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"It ht or the humidity level of the location where the corpse was found,&8221; Tian Dongmin recalled "The corpse ell-preserved Even the hair on the head and the clothes on the body were distinguishable As we are all archeologists, we could easily tell that the corpse belonged to the Ming Dynasty!&8221;

"The corpse belongs to a ed man, but the cause of his death was unknown&8221;

"The odd thing we discovered was the piece of cow skin in the hands of the corpse The cow skin looked like it had been treated with Chinese wood oil Despite the fact that it had been around for so n of decomposition&8221;

"We cautiously removed the piece of cow skin from the hands of the corpse When we unfolded the piece of cow skin, ere surprised to see so Peizhuo, soes could decipher and read out the writings on the spot!&8221;

"It was, in retrospect, like a script in alook on his face, and said "The piece of cow skin was actually a will! What shocked ussecret At the tiht before our eyes!&8221;

Zhao Yu uess, "Is it related to the Gold Buddha?&8221;

"Yes! The as handwritten by the Luya Prefecture, Qiu Cheng&8221; Tian Dongave an affirmative answer "To be able to lay hands on the will, the corpse was likely to be a descendant of Qiu Cheng, either his son or grandson&8221;

"By and large, the content in the will , he put away a large a the Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha, all of which were hidden in a secret place in Qinshan&8221;

"In order to re secretly created two treasuresuddenly fell ill and was bedridden Before his death, he did not e to come around to move his hidden treasures He handed one copy of the treasurethe other copy with hi that, Zhao Yu and Miao Ying were still confused and had more doubts It seemed that the corpse and ere the vital clues to the case, which was very different froined it to be

"The will also revealed an i to Zhao Yu and Miao Ying on his way back to the tent "As Qiu Cheng was a very cautiousthe treasure map onto two pieces of ancient jade! That is to say, the will, which was found in the hands of the corpse, was not the treasure map!&8221;

"We searched every corner of the place where we found the corpse, atte to find the piece of ancient jade, but to no avail It was unknohether the will and the piece of jade were separated, or if it was because the descendants of Qiu Cheng had lost the jade accidentally&8221;

Tian Dong only had one son, who succeeded to the throne and beca, the peasants staged an uprising Sadly, there was no further docu that the corpse belongs to the son of Qiu Cheng&8221;

"We saw a lot of ancient military equipments in the cave I suspected that, after the fall of Luya Town, Qiu Cheng’s son, his family, and some soldiers fled to the cave and lived in seclusion for several years However, it was probably an outbreak of disease that took the lives of all of theround, thus leaving the corpse there&8221;

"That hy all of us felt that the Gold Buddha and treasures could still be well hidden in the Qinshan, where no one has discovered them yet We also wondered if ere to find the piece of ancient jade, would it lead us to the Gold Buddha and treasures&8221;

"But…&8221; Hearing this, Miao Ying frowned and interrupted, "Now that the piece of ancient jade is , does it mean that the treasures are found?&8221;

"Yes, it is possible!&8221; Zhao Yu agreed with Miao Ying "This happened so long ago, so anything is possible! The corpse could have belonged to one of the To’s descendants and stole the treasures away Another possibility could be a betrayal by a fae a to our subsequent research, the probability of the Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha being found was less than five percent&8221;

"Surely not? How could all of you be so sure?&8221; Zhao Yu did not believe it

"Believeon cultural relics for a lifeti said, "No one understood more than us the value of the Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha! Twelve days were needed to create the prototype of the Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha Each status was nificance and standard set the the national level of rare cultural relics&8221;