Chapter 227 - Chapter 227: Chapter 174: Increase the Severity of the Crime? (5000-Word Chapter)_2 (1/2)

Chapter 227: Chapter 174: Increase the Severity of the Crime? (5000-Word Chapter)_2

A heart that was hanging by a thread, finally died!

‘The floor of the tomb is paved with whole slabs of stone, arranged in a pattern resembling the bagua, and the stones are covered with ancient characters.’

‘Around them, there are eight everlasting lamps, which have already gone out.’

‘In the middle of the tomb, there’s a four-legged square cauldron, with the patterns of the sun, moon, and stars engraved on its top.’

‘To the south, there lies a stone coffin.’

‘Behind the stone coffin, there’s another path leading downward, as if to a deeper underground palace.’

‘…’

The layout here is exactly as Lin Chuan described.

Qin Sisi finally figured it out.

It’s no wonder Lin Chuan could locate the dragon with such precision, master the art of Soil Sniffing, and have the unparalleled skill of the Central General of Prosperity:

—The Double Finger Probe.

Would it be possible that another tomb robber told Lin Chuan?

Actually, it’s not impossible.

But as Qin Sisi thought about it, what kind of tomb robber would tell a novelist about their criminal records, and let him publish it too?

To show off, or to confess?

Therefore, the likelihood of Lin Chuan being the perpetrator was very high!

“This cauldron!”

At this moment, a beam of light shone on the cauldron.

An employee of the Cultural Relics Bureau, with shining eyes, hurried over: “Thank goodness, this cauldron hasn’t been stolen!”

Several Cultural Relics Bureau employees gathered around the cauldron to begin their study.

They reached a conclusion.

—This four-legged square cauldron, originating from the Warring States period, is even more likely to be a product of the Spring and Autumn period.

—Worth over a hundred million, it could become the treasure of a museum.

Qin Sisi stood by, listening to the discussion of the Cultural Relics Bureau employees, her brow furrowed once again.

A new question arose in her mind.

“Lin Chuan is a master in artifact appraisal and restoration, he must know the value of this cauldron, if he were tomb robbing, why didn’t he take this cauldron?”

“Could it be, does Lin Chuan still have a chance to argue his case?”

Qin Sisi’s near-death heart sparked a trace of hope again.

As long as the tomb had not been destroyed, and nothing inside was missing.

Then… Lin Chuan would be innocent!

“I hope so,” Qin Sisi muttered to herself.

Afterward.

Qin Sisi walked past the stone coffin, down the tomb passage, and entered the depths.

The sloping passage walls were carved with inscriptions and stone carvings, prompting everyone to stop and decipher.

However, Qin Sisi wasn’t interested, as she had already seen these details in Lin Chuan’s novels.

Currently, she was on high alert.