It is raining in Qinshan Mountain and the trees are dripping.
Looking from a distance, the fine rain is raising waves of rain and mist, and the entire valley is shrouded in clouds and mist, just like a fairyland on earth.
However, in a certain open space under the valley, it was muddy.
The flat land between mountains with a radius of two to three kilometers forms a huge isosceles triangle. The Ming Dynasty ancient tomb in front of us is located exactly at the center point of this isosceles triangle.
At this moment, Zhao Yu and six or seven people got off the minibus. They were all wearing ponchos and walking on the muddy ground towards the entrance of the ancient tomb.
The air was cold and damp, coupled with the fact that there was a newly excavated tomb in front of me, which made people feel heavy and depressed, making them uncomfortable.
The people traveling with Zhao Yu were criminal investigation experts from various branches in Qinshan.
It is reported that since the discovery of the crime scene, all the archaeologists who were working here have evacuated and the original scene has been basically preserved.
When Zhao Yu entered the tomb along the dark and gloomy passage, there were already evidence collectors in white clothes collecting evidence inside the tomb.
Regarding this visit to the ancient tomb to investigate the case, Zhao Yu's visit was quite interesting.
Because the place where the ancient tomb case occurred falls under the jurisdiction of Yunyang County, Qinshan City, it should have been handled by the Yunyang County Police Department.
However, although Yunyang County is very large, it is located deep in the mountains and has no complete organizational system. The Yunyang Police Department simply does not have the ability to handle this case. Moreover, this case is extremely strange and strange, so it will definitely not be easy to solve.
Therefore, in view of the actual situation, the Criminal Investigation Section of the Qinshan Municipal Bureau launched such a joint investigation for the first time.
The so-called joint investigation means to dispatch some experienced criminal investigation experts from various branches in Qinshan and let them help the Yunyang Police Department to jointly solve this case!
But the interesting thing is that although the personnel were transferred, the Municipal Bureau did not appoint any team leaders or leaders to them. They just let everyone show their talents across the sea.
As a result, this joint investigation inevitably has a strong sense of competition!
Everyone wanted to solve the case before others, so the branch units named by the city bureau all sent out their best detectives and gave the detective the best investigative resources behind the scenes.
To put it bluntly, it is not the few people in front of them who are solving the case, but all branches are involved in this unprecedented competition.
Due to the outstanding performance of the Rongyang Branch in recent times, the Rongyang Crime Team was naturally the first person to be appointed by the Municipal Bureau.
As the most popular detective at the moment, Zhao Yu was also entrusted with an important task by Director Luan and came to participate in the investigation on behalf of the Rongyang Branch!
At best, it’s called participating in a survey; at worst, it’s called participating in a competition! Participate in a crime-solving competition organized by the city bureau!
Although there is no clear indication of the specific reward after solving the case, no branch is stupid. They all know that this is a good opportunity to show their face. Whoever can solve the case first will be favored by the city bureau, and whoever will Stand out among your peers and become the best.
It is precisely because of such a competitive relationship that the seven elite agents from various branches who entered the tomb on the scene ignored each other. They all had their own agenda and dreamed of winning the first prize in one fell swoop!
At this time, under the leadership of a Yunyang police officer, the detectives came to the coffin in the center of the tomb.
"Experts," the police officer introduced the situation to everyone, "this ancient tomb was discovered half a month ago and was reported to the Qinshan Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau. With the approval of the superiors, the Cultural Relics Bureau excavated the tomb and opened it today. The tomb door, entering the tomb chamber.
"According to the inscription at the entrance to the tomb, cultural relic experts have proven that the owner of this ancient tomb is Qiu Cheng and Qiu Zixu, the prefect of Luya in the late Ming Dynasty.
"But..." At this point, the police officer's expression changed slightly and he said, "Everyone has seen that this tomb has been visited by tomb robbers, and there are almost no valuable cultural relics left! However, the coffin is There were no signs of damage, so archaeological experts decided to open the coffin in advance and check to see if there was anything valuable inside...
"But when the staff opened the coffin..." the police officer pointed to the inside of the coffin and said, "such a scene appeared. It's really... tsk tsk... puzzling..."
The coffin lid was open. In fact, everyone had already seen what was going on inside when the police officer introduced it.
Unexpectedly, what lay in the coffin was not an ancient corpse with only a skeleton left, nor any dazzling burial objects, but a modern man wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt and black suit pants! ! !
However, although he was a modern man, he should have been dead for a long time. Not only was his body highly decomposed and his face hideous, but it could also be clearly seen that there was a fatal hole on the top of his head!
Seeing this scene, the detectives were all in disbelief. Inside the perfectly good coffin of an ancient person, there is actually a modern person lying there. What will happen to this
"Interesting..." At this time, an old detective in his 50s on Zhao Yu's right said, "I have been working as a criminal investigator for most of my life, and I have never seen such a strange thing! There are modern dead people lying in the coffins of the Ming Dynasty. It's interesting!"
"Well..." Officer Yunyang pointed at the corpse and introduced, "Before you arrived, the cultural relic experts had briefly checked it and said that there should be ancient remains under this corpse. However, it should have been given by someone. Trouble..."
"The deceased is a male!" A bespectacled detective on Zhao Yu's left said while recording something in his notebook, "He was between 55 and 60 years old, 1.70 meters tall, wearing a blue shirt…”
"Let me see," then another very old detective said, "It's not difficult to explain. Grave robbers divide the loot equally and kill people in a fight. It's not a new thing, right? After killing someone, , I saw that the inside of the coffin was quite suitable, so I just put the person in it! Tomb robbers always do whatever they want, regardless of the consequences... "
"Police officer," at this time, a 40-year-old detective with a beard asked, "How many robber holes have been found in this tomb?"
"Only one!" Next to the police detectives, there was also a cultural relics worker who was familiar with tombs. This person answered the question on behalf of the Yunyang police officer, "And this robbery hole is very new. It should have been dug out not long ago. ! Dear police officers, I’m asking you on behalf of the Qinshan Cultural Relics Bureau. Those tomb robbers must have stolen a large number of cultural relics. Please, you must catch them and recover the cultural relics!
"Although the owner of the tomb, Qiu Cheng, was only a prefect, because Qinshan's position in ancient times was quite special, it was an important place connecting the north and the south. He was also a very influential feudal official. Among his tombs There must be very precious cultural relics in it!"
Um…
The detectives nodded repeatedly. In everyone's opinion, although a modern dead person appeared in the coffin, it looked very strange. However, as long as the group of tomb robbers can be caught, the truth of the case will surely be revealed!
However, looking at the messy secret room and the dead man lying in the coffin, Zhao Yu faintly smelled something different.
Tsk tsk…
Something’s not quite right!
Zhao Yu felt that behind this ancient tomb murder case, perhaps it was not as simple as people imagined! !
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