Chapter 529 Show the Jade Seal to the Elders of the Zhou Family! [Ask for Monthly Votes]

While they were enjoying each other in the large private room, Mu Guiying sneaked back to the B&B. Seeing Diao Chan, Zhao Yun, Zhao Fengyu, Wen Chengdu and others eating in the small private room, she hurriedly walked in:

"I thought I was going to be hungry at noon today."

Diao Chan smiled and brought her a pair of bowls and chopsticks:

"I just said that Sister Guiying can hold on for as long as she wants. Hurry up and eat. These are the delicacies you have been thinking about all morning."

"Thank you Fairy Little Chan!"

Mu Guiying sat down, picked up a goose leg, and talked about the cavalry training in Muke Village while eating.

Zhao Yun is more concerned about his sister’s future working environment:

"Are you preparing to go on an expedition?"

"It doesn't count. Water Margin said that over at Yue Shijie, didn't Mr. Zhang occupy Yuzhou? Xiao Feiyang started to think about it and also planned to regain Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. When Xiao Feixue went to Muke Village, Let’s practice together and attack, regain our homeland of China, and restore the prosperous times of Han and Tang Dynasties!”

Zhao Xue: "..."

I just eat a lot and am not fat. I strongly protest against the nickname given by Her Majesty the Third Master! ! ! ! !

However, just as she was about to express her dissatisfaction, Mu Guiying said:

"When the time comes, I will appoint Xiao Feixue as the general to conquer the north and sweep away the foreign races of Liao Kingdom. Do you want to go?"

When Zhao Xue heard this, she didn't care about being nicknamed by the third master's wife. She wished she could hold a spear and gallop on the grassland right now.

Hum hum, I have been practicing martial arts with my second brother since I was a child, and I am not just showing off!

Diao Chan said to Mu Guiying speechlessly:

"Sister Guiying always likes to give people nicknames."

"It looks cute this way. Look, little Fat Yang, Little Fat Chan, Little Fat Snow, plus I'm Little Fat Ying, don't they sound like they are harmless to humans and animals?"

It sounds indeed harmless to humans and animals, but among the four little fat guys, three are all military generals, and the only little fat cicada, who does not know martial arts, also successfully implemented a chain plan in the original work, changing the entire course of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Yuwen Chengdu was very supportive of the action of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun:

"This is my homeland in China, but it was occupied by foreigners from Kun (kūn) and Zuojin. It's really irritating... Of course, the most irritating thing is Zhao Song, who won the country unfairly, cut off his hands and feet, and allowed the civil servant group to dominate , which ultimately led to tragedy.”

Among the civil officials group, the most egregious one was the Ming Dynasty. No matter what kind of money it was, as long as it passed through the hands of civil officials, it would be lost by several percent.

If the emperor disobeys, he will be replaced by another emperor; if the prince disobeys, he will be replaced by a prince.

But in the history books written by themselves, civil servants are always a vulnerable group, always the one who is oppressed and bullied.

From the fate of the Song and Ming dynasties, we can see that the control of government affairs by civilian officials is more harmful than the control of relatives in the Han Dynasty or the control of clans in the Tang Dynasty.

After all, relatives and family members still have some pursuits, but civil servants only have interests in their eyes.

Do the people have enough food? plunder! Are merchants highly profitable? plunder! Military pay needs to be paid? plunder! Ordnance to be produced? plunder!

They have no feelings for their family, country, and world, or the ambition to pray for the people. They only focus on their immediate interests, without considering what will happen behind them, or leaving no way out for themselves.

For example, Cai Jing guarded several carts of gold and silver, but he couldn't even buy a piece of bread and starved to death on the road.

After Yan Song was beaten to death, he returned to live in the tomb prepared for himself and had to beg to survive.

No matter how cruel you were to others, the knives of your political opponents were also sharp.

But relatively speaking, although Yan Song was greedy, he did some practical things, while Qingliu, who ousted him, did not do any practical things, but the amount of money he should have embezzled was not a lot, which made it even more excessive.

The good Ming Dynasty fell apart and fell into the hands of the Tatars.

These civil servants thought that they could continue to play the same old tricks if they changed their masters, but it turned out that they had the Eight Banners, and all civil servants who were disobedient would snap. The so-called literary character suddenly became a dog with a broken spine.

Zhao Yun put a chopstick of lamb chops in a bowl and said:

"In the middle and late stages of all dynasties, various problems will arise. When I see the emperor, I plan to persuade him and let him find a way to establish a mature and reliable system."

Zhao Xue was stunned for a moment:

"Is there such a good system?"

