CHAPTER 435: CHAPTER 435: SOUTHERN SONG HIDDEN MAUSOLEUM

Very unlucky, when those two people came out from the shop, their backpacks were empty and obviously carried nothing.

Gong Jian Country frowned, looking them up and down, "Is it them?"

Lin Wan nodded, "It’s them. Captain Gong, should we try to trick them?"

Gong Jian Country smiled slightly, "Of course, once they turn onto this street, let’s first try to bring them back for some questioning. If they cooperate, we’ll then check if this shop is their meeting point or a place to sell stolen goods."

"Be careful, they have knives on them," Lu Zheng suddenly said.

"Hmm?" Gong Jian Country was startled, then observed carefully again, but still didn’t notice anything.

"Mr. Lu, you have a keen eye!" Gong Jian Country couldn’t help but ask, "I didn’t see it at all."

Lu Zheng chuckled, "I caught a glimpse when I was close to them face-to-face earlier. It’s not in their bags, definitely not burial items."

Gong Jian Country nodded and whispered a few words into his earpiece, then the three of them followed.

As those two people turned onto a couple of streets, walking to a less crowded area, two undercover detectives circled around and approached them.

"Hold on a moment!"

The two detectives blocked them and flashed their badges backwards, "We suspect you two are related to a tomb raiding case. Please come with us to the bureau for cooperation in the investigation."

Lu Zheng and the others watched from not far away.

They thought that since those two had nothing on them, it would be hard to catch them red-handed, and they’d likely have the confidence to take a detour to the police station.

Lin Wan was certain there was something in the shop, so as long as they took those people back and issued a search warrant to get things out of the shop, everything would be conclusive.

Unexpectedly...

When those two saw the detectives blocking their way and were named in the tomb raiding case, they suddenly erupted.

The two men sprung into action, pushing away the detectives blocking them and decisively broke free and fled.

"Stop them!" Gong Jian Country shouted angrily into the earpiece and took off running.

Several undercover detectives immediately rushed from the crowd, while those two men drew knives from beneath their coats.

"Let go!"

With a firm shout, Lin Wan had already reached the two men, with two swift chops that caused the archaeologists to drop their knives.

Seeing them violently resist arrest, Lin Wan’s gaze sharpened, striking fiercely, kneeing each of them, then grabbing them as Gong Jian Country rushed over, hearing a couple of snaps as Lin Wan dislocated their arms.

"Ugh...ugh..."

The two tall robust men were left clutching their stomachs, groaning on the ground.

Gong Jian Country: ╭(°A°`)╮

He had barely started running when Lin Wan surpassed him, and by the time he arrived, Lin Wan had already finished the confrontation.

Where did this elite come from? Hai City Bureau actually has such a person? Shouldn’t someone like this be in Zhong Nanhai?

"Captain Gong!"

The undercover officers around were also bewildered, but they efficiently cuffed the two men.

While asking Captain Gong what to do next, they looked at Lin Wan with full admiration.

On-field personnel, who wouldn’t want an expert like this as a teammate?

Gong Jian Country immediately said, "Bring them back for questioning, those bastards reacted so strongly. I’ll apply for a search warrant right away!"

"Yes!"

"Leave a few people to keep an eye on that shop, we can’t let them move anything."

"Yes!"

By now, the commotion had drawn some onlookers, but once a police car arrived, the crowd resumed their activities.

...

What followed was straightforward; the search warrant was approved within half an hour, and Gong Jian Country discovered a batch of freshly unearthed burial items in the shop, all Southern Song Dynasty artifacts.

However, the next piece of news was quite shocking.

"They found a Hidden Mausoleum of a Southern Song dynasty emperor?" Lu Zheng asked, "What is a Hidden Mausoleum?"

Lin Wan explained, "It’s when an emperor feared their tomb would be raided, and what was buried in the Imperial Mausoleum was a fake, the real tomb is known as a Hidden Mausoleum."

"Why not bury in the Royal Mausoleum?"

Lin Wan sneered, "In the Southern Song, they were pressured by Mongolia, and the Northern Song’s Imperial Mausoleums had long been dug up by the Jin Dynasty. Could they dare gamble?

Moreover, you know the fate of the Southern Song’s six mausoleums."

"Alright, I understand, the high school history books already said so," Lu Zheng sighed, "Seems Southern Song emperors weren’t fools after all."

Lin Wan nodded, "Not fools, just a bit spineless."

"Which emperor’s tomb is it?"

"Don’t know," Lin Wan shook her head. "Still under interrogation and the provincial archaeological team has been notified to prepare for excavation."

"Additionally..." Lin Wan laughed, "Hang City Bureau plans to give you a banner."

Lu Zheng was surprised, "A banner for me?"

"Of course, because you immediately detected their illegal trade in burial items!" Lin Wan laughed.

Lu Zheng raised a brow, asking, "Did you propose it?"

Lin Wan hugged Lu Zheng, "Can’t let all the credit go to me, I know you don’t care, but I won’t allow it!"

"Alright, alright!" Lu Zheng nodded, "But I’m clueless about antiques, I know nothing."

Lin Wan couldn’t help but smile, "No need for expertise, the facts are clear, the evidence is solid. You can say you guessed, it’s fine."

Lin Wan looked at Lu Zheng, eyes smiling, "Just like when you bluffed the others saying you just messed around to hone your skills."

"Oh, right, just like that!" Lu Zheng nodded solemnly.

By now, the two had left the bureau, enjoying the early summer night breeze as they strolled through the famous southern city.

Lu Zheng wasn’t a cop, so he couldn’t participate in the interrogation, and as Lin Wan was involved in the case, Hang City revealed the details to her.

Lin Wan said, "Those two are heads of an archaeologist gang, having raided many tombs over the years. This time they discovered a Royal Mausoleum and planned to make a big profit, only to be caught with the first batch."

"The key is that shop." Lin Wan’s eyes narrowed, voice deepened, "The shop is part of an international illegal artifact smuggling chain, responsible for buying artifacts domestically and then looping them overseas, laundering them before sending them back domestically, putting them into international auctions or private collections, draining the lifeblood from our ancestors."

"Despicable!"

Lin Wan nodded, "This time it involved Royal Mausoleum, according to provincial relic bureau experts, it contains national treasure-caliber items, even life imprisonment is too lenient for them!"

As she finished speaking, Lin Wan’s phone rang.

Lin Wan picked up the phone, "No way, weren’t they granting me leave?"

"Hello? This is Lin Wan!"

Lin Wan answered the call, listening quietly, and finally smirked, "Of course, I agree. Since I discovered this case, I’ll follow through with it!"