Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: Directly At Su Yun
Chapter 72: Directly At Su Yun
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Cards?”
Hearing Zhou Xiaoxiao’s joking question, Dr. Qin was surprised. He didn’t know why she had such a strange idea.
Qin Ming couldn’t help but look curiously at the livestream on her phone. It was a young man throwing poker cards. The man was handsome and his actions were elegant. He was indeed quite attractive. He had seen this scene in movies like the God of Gamblers.
“Yeah, throwing cards. Just like in the video.”
At this moment, seeing Zhou Xiaoxiao’s curious expression, Qin Ming stared at the livestream and replied seriously, “Sure!”
Zhou Xiaoxiao was stunned. Before she could react, Dr. Qin pointed at Su Yun on the screen. “Take this streamer for example. If he has sixty years of cultivation, he can completely cause fatal injuries like the grave robber’s corpse!”
Zhou Xiaoxiao vomited blood. “Sixty years? Technique? Isn’t this a martial arts novel? Dr. Qin, are you joking?”
Qin Ming looked away from the livestream and spread his hands. “Didn’t you read too many martial arts novels? Otherwise, why would you ask me such a question?”
Zhou Xiaoxiao: “Uh..
Qin Ming looked at Zhou Xiaoxiao worriedly and reminded her, “Little Zhou, you have to work moderately. Although the case is very urgent, don’t give yourself too much pressure. I think your mental state isn’t too good now.”
Zhou Xiaoxiao:
Wasn’t Dr. Qin saying that she was crazy?!
Qin Ming looked at Zhou Xiaoxiao’s stunned expression and sighed helplessly.
He reluctantly explained to her,
“First of all, the thickness of the poker cards is twice that of the banknotes. Therefore, if you want the poker cards to cause that exquisite and meticulous wound that can’t be seen, you need to extremely quick cutting speed and strength.
As for poker cards, after a long period of practice, theoretically speaking, one could accurately throw cards and have a certain power. Just like throwing stones, if one practiced enough, it would naturally be more accurate and have more power.
However, there was an upper limit that could not exceed the scope of science and the human body.
For example, if you threw a rock, it would definitely be able to break a person’s head. However, do you think it’s possible to throw a rock and achieve the effect of a sniper rifle? I’m afraid even Wang Chongyang wouldn’t be able to do it, right?
“By the same token, if you want to use poker cards to injure or even kill someone, or even reach such a terrifying level of wound… a sixty-year-old cultivation might not be enough.”
After listening to Dr. Qin’s explanation, Zhou Xiaoxiao smiled awkwardly. “Alright, I just had a sudden thought and was curious. Then, you should hurry up and get busy, Dr. Qin.”
As she spoke, Zhou Xiaoxiao saw that Su Yun’s livestream had ended and turned off her phone.
“Pay attention to rest. Don’t tire yourself out from solving the case, and don’t let your imagination run wild.”
Qin Ming gave a few instructions and walked away. It seemed like he was going to Chen Ye’s office, but he was still muttering along the way.
“Thanks to this little girl’s reminder, otherwise I would have forgotten about the money…”
Not long after Su Yun logged off, in a small town eighty kilometers away.
In the bungalow under the afterglow of the setting sun, eight men of different figures were frowning and looking at each other.
The eight of them were divided into two factions. On one side were two tall people with murderous expressions, but they both looked foreign.
On the other side were five people who were different in height, short, fat, and fat, but their auras were also very cold.
Both of them were covered up. Judging from their skin color and hair color, they were not Asians. They were the two mercenaries.
At this moment, the golden-haired man walked out. There was a long scar at the corner of his eye, adding a hint of ferocity to his already mighty figure. The scarred man’s name was Charles, and his mercenary code name was translated to “God of Death”.
At this moment, Charles glared at the five tomb robbers in front of him and scolded in broken Chinese, “Pig Head Rong, you Asians are so cunning. You actually dare to steal the gold foil. Do you want me to send you to see God?!”
Hearing this, the fat middle-aged man’s face trembled. He glanced at Scarface with a cold gaze. “You’re not a good person either. Don’t f*cking scare me.”
Scarface waved his hand and shouted angrily,
“Oh? Sh*t, was I the one who lost the item?
Don’t forget how important this thing is to the boss. In order to obtain information about this tomb, we lost ten brothers!
For God’s sake, you’d better come up with a way to remedy the situation. The Boss’s methods are beyond your imagination!”
Pig Head Rong frowned. His eyes were fierce and he did not say a word.
This matter was indeed his fault. No matter how angry he was now, he had no way to vent it.
He really did not expect that there would be a problem with his one-in-a-million plan.
Originally, he had robbed the ancient tomb behind everyone’s back and taken out the Warring States gold foil, hiding it in a thief’s hole that he had dug wrongly.
Then, he would use the rain to cover up the traces of him opening the ancient tomb and lead Charles and the others to dig again. When he found nothing, he would take the opportunity to take out the gold foil and report to the boss alone.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that the night after the rainy night, he would go to the marked abandoned tunnel alone to look for the gold foil.
Unexpectedly, the gold foil disappeared, leaving behind a pile of rotten wood dregs.
However, he found traces of gold foil on the walls of the tunnel, as well as small man-made holes.
From this, he could conclude that the gold foil must have been taken away by someone, and they had used the gold foil to dig out a foothold and escape.
Just as Pig Head Rong was about to find someone to search nearby, he encountered a group of police officers coming up the mountain in the morning. It could be said that misfortune never came alone.
In order to avoid being discovered by the police who searched the mountain, Pig Head Rong stayed in the mountain for an entire day without eating or drinking.
It was not until most of the police officers had relaxed their search that he waited for reinforcements.
In the end, he had no choice but to tell the mercenaries the truth and let them think of a way to find the gold foil.