Mu Guiying recalled the university history knowledge instilled by her empress and said:

"That's annoying, but now as long as we continue to expand, there will be no shortcomings in the court. Once the world is unified, we can then find a way to conquer the moon through the technology tree. As long as we have goals, it won't be a big problem."

When the entire court is united and striving for the same goal, both the social atmosphere and the consciousness of the people are very high.

The biggest fear is that the top and bottom are not of one mind, causing the people to become disloyal, and it will become a matter of time before they fall apart.

In the large private room, Li Xinjian toasted one by one with a wine glass.

He was really happy today. He felt like old friends at first sight with the elders of the Zhou family, and the engagement was finalized. At noon the day after tomorrow, an engagement banquet would be held at a high-end restaurant in the city.

Li Yu held Zhou Ruotong's hand and whispered:

"I'll have someone make a pair of engagement rings later. The sense of ceremony must be indispensable."

The corner of Zhou Ruotong's mouth curled up:

"Don't make a big show of it, or it will make the world in the book uneasy."

"No, don't worry, wife."

The wine today was good. We originally discussed drinking less, so as not to delay the reception banquet in the city that evening, but we couldn’t hold it in anymore. A box of Wuliangye was consumed, and we even promised not to drink more. Zhou Yongnian also drank almost half a catty.

Li Yu originally wanted to open another bottle, but thinking that the tiger bone wine made by Yunxiao had been delivered, he decided to let everyone try it while he was happy today.

When Zi Shou brought it, he was specially told not to drink too much of this kind of wine, and no more than a small cup a day. Drinking too much can easily lead to nosebleeds.

Li Yu brought a jar of wine over, opened it, and gave everyone a glass with a wine divider.

Pang Donghai glanced into the jar:

"Hey, are there any medicinal materials in it?"

"This is a medicinal wine given by a friend. He said that drinking it will strengthen your body and make you energetic. Everyone should try it."

Zhou Bingliang said as soon as he heard:

"My body is wasted by drinking. If I had known better, I would have drank more Wuliangye."

But after all, he picked up the wine glass and tasted it immediately, and said with surprise on his face:

"Hey, this wine is interesting."

I can't feel it for the time being to strengthen my body, but the soft taste of this wine and the unique aroma of cellaring are no less than the Wuliangye I just drank.

This kid is really serious. Last time you brought out such good wine, now let alone an engagement, there may even be a wedding.

It's all because I, the second uncle, have a thin skin and don't have as much dignity as the third uncle. If it were a shameless elder brother or a shameless fourth uncle, he would probably have asked for a drink by now.

After drinking a glass of wine, Zhou Bingliang obviously felt that the air conditioner was no longer cool, his body was slightly warm, and even the old problem of cervical pain seemed to be relieved a lot.

Oops, what kind of medicinal wine is this? Isn’t it too strong?

Zhou Yongnian also thought the wine was good. Just as he was about to praise it, an old lady from the capital called:

"Old man, have you been drinking again?"

"No, why do I know how to drink? I'm staying with Xiaoyu to eat. The food this kid cooks is so delicious. Every dish is delicious. I can't get enough of it."

The old lady sneered:

"If you just eat vegetables, can your heart rate soar to 120? My mobile phone has alerted!"

Zhou Yongnian looked at his wrist and found that the heart rate warning was flashing on it, and said quickly:

"Seeing Xiaoyu's parents happy, they just had a drink and didn't dare to drink more... The signal in the mountains is not good, so for now, we still have to talk about the engagement. We'll contact you in the evening."

After saying that, the old man deliberately pretended that he couldn't hear clearly, said hello several times, and hung up the phone.

Putting down his phone, he looked at his smart bracelet again and said with emotion:

"There are so many base stations. In the past, when I was doing archeology, my mobile phone would have no signal as long as I went to the tomb, and I couldn't make any calls. But now, the signal is full even in the mountain."

The old man thought Li Yu’s medicinal wine was good and said with a smile:

"Xiaoyu, get me some when you leave the day after tomorrow. I'll keep it at home and drink a small cup slowly every day... After drinking this wine, my whole body will be warm and quite comfortable."

Li Yu agreed:

"No problem, I'll get you some more when I leave."

I heard from Zishou that Yunxiao used the grain there to brew at least a ton of wine to soak the tiger bones, and also used time spells to give the wine the effect of being soaked for ten years.

With so much wine, even if Li Yusa drank it, he could drink it for several years.

As for materials such as tiger blood, tiger blood medicinal wine has also been made, and the quantity is more than one ton.

As a tiger monster in the world of Journey to the West, being treated like this is considered a worthy death.

