Volume 1, Chapter 406 Conditions
Anna also brought bad news. In addition to sending hackers to break into the system of the Third Division of Dongshan Province and attack Li Tian with artillery fire, a large number of killers secretly sneaked into the country and went to Nanqing City to kidnap Gu Ruoxi.
Once Dongshan Province fails, Gu Ruoxi can be used to force Li Tian to surrender.
"What a good two-pronged approach! I should have wiped out the dark web long ago." Li Tian gritted his teeth.
Originally, everything was settled and he could enjoy a peaceful life, but he didn't expect to be entangled by the dark web again. Looking at the situation, if he doesn't kill the dark web, he and the people around him will never have peace.
"By the way, why is it Nanqing City? Where is my wife?" Li Tian frowned.
Nanqing City is in Beihu Province, about seven or eight hundred kilometers away from Shangjing.
"...Yes, she went there on a business trip to discuss cooperation with the local tourism agency." Anna seemed puzzled that Li Tian didn't even know Gu Ruoxi's whereabouts.
Li Tian was too lazy to explain this.
After a few minutes, the firing stopped.
When the group ran out of the ancient tomb and took a look, they were all horrified.
The forest was completely destroyed, the air was filled with a strong smell of smoke, and flames were burning here.
The old village secretary stared blankly at the scene before him, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
"Old man, now that it has come to this, do you think it would be more appropriate to move this ancient tomb into a museum for protection?" Li Tian asked.
The old village secretary didn't say anything, but just puffed on his pipe, his brows deeply furrowed.
"You just saw the murals in the ancient tomb. You should know that your ancestors' patron saint, the tomb owner, is the masked woman in the murals, right?" Li Tian said again.
The old village secretary glanced at him and snorted, "How could I not know? My family has a stone slab left by our ancestors. There is a stone painting on the slab. It depicts our ancestors' patron saint. It is lifelike, but it is different from the one in the ancient tomb. The stone painting on the slab in my house depicts the patron saint without a veil."
There was a strong sense of superiority in his words.
"The Guardian God is the most beautiful woman in the world. It's not an exaggeration to say that she is a fairy. Boy, do you want to see what the Ancestral Guardian God looks like without a veil?"
When the old village secretary talked about the stone paintings, his back straightened even more. "If you want to see them, prepare a million yuan."
The mountains that had been bombarded by artillery fire were devastated and indeed not suitable for the ancestral guardian god to continue to rest in peace. He had just figured it out and decided to let the government move it into a museum for protection. But before that, he had to extort some money to provide benefits for the villagers of Shiqiao Village.
"One million?" Li Tian frowned.
The old village secretary looked at him and said, "As soon as I saw you, I knew you were rich. You were wearing designer clothes. It would be difficult for them to come up with a million yuan, but it shouldn't be a problem for you."
Li Tian: “…”
What an amazing eye. All his clothes were bought by Gu Ruoxi. Any short-sleeved shirt costs thousands of dollars, and a nicer suit costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"Boy, I promise you won't regret it. If there are fairies in the world, they must be our immortal ancestor and guardian god. One million to see the fairy's face is definitely worth it." The old village secretary suddenly turned into a businessman.
"Is that so?"
Li Tian took the cell phone to the old village secretary.
The old village secretary looked arrogant at first, with his eyes narrowed. But after seeing the photo of Gu Ruoxi on Li Tian's phone, his eyes widened and he said in shock, "You...you...how did you get a photo of our ancestral guardian deity?"
Li Tian rolled his eyes and put away his phone: "She is not your ancestral guardian deity, she is my wife."
"Impossible, that is our ancestral guardian deity, how could it be..."
The old village secretary had a confused expression on his face. He couldn't understand why their ancestral guardian god had come out and was wearing modern clothes. Could it be that the ancestral guardian god was not dead and had lived from the ancestral era to the present? "Boy, show me the photo again."
He wanted to confirm whether it was the guardian deity of the ancestors.
"Okay, one million." Li Tian stretched out his hand to ask for it.
"Why don't you rob a bank!" the old village secretary shouted angrily.
Li Tian raised his eyebrows: "I finally know what double standards are."
The old village secretary blushed.
However, Li Tian generously handed his phone to the old man again. This was related to Gu Ruoxi, so he naturally would not be careless.
In the end, the old village secretary confirmed without a doubt that Gu Ruoxi looked exactly like their ancestral guardian deity.
It seems that it is not an illusion!
Li Tian still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that he might have been affected by the red spider lily at the time, causing hallucinations in his brain, making him mistakenly believe that the woman in the coffin looked exactly like Gu Ruoxi. However, even the old village secretary had confirmed it, so he had to admit that it was the fact.
"How could this happen? How is this possible?" The old village secretary also found it hard to believe and was puzzled.
"Old man, I want to find out the specific identity of your ancestral guardian god. There are many ancient characters in the ancient tomb. I believe there will be the answer. Professor Wang and his colleagues are professionals. We have to go through them to know the meaning of the ancient characters. If you help me to watch over them and ensure that their archaeological work can proceed smoothly, I will give you one million." Li Tiandao.
The old village secretary's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Look at all the branded clothes I'm wearing. Do you think I'm joking with you?" Li Tian said with a smile.
"Okay, no problem." The old village secretary nodded.
"By the way, what do you want a million for?"
Li Tian didn't think that the old man was a money-grubber. He was able to follow the wishes of his ancestors and guard this ancient tomb. This level was not something that ordinary people could achieve.
The old village secretary took a puff of his pipe and sighed, "What else can we do? Look at how dilapidated the houses in our village are. The story about the giant insects eating people I told you before was to scare you away from going into the mountains. Secondly, people really died there, but they were not eaten by giant insects. Instead, they were crushed to death by collapsed houses on a stormy night."
"All the young people who should leave have left and settled in big cities. We old people have deep feelings for Shiqiao Village and are reluctant to leave. The pressure on young people to buy houses outside is already great enough. We don't want to increase the burden on young people. However, the houses in Shiqiao Village are getting more and more dilapidated every year and are in danger of collapse at any time. I have to find a way to raise money and find someone to repair them so that everyone can live in peace."
Li Tian recalled the situation in Shiqiao Village. The houses in the village were still the old houses with tile roofs and walls made of stacked earth bricks. There was not a single modern house and the villagers' clothes were basically patched. Shiqiao Village was very poor.
"Old man, one million is not enough. Let me ask people to come and help build new houses for every household in Shiqiao Village. I will pay for all the expenses."
After hearing what Li Tian said, the old village secretary was petrified on the spot, and even the dry pipe in his hand fell to the ground. He never thought that Li Tian was so rich and powerful.
"You...you didn't lie to me?"
"The archaeological work here will take at least one or two months. Within a week, someone will come to Shiqiao Village to help you build a new house. If they don't come within a week, you can make trouble. I say that." Li Tian guaranteed.