"It seems you're quite a popular man." Isis lazily leaned against the chair, looking at Chen Yiyang. "Here to sell something again today?"

"Not exactly." Chen Yiyang had Han Bingbing show the item to the other party.

"A silver bottle made around the ninth century by the Arab Empire, priced at about 50,000 yuan. Like the two antiques you brought before, it's also freshly unearthed."Isis immediately recognized the origin of this antique silver bottle.

"That's right." Chen Yiyang had Han Bingbing stay aside, and he walked over to talk to Isis,

"This antique silver bottle, along with the previous two antiques I sold to you, all seem to be in a fresh burial state. Do you think it's possible that these three items all came from the same tomb?"

"Are you saying someone robbed an ancient tomb, and these items were grave goods found inside?"

Isis understood what Chen Yiyang meant, but she still spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"Though I'm a foreigner, I've been in the West Capital for many years now. From what I know, this city constantly unearths new ancient relics from underground.

An ancient tomb laden with Middle Eastern grave goods being secretly discovered isn't a big deal."

"It might not be a big deal for you, but it's very important for us."

Chen Yiyang feigned a serious tone towards Isis, "Think about it, how special must a person's identity be to choose to be buried with a large number of Middle Eastern antiques after death?

Maybe this was a prince from the Middle East who fled to the Great Tang after his country was destroyed by the Arab Empire. Unable to return even in death, he chose to be buried with many items from his homeland.

Behind these antiques might hide a legendary story that took place in ancient Huaxia."

"It's a nice story, but that's all it is." Isis said, "Find a Middle Eastern girl and tell her; she might be interested."

"No need for a Middle Eastern girl. You just need to cooperate with us to report this to the police and make it a news story." Chen Yiyang revealed his motive for coming.

"Are you crazy?" As soon as Chen Yiyang finished speaking, Isis became agitated.

"You were the one who sold me the previous two antiques."

"That's why I need you to keep the seller's identity secret. We can write the news like this. A reporter found a suspected ancient Middle Eastern silver bottle in a tomb and brought it to you for identification.

You confirmed the antique indeed came from ancient Middle East and discovered that two similar items were sent to your auction house a few days prior.

You deduce that an ancient tomb in the West Capital has been secretly robbed. To uphold justice and prevent these antiques from being lost, you and the righteous journalist here have exposed the matter."

"You're causing trouble for me." Isis said, "If this news gets on the papers, there won't be many people willing to sell things at my place in the future."

Isis's agitation was understandable.

After all, auction houses are only about making money, and whether the items brought in are family heirlooms or unearthed remains irrelevant to them.

Once outsiders know that this auction house even cooperates with the police, business will surely be affected.

Some people with sinister motives might stop selling things at Isis's auction house.

"Take a look at this." Chen Yiyang took out his phone and showed Isis a photo.

"An ancient Egyptian stone tablet, where did you get it from?" Isis first glanced casually.

But soon her expression changed.

"It's the stone tablet we lost!"

Isis cried out excitedly, "It must be this one. This is the tablet from the Bastaba Tomb! You found it!"

"Calm down for a moment." Chen Yiyang tried to soothe Isis.

But Isis had already thrown herself into his arms, "Quick, quick, tell me where you found this tablet."

Chen Yiyang felt that Isis would agree to whatever request he made at that moment.

However, Han Bingbing was still nearby.

So Chen Yiyang restrained himself.

"What about what I just mentioned?"

"I agree with you." Isis said without any hesitation.

"Then after this matter is over, I'll show you the tablet."

"I'll fully cooperate on my side."

Seeing Isis agree, Chen Yiyang called Han Bingbing over and shared his idea.

Which was to create big news out of this.

After understanding Chen Yiyang's intention, Han Bingbing agreed to it, but she still looked at Chen Yiyang suspiciously and asked,

"You don't really seem like the type who loves meddling in others' affairs. Why suddenly do this?"

"I have my own reasons. Consider this as you doing me a favor. Regarding Ms. Wang Rui's notes, I won't shortchange you."

"Alright." Han Bingbing gritted her teeth and nodded.

Then, after discussing for a while, Han Bingbing and Isis called the police.

And before the police arrived, Chen Yiyang returned to his apartment.

