"Maybe it was because it was located on a high place, or because the roof of the cave was dry," Professor Tian Dongmin recalled, "and the remains of the ancient people were preserved intact, and the hair and some of the clothes were still recognizable." We are all doing archaeology, and we can see from the bones that it was a Ming Dynasty person!

"It was a man who was middle-aged when he died, but the cause of death was unknown.

"The most evil thing is that in his hands, we actually found a cowhide, which should have been soaked in tung oil, and it has also been specially treated, after so many years, there is no sign of decay.

We carefully removed the hide, unfolded it and were surprised to find that there were words written on it.

"Dong Peizhuo has a deep attainment in writing, and he interpreted the words 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 cowhide was a suicide note! But the suicide note contained a big secret that shocked the world! Really, at that time, several of us were like a dream, and we couldn't believe it at all!"

"Is it about the Golden Buddha?" Zhao Yu guessed with some disappointment.

"Yes! The suicide note was written by Lu Ya Taishou Qiu Cheng himself," Tian Dongmin replied in the affirmative, "That ancient corpse should be the descendant of Lu Ya Taishou Qiu Cheng, either a son or a grandson, since he can get the suicide note, it should be his most direct relative!"

The general content of the suicide note is that before Qiu Cheng's death, he hid a large number of treasures, including the twelve golden Buddhas, in a safe and secret place in the Qin Mountains, in case of future emergencies.

In order to be able to remember the location of the treasure, he also secretly made two treasure maps!

"Later, Qiu Cheng suddenly fell ill and was bedridden, and he didn't have time to transfer the treasure before he died, so he passed two treasure maps, one to his family, and one to his own grave!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying not only did not solve their doubts, but added more questions. In this way, the remains of the ancients and the suicide note are the key to the whole case, which is very different from what they had guessed before.

"The suicide note also revealed a detail," Wang Taiming continued to introduce Zhao Yu and Miao Ying while hurrying forward with difficulty, "Qiu Cheng, who is extremely cautious, engraved the treasure map on two pieces of ancient jade in order to hide people's eyes!

"However, we searched every corner where the body was found, but we didn't see that piece of ancient jade! I don't know, is it because the suicide note and Gu Yu were separated, or if the piece of ancient jade was accidentally lost by Qiu Cheng's descendants!"

"We later checked the information," Tian Dongmin added, "in fact, Qiu Cheng had only one son, who once inherited Qiu Cheng's position as Taishou, but not long after taking office, a peasant uprising broke out!

"Therefore, we think that the remains of the ancients are likely to be Qiu Cheng's son!

"We saw a lot of ancient soldiers' equipment at the scene, and I suspect that after the destruction of Luya, Qiu Cheng's son fled to the cave with his family and some soldiers, and from there he lived in seclusion for several years.

"But later, maybe there was an outbreak of disease or something, and everyone died! And Qiu Cheng's son died in a higher place, so he left his body!

"So, we thought, isn't it, the golden Buddha and the treasure are still hidden in the Qin Mountain, and no one has ever found them? If we can find the lost piece of ancient jade, will we be able to find them!?"

"But ......" Hearing this, Miao Ying frowned unconsciously and asked, "Since the ancient jade with the treasure map has been lost, is it that the treasure has been found?"

"Yes!" Zhao Yu also agreed with Miao Ying's statement, "Such a distant thing is full of countless possibilities! The person who died may be a gangster, and he has already killed Qiu Cheng's descendants and snatched the treasure, right? Also, the possibility of betrayal by relatives and friends is also very high, after all, it is a large number of valuable treasures!"

"No!" Tian Dongmin shook his head and said, "According to our later research, the probability of the Twelve Golden Buddhas being found is less than 5%!"

"No, can you be so sure?" Zhao Yu still didn't believe it.

"Believe me, we have been engaged in cultural relics for a lifetime!" Wang Taiming said, "No one knows better than us how great the value of the Twelve Golden Buddhas is! With the Twelve Heavenly Zun as the prototype, the whole body is made of pure gold, its meaning, its specifications, and its attainments have definitely reached the level of national rare cultural relics!"

"If there had been a occurrence in history, it would not have been unrecorded!

