The Riddler Get Out of Terra

Since the Thief Saint discovered and used this tunnel, who could dig out such a huge network structure under Gouwu City?

Even if it is a large cavity with corpses piled in the middle, maintaining the stability of the structure without collapse requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as mechanical analysis by top engineers. Not to mention that the tunnels have exits that are connected to many ancestral properties of the Gou Wu family?

What does the person who built the tunnel have to do with the person who died in the hollow in the center?Were the craftsmen silenced...or were there more sensational secrets hidden in the darkness, silent?

Even... why did the Thief Saint take out gold leaves that had nothing to do with their family's money, and the Gouwu family categorically stated that these gold leaves must be what the Thief Saint took from them?

For this reason, they are even willing to directly confront the poor people in Gouwu slum and destroy the nearby grain store.

, increase the price of all basic daily necessities in the cloth store to the level of at least one gold leaf?

……

Although they didn't want to believe it, Jingzhe and Zuo Le's hearts slowly sank as these doubts came together one by one.

There is a truth. As long as you follow this truth, all questions can be answered. The Gouwu family's strict defense and frenzy appear to be extremely reasonable in the face of this truth.

"You two, we've reached the end."

Wu You's low-pitched voice sounded in the darkness, awakening the two deep-thinking secret agents of the Yan Kingdom.

"Oh, alright."

Zuo Le subconsciously answered, and looked at the end of the land without any light. What puzzled him was that there was no mechanism to open the door. Instead, in front, there was a huge and hard rock blocking the middle, and no one was allowed. pass.

There was a crackling sound beside him, accompanied by the roar of thunder and lightning, and blue electric light shining in the corner of his eyes. Zuo Le looked towards Jingzhe, Qilin shook his head at him, Lei Fa did not find the mechanism to open the boulder.

"You two, this is the legendary Dragon Pressing Stone. It is usually sealed and not intended to be opened. There is no mechanism."

Wu You noticed their behavior and explained in a low voice:

"But there may not be any way to deal with the dragon-pressing stone. For example, if there are people like the mountain-moving guards who have the ability to move mountains and unload ridges, they can open a hole next to the stone and fill it with soil afterwards, so that no one can see it. Let’s touch it first to see if it’s true or false.”

The Liboli man took the lead in choosing one side and tried to go over. Zuo Le saw him pull out a pair of gloves from his pocket, put them on and push them carefully against the left side of the boulder.

Jingzhe looked at it for a while and then nodded and walked to the other side. The blue electric light flashed again and she began to detect the soil texture on the right side of the boulder.

1 Chapter [-]: Strangers after all ([-])

I don’t know whether it’s because Qilin is born with auspiciousness, or because the cave digger is a fierce woman who likes the order of “men on the left and women on the right”. The correct position for digging the stones is the right side chosen by Jingzhe.

Just by covering the surface with electric current, Jingzhe discovered traces of shoddy concealment.

That's right, you've already stolen the target object, why bother covering up all the traces?Gangs of thieves don't need to stay in one place for long. They often move to another place to continue growing wildly after finishing their work.

Jingzhe analyzed the obvious weakness in the thunder method detection in front of her, and guessed the reason why the thieves who dug the cave had hastily dealt with it and left. After a moment, she seemed to find something. She pressed forward with her slender white palm, and it turned out that He took out one or two strange-shaped metal objects from an inconspicuous location on the earth wall.

Qilin tried to spell it out, but found that he couldn't spell anything suitable at all, so he turned to look at Wuyou and handed him the corroded metal:

"Mr. Wuyou, does he know what it is?"

"This thing..."

Wu You reached out and took a few pieces of strange-shaped metal with no specific purpose. He looked at it over and over again two or three times, frowning and thinking over and over, but kept playing with it with his hands.

Zuo Le came over to take a look curiously, but he couldn't find anything corresponding to it after rummaging through his mind, so he thought hard like Wu You, his eyebrows furrowed into a ball.

Jingzhe put her hand on the wall again and felt it carefully. This time because of the physical contact, her perception was more sensitive and she found many "little gifts" that she had not noticed. So she stretched out her hand again and pulled out more and more weird parts. Pulled out from the earth wall.

