Chapter 84: The Tomb Raid is Underway

  Qin Lang said so, and Bai Wuxia naturally understood what to do.

  The old man was still trying to resist when he was captured, with his white and flawless skills, dealing with the injured old man was simply easy as turning over one's hand. In two or three moves, he brought the old man before Captain Gao.

  "This is...?" Captain Gao asked Qin Lang with a suspicious tone after having the reluctant old man dragged away, "Don't tell me he's the murderer?"

  "I suspect the murderer is one of the tomb raiders stationed here. Interrogate him to see if he has any accomplices. This guy is a tomb raider, and you've caught one conveniently for me, so you haven't lost out!" Qin Lang said calmly, before his face sank again. "Don't ask me why, I don't want to engage in a debate with you, just believe me!"

  What?

  Bai Wuxia and Gao Feng were suddenly bewildered, the first crime scene hadn't even been found yet, how could Qin Lang know that the murderer was a tomb raider?

  Although they have millions of reasons to want to know, Qin Lang's attitude is clear, and they don't plan to break the pot to ask to the bottom.

  After searching for the old man's tomb raiding tools at home, they also believed that the old man was likely to be a grave robber, so they seized all his tools.

  Interrogating suspects was their strong suit, and the task was handed over to a seasoned hand. Bai Wumo and Qin Lang supervised from the side.

  The old man was very ignorant of the law, and within half an hour of interrogation, as long as he was threatened with imprisonment, the old man confessed to being a tomb raider. Qin Lang also got a taste of interrogating suspects and asked some key questions, which made the old man reveal many things.

  What Qin Lang did not expect was that this old man had no accomplices, but he said something beyond his expectation. That is the reason why the old man's left leg was injured.

  He was originally a lousy tomb raider, Dongkou Town is his hometown. He has been away from home for years, making a living by robbing tombs and stealing. Two months ago, he came back here to retire.

  A week ago, when he went to the countryside to find his relatives, he found many thieves' dens on the mountain and thought there were tombs on this mountain. In the process of further investigation, he accidentally fell into a thief's den and almost lost his life. Although he finally rescued himself successfully, his left leg was seriously injured.

  The old man's injury process seemed to have shown Qin Lang another breakthrough point, and he asked, "Where did you find the thief cave? How far is it from here? Does anyone else know?"

  "That mountain leading to Ershui Village, I don't even know its name, there are only a few households living in the village, and the road is very difficult to walk on. Even birds don't go there usually, let alone people discovering it, and even if they did, the villagers wouldn't know it's a tomb!" The old man replied disdainfully.

  "What kind of tool did you use when surveying the soil on that mountain?"

  "Luoyang shovel, flashlight, rope... I'm not even sure if there's really a tomb, didn't bring so much stuff!"

  "Luoyang shovel?" Qin Lang's mind suddenly flashed with knowledge about Luoyang shovels, realizing the key was here, and hastily asked: "Did your Luoyang shovel bring any dirt from underground up?"

  "Of course it's for carrying! Haven't you heard of Luoyang shovel? What else can its function be besides carrying soil?"

  "Have you washed these tools after using them?"

  "I don't even have time to wash myself, what's the point of washing them?" The old man snorted.

  Qin Lang narrowed his eyes, staring at the old man. After a moment, he took out the Luoyang shovel from the pile of tools that had been confiscated from the old man, and after trying the soil on it, he found that the taste and alkaline composition of this soil were exactly the same as what he had discovered on the corpse.

  When he arrived in Dongkou Town, he and Yan Fa Yi randomly sampled the soil here for testing. Yan Fa Yi found that the composition of the soil was exactly the same through testing, making the first crime scene a needle in a haystack.

  And yet he found that although the taste of the soil was almost the same, there was always a slight difference, which he couldn't decipher for the time being.

  The inspiration given by Luoyang shovel finally solved the doubts in his heart. The difference between the two soils lies in the soil found in the corpse, which is underground!

  That is to say, the first crime scene was underground, rather than on the surface, and it's very likely that it was the tomb that Lao Han mentioned!

  He immediately said to Bai Wuchan, "Tell everyone, let this old man lead us to that tomb! We're going to dig up the grave!"

  Bai Wuxia naturally understood what Qin Lang had determined, but for her, Qin Lang's way of thinking was too inconceivable. She couldn't help but stare at him with wide eyes and praise him, "You're really too amazing! Can you tell me, what made you suspect that mountain?"

  "Hurry up, I'm still waiting for my reward money!" Qin Lang urged impatiently, "Wait until I get the reward money and then I'll tell you!"

  The team leader heard Bai Wuxiao say to dig a grave, and he felt that this was simply a joke. However, after listening to Qin Lang's reason, he had some movement in his heart, and soon made up his mind.

  Since the stakes had been placed on Qin Lang, he didn't have much to hesitate about. He led a group of people, borrowing various tools from household to household, and took this old man to their destination without stopping.

  The road to the mountain is rugged and difficult, vehicles can only stop at the foot of the mountain, dozens of people follow the old man on foot in the dark mountain road. The eerie and terrifying atmosphere surrounds everyone, the old man is familiar with the road, from the foot of the mountain he walked for about an hour to arrive near the cemetery.

