Chapter 374 Grave Robbers

Chapter 374 Grave Robbers

Chapter 374 Grave Robbers

"boring."

Li Kailang had nothing to do and had nothing to do. It was a rare holiday and it would be a shame if he just lay at home all the time.

If it were in the future, Li Kailang would rather lie at home and browse his phone than go out, but there are no phones to browse now.

"We need to go to the countryside to have some fun. Even if there's nothing fun to do, at least we can go for a walk."

Li Kailang thought and did it, and went out quickly.

Soon he was out of the city gate and directly came to the countryside, where he strolled around.

"The countryside is really fun, much more interesting than staying in the city."

After the autumn harvest, new crops begin to sprout tender green buds with a fresh fragrance.

When the farmers busy in the fields saw Li Kailang, none of them came over to ask him for proof.

After all, when you see that bicycle, you know that Li Kailang is either rich or noble. What proof does such a person need to go to the countryside?

Since no one cared about him, Li Kailang just played around.

We played until dark and the sun set.

I found a leeward slope to make a roast chicken, and after eating it, I planned to leave.

Just at this time, Li Kailang saw two people carrying something walking on the dirt road.

Li Kailang was very curious and stared at it with narrowed eyes.

"Is that thing a Luoyang shovel?"

After taking a closer look, Li Kailang became more and more certain that it was the Luoyang shovel.

"Going out at night and carrying a Luoyang shovel must not be a good thing. Let's follow and take a look."

Li Kailang was worrying about spending the day in a boring way, but he didn't expect to encounter this incident.

Li Kailang wiped his mouth and put out the fire, then went over to see where they were going.

"Click!" Just in case, Li Kailang took out his submachine gun.

It's late at night and there's no need to worry about anyone coming, so there's no need to take a silenced gun.

"This gun has been covered in dust for a long time." Li Kailang touched it. He hadn't used a gun for a long time, so he felt a little unfamiliar with it when he first got it.

Without much emotion, Li Kailang hung not far away from them.

We followed them to an empty hillside with some weeds and trees growing around it. It looked like a very ordinary place.

No one usually comes to places like this because there's nothing there.

There are not even any animals, what's the point of coming here?

Li Kailang followed them patiently and finally came to a big hole.

This hole is about three or four meters deep. From the hole, we can tell that the owner of this tomb should be of some weight.

Nowadays, modern graves are generally called tombs, and there is basically nothing good in them.

But if they are called tombs, they are basically tombs before the Qing Dynasty, and there are more or less some good things in those tombs.

"Dad, let's start quickly." The somewhat thin figure Shu Xiaoqiang looked at his father Su Daqiang beside him.

"No rush." ​​Su Daqiang got some dry weeds and branches from the side, lit them all and threw them down.

This is done on the one hand to see if there is oxygen below, and on the other hand to repel insects.

Obviously, Su Daqiang did this to drive away insects. After all, how could there be no oxygen in such a deep pit?

After the flames went out, Su Daqiang jumped down directly, jumped to a small step left there, and then jumped to the ground of the cave.

"Hurry up and dig out the treasure early today."

Su Xiaoqiang nodded and jumped down as well.

When Li Kailang saw someone jumping down, he walked over quietly and looked at the big hole.

If I follow him down, there might be a risk of being exposed, and I might not be able to get the things. It would be troublesome if the tomb collapsed.

"Forget about going down. Let's just sit back and wait. This way it's safer." Thinking of this, Li Kailang made a decision.

Just in case there was another way out, Li Kailang looked around and made sure there was no other exit, so he waited here.

In the grave.

This tomb is very simple. The passage is about seven or eight meters long and two meters wide and high, which is enough for normal walking.

The tomb passage was built with strong and durable large blue bricks, which have uniform color and dense texture, and remain intact after years of baptism.

The ground is also paved with smooth blue bricks, which feel steady and powerful when stepped on, adding a sense of solemnity and dignity to the entire tomb passage.

Judging from the scale and materials of the tomb passage, it is not difficult to infer that the owner of this tomb was either rich or noble, and had considerable property.

Being able to use such quantity and quality of building materials to build a mausoleum is definitely not something that an ordinary family can afford.

The identity and status of the tomb owner can be imagined. He is likely to be a well-known local businessman, official, or descendant of a prominent family.

The two of them walked over without any precautions. It was obvious that there were no traps in this tomb, otherwise they would not be so relaxed.

When the two finally reached the end of the tomb passage, there was a thick wall made of rammed earth in front of them.