Wu You was still pondering over what the metal parts in his hand were. He casually glanced at Jing Zhe as he threw out more and more metal, but his eyes were attracted by a certain arc-shaped remnant, and his eyes lit up:

"I know! This is their homemade combat shovel!"

?

Zuo Le looked at Wu You in astonishment, and looked at the few things in his hand that didn't correspond to the concept of "shovel" at all. The expression on his face was a big question mark.

Wu did not explain. He picked through the pile of parts that Jingzhe had pulled out again. He quickly took a small pile of strange-shaped metal products, patted away the soil, divided them into three sets, and assembled them several times. After deforming, what appeared in front of the spies were three crooked "combat shovels."

"Assembling parts is common among tomb robbers in the world."

Wu You handed two of them to Jingzhe and Zuo Le, and started digging directly while explaining to them:

"Some parts with unknown intentions are specially created. They do not appear to be very harmful and do not contain Originium components. They can easily be mixed into mobile cities or large mausoleums - and then quickly assembled to create a universal shovel."

After a moment, he seemed to remember something, and he said to Jingzhe Zuo Le with some embarrassment:

"The people of Qianmen keep the assembly techniques and casting process strictly confidential. Anyone who violates the rules will make three swords and six holes. I know that this joining technique is a basic technique that Qianmen can't help but spread. It can only form a shovel."

The Liboli man pointed at other weird piles of parts on the ground - Zuo Le was rummaging through the piles of parts like he did before, but he still couldn't find the point:

"I'm not very good at piecing together those parts. It's said that Qianmen people also forge special parts with locking functions and stuff them into the leftover metal. If they misspell the parts, they'll be destroyed. I used to have a few friends who bought a lot of Qianmen parts. They also I told you that except for the most basic shovel form, the parts in other forms will break when taken apart. If you two want to explore Qianmen's methods, you probably won't be able to do it with these parts."

Zuo Le, who was squatting on the ground and learning how to wipe the dirt off the parts, smiled awkwardly, but he still put some normal-looking parts into the pockets of his cloak bag, and then he stood up and dug holes with Wu You.

Jingzhe glanced at his colleagues, Zuo Le shook his head slightly, indicating that Wuyou was right, these parts had been specially processed, and even he couldn't find the trick, so Qilin also waved a strange-looking shovel and hit the wall hard. Killer.

It's strange to say that although this shovel has a strange shape, it is surprisingly easy to use when digging a hole. The three of them dug along the crack that was not compacted and in less than 5 minutes, they dug out a body of soil as high as one person. After waiting, Half an hour later, Jingzhe's ears twitched slightly and she heard the faint voices on the other side.

"stop!"

Qilin put his hands on the shoulders of Wu You and Zuo Le, who were still digging, and whispered to stop them from continuing to dig:

"I heard someone talking!"

!

Zuo Le's body stiffened and he stopped quickly. He was more skillful. He first shrugged, reminding Jingzhe that he had received her instructions, but he continued to dig, but the intensity was much smaller and gentler, so that the sound that came through became louder and louder. It's getting clearer:

"...kill...secret...cannot tell...continue...must kill..."

Indistinct words came from the other end. Jingzhe and Zuo Leyun listened carefully, and finally heard the clearer discussion among the weak digging sounds:

"Did they find out about it?"

"In my opinion, we can't let them go regardless of whether they are discovered or not. Even if the matter is exposed a little bit, they will be executed!"

"What if they get it but just want to use it as a handle? What if we catch the killer and they are defeated?"

"They don't necessarily know..."

"I don't know [Gouwu expletive]! Those gold leaves! Those gold leaves are ours! It's just that they came from the wrong place, we didn't dare to say it! Where did they come from? During that time we discovered the madman's methods, secretly You are not clear about participating in making money?!"

"Now! Tell me the truth! Who is still holding on to the idea of ​​making another fortune and hasn't destroyed the things!"

"..."

"Are you all [Gou Wu's expletive] mute!? Hurry up and [Gou Wu's expletive] say it! It's too late. It's up to you to take care of your wealth and life!"

"……my home."

"my home."

