Chapter 407 (1/2)
”It may be because it is high, or the cave roof is dry,” recalls Professor Tian Dongmin. ”The ancient skeleton has been completely preserved, and the hair and some clothes are still recognizable. We are all archaeologists. We can see from the remains that it was a Ming Dynasty man!
”It was a man who died in middle age, but the cause of death was unknown.
”The most evil thing is that in his hand, we found a piece of cowhide. The cowhide should have been soaked with tung oil and treated specially. After so many years, there was no sign of decay.
”We carefully took down the cowhide, and after unfolding it, we were surprised to find that there were words written on it.
”Dong peizhuo has deep attainments in writing. He interpreted the words on cowhide at the scene!
”In retrospect, it's really like writing a movie script,” Tian Dongmin said bitterly. ”What's written on that cow leather is a suicide note! But on the suicide note, there is a shocking secret! Really, at that time, we were all like a dream. We couldn't believe it! ”
”Is it about the Golden Buddha?” Zhao Yu guessed a little disappointed.
”Yes! The posthumous note was written by Qiu Cheng, Lu Ya's Grand Chancellor, ”Tian Dongmin replied in the affirmative.” the ancient corpse should be the descendants of Qiu Cheng, Lu Ya's Grand Chancellor, either son or grandson. Since he can get the posthumous note, it should be his most immediate relative!
”The general content of the suicide note is that Qiu Cheng hid a large number of treasures, including the twelve golden Buddhas, in a safe and secret place in Qinshan mountain in case of emergency in the future.
”In order to remember the location of the treasure, he also secretly made two treasure maps!
”Later, Qiu Cheng was ill and bedridden. Before he died, he had no time to transfer the treasure, so he passed two treasure maps, one to his family and the other to his grave!”
Hearing this, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying not only did not solve their doubts, but added more questions. So it seems that the ancient remains and suicide notes are the key to the whole case, which is very different from what they thought before.
”The suicide note also revealed a detail,” Wang Taiming continued to introduce Zhao Yu and Miao Ying as he struggled forward. ”Qiu Cheng, who is very cautious, engraved the treasure map on two ancient jades in order to hide people's eyes and ears! In other words, the suicide note we found is not a treasure map, but ancient jade!
”But we searched every corner where the body was found, and we didn't see the ancient jade! I don't know if the suicide note separated from the ancient jade, or if the ancient jade was accidentally lost by Qiu Cheng's descendants! ”
”We checked the information later,” Tian Dongmin said again. ”In fact, Qiu Cheng had only one son. He once inherited Qiu Cheng's post of prefect, but not long after he took office, the peasant uprising broke out! There will be no relevant records in the future!
”Therefore, we think that the ancient remains may be Qiu Cheng's son!
”We saw many ancient soldiers' equipment at the scene. I suspect that after the destruction of Luya City, Qiu Cheng's son fled to the cave with his family and some soldiers, lived in seclusion there for several years.
”But later, there may have been an outbreak of disease or something, and people died! Qiu Cheng's son died in a higher place, which left his body!
”So we thought, is it true that the Golden Buddha and treasure are still hidden in Qinshan mountain and have not been found? If we can find the lost ancient jade, will we be able to find them? ”
”But...” hearing this, Miao Ying frowned and asked, ”since the ancient jade with the treasure map has been lost, has the treasure been found?”
”Yes!” Zhao Yu also agreed with Miao Ying, ”so far away things are full of countless possibilities! The dead man may be a gangster. He killed Qiu Cheng's descendants long ago and took the treasure away, didn't he? In addition, relatives and friends are also likely to betray. After all, they are a large number of valuable treasures! ”
”No!” Tian Dongmin shook his head and said, ”according to our later research, the possibility of the twelve golden Buddhas being found is no more than 5%!”
”No? You can be so sure? ” Zhao Yu still doesn't believe it.
”Believe me, we have been engaged in cultural relics all our life!” Wang Taiming said, ”no one knows more about the value of the twelve golden Buddhas than we do! With the twelve heavenly statues as the prototype, the whole body is made of pure gold. Its significance, specifications and attainments have definitely reached the level of national rare cultural relics!