Chen Guan, who received the call, immediately instructed Zhao Chuanming to change the secret investigation into a case investigation, organize capable forces, go to the case, collect evidence and investigate with the attitude of handling a big case, and strive to solve the case, arrest the criminals, and recover the stolen cultural relics!

After giving instructions to Zhao Chuanming, Chen Guan pondered for a while, and then went to report to Director Meng Qingchuan and Deputy Director Wang Xuewen, who was in charge of criminal investigation, and requested that the case be designated as "10." 4 "The provincial department took the lead in organizing a special case team to crack this case as the leader to detect the tomb robbery and cultural relics smuggling backlog in the ancient capital area, and completely eradicate the rampant tomb robbery and cultural relics smuggling activities in the ancient capital area.

The leaders of the Ministry of Public Security have previously issued instructions asking the provincial departments to crack the case of smuggling cultural relics in the ancient capital area, and the provincial department has also held a case coordination meeting and instructed the public security bureau of the ancient capital city to organize forces to crack the case. However, due to various reasons, the cases supervised by the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security have also been closed.

Because of the lessons from the past, Meng Qingchuan and Wang Xuewen both knew in their hearts that what Chen Guan needed was not the provincial department to take the lead, but the provincial department's explicit order and authorization to eliminate unexpected interference that might be encountered in the process of solving the case.

After Meng Qingchuan, Wang Xuewen, and Chen Guan discussed, they felt that the scope of the task force was too narrow, so they made a report to Wu Yupu, secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, and Cen Yuchun, vice governor in charge, and the provincial public security department immediately set up a leading group for the special struggle against the crime of smuggling cultural relics, with director Meng Qingchuan as the team leader, deputy directors Wang Xuewen and Chen Guan as deputy team leaders, and the responsible persons of the relevant departments of the provincial public security department, the criminal investigation corps, and the technical investigation corps, the political commissar of the Gudu City Public Security Bureau, and the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation as members of the leading group. Chen Guan, deputy director of the Provincial Public Security Department and director of the Gudu City Public Security Bureau, concurrently serves as the director of the office, which is responsible for the unified command of the special struggle against tomb robbery and smuggling of cultural relics.

The provincial department immediately notified the Gudu Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government, and the Gudu Political and Legal Committee in the form of coded telegrams.

Chen Guan, who got the sword of Shang Fang, kissed goodbye to his newlywed wife Tantai Mingyue, and then drove back to the ancient capital.

Tantai Mingyue is a good girl who is sensible and reasonable, knowing that the case is serious, and she can't follow Chen Guan to the ancient capital to cause trouble for him. After sending Chen Guan away, Tangtai Mingyue interrupted her marriage leave and went to work early.

Hechuang Real Estate has now entered the track of standardized management, and the old couple of Taiyou and Shen Yu have nothing to do, and they are not in a hurry to go back to the capital, so they live here with their daughter.

It was already noon when Chen Guan rushed back to the ancient capital, and he didn't even bother to eat, so he let Zhao Chuanming lead him to the scene of the crime.

At this time, the scene of the crime had already set up a cordon, and many ordinary people who liked to watch the excitement were still standing in a bunch of east and west groups on the periphery to watch and discuss.

Chen Guan first followed the comrades of the archaeological team to the tomb to see what era and what kind of tomb the tomb was.

Xu Haimingdu is over 50 years old, graduated from the Department of History of Peking University, majoring in archaeology, and has worked with Professor Xia Nai, a famous archaeological expert, in the archaeological activities of Yinxu and Yangshao cultural sites, and is the leading history and archaeology expert in the ancient capital area.

Xu Haiming mysteriously told Chen Guan that although it is not clear who the owner of the tomb is, it is certain that this should be a tomb of the Zhou Dynasty in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the identity of the owner of the tomb is positive and noble. Because the bones of the women who were buried and the bones of the horses were found from the burial chamber. The tomb chamber opened by the tomb robbers should not be the main burial chamber, but the burial chamber of the nobles or meritorious heroes who were allowed to accompany them in the mausoleum because of merit. This large tomb is likely to have another mystery, and archaeological excavations must be carried out as much as possible, and there should be greater discoveries.

As soon as Chen Guan heard this, he became energetic, and asked after him: "Director Xu, do you mean that this is just a burial chamber, and there should be a main burial chamber below?" ”

Xu Haiming narrowed his eyes and walked around the thief cave before nodding lightly.

Chen Guan let out a sigh of relief, and secretly said in his heart that it was lucky, fortunately the tomb robbers did not dig up the main tomb, otherwise, once the cultural relics dealers smuggled the stolen cultural relics out of the country, even if the case was solved, the loss would be irreparable!

Xu Haiming added: "These tomb robbers are very sophisticated, have eyesight, and have a high level of technology, but they are in a hurry and have no time to investigate deeply." Director Chen, come and see, this cavern is only two meters deep, and the thickness is only as thick as the thumb, just from the color of the soil brought out, this group of tomb robbers dares to dig directly vertically, indicating that they have already judged the approximate age of this ancient tomb. Because the probe brought out is not the brick ash that is recognized by ordinary tomb robbers, but the soil color after the bones of the martyred war horse and the soil are mixed, the average tomb robber will not recognize it, and will definitely think that there is no ancient tomb underground and will not rob the tomb. But this group of tomb robbers can see it, do you think their eyesight and level can be low? ”

Chen Guan asked rhetorically: "Director Xu, since the tomb robbers have this ability, why don't they continue to dig deeper?" Is it just because of the rush of time? ”