When he heard that the old man wanted wine, Zhou Bingliang also pretended to say:

"Take some care for me. The boss has been weak in the waist and knees in the past few years. Give him some supplements. The fourth brother is as weak as bread crumbs. I'm worried."

Li Yu: "..."

If your uncle and fourth uncle don't come, you'll have to dig into the shit basin, right?

After drinking the tiger bone wine, everyone started to have lunch.

Rice, noodle soup, steamed dumplings with crane meat...there were many kinds, and everyone had a great time eating them.

After drinking and eating, Pang Donghai and his wife drank tea with everyone for a while, and then said goodbye and left together with several experts from the archaeological team.

If people want to discuss the engagement, it's better not to hang around here all the time.

In addition, there will be a reception banquet held by several units in the city in the evening, so I have to go back early to prepare, so as not to miss the chance.

After seeing off a few people, Zhou's elders and Li Yu's parents came to the study room, ready to confirm the engagement process.

Li Yu's opinion is to keep everything simple, just sit down and have lunch together, there is no need to make a big show of it, and make it look like a wedding.

Last time Wu Song's engagement was such a big deal, it was because Hao Zhenzhen's relatives had been nagging, and the B&B wanted to support Wu Song, so they booked the entire banquet hall.

Li Yu and Zhou Ruotong didn't need to be like this. They were in love with each other, and their parents didn't like publicity, so they decided to just have a meal.

As for the wedding date, we’ll discuss that later.

Anyway, we have a car and a house, so it doesn’t matter when we hold the wedding.

Zhou Bingliang took a sip of the newly brewed Maojian tea and asked:

"Xiao Yu, you gave us such a big surprise last time. Is there any different surprise this time?"

What he calls surprises are the high-end cultural relics that Li Yu always brings out.

Li Yu thought for a while, said "wait a moment", and took out the jade seal from his room... Liu Xie heard that the master's wife's family was coming, so he specially sent the jade seal over, and took it out when necessary to give it to the Zhou family. A surprise for the elders.

Of course, it could also be a shock.

Li Yu walked out of the room with the jade seal and saw Zhou Ruotong standing in the corridor:

"Do you want your parents to see it?"

Zhou Ruotong nodded:

"Let's take a look. Anyone who studies history wants to take a look at this seal... Just say it's a counterfeit, and they won't ask further questions."

"good!"

The young couple walked into the study with the jade seal. Zhou Yongnian, who was looking at the bookshelf, was stunned. The second uncle who was drinking tea poured half a cup of tea on himself. Zhou Bingren, who was studying the Han sword, almost cut his finger and was about to announce it in the circle of friends. Zhao Peimin, whose daughter was engaged, didn’t even realize that she had typed a bunch of garbled characters...

Everyone looked at the seal in Li Yu's hand, which included five dragons, bird seal inscriptions, gold with missing corners, and the most eye-catching blue field jade material.

Like, so similar!

It is exactly the same as the legendary seal!

Zhou Ruotong looked at the reaction of his parents and recalled the scene when he saw Yuxi for the first time. He couldn't help but complain to Li Yu in his heart:

"Smelly guy, are you so proud of yourself?"

She was afraid that some experts in the history circle would ask something, so she quickly said:

"Li Yu found someone to imitate this. How does it look like? Does it look real?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bingliang reacted first:

"Like, I almost shouted the words "Destiny".

He put down the teacup as if nothing had happened, took out the paper towel on the table, wiped the T-shirt that was soaked by the tea, and muttered to himself that he had drunk too much.

Zhang Ping and Li Xinjian felt that everyone's reaction was a bit strange:

"What's the origin of this seal?"

Li Yu smiled and put the seal on the coffee table:

"This is an imitation of the jade seal passed down from the country. In ancient times, when it was taken out, people would shout long live it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Ping interrupted him:

"I think you drank too much fake wine, right? You passed on the national jade seal, and the two auxiliary policemen took care of you... Don't take these things out randomly, call the police later, Tongtong and I will not bring you food of."

Li Xinjian picked it up and looked at it with great interest:

"As far as the pattern is concerned, it is really the style of the Qin and Han Dynasties. I have little research on this aspect. My relatives will comment on it. Do you think the jade seal imitated by Xiaoyu is somewhat similar?"

Zhou Bingren hung up Lu Bu's Han sword again, took the imperial seal with both hands, and subconsciously wanted to take out disposable rubber gloves from his bag and put them on.

He looked at it carefully, pointed to the shoulder of the seal and said:

"The only thing missing is the engravings of Cao Pi and Shi Le. The other details are quite similar...Xiao Yu, can I take some photos?"

