He returned and placed the porcelain pot in his apartment.

Chen Yiyang didn't rush to find Old Yu, instead, he drove back to the land he had contracted.

Finding a shovel, Chen Yiyang went down alone into the pond he had dug yesterday, pinpointing the location and started digging.

Soon, with a clink, Chen Yiyang's shovel hit something.

After some effort, Chen Yiyang cleared the area around the object and revealed its full appearance.

It was a tombstone, recording the name of a Great Tang noble and some of his deeds.

So Chen Yiyang didn't dig further down, he just took some photos and climbed out of the pond.

He sent the photos to Xu Xiaosheng, who quickly called him.

"Where did you take these photos?" Xu Xiaosheng asked curiously.

"I recently contracted a hundred acres of land to plant some pesticide-free inorganic vegetables for personal consumption.

Due to the drought, I had a pond dug, and this tombstone was discovered in the pond."

Xu Xiaosheng was clearly not familiar with rural areas and didn't know how far-fetched Chen Yiyang's explanation was.

However, the discovery of the tombstone caught her attention.

"The tombstone seems to describe the life of a Great Tang noble. Can I forward the images to my teacher to take a look?"

"Don't just forward the images, have your teacher come over to see if there's a tomb hidden below."

"Alright." Xu Xiaosheng agreed with Chen Yiyang.

Not long after they hung up, an old man called Chen Yiyang.

Soon, several cars arrived at Chen Yiyang's place.

"Where was the tombstone found?"

A few old men whose skin showed signs of being weathered by sun and wind, looking more like farmers, approached.

Before these old men arrived, Xu Xiaosheng had already sent a message to Chen Yiyang introducing their identities.

Though they looked like farm workers, they were actually renowned archaeologists, holding professorial titles at many universities.

Their appearance resulted from years spent on archaeological sites.

Thus, Chen Yiyang didn't dare to neglect them, quickly leading these elderly scholars to the tombstone.

After some study.

One of the old men said to Chen Yiyang, "Young man, this is likely the tomb of an ancient noble. You probably won't be able to farm here anymore."

"It's okay, please rest assured and research. Don't worry about me." Chen Yiyang allowed the archaeologists to slowly study the tombstone and any possible tomb hidden behind it.

Then he drove directly to see Old Yu.

"Old Yu, take a look at this porcelain pot."

Chen Yiyang entered Old Yu's house and took out the porcelain pot.

"Surely, this can't be an antique." Old Yu initially didn't give it much thought.

But after observing the porcelain pot for a moment, his expression became extremely serious.

Old Yu's main research area in the collection world was modern and contemporary painting and calligraphy art.

He may not see it, but how could he not?

The paintings, writings, and inscriptions on the porcelain pot.

All pointed to one person.

Old man Banding, Chen Banding.

"This belongs to Old man Banding." Old Yu exclaimed excitedly.

"That's right, I just came by it by chance."

"Again coming by chance?" Old Yu looked at Chen Yiyang in disbelief.

"Properly came by chance." Chen Yiyang quickly recounted the origin of the porcelain pot.

"You kid, your luck is unbelievable. How many times has it been?" Old Yu, while examining the porcelain pot, spoke to Chen Yiyang.

"If I hadn't retired yet, and you dared to repeatedly bring these things to me, I'd definitely call the police to have you arrested."

"Why's that?" Chen Yiyang asked in confusion.

"Because people who bribe others usually do it like this!"

Old Yu spoke to Chen Yiyang, "During my time, some officials started out being very clean.

But they couldn't resist businessmen repeatedly creating 'accidents' to cater to their preferences. Many can't withstand it, become greedy, and get caught with evidence to extort them."

After finishing, Old Yu told Chen Yiyang a story,

"Just the other day, a subordinate came to see me, saying there was a young man in his unit in his thirties.

Originally having a bright future, he was in charge of managing a fairly important domain.

As a result, when a businessman attempted to gift him something, he refused, but the businessman discovered that the young man liked playing video games. They found an excuse, saying there was a pretty female employee who also liked gaming, introduced her as an in-game teammate.

After some time, due to the girl playing well, he developed feelings and quickly made mistakes.

Naturally, the business caught photos and extorted him into working for them. Eventually, the matter was exposed, leading to him being imprisoned."

"Are you hinting at me?" Chen Yiyang understood Old Yu's point.

