Team Cao stayed on the ladder for ten minutes, ignoring us who were waiting below, not saying a word, just staring inside, the light pillar of the flashlight became a little drowsy in the slightly raised dust. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was a few more moments before he sighed and came down the ladder. Xiao Lei had already put the stainless steel partition into a large plastic bag and sealed it, and when he saw Team Cao coming down, he handed it to Team Cao again. Director Deng couldn't hold back his curiosity, climbed the ladder, and carefully inspected the four walls of the vent.

"Old Cao, how is it, what have you discovered?" I asked when I saw him frowning.

Team Cao didn't answer immediately, took a flashlight and shone the stainless steel partition again, thought for a long time, and then sat on the ground.

"Someone touched this partition and used a tool to push down the fixed screws from the inside, and then re-screwed the screws from the outside, leaving some fingerprints on it. But the question is ......"

I simply sat down next to him as well, and didn't interject, waiting for his next step.

Team Cao pondered for half a minute before continuing: "Lao Chang, it's really strange, the space in the ventilation duct is smaller than the outer edge of the partition, it is estimated that it is difficult to get in and out of a monkey, I stroked on it, my head can only be stretched sideways, and if I can't keep it even, I have to get stuck, who can squeeze into this passage? There is also a distance that may move thousands of meters?"

"Could it be that the screws on the partition were screwed when the partition was installed? "I asked next to Team Cao.

"No, those scratches are very new, I guess it's a month or two, there are no rust marks at all, and the fingerprints are even more strange. He handed me the partition.

I took a closer look, and there were indeed vague fingerprint marks on the back of the partition, but compared with ordinary people's fingerprints, it seemed to be more slender, and it was impossible to find that it was a fingerprint if I didn't look carefully.

"Could it be a woman's fingerprint, or a child?" was my first reaction when I saw the fingerprint.

Team Cao shook his head, "This fingerprint should be an adult, but his first knuckle is longer than that of ordinary people, and the contact surface of his finger is also larger. But no matter who it is, it's impossible to get into that vent. ”

Knowing that this would be another unsolvable problem, I took out the compass from my pocket and handed it to Team Cao. Team Cao took it in his hand and looked at it, and the needle of the compass was rotating at a uniform speed. "You should have expected this situation as usual, right? But it doesn't seem to be as crazy as in the Xuanmen. ”

"There was a strange feeling when I entered the vault gate, the compass was disturbed, but now it turns very evenly, there is no such situation outside the vault gate, indicating that there was a strong magnetic field in the vault, and now it is gradually disappearing, and it is estimated that in a few days, the compass will return to normal. ”

As I was talking, Director Deng came down from the ladder and said to Team Cao with a serious face: "Old Cao, this passage is about two meters and five deep, and then turn to the right, but there seems to be a little strip of fine cloth hanging on the corner, and the space inside is too small to take out." ”

Director Deng said as he took out the construction drawings of the bank vault, sat next to us, looked at it carefully, and muttered: "Judging from the map, this ventilation duct, after turning right in front, advanced about 30 meters, then vertically upwards about two meters, and then continued to extend forward, there are more than a dozen corners marked on the map, you see here." Director Deng pointed to a corner to show us.

This corner turned less than forty centimeters, then went up half a meter vertically, and then turned to one side again, and in a short distance of more than a meter, there were two corners at right angles. "Let's not talk about whether a person can get into this ventilation channel, and it is impossible for any human body to complete two right-angle twists like this passage, Lao Deng, do you mean this?" Xiao Lei frowned and answered, and also looked up at the vent and was stunned.

"That's right, but there are indeed traces of people or other things entering the passage, and the floating soil has been slid away, and the traces are obvious, how can this be explained?"

"When I removed the partition, there was a screw missing from it, and if I guessed correctly, I should have found it on the ground. Team Cao looked at the drawings and said that he did not directly answer Director Deng's question.

Xiao Lei quickly stood up, took the flashlight, and searched carefully on the ground near the vent, and the others simply gathered around and sat on the ground, talking about you and me.

After a few minutes, Xiao Lei came back and placed a screw on the drawing spread out on the ground.

