Chapter 324 - Huang Te Island, and the Secret Buried Within It (1/2)

[Huang Te Island, and the Secret Buried Within It].

Another scandalous paparazzi-style title that was enough to make their hearts beat more wildly.

Butler Zhou Min and Old Xiong had their faces near to each other, their eyes bored into the tablet as if they were trying to see through all the secrets behind it.

They both took in nervous breaths at the same time. But the two men did not notice it and went to look the contents of the file.

The hall was utterly silent while the two focused on the images on the file.

Tap.

The first page was another picture. It was a panoramic picture of the island. Below it was a brief introductory history from an official land agency. It should be the doc.u.ment presented by the land agency to Linfeng when he had bought the island.

It was said that this tiny island was initially purchased by an anonymous rich person way back the ancient Huaxia empire in the seventeenth century, during XX dynasty. At first, the tax was paid for two generations. However, as time passed, the taxes were no longer being paid and the government had to revoke the ownership. After a few years, the ownership of the island was returned to the national government.

The island did not have any special features or scenic views worth buying or investing for. It was just a very common island and it did not attract any real estate for further development due to a small population and lack of redeeming tourist spots.

It was a good thing for Linfeng as no one touched the island other than the government building a few houses and small roads. This island could even be considered rural as the living standards of the people were a bit backward.

The next page was a lone hill with a tombstone beside it. Due to the acc.u.mulation of the dust and ashes above ground for many, many years, the tombstone was buried halfway deep. It seemed like it had struggled through time and various storms that had passed through this island. There were zoomed in pictures of the engraved marks. However, because it was covered with moss and the tombstone was full of tiny scratches and cracks, it was too hard to discern what the characters inscribed on it were.

But the experts who had studied it stated that it has three characters. And one of them was 'Te'.

Next were various pictures on the small hill. There were various notations which analyzed the growth of plants, the topography, and other factors. There were also analysis of the estimated timeframe of when the tombstone was possibly erected, and that there was definitely a grave buried under it.

The estimated timeframe matched the date of the XX dynasty.

Finally, a picture of a dug up pit on the hill showed up.

Linfeng estimated that they should be looking at the excavation. He spoke.

”The first thing I looked at when I bought the island was a sign of an old grave. There were quite a lot of tombstones in that island. I was lucky to find a truly ancient tombstone.”

Some of the oldest tombstones were almost crushed to pieces across time, and some were still standing but indecipherable.

Perhaps, it was the heavens who had heard his prayers and led him to eventually find this old tombstone that stood quietly and indomitably for centuries.

Zhou Min and Old Xiong stared at the coffin dug out from the pit. The red oak wood was a bit damaged due to being soaked in wet soil for ages. However, as one of the strongest wood, it managed to hold the thing inside of it safely intact.

They listened dazedly to Linfeng's words. ”The Second Patriarch really bought the island for his friend. For our ancestor.”

Zhou Min's reddened eyes stayed long on the coffin. He was overwhelmed with complex emotions that he could not tell.

Seeing the coffin which had already become brown and black over time, he seemed to see an intricately made red coffin being lowered in mournful ceremony, and an old man sorrowfully stood at the side, watching while the grave was covered with soil and until a tombstone was erected on top.

This coffin should belong to the Young Master Zhou who was banished and had disappeared from the Zhou family's history.

Red oak was a very expensive wood. Only nobles and very wealthy merchants could buy something like that during the ancient times. With just this, one could see how important the Young Master Zhou was to the Second Xiong Patriarch.

Old Xiong had been waiting for Zhou Min to tap on the next file, but his butler stood beside him frozen, staring at the screen with wide eyes.

Finally, the old man got impatient. He took the tablet and tapped on the arrow for the next page.

Zhou Min woke up from his daze and lowered his head to check on the file as well.

The two men eagerly looked at the file.