"I also……"

"?! Third Uncle?! Didn't I ask you to destroy all the things?! Why didn't you destroy all of your [Gouwu expletive]?!"

"Eldest nephew, the money comes from this thing so fast. Every time I close my eyes and open them, I have a lot of gold leaves in my hands. The third uncle and the third uncle really thought they could make another fortune, so..."

"So [Gou Wu expletive] can be done in succession?! That's a beheading business! How can you?! Why can't even [Gou Wu expletive] grow a head!"

With a bang, Jingzhe clearly heard the sound of tables and chairs shattering, and the voices on the other side suddenly fell silent. Wuyou's secret digging movement stopped immediately. The Liboli people listened nervously to any movement on the other side, letting the cave There was silence.

After a while, more and more whispers came through, and Wuyou finally opened a small passage, allowing a little light to shine through.

Jingzhe and Zuo Le looked at each other, first Qilin and then Secret Agent, and took a peek in turn.

Chapter 181 Still a Stranger ([-])

"You came out so quickly?"

Taihe pulled up the three cavemen who were smelly and asked them questions in surprise.

He originally thought that Wu Youhui would lead Jingzhe and the others through the caves, find out how the Thief Saint entered the ancestral home of Gou Wu's wealthy family, and finally capture the Thief Saint in one piece, knowing that everyone in Gou Wu City was covering up the secret.

As a result, he ran out less than two hours after going down, and no clues were found?

"it's complicated."

Jingzhe told Taihe in a hoarse voice: "Let's cover up the traces with Brother Wuyou first, and we'll talk about it when we get back. The matter is very complicated, so complicated that..."

As if he didn't know how to describe it, Qilin held back his tongue, unable to continue speaking.

"That's right, Taihe. This matter is too complicated. It's so complicated that... well, let's not talk about it for now. Let's cover up the traces."

Zuo Le spoke in time to relieve the embarrassment of Jingzhe, but the general's son was also speechless at this moment. His whole person exuded a low pressure of silence. The people underground seemed to have worn away many of his impetuousness and illusions. At this time, the whole Everyone calmed down.

Zuo Le also continued to liven up the atmosphere by making jokes after performing tasks as before. The complicated Yanguo secret agent directly started to fill in the big hole with the soil and patted it with Wu You. Even the cloak that he cherished in the past was covered with dust. No longer care.

So what exactly happened?

Taihe was full of questions, but decided to accompany them to fill in the blanks about the evidence of the night outing. Then he said goodbye to Wuyou without saying anything, and returned to the hotel with Jingzhe Zuo Le without saying a word.

It wasn't until they entered the room that Jingzhe used thunder, and he and Zuo Le observed with their naked eyes and confirmed that there was no surveillance. Then Taihe and the other two sat on their respective sofas and listened to them describe everything they saw in the cave. talk……

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"What?! How dare they make such a big mistake?!"

Taihe opened his eyes wide in shock and anger, punched the corner of the table with a loud bang, and cut it cleanly.

Drop a square, sharp corner.

"That's right, making counterfeit banknotes, massacring people, driving up prices, colluding with the city lord... the small Gouwu City has so many intricate connections."

Jingzhe pressed his temples with a headache and recounted his feelings tiredly, but these were not the most desperate. What really shocked Qilin was that although Gou Wu was targeted for making too much money, in fact the entire market in Dayan was hit by counterfeit money. Got——

In addition to Gou Wu, did you also seize the opportunity, put on Yuri's banner, and take advantage of the waves caused by the wealthy businessmen in the film industry, looking down on human lives?

Judging from Jingzhe's intuition developed from years of handling cases, she had to painfully admit that what she expected was probably true!

"No! We have to find the Lord of Gouwu City and ask him to administer justice and arrest all these Gouwu family members to pay for their lives!"

Taihe was so indignant that he couldn't even sit still in his chair. He stood up and walked around the discussion room:

"Does the Lord of Gouwu City not care about the lives of people who died in Gouwu? Does he still have the responsibility of serving as a parent official? The Gouwu family cares about human life, so he can't find anything?"

"I'm afraid he didn't know it, but he took a lot of it with peace of mind."

