After listening to Lao Wu's introduction, I couldn't help but think, "So it's this guy! I've heard so much about him!"

Back in the Tuo River ancient Shu tomb, Tu Xingsun had specifically mentioned Professor Xu's glorious deeds.

Speaking of which, if it hadn't been for Professor Xu's antics, the Xiaolingwei wouldn't have had the chance to discover Wang Zhanggui's tomb raiding gang. This bookworm could even be considered a "meritorious official."

Lao Wu, enjoying bullying Professor Xu, continued to berate him: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty is unavoidable. Although this bookworm escaped a disaster, he was demoted by Wang Zhanggui from a *tuizi* (engineer) to a *xiaku* (laborer). He used to give us orders, but now he's on equal footing with us. Haha, this is what they call thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"

Hong Jie, afraid we wouldn't understand, explained to us, "The *tuizi* is responsible for the project and has a higher status. He can give orders to the *xiaku* under him. The *xiaku* are just small fries who can only follow the instructions of those above."

Me and Uncle Mei pretended it was the first time we'd heard of this and nodded.

Hong Jie continued, "Wang Zhanggui is our *zhiguo* (ringleader). He's the one who set up this big meat pot this time. When you see Wang Zhanggui later, be polite and sweet-talk him. If you can get his appreciation, you'll have plenty of opportunities to make a fortune in the future!"

Me and Uncle Mei suppressed our inner disgust and nodded.

Unexpectedly, Lao Wu shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, you're a step late. You won't be seeing Wang Zhanggui for a while."

Hong Jie was stunned and asked, "What's wrong? Is Wang Zhanggui not here today?"

"He's here, but the old man has taken the first step and already gone down into the tomb," Lao Wu said.

Hong Jie looked surprised again: "What? Gone down into the tomb? Does that mean all the water in the tomb has been drained? But last night, not a drop of water had been drained. What? Did Wang Zhanggui hire some experts?"

Lao Wu laughed: "There are no experts, just the same old people. The water in the tomb hasn't been completely drained, only partially drained, just enough for people to enter."

"Entering before the water is completely drained? Isn't that a bit hasty?" Hong Jie asked.

Lao Wu immediately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "The *zhiguo* is forced to do this. You don't know, news came today that something went wrong on the Tuo River side. Little Wang Zhanggui's group seems to have been wiped out..."

"What?!"

Hong Jie was stunned and her face clearly turned ugly.

Me and Uncle Mei weren't surprised because we were the ones who wiped out Little Wang Zhanggui.

"Little Wang Zhanggui and his men are so careful. How could they be wiped out?" Hong Jie asked.

Speaking of this, Lao Wu glared at Professor Xu again, cursing, "Isn't it all because of this jinx? He pierced the waterproof wall, drowning a bunch of brothers. Their corpses floated to the Tuo River, attracting the attention of the authorities!"

Professor Xu, having been scolded by Lao Wu one after another, couldn't save face. He frowned and muttered, "Alright, alright, stop talking. Even the wise make mistakes. To err is human. I just made a mistake. Can't you give me a chance to redeem myself?"

Lao Wu glared at him and said angrily, "Then you should redeem yourself! Damn it, you've been at Duck River for almost a week, and you can't drain the water or find the right spot to dig. Are you really a university professor? Is your diploma fake?"

Professor Xu got agitated when he heard this, his face turning red. "How... how can you talk like that? I'm telling you, you can doubt my abilities, but you can't... you can't doubt my education!"

These two were arguing so loudly that we were getting a headache. Hong Jie quickly stopped them: "Alright, stop arguing. How long has the *zhiguo* been down there? Who did he take with him?"

Lao Wu replied, "He's been down there for almost two hours, with Tu Gou, Mr. Liao, and the others. Since the Tuo River side has been wiped out, the authorities will probably follow the clues and find this place soon. Wang Zhanggui's idea is to make a desperate gamble tonight, go in and sweep through, take away all the Mingqi (funerary objects) that can be taken, and don't worry about the ones that can't be taken. After this job, we'll evacuate as soon as possible."

Hong Jie asked somewhat unprepared, "So I have to go down too? I only planned to bring these two newcomers. I didn't plan to go down. I should have worn some more comfortable clothes."

Hearing this, I looked back at Hong Jie. She was wearing a short skirt, stockings, and high heels. This outfit was fine for attracting customers, but it would be difficult to raid tombs.

Lao Wu chuckled, his face looking evil: "It's okay, the weather is hot anyway. If you think this outfit is inconvenient for going down into the tomb, just take it all off. It's easier to squeeze through holes when you're naked!"

Hong Jie glared at him and cursed, "Get the hell out of here! Always trying to take advantage of me!"

Talking to this point, Lao Wu looked at the time and urged, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. Let's hurry up and move. Before the authorities find out, let's go down and sift through the pit, and take away everything we can. And don't forget the goods that Master Gao told us about."

As soon as we heard "Master Gao," me and Uncle Mei became vigilant.

I quickly asked, "Who is Master Gao? Isn't our *zhiguo* called Wang Zhanggui?"

Hong Jie lowered her voice and said to me, "Rongsheng, don't ask around. You can't mention Master Gao's name, understand?"

I pretended to be timid and nodded.

Hong Jie said to me and Uncle Mei again: "You just need to remember that if you see any Mingqi with words on them underground, whether it's jade or bronze, even if it's just a stone, as long as there are special symbols on it that look like words, take them all away. You can go to the *zhiguo* to ask for rewards."

Me and Uncle Mei nodded again.

After instructing us on these matters, our group officially set off.

Lao Wu led the way in front, Professor Xu followed behind him, and me, Uncle Mei, and Hong Jie walked at the back.

Going down from the foundation of the construction site, we turned a few corners into a tunnel. At the end of this tunnel were some building materials. After moving these building materials away, a half-open wooden door was revealed.

Probably during the day, this whole tunnel was sealed off.

I couldn't help but admire the caution and routine of this tomb raiding gang. Let alone that no one would guess that this Hope Primary School was a front for tomb raiding, even if someone came specifically to investigate, it would be difficult to find this entrance without putting in some effort.

Pushing open this wooden door, we arrived at the tomb raiding tunnel dug by Wang Zhanggui and his men. Before I even walked in, I could already hear the gurgling of water.

At this time, Hong Jie introduced to me, "The ancient Shu tomb in Duck River wasn't a water tomb at first. Its original site was a certain distance from the Duck River. But over the past few thousand years, the Duck River has changed course several times. At some point, it flowed right over the ancient Shu tomb and flooded the entire tomb..."

Professor Xu took the opportunity to show off: "Actually, this is a good thing for the preservation of cultural relics. After all, as the saying goes - dry for a thousand years, wet for ten thousand years, neither dry nor wet for half a year."

As a result, before Professor Xu could finish speaking, Lao Wu impatiently urged, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go down into the tomb! Hurry!"