The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 552 - 523: Gathering, Discovery_1

Chapter 552: Chapter 523: Gathering, Discovery_1

Huo Yingjie soon received a letter, his parents had written to inform him that they would come over during the New Year to make arrangements for the wedding.

He Jingyu and his wife received the same letter, which was sincere and cautiously worded, stating how much they liked He Tiantian, and expressing their hope that their son and He Tiantian could get married soon.

To be on the safe side, they would come in person to discuss the details.

The Huo couple was so cautious, He Jingyu and his wife were also very pleased.

Such a good matter always needs to be well-considered.

He Tiantian, upon hearing the contents of the letter, was very happy as well, but as a girl, she needed to be reserved, so she was either hiding in the kitchen cooking or staying in her room without coming out.

This left Huo Yingjie—who wanted to see a bit more of He Tiantian—utterly speechless.

They had been engaged for such a long time now. Wasn’t marriage just the natural next step? Wasn’t feeling shy at this point a bit late?

However, the shy, delicate beauty of He Tiantian, like an elegant and adorable budding water lotus, exuded a delicate fragrance.

Huo Yingjie could only look but not touch, which was very regrettable.

One day, Huo Yingjie and He Tiantian went up the mountain together.

"Hold up! There are people ahead," Huo Yingjie, who had been playfully bantering with He Tiantian all the way, had not been paying much attention to his surroundings but sensed them as they got closer.

He Tiantian covered her mouth and inquired with her eyes, what’s wrong?

Huo Yingjie listened intently. Although they were far away, distance was not a problem for him.

Ha, indeed, tomb robbers!

It appeared that this group of tomb robbers had visited before, probably the same ones who had escaped last time.

Huo Yingjie, with He Tiantian in tow, carefully left the scene, not wanting to have a direct confrontation with these people.

If it were only him, he wouldn’t care, but with He Tiantian by his side, he wouldn’t take any risks.

It wasn’t until they reached the Peach Orchard that He Tiantian felt slightly relieved and asked, "Brother Yingjie, who were those people? Could you hear what they were saying?"

"I could make out a bit. They are tomb robbers." Huo Yingjie said, "I also heard them say that they got some good stuff here last time and sold it for a lot of money. They plan to hit big this time, enough to live on for a lifetime."

He Tiantian was taken aback and said, "Indeed, they are the tomb robbers! We must report this to the police! Those people have guns, and we can’t handle them ourselves."

Guns?

Those inferior weapons?

Forget it, if He Tiantian didn’t want him to intervene, then he would agree, but he could still help out secretly.

He Tiantian reported what they had encountered to Secretary Qi.

Village Chief Qi, upon hearing this, did not dare delay and hurriedly made a report.

Because Qijia Village’s discovery of an ancient tomb had shocked the nation and even the world, the moment Village Chief Qi reported traces of tomb robbers in the mountains behind Qijia Village, it immediately caught the attention of the higher authorities.

This time, not only did they send Director Yang to start surveying the nearby area for other significant tombs, they also sent Qi Ling to continue the investigation of the tomb robbers from the previous year, along with an infantry company of soldiers.

With these people stationed in the mountains behind Qijia Village, Village Chief Qi felt reassured, at least the security of the village was guaranteed.

As for the treasures in those mountains, Village Chief Qi didn’t care, and even if he did, they would not be his, nor would they belong to Qijia Village.

In Huashan, Cui Ying saw so many people arriving in the mountains behind and looked at each other in dismay.

"Elder brother, has our whereabouts been leaked?" asked Cui Ying cautiously. They had gone through all the necessary procedures for descending the mountain and there shouldn’t have been any mistakes.

Looking towards the direction of the mountains behind, Huashan whispered, "There’s no need to panic just yet, let’s wait and see."

They were a hidden force; the villagers shouldn’t be able to discover them.

"I always feel that there’s something unusual about the mountains behind Qijia Village, especially that hot spring pool," Cui Ying said. "I bathed there with that girl, Huang Jingli, from the same house. It was not only very comfortable but it seemed to greatly benefit our cultivation."

"You’ve noticed it too?" Huashan said with a wry smile. "Our master foretold that this place held an unusual treasure and sent us here. We haven’t found the treasure yet, but we did find a hot spring that aids in cultivation."

Cui Ying nodded and said, "Yes, I’ve discovered it. I’ve been going there these past few days. The villagers here are ignorant, thinking this spring is a ’fertility spring’."

"Don’t speak ill of these commoners," Huashan said. "Maybe they’re not as clever as us, but they’re not stupid. Moreover, for ordinary people, starting families and continuing their lineage is perfectly normal, isn’t it? Saying it’s a fertility spring is quite accurate if you consider the sharp increase in children in the village. It’s not without reason."

"What a waste," Cui Ying lamented. "If only this hot spring were on our mountain."

Huashan chuckled. Their place of cultivation was far from here; it was impossible to move the spring there or to relocate their cultivation site here.

"Elder brother, let’s go to the mountains behind tomorrow. When I snuck out last night, I spotted several sneaky figures," Cui Ying suggested. "They definitely weren’t up to any good."

"You don’t need to go, I’ll go alone," Huashan said. "Once we figure out what’s going on, we’ll make our plans."

"Yes, elder brother!" Cui Ying acknowledged.

The next day, Huashan went to the mountains behind.

However, some areas in the mountains were guarded by soldiers, so Huashan couldn’t go there and had to take a detour deep into the mountains.

In a cave deep in the mountains, he discovered some traces.

Using a secret technique, Huashan could see what was happening inside the cave from a mile away.

"Second Brother Lu, you really are smart. Now that those fissures have been dug into several thieving tunnels, they’ve drawn their attention," one of the men, Ma Si, took out a match to light a cigarette for Second Brother Lu and spoke words of sincere flattery.

They had been exhausted after a long and dusty journey to get here.

But when Second Brother Lu had them dig some useless tunnels, it left everyone baffled.

Despite their confusion, they couldn’t disobey the orders of Second Brother Lu, and after spending more than a week, they finally dug several useless tunnels in different locations in the mountains behind.

When the soldiers armed to the teeth stationed themselves near the thieving tunnels they had dug, they understood that this was Second Brother Lu’s strategy, a feint to the east while attacking in the west, a classic case of ’Ming repair the plank road, darkly cross the Chencang passage’.

As a result, all those worthless archaeologists and soldiers were attracted to the thieving tunnels, paying no attention to the fact that they had other paths.

"Hehe, you still have much to learn! Tomorrow night we strike the tomb, and the day after we make our escape," Second Brother Lu said proudly. The last mission had made him the heir to the family, but since Big Brother never returned, some in the family suspected it was he who killed Big Brother to fight for the heir’s position.

This time there were two missions—if he completed one of them, Second Brother Lu would be able to inherit the position of Family Head.

Second Brother Lu originally came here looking for Big Brother Lu, but to his surprise, he stumbled upon a large tomb.

Had he not been careless before, he should have found it much earlier.