Chapter 631 Tomb Raiding (7)
Chapter 631 Tomb Raiding (7)
The contract was delivered in a couple of days. Wangyou glanced at it and looked at the person who brought it with some surprise.
“Those territories cannot be directly taken over by the state, otherwise it would be no different from stabbing a knife in someone else’s territory. We’ve inquired about it these past two days and decided to keep the ownership unchanged. You have a good reputation abroad, so this is a safer approach.”
"Alright." Wangyou signed the document directly, and the personnel prepared by the higher-ups were quickly dispatched.
During her carefree days, she was usually undisturbed, and she was too lazy to wander around, except for a certain person who would come to feed her.
"Not bad, you actually brought me flowers today." Wangyou was a little surprised to see Zhang Haiguan holding a large bouquet of roses.
"That's nonsense, girls would like it."
"Let's find a bottle and stick it in!"
"Okay." Zhang Haiguan was somewhat pleased; the blind man was still of some use.
Recently, Wangyou has taken to eating at the New Moon Hotel. Although the food is not cheap, it is still affordable for Wangyou, who has mountains of gold and silver. However, today when Wangyou went to eat, she encountered an auction.
After thinking for three seconds, Wangyou decided to see what good stuff they had.
Then, as the items were auctioned off one by one, Wangyou was so angry she almost laughed. One of them was something with the Lu family's mark. She remembered that before she left, she had emptied the ancestral graves, leaving only a few treasures for a few ancestors.
The third item that just appeared was one of her most treasured possessions. She remembered checking the surrounding formations before she left, unless there was something else in her family's ancestral graves that she didn't know about.
But now is not the time to discuss this. The items being auctioned at the Crescent Hotel are all from tombs. This isn't a hotel; it's a den of thieves!
Lu Wangyou, a centenarian, is old and too lazy to manage things, but she is a patriotic old lady. She also remembered the things she brought back from abroad all those years ago, but they have been gathering dust in a corner for too long.
So, feeling indignant that his ancestral graves had been robbed, Wangyou decisively took out his phone and started contacting people.
The Minister of State Security personally led a team and surrounded the entire Crescent Hotel.
"Miss Lu, what has happened?"
"This restaurant is a den of thieves! They actually dug up my family's ancestral graves! And not only that, they auctioned off the burial items! Do they think I'm dead?!"
The person who came immediately sent people to search, and they retrieved all the items that had just been auctioned off. "Miss Lu, which one do you think belongs to your family?"
"This jade seal belongs to my family. I specially left it for my ancestors to use as a coffin protector. You must not let these people go. Anyone who dares to protect them, I dare to kill them." As Wangyou said this, a murderous glint flashed in her eyes.
She's become too easy to talk to these past two years.
"Don't worry, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."
Subsequently, the minister ordered that everyone who came to the Crescent Hotel to participate in the auction be arrested, including several of the hotel's managers.
This operation was quite large, and it also uncovered a certain "Nine Gates," a huge tomb raiding gang. After being investigated one by one, it was found that, apart from the head of the Xie family who was relatively clean, every single one of the others had been to tombs.
Those high-ranking individuals who coveted immortality didn't even dare to show their faces this time, and the Ministry of State Security showed no mercy either.
Because they knew in detail what Wangyou had done abroad. She dared to carry a knife and kill her way through a street overseas. They didn't dare to gamble that she didn't know, otherwise it would be too unfair to have someone slit their throat in the middle of the night. After all, that guy had been dragged out of bed by her in the middle of the night before.
What is Wangyou doing right now? She ran back to the Taihang Mountains. Her family's ancestral graves had been dug up, so she had to investigate what happened. She didn't like to go underground, so she really didn't know if there was anything else in her family's ancestral graves.
Zhang Haiguan silently followed.
Do you know any tomb raiding techniques?
Zhang Haiguan adjusted his hat. "I know a little."
"Could you check if there are any other exits from my family's ancestral grave? Otherwise, it's surrounded by formations and could be robbed."
"it is good."
Watching Zhang Haiguan's actions, Wangyou realized that this man didn't just know a little; he clearly knew a lot.
"Are you from the Zhang family of the Nine Gates?"
"No, I've already left the Zhang family. Strictly speaking, I'm pretty much the same as you," Zhang Haiguan said, clearly trying to survive.
"Okay!" There was a hint of regret in his voice.
Zhang Haiguan was helpless, but he still did his duty to help Wangyou find all the mechanisms in the tomb. It turned out that the group of tomb robbers came through another tomb chamber. Her family's ancestral grave was built next to someone else's ancestral grave.
After sealing up all the tomb-raiding holes, Wangyou improved the formation on her family's ancestral grave, concealing not only the top but also the bottom.
Later, some members of the Lu family dug and dug according to the directions given by their elders, even digging several wells, but they still couldn't find the location of their ancestral graves.
Back in the capital, the one who was sleeping in the middle of the night was woken up by Wangyou again.
"I brought back a batch of things from abroad, mostly looted from the Old Summer Palace by those robbers, and some belonging to other countries. I'll have someone come and collect them tomorrow afternoon. There's a lot. Don't come in the morning, I won't be able to wake up." After saying this, Wangyou left without hesitation.
The one left behind, still unable to sleep from being shocked by Wangyou's return, was happy that the national treasure had returned, but couldn't you have come at a time when it was in the mortal world? It's the middle of the night, and it's making everyone's hearts pound.
Xie Yuchen of the Xie family sensed the great commotion that had been happening in the Nine Gates recently. Fortunately, he hadn't gotten involved in those gray areas since he arrived. But now it seemed that Wangyou was definitely in this world.
After all, only she could probably do something like uprooting a family of tomb raiders just because her own ancestral graves were robbed.
Xie Yuchen packed his things and, upon receiving a message from his colleague, came straight to find the person.
Then they met eyes with Zhang Haike, who came out of the door. With just one glance, the two were certain that it was the person they knew.
"Zhang Qiling, let's talk," Xie Yuchen said.
"Zhang Haiguan".
"Okay, let's talk."
"it is good."
Not long after the two left, the person who had been sent arrived. Wangyou led the person to her storeroom and said, "Take your time moving things out, and leave as soon as you're done."
"Ms. Lu, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
"Come in!"
"Here's the thing, while we were investigating the Nine Gates, we got some information from them: another unknown force is searching for immortality, and the Nine Gates currently has a plan that hasn't been implemented yet. We discussed it and decided that we could release these people as bait. After all, having such a force operating in the shadows is not good for national security."
"Could someone still be coveting immortality?"
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