Chapter 35: A Way Out in the Shadows

The female corpse made into a golden body was placed in front of the eyes of the three torturers, casting a new shadow on the already mysterious dungeon.

Although there is no direct evidence that this woman is the person in the painting, judging from her appearance and the hair rings in her hair, it cannot be an ancient, but must be a modern person, and it only took a few years to soak it in Chinese medicine and mold it into a golden body.

"Fu Mingwei must have found something now, but he can't be contacted." The torture technique took out the camera, asked He Chenxue and Hu Sanqian to shine a flashlight on the female corpse, and took a careful picture of it himself, but did not peel off the ice silk under the face, for fear of damaging the corpse.

He Chenxue asked, "You say, how did this girl die?" ”

"Without peeling off the ice, no one knows." Hu Sanqian shook his head, "There are tens of thousands of ways to die, and you can't guess it just by guessing, but no matter what, the person who molded this girl into a golden body must have great respect for her." ”

"Respect?" Xingshu looked at Hu Sanqian, "Maybe it's love." ”

Hu Sanqian squatted down: "I can't say, there are too many possibilities, the golden body is immortal, and the flesh is not rotten, but this golden body is still one step away, which is the final shaping." ”

He Chenxue looked at Hu Sanqian: "You mean that in the end, you have to make a layer of human form outside the golden body?" ”

"Yes!" Hu Sanqian nodded, "Where is there a golden body without face and dress." ”

Criminal analysis: "But there is something wrong here, according to the information from Fu Mingwei's investigation, Pan Feng should be 27 years old this year, and his information mentioned that he fell ill again in the third year of high school, and he was almost 19 years old in the third year of high school, that is, 8 years ago, the time for the general golden body shaping is a thousand days, almost 3 years, and the time has long been exceeded." ”

He Chenxue shook her head: "But now everything is uncertain, we can't contact the outside world, we can't know the identity of this woman at all, we don't know who she is, what if this woman doesn't have much connection with Pan Feng?" ”

"Morning snow, I suddenly remembered someone." Xingshu looked at He Chenxue, "Didn't you say that when you were a child, you woke up one night to go to the toilet, and heard someone arguing in your parents' room, and then found that there was a strange person standing in your parents' room, and the clothes that person was wearing were not like clothes, and he spoke neither Northeast dialect nor Mandarin, like a dialect somewhere else, and most importantly, your parents' words were to ask that person not to leave the peerless building." ”

Hu Sanqian looked at He Chenxue, and He Chenxue asked rhetorically: "What do you mean?" ”

"I mean......" Torture looked around, "I think somewhere in this dungeon, there has always been someone, someone who is absolutely related to the Jade Casting Society, someone who has a connection with Pan Feng and has taught Pan Feng a lot of things, and has been hiding behind the scenes. ”

Hu Sanqian shook his head: "It's useless to talk more, we don't have much time, now we have to split up and start looking for whether there are other passages in these 200 sitting caves to go to the next place." ”

Xingshu nodded: "Yes, we can't figure it out when we stand here and want to break our heads, so it's better to find a way first." ”

As he spoke, the three of them began to look for the exit separately, but the trouble was that the five sitting holes on the left and right sides were all 20 meters high, so they could only climb to the top of a certain column first and look for them one by one from top to bottom.

"Chenxue, you can't climb too high, a total of 40 sitting holes on the bottom layer on both sides will be handed over to you, and the remaining 160 sitting holes, I and three thousand people will find half of them, so we can only try our luck." Torture took a deep breath, "Look for it first, then eat something and rest for a while." ”

After the three of them divided their work, they each entered the search area they had divided, but they did not find a dark shadow leaning out of a certain cave in the stratum and staring at them.

The black shadow's eyes stared at He Chenxue, then his lips opened and he made a biting shape, and then slowly retracted his body into the cave, waiting quietly.

