Chapter 436

"The tomb owner's coffin lid is floating on the water surface—"

"Retreat first; if we don't drain the accumulated water inside, there's no way to proceed to the next step."

"Damn tomb raiders, I don't know whose tomb this is; I hope we can save a little bit."

The expressions of the artifact workers and archaeological experts were all very ugly.

Just from the structure of the tomb, one could only see that it should be from the Ming Dynasty. If they wanted to get more detailed information, they could only see it from the burial objects.

Under the joint efforts of everyone, the water in the tomb was finally cleared out completely.

Everyone put on gloves and entered again.

Fang Yang followed in very naturally this time as well.

Everyone was looking down for items that could be rescued.

Fang Yang did the same thing as the others.

Near the coffin, under the pile of stones, there was a faint touch of white.

Fang Yang didn't hesitate too much and walked towards the place directly. He bent down and carefully cleaned up the stones and some debris.

Subsequently, when he saw clearly what it was, he gasped directly.

Following Fang Yang's discovery.

The system gave a prompt.

【Ming Hongwu underglaze red Three Friends of Winter pattern plum vase】

【Caliber 6.4 cm, foot diameter 13.5 cm, bottle height 35.8 cm, belly depth 35.3 cm, total height 41.6 cm, maximum belly diameter 68.4 cm】

【The only existing Hongwu underglaze red plum vase with a lid and completely preserved. This plum vase has a beautiful shape, and the vessel type is complete and flawless. The Three Friends of Winter refers to three evergreen plants: pine, green bamboo, and plum blossom, symbolizing noble aspirations.】

【This Ming Dynasty tomb is the tomb of the Imperial Son-in-Law Song Hu and his wife, Princess Ancheng.】

【The year is approximately 500 years ago.】

The only complete Hongwu underglaze red plum vase in the world—just the word "only" said that its value was extraordinary.

If he had been careless just now, I'm afraid this "only" would have been smashed in his hands.

Fang Yang took a deep breath silently.

Ming Dynasty?

Princess Ancheng?

Wasn't that the daughter of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di?

After getting the most valuable artifact, Fang Yang left the tomb with one of the artifact experts first.

"Mr. Fang Yang, aren't you going to stay down there and take a look?"

The artifact expert asked curiously.

"No need, let professional matters be handled by professional people."

Usually, if Fang Yang gets a pretty good thing, it is very difficult to find another good item.

If he continues to stay down there, he will only hinder other people's work.

After thinking about it, Fang Yang didn't intend to stay down there anymore.

"Someone who can use such good things is probably a member of the royal family or nobility, or it is an item from the palace."

The young artifact expert couldn't help but say this.

"Isn't this an obvious thing? According to my speculation, this should be the tomb of the Imperial Son-in-Law Song Hu and his wife, Princess Ancheng."

Fang Yang's firm tone suddenly stunned the others.

Who are these people? They don't know at all?

But the other party is a princess and an imperial son-in-law.

【Popularity】 +1+1+1+1.

——【Princess Ancheng, I seem to have heard of her. She seems to be the daughter of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di. This plum vase doesn't look simple at all. Fang Yang guessing the identity of the tomb owner through the vase is understandable, but making a judgment so early, I think it's not quite right.】

——【This vase is very well preserved. The tomb raiders took quite a few things, but they didn't take this one. The bottle isn't big either, and carrying it should be quite convenient. I didn't expect it to be left behind.】

——【Maybe there were better things, and more convenient things to carry.】

——【And this bottle doesn't look like it can be sold immediately; it looks very expensive.】

——【I think this bottle is quite good-looking, but just from this, one can infer the identity of the tomb owner—isn't that a bit too outrageous? I don't think it's right.】

——【I don't understand what's going on at all. I hope Fang Yang can give us a more detailed explanation. I don't understand history at all; for laymen like us, it's simply too difficult, and it's really hard to understand.】

Although Fang Yang has also learned some ways to look at artifacts, he still knows very little.

However, even if he knows very little, for artifact experts, archaeologists, and those who understand him through the camera, he is definitely the one who knows the most.

"This plum vase is the Ming Hongwu underglaze red Three Friends of Winter pattern plum vase."

