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Chapter 670 671. Discovery, surprise, national treasure!

Yue Wenxuan thought about it and decided to take some time out in the next two days to go to Thousand Buddha Mountain and visit Xinchan Temple.

The next day, Yue Wenxuan set out for Qianfo Mountain early in the morning.

Thousand Buddha Mountain is a remnant of Mount Tai, located in Lixia District, the Spring City. Its altitude is not high, only 285 meters, but because of its steep mountains, towering ancient trees and beautiful scenery, it has become one of the three major scenic spots in Jinan.

Yue Wenxuan climbed up the mountain path and saw that both sides of the road were covered with various trees, blocking out the sky and the scorching sun, making the road up the mountain seem quite cool.

Maybe it was because the weather was too hot, or maybe there were too few idle people in this era, so there were not many tourists. Yue Wenxuan only met a few tourists along the way.

Soon, Yue Wenxuan arrived halfway up the mountain.

Xinchan Temple is located halfway up the mountain, with its back against a cliff and facing a secluded valley in front. It is surrounded by ancient trees on both sides, and the environment is very quiet.

Yue Wenxuan arrived in front of the temple, only to see that the gate was closed and there were no tourists at the door.

Yue Wenxuan went forward and knocked on the door. After a long while, he heard footsteps from inside. Then, the temple door creaked open a crack, and a monk in a gray robe showed his head. He looked Yue Wenxuan up and down, and then asked, "Dear donor, what can I do for you in the future?"

Yue Wenxuan smiled and said, "I heard that Xinchan Temple has a long history. I was attracted by it, so I came here to pay my respects."

The monk nodded upon hearing this and said, "Please come in, benefactor."

After saying that, he opened the door of the temple and let Yue Wenxuan in.

Yue Wenxuan entered the temple and saw that although the temple was not big, it was quite exquisite, with solemn Buddha statues and prosperous incense. It seemed that many tourists came to worship here normally.

Yue Wenxuan followed the monk to the main hall, and saw an incense table in front of the door, on which were some incense sticks and offerings.

The monk picked up a bundle of incense and candles from the incense table, handed it to Yue Wenxuan, and said, "Please burn incense, donor."

Yue Wenxuan took the incense stick, lit it and inserted it into the incense burner, then put his hands together and bowed to the Buddha statue.

After worshiping the Buddha, he took out two large black bills and handed them to the monk, saying, "I would like to offer this little gift to the Buddha. Please accept it."

The monk took it with a smile and said, "If you sincerely worship Buddha, you will be rewarded."

"Xinchan Temple has a quiet environment. I want to take a walk around the temple. Is it convenient?"

"My humble temple is simple, please feel free to do as you please."

Yue Wenxuan originally had a nonchalant attitude towards the Han family's treasure. It would be a surprise if he had it, but even if he couldn't find it, it would have no impact on him.

I was just bored and thought of it as a fun thing to kill time.

Moreover, even if he found the Han family's treasure, it was still uncertain whether he could collect it. He just felt that Han Tingfang's death was too sudden, and there was a certain possibility that the secret of the treasure was not passed on to future generations, which gave Yue Wenxuan an opportunity.

If his analysis is wrong, and in the years to come, the descendants of the Han family will return to their hometown to take away these treasures, then even if he finds the location of the treasure today, he will not be able to take it away. He can only treat it as a fun treasure hunt.

If the treasure belongs to someone, he can certainly take it away by force, but the red warning progress bar will inevitably speed up accordingly. For him, this is not worth the loss.

There will be treasures of Lake Baikal waiting for him to collect in the future. Such a large amount of gold is enough for him to use. There is no need to speed up the red warning progress bar because of a little greed in his heart.

Because Yue Wenxuan was searching for treasure with the casual attitude of just killing time, he was not in a hurry to use space search, which would make him lose a lot of fun.

Although the area of ​​Xinchan Temple is not large, the environment is quiet and serene, which is worth his time to visit. He prefers to walk around and observe while enjoying the scenery. With his keen observation, if the treasure is indeed in Xinchan Temple, he may be able to find clues even with his own eyes.

Xinchan Temple has only one main hall and several side halls. It is not large in scale, but its architectural style is simple and elegant, giving people a feeling of tranquility and peace.