In the detention center, Qi Baye sat in his outhouse in a daze, staring up at the inner room with skylights and iron railings, counting the sparrows that flew by from time to time, while his left hand kept rubbing the cuffs of his right sleeve, and the skin of his thumb was about to be broken.

Suddenly, the door opened, Qi Baye turned his head slightly, and glanced at the door from the corner of his eye, but did not turn around, and then continued to turn back to his original position, staring at the previous place.

This was followed by the sound of handcuffs, followed by the sound of the door closing, and the heavy sound of the door was mixed with a faint sigh from the comer.

Qi Baye was still sitting there, thinking about nothing in his mind, but soon he couldn't think about it, because when the visitor slowly walked to the bed opposite him and sat down, he finally saw that the person who came was none other than Ding Wei, the vice principal of the Yulan Orphanage and Special School.

"Hello." Ding Wei, who sat on the edge of the bed and put his hands between his legs, said hello lightly.

Qi Baye didn't open his mouth to respond, but rubbed the corners of his clothes harder, and the blood flowing from his broken thumb spread down the tiger's mouth to the palm of his hand, and then dripped from the edge of his palm to the ground.

"You're bleeding." Ding Wei looked at the blood dripping on the ground.

Qi Baye lowered his head: "I regret telling you about that place." ”

Ding Wei's face was calm: "Mr. Qi, I don't understand what you want to say." ”

Qi Baye slowly turned his head and looked at Ding Wei, Ding Wei was shocked, because Qi Baye stared at him with a look that only beasts have, and he subconsciously repeated his previous words: "I don't understand what you're talking about!" ”

"Studio! That studio! That underground studio! I shouldn't have told you! Qi Baye shook his head slightly, "If I hadn't told you that place, none of this would have happened!" ”

Ding Wei still shook his head: "Eighth Master Qi, I really don't understand what you're talking about." ”

Qi Baye sneered: "Skynet is magnificent but not leaky!" We are all sinners, no one can escape, the law will punish us, and so will God! ”

When the two were talking, they didn't realize that under the bed where the two were sitting, there were two mobile phones that had been turned on and maintained a talking state, while Fu Mingwei, who was in the duty room of the detention center, was wearing headphones and sitting on a stool in the corner, quietly listening to the conversation between the two.

Although the detention center repeatedly stopped Fu Mingwei from doing this, claiming that it did not comply with legal procedures, Fu Mingwei only wrote a certificate proving that it was his own arbitrary decision, that it had nothing to do with anyone, and that he was responsible for any consequences that occurred - because the detention center needed to turn off the signal jammer in the prison area.

The interview room will not be blocked, but the prison must block the signal, and the trick of eavesdropping with a mobile phone is something Fu Mingwei learned from the torture technique, the last time the torture technique made Qi Baye's relatives bring their mobile phones to meet him, which gave Fu Mingwei inspiration, and some mobile phones can also use call recording.

On the side, Dong Guozhi was worried at this time, he was not worried that the case would not be solved, but that after what happened today was known to his superiors, Fu Mingwei would face more than just writing a review, the lightest thing was to suspend him for investigation, and the most serious would be expelled from the police force.

But Fu Mingwei doesn't care about this, he is originally a person who is willing to sacrifice everything in order to solve the case.

At this time, Fu Mingwei realized from the conversation between the two that his speculation was correct, and Qi Baye still had something to hide, but in the end, he still had a conscience, but Ding Wei was not, this guy was too calm, too cautious, too ruthless, and even in this environment, he and Qi Baye talked to each other, and they tried to do it well.

Under such strong pressure, he can maintain his usual state, this kind of person is terrible.

"Team Fu, they don't speak." Dong Guozhi on one side took off the earphone on the other side and asked in a low voice, the prison guard in the duty room looked at the two of them with a strange look, although the two of them knew, they didn't see it.

