"It may be because it is located at a high place or the cave ceiling is dry," Professor Tian Dongmin recalled. "The ancient man's corpse was completely preserved, and his hair and part of his clothing were still identifiable. We are all doing archeology. , it can be seen from the remains that it was a Ming Dynasty person!
“It was a man who was in middle age when he died, but the cause of death was unknown.
"The most bizarre thing is that in his hands, we actually found a piece of cowhide. The cowhide should have been soaked in tung oil and specially treated. After so many years, there is no sign of decay.
"We carefully took off the cowhide, and after unfolding it, we were surprised to find that there were words written on it.
“Dong Peizhuo has profound knowledge in writing, and he could decipher the writing on the cowhide on the spot!
"Looking back now, it's really like writing a movie script," Tian Dongmin said bitterly, "What was written on that piece of cowhide was a suicide note! But the suicide note contained a shocking secret. ! Really, at that time, we all felt like we were dreaming, we couldn’t believe it at all!”
"Is it about the Golden Buddha?" Zhao Yu guessed with some frustration.
"Yes! The suicide note was written by Qiu Cheng, the prefect of Luya," Tian Dongmin answered affirmatively, "That ancient corpse should be a descendant of Qiu Cheng, the prefect of Luya, either his son or grandson. Since he can get the suicide note, It should be his most direct relative!
"The general content of the suicide note is that during his lifetime, Qiu Cheng hid a large amount of treasures, including the Twelve Golden Buddhas, in a safe and secret place in the Qin Mountains in case of future needs.
“In order to remember the location of the treasure, he secretly made two treasure maps!
"Later, Qiu Cheng suddenly fell ill and was bedridden. He had no time to move the treasure before he died, so he passed two treasure maps, one to his family and one to his own grave!"
After hearing this, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying not only failed to solve their doubts, but suddenly added more questions. From this point of view, this ancient remains and suicide note are the key to the whole case, which is very different from what they had previously thought.
"The suicide note also revealed a detail," Wang Taiming continued to introduce it to Zhao Yu and Miao Ying as he hurried forward with difficulty. "Qiu Cheng, who was extremely cautious in his work, carved the treasure map on two ancient pieces of wood in order to deceive others. Above jade! In other words, the suicide note we found is not a treasure map, but ancient jade!
"However, we searched every corner where the body was found, but we didn't see the piece of ancient jade! I don't know if the suicide note was separated from the ancient jade, or if the piece of ancient jade was accidentally stolen by Qiu Cheng's descendants. Lost!"
"We checked the information later," Tian Dongmin added, "In fact, Qiu Cheng only had one son, who once succeeded Qiu Cheng as the governor. However, not long after he took office, the peasant uprising broke out! There is no relevant record after that!
“So, we think that the ancient remains are probably Qiu Cheng’s son!
"We saw a lot of ancient soldiers' equipment at the scene. I suspect that after the destruction of Luya City, Qiu Cheng's son took his family and some soldiers and fled to the cave, lived in seclusion there, and lived there for several years. .
"But later, there might have been an outbreak of disease or something, and everyone died! And because Qiu Cheng's son died in a higher place, he left his body!
"So, we thought, is it possible that the Golden Buddha and the treasure are still hidden in Qinshan Mountain and have never been discovered? If we can find the lost ancient jade, will we be able to find it? Find them!?"
"But..." After hearing this, Miao Ying frowned and asked, "Since the ancient jade with the treasure map is lost, does that mean the treasure has been found?"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu also agreed with Miao Ying's statement, "Things that are so far away are full of countless possibilities! The person who died might have been a gangster, and he had killed Qiu Cheng's descendants long ago. Has the treasure been stolen? Also, there is a high possibility of betrayal by relatives and friends. After all, it is a large number of valuable treasures!"
"No!" Tian Dongmin shook his head and said, "According to our various subsequent researches, the probability of the Twelve Golden Buddhas being found is no more than 5%!"
"No? Are you so sure?" Zhao Yu still didn't believe it.
"Believe me, we have been engaged in cultural relics all our lives!" Wang Taiming said, "No one knows better than us how valuable the Twelve Golden Buddhas are! Using the Twelve Heavenly Lords as prototypes, the entire body is made of pure gold. Its significance and specifications are His achievements have definitely reached the level of national rare cultural relics!
“If it had happened in history, it would have been impossible not to have recorded it!
