Chapter 33: Rubbing of the Silk Manuscript Discovered! The Jade-Eyed Fox!

Old Lady Huo returned to the Huo residence and asked how the matter of Huo Hongxiu approaching Wu Tianzhen for the investigation was going.

Huo Hongxiu replied, "Grandmother, that day I deliberately approached Wu Tianzhen and asked him about many things."

"I also inquired about many of his classmates to learn about his situation."

"In the end, I discovered that this Wu Tianzhen seems to know nothing at all!"

Old Lady Huo frowned and asked, "What do you mean by 'knows nothing at all'?"

Huo Hongxiu said, "I used jargon to test him, but the kid was completely clueless."

"It looks like, let alone the skills of the Wu family for tomb raiding, Wu Tianzhen doesn't even know his family is in this business."

"Moreover, he was dragged along by his Fatty classmate to listen to the storytelling. Judging by what that Fatty meant, Wu Tianzhen doesn't even know the Wu family belongs to the Laojiu Sect!"

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Huo first felt it was unbelievable.

Wu Laogou actually raised his descendants like this?

This is going to cause the Wu family's craft to be lost!

Afterward, she thought about it carefully, and an expression of admiration appeared on her face.

"This Wu Laogou is as calculating as ever."

"It is said that starting from the second generation of the Wu family, they were already planning to wash their hands of it."

"After all, in those years, tomb raiding was somewhat disreputable."

Huo Hongxiu could understand this.

Although the country neither forbade nor encouraged private tomb raiding back then, it did crack down on illegal antique trading.

The Laojiu Sect made a living from this, and the purpose of going underground to raid tombs was, of course, for the treasures inside the ancient tombs.

Therefore, these people sometimes stopped at nothing for the sake of antiques.

They wouldn't pay any attention to protecting the ancient tombs at all, and many ancient tombs were destroyed by the Laojiu Sect's tomb raiding.

If these matters were truly investigated, it would definitely be enough for a prison sentence.

Wu Laogou planning to slowly wash his identity clean starting from the second generation shows his long-term vision.

Looking at it now, his approach was also very successful.

By the time it reached the third generation of the Wu family, Wu Tianzhen, he didn't even know what his family used to do.

As Old Lady Huo spoke, she paused before saying, "However, in my opinion."

"If this Wu Tianzhen really knows nothing, then Wu Laogou's Warring States silk manuscript rubbing is very likely on him."

This made Huo Hongxiu unable to understand.

Wu Tianzhen doesn't understand anything, so why keep the rubbing with him?

Old Lady Huo explained, "This is the principle of 'it's darkest under the lamp.' The less Wu Tianzhen understands, the more he feels it is a relic left by his grandfather, and the better he will keep it."

"And precisely because he doesn't understand, he won't be interested in the rubbing, so this thing is very safe."

Once Huo Hongxiu heard this, she immediately felt this speculation was reasonable.

Afterward, she felt a bit of emotion; the older generation of the Laojiu Sect were indeed all calculating foxes!

One person could have eight hundred schemes in their heart.

……

After Zhang Lin's hint, Professor Chen began to search for the whereabouts of the Wu family descendants.

Sure enough, hard work pays off, and he finally found Wushanju.

At this time, only Wu Tianzhen's grandmother lived alone in Wushanju.

Facing the group from the Archaeological Institute who came to the door, Old Lady Wu was also frank.

"When our old man was alive, I never got involved in the Wu family's affairs."

"I know nothing about what the old man did outside."

"Therefore, I really don't know where the rubbing you are asking about is."

To make the people from the Archaeological Institute believe her, Old Lady Wu even took the initiative to let them check the relics left by the old master of the Wu family.

As a result, they really found nothing.

After returning empty-handed from Wushanju, Professor Chen thought of the Wu family descendants again.

When he learned that the Wu family's sons were all elusive, he thought of the grandson generation's Wu Tianzhen.

And Wu Tianzhen, who had returned to the dormitory, also began to check the relics left by his grandfather under the suggestion of Fatty.

Upon searching, he indeed found two rubbings tucked inside a yellowed book.

Fatty immediately said excitedly, "I, Fatty, said that this thing of your grandfather's must be with you, this grandson!"

Wu Tianzhen glared at him, "Can you even speak properly?"

Fatty ignored him, took the book, and began to study the rubbing.

It's just a pity that after looking for a long time, he only saw strange symbols and some drawings that looked like ghost charms; he couldn't make heads or tails of it at all.

"Damn, what kind of ghost thing is this? I thought I picked up a treasure, but it turns out I can't even understand it."

Wu Tianzhen took the book and explained, "The study of these rubbings is a specialized branch in antiques."

"This thing is very scholarly; an average person studies it for three to five years just to get started."

"You haven't learned anything, and you expect to understand it at a glance?"

As Wu Tianzhen spoke, he lowered his head to look at the rubbing.

As a result, he suddenly discovered an interesting pattern.

It looked like a human face like a fox, and the two pupil-less eyes had a strong sense of three-dimensionality, as if they were concave out of the rubbing.

Such a bizarre pattern made Wu Tianzhen gasp.

Even though he didn't understand it, he knew this must also be a rare treasure!

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the door and called Wu Tianzhen's name.

They said that people from the National Archaeological Institute were looking for him for something!

……

(A new month, asking for monthly tickets, flowers, and evaluation tickets). ===== CHAPTER 34 =====