Chapter 993 The Returnee's Notes 67
Ouyang Lin touched the little guy who was all wet. "This was something we discussed before we came."
Zhong Chaoqi thought to himself, "Sure enough, everyone in this team has their own thoughts. That Third Uncle's death was not in vain."
"The rescue team will arrive in an hour. Let's... tidy up this place first."
"You called the police?"
"No, it's just uncertain whether the rescuers brought the police." She contacted the old lady, so even she didn't know who the rescuers were, but regardless of who they were, it was best to keep the scene more discreet.
"I'll go check out the stone gate." As soon as Wang Heng stepped out of the passageway, the three bodyguards who were tied up woke up. Zhong Chaoqi was still a little flustered as he listened to the bodyguards' curses.
He then asked Ouyang Lin, "Aren't you afraid of retaliation from the Zhong family for doing this?"
In this area, the Zhong family is considered the local tyrant; crushing them would be as easy as crushing ants.
Ouyang Lin laughed, "They're all in dire straits themselves, they can't help us."
"What's the meaning?"
Ouyang Lin said this while staring at Meng Fu, "Those who enjoy things they shouldn't have have to pay the price."
Meng Fu suddenly remembered his grandfather's instructions before he left, saying it would have a backlash, but he didn't believe it, and now...
"Impossible... We didn't do anything, why should we be the target of their retaliation?"
Ouyang Lin watched quietly as Meng Fu went mad. The wealth benefited his descendants, but the sins of those who had reaped the benefits should also be borne by the beneficiaries.
Zhong Chaoqi silently shifted his feet. "I'm just surnamed Zhong. I have absolutely no blood relation to that old man Zhong Fu. I... I'll be alright, won't I?"
Ouyang Lin just smiled and didn't say anything more.
After the group had tidied up all the things that shouldn't have been there, the heavy stone door was finally opened, and a group of people wearing work clothes walked in—it was the archaeological team.
Among them was an elderly woman with white hair. Old Master Wang whispered, "This is Ouyang Lin's master, Ouyang Xu."
"Arlene, come here."
Ouyang Xu said something to the leader, and the group was quickly taken away without being questioned.
The only injured man, Meng Fu, lay on a stretcher because his face had begun to fester. Even with special medicine, he couldn't stop the corrosive effects of the yin energy.
Xie Ning silently looked at his arm, where he had also been scratched by the little devil, but now there were only a few scars, not as severe as Meng Fu's.
"Ring ring—"
Meng Fu's phone rang. He struggled to open the dial and answered the call. "You brat, you better be in trouble!"
After the other person said something, Meng Fu's eyes widened, and then he fainted.
Xie Ning only vaguely heard words like "...car accident...failed to save him..."
Ouyang Lin, standing beside her, murmured, "The backlash will come very quickly."
Xie Ning paused, then heard Zhong Chaoqi mutter a curse under his breath while looking at his phone before running off to borrow a car from the rescue team.
Xie Ning then took out his phone to check the messages, mainly searching for information related to the Zhong family, and then he saw the video of Zhong Fu being forced into the car.
"The case involves more than 8.9 billion yuan..." Moreover, it concerns the fraudulent issuance of value-added tax invoices. Xie Ning believes that this figure is probably a conservative estimate.
Wang Heng, hearing the sound from the news video, also came over and remarked, "The Zhong family collapsed far too quickly."
Is it merely a backlash?
Even if Wang Heng knew the extent of the damage, he didn't quite believe it. There must have been other efforts involved, and the backlash was just the beginning.
In other words, it could be argued that someone had already discovered some illegal and criminal activities within the Zhong family, but the Zhong family had previously been "lucky," so they were always able to escape unscathed through various means.
Now that their "luck" has faded, their downfall is inevitable.
Wang Ze called, and after asking about it, he lamented, "What a pity about that exorbitant commission fee."
Wang Younian, who was standing nearby, threw a book at him, saying, "Money is nothing compared to life."
Then Wang Ze asked Wang Heng, "Where is my younger sister?"
"We just finished watching the news. She was called away by the Ouyang family."
At this moment, Xie Ning was in the Ouyang family's car, and the little devil was huddled under the seat, and they couldn't pull him out no matter what they did.
Ouyang Xu pulled Xie Ning's hand and carefully examined the white porcelain beaded bracelet on her wrist. "This is a good thing; it can protect you."
This string of beads is also a magical artifact, but it is passive, and it matches Xie Ning's aura perfectly, which is very rare. Even her own zither, which she has nurtured for so long, does not match it so well.
After saying that, he handed Xie Ning another box, saying, "I heard from Xie Li that you can play the xiao (vertical flute), so I made a jade xiao for you as a gift."
This jade flute is certainly different from ordinary flutes; it is a magical artifact capable of communicating with ghosts.
"Grandma Xie Xu."
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