He was now very curious about what exactly the Egyptian stone tablet recorded that got Isis so excited.

Could it be a secret about some Egyptian treasure?

It all seemed a bit too fantastical.

But Isis had heard of the Mastaba Tomb before.

So Chen Yiyang went online to research it.

The Mastaba Tomb is quite famous online. Because the people buried in this tomb are rather special.

This tomb contains the remains of two officials from the sixth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty in Egypt.

These two officials amazingly held the position of Imperial Nail Trimmer.

Although he wasn't sure if there was a translation error, Chen Yiyang patiently read on.

Both officials were male, each had their own family, wife, and kids.

However, after they died, their families decided to bury them together in one tomb.

This is the Mastaba Tomb.

There are many murals in this tomb, depicting two men touching each other's cheeks and dabbing their noses, actions of intimacy.

Therefore, some speculate that these murals may imply a special relationship between these two married men.

But others believe that they might have been twin brothers, which is why they were buried together, and the murals show intimate interactions.

The exact truth is difficult to know now.

Because the Mastaba Tomb was discovered a long time ago, many of the items inside have been lost or sold.

However.

How did this stone tablet end up in Huaxia?

Could it be that someone from Huaxia went to Egypt as an adventurer back then and brought back a lot of stuff?

Chen Yiyang continued his research.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yiyang found out that there really was such a person.

A late Qing Dynasty official: Toteke Duanfang.

This person was genuinely of the Manzhou Zhengbai Banner, one of the high officials towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, eventually died during the suppression of the Railway Protection Movement.

But apart from his official status, Duanfang was also a famously renowned collector, who amassed many national treasure-level antiques.

Later, he was also dispatched by the Qing Dynasty to visit other countries and had visited Egypt.

At the time Egypt was fairly chaotic, and all sorts of relics were sold freely.

Thus, Duanfang went on a buying spree in Egypt and brought back a large number of antiques.

Part of these antiques has been lost, but many remain.

Among them are three painted anthropomorphic coffins from Ancient Egypt, now preserved in Huaxia's treasury.

This shows that the old gentleman indeed brought back quite a lot of good stuff from Egypt back then, even managed to bring back three coffins.

After such an investigation, Chen Yiyang understood why he could find a stone tablet from Ancient Egypt in the West Capital.

This stone tablet should have been one of the items Duanfang brought back from Egypt, but later due to war it got lost and eventually ended up in the West Capital.

And Isis should have discovered that a stone tablet was bought by a Qing Dynasty official back then, but didn't know where it leads now.

After figuring out the connection, Chen Yiyang took out the tablet he had previously saved and admired it for a while.

Chen Yiyang is quite a straightforward person. He believes that the relics of his own country should naturally be managed by people of his country, hence antiques lost abroad should return to Huaxia.

If foreigners demand the return of their own cultural relics, it should indeed be returned.

We in Huaxia are not lacking these kinds of things.

Since the stone tablet is from Egypt, selling it back to Isis wouldn't be an issue.

Of course, the price would need further negotiation.

The next morning upon waking up.

Chen Yiyang glanced at today's intelligence.

Another piece of intelligence about acting as a middleman to resell clothes. The payment might only be a few thousand dollars.

Chen Yiyang wasn't interested, hence decided to take a day off.

Cannot be considered as a day off.

Chen Yiyang still has some matters to attend to today.

He first called Han Bingbing to inquire about the follow-up to her reporting to the police yesterday.

"After the police arrived, I told them that I suspected someone was grave robbing. Isis also came out to testify that someone was trying to sell her newly unearthed antiques.

Since I paid with WeChat before, the police caught the person that very night. Now they're still being interrogated."

"You use your own account to post the news." Chen Yiyang said, "This news will likely become a hot topic."

"Do I need a reminder from you for my job?" Han Bingbing said speechlessly, "I already posted the news after the police nabbed the person yesterday. You follow my account."

Chen Yiyang hung up on Han Bingbing's call, opened his phone, and searched for Han Bingbing's personal account.

Indeed, last night Han Bingbing had posted news.

"Multiple newly unearthed Middle Eastern artifacts discovered within West Capital City, possibly a Middle Eastern prince's tomb hidden within."

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