I became more and more impressed with Boss Wang's knowledge as I listened.

Among the people I had met before, Jiang Yongguang and Xiao Liang were already considered knowledgeable, but compared to Boss Wang, they paled in comparison.

It just goes to show that there are always people more talented than you, and experts are hidden among the common people.

Even the uneducated Hong Jie was drawn in by Boss Wang's explanation and asked attentively, "Brother Zhiguo, why did the Shu king of the Bo Guan period put the coffin in a tree?"

Boss Wang explained clearly, "This has to be explained by the Shu king's name—Bo Guan. As I said before, 'Bo' refers to trees, and 'Guan' refers to white cranes. Don't you find it strange that the Shu king would put these two seemingly unrelated words together to form his name?"

Hong Jie shook her head blankly and said, "I don't know."

I was also confused and shook my head, "I don't know either."

Boss Wang said, "The names of the Shu kings of the past were not chosen casually. Can Cong was called Can Cong because the Shu people at that time were keen on raising silkworms. Yu Fu was called Yu Fu because the Shu people during the Yu Fu period were good at fishing, and Yu Fu means cormorant, which was an important tool for them to fish."

At this time, Mr. Liao asked, "Didn't you say before that the Shu people of the Bo Guan period lived in the forest? Does 'Bo' mean living in the forest?"

"Then what about 'Guan'?" Boss Wang asked with a smile, "How do you explain 'Guan'?"

Mr. Liao thought for a while and forced an explanation, "Maybe there were many white cranes in the forest at that time?"

Boss Wang shook his head, "Unlikely. White cranes don't live in forests, so the name Bo Guan seems contradictory at first glance."

The more I listened, the more curious I became. Indeed, the name "Bo Guan" didn't sound like Can Cong or Yu Fu, whose meanings were immediately clear.

Then Boss Wang continued, "But in ancient times, white cranes were a symbol of immortality and ascension to immortality. White cranes are the mounts of the gods. We euphemistically say that people have died, saying they have gone west on a crane, which is why."

We all nodded.

Boss Wang added, "So, the 'Guan' in Bo Guan doesn't actually refer to real white cranes, but is extended to mean immortality and ascension to immortality. I speculate that the real meaning of the two words Bo Guan is 'living in the forest can lead to immortality,' or to put it more exaggeratedly, 'being buried in a tree can lead to immortality.'"

Hearing this, I finally understood why Boss Wang speculated that the tomb owner's coffin would be buried in this tree.

Because it fits the original meaning of Bo Guan.

The tomb owner wanted to rely on the big tree to ascend to immortality!

Recalling the scenes depicted on the bronzes and stone coffin reliefs, the Shu people were sacrificed to the big tree in order to pursue immortality and ascension to immortality.

Everything made sense!

I couldn't help but admire, "Brother Zhiguo, you are indeed knowledgeable and admirable."

At that moment, I almost forgot that he was a tomb robber who had committed a serious crime.

Boss Wang stroked his beard and smiled, "This is nothing. Compared with Master Gao, the appraiser, my knowledge is like a candle compared to the bright moon, a tired horse compared to a qilin. Not worth mentioning!"

These words made me even more eager to know what kind of person this mastermind, Master Gao, was.

I wanted to ask him face to face why a big shot like him, with such profound knowledge and power, would be a traitor and steal national treasures to sell abroad. Did he not have even a shred of integrity as a scholar?

At this time, Mr. Liao asked, "Boss Wang, if that's the case, then does the tomb owner believe that as long as the coffin is placed on the tree, he can ascend to immortality? Is it really that simple?"

Boss Wang shook his head gently and said, "I can't say for sure. After all, everything is just my speculation. There are too few existing historical materials about the Bo Guan period. I don't know the specific operations."

At this point, two Haizi (rats) had climbed to the top of the ancient tree. They climbed and searched, but didn't seem to find any trace of a coffin.

"Brother Zhiguo! There's no coffin up here!"

"Brother Zhiguo! I didn't see any coffin!"

These two people were high up and could clearly see the scenery on the tree. What's more, this tree had been dead for many years and had no leaves. It was obviously impossible to hide a coffin on it.

Boss Wang was not satisfied with this result and asked in a deep voice, "No coffin? That's impossible! Look carefully! See if you've missed anything!"

But the Haizi (rats) on top immediately replied, "Brother Zhiguo, there really isn't! We've searched everywhere, and we really didn't see a coffin!"

"Then what the hell is up there?!" Boss Wang roared in exasperation.

The person above immediately replied, "Reporting to Brother Zhiguo, there seems to be a tomb robbers' hole up here. I don't know who dug it, but it leads straight to this tomb robbers' hole from the top of the tree."

Hearing this, I immediately thought of the woman in white.

She climbed up the treetop after taking the ancient Shu jade slip. Mei Shu and I didn't catch up with her just now, but now Boss Wang's men have climbed the tree, but they haven't seen her either.

Now it seems that she must have escaped through this tomb robbers' hole. This tomb robbers' hole was probably dug by her.

"It's that woman in white! She dug the tomb robbers' hole."

I quickly said to Boss Wang,

"Could it be that the tomb owner's coffin was also taken away by her?"

Boss Wang was furious when he heard this, and clenched his fists, "Damn it! Where did this competitor come from, daring to ruin my plans again and again! Doesn't she take me seriously at all!"

Mr. Liao said, "This woman in white is not simple. From the way she killed Tu Gou, we can see that she has an extraordinary background and probably has a lineage of guoshu (Chinese martial arts). Now looking at it, she can directly dig the tomb robbers' hole above the guardian dragon. Her feng shui and geomancy skills are admirable!"

I then realized that the tomb robbers' hole really did lead directly above the bronze dragon skeleton. Coming down from the tomb robbers' hole, you could directly find the tomb owner's coffin and the ancient Shu jade slip.

In this way, the woman in white's skills seem to be far above Boss Wang's, and she can probably compete with Master Gao.

I couldn't help but sigh that this tomb of the Shu king Bo Guan really deserves to be a treasure trove of thousands of years, attracting so many extraordinary people.

Seeing that one tree had been searched all over, and there was still no trace of the tomb owner's coffin, the Haizi (rats) above asked Boss Wang for instructions, "Brother Zhiguo, can we come down now? Or should we go into the tomb robbers' hole and take a look?"

Boss Wang was not reconciled and said loudly, "Don't come down yet! Look for it carefully again! I don't believe that woman in white moved the coffin away too. How could she have such great ability?!"

However, at this moment, I suddenly faintly heard a "tuk-tuk" sound coming from behind me. The sound made my scalp tingle, as if a metal sharp object was scraping against wood...