Chapter 065: The Curse of Desire
Holly paused, her eyes flickering, visibly weak. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"There's the last piece of the puzzle in there, right?" Wu Ming asked calmly.
"Yes...... But we said okay, that thing belongs to me. Holly frowned, holding the key tightly in her right hand, "You made a mistake, but it was an accident, and I promise that I will eventually help you get what you want, so you can't unilaterally tear up the agreement." ”
"I have no intention of tearing up the agreement." Wu Ming glanced at Bobu, "But since we are partners, and we have also paid so much for your gains, it is nothing to show us that piece of the puzzle, right?" ”
Bob understood, picked up the magnetic cannon, and aimed it at Holly.
Holly's face turned pale with anger, and she stood there and hesitated for a long time, and finally threw the key over angrily, refusing to admit defeat: "Okay, your request is reasonable, and it's not a big deal to show you, but I hope you don't move anything, after all, your days in this industry are still short, and there are some dangers that you don't realize at all." ”
"Thank you for the reminder."
Wu Ming naturally would not be intimidated. He took the key with a smile and walked slowly to the iron door, looking left and right. As expected, there was no mechanism on the door, in fact, at this point, Wu Ming had already judged clearly, the entire dungeon was extremely hidden, under normal circumstances, outsiders could not invade at all, so no alarm device was placed here.
The old copper key is put into the hole and twisted slightly. With a bang, the iron door opened, revealing a spacious chamber.
The walls are freshly painted, the pine floors are spotlessly cleaned, and there are more than a dozen glass cabinets lined up around them, which contain all sorts of treasures. Unlike the exhibition hall above, these royal treasures are genuine, and each of them is probably priceless, and the dazzling light almost blinds Bob's eyes.
Entering here, Wu Ming felt the unique aura even more truly.
The scent comes from the central glass case, which contains nothing but a 40-carat sapphire on a delicate tray.
Holly followed, but her gaze avoided the gem, as if to indicate that she had another purpose. She walked a few necklaces and a few gold ornaments, and after a long time, she came to a portrait and cut it with a utility knife. The painting seemed to be a dignified woman, but Wu Ming's mind was not there, and he didn't see it clearly.
"Won't you take both?" She approached the gem seemingly nonchalantly, and at the same time encouraged Bob, "Every black market here has a price of more than 100 million, and as I said, you will definitely make a fortune." ”
That kind of demeanor can deceive others, but he can't deceive Wu Ming, he is sure what Holly wants, and he is sure that the gem has a lot of articles. Bobu was not interested in treasures and other things, but Wu Ming stepped forward first, pulled open the cabinet door with his hand, and asked Holly with a smile, "Can I take this?" ”
"Oh, no, no......" she looked panicked, "don't touch it...... It's dangerous, don't you feel it? ”
Wu Ming froze for a moment and carefully observed Holly's expression. She was still trying her best to stay calm, but the smile on her face was a little stiff.
"I feel it......" Wu Ming gently picked up the gem, put it in the palm of his hand twice, and then raised his head to look at Holly, "I feel that you have played so many ghost tricks, in fact, you just want to get your hands on it, right?" ”
Holly was relieved at this time: "You guessed it, that is the last piece of the puzzle I wanted, and it is also the most valuable one in this treasure room, with a black market price of more than one billion." Don't tell me you want to keep it for yourself? ”
Wu Ming didn't want to snatch the gem. He just thought there was something strange about it, the strange aura of the gem was one thing, and on the other hand, since Holly had never wanted to touch it, it must have meant what it would do. But now, when Wu Ming actually took the gem in his hand, he was a little disappointed, because the mysterious aura disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he himself didn't feel anything abnormal.
"What is it?" Wu Ming raised his hand and threw the gem to Holly.
"Witch's Stone." Holly replied with a sly smile, "There is an eternal pain in the heart of the former Morocco royal family. She brought the sapphire to her mouth like a victor and kissed it, then put it in the compartment of her backpack: "This gem is of no use to you, but it is vital to me. ”
"Yes, for your terminally ill boyfriend......" Wu Ming replied lightly, but in his heart he was recalling the development of the whole thing.
A sense of foreboding struck suddenly.
Wu Ming felt that he had been fooled - from infiltrating the palace to start this theft, to every step after entering the dark room, it seemed that he was under Holly's control, and even the detail of picking up the gem first was calculated by Holly.