"Also, the treasure map is engraved on the ancient jade. Qiu Cheng's son must have memorized the treasure map long ago, so there is no need for him to keep the piece of jade and break it! Write down the treasure map on In my heart, I feel more secure!"
"Then please explain to me," Zhao Yu asked, "Since Qiu Cheng's son memorized the treasure map, why didn't he take it out himself? Why did he die... oh..."
Before Zhao Yu finished speaking, he gave the answer himself: "Yes, the world was in chaos at that time, even if the treasure was taken out, it would be of no use!"
"Yes!" Wang Taiming added, "No matter who it is, there is no use in taking out the treasure! At that time, saving lives was the most important thing! Unfortunately, Qiu Cheng's descendants did not even save their lives in the end! "
"Oh..." Zhao Yu understood, "So, you guys have been thinking about the Golden Buddha and the treasure since then! You want to find the treasure map and find the Golden Buddha! Moreover, you also chose to keep it secret and publish it yourself. Unparalleled wealth?"
"That's not true!" Tian Dongmin sighed, "We have been working on cultural relics all our lives, and we are not obsessed with treasures! It's just... Alas! Maybe... It was the death of Section Chief Fan that gave us some kind of obsession. Read it, right? We actually made that choice back then!"
"Then... how did Section Chief Fan Peng die?" Miao Ying quickly asked.
"Alas!" Tian Dongmin replied, "Let's... At that time, we actually didn't think too much. We thought that finding clues to the Golden Buddha was also a huge archaeological discovery. After we returned, we naturally had to write down the reporting materials and then apply for treasure hunting. Something like that.
“What we didn’t expect was that on the way back with the samples, we encountered a flash flood that had never happened in Qinshan in a century!
"It's terrible! The floods are coming towards us from all directions. The place where we could walk just now turned into a rolling black river in an instant...
“We ran and ran in a panic, hiding and hiding, but in the end we were swept by the flood and swept into the water.
"Fortunately, there were many vines on the shore. Lao Wang and I climbed ashore, and only Dong Peizhuo and Section Chief Fan were left," Tian Dongmin recalled painfully. "Chief Fan could have climbed directly to the shore, but he Seeing that Dong Peizhuo was about to be washed away by the flood, he went back to rescue him and let him drag him to the vines!
"But when Dong Peizhuo came ashore, a big log suddenly rushed out of the water and hit Section Chief Fan, knocking him into the middle of the flood!
“A few of us were frightened and wanted to go down to rescue people, but the flood was so big that we couldn’t go down at all!
"Later, we saw Section Chief Fan struggling in the water a few times, and shouting something to us very loudly. He shouted, 'Golden Buddha! We must find the Golden Buddha... Golden Buddha... '
"I just shouted a few words and the person was nowhere to be found!"
At this point, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying could clearly see that Tian Dongmin's eyes were moist and he was too excited to speak any more.
"You can imagine Mr. Dong's mental state after he came back! He didn't eat or drink, and he was in a state of despair. He was like a wandering ghost every day. It was useless to persuade him!" Wang Taiming continued to tell Tian Dongmin's story, "Later, we The two of them couldn't stand it anymore, so they took the initiative to find him and told him that since Section Chief Fan's last wish was for us to help him find the Golden Buddha! Then... why don't we use our own actions to find him the Golden Buddha? What? Wouldn't it be better to use a golden Buddha to comfort Section Chief Fan's soul in heaven than to live a meaningless life
"After listening, Mr. Dong finally regained his spirit and found the meaning of life again! He swore that he would spend his whole life to find the Golden Buddha!
"But..." At this point, Wang Taiming suddenly changed the topic, "But if we want to find the Golden Buddha, there is a difficulty in front of us. Because if we report the matter of the Golden Buddha truthfully, our superiors will definitely report it to us. If the State Administration of Cultural Heritage files a report, then the task of finding the Golden Buddha will not fall on us!
"At that time, if we continue to search for the Golden Buddha, we will have a lot more constraints and worries. If not, not only will we lose our job, but we may also harm our family and friends!
"So, after much thought, we finally concealed the matter and decided to use our own strength to find the whereabouts of the Golden Buddha in order to repay Section Chief Fan Peng!
"In this way, we embarked on this so-called road to find 'Buddha'," Wang Taiming said with tears in his eyes. "What I didn't expect was that this road was too long. It took 20 years! Moreover, it was still An irreversible road of no return!"
PS: Thanks to Beta, who plays the machine gun, for the reward and encouragement! Thanks to Northern Momoda for the 500-yuan reward! Thank you!
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