"There is only this wall left. Let's tear it down quickly. The treasures inside will be ours." Su Daqiang said excitedly.

The excitement in Su Xiaoqiang's eyes was also difficult to hide.

"Ptah!" They both spat into their hands, picked up their hoes and worked harder.

Tomb robbers don't care what the tomb looks like. They only want the treasures inside and don't care if the tomb is damaged. They are not archaeologists and don't need to care about these things.

"Hey hey hey~" The two of them shouted as they did it, and the sound was so loud that it could be heard outside.

"Fortunately, there are not many people around, otherwise we would have been discovered long ago." Li Kailang muttered to himself.

Not long after, with the miraculous efforts of the two men, a small hole was made.

Su Xiaoqiang stretched out his fingers cautiously and touched nothing.

"Dad, it's pierced through!" Su Xiaoqiang looked at Su Daqiang with shining eyes.

Su Daqiang also tried it, his eyes also shining, "Try harder!"

With the results achieved, the two were full of energy.

Before long, the earth wall that originally blocked their way collapsed, leaving a pile of broken earth.

The two looked at the tomb in front of them, which was about ten square meters, with a coffin about 2 meters long placed in the middle.

The coffin was already badly rotten, especially the coffin board, which was so severely rotten that it looked like it could be broken off with just a twist.

Next to the coffin were several large porcelain bottles filled with grains, which had also rotted.

Next to the porcelain bottles, there were some earthenware jars containing some copper coins.

When I picked it up and took a look, I saw that the surface of the copper coin was corroded and rusty, and it was impossible to tell which dynasty it was from.

Then continue searching.

A large box covered with dust was found in a corner.

"Huff~" Blowing away the dust, the two looked at each other with fiery eyes.

"Dad, there must be a big treasure in here." Su Xiaoqiang shouted excitedly with anticipation in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Su Daqiang walked forward and opened the box without any hesitation.

The moment the lid of the box was opened, a stale smell blew in the air, and a few rusty swords came into view.

"Sword, what's the use of this thing?"

Su Daqiang looked at these swords and couldn't help showing a trace of disgust on his face. He threw them aside.
Swords are basically useless except for some historical value. No matter how powerful they are, can they be as powerful as guns?
Looking down, they saw some exquisite utensils. However, in the eyes of the two, these utensils did not arouse much interest, as they were all worthless things.

"Why is the owner of this tomb so poor? There are only useless things in it." Su Xiaoqiang complained.

These things won't make much money from selling them, not even enough to compensate for their hard work.

Su Daqiang said, "Look for more. There must be something else. I don't believe that this is all there is."

The two of them searched carefully in the tomb several times, searching every nook and cranny, but found nothing else.

"Dad, no, I've looked for it several times but found nothing."

"Impossible, this tomb is so good, it is impossible that there are only these things, there must be more." Su Daqiang said.

I looked around and searched everything several times, but now the only thing I haven't looked for is the coffin in front of me.

"It should be inside this coffin. Open the coffin." Su Daqiang said.

The two men came to the coffin and worked together to lift up the lid.

"Cough cough~" The dust flew everywhere, causing the two to cough repeatedly. They waved their hands to clear off the dust in front of them.

After a while, the two looked inside the coffin and the first thing they saw was a weathered skeleton covered with a lot of dust.

Their eyes were drawn to something nearby.

"That's what I was wondering, why is there nothing there? Turns out it's right here."

Next to the skeleton, there were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, especially the gold ingots which were the most eye-catching.

"I've made a fortune, I've made a lot of money!" Su Xiaoqiang said excitedly.

Gold has extremely high purchasing power in any period.

Su Xiaoqiang couldn't wait to pick up the gold ingot, which was almost half the size of his palm. "Dad, this gold ingot is not light."

"Really?" Su Daqiang took it and weighed it. It was indeed not light.

The size and weight of this gold ingot are much larger and heavier than the yellow croaker.

"Hurry up, take out all the gold ingots." Su Daqiang ordered.

There were quite a few gold ingots in the coffin, and Su Xiaoqiang took them out one by one, a total of 10. It didn't look like a lot, but they were gold ingots.

A large yellow croaker would be worth 15 yuan in later generations, but it would be more than 2 yuan now.

One large yellow croaker can make you a thousand-yuan household, let alone 10 large yellow croakers.

In addition to gold ingots, there were other silver and jewelry in the coffin, which added up to a few hundred dollars and a small amount of extra money.

