Episode 10 (The Lost Tomb)

**Episode 10 (The Lost Tomb)** is the tenth episode of the television series The Lost Tomb.

## Synopsis

Wu Xie finds himself in trouble with the Xin Yue Restaurant. Wu Xie also makes unexpected allies and gains a new enemy.

## Story

Wu Xie, who was at an auction at the Xin Yue Restaurant, sat in the seat next to Huo Xiangu. Huo Xiangu wanted Da Cheng to get rid of Wu Xie and his friends. Xie Yuchen asked her to let them stay and Wu Xie insisted he wasn't going to leave until he got his answer about the Snake Brow Copper Fish. She offered the proposition that if he could sit in the chair for a certain amount of time, she would answer his questions about the copper fish.

The auction preparation started. They revealed one of the items to be auctioned off, another Snake Brow Copper Fish. Chen Chengcheng noticed that nobody else on their floor had two people sitting in the front two seats. It was always one person on the left and the seat on the right, where Wu Xie was sitting, was empty. One of the employees came over and asked whether Wu Xie was sitting in the wrong seat. Huo Xiangu was amused and talked with an employee about how odd it was that someone sat there. The last person to have sat there, old Chang Sheng (老昌盛), was more than a decade ago. The employee placed a bell behind Wu Xie and offered him tea on the house. She also handed him a brochure on the snake brow copper fish. The employees hung a lantern behind Wu Xie and the auction began.

Attendees of the auction began ringing their bell placing bets on the copper fish being auctioned. The price quickly reached almost RMB 100 million (~USD 15 million). Wu Xie became stressed because he knew that he would be the one who would have to buy it. He told everyone about lighting the sky lantern. One of the rules of the auction was that no matter what the item was and how much the price was the person that lit the lantern must buy it at the highest bid. But if the one that lit the lantern can't afford it, the item will go to the last bidder. And the person that lit the lantern will eventually pay someway, whether through their family fortune or loss of a limb. Wu Xie knew that Huo Xiangu was playing him, so she could get the copper fish for herself and make him pay the price for it. High Shao suggested they run and steal it. One of the employees seemed to have heard him from below and ordered the others to go up there.

Wu Xie still needed to sit in the chair for another five minutes to hold up his end of the bargain for information on the copper fish. Pangzi went to hold off the employees but they eventually broke through. Wu Xie desperately tried to stay in his chair while the employees tried to force him out of it. Huo Xiangu ordered Da Cheng to break the chair, but Pangzi managed to hold it up. They made the five minutes and Wu Xie got up and made for the exit. Before he left, he told Huo Xiangu that he will ask about the copper fish the next time he sees her.

They escape down the stairs but one of the employees grabbed Chen Chengcheng. Xie Yuchen stepped in and saved her. Wu Xie silently thanked him and the rest continued to escape. The employees almost caught up to them but Zhang Qiling intervened and attacked them. Wu Xie and the others met more people when they were able to reach the exit of the restaurant and Pangzi offered to fight them. Wu Xie, High Shao, and Chen Chengcheng became separated from him. When Chen Chengcheng was alone with High Shao and Wu Xie she drugged them while they were distracted and they passed out.

Wu Xie and High Shao woke up in an abandoned building tied up. Chen Chengcheng revealed that she was not the real Chen Chengcheng. She took a picture of Wu Xie and sent it to Wu Sanxing for leverage. She wanted to exchange him for the copper fish and worked for Hendry Cox. While they were talking, the employees from the restaurant caught up with them. Chen Chengcheng created a distraction, but Wu Xie and High Shao were able to escape in the meantime. They ran away from the building and were confronted by Huo Xiuxiu. She offered them a ride and took them to see Wu Sanxing.

Wu Xie informed his uncle of what happened with the fake Chen Chengcheng. They discussed her boss, Hendry Cox for a moment but Wu Sanxing would not tell him about it.

Later, Wu Xie was sent a photo of an archeological team with someone in it that looked like Zhang Qiling, except the photo was from over twenty years ago. He asked his uncle about it since the other was also in the picture. Wu Sanxing recognized the photo and Zhang Qiling. The photo was taken when he and Chen Wenjin went to explore an underwater tomb. Wu Sanxing stared at it for some time wondering how Zhang Qiling could look like the person in the picture and then he remembered something. He didn't tell Wu Xie anything and hurried him out of the house. When Wu Xie went back at a later time, he discovered that his uncle was missing.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Wang Pangzi
* High Shao
* Chen Chengcheng
* Huo Xiangu
* Huo Xiuxiu
* Xie Yuchen
* Zhang Qiling
* Wu Sanxing