The Great Hall is the most important building in Xinchan Temple, so it is naturally the focus of Yue Wenxuan's visit. He looked around and saw a Buddha statue enshrined in the hall, with a kind face and solemn and dignified appearance.

Apart from the Buddha statues and the altar, there is nothing special in the hall.

There was nothing found in the main hall, so Yue Wenxuan went to look in several side halls. It was the same. Apart from a few small Buddha statues and some ritual objects, there was nothing special to discover.

Could it be that the Han family’s treasure is not here?

Yue Wenxuan was a little disappointed, but he did not give up. Now that he was here, he had to search carefully.

He searched the main hall and the side halls carefully again, and even knocked on the bases of the Buddha statues and the altar, but still found nothing unusual.

Just when he was about to give up, he suddenly noticed an inconspicuous stone platform in the corner of the side hall. There was nothing special about this stone platform, but it felt a little too big and seemed a little out of place in the side hall.

He walked closer to the stone platform and observed it carefully.

This stone platform is only half a meter high, and on it is an incense burner with a few burnt incense sticks in it.

Yue Wenxuan walked over and touched the stone platform with his hand, but found nothing unusual. He pushed it hard again and it seemed to shake slightly.

The stone platform was too heavy. Even if Yue Wenxuan had a good physique and great strength, it was impossible for him to push the stone platform by himself. Unless he called a dozen young men, they could work together to accomplish this task.

Originally he had no intention of making use of the space, but after discovering the abnormality, he would not rigidly leave the space unused.

He reached out his hand and touched the stone platform, and directly put the stone platform into the space.

Without the cover of the stone platform, a pitch-black hole was revealed underneath.

The entrance to the cave is not big, only enough for one person to enter and exit. It is dark inside and nothing can be seen clearly.

Yue Wenxuan took out a flashlight and shone it towards the cave entrance. He saw a narrow passage inside with stone walls on both sides and there seemed to be a door at the end of the passage.

Yue Wenxuan was extremely excited. It seemed that his judgment was correct. The Han family's treasure was indeed hidden here.

Without hesitation, he went into the cave immediately.

The passage was dark and a little damp, so Yue Wenxuan could only use a flashlight to shine ahead and move forward slowly.

After walking for about a few minutes, he finally reached the end of the passage.

I saw a stone door at the end of the passage, with some strange symbols and patterns engraved on it, which looked very complicated.

Yue Wenxuan pushed the stone door with his hands, but it was very heavy and could not be pushed at all.

He knocked on the stone door again and found that it seemed empty inside.

Could it be that the treasure is hidden behind the stone gate?
He looked carefully at the symbols and patterns on the stone gate and found that these symbols and patterns were very regular and should be related to opening this stone gate.

Even if he was knowledgeable and had a certain understanding of various ancient mechanisms, it would be difficult for him to open the stone door according to the correct pattern without knowing anything about it.

He estimated that it would take a long time, so in order to avoid being discovered, he used the space to put the stone platform in the side hall back to cover the hole.

Without any worries, he decided to try to crack the password first, and if that didn't work, he would use the space for help.

Based on his understanding of ancient culture, he began to try to decipher the patterns on the stone gate.

His brain thinks quickly, so as long as he has enough time, it is not difficult for him to find the pattern. It is just a matter of time.

After spending a full quarter of an hour, he finally found a way to crack the pattern. He pressed a few places on the stone door in a certain order, then pushed hard, and it went very smoothly, and the stone door opened with a bang.

Yue Wenxuan was delighted and walked in immediately.

Behind the stone door was a spacious stone chamber filled with hundreds of boxes of various sizes.

What made him even happier was that he had the idea of ​​taking the boxes away, but the red warning progress bar did not change.

This means that the treasures in front of him are no longer owned by anyone and he can take them away.

Although he cares more about the fun and process of treasure hunting, it is even more pleasant to be able to take away all the treasures without any scruples after finding them.

Yue Wenxuan took out a candlestick from the space and lit it. The light from the candle sprinkled on the neatly arranged boxes, and a mysterious and solemn atmosphere suddenly spread.

He picked up a box at random and slid his fingers lightly over the lock on the lid, as if he could feel the traces left by time.

As the lid of the box slowly opened, dazzling golden light rushed in, dazzling the eyes. Yue Wenxuan's eyes flashed with surprise, and he saw a box full of heavy goldfish, which were closely arranged together, emitting an attractive luster.

