Chapter 938
: Xiezhi Jade Seal
Chapter 938: Xiezhi Jade Seal
This jade seal is not the milky white jade seal that people often hear about, but emerald green.
In other words, this thing is not made of jade, but jadeite.
As we all know, in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization history, jade seals made of Hetian jade and Lantian jade were the mainstream of the royal family, but jade seals made of jadeite were also used by many dynasties.
After careful observation, Wang An discovered that he did not recognize the animals carved on the jade seal.
It looks like a dragon, but it is definitely not a dragon because dragons are very long, but it has four pretty thick legs and a lion's tail.
It looks a bit like a Qilin, but it is definitely not a Qilin, because Qilin has two horns on its head, but it only has one horn.
If you ignore the single horn, its head looks a bit like a sheep's, but everyone knows that sheep also have two horns.
So Wang An pointed at the animal on the jade seal and asked Mu Xueqing:
"Wife, you have so many books at home and you have read them all. Do you know what this is?"
At this time, Mu Xueqing was obviously also wondering what this thing was. After hearing Wang An's question, Mu Xueqing shook her head and frowned and said:
"I don't know. This thing looks like a Pixiu, but it shouldn't be. The book says that the Pixiu has wings and holds a bead in its mouth."
Just as Wang An and Mu Xueqing were wondering what kind of animal this was, Wang Dazhu and his wife, who had heard their conversation, came over. Liu Guilan looked at the jade seal with curiosity and asked:
"Is this the imperial seal? Is this the thing that the emperors used in the past?"
Wang An shook his head and said:
"Yes, this thing is the imperial seal, but this imperial seal should not be used by the emperor. If it is a imperial seal used by the emperor, there should be a dragon on it."
Wang Dazhu looked at the imperial seal, and then said with certainty:
"Isn't this Di Ting? Before I worked at the forest farm, the farm once invited a storyteller to tell Journey to the West. The storyteller said Di Ting looked like this."
Upon hearing this, Wang An and Mu Xueqing subconsciously looked at the animal again. Then, the two of them looked at each other and shook their heads.
It is obvious that neither Wang An nor Mu Xueqing agrees with Wang Dazhu's statement.
Seeing that Wang An and the others were silent and shaking their heads, Wang Dazhu said anxiously:
"Really, this must be Di Ting. It has one horn, a head that looks like a tiger and a dog, dog ears, and a lion's tail."
Seeing that Wang An and Mu Xueqing still didn't speak, Wang Dazhu raised his voice and said:
"The storyteller has already said that Di Ting is 'nine-like': like a flying dragon, like a tiger but not a tiger, like a lion but not a lion, like a unicorn but not a unicorn, like a dog but not a dog. Why don't you believe it? How could the storyteller be wrong?"
Then, Wang Dazhui recited a short passage from the storytelling about the true and false Monkey King in Journey to the West.
I have to admit that Wang Dazhu has a really good memory. He can still remember clearly the storytelling he heard many years ago.
Just when Wang Dazhu was explaining the mythical beast "Di Ting" to his family, Wang An suddenly remembered that he had carved this thing in his previous life when he was doing carving in a fence.
I still remember that someone nearby asked an older inmate what the carved animal was.
So Wang An blurted out:
"I know. This thing is a Xiezhi. This jade seal is from the ancient Ministry of Justice, or it is used by the Dali Temple or the Inspectorate."
It is said that the mythical beast Xiezhi can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, loyalty from treachery, and is the embodiment of fair law enforcement in ancient times.
Wang An suspected that the reason why Wei Cheng nicknamed himself "Pixiu" was because he got the "Xiezhi Jade Seal". What Wei Cheng didn't know was that "Pixiu" and "Xiezhi" were two completely different mythical beasts.
"Pixiu" might protect him, but "Xiezhi" is a creature that only deals with extremely evil people. And based on what Wei Cheng has done, "Xiezhi" can definitely defeat him.
Therefore, if we explain it from a metaphysical perspective, the reason why he was shot to death by a group of his men was because he placed a "Xiezhi" in front of him.
To put it simply, it was this "Xiezhi Jade Seal" that killed Wei Cheng.
Of course, these are all Wang An’s conjectures and are definitely not reliable.
In fact, for people who don’t know much about these things, “Pixiu”, “Xiezhi” and “Diting” as Wang Dazhu mentioned, actually look pretty much the same.
Especially for statues, there is no standard, so one person may carve one thing, or the same thing may look two different. This leads to the statues that have survived into the world being of all kinds and shapes.
So it's completely normal that you can't recognize what it is.
When Wang An said that this thing was just something used by officials and not something used by ancient emperors or princes, Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan immediately lost interest in the jade seal.
I only heard Wang Dazhu say in a disappointed tone:
"It's just a Xiezhi. How much is this jade seal worth?"
Wang An thought for a moment and said:
"This piece of jade is pretty good. If this jade seal is real, it should be worth at least 1,800 yuan."
At that time, due to some previous reasons, the antique industry was in a very depressed period, and the jade seal was a feudal remnant, so this thing was really not valuable now.
When Liu Guilan heard what Wang An said, she looked at the big unity on the coffee table, then looked at the jade seal in Wang An's hand, moved her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but said nothing, turned around and greeted everyone:
"Okay, hurry up and get ready to eat, it's almost midnight."
In fact, this jade seal is not very valuable now. If compared with the jade seal that Wang An saw in his previous life, this jade seal is worth at least 300 million.
However, this price can only be reached after 10 years.
At Liu Guilan's invitation, the whole family got busy together, of course, which meant finding bags to pack the money on the coffee table.
According to the rules set by Liu Guilan at the beginning, Liu Guilan only kept 1 yuan, and the remaining 9 yuan was given to Mu Xueqing for safekeeping.
As for those bills, they were all placed in Wang Dazhu's room. The main reason was that Mu Xueqing couldn't go out with her big belly, so she couldn't use these bills.
After dinner, Wang An returned to their house, holding the purse in his left hand and leading Mu Xueqing in his right hand.
After a simple wash, Wang An and Mu Xueqing lay down on the kang together.
Just when Wang An was about to fall asleep holding Mu Xueqing's snow-white hair, Mu Xueqing suddenly said to Wang An:
"Xiao An, can I discuss something with you?"
Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much!
I wish you, brother, lots of money in your pocket and a smile on your face every day.
(End of this chapter)