Chapter 281: Priceless
The entire parchment was spread out, and it was actually comparable to the size of the table in Xie Qiao’s room. The leather felt quite soft, and it looked gray and dusty.
She first wet the parchment with water and looked at it again.
Nothing happened. It was still just an ordinary piece of leather.
She then carefully brought the parchment closer to the copper stove and heated it through the copper cover, so she did not have to worry about setting it on fire.
If there was really something fishy about the leather, she would use fire, water or acid and alkaline water. She could always figure it out.
Xie Qiao stared at it carefully.
After a while, she saw that there were actually some traces on the leather!
They spread out bit by bit!
Xie Qiao looked at it in surprise. She stared at it for about 15 minutes, and the entire picture was displayed!
It seemed to be a map, but the picture was very comprehensive. On a closer look, it actually included almost all the countries on the continent.
In particular, some big countries, such as the states that came from far away, or the states of Chou and Dongye, were also drawn very carefully and comprehensively. Behind the map, there were even the characteristics of the people of some countries.
In the lower right corner of the entire map, there was a person’s name.
Xie Qiao took a look and really sucked in a breath of cold air.
This thing…
Was valuable!
In the previous dynasty, there was a Baili family. This family especially liked to wander around the famous mountains and rivers, painting one famous painting after another. They even heard that they had the most comprehensive “world map” in their hands!
Of course, it was only a rumor. The last Emperor of the previous dynasty was a fool who lived up to his name. When he heard that news, he asked the Baili family to hand over the world map, but naturally, they did not have it.
The Emperor was upset, and the Baili family was gone.
The Baili family had many people, and almost all of them were killed. Due to this case, it upset the entire country. The uprising armies from all over the country fought against each other, and the dynasty changed.
Later on, there were rumors that the Baili family still had descendants, but in order to avoid the disaster, they ran far away.
As for the world map, it was also rumored to be miraculous. There were even people who said that it contained a great treasure.
The thing in her hand…
It was the world map alright.
This biological father of hers… how should I put it…
His brain was a little lazy, but his luck was really… peerless.
If she were to use gold and silver to measure this thing…
Xie Qiao really could not come out with a figure for now. After all, there was not a single person from the Baili family who had appeared. Perhaps all of them had really died, and all of the famous paintings produced by the Baili family back then had been burned by that foolish Emperor!
So even if it was an ordinary landscape painting, its value could definitely be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silvers!
However, this thing…
It was the only “world map”, and the time taken to make it was probably a few hundred years. The labor required was the hard work of generations of a family, and almost all of the people who made it among the family were famous masters!
How much was it worth?
It was priceless.
However, this thing became useless being with the Xie family. After all, it could not be sold.
Firstly, no one could afford it. Secondly, no one dared to buy it. Other than the Emperor who dared to buy it, anyone else who held it in their hands would be deliberately slapping the Emperor in the face.
The previous Emperor had sacrificed his dynasty for this thing. Therefore, anyone who held this thing would have to donate it!
Xie Qiao calmly put away the sheepskin scroll.
At that moment, Xie Niushan returned.
He was so angry that strangers did not dare to approach him.
However, when he returned, he seemed to have started to gather his men again. The steward quickly ran to Xie Qiao and said, “Young Lady, please stop Master! He is going to the Meng Residence to collect the debt!”