The Qin Emperor's Hidden Gold

Legendary Treasure Gold ~ Tomb Raiding ~ Appraisal of Antiques + Repatriated Treasures from Shanghai + Foreign Powers Competing for Them

(The coming-of-age story of an heir to the Southern School)

The Qin Emperor buried gold in his mausoleum in Jinling to drain the royal aura. This was why the Six Dynasties were all short-lived.

Sima Wen of the Southern School happened upon bamboo slips from the Jin dynasty. They read: “The Huai River changed course and was named the Qinhuai River. Gold was buried in the mountains of Jinling to drain the royal aura.”

(The Northern School’s Zhao, the Shanghai School’s Chen Luosheng, and Malcolm, a British citizen, are among the major factions converging to compete for the treasure.)

A thousand-year-old land of gold, a nightmare haunting the Six Dynasties.

The Qinhuai River stretches for ten miles, its royal aura still lingering.

The mystery of the buried gold that drained the royal aura has resurfaced…