Zuo Le lay on his back in his seat unusually calmly. When he heard Taihe angrily accuse the city lord, the young official with excellent background could not help but sneer:

"Just from what we heard, the Gouwu family gave him an unknown amount of silver and jewels in order to make the city lord ignore their affairs. It is well known that it is rare for someone to be confused in official circles. The city lord Gouwu has gained a good reputation in the officialdom recently. Most of the money I’m afraid he’s been trying to improve it all up and down in order to go further.”

He lay flat on the sofa and explained the power of it in an unprecedentedly weak tone:

"If we had arrived later, I'm afraid this person would have been transferred to another city long ago. The newly appointed city lord has no idea what the previous one had ignored by turning a blind eye. Even if we discovered the crime, He is also destined to be escaped from justice by them, and his tail will be cut off in order to survive.”

"Moreover...most of the people they secretly killed were refugees caused by frequent natural disasters in recent years. They did not have a Gouwu household registration and had never known anyone in Gouwu City. The Lord of Gouwu City only had to refute that he was someone recruited by the Gouwu family. , he didn’t know anything about it, so he was able to get away with most of the responsibility.”

"But even so, he is suspected of committing crimes with abandon and being lazy and lazy in government. Why don't we petition him now and include him in the investigation report? Anyway, we have found evidence, and neither the noble family nor the city lord can escape."

Listening to Zuo Le's analysis, Taihe couldn't help but frown, but he carefully thought about the various official events he heard about in Si Suitai a few days ago, and felt that they were not serious enough to be left unpunished, so he asked Jingzhe and Zuo Le suggested.

"No matter what the result is, we have to give it a try. I will write an investigative article and submit this sensational matter. Zuo Le, you go get the seal first, Taihe, you go get yours too, and the three of us will sing in unison. , go straight to the case!”

Jingzhe was leaning on a chair to rest. When she heard Taihe say this, her face looked gloomy, but she still cheered up and asked Zuo Le and Taihe to continue investigating the case with her:

"We have to protect the scene, Zuo Le. You and I will go to the city lord tomorrow to cover up the traces. Taihe, you hide in the dark, and you must protect the scene. No matter whether the city lord Gou Wu is involved or not, and how much he is involved, we will all participate. One book, expose what happened in Gouwucheng!"

The blond-haired, blue-eyed Qilin'er has a firm gaze, and her beautiful and dignified face is full of strength that is not afraid of wind and rain. She can clearly hear what role City Master Gou Wu plays in it. Even if he cannot uproot him, he must make the other party pay the price!

As for whether a good person will be wronged...

In fact, they followed Wu You to other cave entrances. The Gou Wu family was so flustered that they spoke indiscriminately and exposed too many shameful things to the sun!

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"We have lost power and capital, will the city lord..."

"So we have to block the news. The only things that are missing are the gold and silver treasures in our hands and those utensils that are not ours. Fortunately, those involved were cruel and died inside. Otherwise, I I don’t even know how to save you!”

"But I heard that the city lord has also cultivated people secretly. He took so much money from us, and I'm afraid that his power will become more and more powerful. If he kills the donkey..."

"Do we only have a few people on hand? Although there are many injured, they are all outsiders. The people we have trained ourselves are all hidden in Gouwu City, and no one has touched them!"

"Yes, also..."

Chapter 182: Strangers After All ([-])

"My benefactor, I think they are all people with justice in their hearts. They will not let go of the Lord Gou Wu and the members of the Gou Wu family. My revenge has been avenged. Thank you so much, my benefactor! In the future, Wu You will always obey your orders!"

The first time Wu You returned to Hao Zhao's residence, he saluted him as if he were pushing a mountain of gold over a jade pillar.

The orange cat did not refuse Li Boli's courtesy and accepted his thanks with peace of mind, but there was no trace of emotion on his face. His eyes were staring out the window at Gouwucheng swallowed up by the night in silence, feeling very calm.

"Wuyou, how far do you think you can get your revenge?"

After a long time, Orange Cat pointed at it, and a mahogany chair was photographed from the air and stopped in front of Wu You. The young man heard the song and understood its elegant meaning. He immediately picked a direction similar to Hao Zhao's angle and watched with Orange Cat.