seal in Wang An's hand, moved her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but didn't say anything, and turned to greet everyone:

"Alright, hurry up and tidy up to eat; it's almost midnight."

Actually, this imperial seal just isn't worth much money now; if compared to the imperial seal Wang An saw in his past life, this imperial seal would be worth at least 3 million or more.

It's just that this price would only be reached 10 years later.

Under Liu Guilan's greeting, the whole family worked together to get busy; of course, it was just finding a bag to put the money on the coffee table.

According to the rules Liu Guilan set initially, Liu Guilan only kept 10,000 yuan, and the remaining 90,000 yuan was handed over to Mu Xueqing for safekeeping.

As for those coupons, they were placed in Wang Dazhu's room; mainly because Mu Xueqing couldn't go out with her big belly now, and she couldn't use these coupons anyway.

After dinner, Wang An carried the money bag in his left hand and led Mu Xueqing with his right hand, returning to their house.

After simply washing up, Wang An and Mu Xueqing lay on the kang together.

Just when Wang An was grabbing Mu Xueqing's breasts and about to fall asleep, Mu Xueqing suddenly said to Wang An:

"Xiao An, can I discuss something with you?"

Thanks to "Large Empire Emperor" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

Wishing the big brother lots of money in his pocket every day and a smile on his face every day.

(End of chapter)