With his rich experience, Yue Wenxuan quickly made a rough estimate of the weight and value of these gold bars. This box of yellow croaker should weigh about 200 kilograms. He gently picked up a gold bar and felt its heavy texture. Even though he was used to seeing gold, he still felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

He continued to open one box after another, and the items inside kept bringing him surprises. There was everything from silver coins, jade and jewelry, books, calligraphy and paintings to antiques.

Silver coins sparkle with the light of time, jade and jewelry reveal a warm luster, and books and paintings exude a faint scent of ink. Each antique seems to tell a piece of history, and Yue Wenxuan seems to be able to hear their whispers and feel the heavy culture they carry.

The famous paintings of the Yuan and Ming dynasties are delicate and profound, as if they can bring viewers back to that distant era; the rare and precious books from the Tang and Song dynasties carry a profound historical and cultural heritage and are valuable materials for academic research. The jade carvings are even more ingenious, each of which can be called a work of art, which is breathtaking.

The Han family has been wealthy for generations, and the accumulation of several generations cannot be underestimated. Even Yue Wenxuan, who has seen all kinds of treasures, was surprised.

Compared with these precious ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, jade and porcelain, those boxes of gold are nothing, and the silver dollars numbering more than 100,000 are even more insignificant.

These boxes in the treasure room should be arranged in chronological order according to the collection period. The boxes on the outermost edge look newer, and most of the things inside are modern items.

Items like big yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, and silver dollars were obviously minted during the Republic of China period, and should have been placed in the treasure room in recent decades.

Other paintings, calligraphy and porcelain are mostly from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and are probably collected by the Han family within the past hundred years.

Yue Wenxuan flipped through the boxes casually and put them into the space.

The closer you get to the end of the treasure room, the older the items contained in the chests.

The gold and silver that appeared later were no longer goldfish and silver dollars, but gold ingots and silver ingots. The proportion of porcelain and calligraphy and painting in the box from the Song and Yuan dynasties was also increasing, and the individual items were becoming more and more precious.

Yue Wenxuan gradually stored the boxes in the treasure room into the space, and only the last one against the wall was left.

This box is a bit special. It is carved with exquisite and intricate patterns. It is a precious work of art in itself. It is made of golden nanmu, which makes it even more expensive.

Items that can be carried in such a precious golden nanmu box with cloud dragon pattern must be more precious. Yue Wenxuan can't wait to open it and see what is inside.

After opening the box, several items inside immediately appeared in front of Yue Wenxuan.

At the top is a jade box with exquisite patterns carved on its surface, revealing a simple and solemn atmosphere.

When the jade box was opened, there was an ancient painting inside.

After gently unfolding it, he was shocked to find that it was actually a landscape painting by Fan Kuan of the Northern Song Dynasty - "Distant Mountains in Clouds and Mist"!
As the scroll gradually unfolded, a huge landscape painting slowly appeared before his eyes.

The mountains in the painting are towering and surrounded by clouds and mist, as if you are in the vast mountains. The trees are lush and green, the streams are gurgling, and every detail is portrayed vividly.

Fan Kuan's paintings are world-renowned for their profound brushwork and unique composition style, and this painting is no exception.

Yue Wenxuan carefully observed every stroke on the scroll, and saw the vigorous brushstrokes and the appropriate shades of ink, which perfectly combined the majesty of the mountains with the mistiness of the clouds.

The composition of the scroll is also very unique. Fan Kuan skillfully used techniques such as distance, reality, and light and dark to create a deep and vast sense of space. The mountains in the picture are stacked one after another, with clouds and mist lingering in between, giving people a feeling that is both real and dreamy.

Yue Wenxuan could not help but sigh at Fan Kuan's superb painting skills. This painting is not only a beautiful landscape painting, but also a treasure full of artistic charm. It not only has extremely high artistic value, but also carries profound historical and cultural connotations.

Yue Wenxuan gently stroked the scroll, as if he could feel the persistence and passion of Fan Kuan when he was creating it. He imagined Fan Kuan standing on the top of a mountain, overlooking the vast land, splashing ink and turning the beautiful scenery in front of him into vivid pictures, leaving endless reverie and admiration for future generations.

Fan Kuan was a famous painter during the Northern Song Dynasty, and his works are known for their unique style and techniques.

