229: Scare off tomb robbers!

Li Laogen was considered the most agile and smartest person in the village.

Asking him to help with something wouldn't be a problem at all.

The others weren't slow either; they immediately headed towards the mountain.

They made noise with gongs and drums all the way to attract the attention of that group of people.

Because their goal was clear, they successfully reached the mountain within half an hour.

Big Beard and his crew were digging enthusiastically, but because they took a detour, they hadn't reached the entrance yet.

However, the soil layer below was becoming increasingly firm. He could feel that it wouldn't be long before they successfully dug to their target.

"Everyone, put in more effort, hurry up and dig everything out of here. I feel like we'll reach it soon!"

"This ancient tomb actually doesn't have any previous robber's holes; it's completely tailor-made for us!"

He looked around and could basically confirm that this ancient tomb had never been entered by anyone before.

Since that was the case, even if they took the things out and sold them, it wouldn't attract any attention.

"Alright, Director, I'll work hard!"

"Brothers, put in more effort! Once we dig everything out of here, we can eat meat! Tonight, no matter what, I'm going to find two girls!"

"Two? That's not enough! We've really struck it rich this time; two are nowhere near enough to go around!"

As they dug, they told some off-color jokes, as if they had already imagined themselves getting intimate with those girls.

As long as they dug hard, everyone could make big money.

"We have another small goal for today: each person earns 100,000!"

Big Beard also couldn't help but encourage everyone. This amount of money wasn't much to them.

They casually dug up some scrap metal and exchanged it for tens of thousands, and while that was quite a bit of money, it still wasn't enough for them.

There were many brothers present, and it wasn't enough to spend.

It would be more like it if each person earned over a hundred thousand!

"That's for sure! Our ability to make money is something ordinary people can't compare to!"

"If you ask me, it's our Big Beard Director who's smart and resourceful! Look at him, didn't he find us a suitable way to make money in no time?"

"Those who honestly farm are the foolish ones!"

"Haha, definitely!"

Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, they suddenly heard the clear sound of gongs and drums. This sound startled everyone and made them dumbfounded.

"What's going on? What kind of day is today? Why are these villagers making noise with gongs and drums?"

"Who knows? The noise from the gongs and drums is killing me!"

"What are you still mumbling about? Quickly pack up your things and hide in the woods!"

Big Beard also didn't expect his group of subordinates to be so foolish!

This group of people had already come looking for them, and they were still here discussing it!

"No matter what's happening, what we're doing is illicit. We absolutely cannot let those villagers know what we're doing, or else we'll have no way out but death!"

Big Beard was very clear about what he was doing; crime was crime, there weren't so many nonsensical excuses.

However, his subordinates were different. Most of the people who followed him were inexperienced, and many didn't even understand basic laws.

They didn't think there was anything wrong with what they were doing.

"We're just digging up some stuff, and people are complaining?"

"Exactly! They beat their drums, we do our digging, what does it have to do with them!"

"Besides, they might not necessarily come over! Maybe they're just making noise with gongs and drums to scare away the animals in the mountains!"

Some subordinates were relatively smart and understood the implication, while others were completely indifferent; they didn't care at all if they were committing a crime.

Big Beard was too lazy to talk so much nonsense with them.

"Hurry up! If you don't want to die, then go!"

Hearing this, although everyone was feeling somewhat unhappy, they still picked up their shovels and left.

The villagers actually didn't know the location of those ancient tombs.

However, there was only one path up the mountain, and they just went up, making noise along the way.

"How come I haven't seen anyone along the way? Are you sure those guys are really digging here?"

The Village Chief muttered softly to the person beside him. They hadn't seen any suspicious people along the way, not even a shadow.

"This ancient tomb must be in a very remote place! If we could find it at a glance, something would truly be wrong!"

The villager who had tipped them off couldn't help but complain.

The Village Chief thought about it and realized that was true.

"We don't need to worry about so much; just keep making noise and walk!"

He reminded everyone, and then everyone became vigilant again.

Just then, Wang Mazi suddenly reached out and nudged the Village Chief.

He pointed to the tracks beside them, and his expression became serious.

It was clear that there were signs of people having walked here.

And judging solely by the footprints, these tracks were quite fresh.

In an instant, everyone understood the situation; they had roughly guessed what was going on.

As a result, the sound of everyone's gongs and drums became louder and louder.

They even stopped where they were, sitting down to rest while still making noise.

Even the sound of their voices became particularly loud.

The Village Chief secretly reminded everyone to make all this information public.

It would be best to let them know that the authorities were searching for these grave robbers.

That way, when the other party wanted to do something bad, they would have to think twice to avoid bringing themselves the disaster of imprisonment.

"Village Chief, how long do we have to patrol? I'm really exhausted!"

Wang Mazi said this deliberately. His acting was quite good; it all came naturally to him.

The Village Chief spoke with feigned helplessness.

"There's nothing we can do. The authorities here have issued a notice, telling us to patrol several times a day to ensure no one steals cultural relics!"

"I heard there's a gang of grave robbers. They stole cultural relics and sold them. I heard it caused a very bad impact!"

Everyone spoke one after another, almost cursing the grave robber into a sieve.

They usually had many complaints about this group of people, and now that they finally had a chance to curse them a few times, no one wanted to let it go.

Big Beard and his crew were hiding in the dark, and they felt extremely angry listening to these words.

Several subordinates who were ignorant of the law wished they could go forward and deal with the people from this village.

They had always not felt that they were wrong in any way.

From the start, they had been doing these things under the leadership of Big Beard. They were just doing it to make a living, so what was wrong with that?

Weren't these things from ancient people meant to be dug up and used by them? Why be so sentimental?

