After leaving the restaurant.

Officer Chen, who had been silent all this time, looked at the Qian Liu's Treasure Sword in Chen Yiyang's hand and finally asked, "These people are tomb raiders, aren't they?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Chen Yiyang replied directly, "Look at this sword, it hasn't been out of the tomb for more than a year.

And the other party wants to sell 175 of Qian Liu's burial items in one go. Do you know what this means?"

"The other party robbed Qian Liu's tomb?"

"That's right!" Chen Yiyang nodded.

"But isn't Qian Liu's tomb in the city center?" Officer Chen said in confusion, "The last time I went to the city hall, I even toured it. That place is only a few hundred meters from the city hall."

"So now there are two possibilities. One is that the Qian Liu Mausoleum you saw at the city hall is a dummy tomb, and the other party found the real Qian Liu's tomb and emptied it.

The other is that they dug into the Qian Liu tomb in the city center and took away a bunch of burial items."

Although Chen Yiyang spoke briefly, Officer Chen felt overwhelmed.

Whichever of these possibilities it is, it's a major case!

"Let's go and get someone from the Lin'an Museum to authenticate it," Chen Yiyang said.

Chen Yiyang and Officer Chen went straight to the Lin'an Museum.

At that time, Yang Chengru had also received the news and rushed over.

The three of them contacted the experts in the museum and conducted an appraisal on the treasure sword held by Chen Yiyang overnight.

"From both appearance and quality, it should be confirmed as an item from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. And judging from the surface, it really looks like it was taken out of the tomb about a year ago."

"I think the other party must have found the real Qian Liu's tomb." The expert gave his conclusion after thinking for a moment.

"Because the temporary city center mausoleum of Qian Liu is surrounded by urban districts; if they were to force open the mausoleum and enter the tomb, they would have to use explosives.

That would be a huge movement, and as soon as they bomb, someone would notice immediately."

"Hang on a second." Chen Yiyang raised his hand and said, "What if they just dug a tunnel through the turf?

"It would take about a dozen days," the expert said. "In the city center, you can't use machinery. If digging manually, it would take three or four people about a dozen days, and during this time, someone would surely notice."

"We should still go and have a look," Chen Yiyang became increasingly convinced that the ancient tomb of Qian Liu in the city center is not a dummy tomb.

Because earlier, he had added Old Li as a friend, and at this moment he already received quite a number of photos sent by Old Li on his phone.

Chen Yiyang took a look and found that most of the photos sent by Old Li were of portable burial items, not a single large item.

If the other party had found the real ancient tomb of Qian Liu in some remote place, they would likely have taken everything from the tomb.

But given the current situation, the most likely reason is that, due to some constraints, the other party could only take away what was easy to carry.

"Alright, let's go and have a look." The expert, after listening to Chen Yiyang's analysis, found this possibility plausible.

Earlier, he hadn't considered it simply because he thought that the Qian Liu tomb was in the city center and that there was even a special unit funding to protect it.

How could a tomb be robbed under so many people's noses?

So, they headed over to Qian Liu's tomb at night.

Because they were concerned that going in with a large group might alert the tomb raiders to escape.

So it was just Chen Yiyang and the others who went to Qian Liu's tomb.

Upon arrival, they didn't notify the unit in charge of guarding Qian Liu's tomb; instead, they directly went to check the turf area of the Qian Liu Mausoleum.

Because the tomb walls couldn't possibly be breached. That would be too noisy, so the only possibility is that the tomb raiders dug through the turf into the tomb and took the burial items.

Chen Yiyang and the team searched around and indeed found a patch of soil on the turf that was a different color from the surrounding area.

Because no one had brought a shovel, Officer Chen simply lay down and started digging with his hands.

Within less than ten minutes.

The ground collapsed, revealing a straight tunnel leading downward.

Among the people present.

Officer Chen tried to maintain a serious expression.

But he couldn't hide the delight on his lips.

Who could have imagined that the task he thought was just a way to burn his leave.

Would lead to the discovery of a major case, a groundbreaking case.

Qian Liu's Mausoleum, located in the center of Lin'an City, had remained intact for over a thousand years, and now it had been robbed.

And it seemed like it had been robbed for a year without anyone noticing.

It's truly groundbreaking!

Meanwhile, the museum expert was extremely anxious.

With the tomb being raided, he feared the tomb raiders might have damaged the tomb's structure when taking the burial items.

That would result in irreversible and irreparable loss.

So after failing to stop him, the old expert tied himself with a rope, handed the other end to Chen Yiyang, and headed down the tunnel with his phone to conduct an inspection.

Within less than ten minutes, a worried Chen Yiyang pulled him back up.

"Thankfully," the old expert said quickly after coming out, "the tomb's structure hasn't been damaged. We must reseal it as soon as possible in the coming days."

"Let's catch those guys first," Yang Chengru said calmly.

Up until this point, none of the four present had contacted anyone else.

After checking the scene, they went straight to the nearby police station.

The next day.

Chen Yiyang spent a small spoof investment on silks and managed to put together a simple breakfast.

Then he started contacting Old Li, asking to see the goods.

Since he paid so promptly last time, there was no suspicion, and he was directly invited over by them.

But this time it wasn't only Chen Yiyang who went, but also a group of police officers.

The group was captured on the spot.

Then, at their accommodation, an entire warehouse of Qian Liu burial items was discovered.

These people really were accurate; there were exactly 175 items, not one more nor one less.

And according to them, this was everything they had taken out from Qian Liu's tomb.

Initially, they were worried the tunnel would be detected soon. Selling the items hastily would lead to investigation.

When no news emerged after a year, they decided not to wait any longer, planning to sell the lot to a wealthy client and then immigrate.

And just until all the tomb raiders were caught and all the burial items were brought back.

The unit in charge of guarding Qian Liu's tomb only then received notification and came over to inquire about what happened.

Chen Yiyang felt rather speechless.

But the follow-up was none of his concern.

This time, he didn't get any good deals and ended up spending one hundred thousand US Dollars.

However, Yang Chengru assured him that the citizens' committee membership was secure, and by the next election, Chen Yiyang would be elected.

It's some sort of gain.

Chen Yiyang decided to leave Lin'an first and head to the Imperial Capital to discuss Kuxing Coffee shares with Zheng Lu again.

He now had enough cash flow to buy out all of Kuxing's shares.

Because Kuxing's current valuation was really low.

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