Chapter 277: The Captain of the Tomb Raiders!

At this time in the tunnel, the bandit boss used the injured bandits and finally successfully broke through two mechanisms and finally came to a thick iron door.

Looking at the heavy iron gate in front of him, the bandit leader felt furious. Thinking that they had paid the price of dozens of people, but were finally blocked by an iron gate, the bandit leader cursed with resentment on his face: "Damn you little days, are you kidding me?"

Ma Quan looked at the iron gate in front of him with a frustrated expression on his face. He asked the bandit leader in a very unwilling tone: "Brother! What should we do now? We have lost hundreds of brothers for this treasure. Now the treasure is right in front of us. We can't just give up like this, right?"

When the bandit leader heard Ma Quan's words, he looked at the iron gate in front of him and shouted unwillingly: "Take out all the explosives, pile them in front of that iron gate, and blow it open for me."

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

When Jia Dongming was leading the militiamen to the entrance of the cave, there were suddenly several loud explosions in succession. When Jia Dongming heard the continuous explosions in the cave, he immediately realized that the bandits had passed all the mechanisms and were trying to use explosives to blow open the iron door leading to the armory.

Zhang Beifang heard the deafening explosion coming from the cave, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face. He asked Jia Dongming curiously: "Captain Jia! What is going on in this cave? Why did those bandits take so much explosives and blow them up indiscriminately in the cave? Aren't they afraid of collapsing the cave?"

When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Beifang's question, he thought of the description of the arsenal in the letter, and smiled as he introduced it to Zhang Beifang: "Director Zhang! This cave is the secret arsenal that Xiao Rizi built back then. In addition to the stone door that was blown open by the bandits, there is another iron door inside. Unless you use a key to open it, or use heavy artillery to bombard it, there is no way to blow open that door. So these bandits are already trapped in a jar for us."

Zhang Beifang was puzzled when he heard what Jia Dongming said. He asked Jia Dongming curiously, "Captain Jia! You just said that this is the arsenal that Xiao Ri built secretly. Why do you know so much about this arsenal?"

When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Beifang's question, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly guessed Zhang Beifang's thoughts and introduced with a smile: "Speaking of this matter, it is also a coincidence. A murder case occurred in Dongcheng District yesterday. The victims were a couple. Later, according to our investigation, we found that the couple were enemy spies who stayed in our China for a while."

"When we were searching the enemy's residence, we accidentally found a letter related to this arsenal. I learned about the situation in the arsenal through the contents of the letter."

When Zhang Beifang heard Jia Dongming's words, he suddenly realized something. Thinking of the explosions that kept ringing in the cave, Zhang Beifang finally understood what Jia Dongming meant by catching a turtle in a jar. He smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! No wonder you are so calm. It turns out you already have a plan in mind."

Jia Dongming heard what Zhang Beifang said and replied with a smile: "Director Zhang! To be honest, according to the information in the letter, if this stone door is not opened with a special key, it will trigger the mechanism inside. If I am not mistaken, these bandits should have paid a heavy price by now."

"This group of bandits paid a heavy price and finally reached the iron gate. There was only a wall between them and the treasure inside, but because of the thickness of the iron gate, they could only look on. The feeling of entering a treasure mountain but not finding any treasure must have made the bandit leader vomit blood just thinking about it."

The shock wave and noise generated by the explosion stunned the bandits in the tunnel. It was not until a long time later that they slowly recovered. The bandit leader endured the buzzing sound in his head and walked quickly to the iron gate with a torch. When he saw the iron gate with only a small dent, he felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Brother! What's wrong with you?" Ma Quan, who was standing next to the bandit leader, saw his boss vomiting blood. He quickly reached out to support him and asked with concern.

After hearing Ma Quan's question, the bandit leader slowly recovered and ordered his men present: "Everyone bring torches and see if there are any hidden mechanisms around this gate?" The bandits present saw that they had used all the explosives but were unable to blow open the gate, and expressions of frustration immediately appeared on their faces. It was not until they heard the bandit leader's shout that they recovered from their frustration and, holding on to the last glimmer of hope, began to look around the gate for a mechanism that could open the gate.

"Brother! There is a socket here. It is probably used to open this door?" A bandit took a torch and checked the side of the door. As a result, he found a keyhole and shouted to the bandit leader.

When the bandit leader heard his subordinate's shout, he immediately walked up to the subordinate and asked him, "Ermao! Where is the plug?"

When Ermao heard the bandit leader's question, he put the torch in his hand in front of the key socket and said, "Brother! This is it."

The bandit leader looked in the direction of the torchlight and soon saw a key socket. He quickly shouted to a bandit, "Military Advisor! Come and take a look. Is this the socket for the key?"

The bandit known as the military advisor heard the bandit leader's shout and quickly moved to his side. He looked at a socket on the wall, nodded subconsciously, and replied, "Boss! This is indeed a key socket. It seems that if we want to open this treasure house, we have to find the key."

When the bandit leader heard the military advisor's answer, he felt like vomiting blood as he thought about how they had traveled thousands of miles from the northeast to Sijiu City, lost hundreds of people, and missed the treasure because of a key.

Thinking about the commotion they had caused today, the bandit leader knew clearly that the public security of Sijiu City would soon discover the treasure. Once they left here, this treasure would be destined to have nothing to do with them.

Thinking of this, the bandit leader asked the military advisor: "Military advisor! Is there really no solution at all?"

When the military advisor heard what the bandit leader said, he did not answer the bandit leader's question immediately. Instead, he held a torch and carefully observed the iron gate. It was not until a long time later that he spoke to the bandit leader: "Brother! According to my observation, this treasure house should have been converted from a mausoleum. If we can find a tomb robber, perhaps there is a way to enter this treasure house from other places."

The bandit leader, who was originally in a state of extreme depression, suddenly felt his eyes light up when he heard the news from the military advisor. He quickly asked the military advisor, "Military advisor! Is what you said true? As long as we find the tomb-raiding lieutenant, can we really open this treasure house?"

When the military advisor heard the bandit leader's question, he nodded very affirmatively and replied, "Brother! I am sure this is a treasure house converted from a mausoleum. If you want to bypass this iron door and enter the treasure house, you can only rely on the tomb raider!"

"But before we find the tomb raider, we have to think of a way to conceal the existence of this cave. Once the police find out, our previous efforts will probably be in vain."

After hearing the military advisor's reminder, the bandit leader thought carefully for a while, nodded and replied: "Military advisor! You are right, then let's go out first, and then use the stones outside to block the cave, then cut some trees, make some camouflage, and then arrange people to guard outside the cave."

When the military advisor heard what the bandit leader said and thought about the commotion they had made today, he could only nod helplessly and replied, "This is the only solution for now. I hope the people in the nearby villages didn't hear the commotion we made."

(End of this chapter)

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