The Ming Dynasty Tombs (19 page)

There were 10
people watching a big plasma television and laughing at the scene they were watching. They only had a small dim light on, and he pushed the door open. There were one male youth and six young females an older woman and an ancient woman and man. The television was loud and he started darting them, the weapon held 12 darts and was silent. They did not even stir from their positions. Just
scratched or slapped the darts. Thinking it was a mosquito or other parasitical insect he left the room and moved to the rear, the other rooms were empty. He checked each bedroom in turn and found nobody he returned to the lounge and waited. Pausing to turn the television off, the sound was strange, just the howling of the wind outside. He closed the shutters and waited for Lee to join him. He did so after fifteen minutes with a blanket on his back, he carefully lowered it to the floor. Then pulled the blanket aside, there was a girl inside a pretty beautiful girl. She was wearing a
tee-shirt
and a pair of sexy briefs. She had a fit body and was unconscious.

“Is this all there is” He whispered gesturing at the group.

“The target is not here, we will find out” Kester remarked.

He took out his drugs kit and selected the middle aged woman obviously the children’s mother and the targets wife. He brought her around with an antidote and as she regained her consciousness he gave her a shot of pentathol. Kester took the youth and slid him to the floor and lifted the woman into the armchair. Kester left the questioning to Lee who took over, he made notes in English a she dribbled and answered his questions. He finished and looked at Kester who was standing by the door.

“He is away for a week
, be back a week today, there are
some interesting things in the big bedroom through there” he answered.
It was cold and Kester pointed to the old man and woman and the youth.

“Take them outside and leave them in a shady spot, its -10 degrees about 30 minutes should do it” Kester instructed. Lee nodded and fifteen minutes later he pulled Kester to one side, he had set a table and four chairs up and sat them in the chairs. They both laughed and he wiped his eyes. Kester shot the woman with another dart and pointed at her. Lee nodded and hoisted her over his shoulder she completed his winter picnic scene. There were the six females left in the room. He walked over to the first one and lifted her into the armchair,
s
he was about 21 years old, and pretty, with long hair. Then he pulled up her
tee-shirt
and bra, she had nice breasts. He gave her the antidote and then a shot of ST5 and waited, then talked to her for an hour. Before giving her the second doze of the drug. Lee had returned and was watching, she came around and Kester offered his hand and she stood up. She looked around and Kester spoke.

“Lee she is yours forever, take her into a nice warm room and show her your prowess” Kester stated
Lee walked over to her took her hand and she kissed him passionately. Then he was alone, he lifted the sec
ond girl up and treated her, the same and her next sister. They moved to the kitchen when he asked them and prepared some tea. He went to the Kitchen and asked them if they
had
passports, they nodded, he asked them to fetch all their passports. He selected through them, and took the female passports out. Then burnt the others in the lounge fire Lee came out of the bedroom and smiled broadly.

“These two for me too?” he asked Kester nodded, and he took their hands and led them to the bedroom.

“May as well introduce them both together eh, real fun” he stated. Kester returned to the lounge and took the next daughter.
He gave her the same treatment, and asked her to strip. She stood up and pulled her
tee-shirt
off, then dropped her shorts panties and brassiere, she had a nice body, he caressed her breasts and tweaked her nipples and then asked her to get dressed he watched her as she completed the task given to her.
Then he asked her to pack a small suitcase of clothes, she nodded
and
left them. He completed the three girls that were left inside 3 hours. Including the one in the blanket who was very nice indeed, he could not resist viewing her body
l
ooking inside her panties, and pulling her tee shirt up to her neck. However she came to and sat up, Kester told her to dress in warm clothes and to pack a small suitcase. He was left alone in the lounge, and stoked up the open fire. The wind was howling outside, Lee came out and explained the girls were showering, his hair was wet and

He had just showered,

“Wow boss all three are now my women” he murmured smiling.

“Good now we have to plan. We need another car, and we have to get these girls away from here. If we get another vehicle and go back to the mainland and fly them out from the nearest airport to the Philippines.

You install your three in your house, my four put them up in a house in treasure cove can you arrange that?” he asked.

“No problems boss, I will leave one vehicle at the airport and return here, we will fly Jasmine out of here with you and the girls” Kester remarked.

“Will you be ok on your own here Boss” he asked concerned. Kester nodded, I may wait at the airport for you to return a round trip ok, no on second thoughts I will come back here” Kester answered.

Leaving the house tidy Lee took the girls back to the little house. Kester stayed there with blanket roll her real name was Kim-Chai as there was no room in the car. Lee left and they took their luggage to the car and then

He left the girl in the lounge and went through to the master’s bedroom. Lee said to look in the walk in closet.
It was an Aladdin’s cave
he sorted through it all, finding 50 half kilo gold ingots in the back of the cupboard. There was a holdall containing various currencies but mostly Yuan and Hong Kong dollars.

