The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family novel Chapter 6047

"Yes." Raymond nodded. "The unofficial history I read recorded that when Huang Chao started the rebellion, he was lucky enough to be assisted by a master who located and obtained the Four-Sided Treasure Tower. Huang Chao failed to succeed as an emperor despite the help of the treasure tower. As a result, the tower fell into the hands of Zhu Wen.

“However, the tower couldn't play its true role as Zhu Wen didn't have talented people who studied the Book of Changes. Since then, the whereabouts of the tower have been unknown."

Raymond paused for a moment before continuing, "The tower resurfaced several hundred years later in the hands of Nurhaci. According to the legend, Nurhaci was blessed by the tower. The nation's fortunes soared. It coincided with the decline of the Ming Dynasty and continued to grow stronger. Then, the country entered the Qing Dynasty, and they finally successfully conquered the land."

Charlie asked, intrigued, "In that case, the tower must have been a national treasure since the Qing Dynasty royal family owned it. How did it end up in the hands of the Rothschilds?"

With a regretful sigh, Raymond explained, "In 1840, the British government launched the Opium War in Oskia, forcing the country to open its door to the world and importing opium to Oskia and all of Southeast Asia. This was how the Rothschild family started the opium business in Oskia.”

“At that time, they controlled most of the opium business in Oskia and Southeast Asia. From that time on, they transported a large amount of opium to Oskia, while transporting Oskia's gold, silver, tea, and various precious antiques from Oskia back to Europe.”

"The plunder reached its peak during the Eight-Nation Alliance. The joint army of eight countries—Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Austria, and Italy—burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil in Peking, and countless national treasures were stolen or destroyed. The two winners of the looted items were the British government and the Rothschild family."

As he spoke, Raymond bellowed indignantly, "There are more than 20,000 Oskian relics in the British Museum, most of which were looted from Oskia during that period. The cultural relics in the hands of the Rothschild family are no less than those in the British Museum. I've always heard about this, but I didn't expect that they owned the legendary Four-Sided Treasure Tower too!”

"In the process of repairing the tower, I felt that the Rothschild family had no right to own it because it is an Oskian relic. Almost all Oskian people do not know the tower or even its existence, but it is probably the most important of all the national treasures lost in Oskia's centuries-long history of humiliation since the Opium War. For many years, I have been working to return Oskian relics in the West to Oskia. I think I will regret it forever if I don't return the tower to Oskia…”

"So, during the months of the repairing process, I made a fake tower to trick them. I then secretly hid the real tower and waited for a chance to send it out of the United States.”

"Initially, I thought that I could fool them with the fake tower long enough for me to post the real tower, but these tricky people immediately did the carbon-14 test as soon as they took back the tower. After they found out that I swapped the items, they wanted to secretly take me away. Fortunately, I was on guard. When they came to my door, I called the police and turned myself in right away. After the police intervened, the Rothschild family had no choice but to send me here..."