It takes three days to burn jade to test it, and it takes seven years to identify the materials.

Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was not yet usurped the times.

These sentences are perfect to describe the scene Zhao Yun saw at this moment and the choices his lord and his enemies faced. Although these poems have not been written yet, Zhao Yun did not know.

Because he was afraid of getting infected with the epidemic, Zhao Yun specially asked the soldiers to pick up clean wells without the palace maids who threw themselves into the well, so he waited for half a quarter of an hour to draw water. The thing caught in the fire also cooled a little, and the molten gold had solidified again, but it was flowing on the ground next to it, and the horn was missing.

Waiting for the time of fetching water, Zhao Yun also thought in his mind: even gold can melt but this thing is not broken, then it is probably either stone or jade. Ordinary stones are afraid that they are not treated with gold, so they can only be...

The melting point of gold is not only much lower than that of iron, but even lower than pure copper, and can be transformed after the temperature exceeds 1,000. Moreover, gold is the metal with the best thermal conductivity and is very easy to absorb the heat of flames.

The so-called "real gold is not afraid of fire" does not mean that gold is not easy to melt, but rather that it is stable in chemical properties, will not oxidize and turn black, and will not undergo any chemical reactions. If you melt it repeatedly hundreds of times, will elemental gold or elemental gold.

"Trying jade must be burned for three days" refers to the traditional jade (Hetian jade) before the Tang and Song dynasties (Hetian jade) has a higher heat capacity and poor thermal conductivity. This is why there is an exaggerated legend of "Cold jade will not be warm for three days, and warm jade will not be cold for three days."

Many modern people do not understand this physical characteristic of ancient jade, mainly because jadeite was popular after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, that is, Burmese jade, jadeite, and the specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity of jadeite did not have such distinct characteristics, which led to future generations not understanding it.

However, before the Tang and Song dynasties, Hotan nephrite was popular. Taking the Han Dynasty as an example, tourists in the 21st century could also see the "Queen's Seal" at the Shaanxi History Museum, which was a harem seal from the Western Han Dynasty, using Hotan mutton fat jade. The pre-Qin Heshi Bi should also be consistent with the craftsmanship and material selection ideas.

Zhao Yun wiped it with a wet linen cloth and wiped off the layers of wood and cloth burned ashes, which really revealed the color of mutton fat jade.

Zhao Yun knew that this must be an extremely valuable thing, but he didn't know the seal and seal script. After thinking about it, he still asked his personal soldiers to call Guan Yu to read it together.

Guan Yu came soon, and his cultural level was still higher. After all, he read a lot of ancient books and was very proficient in history. After a moment of reading, he nodded solemnly: "After being ordered by heaven, I will live forever? That should be the jade seal of the country, just like the seal written by Li Si for the First Emperor in "Records of the Grand Historian".

Guan Yu looked around and looked around alertly. If he was a real prince today, he could directly decide what to do about this matter.

But the problem is that he could only pretend to be independent Hanzhong prefect because Liu Bei was persuaded by Huangfu Song to run and could not personally challenge Dong. In fact, he had to be loyal to Liu Bei. Liu Bei did not come in person, so how could he make a decision directly on such a big thing?

Zhao Yun also realized why Guan Yu was silent. After thinking for a few seconds, he advised:

"Although this thing is precious, it is also the source of chaos. You must be careful. In my opinion, although these personal soldiers here have been with their confidants who have been with them for many years since the expedition of Zhang Ju, so that no one will leak the secrets, they are still more open-minded and can tell others everything, explain it to Mr. Zhu, and then send it back to Hanzhong and ask Mr. Zhu to decide."

Zhao Yun knew very well that although the jade seal represents destiny, he had never been able to obtain territory because of the jade seal. He also had to have his own strength. People in the world could only reach that level.

As the saying goes, if virtue does not match the position, there will be disasters. Only those with virtue will occupy the jade seal.

If someone discovers a private hiding and is criticized, attacks will continue to come, and Liu Bei's always loyal and righteous behavior will also be criticized.

This time, I came to Luoyang to put out the fire and save the remaining people of Yin in Henan. It was not for profit, but for the sake of "market righteousness", to show the whole world the feat of "Dong Zhuo harms the people and Liu Bei saves the people".

This story spread all over the world, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't gain any physical benefits. In the future, Liu Bei will punish the rebels with obedience. No matter where he goes, the foundation of the people's hearts will be much better. This is an invisible benefit.