"Not hinting at you, just telling you I've retired. Now only my reputation remains, asking me to handle matters, I no longer have that capability."

"Your experience and wisdom are sufficient to help me." Chen Yiyang flattered him a little.

Then he told Old Yu about what had just happened.

"You said you leased over a hundred acres of land, and then a tomb was discovered inside?"

"Yes, archaeologists have already arrived at the scene to investigate."

"Such a coincidence?"

"I didn't expect it either. It's just so coincidental."

Facing Old Yu's disbelief, Chen Yiyang could only shrug.

His information turn was too effective; there was nothing he could do about it.

Not long after, Old Yu retracted his suspicious gaze.

Since archaeologists were already at the site, the matter couldn't be faked.

"Then one of the key points I mentioned last time you've already accomplished."

"In fact, I've pretty much completed all three key points."

Chen Yiyang showed Old Yu the news sent by Han Bingbing and Wang Rui's notes.

Old Yu was stunned after reading them.

"Be honest, kid. Do you happen to have some family-passed skills related to Zhou Yi Bagua or fortune-telling?"

Chen Yiyang didn't expect Old Yu to guess his luck through fortune-telling.

But Chen Yiyang thought it over. If someone doubts his luck in the future, claiming he can tell fortunes might be a good excuse.

So he smiled modestly without speaking, just giving Old Yu a hinting look.

"I used to hear people say such skills really exist in the world, but I didn't believe it. Now it seems, the world is full of wonders."

Old Yu thought Chen Yiyang had confirmed it and could only sigh.

If it were ten years ago, Old Yu might have deliberately befriended Chen Yiyang.

But now, he's retired and doesn't have children.

He's indifferent to many things.

So he just sighed.

But he quickly reacted to a small issue in Chen Yiyang's words just now.

"How did you persuade Isis to report with you? This might impact her auction house's reputation."

"It's because I have a stone slab she needs."

Chen Yiyang didn't dare to say the stone slab was found by him in the last couple of days. That'd be too suspicious.

Fortunately, only he knows the origins of the stone slab.

So Chen Yiyang just said he bought the slab a long time ago and kept it in Jin City.

This time coming to West Capital, he heard Isis talking about searching for the slab, so he brought it from Jin City here.

"When Isis first came to West Capital City, she commissioned someone to meet me. Her purpose was to have me help her find this stone slab.

I knew Duanfang went to Ancient Egypt to buy many artifacts before, but I didn't expect this slab ended up in West Capital City."

"Do you know why Isis is looking for this stone slab? The slab seems to record nothing special. I thought Isis was so eager because it documented some Ancient Egyptian treasure."

"Little Chen," said Old Yu looking at Chen Yiyang, "You must remember. Artifacts are both past history and present history.

The content recorded on that slab is Isis's biggest goal.

The slab comes from which tomb, I suppose you've investigated."

"Yes," Chen Yiyang nodded and said, "I found out it's from a tomb named Bastaba Tomb, which strangely buried two men."

"Right, that's the crux," Old Yu said to Chen Yiyang, "Any reformer worried people won't accept their reforms tend to emphasize the content is not created from thin air but has always existed.

If NGOs in Egypt focusing on LGBT advocacy want Egyptians to better accept them, what method would they choose?"

"Are you saying Isis is searching for this slab to promote LGBT in her country?"

"Exactly."

Accompanied by Old Yu's nodding confirmation.

Chen Yiyang didn't expect such a complicated story behind the slab.

No, rather the slab is just a regular ancient artifact, but modern people impose additional meanings for special purposes.

"Now the stone slab in your hand can be dispensable to you, but for Isis and those behind her, it must be secured. So, consider well what price to sell the slab."

Old Yu reminded Chen Yiyang.

This stone slab is more valuable than Chen Yiyang imagined.

Chen Yiyang was particularly glad he talked with Old Yu today.

Otherwise, he might have sold the slab cheaply to Isis.

Now, Chen Yiyang plans to sell the slab at a good price.

After leaving the porcelain pot with Old Yu, Chen Yiyang returned to his home.

Though Old Yu didn't explicitly accept Chen Yiyang's gifted porcelain pot, he didn't refuse either.

This already showed his attitude.

Chen Yiyang considered himself as already halfway securing this valuable connection.

The rest is taking advantage of the Aiya Electric Vehicle expansion event to make a name for himself in West Capital City.

This way, Chen Yiyang can establish himself in West Capital City in the future.

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