The Omniscient Informant
Chapter 68

Getting the Buddha Bone

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Huang Ji and Lin Li found a place to melt down the gold bars and forge them into a lump.

At five in the afternoon, the two drove to the Luoyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

On the way, Lin Li asked, "I didn't expect them to get away..."

Huang Ji calmly said, "That's normal. Did you think the police would cast an Impenetrable Net over the place just because of a random report? Police resources are limited. For an ordinary tip-off, they'll usually just send a couple of officers to investigate."

"And those tomb raiders have some skills. They may not be good at anything else, but they're all first-rate at scaling walls, climbing trees, trekking up mountains, and crawling into caves!"

"Forget two officers. Even if they sent two more, they still wouldn't catch them. I'd have to handle them personally."

Lin Li laughed. "Big Brother's kung fu is so good. If you handled them yourself, they definitely wouldn't get away."

"I don't have time to waste on them. It's already five. The institute closes in another hour. A few tomb raiders aren't worth setting a ten-sided ambush for. If they got away, that just means they had the skill." Huang Ji stroked the brocade box.

Lin Li asked curiously, "How many sides did you set up just now?"

"One."

Lin Li asked again, "And when you dealt with Ma Ye and the others last time?"

"Four." Huang Ji looked out the window. They had arrived at the institute.

Lin Li sucked in a breath. He could hardly imagine how formidable a ten-sided ambush would be.

After arriving, Huang Ji altered his appearance somewhat, got out alone, and entered the archaeological institute.

A security guard with a full beard stopped him. "Hello, what can I do for

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