Captain Wang of the Criminal Police Brigade took out a cigarette and saluted everyone one by one, originally smoking was not allowed in the vault, but several leaders of the bank were obviously attracted by the strangeness of the case and took the lead in taking the cigarette. In a puff of smoke, Captain Wang said: "Old Cao, it seems that the criminal entered the vault through the vent, no matter how many unreasonable places there are, but we still have to find a way to enter the passage, there must be more clues inside." In addition, we have to find the exit of the vent, and the offender will definitely leave more marks at the exit when he enters the exit. ”

Captain Wang paused for a moment, seemed to sort out his thoughts again, and continued: "Also, the matter of the vault should be very secretive, the specific location, the contents inside, the possible way to enter, ordinary thieves cannot have such intelligence gathering capabilities, it must be a professional gang, it is still a high-tech gang, but where did they know such a detailed situation?" There must be someone who understands the situation and gave them advice, well, I'm sorry, President Hou, I'm not suspicious of the internal system of your bank, just take the matter as a matter of fact. ”

Sitting on the side without speaking, but Governor Hou, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, sat up straight and said: "Captain Wang is right, you should check carefully, especially the old comrades who know about the vault renovation project, including those who have retired, our bank will fully cooperate with your work." ”

"Captain Wang is reasonable, in the past two years, Chongqing's tomb robbery gang activities are very rampant, many ancient tombs have been stolen and dug, this Erling slope is the original mass grave, but there are still many valuable tombs on the mountain, a few months ago we also received a report, there is a Ming Dynasty tomb was stolen and excavated, there are professional skills, and it is a gang, these tomb robbers should also be investigated. Director Deng added on the side.

Everyone started talking about it, but Team Cao raised his head, looked at me, and asked, "Lao Chang, you are an expert in this area, what is your opinion?"

"Everybody's right, I can only add a few things. One is that the surveillance video must be directly related to this case, although we still don't understand the reason for this, but we must investigate it carefully. Also, all the information about the construction of the reserve vault of the Republic of China, even if it is a legend, must be collected, and I think that gang of thieves must have started from this aspect. In addition, Lao Cao, do you remember that the day before yesterday in the Dongzi hot pot, that Lao Cai said that they had been to the outer wall of the vault, and there was a huge hole there?" I looked at Team Cao and asked.

Team Cao slapped his thigh, his eyes lit up, "That's right, let's sort out all the clues first, we are divided into four ways, Team Wang, please take me and Lao Chang to check the air-raid shelters around here, and let's go to the outer wall to have a look." Director Deng, you are responsible for investigating all the information related to the treasury of the Republic of China, please cooperate with President Hou to check the old staff of the bank again, Xiaolei, you are responsible for finding a way to enter through the passage in the vault, find out the situation inside, please support the Beijing Technical Department to see what new equipment can enter, in addition, please arrange special personnel from the bureau to continue to keep an eye on those gold shops and processing points. ”

"Let's put down the questions that can't be figured out, the more information we can collect, the better, even if it's an immortal, we'll dig him out. Team Cao snuffed out the cigarette fiercely.

The Cao team set the work tasks and responsible persons, and all the work began to start in an intense and orderly manner. Xiao Lei squatted in the vault for a few days before flying back to Beijing, and as he left, he told me that his colleagues in Beijing had found the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and that there was a kind of multi-terrain remote-controlled vehicle that had just been designed, with a small robotic arm and camera, which should be able to enter the inside of the vents, and he immediately rushed back to move the rescuers.

Director Deng disappeared after meeting that day, but Captain Wang told me that the net had been laid down, and with his efficiency, it would not take more than a week for news to come back. But I and Team Cao are in big trouble.

First of all, Lao Cai was not at home. Through Boss Chen, we quickly found Lao Cai's home, but there was no one at home for two days, and after asking a neighbor, we found out that he went back to his hometown Zhong County for the New Year. Captain Wang took someone to Zhong County overnight, and only invited Lao Cai back two days later. Lao Cai Lu already knew the reason why we invited him and the plan for the next step, but he was very excited, but he brought it up, after all, too much time has passed, and he is old, and the memory of the situation in the air-raid shelter is a little vague.

But this search found that many of the people in that group had passed away, and some didn't know which units they were transferred to, and there was no contact, and finally only one was found, surnamed Zhao, and now he also has white temples, but fortunately, his legs and feet are quite neat. But when Lao Cai and the drawings were handed over to the factory, the factory closed down a few years ago, and the drawings could not be found, and the only thing we could rely on was Lao Cai's memory that they didn't seem to be very reliable.

(I originally sought to be self-controlled, and I did not know what to know.) Buddha nature does not come from outside the mind, and the birth of the mind is when sin is born. I originally sought the heart rather than the Buddha, and I knew that the Three Realms were empty. If you want to seek a Buddha but seek a heart, only this heart is a Buddha. --Bodhidharma Patriarch's "Theory of Breaking Phases") (To be continued.) )