With the ability of the peerless thief, she could have done it all on her own, but instead she chose a team of unnecessary partners, who were willing to risk the treasure to cooperate, even though they knew that they would be suspicious of her, and their intentions were already clear.
Holly is very well disguised, in fact, with an old Jianghu like her, no matter what kind of accident she encounters, she should behave quietly. Since entering this dungeon room, she has revealed flaws one after another, and deliberately shown weakness, posing as if she was in the hands of her opponent, but in the end, what should be in hand is still in hand, and the whole operation is still only her own consummation.
But the situation has developed to this point, even if Wu Ming guessed what Holly secretly did at this moment, it would be useless, so he could only retreat first, wait until he reached a safe place, and then make plans after meeting Yaji.
"Alright, now it's time for us to discuss how to escape." Wu Ming sighed secretly, the heavy task of finding a retreat route had to be handed over to Holly.
"That's exactly what I'm trying to say. Your buddies are probably going to be in a hurry. Holly winked at Wu Ming, as if she had guessed what Wu Ming was thinking, but deliberately did not come to find out the truth.
Her eyes widened, and she examined the walls of the treasure room on all sides, "It's too risky to go back the way you came, and those stupid guys, no matter how slow they are, should be aware that there might be a fire in the backyard, and maybe a search is going on above our heads right now." But there must be another way to go here - it's like that, and the higher your position, the more you should prepare for yourself, right? ”
Wu Ming didn't reply, just waited quietly. Sure enough, Holly found a hidden mechanism on the wall, and with a slight press of a button, another secret passage appeared on the ceiling. It looked like an inverted manhole, about ten meters high, climbed to the top, pushed open a manhole cover, and then went around the sewage discharge pipe a few times, and it was estimated that it would be out of the back garden of the palace, and that was the agreed place to pick up, and if Yaji hadn't broken his neck in that fall, he should have been hiding nearby at this moment.
This way out didn't seem to be a problem, at least after Wu Ming and Bobu followed Holly out a few dozen meters away, everything was normal. But when he was about to exit, Wu Ming felt something strange again.
There's someone guarding outside!
There are a lot of people, and roughly more than 100 people. And they are not regular sentry posts, but gunmen who are on alert.
Wu Ming could feel that those people were scattered in all corners, and the magnetic gun in his hand was aiming at the exit, just waiting for a few water rats to poke their heads out, and they would fire mercilessly!
Wu Ming also noticed that Holly should have also judged the danger outside in advance, and deliberately made excuses to slow down her pace, obviously wanting to use herself and Bob as scapegoats.
"We've got to hurry, they're going to attack later." Bob rushed to the exit, as he needed to escape from the palace as soon as possible to communicate with the Mastiff via communicator.
Wu Ming saw that the situation was not good, so he rushed over and grabbed Bobu's collar: "Wait a minute, there is an ambush outside!" ”
Bob was pulled on his heels and fell unresponsive: "Wow, you're so strong!" ”
Wu Ming couldn't care about that anymore, and suddenly turned around to look at Holly again, only to find that the figure of the female thief had disappeared like a ghost.
"Thank you, dear friend." Her laughter echoed through the cave, "I can't think of any way to get hold of this witch's stone without your help." ”
The sound must have come from the small ventilation hole in the wall, and the width of the hole was too narrow for the cat to walk in, and I really couldn't understand what the female thief had used to get out.
Bob angrily raised the magnetic cannon. Wu Ming hurriedly stopped him, because once the cannon sounded, in addition to attracting the enemy's attack, the manhole would inevitably collapse, and the fate of the two of them would probably be even more tragic.
"Actually, without our help, you can get it." Wu Ming forcibly suppressed his anger and replied.
"Indeed," her voice was getting farther and farther away, "but I can't stand the curse of the gem, how can I be so young and beautiful, how can I die alone?" And thanks to you, who is who, it is you who has blocked the curse of lust for me. ”
"The curse of lust?" Wu Ming snorted, "Do you think I will believe that superstitious statement?" ”
"Listen to my advice, you'd rather believe this kind of thing than believe it." Holly's laughter was already fainter, "Of course, you have other things to worry about at the moment. You have to hold on, that fool is still waiting on the periphery to answer, I wonder if he will be a little sad to see that I am the only one who escapes? ”
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