"I've made a fortune, I've made a fortune. With this money, I can eat delicious food every day, marry a beautiful wife, and buy a lot of land." Su Xiaoqiang said.

"Look at your useless appearance. You are scared by just this little thing. What will you do in the future?" Su Daqiang shouted.

He just said this, but he was also very excited in his heart.

Su Daqiang didn't expect that he would dig up such a rich tomb after only doing it a few times.

This is truly a godsend. Su Daqiang is extremely satisfied. After finishing this job, he won't have to do it again in the future.

Su Xiaoqiang asked back: "Dad, then why do you have so much money?"

"Of course it is necessary." Su Daqiang shut up immediately before he could finish his words.

Because what he wanted to say was almost the same as what his son said, he wanted to eat white flour buns for every meal and marry the widow at the village entrance.

Compared to this, he is not even as good as his son.

Su Daqiang's mouth twitched for a long time, and finally he could only utter: "None of your business! It's adults' business, kids, don't meddle in it."

Su Xiaoqiang muttered to himself but didn't say anything.

Su Daqiang: "Okay, take everything away, let's leave here quickly, so as not to be discovered."

After hearing this, Su Xiaoqiang was no longer in the mood to care about the steel. He quickly took out the prepared bag and took away all the gold, silver and jewelry.

As for those swords, grains, pottery jars, porcelain jars and so on, I was too lazy to even take a look at them.

Soon, the two men divided the valuable gold, silver and jewelry into two bags and took them all away.

Finally, after taking a quick look and making sure nothing was missed, the two left the tomb and came to the tomb passage.

"They're finally coming out." Li Kailang stood at the edge of the deep pit, waiting for the two to come out.

Li Kailang heard clearly all the conversation between the two in the tomb. When he heard that there were 10 gold ingots, he wanted to keep them all for himself without even thinking about it.

"They are tomb robbers. They are doing such a heinous thing. As a young man who grew up in the new era, how can I just sit there and watch? I have the obligation to hand them over to the police station!"

Li Kailang nodded in agreement, as if he really believed it from the bottom of his heart.

It seemed that this would be able to conceal his intention to rob the two people of their ill-gotten gains.

No matter what Li Kailang thought, the two of them walked into the big pit and tried to climb out of the hole.

Su Xiaoqiang walked in front and was about to climb up with the things in his hand.

Suddenly, Su Daqiang grabbed his shoulders and said, "I'll go up first."

"It just takes a moment. It doesn't matter who goes up." Su Xiaoqiang said puzzledly.

Su Daqiang said firmly: "Don't talk nonsense, this is your first time and you don't know the rules. I'll go up and take a look at the situation first."

Seeing this, Su Xiaoqiang stepped back and made room for Su Daqiang to go up first.

Su Xiaoqiang didn't know why, but Su Daqiang knew.

There is no such thing as friendship between tomb robbers. Even people who have had deep friendships for decades can betray each other temporarily.

In the past, there were many cases of people killing each other in order to keep the treasure for themselves. This kind of thing is very normal.

If they are not close relatives, it is easy to kill someone to silence them.

In the end, the tomb robbers were afraid that such a thing would happen, so they began to work together as fathers and sons, but more often as nephews and uncles, as fathers and sons were afraid of dying together.

The one who was watching from above and the first to go up must be my father.

The son is not allowed to watch over him, and he is also on guard against his son stabbing his father in the back.

If the father were in charge, this kind of backstabbing would be greatly reduced.

After all, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs.

Ever since the father and son, and nephew and uncle formed a partnership, this kind of situation where black robs black has obviously become much less common.

Su Daqiang climbed out of the big hole in two or three steps, turned around and wanted to pull up Su Xiaoqiang, but found a man covered in a cloak.

"Who are you?" Su Daqiang was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

"Relax, don't be nervous, I don't want your lives." Li Kailang said lightly.

"Don't want to live? What do you want?" Su Daqiang slowly hid the bag of treasure behind him.

Naturally, his action could not be hidden from Li Kailang's eyes.

"I advise you not to move, otherwise I can't guarantee that I won't take your life."

Li Kailang calmly took out the gun and pointed it at Su Daqiang.

"Comrade, let's talk it over nicely." Su Daqiang said quickly, stretching out his hands to comfort Li Kailang.

"Dad, what's going on?" Su Xiaoqiang was confused as he listened to their conversation.

