After the three grandfathers of the tomb robber entered the main tomb chamber, according to the agreement, his friend would take one thing first, and then the grandfather of the tomb robber and another person would each pick two things, and the rest would be divided equally among the three.
The initiator didn't take anything in the main tomb room. In the end, he took a box and didn't open it to look at it. He just put it into his arms. This scene fell into the eyes of the unlucky thief's grandfather and another companion.
, the two looked at each other, nodded slightly, and the grandfather of the tomb robber spoke:
"Mr. XX, according to the agreement, you can take one thing first, but our brothers worked hard to get here. You can at least show us what is in this box."
Although the initiator was unwilling, he saw that the grandfather of the tomb robber and another accomplice were already standing on the same front, and he knew that if he did not show the contents of the box to these two people, he might arouse the murderous intention of the other party.
Finally, I had no choice but to open the box.
After the box was opened, a piece of ancient jade was revealed inside. Although the ancient jade was not small, it looked like an ordinary jade from the outside. As a tomb robber from an aristocratic family, the grandfather of the tomb robber still had some confidence in this regard.
When the sponsor saw the ancient jade in the box, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face and said: "I saw that this box is so exquisite and elegant, so I thought that the things in it must be good things. No."
I thought it would be such an ordinary piece of jade, which has not been carved."
The initiator's words made the tomb robber's grandfather and another person secretly laugh. The box of this jade was indeed very exquisite. If they were allowed to choose first, they would be easily deceived.
Now that we know that the items in this box are not very valuable jade, it does not mean that it is not very valuable. If this jade is based on the market price of jade, it can be sold for two to three hundred thousand, but such a small amount of money will not be sold.
These three aristocratic tomb robbers were taken seriously.
Naturally, the grandfather of the tomb robber and another companion stopped worrying about the jade. They quickly selected two burial objects. They were afraid that they would be too late and the other party would regret it and want to choose again.
There were many burial objects in Shi Jingtang's main tomb. After the three of them selected five items, there were still many things. It can be said that the last three people returned home with a full load. After getting so many cultural relics, the tomb robber's grandfather was the first to be picked up by his friends.
The matter of the box was forgotten.
After the three of them came out of the cemetery, they separated. The grandfather of the tomb robber had a habit of writing down the general process of robbing a tomb in his notebook as a summary.
While the tomb robber's grandfather was writing notes, he suddenly discovered something wrong, a detail that he had overlooked.
From the location of the cemetery, to the identity of the owner of the cemetery, and some of the institutions in the cemetery, his friend knew everything. As for the accidents that occurred in the cemetery, he now recalled that among all the people, his friend was the only one who did not know it.
Take a little damage.
The grandfather of the tomb robber didn't believe that his friend knew so much about the ancient tomb, down to the details of the secret passages inside. Would he know what the most precious thing in the ancient tomb was?
If his friend didn't know what the most precious thing in this ancient tomb was, why would he come up with such a strange distribution model? You know, the six of them originally agreed that his friend would only take one thing first.
The remaining five people each picked two pieces. You must know that although there are many cultural relics buried in an ancient tomb, there are really only a few that can be seen by people like them. How could his friend be such a shrewd person?
Such allocation decisions will be made.
After much deliberation, the grandfather of the tomb robber had only one possibility, and that was that his friend took advantage of a treasure in the ancient tomb. In other words, in his eyes, only that one thing was the most precious.
Compared with this thing, other things are not so important.
The more the grandfather of the tomb robber thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible. If his guess was true, then the jade in the box was definitely not an ordinary jade. Both he and the other person were deceived by the appearance of the jade.
The grandfather of the tomb robber also knew that now that his friend had taken the thing away, no matter what kind of treasure the jade was, he would never be able to get it again, but out of curiosity, he still wanted to know what the jade could be.
Treasure, so he read through many ancient books to find information about Shi Jingtang, and finally he made a guess about the true identity of the jade, but this guess made him depressed and beat his chest for several months.
The grandfather of the tomb robber wrote his conjecture in a notebook, and this notebook was passed down. After it was in the hands of the tomb robber, he also read it and kept it in mind.
, when the police opened a case for investigation, he chose to tell the matter and got a reduced sentence.
"Does the tomb robber's grandfather suspect that the jade in the box is He's Bi?"
