Jiang Man's bandaging technique was very professional. After squeezing out the blood from my wound, she disinfected and bandaged it, and finally gave me an injection of anti-inflammatory medicine.
The security guards' betrayal made me uneasy. After thinking it over, the most likely reason for the monkey's disappearance was that they had captured it.
If that's the case, my situation will be completely passive.
The throbbing pain in my wound kept stimulating my brain. I looked at the yellow stuff that the monkey had brought out of my backpack, and even wondered if I should use these things to exchange him from the security guards.
The idea had barely crossed my mind when I quickly dismissed it.
The security personnel were probably originally there to pick up our own people. The fact that they attacked the monkeys shows that they already had rebellious intentions. The so-called treasure is likely a lie fabricated by the monkeys.
If that's the case, what they should really want is that jade seal.
With that thought in mind, I took the jade seal out of my bag.
This jade seal is not large; it is a square seal with sides of about eight centimeters, and a dragon-tiger is carved on it.
Cai Yong recorded in his book "Duduan" that the emperor's seal had a jade dragon and tiger knob.
Chi Hu is one of the legendary dragon sons, and also refers to the dragon shape on objects.
In the ancient culture of the Chinese nation, this mythical beast represents divine power, strength, authority, and the demeanor of a king. In most dynasties, the imperial seals were carved with this mythical beast.
Although the jade seal forged by Hu Shahu is fake, it should be a one-to-one replica of the genuine article. The materials used are very exquisite, with a standard pale celadon color, a warm and delicate texture, and an overall purity without any flaws.
After being nurtured by the ancient tomb for so many years, once this item enters the market, unless I reveal its origin, I doubt there will be more than a handful of people in the world who can tell it's a fake.
This means that we only robbed the Ze King's Tomb, a relatively low-risk tomb, but obtained many rare treasures that might not even appear in imperial tombs.
Seeing me staring blankly at the jade seal in my hand, Jiang Man asked me, "Is this something you brought out as a burial item?"
When I heard Jiang Man ask this question, I suddenly realized that she seemed to know nothing about Duan Jinyan's purpose for this trip, only that he was in the area.
Thinking about this, I gestured to the imperial seal and asked casually, "You don't know what this thing is?"
Jiang Man replied casually, "The imperial seal is just a fake."
I smiled and said, "It's fake, but not a counterfeit! Uncle Tian went to so much trouble to find it."
Jiang Man was visibly taken aback when she heard the name "Uncle Tian," and then asked curiously, "Who is Uncle Tian? Are you working for him?"
The eyes do not lie, and I am a person who is good at observing.
Jiang Man's actions just now made me realize that she was connected to Uncle Tian, so I remained silent and just smiled at her.
This woman is not simple.
I was attacked once before when I was at the rangers' settlement.
That night, I was almost drugged and pretended to be unconscious so I could hear the attackers' conversation.
One of the attackers mentioned "Uncle Tian" at the time, saying that Uncle Tian's request was that I not be harmed, but that I not be allowed to enter Xishan.
This command suggests that the other party likely knows me.
I suspected at the time that Uncle Tian was on Wei Shengnan and Qu Ruilin's side.
However, judging from Jiang Man's actions, she doesn't seem to be from the other two sects, and "Uncle Tian" didn't appear either.
From this, I have come to a conclusion.
Jiang Man is lying!
That Uncle Tian is either one of her people or one of the other two.
There must be something she hasn't told you.
Jiang Man felt a little uncomfortable under my gaze and said angrily, "Hey, what are you laughing at! You're like a lunatic!"
I remained silent, still watching Jiang Man smile.
I was just bluffing her. If I said the wrong thing, I would reveal my weakness in front of her, so I had to let her say it herself.
"Oh, it's done!"
Jiang Man sighed: "Actually, Uncle Tian is my employer, but I have never met him because he always chooses the place where we meet, and there is always a curtain between us."
Seeing that Jiang Man had brought this up herself, I took the opportunity to ask, "So, the people who attacked me in the rangers' quarters were also you?"
"That's right!"
Jiang Man didn't beat around the bush: "In this operation, besides the bodyguards I brought myself, Uncle Tian also arranged for people to come with me. After we settled in the settlement that day, we learned that there was another group of Chinese people there. We thought we had encountered Duan Jinyan, but Uncle Tian's people received a call saying that you were not the target, so they had to keep you here."
I became increasingly curious about this: "How did he know? And why did he want to keep us here?"
"You need to understand one thing: I am just Uncle Tian's employee. I cannot and should not interfere in these matters. This is my professional ethics."
Jiang Man pursed her lips and shook her head: "After the failure that night, Uncle Tian's men left the settlement, or rather, it was too dangerous to go into Xishan, so his men didn't risk their lives with us. You all know what happened after that."
I raised an eyebrow and asked, "Since your goal was to head straight for West Mountain, why were you wandering in the jungle and encountering a tiger?"
Jiang Man was startled: "You've been following us, and you've known about our existence all along, haven't you? So, luring us to the courtyard in the tomb was also a scheme you had planned long ago?"
I thought to myself, if I really had such great abilities, how could I have suffered such heavy losses, with only one person managing to escape from the entire team? But on the surface, I pretended to be profound and unfathomable: "Now I'm asking you questions, not answering you."
Jiang Man rolled her eyes: "It was the feng shui master in our team who told us. All our information about Duan Jinyan came from Tie Luohan, who is an outer bodyguard for Duan Jinyan's team. He said that he has someone watching him and cannot pass on information to us in real time. The feng shui master was arranged by Uncle Tian. After arriving here, he said that he needed to enter the jungle to find Duan Jinyan's location. Unexpectedly, we had some accidents in the forest and encountered a tiger."
I narrowed my eyes: "So, in Chikso, it was you who reported us to the police and kidnapped Yevgeny. You were the woman in charge?"
"What small town?" Jiang Man looked puzzled upon hearing the name, then immediately realized what was going on: "You bastard, you're bluffing me, forcing me to talk about these things! You didn't even know we existed before, did you?"
I smirked: "I'm not lying to you, you said all of this!"
"you……"
Jiang Man glared at me angrily, but considering that we were now each other's only support, she sighed and said, "I've never been to the town you mentioned, and I don't know anything about Yevgeny, but I roughly know who the woman you're talking about is."
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