Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Inside a closed glass room, the incandescent light bulbs were of good quality. Eight high-tech surveillance cameras provided 360-degree coverage, monitoring two identical middle-aged men who were tied up and sitting in interrogation chairs.

The two men had black masks on their faces, handcuffs on their wrists, and duct tape over their mouths. They were leaning back in chairs with their legs spread apart, appearing quite relaxed.

Click!

The mechanism was activated, and a low glass door, about 1.5 meters high, was opened from the outside. Qin Henian bent down, stepped over, and stood in the room. He first straightened up, and then two or three white-haired men and six young soldiers with guns squeezed in through the door behind him. The fact that these haggard-looking elderly men in white uniforms brought in such a large entourage showed that they were no ordinary people.

The shiny leather shoes clattered as they approached Qin Henian.

"Your Highness, when will the interrogation begin?"

The first elderly man to enter was surnamed Wang, and he was the one who broke the quiet atmosphere in the room.

"Wait a minute! I've sent Zara Rossi to pick them up; they'll be here soon."

In a plain in the northwest, several military-style off-road vehicles sped by. Everyone inside, except for the driver, wore blindfolds and earplugs. They sat in the vehicles, feeling the speed of the vehicles. After about two or three hours of driving, the vehicles finally came to a stop.

The car door was opened, and several hands reached out, pulling people out of the car one by one and leading the way.

Drip!

The glass door opened again, and a blindfolded person was pushed in while bending over.

"You can take off your blindfolds now!"

Qin Henian's clear voice rang out in the room, offering this reminder.

Whether they were people who had just come in or those who were now handcuffed to the interrogation chair, each person started to remove the blindfold from their face in their own way.

"Wow~ My dear Henian, what are you doing here? Wait, how did we all end up here?"

"Waaah...Are all soldiers this rude these days? I just crawled out of bed this morning and there are several dark guns pointed at my head...Waaah!"

As soon as Hei Xiazi removed his blindfold, his eyes, which weren't covered by sunglasses, were suddenly exposed. The glaring incandescent light hurt his eyes, but after a few seconds of adjustment, Hei Xiazi quickly surveyed his surroundings. He became alert when he saw that everyone in the glass room was a familiar face. However, after his gaze lingered on his wife, who had kicked him out of the bedroom the night before, he first scanned Qin Henian's clothes and then noticed several old men in military green uniforms standing half a step behind Qin Henian. His vigilance instantly subsided.

He was starting to get excited; Black Bear was curious about what his wife was up to! Did she want to reveal just how powerful he was...?

The blind man can live off his wife for the rest of his life!!

Qin He was speechless, while Qin Henian rolled his eyes...

"Stop acting strangely, I have important business to attend to!"

Qin Henian turned around and his voice drifted toward the group, but his face was turned toward a young soldier behind him.

"Go outside and bring in a few stools for them to sit on!"

"Received, sir!"

Upon receiving the order, the young soldier immediately stood at attention, raised his hands, sat up straight, and quickly walked towards the glass door.

After resolving a minor issue, Qin Henian didn't introduce the old men behind him to the group, but instead walked directly to the voice chair.

He reached out and pulled out the earplugs from the other person's ears, then removed one blindfold with each hand, emitting a blinding light. Qin Henian did not remove the tape from their mouths.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't want to, he just doesn't want the glass room to get noisy later!

"Return the chain!"

"Third Uncle!!"

After seeing the two people's true faces after the blindfolds were removed, Wu Xie and Xie Yuchen confirmed the familiarity they had felt when they saw the two people before, and they both tentatively asked questions.

The two walked up to Jie Lianhuan and Wu Sanxing, and looking at their wrists with rose gold bracelets on them, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

Xie Yuchen reacted quickly, soon realizing the situation. He turned to look at Qin Henian, his mind racing for a moment before he spoke.

"He Nian, what are they doing...?"

"They all have lives on their hands, Xiaohua, you know that, right?"

Qin Henian didn't say anything else, but directly said something to Xie Yuchen that made everyone present feel uneasy, but he also left a trap for the other party.

And Xie Yuchen keenly spotted this pitfall.

"He Nian means... they will be sentenced, but they won't die, right?"

Xie Yuchen stared at the person next to him, his lips trembling slightly as he spoke.

"Correct!"

"They won't die, but they will be imprisoned for life! Even if we need them for our next mission, we will implant control chips developed by China under the skin at sensitive points on their necks."

Qin Henian recalled the system carried by the "smugglers" he had caught in Changsha decades ago. After integrating the chip, he modified it and put it into a research institute under the Qin family for research and control. Not to mention the random parts that could be extracted for national scientific progress, it was just right for positioning.

With such methods controlled by the state, Qin Henian was confident that as long as the two people captured in front of him lived, they would not escape the state's grasp.

"Chips...that's good, that way their two legs won't run around."

All Xie Yuchen needed to know was that no one was going to die. As for where they were or what they were doing, he couldn't care less before, and he couldn't care less now... and given the situation here, it was even less of his concern.

"Xiaohua is right! As long as Uncle San doesn't run around, I'm fine with anything!"

Wu Xie also breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his third uncle wouldn't die in front of him immediately was already good enough. As for the rest, he and Xiao Hua had already discussed it.

I used to fantasize about them finding Wu Sanxing, but now that they have, my obsession isn't as strong as it used to be.

Seeing Wu Xie and Xie Yuchen's reactions, Qin Henian picked up a stool that several soldiers who had just walked in had carried and sat down.

"I've gathered you all together today because I want Wu Xie and you to know about Wu Sanxing's current situation."

"Secondly, there are at least three more ancient tombs to visit, and you'll need to come with me! Of course, all the tombs we'll be visiting have professional archaeological evidence, so... are you all going?"

Qin Henian didn't beat around the bush. He took several contracts from the old man closest to him and first distributed them to Wu Xie and Xie Yuchen, who were nearby. Then he got up and personally handed the contracts to Fatty Wang, Zhang Qilin, and Hei Xiazi.

[Depression of the Zhuomula Rixi Mountain Range in Tibet]

【Changsha Dizang Train Ancient Tomb】

【The Ancient Tomb of the Weaver King's Thunder Tower Domain】

Three locations, three contracts; the people who received the contracts were all pondering.

Meanwhile, after Qin Henian finished distributing the contracts, he faced the two men, Jie and Wu, who had already regained consciousness. His eyes were cold.

"Wu Sanxing, or Jie Lian, right?"

"I will now take over your Nine Gates' plan. Your plans are too complicated, making the Wang family seem like some kind of reclusive family! They're just a crazy organization that's existed for hundreds of years. You two are now being conscripted by me!"

Qin Henian's words caused the two people, whose mouths were bound with tape, to exchange a glance. There was no fierce struggle or any reaction, only a look of doubt and curiosity in their eyes.

As for what exactly they were curious about, nobody knows.