Meng Yao explained the matter in such detail that Qin Yu could guess it without having to mention the guess of the tomb robber's grandfather.
"Well, yes, the grandfather of the tomb robber suspected that the square jade stone was He's Bi. You must know that Shi Jingtang was the last person in history to have anything to do with He's Bi. After he led his troops to destroy the Empress of Tang, and
The Clan's jade has completely disappeared in the long river of history. The most likely reason is that it was taken into the cemetery by Shi Jingtang and buried with it."
Meng Yao nodded and continued: "After the task force got the news, because He Shibi was so famous, they reported it to the leaders above. After my second uncle and the others got the news, they set up a team.
I am responsible for retrieving He's Bi, and to retrieve He's Bi, we must start with the friend of the tomb robber's grandfather."
However, after investigation, my second uncle and the others discovered that the original founder died in the cemetery during a tomb robbery, but his two sons had no intention of robbing the tomb and smuggled all the cultural relics in the family and sold them abroad.
Some collectors settled overseas after receiving the money.
"If the square jade is really He's Bi, there is no reason why the founder's son would sell it. You must know that He's Bi is not an ordinary cultural relic. Anyone who understands Chinese history will know the significance of He's Bi to China.
, it is always better to keep such treasures than to sell them."
Qin Yu frowned and expressed his opinion. He's Bi is not an ordinary treasure. It is said that Qin Shihuang used He's Bi to make his handed down jade seal. Ordinary collectors would not dare to collect such treasures, even foreign collectors.
No matter what, whoever collects He's Bi is tantamount to becoming an enemy of the whole of China. This is something that no individual or organization can bear.
"What if the two sons didn't know that the jade was He's Bi, so they sold the He's Bi to others as ordinary jade."
Meng Yao said quietly that this was also the conclusion reached by his second uncle and the others. It was very likely that the initiator did not tell his family that the jade stone was He's Bi, and this conclusion was very true.
You know, the less people know about a treasure like He's Bi, the better. Even if you can hide it from your own family, it is best to hide it. You know, if the family members accidentally let it slip, then
It will bring disaster to the whole family.
Meng Yao's second uncle and the others conducted a detailed investigation on the sponsor. He was an extremely cautious person. Even within the circle, few people knew where he lived, and few even knew his real name.
.
It is very possible that such a cautious person did not tell his son about He Shibi, and he himself probably did not expect to die in the cemetery without having time to explain everything, so everything can be explained clearly.
"Well, this possibility is not impossible, so what does this have to do with the collection room of the University of London? An educational institution like the University of London should not collect things from the black market."
As a world-class institution of higher learning, if the University of London purchases and collects smuggled cultural relics from other countries, it will have a bad reputation. No well-known institution will do such a thing that damages its own reputation.
"After my second uncle's investigation, the founder's son sold a total of more than 180 cultural relics through foreign smuggling gangs, of which 20 can be called national treasures, with a total value of about ten
About US$200 million.”
"1.2 billion?" Qin Yu had a look of surprise on his face. He was frightened by the astronomical figure reported by Meng Yao. A tomb robber actually stole cultural relics worth 1.2 billion, and he didn't know how many ancient princes he stole.
tomb.
"Yes, these cultural relics are extremely precious, but they can't be compared with the He's Bi. My second uncle and the others finally determined that the square jade fell into the hands of a big collector in the UK through batches of investigations.
However, the big collector gave the jade to the British royal family decades ago, and half of the items in the collection of the University of London were donated by the British royal family, and the square jade was among these donations.
among."
Meng Yao finally told Qin Yu everything that happened. Qin Yu pondered for a while. If it was really the Heshi Bi, then he really wanted to take the Heshi Bi back to the country, not because the Heshi Bi was harmonious.
It is related to the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, but because of the symbolic significance of Heshi Bi to the Chinese people.
As a member of the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, we have the obligation to bring a heirloom treasure like He's Bi back home. It's okay if we don't encounter it, but now that we have encountered it, we absolutely can't miss it.
"Dear Yao, what are you two whispering about?" Anna on the side was basked in the sunshine by Qin Yu and Meng Yao for a long time, and finally couldn't help but muttered.
After hearing Anna's murmur, Qin Yu and Meng Yao looked at each other and smiled. They did not continue the discussion and walked forward again. (To be continued)