Shanghai Observer

On October 14, the reporter confirmed from the Meishan police in Sichuan that all the major cultural relics in the case of Zhang Xianzhong's stolen silver were recovered and all the main suspects were prosecuted. In similar cases, the number of national precious cultural relics recovered, the total number of cultural relics, and the number of criminal suspects arrested are the first in the province, which is the largest cultural relics case cracked in 2016.

Among the recovered relics

"The gold seal of Grand Marshal Yongchang" is particularly noticeable

This national first-class cultural relic was sold for 8 million yuan

The story of its theft, digging and selling is particularly special

Diving "old driver"

Finding the gold seal of Marshal Zhang Xianzhong underwater

The suspect, song, 34, has 11 years of diving experience. On the evening of the Qingming Festival in 2013, on the Bank of Minjiang River opposite Jiangkou Town in Pengshan District, song went into the water wearing a diving suit under the cover of night. He did not expect that this time he would touch a "golden lump".

Less than three meters under the water, Song Mou's hands kept searching. On a stone, he touched a golden lump. "It's very heavy in my hand. It felt like a metal at that time." A look at the water, song a startled: a golden tiger lifelike!

800000! Through yuan and song, the middleman, learned that someone was willing to pay 800000 to buy the golden tiger. Song hesitated. He wanted to wait and see if there was a higher price.

Three days later, in the same position, by night, song went into the water again. More than 10 meters away from where the golden tiger was found, less than 3 meters under the water, a piece of square metal felt heavy. A look at the water, song was shocked: This is a gold seal! After understanding, the letter "Grand Marshal Yongchang"!

What makes song more excited is that this gold seal just matches the golden tiger touched before. This is a gold seal with a tiger button! 800 thousand gold tiger, with the gold seal, the seller's bid increased 10 times! Eight million!

Yuan explained that the "gold seal of Grand Marshal Yongchang with tiger button" was packed with precious cultural relics such as gold books and silver ingots, and sold to fan, a businessman in Northwest China, at a sky high price of 13.6 million yuan.

According to Wu Tiantian, director of Pengshan district cultural administration, the gold seal is the core cultural relic in Zhang Xianzhong's shipwreck relics, and it is very important to verify the nature of the shipwreck cultural relics. "According to the information engraved on the" gold seal of Grand Marshal Yongchang on the tiger button ", the gold seal was cast in November 1643 of the lunar calendar. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong was not emperor, so the inscription was Yongchang, not Daxi."

Wu Tiantian said that the gold seal was engraved with the words "Grand Marshal Yongchang" in nine folds. Jiudiezhuan is a very special seal script, symbolizing a very high status. "At that time, although Zhang Xianzhong was not emperor, according to the materials of gold seal and seal script, his position was already very high, which should be owned by Zhang Xianzhong himself."