NOVEL WEB Chapter 91
Chapter 91: Tomb Raiding Duo: My Heart Hurts!
The tomb raiding duo arrived at the restroom.
With a loud thud, Wang Pangzi pushed Wu Ge against the corner of the wall and excitedly exclaimed, “Wu Ge, do you know? We let go of the 300 million-worth Song Huizong’s calligraphy just like that!”
“In the end, we only managed to get 3 million, not enough to cover the value of this calligraphy!”
“My heart hurts so much, do you know?”
“Do you know?”
Wu Ge had an expression of numbness, “Don’t say it, my heart also hurts!”
Wang Pangzi covered his chest and burst into tears, “Now, every time I think about it, I handed over such a precious treasure with my own hands, and my heart hurts so much! It hurts to the point of being unable to breathe!”
“In our treasure vault, there are hardly any items that can compare to this. How many tombs do we have to raid, how many graves do we have to dig to come across something as good as this?”
“But I just… just handed it over like this, as if someone was drawing blood from my heart!”
“Can you understand my feelings?”
Wu Ge numbly nodded, “I understand very well!”
With another loud thud, Wang Pangzi pressed Wu Ge against the corner of the wall again, excitedly saying, “Wu Ge, can you figure out a way to get that calligraphy back now? Can’t we at least try to compensate for it a bit?”
“You seem to have a good relationship with Lin Beifan. He should listen to you when you speak!”
“Wu Ge, can’t you react a bit?”
“Is it possible at all?”
“Wu Ge, please, I’m begging you!”
Wu Ge numbly looked at him, “Why? It’s already sold! If it were you, would you be willing?”
Wang Pangzi burst into tears again, using both hands and feet to hit the wall, showing extreme regret and pain.
“Not only did we lose the initial investment, but we also lost a lot of money! Over three hundred million, I’ve never seen so much money in my life, and I just let it slip away like this!”
“I really want to die now! I really want to die!”
Wu Ge sighed and weakly comforted, “Don’t think so much! We had this thing for so long, and we didn’t even realize it, did we? If we didn’t realize it, it doesn’t belong to us. Just pretend we never owned it!”
“But we did own it once!” Wang Pangzi’s face became fierce, teeth clenched.
Wu Ge sighed again, “Pangzi, stop thinking about it! It’s not a big deal. In the future, we’ll rob more tombs, dig more graves, and we’ll eventually find something good!”
Wang Pangzi said fiercely, “We agreed that if you don’t help me steal 10 more tombs to make up for our losses, I won’t spare you even if I become a ghost! I’ll turn into a rice dumpling and sleep next to you!”
Wu Ge half-jokingly replied, “Instead of becoming a rice dumpling, can’t you turn into a beautiful woman?”
“Like Aunt Liu?”
Wu Ge’s face turned instantly dark, “Get lost!”
The two of them washed their faces, and their spirits improved a little.
But when they encountered Lin Beifan again, their hearts were stabbed once more. “Wu Ge, come over here, there’s something I want to tell you!”
“Bos Lin, what’s the matter?” Wu Ge walked over with a calm expression.
Lin Beifan was grinning from ear to ear, “Wu Ge, do you know? Just now when you weren’t around, Sun Lao raised the price again. He raised it to 400 million, truly an astronomical price!”
“Ah~~” The tomb raiding duo instinctively held their chests.
It felt like their wounds had reopened.
“But I didn’t sell it to him!” Lin Beifan was very proud, “This Song Huizong’s thin gold body calligraphy is truly valuable. It’s in such perfect condition, the only one in the world, and its value is immeasurable! And, you, my little brother personally helped me select this, so I’m definitely going to treasure it even more. Don’t you agree?”
“Ah~~” The tomb raiding duo once again tightly covered their chests. It felt like blood was flowing out.
Sun Lao admired the calligraphy while regretfully saying, “I should have known, I should have stayed a bit longer. Otherwise, this thing wouldn’t have ended up in your hands!”
“All of this is thanks to my dear little friend here!” Lin Beifan excitedly patted Wu Ge’s shoulder, “He convinced me to buy it! He told me that buying it would definitely not lead to losses. Now, not only have we not lost, but we’ve also made hundred millions. He’s my lucky star, haha!”
“Ah~~” The tomb raiding duo covered their chests for the third time. It felt like their hearts had turned cold.
It was as chilly as the temperature in the tombs, and even colder, like a rice dumpling. Wu Ge painfully said, “Mr. Lin, I want to go to the restroom!”
Lin Beifan was puzzled, “Didn’t you just come back? Why do you need to go again?”
“I want to cry for a bit…”
“Ah?”
Wu Ge quickly changed his words, “I didn’t finish my business just now, I need to go again!”
Lin Beifan waved his hand, “Go ahead!”
Wu Ge, holding his chest, left with a pained expression.
Wang Pangzi, covering his chest, followed suit, saying, “I didn’t finish either, I’ll go too!” After a good cry, the two of them returned again, their colors restored to normal.
At this moment, Sun Lao had already finished admiring the calligraphy and reluctantly returned it to Lin Beifan, who put the calligraphy back into the box. The tomb raiding duo breathed a sigh of relief; it was finally over.
“Brother, you’re back? Let’s continue our treasure hunting. I feel like we won’t be stabbed in the heart again. We might find some good things!” Wu Ge nodded in agreement.
Lin Beifan called out, “Boss, bring out your good stuff!”
“Sure, let me show you the next good item!” Wang Pangzi brought out a large box and opened it. Inside were nine items that looked like cups, seemingly made of bronze, with a very ancient and elegant appearance, exuding dignity.
“What is this?” Sun Lao exclaimed, “These are ‘Chen Zun’!”
Everyone was even more puzzled, “What does that mean?”
“Actually, it means wine cups. This ‘Zun’ specifically refers to wine cups, and this ‘Chen’ means cups used for royal and ministerial officials to drink. When these two characters are combined, it refers to a set of ancient drinking vessels!” Sun Lao explained in detail, “During the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, there was a short-lived dynasty. The king enjoyed drinking and revelry very much, so he had a set of golden wine cups made for himself, totaling five cups, and named them ‘Wang Zun’.”
“Then, to win over his ministers, he had 95 bronze cups made for drinking and distributed them as rewards to his most loyal subordinates! This set of cups is known as ‘Chen Zun’!”
“But later, this dynasty quickly fell. These Wang Zun and Chen Zun were lost and scattered due to wars, some were damaged, some disappeared! Very few have survived to this day. I didn’t expect to see five Chen Zun today!” Wang Pangzi gave Sun Lao a thumbs up, “You have good eyes!”
“So, you mean these cups are very valuable?”