Xu Haiming said that one is indeed in a hurry, because this is on the Beibi Ridge, close to the national highway, and it is the crop land of the common people, and now it is in the autumn harvest, and people come and go, and it is impossible for tomb robbers to dig for a few days in a row. Another is that the tomb robbers did dig up something, and in a hurry they thought they had dug up the main burial chamber. The ancient tombs on the Beibi Ridge are different from other areas, because the soil quality is good and the soil layer is deep, and some tombs do not use stones and bricks to build tombs, but with the help of the terrain, dig deep into holes on the spot and bury. It's just that the princely tombs are dug deep, and they are also excavated according to the regulations, so there should be something. This tomb should be of this type, with the burial of the nobles in a shallow tomb and the main tomb deep. Don't look at this is just a noble tomb with a burial, in fact, it is already very remarkable. You must know that the nobles who can be allowed to be buried on one side after death are all heroes and generals who are trusted by the owner of the tomb, and there can be less burial goods? At the very least, there will never be a shortage of precious bronzes and jades. If the tomb robbers dig up the bronze and jade artifacts of the national treasure, they will naturally have achieved their goal.

Chen Guan asked about the market price of bronzes in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and Xu Haiming replied angrily that he was an archaeologist, not a dealer in cultural relics, and did not know the market. In the eyes of archaeologists, they are priceless national treasures, which are of great significance to historical discoveries and cannot be measured by money. Only those tomb robbers and cultural relics dealers who have no conscience will dig up the graves of their ancestors to make a fortune!

In order to solve the case, Chen Guan wanted to analyze the next move of the tomb robbers according to the market price of the bronzes!

After euphemistically explaining to Xu Haiming, Xu Haiming said that the price of bronzes depends on factors such as the size, age, inscription and beauty of the artifact. The price of ordinary bronzes ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The bronzes unearthed from tombs of this specification are generally complete sets, which are registered and buried according to the identity of the owner of the tomb, and each piece is a fine product, and each piece is a national treasure, and the market price is difficult to predict. For example, this burial tomb, if the owner of the tomb is a famous meritorious general, the burial utensils should be buried in accordance with the specifications of the Zhou ceremony, all of which are complete sets, which can confirm the classics and cultural history of the Zhou Dynasty, which is very valuable! If it is shipped to Hong Kong, it will be worth the old nose money! Not to mention, I'm afraid it's possible to sell millions or even tens of millions!

Chen Guandeng's heart was clear, after this group of tomb robbers dug up the treasures, they would definitely go to Guangzhou or Fujian. If the action is slow, it is possible that the cultural relics will be smuggled abroad.

After talking with Xu Haiming, Chen Guan led Zhao Chuanming, He Qing, the head of the criminal police detachment, Feng Wenbin, the director of the Technical Investigation Division, and others to carefully re-investigate the scene.

Although the police station rushed to the scene in time after receiving the alarm and took protective measures, the group of tomb robbers was very experienced, and when they evacuated, they cleaned up and destroyed the scene, leaving not even a complete footprint. Including the marks of the grave robbers peeing, they were destroyed.

After watching the scene, Zhao Chuanming said that this group of tomb robbers must have watched "10." The investigation report of the 20" series of robbery, rape and homicide cases knew that Director Chen was a master at solving the case, so he deliberately destroyed the scene. In the past, the tomb robbers of the ancient capital had never done this, they were very arrogant! It seems that the shadow of the famous tree, this group of tomb robbers is afraid of Director Chen!

Chen Guan didn't listen to such flattering words, and led Zhao Chuanming, He Qing, Feng Wenbin and others back to the bureau, closed the door, and began to analyze the case in the conference room.

Zhao Chuanming, He Qing, and Feng Wenbin are all old police officers, and they have the basic skills to solve cases. From the color of the soil in the cave and the questioning of the informant, it has been determined that the case did not occur on October 4, but should have occurred on the night of October 2, a full day after receiving the report. Because the informant said that he had already started breaking corn on the morning of October 2, and no hole was found at that time. On October 3, there was something at home, so I didn't go to break corn, and on the morning of October 4, I went to break corn again, and I found the hole, and I immediately called the police.

Although the time of the crime was roughly determined, because the scene was destroyed, it was impossible to determine how many tomb robbers were involved in the tomb robbery, and who they were!

Criminal investigation is a science, everything pays attention to evidence, and it can be reasonably speculated, but it cannot be nonsense without evidence!

There are very few villages on the Beibi Ridge, and there are national highways passing by, so it is difficult to find insiders!

If you can't find it, you have to look for it!

The first measure Chen Guan took was to order the police station where the crime occurred to organize police officers to visit the surrounding villages to see if they could find valuable clues.

The second measure is to use the results of the work of the original task force to summon those exposed tomb robbers and cultural relics dealers who should have been arrested as early as last year, including Jiao Li, the eldest of the Jiao brothers, and Jiao Jili, the third of the Jiao brothers.

Chen Guan's idea was to first control the Jiao brothers and open a gap from them to see if they could find it"10. 4 "The case of the tomb robbery gang, and then recover the stolen cultural relics!"

Under normal circumstances, this is not possible. But in a hurry, in order to avoid the loss of cultural relics, Chen Guan had to take decisive measures!

What Chen Guan didn't expect was that he was fast, and others were faster! The criminal policeman who went to carry out the detention and summons Jiao Li and Jiao Jili returned empty-handed. Those two brothers have disappeared from the ancient capital!