Chapter 66

"If you can find it, then there will be nothing to do with me, don't worry, I will definitely surprise you then!" Shakru said with a mysterious expression.

Tasim said helplessly: "Okay, then I hope you can surprise me then, anyway, don't expect me to invest any money in the early stage!" "It's clear that Tasim is playing with the idea of not seeing the rabbit and not scattering the eagle.

After signing a contract with the Varmar family, Shakru began to explore the excavations, but the first thing he did when he returned to New Delhi was not to hire an excavation team, but to go to the police department to apply for a gun license for himself and his beautiful swallows.

According to international statistics, India has 40 million private gun possession, the second largest number in the world, after the United States. Still, according to the Gun Policy Management website, India owns only three guns per 100 people, compared to 89 guns per 100 people in the United States, and per capita ownership remains low.

Private firearms are used and distributed in India for their particular historical reasons. Of those 40 million guns, only about 15% are legally owned; About 85 per cent of the guns are small-calibre guns that are unregistered and easy to hide, and 90 per cent of the killings are also carried out with these guns, which are found in large numbers in northern India and areas of rebel activity, and are mostly processed in rural family workshops and are basically crude single-shot earthen guns.

According to Indian law, it is legal to possess a firearm if it has been reviewed by the police department and a firearm license has been obtained. Due to the strict conditions of government censorship, it is generally difficult to obtain a license, and those who legally own guns can be said to be either rich or expensive, and most of them are wealthy businessmen or government officials, who are called "VIP" by ordinary Indians. Generally speaking, these groups basically buy from government-licensed gun dealers, and the purpose of holding guns is mainly for self-defense, and secondarily to prove identity.

Fortunately, Shakru's identity was sufficient, so he quickly got his permit, and immediately went to equip Kabaeva and the others with a PPK pistol (the kind of small pistol that the beautiful agents in 007 stuck in their laps) and M11 submachine guns.

Although Tasim said that he would not invest a penny, in fact he still had high hopes for this exploration, so he helped a lot when Shakru hired the exploration and excavation team members and various vehicles and equipment, otherwise it would be difficult for an outsider like Shakru to solve these problems in Kerala in a moment.

After solving these preliminary preparation problems, Shakru and Tasim came to the Padmanaba Swamy Temple with a vast array of personnel and equipment, and the priest in the temple learned that the owner of the temple was coming, so he naturally came out to greet him, but Tasim was not polite to him at all, and said directly: "Inform me that the temple will be closed for a week from tomorrow." ”

The white-robed priest was a little stunned when he heard this order, and stepped forward and asked, "Eh, Mr. Varma, what is the big deal that must close the temple?" ”

Tasim waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this, you hurry over and inform us, and then arrange the food and lodging for our people." ”

After a day's rest, the next day began to officially explore the secret chambers, there are a total of six underground chambers in the Padmanaba Swamy Temple, and Shakru has numbered them with A to F, this time it is planned to open Room A, which is also one of the two oldest rooms in the world.

This time, Shakru was very well prepared, not to mention all kinds of equipment used for exploration and excavation, and even he prepared an ambulance, which was parked outside the secret room and used for rescue at any time to prevent emergencies. And because of the lack of oxygen underground, in order to prevent the explorers from suffocating, a blower is also used to inject a large amount of air into the ground.

After all the preparations were made, the explorers began to officially break the rusty lock, and soon, the door of the secret room was opened, and under the bright lights and torches, the explorers nervously and curiously walked inside. However, they were disappointed to find that the chamber was almost empty.

At this time, Tasim turned his head to look at Shakru and said: "Look, I told you a long time ago, there is nothing here, all the treasures have long been removed, you still don't believe it, now you should die!" ”

"What's the hurry, the real exploration has just begun." As he spoke, Shakru pointed to several extremely large stones in the depths of the chamber and said to the explorers, "You guys, go get these stones out of the way!" ”

Tasim was shocked: "You're crazy! These stones are obviously left over from the construction of this secret room, there is no point in not getting them, and they are all so big, how do you get them out? ”

"You don't know this, all the secrets are behind these big rocks. At first glance, these stones do look like they were left over from the time when this chamber was opened, but if you look closely, do you have any traces of crushing on the ground near them? And you can see that the other walls are very flat, and there are all kinds of patterns carved on them, but only this side of the stone is neither flat nor patterned, don't you think this is very incongruous? Shakru explained.

Tasim pondered for a moment and retorted: "This crushing trace should be the trace left by the transportation when the treasure in the secret room was removed." As for the lack of patterns on this side, it is because these big stones are too difficult to handle! ”

Shakru said disdainfully: "Even such a large basement can be carved out, how many stones can not be handled?" This is completely unreasonable! Okay, just listen to me and get rid of all these stones! ”

Tasim shrugged helplessly and said, "Okay, if you want to toss, you can toss, anyway, these expenses are all yours." ”

In fact, these big stones are indeed difficult to move, all the exploration and excavation personnel worked together, and it took nearly a day to barely move all the stones, and this move, everyone immediately felt that their eyes were bright, because behind these big stones there was a long and deep dark passage.

At this time, Shakru excitedly pointed to this passage and said to Tasim: "Look, look, what is this? I'll just say, there must be a secret behind these big rocks, you see I'm right. In fact, it's no wonder that Shakru is so excited, because to be honest, he is not 100% sure of this matter, after all, he has only read news reports in his previous life, and he is not very clear about the specific excavation process, which means that he is not short of money now, so he has the confidence to take a risk!