Before coming to hunt for treasure, Chen Wenzhe knew about the situation back then.
So he knew very well how many treasures there were in the two ancient tombs of Qianlong and Cixi.
From current historical data and eyewitness accounts from that year, we know that there are a large number of antique calligraphy and paintings as well as stationery carved with gems, ivory, and coral in Qianlong's tomb.
The number of gold and bronze Buddha statues is astonishing.
But ignorant people like Sun Dianying thought that calligraphy and painting were not valuable, so they only took away a small part, including a copy of the Diamond Sutra written by Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty in the third year of Xiantong.
It is said that the tomb also contains Wang Xizhi’s preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection, Tang Yin’s landscape paintings of flowers and birds, and Zhang Xu’s post about abdominal pain;
There are also treasures such as generals Mo Xie, Wei Wu Qinghong, etc. Unfortunately, most of them were destroyed or their whereabouts are unknown.
In fact, after seeing so much gold in the ancient tomb, Chen Wenzhe roughly guessed where all the unaccounted items had gone.
To a large extent, most of the Dongling treasures stolen by Sun Dianying's tribe must have been sold by him.
There are mainly two types of people who take over: one is domestic cultural relics and antiques dealers, and the other is antique collectors who sell them abroad through indirect channels.
As for the money obtained from selling the treasures, in addition to disbursing military pay, a large part was converted into gold, which was later used to exchange for foreign exchange to purchase arms, and eventually flowed overseas.
Relying on this money, Sun Dianying continued to expand his power and commit evil in the subsequent civil war.
Perhaps because of the money, in the end, not only did the Dongling treasure theft case go unsolved, but even the treasures buried with the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Qianlong disappeared as silently as if they had disappeared from the world.
Currently, there is a jade cabbage in the Palace Museum over there in Wanwan. Perhaps it is one of the treasures buried with the Empress Dowager Cixi.
While walking and exploring, Chen Wenzhe found some traces of manual excavation in this passage, which showed that someone had repaired this passage in the past.
This is really surprising. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were actually people who could work underwater?
He had only heard of artificial scuba and didn't know if there were oxygen bottles back then.
In fact, these are not the point. The point is that someone really wanted to move Sun Dianying's batch of treasures from here, but I don't know whether they succeeded.
Chen Wenzhe was relieved when he discovered the artificial traces, and he also speeded up.
The rest of the journey went very smoothly, and it took the two of them just a few minutes to get out of the underground passage.
However, after exiting the passage, Chen Wenzhe immediately felt a huge suction force.
Fortunately, he was carrying a large backpack of gold, otherwise, it might have been sucked away at this moment.
After catching Zheng Yu who was unsteady on his feet, Chen Wenzhe continued to observe the surrounding situation.
The surrounding area is full of potholes, some of which shoot out torrents of water, and some of which strongly absorb external water sources.
No matter which one it is, a vortex will form here.
Chen Wenzhe pulled Zheng Yu and carefully avoided a whirlpool, but there were all potholes in front of him.
The two people hid and carefully avoided the whirlpools everywhere.
When he escaped from a large whirlpool again, Chen Wenzhe suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.
His eyes involuntarily fell into a rock.
A large hole was corroded inside the reef, and the suction in the hole was strong, forming a large whirlpool.
But at the root of the reef, in a corner, Chen Wenzhe's flashlight seemed to have illuminated something.
After a while, Chen Wenzhe saw that it looked like a bead!
Instinctively, Chen Wenzhe quickly moved over.
He stretched out his hand to fish it out and caught the bead in his hand.
As soon as he got the beads, Chen Wenzhe felt the difference.
When I first got the beads, they felt hard, but this time I found they were soft.
Then, an even weirder scene appeared.
Chen Wenzhe clearly felt that the beads in his hand were deforming, then quickly became smaller and disappeared from his hand.
Chen Wenzhe was stunned. It was obviously not a hallucination just now.
He raised his hand, but there was nothing in his hand.
He seemed to have realized something just now and just let things happen?
At this time, Chen Wenzhe suddenly realized that the feeling of his heartbeat just now was not his feeling, but the feeling of Sui Houzhizhi.
At this moment, he felt a buzzing sound in his mind, as if something was vibrating, and then a golden light appeared in front of his eyes.
I don't know how long it took, but when Chen Wenzhe came to his senses, he felt a swirling gossip appear in front of his eyes.
Soon, the spinning Bagua stopped, his head began to return to normal, and his thinking became active.
Chen Wenzhe knew that this time he had obtained a rare treasure, which was probably no worse than the Pearl of the Sui Marquis that he had obtained previously.
Needless to say, the captured bead has been integrated into the Sui Marquis Pearl.
He cannot take away any other treasures, but with the Sui Marquis Pearl integrated into it, he is not afraid of being discovered.
With a thought, streaks of golden light appeared in front of his eyes again. He could clearly see that behind the golden light was a rotating Bagua pattern.
The Pearl of Sui Hou has evolved. Although he doesn't know what has changed, Chen Wenzhe clearly knows that his ability has become stronger.
For example, a body that was very tired before has now become energetic again.
Just when Chen Wenzhe was thinking about continuing to study the changes in his body, he felt his body being pulled.
Chen Wenzhe woke up with a start and immediately saw Zheng Yu with a worried look on his face.
Chen Wenzhe's reaction was very quick. He immediately thought of what he wanted to do just now.
After a slight pause, Chen Wenzhe carefully took off the backpack behind him.
Since you can't walk underwater, let's go up and have a look.
Handing the backpack to Zheng Yu, Chen Wenzhe pointed at it and turned the light upside down to shine on Zheng Yu.
This means that if a light shines on it, Zheng Yu can float up.
After releasing his backpack, Chen Wenzhe immediately got rid of the suction under the water and floated upwards.
When Chen Wenzhe emerged from the water, his first sight was the rising sun in the morning.
Chen Wenzhe felt relieved when he saw the sun. He immediately dived and quickly shook the flashlight.
Soon, Zheng Yu also appeared.
"Let's go, it's not far from the shore."
Chen Wenzhe looked around. It was relatively desolate and surrounded by rocks.
In some places, even on the river, you can see rapidly rotating whirlpools, which is really dangerous here.
Carefully avoiding the whirlpool, Chen Wenzhe saw an acquaintance as soon as he reached the shore, the armed police soldier who followed him into the underground passage.
Seeing Chen Wenzhe and Zheng Yu approaching, someone immediately came over and pulled them ashore.
"It shouldn't be possible to get down here. Even if we get down, we may not be able to find the passage for us to come out."
After understanding the situation, Chen Wenzhe immediately rejected their plan.