Chapter 805: Unusual Good Fortune
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
That ancient tomb was discovered in the territory under Qiu Qin’s management. Qiu Qin had also reported this to his superiors at the time of the discovery.
In the face of these priceless cultural relics that were unearthed, Qiu Qin actually stole what was entrusted in his care, ignored national interests, and sold them for profits to fatten up his own wallet.
“!” Qiu Chenxi’s face turned both red and crimson. She was shaking all over.
Who would have imagined that everything happened so coincidentally?
It was the truth that Qiu Qin had discovered the ancient tomb within the territory under his care. However, initially, Qiu Qin did not think of reporting this matter or telling the government.
Qiu Qin was well aware of what an ancient tomb excavation would translate to.
During the 1970s, the country discovered life-size terracotta horses and armored warriors from sites near the tomb of Qin Shi Huang1. Someone wanted to smuggle one of the warriors’ heads overseas but was discovered during the security checks.
According to that person, foreigners were willing to pay a few tens of thousands of yuan for that one clay head alone.
That was something that happened twenty to thirty years ago. It was the 21st century now. Due to economic development and inflation, that sum of money back then was not worth that much in present times. If it was an authentic antique, the selling price would be even higher.
Qiu Qin did not plan to hide the discovery forever. He was planning to steal a few valuable items before reporting to the government. By reporting this, he could gain another achievement in his political career.
At that time, he would have both political achievements and money. He could not be bothered with a small Ping Cheng. He, of course, wanted to go to the capital and be a government official there!
There was an ancient tomb in his territory that might become a second place similar to the tomb with warriors and horses of the Qin dynasty. Qiu Qin wanted to hide this but the native citizens could not. Within a day, news spread and it became the talk of the town. Everyone nearby knew about it.
The situation was already as such. If Qiu Qin were to delay reporting any further, it would become a fault instead of contribution.
Qiu Qin had no choice but to report this matter while pondering over how he could continue with his plan to get hold of one or two pieces of valuable relics and directly exchange them for cash.
The Qiu family had been in this line for so many years. They had some connections.
The foreigners had an extraordinary interest in the cultural relics of China and were more willing to pay a high price for them.
Qiu Qin had just gotten hold of a piece porcelain jar that did not look eye-catching and someone immediately helped connect him with the buyer who bought it at a price of 2.5 million yuan.
This was the first time in Qiu Qin’s life that so much money was transmitted into his bank account. The amount was more than the aggregate sum of money he had earned previously using all ways and means.
Of course, it was impossible that Qiu Qin, who just had a sweet taste of something good, would stop after earning 2.5 million. He was still pondering over how to get a hold of a few more items.
Qiu Qin only cared about getting more relics and selling them. As to who the buyers were and how they moved the relic out of the country, it was not of his concern. After the trade, they would not know each other even if they were to meet.
When Qiu Qin was doing this, more or less, the Qiu family could sense that something was going on.
If the Qiu family did not have such illegal income, it would not be possible for Qiu Chenxi to be willing to spend so much money to hire people just to stop Qiao Nan from taking the college entrance examination.
Qiu Chenxi expressed that she was rich. She was willful. So what?
Qiu Chenxi unintentionally discovered this matter. She then requested money from Qiu Qin. Qiu Qin refused initially but Qiu Chenxi simply said, “If you don’t give me money… Dad, you know how I feel toward Brother Zhai. Tell me, if Brother Zhai finds out about this matter and gains credit for this, will Brother Zhai change his views toward me?”
“Are you mad? I’m your biological father. You’re my daughter and I raised you up!” Qiu Qin was furious.
“So what? Before you left Ping Cheng, all that you’ve got was from Mom and me. It’s impossible between Brother Zhai and me now. You’re good. You not only did not console me but also used my marriage agreement with Brother Zhai to exchange for an opportunity to be promoted. My happiness has been destroyed by you and you still have the shame to *** outside. You even found a woman that’s beneath Mom in so many ways. You’re really my great dad. I learned a lot of things from you. What is kinship? It’s not important at all. Only wealth is most important as it’s practical and useful. In short, are you giving me this sum of money? I remember that 2.5 million yuan was transferred to your account. Now, I’m asking you for ten thousand yuan. I may go back on my words at any point in time and ask you for fifty or a hundred thousand yuan instead. Your money comes in so quickly and easily anyway.”
Qiu Chenxi had given out such extensive threats. Unless Qiu Qin was prepared to silence someone with murder, he could only give out this sum of money.
He had thought that after getting this sum of money, Qiu Chenxi, like in the past, would buy some jewelry, pretty clothes, or some cosmetics that she liked. In other words, she would doll herself up.
How would he know that Qiu Chenxi already found out who the ‘vixen’ who hooked away Zhai Sheng’s heart was and that she was prepared to use this sum of money to do that ‘vixen’ in?
Of course, Qiu Chenxi had offended Zhai Sheng thoroughly with her actions.
If the matter this time had not been associated with such a grave affair of Qiu Qin selling the cultural relic, given Zhai Sheng’s capability, he would have resolved it long ago.
First, Zhai Sheng had to protect and safeguard the cultural relics excavated such that the people hired by Qiu Qin would not have a chance to touch and steal them again. He also had to find ways to investigate clearly the number of items that Qiu Qin had stolen or sold, what was sold, and who they were sold to.
He had to stop the people and items from leaving the country and detain them according to the law.
As such, this matter had widespread implications.
The time taken to resolve such cases could exceed one month, a few months, even one year or more, let alone just two weeks.
The painful regret was that as the time lengthened, it meant that the possibility of retrieving the cultural relics would be lower.
Given Zhai Sheng’s current situation, he did not take a long time and this proved that the two cultural relics sold by Qiu Qin had already been retrieved.
Fortunately, the ancient tomb was evacuated very quickly. Moreover, the money spent during the incident pertaining to the college entrance examination exposed Qiu Qin very soon. Otherwise, by the time one discovered that something was amiss, there would definitely be a few cultural relics that could not be retained and lost to overseas countries.
When Zhai Sheng told Zhai Yaohui this situation, Zhai Yaohui was stunned for a long time.
After some time, Zhai Yaohui then said, “Qiao Nan is quite blessed.” Especially in the aspect of bringing luck to her spouse!
She was participating in the college entrance examination just like everyone else.
When this matter first surfaced, Zhai Yaohui had thought whether Qiao Nan was destined for hardships. Just like the story of ‘Journey to the West’, she had to endure eighty-one ordeals before everything would go smoothly in her life.
In the first half of her lifetime, Qiao Nan had to suffer all the hardships including those of her remaining lifetime. As such, she could then lead a smooth, safe, and blessed life in her remaining lifetime.
The problem was that this time, the trouble regarding the college entrance examination that Qiao Nan met with even involved a major case of a junior government official in a small town stealing and selling cultural relics. Furthermore, such a major case was discovered and uncovered by his son. His son safeguarded the ancient tomb and retrieved the cultural relics.
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