  "You go by yourselves, there are pits everywhere, big and small, the big ones have covers as large as wells, like mechanisms, and it's dark and gloomy, I don't want to risk my life again!" The old man shouted, stopping in his tracks.

  All the police also stopped in their tracks, they could investigate and catch criminals, but as for tombs, no one had ever touched them before, and with what the old man said, even if someone had an adventurous spirit, they were scared off.

  Qin Lang first used a Luoyang shovel to bring out some soil from the ground, and after trying it, he was even more certain that the soil on the corpse was indeed from this underground soil.

  He then shone the flashlight forward and found a large pit just a short distance in front of his feet. He immediately asked the old man, "Was this big pit here when you came?"

  "This is a 'big reveal'!" Bai Wuxia said hastily, "To put it bluntly, this pit was blasted open with explosives. Only novice tomb raiders would do something like this. Unable to find the entrance, they had no choice but to blast the top of the grave open!"

  "No time for idle chatter! I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable about tomb raiding!" Captain Gao exclaimed in surprise, "What else have you figured out?"

  "I haven't really been in contact with ancient tombs, but I've paid attention to this aspect of knowledge, so I know a thing or two!" Bai Wuxiao was about to go forward to investigate, but was stopped by Captain Gao.

  "Don't go over there, just observe from here!" Gaofeng almost got scared out of his wits. This little ancestor, he must be taken good care of, can't afford to have any mishaps.

  Qin Lang carefully observed the terrain and found that there were several points where the soil was raised, unlike the surrounding soil, but distributed in a very regular pattern. Qin Lang judged that this was likely to be a hidden cave, and these hidden caves had been re-sealed, which is why there was raised soil on top.

  Moreover, these tunnels are arranged in a very regular pattern, and it seems that the vertical shafts plus horizontal shafts excavation method is used. This excavation method is also common on the Dan Ding continent, often used for digging cellars, which makes the tunnel very solid and won't collapse. After sealing, it's as solid as before. But I didn't expect that in this world, it would be used by grave robbers.

  The big hole that was blasted open is located in the middle of the well, slightly to the left, and seems somewhat superfluous. As Bai Wuchan said, it's as if they couldn't find an entrance, so they forcibly blasted one open.

  Qin Lang couldn't help but suspect, could it be that the old man was telling a lie?

  "You old fool, why didn't you say so earlier?" Gaofeng cursed the old man with a barrage of insults. It was already midnight and they had climbed the mountain in vain, only to end up empty-handed. Anyone would be angry in this situation. He couldn't help but retreat and said to everyone, "Let's go, we'll wait for professionals to come and dig up the hole tomorrow during the day!"

  "Wait!"

  Qin Lang shifted his gaze to the old man and interrogated, "The thief holes here have all been sealed up. Even if there really is a tomb underground, it's obvious that it has already been robbed. You can't not know this, right? Since the thief holes are sealed, where does the danger come from? Where do the mechanisms come from? Speak, what is your purpose in lying?"

  After a round of threats and interrogation, the old man finally confessed that he was the one who blasted open the hole. It turned out that the old man saw that there was a thief's cave here, so he knew that this was a tomb that had been stolen before. His plan was to take the last bit of leftovers from this tomb and make the remaining food his own.

  Several well-cover-sized tunnels had been sealed, and he didn't want to bother digging, so he used explosives to blast them open. Originally, he wanted to blast the several sealed tunnels, but he misjudged the position, causing his own leg to be injured in the explosion.

  As for why he wanted to conceal this fact, the reason is laughable and tearful. He was afraid that if the police knew he used explosives, he would go to jail. And the reason he intimidated everyone was that he didn't want the hole he had painstakingly blasted out with one leg injured to be wasted, and his heart was filled with resentment and regret.

  "I blasted out that hole, you can dig a few more times and get into the tomb!" The old man lamented expressionlessly, "What have I done wrong? Considering I've blown a hole for you, please don't put me in prison!"

  The captain of the high team cried and laughed and replied: "Don't worry, I will be lenient with you!"

  He agreed with what Bai Wuxia had said, this old man was a thorough and utter novice tomb raider.

  "So you're saying these thieves' dens are harmless?" Captain Gao's expression changed to one of surprise again.

  "How did you know the cave was sealed?" one of the men asked skeptically.

  Qin Lang originally wanted to explain the principles of vertical and horizontal wells, but was afraid that these people wouldn't understand, so he directly ran a few laps from outside in within this area before walking back to his original spot. "Now you can rest assured! How about it? Are you interested in following me to dig?"

  Everyone suddenly gasped and stared at Qin Lang, nodding their heads like little chickens pecking at rice.

  Among the people who followed, a large part were local police officers. In their daily work and life, they lacked passion, Qin Lang's words made everyone suddenly excited like they had been injected with chicken blood, and their adventurous impulses surged up.

  They knew that the cave might be a tomb, but whether it was a tomb or a cave, as long as it had been excavated, there was no need to apply for protection measures from the archaeological department. Moreover, they were in a hurry and didn't care about anything, under the command of the leader, dozens of people surrounded the blown-up entrance and started digging. Soon, the entrance was expanded to over two meters in diameter and the depth was getting deeper and deeper. A few brave ones even stood inside the cave and dug.

  But after digging about three meters, the soil began to turn yellow and became as hard as stone, making it impossible to dig any deeper.