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He Jingyu is knowledgeable, so what he said should be credible.
"Oh, oh!" Secretary Qi nodded repeatedly. "I'll ride my bicycle to the county town to report it right away."
After returning home, Secretary Qi rode his bicycle to the county town.
Qian Shikun and Sun Sihao returned to the livestock team.
He Jingyu didn't dare go to Taoyuan alone, so he went home first and planned to call Qi Shuming and Qi Shugen to go together later.
Qi Shugen was a hunter, and his family owned hunting rifles, which could help him fend off tomb raiders in critical moments.
"Dad, why are you back? Didn't you go to the peach orchard?" He Tiantian had just finished packing her things and was about to go to the livestock team.
"Oh, I came back to get something," He Jingyu said. "By the way, Tiantian, you can go work at the livestock team, don't go to the back mountain."
"Why?" He Tiantian asked, puzzled.
“I just saw a bear, and I was so scared that I ran down the mountain. You're a girl, so don't go up the mountain, understand?” He Jingyu said sternly, hoping his daughter would remember his words.
"I'll remember." He Tiantian nodded. It was a bit cold today, so it was fine not to go to the back mountain.
When He Tiantian went to the livestock team, she heard Qian Shikun and Sun Sihao talking about what happened last night.
He Tiantian called out to the Snake King.
The Snake King is no longer in the barrier space; he has gone into the cave.
The Snake King, soaking contentedly in the hot spring with He Tiantian's engagement jade pendant hanging around his neck, lazily asked, "What business do you have with me?"
"Snake King, I heard that a tomb raider's hole was discovered in the back mountain. Can you check if there is an ancient tomb inside?" He Tiantian asked in her mind, talking to the Snake King in her head while her hands kept chopping dry grass for fodder.
The Snake King frowned, released his divine sense, and radiated it outwards from the cave as the center.
Oh dear, there is indeed an ancient tomb a few hundred meters away, containing many gold and silver artifacts and exquisite jade objects as burial goods.
This is a complete ancient tomb, well preserved.
However, when the Snake King's divine sense scanned the northwest corner, it discovered a long, narrow hole.
The hole clearly showed signs of being dug with tools, which should be the tomb robbery hole that He Tiantian mentioned.
"Yes, there's an ancient tomb inside the mountain, and a tomb raider's hole near Peach Garden," the Snake King replied. "You want to get involved in this too?"
He Tiantian shook her head and said, "I don't care. Tomb raiders are all about money and not life. I wouldn't dare mess with them. Just make sure the villagers are safe. We don't care about anything else."
Those things weren't hers, and she didn't care about them.
I've never heard of any ancient tombs in Qijia Village in my past life!
"Oh, that's good, saves me the trouble," said the Snake King, no longer needing to do such a laborious and thankless task.
When the Snake King's divine sense swept over the coffin, he was also taken aback!
Inside this golden coffin, there was actually another transparent coffin made of ice jade, inside which lay a lifelike man who didn't look dead, but rather as if he were asleep.
This man was about fifty years old, with long hair tied up high and secured with a hair crown. He wore a bright yellow robe, but the outer garment was actually a jade burial suit made of pieces of jade.
A cool breeze emanated from the golden jade robe, mixed with a rich spiritual energy.
"What's wrong, Snake King?" He Tiantian sensed the Snake King's emotional fluctuations and guessed that the Snake King had seen something special.
"It's nothing!" the Snake King said. Before it could explain to He Tiantian, the Snake King entered the tunnel and crawled inside. It wanted to see why the person's jade robe had spiritual energy.
The jade burial suit held an instinctive attraction for the Snake King.
As they climbed, the path came to an end.
The snake king estimated that it was still about twenty meters away.
These tomb raiders were quite skilled; they always managed to find soft soil to dig tunnels. The Snake King followed the direction of the tunnel and crawled into the ancient tomb.
Once inside, the Snake King drew a barrier and slowly moved forward! Finally, they arrived at the golden coffin.
"Gurgle gurgle meow..." He Tiantian was anxious and kept calling for the Snake King, but no matter what she did, she couldn't reach him.
The connection between her and the Snake King seemed to have been severed.
He Tiantian was anxious, so after finishing her work, she ran to the cave in the back mountain.
The Snake King was indeed not in the cave.
The Snake King must have discovered something beneficial to him in the ancient tomb; he went into the ancient tomb.
He Tiantian searched around for the tomb robber's hole, passing by it several times, but still couldn't find it, and she was dejected.
"Sweetie, didn't I tell you not to come to the back mountain?" He Jingyu scolded his daughter as soon as he saw her.
He Tiantian was so focused on finding the Snake King that she had completely forgotten what her father had said.
“I heard from Uncle Qian and the others that there are tomb raiders around here. I was worried about you, so I came to check,” He Tiantian explained. “Dad, let’s go back! Let’s not stay here.”
“What’s there to be afraid of in broad daylight!” He Jingyu said. “Your Uncle Shuming and Uncle Shugen are here, so don’t be afraid! You should go back quickly and stop wandering around on the mountain.”
"Alright then." Seeing that her father was angry, He Tiantian didn't dare to talk back and could only carry her bamboo basket down the mountain.
Cabbages were planted under the peach tree. After his daughter left, He Jingyu didn't sit idle. He cut some dry grass and covered the cabbages with it.
"Who?" Qi Shugen squinted and saw figures moving in the distance. After speaking, he picked up his hunting rifle and aimed.
He Jingyu and Qi Shuming stood beside Qi Shugen, holding sickles.
“Tree Root, it’s me!” the man shouted from afar. “San Chuanzi from Hu Family Village.”
Seeing that they were from Hujia Village, Qi Shugen felt slightly relieved and asked, "Why aren't you loitering around behind your own village? What are you doing on the hill behind our village?"
"Hehe, I was chasing a rabbit and ended up here," Hu Sanchuan said with a chuckle. He was a hunter from Hu Family Village.
"Oh," Qi Shugen replied. "Then you should hurry back, lest someone see you and think you're going to destroy our peach orchard."
Hu Sanchuan laughed heartily and said, "Okay, okay, I'll leave now."
Hu Sanchuan beckoned the hunting dogs to turn back, but as soon as he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a gloomy expression.
Qi Shugen doesn't hunt, but he brought a hunting rifle up the mountain, so he must have already noticed something.
Hurry back and tell the boss that their whereabouts seem to have been exposed. I should have killed those two last night.
Hu Sanchuan reached the depths of the dense forest and found a cave with several people inside. These people had a smell on them; they often went down to cemeteries and picked up this smell.
"Brother, brother, it seems we've been exposed," Hu Sanchuan said. "I just saw three people guarding the peach orchard in Qijia Village, and a hunter with a gun."
"Three people?" The gaunt man, with a pointed snout and monkey-like face, spoke in a high-pitched voice, like a large rat in the dark.
"Yes, boss, they're right in front of our tunnel. If we go there now, we'll be discovered immediately," Hu Sanchuan said. "Boss, what do we do now?"
(To be continued.)
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