The emperor of our family always dies

Chapter 15

After all, they are old friends for many years, and they know everything, so there is no need to beat around the bush.

Lu Sigu took out Mingyue's jade pendant and brought it in front of Pei Chu, asking him to help estimate the price and find a suitable buyer by the way.

Pei Chu studies classical literature and history, and has a fanatical interest in classical things. Don't look at his unscrupulous appearance on the surface. In fact, he is one of the few people he has ever met who is extremely rigorous in his studies. Although he is young, he is no less inferior than those old scholars, as can be seen from his room full of ancient books.

He is keen on collecting ancient cultural relics to the point of madness, especially porcelain from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Lu Sigu knows that he has contacts with many experts in the ancient Tibetan world, and he often travels with the archaeological team from north to south.

After receiving the jade pendant handed over by Lu Sigu, Pei Chu knew that this piece of jade was worth a lot with just a glance.

Putting on the pair of elegant glasses that are only used at work, Pei Chu raised his head, and the narrow eyes behind the glasses were stained with emotions that Lu Sigu could not understand.

"This jade..." He deliberately paused, "Where did you get it?"

His eyes are like X-rays, with powerful penetrating power.

Lu Sigu made his tone as casual as possible: "It's from a friend."

"friend?"

The questioning in Pei Chu's tone obviously showed how much he believed in this sentence, "I don't remember that people around you have a hobby of collecting antiques."

"Aren't you?" Lu Sigu asked back.

"Ha, that's true." Pei Chu regained that paralyzed smiling face, his eyes were bent, like a crescent moon in the sky, but still couldn't hide the light inside.

"However, I don't have the ability and ability to collect a piece of imperial jade."

An old man like Pei Chu, his vision is too ordinary, and he can see the unusualness of jade at a glance, but he frowned slightly, "What's the matter with emperor jade? In this era, isn't it still worth the same price as other ancient jades?" But selling, it’s just that the quality is better and the collection value is higher.”

"You think so?"

Pei Chuwei's narrowed eyes suddenly widened, and the smile on the corner of his lips became meaningful.

Having known Pei Chu for many years, what Lu Sigu dislikes the most is his appearance, smiling like a fox, and he will never be able to guess the true thoughts hidden behind the smile.

"Sometimes I envy those of you who come from science and engineering backgrounds, you go straight and you don't have so many twists and turns, but sometimes I feel sad for your monotonous brain cells, a little romantic No fun at all."

"Oh." Lu Sigu responded coldly, "I didn't hear any meaningful information from your words at all, but since it comes to this point, when did you become an associate professor?"

You must know that it is not easy to be awarded the title of professor in a university. After completing a master’s degree and a doctor’s degree, one needs to work as a teaching assistant at a university or research institute for at least one year after graduation. After teaching assistants, there are lecturers. After that, there is hope to be an associate professor. At that time, according to the age of most people, they could be 35 years old if they were not 40 years old.

As for Pei Chu, if he remembers correctly, he just celebrated his 28th birthday this year.

The young and personable associate professor himself has a literati air, no wonder the boy's eyes were full of undisguised obsession.

"Well, it's all happened last month." Pei Chu leaned back in the chair, the cigarette he was pinching was about to burn out, and he threw it into the ashtray, and the butt flickered It didn't take long for the red sparks to go out.

"Then why don't you send me a text message to tell me that although I'm relatively poor, I can still afford the red envelopes."

"Really?" Pei Chu's eyes became fierce in an instant, "Although I don't know how sincere you are, I really want to ask, how do you explain the fact that you secretly moved to a new house? Sigu , don't forget, we have known each other for so many years, before you left the Lu family, let me do the math, it has been about 12 years, right?"

"You have a good memory." Lu Sigu suddenly felt a little nervous, this was a past event he didn't want to mention, so he said to Pei Chu, "Open the window and let the air flow."

Pei Chu obviously also saw some subtle changes in his expression, and realized that his casual sentence just now seemed to have touched a place that shouldn't be touched, but he never expected that after so many years, he would still be very nervous. care.

Standing up from the seat, Pei Chu walked to the window, did not open all the windows, but only opened one, "Well, it's really a bit stuffy. Before the heating came on, I was looking forward to it every day. After I came, I felt It's too stuffy and dry, and it doesn't feel like winter."

"Then you are really hypocritical." Lu Sigu said mockingly.

As soon as the window was opened, the biting cold wind scrambled to rush into the house, drove the heating, and rushed straight to his face, freezing his bored and flustered heart.

Seeing that the expression on his face had eased, Pei Chu raised his eyes and looked out the window.

"Snowing."