"Also, the treasure map is engraved on the ancient jade, Qiu Cheng's son must have already memorized the treasure map, so there is no need for him to keep that piece of jade and break it!

"Then you explain to me," Zhao Yu asked, "Since Qiu Cheng's son remembered the treasure map, why didn't he take it out himself? Why did he die in ...... Oh......"

Before Zhao Yu finished speaking, he gave the answer: "Also, the world was in chaos at that time, even if you take out the treasure, it is useless!"

"Yes!" Wang Taiming said again, "No matter who it is, it is useless to take out the treasure! At that time, the most important thing is to be able to save your life! Unfortunately, Qiu Cheng's descendants did not even save their lives in the end!"

"Oh......" Zhao Yu realized, "So, a few of you have been thinking about the Golden Buddha and the treasure since then! You want to find the treasure map and find out the Golden Buddha! Moreover, you also chose to keep it secret and make a peerless windfall by yourself?"

"That's not it!" Tian Dongmin sighed, "We have done cultural relics work all our lives, and we won't be lost in our minds for treasure......s!" Alas, perhaps...... It was the death of Section Chief Fan that gave us some kind of obsession, right? We actually made that choice in the first place!"

"That'...... How did Section Chief Fan Peng die?" Miao Ying hurriedly asked.

"Alas!" replied Tian Dongmin, "let's ...... At that time, I didn't really think too much about it, we thought that finding the clue to the Golden Buddha was also a huge archaeological discovery, and after going back, it was natural to write a report and then apply for a treasure hunt or something.

"What I didn't expect was that on the way back with the sample, we encountered a flash flood that had not been encountered in Qinshan in a century!

"It's terrible! The flood came in all directions, and where we could walk just now, it turned into a tumbling black river......

"We ran and ran and hid in a panic, but in the end we were swept away by the flood and swept into the water.

"Fortunately, there are many vines on the shore, and Lao Wang and I climbed ashore, leaving only Dong Peizhuo and Section Chief Fan," Tian Dongmin recalled bitterly, "Section Chief Fan could have climbed directly to the shore, but when he saw that Dong Peizhuo was about to be swept away by the flood, he went back to save him and let him drag the vines!"

However, Dong Peizhuo went ashore, but a big log suddenly rushed over from the water, hit Section Chief Fan's body, and knocked him into the middle of the flood!

"A few of us were frightened and wanted to go down to save people, but the flood was so big that we couldn't go down at all!

"Later, we saw that Section Chief Fan struggled in the water a few times, and shouted to us loudly, he shouted, 'Golden Buddha......! Golden Buddha ......'

"Just shouted a sentence or two, people, I can't find it anymore!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying could clearly see that Tian Dongmin's eyes were moist, and he was already too excited to say any more.

"After coming back, Dong Lao's mental state, you can imagine! He doesn't eat or drink, he loses his soul, he is like a wandering ghost every day, and it is useless for anyone to persuade him!" Wang Taiming continued to narrate for Tian Dongmin, "Later, the two of us couldn't stand it anymore, so we took the initiative to find him and told him that since Section Chief Fan's last wish was to let us help him find the Golden Buddha......! Why don't we use our own actions to show him the Golden Buddha? Isn't it better to use the Golden Buddha to comfort Section Chief Fan's spirit in heaven than your meaningless life?

After listening, Dong Lao finally regained his spirit and found the meaning of life again! He swore that he would find the Golden Buddha even after exhausting his life's work!

"But ......," Wang Taiming suddenly changed his words when he said this, "However, if we want to find the Golden Buddha, there is a difficulty in front of us. Because, if we truthfully report the matter of the Golden Buddha, the superiors will inevitably report to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, then when the time comes, the task of finding the Golden Buddha will not fall on our heads!

"At that time, if we go to find the Golden Buddha again, we will have a lot of constraints and worries, and if we don't do it well, we will not only lose our jobs, but also may affect our family and friends!

"Therefore, we thought about it again and again, and finally concealed this 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 of searching for 'Buddha'," Wang Taiming said with tears in his eyes, "but what I didn't expect was that this road was too long, and it would take 20 years to walk!