Zhou Tong entered the tomb. He had originally thought that there would be a few more checkpoints, but he had not expected to directly reach the main tomb.
A coffin hung in the air by iron chains was hanging in the middle of the main tomb.
He was about five meters away from the platform where the coffin was located. Zhou Tong leaped and landed directly on the platform.
In this position, he also saw Martial Uncle Ji An, who had been dead for an unknown period of time, sitting on the coffin.
Zhou Tong looked in the direction of Senior Uncle Ji An's corpse. He guessed that the so-called national treasure had been placed in the altar.
"Martial Uncle, you said that you have been fighting with Master for your entire life. You have won this round. Leave the rest of the journey to me!”
"Rest in peace. The 'national treasure' will definitely be delivered to its destination.”
Zhou Tong pulled the mechanism, and the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella turned into a flying claw, directly grabbing the edge of the altar. With a pull and a tug, Zhou Tong seemed to fly straight over.
At this moment, Zhou Tong finally saw the objective of this mission, the national treasure.
The national treasure that Ji An was escorting was a strip wrapped in tin foil. It should be a box, and the item in the box was the national treasure.
"It's not heavy. It should be a silk book or something!”
Zhou Tong pushed aside the layers of tin foil and opened the box, only to discover that it wasn't a national treasure, but a stack of letters.
The signatures on the envelope were the names of the wealthy people in Xianggang and the coastal areas. He even found his own name among them.
Zhou Tong opened the letter that belonged to him and began to read it. He discovered that the contents of the letter were none other than loan slips.
(Zhou Tong had moved most of the halls to Xianggang, so the location of the resources was naturally changed to Xianggang.)）
Seeing the contents of the IOU, Zhou Tong couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Indeed, only these things could be considered as national treasures in a complete sense, the most important weapons of the country.
What could be more important than a patriotic heart?
Now that the foreign powers were surrounding them, the people were in dire straits. A group of merchants did not take the opportunity to make a fortune or establish their own forces. Instead, they provided resources and money to the Chinese government regardless of the cost.
The main purpose of these IOU was to prove that they had done these things.
And after the officials who were connected to these patriotic merchants died, there were still people who remembered their contributions. This was the only meaning of escorting the 'national treasure'.
"No wonder there were so many people surrounding and attacking us.”
"Martial Uncle, I admire your actions. Don't worry, leave the rest to me. I will definitely deliver this 'national treasure' to everyone.”
Being rich and heartless, hitting people when they were down was the way most of the merchants in China did things. Those who were truly patriotic and were willing to give up without asking for anything in return were ultimately a minority.
What the organization needed to do was to not let these people feel disappointed.
Now that the national treasure was in his hands, the next thing to do was to arrange a reasonable death for these soldiers.
Then this ancient tomb would definitely be reduced to a sacrificial object. If the tomb owner knew about this, he believed that he would agree with Zhou Tong's actions.
He would squeeze out the last bit of his remaining value to protect this land.
Because this is a Han Dynasty tomb, a Han Dynasty general tomb. Those who offend our strong Han Dynasty will be killed no matter how far away they are.
Zhou Tong did not touch a single treasure in the tomb. He controlled the puppets and set up a large number of mechanisms in the tomb, hoping to send more people down to accompany this Great General.
After all, fishing required bait. Without enough benefits, Nippon would not easily make a move.
At this moment, everything had come to a complete end. A month later, Zhou Tong was in Sand City when he heard the news from Water Fairy Town.
Three days ago, Nippon soldiers held a large-scale memorial service near Narcissus Town, and there were only two possibilities for a memorial service.
One of them succeeded in obtaining the treasure, but a large number of people died. The other could not bear the price and finally gave up on exploring.
The news that came later convinced Zhou Tong that it was the latter, because Japan had blown up the mine.
It seemed that they had lost a lot of manpower this time, and they had gained nothing.
"Second Master, Second Master wants you to call him back!”
"Yes, I understand. I wonder why Master is looking for me this time?”
Zhou Tong could be considered to have seen through his master. If he didn't look for him for no reason, then there must be a major matter for him to look for him, just like how he had asked Zhou Tong to escort the national treasure last time.
Those 'national treasures' seemed to be equipped with GPS. No matter how they changed their route, the Japanese were like sharks that smelled blood. They could always find it accurately.
During the last operation, Zhou Tong had dispatched thirty experts in one go, but in the end, only less than ten had returned. Fortunately, the mission had been completed.
Every letter was delivered to the hands of the patriotic merchants.
After many years of development, Zhou Tong had long ago established his own communication channel. Although it could only communicate with a few places, it was secure and no one could eavesdrop.
This was also the main reason why Zhou Tong would call his master every time he called.
"Master, how have you been in Xianggang recently?”
"It's pretty good. Thank you for what happened last time. You must have lost a lot of people!”
"Before doing this, I've already spoken to them. It's all voluntary. If they're still alive after the mission ends, I'll help them clear their names completely.”
"I will erase all their bad records. After they die, I will take care of their families, send the elderly off, and raise their children.”
"This matter is well done. Guess, guess why I'm looking for you this time?”
It seemed that his master was doing well in Xianggang. He was even joking.
"Could it be that the owner of those letters is looking for me?”
"Liu Quan talked to you in advance? How did you know?"
"I guess so. Three days ago, Liu Quan told me that the last letter had been delivered to the patriotic merchant. I really can't think of anything else that you want me to look for you at this time.”
"Alright, since you already know, then I'll get straight to the point. Those patriotic merchants are planning to hold a gathering in half a month.”
"Party? Wouldn't it be better to let Liu Quan go? Could it be that these people want me to go over as well?”
"Could it be that the leader of this gathering is an official faction?”
On the other end of the phone, Er Yuehong was silent. Ever since her disciple succeeded in getting the position, she was getting more and more confused. With just a few words, she had figured out the whole situation.
"Yes, it's organized by the official forces, Hope.”
"Alright, Master. I'll settle the matters here. I'll go over tomorrow.”
After Zhou Tong hung up the phone, he called Xiao Yu over and instructed her to continue investigating the clues of the 'traitor', as well as to collect evidence. He would only take action after he returned.
Zhou Tong had felt that someone must have made a mistake of principle regarding the losses they had suffered when escorting the national treasure. Otherwise, the losses definitely wouldn't have been so great, so he had recently been investigating.
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