EBE Chapter 589 Sand Sea 15 (Revised)
Chapter 589 Sand Sea 15 (Revised)
However, some members of the Nine Gates still harbored a glimmer of hope and began to seek protection through connections, attempting to pave the way with money and find a sliver of hope.
But at this juncture, those old 'connections' are lucky if they can even protect themselves, let alone care about them.
Although those "connections" outwardly swore they could protect them, they secretly passed on information about the Nine Gates, hoping to exchange it for a chance to redeem themselves.
As time went on, the matter continued to escalate and expand.
News about the Nine Gates came in droves, and long-forgotten files were unearthed.
When Jude Kao tricked the Wu family out of the Warring States silk manuscript, he feared retaliation from the Nine Gates and reported the tomb raiders in Changsha to the authorities before returning to China.
Because it involved a large amount of cultural relic smuggling and even touched on treason, the state was furious and immediately launched a large-scale crackdown on the Nine Gates.
Fortunately, Zhang Qishan mediated between them. Although he dared not openly disobey the orders from above, as the leader of the Nine Gates, he still secretly preserved the flame of the Nine Gates.
Nevertheless, the Nine Gates suffered heavy losses in the end and never regained their former glory.
Before the Nine Gates could recover, the Four Sisters Mountain incident followed.
Zhang Qishan was ordered by his superiors to go to Mount Siguniang to investigate the secret of the Zhang family's immortality.
He not only found Zhang Qiling, the patriarch of the Zhang family, but also united many elites from the Nine Gates to launch what is known as the largest tomb raiding operation in history.
The operation lasted for three or four years, but ultimately ended in failure.
The Nine Gates' remaining elite forces were almost completely wiped out in this operation, and they never recovered, existing in name only.
These events occurred more than fifty years ago, and most of the people who knew about them have passed away.
If it weren't for Li Cu's incident, which brought Wu Xie into the police's sights, these secrets about the Nine Gates might have remained buried.
With these files as a reference, the police gained a certain understanding of the Nine Gates. With the support of their superiors, after a series of deployments, they launched a vigorous crackdown on the Nine Gates.
Wu Xie, the one who initiated all of this, was also somewhat dazed at this moment.
He had been planning the Sand Sea Plan for nearly ten years, a plan that was enough to destroy the Wang family, but he actually dragged the Nine Gates into the abyss first.
But Wu Xie gripped his phone tightly, and as he listened to the incessant ringing, he closed his eyes in despair.
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With such a major incident occurring at the Nine Gates, the Wang family, who had been secretly monitoring them, naturally received the news as well.
The Wang family's computing center was practically smoking, but they still couldn't figure out what the Nine Gates were trying to do.
Could it be that the Nine Gates were driven to desperation and wanted to perish together with them?
The Wang family headquarters was unaware of the situation and could only have its clansmen, who were hidden among the Nine Gates, relay the latest developments of the Nine Gates.
The messages that came in were all normal. Only Su Nan, who was monitoring Wu Xie, and Wang Xiaoyuan, who was impersonating Shen Qiong, told headquarters everything that had happened in Beijing.
Only then did the people at headquarters understand the cause and effect of the matter.
In short, Wang Xiaoyuan, who had returned to Beijing, was targeted by Wu Xie. In order to divert Wu Xie's attention, she handed the box to Li Cu.
Unexpectedly, Li Cu accidentally opened the box and obtained its contents. After being seriously injured by Huang, he called the police and had two people sent by Wu Xie arrested, which led to a series of subsequent events.