There is a clear record in the handbook that the place where Liu Dianchen overheard a meeting of senior Japanese military officials was Fengping City in Zhaoyun Province. Fengping City was not only the capital of Zhaoyun Province, but also one of the main power centers of the puppet Manchukuo regime. .
Since the secret meeting of senior Japanese military officials was held from here, it means that the original treasure was most likely hidden in the mountains near Fengping City. At that time, when the military commander conducted an investigation, Fengping was also the center and this area was regarded as a key area.
However, if you look at it from the map, you will find a very helpless fact. Fengping City is surrounded by mountains, and the southeast, northwest and all are deep mountains and old forests. All taken together, they cover at least thousands of square kilometers.
It's no wonder that the Japanese chose this place to build a fortress and bury treasures. It was really difficult to find them!
In the notebook, Tao Xiang recorded his search for the treasure. Tao Xiang’s investigation of the treasure was divided into three directions:
First, focus on collecting historical clues.
this point is very important. Over the years, Tao Xiang has consulted countless local historical materials, visited countless villagers, and has been tirelessly inquiring about the treasure.
Tao Xiang's starting point is very clear. He believes that if such a secret fortress really exists, then its construction process must be similar to that of Shengshan Fortress. The Japanese will definitely use Chinese migrant workers from other places to build it, and after the construction is completed, they will definitely kill people. Silence them and create a mass grave of thousands.
Therefore, Tao Xiang tried to find such a thousand-man pit to determine the general location of the secret fortress.
In addition, he also believed that if the Japanese wanted to keep the secret, they might commit even more heinous acts, that is - massacre of villages! ! They want to raze the villages near the fortress without leaving any survivors, so as to prevent the fortress from being discovered by the local people!
Therefore, if we can find villages similar to those destroyed by the Japanese army, we may be able to determine the location of the fortress.
The reason why Tao Xiang took Cui Lizhu to settle in Golden City was because he had received news that many ruins of abandoned villages had been discovered in the mountains outside Golden City.
However, after careful inspection later, he regretfully discovered that those villages were not caused by the Japanese, but due to environmental degradation.
Tao Xiang’s second direction is on-the-spot investigation.
According to the records in Liu Dianchen's handwriting, he went to the scene to look for clues, trying to find clues about the activities of the Japanese army.
To this end, he purchased valuable professional equipment and learned a lot of professional knowledge. But the range of helplessness is too large, this method is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, and eventually we have to give up.
Behind Tao Xiang's notebook, there are many schematic diagrams of mountainous areas, most of which have big "X" marks on them, indicating that this area has been excluded by Tao Xiang.
As for the third direction, that is the relevant personnel!
Tao Xiang also believes that it is impossible to determine the existence of the treasure based only on Liu Dianchen's notebook. Therefore, he spent a lot of time and used his career to conduct detailed investigations into all people and events related to the treasure.
Over the years, he did find out a lot of intriguing information. For example, after the Kuomintang was defeated and fled, they still wanted to find the treasure. They sent spies to look for it many times. Not only did they find nothing, but they also accidentally leaked the secrets of Liu Dianchen's handwritten notes. Let out.
The copy that Tao Xiang accidentally obtained was one of the lost copies.
Tao Xiang suspected that the interrogation notes he had obtained were only a small part of the entire notes, and he could only understand a general process. There should be more detailed information left in the world.
Secondly, such an astonishing wealth may be located in the Northeast. At the national level, it is impossible to sit idly by.
Through Tao Xiang's investigation, he has been able to confirm that since the founding of our country, we have organized many searches for treasures. The government sent many famous experts and scholars, coupled with advanced scientific detection technology, to search for it many times, but in the end nothing was found.
In addition, Tao Xiang also received two pieces of news from unknown channels, saying that the Russians and Japanese were also looking for the whereabouts of these treasures.
Regarding these two pieces of news, Tao Xiang feels that the Russian story is a little more reliable. After all, they are the ones who are suffering, so it is reasonable to still be thinking about gold.
Although the gold may be hidden in China, once it is found, they still hope to claim it back through legal means. More importantly, if they can really find gold from the Japanese army's secret fortress, they can prove the fact that the Japanese robbed the gold, and use this to take legal measures and formally claim compensation from the Japanese government!
As for what the Japanese were also looking for, Tao Xiang thought it was pure nonsense. First of all, the treasure was buried by the little Japanese. Of course they know the location of the treasure. Do they still need to look for it? Secondly, it would be extremely stupid for them to come to China to look for treasure. Even if they find such a huge treasure, what can they do with it? In the end, I can only make wedding clothes for others, but the gain outweighs the loss.
"Tsk, tsk..." Cui Lizhu smacked her lips while looking at Tao Xiang's notes, and gradually regained her sanity, "Boss, this matter is really difficult to deal with! Since our country has sent so many experts but still can't find it, then we..."
"Right?" Zhao Yu nodded proudly, "I just said that our country cannot stand by and watch such a big thing! Let me tell you again, maybe those treasures have already been collected by our country! It's just that It’s just not announced to the public! Because there is a gold dispute, it’s quite reasonable not to announce it to the public!”
"Sigh..." Cui Lizhu patted Zhao Yu's shoulder like a frustrated ball, "Boss, your level is no longer low. How about you find someone to ask? If there really is no treasure anymore, let's not leave." Is it a waste of effort?"
"You're kidding!" Zhao Yu shook his head, "I'm not a big deal at this level. I mean, even the top leader of the Criminal Department doesn't have the authority to know about such a huge treasure!"
"Is that so... then..." Cui Lizhu asked again, "Can't you just ask who has the right to know?"
"What?" Zhao Yu glared, "You don't want to go back to your old job, do you?"
"Tsk tsk..." Cui Lizhu was depressed, "What should we do? If we go looking for treasures without knowing anything, isn't that the same as catching someone blind? It's pointless!"
"I still don't know this truth? Let's do this..." As he said, Zhao Yu opened the notebook, pointed at the names at the back of the notebook and said, "This is the list of people left by your father. The people on the list should be They are all people related to the treasure! You see, some of the names at the top of the list were all marked X by your father, and only the few at the back are left!"
"Oh..." Cui Lizhu pondered, "If you give me an
"Look, there are still five people here who haven't been marked with an Hidden story. So..."
"Oh..." Cui Lizhu suddenly became excited again, "Let's go investigate these five people now! See what they know? If the treasure has been found, then we can give up! But if it is not found... Haha... Then you, Detective Zhao, will have to work hard!"
PS: Thanks to Dazhongzhong and Zizhan 2017 for their rewards and encouragement!
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