A national treasure, a bronze turtle from the Shang and Zhou dynasties

Zooming in the camera, everyone saw clearly that this was a bronze turtle, with the heads of four arrows still stuck in it.

Moreover, there were even some inscriptions carved on it.

Just one look and you could tell it wasn't ordinary!

Nan Ye himself was stunned. How should he handle this thing?

"Is there any expert in the live stream who can roughly say what this thing is?"

Everyone was very united, not posting random comments, but leaving it to those who could truly identify it.

...

Liu Xuechi, who was studying ancient artifacts with a magnifying glass, was suddenly called out by his student.

"Teacher Liu, come quickly! Someone in the live stream has fished up a treasure!"

Liu Xuechi was not a simple person. Although he was already 62 and had presbyopia, he was renowned outside, a famous expert in the archaeological field.

"What thing? What good thing can you fish up? It's probably just some gimmick the streamer is doing, don't take it seriously."

Liu Xuechi didn't even lift his head. In his heart, today's streamers were only after profit, most of them are actors.

Yu Bang became anxious: "No, Teacher, you misunderstood. This streamer is a Singer, who likes fishing, but definitely wouldn't fake it.

Moreover, this bronze artifact was indeed just fished up by him!"

"Bronze artifact?" These three words piqued Liu Xuechi's interest.

"Let me see!"

"I can't see clearly. Ask him to zoom in the camera a bit!"

Yu Bang quickly opened the comment section: "Hello Nan Ye, my Teacher is an archaeologist - Liu Xuechi. Can we connect via voice call?"

"Yes, yes!" Nan Ye immediately clicked to agree to the voice call.

Liu Xuechi leaned closer to the phone: "Hello, can you zoom in the camera a bit?"

Nan Ye did as Liu Xuechi said, zooming in the camera and moving it inch by inch, letting the other party see clearly.

After a long while, Liu Xuechi finally sighed: "Although I haven't handled it personally, based on my experience, this should be a genuine artifact!"

As soon as Liu Xuechi said this, the entire live stream went into an uproar!

【Holy crap, a genuine bronze artifact! That's worth at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions!】

【The delivery Xiao Ge hit the jackpot! He can even fish up this thing, impressive, impressive!】

【So that carp just now wasn't teasing Nan Ye, but came to bring blessings!】

【Wow, with your explanation, it actually makes a lot of sense!】

【...】

Yes, fishing up weird and strange things, everyone would just laugh it off.

But this was a genuine bronze artifact!

Who wouldn't covet this thing?

Who wouldn't be jealous?

Precisely because of this, the number of viewers in the live stream surged upwards, breaking 200,000 in no time.

Then it was 300,000, and even still rising...

At the same time, many people also shared the live stream in family groups, friend groups, etc.:

《Shocking: Fished Up a Genuine Ancient Bronze Artifact While Fishing!》

With such a sensational title, how could it not attract people?

The number of viewers would only increase...

At this moment, Nan Ye had no time to pay attention to these things, but was listening carefully to Liu Xuechi's explanation.

"As for this shape, it's not a turtle, but an animal called a yuan, which is the largest type of soft-shelled turtle, and can grow up to a hundred kilograms.

It also has the title of 【Giant Panda of the Water】, a national first-class protected animal, and is very rare."

Liu Xuechi asked Nan Ye to turn the camera to the back of the bronze turtle.

"Everyone saw the inscriptions on it, right? I'll explain based on the bronze artifact's age and shape.

Bing Shen, The King at Huan, Captured.

The general meaning is:

The King of a certain dynasty was holding a archery ritual at the Huan River.

The target of that archery ritual was an animal in the water.

And the King's hunting target should have been a large yuan."

With Liu Xuechi's explanation, everyone became agitated:

【Oh my god, it actually records the King's story! Then this bronze artifact definitely has a great origin!】

【Which King is it? Bronze artifacts flourished during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and this bronze turtle is so exquisite and realistic, could it be the King from that time?】

【If it's a King from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, that's incredible! It's definitely a national treasure level!】

That's right, if this bronze turtle is finally determined to be a genuine bronze artifact from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it is absolutely, without a doubt, national treasure level.

Not to mention the viewers in the live stream were agitated, even Liu Xuechi, who had seen many national treasures, couldn't remain calm.

Bronze artifacts with written records like this are extremely valuable for archaeology.

“The next sentence is: The King shot once, shot three times, led to no wasted arrows.”

“The King drew the bowstring fully, and as he released the bowstring in his hand, the yuan opposite was shot through by the riverbank. The arrow stuck in the left side of its neck, rendering the yuan unable to move.

According to the requirements of the archery ritual, the King still needed to shoot three arrows.

The King did not refuse, drew the bow and shot again. The force was so great that the arrow actually penetrated the yuan's hard shell.”

“The last sentence is: The King ordered his brother to rest at Zuò Cè Bān, saying: Report to Yong, make a female treasure.”

“The approximate story might be that the King was in a good mood, so he asked his minister to record this matter.

Afterwards, he rewarded this yuan to his minister.

But the minister did not dare to keep the yuan for himself, so he found craftsmen to make a scaled-down version, a bronze turtle that was identical in all aspects, and presented it to the King.”

“Of course, this is just my personal interpretation. The actual meaning still needs to be researched and interpreted in conjunction with various historical records...”

The vast majority of viewers were impressed by Liu Xuechi's knowledge:

【As expected of Old Liu, extraordinarily talented! I couldn't understand a single word of the inscriptions on it.】

【How can he not be amazing? He's a living archaeologist! I counted, it's only 33 characters, but Old Liu translated it directly into a story, truly incredible!】

【I think since Old Liu said so much, this bronze turtle is likely real. So, what is its value?】

Not only the viewers wanted to know, but even Nan Ye really wanted to know.

“So Old Liu, what should I do with this bronze turtle?”

Liu Xuechi didn't know Nan Ye's preferences. He could only explain the seriousness of the matter.

“The decision is yours to make, not mine!

However, I want to talk about the word 【Make a book】 (Zuò Cè).

In ancient times, this meant historian, first seen in the Yin Dynasty, and lasting until the Western Zhou period.

That is to say, this bronze turtle is very likely a product of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.”

Pausing for a moment, Liu Xuechi's expression gradually became serious, and he said word by word:

“Bronze artifacts from this period are all... national treasures!”

“So no matter what you plan to do, you must fulfill these two points:

First, do not damage it!

Second, it must never leave the country. It only belongs to our Great Xia Country!”

There have been too many incidents of cultural relics flowing abroad. Liu Xuechi does not wish for such things to happen again.

【Tsk tsk, I didn't expect it to really be a bronze artifact from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, a national treasure!】

【Old Liu is right. Regardless of the outcome, we absolutely cannot let foreigners take advantage.】

【I believe Nan Ye is not that kind of person!】

Everyone's gaze was fixed on Nan Ye, watching what choice he would make.

Nan Ye's brow furrowed slightly.

It must be said, this choice was extremely difficult!

He remained silent for a full five minutes before raising his head...