"I almost forgot, there is a smaller one." Li Kailang took a few steps forward, and his figure appeared in Su Xiaoqiang's eyes, along with the gun.

In an instant, Su Xiaoqiang understood what was going on and was so scared that he wanted to run into the tomb.

"Bang!" A shot hit the deep pit.

"Young comrade, I advise you not to move rashly." Li Kailang warned Su Xiaoqiang.

Li Kailang's shot frightened Su Daqiang so much that he was pale with fear. He quickly said, "Comrade, let's talk it over nicely. Don't shoot!"

Then he warned Su Xiaoqiang: "Son, stand still and don't move!"

Li Kailang said: "He who knows the current situation is a hero. You should know clearly what I want."

Su Daqiang nodded and begged, "Clearly, clearly, comrade, I'll give you everything, can you give my father and I a chance to live?"

"Of course, I want money, not my life. As long as you listen to me, everything can be discussed." Li Kailang said lightly, gesturing with his hand.

Su Daqiang naturally understood what this action meant and immediately took out the bag hidden behind him.

"Hey, put it here, don't lose it!" Li Kailang reminded.

Hearing this, Su Daqiang felt a little disappointed, and he even wanted to deliberately throw it into the deep pit.

Li Kailang would naturally not let him have his way. After Su Daqiang put it down, he continued, "And what's in your son's hand? Don't hide it. I saw it all."

Seeing this, Su Daqiang lost the last bit of hope in his heart. Even though Su Xiaoqiang was unwilling and held on tightly, he was still dragged away.

Li Kailang held his gun openly. If someone made him unhappy, he could take Su Xiaoqiang away with one shot, and take him away with another shot.

After getting the two bags, Li Kailang naturally had to check them. Although he knew that the two bags were already packed and nothing would be missed, he still wanted to be on the safe side.

"Okay, just jump in."

Seeing this, Su Daqiang jumped into the pit again.

Li Kailang immediately opened the bag and checked it. There were 10 gold ingots clearly visible, as well as other gold, silver and jewelry.

"Comrade, I have given you all the things, can you let us go? You said you want money more than our lives, you can't go back on your word." Su Daqiang shouted nervously.

Li Kailang naturally did what he said. After all, the two of them were tomb robbing, not killing people, and their main purpose was not to rob his ancestors' tomb.

Moreover, he wanted to use Su Daqiang to make more unexpected fortunes.

"Since you are so honest, I won't kill you."

"Since you've worked so hard, I'll leave a portion for you."

"More comrades, more comrades!" Su Daqiang said gratefully. He thought Li Kailang would take them all.

Only Su Xiaoqiang was indignant and muttered softly: "This was originally ours."

Su Daqiang elbowed him directly and warned him in a low voice: "Shut up and don't talk!"

Su Xiaoqiang touched his aching chest and looked at Li Kailang lying on the pit, feeling extremely miserable.

Originally, I was very happy to have dug up this huge fortune.

They came out happily, but they didn't expect that Li Kailang would turn against them and wipe them out with all their goods. How could they be happy at all?

Li Kailang naturally noticed Su Xiaoqiang's indignant look, but he was too lazy to care.

"With these 10 big gold ingots, you can curse and stare at them if you want. If anyone encounters this, it is reasonable to say a few words and curse a few times."

Li Kailang left some treasures, about two hundred yuan, which was worth the hard work of the two men in digging the pit.

"I left the things for you, take care of yourself."

After saying that, Li Kailang slipped away and left, rushing back to the courtyard to deal with this unexpected fortune.

After waiting for a long time and seeing no movement outside, Su Daqiang carefully climbed up and looked around to make sure there was no one around.

Then he quickly came to the treasures left by Li Kailang. There were quite a few things, including some gold scraps.

"Okay, come up." Su Daqiang called his son in the pit.

After Su Xiaoqiang came up, he looked at the treasure without stopping and did not look happy at all.

Tens of thousands of dollars worth of treasure were reduced to only two hundred dollars in the end, shrinking by more than dozens of times.

"Okay, stop looking so sad. It's good enough that we're alive. They have guns. If they kill us, how can we seek justice?" Su Daqiang accepted it calmly.

There is no way to not accept it, the fact is already like this.

"I know you're unhappy. With these treasures, we can sell them when we get back and buy a gun. Then we won't be afraid of being robbed by other gangs in the future."

"Okay! We have to buy two guns, so that if you can't hit the target, I will do the shooting!"

"Okay!" Su Daqiang agreed happily.

(End of this chapter)