"Take a close look at what the patterns on this plum vase are like?"

"And do you know why I call it the Three Friends of Winter?"

"Because besides plum blossoms, pine trees and green bamboo are also painted on it. These are three evergreen plants, which symbolize noble aspirations in ancient times."

"Perhaps for the sake of visual symmetry, the Three Friends of Winter patterns in the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty were all added with a banana plant, which is very special."

"This plum vase is very beautiful."

"The whole body is applied with white glaze, slightly greenish in white, and the glaze is delicate and moist, with the base exposing the clay."

"If you look closer, you will find that besides plum blossoms, pine and green bamboo, and banana plants, many peonies are also drawn on it. The patterns are also very complex, with a total of five groups: ruyi patterns, scroll patterns, intertwined chrysanthemums, sea water, and variant upward-facing lotus petals as auxiliary patterns."

"The main patterns and auxiliary patterns are harmonious and appropriate; it is a rare work of art."

"Having said this, I still have to sigh that it is really very beautiful, but such a beautiful work of art is imperfect."

265. It represents two emperors, it witnesses the prosperity of two dynasties!

Fang Yang didn't say too much; he just stated some of his observations and views from the bottle body.

Everyone listened and couldn't help but sigh that this bottle was indeed very beautiful.

But besides being beautiful, they also emerged with a bit of curiosity.

It's already so beautiful, yet it's still imperfect. Since it's imperfect, why did it fall into the hands of Princess Ancheng?

Logically speaking, things with flaws shouldn't be rewarded to others, right?

This plum vase is clearly an imperial item. It already has flaws, yet it wasn't destroyed; no matter how you look at it, it feels incomprehensible.

Keeping it—isn't that provoking the emperor's anger?

【Popularity】 +1+1+1+1.

——【This plum vase is very complex. Maybe it was a very difficult thing to burn a complete, flawless bottle at that time. For us people today, it might be a flaw, but for people at that time, it might have been quite good.】

——【Maybe Princess Ancheng wasn't favored, so things with flaws were sent to her.】

——【Our history is missing too much. I want to find more historical materials about Princess Ancheng, but the things I can find are very limited.】

——【I looked too; I only know that Princess Ancheng is the third daughter of Zhu Di, her mother is Empress Xu, and then nothing else.】

——【Maybe we can find information about the Imperial Son-in-Law; understanding Princess Ancheng through the Imperial Son-in-Law is also possible.】

——【Information about the Imperial Son-in-Law wasn't found either.】

——【Everyone don't be discouraged. It is precisely because we are very missing some historical materials that we need to dig up artifacts, understand the real situation of that era from the artifacts, and understand their owners from the artifacts.】

——【Yes, now we might not understand Princess Ancheng and her Imperial Son-in-Law, but today we discovered their tomb and also discovered artifacts, so we have the opportunity to understand them. Thinking about it this way, it's actually quite good.】

——【As long as we don't maliciously tamper with history and respect history, understanding the truth is just a matter of time. Thinking of a guy who spent 6 years tampering with history for a game, I feel it's very terrible.】

——【I know about this matter too. That guy drew maps himself, made terrain maps himself, made population change maps himself, and even compiled celebrity interviews of later generations. Although what he compiled wasn't Huaxia's history, such behavior is confusing history, and even many people actually believed the history he compiled...】

——【History is objectively existing; it has already existed there. It cannot be changed, cannot be confused. False history has no evidence to support it, and sooner or later it will be exposed!】

——【That's right, we must believe in evidence and believe in history.】

Fang Yang roughly understood what others wanted to know, so he organized his language and continued: "Although the Ming Hongwu underglaze red Three Friends of Winter pattern plum vase has flaws, it wasn't that the emperor didn't like it; on the contrary, the emperor liked it very much."

"Why do I say he liked it very much?"

"As I said before, this is a flawed product."

"As something used in the palace, and also an imperial item, there was a very high standard at the time."

"Imperfections must be destroyed."

"Speaking of this, I have to mention the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang."

"It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang particularly loved underglaze red; for him, red represents orthodoxy to stabilize the hearts of the people."