Chapter 196

But the people on the periphery couldn't see the scene inside at all, each one anxious.

A funny scene appeared.

There were more than 3,000 people surrounding the scene, and almost all 3,000 people took out their phones to watch the livestream!

But when they saw the scene inside the coffin, everyone was disappointed!

Where were the treasures? There were no gold or silver items, not even a porcelain bowl.

Inside, there were only various writing brushes and rotten books!

Piled up everywhere!

However, looking at the inside of this coffin, it was preserved quite well. Although many books had rotted, most of the ones on top hadn't completely gone bad.

It's just that the color had also become dull, and I don't know if the words on them could still be seen.

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——【Damn... made it so tight, and in the end, just these broken books and brushes? Was it worth it! I was so nervous that my palms were sweating when the coffin was opened just now, and in the end, just this? Really too disappointed. I don't know what the tomb owner was thinking. Even if you wrap it as tightly as possible, these books will all be ruined in a few years.】

——【I guess the owner of this tomb should have been a scholar or something before he died, or a successful imperial examination candidate, with some conditions at home, but that's about it, otherwise he wouldn't have brought these books in when he died. I've never seen anyone put books and brushes as burial objects.】

——【Smiling, now everyone is 'barbie-Q' (finished), right? Disappointed, right? Fortunately, I didn't go to the scene, otherwise standing there like a fool, and in the end, just watching this stuff, it's better to watch in the livestream room, very comfortable! It's so late today, I guess it's over after digging this!】

——【Have you noticed that there are many boxes next to the corpse? I guess there are treasures in there too, but logically speaking, these things won't go bad, so there's no need to put them in boxes, right? Could it be books in the boxes? Then I can only curse, this is too funny.】

Fang Yang looked at the system introduction of the corpse.

【Jiang Huai】

【Occupation: Five Classics Doctor of the Hanlin Academy in the late Qing Dynasty】

He also saw the box at the head of the corpse.

To be precise, his pillow was also one of the boxes.

The archaeology staff carefully took out the books in the coffin.

The handwriting on them could still be seen, but the ones below were basically completely rotten.

Mainly because after the corpse died, the inside wasn't completely vacuum-sealed.

Corpse fluid would hatch the books on the lower layer.

Chen Feng simply picked up a few books and looked at them, and there was nothing special.

Although he didn't recognize them, after a simple search in his brain, he found that they weren't those precious classics either.

The main thing is, a coffin from the late Qing Dynasty, what precious books could there be.

Until the end, the archaeology experts started to clear the last three boxes.

The moment they took them out and opened the boxes, the archaeology staff were stunned.

Just standing there blankly looking at them.

Chen Feng immediately realized something was wrong and walked over.

As a result, when he looked, he also stood there blankly.

Fang Yang felt a bit inexplicable and leaned over to take a look.

This look really gave him a fright!

The system panel popped up instantly.

【Yongle Dadian (Copy)】

【Era: Ming Dynasty】

【Height 50.3 cm, width 30 cm】

【This volume is the 'Rong' character volume, the content is Tang, Song, and Yuan poetry and prose related to the 'Rong' character vocabulary, as well as related literary summaries, including "Gewu Congtan", "Nongsang Cuoyao", etc..】

【The most complete encyclopedia in Chinese history, "Encyclopedia Britannica" calls "Yongle Dadian" the largest encyclopedia in world history】

【In the 27th year of Guangxu (1901 AD), the British Embassy returned 330 stolen volumes of Yongle Dadian. Because the director of the Hanlin Academy hadn't returned from fleeing, the Dadian was divided and hidden by internal personnel of the Hanlin Academy. Finally, in 1912, when the Dadian stored in the Hanlin Academy was handed over to the Beijing Library, only 64 volumes remained, a large part of which were taken by the same person....】

Fang Yang couldn't help but gasp after reading the introduction.

This was the first time he had been shocked to such an extent by an artifact.

In such an inconspicuous box, the four big characters 'Yongle Dadian' appeared incomparably clear and soul-stirring.

Now he finally understood why this coffin had to be wrapped so tightly.

No wonder he was so afraid of being discovered.

It turned out that he was the employee of the Hanlin Academy who had stolen from his own post back then, taking advantage of the time before the director returned to privately acquire them back.

You know, the price of a volume of Yongle Dadian at that time could be said to be pitifully low.

This is also why the British Embassy was willing to return them.

When the robbers entered the Old Summer Palace, Yongle Dadian was even used by them to build houses.

They didn't take it seriously at all.

Many people privately stole Yongle Dadian and took it out to sell.

Leading to the number of Yongle Dadian being lost by one volume a day on average!

What's even more heartbreaking is that at the lowest point, a volume of Yongle Dadian could be bought for just one tael of silver.

Have these people ever thought that today our country wants to buy them back from others.

One volume costs tens of millions!

Most importantly, there's nowhere to buy them even if you want to, and many Dadian have already disappeared in the long river of history.

After Chen Feng came back to his senses, he excitedly pointed at the Yongle Dadian, his mouth trembling: "This... this... can't be real, right?"

The members of the archaeology team were also trembling with excitement.

They didn't know, but Fang Yang knew; he didn't even need to look, he knew they were real.

They were the copies of Yongle Dadian copied by the Jiajing Emperor!

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Chen Feng was holding the box and didn't dare to open the book, looking at Fang Yang excitedly: "This... is it real!"

If it were before, Fang Yang would definitely have picked it up to look.

But this time it was different; Yongle Dadian was too precious, and he didn't want to damage it because of himself.

"Give me a glove, cut a hole in the front of the index finger and thumb, it's convenient for me to flip through!"

"Okay!"

The archaeology team next to him immediately processed the gloves from the toolbox.

About two minutes later, a pair of gloves was ready.

Fang Yang put on the gloves and carefully took out the Yongle Dadian from the box.

This book was different from ordinary books; from the size, the difference was very large. 50cm in length, nearly half a meter long.

Much larger than ordinary books, and there was more than one book in this box!

Most importantly, there were two such boxes next to it, and nine times out of ten, they were all Yongle Dadian.

Thinking of this, even Fang Yang was a bit excited.

He had long known that this was the original of Yongle Dadian, but to put on a show, he still opened it to take a look.

He had to say, even after hundreds of years, the paper of this book was still very white.

The system had introduced before that the paper of Yongle Dadian was called white cotton paper, made of paper mulberry bark and bamboo mixed in a 7 to 3 ratio.

The paper was very delicate and especially absorbent of ink.

The handwriting on it used the 'guange' style, every character was the same size, looking very comfortable.

Of course, the classical Chinese on it, without system translation, was no different from a heavenly book to him.

After looking for a while, he put the book back in its original place and said calmly: "It can be confirmed, this is a copy copied by the Jiajing Emperor!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but exclaim.

Chen Feng endured the trembling, his eyes staring at the box without blinking.

This is Yongle Dadian, there are only 200 volumes in the whole country, and only 400 volumes left in the whole world.

One volume could sell for a sky-high price of tens of millions!

It carries not only historical documents but also the pride of the Chinese nation.

And now, it appeared before his eyes, and he didn't even dare to touch it.