Jin Muchen held his breath and slowly stretched out his hand to uncover the silk cloth on the largest package in front of him.

Because of the age of time, these silks have rotted. Although they can still be seen as bright yellow, some places have begun to turn black, and some places have even begun to get moldy.

The silk cloth was broken as soon as it touched, which forced Jin Muchen to carefully uncover the cloth. The package was wrapped very tightly, not only with a layer of cloth outside, but also with several layers inside.

When Jin Muchen carefully peeled off all the masks, the treasure inside also revealed his true appearance. When he saw the things in it clearly through the dim lights in the cave, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

Inside was an oval gem that was about six inches directly. The gem was separated from the middle. Although it had been hidden in this dark and wet corner for many years, you can still see the vague style of the treasure back then.

The gem was originally an oval sphere similar to a rugby ball, but now it is divided into two from the middle, and only half of it he sees.

The cut surface is smooth and flat. From this flat section, you can clearly see the situation inside the gem.

The outer skin of this gem is a layer of tender green leather, and inside it is a bright red color. There are many small white dots in the middle of the bright red color. If you look closely, you can also see a few black silk on the plane that are derived from the white seeds.

By the time he saw the shape of this gem, Jin Muchen's brain was already in a state of accident. Could it be that this is the legendary 'that treasure'?

You must know that this treasure back then was called a peerless treasure!

Unfortunately, it was later lost to the overseas market due to war, and even half of it was gone.

Could it be that the half I saw today is the one that was destroyed by war and disappeared in the legend?

Jin Muchen sat upright, staring at the half of the gem. He would never have thought that this legendary Chinese national treasure would now fall into the hands of a group of Nanyang pirates.

What has this baby experienced over the years before it fell into the hands of these people. For a moment, thousands of threads surged into his heart, and he didn't know how to comment.

The pirate opposite looked at Jin Muchen staring at the gem in a daze, and did not rush to interrupt her. Instead, he poured himself a glass of wine and looked at his appearance with a smile.

Although he didn't know what this treasure came from, now seeing Jin Muchen's appearance, he knew that this must be a treasure with great background.

If I had discovered this treasure a few years ago, there would be no need for Jin Muchen to help me identify it. I could bring my things to New York or London and find professional appraisers to identify it.

But this gem was discovered unexpectedly on this small island in the past year, and in recent years, his identity has changed drastically from before.

He used to have another identity as a captain in the Indonesian Navy, and he usually worked as a pirate part-time job.

But a few years ago, when he was a pirate, something went wrong. When he was kidnapping, his thick-handed subordinate accidentally killed the meat ticket.

This has aroused the public anger of the Meat Piao family. You must know that family. It is a family that can summon wind and rain in Indonesia.

Since then, his gang has been in trouble, and he simply dared not return to the army to report, so he could only take his own gang to hide in Tibet in this sea area.

Thanks to his experience in serving in the Indonesian Navy and being familiar with the operating model of the Indonesian Navy, otherwise he would have been caught by those guys and eaten peanuts long ago.

Because of this, he could no longer live the life he could enjoy abroad as he used to. He could only take his subordinates to continue to hide in this sea area, while hiding from all over the place, and doing a few business at the same time.

This life was so hard. The situation did not change until they accidentally discovered the island. They actually discovered that there was a transportation base that the Japanese rebuilt during World War II.

When cleaning this base, they also accidentally discovered many treasures left by the Japanese back then, such as the box of gems in front of them, which should be the treasures hidden by the Japanese back then.

It’s a pity that with his knowledge, although he knew that this thing was precious, he did not know the origin of it. His current identity prevented him from taking this thing ashore and finding a special appraiser to appraise it.

Fortunately, he actually caught a young master who was doing antique business at home. This guy seemed to be a little sensible. Now he could finally know what kind of treasure he found.

And looking at the young master's expression, this thing seems to be very terrible. If that is the case, then I should find an opportunity to take this thing away, then quietly buy it, and find a place to live the life of a rich man.

