As they came to a place that wasn't covered by tall trees, Miao Ying asked everyone to stop and observe for a while. After confirming that there wasn't any danger, she let everyone pass through the place quickly.
"Alright, we can continue now!" Miao Ying said to the two elders after they entered the dense thicket again, "Tell us what happened after that!"
"Misters," Zhao Yu urged, "We are in an urgent situation now. Can the two of you please tell us the important things? Let's try not to be emotional, okay? "
"Go and play!" Miao Ying glanced at Zhao Yu and said to the elders, "Don't listen to him. Tell us everything that you know about the situation!"
"Alright, alright!" Professor Tian Dongmin continued, "From then on, the three of us set up a secret studio, dedicated to researching the whereabouts of the Gold Buddha treasure!
"We thought that the ancient jade that Qiu Cheng left behind for his descendants couldn't be found! In order to unravel the mystery of the treasure, we had to start from the other ancient jade that had the treasure map carved on it! "
"The will said that the other ancient jade was buried with Qiu Cheng, and he brought it into the tomb!" Wang Taiming added, "We searched everywhere, but didn't find that Qiu Cheng's tomb had been discovered! So, our first goal was to find Qiu Cheng's tomb. As long as we could find the treasure map that Qiu Cheng had, finding the Gold Buddha would be just around the corner! "
"But, it was obvious that you didn't find it!" Zhao Yu added.
"Yes!" Tian Dongmin admitted, "At first, we were a little conceited, because we had dealt with ancient tombs and cultural relics for so many years. Plus, Qiu Cheng was buried in Qinshan, so it shouldn't be difficult to find!
"But the truth is, for a total of twenty years, we almost went to every corner of Yunyang County, but we still didn't find anything!
"Then, we guessed that either Qiu Cheng's tomb had been robbed in ancient times, and there was no way to find it. Or, he hid himself in a place that was hard to find!
"If it was the former, it means that we are not fated to find the Gold Buddha in this lifetime!
"But … What if it was the latter?"
"Obviously, it's the latter!" Zhao Yu added.
"Wang and I are still fine," Tian Dongmin ignored Zhao Yu and continued, "The most anxious person is Dong Peizhuo! He's older than the two of us, and in recent years, his health hasn't been good. He's had a few major surgeries, and his legs aren't nimble anymore!
"Elder Dong knew that if he couldn't find any more clues, he would never be able to fulfill his long-cherished wish of using the Gold Buddha statues to comfort Section Chief Fan!
"Elder Dong is a persistent person. For so many years, he has been thinking about Section Chief Fan and has never forgotten! It was the faith of finding the Gold Buddha that kept him going until now!
"So, one day at the beginning of this year, Elder Dong made a shocking move!" Tian Dongmin said dejectedly, "He went on a long journey and found someone through his connections! This person is called — Taoist Priest! "
Oh!?
Zhao Yu and Miao Ying looked at each other. So this was how the so-called Taoist priest came about!
"Yes!" Tian Dongmin continued, "At that time, both of us didn't know, but Elder Dong definitely knew! The Taoist priest was actually a highly skilled grave robber! But, Elder Dong told us that the Taoist priest was a Fengshui master and could help us find Qiu Cheng's tomb!
"But, the Taoist priest was really amazing. He and his team only used five months to find what we couldn't find for twenty years!
"But, although we found the tomb, we couldn't be sure that it was the prefect Qiu Cheng's tomb. We had to dig a robber's hole to get through the tomb and find the epitaph to be sure!
"Sigh!" Tian Dongmin shook his head and sighed, "Elder Dong's original intention was that, as long as we could confirm that the tomb that the Taoist priest found was the prefect Qiu Cheng's tomb, we would pay them a huge sum of money and let them back out!
"Then, we would report to the Cultural Relics Bureau and use the proper method to dig and organize. After we find the ancient jade engraved with the treasure map, we can study the location of the Golden Buddha treasure through the proper channels, and at the same time, we can deceive the public and study the location of the Golden Buddha treasure!
"Who knows, that was just our wishful thinking! That Taoist priest is a devil! " Tian Dongmin said angrily, "I don't know what method he used, but he knew the real reason why we were looking for the prefect's tomb! He even knows about the things that happened in the cave that year! "
"Nonsense!" Zhao Yu couldn't help but ridicule, "He was a grave robber, but! As long as he had a brain, he would have realized that there was something fishy going on! Think about it, three old experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau went to look for a grave robber for help. If you weren't crazy, there must be something wrong! "
"Now that I think about it, it makes sense. But, back then, we couldn't think too much!" Tian Dongmin continued, "On the day the robber's hole got through, the three of us lied to our families that we were going out for an investigation. In fact, we went there!"
"In order to confirm it personally, Elder Dong followed the Taoist priest into the tomb. But, we didn't expect that he didn't come out after he went in! "
"Back then, the two of us saw that Elder Dong didn't come out and wanted to ask about the situation, but we were restrained by the grave robbers!
"One of the grave robbers told us that, after Elder Dong confirmed the tomb, he would trade with the Taoist priest according to the original price! Who knew that not only did the Taoist priest break the contract, but he also found the jade with the treasure map in Qiu Cheng's coffin! "
"Elder Dong realized that he was tricked by the Taoist priest, so he immediately argued with him. In the end, he was killed by the Taoist priest!"
"Until then, the two of us finally understood! The Taoist priest and the rest were all vicious grave robbers, and they already knew that we were looking for the Gold Buddha statues! "
"When we heard that Elder Dong was dead, the two of us were naturally terrified. We thought that we were doomed! But, unexpectedly, the treasure map on the ancient jade was a little complicated. The Taoist priest couldn't decipher it, so he spared our lives and asked us to help them look for the Gold Buddha statues! "
"Oh … I see," Zhao Yu nodded his head. He didn't expect things to turn out this way.
"Then …" Miao Ying asked curiously, "What's written on the ancient jade?"
"It's written on Buddhist scriptures!" Tian Dongmin was tired of talking, so Wang Taiming continued, "Sigh! We had no other choice but to help them decipher it! The treasure map on the ancient jade was not a map, but a lot of words and numbers related to Buddhist scriptures! "
"Then, we finally figured out that there were many names of Buddhist scriptures written on it, and every name had a number below it, which indicated which volume of the Buddhist scripture and the number of words!"
"For example, the first one wanted us to look for three related words from the Garamshiya Sutra, but we searched online and realized that the corresponding three words were meaningless."
"Then, after a few rounds of searching, we found out where the problem was. It turned out that the Buddhist scriptures in Qinshan were different from those in the central plains, and the words on the scriptures were slightly different. So, we needed to try our best to find the local Buddhist scriptures in Qinshan! "
"So, you first thought of the Cultural Relics Bureau's document archive," Zhao Yu continued, "Then, the Taoist priest and the rest stole the Golden Stone documents! Then, you went through so much trouble, and didn't hesitate to release the water in the Golden Buddha Temple's ancient lotus pond, and even tampered with the museum? "
"Mm …" Wang Taiming looked at Zhao Yu with his eyes wide open, and said in surprise, "So, you knew all of this? It seems that you are really the police! "
"Of course!" Zhao Yu urged. "Hurry up, what was written on the treasure map?"
"According to … according to the ancient books, we finally found some clues, such as the Garamshiya Sutra at the very beginning. According to the later information, we found three words, General Ridge!"
Wang Taiming might have been shocked by Zhao Yu, as he stuttered, "In the end, according to the ancient map of Qinshan, we found the corresponding place in the mountains! Coincidentally, the place where we found the corpse was also in the General Ridge area! "
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