"Lop Nur?!" Qiao Yifan glanced at me with some suspicion, and then frowned: "There are still people who go to the desert to rob tombs?!"

"People die for money, birds die for food, and many times wealth and risk coexist!" I sighed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Then is their murder related to cultural relics?Could it be that the murderer's target is this wood carving?" Qiao Yifan turned his head and glanced into the room again.

I shook my head and smiled, "If it's just for cultural relics, you don't have to kill people, after all, it's not a fun thing, and if you mess with it, you'll lose your head." ”

"So you say, the murderer didn't do it for money?"

"These three people haven't lived here for so long, they must have other plans, and it is estimated that they are worried that someone will make money and fight the idea of this wood carving! ”

"Yes, that makes sense!" I continued, taking a puff of my cigarette, "All of us do things for a purpose, and murder is no exception. ”

"You mean the motive for the killing?"

I nodded, and said, "There are many motives for killing, and the most fundamental purpose is to keep it secret, and of course revenge killing is not among them! This is what we often call 'killing people and destroying mouths'!"

"You mean, these three tomb robbers were killed because they knew something they shouldn't know?" Qiao Yifan frowned,

"It should be so, no one will kill without a purpose. ”

"But in the current situation, we can't even find a thread!"

"There is a lot of surveillance in the hotel, there is always a chance to find something, of course, remember to ask the waiter to help identify it!" I suddenly felt a little tired, so I yawned and said: "In addition, it is best to check the call records of these three people's mobile phones, and the time is pushed forward by ten days." ”

"I've already arranged this, but it's not so fast!" Qiao Yifan glanced at me and continued: "I won't make this kind of common-sense mistake. ”

"Lao Qi, according to your inference just now, what do you think is the most fundamental reason for their murder? Is it that wood carving?" As soon as the words changed, Qiao Yifan moved the focus back.

"I don't know what it is. After I took the last puff, I threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, then raised my head and said to Qiao Yifan: "Let's wait until we find the thread, let's just guess like this is really nonsense." ”

At this moment, Qiao Yifan's phone suddenly rang, and after he said a few words, a smile appeared on his face.

"Found the thread!" After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yifan said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

The line Qiao Yifan said was a mobile phone, and the police in charge of investigating this work found that a few days before the incident, one of the deceased had been in frequent contact with a number.

After the efforts of the technical department, they have locked the location of the number, and now, Qiao Yifan took me to that place.

Looking at Qiao Yifan's excited appearance, I couldn't bear to hit him, and said in my heart that judging from the murderer's method of killing, it was clearly a high-IQ criminal with a very high sense of anti-reconnaissance, if it was so easy for people to find, it would not be called a high-IQ crime.

Thinking about it, I secretly smiled bitterly.

Half an hour later, we rushed to the area controlled by Qiao Yifan, and it didn't take much effort to find the owner of that number, which turned out to be the phone number of an antique shop owner!

As soon as I heard this result, I felt a little sorry for Qiao Yifan, he was afraid that he was going to rejoice this time. However, since this person had been in contact with those three people, it is impossible to say that he might be able to obtain something, so I have not said a word from beginning to end.

The owner of the antique shop is an old man in his fifties, and he was cleaning up at the counter when we walked into his shop.

"Yo, welcome!" the old man greeted us at once. "A few people look at what can be seen, the price of our store is fair, and the children are not bullied!"

"We're not here to buy things!" Qiao Yifan glanced at the old man, took out his ID and stretched out his card to the old man, and went straight to the point: "We are policemen." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Oh, officer, the shop has always operated in good faith, what do you need me to cooperate with, you can tell me as soon as possible!" This boss is indeed a person who has seen the world, and he only glanced at the things in Qiao Yifan's hand, and immediately understood our intention.

"Have you seen these three people?" a detective had already handed over a few photos.

The old man took it, put on his reading glasses and looked at it for a long time, but finally shook his head: "I have never seen these three people. ”

Hearing this, Qiao Yifan's face immediately darkened.

"Boss, you'd better think again, it's responsible to talk about it!" warns the detective with the photo.

"I'm old, but I'm not so forgetful. The old man smiled, "Officer, I can guarantee that." ”

"Then you haven't encountered anything special in the past few days?" I finally couldn't help it, so I said, "For example, I encountered something that I didn't usually encounter!"

The old man groaned for a moment, and then said, "If you want to say something different from usual, there is really such a thing these days!"

As soon as I heard it, I knew that there was a play, and hurriedly smiled: "Let's talk about it!"

"About a week ago, I got a phone call from someone who said he had some good stuff in his hand and wanted to sell it. The old man recalled.

I asked him what it was. The man said that it was a piece of jade, and there was a wood carving, both of which were of the highest grade thousands of years ago, very old. ”

As soon as I heard this, I was a little excited, so I asked him if he really had a sincere move, and if he could, the two sides could meet face-to-face. ”

But the other party was not in a hurry, so he asked me what price I could get. I was a little surprised, and my heart said that I had never seen anything, how to make a price. I was wondering, and the other party said to see the price of things first. ”

"It didn't take long for the other party to send me a photo, and when I looked at it, I knew that it was indeed a good thing, and out of caution, he did not immediately reply to the other party, saying that he would study it carefully. ”

"During this period, we talked to him several times on the phone to confirm, and finally, I discussed with a few friends and gave him a price. I haven't received any calls from him since. At this point, the old man went no further.

"They didn't tell you anything else?" I frowned, because I hadn't found something I was interested in.

"There's really nothing else, if you want to say something strange, it's that the last time we talked was, after I gave the price, the other party scolded my mother, as if he was being tricked and so on. ”

"I know, the man didn't scold me, maybe he has another buyer, I guess the other seller didn't give me as much as mine!"

Hearing this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and as expected, I smiled and said, "Can you let me see the photo of that jade bi?"

The old man opened his phone, quickly found the photo and handed it to me.

With just one glance, I immediately understood it all in my heart!

(End of chapter)