Fu Mingwei raised his hand and motioned for Dong Guozhi not to speak, and at this time, Qi Baye's voice came again: "Ding Wei, I conspired with you to do those things completely to save those children in the school, before you did it, you promised me that you would not hurt anyone, and the money you earned was just to maintain the operation of the school, but things are not like that, Xia Jiezhu is dead, Wang Litian, Liu Da and Mu Cong are also dead!" ”

Ding Wei finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Mr. Qi, Qi Eighth Master, I didn't kill the person, you blame me?" ”

"Who don't blame you!?" Qi Baye said angrily, "Among all the people, you are the only one who has one-line contact with the Russian side, how do I know what you have done, we don't even know how much money you have earned!" ”

"Listen!" Ding Wei was furious, "The police have already investigated the matter of adulteration of the truth, and I have pleaded guilty, but don't want to pin everything else on my head!" When the orphanage and school lacked funds and could not operate, you suggested that I do oil painting trading! ”

"You're fucking an X!" Qi Baye was furious, got up and walked towards Ding Wei, "At that time, what I suggested to you was to do legitimate business, not to use children's imitations to smuggle and launder those stolen genuine products. ”

Fu Mingwei closed his eyes and listened, if Ding Wei's plan alone, especially through the charity channel, it can really be said that it has been done seamlessly, and there is also an important person in the auction house who is helping them, so it is very difficult to find out.

The oil paintings traded on the black market all over the world have reached at least hundreds of millions of dollars every year, which is the data given by Interpol, but most of the genuine oil paintings traded out of the black market will not bear the risk of being shipped to the buyer's destination.

In Russia, precious oil paintings are stolen every year, most of which are stolen from collectors' homes, and after these people steal oil paintings, it will be very troublesome if they are sold on the spot, because they are too eye-catching, so Ding Wei opened up a new business route through the channels of doing business with Russians in the early years, that is, to let the stolen famous paintings be smuggled from Russia to China by land, and then blatantly photographed with a camera, printed out for students to imitate the painting, and then in the name of charity exchanges. A large number of imitations were put into the oil painting trading center for auction.

At this stage, the Russian side will send innocent businessmen to bid, because of the large amount of imitations, plus in the name of charity, so the price of the auction is not low, and then the oil painting trading center will test, issue relevant certificates, and then mix the imitations with the real thing, and transport them back to Russia by land.

After returning to Russia, the merchant will hold a private auction to separate all the imitations according to different grades, in the process, knowing that the real thing is in it, and who loves the paintings, and who does not worry about breaking the law, will be brought to the site by the merchant, told him the number of a certain item, and then auctioned it at a high price.

However, no matter how high the price is at auction, it is impossible to reach the value of the original product, and the remaining part of the money that should be compensated is transferred by the collector to the charitable foundation set up by the merchant in the form of a charitable donation, and then all the transactions are completed, and the collector can hang the imitation at home and keep the original in his own private vault.

Because a true collector is a true love for his own collection, and will not simply treat these paintings as objects to show off.

Subsequently, the merchant will deduct the relevant transportation costs and a series of other reasons, and divide the rest of the money into three parts, all the money auctioned at the oil painting trading center in China belongs to Ding Wei, and 10% of the net profit from the genuine auction also belongs to him, and the remaining two-thirds, the merchant takes a small part, and most of it is given to the main messenger behind it, that is, the Russian mafia.

In this way, the painting is clean, the money is clean, and there is no need to pay taxes.

After Interpol investigated this series of things clearly, a simple report was handed over to the Chinese side, after Fu Mingwei read it, he immediately understood that it was not only Ding Wei who led this matter, he was only one of the links, although the oil painting thing was clear, but the murder of Xia Jiezhu in the studio that year, and even what happened to the people who died later, is still a mystery, and the key to solving these mysteries lies in the relationship between these people back then. What they did for this led to the next series of things.

The Russian side is also investigating intensively, because there are so many people involved in the case, and by the time they sent a report to the Chinese side, more than 70 people had been arrested on the Russian side, including some customs officers.

