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The excavation work is mostly complete, and the entrance to the tomb can now be vaguely seen.

Lu Lao Er was quick to act, entering the tomb chamber a step ahead of everyone else.

Director Yang and his team were conducting archaeological work, and they were careful not to damage anything valuable inside, including bricks, murals, inscriptions, and so on, so their work was very slow.

But tomb raiders like Lu Lao Er are different.

They only wanted gold, silver, jewelry, and some valuable utensils, so they were fast and destructive, leaving a trail of locusts wherever they went.

Director Yang was uneasy and felt a sense of unease, so he sent someone to Huai City to allocate some manpower.

After all, there were tomb raiders last time, and this time the tomb is priceless, so we can't be careless.

Qi Ling brought Lao Wu, Xiao Chen, and several police officers with him to support the work here.

Upon hearing the commotion, Lu Lao Er quickly ordered his men to grab some easily portable items and flee.

When Director Yang led his team to excavate the main tomb, he was so angry he almost fainted, but the tomb raiders beat him to it. Although some large treasures remained, many parts of the tomb were damaged.

Fortunately, the most valuable thing for research is the corpse inside the coffin.

It lay there peacefully, as if asleep, with a serene expression.

"Is this...is this a living person or a dead person?" Xiao Chen was seeing such a situation for the first time and turned pale with fright.

"Of course it's a dead body, but it's been treated with special methods," Sun Aiguo said. They had seen many incorruptible corpses, but it was very rare to see one preserved like this.

Ignoring everything else, Director Yang said, "Captain Qi, the tombs here have been raided by tomb robbers, and just now. You should hurry up and investigate; maybe you can get back what they stole."

Oh dear, those damned tomb raiders, they're everywhere!

I don't know where they got in from.

Upon hearing this, Qi Ling left behind Lao Wu and two policemen, and led the others to give chase.

Qi Ling made a simple analysis and concluded that it was impossible for the tomb raiders to leave from the direction of the back mountain of Qijia Village, because there were people coming and going, and the appearance of strangers would be very conspicuous.

Qi Ling chased after them in the opposite direction.

He Tiantian and Qi Daniu began their lives of cutting grass to feed pigs, sheep, and cattle.

Qi Daniu found a job at the livestock team through her mother, Aunt Liu. Because Qian Shikun and Sun Sihao had gone to repair the road, the livestock team was short-handed, especially since the winter fodder had run out and they had to cut fresh grass.

"Sister Tian, ​​look, I found wild eggs." Qi Danu didn't catch the pheasant, but she found two nests of wild eggs.

"Great, I've given you all of them," He Tiantian said with a smile. "Take them home and cook them."

“We’ll split it in half,” Qi Daniu said. “Sister Tian, ​​hurry up and cut the grass so we can go home for dinner soon.”

“Okay!” He Tiantian agreed and started to speed up.

The grass here is very lush, but it's relatively remote.

As luck would have it, Lu Lao Er and three others escaped from this side and saw He Tiantian and Qi Daniu.

"Second brother, these two girls are really pretty," one of them whispered. "They've already seen us, what should we do now?"

When He Tiantian saw that the group of people had large bags and small bags, and were carrying guns, as if they were robbing someone, she was so frightened that she backed away repeatedly.

Could I be so unlucky as to run into tomb raiders again?

"Da Niu, run!" He Tiantian grabbed Qi Da Niu and ran, worried that those people would kill them.

"Second Brother, they've escaped." One of them raised his gun, about to shoot He Tiantian and Qi Daniu, worried that the two women would reveal their whereabouts.

Lu Lao Er grabbed him and cursed, "You idiot! If you fire, won't that tell the police we're in this direction?"

He Tiantian was certain these people wouldn't dare fire, after all, Qi Ling and his group were only three miles away at the large tomb. Perhaps they had already discovered they'd stolen from inside and were chasing after them.

"Sister Tian, ​​will those people shoot?" Qi Daniu asked in a trembling voice, her face pale, as she followed He Tiantian.

"No, they're afraid of attracting the police, so we need to run fast," He Tiantian said. "As long as we get to a populated area, we'll be safe."

Seeing that Lu Lao Er was telling them not to fire, one of the men hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do now?"

Lu Lao Er was also a capable man. He made a quick decision and said, "Don't worry about them, I'll continue on my way."

"But they'll tell those damn police our whereabouts!" The other three were frantic. One of them, a lecherous man, even wanted to knock the man unconscious so he could do whatever he wanted.

"This back mountain is so big, what's there to be afraid of!" Lu Lao Er said. "I know what you're thinking, you can't let go of those two pretty girls, but don't you think about what time it is now? Are you willing to risk your lives for women?"

"Second brother, we..." the man argued.

"No need to say anything more. Once we sell what we have, we'll have no shortage of women!" Lu Lao Er said. "One last thing: if you don't leave, I will!"

Lu Lao Er's face was stern, and he kept scolding his three brothers to prevent them from making mistakes and losing their lives.

The three thought about it and agreed, so they quickly followed their leader and left.

As for those two pretty girls, they had to be abandoned; after all, they were still in danger. If they were caught, they would lose their valuables and go to jail, which would be a huge loss.

Qi Daniu turned around and, seeing that the people hadn't caught up, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister Tiantian, since they haven't caught up, should we go back to get our things now?"

"We're not taking it," He Tiantian said. "Let's go call the police first."

If the things are left here and no one takes them, they'll be in trouble if those four people come back.

As long as she didn't see any police or villagers, He Tiantian felt it was dangerous, so she dragged Qi Daniu and ran towards the peach orchard.

When we were almost at Taoyuan, we encountered Qiling.

"Brother Qi, four men with guns ran eastward," He Tiantian said hurriedly. "They had lots of bags and packages on them. If we hadn't run fast, they might have tried to bully us."

Upon hearing this, Qi Ling had a direction; he had just been hesitating about which direction to start chasing.

"I understand, Sweetie, hurry up and go to the cabin, don't go over there," the bullying said. "Those are tomb raiders, ruthless and capable of anything."

Just as she had guessed.

"Okay," He Tiantian replied.

"Our things are still over there!" Qi Danu said, her mind preoccupied with the two nests of wild eggs.

"Don't worry, we'll call a few more people over later and we'll retrieve it together. Don't disturb Brother Qi's investigation now," He Tiantian said. Qi Ling was a policeman and didn't have time to help them carry the items. (To be continued.)