Anyway, the military rations he asked for Dong were all given by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, so Liu Bei lost some of his troops and weapons, and the price was not high.

Since this is the case, the key is not whether to take it down, but not to do something that “is exposed after being privately hidden”.

You must also take it openly and openly.

In fact, Sun Jian in the official history was not backfired because of taking the jade seal. He was completely killed on Yuan Shu's order. It was not Liu Biao who intercepted him for the jade seal as in the Romance. There was no such thing as in the official history as in the official history as "Yuan Shao asked Sun Jian to leave the jade seal at the leader", because he was originally a two-way person.

It’s just that Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhu Jun, and Sun Jian have joined forces for a while, and these diplomatic work have emerged.

Guan Yu thought about it and asked carefully: "Have Boya ever said the plan of 'What should I do if I get the jade seal'?"

Zhao Yun laughed in silence: "How could this be mentioned? The military advisor is not a god. He can think of how to prevent and control Dong Zhuo's arson and prevent a major epidemic after a major disaster. It is already the limit of human intelligence. The imperial seal was lost in the rebellion of the Ten Generals. It has been nearly two years since he thought that Dong Zhuo scraped the ground three feet so many times, but he didn't get it.

Perhaps this is also God's will. Who made the lord and the military advisor be kind? He would also think that after the disaster, he would prevent the epidemic from spreading, collect all the dead and cremate them, so that he could gain this. Those beasts who only seek wealth and property to plunder the people and kill but not bury them are not worthy of this.

The emperor is still in the hands of Dong thief, so it is natural to not return the court held hostage by Dong thief in this name. It is natural to return the emperor to the court when he is welcomed back. The only thing that can be discussed is nothing more than to stay in the hands of Duke Zhu, Henan Yin, or to keep it in the hands of the lord.”

After this analysis, Guan Yu felt that the matter of the great righteousness was indeed clear, so he nodded: "Since that's the case, please discuss it by Mr. Zhu."

Sun Jian didn't need to invite him. First of all, Sun Jian suffered a lot of losses in his troops. He was originally more than 20,000 troops, but was ambushed and fought by Hu Zhen and Lu Bu for a long time. The front army was killed and injured and fled, and many villages and even Qu were built into Songshan. After the war, only about 10,000 were left, and most of them were the rear army led by Huang Gai.

So even if Sun Jian uses martial arts with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, he will definitely not be able to defeat him. What's more, Cheng Pu has a broken arm and Han Dang is seriously injured and is recuperating. Now that Sun Jian dares to object, he can only go to the father and son to fight in person.

In terms of the name of Dayi, Sun Jian was just the prefect of the Foreign Town. He came to Luoyang later than Guan Yu. He didn't save him from putting out the fire, and he didn't find the things. He didn't need to notify him no matter how he saw it.

But Zhu Ye is different. First of all, he is Sun Jian's old boss, and he is a peer of Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi. He is the three heroes who support the Han Dynasty. As the Henan Yin who brought things right, he has the achievements of supporting the coalition of princes and the coalition forces of the princes. Zhu Ye has natural control over the Luoyang area. Even if the things excavated in this place are not kept for him, he will be honest and open.

Zhu Jun was invited soon, and Guan Yu was at the first scene and showed off with Zhu Jun directly:

"Mr. Zhu, our army covered the bodies of the palace people to prevent and control the epidemic. After obtaining this object, it seemed to be a jade seal of the country. If the son was covered with dust today, this divine object must not want to fall into the hands of the Ten Constables and Dong Zhuo. It was only for the will of heaven that it was not convenient to return it to the court immediately. Should I return it after expelling the Dong thief, please do you agree?"

Zhu Jun's eyes suddenly widened: "The imperial seal? There is no mistake, right? Let me see."

Zhao Yun carefully untied it and showed it to him for a while. Zhu Jun thought about it and said that there should be no problem. He sincerely replied: "It is true that this is the truth. This thing should be returned to the court after expelling Dong's thief."

Guan Yu bowed and said, "Since that's the case, we can't hide it from it. Although Guan raised an army to help Yuan Gonglu in the name of the prefect of Hanzhong, Sun Wentai tried his best to fight Dong, but he was actually ordered by my brother to conquer the West. Mr. Zhu should have seen this.

