After dawn, He Jingyu, Secretary Qi, and others learned that three tomb raiders had been captured and taken to the detention center in Taoyuan County to start interrogating their accomplices. These three men had a sense of loyalty; they kept claiming that there were only three of them and didn't rat out Second Brother Lu and Ma Si.
They knew that in their line of work, telling the truth would only deepen their crimes and would not reduce their sentence or help them avoid prison. Since it had come to this, they might as well be resigned to their fate.
Moreover, they were pinning their hopes on Second Brother Lu and Ma Si escaping.
They hoped they could take care of their families and wives back home, for if they were all caught, then their entire families, old and young, would have no one to depend on.