Sometimes, trying to reason between people is just impossible.

The Village Chief and his group didn't know if the other party had heard their words. After sitting here for a long time, they finally left.

They marked this location and quickly descended the mountain before it got completely dark.

By doing this, they had managed to delay the other party quite a bit.

Everyone knew that daytime was the best time to dig things. Once night fell, they wouldn't be able to see anything.

What's more, even if it's an ancestor's tomb, it's still a tomb, and that stuff is always scary!

Even the bravest person wouldn't dare to casually dig someone else's grave in the middle of the night.

After the Village Chief and his group had completely disappeared.

Big Beard and his crew only then came out from where they were hiding.

Everyone's expression was unpleasant.

"Director, should we continue?"

His face wore a serious expression. It was already dark now, and continuing to dig would only bring trouble.

Big Beard shook his head. People in their line of work were relatively superstitious, and none of them had any special abilities, so it was naturally impossible to work at night.

Furthermore, they didn't have enough tools to enable them to see things clearly at night.

After hearing these words, everyone felt a bit regretful, but for now, this was the only way.

"Let's go, descend the mountain first. We'll talk about the specifics tomorrow!"

"Everyone, go back and get some sleep early. Come dig early tomorrow, try to dig through completely. We need to get the things quickly and sell them for money!"

Big Beard truly hadn't expected this matter to spread so quickly. It hadn't been long since they dug the things out, and the matter had already completely blown up.

"This matter is really strange. This village is already remote, yet their news spread so quickly!"

He had originally thought that even if the matter was exposed, it would take some time.

By then, they would have completely resolved these troubles and would be living a carefree life enjoying their money.

But they hadn't expected that everything wouldn't go as they had anticipated.

The things had been found out by someone not long after they were sold. The market regulation was indeed quite strict.

This was not a good thing for them.

"Director, why don't you ask the person who bought our stuff before? I'm afraid he won't be willing to buy our goods after hearing the news!"

A subordinate expressed his worry. They thought this wasn't impossible.

There were many instances of these businessmen not adhering to ethics. It was possible that they might be worried about this batch of goods being investigated, so they wouldn't accept their items then.

These were things they had worked hard to dig up. If they couldn't sell them for money, wouldn't they suffer a huge loss?

After hearing these words, Big Beard smiled somewhat smugly.

"Don't worry about that point. That guy originally sells illicit goods. Now that we have good stuff, there's absolutely no way he won't take it."

He was very confident about this and wasn't worried about sales issues at all.

At most, he would lower the price a bit then. Anyway, the matter could definitely be settled.

After hearing these words, everyone finally felt relieved.

By the time they descended the mountain one after another, Su Yue had naturally also received all the information.

Although news from this village was relatively isolated, it didn't mean it was cut off from the world. News that should spread naturally spread in minutes.

Liang Yuzhu's expression was also a bit unpleasant.

She hadn't expected this group of grave robbers to be so rampant. They were selling the items so openly, were they really not afraid of being targeted?

One could only say that either he was extremely short on money, or he was fearless out of ignorance, both foolish and arrogant.

In any case, their small actions had successfully exposed themselves.

"What do you think we should do next?"

Liang Yuzhu casually forwarded this intelligence directly to the Director, while she herself sat in Su Yue's rented room and spoke seriously.

Nowadays, Su Yue had become her main support, and she basically wanted to ask for Su Yue's opinion on everything.

Yet, the opinions that Su Yue proposed were quite constructive.

"What actions are the authorities taking now?"

Su Yue calmly picked up the cup of coffee in front of him.

He usually rarely drank coffee because he didn't like the bitter taste.

It just so happened that the coffee Liang Yuzhu bought this time was a bit unique.

Banana latte.

The sweet taste lingered in his mouth, and Su Yue felt completely awake.

"The authorities' intention is to send people to arrest them directly."

Anyway, the authorities' attitude was very simple: take direct action decisively and don't waste so much time talking nonsense with them.

After hearing this, Su Yue shook his head.

"Do you know the identities of this group of people?"

This time, the one shaking her head was Liang Yuzhu.

"Do you know where the hideout of this group of people is?"

Liang Yuzhu shook her head again.

"Their intention is to set up an ambush directly and surround that mountain."

Su Yue felt that all of this was not realistic.

"Doing this will not only consume a lot of manpower and resources, but it might not even be possible to catch everyone."

Speaking of this, he rubbed his brow with a serious expression.

"This matter is no small thing; we need to consider it carefully for the long term."

Liang Yuzhu admitted that what Su Yue said made sense. Before, they had only been analyzing in an idealized manner.

Everyone just temporarily had the idea for this action, but how exactly to proceed still required a unified action plan to be designated.

"What are your thoughts?"

Liang Yuzhu stared intently at Su Yue, somewhat curious about what the other party would do.

If the person who needed to make the decision was Su Yue, how would he arrange these matters?

Su Yue pondered for a moment. This matter was indeed tricky.

"Let's just go to the scene first and see the situation. As for the current situation, no one knows what's really going on over there."

"It might be better to first investigate the shop owner who received the cultural relics, and then try to find the criminals involved in these transactions."

Liang Yuzhu nodded vigorously. As expected of Su Yue, many of his ideas coincided with those of the leaders.

Many of their ideas aligned with each other.

However, just thinking about these methods was simple; implementing them comprehensively would be difficult.

Just then, Lin Jia walked in carrying a large box of food.

"You two busy people, hurry and eat something! Don't just focus on thinking about the case."

Lin Jia had a few days each month when she was in unbearable pain.

During this time, she couldn't calm down and think about problems at all, so after taking a painkiller, she volunteered to help buy food.