Chapter 72 The Treasure in the Cave Was Stolen
That night, late at night.
All was silent; the mountains and forests were pitch black.
A group of figures quietly pushed a cart into the mountains.
We walked for about an hour.
The young man with black-rimmed glasses said, "Boss, come with me, the cave is just ahead."
"Okay," the middle-aged man replied.
Soon, a large group of people entered a small cave.
Leaving several carts outside, the young man opened the stone door in the wall and let everyone follow.
Holding a torch, he led everyone to the basement and pushed open the dark gold door.
The young man turned his head, beaming, and said, "Boss, this is it!"
"Are you sure this is the place?" The middle-aged man looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Take a good look around yourself first."
“Of course…” the young man said, turning around, but then suddenly stopped.
He stared wide-eyed in shock, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief.
Why is this place...empty?!
It's empty!!!
How could that be? He just came to check on it last night, and it was clearly still there before!
"No...this isn't real...this isn't real..."
The young man's eyes gradually reddened, and he frantically ran into the hall, searching frantically.
However, after running back and forth several times, all I found was an empty hall.
The young man completely broke down, his veins bulging as he roared to the sky:
"Who is it! Who is it!"
"Which son of a bitch took all that treasure? I'm going to kill him!!"
How could something he painstakingly searched for just disappear like that!
He even went so far as to kill someone for this!
At this moment, the middle-aged man spoke up: "Xiao Fang, don't get agitated. Think about it, maybe you've come to the wrong place?"
"No way! I've been here several times! I definitely won't go to the wrong place!"
That's right, the young man with black-rimmed glasses, known as Xiao Fang, is Hu Fang from the educated youth compound.
And it was he who killed Chen Hong, a female educated youth.
On the night he found the treasure, he was followed by Chen Hong, who also discovered the secret of the cave.
To avoid being exposed, he strangled the man to death and secretly took him back to the educated youth compound, where he placed the body in the outhouse.
Afterwards, he did some things that led people to mistakenly believe that someone else had murdered Chen Hong.
I never imagined that after all he'd gone to such lengths, it would all come to nothing?
"Xiao Fang, you're not joking, are you?" The middle-aged man still looked unconvinced.
“Boss, I’m not joking…” Hu Fang said with a sullen face, “I just came to see the things in here last night, and they were still here then.”
“Look, there’s a gold coin in this corner,” a follower suddenly said.
The middle-aged man strode over, and after taking the gold coins from the other person's hand, his face darkened completely.
"Hu Fang...think carefully, besides you, who else came last night?"
The middle-aged man practically forced out these words through gritted teeth.
He devoted so much effort and arranged for so many people to come in order to find this treasure.
If he hadn't found it, that would have been better; he would still have a sliver of hope that he could send people to continue searching.
But now that it's been found, everything has been taken away?
How is he supposed to explain this to his superiors?!
Hu Fang slumped into his hair, pulling at it forcefully.
Hearing this, he shook his head: "When I came here last night, it was already past midnight. Everyone was asleep, so no one would come."
"You said yesterday there were at least several hundred large boxes here," the middle-aged man questioned, his face dark.
"If that's the case, then the group that could have transported these things must have numbered at least thirty or forty people, and the time was last night."
The other party must have followed you. With such a commotion, you didn't notice a thing?
"Boss, I really didn't see anyone following me," Hu Fang replied with a mournful face. "If I had noticed, things wouldn't be like this now."
Upon hearing this, a sinister glint flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he slapped him across the face.
"Hmph, well! You Hu Fang, you actually dared to lie to me!"
The fact that so much treasure could be taken away so quietly indicates that the other party is very powerful, and it is very likely that it will never be recovered.
Since that's the case, he has to find a scapegoat, otherwise he won't be able to explain himself to his superiors.
Hu Fang covered his swollen face and said somewhat aggrievedly, "Boss, why did you hit me? I really didn't lie."
This gentle, polite, and caring boss of the past seems to have become a completely different person.
The middle-aged man sneered, "How could such a large treasure trove just disappear like that? You must have colluded with outsiders to embezzle these things!"
"How could I do that? If I wanted to embezzle, I would have run away with the gold and silver long ago, instead of waiting until now!"
Hu Fang looked anxious and hurriedly explained, "Did someone whisper something in your ear?"
"Boss, we've been brothers for years, don't you trust me?!"
He had considered stealing some treasure and sneaking away, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea.
Firstly, they didn't want to betray their boss, and secondly, they were afraid of those above them; if they were caught, they would be severely punished, if not killed.
"Regardless, the fact is that the treasure is missing." The middle-aged man looked at him with a gloomy expression. "Even if you didn't do it, you're still involved."
"What do you mean by that?" Hu Fang's face turned pale, and he looked at him in disbelief: "Are you putting all the blame on me?"
I've painstakingly infiltrated this small mountain village for two whole years. Even if I haven't achieved anything, I've certainly put in the effort. Can't you see that at all?!
The middle-aged man didn't want to say anything more to him, and directly said to the group of burly men behind him, "Do it, leave him a whole corpse."
The dead are the best at keeping secrets; we can use the corpse to explain things to the higher-ups later.
"!!!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Fang's pupils contracted, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
His face was filled with despair, and the only words that remained in his mind were "it's all over."
A group of burly men were about to surround them menacingly.
Hu Fang suddenly knelt down, grabbed the middle-aged man's trouser leg, and pleaded:
"Boss...please let me go!"
I was wrong, I will never talk back to you again!
I will definitely find that treasure for you! Please give me some time!
"Get out of my way!" The middle-aged man kicked him with a gloomy expression and shouted at the people behind him, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and do it!"
"Chen Gang, you'll die a horrible death!" Hu Fang's eyes turned bloodshot as he glared at him fiercely. "If I'm going to die, I'll drag you down to hell with me!!"
As he spoke, he quickly stood up, took out a sharp knife from his pocket, and viciously stabbed at the target.
Chen Gang, the middle-aged man, had some martial arts skills and easily dodged the attack.
Soon, more than 30 other burly men surrounded them.
They rushed forward and violently beat Hu Fang, leaving him bloodied and screaming in agony.
Chen Gang stood by, arms crossed, watching coldly.
However, he didn't notice a tall figure flashing past him from behind...
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