It doesn't matter if your souls are scattered, as long as you die.

When Zhang Quan saw the corpses of the dead villagers, he felt no sadness, grief, or anger; instead, he smiled knowingly.

"Well done, it was worth it for leaving you a stone shard that can be used as a knife."

It wasn't until then that we realized we'd fallen into a trap; it turned out it was all his doing.

"You're so ruthless. They're all from your village."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Quan and the other man laughed heartily, "So what if we're from the same village? We're not related by blood. It's better if he's dead, then all this treasure will be mine."

He held a dagger in his hand, smiling as he looked at the six men. "Now it's time to deal with you."

"No, don't kill us, we don't want the treasure."

"Yes, we don't want it anymore, please let us go."

Zhang Quan's smile remained unchanged, like a devil's smile.

Seeing that he was about to kill the six of them, Wei Qinghe shouted urgently, "Don't kill us! I know about another treasure in this mountain!"

Because of that one sentence, the six of them survived temporarily.

Wei Qinghe wasn't just making things up; there were two rolls of sheepskin in the jar back then.

When they found the village chief and the brigade leader, the two brothers had the idea of ​​hiding a copy, so they took out a treasure map.

Therefore, he truly knew about another treasure location.

Actually, he didn't really want to reveal the other location; he just wanted to stall Zhang Quan for killing them and find an opportunity to escape.

But what you think about is just a thought; getting out of this predicament is far too difficult.

He didn't say anything, and Zhang Quan didn't kill them.

But he wouldn't give them food unless he told them to, so he wouldn't let them starve to death. He fed them once every three days, keeping them alive.

At this point, they knew that even if they spoke, they probably wouldn't survive.

He wanted to die quickly, but he was tied up tightly and had no strength in his body, making it difficult to commit suicide.

Thinking about it, I'd rather tell him that he should just starve to death all at once, rather than suffer like this.

Finally, he revealed the location of the treasure, and Zhang Quan successfully found it.

This treasure trove is the place where Zhao Tao and his group discovered them.

If you're wondering why Zhang Quan hasn't killed them even though he's already told about the treasure, you might ask...

This brings us to suspicion and greed.

After obtaining the second treasure, Zhang Quan wondered if they had hidden a third one.

They kept feeding the group a little bit of food, trying to get them to give in when they couldn't take it anymore.

Wei Qinghe wanted to compromise, but unfortunately there was no third treasure.

After listening quietly to their story, Zhao Tao thought of a question they hadn't mentioned and asked, "What was Zhang Quan doing when he last went down the mountain?"

The Wei brothers shook their heads. "We don't know! All we know is that after he came back, he started moving the treasure out, and he did that for about ten days. He hasn't gone anywhere in the last few days."

"Captain, come and see this!"

Zhao Tao stood up, supporting himself on his knees, and walked to the place where the treasure was kept. He saw Liang Weimin holding a telegraph machine.

Seeing this, Zhao Tao understood what Zhang Quan had gone down the mountain for at the end—it must have been to get this.

Suddenly, his eyes widened. "Oh no!"

Zhang Quan is a spy; he must have already passed on the news of the treasure here to his people.

He hurried over to the tomb.

Qin Haochen and his group originally came here for the ancient tomb that was suspected to be from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

But after arriving yesterday and seeing so much treasure, Qin Haochen immediately sent people down the mountain to report back to the army and send more people, otherwise the treasure would not be able to get down the mountain.

At this moment, Comrade Qin Haochen was in the tomb chamber watching experts study the origin and dynasty of the tomb.

It has now been confirmed that this tomb was indeed built during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

As for who built it, that is still under careful investigation and analysis.

Zhao Tao rushed over, and Qin Haochen knew at a glance that he had something to say. He gave Zhao Tao a look and told him to come out and talk, and not to disturb the experts.

After Zhao Tao came out, he told Comrade Qin Haochen what had happened.

Knowing that this place might be discovered by spies, Qin Haochen took it very seriously and immediately sent someone down the mountain to report the situation.

If spies knew there was such a large treasure here, there would surely be many people coming.

They'll need to prepare more combat power on their side.

Zhang Quan only spread the news after he had secretly hoarded some of the treasure, which was only three days ago.

Just as Qin Haochen had thought, those people had now gathered enough manpower and were on their way.

……

After finishing her meal, Yun Li prepared to descend the mountain. Since she didn't have a fixed destination, she didn't need to follow the same route down the mountain.

Take out two drops of blood; which way to go is determined by the blood droplets.

Two drops of blood floated in the air, drifting straight to the southwest.

Yun Li was surprised; it seemed he would run into that group of police officers again. After all, with so much treasure and only a few of them, it was impossible for them to move it all in a day or two.

I strolled leisurely along the same path I took yesterday.

As he walked, he saw hundreds of people walking southwest from the other end within the range of his mental energy.

She stopped in her tracks, wondering if these people were the accomplices the police had hired to move the treasure.

Looking at their clothes, she shook her head again. Some had shifty eyes, while others had fierce looks; they were clearly not good people.

Although there's a saying that you can't judge a book by its cover, she disliked these people the moment she saw them.

Having lived through ninety-nine lifetimes, she has great faith in her own perception.

Therefore, these people were definitely not hired by the police.

If they weren't people brought in by the police, then what were so many people doing going into the mountains together?

Judging from the direction they're heading, they're going towards the valley. It's possible that news of the treasure there has been leaked, and they're coming for the treasure too.

He glanced at the valley again with his mental energy and saw that there were many more people in military uniforms.

It turned out that the police's helpers had already arrived, and there were also people on lookouts on a hilltop in the valley.

This group will be discovered as soon as they get close, and if they are discovered in advance, we can take precautions.

I feel a little more at ease.

She is at least ten kilometers away from the valley.

The group of people was only four or five kilometers away from the valley, and she couldn't catch up with them no matter how hard she tried.

All I could do was run as fast as I could while using my mental energy to keep an eye on the group of people, trying to see what they would say.

Then they heard Xiao Rizi's language and immediately slammed on the brakes. It turned out that one of the blood drops was guiding them.

In the past, when she caught a spy, she would pass the information on to Mu Qian and the others, but now it seems too late.

This group of people is clearly up to something. By the time Mu Qian and the others arrive, they'll probably have already finished what they were supposed to do.

Let's just solve it here!

Okay, let's do it that way.

Perhaps there are locals among these hundred-plus people, but since they've all mingled with Xiao Rizhi, they must be no good.

She wasn't even guilty of killing them all.

She started running again. The lightning's range was currently three kilometers, and she was at least eleven kilometers away from them.

Soon, the group arrived at a point not far from the valley. One of them made a hand gesture, and the hundred-plus people tacitly drew their pistols, cocked them, and crouched low as they walked into the valley.