My Breathtaking CEO Wife Novel - Chapter 618
Chapter 618: A strange discovery
After a night’s rest, Li Tian felt that the torn wound had scabbed again. This was good news, which meant that the wound hadn’t worsened. He just had to be more careful.
In the morning, Li Tian and Lin Yi were the only two people on the road. Their planned trip was two days, so they would be resting at Lin Yi’s grandfather’s place tonight.
They didn’t need to pass by Yanjing city to get to Jiangnan, but Li Tian wanted to visit his grandfather’s grave, so they took a detour. It would take them about two hours to get there from Yanjing city.
At around 10 am, the two of them entered the cemetery. Li Tian and the others had prepared a basket of flowers and fruits in advance, as well as some paper money.
Lin Yi acted like a good wife and mother. She came over to set up the flower and fruit baskets, and even scattered the paper money at the side.
Li Tian stood on the left side of the tomb, looking at the one-foot tall tomb.
It was the same for everyone who died. There was a coffin at the bottom of the mound.
In Jing capital, the dead had to be cremated, but some people had special privileges. For example, the head of the Li family of Jing capital had said before that he must not be cremated.
When Li Tian returned, he saw a sealed coffin.
The layout of the cemetery was pretty good. The ground was made of marble, and only the area around the grave was made of natural soil.
Standing in front of the grave, Li Tian thought for a long time. He didn’t thank his grandfather, as he had already said it the last time he came.
However, after looking at the grave for a while, Li Tian suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Yes, there was something wrong, but what was wrong?
For a moment, Li Tian couldn’t remember.
“Who do you think will take all the fruits in the cemetery?” Lin Yi asked.
“I don’t think anyone would dare to touch the things here. Perhaps they have rotted by themselves?
Li Tian immediately replied.
But suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.
That’s right, he finally realized what was wrong with this grave. The soil was loose.
The tomb had been around for almost eight months, and it could be said that it was on the right track. Back in Africa, Li Tian had seen too many tombs, and he could tell how long a tomb had been around with one look.
A three-year-old grave would be covered with weeds, and no matter how strong the wind or rain was, the soil would rarely slide off.
A grave within a year might have a rain, and the soil on the grave would be washed away. Therefore, some rural villages had a custom of wrapping the grave again every year, so that it would not look so ugly.
Did someone take care of the old man’s grave? Obviously, there was. Even if it was just hiring a person to guard it, the Li family had the ability to do so.
If Li Tian was right, this grave must have been redone during the new year. This was because there had been a few heavy rainstorms in Yan Jing before the new year. The soil on the grave had been washed away, and the marble slabs around it were covered in mud.
However, for a grave that had been wrapped up, the soil was particularly loose, and it was the kind that could be seen with the naked eye.
What did this mean?
This meant that this grave had been dug up!
Tomb raiding? Li Tian had heard of this profession before, and had even come into contact with it. Wasn’t it the same profession he had in Egypt? It was just that he didn’t directly participate in it.
Li Tian walked to the side without making a sound and called Li Heng.
“Second uncle, there’s something I want to ask you.”
When Li Heng saw that it was Li Tian’s number , he answered the call without any hesitation.
Is there something? Something to ask me?
That would be great.
Li Heng finally found a reason to get closer to Li Tian. “No problem, just ask whatever you want to ask.”
“Did you send someone to touch the old master’s grave?
“Ah? What do you mean by that?”
“Has anyone been sent here to dig up the soil?”
“How is that possible? we wouldn’t dare to do such a thing to the old man’s grave. I even specially arranged for a few people to go over and take care of it during the new year. The old man’s grave was touched?”
Li Heng immediately understood what he meant.
“Yes, I just came here and found that the soil is a little loose. It seems that someone has moved it. The soil has been piled up again, but it has not been tamped.”
“Who Who did this? There’s nothing valuable in the old man’s grave. Those grave robbers wouldn’t touch the grave of someone who had just been buried, would they?”
There was a basic rule of grave robbing, and that was not to dig the grave that was offered as tribute. In other words, this grave had descendants, so it was not allowed to dig this kind of grave, which would incur the wrath of heaven.
“It shouldn’t be a grave robber. In this Cemetery, a grave robber wouldn’t have the guts to do that.”
Li Tian had a strange thought, but he didn’t dare to say it out loud. He was afraid that no one would be able to accept it.
“I’ll send someone over right now No, I’ll go over personally.
Li Heng said immediately. Since Li Tian had mentioned it, he had to give him an explanation.
“There’s no need for that for now. I’ll be leaving soon. When I come back, I’ll investigate this matter in detail. Second uncle, just help me keep an eye on it.”
For now, Li Tian didn’t want to think too much about it. He wanted to accompany Lin Yi back to see her grandfather.
“I see. That’s fine. I’ll get my men to collect more information these few days and give it to you.”
“Alright,” he said.
In the car, Li Tian and Lin Yi had already set off for Jiangnan.
‘You just called second uncle and said that there’s something wrong with grandpa’s grave?
Lin Yi asked as she drove.
Li Tian wasn’t too far away, so he could still hear her.
“Well, I feel that the grave has been moved, and it has been moved in the past one or two months.”
In fact, Li Tian didn’t know anything about these things. He had seen too many graves in Africa, so he was more sensitive to the soil above the graves.
The soil of the tomb that had been touched was very loose, and there was some newly-grown soil on it. It must have happened in the recent one or two months, and the preservation period of the new soil was about two months.
“Could it be that those people didn’t do it carefully when they wrapped the grave and didn’t compact the soil?”
Lin Yi asked.
“On the surface, this theory is valid. It just so happens that two months ago, it was the new year. Second uncle sent people to wrap up the grave and added a lot of soil. “But this kind of thing can’t stand up to scrutiny. It’s just a small grave, and so many people came to help. If the soil isn’t tamped down, it might end in less than ten minutes. The Li family will definitely send people to keep an eye on it. They can’t afford to be careless about this.”
“Then what do you think?”
Lin Yi didn’t think much of it, and even thought that Li Tian was being a little too sensitive.
“There must be some secrets we don’t know about in this grave..”