"Okay, it's just for fun anyway."

Zhou Bingren smiled and agreed with his son-in-law's explanation.

As soon as he heard that he could take pictures, Zhou Bingliang also took out his mobile phone and took a few photos. Then he opened his backpack, took out a Canon camera, put on a fixed-focus lens, and took a series of close-ups.

Zhao Peimin held the jade seal and looked at it for a while. She wanted to scrape off some ink pads and take them away for testing, but Mr. Zhou interrupted her action:

"Just take a look, don't cause trouble for our children."

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Peimin gave up the idea of ​​studying ink pads, and looked at Li Yu with a more meaningful look... Did this silly girl of hers find a god as her boyfriend?

Finally, there was Zhou Yongnian. He put on his reading glasses, looked at it carefully, and exclaimed:

"It turns out that if you look like this, you will have material for your dreams in the future."

After Li Yu sent Yuxi back to the room, Zhang Ping and Li Xinjian returned to the room to put their luggage. Zhou Yongnian said to Zhou Ruotong:

"We don't ask anything, and you and Xiaoyu don't have to say anything. If there are any problems that can't be solved, just tell me."

After speaking, he moved his arms and legs and ordered Zhou Bingliang, who was sitting on the sofa:

"Change your clothes and accompany me to see those cliff carvings."

"Okay... you should also change your shoes. Last time I bought a pair of hiking shoes that are very light. You can try them on later. You can even climb Mount Everest."

At this time, Li Xinjian put away his luggage and specially changed into casual clothes.

He planned to go to the mountains to visit the abandoned old Shitou Village. When Zhou Bingren heard about it, he put on his baseball cap and went with his in-laws.

Zhou Ruotong wanted to ask the elders to take a look at the jade seal in a vague way, but it turned out that everyone in the family had sharp eyes, especially his mother, who actually thought of using ink pads to deduce the age... There are really no secrets in front of historians.

She pulled her mother Zhao Peimin and asked:

"I'll take you to worship the gods later, Trane."

Zhao Peimin is still digesting the incident of bumping into Yuxi:

"In this age, we still pay attention to feudal superstition. If I don't go, I have to be quiet."

"Worshiping it can eliminate sub-health conditions, relieve anxiety, and improve beauty."

"There are some folk activities that you should experience. After all, you can't lose the tradition... Come on, my dear, take me and my mother-in-law to see them."

In this way, Zhou Ruotong took the two mothers to visit the two mothers-in-law.

Li Yu was sitting in the study, wondering whether it was right or wrong to do what he did today... Thinking of the intriguing look in Mr. Zhou's eyes when he went to the capital last time, he might have noticed something.

After all, first-class cultural relics are being given away for free, which is simply too abnormal for someone who has studied history for a lifetime.

Fortunately, they are all family members, so no one will say anything nonsense.

On the ropeway outside the B&B, Zhou Bingliang supported the old man and walked forward slowly.

"Dad, that seal just now..."

"Don't ask, don't tell, don't discuss."

Zhou Bingliang had trouble on his face:

"But it's not scientific."

"Silly boy, are there not enough supernatural events in our historical circle? There are not a few legends of mysterious events in major museums and ancient tombs? What we should know will naturally be known in the future. What we shouldn't know, we will ask for it by force. The answer is that it may harm Tongtong and Xiaoyu...don't ask, don't tell, they are better than anything else."

"Okay, it's up to you..."

Zhou Bingliang took out his mobile phone and searched for the Jade Seal of the Kingdom. Just as he was about to check if there were any rumors related to Yinzhou, he saw a picture of the Jade Seal of the Kingdom. It was exactly the same as the one he had just seen, except that there was no ink pad and no traces of time erosion. .

To be precise, this is a newly made imitation, and all the details seem to be carved after Li Yu's piece.

He clicked on the details and saw that it was a decoration in Lin Xu's live broadcast room.

"Dad, look at this!"

Zhou Yongnian took the phone and took a look and recognized it as a brand new imitation jade seal:

"No wonder Xiaoyu went to the capital last time and went to find this Lin Xu just after lunch. It seems that they have a private connection... Don't worry about it for now. Let them worry about it first. If we encounter problems that cannot be solved in the future, we will try again. Come and help.”

"good!"

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I went to pick up medicine in the afternoon and stopped by the place where the inspiration for this book came from - an abandoned scenic spot called "Fengming Valley" in the nearby mountains. I walked around in search of inspiration. Today's update will be updated. The photos are in the book review area. You can check them out. look.