護花近衛 - 第747章 要見衛昭 - 翰墨軒

"Actually, the husband-and-wife thieves didn't reveal anyone else's name at first, but we confiscated a work journal from them, and it contains some leads." Chen Yuxuan smiled as he handed Liu Bojia a photocopy.

Liu Bojia glanced at the photocopy of the work journal Chen Yuxuan had handed him, and his face changed instantly!

Written on the photocopy, unmistakably, was Liu Bojia's own name—along with a detailed account of how he had surveyed tombs together with the grave-robbing gang...

Those words alone, of course, were hardly ironclad evidence. But the critical point was that Liu Bojia did not know the husband-and-wife thieves had both been gunned down during their resistance. As long as the police questioned them about Liu Bojia, there was every reason to believe the pair would talk!

At this moment, Liu Bojia decided to stop hiding anything. There was no point concealing the truth any longer—he might as well confess everything!

"What the journal says is correct. That mad killer from before was most likely brought in by the Hongta tomb-raiding crew, to silence me..." Liu Bojia sighed.

"The Hongta tomb-raiding crew? So this tomb was discovered jointly by you, the Hongta crew, and the husband-and-wife thieves?" Chen Yuxuan asked.

"It shouldn't be said that we discovered it together. Rather, three grave-robbing gangs found it—the Hongta crew, the husband-and-wife thieves, and Old Hei..." Liu Bojia shook his head. "I was more of an expert consultant. Since I had some knowledge of the mechanisms and hidden passages inside tombs, the Hongta crew always brought me along on their operations, and they'd give me a share of the spoils each time. You could say it was a cooperative arrangement..."

"Why did they want to kill you this time?" Chen Yuxuan asked.

"I've surveyed this tomb. The dangers inside are extraordinary, and I'm not at all confident I could open it. But from years of experience, where great danger lies, great treasure follows. I planned to go back, study carefully, go through the reference materials, and then work out a way to crack it..." Liu Bojia said.

"And that has nothing to do with wanting to silence you?" Chen Yuxuan frowned.

"The Hongta crew thought I wanted to keep the treasure for myself. And honestly, I did have that idea..." Liu Bojia smiled ruefully. "We'd worked together for so many years—who doesn't know whom? He read my mind. Afraid I'd leak word of it, or try to claim the tomb's treasure for myself, he decided to kill me to keep me quiet..."

"Write up everything you know—the tomb's location and how to crack its traps—and give it to us," Chen Yuxuan said.

"You want to... enter the tomb?" Liu Bojia was stunned. "Impossible. Without a professional among you, if you go in, I'm afraid you'll never come out..."

"That's not for you to worry about." Qiu Lingshan cut him off. "You just need to cooperate with the police. Your attitude will ultimately determine your sentence."

"All right..." Liu Bojia offered no further objections and nodded.

Having chosen to cooperate, he naturally would. He understood that, given what he had done, even if he escaped the death penalty, he was looking at life imprisonment; and even if he received a fixed term, he was already in his forties—whether he'd ever walk out of prison in his lifetime was anyone's guess.

Before going to prison, there were still some debts to settle. Liu Bojia was a grave robber, but he was also a man who repaid his debts of gratitude.

"The people who saved me from that mad killer last time—were they your people?" Liu Bojia asked.

"Why do you ask?" Qiu Lingshan was slightly taken aback.

"My assets amount to about thirty million. I'll put up ten million as a reward for him..." Liu Bojia said. "To thank him for saving my life."

"Your money is ill-gotten. It will be confiscated," Qiu Lingshan said coolly.