Soon, the director of the scenic spot found the two security guards on duty that night and the workers in charge of the lotus.
The two security guards didn't seem to think the matter was serious, so they confessed to their dereliction of duty and admitted that they had indeed fallen asleep in the guard room that night!
The two of them did not patrol that night, nor did they watch any surveillance cameras, and slept until dawn.
Liang Huan repeatedly asked them insinuatingly whether they had any "special" circumstances? But the two of them insisted that they knew nothing except sleeping!
Hearing this, the owner of the scenic spot couldn't help but scolded the two security guards, saying that it was okay to sleep at night. The other security guards also slept. However, others would patrol at least once or twice at night, but you just lay down. Just go to bed, I’m so lazy!
After scolding, Zhao Yu asked them to take him to the lotus pond to check it out.
On the way to the lotus pond, the old worker told Zhao Yu the situation at the time, saying that it was early in the morning when he discovered something was wrong with the lotus. At that time, he was going to salvage the garbage in the pond, but suddenly he found that many lotus flowers had been moved and became crooked!
"There was no wind or rain that night," the old worker said with certainty. "It couldn't be due to natural causes. Not only did the lotus flowers move, but many of their petals were knocked off, making them look very scattered! Oh... Later, a few of us I went to check it out and discovered something!"
Regarding the situation that the old worker suddenly remembered, the director was slightly stunned and hurriedly asked: "Old Jiang, what do you mean? What else did you find? Why didn't I hear you tell me about it?"
"Well... the water... the water level is different!" the old worker frowned and said, "At that time, the water level in the lotus pond was a foot lower than before. You can clearly see the previous water level!"
"Ah?" The director frowned again, "Did you guys pump out water for a few days? If there is less water, the lotus will naturally disperse?"
"No? The water pumps are all in the warehouse! They haven't been used. Moreover, not only were they not pumped, we also added a lot of water later!" the old worker replied.
The journey was not far, and while everyone was talking, they had arrived at the lotus pond in front of the Golden Buddha Pagoda.
The area of this ancient lotus pond is not large. It is in the shape of a figure 8 as a whole, with a small bridge for viewing lotus in the middle. The water in the pool was extremely turbid, and it was not clear how deep the pool was.
However, as the saying goes, lotus emerges from the mud but remains unstained. Although the water in the pond is turbid, the lotus flowers in the pond are blooming in full bloom, especially beautiful!
Zhao Yu squatted beside the pond, first looked at the pagoda opposite and the temple on the other side, then lowered his head and examined the lotus pond seriously.
"How deep is the pool?" Zhao Yu looked at it for a long time and suddenly asked.
"It's different!" the old worker immediately replied, "The central part is the deepest. Some places can reach 1.5 meters, but most places are less than 1 meter!"
"What's at the bottom of the pool?" Zhao Yu asked again.
"Hmm... Ni'er?" the old worker wondered, "What else can there be?"
"There are fish!" the director said quickly, "There are also big carp, there must be dozens of them! Officer, do you mean... someone stole the fish?"
"Director, this is not a precious koi carp. What is it worth?" The old worker shook his head and said, "They are all carp, crucian carp, and turtles released by pilgrims!"
"Xiao Zhao'er, what are you thinking about? In this water..." Liang Huan looked at Zhao Yu as if he was looking at a mental patient.
"Old Liang, help me find someone to check the electricity meter of their Golden Buddha Temple right away," Zhao Yu said extremely seriously, "check their electricity usage details for the past month for me!"
"What? Check the electricity bill? You..." Liang Huan understood what Zhao Yu meant and hurriedly said, "Do you suspect that someone has pumped water into the pool? Is this... possible?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!" Zhao Yu yelled. Naturally, Liang Huan didn't dare to offend him and quickly took out the phone.
"Wait a minute!" Unexpectedly, the director of the scenic spot suddenly stopped Liang Huan and said, "Our accountant has the details of the electricity bill! I have seen that she has the Electricity Bureau's APP on her phone, and she can see it as soon as she opens it. ! You guys... wait a minute!"
With that said, the director of the scenic spot stood up and made a phone call. While on the phone, he waved to the woods on the right.
Zhao Yu looked along his gestures and saw that there was a row of beautiful small houses deep in the woods. They should be the office areas of the scenic spot.
"Accountant Wang, hurry up, come here, there is a police officer here who needs to check something!" In order to let people in the distance see clearly, the director stood on tiptoes, "Yes, I am right next to the lotus pond. Have you seen me? Okay..."
After saying that, the director hung up the phone and said to Zhao Yu and others: "Come on, come on, as soon as you turn on the phone, you can see all the water and electricity bills at a glance!"
Soon, the plump woman came to the crowd with a mobile phone. At the director's signal, she opened the software on the mobile phone.
As a result, before Zhao Yu could take a closer look, the director of the scenic spot was the first to be stunned:
"Oh no, why is the electricity bill so high? Are you going crazy?"
When Zhao Yu and others looked at it again, everyone felt that something was not right, because according to the electricity consumption details, on the day when the surveillance video was transferred, the electricity consumption in the scenic spot was significantly higher than in other periods. of electricity consumption.
It was obvious that high-power electrical appliances had been used in the scenic area that day.
In addition, the same is true for the water meter. On the same day, water consumption also reached a peak, far exceeding normal periods.
"No way!?" At this moment, Liang Huan was dumbfounded. "Could it be that someone came here at night, drained the water from the pool, and then put new water in? Are they a bunch of lunatics, or... Still want to find something in the pool? Could it be..."
Suddenly, Liang Huan thought of the Golden Buddha and hurriedly held down Zhao Yu's arm. That means asking Zhao Yu, could it be that the twelve golden Buddhas are hidden in this ancient lotus pond
"Isn't it possible!?" At this time, the naive-looking security guard next to him scratched his head, "I've seen the pool being pumped before, and the sound was so loud. If there was such a loud movement in the middle of the night, there's no way we wouldn't know about it. Huh? This... is someone playing a prank? "
"Impossible!" the old worker also said, "I have pumped water before during maintenance. Although this pool is not big, it will take at least two days and two nights to drain it all with a water pump!"
"No!" Unexpectedly, Accountant Wang suddenly said, "How can such a large amount of electricity be produced by one water pump? Looking at this value, it must be at least seven or eight, right?"
"It's possible..." Liang Huan became extremely excited and immediately pointed at the lotus pond and guessed, "They don't have to drain all the water, they only need to drain a part! They must be looking for something down there! Director! ," Liang Huan turned to the director of the scenic spot and asked, "Do you have any older guides or experts here? Let me ask quickly, what is there under the pond?"
"Oh! Okay! Okay!" The director of the scenic spot realized that the matter was important and was already sweating profusely.
"Okay, don't go to all that trouble!" Zhao Yu stopped the director of the scenic spot and said to everyone, "Hurry up, take out all your water pumps, let's pump them again! Maybe we can drain the water. , I understand everything!”
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