The joy and excitement made Xu Qingqing tremble all over. She tried hard to suppress the ecstasy welling up in her heart.
"It's so amazing! So incredible! So mind - boggling!"
Wang Lide used three exclamation marks in a row. He turned around and excitedly looked at Officer Xiao He, asking her to immediately contact more people to protect these statues properly.
"Go quickly!" Wang Lide's excited tone changed.
"Okay!" Officer Xiao He couldn't wait to run out and make the call.
"Alright, everyone, stop looking. Get ready to work!" Wang Lide called to the other three people who were looking up at the statues.
Xu Qingqing gradually calmed down from her initial ecstasy, shock, and lack of self - control.
They couldn't stop there. There were more important cultural relics waiting for them to explore!
Lu Fenglin went to the head - office for a meeting and heard the receptionists gossiping.
"Have you heard? There's actually an ancient tomb under the Weishan Island that Mr. Lu just bought. They caught several tomb - robbers last night!" The young lady in the white suit covered her mouth with her hand, but her voice was not low.
The young lady in the yellow business suit asked in surprise, "Really! Did Mr. Lu catch them?"
Hearing this, Lu Fenglin slowed down. His lips tightened as he listened to the two women's conversation.
"No, it was the workers on the island who caught them." The white - suited young lady whispered.
Hearing that it wasn't Lu Chuanbai who discovered it himself, Lu Fenglin let out a sigh of relief. Maybe it was Huang Zhongxiang who exposed the plan when he was delivering food.
In his office, Lu Chuanbai was watching the surveillance footage with his hands clasped. He stared expressionlessly at Lu Fenglin eavesdropping on the video and reached out to pause it.
Lu Chuanbai deliberately informed Lu Fenglin to come to the head - office for a meeting and asked his secretary to pretend to gossip about the capture of the tomb - robbers, just to let Lu Fenglin know.
If Lu Fenglin could stop his actions, Lu Chuanbai wouldn't take revenge.
Lu Fenglin's eyes were cold and gloomy. Shadows covered both sides of his gaunt face. He turned around and left.
The secretary caught up with him and said with a smile, "Manager Lu, please wait. Our Mr. Lu is in a meeting. Please wait a moment."
"I'll come back later. There's suddenly something urgent in the company." Lu Fenglin left without looking back.
With the news exposed, Lu Fenglin had no mood to work. Now he was most worried about whether those tomb - robbers would betray him.
The secretary didn't try to persuade him to stay, "Okay. After Mr. Lu finishes the meeting, I'll inform him to contact you."
As soon as Lu Fenglin left the company, he called Gu Anrou. At this moment, Gu Anrou was extremely anxious because of the decreasing sales volume and the loss of customers.
Last week, a new auction house suddenly opened in the country. The behind - the - scenes boss was extremely capable and well - connected, and had lured away all the old customers who were still willing to sell things at the Gu's auction house.
In a fit of irritation, Gu Anrou answered Lu Fenglin's call in an angry tone, "What do you want!"
"Your people have been discovered and are now in the police station." Lu Fenglin informed Gu Anrou.
"Impossible. It's only the second day. How could they be caught so quickly!"
Gu Anrou refused to believe it. She called Li Zhengyi three times in a row, but no one answered. A bad premonition welled up in her increasingly irritated heart.
Lu Fenglin sneered, "Would I lie to you? Think quickly about how to protect yourself. Isn't your Gu family well - connected? Find a way to get them out or shut their mouths."
Hearing Lu Fenglin's words, Gu Anrou said angrily, "I'm in big trouble now. Aren't you, the second young master of the Lu family, very capable? I remember you often scheme against your elder brother. You should figure out a way."
"Moreover, it must be because of Huang Zhongxiang that the plan was exposed!"
Li Zhengyi had robbed so many tombs. He couldn't have been discovered so easily. It must be because Huang Zhongxiang was careless.
"Why don't you say that the people you sent were not skilled enough..." Lu Fenglin strode towards his car with a gloomy face.
"They were clearly your people!" Gu Anrou shouted in a fit of anger, "I thought Huang Zhongxiang was unreliable as soon as I saw him that day!"
"Shut up. This is not the time to shift the blame. We need to find a way to solve the problem!" Lu Fenglin held back his anger.
Gu Anrou grabbed her hair in irritation, "I know. I'll find someone to try to get them out of the police station. If I can't, then I have no other way."
"What about you? You can't just do nothing."
Lu Fenglin said expressionlessly, "You've been with Lu Chuanbai for so long. Don't you know that I have no power in the Lu family at all?
"I even have to report my daily schedule to Lu Chuanbai's father. You initiated this matter, so you should solve it."
After saying that, Lu Fenglin hung up the phone.
Lu Fenglin's eyes were cold and gloomy. The fact that he referred to his father as Lu Chuanbai's father was enough to show his resentment towards his father's favoritism!
When necessary, he would push Gu Anrou out as a scapegoat and get himself out of the trouble. He wouldn't let anyone or anything stop him from moving forward.
Anyway, he supported Li Zhengyi to rob the tomb just to cause trouble for Lu Chuanbai. Now that the tomb had been discovered, the project on the island would definitely be suspended. His goal of causing trouble had been achieved, so he didn't need to get involved anymore.
Xu Qingqing spent the whole day in a state of constant shock, calmness, and then shock again, having her perception refreshed over and over again.
The ancient people who built this tomb were so intelligent. The tomb they built was wind - proof and waterproof, and all the funerary objects inside were well - preserved. Only the part of the tomb near Weishan Lake had been flooded, and many bronze wares were deeply buried in the riverbed silt due to the collapse caused by the silt.
Most of the magnificent gold - made utensils, masks, and ornaments in the tomb were still intact.
Deep in the tomb, there were also highly saturated and colorful murals. The sacrificial scenes in the paintings were so shocking that Xu Qingqing felt as if she had entered another world, just like Alice in Wonderland.
By the time they walked out of the tomb, it was already dark.
They hadn't eaten since entering the tomb, but Xu Qingqing didn't feel hungry at all. Her heart was pounding, and her whole body was filled with shock. She seemed to be on a high, with endless energy.
The backup that Officer Xiao He brought to help rescue the cultural relics was Professor Zhou. He brought many archaeologists and was setting up a camp, preparing for a long - term battle.
"Long time no see!" When Professor Zhou saw Xu Qingqing and the others coming out of the tomb, he couldn't wait to step forward and share his thoughts.
"My goodness! Have you seen the giant sculptures in the main tomb? They're really masterpieces!"
Professor Zhou, who was always gentle and well - organized, was out of breath for the first time because of excitement. His words were full of emotion rather than skill.
"Professor Zhou, calm down. You can be shocked after you've seen the whole tomb."
Wang Lide was used to seeing big scenes. He had calmed down after coming out. He patted Professor Zhou on the shoulder and said to the other team members.