There are not many works of Fan Kuan handed down to the present day. According to She Cheng's "An Overview of the Existing Works of Ancient Chinese Painters", there are a total of 26 pieces.

Among them, the most representative works include "Traveling in Mountains and Rivers" and "Sitting Alone by a Stream", which are now in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, as well as "Snowy Scene and Cold Forest" in the Tianjing Museum and "Snowy Mountains and Pavilions" in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

The painting "Distant Mountains in Clouds and Mists" in Yue Wenxuan's hand not only has extremely high artistic value and is Fan Kuan's masterpiece, but is also an extremely rare scroll.

Such a famous painting with a long history can definitely be called a national treasure!
After putting Fan Kuan's "Distant Mountains in Clouds and Mists" into the space, he casually picked up an antique wooden box from the box. After opening it, he found a yellowed handwritten copy of the "Diamond Sutra" inside.

This sutra lies quietly in an antique wooden box, as if isolated from the world, waiting for the arrival of the destined person.

Yue Wenxuan carefully opened the wooden box, and a faint sandalwood fragrance filled his nose, refreshing his heart. He gently picked up the scripture, and saw that the surface was yellowed, but there was no trace of damage, obviously it had been carefully maintained. The handwriting on the scripture was neat and powerful, and the flow of the pen revealed a simple and solemn temperament, which must have been written by a master.

Yue Wenxuan read the words on the sutra carefully, and each word seemed to contain profound Buddhist principles and wisdom. He seemed to be able to feel the piety and concentration of the writer when copying this sutra. Every stroke condensed his hard work and sweat, and was a reverence and inheritance of Buddhism.

At the beginning he looked at it carelessly, but the more he read, the more shocked he was. When he turned to the end and saw the inscription on it, he realized that this copy of the Diamond Sutra was actually written by Wang Wei and Wang Mojie of the Tang Dynasty!

Take away the two boxes at the top, and you will find ancient books and documents underneath.

He squatted down and carefully opened a yellowed ancient book, and the densely packed words on the pages came into view.

After flipping through it briefly, a look of shock gradually appeared on his face - this ancient book actually came from the "Yongle Encyclopedia", and it was the original copy!

The Yongle Encyclopedia is the largest encyclopedia in ancient my country and one of the four major collections of the National Library.

However, after hundreds of years of war and destruction, the original copy of this masterpiece, which was completed at the beginning of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty and revised at the end of the Jiajing period, is still missing, and the copies are scattered, with only one or two surviving.

Of the original 11095 volumes and 22937 scrolls (including 60 volumes of catalogs and general rules) of the Jiajing copy of the Yongle Encyclopedia, only more than 400 volumes and some scattered pages have been found so far.

Domestic libraries have a total of 224 volumes of the Yongle Encyclopedia in their collections (62 of which are currently temporarily stored in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan), accounting for more than half of the extant copies of the Yongle Encyclopedia.

At the national level, the Yongle Encyclopedia and Dunhuang Documents Publishing Project have been included in the "Major Publishing Project Plan", which shows their important cultural value and research significance.

Yue Wenxuan continued flipping through the pages and found that there were actually seventy-eight volumes of the Yongle Encyclopedia. Unfortunately, they were not from the same volume and covered many fields such as astronomy, geography, and history.

Further down there are three ancient books which are unique poetry collections from the Tang Dynasty, containing masterpieces by many Tang Dynasty poets.

Yue Wenxuan gently stroked the pages of the book, feeling their texture that had gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes but was still tough. He turned the pages one by one, savoring the famous sentences that had been passed down through the ages, and an inexplicable excitement and satisfaction surged in his heart.

Compared with these precious ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain and jade, the gold in this stone chamber, weighing more than five tons, is not worth mentioning.

Before finding the treasure, he had guessed that the treasure accumulated by the Han family over generations might be a huge fortune, but he never expected it to be so astonishing.

Compared with the Han family's treasure hidden in Xinchan Temple, those things in the deep mountains of Northeast China are completely insignificant. Those things are at most just a small fraction of the treasure hidden in Xinchan Temple.

Yue Wenxuan spent so much time and effort, searching so many places, and finally found the Han family's treasure. Moreover, it was an ownerless item that could be taken away. This time the harvest was really huge.