It proudly added: "I saw it all last night when I followed that uncle!"
"Great!" Xia Zhining nodded its head, then quickly exchanged glances with Ji Shuyun.
Ji Shuyun immediately understood and moved silently to the side of the door. He squatted slightly, with his muscles tensed, like a cheetah ready to pounce, waiting for the moment the door opened.
Xia Zhining held her breath and followed the instructions of the little water snake. Her slender fingers quickly and precisely turned the dial of the mechanism: right three, left one, up!
"If you dare to come in, these treasures will..." Brother Biao behind the door had not yet finished his threatening words.
With a slight "click" sound, the heavy secret door that he regarded as the last barrier slid open!
A strong light poured in from outside the door, instantly illuminating Brother Biao's stunned and distorted face.
He watched the police appear at the door, his whole body frozen, pupils trembling: "No... Impossible! How... How could you possibly know?!"
In extreme shock, he almost instinctively grabbed the most valuable dragon-patterned jade disk at hand and raised it hysterically above his head: "Don't come over here! If you come any closer, I'll smash it!"
But he hadn't finished speaking!
Ji Shuyun, who had been lying in ambush at the door, rushed in like lightning!
Almost at the moment the door opened, his figure moved!
Ji Shuyun grabbed Brother Biao's wrist holding the jade with a fierce move, as precise as a scalpel, and twisted and pressed it.
The movement was so fast that only an afterimage remained!
With a light "click" sound and a scream, Brother Biao was instantly pinned to the ground, his joints locked and unable to move.
At the same time, the thousand-piece jade disk that was nearly in danger was firmly held in Ji Shuyun's other hand, unharmed.
He looked down at the subdued Brother Biao, his eyes as cold as a knife.
Xia Zhining then poked her head in from the doorway, wagging her finger at Brother Biao, who was pinned to the ground, her lips curled up. "You trust your ancestor a little too much, don't you?"
The whole process of cooperation between the brother and sister was seamless and efficient, and it happened in a flash.
*
Jiangcheng General Administration.
Xia Zheng stood before a large electronic screen, his suit pressed tightly together. Though exhausted from staying up late, his expression couldn't conceal a hint of renewed confidence. He was reporting to Commander Song and several other officials from the General Administration.
"Commander Song, leaders," Xia Zheng said, operating his computer and pulling up a few blurry but recognizable photos of the object. "After all-night investigations and the mobilization of numerous resources, we've finally made a major breakthrough!"
He paused deliberately to attract everyone's attention.
“Through informants, I contacted several influential collectors.
"After much difficulty in finding a way," he omitted the details, "I obtained an extremely valuable piece of information."
A screenshot of a WeChat chat history and a blurry photo of a warehouse exterior appeared on the screen.
"According to an informant, there has indeed been a batch of 'newly unearthed' items, known as 'deep pit goods', that have been secretly inquiring about prices. They are characterized by typical early Western Han Dynasty decorative patterns, which are highly consistent with the characteristics of the Jiuyanjiang underwater tomb!"
Xia Zheng enlarged a blurry picture of the warehouse exterior.
"More importantly, we've locked down the suspected location of their next transaction, an abandoned aquatic cold storage in the Binhai District of the neighboring city!"
"The other party was very vigilant, and the transaction time kept changing, but I already had a preliminary understanding of the external situation."
Xia Zheng's face flushed with excitement as he spoke: "As long as we deploy properly, there's every chance we'll catch them red-handed during their next transfer or transaction!"
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