The reason why my brother did not personally challenge Dong was that when he was out of Chencang, he was advised by General Huangfu Gong, the general of the chariot and cavalry, so that he would pay attention to the identity of the Han family, so as not to be misunderstood by others to go to Beijing to serve the king. Only then did he think of the best of both worlds of "doing good deeds without leaving a name for it" with the advice of Li Boya, the general of the Central Army.

But today, since he got the jade seal, Guan could not do so. He also had to take it back to Hanzhong to discuss the method of retention with his brother. If Mr. Zhu wanted to keep it on behalf of the court as the imperial court, he would also ask to go to Hanzhong to discuss it. From then on, he went south to Nanyang and went to Hanzhong on a mediocre way, which was not too far away."

Zhu Jun thought carefully: "Although I am the Yin of Henan, I have never discovered this thing for many days after the Dong thief left. It must be God's will. Moreover, Sili was destroyed, the remaining people were only 200,000 to 300,000, and the remaining soldiers under my command were only a few thousand.

If Dong Zhe knew that this treasure was born again, how could I keep it? It would be left to the General of the Conquest West for the time being for the custody of the West. If the road to Shu is dangerous and far, Dong Zhuo would not dare to make a fool of himself. Moreover, the General of the Conquest West once served as Zong Zheng, and was kept in the era when the royal family was weak, it was the court's law."

Zhao Yun was meticulous and suggested from the side: "Since this is the case, it is easy to deal with, but please ask Mr. Zhu to set up an oath with us. Brother Yun can make an oath on behalf of my lord: When the emperor is not held hostage by the traitor, he will return this seal to the court.

The jade seal is also considered as the discussion of the General of the Western Expedition to the West to discuss the issue of the Shangluo princes and the Henan Yin Gong who was trying to rectify the chaos. This is also for the good of Zhu Gong. Only by setting up an altar and swearing together in this way, Dong's thief knows that the jade seal is not on your place will not send troops to the east to harm Sili."

This is the best of both worlds, and it is also helpful to help Zhu Jun, who is still in Sili, avoid disaster.

Zhu Jun thought about it and learned from it: "Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, also served as Zongzheng, and it was the longest time and had the highest prestige. Unfortunately, it was too far away. Liu Yan also served as Zongzheng, but he actually mistook the country's kindness and could not end up well, so he would not mention him. There is also Liu Biao, who is in Xiangyang recently, and he can send him a different horse to the north. The public agreed to participate in the witness and the support of the general in the Western Expedition to temporarily keep the jade seal."

Guan Yu and Zhao Yunyi decided to do it, but it would take only five or six days to go back and forth.

Liu Biao has now firmly settled in Xiangyang and Nanjun, and is still negotiating conditions with Huang Zu of Jiangxia. Basically, the three counties in Jingbei have won, but Huang Zu's dependence is relatively low and there is still a little bit of a trend of independence. Liu Biao still needs foreign aid very much, and he is completely ineligible to get the jade seal. He asked him to send Yi Ji to express his opinion and give him hundreds of war horses to the spoils. That's enough.

Zhao Yun finally seized two or three thousand Xiliang war horses in the battle against Hu Zhen and Lu Bu a few days ago, and Sun Jian also seized more than one thousand and a large number of weapons.

He divided five hundred or even one thousand horses to Liu Biao and bought him to express his opinion, which also seemed that "Let Liu Bei, who was once the Zongzheng, take charge of the jade seal" was listed as the public recommendation of "former Zongzheng", and it was not Liu Bei's own words.

Cleaning up the ruins here, restoring the people after the disaster, and setting up an oath in the palace, we have to prepare time and be able to wait.

Six days later, everything was ready. Liu Biao's envoy Yi Ji also traveled hundreds of miles a day and rushed over. In the end, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhu Jun, Sun Jian and Yi Ji vowed to hand over the exchange in public in Luoyang, and invited tens of thousands of people from Yin in Henan to visit.

There were only a few thousand people left in Luoyang City, and 70 to 80% of the tens of thousands were from Yanshi, the Qian family, Heyin and other neighboring counties to visit and worship.

Liu Bei accepted the custody of the jade seal openly.

The only loss here may be that Yuan Shu will not be able to quickly become the public enemy of the world in the future, but Liu Bei himself did not harm at all, it was purely beneficial or harmless.
Chapter completed!