On Fu Mingwei's side, in addition to Ding Wei and Qi Baye, who have been identified as related to the case, the inside line of the oil painting trading center was arrested and brought to justice, and those who did not know the truth, but were suspected of accepting bribes, were also suspended and isolated for investigation.

At the same time, Fu Mingwei also knew very well that someone was secretly helping them, otherwise, the container truck would not have unlocked the compartment for no reason, and there would not have been two smoke bombs for no reason, and several of the famous paintings that were lost not long ago would not have been suddenly put at the gate of the stolen museum for no reason.

Could it be torture? If so, the ability of torture is simply heavenly! Fu Mingwei's head began to ache faintly.

Qi Baye and Ding Wei in the cell fell silent again, and after a long time, Ding Wei finally spoke: "I really don't know how Xia Jiezhu died, that is one of my favorite students, she has also helped us a lot, to put it mildly, she is a cash cow, her ability can surpass Ji Dewu in time, how can I harm ...... Hurt her! ”

Hearing this, Fu Mingwei opened his eyes, and he realized that Ding Wei was concealing, because when Ding Wei said the word "harm", he stammered, and then the tone of the three words "hurt her" was much lower than before.

Now it seems that Qi Baye really doesn't know how Xia Jiezhu died, but Ding Wei can't say for sure, maybe the murderer of Xia Jiezhu is not him, but he should know what happened to Xia Jiezhu.

Ding Wei's words made Qi Baye keep staring at him, and then Qi Baye used the most useless, but comforting method in his heart, he made Ding Wei swear.

Then Ding Wei raised three fingers and swore there, and after speaking, the two fell into silence again.

Fu Mingwei took off his headphones: "National title, Xia Jiezhu's relevant information, when will the most detailed information be sent?" ”

"It's still being sorted out, you want too much detail." Dong Guoyu replied, "We need to collect and sort out information from the community where her household registration is located, as well as from the police station and the orphanage, and the police station has already sent out all the people who can be dispatched." ”

Fu Mingwei nodded, thinking about something there, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered Ding Wei's sentence "Her ability can surpass Ji Dewu in time", and then he immediately said: "Let them investigate whether Ji Dewu and Xia Jiezhu have entry and exit records!" ”

"Huh?" Dong Guozhi was stunned, "Entry and exit records? ”

"Yes, hurry up! The sooner the better, it's easy to do, and you can ask it with a phone call. Fu Mingwei felt that he had grasped the crux of the problem.

Dong Guozhu immediately picked up the phone, and a few minutes later, Dong Guozhu, who had listened to the phone, turned around: "Team Fu, you are right, Ding Wei, Ji Dewu and Xia Jiezhu have been to Russia in the name of tourism, and the time is ......"

"The time was not long before Xia Jiezhu's death, right?" Fu Mingwei looked at the ground and said first.

Dong Guozhi nodded: "Yes, it is about three months before Xia Jiezhu's death that Eighth Master Qi said." ”

"That makes sense." Fu Mingwei raised his hand to look at his watch, "Let's rest first, and at about three o'clock in the middle of the night, Ding Wei will be urgently interrogated!" Catch him off guard! ”

The prison guard on one side interjected at this time: "Captain Fu, this is not in accordance with the rules, right?" ”

"I wrote something, I also said it, whatever happens, I will bear it alone, it has nothing to do with you, if the time comes to track you down, you will say, I forced you to do this with a gun." Fu Mingwei said coldly, as he spoke, he took off his police uniform and pointed to the holster under his armpit.

Dong Guozhi was anxious: "Team Fu, are you crazy!" ”

"The first day you knew me?" Fu Mingwei smiled, "I'm a crazy person, if I were a normal person, I would have been more than the captain of the criminal police team." ”

Fu Mingwei closed his eyes and put on his headphones after speaking, and the prison guard's gaze stayed on the epaulettes of the third-level police superintendent on his shoulders.

For the first time, he really saw what it means to ignore the future in order to solve a case.

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