He said, with an unconcealable joy in his tone. Standing in front of the window, he stretched out his hand out of the window regardless of the cold. Soon, a few flakes of snow were blown into his hand by the wind, rolled a few times on it, and turned into a few drops. Cold snow water.

"The snow seems to have come earlier this year."

"En." Lu Sigu responded lightly.

"Have you ever heard a word?"

He quietly watched the snowflakes falling on the palm of his hand, his eyes gradually softened.

"Say."

Lu Sigu's gaze also followed out of the window. In the increasingly dark sky, there were a few sporadic snowflakes floating. Under the illumination of the lights, the window was full of poetry.

"If someone tells you it's snowing, he must love you very much."

"..."

An unnatural look flashed in Lu Sigu's eyes, but soon, like snowflakes drifting outside, it was fleeting.

"Forgive me for my ignorance, I have never heard of this sentence."

"Then you don't know now."

Pei Chu put on his trademark smile again, and closed the window smoothly, blocking the wind and snow from the window.

Lu Sigu casually picked up an ancient book from the ground, flipped through it pretendingly, pretending that he didn't hear what he just said, but gave up after turning a few pages. There are no punctuation marks, let alone read word by word, just a quick glance, you will feel dazzled.

Only at this time, Pei Chu's image in his mind will grow taller.

"Tell me about that piece of jade." Lu Sigu glanced at the watch on his wrist, it was getting late, and there were still two mouths waiting to go back to feed.

Pei Chu didn't answer directly, but walked to his row of bookshelves full of ancient books, and took out a thick hardcover book from an inconspicuous corner, flipping the pages with his fingertips like flying , When turning to a certain page, he stopped suddenly, and then sent the book to Lu Sigu.

"See for yourself." He didn't explain too much.

Lu Sigu took the book, it was heavier than expected, and there was a strong and old paper fragrance. It was a collection of cultural relics, which included almost all the cultural relics that can be tested from the early days of archaeology to the present.

At this moment, what came into view was a group of imperial jade ornaments, and Lu Sigu saw the jade pendant exactly the same as Mingyue's at a glance, which was particularly conspicuous among the jade ornaments.

His eyes moved to the comment below, and he was slightly surprised, "This is... the jade that was buried with the queen?"

"Yes." Pei Chu nodded, "Empress Xiaozhe Mingdezhuang Xianjing Suxie Tianhong Shengwen, the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is said to be favored by Emperor Wen. According to historical records, this Empress Wen is extremely respectful and thrifty. I don't like to adorn gold and silver in my life. On the eve of the empress's funeral, she held a piece of jade tightly in her hand and refused to let go. She begged the emperor not to bury herself in a burial, but to be buried with this piece of jade. The emperor agreed when he was sad. This request, this period of history is not recorded in the official history, but comes from the essays of an official."

"Why?" Lu Sigu asked quickly.

Pei Chu stopped talking suddenly, and glanced sharply at Lu Sigu, seeing that he was staring at him with scorching eyes, those eyes that were always as quiet as a pool of water showed a few ripples rarely, with a little silver gleam. Light, leisurely floating on the surface of the water.

Feeling a little uncomfortable in my heart, I still suppressed the strangeness in my heart and explained: "Because that queen is a man..."

"!"

A bolt from the blue, like being struck by lightning, is probably like this. The fourth emperor of Ming Dynasty, isn't that Mingyue?Mingyue actually likes men?

Lu Sigu froze in place, a little suspicious that there was something wrong with his ears just now, the thick book slipped from his hands unexpectedly, and when he was about to kiss the floor, Pei Chu bent over to catch it.

"Hey, let me say, there's no need to be so shocked. It's normal for ancient emperors to have the benefits of Longyang."

"This..." Lu Sigu came back to his senses in an instant, and he still had a feeling of thunder rolling: "Even if those emperors are very masculine, it may not be an easy matter to resist the pressure and overcome all opinions to make a man the queen. Is there no minister to advise you?"

"Of course there is, but I can't stand the emperor's strength."

"..."

"In the history that can be tested, there are still very few male queens. As far as I have researched so far, the authenticity of this matter is relatively high. Although the relevant information comes from unofficial history and some scattered notes, there are some Isn’t that a good sentence, sometimes unofficial history is more reliable than official history.”

"..."

After he finished speaking, he went around to his desk and sat down again, lit a cigarette, puffed, and added in a vague way: "So, what makes me curious is that this piece was excavated by archaeologists. Why is the jade pendant of Queen Wen of Ming Dynasty that was unearthed ten years ago and should be hidden in the National Museum in your hands? Sigu, don’t tell me you went to steal the museum?”

The author has something to say: the history is half-empty, don't research~