Chapter Thirty-Five: Not Worth It

  Li Yang returned to the hospital after 10 pm, Li Yang and Fang Shuqin persuaded Li Junshan and his wife for a long time before they finally went home. Tonight, Li Yang and Fang Shuqin took turns looking after Li Cheng, and tomorrow during the day, the two elderly people would come again.

  After the ward quieted down, Li Yang used his special ability to carefully examine Li Cheng's internal injuries again.

  Li Cheng's injury looks very scary, but in fact it is not that serious. Apart from muscle damage, the most serious thing is splenic hemorrhage, which is the main reason for Li Cheng's coma. Now the hematoma has been cleared and a splenorrhaphy surgery has been performed. After waking up and having a good rest for a period of time, he will be fine and there won't be any sequelae left.

  This is a blessing in disguise. Looking at Li Cheng, who was still unconscious, Li Yang couldn't help but smile wryly and shake his head. Recently, the two brothers seemed to be having a streak of bad luck, encountering one disaster after another, but fortunately, nothing serious had happened.

  The next day, Li Cheng woke up at 7 o'clock. When he woke up, his body was still very weak. After a whole morning had passed, Li Cheng's complexion had recovered a lot, and the worried family members finally put their minds at ease.

  Liucheng County's southern suburbs are currently the main development area of the city, with four or five real estate companies building large residential areas here, which is a considerable scale for a county town.

  Li Yang's family school was approved to be built here, and Li Cheng proposed to build the school at a time when this area was in a blank period for schools, especially middle schools. The county leaders were worried about which school to move to this side, so as soon as Li Cheng made the request, the land was immediately approved, and it can also be said that Li Cheng and his family solved a difficult problem for the county.

  Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli arrived here at more than two o'clock in the afternoon. To say, Li Yang was still coming to his own school for the first time, this school has 40% of his shares.

  A simple fence has been built around the school, and the gate is empty. When you enter through the gate, all you can see is a vast expanse of land and weeds. Not far from the entrance, there are over ten people standing there talking and discussing something.

  "Let's go in and take a look!"

  Li Yang said to Wu Xiaoli, originally Li Yang thought that after Wu Xiaoli got up in the morning she would leave by herself, but unexpectedly she ran to the hospital again, and told Li Yang that for the time being she wouldn't leave, since she helped Li Yang with this matter she would thoroughly help him until it was completely resolved before leaving.

  Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli had a few arguments, but in the end he couldn't win her over, so he could only give up. Besides, Li Yang really needed a car now, as Li Cheng was hospitalized and Li Yang had to take care of the school and the ancient tomb, which would require him to run around a lot, and having a car would be much more convenient.

  "Who are you?"

  The dozen or so people in front of me were all strangers, and apart from those standing there, inside the excavated ancient tomb, there were three more people holding strange small shovels that kept tapping.

  A man in his fifties with glasses came over first: "Hello, I am Deng Ming, the director of the county cultural relics bureau. May I ask who you are?"

  "My name is Li Yang, I'm in charge here. The previous person in charge was my brother, but he's currently in the hospital, so now everything here is under my responsibility!"

  Li Yang nodded slightly, Li Cheng had already informed the Cultural Relics Bureau yesterday, and the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau reported it to the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau. Today, both the city and county have sent people over, but the county's cultural relics bureau had already come once yesterday. Now there are not many valuable things that can be sorted out.

  "It was Mr. Li, your brother is a good man, he was hurt for the sake of protecting national cultural relics, unfortunately we can't do anything for him!" Deng Ming nodded and sighed.

  Yesterday's incident has been thoroughly investigated by the Public Security Bureau and the Cultural Relics Bureau. When the ancient tomb was first discovered, the person in charge here sealed off the tomb and made very reasonable arrangements. It's just a pity that some people were blinded by greed, which ultimately led to disaster.

  The people in the Cultural Relics Bureau were still very moved by Li Cheng's actions, but the bureau was just a small and financially strapped organization. They had wanted to do something for Li Cheng, but they were powerless to act, which is why Deng Ming made that comment.

  "My brother is much better now, nothing's wrong with him!"

  Li Yang smiled, he could understand what Deng Ming meant. Since the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau thought this way, Li Cheng's efforts were not in vain. At least everyone knew that Li Cheng was injured this time to protect national cultural relics, even if he didn't get any compensation, it didn't matter.

  "That's good, I believe good people will always have a good reward!"

  Deng Ming nodded, and a middle-aged man in his thirties jumped up from the ancient tomb, still holding several broken ceramic pieces: "Director Deng, we've almost finished investigating. This should be an ancient tomb from the mid-Qing dynasty, but it's been severely damaged, alas!"

  "What a pity! The current law popularization is still not in place, these people simply don't know what they have done!"

  Deng Ming picked up a porcelain shard and examined it carefully, finally shaking his head in dismay. The cultural relics that had been looted would be worth very little in the hands of these people, and only some lawless elements would come to buy them and then sell them through other channels. Reputable businessmen would never dare to buy or sell unearthed cultural relics, as that would be a criminal offense.

  "It's indeed an ancient tomb from the Qing dynasty, I reckon it's probably from the late Qianlong period. In that case, even a basket of copper coins wouldn't be worth much!" Wu Xiaoli suddenly whispered in Li Yang's ear, who turned around with a surprised look.

  "My grandfather liked collecting antiques, I often went there when I was young and learned a bit!" Wu Xiaoli smiled and explained again. Li Yang nodded as if he understood, but he really didn't expect that Wu Xiaoli's knowledge was so rich, she knew a lot about jewelry and jade, and even understood some antiques.

  "Can we go down and take a look?" Wu Xiaoli suddenly said another sentence, this time to Deng Ming.

  Deng Ming hesitated for a moment, looked at the empty ancient tomb, and finally nodded: "Okay, but be careful!"

  "I'm telling you, ancient coins also depend on the time period. Some ancient coins are worth tens of thousands, while others aren't even worth a dollar. The cheapest ancient coins are those from the Qing Five Emperors, namely Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Guangxu. During their reigns, many copper coins were produced and the existing quantity is large, so generally their value is very low. If it's an ordinary ancient coin from the Qianlong period, at most it's only worth one dollar per piece!"

  Wu Xiaoli smiled and explained to Li Yang, pulling his arm down into the ancient tomb. Wu Xiaoli had learned a lot about antiques from her grandfather, but this was still her first time seeing a freshly excavated ancient tomb.

  Deng Ming nodded behind him, he was still a little worried just now, but seeing that the little girl said it made sense, at least she was someone who understood the situation, so she wouldn't cause any unnecessary damage inside the ancient tomb. In fact, there was nothing worth damaging in this ancient tomb, otherwise Deng Ming wouldn't have let them go down.

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