He emptied everything out and placed it inside a large suitcase and carried it downstairs, it was still snowing outside, although the sky was starting to lighten. Lee arrived and they went into the car and he drove them
to their
house. Mid-day they had the second vehicle a battered Toyota mini bus. He called the airport in the Philippines and asked for his Lear Jet to come to Xing Airport to collect them. He packed the suitcase into the diplomatic bags and they left clothing and most of the weapons inside the house and they packed into the vehicles. Lee led the way Kester driving in his tracks. The roads were treacherous
it took five hours to reach the airport, and the Lear Jet was waiting. Lee had the diplomatic boxes loaded, and then the girls were processed thorough immigration. Kester watched the jet take off and head eastwards. He waited in the airport lounge for two hours then went to the restaurant and ate something indescribable. Then drank two cups of the worst coffee in the whole world five hours after leaving the jet returned and Lee joined him as it took off once more

He had a large holdall with him. He drove the Chinese 75 and Kester followed in the old bus. It took 7 hours to reach their little house. Lee stoked up the fire and soon its flames flickered warmly. Kester prepared
meal simple noodles
with chicken. Then Lee showed him the white winter snow suits and white boots and white ski masks.
He was still hungry so he did more noodles. Then they left the house and drove back into the town,
t
aking the mini but this time, it was still snowing, so they were happy, a
nd entered the courtyard house t
here were four new humps around the table in the rear garden. The house wa
s cold, but as they had left it
t
hey locked the courtyard gate and left the pick inside the lock so it could not be opened from the outside. Lee set the fire and soon had it blazing, and banked it up high. The house was relatively modern and warm
t
he
windows were all triple glazed and excluded drafts. They separated and had a nose around the house. Ensuring they were wearing gloves, nothing of importance was found Lee discovered a bank book which
h
ad over $2.5 million dollars on deposit Kester put it safely inside his chest pockets, the house was well socked with food, so they ate the targets scran. They relaxed and drank of bottle of expensive cognac, then doze din the lounge
. At dawn they woke up, it was still snowing heavily, it was very cold -12 degrees, the wind howled and

Kester took a quilt form one of the girl’s rooms. Then sat beside Lee on the settee and they shared the quilt.

They idled the days away, and then the day arrived when he was coming home. Kester removed the lock pick and thus allowing the gate to be unlocked from outside. Kester sat in a room at the side of the door and they waited Lee in the house in the warm. At mid-day there was a vehicle outside, the gates unlocked and three men came into the courtyard driving a car. They closed the gate, as Kester dropped all three. Lee took two of them down the garden with two more chairs he poured water over their heads and left them to freeze. The target was dragged into the house, disarmed and sat in the armchair. Kester gave him the antidote then a shot of Pentathol

And they waited for it to take effect while Lee searched his luggage. Taking out several bottles, the targets head lolled around and he dribbled.

“Where have you been?” Kester asked in Putonghua.

“I have been to get money of course”

“What have y
o
u done with it?” Kester asked.

“It’s at Chan’s home, the pirate bastard who pays me. $10 million dollars and some gold ingots” a pool of dribble ran down and dripped onto his legs.

“Where does he live” Kester asked, he waved, his hand fruitlessly.

“He has a house outside town, on the left five miles out, the one with the red roof” he babbled.

“Tell me about the Englishman” Kester asked.

“He interfered with our business Chan said he had to die for killing his brother” he babbled.

“Have you killed him?” Kester asked he shook his head.

“No too smart” he answered.

Kester gave him a shot of ST5 and waited. When the time was right he talked to him.

“We want your money so go to the bank and withdraw all your cash and put it inside a bag. Then return here
y
ou have an important job to do here, they have betrayed you. Do as you’re instructed without hesitation” Kester instructed and he gave him the second shot. The man stood up an hour later and Kester handed him his bank book. He left driving the car down the street, he returned after an hour, with a plastic sports bag filled with his money.
Kester tossed it to Lee. He took the man’s pistol and placed it on the table. Then Kester dictated to him a long suicide note. He took it and put it in a safe but obvious place. Kester placed a clock on the table, and turned to the man.
He placed the clock away from him and pointed to it.

“When the alarm sounds take your pistol and shoot yourself in the roof of your mouth” Kester asked.

“Do you understand?” he added the man nodded. They departed the house and locked the courtyard gate behind him. They battled to the bus, which they had to dig out, and Lee reversed it out of the road and they set off to the north of the town. After five miles they came to the house. The one with the red roof they went further and parked up off the road. They tooled up and walked through the woods to the edge of the grounds. There were some expensive vehicles in the drive outside the front door one a big Chrysler was free of snow.
They went in the snow hurting their faces and entered through a rear door. It was good to be in the warm, they darted two women, and a single male. In a room just off the kitchen then found four men in the study including the target. They both darted them together and were heading up the stairs before the bodies hit the floor.
They took the stairs in silent leaps, and paused on the top landing like two animals preparing
to
spring.

Kester signalled and took the right side while Lee took the left. Tranquilizing everyone they found upstairs. Until the house was cleared, they paused to gather their breath the whole assault took 2 minutes 15 seconds. Lee found a big furnace in an outhouse that was fed biomass fuel. He hauled the sidekicks onto his back and fed the bodies into the furnace then closed the doors and opened the dampers. The furnace roared and incinerated the three bodies instantly. He was ultra efficient and took the unconscious people from the kitchen, leaving the youngest and most attractive one there, the other three went into the furnace. They went upstairs, and
s
tarted to clear the rooms there were four females and three youths, Lee incinerated the youths. Into the furnace, they all burnt well. Which left five females and the target Chan the pirate Kester went into the study and hauled him into a chair then searched the desk drawers, and took out three handguns he placed them inside his small backpack and gave him an antidote to the tranquilizer dart, and then shot him full of Pentathol,

“Lee ask him where he keeps his money and anything else you can think off.” Kester remarked.

Leaving Lee to ask the questions he went to the kitchen and gave the woman a shot of ST5
, waited the necessary time talked to her and gave her the second shot. Then walked upstairs and entered the first room, he had tranquilized a woman in there. He carried her from the room and holding he rankle lowered her over the banister and dropped her to the floor. Then he went to the second room there was a female there of about 16 years old. He injected her with the antidote, and then with ST5. He waited talked to her and gave her the second doze.