Upon hearing that even at this point, the second and third branches of the family were still thinking about dividing the inheritance, Qin Zhenyuan sneered, "Inheritance? Even if the Qin family has inheritance, it was earned by our people through countless battles, shedding blood and sweat. What does it have to do with you parasites who depend on our lineage? You think you can divide my inheritance? Keep dreaming!"
Qin Zhenshan's eyes were as cold as a venomous snake, and he said with a forced smile, "You're reacting so strongly, I'm afraid it's not because you're worried we'll divide the family property, but because you don't want to open the Qin family's secret vault, right?"
Qin Zhenyue howled like a wolf: "Don't think we don't know what you're up to! You want to take over the family business left by the Qin family ancestors? No way!"
Old Master Qin looked at the two mad dogs with disgust, then turned to the people around him: "So all you've got is the desire to force this old man to open the Qin family's secret vault? Fine! It's been a few years since I've been there. Director Zhao, Minister Lin, I'll need you to come and witness this later, to see if there are any things hidden in the Qin family's secret vault that some people are saying shouldn't be there."
“Alright! I’ll go with you then, and I’ll get to see for myself.” Director Zhao readily agreed.
Minister Lin replied succinctly: "No problem."
After saying that, Old Master Qin said to Qin Xiao and Ye Weiwei, "You two should also come and take a look. Bring all your soldiers with you."
Qin Xiao and Ye Weiwei should be.
When Lai Xueming heard that Old Master Qin had asked Qin Xiao to bring all his soldiers, his eyes flickered. "Qin Zhenyuan, what do you mean by this? What are you going to do with so many people?"
Could it be that they're trying to lure them to the Qin family's secret vault and then take advantage of the situation to do something underhanded?
Old Master Qin saw through Lai Xueming's thoughts at a glance, and seeing Qin Zhenshan and Qin Zhenyue's evasive gazes, he sneered, "They have their uses. If you're afraid, then don't come along."
Lai Xueming, his thoughts exposed, became enraged: "Who said I'm afraid? This is Kyoto, I doubt you would dare to break the law and do anything to us!"
Old Master Qin didn't even bother to roll his eyes at him; only a mocking sneer echoed in the air.
Seeing that everyone else had followed, Lai Xueming hesitated for a moment, but had no choice but to follow.
He had to keep a close eye on Qin Zhenyuan to see what tricks he was up to.
Qin Zhenshan and Qin Zhenyue had long coveted the contents of the Qin family's secret vault, so they naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to explore it and immediately followed along.
The Qin family's secret vault isn't exactly hidden, but it's so inconspicuous that you'd easily overlook it if you weren't specifically looking for it.
Old Master Qin led his entourage through several streets, turned into an alley, and arrived at a dilapidated wooden door.
Pushing open the wooden door, they entered the desolate courtyard overgrown with weeds. The group went inside, and Old Master Qin fumbled with a wall for a while. He somehow touched something, and the wall split open to reveal a mechanism. Activating the mechanism revealed a passage on the ground.
After waiting a while to allow the air in the passage to circulate, Old Master Qin took a torch and led the people down.
They walked through the corridor and arrived at an empty room.
The room was empty; there was nothing there except for the four walls.
Director Zhao joked, "This is the Qin family's secret vault? It's so clean inside!"
Minister Lin chimed in, "Old Qin already said that he donated all his family's wealth to the war effort back then. Why do some people refuse to believe him? That's simply despicable!"
Duan Yannian sneered: "A man's greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant! Don't you think so, Director Lai?"
Lai Xueming's face darkened, and he let out a cold snort.
"How is this possible!" Qin Zhenshan was dumbfounded when he saw that there was nothing inside. He swayed and almost fainted, and only managed to stand up by holding onto the wall.
The last glimmer of hope in his heart was extinguished, and at this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: It's over!
Qin Zhenyue's face was sinister. After looking around with his eyes, he reached out and kept feeling around the four walls, inch by inch, very carefully.
"Found it! I found it! There's a mechanism here!" Qin Zhenyue pointed to a crack in the wall and shouted excitedly, his eyes filled with a hint of madness as he looked at Old Master Qin. "Where's your family head's token? The pattern on the mechanism here is exactly the same as the one on your red jade thumb ring. Take out the thumb ring!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Zhenshan immediately stumbled over, peered closely through the crack in the wall, and then excitedly shouted, "I knew it! I knew the family's secret vault was definitely bigger than this! Where's the token?! Open the vault quickly! It's hidden so well, there must be a lot more inside!"
Lai Xueming looked at Old Master Qin with hostility: "Then please open the secret vault, Old Master Qin."
Unexpectedly, things took an unexpected turn. Lai Xueming thought to himself that the second and third branches of the Qin family were not entirely useless; they were still somewhat useful.
Old Master Qin spread his hands, "No!"
Qin Zhenshan's eyes widened in anger. "How could it not exist! That thing was always in your possession. You must have hidden it."
Qin Zhenyue also said coldly, "Now that things have come to this, stop making futile struggles. Cooperate with the investigations of the various committees, and maybe Director Lai will give you a break because of your good attitude in admitting your mistakes."
Looking at the two clowns jumping around, Old Master Qin sneered, "You said it yourself, it was before! Last time I had an accident, that thing was lost. As for where it went, I'll have to trouble Director Lai to ask your men."
Seeing that Old Master Qin was trying to shift the blame and make him take the fall, Lai Xueming immediately said, "Impossible! There was no red jade ring among the evidence we found during the initial search. Don't talk nonsense!"
Qin Zhenshan and Qin Zhenyue increasingly felt that Old Master Qin was trying to evade investigation and escape punishment, and insisted that Old Master Qin was lying.
Lai Xueming said unhappily, "As long as this secret vault remains unopened and it cannot be proven that there is nothing inside, you will have to continue to cooperate with the investigations of the various committees until the secret vault is opened."
Old Master Qin sneered: "I knew that your various committees wouldn't take out the items and turn around to bite us off, that's why I had Qin Xiao bring so many people here. Since there's no token to open the secret vault, then let's just break it open by force."
Qin Zhenshan hesitated, "How can this be! What if the things inside are destroyed? That's the family heirloom left by our ancestors."
Qin Zhenyue lowered his head, frowned, and looked deep in thought.
Old Master Qin said, "If the things are destroyed, they are destroyed. Even if they are destroyed, there will be remnants left, which will not hinder the collection of evidence for conviction."
Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Lai Xueming, Qin Zhenshan, and Qin Zhenyue were all taken aback. The three of them exchanged glances, their expressions not very good.
Qin Xiao didn't care what they thought and directly ordered the soldiers to violently break down the mechanism. Ye Weiwei leaned against another wall and used her supernatural power to activate the seeds she had previously placed there, firmly blocking the mechanism's launch port.
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