The fortune teller who set up a stall became the first strategist of the Republic of China

Gao Qingqiu and Shun Qishan went to the garden, each took a shovel, and dug down the pear tree.

Then, the two men dug a hole and continued digging downwards.

After spending several hours digging to the bottom of the pit, we finally saw several large boxes.

Shun Qishan's legs were shaking with excitement. "I made a lot of money. Haha."

Gao Qingqiu wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve and said, "Don't worry, just lift it up first."

The two continued to use shovels to clear the loose soil around several boxes.

After finishing his work, Gao Qingqiu climbed up, took a rope, threw it down, and asked Shun Qishan to tie it up.

After Shun Qishan had tied it up, he also climbed up and worked together with Gao Qingqiu to pull up a box.

There is a copper lock hanging on the front of the box.

Gao Qingqiu picked up the shovel and knocked off the copper lock.

Shun Qishan's eyes suddenly lit up, "So much gold, that's great."

"Go down and bundle the boxes and pull them all up." Gao Qingqiu said.

Shunqishan went down again and tied up a box...

Just like that, Gao Qingqiu and Shun Qishan dragged up the four wooden boxes.

After opening it, it was full of gold bars!

At this time, Shunchang also came, "Dad, everyone in the family is here."

Shun Qishan jumped in front of Shun Chang and said, "Please arrange for your family to go to the backyard to rest. Don't come here for the time being."

Shunchang stretched his neck and saw the gold bars in the box. His eyes widened. "Wow, so many——"

"Silly boy, stop screaming!" Shun Qishan covered Shun Qishan's mouth with his hands.

Then Shunqishan closed the garden door.

Shunchang walked over to some boxes, excitedly grabbed a few gold bars, looked at them, and jumped up, "Great."

Shun Qishan pointed at Shun Chang and said, "We have to thank Master Gao for this. If it weren't for him, would we have been able to get this advantage?"

"Here is a piece of paper." Gao Qingqiu pulled out a piece of paper from under a gold bar.

The above is written in classical Chinese, which is difficult to understand, so I will translate it into plain language:

"I am Li Xiucheng, the Loyal Prince of the Taiping Army. Now our army has been defeated, and the city is about to be captured. These boxes of gold bars are all the legacy of the Taiping Army. I don't want them to fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty demons, so I bury them here. If someone discovers this treasure decades later, please take out some of the gold bars and find someone to write the entire history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to comfort the thousands of heroes and martyrs."

……

Shun Qishan looked at it and said, "I can do this. Although I have heard about the long-haired people in my early years, since I have got these gold bars by chance, I will just do as it says."

Shunchang said, "I know a few old people who have some information about the Taiping Rebellion."

"That's great." Shun Qishan clapped his hands.

……

After dark, Gao Qingqiu assisted Shun Qishan and Shun Chang to move several boxes of gold bars into the house.

The next day, Shun Qishan brought 10 gold bars as a thank you.

Gao Qingqiu accepted it and put it in the cloth bag he carried with him.

He said goodbye and left.

He took a rickshaw back to the overpass, got off the rickshaw, went to the Continental Bank, and deposited the 10 gold bars.

When he walked out of the bank, an old man in his 50s stopped him and said, "Master, I have inquired about your situation. I know that only you can save my son."

Gao Qingqiu was confused. "Don't get excited. What's going on? Tell me slowly."

The old man introduced himself and said his name was Kong Daofu.

His wife disappeared mysteriously after entering a shopping mall, and they searched for her for three days and three nights but couldn't find her.