This was why there was a mercenary meeting led by Pig Head Rong and Charles.
However, this was not a victory, but a retribution.
If the gold foil was lost, neither he nor Charles would have a good time.
Black Wolf, who was beside Charles, was about to pull out his gun when Charles quickly stopped him and scolded, “STOP! Black Wolf, what are you doing!”
Black Wolf, as his name suggested, was a dark-skinned foreign black man. He grinned, revealing his white teeth, and roared in a low voice, “F*ck, this damn pig head is playing with us. No wonder he said to wait for the rain before moving!”
For a moment, the atmosphere was tense. The tomb robbers behind Pig Head Rong also took out their weapons and looked at their boss, Pig Head Rong, waiting for orders.
The situation became serious all of a sudden. Beads of sweat unconsciously appeared on Pig Head Rong’s forehead.
He knew how terrifying these two mercenaries were. Not to mention one for one, just them alone could kill a few of them in a few breaths.
Pig Head Rong’s mind worked quickly, and he came up with a countermeasure. He softened his expression and said, “God of Death, now is not the time to talk about right and wrong. I will naturally apologize to the boss if I’m wrong, but this matter isn’t over yet…”
Charles immediately glared at Black Wolf, who then put away his weapon resentfully.
Charles looked at Pig Head Rong and said, “I just want to know how you cunning Orientals can salvage the situation.”
Seeing that the crisis had eased, Pig Head Rong hurriedly gestured for his subordinates to put down their weapons.
He walked up to Charles alone and looked at him. “But before that, I want to ask you first. Why is the boss looking for this gold foil? What is this thing? What’s its use?”
“Zhu, this is not for us to ask.”
Pig Head Rong was very angry that these two foreigners only called him by his surname. “How many times have I told you not to call me Zhu?”
Pig Head Rong snorted and asked, “Aren’t you guys affiliated with some scientific research laboratory? Why did your boss start researching antiques instead of scientific research? He even looked for us.’
The mercenary obviously did not understand what the boss behind the scenes was thinking, but he still warned, “Pig Head Rong, I think you shouldn’t ask too much. There’s naturally a reason why the boss wants this thing. It’s not just an antique, but it also hides a big secret!
“It’s your honor that the boss found you. As long as you get the gold foil, you will be rewarded. It will definitely be much more profitable than any antique you sell.”
Pig Head Rong had actually checked the gold foil before, but he felt that the material was special. He had been in the tomb for many years, but he had never seen anyone with such a special antique material.
It was more like a modern item. It did not look like an antique at all. If he had not known in advance that this was an antique, he would have misjudged it and thought that it was a modern metal artifact.
Pig Head Rong really couldn’t figure out why the boss behind the scenes wanted this. He contacted him from a foreign country just for a strange gold foil.
If he liked antiques, there would be a lot of porcelain and pottery. Why would he need to find a broken metal piece?
Seeing that he could not get anything out of him, he no longer cared about the use of this thing. On second thought, whether it was to obtain a high commission or not to offend the boss behind him, it seemed that the only choice left for him was to find something.
Then, Pig Head Rong smiled and said, “Charles, I hid in the mountains for the entire night. It’s not that I didn’t find anything. I heard from the nearby fishermen that the police didn’t find the lost thing in the tomb and are still looking for the box. Therefore, this means that the gold foil isn’t in the police’s hands!”
Hearing this, everyone was immediately interested.
Pig Head Rong continued, “Since the police didn’t get it, it means that the thing must have been hidden by someone nearby. There’s still some time before the time set by the boss. We can completely find it.”
Charles said unhappily, “Damn it, where can we find it in such a huge Burning Mountain?!”
Pig Head Rong smiled and did not say anything, as if everything was under control.
Coincidentally, at this moment, he heard footsteps. He immediately stood up. “The clues are here!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked in quickly. It was one of the tomb raiders.
This lackey’s nickname was Old Ghost. He reported truthfully, “Boss, that kid is too vigilant. I was almost discovered. I didn’t dare to follow halfway, afraid of alerting the enemy.”
Pig Head Rong was surprised. “Kid, you walk at night and enter the tombs all year round. Even ghosts can’t see you. How could that kid notice you?”
The old ghost shook his head. “That kid looks ordinary. I really can’t figure him
out. ”
Pig Head Rong asked again, “Do you have any clues?”
Old Ghost: “No, that kid is very ordinary, but he seems to be a streamer.”
When the two mercenaries at the side saw this, they understood that Pig Head Rong had discovered a suspicious person. They hurriedly asked, “Do you have news of the person who took the gold foil?”
Pig Head Rong shook his head and said truthfully, “No, but I found traces of a young man’s appearance. I suspect that the person who took the gold foil might be the same person who killed Three, but I’m not sure for the time being, so I asked Old Ghost to follow and investigate.” The mercenary frowned. “Why do you suspect this person?”
“Follow me!”
Pig Head Rong waved his hand and left with the two mercenaries. The two of them did not suspect anything and followed.
After more than two hours, the few of them actually returned to the Burning Mountain. However, they did not enter the mountain. Instead, they were led by Pig Head Rong to a small village at the foot of the mountain.
At this moment, Pig Head Rong was standing on a rural road with two mercenaries. From afar, he saw a fishing man with a big head riding a tricycle slowly appear in the distance.
Of course, their attention was not on the big-headed fisherman at all. Instead, they followed Pig Head Rong’s gaze and looked at a large locust tree in the distance.
The two mercenaries stared at the scars on the locust tree’s trunk and fell into deep thought.
Pig Head Rong said, “This is the clue I accidentally found when I passed by. I followed this and targeted that kid. Take a look. What do you think?”
The mercenaries looked at each other. “What a fast knife!”
Pig Head Rong: