“Is this person clean?”
“Not clean,” Xiao Bing said:
“He was once a member of the Fengtian Museum’s archaeology team, but after some job changes, he went to the Shangqing Palace at Longhu Mountain.”
“How is he not clean? Was he stealing under his own watch?”
“This person is very bold; on the surface, he was a member of the archaeology team, but in reality, he was a tomb robber.”
“A tomb robber?”
Lin Yi was taken aback.
“I feel there’s not much difference between these two professions,” Xiao Bing said:
“I guess he was blinded by money, organized people privately, and got into this business because it brings money quickly.”
“This group of people is really bold.”
“Bet big to win big, right?”
“Is this why the museum fired him?”
“It’s not explicitly stated in the data, but I think that’s it,” Xiao Bing said:
“But this person has been dead for over thirty years, the cause was a fire, and he has no family. Sister Ying and Luo Qi are still looking for anyone related to him; they should have news soon…”
“Wait a minute!”
Lin Yi suddenly interrupted Xiao Bing, “Did you say he’s been dead for over thirty years?”
“Yeah, that’s what the data shows. Let me see… 32 years.”
Lin Yi frowned, a sharp light flickering in his eyes.
He had heard Zhang Youfu mention this matter before.
He took over the position of the abbot at Shangqing Palace from Mao Sanyou when he was forty, but he’s now 63!
In other words, 23 years ago, Mao Sanyou was still alive!
He couldn’t have been dead for over thirty years!
Lin Yi suddenly felt a chill down his spine!
The threads of the situation were gradually becoming clear.
Mao Sanyou was a tomb robber; the mysterious statue was likely brought out from an unknown tomb by him!
But after being discovered, he was fired and then went to the Shangqing Palace!
And somehow, he staged his death!
“Lin Bro?”
Seeing Lin Yi go silent, Xiao Bing probed.
“Go on.”
“Is there something wrong with this person’s cause of death?”
“It’s not the cause of death that’s the issue, it’s the timeline,” Lin Yi said:
“According to the information I have, he was alive 23 years ago, so it’s impossible for him to have died so early. It’s a fake death!”
“Fake death?”
This time, Xiao Bing was shocked too.
“I get it!”
Xiao Bing exclaimed:
“Tomb robbers usually have many enemies, so he faked his death to avoid being hunted by them, which makes sense. Otherwise, why go to Shangqing Palace?”
“That’s the only explanation now,” Lin Yi said quietly:
“Can you find out which tombs they robbed at that time?”
“That information hasn’t been uncovered. It’s very mysterious; he was fired for personal reasons according to the original unit.”
Lin Yi nodded thoughtfully, lost in his own thoughts.
“Continue to investigate this person, see if you can find anyone connected to him, especially former accomplices. They might know more secret information.”
“Understood,” Xiao Bing said:
“Lin Bro, we also have updates on those few people we’re tracking.”
After a pause, Xiao Bing continued:
“After leaving China, they all returned to Country M where Lili met with a black man for about an hour before leaving.”
“Further tracking discovered that the black man belongs to an auction company called Jiade, whose real controlling person is William Delison!”
“This way, the issue becomes clear,” Lin Yi said:
“William Delison is the mastermind behind this incident.”