This kid is very smart, but Jin Muchen does not make an absolute judgment, and he is not in a hurry to urge him.

Jin Muchen looked at the gem in front of him blankly, and his mind was full of legends from the late Qing Dynasty.

Such a large gem, coupled with the characteristics reflected in this gem, reminds him of the treasures that are clearly recorded in history that are similar to this gem, probably only the two jade watermelons of Empress Dowager Cixi!

Cixi's jade watermelons have been recorded in detail in Qing history, and the two jade watermelons have always been the favorite of Empress Dowager Cixi. They are usually placed in her room and even on the head of her bed when they sleep.

After she died, she was buried in her grave with her. The burial objects of Empress Dowager Cixi can definitely be said to be the greatest treasure in China in the 20th century and the last precious royal tomb.

Li Liangying was responsible for organizing Cixi's wedding back then, and his nephew Li Chengwu has always been with his uncle to help organize the funeral of Empress Dowager Cixi.

At that time, Li Chengwu also wrote a copy of "Aiyuexuan Notes", which specifically recorded the funeral objects of Empress Dowager Cixi in detail.

There is a very detailed description of this pair of jade watermelons: (Empress Dowager Cixi) each with one jade watermelon on the left and right side of the feet, green skin, red flesh, white seeds, and black silk, worth about 2.2 million taels (silver). Four jade melons are composed of two white skin, yellow seeds, and pink flesh, with two green skin, white seeds, and yellow flesh, worth about 600,000 taels. These four melons are called the best, and their value is more than a few hundred thousand taels (silver).

This is just a description of the jade products buried with Empress Dowager Cixi. As for the descriptions of other treasures, there are countless.

Now Jin Muchen is not concerned about other funeral objects. He is concerned about the watermelon in front of him. Is the jade watermelon that Empress Dowager Cixi loved the most in the legend back then?

He carefully stretched out his hand, picked up the watermelon, took it in front of him, and estimated the diameter, which was about six inches, and this size should be consistent with historical records.

Then, looking at the red flesh inside the green watermelon, the white melon seeds inside, and the black silk stockings inside, they were indeed exactly the same as the records. Just looking at these characteristics, basically, he felt that he was almost inseparable from this.

Afterwards, he quietly turned the melon over and looked at the bottom of the melon, where was a connective place.

There is actually a trick to tell whether this melon is the legendary jade watermelon at that time, that is, to see where it is connected.

Sure enough, he saw a capital letter t in English at this connection, and there were two letters with slightly smaller fonts next to it. When he saw these three letters, Jin Muchen breathed out a long sigh. This should be true, it was the jade watermelon of Empress Dowager Cixi back then.

But why do there are English letters on this jade watermelon?

Is this not clearly recorded in the Qing court’s treasure numbers?

Why is this happening? That's because this jade watermelon is actually not jade at all, and its production was not made by Chinese craftsmen at all, but was commissioned by Tiffany, the most famous jewelry company in the United States.

Therefore, there is a Tiffany company logo at the connection point of watermelon, which has not been clearly stated in history.

It was not until Tiffany was responsible for the production of this gem watermelon. After the death of gem expert J.L Tanlunbom, his descendants disclosed his diary of that year, that people knew that this watermelon was not made by us Chinese, but by Americans.

This also solved a problem that has plagued Chinese archaeologists for many years.

Because in the history of ancient jade and jadeite, watermelon has never been used to describe a jadeite. Even the "melon peel green" and "melon peel green" with the edges are not enough to describe the color and shape of the jadeite watermelon.

After all, there were only a few people who personally came into contact with Empress Dowager Cixi's jade watermelon, and later the two jade watermelons disappeared into the long river of history due to tomb robbery. Therefore, many archaeologists have never been able to figure out what Empress Dowager Cixi's favorite jade watermelon was like.

It was not until the former gem expert of Tiffany died and his descendants made his diary public that people knew that the jade watermelons of that year were not made of jade…

Then jade watermelon is not made of jade, so what is it made of?
Chapter completed!